Whistling for Moonbeams

I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I t...

What helpful lines! Got this from A's blog .

It's that time of the year again. I've had severely wind-burnt lips for days now and it'll most probably last for months (I know...

In the office, today, I found myself buried in paper. For a good part of the day, I sat in front of my desk, sorting loads and loads of docu...

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Overflowing heavens of squandered stars flame brilliantly above your troubles. Instead of into your pillows, weep up toward them. There, at ...

From sephora.com : Be Delicious A modern feast for the senses. Served in a sleek metal and glass apple bottle, this juicy fragrance combine...

Reading this post from The Cat's blog blew me into a nostalgic swirl. Spirals of memories of my Lola's old house in Albay where I s...

I've dipped my fingers--no, make that hands--in quite a number of debates, and most of these were arguments with male friends, verbal ro...

Me: Do you know what tomorrow is? Kim : Saturday. Me : What else? Kim : Last-day-of-exams day. Me : What else? Kim : Go-to-mall day. Me : Wh...

A peek through the curtain revealed an 8 o'clock that was cool and mild, if a little gray, not the kind of morning you'd expect to s...

I was shouting, " asteeg ! astig ka , Liam! astig ka !" after Liam Neeson uttered these lines, via phone, to his daughter's ab...

1. "Zodiac" Director: David Fincher Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, RObert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo 2. "The Usual Suspec...

All in all, a very busy, very fulfilling week. The inter-process calibration I've planned out and organized from late last year and sche...

Noah: You're bored Allie. You're bored and you know it. You wouldn't be here if there wasn't something missing. Allie: You a...

She knows Eddie Vedder (spell check, please) I wish we could talk about Pearl Jam but I only know Maria Callas. You laugh and ask me if I...

He should have taken her to Paris. He should have given her more time. He shouldn't have slept with that dumb brunette. He shouldn't...

Beautiful. I was teary-eyed, as usual.

1. That person you seem to hate so much without really knowing why? Chances are, there is a common trait (or two, or three) you and that per...

Since I have been unable to follow Action Plan #1 to a T, I have come up with a supplementary measure: I am running again! Yoohooey for me! ...

MARCH by Emily Dickinson Dear March, come in! How glad I am! I looked for you before. Put down your hat- You must have walked- How out of br...

The morning's wee hours proved the perfect time to watch "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer." I was a clean slate (read: had n...

Today, someone told me: it's not the breath you take every moment, but the moments that take your breath away. I'm not quite sure I ...

I read this story over at TheNewYorker.com . It puzzled me, but this paragraph, I think, would best encapsulate what it is the story is tryi...

Looking at the sky still shakes my faith, at times. Its vastness warps its beauty.

For breakfast, NO RICE. For lunch, pig-out. For dinner, yoghurt. Yeah, sorry, I can't get rid of the pig-out thingie. I told myself that...

Some years back, the sight of a plane in flight was a beautiful sign of good luck, a portent of something pleasant about to happen. Etched a...

I am going through a dry--no, make that very dry --blogging spell right now. It's been eons since I last posted an entry here. It's ...

(photo from this site ) Awww... moment: "I might be the only person on the face of the earth that knows you're the greatest woman ...

One of my greatest fears is to trip on my heels in front of a crowd. (Oh, heaven forbid!) Because of this, I try my best to be careful when ...

Did you hear about the hundreds of Melon-head dolphins who got stranded in the shallow waters of Manila Bay ? Such sad news, the poor creatu...

That's according to Native American astrology. This is my first contact with Native American astrology and I must say I'm intrigued....

I still feel like I'm teetering on the edge of some high place. After the hell I had surpassed, I've begun to think of myself as som...

People talk about scheduling (or coming back from) a trip to Singapore, Hong Kong or LA, climbing mountains and cruising down oceans, drivin...

Buy it, buy it, buy it! All the songs are gorgeous!

Work has been--still is, and will continue to be--insanely stressful. I cannot believe that after a super hectic January, February promises ...

... when I recall how I've dipped tenderness into blood, into that never startled soundless heartblood of things so loved Toledo, Novemb...

"A & P," Rabbit, Run --I will best remember John Updike for this story and this novel. He was one of the most prolific writers...

Last book I read: Soledad's Sister by Jose Dalisay This book ended my (relatively) long reading hiatus. Poring through its first page a...

For I don't think back ; all that I am stirs me because of you. I don't invent you at sadly cooled-off places from which you've ...

Been scouring Amazon for Ella Fitzgerald albums. Oh, but there are just so many that I like! Pure Ella: The Very Best of Ella Fitzgerald Oh...

I am 28 years old; in a couple of months, I'll be 29. Last night, over at Mae's place, I had my first taste of Tequila . Can you bel...

I dropped by Greenbelt's Powerbooks yesterday and, instinctively, found my way to the Filipiniana section (love your own!). I spent quit...

“Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes

A year ago, he said goodbye.

Last night, in the office, everyone was going crazy over how much work there was for us, as the on-shore team had sent word that they were e...

The black lace and bow detail are just lovely! *photo from Shopbop.com , via Just a Formality .

Ignorant fool that I was, I had fully expected a "small" film, so the grand scale of the movie that greeted me (and lingered long)...

Friday, January 17, 2009: It was freezing in Tagaytay and my team braved the cold... but only for so long. Philstar.com says, "Tagayta...