Last night was almost nothing until I got invited to dinner.
Everything seemed fine until at that moment I was eating porkless fried rice, eggplant and ginko beans. No, the food was not inedible. It was just that it dawned on me: I was actually having this meal with a constellation of goddesses from Philippine showbusiness!
To [...]
Archive > January 2010
Starstruck
Extra Mile
Many of us go the extra mile.
We study our every move. Every circumstance. Every opportunity. Every obstacle, no matter insignificant.
And we jump a little further. Or skip higher. Others explore new horizons.
Some lie through their teeth. Others are straightforward. Only the undecided mumbles in darkness.
A few make allies. Some harbor enemies. Others summon demons.
Whatever.
We all [...]
Kamagasaki
I have forgotten his name but I could never forget his stories.
He is one of the 25,000 day workers in Kamagasaki who are without jobs or homes. He is one of those brought from the many provincial districts of Japan to work in Osaka during the industrial boom in the 1970s.
Day workers are, by the [...]
Old Hag
Last night I became the person I did not want to be: cranky, haggard, frigid, and crass.
I look at these kids and I wish for many times that I can be like them: interested, bright-eyed, unaware, truthful.
Not some witch planning to stew some hansels and gretels.
There are some nights. This has got to be the [...]
Bubbles is the new It.
Bangkok would not have been fun without the presence of JSL.
JSL is Bubbles, the new It model of Bangkok. Despite his busy schedule doing photoshoots for the covers of BTS Sapan Thaksin Daily and For Him Khao San as well as a new commercial for Betagen For Men, he kept me company.
And was he great [...]
Blu Tak
Dalawang social obligations ko sa linggong ito ay pawang katunggrilan.
Una, mag-judge sa Les’ Hunk of the Year organized by Filguys. CHECK!
Ikalawa, umattend ng Les Peches sa A.V.E.N.U.E, isang party ng mga byanang. CHECK!
Blung-blue ang social calendar. Byanang na byanang.
Sa Filipino lesbian ng Mr. Gay HK nagtagumpay ang natatanging La Aunor. Mahusay ang sagot sa question [...]
Fierce
While we had no idea about each other, we definitely have one thing in common:
a good subject.
Free Snack
People did not mind enjoying a free bowl of congee, a piece of spring roll or an orange. They deserved such a treat when the government they expect to serve them was doing otherwise.
Tonight, more than 4,000 Hong Kong people gathered around the Legislative Council office in Central to protest the proposed HK$ 66,9 00,000,000.00 [...]
Burst of Flavors
Orange noodles, a friend once called them. Or more popularly known in Tagalog, palabok.
I do not know how non-Filipinos react when they see palabok in the dining table or at a party of any Filipino family. But somehow, they predictably enjoy the burst of flavors coming from the noodles, shredded sun-dried fish, chopped green onions, [...]
Flowers
Ang haba ng buhok ko nung isang araw. Kasi maraming naganap.
Kumain kami sa labas. Nanood ng play. Nag-ikot sa Causeway Bay. Nagpamasahe.
Tapos binigyan nya ako ng flowers. Na binigay sa kanya. Ng ibang tao.
Masarap palang bigyan ng flowers. Kahit unintentional.
