Tara Frejas's Blog, page 34
July 14, 2015
Skull + Haha (feat. 10cm’s Kwon Jongyeol) | Beautiful Girl
July 10, 2015
Buzzer Beater
Sometimes four seconds feel like forever.
Take, for example, the last four seconds of this championship game between Kensington and Irving high schools, basketball rivals for as long as anyone could remember. Irving’s had the upper hand for two straight years now, but Kensington is determined to steal their thunder and keep their hands away from a three-peat.
“All right, listen . . .” Coach McNeely says, doing away with the board completely as everyone goes for a final huddle. Irving High is...
July 8, 2015
Playing Favorites: The music edition (Part One)
As someone whothrives on listening to songs, it’s pretty difficult for me to pinpoint only one (or a few) favorites. So to make this prompt easier for myself, I’ve decided to pick favorites from certain genres or artists every once in a while. And since I’ve had a very theatrical weekend, let me share ten of my favorite songs from theater productions here and abroad.
Also,let me tell you that I’ve tried my best not to pick two songs from the same production, even if I could easily name almost...
July 5, 2015
RAKINANGINA! (Or, why I can’t stop blurting out expletives while watching Rak of Aegis)
Cards on the table, first of all: I first saw Rak of Aegis in February last year, and again in March. I was so enamored by the entire production I couldn’t stop singing Aegis songs for weeks, and the withdrawal caused me to create an unofficial fanpage for the production . . . because I needed an outlet for my overflowing love, obviously.
At about the same time, I, together with my friend and co-fanpage moderator, Rica, began forging friendships with the cast members. They were very happy to...
July 4, 2015
He Wins, He Loses
It is a well-known fact thatGreyson Jacobs, now co-captain of Kensington High’s basketball team, is an awfully competitive son of a bitch.
Case in point: this doughnut-eating contest he’s hell-bent on winning.
It started as a joke between friends. Greyson didn’t have any business joining contests like this, not when he should be busier thinking about the upcoming game against long-time rival Irving High.“But it’s for a good cause, Greyson!” Samantha Larsen, 1/4 of their motley crew, insisted,...
July 2, 2015
Backtracking a bit: My #SparkNA journey
It’s been almost a month since the #SparkNA writing workshop came to a close, and I never really got around to writing about the experience–or I did, but in increments over the past few months–because 1) things got crazy at work, and; 2) I think I’m still in denial that it had already ended.
During our second and last face-to-face class on the 6th of June, our mentor, Mina, asked us to answer three questions: What went right? What went wrong? And: What’s next?
It’s funny how most of our respo...
July 1, 2015
Day One Hundred
On-File: “*We Got Married”Interview Reel
Im Jinah
WeekTwelve
“It’s almost your 100th day together,” the PD says off-camera. “Are you planning something special for your husband?”
The smile on Nana’s face is wide. She is ready to answer this question. “Yes.”
“Tell us about it.”
* * * * *
The newlywed house is now spic-and-span, thanks to Nana’s not-so-busy schedule over the past several days. It’s Joongki who will be coming home late today–his manager advised they were running late because a...
Get to know your emotions!
If memory serves me right, we werefirst given a glimpse of our adorable emotions during Big Hero 6 film previews, and I was instantly hooked. The premise was innovative and it left me wondering how Pixar was going to pull this one off.
Disney Pixar’s Inside Out had already been released in the US earlier in June, and viewers were nothing short of amazed at the entire production–the animation, the storytelling, and the execution. It has so far received a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and eve...
June 30, 2015
Maybe Some Other Day
“Today,” she tells her reflection in the mirror as she puts an earring on. “It has to be today.”
She has lost count of the times she’d resolved to break up with Daniel–her boyfriend of almost three months–only for said resolve to weaken and disappear completely the moment he smiles at her. Who could blame her, really? Aside from the fact that her boyfriend’s good looks could so easily land him on magazine covers, he is the sweetest, most attentive man she’s known. (It could be argued, however...
June 28, 2015
There’s definitely #MoreLoveInPH!
I love being part of this writing community. Something special happens all the time, and I am learning a lot from them.
First, there was the publishing seminar in January that started it all. Then there was #SparkNA. In the middle now of preparing for #StrangeLit (another writing workshop coming in August), #MoreLoveInPH happened. To be really honest, I was so confused at first as to what this event is and would be like. I thought it was a gathering for Filipino romance writers–no, let me rep...
