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feeling old

Notes on Business

3:17 PM
1. You can only duplicate what you know.2. Some say yes, some say no.3. You can learn through association.4. Belief and confidence comes from what you learn.5. If you are trying, you must be moving ahead.6. Read instructions first!7. Learn to leverage. ...

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fun

Forever and a Day (Filipino Movie)

2:46 PM
The first ever local movie premiere I went to was in 1999, at the UP Film Center for the movie "Warat" starring Joyce Jimenez and Jomari Yllana. Joyce was praised for her Scorpion Nights 2 (which I haven't seen) so I thought, hey, why not go and see it? It's within the campus and it was for free if I remember it correctly....

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lessons

Travel Writing, Anyone?

11:43 PM
Travel stories are tough to write because you are bound to say facts (so obviously, they have been said before) in the very same fashion, specially if the story is not a first person narrative (I don't like I's in my writing). I received an email today that made me feel horrible. Being the "i-am-a-positive-person" wannabe, I asked a few questions from my...

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fun

My Charlie Chan

2:33 PM
I am Karla and am addicted to Charlie Chan.On weekends, it's easy to have it delivered and we have been doing so for weeks now. But Yellow Cab is not that cheap. So I decided to cook on this oh-it's-a-Thursday-not-a-Friday afternoon. It's not the first time I have tried making this, though. But by far, this recipe which I am sharing (as a...

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