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Archive for September, 2014

Question at Midnight #4

September 27, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Contest, Sponsored 14 Comments →

What is the worst lust/passion-fueled decision you have ever made?

Spare us the grisly details, the general outlines will do.

Post your answers in Comments. The winner will be announced just before midnight tonight.

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Congratulations to our contestants: you outsourced your decision-making to your crotches but survived. The winner is maelynda. Email saffron.safin@gmail.com to collect your prizes.

Question at Midnight #3

September 26, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Books, Contest, Sponsored 30 Comments →

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The Librarian by Arcimboldo

Which book would you live in?

Suppose there were an invention, like in The Kugelmass Episode, that could project you into any work of literature as a new character. What novel would you choose to live in?

The Kugelmass Episode by Woody Allen

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Post your answers in Comments. The winner will be announced just before midnight tonight.

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The winner is allancarreon. (Yes, he does social media for the Library of Babel, but for once he is not disqualified. It’s a birthday contest, Zinfandel wins.) Congratulations, email saffron.safin@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Question at Midnight #2

September 25, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Contest, Sponsored 30 Comments →

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An old movie theatre

Who will play you in your big-budget film biopic?

Physical resemblance not absolutely necessary. Gender, nationality and skin color immaterial. The actor doesn’t even have to be living. It’s a movie fantasy.

Post your answers in Comments by 11.59pm.

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The winner is MewMew. Congratulations. Please email saffron.safin@gmail.com to claim your prizes.

Norte is the official Philippine entry to the Oscars.

September 24, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Announcements, Movies 5 Comments →


In this scene, Fabian (Sid Lucero) continues being a dick and lecturing everyone, including his older sister Hoda (Angelina Kanapi).

Thank you.

Next: the campaign to be chosen as one of the five nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. Daunting, but who knew we’d get this far?

Field of Foreign-Language Oscar Contenters Begins To Come Into Focus

Question at Midnight #1

September 24, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Contest, Sponsored 26 Comments →

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Malacañan Palace

Who should be President of the Philippines?

There are 100 million Filipinos, surely you could pick one to lead us.

We know which candidates we would never vote for, but which one will we support?

Post your answers in Comments by 11.59pm today, Wednesday the 24th of September. The winner will be announced around midnight, just before the next Question at Midnight is posted.

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The winner is Angus. Congratulations. Please email saffron.safin@gmail.com to claim your prizes.

For our 8th birthday: 8 questions, 8 days, 8 sets of prizes

September 23, 2014 By: jessicazafra Category: Contest, Sponsored 5 Comments →

For our 8th birthday, we’re picking your brains and giving away a bunch of prizes.

Every day from today, 24 September, to next Wednesday, 1 October, we’re going to post a Question at Midnight that we hope you will take the time to answer. Then we’ll pick one winner according to our very arbitrary criteria and changing moods and announce the winner just before midnight the following day. The daily winner will get these prizes:

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A box of Villa del Conte artisanal chocolates, handmade in Padova, Italy. Each box contains an exquisite selection of Praline Balls, Praline Sticks, Ovicini, Domes, Truffles, and Neapolitans. Villa del Conte’s Praline Balls come in opulent flavors of cacao, caramel, coffee, macadamia, hazelnut cream and cereals, milk cream coconut chips, and white cream filling. Praline Sticks seduce your senses with banana, orange, strawberry, blueberry, mint, and watermelon cream fillings, in milk or dark chocolate. Ovicini, the sugar-coated dark chocolate eggs, are infused with rich hazelnut cream filling. Take home a sweet piece of Italy with Villa del Conte. Visit their stores at Shangri-La Plaza Mall, Greenbelt 5, Alabang Town Center, Robinson’s Magnolia, and Resorts World Manila. For bulk orders of Villa del Conte chocolates, contact 893-2575 or 621-6101. To know more about Villa del Conte, go to www.villadelcontecioccolato.com.

This is what the praline ball milk chocolate with cacao filling looks like up close.
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A selection of Dove’s excellent hair and skin care products.

And on the last day of our 8-day birthday treat, a certificate for 3 days and 2 nights’ stay for two at Sun Resorts in Boracay. (Airfare not included.)
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There are now three Sun Resorts to choose from. The Sun Villa Beachfront is a charming 18-room boutique beachfront resort located along the middle of the White Beach. The Sun Villa Hilltop is an oasis of calm and serenity in a lush tropical garden setting. It has 12 rooms ideal for those who seek a more intimate location. And the Sun Garden Hilltop is a 14-room refuge nestled in a tropical garden on a hill. All rooms are air-conditioned, with private toilet and bath, hot and cold showers, free WiFi, cable TV, and other amenities.

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For booking reservations or inquiries, call SunResorts Boracay, (+632) 893-7293/813-1338 (Manila) or (+036)288-5541/288-4410 (Boracay); email info@boracaysunresorts.com.ph or ssunvilla@yahoo.com.

All you have to do is answer our Question at Midnight. The first one is coming right up.