FS Picks of the Week, Nov 30 - Dec 6

Unlike most of the city, I hadn't gone to watch New Moon. I figured I would think it would be so cheesy that I'd groan much too loudly in the cinema at certain scenes. So I opted to wait for the DVD instead (especially as The BF didn't want anything to do with the movie. hehe!).

Aside from Amelia, other movies out this week are Planet 51, Two Lovers, Biyaheng Lupa and Dukot (Desaparacidos).

The Earth, Wind & Fire concert at the PICC will be something the oldies might enjoy, so go tell your moms and dads.






Amelia
Starring: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere,Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Synopsis: An extraordinary life of adventure, celebrity and continuing mystery comes to light in AMELIA, a vast, thrilling account of legendary aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.






Earth, Wind and Fire in Manila
Dec 5
8pm
PICC Reception Hall

Sundress for the gloom

For a gloomy day like today, instead of wearing something dark, I would opt to wear something really bright and colourful.




Obviously, I had been spending too much time on Lookbook. Their members really inspire me to be a bit more creative. Although, wearing a one-piece dress (that I don't exactly own, mind you -- my cousin left it lying around in my flat), isn't exactly creative.

HOWEVER, it is certainly not something I would normally wear.

What would you have worn on an overcast but still warm day?

Berry Sweet!

If you had been following my tweets, then you may have known that I had been lusting for a new mobile phone. Even after I've posted some of my phone choices several months ago, I promised myself that I will only buy a new one when my old Motorola V3i conks out.

It doesn't seem to want to conk out, though!

It's a great phone, but with my use of Twitter and Wi-fi getting more and more available everywhere, I was getting frustrated with it. I certainly couldn't use it to quickly check my email or write a quick tweet.

I was torn between getting a Nokia E71 and a HTC Viva, but then I suddenly found out through the internets that the Blackberry is being slowly introduced in the country.






Obviously, the Blackberry won.

It's such a lovely piece of mobile qwerty candy. I got myself the Curve 8520, with it's amazing trackpad.






I can now regularly check my blog, Facebook, update Twitter and even search on Yahoo. This internet addict is very happy indeed!





I haven't signed up my mobile to the Blackberry network yet, though. I'm still trying to figure out how far I can go without emailing all the time. The lowest subscription package on Globe is for Php700 for 5MB every month.

I've got this unit on the cheap -- I don't think I will ever spend an insane amount on a silly mobile phone.

However, I've learned you can get the Curve 8520 prepaid pack from Globe at only P14,995! That's ridiculously cheap, compared to the lowest amount I got quoted for a Nokia E71, which is P16,000++.

Won't need a light

I was too early for a meeting one evening, so I had a stroll, ordered dinner that would take some time and leafed through a magazine. As the magazine wasn’t very entertaining, I ended up people-watching

That’s when I thought to myself “Why didn’t I ever get into smoking?” If I smoked, then I would look so cool and waiting would have been a sophisticated undertaking.




I imagine that I’d look like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe.


But then I remembered that smoking screws up your lungs, shortens your life, darkens your lips and yellows your teeth and fingernails.

However, there’s now a thing called an electronic cigarette. They have the look and feel of an ordinary cigarette, but much healthier. It doesn’t have any of those cancer causing things that you find in normal cigarettes like tar, carbon monoxide, smoke and 400 other bad stuff. It doesn’t even use tobacco! With electronic cigarettes, you just basically inhale water vapor and nicotine.



Electronic cigarettes don’t produce smoke, but they produce a vapor mist that looks exactly like smoke. Which means I don't need to go outside a restaurant or a bar to smoke! It might even be cheaper because they use rechargeable batteries and you can even get them in starter packs.



It would sound so shallow, but I think the best thing about electronic cigarettes is that they are also customizable -- your cigarettes can then match your shoes. ;)

Jennifer Lopez Falls on Louboutins

Have you seen Jennifer Lopez' performance of Louboutins at the American Music Awards? Yeah, she fell on her big ass. Thank goodness for all that cushioning -- she danced like nothing happened!

Wonder if she was wearing a pair of Louboutins that night, just to make her point?



J. Lo claims that she intended to fall down.

Errr... yeah, right.

Granted, she did fall in time for a big beat.


Reminds me of somebody else who fell off the stage and acted like nothing happened.

*Ehem* Beyonce, that's you.