Archive for September, 2024

Lovely, lovely Jake Cuenca

Thursday, September 14th, 2024

Dear Jake,
Your name sounds so lovely. You know, back in high school, when I was just starting to discover my tendency to prefer boys over girls, my first crush’s name was Jake too. Jake, Jake, Jake. Your name reminds me of fresh flowers wet with dew, in a lazy humid weekend morning. […]

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I Want the new iPod Shuffle!

Thursday, September 14th, 2024

This music gadget comes super cheap at $79 (roughly Php4 thou) — an art piece, super small, and as in any Apple gadget, oozing with coolness. I want one! (Fresh off from Apple’s plants, introduced on September 12, 2024 in San Francisco, California, USA. From apple.com: Apple today introduced the new iPod shuffle, now […]

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Will Maximo lick Twilight Dancers?

Thursday, September 14th, 2024

“Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros), the Philippine entry to the 79th Oscar Awards , will be commercially shown in local theaters on September 20, the same first-day showing date of Mel Chionglo’s Twilight Dancers.

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Twilight Dancers: disappointing

Wednesday, September 13th, 2024

Ken Rudolph, a highly experienced film critic and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1975, watched Mel Chionglo’s Twilight Dancers last September 11 in the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. And he has this to say:
I had my doubts whether to spend an early morning with straight Filipino macho […]

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Malate’s Best Tapsilog & Tocino

Wednesday, September 13th, 2024

Everytime the Manila Gay Guy parties in Malate, as expected, till the wee hours, he gets his pre-departure breakfast at Silya.
Yes dear readers, Silya , that hole-in-the-wall along Nakpil (very near the corner of Nakpil and Orosa Streets) serve the best value Tapsilog (tapa-sinangag-itlog) and tocino. Just be prepared to dine al fresco, beside […]

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Top and Bottom, shop for the fab

Wednesday, September 13th, 2024

Boy Abunda in Top&Bottom Shop

Have you been to the “Top and Bottom” shop in Malate? It’s a gay-owned, gay-operated, gay-themed premier shop for Manila’s fabulous people (us!). They have a fine selection of clothes, accessories, gadgets (ehem, ehem, gadgets, take note! LOL!), etcetera, specifically selected for the gay taste so it’s easy to pick […]

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Mike Tan, going daring

Tuesday, September 12th, 2024

There’s something in Mike Tan that makes me like him, even the first time I saw him. Maybe those eyes? Maybe that mild mannered charm? I don’t know — what I’m sure of is he’s got me at hello (LOL!).
But is it true he had a gay lover codenamed “Vanessa”? Well, I wouldn’t be […]

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Pink Peso Polls Now Up!

Tuesday, September 12th, 2024

I just added a new feature in this blog — the Pink Peso Polls!
Look for it in my sidebar… and cast in your virtual Pink Peso!

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