ASTIG - Filipino slang that can mean tough, cool, strong, fierce, awesome, amazing, incredible, great
About this blog
"And I thought I was going to be somebody by the age of twenty-three," laments Lelaina Pierce (Winona Ryder) in THE movie of my generation, Reality Bites. To which Troy (Ethan Hawke) replies, "The only person you're supposed to be at twenty-three is yourself." To which I replied, "Oh, yeah? Like how, Troy? Like how? Like HOW???" It's taken me THREE DECADES to begin to know how to "be myself". What can I say? Some people are just late bloomers. This blog is dedicated to all the late bloomers out there. HAPPY LATE-BLOOMING! ;)
"You've got to make choices that make sense for you because there's always going to be somebody who'll think you should do something differently." - Michelle Obama
Astigirl Kate (the Great) Winslet
"I know that in order to do my job as truthfully as I can--because to me that's everything--you really have to not give a ****! [about what people think]." - Kate Winslet
Astiguy President Barack Obama
"The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage." - Sue Monk Kidd
Astigirl founder of environmentally sustainable clothing brand Edun, Ali Hewson (with hubby Bono lang naman!)
Astigirl advocate of micro financing businesses of underprivileged women Natalie Portman
Astigirl Angelina Jolie and son Maddox
Astigirl creator of Harry Potter, JK Rowling
"Personally, I believe there's a limitation to how much politics can change the world--but there's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world." - Mariane Pearl
Astigirl feminist movement pillar and bestselling author (Revolution from Within) Gloria Steinem
"We are who we are as much for our gaps and failures as because of our strengths." - Thomas Moore
The late Astigirl political and environmental activist, and The Body Shop founder Dame Anita Roddick
"Hope is that thing inside us that insists...that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it." - President Barack Obama
Astigirl actress,producer,mother,advocate against domestic violence Salma Hayek
"To do something good, it has to scare you." - Angelina Jolie
Astigirls Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver & Oprah at the Obama campaign
"Sense of self, and the way one shares it, is perhaps the most valuable and poetic gift in the arsenal of one's life and craft." - Sean Penn
Astigirl Elizabeth Gilbert with her bestselling book Eat,Pray,Love
"If we can find ways to love life and be joyful without being wasteful or destructive--that's what's important." - Natalie Portman
Astigirl journalist and bestselling author (A Mighty Heart) Mariane Pearl
"When I dare to be powerful--to use my strength in the service of my vision--then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." - Audre Lorde
Astigirl Julie Taymor on the set of her film Across the Universe