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I finished a court hearing early and wanted a heavy meal in Maginhawa to compensate for skipping breakfast. It was my first time to scour the area at before official lunch time (I usually visit at noon at the earliest), and was actually surprised, after driving the length of the food street and back, that […]
Have you ever been on a road trip? Everybody wants to go on a road trip. Well, not really everybody, but a whole lot, especially those who love life and its many adventures, like I do. I have already done several, but this is my longest so far: 5 nights and 5 days from Manila […]
Have you ever been on a road trip? Everybody wants to go on a road trip. Well, not really everybody, but a whole lot, especially those who love life and its many adventures, like I do. I have already done several, but this is my longest so far: 5 nights and 5 days from Manila […]
I was scheduled to go to Legazpi City for a business trip (naks, that just made me sound rich, even if I am not). Anyway, I do not know if anything big was up, but all the flights on the day of my meeting were fully booked. The options left to me were either to […]
Been years since I’ve paid a visit to this place. Good thing I did. Cartimar has grown in direct proportion to the growth of the Philippine pet market. Went there just to buy some rabbit food, but went home more than satisfied with what I saw – birds, fishes, dogs, cats, pigs(!), the odd snake […]
Making the most of the un-hot (I wouldn’t go to the extent of saying chilly) evening weather in January by opening some stout bottles. Allagash Black. Simple and uncomplicated, and it works. No adjuncts (none are disclosed), no fancy-schmancy barrel-aging. Smells of vanilla and mocha. Tastes like it smells, with added roasty malts. I don’t […]
Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name), a Japanese animated science fiction fantasy film, has been praised all over the world since its release last year. The movie is now the highest grossing anime film of all time, grossing over $290 million in the international box office. Directed by the Famous Makoto Shinkai,who is known as […]
I’ll admit it, “La La Land” is one of the best films I’ve ever watched in my lifetime so far. Don’t judge, but I’ve watched it not once, but four times already! My alarm song every 5 AM is “Another Day of Sun” (and I wake up smiling, try it, Lol). I’m even listening to […]
We live in a society that is obsessed with labels and we associate different judgments per label. How about we go beyond labels and instead appreciate people because of the good things that they do? But, don’t worry, I’ll stick with the labels but I’ll try to share a different angle. My first-ever best friend […]
RONALD VENTURA Ronald Ventura, a UST BFA in Painting graduate, is a contemporary Filipino artist known for intermingling hyper-realism, cartoons, and graffiti with both historical and Pop culture subject matters. Working in both painting and sculpture, his work portrays scenes of chaotic disarray, incorporating traditional Western and Asian mythologies with contemporary cultural symbols like Mickey […]