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by Regina Belmonte - October 28, 2011 - 12:00am

Like everybody else, I wanted to be a great many things when I was younger: Storm from X-Men, the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers (I actually had the costume), Queen Amidala from Star Wars (in my defense, I was 12),...

Let them eat cake

by Regina Belmonte - October 7, 2011 - 12:00am

Meiday is my kind of party.

The 'rakenrol' years

by Regina Belmonte - September 23, 2011 - 12:00am

I’ve been going to gigs all over the city since 2005.

Before the torrent

by Regina Belmonte - August 19, 2011 - 12:00am

You’re 13. You’re chatting on mIRC (remember that?) about Gundam Wing with a bunch of people from unknown parts of the world, when the Queen Bee of the chatroom types what looks like lyrics.

I'm not sorry sorry

by Regina Belmonte - February 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Backstreet Boys. N’Sync. 98 Degrees. Boyzone. 5ive. Blue. Westlife.

Be quiet and let 'em rock

by Regina Belmonte - February 18, 2011 - 12:00am

I can barely shuffle my feet; my calves are in so much pain.

Paint the town red in your most stylish shoes

by Regina Belmonte - October 31, 2010 - 12:00am

My shoes are slowly but surely starting to crowd the space in my walk-in closet.

Beauty school

by Regina Belmonte - October 15, 2010 - 12:00am

I was sifting through a box of letters and knickknacks from high school when I came across a horrifying photograph: a stealth shot of me dancing with some guy in my junior year.

My body is a cage

by Regina Belmonte - September 17, 2010 - 12:00am

It happens to the best of us (and to the vain, especially).

Hard, swinging decks

by Regina Belmonte - August 6, 2010 - 12:00am

If there’s anything Diego Castillo and Diego Mapa of DJ duo The Diegos have in common (besides their first names), it’s their infectious energy and enthusiasm for pretty much anything and everything they...

Welcome to the Dollhouse

by Regina Belmonte - June 25, 2010 - 12:00am

It’s OrSem (Orientation Seminar) at the Ateneo de Manila University, when bright-eyed young kids are first introduced to the school and to each other. Third Fernandez, 18, is hosting onstage in a Lady Gaga-inspired...

The world at your fingertips

by Regina Belmonte - June 13, 2010 - 12:00am

It’s three in the morning and I’m chatting with my friend B, a classmate from elementary who transferred to the USA.

Hardly working

by Regina Belmonte - June 11, 2010 - 12:00am

You think you’ll be young forever when you’re a child.

Gaming on the go

by Regina Belmonte - June 6, 2010 - 12:00am

Manila is a city that makes you wait.The traffic here means that you’re likely to be stuck in your car for at least half an hour on your way to a destination that really should be only five minutes ...

Practical applications

by Regina Belmonte - May 30, 2010 - 12:00am

I have an undying love for all things Apple.

A rock romance

by Regina Belmonte - May 28, 2010 - 12:00am

Weekends will find me in the thick of a crowd at a rock gig. Next to the speakers nearest the guitar player if it’s my boyfriend’s gig, somewhere marginally quieter if it isn’t, my camera slung...

Into Egypt

by Regina Belmonte - April 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Everyone dreams of being somewhere else. Even when you like where you are, there’s always somewhere you’d rather be; somewhere you’d love to be. An escape; where you can drop your day-to-day life...

Putting the fun in fundamentalist

by Regina Belmonte - March 26, 2010 - 12:00am

It’s been a long time since I was 12 (a bit over a decade, in fact), but a brief scene from the seventh grade still stands out in my memory. I was in my classroom.

The (Internet) fame monster

by Regina Belmonte - March 19, 2010 - 12:00am

I read something on the Internet recently from a Nick Hornby book (A Long Way Down, to be precise) that just smacked of truth about pretty much everybody my age who I know.

I Love

by Regina Belmonte - March 5, 2010 - 12:00am

School (or in some cases, like mine, work).

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