note: thanks to our good-for-nothing friend of a hacker/s (may you meet the Creator soon–ok I kid), the original post was mercilessly wiped out so this was re-written from what I remember of it...
Oh dear. I was hacked again. And my two last blog posts and recent comments were deleted. Let me try to retype them.
My trip to Kuala Lumpur together with friend Kei, who flew from Manila, coincided with what must be a historical rally in Malaysia’s capital and largest city, as thousands of rallyists gathered...
Yesterday has to be the worst flight I had during my first AirAsia experience, when our flight was delayed twice, first from 4pm to 8pm, then to 10:30 pm, thus, moving our arrival time at Kuala Lumpu...
Eating in Bangkok can be as expensive or cheap or exciting (read: street food) as that in Manila. smoked everything As much as possible I try to eat in different places to maximize my visit here (lea...
While roaming the temples with my friends the other week, we saw this meaty dog. On the streets of Bangkok all the dogs I saw were hanging out like they’re on vacation in a tropical country.
Silom, Bangkok. April 2012. After sunset. Past the racks of bohemian dresses and layered skirts, vials of colored contact lenses, boxes of synthetic pumps and oxfords, golden buddha keychains and sil...
If you’re planning to go on a budget trip to Bangkok, my friends and I would highly recommend staying at Lub D Siam. It’s cheap, clean, and chic. The building’s design, in a...
Today starts my second week in Bangkok, Thailand. Here, I feel like I’m just in Manila (cleaner version) so homesickness has no place in my mind, not even in my dreams. The Thais look like Fili...
To dress up is to communicate. One doesn’t need an expensive wardrobe collection to flaunt one’s style. Imagination should be good enough. Coming to Bangkok in April, however, is a bit of...
Fascinating how the floating market operates. Also called the Venice of Asia, this market easily lands in travelogues and blogs about Thailand. You ride a boat and buy all sorts of products from the ...
There is a cabinet of wonders I rarely open, but this afternoon I remembered it when I saw my former colleague, Christian Tablazon, on Facebook liking this photo (thanks, Christian!): Christian showe...
Doors of the train slid open. Drum beats slipped in, people poured out. Below Bangkok’s Skytrain station are vendors calling out, everybody walking, people dancing and water-splashing. I stare...
It’s midnight and I’m writing this from a youth hostel in Bangkok, Thailand. Today, I could say that my work for the magazine is over (it’s running in the press already!) after this...
Once upon a modern time, before iPhone 4s was released, my game designer friend Jay warned me, in an arcane tone, that the way you look at mobile phones will never be the same again once you use an i...
Believe it or not, instead of reading or writing a review, the first thing I did after reading Ilustrado is add the author on Facebook to look at some of his photos. Whatever happened to my academic ...
Somebody from Cebu dropped a message saying she and her friends or colleagues just read my article that was published in Youngblood (the one about how I met a stranger on a bus) and she requested for...
soup for the soul on rainy days later again, after worship of screens (stopover in Singapore)
This summer, it will be my first time to visit some Southeast Asian countries after a stressful work for Rice Today magazine. I haven’t got time to plan this “backpacking” but IR...
Sunday morning found Kei Tan running. The run started at 2am (assembly at 1am). The distance: a crazy 40+ kilometers. That’s about the distance from Sta. Rosa, Laguna to Buendia, Manila (a 1-ho...
Los Baños, Laguna has been in the news of late as it witnessed a series of crimes in the past weeks and months. Helpless students have been the target of theft, murder, and rape. Because of this, the...
Our big boss who’s in a Mekong Delta trip right now told us that flowers are filling the streets of Vietnam as men get these for women since it’s women’s day today. What’s thi...
During our editorial summit break last week in Manila, my officemate and I were talking about the car that my sister and I bought for our father, and she said something like they must be lucky to hav...
Yesterday my sister and I bought my father a car–an AUV to be exact. It’s not like we dropped by the shop and felt like buying him one. We’ve been in constant communication and rese...
Do you also get curious whenever your country is mentioned in a foreign film or book? Of course, we’re interested in how ‘the others’ see us. When I saw White Tiger on the shelves o...
Flesh detaching from the womb is how it feels
A good morning exercise is stretching every part of your body, lifting things, and walking. This will flex the muscles so they won’t be shocked if you do something heavy later in the day. Stres...
One of the RSS feeds I’m subscribed to is some bookstore blog in the U.S., and their latest book review offered a panacea to my recent technology stress. Technological advancements are supposed...
Forty-year old theater director old Siddalee Walker is not in good terms with her (literally) crazy darling of a mother, Vivi. This is because of a controversial New York Times article about Vivis ch...
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