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Thanks to Zombadings, “ng”, “nang”, your love for Jon Snow and your distrust of Danaerys (Baka pag-interesan ng hitad ang aking irog!) the winner by acclamation is MANILA BEANS! Congratulations, Manila Beans!

Turmukoy mag-usap tayo, baka gusto mong mag-kolum (Koya Sireks??). Manila Beans and Turmukoy, let’s have coffee next week so we can hand over your prizes? Let me know what day you are free. Shangri-La, 2pm?

Update: Ha! We are the only people with free time around here. Manila Beans and Turmukoy, you can pick up your prizes any day starting Friday, 9 September at the Customer Service desk, National Bookstore, Power Plant Mall, Makati.

Meanwhile:

Maraming, maraming salamat, mga bakla, babaeng bakla, babaeng hinatak ang mga kaibigang lalake sa sinehan, waging-wagi tayo! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Isang taon rin nating ibinenta ‘to, noh. Ang ating maliit na pelikula ay nagwagi sa takilya! Soplak! Awaaaaaaard!

Pero hindi pa tapos ang sabunutan! Please tell all your friends to see Zombadings and tell them to bring all their friends and relatives. And spread the word outside Metro Manila: Zombadings 1: Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington is now showing at SM Cinemas nationwide.

Raymond, kailangan natin ng party with Remington and Jigs!
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Sunrise in the metropolis as seen from One Shangri-La Place, soon to rise in the Ortigas Center business district.

2. Beauty pageant-mad Pinoys put a great premium on looks, and we have been brought up to believe that people are more attractive when they are smiling. This is not true: with mouths open and teeth exposed, some of us look like baboons on acid. However, someone told us that frowning causes wrinkles and we’re not sure how true this is but we dare not take the risk.

3. Like Pavlov’s experiment in which dogs were conditioned to start drooling at the sound of a bell, we have been trained to smile at the sight of a camera. It is difficult to overcome childhood programming: the memory of adults jumping up and down in front of us with faces contorted, waving their hands, goggling their eyes and shouting, “Sige na naman, smile! I’ll give you candy!” will haunt us forever. We associate smiling with rewards. Where’s our candy?

Our default setting is a smile, my column in interaksyon.com.

Sunset in the metropolis as seen from One Shangri-La Place, soon to rise in the Ortigas Center business district.

Button assemblage by James Reyes. Labor-intensive, one pair only, mine all mine nyahahaaa.

On the subject of presents: -ber na! Any second now you’re going to hear an Xmas carol. Why don’t you make Xmas shopping easier for your friends by telling them exactly what you want (and where it’s available, if you have that information). Post your wish list in Comments and direct your friends here.