Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now and a 25-year old’s take on Spirituality

(Author’s note: This was in my drafts from 10 years ago. I’m more forgiving now, and this might probably help someone, so I’m publishing it) I shouldn’t be writing about spirituality, 25 year old yuppies like me shouldn’t be writing about this stuff. Oftentimes, when one mentions spirituality, a person whose has lived their lives,…

Celebrating Arts Month 2020, un-intentionally part 1: Sketching Faces by Fran Alvarez

Should you be one of those who are on a look-out for artsy related-events, you’ll be glad to know there’s a lot going on in Manila, most of them free. For one thing, I just wanted to attend Bad Student’s Risograph Workshop that day, but it turns out, Uniqlo had their own series of workshops…

Almost Vermeer and some Street Art in Osaka

For all their tech know-how, Japan is probably not the top of mind when it comes to Art, at least of the western kind. However, being an erudite society, I guess it is commonplace for them to find ads for Art Exhibits in Public Places. For example, they’re bringing freakin’ Vermeer to Osaka, and there…

How do you show a Balikbayan Around Metro Manila in 3 days: Be Spontaneous – Unplanned things happened in Taal (Part 2)

It was a weekday on the last few weeks of January and the weather sucked. It was cloudy and raining from time to time, a kind of rain where your feet will get soaked only a few minutes in. What I had planned was a McDonald’s trip because the cousin’s wife would like to have some McDonald’s, and…

Applying for a Turkey Tourist Visa in the Philippines for us Mortals without a US, Schengen or UK Visa in the year 2016

Gather all your Docs: 2×2 Photo, Passport, Hotel Reservation, Round Trip Airplane Tickets, Proof of Income: ITR, Employment Certificate, Bank Deposit Certificate addressed to the Turkish Embassy Consul. Proof of Intent to Return to the Philippines: Land Registry Certificates, Bank Deposit (too), Leave Approval Form from your HR. Applied for Travel Insurance in WorldNomads.com Group…

July 2015 in Plays: Kung Paano ako Naging Leading Lady and No Filter: Let’s talk about me

On Kung Paano ako Naging Leading Lady Managed to catch the last few runs of it in Greenbelt OnStage Was hoping to watch Bituin Escalante in the starring role but I get to watch Frenchie Dy instead. Frenchie’s not bad, but I was hoping for an intense performance. She was quite believable as the good ate…

Finally: 98B’s Saturday Future Market at Escolta: August 2014 Edition

I’ve been following 98B’s FB page for a while and I’ve been eyeing their Monthly Market over at Escolta. With 98B being an independent artist-run initiative, I could only imagine the selection of items being sold (or in this case, the concessionaires they’ve allowed to sell at their Market). I was expecting nothing less than interesting, and…

Cinemalaya X 2014 (Day 2): Dagitab, #Y – Generation Gap

Generation Gap is the wittiest thing that I could come up with right now regarding these two films that I’ve watched in today’s Cinemalaya lineup. On one hand you have the story of two married UP professors in their midlives dealing with their issues in Giancarlo Abrahan’s Dagitab, and on the other you have the the…

Cinemalaya X 2014 (Day 1): Kasal, The Janitor – Medyo Stress. Medyo lang.

Cinemalaya 2014 Day 1 was my stressful films day: Kasal and The Janitor.

On this year’s Summer Komikon 2014

And I’m back! Been finding a reason to blog again after the office shenanigans, and this looks like the perfect opportunity to do so! The last time I attended Komikon was way back 2012, and I missed it a bit. Primarily, I think it was that I didn’t find enough motivation to go last year…