A Pinoy Blog About Nothing

I'm going to Cebu on Sunday to meet my fiancee's parents. My parental units and I will be engaged in the traditional Filipino custom (traditional na custom pa!) of pamamanhikan. Sorry I can't find an approximate English translation for the term. It's where my parents meet her parents and go eat balut or do something Filipino or other. In any case it's the first time I'll be doing it (duh) ...

Got 5 out of 7 for my Oscar prediction. Really thought Monsters Inc. would get the Animated Feature Oscar. I enjoyed Shrek with its deconstructing the fairy tales bit(right Kantogirl?) but I think it had a lot of Hollywoord "inside jokes" -- from the Disney dig with Farquaad's castle to Lord Farquaad himself, reportedly a send-up of studio boss Michael Eisner. Call me old-fashioned but I want my ...

...and the Best Animated Feature Film award should/will go to Monsters Inc. (Hey Jennifer Connelly won for Best Supporting Actress! Wohoo!)

Foot in Mouth Dep't. In a couple of hours they'll be giving away the Oscar statuettes for the 74th year. Been doing this little thing, trying to predict the winners every year and might as well share my thoughts. (Like you have a choice right? hehe) This year, I agree with this Salon article in every way except for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor. The article talks about how the ...

Forwarded Mail Dep't A Business Education Partnership A speech delivered in Ateneo. Mr. Gokongwei donated P200M for the Gokongwei School of Management. Good morning. I am John Gokongwei, Jr. I am not an Atenean but I feel at home with you. Today, at least. Sixty-two years ago, I could not have dreamt of appearing before the Jesuits and their students to tell the story of MY ...

Check out the Loyola Lampoon this year. On days like this I wish I was back at the Quadrangle watching people, trying to figure out what to write for the Lampoon. I can only imagine what our head lampoon guy would've done if he had Photoshop and access to the Internet back then. Last I've heard of him, he became a lawyer and called one of Erap's lawyers ...

Hey to the guy searching for my interview with rock stars, you can find them here. I forgot to re-index my site when I offered the search function again on the site. Sorry about that. *** Jessel's back from Dumaguete, Dennis just came back from Baguio, Goluboy just came back from his vacation. I feel a road trip comin' on. The Department of Tourism is offering a lot of great ...