Rianne, a fellow sun.star editor, arrived in the office one day and asked me why I was so early (10 am). I said I'm writing a column (I can't write at home. I don't know why). She said you know what, writing seems to torture you; everytime I see you writing you look like the ...

After so many attempts at photography, I give up. I could give it another try, but it's different when somebody you consider a part of yourself is already doing it and is doing it well. (The foto above is hers, and the subjects are her Korean boyfriends, I hate you!.) If you seldom find pictures ...

If you had a band, what would you call it? Suggestions: 1) Nasal Sex With Broken Glass 2) Pelvic Meatloaf 3) Dracula Does Calculus 4) A Cat Born In An Oven Isn't A Cake Unless you have great music, we can forgive you, like we forgave the 'Beatles' and the 'Eraserheads,' two great bands with funny names. But if your ...

As this column aims to educate, let’s start with etymology. According to my research -- which involved the arduous process of typing keywords and clicking search -- the word beso is Spanish for “kiss”, as in “beso de Judas”. Do the inflection and you will have “Bésame, bésame mucho, como si fuera esta noche la ...

When people use the phrase "starving artists", they definitely don't refer to these musicians. Music is both art and business, a good business at that. But try doing these things at the same time: write songs, produce them, play them live, promote them, and make sure the money keeps coming. Mabuang ka. An artist is ...

Between the later part of 2006 and middle of 2007, I received three offers from three record labels to reproduce and distribute Missing Filemon's two albums - the debut 'Mising Filemon (Suroysuroy)' and 'Sinesine'. "And if things are good, we have money for your third album," they told me. The condition, and this had to ...

Been offline since Wednesday to join Capitol's "SuroySuroy Sugbo - The Southern Heritage Trail". The project has a point, really, got to admit. Works good for Cebu Province, works even better for the Gwen Garcia image. What's the trip all about? It's actually touring the towns and eating a lot of budbod and bakasi and ...

IT all started with this one short line in my spam box: “Hi Insoymada. Your partner will be calling you ‘BIG BOY…’” I normally ignore junk mail. It’s the best way to deal with them. They are so everywhere that you start to doubt if the companies that sent them don’t actually have the blessing of ...

RSO Booksale is having a "clearance sale." I dropped by its SM City branch this morning and found books priced at half the amount they may probably cost at Power Books. I grabbed a copy of Hank Bordowitz's "Turning Points in Rock and Roll." This will surely keep me busy the rest of the week. ...

"I think the movie was “Patch Adams”, not “Jumanji”. " -- jae Hahay. I'm a failure in sarcasm. - insoymada