• Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Statue of Liberty - New York, United States
• Historic City of Ayutthaya - Ayutthaya, Thailand
• Ha Long Bay - Hanoi, Vietnam
• The Great Wall - Beijing, China
• Taj Mahal - Agra, India
• Kinabalu Park - Sabah, Malaysia
• Luang Prabang - Laos
• Great Barrier Reef - Queensland, Australia
• Sydney Opera House - Sydney, Australia
• Hyde Park Barracks - Sydney, Australia
• Vigan - Ilocos Sur, Philippines
• Subterranean River - Puerto Princesa, Philippines
• Rice Terraces - Cordilleras, Philippines
• Historic Centre of Macau - Macau, SAR, China
• Yosemite National Park - California, Unit...

This is due to the nerd in me rediscovering my love for theoretical perspectives as applied to my own personal "causes". These are some of the issues that ignite my nerd moments.

• Regional Integration (go Asia!)
• State Intervention (when is it right?)
• Globalization of Culture
• Cultural Heritage and Preservation
• Climate Change
• Myanmar (go monks)
• Education
• Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship
• Darfur
• Extremist Islam
• Tibet
• Bhutan
• Urban Planning
• Media and Cultivated Perception
• SEO
• International Relations

• Silk screen/T shirt printing
• Notebook making
• ✔ Crochet. Need more practice
• Photography
• ✔ Cooking
• ✔ Baking. More, more, more please!
• Making bento boxes. So cute.
• ✔ Origami. I just need to perfect the crane!
• ✔ German. Ehh...? Je n'aime pas.
• ✔ French. Tu me manques! I miss studying this. Wish I had the money. =(
• Stock Market/Investing
• Mandarin. Sounds so cute!
• Golf. Already tried it in the driving range, fun! If only my family wasn't so obsessed with it. Maybe when I've already moved out.
• ✔ Make-up. Need to learn eye make-up some more and invest in a brush set!
• ✔ Scuba! Had my first dive on my birthday. ...

• Use Blackle.com (the energy-saving Google)
• No plastic. If I'm only buying a few items, I forego the plastic bag. (It takes 1000 years for plastic to decompose, guys)
• Avoid using straws (plastic!!)
• Keep the receipt and use it as scratch paper.
• Re-use or re-print old documents for scratch paper.
• Don't get a receipt from the ATM.
• Switch off the lights when not needed.
• Commute or carpool.
• Pick up litter and throw at the appropriate bin.
• Never throw out anything while in the car or driving.
• Always make sure the tap is not running
• Avoid styrofoam
• Try to make sure everything I use is reusable.

I welcome kind souls who will lend (or give) the following:

• April Snow/ Oechul
• A Little Romance
• Rebecca
• All About Eve
• The Women (the original version!)
• Paris, Je t'aime
• Man, Woman, and the Wall
• Nana 2
• 2046
• Shall We Dansu?
• April Story/ Shigatsu monogatari
• Infernal Affairs trilogy/Mou gaan dou
• Once
• Chinese Odyssey 2002/ Tian xia wu shuang
• Dolls (2002)
• 20 30 40
• 3 Iron/ Bin-jip
• Breathless/ À bout de souffle
• ...ing

• sleeping in
• cleaning my room (when i am miraculously up for it)
• getting a pedicure or taking a foot spa
• getting diamond peels
• eating pancakes with bacon
• having DVD marathons
• reading in the morning with Roxy sitting by my feet
• watching re-runs
• hanging out with the boyfriend
• having DIY hair treatments
• eating 3 meals a day
• indulging in my weekly scrub sessions. kinis!
• going to Ria's house
• gabbing with the doñas
• napping
• driving
• going to Town
• watching movies in Town

• lighthouses
• ancestral homes
• museums
• geeks in the pink
• buco pandan
• snail mail
• postcards
• surprises
• tsokolate-e
• the smell of freshly baked bread
• johnson's baby cologne
• nautical
• dresses
• Spanish architecture
• penguins
• stars
• sushi
• libraries
• cul-de-sacs
• window seats
• McDonald's french fries (fattening but yu...

Idea borrowed from francesbean

• BKK - Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok, Thailand)
• CEB - Mactan-Cebu International Airport (Cebu, Philippines)
• HKG - Kai Tak Airport (Hong Kong, SAR, China)
• HKG - Chek Lap Kok Airport (Hong Kong, SAR, China)
• KLO - Kalibo International Airport (Kalibo, Philippines)
• LGP - Legaspi Airport (Bicol, Philippines)
• USU - Busuanga Airport (Palawan, Philippines)
• MNL - Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila, Philippines)
• MPH - Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (Caticlan, Philippines)
• REP - Siem Reap International Airport (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
• SGN - Ho Chi Minh City Airport (Ho Chi Minh,...

• The Runaways
• Ramona and Beezus
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
• Star Trek (John Cho!)
• I Love You, Man
• New York, I Love You (Natalie! Shunji Iwai!)
• Tenderness
• Alice in Wonderland (Burton)
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Taylor Kitsch)
• Adventureland (Kristen!)
• Sunshine Cleaning (Amy Adams! Emily Blunt!)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (Joseph Gordon-Levitt!)
• Up
• Ponyo
• Where the Wild Things Are
• (500) Days of Summer (JGL, Zooey, Minka Kelly)
• The Proposal

• how to say NO.
• how to stand up for myself
• how to be mataray
• the look a man gives you when he is checking you out
• distinguishing when a guy is interested in more than being friends (or when he's just horny)
• money comes and goes but you can never buy time
• being a student IS easier
• how to commute by myself (without relying on a boy)
• work hard for money but also let your money work hard for you (i.e. invest wisely!)
• how to let go and accept that some things won't change or that i can't control everything
• that speaking in straight english makes you sound more impressive and believable (...

• The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
• Never Let Me Go -Kazuo Ishiguro
• Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
• His Dark Materials - Phillip Pullman
• The Giver - Lois Lowry
• 1984 - George Orwell
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
• Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
• The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
• Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman
• Mayfair Trilogy - Anne Rice
• The Alchemist - Paolo Coelho
• A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
• Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
• The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
• Harry Potter series - J.K Rowling
• Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
• The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
• Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki
• The House of the Spirits - Isabel Allende...

Amazing technical production: interesting color grading, beautiful cinematography, great framing, amazing production design, etc.

• Far From Heaven
• Penelope
• Baler
  • Lee Meily
• Ploning (but put it on mute and just marvel at the visuals!)
• Dangerous Liasons
• All About Lily Chou Chou
  • Shinoda Noboru
• Marie Antoinette (Coppola)
  • Lance Acord
• Delicatessen
• Amelie