2007 Nihongo Fiesta: March 3
The Japan Foundation, Manila presents its annual Nihongo Fiesta which will be held on March 3, 2007 (Saturday) from 10:00am to 6:00pm at Clam Shell II, Intramuros, Manila. This fun whole day event will feature the following: The 34th Nihongo Speech Contest Book launching of “Junctions Between Filipinos and Japanese “, essays on Japan and the Philippines Arts & Performances from the Japanese language students...
Those LOL Japanese CM’s
I’m a big fan of Japanese TV commercials. I don’t know how they are actually able to serve their purpose with their uber-wackiness and head-scratching surrealism, but they do! Even having experienced Japanese culture firsthand, watching these mini masterpieces always get me. Though I love them, I wouldn’t want the local ad industry to mimic them either. I don’t think it would work. The commercials are just...
Anti-boredom sites
My “day job” plus this blogging sideline entail me to work in front of the computer screen up to twenty hours a day. Maybe three or four of said hours I spend trying to work out the kinks I’ve developed in my brain translating and writing. How exactly? Read on for three of my favorite links! Hungry for the latest Hollywood tsismis? Why not visit Hollywood Tuna? It has the same effect on the brain as your favorite...
Film Studio Brainstorming Workshop March 3 & 10
If you are the next Lino Brocka in the making but don’t know sh*t about studio brainstorming, you’d better proceed reading. FILM STUDIO BRAINSTORMING… The Science & Art Want to know how a commercial film production outfit develops projects? Master the principles crucial to make a certified box-office hit movie. Learn how to integrate into your story concept aspects that affect the production of a script. Know anything...
Pelikuletran February 26 – March 1
I got this through e-mail from the U.P. Film Institute. If you want to watch something fresh and different, why not check this out? Communication Department of Colegio de San Juan de Letran will have It’s annual Pelikuletran where it showcases talents of Senior Communication Arts students in making short films. Six short films will be shown on February 26-March 01 at LETRAN GROUNDS, MURALLA ST., INTRAMUROS, MANILA See trailers...
Super Twins or duper twins?
Live action anime-inspired telefantasya on local TV? Wow for Super Twins. Let me see… Twin girls? Check! And they do come in very twin-ny names: Zsahzsah and Tintin. Kids turning to pretty young heroines with the help of a magic object? Check! I haven’t heard of any kid saying they want be Jenilyn Merado or Nadine Samonte when they grow up… yet. The weird “chanting” before transformation. Check! Wala… nothing beats, “Sa ngalan ng...