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When You Are Old

by Jessica Zafra - October 27, 2019 - 12:00am

I was born when the world was analog. I prefer stuff that I can hold and throw across the room to virtual things. I send emails and make telephone calls! I am old!

Allariz and the undiscovered wonders of Galicia, Spain

by Jessica Zafra - June 30, 2019 - 12:00am

I travel for the stories, and Galicia in the northwest of Spain is a treasure trove of them.

First contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, non-hostile.

by Jessica Zafra - July 29, 2016 - 12:00am

Affordable space travel. Tempting to add time travel, but the consequences for a single dumb mistake would be catastrophic.

Let’s get purple

by Jessica Zafra - April 29, 2016 - 10:00am

You don’t need this list.

How to be a published author

by Jessica Zafra - April 9, 2016 - 10:00am

My 19th and 20th books have just come out in paperback. That’s a lot of books. Am I old?

Uro

by Jessica Zafra - February 6, 2016 - 9:00am

Uro dela Cruz, who died on Thursday, was a brilliant fictionist, screenwriter, film and TV director, photographer and amateur anthropologist. He was 64.

Premature opinionation

by Jessica Zafra - January 23, 2016 - 9:00am

Movie reviews can be many things, but they are primarily their authors’ reactions to the movie they just saw.

National Book Store turns 70 and reopens its flagship store at Glorietta 1: Tradition gets a makeover

by Jessica Zafra - December 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Walking into the newly-reopened National Book Store at Glorietta 1 is like going inside a time machine.

The ghosts of fruitcakes present Or, the rules of guilt-less regifting

by Jessica Zafra - December 7, 2012 - 12:00am

I happen to like fruitcake.

What kind of city do you want?

by Jessica Zafra - December 2, 2012 - 12:00am

Aweek from now Manny Pacquiao will meet his Mexican archrival Juan Manuel Marquez in the ring for the fourth time.

Every breath you take (is dangerous)

by Jessica Zafra - November 25, 2012 - 12:00am

In the last year and a half, art has taken to the streets in the fight against air pollution.

The maximalist: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

by Jessica Zafra - November 18, 2012 - 12:00am

All of life is like high school, and that includes the latest technology releases.

From radical technology to gadgets we can’t live without

by Jessica Zafra - November 11, 2012 - 12:00am

In 1984, a group of computer distributors and resellers joined a privately-organized exhibition of computer equipment in Manila.

Jeffrey Eugenides on the writer's craft: 'People wouldn't fall in love if they hadn't read about it.'

by Jessica Zafra - October 14, 2012 - 12:00am

Some months ago I received, via e-mail, an invitation to appear at the 9th Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF) in Bali, Indonesia.

Argo: Science fiction saves the day

by Jessica Zafra - October 7, 2012 - 12:00am

Frankly I thought Ben Affleck was a goner. When you go from struggling actor to Academy Award-winning star, and then headline turkeys like Gigli as the consort of Jenny from the Block, the same people who cheered...

The Mistress is a saint, but the movie is a tease

by Jessica Zafra - September 30, 2012 - 12:00am

The Mistress, a Star Cinema production directed by Olivia Lamasan, dangles many titillating possibilities then leaves moviegoers doing exactly that: dangling.

Cat takes a trip to the dentist

by Jessica Zafra - September 29, 2012 - 12:00am

My cat Saffy is 12 years old and eats her weight in kibble every week so when she seemed a little lighter I took notice.

The compassionate cat catchers of Bel-Air

by Jessica Zafra - September 22, 2012 - 12:00am

On Monday afternoons Bel-Air Village homeowner Tracy Tuason boards a van from Compassion And Responsibility for Animals (CARA) and goes around the neighborhood catching cats. CARA is a non-government, non-profit,...

Breaking stupid

by Jessica Zafra - September 16, 2012 - 12:00am

Do you watch Breaking Bad? It’s one of the best shows in the history of television, right up there with The Wire, The Sopranos, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Water, Water Everywhere, But The Sony Xperia Acro S Keeps On Working

by Jessica Zafra - September 9, 2012 - 12:00am

I’ve been to smartphone product launches with big musical numbers, light and sound shows, and celebrity endorsers walking tightropes lined with broken glass while swallowing live chickens whole (that’s...

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