Philippine photographer Owee Salva was tapped by me for my headshots and set cards for my Philippine theater auditions tomorrow and casting call runs over the course of the next few weeks. Owee came highly recommended by Adjeng and Djong,  who said I couldn’t go wrong with her. Aside from the suit shot avatar you see on the right sidebar and the shot in this post, this Philippine photographer took a great variety of shots that...

If you’re the type of person – Christian or otherwise – who is looking to stop looking at pornography on the Internet, I may have stumbled into software that can help you quit. (via Pastor Dennis) www.XXXchurch.com, an online resource that helps people who want to overcome their sexual addictions, links to a free download called X3Watch. Simply, it’s a software that records the websites you visit and sends a list of...

Two separate articles – on Cracked.com and Wired.com – and a good spot on Fear Factor have identified the Philippines’ ubiquitous balut as one of the most curious yet terrifying foods on earth. The majority of Filipinos heave a collective What?! in disbelief. Wired.com defines balut as duck eggs that have been incubated until the fetus is all feathery and beaky, and then boiled alive. When served hot with rock salt, balut...

Commit suicide for only PHP200 using this as your weapon of choice. American fast food chain Hardee’s, which unabashed trots out calorie-stuffed products oozing with flavor for people who aren’t satisfied with their supersized selections, has unleashed the  Country Breakfast Burrito on hungry breakfast diners, and it looks to die for. The Country Breakfast Burrito jampacks two egg omelets inside a flour tortilla. Not so bad?...

Okay, so the All Shook Up casting call is set for this Saturday, October 20, at the third floor of Ateneo’s Gonzaga Hall. (Nothing like going back to your old school haunt to try something new, eh?) Philippine theater geniuses Chari Arespacochaga (Footloose, Avenue Q) and Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan (Stage of Love, Basted) are behind this Ateneo Blue Rep/Centerstage Musical Theater production of All Shook Up, and I wouldn’t be...