Ateneo Celadon: Chinese Spring Film Festival 2012 on Jan 20, 2012 in Advertising Being Chinese lah! Ateneo Bodyguards and Assassins Celadon Chinese Painting Confucius Country Wedding Lost on Journey Lunar New Year Ocean Heaven Ricardo Leong Center for Chinese Studies Shangri-La Plaza Spring Film Festival The King of Milu Deer Every year since 2007, the Ateneo Celadon along with the Confucius Institute have encouraged Filipinos and Chinese-Filipinos alike to appreciate the wonderful Spring Film Festival brought about by the Chinese New Year celebration. Having been there w...
We all leave our nests on Jan 16, 2012 in Oh Youth! Outfits Personal Issues growing up Blue top from gift; Keys keys keys necklace from Accessorize; Blue and brown quilted bowling bag from Mango; Black wedges from H&M Hype this on Lookbook So a couple of days ago, I had dinner with 2 of my friends from my Beijing days. One was my r...
New Year, New Addiction on Jan 11, 2012 in The Telly BBC Series Benedict Cumberbatch John Watson Martin Freeman Sherlock Sherlock Holmes Hello to my first post for the year. Despite meeting the new year with a lot of stress-filled worries, and getting this and that illness along the way (for the past week), there is something I have been looking forward to for the past few days. IR...
My 50Leaves 2011 on Dec 31, 2011 in Bookworm 2011 50Leaves books reading 50Leaves 1. The Book of Tomorrow by Celia Ahern (January 24, 2011) 2. My Country, My People by Lin Yutang 3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 4. Darcy and Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley by Linda Berdoll 5. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice (May...
Christmas Belen Twenty-Eleven on Dec 26, 2011 in All about the Philippines Family Religion Belen christmas Jesus Joseph Mary Nativity Scene Three Maji I was suppose to write a post about this earlier, but a lot of last-minute things cropped up. So, welcome to a post about photos of my Christmas Belen 2011. In the Philippines, we usually prepare this thing called a belen, which is basically a presen...
Helping Dumaguete: Typhoon Sendong chapter on Dec 19, 2011 in Advertising Facing Reality bagyo Dumaguete Negros Oriental philippines Sendong tropical storm typhoon Washi Banica River. Picture above taken by my aunt. December 17, 2011. Around 11am. Just a few minutes ago, I spotted Dumaguete (where I’m presently living) on the news. Why? We, together with places like Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, were hit by a typh...
Dumaguete Sandurot Festival 2011 on Dec 17, 2011 in All about the Philippines Travel and Adventure 2011 Dumaguete City fiesta foreigners Negros Oriental Sandurot Because I’m more or less ignorant to the local happenings here in Dumaguete, and I’m not really familiar with fiesta days and the like, I had to hear the sound of the parade and my aunt insisting that I go out and take pictures and watch...
My perfect Mr. Imperfect on Dec 6, 2011 in Insights Matters of the Heart Imperfect guy Prince Charming Sometimes I just like to add links to my sidebar but forget to actually go through the sites, even the ones that belong to friends. And yes, I don’t exactly know how RSS feeds go, but I think I’d be too lazy to actually go through all the...
Poem: 小的要求 (A Small Request) on Dec 5, 2011 in Being Chinese lah! Poetry and Prose Chinese poem 分心的我，你现在哪里？ 孤独的你，请找到me。 浪漫的我，不要想多的梦， 王侯的你，请不要让我等。 ♥黄绮思 – Pinyin version of poem above: Fēn xīn de wǒ, nǐ xiànzài nǎlǐ? Gūdú de nǐ, qǐng...
Me and Adeline Yen Mah, just a computer away on Dec 4, 2011 in Being Chinese lah! Insights Life's Surprises A Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah Chinese Character a Day Falling Leaves I don’t know if most of you know, but back in my days in elementary school…I hated studying Chinese. It was one of those daunting tasks you had to do at school because it was a class. It was one of those classes that you never really too...
