• Look for job in the fashion industry
• Look for place to stay in Makati or the Fort
• Arrange for office space in P&L
• Take up sewing, draping, and patternmaking classes beginning November 08
• Draw up a list of business contacts and potential clientele
• Buy fabric while in Hong Kong in December/January
• Prepare collection for Fashion Week next year
• Put together portfolio for graduate school in Europe
• Appoint Mel ...

A list of artists, theorists, and philosophers whose work I would like to be more familiar with. Some of them I've had a taste of, while others I've only read about or heard of. This is at heart a dossier of nearly all my interests. Recommendations are more than welcome!

ART

• Francis Bacon
• Hiroshige
• Frida Kahlo

FICTION

• Jorge Luis Borges
• Italo Calvino
• Angela Carter
• Edogawa Rampo
• Elfriede Jelinek
• Naguib Mahfouz...

My constantly evolving list of favorite films, in no particular order:

• Aje aje bara aje (Come, Come, Come Upwards) by Im Kwon-taek

This Buddhist classic, starring Kang Su Yeon and Jin Yong Mi, follows the divergent paths of two young nuns. Both leave the temple and weather the challenges of an earthly world that tests their faith. When the two women finally return to the temple, their fates could no...

Books that I have read, reread, or am in the process of reading. I've always wished I read more, so hopefully this list helps me out as it keeps track of my progress.

• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I don't know how many times I've gone through this book, but every time feels like a new and different experience. Strangely enough, I've never read it from cover to cover. More t...

• 2046 by Wong Kar Wai
• 28 Days Later… by Danny Boyle
• A.I. by Steven Spielberg
• The Addams Family by Barry Sonnenfeld
• Addams Family Values by Barry Sonnenfeld
• The Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese
• Agnes of God by Norman Jewison
• Aje aje bara aje (Come, Come, Come Upwards) by Im Kwon-taek
• Akarui mirai (Bright Future) by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
• Akira by Ootomo Katsuhiro
• Alice in Wonderland by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred ...

• October 6 (Monday)

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) by Richard Brooks with Paul Newman, Geraldine Page

Time: 11:20 PM

Synopsis: An aspiring actor puts too much faith in the promises of an ageing star.

• October 9 (Thursday)

Queen Christina (1933) by Rouben Mamoulian with Greta Garbo, John Gilbert

Time: 3:30 AM

Synopsis: A 17th century Swedish queen falls in love with a visiting nobleman.

• October 11 (Saturday)

Gasl...