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All-new episodes of Urban Zone are back. We took a long break from production. This means I go back to work next week. I have mixed feelings about this. Ofcourse I am more than happy to be producing the show again. There are lots of new homes and places to feature. But I will also miss the feeling of being a complete stay-at-home mom. I was a SAH ( Read more... )

This was the reason I went to Cebu a couple of weeks ago. I was asked to be one of the three judges for CebuNext, their furniture expo. I thought it would be easy but it was quite difficult to choose which pieces would receive a Mugna Award. I was with an interior designer and industrial designer. Here are some highlights... (I've forgotten the ( Read more... )

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I had to go to Cebu over the weekend. I was one of the three judges for the Mugna Awards of CebuNext Furniture Expo. It was pretty major. I felt very weird judging the work of a design icon like Kenneth Cobonpue!!! (Shouldn't he be a Hall of Famer already?) Since I was spending the weekend there already I thought, why not kill two birds ( Read more... )

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I'm ashamed to admit, I do not like lechon at all. I never used to eat it. I actually used to find it so offensive, seeing a dead animal -with head and all- spread in all its glory in the middle of the table. Until I tasted the lechon in Antonio's restaurant in Tagaytay six years ago. He served it "German style" -- with apple sauce and herbs. It ( Read more... )

Last night was UZ's final episode in Cebu... for now. I'll be going to Cebu frequently because I'm the Media Nexus of the British Council's program to set up Cebu as a "Creative City." So we are likely to be featuring more of Cebu in UZ ( Read more... )

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I was overwhelmed with yesterday's cover of Sun Star Cebu. And today I was totally surprised that Cebu Daily News did this. Thank you to Regina Aguilar for writing this feature.


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