MOVING ON

a view from the stairs another view on my way up Columbus with his back to me what I saw from one of the windows in the living-room like space that turns the Columbus statue into a humongous, almost out of place decor I didn't know who the lady was but, just like me, she looked excited and was having fun. a view of the Empire State Building The huge feet! His imposing presence detail of the wallpaper used all over the room, which could have been someone else's living room somewhere in the city It's by virtue of the work done by the brave conquerors that we have these collective views on Christopher Columbus'es pioneering trip to the US. And we continue to find out that there were other explorers ahead of him (and his co-travelers) who should rightly be recognized. For now, we know these conquerors came with lots of destructive activities in their hands plus sicknesses in their bodies that so...

I remember this ad to be last Coke ad I've seen on local Philippine television prior to my leaving for the US in the start of 2nd quarter of 2006. It has that certain quaint appeal that's not difficult to miss. Of course, it's a TV commercial, and an apparently, very effective marketing material at that, without trying too hard, but a bit sweaty pie-ish in delivery (sigh! what can I say about good looking people who are smiling a lot, enthusiastically, and with lovely looking eyes from those joining the crowd, and the smooth flow of moments in this brief ad!)...I could be not among its targeted audience, but I nevertheless can sense its alluring quality. I also know from my knowledge about Manila that this ad was shot somewhere in Binondo, or Sta Cruz.  Being a Tagalog tutor in a country other than the Philippines, I can see some other special things about the use of Tagalog in the ad. And in this analysis-of-a-response, I understood something in Tagalog, and I'm desc...