I came across my High School prom pictures and can’t help but cringe. What the hell was I thinking?? Disaster #1: Junior Prom. In our school, juniors were supposed to dress in baby pink for the prom. My mom brought me to her seamstress where we pored over dress designs on magazines and catalogues. I […]
Archives for October 2009
Paris 36 {Movie Review}
I would like to thank the Singapore 25th French Film Festival for for being in existence and for showing the movie Paris 36 and also Mademoiselles Betchie and Arlyn for inviting me to watch that film with them tonight. It’s only the second French film I’ve seen (the first one being Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie […]
Doubly Delicious
I was in Wheelock Place the other day when I walked past The Big O and its counter of delicious looking cakes. In most other stores, I’d be really confused as to which to buy – cheesecake or chocolate mousse? Here, both of my favorites had been married into one slice – the Big O […]
Julie and Julia {Movie Review}
Julie and Julia was a wonderful movie based on two true stories. Julie is a woman whose life seems to be going nowhere. One night, she and her husband come up with a challenge for her and she decides: “I’ll cook my way through the Julia Child cook book and write a blog about it. […]
Got Mercy?
Cate, Tatsie, Gelle, Tyne, Dada and I volunteered to help collect donations for the victims of the typhoon Ketsana or Ondoy in South East Asia through the Mercy Relief organization. We stationed ourselves outside the Toa Payoh MRT station with our coin cans, giving stickers in exchange for donations (that’s how they do it here […]
My Very Own Twin
If Coke Zero has Coke’s taste, is it possible that someone out there has your face? That is the premise of Coke Zero’s newest promo – a Facebook tie in application. To join, you just have to go to this link to allow the application to access your photos on Facebook. Once they have enough […]
Writing for the Screen: Behind The Writer’s Desk
Chocolate Cake Cravings
Warning: if you are highly susceptible to irresistible food cravings when exposed to reading or visual material about food, please stop reading right now. That means you, Zenie. When RayC and AA were a week into their relationship, RayC sent AA an Awfully Chocolate cake. That’s the cake’s name, hence the capital letters. Awfully sweet […]
Basketball Game: PBA San Miguel Beermen vs Singapore Slingers
Our new found friend Winie invited us flatmates to watch a basketball game so yesterday, we headed to the Kallang Indoor Stadium to cheer for our Philippine Basketball Association or PBA’s San Miguel Beermen as they played against the Singapore Slingers. A game between liquors (Singapore Sling is a cocktail). Haha. The last time I […]
Porque (Maldita)
I discovered this music video on my Facebook feed. It’s a song in my hometown’s local dialect, Chavacano, sang by the local band called Maldita. Chavacano is like Spanish in Filipino grammar. That is why our city is now called “Asia’s Latin City.” I love the vocals. I hope they make it big. PORQUE Solo-solo […]