K Long: The Drag Queen Sent to Liven Up Last Night's Party

The host and special guest for last night's party at the Palace Pool Club was K Long, a drag queen who towered all over us at a height of 7 feet. Add a few inches to her high heel kinky boots and she was quite a sight to see.

Like Lady Gaga meets the world's tallest woman.

Unlike our local drag queens though, she couldn't belt out and just lipsynched her songs and due to her stature weaved and danced carefully because seriously, those high heel boots of hers can cause a severe sprain if she tripped!

She was cool though for photo ops and mind you, when she went around, the poor six footer basketball players present looked like schoolboys! It was so funny to see!

She was just a towering presence!

Tel Aviv Party Weekend at the Palace Pool Club!

Thanks to the invitation from our friend from the Israel embassy, we were able to celebrate the first of the two parties celebrating the Tel Aviv Party Weekend here in Manila at the Palace Pool Club at the BGC!

It was also a special night since it was the first time the Fabe siblings came out to party in a very loooooong time.  It was also our first time at this venue.

My sister was surprised about the new set-up of guest lists and the expensive cover charge for the tables and cabanas.  I told her the local party scene has changed a bit since we last partied.  

Nowadays, each table has a charge attached whence before, you can just get a table and not worry about having to order too much.  

Anyway, we just ordered what we could consume.  The idea naman is to have a great time without having to spend so much.  

None of us drink by the way, well, I will drink, if someone will offer me a drink, otherwise, I stick to soda.

Checked Out The Palace Pool Club Last Night

I have heard a lot of great things lately about Manila's party scene and how it has really elevated itself to world-class status.  

I haven't really checked out any of the party venues today's millennials go to but with the right invitation coming from the right person, how I can say no?

I've been wanting to go to the Palace Pool Club for sometime now because some international DJs performed there last year, but since I lacked the courage to just ask around about the place, ayun, I missed the shows of Steve Aoki and Kaskade.  

Not gonna happen this year.  I know the layout of the place already and I know the right places to just chill without spending an arm and a leg!

It is a beautiful place and I love the idea that it's open air.  People there said it was big but I've been to bigger party places abroad so I just quietly nodded.

I like the way they arranged the place - party people down near the stage, the smooching crowd in the middle and the alcoholics in the back.

These pictures were taken before the mayhem began so we were able to navigate around the place without much hassle.

Finally, I love the idea of just partying in the most casual of outfits!  However, 80% of the crowd was still dressed up but there were a few lazy ones like me who came in shorts and slip-ons.  

Pool party nga e, tapos naka-long sleeves, ano yun?

I will definitely visit the place again, next time I see they feature a visiting DJ!

Hunky Tom Hardy: Now an Oscar Nominee

While I was watching the rom-com This Means War a few years ago, instead of looking at Chris Pine, I was more transfixed with the other more hunky guy, Tom Hardy.  

It was the first time I saw the guy and it was just the start for him.  He moved to more high profile movies like Inception, The Dark Knight and this year's Mad Max.

I am not surprised that he got an Oscar nomination for The Revenant, since it's a movie that almost all the branches in the Academy voted for, and many of the voting actors saw.  

If the bida gets nominated, most likely the kontrabida din gets nominated.  One cannot be relevant without the other.

I don't know if Tom is already a member of the Academy but he should be very happy to have two movies in the Best Picture category. Must be tough which movie to choose to vote.

Kudos to Rachel McAdams: An Oscar Nomination for Spotlight

Among all the Oscar nominees in the acting category, I am most happy to see Rachel McAdams in the list!

It's amazing that the girl in all those Nicholas Sparks' novels turned movie series can actually get an Oscar nomination!

Anyhow, when she appeared in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, and did a good job with her role, I think it became a signal to other director's to give her a meaty role.

Spotlight is an acting ensemble movie and for her to be singled out means she really stood out.