A Spectacular Jellicle Ball in Manila!

My delicious body just attended the marvelous Jellicle Ball!  Thanks to Mrs. Eugene Billones and her family who chose me to be one of the recipients of a ticket to see Cats (The Musical).  We were seated at the balcony’s “high-end” parterre box next to the reserved box for President Noynoy Aquino (but he was [...]

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There Must Be Something In The Water

Aside from having its distinct language, the Filipinos are so unique in living its life as compared to other dwellers of this planet. Except for the feathers, we practically eat every part of the chicken: helmet (the head), leeg (neck), balunbalunan (gizzard); betamaks ( coagulated blood), isaw (intestines), adidas (feet).  We enjoy sipping softdrinks through [...]

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Don’t Like What I Write Like

I write like Dan Brown I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! This worries me…  According to I Write Like, I write like Dan Brown.  I know that my writing style is better than Mr. Brown.  With smoke-wafting ear, let me announce my formal declaration of protest to this time-wasting viral statistical analysis [...]

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A Retail Therapy in Hong Kong

Shopping in Hong Kong is a must!  This is especially true this particular season because it is a screaming half-the-price season now.  Armed with my stupendous haggling powers, I personally got the chance to do a little retail therapy (shopping) in this former English territory last weekend.  My personal experience can be considered an epiphany [...]

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No Sight of Website

Today is July 12, 2010.  It’s been 12 days that I have a new president – Benigno S. Aquino III.  However, as far as the global system of interconnected computer networks that serves billions of users worldwide, the Office of the Philippine President’s website is still closed.  Is this a sign of poor public service [...]

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Almost Fooled by ‘Bench Uncut’

‘When you determine the value of other people based on their physical appearance, it becomes much harder not to evaluate your own worth based on how you look.’  I am soo guilty as charged, especially right after watching for the first time the bi-annual Bench underwear fashion show last week!  No thanks to this fashion [...]

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Borutesu Faibu

“A generation without closure” is one label that has been associated to my generation.  This is basically linked to me and my contemporaries’ failure to realize whatever happened to the well-loved Voltes V team (Steve, Big Bert, Little John, Jamie and Mark) and the Bozanian Empire when the very popular TV show’s final five episodes [...]

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Panghilod Movie Scene

You will look for a lover who is sexier and better looking than your ‘ex’ so that next time you bump into each other you can proudly hang yourself to the shoulders of your new partner.  However, you wouldn’t know if you would laugh or cry or be angered because the new significant other of [...]

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Dancer in the Dark

Last weekend, I tried to shut off my life for 2 hours and try to find an eccentric movie available in the internet and unexpectedly stumbled into “Dancer in the Dark” starring pop singer Bjork.  A lot of people consider “Dancer in the Dark” a 2000 Danish movie directed by Lars von Trier as the [...]

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