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 […]
Colour Everywhere
Last month my friend Gay emailed me to ask if Rodel was the only guy College classmate that we had who was in Singapore because an officemate of hers had said that her bestfriend’s boyfriend knew Gay for that reason. “What?!?” I replied. “Are you telling me that Rodel already has a girlfriend that I […]
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 […]
Endless Love: Spring Waltz
As if I don’t get enough Korean exposure at work (my AP market is Korea and I deal with Koreans everyday), I get my dose of Korean kilig on Monday to Thursday nights right before I sleep by watching Spring Waltz on ABS-CBN. Call me corny, but I’m a sucker for kilig moments. My favorite […]