JessicarulestheUniverse

1,000X Yes

jessicazafra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:08:27 +0000

I missed the opening of A Thousand Times Yes at Manila Contemporary last Saturday but I visited the gallery yesterday. It’s the Valentine show at Valentine’s gallery; naturally the theme is love. Drawing by Christina Quisumbing Ramilo Photograph of an installation by Ringo Bunoan Painting by Ugo Untoro At that stupendous moment, he ate a watermelon. My project—Anton Chekhov’s The [...]

Today in censorship

jessicazafra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:54 +0000

The artist: Igan D’Bayan The work: Gothika Filipina 2 The exhibit: Asian International Art Exhibition (AIAE) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The censor: The curators The reason given: Officially, none. Igan never heard from the organizers. “I got a forwarded (actually a re-forwarded) e-mail from Ramon Orlina. The curator, using the unofficial-sounding e-mail address “smash_topek@yahoo.com,” told Mr. Orlina that [...]

You’ve never heard of a spellcheck?

jessicazafra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:59 +0000

The faster and easier technology makes our lives, the dumber people choose to be. Yes, they choose to be stupid. How hard is it to click the spellchecker in a word processing program? The Oatmeal has a brilliant piece: 10 Words You Need To Stop Misspelling. (Especially ‘misspelling’ which has two s’s.)

29. Ex-rugby player reviews rugby movie

jessicazafra — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:38:33 +0000

Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, reviewed by Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala. Just saw Invictus yesterday. Flat in the middle and they were not able to pull much out of Matt Damon who is buff but 5 foot 10, whereas the real-life Francois Pienaar is 6 foot 5. Photo: The [...]

The ancient typescript

jessicazafra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:13:17 +0000

My teacher and thesis adviser Prof. Elmer Ordoñez wrote about J.D. Salinger recently in his Manila Times column. My thesis is an extra. Look at the yellowing typescript. Ancient artifact. Yes, I’ve been reading J.D. Salinger since before you were born.

The next time you are in a museum,

jessicazafra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000

View from the Uffizi museum, Florence. Two tickets are on us. Maoricia, absolutelysober, john dorian, jeg, and sleeping cat, you each get a pair of free tickets to the Ayala Museum. (Jeg, let us know how many kids so we can provide enough tickets.) Please post your full names in Comments and I’ll alert you when [...]

24 hours in Baguio

jessicazafra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:38:59 +0000

On Saturday I learned an important lesson. If you are driving up to Baguio in a van, remember not to sit on the left side. Even if the windows are heavily tinted, you will be fried by sunlight, especially if you leave Manila after 11 am. Or you could put blackout curtains on the windows, [...]

Where was I? 2

jessicazafra — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:00:20 +0000

The clues: The view from SM City at night. The view from Cafe Sabel by day. Polite bulol. Bawdy bulol. What my wardrobe has always needed: Cruella De Ville gloves. The giveaway: Strawberries picked from the garden by a National Artist. Not Carlo J. Caparas, alas. The answer: Baguio! for the launch of the myCity, mySM tourism project right at the start of [...]

Warsaw, Cairo

jessicazafra — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000

Today in the World Domination Tracker: two cities I intend to visit. David John Yabis is in Warsaw. “This is the Old Town of Warsaw at dusk. There are only about 200 Filipinos in Poland and around 100 of those live in Warsaw. Clearly this country has not yet been colonized by Filipinos but it is interesting [...]

Does anyone know a typewriter repair shop?

jessicazafra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:16 +0000

I’ve always wanted a baul (a big wooden trunk or pirate’s chest), I don’t know why. I’ve always wanted to travel the world with a steamer trunk, or one of those large trunks with compartments like a closet. Yeah try traveling with a steamer trunk today, the excess baggage charges will kill you. And that’s [...]

The last time I was at a museum

jessicazafra — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Saffy is giving away five pairs of tickets to the Ayala Museum. To qualify, complete this statement: “The last time I was at a museum. . .” Post your entry in Comments. Obviously you have to be in the Makati area at some point within the next month for the tickets to be of any [...]

Demons: Day 3

jessicazafra — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:00:55 +0000

Now we’re in the thick of it so I’ll keep this short. There’s something absolutely hysterical and riveting about Demons—they all seem to be deluding themselves. Have to rush back to the Nikolai-Liza-Dasha thrown at Stepan situation. There are a number of excellent American films inspired by the works of Dostoevsky. They’re not exactly adaptations, but [...]