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Arabian nights (and days)

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - February 5, 2006 - 12:00am

I recently joined my mother Gina de Venecia and House Speaker Jose de Venecia on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. How else would I be able to visit the Arab world, if not vicariously through CNN...

Conquista

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - November 25, 2005 - 12:00am

I first walked through the doors of the Zara for Men boutique in the Champs-Elysees in Paris 10 years ago. To my recollection, amid the clutter of tourists and vendors along the famous avenue, what caught my eye...

Conquista

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - November 25, 2005 - 12:00am

Riders on the storm

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - July 2, 2004 - 12:00am

In the list of dream occupations, the rockstar job still seems to spark more interest than other checkbox careers like medicine, law, and accountancy. While most people discount the desire to be a long-haired guitarist...

Dishy Documentary

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - June 18, 2004 - 12:00am

In the short span of two and a half years, Dish has quickly built itself into one of the de facto epicenters of the restaurant,and nightlife industry in the Philippines. Moving to the ground floor of the ELJ Communication...

Sandy spectacle

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - May 14, 2004 - 12:00am

Holy Week in Boracay can be one of the most crucifying experiences indigenous to Catholic Philippines. Never holy to the letter and resembling the combined nocturnal density of Greenbelt, Rockwell, and Eastwood,...

Taekwondo tales

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - April 30, 2004 - 12:00am

Taekwondo in the Philippines would never be the same without Monsour del Rosario, and vice-versa. On one hand, the once-unknown martial art found a nationwide ambassador in this accomplished athlete who triples as...

Cebu challenge

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - April 16, 2004 - 12:00am

From the white-skinned foreigners to skin-whitened Filipinos, tourists have always somehow been attracted to the southern island of Cebu.

Aussie adventure

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - April 2, 2004 - 12:00am

"Ipe, do you want to come to Australia?" Keren Pascual asked me a few months well before my birthday. In an events management world where words are chucked around like throw pillows, Keren somehow...

Bowling Bash

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - March 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Bowling would always strike me as one of the more sedate activities in the plethora of human sports, often spared for an older set of city folk. However, the ABS-CBN Foundation’s Celebrity Bowl Event held last...

Bora Bunch

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - January 30, 2004 - 12:00am

Boracay, without a doubt, remains the fave venue for events. Moreover, nothing substitutes good company take to make such a trip unforgettable. So, with a guest list that boasted of a hundred of the most intriguing...

Photo shop

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - December 12, 2003 - 12:00am

There seems to be something about photography which captures more than the mere eye-fancy of Filipinos. From chronicling life events attached to the seven Holy Sacraments to making our supposedly cute household pets...

Sociological spectacle

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - December 5, 2003 - 12:00am

Every so very often, a peculiar phenomenon – like People Power or the Pokemon fad – surfaces without warning to literally grip the always-willing Filipino people by the throat. Watching ABS-CBN’s Happy...

Modeling Mania

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - November 21, 2003 - 12:00am

The modeling industry seems to always elicit a handful of contrasting opinions. Whether it swings on the positive or negative pole, all reservations were forgotten with the multi-media extravaganza of the MTV Fashionista...

Go, Speed Racer, Go!

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - November 7, 2003 - 12:00am

Go-carting attracts a variety of Filipino drivers from the professional Schumacher-types to the regular schmucks. Such roadster racing transports any Filipino motorist from the sights of Mandaluyong to the sounds...

A little night of Vina-oke

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - August 1, 2003 - 12:00am

There seems to be a calling for Filipinos, be they tone-deaf or perfectly-pitched, to leave the confines of their humdrum lives and belt out their voices along with their wallets at the nearest karaoke joint. Perhaps...

The Eastwood expedition

by BUBBLE BOY By Philip Cruz - July 11, 2003 - 12:00am

Humans are creatures of habit. Much like a flock of birds which migrates aviary year after aviary year to the same breeding grounds, their homo sapien hunters seem to be quite predictable in their patterns of flying...

An introduction to it-ness

by BUBBLE BOY by Philip Cruz - June 20, 2003 - 12:00am

It-: an ambiguous adjective attached right before a noun to denote being the focus of attention, the archetype of the moment, or the latest societal vogue.

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