On Love

I was planning to launch into a winding narrative on the events that transpired during the Fête de la Musique last Saturday. But I'll save that for tomorrow. Or whenever I can attend to the matter of my neglected blog.

Because I'm craving for certain things as of the mo, lemme share with you...

The Top 5 Things I'm Loving Now

5. OPM
As evidenced by the newly incorporated links in the Muzak section of this page, I chanced upon this cool site that features some of the hottest OPM (original Pinoy music) songs of today. Check out the site at TristanCafe.com.

4. Faith Evans
'Again' and 'Hope' are just fantabulous! And those tats--daym. Cool mama, that sistah.

3. Sex and the City reruns on Wowow
Likewise, let me add that Dawson's Creek reruns on the same channel are also keeping me up way past my bedtime.

2. PLDT
The term telebabad was given new meaning with the seemingly permanent extension of the telco's flat (and hence, muy cheapo) NDD rate. The homefront isn't missing me so much anymore now that I force myself on the fam every other weekend for hours at a time.

1. Macarons!
If I were to describe my first experience with Bizu's Macarons de Paris, the word would be HEAVEN. Oh, I know they've been around for quite some time. I should have taken Chona's word for it when she introduced them to me a coupla years ago. Lately, I find that I have to exercise tremendous will power whenever I pass by their booth in G4. Bread Talk hasn't caught on with me like this patisserie has.

Ooh La La!

It's only six days into June and already I'm feeling French. Just this afternoon when I was reminded of this month's French fest, I immediately rounded up some fellow cinema art farts at the office and established a viewing schedule with them for this Wednesday. I'll still have to drag someone to come with me to the Fete on June 18 at El Pueblo, though. If anyone out there is planning to do some serious head-bangin' to Frenchy (as well as NoyPi) beats, just holler.



Fête de la Musique

El Pueblo - Ortigas Center
and Metro Manila
June 18, 2005 - 5:00 PM onwards


Introduced in France in 1982 by then Minister for Culture Jack Lang, the Fête de la Musique is an all-day, all-night celebration of music to welcome summer. Musicians, amateurs and professionals perform freely in public places, from parks to street corners, metro stations, trains, not necessarily in concert halls or stages.

It became a very popular event, and through the network of French Embassies and French cultural centers and Alliances Françaises, it easily spread to many countries worldwide. It is now celebrated in simultaneously in more than 120 countries every 21st of June.

In Manila, the Fête has been celebrated since 1994, from Malate to Fort Bonifacio, to El Pueblo and Eastwood, gathering some 10,000 music-lovers in a street party that appropriately closes the cultural season, the French Spring in Manila, and where more than a hundred bands perform in ten stages simultaneously, offering the full spectrum of musical genre from World Music to Rock, Alternative, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Electronica, Acousitic, Hip Hop and R&B.

In 2005, while the center stage in El Pueblo - Ortigas Center will showcase a selection of musicians of these musical categories, several poles of the city night life join us, like Greenbelt 3, Shangri-La Plaza, Eastwood, The Podium, SM Megamall. Thus, the Fête de la Musique reaches all corners of the capital.

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10th French Film Festival
Panorama of the French Contemporary Cinema
June 03 to June 26, 2005
3-15 Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City
Entrance Fee : Php50

Please check out the link above for the movie titles.

Be seeing you, guys!