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Gift Guide #2: TWG Christmas goodies at Greenbelt 5
TWG Tea used to be one of our favorite meeting places in Singapore. It’s where my mom likes to cool off her heels after a day of shopping at Ion Orchard.Known for the finest luxury teas, macarons, and...
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Gift Guide #3: Comme des Garçons Bright Stars
“Bright star” is a textile created by Milanese designer Luisa Cevese for Comme des Garçons, which combines black polyurethane and tiny aluminium stars. They are handmade in Italy in a sustainable...
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Gift Guide #4: Fiori di M, Holiday 2012
This season, Fiori di M offers stylized floral arrangements and wreaths using nature discards and indigenous materials. When ordering, quote the style number below. Please note that flowers or...
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Gift Guide #5: Cibo gift sets
CIBO’s holiday gift sets are now available to order, packed in either wooden tray or habi box made of handwoven scrap materials. Habi boxes provide livelihood to the indigent people of Baseco, through...
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Gift Guide #6: Gadget Grocery
“Where do you buy your gadgets?” I’m often asked. While many of my gadgets are gifts from my Dad or sponsors, I do occasionally buy my own—either on Amazon (shipped via Johnny Air) or Fortress (if in...
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Sosy Problems, the movie
Watch the trailer and see if you agree: 1. Doesn’t GMA Network have an HD version of this trailer?2) Coño #1: Scary bag 3) Coño #2: I can understand brushing teeth with Evian. But how can she do it...
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Vote now for Multiply Origination Awards!
The year’s top e-commerce products have been identified, and now begins the judging and voting for the Multiply Origination Awards.They’ve narrowed down 2012’s most outstanding local products in...
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Arte Pilipino pops up in Rockwell and Greenbelt 5
Give the gift of wearable art by Freeway, Ensembles and Solo, as they put their special collections—Freeway’s National Artist Collectors’ Series, Ensembles’ Young Designer Series and Solo’s Pinoy...
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How to get the Pepper Lunch page-a-day calendar
Forget those bulky planners you have to drown yourself in coffee in order to get. Here’s something I love and asked Pepper Lunch to make: a page-a-day calendar notepad/to-do list for OC people like...
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When Manny fell
This morning I woke up at 10 AM, just in time to look for a livestream of the Paquiao-Marquez fight for my husband. I found one in a Mexican site. While waiting for the main event, my dear husband, in...
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Gift Guide #7: Quirks
Only two weeks before Christmas, and how are you doing with your shopping? I’m nearly done! Just waiting for my stuff from Johnny Air, while a few other things can be bought in Manila. Finding cool...
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Gift Guide #8: Crosley turntables at Heima
When we were kids, one of my favorite things was a little Fisher-Price turntable like this.I used to take it down to our basement, hang out with the maids and the laundry and play my “Rock The Boat”...
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Gift Guide #9: Royce’ Christmas
Ooh, I love seeing Royce’ Christmas goodies whenever I travel. So glad they have them here. I found out too late last year, so this year I’ll make sure to get some. My favorite is the simplest...
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Gift Guide #10: Bleach Home accessories
There’s always something to discover at Bleach Home, found inside Bleach Catastophe at Greenbelt 5.Dressing up one’s space can be just as fun as getting dressed. Or maybe funner, because you don’t have...
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Gift Guide #11: Christmas hampers (and Santa Claus!) at the Mandarin Oriental...
This holiday season, the Mandarin Oriental Manila offers Christmas hampers prepared by Executive Chef Rene Ottlik and Executive Pastry Chef Roberto Molleman and their teams. The Christmas hampers range...
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Gift Guide #12: Naked palettes by Urban Decay
Thanks to French Macaroons for sending me something that was on my wish list!I learned about Urban Decay’s NAKED palette from my friend Ginggay, who was wearing it to dinner last month. At first I...
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12-21-12
The nearer it gets, the less scared I am.Earlier in the bathroom, I was thinking that if it does happen, I just want to be home with my husband and kids. But did you notice that nobody’s really...
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What would you do?
You’re on a date with your loved one. You got the last two seats in the cinema. You walk in and see 148 tattooed bad boys in the room. Do you take your seats or do you leave?P.S. I would leave...
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MUJI’s gift registry
When Jeroen and I got married 12 years ago, there were only two or three gift registries available: Rustan’s, SM Department Store, and a home store that used to be known as Area. If Japanese minimalism...
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Gift Guide #13: Bobbi Brown holiday collection
Ever since I became a fan of Bobbi Brown (cosmetics, not the singer), I’ve looked forward to her Christmas gift sets, particularly the elusive $1,000 Bobbi Brown trunk I can only drool and dream about....
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