españa 3rd place

XA silences SA in overtime españa 3-2 south africa! magnificent free kick, alonso! woohooooooo! stay with liverpool! you look good in red!

spain NT exits

missed the yuchengco museum opening of 'first impressions' exhibit with the embassy of spain in manila. would have wanted to attend, if only to commiserate with the embassy on the spanish NT's horrific exit at the confederation cup.

españa 0-2 ee.uu. heartbreaking, horrifying.
poor xabi.
am so not over it..

online grapevine, heard it through

jessica zafra is psychic. she was writing her column on madonna, prince and MJ-michael jackson last tuesday and now MJ is dead. yes, michael jackson has left. period. mr 'don't stop til you get enough' has thrown in the towel. what was a column is now an obit. philippine star, friday 26 june 2009. page F-4.

and so is farrah fawcett. dead, i mean. long live, long locks! now you are truly charlie's angel. rest well.

so the day started.

night out with the dearest ones

77-something. kamuning after petron. ambiguous address. good food. margherita pizza, penne pesto (lavish pesto). great time.

ten02 at timog. caught a jazz-blues jamming night. happens mondays. skarlet owns the joint and waits on tables. and sings the blues like there's no tomorrow.

som's at maysilo circle: vegetable curry and shrimp cake. not heavy on the pocket. one jeepney ride away from home. no complaints.

sonsi. somewhere along pioneer. benguet coffee, banana chips and peanuts. not bad. with dorcas, naomi and nathan, perfect!

adcon PR and Publicity baguio and tarlac

adcongress calls. and work takes you to baguio. i've always been fascinated with this city. still am. in january i got to stay at the baguio country club cottage, and this time, at the lodge.

take 2 at the rose bowl for the 21st PAC PR+Publicity committee presscon for baguio city's local press. it was a good presscon.

rose bowl along harrison and star cafe along session fill up very well. our stomachs, i mean. the raisin bread at the baguio country club means well. i mean, the goodies aren't all that bad. jones campos, committee chair brought us to sizzling plate and the food was sizzling. for the meat-eaters, i am told it is worth all the bucks charged.

on the way down, it was tarlac for lunch. the native food fish place was a bizarre fusion of buddha, baskets and brides (of the transvestite variety). like i said. bizarre.

to jones campos, jho gonzaga, jun, terence and ivy: nice getting to know you, guys! i know that i am not good company. *hugs* and to full circle: betty, jenson and mitch! :D

BUT, for real good stuff, cafe by the ruins. none the better. kamote bread. yyyuuummmmy! tried their mango-stuffed pastry. and i loved it! simple pastries, good coffee. peace and quiet. perfect.

too much to say: part 3 feed the world, save the children 2009-style

United Nations World Food Programme. Fine sunday morning 07jun09. 8k converge on rajah sulayman park at malate. place of good memories: megascopegraphics, warner music philippines, ma-an, ballet philippines, etc. 150-bucks to feed children in conflict-ridden mindanao (where i come from). it was a fine sunday morning with adobo mag workmates.

MTv EXIT. Stop human trafficking! Stop it! enough said. Take action.

too much to say part 2: more than cinema

cinemalaya V: saw ma-an hontiveros. enough reason to make the trip to the cultural center of the philippines (CCP) celebrating its 40th year, and cinemalaya V. the aspiring digital film makers of 2009 were introduced. good luck to them all! interesting stuff. looking forward to nerseri and last supper number 3. i didn't like the trailer of LS3, it felt so much like guy richie's rock n' rolla. nerseri looks promising. the cinema-photography certainly is.

centerfold: dante brillante mendoza
one of the perks of the job. Meeting positive celebs. Met cannes film festival best director 2009 dante brillante Mendoza. Not only met him, I worked on his centerfold photoshoot! I got mark nicdao to shoot. IDante dizon of tbwm\santiago mangada puno was the art director. Production designer was erl directo-cuison and makeup by al de leon. I am so honored.

too much to say: part 1 museum exhibits

too much tv. too much activity. too much to do. too little time. where have all the family and friends gone. left with a handful (those that matter). left with workmates. not all too bad.

stuff that has happened since:


ayala museum: tabuena retro. fernando zobel 1950s collection. a beautiful place. the zobel retro is ongoing. check it out! the zobel image is not allowed. i took it before i was politely told not to. i will take it down when i am told to. the tabuena images are legit.


pete jimenez's if the shoe fits. pete jimenez is humble. never would have thought of him as an artist. optima head honcho! sculptor extraordinaire. exhibit ongoing at yuchengco museum at the rcbc. it's gonna get your heels tapping. i wrote a piece on it. check out link:http://www.adobomagazine.com/global/module.php?LM=news.level1&id=1243931107304