Papel de hapon, dapit-hapon, hapunan ( Read more... )

On my own, I am not rich. I don't have a big fat bank account to brag about. I have nice things and gadgets, but I did not spend much for them. My laptop is my company's, my cellphone is from my mom, my clothes and shoes are bargain finds, my bag is not really mine, and the only appliance I contributed in my new apartment is a cheap electric fan. I ( Read more... )

House of Flying Daggers was my dream movie. It had Zhang Yimou at the helm and Takeshi, Zhang Ziyi and Andy Lau-Tak Wah starred as star-crosses lovers. As a cinemaphile who's easily attracted to visual chutzpah and aesthetic sheen, I could not think of a movie that had better looking stars and more gorgeous artistry ( Read more... )

Reading through Friendster and Livejournal, I realize that Takeshi Kaneshiro has a really huge, mostly female, following. I have also chatted with female strangers and friends in Skype and YM and they all swear they'd leave their careers or husbands if Takeshi will marry them. My friends who saw House of Flying Daggers with me profess of having ( Read more... )

Reading my first journal post after months of posting it, I realize I am not as bad a writer as I thought. Many thoughts, insights, reflections, and mini Eureka moments burst in my mind every now and even but somehow, I always fail to document them in a journal. I swear I could make a Wong Kar Wai script if I just paid attention to the things that ( Read more... )

The highlight of my day is reading a Time Asia article about Wong Kar Wai. After watching this auteur's 2 films and countless movie clips in the Internet, I am convinced I have found another Edward Kowalczyk. I am sure only a handful of people know about Mr. Kowalczyk, he with the weird surname. Back in high school. I was Edward Kowalczyk's biggest ( Read more... )