Jessica Zafra's Blog, page 320

Juggling

In the dressing room of GMA-7, while waiting to be interviewed on Unang Hirit and News To Go. L-R: Gaz Holgate, Michael Duhig, Luke Matthews, Patrice Olivier

The Vortex of Hotness

punched a hole in the space-time continuum this afternoon at 1245 hrs in Greenbelt 3. Michael Duhig, Patrice Olivier and Gareth Holgate of the Philippine Volcanoes men's rugby team were shopping for shoes at the Nike store in Greenbelt 3 when another national athlete materialized in the area—Neil Etheridge of the Azkals Philippine men's football [...]

The ratings ate your judgment

The Little Prince Moleskine

The special edition Le Petit Prince Moleskine is now available at selected National Bookstores. This notebook (available in two sizes, in plain and lined) features the familiar illustrations from Antoine de Saint-Exupery's much-loved work. There's a cutout enclosed that you can turn into a pretty mobile. The Little Prince is a charming book. It's the [...]

Patrice Olivier of the Philippine Volcanoes signs with French rugby club Beziers

Patrice Olivier with Katana. Photo by JZ Patrice Olivier of the Philippine Volcanoes, the national men's rugby team, has just signed with the AS Béziers Hérault rugby club in France. This is the first professional contract for the half-Filipino, half-French Patrice, 21. The Beziers stadium The Beziers club marks its centenary this year. Founded in [...]

Brainwaves and Silent Explosions: An interview with David Lloyd, co-creator of V for Vendetta

Our friend Noel Orosa, an avid reader of graphic novels, spoke to David Lloyd, creator of V for Vendetta and most recently, Kickback. Photo: Graphic novelist David Lloyd Noel Orosa: How did you come up with the idea of not having the usual comic book sound effects like "kaboom" in V for Vendetta and keeping [...]

The Weekly LitWit Challenge 5.7: The Upside-Down Staircase

This is an artwork we spotted at the Tate Modern: a staircase made of fabric, dangling from the ceiling. Write us a story about it. 1,000 words or less, due on or before Friday, 27 May 2011 at 11.59 pm. The prize is a stack of hardcover books: 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell, Zugzwang [...]

London, last day

Friday was my last full day in London. After a whole week of lazing around my brain suddenly kicked into gear and I ended up cramming several days of stuff into 12 hours. First I went shopping in Oxford Circus. (More stuff for my wonderful sister who will cat-sit for me once again when I [...]

Let's do this again!

The coffee with readers at Caffe Nero on Tooley Street was so much fun that it became dinner at Nicholson's on Southwark by the river and ended with drinks at the 184-year-old Globe Tavern on Bedale Street off Borough. Not bad for a bunch of people who had just met. Here we are at the [...]

Sorry today's live chat was cancelled

Scheduling conflict: I had my meet-and-greet with readers in London Bridge, and Harry had a game in Putney. My apologies to the readers who stayed up until 3:30 am in Manila—I'll make sure the questions you posted are answered. Tell you what, I'll do a podcast with several Volcanoes when they arrive in Manila next [...]