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YOUR NERD SIDE will get you into Spider-Man..Early Spider-Man: Homecoming Reactions Call it Best Spidey Film Yet

When Sony’s most recent attempt to reboot the Spider-Man franchise with The Amazing Spider-Manfailed to perform at the box office, rumors began swirling that the rights for the fan-favorite character had finally been returned to Marvel Studios. That wasn’t exactly true, of course, although the two studios went on to surprise everyone when they announced they’d joined together to bring Spider-Man…

I have never been this excited about coming home. This is the first time that I am returning for a vacation since I decided to come back to Manila two years ago. Though I flew home a couple of times last year, the reason for both occasions was sad and tragic.

It's also a conscious decision not to come back, at least for some time. I have a love-hate relationship with my hometown. I like that its laid-back. But I don't like that it has been slow-paced, in so many aspects, for a very long time, Furthermore, almost all of my close friends are not in the city anymore. Like me, they have also decided to venture out. Some of them had not even come home for years. 

I decided to come home because it's my mom's 50th birthday. I think it's a milestone and something that our family should be elated about. When we were talking last Christmas in Manila, I know my parents sensed that I seem to not have the intention of coming home. I am eternally the good son, or at least I want to be because it makes my parents happy, so I told them right there and then, without even thinking about it, that I'm coming home for her birthday.

It's also just timely that I'm coming home months after the violent, month-long siege that paralyzed the city and wreaked havoc and fear among its residents. I am excited to see how are the evacuation centers now. I want to see for myself the conditions of those displaced and hopefully, I'll be able to volunteer and do something even for a day. 

I also promised myself to come up with some sort of a photo-essay album about my hometown. A lot of friends in Manila and abroad are curious about Zamboanga and ask me about it often. But a lot of them are also cautious. I don't blame them. So I will also take on the role of a field photojournalist in this trip.