We are what we eat and I am a salad
Star ingredient: creamy camembert cheese. Salad is best enjoyed with a glass (or two!) of Chardonnay
Since I come home after work early in the afternoon, siesta time, I would usually take a nap, read a book, walk around MOA (Booksale or Fullybooked or fashion stores), watch BBC/CNN/HBO, or prepare merienda.
Pasta is my pastime because all it takes to cook it is boil the pasta and prepare the sauce. All in about 15 minutes ala Jamie Oliver. Black pitted olives, parmesan cheese, basil leaves, lots of garlic, and Clara Ole sauce are my favorite combination. Not only does the dish serve a holy treat but it gives our place a coffeeshop-ish aroma.
If you are obsessing over pasta, you would also invest in good oil and cheese, that is, splashes of extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of mozzarella. It doesn’t really matter for me what meat I put in, whether hotdog for spaghetti, tuna for pesto, or ground pork/beef for bolognese, because I usually like mine puttanesca style – ”whore’s style spaghetti” containing only olives, garlic, tomatoes, and herbs.
When I finished reading a novel called The Food of Love I got all excited experimenting with different pasta: spaghetti, linguine, fusilli, fettucine, rigatoni, and farfalle. The story is set in Italy and I felt like roaming Rome and eating Roman dishes prepared by one of the chef characters. The effect of reading it is unbelievable. A turn on, sensually and gastronomically. I picked up the book at Booksale, because I saw Jamie Oliver’s commentary on the cover: “A fantastic story, you can almost taste the wonderful Italian food.”
Read MoreNo use talking about privacy in social media, says law professor
Less—not more—privacy benefits the community, said Deakin Law professor who argued that “the more we know about other people, the clearer it becomes that they are like us.” This, he said, reduces stereotypes and prejudices.
Privacy, irrelevant
Talks of privacy in the time of flourishing social media and technological advances are irrelevant, said Professor Mirko Bagaric, Deakin University’s head of the Law School.
He argued that modern technology undermines the very relevance of the need for more privacy as people are more inclined to seeking attention rather than hiding in anonymity.
To give an example, he used Facebook, which has more than 800 million users, more than half of which log on every day.
Read MoreSleep – an important health and beauty investment
view from our window, in the afternoon
Australian sleep expert Prof. D Hillman said sleep, like diet and exercise, is key to healthy living.
One who lacks sleep experiences quality problems in thought processing, decision making, vigilance, reaction times and mood.
Lack of sleep lets all ingredients in a happy, healthy life slip away. “Productivity, safety and wellbeing suffer as do other aspects of quality of life,” Hillman said.
Read More“Apart from its restorative function, sleep is a time where there is a lot of information processing going on: memories are consolidated, lessons drawn from the day’s experiences and redundant material edited out. Problems are worked on. Hence, the brain is busy in ways that are different to wakefulness but essential to optimal wakeful function.”
Sleep and Marcus Wayne
Having a kid at home sends waves of energy and love. Hope to crush this boy with hugs and kisses again, probably on the long weekend.
And now, I go back to sleep.
But very quickly, speaking of sleep, I wrote an interesting news piece the other day about it. I’ll blog the details tomorrow, but what I found interesting in the statements of a sleep expert is that much thought process is still going on when one sleeps. No wonder, sometimes, when I wake up, some decisions have been made up in my head, as if I’ve been thinking about stuff all night long.
The article I wrote, thus emphasized the importance of an 8-hour sleep for adults and at least 9 hours for kids like Marcus.
Read MoreAn amazing dance revolution of one billion
This Valentine’s day, a billion women will rise.
Every day, 2 to 3 cases of rape are reported in the Philippines.
Imagine every country around the world keeping similar statistics of forced sex, of physical abuse of women, of malicious touch and looks, of hitting and , and that would be enough to join One Billion Rising.
The One Billion Rising Campaign is an international campaign to end violence against women.
It hopes to jolt women as well as men into action by raising awareness through creative action.
STRIKE, DANCE and RISE against violence against women
Flash mobs, parades, and mass actions will take place in at least 144 countries worldwide on February 14, 2013.
In the Philippines, the main rising will be in Tomas Morato, Quezon City, with simultaneous and nationally coordinated events in major cities nationwide.
Read More4th annual Manila Game Jam: making games in 48 hours
Students, professionals and hobbyists create games
in just 48 Hours
Dempster
Let’s talk about Dempster.
Another filmmaker with laurel leaves. Dempster directed the documentary Taguri: The Kites of Sulu, a full-length feature on the Taosug people. His replies here sound like half-jokes, but they sure are telling.
1. What’s the last movie you saw in cinema and with whom?
Ruruoni Kenshin, with the wife
2. What’s the next movie you’re going to watch on big screen?
I might be able to catch some Cinema Rehiyon treats soon
3. Who’s that actor/actress you wanna sleep with hahaha
Have sex with or just sleep? Those are two different things for me. 
4. Is there a film that made a huge impact in your childhood in one way or another?
Isla, by Celso Ad Castillo
5. What film genre are you most comfy watching?
Any brainless, stupid movie from Hollywood (comedies, they’re called methinks)
Read MoreAedrian
Let’s talk about Aedrian.
He’s an advocate of children’s rights as well as the rights of the LGBT group.
He wants to make films that can “break the wall of oppression,” he said, to help the marginalized.
1. What’s the last movie you saw in cinema and with whom?
The last movie I saw was the Thai horror film I Miss U with my special someone. LOL. It was good. The story was peculiarly romantic. I actually like Thai films.
2. What’s the next movie you’re going to watch on big screen?
I am really looking forward to watching ‘Thy Womb’ on big screen.
3. Who’s that actor/actress you wanna sleep with?
I’d rather leave this question unanswered for security purposes hahaha
4. Is there a film that made a huge impact in your childhood in one way or another?
It would be Magic Temple. I will never forget that movie, di parin ako nagsasawa until now. I could still remember the song “lulubog, lilitaw!” The film really challenged my imagination when I was still a kid back then.
5. What film genre are you most comfy watching?
I love watching black comedy and some other psychological mind f*ck films.
Teng
Let’s talk about Teng.
He’s Cinema Rehiyon 5′s curator for Mindanao.
Born in Cotabato City and living in Davao City, Teng is also a filmmaker and writer from Maguindanao. He has directed and produced more than a dozen short documentaries and experimental works. His debut feature Limbunan (Bridal Quarter) has been screened in more than fifteen international film festivals such as Venice International Film Festival in 2010.
from http://www.angkulet.com/2010/07/19/cinemalaya-2010-limbunan/
1. What’s the last movie you saw in cinema and with whom?
Amour during the Cinemanila International Film Festival with filmmakers Sherad Anthony Sanchez, Joel Geolamen, Eddie Perez and Che Villanueva.
2. What’s the next movie you’re going to watch on big screen?
I’m looking forward to seeing Les Miserables
3. Who’s that actor/actress you wanna sleep with hahaha
Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Johnny Depp.
4. Is there a film that made a huge impact in your childhood in one way or another?
Giuseppe Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso and the Star Wars trilogy.
5. What film genre are you most comfy watching?
I like drama and black comedy.
Read MoreBagane
Let’s talk about Bagane.
1. What’s the last movie you saw in cinema and with whom?
The Hobbit! With other hobbits. I was so glad I’m still alive and was able to watch it.
2. What’s the next movie you’re going to watch on big screen?
I’m definitely going to watch The Hobbit again, before watching Cloud Atlas.
Read MoreWho, Me?
Hello there! My name is Ai, Japanese for "love." I couldn't stay in one place for too long, so I'm always walking, traveling or changing address. I write for Australia's Campus Review, Education Review, Insite health care, and other magazines under APN. Before this, I was an editor of a quarterly rice science magazine and a weekly publication on international commodity trade in Singapore. But before everything else, I was an educator for five years.
