My Review of Suddenly It's Magic aka Suddenly It's More Fun in the Philippines with Mario Maurer

Eeeeeeeeee si Mario Maurer, ang pogiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Hahaha--- nagpapatawa din pala etong si Joross. Ambongga naman mag-bake nitong si Erich, sangkatutak na cupcake sya lang mag-isa gumawa.  O-C much? Parang magic. Baka kaya It's Suddenly Magic pamagat. Ay, Suddenly It's Magic pala. Ampogi! Wow! Laoag! ang gandaaaaaaaaa!  Naalala ko tuloy si Bongbong. Saka...

Rage Against the Cashier and MMDA too

If you have to manage your anger, it's probably rage. Anger is an outburst of emotion that shows itself in response to a specific situation. An outburst doesn't last long. It's there and then it isn't. It doesn't stay too long. If it does; if it lasts; if you're still festering, you're not angry at the situation anymore, you're angry at something else. And the situation in front of you is there to remind you of it;  it's not necessarily the cause of it. If your anger doesn't dissipate at the instance / moment you...

Trik or Trit? or Undas?

When did trick or treating start in Manila? Do we even know what it means to trick?  or what "treat" means? Do we even know when and where it originally started? In the US it was during the 1950s. It was seen in Ireland and Scotland a century before. In the Philippines, it was seen only a few years ago -  maybe it began after a group of people or parents watched a lot of Full House when they were growing. Or maybe a group of people or parents watched a lot of Hannah Montana when their kids were growing...

What's up with high heels?

Besides the heels, what's up with high heels? Maybe the leg muscles, maybe one's height too. How grounded or ungrounded are you, literally and figuratively, if you're wearing high heels? Are you grounded in your self, your thoughts, your feelings? Or do you feel you're way up there and all the rest are down here? Do you walk with the sense that you're unreachable? Do you relate with others in their own level...

My Review of A Secret Affair

A Secret Affair correctly began on the wrong foot because it showed how a bad relationship - no matter how picture-perfect it seems to be - is already doomed from the very start. Look at it. A guy proposes to his girlfriend a mere 2 months after they meet and does so on stage, in front of complete strangers and - for effect (also to serve as a distraction from his crazy, stalker-like intent) - does so after a romantic...

Why Tiktik is a hit - (Not) A (Movie) Review

This is not a review of the movie. This is a review of why we heart the movie. Boy Bawang, Lipps candy, Gran Matador Brandy. These took center stage the same way the "Aswang" and "Tiktik" ghouls did in Erik Matti's written and directed movie Tiktik: The Aswang Chronicles. The unabashed product placements were just as entertaining as the movie. Wait a minute, was the movie entertaining? If you like to see a...

Is it Charice vs Jessica or Courtney Blooding vs Philippine Media?

Charice - with her thick Filipino-accented English - is being Filipino in America. Jessica - with her American accent - is trying to be Filipino by loving Chickenjoy in the Philippines. Go figure. If you ask any aspiring Filipino singer aged 10 years old and below who their idol is,  2 out of 5 kids will highly likely say Charice.  If you ask any aspiring Filipino singer who's career they want to emulate, most of them would probably answer Charice.  So why isn't Charice getting...

Why we always claim Jessica Sanchez and other Fil-Whateverians as our own

Why did we make Jessica Sanchez eat Chicken Joy?  So we can believe she is one of us, because we know she isn't. Even before Jessica Sanchez arrived in the Philippines, before she won or joined American Idol, we have always claimed Fil-Americans/Fil-Australians/Fil-Brits/Fil-Europeans/Fil-Whateverians as our own -- as long as they make us Filipinos living in the Philippines look good. That is why we are sensitive...

Urban Life: It's a Mystery aka Smart + Globe = Weird

Bat ganun? Meron akong Smart Bro Prepaid Broadband Plug-It Pero nagagamit ko lang siya sa Globe Tattoo dashboard. Kapag sa Smart Broadband ko siya in-open, wala - nganga aketch - di ako maka surf, swim or play in the sand. Bat ganun? In fairness, ambilis ng Smart - as in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ako humahabol sa bilis nya, not the other way around. winner....