I wish I were 19 again. That was my age when I made some crucial decisions that greatly influenced me as an average reasonable person. Those decisions, I realize, even guided me in landing on the right job that I love and enjoy. They even have a direct impact on how I deal with situations … Continue reading »
This blog is not a personal blog. I can’t even claim that every word in every article posted here is 100 percent mine. Nonetheless, I feel extremely proud of this simple nook in cyberspace as it turns 2 years old this month. Continue reading »
by Nickie Wang Be it in the Philippines or in the Unites States or in any place in the world, the words celebrity and privacy are never associated with each other. So when hip-hop star Tramar Dillard a.k.a. Flo Rida gave Standard Today his personal mobile number, we asked: “Are you serious about it?” “Of … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today What is the measure of a great fashion designer? Solar Entertainment chief operating officer Peter Chanliong can’t answer this question but he assures that ETC Entertainment Central viewers will find out the answer if they tune in every Wednesda y night. “Let’s just leave this question to the fashion … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today It got the whole world’s attention, and we have heard different stories of people, civilians and servicemen alike, about the military invasion that led to the second Gulf War or more popularly known as the Iraq War. So many questions have been asked about the real motives of the … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today The venue of the Red Horse Beer Muziklaban’s press launch last week at the San Miguel Training Center in Tagaytay was an apt location to experience rock music, extreme sports, tattoo and independent film making and all the eventualities in between. This year, Red Horse Muziklaban, the biggest and … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today The cinema is a bizarre form of art. Movies can bring us to a time different from ours and they can involve us and while at the same time disconnect us from what we see on the silver screen. They can resurrect a personality, an idea, and a place, … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today IF Craig David’s enthusiasm while performing before a big Filipino crowd on March 27 at the Araneta Coliseum seemed a little over the top, that’s nothing compared to the excitement of thousands of people who were there to experience his first-ever live performance in the country. The R&B star … Continue reading »
By NICKIE WANG/ Manila Standard Today “I Don’t Care” is the latest single of Chicago-based punk rock group, Fall Out Boy (FOB). The song, which is the carrier single of the band’s fifth studio album Folie A Deux, was included on Rolling Stone’s “100 Singles of the Year 2008” and was one of the highlights … Continue reading »
By NICKIE WANG/ Manila Standard Today As if the popularity and influence of the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is not enough to draw positive vive, a group of young documentarians made an effort to create a moving documentary-drama that would bring hope to the country and to its people who feel desperate to … Continue reading »
I spend almost 50 percent of my day surfing the net and chatting with my friends through YM and Facebook. I use the net to research for materials that I would need for my school and for my work. Almost everyday I encounter buzzwords and other information that I really find interesting. So as … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today What do Christian Bales’ The Machinist, Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct 2 and Nicole Kidman’s The Others have in common? Aside from being English-language films, all of them were produced by Spanish Cinema. All throughout the world Spanish Cinema, which refers to films made within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers, has … Continue reading »
Here is the complete list of winners for the 31st Gawad Urian held at the CCP Little Theater. Best Picture: Tirador (Centerstage Productions) Best Director: Brillante Mendoza (Tirador) Best Actress: Cherry Pie Picache (Foster Child) Best Actors: Jason Abalos (Endo) and Sid Lucero (Selda) Best Screenplay: Jade Castro, Michiko Yamamoto, Raymond Lee (Endo) Best Supporting … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today “I still retain images of the Big Dome lighted with cell phones everywhere in the audience like points of happy light sending out warm affectionate signals to us on stage.” Jim Paredes wrote these lines on his blog few hours after the APO’s successful three-hour-and-eight-minute concert at the Big Dome … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today There are various media we could use to communicate a message and music is one of those. Whether sadness, fear, anger, love, joy or exaltation, music has been a proven way to represent emotions and to trigger emotive responses. However, a message can have diverse impact on people depending on … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today Visiting art museums and galleries seemingly is something unexciting to children and teenagers of this generation. They’d rather go to concerts or the movies than spend time in somber halls of a museum gawking at sculptures or paintings they can’t seem to understand. What they enjoy doing most these days … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today Most critics look for precise details when someone dares to recreate the past through an elaborate production, either in the movies or television. This element some filmmakers disregard and instead choose to create a different reality to satisfy visual, the artistry that they think will mesmerize their audience. This … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/ Manila Standard Today What else could we enjoy in Boracay? Touted as one of the 10 best beaches in the world by Yahoo Travel for its pristine blue water and blindingly white sand, Boracay has more than relaxation, clubbing, and beach activities to offer. During the first Fairways and Bluewater Resort Golf … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang/Manila Standard Today How do you start your day? Some people prefer to jump-start their day with loads of fun and laughter. Others devote their time focusing on the most important things need to be done. Amid the high rocketing prices of basic commodities, the only way to get by is to smile … Continue reading »
By Nickie Wang MBoys ’09 and Not that kind of girl If youR auditory nerves are tired of covers and renditions that only serve as additional rubbish in your playlist, then you need fresh sounds to soothe your ear. It’s only when young blood artists surface that we could experience totally different approaches in music. … Continue reading »
