Franz Ferdinand

15 Sep 2009 1 Comment

Kanye Meme, Franzy Style

After looking and nearly dying of laughter at this awesome Kanye West meme website, I felt a bit… inspired. Click “read more” to see what I came up with.

02 Sep 2009 No Comments

A week ago today, I was in Los Angeles, roaming around in “the world’s largest independent record store,” Amoeba Music, sifting through vintage rock posters, walking among aisles of CDs and vinyl records… and brushing shoulders with director Michel Gondry.

Oh right, ’twas Hollywood.

Vasthy, Liz, Christina and I had just come from eating dinner at Hard Rock Cafe on Universal City Walk. At Amoeba, we were all exhausted but willed ourselves to get lost in the music – literally. I mean, it’s why we were all here.

30 Apr 2009 1 Comment

Our First Days in Manila

My mom and I landed in Manila yesterday and got picked up by Uncle Jess and Aunty Mely, my mom’s uncle and aunt, actually. As we drove out of the airport – which looked a lot nicer than I remembered – I noticed the air quality, which was almost unbearable when I was here the last time, had actually gotten better, too. Not a hundred percent, but a bit noticeably better.