Monthly Archives: November 2007

How I Became an International Pop Idol

My video is just a little more than a month old but already it has been viewed by less than 1,000,000 users (1,128)!
Plus I checked the websites that link to my video and discovered that most of them were Japanese websites. I’m big in Japan!
While I was basking in my newfound fame I pondered the [...]

Hairspray 2007 Movie Review

I recently saw Ratatouille again and it was just as good as the first time. Aside from its story and visuals the movie made an impression on me with it’s theme: talent can come from anywhere; even a rat can cook.
Hairspray expressed the same theme. Only this time the cooking was dancing, and the rats [...]

Hot Rod Movie Review

In Hot Rod, aspiring stuntman Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) discovers that his stepfather, whose respect he’s been trying to earn all his life, is dying of a terminal illness. With the help of his equally retarded friends, Rod needs to jump 15 buses and earn $50,000 to save his stepfather for another chance to beat [...]

Beowulf Movie Review: Sexy without Substance

At 8pm tonight we got in line (a long one) to buy tickets for the 8:30pm showing of Beowulf. It was no surprise that most of the seats were already taken. What shocked me was that the other moviegoers snubbed Superbad; both the 8:30 and 10pm seatplans were almost empty. They instead flocked to [...]

The Greatest Bartenders in the World: 2 Filipino Champions Show Off Their Moves (and mistakes)

My cousin Sydney invited us to his birthday party at TGI Friday’s, Bonifacio High Street. To start the program two of the best bartenders in the world entertained us with their championship-winning performances.
The first was Eric Martinez.
Eight finalists from a field of 8,000 of the World’s Greatest Bartenders squared off in Las Vegas for T.G.I. [...]

St. Therese Saves My Mom’s Life

St. Therese
Late last night, Mom got home and I hugged her tighter than usual. Immediately after I let go, she told me her story.
At around 8pm every night my Mom waits for her driver near the south entrance of the House of Representatives. Yesterday she asked her boss, an opposition congressman, to allow her to [...]

Happy Birthday Mom!

Since November started I’ve been itching to buy a new book. Last October I promised myself I would only buy a book a month, and when I made the promise I had already bought one. So yesterday Tin and I went to Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street — the best bookstore in the [...]

10 Thinking Exercises for a Deeper, More Soulful Life

I recently saw 30 Days of Night and I was reminded of how shallow Halloween can be. Aside from the blood and gore shown in these movies, there’s the costumed kids and ruined teeth and toilet papered houses.
But maybe it was meant to be shallow to prepare people for the seriousness of All Souls’ Day. [...]

Happy Holloween (and 30 Days of Night microreview)

I haven’t written in a while, but I’m happy, because I submitted my short story to the Neil Gaiman contest. And although it wasn’t as good as it could have been, I’m happy that I submitted it anyway. I learned a lot from that experience. Even though I consider what I have written to be [...]