Fall Out Boy performs live! Not for another concert in the Philippines …they are performing right at the comfort of your own hands with their latest album.

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I had only recently found out that in the 1980s, the Thailand government purportedly sent a few of their agricultural people to the Philippines to leverage on our advancement in rice production. The Thais then studied under the able tutelage of the International Rice Research Institute based in the country. Decades later, the “teacher” who in the past boasted of being a predominantly agricultural nation had lost its mojo in this very aspect while the “students” had taken what science they learned to advanced heights. To reinforce our country’s plummet to rice-farming Loserville, the Philippines is now one of the world’s top importer of rice. What happened to us and our rice themed glory days?

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Thai food will assault your senses with a well calibrated interplay of taste mixed with smell, texture, and visual appeal. Enough said. Below are photos of what we had for dinner just a few hours ago. I could have these all my life and never tire of them. Wait, lightbulb moment: I’ll go buy some spice here so I can try replicating these sumptuous dishes at home in Manila! iGenius!

Enough with the talk. The photos, let me show you them. (TIP: you may drag the photos to see parts of the width covered by the margin. Try it! It was WOW for me first time I did it. Kthnx)

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Ironic. They have more than a million domains that they regularly advise of its expiration dates but they, themselves, failed to renew their own domain. Read More…

I just got this idea from one of the comments in youtube. And this is funny… read More…

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Jenny Jamora sat me down to an interview last Saturday afternoon for an episode of her Talking Parts series of podcasts (“Conversations with the creative forces in Philippine arts”).

I think I barely survived the hot seat… But it was great fun. I’m hardly asked these questions–not in ordinary chit-chats, anyway, so it was a chance to explain my work as a journalist covering theater and the arts, my thoughts about the art form and the industry, my blog, my writing regimen, my, ahem, “qualifications” to pass judgment on what I see on stage. Did I say I was squirming all throughout? Payback time for the cranky professional kibitzer, haha.

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