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The latest thing to hit the young, urban creative-types is the proliferation of adult coloring books. It's similar to the coloring books of our elementary days -- except that this one has more complicated patterns and are much more expensive than the usual Barbie or Disney coloring book. Said to relieve stress and help …
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I don't like watching movies. In the Philippines, watching movies is an investment. You take a cab, you go to a (preferably) comfortable and safe movie theater where the aircon is working and there is no chance of bed bugs lurking in the seats and you pay for food. Movies here in Manila cost PHP230 …
What it is with men and the fact that it is so hard to get them gifts? I am sure that once in your life -- you came stumped on what to give your dad, your brother, your boyfriend or your husband. I mean, what do we get these guys? GUIDE 1: We all know …
If Halloween is spooky, wait till you hear about the Hungry Ghost Month. Our Chinese brothers and sisters believe in the Ghost Month: "The seventh lunar month in the traditional Chinese calendar is called Hungry Ghost Month. On the first day of the month, the Gates of Hell are sprung open to allow ghosts and …
I was one of the few noonass trapped in a sea of shrieking, screaming, near-epileptic girls during the one-night concert of Korean band, CNBlue last Saturday, June 15 at the Araneta Coliseum. I couldn't blame them -- I almost passed out due to the sheer talent of this band -- well, make that good looks, …
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I was just informed by our office's HR Assistant that my loan from the government's insurance program has been approved. However, it will take about a month for the check to be released. Bummer. Considering that I am planning to use the money for my long-overdue moving out from the tiny room that my hubby …
In honor of St. Valentine's Day--where people dress in red and try to compete for candle-lit tables located in over-booked restaurants, serving over priced steak--I bring you this adorable albeit, obviously crazy way these hapless Japanese salarymen show their love to their wives. By shouting their messages of love stark raving mad in front of …
Here's a film that managed to stay with me, all these years, after I first saw it on a grainy YouTube copy: Please forget the weird voice-over. I kept expecting someone to hand the narrator an Academy Award for the melodramatic voice over, but I digress. I fell in love with this movie the first …
Following the hoopla on supernatural beings falling in love, going all emo on heart breaks, having sex and siring children and imprinting on innocent infants, I'm kinda glad that this stage in literature and cinema is over and done with. I mean, for how long can we be able to believe that the undead has …
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 65,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that …
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