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August 24, 2011
Eye see you
My friend spotted these glasses in Covent Garden while shopping for his trousseau.
One Day: Accurate estimate of how long this movie feels
Emma and Dexter, 1988 One Day is based on the bestselling novel by David Nicholls, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess as Emma and Dexter who hook up on graduation day in 1988, end up sleeping together literally, and decide to stay platonic friends. The movie looks in on [...]
August 23, 2011
Way too relaxed in Cagayan de Oro
Last week I was in Cagayan de Oro to cover a food festival and get a little writing done. The minute the plane landed I felt so relaxed, so laid back and stress-free, I got no work done whatsoever haha. The city as seen from Room 302 of Pryce Plaza Hotel. This was my third [...]
August 22, 2011
Monday night in the tropics
Having agreed that immaturity is the secret of eternal youth, Noel and I proceeded to have merienda for dinner: champorado at dilis, pinaputok na gulay at prutas, then ginisang monggo at chicharon. Then we sat outside and shared a bottle of cabernet while rain lashed at the awning. It was very Somerset Maugham.
Paging Moleskine junkies: The Reading and Travelling collections have arrived.
At select National Bookstores (Took these photos in Power Plant).
The Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.8: How to Dance With Dragons
From the HBO series: Robb and Bran with their direwolf pups. For his sprawling fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire George R.R. Martin has been called The American Tolkien. We love the Westeros novels and approve of the HBO series; we'll even condone Martin's readiness to kill off major protagonists we are fond [...]
August 21, 2011
The winner of the Weekly LitWit Challenge 6.7: Endangered Specifics is. . .
annemp and here is the winning entry. (For the rules of LitWit 6.7, look here.) It happened on a rainy Wednesday night – not that it matters since it was the sort of thing that did not pick a date. I was on my way home from a friend's house, aboard a jeepney that was [...]
Historical mangkukulam and the possibility of zombies
Dr Cuanang invited us to the opening of the Complementary Medicine Service at St Luke's in Bonifacio Global City. According to the US National Institute of Health website, "Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care." Examples: acupuncture, yoga therapy and ventosa, all [...]
August 20, 2011
This is a dirty, dirty book.
Buy it at once! We won't print an extract lest some prudes wander onto this site and have nervous breakdowns. But we recommend it energetically. Nicholson Baker (Vox, The Fermata) has managed the nearly impossible: sex scenes that are both graphic and wholesome. Yes, wholesome. House of Holes is available at National Bookstores, hardcover, P995 [...]
Spotted in Alaska
Photo by Patrick's friend who visited Alaska recently
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