My buddy and I had the chance to watch Peter Shaffer’s controversial and award-winning play Equus at Onstage in Greenbelt 1 on its 2nd to the last playdates last Saturday night, directed by Audie Gemora and topbilled by Red Concepcion as Alan Strang. [I heard great comments on Concepcion's alternate Marco Mañalac]. The very same play became more recognized when Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe made his US theatrical debut playing Strang in 2007. This strictly for adults only dramatic piece revolves around a child psychiatrist’s attempt to examine and treat a 17-year old boy (Strang) who has a very strange obsession with horses. Coming to grips with his self-worth and personal goal, the boy deems horses (a horse named Nugget in particular) as gods and, eventually, fails to differentiate his thing for them with carnal desires. [Some terms were deliberately altered and toned down to suit readers of all ages.]
Posted: July 26th, 2010 | Blend: Buddies, Stage | No Comments »
We had an unusual date last night. There was no definite plan aside from dropping by the Greenbelt chapel. After staggering along Dela Rosa St. and a few side streets for more than half an hour, both of us undecided trying to find a quiet spot where we could have our dinner, we ended up at the second floor of the Makati Medical Center. Then it was final— dinner to be served at the Floating Island Restaurant.
I’ve had a bunch of pending movie and book reviews in our cupboards. And they would probably stay there until December. Anyway, I’d start with the most recent weekender picture that we had last week at Greenbelt 3 Cinema 2 (which audio system we promote 
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Small tees, medium paper cups, big screen.
Snatched my attention, as painted on the wall. My buddy watching some shows as foreground.
We dropped by Flapjacks, an all-day breakfast place, at the ground level of Greenbelt 2 last May 9. At laaast. I’d been nudging him to check out this resto (the one in Robinsons Place) since late last year. Read the rest of this entry »
After our quick O’ Noodle stall hunt in Mandaluyong last Saturday afternoon, we headed to Ayala for the family dinner. We took our reserved couch area at Mesa in Greenbelt 5 to celebrate Mother’s day in advance. He’d been raving about this resto since he read about a certain good food review. 
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We had a fun and cozy night out last Saturday. It was a follow-through on our Friday night “gig”. We checked out Fish Out of Water at Greenbelt 5. Double celebration naman sya, so di nakaka-guilty mag-overindulge, hehe. We made reservation two days before.
We ordered grilled chicken couscous salad, grilled Sarangani Bay milkfish belly, steamed lapu-lapu in soy sauce, a huge crab over a pasta in white sauce with garlic (I forgot the name), kiwi shake, strawberry shake, buko juice, and their iced tea. They served us their smoked fish pate, thinly sliced baguette with a creamy dip, for appetizer.
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