Great Love Songs: “Underneath the Waves”

| February 12, 2010

Hale is a 4-member alternative rock band from the Philippines. They’ve released four albums thus far to massive critical and popular acclaim in their home country. They mix English and Tagalog(Pinoy) songs on their albums. This song is from their self-titled debut album. “Underneath the Waves” The stars beneath the sky they tell me you’re [...]

Indroducing: Shahrukh Khan

| February 11, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhNghQfu54

Imagine Leonardo DiCaprio, never fallen from the wave of his Titanic popularity and still a popular darling to end all popular darlings. Then imagine Tom Cruise, on steroids which double his charisma and acting ability. Now combine those two, and you’ll come pretty close to Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh Khan isn’t just a legend  in India [...]

Quotidian

| February 10, 2010

“We don’t live in a coherent age. Walking through the culture is like walking through the surf after a battering storm, stepping through shards of insatiable consumerism, gaudy FunTime noise, self-indulgent weepiness, toilet humor, posturing nihilism. Things keep saying they?re important, but they turn out to be more loud than deep. Stepping around the shards [...]

Play On Round-Up

| February 9, 2010

The “Play On” round-ups are where I highlight a random assortment of amazing songs I’ve discovered in the past few weeks/months. 1. “Meme Si (What You’re Made Of)”, Lucie Silvas & Gregory Lemarchal. I must’ve listened to this 30 times in the first week of discovering it, and a week later I’m still listening around [...]

Quotidian: Expectation

| February 7, 2010

MaryAnn, Aug. 13, 2009 “As the days of pregnancy are quickly coming to a close, I had the brief thought today that I might miss a bit of this season in my life.  Not that I would want repetition of the nausea, vomiting, dietary restrictions, needle-pricking or this reality of a train running over my [...]

Jdrama Review: Proposal Daisakusen

| February 6, 2010

Post imported from an older blog. Title (romaji): Proposal Daisakusen Tagline: Operation Love Genre: Romance Episodes: 11 Viewership ratings: 17.3 (Kanto), 17.2 (Kansai) Broadcast period: 2007-Apr-16 to 2007-Jun-25 Air time: Monday 21:00 Theme song: Ashita Hareru Kana by Kuwata Keisuke C&I rating: 4/5 One-line review: A sometimes slow but mostly deeply compelling and well-written drama, [...]

Quotidian & Song of the Day

| February 4, 2010

“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” – Ernest Hemingway Song of the Day: “Say It’s All Over”, Paper Moon Download

iPad Keynote in less than 180 Seconds

| February 3, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZS8HqOGTbA

Introduction to Bollywood

| February 1, 2010

Like your romance repressed and sizzling? You’re in the wrong place. Head over to my period drama post and make yourself right at home. Like your romance nuanced and well-developed? Go check out my Asian drama posts. If, on the other hand, you prefer your romance epic and fiery, Bollywood is right up your alley(I [...]

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