Venerdì Italiano

"Segafredo"

"Gelatone" by KC

"Apple's N73" by Direk Rica



"Caffè"

Need I say more?

Fifteen years of friendship and stronger as ever!

Cheers, girls! :-)

Unearthed

These were the really best times.

So, archeologists, paleontologists.....anyone?

`Coz this one's up for grabs!

Chicas Malas

La Greta is dismayed. And John will keep mum about the whole thing. But aren't pictures enough to say something is going on?? Come on people.

Yilmaz is distraught and angry. Ruffa is plain rotten garbage. A hideous blabbermouth never wins 'ya know.

Gretchen, Ruffa, join your compatriots in Britney, Lindsay and Paris.

`Nuff said.

Uno es Dos!

What's the story, morning glory?

This morning may seem to be productive after all. I am multitasking! I am reading the news, typing away in this blog, checking my mail, downloading from Limewire, and having breakfast by the PC. See, I told you.

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Also, exactly two years ago, I was in a hospital giving birth to my little boy. Earlier I woke him up and headed for work. He is a bit under the weather. As a gift, I bought him and my niece beautiful mobile phone toys and I was happy that they liked it very much. Tonight we will have a simple dinner of spaghetti, fried chicken, fruit salad and a 2 lb. mango cheesecake with truffles (courtesy of Renaissance Makati)! Then Saturday is party day. Hope my son feels better real soon.

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The other night I was surfing channels when I stopped by The Philippines' Next Supermodel. It was down to two contestants, Grendel and Rina. After about thirty minutes more of gauging who has the x-factor, I have to give it to Rina. The girl has grace, poise, the avant garde looks and everything in between! The challenge they hurdled was posing on the busy streets of Hong Kong. The theme of the photo shoot was "Hong Kong After Dark." So of course, they gave away their best pensive and expressive looks. The two finalists will take the last test before one of them is proclaimed the winner.

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Maroon 5 has a new album entitled It Won't Be Soon Before Long and I'm loving the cut "Makes Me Wonder." These guys have brought us This Love, Sunday Morning, and She Will Be Loved. My husband likes their songs, I do too, and so does Ellen Degeneres! Yes, it really does matter.

My Chick Fix

I started reading chick literature last year. If I recall correctly, I was going through novel titles in a bookstore one day and was captivated by the look of a dainty colorful paperback that printed a description of who I also was: a self-confessed shopaholic! Sophie Kinsella has done a wonderful job in delighting lovers of chick literature. I have read most of the offerings in the Shopaholic series, treading the very steps of Becky Bloomwood since Confessions of A Shopaholic, and then Shopaholic Takes Manhattan to Shopaholic & Baby which is my current reading duty. The writer has always been very effective in using her style in this genre. Now I just can't wait to finish reading her latest novel and post a review of sorts.

Another novel I read was Devil Wears Prada written by Lauren Weisberger. Of course, visuals are way better for me. The movie adaptation was very stylish indeed, literally and figuratively. Its characters Meryll Streep and Anne Hathaway excellently played their roles as the devilish boss and her dear assistant, respectively.

I think this is the genre I feel most secure about my writing prowess. Even before chick lit was conceived and propagated in the tradition of Sex and the City, I remember I wrote an article in the Valentine issue of Manila Bulletin about the neanderthal theory of men. I guess this somewhat opened my interest in female-oriented literature.

Cuentos de Familia

Last weekend I found time to see Pirates of the Carribean with my two sisters. This flick oozed with visual effects! I was glued to my seat and never realized we got out of the cinema at around 10:30pm (because the movie lasted for almost three hours). This also served as my momentary getaway from being mom, although I'm not used to going home late anymore. Orlando Bloom was gorgeous as usual. And as for Jack Sparrow.....I am now officially a Johnny Depp fan!

When a really good movie is showing, Greenbelt 3 is always the place to be. Never compromising comfort and service, we couldn't care less about spending for the tills. Anyway, we pick the superb films and we see a movie once every two to three months, so that's good enough I guess. Before heading to the cinema, we had dinner at National Sports Grill, oh how I missed their chops, pasta and fries. Anytime at NSG is the best time especially with equally pretty sisters! Next movie we will see: Ocean's Thirteen! Well, this is the only time we will see two movies in consecutive weeks.

A few more days to go and it's my little boy's birthday. I am quite agog lately (yay! so not idle) with putting together everything we need for his party, the loot bags, the food, and of course, his guests. The theme for his birthday this year is everything Disney! So think Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street and Elmo's World! Time flies real fast, that McDonald's party he had last year seemed like just a few months ago.

Oh well.

Channeling motherhood..... :-)