The Entropy Blog

The Barong Legacy

Tania N. Arpa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:46:46 +0000

My bb Jeremy Renner in a barong and, uh, cargo pants, during a courtesy call (with the producers of “The Bourne Legacy”) to the President of the Philippines Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. 23 February 2012.

Finding Jeremy Renner: It’s not stalking if you don’t take photos (Part 1)

Tania N. Arpa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:58:03 +0000

This is the fifth in a series of posts featuring the accounts of an innocent bystander at the filming of the movie The Bourne Legacy in the Philippines, and about how stalking is the new cardio. The two are not necessarily related. Saturday, 18 February 2012 The cab driver drove me to the middle of [...]

Celebrating women leaders in politics, business, science and the arts

Tania N. Arpa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:45:13 +0000

“Women hold up half the sky.” — ancient Chinese proverb Aung San Suu Kyi. Lady Gaga. Hilary Clinton. Wangari Maathai. Emily Abrera. In case you haven’t noticed, women have become a more powerful force in the world today. More than merely influencing business, politics, science and entertainment, they’re taking the lead in their respective industries [...]

Super-Reunion feat. the Romanovs

Tania N. Arpa — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:29:48 +0000

… will be the name of my next band. The descendants of my great-great grandparents Blas and Blasa Monteroso had a family reunion last Saturday in Cabadbaran City. That’s about five generations, so it was a pretty huge gathering. We had shirts that were color-coded according to which Monteroso sibling we were descended from. Great [...]

Pintakasi victory party and The Lam-Ang Experiment sort-of launch

Tania N. Arpa — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:13:34 +0000

We thought we were in the wrong place. Mike invited us to the launch of a graphic novel he wrote, a re-emagining of the Ilocano epic “Biag ni Lam-Ang”. But when we got to the Collective (Malugay St., Makati City), all we could find was a party for some movie. Obviously, I should learn to [...]

Finding Jeremy Renner: He’s eating a burrito, all your arguments are invalid

Tania N. Arpa — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:44:29 +0000

This is from the series of posts about stalking fangirling at The Bourne Legacy filming here in Metro Manila. You know how once in a while, you wake up and say, “Hey, maybe I’ll go to Luneta today”? Well, the Bourne Legacy has been filming here in Metro Manila for about a month now, and [...]

Finding Jeremy Renner: It’s not stalking if the SWAT guys don’t take away your camera, PART 2

Tania N. Arpa — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:37:23 +0000

This is part two a fan account of a visit to the filming of The Bourne Legacy in Navotas fish port last January 25. You can read part one here, and the previous entry in this series here. So, yeah, we went all the way to the Navotas fish port and got photos of Jeremy [...]

Finding Jeremy Renner: It’s not stalking if the SWAT guys don’t take away your camera

Tania N. Arpa — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:46:46 +0000

I usually prefer doing my stalking in nice places with A/C -- press conferences in hotel function rooms, bookstores, etc. However, when this isn't possible and it's been three weeks yet you could not find the time to hang around the hotel till your, uh, target shows up (what with stupid stuff like work getting in the way), you get creative. And by creative, I mean take a 2-hour bus ride to a fish port in the outskirts of the Metro.

Blue Bananas

Tania N. Arpa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:35:38 +0000

Introduce your child, or your niece/nephew/inaanak/little bro/little sis to the wonderful world of art. Mae Astrid Tobias’s talent as a storyteller has been recognized by both the Palanca and the National Book awards. Her story, Blue Bananas, has just been published by the Crucible Gallery. It is about a boy who meets the painter Mauro [...]

I needed the extra sushi to make up for the calories I lost walking around

Tania N. Arpa — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:43:57 +0000

If you really think about it, the buffet is the worst way to eat. You’re stuffing yourself with more food than you really need because it’s, well, there. All those flavors are so mixed up on your palate that you can’t really make sense of them all afterwards. Each dish becomes a fleeting memory overwhelmed [...]