Christmas snapshots Christmas brings out the most wondrous anticipation in children... those fun kiddie parties, the colorfully-wrapped presents, the mad scramble for toys. This year I skipped all the planning and wrapping and brought them to the department store themselves to choose and ogle over their new possessions - on Christmas Eve. ... Continue Reading...
Answering the ‘Proust Questionnaire’
The 'Proust Questionnaire' is one of my favorite sections in Vanity Fair. Here's how I would answer if they asked me. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Travelling to a new place. What is your greatest fear? Not being able to find my Santa Claus What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My impulsiveness What is the trait you most deplore in others? Greediness. What is your greatest extravagance? Food. What is your favorite journey? Life itself with its never-ending ups and downs What do you consider the most overrated ... Continue Reading...
Guess who’s on Blog-O-Rama this week?
article What could be more attuned to the selfless and generous spirit of Christmas than an interview with myself which is on in today's (Dec. 25) street edition of MB? :P Short on being narcissistic, I've always wanted to do a feature on myself as a blogger and answer the very questions I've been asking my subjects the whole year. It was a last-minute decision and am not so happy with the replies but this will do for now. Take a look: Because her prospects are on vacation, this columnist - who authors the "semi-famous" site "Ajay's Writings on the Wall" ... Continue Reading...
A Christmas story
merryxmas Merry Christmas to all my friends and readers. Thank you for being a part of my year. May 2007 bring peace, joy and prosperity to all of us. Allow me to share this Christmas story which the great Brazilian author Paulo Coelho sent to this blogger and his fans from all over the world: " A long time ago, so many years ago that we can no longer remember the exact date, there lived in a village in the south of Brazil a little seven-year-old boy called José. He had lost his parents when he was very, very young and had been adopted by ... Continue Reading...
Party, party, party
Party shots I don't party the whole year, I only do so in the run-up to Christmas and only because there's some promise of overflowing food, drinks and freebies (yeah, am a freeloader like the rest of 'em, lol) Once again, I binged on red wine, San Miguel Strong Ice and lechon..every shindig seemed to have 'em. Always the motto was "have fun now, worry about the poundage tomorrow," as these photos would show: From top left: 1. A rare photo with Manila Bulletin's Technews writers at the Lenovo party in Gweilo's: Paul Ranon, Teh Jerry Liao and Carlo ... Continue Reading...
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