Annamanila: from blogger to book author
I once complimented my friend Annamanila about her blog, Ode2Old, with these words: With wit, charm, heart and grace, she shows by example how senior denizens like her can live active, fully engaged lives without fear of technology, modified mores or the disruptions of changing times. There's no better compliment I can pay Anna than to say that I'd like to live my senior years the way she's living hers now. Yes, Anna is a sixty-something retiree who has fully embraced blogging and the Internet. Her bl

Shoplifter, 'bogbog-sarado!'
Sign at one of my suki DVD stalls in Makati Cinema Square. In case you can't read it, it says: SHOPLIFTER (10X PRICE) PER DVD YOU PAY OR “SPUNK” “KICKING” (BOG2 SARADO) PENALTY. OK. SO BEWARE WE HAVE HIDDEN CAMERA. The warning, of course, is bette

2009 PaperClay Nationwide Art Competition for kids
JNBM Amazing Arts Philippines, Inc. (JAAPI) and the Department of Education (DepEd) recently launched the “Husay Ng Batang Pinoy” 2009 PaperClay Nationwide Art Competition, and its first celebrity endorser Sam Concepcion, at the Manila Ocean Park. JAAPI has been offering art wor

It’s Sweeney Todd--so where’s the tension?
Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11.23.2009 Expertly sung, technically polished, thrilling in moments--but also safe and bloodless WHAT BECOMES OF A “Sweeney Todd” in which the spotlight burns more brightly not for the titular demon barber o

Take note, Pops, Gretchen, Ruffa
Lisa Rinna of Dancing With the Stars. Those lips are scary. Not Photoshopped, mind you--she's explained how she got them. Watch Ruffa's brand-new puckers in this