I don’t like beaches. I don’t like the sun beating down on me. My idea of an ideal summer vacation is strolling down the streets of Japan during the cool sakura (cherry blossom) season. Thus when I was invited by Sony Philippines to the Sony Bravia and Digital Imaging launch in Boracay, I was quite…
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Six months after my Shuji Kida Hair Salon straightening treatment…!
Surprisingly, my series of posts about the Japanese magnetic hair straightening I had undergone at Shuji Kida Hair Salon are among the most popular in this blog. I have gotten email after email asking me how much it costs, how long it takes, how it is 1…2…3 months or so after… and so forth. Honestly…
Blogging in Good Housekeeping Philippines March 2010
My long awaited magazine feature is out at last! Three years after my first ever magazine article was published in Good Housekeeping Philippines, I’m finally back where I started with a feature entitled “Blogging for a Living”. This is special not only because I’ve come full circle and I’m writing about something close to my…
NBS and Philstar’s My Favorite Book Year 9
Today is a memorable Valentine’s Day to say the least, not because of anything romantic but because I won in Philippine Star and National Book Store’s My Favorite Book contest for the third time. First time was in 2006, second time was in 2008, and now I’m back again in the year 2010. I submitted…
Cheap Chinese eats at Le Ching Tea House
Le Ching Tea House is a popular haunt among Graceans like me. Eating at Le Ching Tea House brings back fond memories of escaping from school, sometimes cutting classes, and going out for lunch. We were not allowed to go out of the school vicinity for lunch, hence the escaping part. These days, when my…