Condo in Manila for Rent on Jan 29, 2012 in Philippines apartment condo for rent Manila I’m renting out my beautiful modern two-bedroom condo right in the heart of Manila. You can enjoy living and working in this bustling city, especially if you get to go home and relax in your resort-style apartment. With its beautiful views of t...
Zolushka or Cinderella on Jan 18, 2012 in Culture Log Music Russia Now, why haven’t I blogged about all the ballets I’ve watched in Russia? And I’ve watched quite a few too – Giselle, Don Quixote (both at the Stanislavsky Theater in Moscow), and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai at the Mariins...
Christmas in Russia on Jan 7, 2012 in Music Russia Its Christmas day today in Russia, where the Russian Orthodox Church follows the Julian Calendar and the date of the Nativity is January 7. Here’s the Red Square and GUM (Moscow’s glitzy department store) all spruced up for Christmas. A...
Too Beautiful Tonight on Jan 5, 2012 in Tagalog St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia...
Walking on Arbat on Jan 4, 2012 in Russia You should know by now, after my last few posts, that I’m a latte addict (adik! adik!). I need my fix right after my lunch. But I do make this consumer-trap media-hype of a coffee drink worth it with my ritual of taking a nice long walk aft...
Walking Along Ulitsa Dmitrovka on Jan 3, 2012 in Russia All I wanted was to buy tickets to watch the ballet at the newly-opened Bolshoi Theater. But we tried Nutcracker Suite, Sleeping Beauty and the opera, Turandot – no tickets! It was quite a feat actually – just to find out that there w...
Walking Diary on Jan 2, 2012 in Russia Hibernation mode off! I decided to shed my PJs, get off my butt and go for a walk. It’s insane because it’s -2, feels like -7 Celsius outside, overcast and windy, and why the heck would I want leave the comfort of my warm toasty apartment...
PJ Weekend and Midnight in Paris on Jan 1, 2012 in Food Russia PJ weekend sure sounds nicer than couch potato weekend or bum weekend. Besides, Honey gave me luxurious PJs for Christmas so it’s a wonderful excuse to do the Avatar: The Last Airbender marathon – not the movie, but the Nickelodeon TV s...
Simbang Gabi in Moscow on Dec 24, 2011 in Philippines Russia I know someone who goes to mass regularly… every Christmas, that is. I get it though. It’s not always easy to go to mass regularly when you’re in a country where the English mass is only once a week. When you miss that particula...
50,000 Words in One Month on Nov 30, 2011 in Writing I joined this Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) for the second time. It was a more of a blob than a novel (read unpublishable for being too corny and illogical), but I did write 50,000 words in one month. And that’s on top of work, cho...
