fab fab fab

There is nothing more relaxing or stress relieving than having pure unadulterated girl talk right smack in the middle of work week over a sumptuous lunch in elegant and quiet surroundings punctuated only by squeals and shrieks and gushy conversaton. Who? whaaaaat? where? with whom, he did? and how on earth did you find out, who told youuuuu?? This happened last Wednesday at Inagiku with 3 other girls all of whom have fab careers in the publishing world, and thus the abundant source of fab gossip. There was A of LA, C of M and L of A. There you go, all initials because you know how it is in blogosphere where your reputation can be ruined by a mere google search, enter key or double click. Anything work related was set aside, nobody spoke about editorials and shoots and advertising and 'new brands' and so I had a super fab time... sorry my vocabulary is limited now, I think that is the result of too much chismis flooding my brains. But we talked of useful practical topics too like the most painless brazilian wax in manila (Regine's...where they go at it in one WHACK according to A of LA), or where to get the most natural looking eyelash extensions (Lexxusa at Metrowalk, look for Maricel) If you're really "in" then you would know that in Manila today, Eyelashes are the new Lips. Ah, such nuggets of wisdom I am able to gather from mid-week meetings like these...

Cool Site

cool site. Now my work will live on and on and on... The 8 poems - I wrote for my Joy of Writing course last '05. The essays were written way before that, Boardroom Gaiety in 1998. No Roses in 2001. Time to make yabang to the world. My sitemeter tells me I have visitors from places like Norway and Lithuania. Para sa inyo po ito...

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18 + 21 = 0 pictures

My son turned 18 yesterday and my daughter will turn 21 this Wednesday and we had a nice celebration over lunch with chocolate sansrival and candles and all. We smiled and posed and had nice cousin pictures, brother-sister pictures, lolo-lola pictures, ninong-inaanak pictures, and the best - posing with mom pictures. But unfortunately the world will never see these pictures as the files got corrupted this afternoon for some mysterious reason and just disappeared into thin cyber air. And I am absolutely pissed. Goodnight.

Of eagles and ducks

This makes me truly proud of my 'hyatt heritage', I don't think there has ever been a sales and marketing team like what we had back then. Read Bob Z's column:
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=goodLife2_july5_2008

One beautiful ditzy day

One beautiful ditzy day in June a long table was laid out for 25 ladies who lunched and primped and posed and primped some more. And talked of nothing but tinted moisturizers, bionic mascaras, hydrating perfecting powders and a microcirculating lipgloss with Goji Berry C complex. Pure unadulterated ditz for these ladies who lunched. We oohed and aahed and played with makeup testers and watched ourselves in dresser mirrors that lined the table while partaking of the heavenly lunch (a choice of US prime rib or Baked Dory mmmm!). Common denominator? ditz. beauty. makeup. experts. Experts! Yes they were our guests - these experts on beauty. For they were all beauty and lifestyle editors, columnists and writers from the different glossies and broadsheets of cosmo manille who we wined (tea'd?) and dined with lipsticks and facepowders and a most relaxing, refreshingly different kind of lunch.
(press launch of new collection of Smashbox cosmetics, June 30, 2008 at Le Souffle, Rockwell Club)