BASIC EQUATIONS:
TAJIKISTAN ON THE EDGE
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
November 4, 2009
GMANews.tv

Dushanbe, Tajikistan -- Jiri Barta played the piece with a signature vigor, his bow gliding across the cello.

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Photo by redster.

BALIK TANAW SA LABANANG MACHIDA VS. RUA
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
November 2, 2009
GMANews.tv

Napaaga. Ako mismo nagulat.

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Photo from CanadaStarBoxing.com

PROCEEDINGS OF A SUICIDE
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMANews.tv
October 23, 2009

Here we are. The morning after.

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Photos by redster.

USAPANG SALPUKAN
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMANews.tv
September 24, 2009
Para kay Harley, Tambol at Toktok

May mga bagay na hindi pwedeng ipagkaila.

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A SKETCH OF INDIA
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
September 1, 2009
For Avilash

Animesh the Navigator triggered the thirst. The first stop was in Old Delhi.

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Photos by Redster.

DELHI DAYS
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
August 20, 2009

New Delhi - There was a downpour when the plane touched down in Delhi the night before India's big day.

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India Gate photo by Redster.

THREE DECADES LATER
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
July 30, 2009

The year was 1979, a year when “twenty-five of the first thirty weeks ... saw a disco dance number perched atop the Billboard charts. It seemed as if rock and roll was dead.”

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Chilis by redster

A FEW THINGS WORTH MENTIONING
Another take on Hayden Kho and related sexcapades
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
H.I.P.P. Magazine
July-August 2009 Double Issue
For Dudi, Letty and Karina

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Redster reminder: Do yourself a favor! Get the better, edited copy of this piece -- along with a ton of progressive, colorful parenting articles, by buying a copy of the July-August 2009 double issue of the great magazine H.I.P.P. In major bookstores and regular newsstands na po but quickly disappearing!

SONGS FOR PALPAKISTAN
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMAnews.tv
July 8, 2009
For BenRazon, Kikay, Mutya

I mean, viva ZZ Top.

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NORTH TO SOUTH, SORT OF.
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
GMANews.tv
June 9, 2009

Our nation's enduring hex is forgetfulness. If only we'd remember the word. It's like we have a national reboot button and every three weeks someone steps on the big clicker and everyone stops mid-step in a bazillion tiny pieces of a second.

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The flag in bars pic by redster.

ENTER THE DRAGON
Fighting notes by redster

Belem boy Lyoto Machida knocked out the swaggering Ultimate Fighter winner and UFC lightheavyweight champion "Sugar" Rashad Evans in round two of UFC 98. Take a bow. To those who have followed his career, it was not a question of if but when he'd spill sugar on the octagon canvas and wipe it off the floor. It was about martial arts - Defend, attack, bait, attack, trap, win. And it was, as ESPN writer Brian Knapp wrote, "power, patience and precision." Welcome back to real martial arts.

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Waited since it was first announced Rampage Jackson will be replaced by the son of Yoshizo. Watched with Rio. Yey.

CRUISING FOR BREWS
MetroHIM, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2008
Originally titled BREWS KO:
NOTES FROM AN ADVOCATE
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO

I’m a beer hunter, and I’ve been on the happy hunt for over two decades.

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And that's a pic of the other mag...

BREW HO!
The Sociology of Beer (And Other Brew-hahas...)
BLUE, maiden issue
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
Grab some gravitas next time you have a beer

Let's be clear about a few things.

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That's the mag's cover. Aw crap.

MONUMENTAL STORIES
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
May 13, 2009, GMANews.tv

I used to write essays for a column. Now I write a column for what's called a 'blog'. I still can't follow instructions and I'm too old to change. Anyway, here's something I used to hum with Sugarfree.

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WHEN 'GOOD' BANGS with 'GREAT'
Pacquiao-Hatton Wrap-up

Three really good pieces - one from Frank Lotierzo of SweetScience.com and two from Walker and Coleman of EastSideBoxing.com, who either picked Hatton or were hedging their bets too much and for too long against Pacquiao. I very much like the way Coleman presented his case, from a memory perspective. (and yes, that's the Golden Boy's face getting re-jigged). The pieces are less about the recent fight and more about the level Pacquiao's reached and the weather up there and the full ensemble (no great fighter gets discussed without his trainer).

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HATTON's LAST STAND

A piece from Shawn O'Donnell of the unparalleled EastSideBoxing.com -- the smartest, most insightful one so far in a sea of boxing analyst poseurs -- on the coming Pacquiao-Hatton superfight. C'mon in and enjoy.

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FATHERHOOD STORIES
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
H.I.P.P.
March 2009, maiden issue

Mag maven Gina "Manhattan" Abuyuan, she with the nice bags, asked me recently to write a daddykins piece for her spanking new mag called H.I.P.P., which stands for Happy, Progressive, Intelligent Parenting. Not sure I fit the bill, but I do know it's been a fine adventure so far. For "Bringing up kids advice from a kid", click on.

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MACANESE ADVENTURES
KALAYAAN PULIDO CONSTANTINO
H.I.P.P.
March 2009, maiden issue

Check out Kala's recent piece on her Macau lurch with her degenerate partner in the newest stunning mag in town. Eh? C'mon in...

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ALE MARY FULL OF TASTE
The Beer Files

Here's three for the pour, an April plunge with good friends and even better beer. C'mon in.

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BORDERS OF THE MIND
A KYRGYZ POST
Renato Redentor Constantino

Nice dilemma if only it didn't weigh so much, like a refrigerator resting on the ribcage. Supposed to be that posting things on the blog was to play the job of beer or benzedrine.

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Photo by Redster. An Issyk-kul sunrise.