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Fuji goes wide with the instax Wide Evo, yours for P22,599
The Fuji instax Wide Evo is the latest addition to the instax line. Its previous model was an affordable hybrid digital and instant camera that captured the hearts of many because it was affordable and refreshing to be able to print photos on the fly, while still being a digital camera. @barpoinsettia #instaxwide #InstaxWideEvo #Fuji…
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‘Tala’ is a locally made fountain pen ink that shimmers like the night sky
I am relatively new to the hobby of fountain pens. Like any curious tourist that take a peek at what’s below the cliff, sometimes you bend too much and fall in. In this case, I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole of fountain pens. And what a joyous fall it was. The hobby is a pragmatic…
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My friend Adel
A short tribute to my dear friend, Adel Gabot, who passed away last March 25, 2020.
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I ended up with an Oppo A9 2020 Edition and have no regrets
A quick review. But more photos. Phones. I used to review a lot of these back in the day. Then I took a hiatus after covering Mobile World Congress. That was back in 2011. Barcelona was the summit. I stopped. Fell in love with other things. Mobile phones took a backseat – not from the…
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On wine pairings, the Batmobile, and tasting a wine that Napoleon himself drank
“In France, it’s never a complete meal unless you have two things: wine and dessert.” Inside this bottle is both. There will always be that one dish that will change your perception of how a particular meal is prepared. With liquor, it’s always a bottle – usually a small, quirky one, that changes your entire…
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We went to the Singapore Cocktail Festival and to no surprise drank almost everything
This piece on the 2019 Singapore Cocktail Festival originally appeared in the May 16 issue of Manila Bulletin’s Lifestyle section. Singapore – South East Asia’s hot pot haven and cultural melting pot.If it’s regional, it’s probably in Singapore. So it’s really no surprise that the awarding for the 50 Best Bars in Asia was held…
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Oh Japan, that happy place
It’s 2019, three years since my first trip to Japan. I never realized I had a happy place until I actually experienced separation anxiety when I flew back. I always thought that these “happy places” were abstract constructs. It didn’t matter where I was or what state I was in. The happy place was always…
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Parents, let’s not feel too guilty about screen time, OK?
Guys, I’m not a developmental psychologist. I’m a tired parent. Let’s address the elephant in the room — the whole screen time issue with our children is a drag. The struggle is real: balancing the conflicted amount of guilt whenever we pull out the phones at a restaurant so that the kids can sit still…
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Being a ‘houseband’ for five years helped me realize the silent struggle of many mothers
Note: This column appeared in Manila Bulletin’s print edition on April 14 2018. You can also read the online version. For the past century, modern society has relegated women as the “light†of the family — which felt more like a consolation title to having that heavy burden of rearing children and managing the home.…
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Startup Nation: how Israel is rebranding itself as the friendliest nation for technology
There’s a special place in the world for startups and we aren’t talking about Silicon Valley. Viber. Wix. ICQ. Waze. What do all of these companies have in common? These popular apps all have their roots in Israel, a melting pot of culture, religion and yes we aren’t sugar coating it — conflict. But in…
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