Thank God for the brave. It it weren’t for them, we probably wouldn’t have this unwarranted ‘day of valor’ holiday right smack in the middle of summer. Ergo, a two day weekend for me (I’ve got work on Saturdays).
So it goes without saying that I’m not really complaining, with this holiday seemingly baseless and all.
It’s [...]
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 [...]
I went to the Powerbooks warehouse sale hoping to grab The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz which has been on my wish list for quite some time now. Unfortunately, as with every visit to the warehouse, I didn’t know where or how to look for it.
I did eventually settle on Remembering John Lennon: [...]
Not so long ago, a friend commented, “Your photograph looks nice. You must have a great camera.”
Sensing this as the perfect opportunity to jokingly interject some self-gratifying comment, I told her, “It’s not the camera, but the photographer.”
She replied, “I don’t get what you mean.”
Umm…
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While surfing the internet yesterday, I stumbled upon a great little [...]
Perhaps there’s some sort of drug implanted in our native pan de sal that fascinated our Taiwanese guests so much that they decided to bring back some to share to their loved ones. And by some, I mean a lot.
500 pesos worth, actually.
That’s 250 rolls of bread that I helped stuff in [...]
