what were they thinking?

twinpopfrenyale called me earlier to ask me if i had seen the inquirer headline today.

i said notchet... so i had a look.

when twinpophub got home, he asked if i had seen the inquirer headline already.

i said 'yes!  it's awful!'

here it is...

what da???

were they trying to be cute with the play of words?

it just sounds way off and plain wrong.

yun lang :)

yes we can!

yes!  this deserves two posts...

i love it that america is finally color-blind (well, sort of  -- less than half of white american voters voted for obama... but then again, the white americans don't define america).

i love it how love will know no gender (gay marriage).

i love it how so many feel so hopeful, optimistic and inspired despite the times.

i love it that america, for the next 4 years, will not label any country as 'evil', and won't ever see war as a key primary solution to terrorism or anything else.

i love it that the ultra-conservative, church-is-state-thinking, divisive right was told, even just for a while, that the majority's thoughts are not with theirs.

haaaaaaay.  i am so happy.

lemme end this with one of my favorite campaign vids -- this showed early on how poetic the PRESIDENT is.

thank you, america!!!

before we forget...

how special today is...


YEY!!! one of the few moments i actually would be proud to be an american (if i was american - hehe). i cried when i watched grant park in chicago (and when i saw oprah crying too - haha).

change we (they) need! yes we (they) can!

thank god its over...

for the record, i would've voted for barack, not because he was black, but because of what he stood for :) it just so happened he was black. i thought john mccain was very, very gracious in defeat, gave a great speech and really showed he is a true patriot. (and i still hate palin - hehe)

to the one we love to hate...

in a few days, the longest running electoral campaign will come to a close.

if all goes as wished, the palin jokes will come to an end.

i'm guessing, here's the last of the bunch.  here's a prank call by 2 radio dj's from montreal posing as nicolas sarkozy in a silly accent and even sillier questions.  i love it!!!

finale

i missed that singing at powerbooks!!! but i did get to see you guys after at greenbelt :) after dinner, we headed on to finale gallery's exhibit opening. it was my first time at their new space - what a huuge gallery! a great space for art! the exhibit was a group show of artists like romeo lee, manuel ocampo, robert langenegger, etc. its great to see the manila art scene so alive! there's at least one exhibit opening every week!

here are some random pics at finale....

rage + band

last week, went to watch twinpopsalsa sing at the booklauch of rage, alfredo roces' new book.

the book's about juan luna, antonio luna and trinidad pardo de tavera.  eeenteresting!!!  bought the book and will definitely know how it goes...

i was pleasantly surprised by the launch.  it was attended by many seasoned artists and writers -- i love being around all these intellectuals!

alfredo roces was introduced by national artist francisco sionil jose.  i'll be honest, i've started reading 'ermita' some time ago but haven't finished it yet...

apparently, his books are written in 28 languages!!!  in 2002, ermita was rated as one of the top ten english-language novels set in southeast asia.

what an honor it was to hear him speak live.  so eloquent and actually pretty funny too!

alfredo roces was brilliant as well.  he spoke of the dying breed of filipino book readers.  he prints 500-1000 copies of his books -- a pretty aggressive number for the industry's standards.  so sad!  

i'm going to try to start reading more filipino books... get ready, book club!

hallo, halloween!

hey sis!

where were you during halloween?  what were ya?

i was with twinpopfrens.  had dinner in kuretake.

twinpopsalsa-m and fren (and i) were in wings...

twinpopsalsa-j was in a phantom mask (funny face).

twinpopsalsa-y who followed to the apt was in a ghost-looking skirt.

the next day, had a tournament.  my whole flight was in wings too (no pun intended!)

belated happy halloween!!!