Vicky Cristina Barcelona

I love this movie.  Woody Allen once more proves that he’s an authority on intellectual movies about art, life and love.  Set in stunning Barcelona, Spain, the movie is all about a wide range of entanglements.  Vicky and Cristina (played by Rebecca Hall and my crush Scarlett Johannson), two good friends who are contradictions of [...]

The Journey

Attended a lavish drug launching last night and witnessed Pinoy rockstar sensation Ariel Pineda of The Journey perform (I wonder how much money he was paid).  His voice was shattering, the frequency and power of which awakened the NBC tent from the inside to the outside.  His vocal cords would have complained if they could [...]

Y.E.S. (Yours Eternally Still)

My second speech turned out fine.  There were just 6 of us present in the meeting, 5 speakers and the toastmaster of the evening (our club president) and no evaluators.  Second speech has the theme “organize your speech”.  It should be done in 5-7 minutes but I clocked in at 9 mins 44 secs.  Probably [...]

Millionaires

The 300+ million pesos worth of Lotto prize money was already won by 2 lucky winners who will share the mind-boggling amount of moolah.  This dissipated my hope of being an instant millionaire.  Lately, we’ve been placing bets like every Juan de la Cruz does.  A sign of the tough times.  With the prices of everything going up, any quick way of making money [...]

Mobile Doctor

The phone company Vodafone has come out with a mobile technology that can be used for healthcare.  It can give health education and provide health services to its subscribers, giving them health advisories, reminding them to have vaccinations, take their medications and the like.
This technology is good for developing countries like the Philippines because it [...]

Speechwriter’s Block

I am currently suffering from this.  I can’t start a proper introduction to my speech project that is due next week although the topic should be very familiar to me–my proposal.  My mind is a little bit slow these past few days after Valentine’s.  Probably because of physical exhaustion from going here to there, in [...]

My Lovely Valentine

 
 
 
Thoughts of roses
and dreams
of hearts on fire
I see you
I feel you
I wanna be with you
forever…

Bill Gates at TED Conference

One of my favorite bookmarked sites now is TED with the tagline: ideas worth spreading (I really love this phrase).  It features talks by persons from all fields of human endeavor who are shaping the world now.  The TED conference 2009 had Bill Gates (as one of the first speakers) sharing about malaria and education.  A departure from [...]

Marley And Me

This is one good man-dog movie to come along in years.  With the toned down Owen Wilson and the captivating Jennifer Aniston in the lead roles, the movie is an emotional film that deals with the challenges and pressures of the married life.   The new couple struggles with their relationship, their careers, having kids but always [...]

Bad Behavior

The swimming sensation Michael Phelps is suspended because of photos showing him sniffing marijuana.  His role model status received a major blow because of this.  Although he owned up to it and apologized to the public, his suspension will continue and in fact, he already has one endorsement less.  The price of being a superstar [...]