These Curious Days

Going to the “far north” of Manila usually takes extensive logistical and time planning for us. We find very little cause to get out of the Makati-Taguig area as the bulk of our business and leisurely pursuits hardly ever go beyond these borders.

But Arnold Arre’s book signing was at Powerbooks Trinoma mall, and, lugging our [...]

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“This massive LEGO (pictured above) project features more than a thousand mini-figures, including President-elect Barack Obama and his family, vice president-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill, George and Laura Bush, Dick and Lynn Cheney, and George Bush Sr and Barbara Bush.”

During the introduction, the announcer said “Barack H. Obama” instead of Barack HUSSEIN Obama

While being [...]

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I’m terribly nearsighted with high astigmatism, and I hate hate HATE wearing glasses. It’ s not the appearance as much as I can’t stand any foreign object attached to my head for long periods of time (this includes hats, caps, masks, barettes, brething apparatus, etc.).
So I wear contact lenses. I’ve been wearing a pair since [...]

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Maybe it’s typical of the “last night” syndrome, maybe it’s the pressure to do something interesting with someone before they leave for a long trip, but my brother’s last night in Manila was all good vibes and thigh-slapping laughter from beginning to end. Here’s a rough map of what went down:
Destination 1: Royce Chocolates, Powerplant [...]

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