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How to brainwash your kids’ musical taste
When I was a kid, we used to hang at my dad’s music room and listen to The Carpenters and Sergio Mendes on his hifi stereo, with matching bulky headphones. When I was older, I’d hear his Frank Sinatra...
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Inday puts the final nail to the coffin (we hope), Part 1
“Instagram is the new jologs.” —Carlo GermanHopefully, Gretchen Barretto’s contrived speech in yesterday’s The Buzz will be the last we’ll hear of the Barretto saga. But before we post the video, many...
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Inday puts the final nail in the coffin (so boring na), Part 2
So here’s the last letter Inday sent to Ricky Lo. (Really hope it’s the last one.)It was never my intention to prolong it into the World War III level. I am back for the last time, now the target of...
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Crocodile Tears
Gretchen reacts to her mom’s last letter (we hope).My thoughts: 1) Ang corny. 2) Crocodile tears? Kailangan ba talaga umiyak? 3) You’re lying na naman. Of course you love publicity. 4) Who wrote your...
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Urbanears: a headphone story
The first set of headphones I ever saw were my dad’s. I was about 3 or 4 years old. We would go down to his music room in our old house in Quezon City and listen to his music. I even remember the song,...
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Download “Halalan” app to choose your candidates
It’s three days before elections and I’m scared. I just downloaded ABS-CBN’s Halalan app from the Google Play store.Upon clicking My Status, here’s what I got:I don’t remember missing an election,...
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8 modern moms on Smart Parenting’s May issue
Smart Parenting‘s May issue brings together eight modern moms who are “empowered, hands-on, truly inspiring, smart, and discerning about the choices they make,” says Smart Parenting editor-in-chief Mia...
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Signs point to Sarah Jessica Parker
For many months now, my husband has been raving about the SM Aura opening this week in Taguig.He’s been there to set up Pepper Lunch’s 16th store, opening at Food on Four on the 4th level (where...
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Failure to vote: a first for me
Last May 10, 2010, I voted for Manny Villar at Xavier School, Greenhills and took this photo with my Blackberry.That same day, I hosted a Losers dinner party at home because most of my friends were...
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Chizzy attire
I’m still bitter that I didn’t get to vote. But I am monitoring the results, and I am going to turn a bad thing into a good thing. Yesterday I heard they had set up a precint in our village clubhouse....
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Charice: dying to come out
Last November 2012, I found out over shabu-shabu in Ginza, that Charice was planning to come out on the Ellen show. But I promised my friend I wouldn’t blog it.But Charice has been giving signs that...
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Chuvaness app now available for Android!
Special thanks to Kester Ford for creating my Chuvaness app for Android!The app is now available for free on the Google Play store. It works well on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and other Samsung phones,...
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Make your own tee at Artwork’s silkscreening party
ARTWORK, one of the country’s leading T-shirt brands invites you to a silkscreening tee party on May 18, 2013 at the Cinema Lobby of Trinoma in Quezon City.To join, just buy a silkscreening kit for Php...
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How to hack a Samsung DVD Home theater HT-E320
So Jeroen got a free Samsung home theater DVD player when he bought a new TV for the restaurant.I was excited to use it, but found out it won't play my Amazon-bought DVDs.A few years ago I had watched...
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The Sarah Jessica experience at SM Aura
Last Thursday, everything was all about Sarah Jessica Parker opening the new SM Aura mall in Taguig. Almost everyone I knew was going to be there, including my husband who opened the 16th Pepper Lunch...
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Do you want to see Nina Garcia in Manila? (or win JAG jeans) #JAGorigins
Nina Garcia—fashion expert and creative director of Marie Claire—is set to arrive in Manila to promote JAG Origins, a fashion and design advocacy program to benefit Filipino design students and budding...
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#JAGorigins winners announced
After 396 valid entries to our recent promo, here are 10 winners of two VIP tickets each, to see Nina Garcia at the JAG Origins fashion and style forum at SMX:1) Karen Aligato 2) Vanessa Angela Reyes...
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Family Mart opens at Glorietta 3
I don’t think I’ve ever been to Japan without having stopped at Family Mart—usually late at night when most shops have closed. My favorite Family Mart has to be the one at Daikanyama T-siteFamily Mart...
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Monocle visits Manila
Yodel Pe and I were looking at the Monocle pop-up store at Univers, One Rockwell last Wednesday night. The pop-up store would only be there for one night, and I was wondering what I should get.Ethan...
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Movies for the bedridden
Hello! I did something crazy last Friday, which amounted to two liters of fat. I’ll spare you the details, but this is what I saw before I went home that night.I’ve been homebound since that time, been...
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