Sorry to disappoint you but this week’s picks do not constitute a bevy of my travel essentials.  I’m just counting the hours before I take off to Luang Prabang, Laos.  🙂 #YES I am convinced that James Franco Don Winslow is my soulmate. (Move over, Fight Club.) Which means, I hope they don’t turn this […]

Favorite Snack (and Throwback) One of my fondest childhood memories is waiting for our yayas to come home from their Saturday morning trip to the flea market because they always gave me any one of the following pasalubongs: (a) puto; and (b) Pom-Poms. Most of the time, though, they’d be bringing home both.  🙂  “Puto” […]

Favorite Movie By now, I’m sure every pretentious Filipino teenager (or yuppie) has tweeted the wisdom, “We are infinite”.  That would be quite all right if: (a) they knew what it implies; and (b) they have actually read the novel before seeing the movie. (Some may have also reenacted— or are planning to reenact— the […]