(Spoilers alert.) Before I discovered Asian dramas, there were Filipino dramas. We grew up watching them after school or work and before dinner. And we complain about our mothers talking about the characters in the drama as if they knew them or they were real people. But it’s been a while since I watched…
I love films whose main ambition is just to entertain and nothing more. And that is what SUDDENLY IT’S MAGIC is all about, a Philippine production that casts Thai heartthrob Mario Maurer in the male lead. I seldom watch films from my native Philippines not because I don’t like to but because there are few…
The Philippines has a new tourism minister and he says selling the country’s destinations to the world would be as easy as selling Chickenjoy. This is Chickenjoy, a famous meal in the Filipino fastfood chain, Jollibee. So I wonder if Ramon Jimenez, the new tourism guy and a former advertising executive, would serve destinations crispy…
I didn’t know that HP has launched a TouchPad. I am so much an iPad baby (I wouldn’t say Apple because I am not into the iPhone, the only Steve Jobs product I’m not keen on). HP even got Manny Pacquaio as endorser for the TouchPad. Unfortunately, he couldn’t knock out Uncle Steve’s iPad. And…
I cracked up over that line in Ang Babae sa Septic Tank: “Oscars ‘to… Oscars!” Thank you Chris Martinez and Marlon Rivera for doing a film about Filipino filmmakers’ obsession to make it to international film festivals by capitalizing on poverty porn or “poor-nography”. Because to be honest about it, it’s so frustrating to see…
Fan girl confession: I like Sam Milby. For over a decade now, I haven’t taken a really good look at Filipino actors enough to fan-girl them. Besides, I have been living outside the country so I am not really updated. I did like some of John Lloyd Cruz’s movies and recently, Gerald Anderson’s Catch Me…
There’s this lady in the talaat (market) who comes a couple of times a month and sells all these chunky costume jewelry made of resin and wood. I love looking at them even if they’re not exactly my style. And I found out that they are made in the Philippines! One time, I found a…
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