I’m a huge fan of musicals, and though I’ve watched and loved Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Into the Woods, Mamma Mia and Moulin Rouge, I only saw them on video or in moviehouses. Thus, I had every reason to be excited last Saturday as I got all dressed up to watch Rodger and […]
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 […]
What Stars do Best
“Your emotions give you away, Yvaine, you must learn to control them. You’ve been glowing more brightly every day and I think you know why.” One of my friends once told me that if you’ll replace the name Yvaine with mine, that line from the movie Stardust would be so appropriate. Well that was me. […]
Love Makes the Difference
An officemate read one of my blogs and said, “Ang galing mo magsulat ah!” (You write really well!) I thanked her and explained, “It’s because I love to write and when you love what you do, you tend to be good at it.” I realize that that is especially true of me. When I was still […]
Episkey! (Wand Pointing to Heart)
1 Message Received Sender:Gelle Message:Dee! OMG! May Pic ka sa Marie Claire magazine for the month of May. Yung sa speed dating ni Sam Oh. Page 59. Kasama si Jess. I’m a simple non-popular girl. The only other time my face has been on the page of a publicly-circulated medium (not counting school papers/mags and […]
Zenie’s Happy Hearts Day
Last year was a special valentine’s day, if not for me, then at least for one of my friends, and I was happy enough. Zenie’s boyfriend John had contacted me and asked for my help. He was in their hometown Basilan so he couldn’t give his valentines gift personally, so he asked if I could […]