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Composed of North and South Islands, New Zealand has some of the most beautiful, rugged landscapes and mountain ranges in the world. It is an outdoor playground for the adventurous.

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Fans of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy will be thrilled by his second instalment, an adventure packed with visual goodies that make you feel as though Christmas has come early. The Desolation of Smaug opened last Wednesday (Friday the 13th in the US), drawing large crowds eager for the second part of The Hobbit film series.

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It’s easy to be awed by Peter Jackson’s second Hobbit installment, The Desolation of Smaug. Especially if you’re watching it in IMAX, in 3-D, in all its HFR glory.

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If my Facebook friends are any indication of the current state of society, then only about 10 percent of my batch — the ‘90s kids, those who grew up in a time when woman-angst was cute and girl power was at its mightiest, thanks to a generation of unimpressed, brooding females like Alanis Morissette, Shirley Manson, Fiona Apple, Brian Molko — will be able to relate, or even have the time to read this article. Because babies. Because weddings. Because important life stuff.

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He made a huge impression as Dwarf Prince Thorin Oakenshield in last year’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Now, Richard Armitage returns to play the same character in the highly-anticipated sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.

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In the fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins’ comfortable life in the Shire is shaken by the arrival of the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, who has ambitious plans for the unsuspecting Hobbit.

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In the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins’ comfortable life in the Shire is shaken by the arrival of the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, who has ambitious plans for the unsuspecting Hobbit.

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In the upcoming fantasy adventure The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins' comfortable life in the Shire is shaken by the arrival of the Wizard Gandalf the Grey, who has ambitious plans for the unsuspecting Hobbit.

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Joel D. Techico, 31, works at St. Michael Rural Bank of Tarlac. “Facebook, Sudoku, Naruto, X-men comics and the classics keep me afloat in the pond of ennui.”

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Apparently, activists are drug addicts. Before converging as a singular mass of caroling anarchists, they snort coke and get high on rugby-laden tissue paper.

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