My cellphone rang, flashing another yet unknown number. When I answered, some guy started talking to me in what must have been Mandarin. I told him I did not understand and he must have the wrong number. I expected him to put the phone down. Instead, he continued, “Philippine?” I said yes, and he went […]
The Lost Mohican
We were miles apart, and it had been years since we last talked – a dozen years, to be exact. Yet here I was, going on overtime because I was having too much fun chatting with her. “So how is Cate?” she asks, after I tell her about how I spent Christmas with my roommate […]
Siloso Beach Party (New Year Countdown 2009)
Siloso Beach Party – Asia’s Grooviest Beach Party31 Dec 2008 8pm – 6am Siloso Beach, Sentosa Highlights: • 10 hours of beach partying, dance from dusk till dawn • International & local DJs spinning Mashed Up dance music • Huge foam pool for real foamy action • Interact with fire-eaters, stilt-walkers, percussionists, and Lucy the […]
Highlights of 2008
As the year winds down to a close, I decided to jot down all the highlights that I had been too lazy to blog about this year. This was the year that I discovered multiply, so instead of taking time to articulate the events, I just clicked my camera and let the pictures tell the […]
Ghost of Christmas Past
At the stroke of midnight, Gelle, Cate and I screamed excitedly for our presents. We exchanged packages and looked on as each tore the wrapping off to reveal the presents from the others. I felt like Cinderella that night, with both presents I got being shoes… pretty shoes, may I add. I was very happy […]
A Singaporean Christmas
Twas the day before Christmas, and at 10:30 AM, the big boss Patrick Huang sent an email, giving me two reasons to smile. The first reason was his name. No, it’s not a funny name, I just find it amusing that it sounds so much like the name of the big boss of the company […]
Songtwister
It started in my childhood. I had a notebook that I shared with my neighborhood friends Steph and Lenlen. It was like a scrapbook that held pictures we drew and songs we wrote. Songs whose lyrics we changed a bit so that it became our own… different but with no sense. Like changing the lyrics […]
Twilight {Movie Review}
Singapore has a lot of cinemas that show a lot of different movies at a time, unlike in Metro Manila wherein Greenbelt may show the same movie in all 6 of its cinemas. Still, Singapore cinemas lose to Manila’s in that their Hollywood movies are shown late. Take Twilight, for example, which the rest of […]
Austine in Singapore
My high school and college classmate Austine (who jokingly refers to himself as my son) came to Singapore to visit his girlfriend Tyne on her birthday, December 7. We celebrated said event at Tyne’s flat. Tyne and guests our itsy bitsy teeny weeny orange polka dot bikini gift The next day, we college classmates watched […]
Romantic Comedy Proposal
Joey needed to fly back to the Philippines on short notice, so Cate and I had to prepare our despedida for him on short notice too. While he and Gelle went to Suntec City to buy his gifts for his family, Cate and I hurriedly wrapped our Christmas gifts for him and set those and […]
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