Wrote for…

…The october 2009 issue of Good Housekeeping Philippines. I wrote the cover story, which means I got to interview Tony-award winning stage actress Lea Salonga! Oh wow. You see, she was an idol growing up. Her cassette tapes got a lot of airtime back then. A week before the interview, I started looking for her old tapes. I wanted an autograph. I found one, but of course, being me, I forgot to bring it on shoot day.

As expected, she gave a good interview. She was very eloquent, told a lot of lengthy stories on the side, and judging from her mood at the shoot that followed the interview, had fun. I got a lot of anecdotes from her, like that time she couldn’t get herself drunk because she ate way too much. “I was lard lined,” she exclaims. Um. Of course that doesn’t make it to the cover story.

…the October 2009 issue of Cosmopolitan Philippines. Like GH, I also did the cover story. Bea Alonzo gave one of the best interviews I’ve had in a while. Never thought she was interesting to begin with. And here she comes proving that’s she’s interesting to talk with pa! One of the biggest revelations was that she read books and that she loved Haruki Murakami.

What I did not appreciate, however, was this: I had to sit and listen to her RM talk about the merits of Paolo Coelho.  She was trying to convince me to like him. And when she couldn’t I felt judged. I mean, whatever floats your boat, man. And whatever floats mine.  So anyway, yeah. That was a good interview with Bea. The girl’s got depth.