Jamie Ramos, an up and coming fashion designer, is a favorite among young brides. Her minimalist yet feminine take on bridal and formal couture offers a fresh point of view in an industry that is saturated with gowns that are cliché, if not overly romantic. Her aesthetic is based on how every piece should be [...]
Sunday night was filled with thick makeup, hairspray, baduy gowns, bikinis, and epic answers – yes, it was Bb. Pilipinas 2012. The gay world of the Philippines stopped and stayed tuned, to have something to talk about with amigas the following day. And for sure, there will be one spectacular topic: the question and answer [...]
When Konami released the original Silent Hill for the PS1, the developers came up with a novel way to hide the game’s graphical limitations. They enveloped most levels with heavy fog, which allowed them to shorten the draw distance. A shorter draw distance helped them add more detail to the foreground. The result was one [...]
I’m normally on the music mode regarding contributions to Purch. But since the fellows behind this are musicians, I’m guessing they could grant me a little bit of leeway on this one. Now, I’m not really a shoe guy, but I went bananas when I saw this online. It’s called Manila Sole, a brand of [...]
“Ikaw ba ay nalolongkot at walang makausap?” Anybody who watched a lot of MTV during the 90’s will probably remember that line from an ad for a phone party (and… other things…) service. We Pinoys are a chatty lot, from talking to strangers in party lines to dialing random numbers and asking to be phone [...]
“It’s so bad it’s good.” That was the first reaction I got from a friend when I showed him the Aaron Did Fashion blog. And a bunch of people share the same feeling. Aaron was a trending topic over Twitter recently because of this blog that has already gone viral. But why? This is no [...]
What separates the plain-looking from the naturally beautiful? The answer lies in subtle alterations – with an emphasis on subtle. I became consciously aware of this concept when I met up with a friend who hardly wears any make-up. When I saw her, there was something noticeably different about her face, but I couldn’t place [...]
There was a time when I was a die-hard Ridge Racer fan. And my favorite entry of the series was Ridge Racer Type 4 (a.k.a. R4). Although it was the first of the series to be ported over to console gaming, it never lost that distinct, frenetic, and Japanese drift-crazy arcade feel. But above all, [...]