Jessica Zafra's Blog, page 377

Like the seven plagues, flash-forwarded

That's not my foot in the sandal. Sa 'Yo Lamang. A Star Cinema production directed by Laurice Guillen. Story written by five or six people, screenplay written by four or five. Starring Lorna Tolentino as the seemingly perfect mother, Christopher De Leon as the prodigal father, Bea Alonzo as the angry eldest daughter, Coco Martin [...:]

Cine Europa 13

Ways of seeing

Text message Maricon: Tattoo on the chest of punk tambay: 'Blind Teror'. Me: He did say blind. * * * * * We like to walk. It clears our heads. We have no place to walk outdoors (indoors we walk round and round the mall). Pedestrians have no rights and there are hardly any sidewalks. [...:]

Literary jewelry

Jeremy May makes jewelry from books. Hundreds of pages are laminated together then given a high-gloss finish. More of his work at Littlefly.

The winners of the Mockingjay contest are. . .

Photo of Easter Island statues by Stephane Guisard, from the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day archive. larrym1983 shadowplay rani miss_o Congratulations! Please post your full names in Comments (they won't be published) so I can inform the National Bookstore branch in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati and you can pick up your prizes. This [...:]

The She-Pope

Pope Joan giving birth during a procession; the female pope surrounded by cardinals at right, the newborn child on the ground; at left the procession and a fool standing behind a column mocking the scene; illustration to an unidentified publication. Strasbourg, 1539. From Wikimedia Commons. The story of Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself [...:]

Pensive

Jake Robrigado Letts is a member of the Philippine rugby team. Here he looks unhappy—not because the national rugby 7′s team lost at the Shanghai Sevens this weekend, that came later, but because I was photographing him. Taken last Wednesday in Noel's house, with Juan's camera. Frequently-asked question: Isn't he a little skinny for a [...:]

I needed to hear that.

Now work.

LitWit Challenge 3.5: Game, set, match

This week's prize: Open by Andre Agassi. As long as we're glued to the US Open tell me a story, real or fictional, that involves tennis in some way. Tennis as metaphor, tennis love stories, tennis fan fiction, fire away. Maximum 1,000 words, deadline at 11.59 pm on Saturday, 11 September 2010. Time. The Weekly [...:]

Tawa-tawa ka diyan: the anti-dengue herb

My friend's brother was diagnosed with dengue fever last week. Dengue fever is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which breeds in pools of stagnant water. There's no cure for dengue, you can only treat the symptoms (recurring fever, rash). The patient was given tea brewed from the leaves of the tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hierta) plant. [...:]