Feb
26
Spring-Like Yesterday, Wintry Today
February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The road to the MP library was dripping wet. The frozen snow that has dominated many of Minneapolis’s streets and walk ways was melting finally! Can it be the first sign of spring? I walked the two blocks from the nearest sky way exit to the library in a shiny jacket that belonged more to [...]
Feb
22
And the Oscar Awards Go To…
February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Let me do an update on the 81st Academy Awards, as if you don’t already know. I thought Hugh Jackman was a decent host (there were less cracks that I couldn’t dig; plus he is very good on the eye) and an even better showman, especially during his opening, which had Anne Hathaway swept in [...]
Feb
22
The Oscars Tonight!
February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The 81st Academy Awards are going to hand out their gold Oscars tonight at the Kodak Theater. I am giddy with excitement! Since the start of this year’s awards season, the joke at home is that I need to get my Chanel gown and Louboutin shoes ready for the dazzling nights. And for me all [...]
Feb
18
Random Style Picks
February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Feb
17
Written on Sept. 17, 2002 ( in-between my classes)
Bangkok
In the spaces between work and slumber, I often see my Mangolane – the mirthful little street of my younger years.Here I am, two plane rides away from it, and my mind zooms back to what was my childhood universe.
I was six years old - a brat [...]
Feb
15
The Date
February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
Feb
12
Current Read: Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera”
February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
My final paper for this semester’s MA studies is written and out. I await possible revisions from the professor, but suffice it to say, the heavy work is done. And I am feeling good! This means my afternoons are mine to spend at my leisure. As the cold winter air continues to blanket the city, [...]
Feb
9
Style Whims
February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Feb
3
Mute
February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
my first attempt at poetry written in the yellow room, Metro Manila
August 16, 1998
(born in the heat and hurt of muteness)
Mute.
Chatter, talk, I speak
incessant motion of the lips
words you come from where?
oh you’ve been there since first grade
faster now
with practiced-ease,
the violet-veined mouth
lays down the bricks.
More Silence.
Loud is the air
filling, taxing my vocal chords
lilting laughter. [...]
Feb
2
A Sporty Kind of Weekend
February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Hi there again! It has been a long time since my last post. I was preoccupied with writing my big papers for my MA studies and being a newbie wife. I also am regularly dating the mister.
This weekend can be summed up as sporty. Friday was the much-anticipated NBA basketball match up between my Kobe [...]
