Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera in CCP, Manila

Photo from Philippineconcerts.com

(Because I find myself inlove, again, with a fictional character)

It's been a day since I saw Phantom of the Opera at CCP, and yet I still find myself singing Music Of The Night to myself before going to bed, thoughts of the Phantom floating in my head.

I watched the Andrew Lloyd Webber version of The Phantom of the Opera for the first time in film. Directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emily Rossum and Gerard Butler, the movie came alive in my head– and so did the Phantom. In my search for other materials that could satisfy my curiosity for the fictional masked monster, I picked up Gaston Leroux's Le Fantome de l'Opera, the book where everything was based on. I read a story about a Phantom who had no nose and smelled of death pining for the heroine Christine who fell inlove with Raoul, a feminine mama's boy. I was disappointed at the book's lack of romanticism and thus ended my love for the Phantom.

AB Paredes' Silent Swim at Nectar

Just a few of my favorite paintings from AB Paredes' Silent Swim at Nectar. Read more about it on my WIM article here.

These photos do not give these paintings justice. You have to see for yourself.

Fabric Paintings

 A friend of mine, JC, has always been such a creative person. When I passed by his house the other day, he showed me these. They were just too pretty! He did most of these for school, mostly from fabrics but there's also a painted one. My favorite is his rendition of Van Gogh's Starry Night with yarn on tulle.

His self portrait:

In Photos: an Abstract Love Story by Niño Hernandez

Nectar Restaurant

Drinking wine on the streets of Makati

Yum!

Speaking with the main man, Niño Hernandez

Brian, wine, and art.

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Pinwheel’s “An Abstract Love Story” by Niño Hernandez at Nectar Restaurant