tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30866462012-02-16T07:06:51.927-05:00filipino. in the twisted us of a. my rants, raves and ramblings. random thoughts (or not) about everything and anything under the sun. movies. tv. dvd. books. coffee. food. places. people. concerts. shows. musicals. cities. restaurants. cultures.momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.comBlogger6191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-2713962415459406362009-02-01T18:37:00.000-05:002009-02-01T18:37:50.551-05:00

 Did I mention its is Restaurant Week? After a meeting last week, I proceeded to the Columbus Center. Up 36 floors to the Mandarin Oriental's lobby (yes, lobby) - where the Lobby Lounge (duh.) and Asiate are both located. Asiate impressed me. From the breath-taking views of Central Park to the highly-attentive service to the great food, I was impressed. I'd be back and I'm bringing my friends and

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 It's Restaurant Week in New York!First stop this time around: Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill on Fifth Avenue. It's a three-course prix-fixe meal for $24.07. I was not overwhelmed. The food was okay, and that's where the problem lies. It was just okay. I wanted to be wowed but sadly, I did not get it here. Maybe I ordered the wrong dishes. Chances I'll be back: Maybe. Out of five, Mesa gets a 3.5.Type

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 Had a quick dinner here after a show at the Radio City. They had a promotion for 2 half-chicken mealswith soup, rice and cornbread for $9.99. Plus $1 each meal for the honey bbq sauce which was so yummy. I can't think of ordering it without any sauce at all. Over-all, the meal was alright - the chicken was well-cooked (they said it was rotisseried but I think it was fried) and was huge as well.

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i just finished bringing all my posts (since 2005) from my old blog to this site. i can't commit to writing regularly but i will try. i had my drive before but somewhere along the way, i lost it. perhaps i just got so busy.anyhow, it was fun browsing through my old posts, and i am a bit happy that some of the photos i posted are still there. months after my MacBook crashed, i still have

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i was kidnapped by aliens.i had to fly to paris.my hard drive fried. again.i forgot my password.i forgot to type.i forgot i had a blog.excuses, schmuses.it's been awhile friends, and i apologize. you can't imagine how many emails i received asking me why i no longer blog (4! yes, four. seriously.) hence this post.i've always been saying that i've been quite busy. that my schedule has been toxic.

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-17761097706599654232008-07-11T23:06:00.000-04:002008-07-14T23:17:10.963-04:00

and i used to consume tilapia by the freaking pound, specially when i used to live in hell-ey, where there are tons of fresh (and huuuge) tilapia sold for a dollar a pound. cheapo.we used to go to the filipino market (or asian store if there are no filipino stores nearby) and buy pounds of tilapia, have them cleaned and deep-fried to crispy perfection. we would then buy salted eggs and some

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-12521628953801028762008-07-08T00:10:00.001-04:002008-07-10T00:22:43.434-04:00

i know. delayed reaction. or delayed posting.i have never been a fan of roger federer. i don't know why. he's good, alright but i am not a fan. i was a big pete sampras fanatic, that i can say. and when he retired, i shifted my adoration to rafa. and novak. and andy. yes, even james. but not roger. definitely not roger. and my friends know it.i was very happy when novak won over him in montreal

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-65771235780934344312008-07-07T11:48:00.000-04:002008-07-10T00:59:39.491-04:00

coldplay's latest album has been playing like crazy on my ipod. the entire album is on repeat mode. what can i say? i'm a big coldplay fan.last week, i saw the tail-end of the today summer concert series at the rockefeller. yep, the one where they sang violet hill, 42 and viva la vida. fun. in order for you to get a good spot, you need to be at the rockefeller plaza by 7 am. heard some were there

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that, and other questions pummeled my head as me and nine others trooped to the cinema last saturday to watch 'wanted'. i became a james mcavoy fan after i saw him as tumnus on the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. then came atonement, and the miss piggy movie with reese witherspoon and christina ricci. i wanted to see wanted (hah!) to see if he can make his own franchise. and apparently he

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i was in jersey city with some co-workers to attend a filipino-american event (it was the philippine-american friendship committee (PAFCOM) parade and festival). mig ayesa was one of the performers. unfortunately, he did not get to perform because of the heavy downpour (seriously!) and it was an outdoorsy event (with manhattan's skyline as the backdrop).i talked to him and here's what made it to

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wala lang. i rarely post videos here but i had to post this one. i have no idea why this inspired me. maybe because i vicariously experienced his travels through this video.Type rest of the post here

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but he did. 'he' refers to the great american president george w. bush.the event: meeting with yet another great president, gloria arroyo.bush probably had nothing else in mind to say, so he started with small talk.PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-86981305855096333392008-06-09T14:23:00.003-04:002008-06-09T14:46:52.120-04:00

okay. this is not good. once a month posting? unforgivable. sorry dear 4 readers about that.i have been busy. yada yada yada. you know that by now, probably.so what has happened during the past weeks?i'm back in new york. and i'm happy. hehehe. i didn't realize i missed new york THAT much, until i got back. when i left, everything was brown and bleak and when i returned everything was back to

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for the first time in 10 years that i have been using apple computers, i experienced a crash. at first, i didn't think that it was a crash. it's just my-macbook-doesn't-want-to-boot type. and there's a white screen no matter what i do.i called the gurus and the apple support people. i was redirected to an indian-sounding guy since my call was made from the philippines. he told me, with utmost

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without much fanfare (as if), i arrived in manila a couple of weeks ago for yet another working assignment.i've always been saying that my schedule's always hectoxic. i'm not lying.my last post was more than a month ago. can you actually believe that?i sincerely apologize to all my readers (yes, to all five of you!) i'm okay. still alive and kicking.just what, in a nutshell, happened to me during

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-90526260232334093512008-03-24T20:00:00.003-04:002008-03-25T20:15:23.215-04:00

for the first time since i started owning cell phones (first one was a motorola circa 1993, the one that looks like an ice shaver number then was 0912-400-1434. service was provided by mobiline), i lost one less than two weeks ago during a trip to south beach.my boss asked me on the third day that i had no phone how it felt like. i replied, "liberating". indeed it was. but only for a time.then i

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friday, 14 marchflew from newark airport to fort lauderdale, florida. yup. bienvenido a miami three and a half hours later. stayed at this cool place in south beach. i love florida! more later.saturday, 15 marchfort lauderdale back to newark. red-eye flight. sunday, 16 marchnew york jfk airport to burbank. late evening flight. atlanta's weird weather forced us to have a stop-over in salt lake

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it has been more than a week since my last post and it has been a terribly busy, toxic week. what happened?had a lot of stuff to cover - from edith burgos' talk in queens to two multi-cultural and diversity fora to a hong kong tourism board luncheon to a rondalla show at the philippine consulate to a meeting at the city fund of new york. in between i got myself snowed in and rained on.and i

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-74958631136151252442008-02-28T00:22:00.003-05:002008-02-28T00:35:16.506-05:00

i've been quite open with my opinion that i do not like starbucks. never mind if i started collecting their city mugs five years ago and stopped after collecting about six.on tuesday afternoon, they closed their doors for about 3 hours or so. for what? to train their baristas, an AP news report explained today. or rather, retrain them.here's an excerpt from newsday.Starbucks wouldn't disclose how

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I don't know what it is about the winter that triggered my craving for one very particular thing: filipino-style spaghetti. Well, it's your regular spaghetti, but it's sweet and more, the way we Filipinos cook and eat this Italian dish.I did not have all the ingredients so I improvised. This was my final product -Filipino Spaghetti2 Nathan’s hotdogs1 jar Barilla Sweet Peppers sauce6 cloves

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-6449354165794912662008-02-22T08:53:00.004-05:002008-02-22T09:09:28.881-05:00

it's going to be spring in about three weeks which means that winter is about to be officially over but there has not been a major snowstorm as of yet.until today.and no, i did not pray for it. i experience a mild snowstorm last week and i swore it was fun at first but at the end of the day, i was already channeling "bora! bora!" as i waded through snow and sleet, with tough rain to boot!so today

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one more great thing about new york city is that there are a lot of restaurants and cafes that dot the landscape. and we're just talking about manhattan here. i know for a fact that even if i eat at a different restaurant every single meal, every single day, i wouldn't still be able to cover all the city's great dining places.aside from the fact that i can't probably afford it (major!), i have no

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i miss sanamluang.hah! sanam (shortcut!) is a hole-in-the-wall thai resto in hollywood, and is about 5-10 minutes away from where i used to live in silverlake. they serve delicious, satisfying and affordable thai dishes.one of my favorites is pad kraprow, or thai basil chicken. for dinner, i decided to recreate this meal. this is how it looked like.yummy! it looks pale, maybe it's because of the

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-30527780881317017712008-02-15T01:35:00.000-05:002008-02-17T01:58:31.182-05:00

while i was in manila last november/december/parts of january, i kept on calling my roomies to ask them if it has snowed. they told me it did, but it was not much. when i got back last month, there were a couple of instances where there were snow flurries. snow flakes, that's all. barely there to cover the ground.then this week, the weather center said that there's going to be an inch of snow. i

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seen at the 42nd street-times square subway station last night: a not-so-subtle reminder that it was valentine's eve and that people should buy flowers for their loved ones. some enterprising guy put this up to sell flowers. not that flowers are that hard to find...but for those who are going straight home, then this was their best bet. i did not bother to ask how much his flowers were.i did not

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not that i ever strayed to the other side. i'd like to think that i've always been good. generally speaking that is.the statement above is one of the many memorable phrases/sentences i learned/picked up from this book called "the kite runner". i bought it around spring 07 and unfortunately, i did not find time to read it. i've been meaning to but my schedule during the past year has been erratic

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winter has only a few weeks left and i still have to feel/see the new york winter i have always dreamed of. the past two weeks have been quite moderate (yes, considering it is winter) but last night, it was damn cold.there were reported snow flurries somewhere. too bad we didn't get to see it. the temperature dipped to around 10 early this morning. it's around noon and it's only 16 degrees.

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today, we will find if hillary is going to kick obama's butt or if obama will show hil who's the man. i don't care about who wins among the republicans. it could very well be huckabee.then we also have the new york giants parade in manhattan. hehehe. it's time to celebrate. we'll be there for sure, so if you plan to be there, well, see you there. hahaha. i'm quite swamped with work and i hope to

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i don't know if this product will click, but i am loving it. hehehe.introducing, diet coke plus.i am a diet coke addict and i find regular coke too sweet. this one is kinda sweet, maybe that's why it has vitaminerals. haha.i'm not sure if this product is available all over. diet coke used to have one that's sweetened by splenda. they also had one that i truly loved: diet coke with lemon. i think

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-29253585011759112912008-02-04T01:31:00.000-05:002008-02-05T00:38:00.736-05:00

and with that, the new york giants denied the new england patriots' quest for history. hahaha. new york is abound with celebration as soon as the super bowl ended earlier. a friend asked if i watched and who i was cheering for. i retorted, "do you really need to ask?" of course i was rooting for the giants! never mind if i only watch football during the super bowl. make that my annual thing.

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hahaha. yay! i am showing my political colors.the california democratic debate is over. i'm giddy and a bit disappointed because had i been in LA, i would have been there watching. yes, inside the kodak theater! we got invited by the los angeles times. it's our new reporter who covered it. boo! i'm happy for you. not."it took a clinton to clean up after the first bush. it looks like it will take

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-10614760202239924262008-01-23T03:14:00.000-05:002008-01-23T03:28:02.162-05:00

i was shocked when one of my roomies texted me when i was on my way back home battling traffic at the lincoln tunnel. "heath ledger is dead." i texted back. "how". then i was told that it could be accidental overdose. ah, the life of the rich and the very rich.i had an event near tribeca this afternoon and on my way back, i strolled along soho, stopping by lafayette. less than 10 blocks away from

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-17895753842848091632008-01-22T11:47:00.000-05:002008-01-22T12:04:07.876-05:00

after an almost two-month trip to manila, i am back. and boy it is cold. i was in LA for less than 24 hours (which was spent with friends having dinner at a thai-japanese place (it's confused!) in long beach and a cup of hot java at hot java also in long beach; then crashed at j's place, then ofc, then off to burbank for a flight to jfk). the cold wintry breeze of new york greeted us at 5 am when

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-34078314942897801172008-01-06T19:30:00.001-05:002008-01-06T19:39:04.014-05:00

this is my belated new year post.i didn't realize it has been days since 2008 arrived. my mom suffered a mild stroke and we rushed her to the heart center on new year's day itself. she's been staying there since then and i've been by her side every step of the way.i was supposed to leave for los angeles on that evening but then this happened. at first they thought she had high blood right before

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i'm still overwhelmed. i never realized how much i missed pinoy christmas until i experienced it one more time.the noise. god, i missed the noise. the sound of children carolling, using empty plastic bottles as drums. one group stood in front of our gate and sang (and danced! may choreography pa) boom tarat tarat. who knew that this freaking song had a christmas version? i never would have

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yes, i am back in manila.i stayed in LA for only 96 hours, afterwhich i hopped back on a PAL plane en route to Manila. since i arrived, it has been doses of toxicity. hahaha. and i am loving it.so i arrived again friday morning around 6ish in the morning. i got a txt msg (SMS) from BB's EA saying that we have a meeting around 730. hahaha. no time to even unpack my bags. so off to the meeting. and

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toxic. arrived late saturday after our flight from manila was delayed for a couple of hours. the moment we all got settled in, the announcement from the plane's PA system blared, "Thank you for your patience. We apologize for the delay. We had mechanical problems." yes, it was that blunt. that upfront. and it was not the nicest thing to hear when you're inside a plane. 'you mean it had mechanical

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the past week (and the preceding one as well) has been very hectic, very toxic, and quite frankly, unbelievably busy.since i arrived, i've covered a number of conferences: the 2nd international medical tourism conference; the 20th philippine advertising congress; the 6th asian network of major cities meeting; the first inter-parliamentary global meeting on hiv/aids; the launching of a unicef book

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It's actually Day 3 and I just found out that there's free wi-fi at the plenary hall. It's kinda dark though, and I can't see my letters. Hahaha. Some guy is talking about the Cannes Lions Awards and I am way at the back, charging my laptop because the battery's juice is slowly draining.Had a good breakfast earlier, sponsored by Lamoiyan, makers of Happe toothpaste. Some singers from GMA's Pinoy

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I’m flying to Manila today.A couple of weeks ago, my boss finalized my trip to Manila. He was going there ahead of me. The initial plan was for me to leave New York Friday, stay over for one night in LA, then leave for Manila the following day.Since I moved to the Big Apple, I have not seen any of my friends, and that has been two months. I’m missing them already. Altogether now, awwww. They even

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1. Where is the nearest playground slide? just outside the apartment there's a middle school, and there's a huge playground, with a slide, some monkey bars and a few see-saws and swings. 2. What’s something you recently let slide? my co-workers' daily reports. i think i just cut them some slack. for now. 3. Who recently let slide something you did? my mom, for something i did not do. 4. Where

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-44925632686439224122007-11-15T11:36:00.000-05:002007-11-15T11:53:52.453-05:00

for the past few months, one song has been playing on my mind over and over again, and i have not grown tired listening to it, not one bit.it's called apologize by one republic, and lately, a lot of versions have been sprouting all over the web. i like the one with timbaland and david choi's version on youtube.here's the video of the original, i think.favorite lines: I'd take another chance, take

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-75873412212139800172007-11-13T11:33:00.000-05:002007-11-13T11:48:17.890-05:00

i was roused out of my much-needed sleep around 5:30 this morning when our fire alarm went off. i thought at first it was just my cell's alarm but i realized when i was fully awake that it was much louder.i rushed out of bed and checked out where the alarm was coming. i opened our door to see my neighbors doing just the same. we called our building's emergency after-hours number, which apparently

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good morning. hate to open the week with the story of marianeth amper, the kid who committed suicide. i have been getting reactions about that.this morning, i got a call from a very concerned woman. i thought she just wanted to express her thoughts and opinions on the matter so i suggested that she write something about it. she's more interested however in finding out more about the family. she

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having lived in the west coast for almost 10 years, i never had the opportunity to watch the leaves of trees turn from green to various shades of yellow, red and orange.this was the reason why i was so excited when i saw the trees outside my apartment change its colors. i also love some of the trees in central park, whose leaves have turned bright yellow.fallen leaves, autumn 2007just outside my

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my college friend and i decided to meet up today to do some catching up.i suggested an afternoon broadway matinee. she agreed and we decided to meet at the tkts booth for some discounted tickets. on my way there, i saw some things that were not supposed to be there: i.e. news vans on every other street, picket lines, demonstrators, the works. then i realized, broadway's stagehands are on

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1. What’s something that’s hanging from your ceiling?a small chandelier, if i may call it that. 2. What’s something that’s hanging on your wall?now, nothing. a few months ago, i had a painting hanging on my bedroom wall. a picturesque scenery of some villa in italy. 3. What’s something that’s hanging in your closet?a skeleton. hahaha. pants, sweaters, coats. 4. What’s hanging from your

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It has been six or seven episodes and I’m still as confused as ever.It’s taking them this long to somehow explain things and tie some of the loose ends before everything goes awry. Where do I even start? How about Hiro being stuck in the past, Peter Petrelli fast-forwarding to the future and just plain chaos in the present?I have so many questions my brain’s beginning to ache a little.Among them:

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1. If you were on a game show and could phone a friend for help, who would your lifelines be for sports, arts & music, literature, history and geography, and science?sports - jojo p. he knows a ton about sports, some of which he plays, some he watches and a few he wishes to master.arts & music - arts would have to be rach, my friend who went with me to the different museums in london and even

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and since we're talking about some of the stuff i write about, here's one of them. link's also from the inquirer, which picked the story up.who is richard davis, you might ask. he is a young fil-am soldier, born to a caucasian dad and a filipina mom. after arriving from an assignment in iraq, he and his friends celebrated. hours later, he was murdered.his story so compelled paul haggis, the

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Inquirer.net picked up my story on Heyz Seeker.Fil-Am Captures Army’s ‘Soldier of the Year’ AwardBy Momar G. VisayaINQUIRER.netLast updated 10:10pm (Mla time) 10/22/2007NEW YORK – A soldier of Filipino descent emerged victorious at the recently concluded 2007 Best Warrior Competition held Oct. 1-5 at Fort Lee, Virginia and was declared the Department of Army’s Soldier of the Year.Spc. Heyz T.

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i covered the clinton global initiative's third annual meeting in new york city last september. i blogged about it, well, about one of the sidelights, which was seeing brad pitt and angelina jolie in person and listening to her speak.anyhow, a friend forwarded to me a link to zambian chronicle, a blog, which i presume chronicles the events in zambia. in it was an article which i wrote.it was

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i did not realize that halloween in new york would be that big. it was huge. an estimated two million people flocked to the village to witness what could very well be the biggest halloween parade in the world.just how big? we were on W 4th and 6th Ave by 6 pm and people were already reserving their areas behind the barricades. the parade didn't actually start until about an hour and a half later,

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quick updates.just got back from a four-day trip to the nation's capital, washington, dc. it was alright, although the first two days, i just stayed in my hotel room after all the conference sessions because of the rain.i have tons of stuff to write, so hopefully, i can summon the energy later (tomorrow) to write. took the bus from the port authority to dc's union station. it was the express trip

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that's how people are describing the collection of brushfires that are now burning all over southern california, from tecate near mexico to santa barbara, 200 miles north. the multi-million dollar mansions in malibu, including some historic landmarks are not being spared. while browsing the news, i saw this -photo from flickralso read that some areas near stevenson ranch are in danger. i have

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i have a confession to make. hahaha. (and i am so making it a big deal)for the past three weeks, this was what greeted me everytime i passed by times square.that's one of probably ten billboards in mid-town Manhattan alone promoting gossip girl just before fall season started three weeks ago. out of curiosity, i recorded the show (TiVo is a God-send) and it stayed there for about a week. i was

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abc has apologized. fil-ams don't think a one-paragraph apology is enough. the online petition has reached more than 85,000 signatories.it's time to move on. we asked for an apology, they gave it. they included more, such as editing the offending part and not including it in any other platform (i.e. dvd) where it would appear (including re-runs). it is time to move on.but apparently, some people

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wasting no time, the consul general of the philippine consulate in los angeles has issued a statement about the issue. kudos, congen aragon.then this afternoon, ambassador willy gaa sent his statement. i think abc has issued a statement, according to our reporter who's on top of the whole issue.i think it said,“Desperate Housewives” publicist Chandler Hayes issued this statement on behalf of ABC.

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someone forwarded this e-mail to me and i am reprinting it in full. thank you kevin nadal for jumpstarting this. this is regarding the desperate housewives episode last sunday, yes, the one with the unnecessary dialogue between teri hatcher's character and her gynecologist. i got it this morning and when i signed, i was signatory 4540. it's now at 6,000 as i write this.shame on you marc cherry

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i was happily watching the season premiere of desperate housewives a few minutes ago when teri hatcher's character susan mayer asked her substitute ob-gyne about his credentials jand diplomas to make sure that he's "not just from a medical school in the philippines".funny? i didn't think not.over-reacting? not a bit.darn. that killed my excitement in watching the shows that are premiering today.

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that's what the philippines is experiencing right now, according to gloria macapagal-arroyo, who is in new york for the opening of the 62nd u.n. general assembly.i covered her twice yesterday - first at the clinton global initiative opening where she was part of the morning plenary and the after-dinner coffee for community leaders in the east coast at the waldorf astoria.she touted the country's

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for some reason, they call the 15-seconder TVC 'morit'. in my dialect, it could mean crazy. here's the commercial i was talking about in the previous entry. kudos to bbdo guerrero. hope you guys win awards at the ad congress this november.and here's a 30-seconder, called "faith healer" and a part of the campaign. not as much impact.Type rest of the post here

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-34989957943393704452007-09-25T00:19:00.000-04:002007-09-25T00:25:27.512-04:00

when i was in manila last month, i saw one commercial that was just downright kick-ass funny. it was very creatively done. a few minutes ago, i saw this on youtube, probably a new version. hahaha. brilliant! they made it a campaign. i'll look for the first ad i watched.i know the second to the last person personally, if i am not mistaken. i used to work with her in manila years ago. she's the

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okay. so today marks my first week in the east coast. how was it?well, it was a bit easier than i thought. the hard part, as i've been complaining about, is the adjustment on time. the first four nights saw me sleeping between 3 and 5 am. that's bad. so on the fifth night, i felt a tad sleepy around 8, i took the opportunity to catch some ZZZs. i woke up the following day at 6 am. which is so not

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i was probably one of the happiest people last night when sally field won as best actress for my fave show brothers and sisters. she delivered a very good speech, but somehow, somewhere, she was f**king bleeped? why? who knows?maybe because she voiced her anti-war sentiments? because she said god-damned?“If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any god -” she said when the sound went dead

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whew. i've been remiss again, but what can i do? i've been having major life adjustments.the time zone's killing me. for almost a decade, i've lived in california, so pretty much, my body clock has been stuck on pacific time. now that i'm in the east coast, my body clock still screams LA, and for the past three nights, i have been sleeping way past 3 am. last night was probably one of the worst,

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this is day 03 of the great american road trip.we're staying at the quality hotel and suites in south bend, indiana, a university/college town. quality hotel has become the official residence of this road trip. hehehe. with less than a hundred bucks per night, plus comfy beds and really fluffy pillows, plus breakfast and wi-fi pa, what more could you ask for?we left nebraska early this morning,

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Day 2 of the New York road trip was fun and visually arresting.left utah around 9 am. gained one hour since we were already on mountain time. had late lunch around 2 pm in glenwood springs, a sleepy town an hour away from aspen. it was a looong drive traversing the state of colorado and it was about 8 hours later when we crossed the border to nebraska. a couple of hours later, we stopped for

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the great american road trip is on!after a lunch meeting in chinatown, we were off. this was around 1:30 pm.seven hours later, we were in this small town in utah called cedar city. checked in a fairly decent quality inn by the freeway. $71 with AAA card. dinner at teriyaki stix along main street (very American!), $20. finally getting a decent amount of sleep, priceless.or maybe not. spent two

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i find it eerie that i am officially moving to the big apple today, september 11, of all days.nope, it wasn't planned at all. in fact, i was supposed to fly but when i found out that there was a possibility for me to enjoy the 3-night, 4-day road trip, i did not hesitate. i asked my bosses if it would be possible for me to just take the drive, rather than the flight. obviously, they agreed.the

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in a couple of days, i'm going to be officially an ex-californian. hehehe.i've always imagined what life would be like in new york city. i've been there more than twenty times in the past eight years or so, but it never really crossed my mind that i would be working and living in what some as the greatest city on earth. there were moments though, when i would pause and think if i could survive

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I am bidding goodbye to a city I never thought I'd love as hard as I did, to a city I never liked in the beginning, to a city that was my home for the past eight years. Goodbye, LA. It has been fun.I'm going to miss a lot of stuff: my apartment on Hyperion Ave (the bomb!), my desk at work, my friends, relatives, co-workers; Sanamluang (!), Red Corner Asia, Thai BBQ, Full House, Pho Cafe on

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my friendly co-workers from our manila office gave this shirt to me as a gift when i celebrated my 23rd birthday (hahaha, can't even type it with a straight face) recently. what the shirt says is right on a couple of different levels.Type rest of the post here

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to all those who prayed for the speedy recovery of my niece jianne, who was hospitalized for stage 2 dengue last month when i was in manila, thanks a lot. your prayers helped. here she is, some pounds lighter, and a couple of weeks after she was discharged.Type rest of the post here

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she calls it "acerbic wit". i call it "tasteless".i hope it's not too late to jump into the malu fernandez-bashing bandwagon. hehehe. i was actually content with just reading all the blogs that talked about this nasty woman's writing (seriously, she gives lifestyle writers a really bad rep) but in the last two days, i told myself, i need to give in my .02 cents worth. hence this.first up. who the

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i just had my most stress-related travel/airline woes story!i should have known from the traffic jam that morning that things were not turning out as i would have wanted. first up, super shuttle picked me up 50 minutes later than what they told me. (full disclosure: the lady at the reservations told me that my waiting time was between 8:05 to 9:30 am. that should have made me think. the range is

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arrived in los angeles late last night after a 13-hour flight with some minor delays. (saw sarah geronimo and her mom at the mabuhay lounge. they were with someone who i thought looked very, very familiar.) got out of immigration/customs almost around 10. baggage was already waiting for me. for some reason, eight flights arrived within the 20-minute period that our flight arrived so the lines at

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i must have gained at least 10 pounds from all the food i ate in singapore. damn! i never realized that their food is really, really good. i have newfound respect for the chicken rice lah. it's so flavorful. i'm still the biggest fan of teh tarik this side of town. imagine my extreme jopy when i found out that the hotel buffet had teh tarik! goodness, i must have downed five liters just that

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i'm updating my blog from a cybercafe along orchard road. irealized i wasn't able to bring with me my contact lens solution so i walked a couple of blocks from my hotel to the nearest convenience store to see if there are any contact lens solutions for sale. they only have eyedrops. which means i won't be wearing my contacts tomorrow.but i found a cyber cafe, and it's $1 for every 15 minutes, $4

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and no, i am not complaining.i'm beginning to really fall in love with palawan. after my coron/busuanga experience last year, i was very excited to venture into this trip to puerto princesa, where we visited, amopng others, different islands of honda bay, the vietnamese village and the nooks and crannies of puerto princesa city. sample? here's the beach which is right within the entrance of the

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i slipped quietly in town (yes, manila) a few days ago. what? no announcements? no fuss?well, my friends in manila seem to be not that excited anymore everytime i announce (this year, thrice already) that i'll be in town. so i decided to just be hush hush about it.anyhow, it's been kind of a mixed-emotions type of feeling these days. it's good to be home again and i am happy but i couldn't be as

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less than a month after he admitted to the public his separation from his wife of 20 years, our mayor from los angeles, antonio villaraigosa admitted yesterday that he has a relationship with Telemundo (an NBC-owned network) anchor Mirthala Salinas.Mayor V told reporters, "I have a relationship with Ms. (Mirthala) Salinas, and I take full responsibility for my actions."Villaraigosa and Salinas

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it's the 4th of july! yay!i can't believe i slept 16 hours! after a super duper hectic slash emotional slash stressful day yesterday, i dropped by a resto to buy my dinner. to go, please. i was planning to have my dinner away from it all. so i got home around 7ish. put the boxed dinner on the dining table. left my messenger bag by the couch. went up to my room. turned on the tv and the computer.

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that's the department of homeland security's code for "selected for secondary security screening" and i was SSSSd not once, but twice in my recent trip to nyc.first up was burbank. we were running late so i thought that the reason why we were asked to be screened thoroughly was because of that. i noticed the "ssss" printed at the bottom of my boarding pass. obviously, we (myself, m and l, the

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and yes, i am back in new york city. i really heart ny for multiple reasons, top of which is the atmosphere. and no, i am not talking about the sometimes putrid (hah! haven't used that one in ages) smell when one passes through a mountain of black trash bags strewn all over the sidewalks. i'm talking about the feel, the vibe of the city that can never be matched by any other city in the entire

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-13622182379256036122007-06-18T04:14:00.000-04:002007-06-20T04:17:21.876-04:00

while bloghopping, i came across a site where one can check the places in the philippines that s/he has visited. i ticked all the places i've been to and what do you know, i was rated B. hehehe.My Lakbayan grade is B!How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out atLakbayan!Created by Eugene Villar.Type rest of the post here

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in south korea. ladies and gentlemen, wentworth miller.Type rest of the post here

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okay, guilty as charged. i've been terribly busy the past few days that this is all i can do: write an apologetic post. i should be teeming with stories (i am) but i am not. why? i have no time to compose my thoughts to translate them into something readable. i haven't been able to do it for work, much more here.in a nutshell: i've been covering a lot of stuff, travelling on the side. last last

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and time to clean the surroundings, too. this one's taken at fuente osmena, the famous cebu city landmark.everything's over but the counting. it was generally a peaceful elections. honest? i'm not quite sure. foreign observers say that they saw sample ballots with money attached (stapled?). wow. i'm not sure as to how many more weeks are needed for them to properly count all the votes. so far, it

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in the philippines, that is. to my friends here, please don't forget to vote and vote wisely. pakisingit lang po, migz zubiri! hahaha. at prspero pichay, itanim sa senado! seriously, i hope that the voters elect the right people. i've been in the campaign trail for about two weeks now and i've seen some of the candidates'"other" sides, not necessarily their evil sides but different from what they

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-12445337644922705352007-05-08T05:53:00.000-04:002007-05-08T06:13:10.309-04:00

i heart mindanao. i really do. i love cagayan de oro city to bits. i adore camiguin. i am awed by bukidnon. i'm fascinated with siargao. i'm intrigued by dapitan. i could actually live here.food is one of the reasons i love mindanao. the variety of fruits available - from durian to mangosteen to marang to grapefruit is nothing short of amazing. during this trip, i tried the local delicacies such

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nope, i did not come all the way to mindanao to campaign for team unity's senatorial candidates. i was invited to cover their mindanao caravan, observe how the well-oiled political machinery of the administration works and mingle with thousands of mindanaoans very eager to meet and talk with the candidates.took some pics. such as this.by the roadside in Iligan City, on our way to Cagayan de Oro.

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who knew i'd be back in my favorite Mindanao city after almost eight years?well, i am. and i am quite pissed because it's 10 pm and this guy at the cybercafe just told me that they are closing.i told him i'd finish this first.done! more later.

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In a nutshell, the surprise birthday party that my brother and I (with the help of a lot of accomplices) planned so meticulously went well, except for some kinks. An over-eager cousin being one of them.I arrived a day before my mom’s birthday so I had to stay somewhere and make my homecoming on the actual day. My brother picked me up. We were 15 minutes away from our home when my brother’s cell

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...because 'heroes' is back, and it rocked!who knew? linderman's one of them, and so is gramps. i just don't know what her special talent is. i feel sad that isaac mendez is sorta dead. i'm excited about what's going to happen next week. you versus me, the old hiro versus the future hiro. damn. peter petrelli's not dead and he's not gonna die ever. good for him and claire! (during the last museum

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and it's also not the washing machine kind. it's my schedule and my world.i'm in las vegas right now to cover an event. whew. went around the red rock hotel/casino/resort and i have to say i'm quite impressed with the way the hotel was done - from the ornate ceiling to the well-planned floor. its interiors are tastefully designed and it really looked pretty.the hotel has 2 starbucks cafes, lots

momarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03710234654859585813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3086646.post-53412492316826816192007-04-17T23:09:00.000-04:002007-04-17T23:27:58.270-04:00

Trees without leaves. Taken @ West New York, overlooking the Manhattan skyline.r2d2: live at Times Square -this is what happens when the usps celebrates 30 years of star wars. it's all about the subway. this station on 42nd street had 9 lines passing through it. 9!

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jfk the airport, that is. it's like i was deprived of wi-fi access for the past few days that i was like a kid in disneyland when we arrived at the jfk airport yesterday to check in for our evening flight.becaause of a storm that was going east, our flight was delayed by about an hour but the pilot was good that he probably oversped up there, if it was all possible.so i'm back in la-la-land. the

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that's currently my lss (last song syndrome po) because i just finished watching 'a chorus line' on broadway because i was able to score a ticket from tkts. i originally wanted to catch monty python's spamalot but it was already sold out by the time i reached the box-office. so i settled for 'a chorus line'.now this one is totally different from the previous musicals i've seen. while others

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