Last night marks the second time in as many nights that I went to Ateneo to hear mass.
It’s funny though, how several years removed from my graduation, I’ve actually been to Ateneo more times than my alma mater La Salle. I’ve been there enough to distinguish Xavier, Kostka, Bell and the Rizal library, among [...]
Then it’s the memory of our betters
That are keeping us on our feet
- All My Friends by LCD Soundsystem
Spent the past three days tripping out on LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver. Judging from their eponymous album released two years ago (which I didn’t like), I rather unfairly bunched this album together with Liars, M.I.A., [...]
Lazy Wednesday night last night, so I had ample time to start watching the first few episodes of My Boys on Youtube. About a tomboyish sports writer and her male buddies, it revolves around the clashing of her dating life with her being one of the guys. It’s somewhat like Sex and the City, although [...]
The way we are is just a movie sequence
I took you so fast.
- ‘Paris’ by Chicosci
There’s this French guy, Vincent Moon, who goes around Paris shooting bands doing live sets at the most urban settings. The Shins at the town plaza, The National around a cozy diner, St. Vincent inside a boudoir. But my favorite [...]
“People say that your dreams,
Are the only things that save ya.
Come on baby in our dreams,
We can live our misbehavior.”
- Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire
In anticipation of the rumored Broken Social Scene and Feist concert at Singapore’s Mosaic Music Festival next March, I feasted on several BSS live performances on [...]
2007 has truly been one prolific year. So many good albums came out, and as a result, I was forced to limit this year’s favorite album list to only 2007 releases (I usually include albums that I’ve heard for the first time regardless of year of initial release).
Anyway, the list…
10. The Shepherd’s Dog by [...]
For sharing with us the magic of your words, and for believing in the power of self-conviction, I want to say thanks.
R.I.P. John Lennon
9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980
About three weeks back, I received my first holiday present this year from my sister. She was excited that I open it immediately while I was a bit adamant, preferring to open it come December 25.
This week however, her persuasion got the best of me, and this is what I got.
Now, as someone who occasionally [...]
Yesterday, I finally got to watch Mira Nair’s adapatation of the Jhumpa Lahiri novel The Namesake. Starring Kal Penn, Irrfan Kahn and Tabu, it details the cultural struggles of first- and second-generation Indian immigrants to the US.
This film has actually been high on my movies to watch for the year. In fact, I’ve [...]
It was weird seeing you in my dreams again.
And like most of my dreams, it was wild and convoluted, occasionally bending the laws of logic. One minute, I was with a friend shopping for pink pearls in Dhaka, the next, I was riding an escalator in a mall in Manila.
Of course, you showed up [...]
