"Don't take things too seriously.  Seriously."

More of a birthday text message from one friend to another, three days ago:

Happy Birthday, Benjie!  The best part about this time in our lives is that family become friends, and friends become family.  Love, Caloy

Happy Easter, to my friends and family!  You know who you are.

Buying a doorknob is an emotional experience. 

Years ago, my business partner suggested that I get a membership at the Tower Club. I’d be gyming with an exclusive circle that included very important clients .

I saved our company hundreds of thousands of pesos as I opted for my old, old gym. But someone please save me from such characters:

A 52-year-old Hag whose life revolves around the ( Read more... )

There is a strong familial bond between the Filipino and a collectible tumbler.

October 10, 2006
Critic’s Choice
New DVD's: From the Philippines

By DAVE KEHR
When the Torino Film Festival, in Italy, tried to mount a tribute to the Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka last year, the programmers were astonished to discover that only 5 of the 55 theatrical films he directed from 1970 until his death in 1991 existed in a projectable ( Read more... )

A true diva will not stand being a version of an original.

Kuh Ledesma on the other hand, basked in her own P.R. efforts, heralding her as the Diana Ross of the Philippines, at the time when the Motown queen was gasping her last breath of pop supremacy during the early 80’s with a huge flop of an album aptly entitled ‘Eaten Alive.’ When that ( Read more... )

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April 24, 2006

The staff was very courteous but that’s Balinese hospitality. The food was excellent but that’s Balinese cuisine. The Ritz Carlton Bali may be grand, with a magnificent open structure that takes in a spectacular view of the Indian Ocean but it is not the luxurious hotel that it proclaims itself to be ( Read more... )

"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." -  Victor Hugo