twinpopsis

Thursday, May 14, 2009

kitschy frenchy

hi, sis! i'm always wondering how you are in remote nepal!????

anyhoo, remembered you more during this lunch...

on our favorite walking street (cat street) in tokyo,

lies this cutest french resto...

it is right uppppp our alley!!! i was thinking, if you and i had a store, it would totally look like this...

the restroom...

the store upstairs that sells all these cutesy frenchy stuff...

oh by the way, this is what we ate... (duck confit for twinpophub, and a cheese galette for me)...

wish i took a photo of the waitress... she was as cute and quirky as the store.

yun lang. see you soon!!!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

happy boitday!

happy happy big 4-0, twinpophub!!!

i hope you enjoyed our yakitori-tastic sake-licious getaway!

aishiteru!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

yey for progress!

an uber talented friend dropped by and joined our 'usual suspects' cocktails...

guess who? here's a clue: these are the shirts he gave us:

can you make out what's on the shirt? looks familiar?

it's this!

he's responsible for the super cool interactive sculptures along bhs.

just bhs, not the ones in serendra.... i've always been bothered by this one -- eeky:

anyhoo, he was talking about the plans for bhs. it will go on for another 500 meters... more shops, more gardens, more art!

at the end of a stretch is a shangri-la

and even more exciting, a 'mind museum' -- where artists are invited to create "scientific works" -- sorta like an exploratorium meets the moma i guess!!!

cool!!!!!

manny da man!

yup, i still have the pacquiao fever, too!

just played hookie and watched all four episodes of HBO's 24/7 show on the weeks leading up to the big fight.

wow, it made me even a bigger fan of the pacman (and freddie roach!).

this show kinda reminds me of the oscar-winning docu about ali -- 'when we were kings'

-- except this time, it's not ali's story, it's ours. naks.

i saw this ad during the delayed telecast of the pacquiao vs. hatton fight (yes, i watched in again and again when i got home - haha - go manny!!!).... i actually liked the ad - an attempt at moving the filipino youth from the "apathy" that seemed to have been plaguing several generations (including ours i suppose)...

i was planning to sign up one of these days, but then i chanced upon this letter today....

"To all those that signed up with AKO MISMO!

You are now part of SMART telecoms network for potential campaigns in 2010.

The amount of information they have asked is so detailed that they can track you down to your zip code and contact you any time. In all my years of signing up for information I have never had a site require so much information AS REQUIRED FIELDS.

This makes for a perfect voter mapping database and campaign tool for anyone that wants to pay SMART for the information.

Did you think SMART would pay MILLIONS in production and advertising and talent costs for nothing?

If you refer to their privacy policy that no one ever reads, it states:

AKO MISMO MAY use the personal information you provide to:
• Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, etc.
• “Remember” your online profile and preferences;
• Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests, and help us create site contents most relevant to you;

In other words they can PUSH information to you which is an important tool in making sure that you can receive even unwanted campaign messages.

• Undertake statistical analysis.

They can use your answers to this PUSH for other mapping and trending purposes.

They also wash their hands of any person “accidentally” cracking the site and getting all your info. If you read privacy policy, again, which no one reads:

AKO MISMO shall not be liable under any circumstances for damages resulting from unauthorized use of information collected from visitors to the site.

AKO MISMO may change this privacy policy to reflect changes in the way we collect visitor information.

As a final warning, their privacy policy claims that you can still access this site even if you do not sign up (again from the privacy policy page):

What if I don’t want to provide personal information?
Providing personal information on the AKO MISMO web site is optional. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still browse and use the AKO MISMO site, but you will not be able to carry out certain actions.

This is not true. None of the pages are viewable unless you have signed in. This is already a sure sign that their intent is to make you sign up and not just to make you a part of a youth reform activity.

A friendly piece of advice: Go back to the site and change your details please change all the details that pertain to AGE, SEX, and, LOCATION.

Also change your phone number if you like. This is to protect your privacy.

And remember you are still holding on to your pledge of participation in making our country great and they promise not to bar you from accessing the site even if you change your details so you will lose nothing but you will take back your security.

Please pass to all the people you know who may have signed up.

Ingat lang tayo po sa mga ganito.

Salamat!"

hmmm... the end result will still be good if this moves people into action but then you also can't help but start to think about its true intentions... watchatink?

Saturday, May 2, 2009

snapshots

some snapshots from our lovely day at intramuros. thanks for letting me tag along. i am soo glad i finally did this walking tour. what a perfect way to spend a day :) in a beautiful place, with interesting people, great insights; you really do learn something new everyday :)

outside fort santiago