• #asntm #asntm2 @SheenaLiam

    One word: G-L-A-M-O-R-OUS. This shot would fit in a The Great Gasby-esque movie. Big hair. Sparkly gowns. Shiny jewelry. I love it!

    Sheena embodies glamour, looking like she’s enjoying the sights and sounds of the city while bringing glitz and sparkle to liven up the nightlife.

    Sheena hasn’t had a best photo so far. This, I think, is indeed one of her personal bests.

    Watch Asia’s Next Top Model Cycle 2 on Thursday on Star World and Star World HD 9:40/8:40 PM JKT/BKK.

    Is Sheena Asia’s Next Top Model? Do you think she deserved best photo for this shoot?

  • The Filipino and the Winter Olympics

    I have to admit. I haven’t watched a single Winter Olympics event before this year. This year when, surprise, a tropical country that does not experience a winter season, has a representative in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. A representative. One.

    The Philippines has joined in past Winter Olympics… more than a decade ago. This year we have our first ever representative in the men’s figure skating events: Michael Christian Martinez. First Filipino, first Southeast Asian, youngest male figure skater, and our country’s only hope for a medal.

    Having a representative there made me interested in watching this year’s ceremonies. I stayed up late to watch the magnificence and extravagance (and much buzzed about technical failure of the Olympic rings) of the opening ceremonies. I luboved it. (Hah!)

    I stayed up late to watch the short program event. He was an absolute joy to watch. I’m not really familiar with all the elements, but I really enjoyed the theatricality and the drama, which suited the Romeo & Juliet music really well. The commentators said that it was a good debut for the first Philippine representative. And for a brief moment, we got to enjoy his 3rd placement, and was so proud that he qualified for the free skate quite early. (He ultimately dwindled down to 19th, but he’s qualified already, so whatevs.)

    Amid the US’s Jeremy Abbott’s shocking fall, Russia’s Evgeny Plushenko withdrawing (for a back injury, I think?), and the Asians hogging the medal podium (yey!), the men’s figure skating event made for exciting TV viewing.

    For the free skate event, while most everybody was pulling out his quadruple axels and level 4 spins (yes! I learned some figure skating terms!), Michael had a relatively less complex routine, only settling with as much as 3 spins, though he had what looked like very difficult spins. He also did that Frick & Frack move (the cantilever spread) and the Bielmann (more terms!).

    I’m imagining that maybe, just maybe, Michael will be at their level already when the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics. I hope that we send more representatives in 4 years’ time.

    We may not have a winter season, but we were represented in men’s alpine skiing and luge events decades ago. I don’t think it’s realistic that we send representatives to slope events, but I think we can send a few more people to indoor events, like figure skating or speed skating. Of course, I would expect that Michael return to the men’s figure skating event. If we could make up a team for the team skating event, then that would be even greater. Oh, and curling. Definitely, curling.

    I’m watching the closing ceremonies as I write this, but I’m definitely already looking forward to Rio 2016 (because we do have summer, I’m sure we’re sending athletes) and Pyeongchang 2018.

    What are you looking forward to in future Olympics? Do you also want to see the Philippines have a curling team?

  • Starting Over Again Review: Moving On and Moving Forward

    As the title suggests, Starting Over Again is a film about a love that has been lost and revisited by the main characters Marco Villanueva (Piolo Pascual) and Ginny Gonzales (Toni Gonzaga).

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    We all know from the trailer that Ginny’s the one that pursued her then History professor, Sir Marco during her college years (2004) as an architecture student. Being Ginny, a bubbly, enthusiastic, hopeless romantic that she is, she eventually wins Marco’s heart. All goes well until Ginny decides to leave Marco for unknown reasons, for an unknown acceptable reason (to quote the movie).

    Fast forward to 2013, Ginny and Marco meet again. Both have changed and are more successful. This creates (false?) hope for Ginny and doubt and confusion for Marco as he already has a new girlfriend in the person of Patty (Iza Calzado). As the former couple goes down memory lane, they are reminded of the feelings they once felt for each other. The love, joy, excitement and of course, the pain.

    Both are searching for closure. Ginny wants to know if there is a reason why destiny has brought them back together and Marco, on the other hand, needs to know why Ginny left him in the first place. Will they get the closure that they need? Or the one that they want?

    WARNING: SPOILERS AFTER THE JUMP

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  • You remind me of my daughters, Cami, Kimmie. I used to say to Cami, Kimmie: Warners don’t wonder whether Warners are winners cause winners never wonder whether Warners win.

  • huffingtonpost:

    What happened when strangers saw a little boy shivering outside without a coat.  See the full video here.

    There’s hope. 🙂