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Old Hatchet Face in Austin

April 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

On impulse, I decided to drive down to Austin with Charles with plans of flying from the state capital to New York. Spending a few days with my cousin made me realize how surrealistic the photography world I live in. Charles was so down to earth and normal that I felt I actually come from another [Read more]

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Fashion Models & Advertising Taboos

April 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Celebrity, News

Catching Jaime Lee Curtis on the much-discussed Dannon Activia commercial wherein she talks about digestive health reminded me of Laetitia Casta’s former manager who found some of the modeling taboos so silly, he could not even comprehend who came up with it in the first place. [caption [Read more]

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Meeting Imadge

April 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

[caption id="attachment_74" align="alignright" width="257" caption="Imadge Mekker"][/caption] I liked Imadge the moment I saw her. She had a no-nonsense air about her, as if she was used to ordering people around, though I figured that she must be no more than 18. And, my mother liked her, too. [Read more]

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Dallas Blonde

April 7th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

[caption id="attachment_56" align="alignright" width="257" caption="Milan Westin"][/caption] The 331 miles separating Dallas and Midland translated into a 5-hour drive of male bonding between Charles and I though we had to scream once in a while to be heard over the thunderstorm and pouring rain. [Read more]

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Brooklyn Bridge

April 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in News

Since I moved here last February, I’ve crossed the Brooklyn Bridge at least 1,000 times and I still marvel at this engineering feat that is truly ahead of its time. And to think that next month, it will be 125 years old, my three months as one of its commuters seem like a flicker of [Read more]

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To The Big Apple via The Big D

April 5th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

The moment my parents agreed that I could go and live in New York, they did not waste anytime. Lecturing me about money and how much I actually make every month from the royalties of the software I had written, I was put on a very tight budget. And I have to show myself physically to the [Read more]

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Family

April 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

It’s always great visiting Grandma; she always make me feel I belong. With Charles here, it made the visit more enjoyable. But, there was something in the air that I could not place; a feeling that a storm was coming and when it comes, we would not be able to stop the havoc it would create no [Read more]

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Lunch with my Father

April 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

Thank goodness, I always bring my Blackberry. I could at least keep up with all my RSS feeds while waiting for Papa. He had not changed at all. My father always wants a dramatic entrance. So… let me see what FashionWindows is saying today. ‘Cell Phone Cases As Important as Cell Phone Itself [Read more]

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Wind Beneath My Wings

April 2nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

[caption id="attachment_37" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Barbie eco-friendly bag"][/caption] This new Barbie doll accessory, an eco-friendly bag made from repurposed excess fabric and trimmings from other Barbie doll fashion and products is actually pretty. But, this is not for me. Why [Read more]

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Homecoming

April 1st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

It’s nice to be back here in West Texas. If there were a place I could call as my hometown, it would be Midland, having spent my childhood here. I lived here until I was 12; my parents having left me here to live with my grandmother when I was 5, seeing them only during Christmas and summer [Read more]

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