why starbucks sells

Updates, Shang, Street Kings, Sunday.

I feel so accomplished. Why? Because I've finally organized my clothes cabinets, thrown all useless school trash and finally fixed my drawers. (Yeah, OC.) It looks so neat. I'm so proud. 

In other news, I've got more computer problems. Add to the fact that I don't have an antivirus yet (damn kaspersky licenses), my printer conked out. Shit. Anyhow, problems should be over before school starts. By then, I'd also have my new external hard drive. Yeah! 

In other news, my dad, Trisha and I went to Shang last Saturday. Got school supplies from National. (shoot. summer's ending. wah!) Wow. If you read my 10 facts, you would've seen the bookstore thing. Well, it took over again. Hehe. (i think trish got annoyed with me when i had to find the exact brand and style of file case)

After that, we had a delicious dinner at Le Couer. And then, I missed a chance at getting a new CD.

Anyhow, off to the real purpose of why we were there. We watched Street Kings. Honestly, I didn't think the movie would be nice. I mean. I dunno. Wow, I was wrong.

It was really unpredictable. And that's what I love about movies--being unpredictable. (however, what ruined it was that the bad guy is so predictable. damn.) Next, the story was really good. Also, I didn't even notice but Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Common (the rapper), Cedric the Entertainer and Naomie Harris (28 Days Later and Pirates of the Carribean. i love her!) were there. It was funny how Hugh Laurie was introduced in a hospital. And wow, ang galing ni Forest Whitaker sa staircase scene! And I'd like to mention that Keanu Reeves was surprisingly good as well.

The night was ended in Starbucks. I got my new favorite--White Mocha Frappe--as usual. Aside from that, I discovered something really good: Cinnamon Twist. It's so good. It's like a better version of the regular Cinnabon. Grabe! It tasted like sex. LOL!

We went to Mass last Sunday. And I wasn't the reason we were late. Woohoo!

(i'd like to say I slept at 5:45 the night--or day--before. that's right after watching heartbreak kid. god that was funny... both of them.)

Anyhow, after eating really good spaghetti (yum!), the whole family went to the cemetery. We haven't done that in like... years. (it was quite ironic how a few days before i said I wanted to go to the cemetery because i wanted to complete my list of birthdays and anniversaries. wish come true.)

After that, we ate in Freska. Their garlic rice was real good. Kanin pa lang, ulam na.

I didn't wan'na drink but we were celebrating (?), so I tried a sip of Margharita (it tasted familiar although i haven't drank it. when i said that, ate kaye gave me a look along the lines of you're such a drunkard and damn) and a glass of Tequila Rose (the best!!).

And I'm back at Ayala. (shucks. i missed the babies, the wii and the bonding moments.)

Answer: the don't try hard. 

one rock 'n' roll too many

closer. closer c'mon.

Race

Okay. Cool. I just found out recently that I'm not 1/16 Spanish.

Sorry for the lie.

I'm actually 1/4 Spanish. Cool.

My lolo is actually a full-blood Spaniard.

That makes me: 1/4 Spanish, 1/4 Bulaceno and 1/2 Ilokano. And somewhere in there, I have Chinese blood. I just don't know how much because... long story. Basta it comes from the Bulaceno side.

And by association, I have an American great grandfather. But not biological. Haha!

(Can I add that I have half-American cousins?)

Did you know that if things didn't change my second name and middle name would be the same. As in... Luis Alberto Alberto Marcelo. Instead of Carranceja?

Apparently, Alberto was my grandfather's last name. But it got switched with Carranceja just because my great grandma remarried (with the American).

I am now proud of my name Alberto. :D (I used to not be 'coz it sounded baduy)

It marks how Spanish I am... I technically retained the Spanish side. Alberto-Carranceja. Cool! I feel so Spanish.

Have you noticed how Spanish my name is? Luis Alberto Carranceja Marcelo.

Cool. I do. People always get intrigued when I say my full name.

(I find it weird how people always mispronounce Carranceja)

But please. No matter how Spanish I am by blood or name. No matter how Chinese I am by school, friends and that tiny squirt of blood. No matter how American I am by association only. (HAHA!)

I'LL ALWAYS BE 100% PINOY!

YAHOO! Go brown! Hahaha.

isang dangkal. isang patay.

MacArthur

Wow. Natapos ko na ang libro sa loob ng 2 oras. MacArthur ni Bob Ong.

Bob Ong, ang misteryosong may-akda ng ABNKKBSNPLAko, Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang Pilipino?, Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas, Alamat ng Gubat at Stainless Longganisa.

Ang lahat ng mga ito ay may elemento ng komedya. Kungkayat kakaiba ang MacArthur sapagkat hindi ito nakakatawa maliban na lamang sa iilang mga kabalintunaan.

Grabe. Napakalalim ng akda. Talagang pang-required reading.

Kung iyakin lang talaga ako, umiyak na siguro ako. Ganoon din kalakas ang tensyon at drama sa kwento.

Kung may guro ng Filipino na nagbabasa nito, inimumungkahi ko talagang ipabasa ito sa mga mag-aaral ninyo. (Kung magamit nga ito, wow! Book 2 na matapos ang Vicassan.)

tagged by Nikki. :D.... 10 facts naman.

Post the rules: 

*each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves. 

*bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules. 

*at the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names. 

*don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I have performances in the shower.

Normal people sing. I do that and more. There's dancing too.

This is the one reason I take long in the bathroom. (Other than when I'm sleepy.)

Yeah, embarrassing but true.

2. I always listen to my iPod when I sleep.

These past few weeks, that's been my habit.

I just find my iPod low in charge when I wake up. That is.. after I find it in my bed.

3. I am STRICTLY OC when it comes to my music library.

Before anything can be loaded to my iPod. Before anything can be listened to on my computer, it has to go through my Tag Editing. All info must be correct--title, artists, album, album artist, genre, album cover, track, year, rating.

4. I have sweet teeth... a habit I'm trying to change but CAN'T!

Chocolates WILL ALWAYS brighten my day.

5. I easily get jealous.

I get jealous quickly when someone really CLOSE to me has plans of getting something kewl.

Or when someone has done better than me on a certain project I've WORKED HARD ON.

6. I wake up to the alarm clock only to turn it off again.

I really need a person to shake me and bother me and shout at me. Not even a nudge won't do. If you think you've waken me up, think again... I'm back asleep.

7. I am sentimental.

I keep a lot of memories and stuff them into my overstuffed time capsule. I'm going to seal it soon... mostly because it's about to rip apart.

In fact, I have  new plans to start with on my birthday: instead of finding a keepsake, I'm going to put pictures of that certain event in an album.

8. I am color blind.

No, I don't see black and white only. I'm not that bad.

I just can't tell between some colors and shades. I got it from my mother's side.

9. I remember the weirdest details.

I can tell you the middle name of your mom as long as you tell it to me 5 years in advanced in a casual way. I can remember these intricate details... but not the simple ones I'm really supposed to remember. Tsk.

10. I am very precise when buying school materials.

I cannot have other people buy them for me. I really have to buy them myself.

For example, my pens must be Artline only. Only I know where to get it so my dad just can't pick up any pen from National. A certain brand of clear book. I'm still on the search for the best Filipino dictionary.

I really spend time in National just to pick the right office material. That's why I'm kinda disappointed when I don't find what I like.

Hmm. Who's tagged?

Fact #11: I may be very OC but when I find that being OC will not benefit me anyway (such as editing typos for my blogs), I won't apply myself. I get lazy and procrastinate.

Why am I telling you the 11th fact? Because I am tagging YOU.

You who are reading this right now must do this survey :D.

I will check on you... I mean, I know who's reading. :D

**phew. that was close. multiply almost killed this long entry. good thing this mac saved it. btw, it's 4:02 am. :D

if you run and you look, you will find me.

Summer Activities and Lightness.

I just wan'na say. I've finished Life of Pi. It's really, really good. I'm now starting on MacArthur by Bob Ong. It looks like realistic fiction. (pwedeng pang-required reading sa Filipino. deep.)

Because of this, I've made two new bookmarks. (Even if I only have one book. Haha!) The first is a wavy design. The second, song lyrics. They both look kewl! I'll upload pictures soon.

Also, I went to the driving range last Monday. (for golf not for driving. hehe) It was fun. I wan'na play golf in addition to this boxing. I also wan'na go back to badminton.

Yamaha will end in 4 sessions. That's the end of the road for me. I'm just gon'na stick to learning it by myself. Or I might suggest summer lessons. :D

But that ain't the whole point of this.

I just wan'na say that a whole burden has come off my chest tonight.

I actually feel normal. But I'm still doing the best I can.

I feel furthermore determined in pursuing my goals. Nothing can stop me and reason is now by my side.

Also, I wan'na say I am very happy that I'm staying here in Ayala with Kuya Ricky, Ate Kaye and Trisha. It's made me sane and, simply, happy.

Thank God for them. 

lingering on.

American Idol and Shang.

You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Girl, don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling, 'coz you'll always be my baby

Wow, that song. It's been on my head for the past few days.

Ang galing talaga ni Cook! Wahaha. Usually, it's Syesha who gets songs stuck in my head--and only for a few days,--but, wow!

I'm hoping that Sye and Cook would make the finale. I want David A out soon. I'm getting tired of him already. Besides, he would sell albums even if he doesn't win.

Did I say that I'm so overjoyed that Kristy is gone? Woohoo!

And we'll linger on 
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way, you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling, 'coz you'll always be my baby.

Speaking of music, my dad and I went to Shang Saturday evening and I got Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1. I like it.

Also, I also got Bob Ong's 6th book: MacArthur. It was a good thing I looked at the Philippine books section! It's my second Bob Ong book this summer (right after my long awaited Alamat ng Gubat) and my third book (right after Life of Pi, which I am 3/4 through already.)

Anyhow, the real reason we were there is because we were going to watch the Jet Li-Jackie Chan movie The Forbidden Kingdom.

I really liked it. Really cool. It was both funny and serious--exactly Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Wahaha. The story was nice too.

I just wished Zhang Ziyi played the Witch and Chow Yun Fat played the Warlord. Wouldn't that make an all-star kung fu movie? LOL.

he's got powers.

Freaky

Scare little thing happened to me just a while ago.

I was on the internet, doing my own business.

Just then, with out any warning, one of Alex's musical toys began to sound up.

I looked around. Nothing. Nothing could have touched the switch to make it sing the ABC's. I was freakishly weirded out.

There weren't any balloons bouncing around to have touched the switch. There was no wind in a closed room save that of the electric fan facing my direction.

Scary.

And then I found the culprit.

It was just sitting there on top of the bean bag.

I shoulda listened to Alex's yaya. Never mess with him--he's got powers.

Shivers. BARNEY.

That purple stuffed dinosaur the same size as Alex. He's got powers.

**it was a sign. i am now stopping....

Evil little thing.

we're not lying, we're extending the truth

Party and Greenhills

Alright. Here're ramblings on the past few days. Wahaha. BTW, I'm doing this on a bean bag. I want a bean bag at home! And a laptop too! (I only discovered recently that you call a laptop a laptop since you put the computer on the top of your lap. Wahaha!)

(Wow. For some reason, Multiply doesn't give

s anymore when I press enter. Instead, it's
. Yehey!)

We finally had the babies' party na last Sunday. After hiring more laborers, working till 5:15 the night before and being late for the party itself (since we had to take a bath which we did late since we were dong a lot of last minute salpakan in the clubhouse), we finally pulled the whole thing off. SUCCESS! It looks great, we feel great and we got a lot of great comments... except for the same person. Inggit lang iyon.

Grabe the sandwiches and the spaghetti were damn delicious! Mmmmm.

Aside from the usual grr, I got my phone back. Yes!!!

I drank a bottle of beer during the after party as everyone was going crazy.

When we got home, more craziness! Shh!

I would just like to say The Godfather is really addicting on the Wii. :D

More addicting stuff: sumo, chips ahoy, playing with the kids, midnight snacks.

skip.skip.skip.

Today was fun. After some errands, we went to Greenhills. Trish and I ate lunch in McDo as our tita had a meeting in Sun Moon. Walked through the heat of the summer noon sun just to buy a Staedtler pen from National. Ate a doughnut and frozen caramel in Krispy Kreme.

Nagpaalam kami na pupunta lang kami sa Fully Booked. Which we did... right after the tiangge. We first bought Trisha a screen guard for her phone and then were planning to buy a wallet/money clip. Plan was cancelled when I saw that Sun Moon was right in front of the leather goods area. Shucks.

If we were sooo stupid as to pass there, she might have knocked on the glass window. "Punyeta! Nasaan ang Fully Booked!?!" We were laughing at the thought but that wouldn't have been the case if we were so stupid to do so.

Anyhow. We did go to Fully Booked. I bought Yann Martel's Life of Pie.

Then, we went to Mercury where we were to be met. I got myself Mentos spearmint and Virgin Blue. I'm not not a virgin on Virgin Cola. And might I say it didn't taste like sex.... it tasted like a virgin. (Like I know how any of that would feel. I'm using Allen language. Weeee) It's alright but not as good as Sprite.

More errands. Bought some goodies at Unimart.

IDOL! I didn't really like most of them but they were alright. My dream finale is now Sye vs. Cook! Wooohooo!

Anyhow, I just finished 4 chapters of Life of Pie and I'm beginning to love it. Thanks, Mr. M, for the tip! :D

we are all innocent

Mornings and Idol

Okay. I'm at home in third. Just came from Yamaha. I skipped boxing since my fucking finger joint still hurts. Why did the powerball have to peel my skin? Why not some other lucky kid?

Anyhow. Last night was sooo funny. So it was Robin's b'day. We had a small dinner. Kuya Paolo and Ate Reg came over together with Sam and Miggy again. Grabe! Those kids are sooooooo hyper! Napagalitan tuloy kami. Hahaha.

Well. When everyone left, pinagbilinan kami ni Kuya Ricky na gisingin siya nang quarter to 4. Hahaha. (Siyempre, gising pa kami noon.) So Trisha watched her show on the laptop while I played Godfather on the Wii. When we woke him up na and I played some more pa, sabi ko I'll sleep na. But then my stomach rumbled. Sabi ko, kain muna kami sa balcony. So I grabbed something from the fridge and I saw the most funny site ever. The sky was lighting up na ad the security guard shut down the street lights. SYET! UMAGA NA at matutulog pa lang ako. Wahaha!

----moves back to ayala and continues this blog there---

Anyhow, I woke up out of intense heat. Putsa, black out. 9am pa lang ng umaga. Syet! But there's something about the morning that I like. Except for the part na dapat tulog pa rin ako. haha.

Anyway timing naman na pagkalabas ko ng banyo'y may kuryente na. To pass time na lang, tinuloy ko ang Godfather sa Wii.

skip. skip. skip.

Nakakainis! Bakit na-out si Michael John?!?! WHYYY? Mamatay na kayo, Kristy at Carly. DIe, bitches. Kristy kasi matagal ka na dapat tinanggal. Carly kasi ikaw naman ang may worst performance compared to Sye and Mic. GRRRR!

Si Syesha na lang ang pag-asa ko sa Idol! Sana magka-album si Michael John (at si Syesha). I wanna hear more of him! My dream finale is now shattered. But why do we all kep hoping when we know David A is gonna bag all this. I'm tired of him na. Go, SYE!

skip. skip. skip.

I just ended the lei-making session. grabe. 90 more to go. nakakatamad! at sunday na ang party. marami pa rin ang kailangang pagkaabalahan. sigh.

but u will always be.

I'm kinda interested and kinda bored... So I've stolen this from Jan :D

What if someone (STRANGER) insults you and tells you this:

1. Ang arte mo!

What I wish I could say: fucker, ur point is....?
What I would really say: sige nga ikaw gumawa!

2. mas matalino naman ako sayo

What I wish I could say: aba, sino nagsasalita!
What I would really say: amen.

3. crush ako ng crush mo?

What I wish I could say: die, bitch! die!
What I would really say: and ur point is?

4. am bobo mo pala sa math!

What I wish I could say: of course! but not as bobo as you!
What I would really say: of course!

5. bilisan mo naman!

What I wish I could say: putang ina tumahimik kita kundi isasaksak ko tong baseball bat sa bunganga mo at ipapalo kita sa kabundukan ng tralala nang kagatin ka ng askal ni batman! (wth?!)
What I would really say: ANO BA!!!?!?!!?! SANDALI LANG!!!

 6. ang sungit mo! 

What I wish I could say: EH kasi mas masungit ka!
What I would really say: okiiiiii... *smile*

7. Gusto mo ng away?

What I wish I could say: ang yabang nito ah! sige nga...
What I would really say: Ayoko! bakit? may problema? ha? ha? ha?

8. takot ka ata sa kin eh?

What I wish I could say: yabang mo! kala mo kung sino!
What I would really say: yabang mo!

9. Mas mahal nia ko!

What I wish I could say: papatayin kita!! (in the evil spirit voice)
What I would really say: paano ka sure? waahaha.

10. Ambababa namn ng grades mo!

What I wish I could say: tingnan mo nga sarili mo. mas mababa pa nga eh. kala mo kung sinong perpekto
What I would really say: tingnan mo nga sarili mo. mas mababa pa nga eh.

WHAT IF SINABI SAYO ITO NG CRUSH MO?
 
1. crush kita

What I wish I could say: SYEEET! I LAB YU TU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I would really say: Wanna go out on a date?

2. Hindi kita mahal?

What I wish I could say: mamatay ka!
What I would really say: may pag-asa pa naman diba? waahha?

3. Mahal na kita

What I wish I could say: SYEEET! WOOOOHOOOO! MAGPAKASAL NA TAYO! Wahaha!
What I would really say: I love you too!

4. pakopya naman ng assignment

What I wish I could say: turuan na lang kita kung paano. :D
What I would really say: turuan na lang kita kung paano.

5. crush ko yung friend mo

What I wish I could say:  MASUNOG KAYO SA IMPYERNO!
What I would really say: ah ok.

6. pwede patabi sa upuan mo?

What I wish I could say: PRAISE ThE LORD!
What I would really say: sure!

7. cute mo magsmile.

What I wish I could say: dapat lang. wahaha *smiles*
What I would really say: *smile really really really wide... then laugh a bit* 

E KAPAG PARENTS MO ANG NAGSABI SAYO NITO?
 
1. Umuwi ka ng maaga.

What I wish I could say: i hate you. inggit ka lang eh. importante din toh noh.
What I would really say: *sisimangot at susunod*

2. magaling ka pala sumayaw?

What I wish I could say: ako pa?
What I would really say: *fake laugh*
 
3. hindi ka pwedeng pumasok sa klase

What I wish I could say: weird! sure!
What I would really say: ok.

4. bawal ka maggirlfriend

What I wish I could say: mamatay ka!.
What I would really say: *sisimangot at susunod*

5. magaral ka ng mabuti.

What I wish I could say: you always say that but you never appreciate what i do.
What I would really say: okay already!

E KAPAG TEACHER MO NAGSABI SAYO NITO?

1.Kailangan kong makausap magulang mo

What I wish I could say: WHAT? SHIT! DIE, BITCH!
What I would really say: fynwhat? wait! why? cher naman eh! mambibiro ka talaga! waahaha! you ah! tinakot mo ko ah.................. don't kill me!

2.Ang makita kong mangopya mamatay na! 

What I wish I could say: bakit naman ako magpapatanga't ipapakita sayo?
What I would really say: *quiet din*

focuu~uus! focuu~uus!

Drama, Surfboards and Freaky Stories

Where was I? Oh yeah.

Last Sunday, I went to Mass at Padre Pio. Ang kulit ni Robin: nag-iingay kapag hindi pinakain. Haha. Si Trisha, humihingi pa rin ng kendi. By the way, I saw Enzo there. La lang.

Anyhow, we went to The Podium. Same old drama. Same old. Same old. What is it with adults? Wahaha. By the way, I saw Swing Out Sister there. Sayang, she didn't sing. La lang.

Pagkatapos namin inuwi ang drama, we went to Shang. Nahilo ako kasi walang patid ang paghanap ni Ate Kaye ng damit. By the way, sobrang timing ang music don sa Shang. Right after Kuya was talking about how hindi pa tumatalab Kremil, biglang nag-radio commercial ang Kremil. Nung dumaan kami ng Mass and Trisha was talking about how unholy she was, biglang kumanta ang mga tao ng Hosanna. (Holy... holy.... holy, lord.) La lang.

Anyhow. Slept for 10 hours today and woke up at noon. Hindi kami makapag-decide kung ano'ng kakainin namin sa Jollibee (take home).

We made surfboards! Woohoo. It's one step closer to finishing the party. What party? Well, Ate Kaye is starting up an events-organizing business, and Trish and I will be small partners together with her and Ate Tash. Woohoo. Anyhow, her first project is this: Robin's birthday, which is themed Mickey Luau.

Anyhow, we jsut finished with 3 surfboards! Wooohoo. They look good. Haha. And they're much more fun than making leis. Hahaha.

Well. I just came from Dencio's. I didn't drink though. Why? I didn't want a beer belly. LOL. Naka-2 na kasi ako that week. You know what... it feels weird na marinig na umiinom ka. I mean, kanina sinagot ni Trisha si Ate Karen, "Yeah, he drinks." Parang sa akin. Okiiii. Weird. LOL.

You know what, parang nag-smo-smoke na ako. Hahaha. No, I don't smoke. But I second-hand smoke. Nakakainis nga eh, laging diretso sa mukha ko ang smoke ng yosi nila. But I promised myself I will never-ever smoke!

Back to he story. After the todo-laugh trip. They started talking about disaster stories. Doppelgangers (well, this isn't a disaster pero nakakatakot pa rin). Ozone disco. Hyatt Earthquake. La Paz Tragedy. Indian Ocean Tsunami. Natakot talaga ako sa topics nila... lalo na sa Ozone. Napaka-vivid eh. Brrr. Gives me the chills.

Anyhow. I'll be off to finishing my work with the party. Grabe, may boxing pa ako tomorrow.

salty pants

Thumbnail, Divi, Drinking and whole lot of other stuff

Okay. A lot has been happening since April 1. Hahaha. Because of my new planner (click here), I was able to track down what time I've been sleeping: 4am, 5am and 3.30am, respectively. Wahaha! I really need to sleep earlier.

Anyhow, I went on "The Adventure of the Thumb" last Wednesday. WTF? LOL. Trisha's long injured nail on the left thumb--called 'subungual hemtoma' by doctors and 'substupidus why'dyouclosethedooronyourthumb' by kuya ricky--was about to come off. Panic! Hahaha. I was either all laughed out by her reactions or all grossed out by her descriptions. But that don't mean I don't feel for her pain. Haha.

Back to the story. We went to orthopedic/qmmc and they were going to take it off na. But she got scared of the government hospital so we went to cardinal. There, we spent P812 just for three doctors to tell us we should let it be. Naks! BTW. It was our second evening in Cardinal. A few days before, we brought Robin there. And then had a really fun car ride home. (McDo too!)

Well. That night, I slept at 5 after downloading American Idol (Go Sye! Go Mic!) and finalizing my planner (click here again).

I woke up Tuesday to a really strange dream. It started our with FX redoing the Bongga Ka 'Day sequence from Duwa. The only thing was I was the only original FX member and no one would listen to me. After that was class time and Xavier turned into a coed school. And Trisha, my cousin, was my seatmate (along with some other snobby peeps). Hahaha!

Anyhow. That day, we went to Divisoria after the crappy service from McDo drive thru. It's my first time! (An daming Chinese! ---> as if I don't see that much on a regular basis! Hahaha!) Wahaha. I was with my "business partners" Trish, Ate Kaye and Ate Tash. What an experience. Nakakapagod! Hahaha. Anyhow, after buying all the party stuff, we ended up eating Peewee and Rinbee (YUM!) in the middle of Divi Mall. Hahaha.

BTW. We got an ensaimada to go. And god was it horrible... well not really. Hahaha. We got lost going home. And we were almost car-jacked. (Some kid around my age was trying to 'stealthily' open my door; it was a good thing I locked it.)

I went home to a niiiiice bath and idol!

Ouch! Bye, Rami! ('Yan kasi, not listening to my advice. Hahaha!) Sayang talaga! Not that she's my bet (Go Sye! Go Mic!), it's just that she's Pinay and she has potential. But she didn't use it. Damn. I wanted her to at least reach Mariah Carey week. That Kristy Lee really has to go!

Anyhow. Kinantyaw namin ni Trisha si Kuya Ricky: 2 nights before Kuya Anj was the guest. Yesternight naman, it was Kuya Cisco. Bakit walang guest ngayon? So he said... let's drink. Hahaha!

Nakakainis talaga si Trisha! Sabi niya iinom siya pero hindi naman. Hahaha!

The night was fun. Listening to House music and making kwento about school life. Hahaha! Grabe talaga ang mga kalokohan ng mga pinsan ko! (I feel like a saint) I drank two bottles of San Mig Light. (almost three, but Ate Kaye and Kuya Ricky had to sleep na so I didn't wan'na drink alone naman. Hahaha!)

So yes, they left early and Trisha spilled more craziness. Tsk Tsk. I was still sane so I'm like cooooooool! Hahaha. I can last longer na. Crazy... we were planning our Tuesday and Friday groups. LOL.

Anyhow, I missed boxing today. (Oh well. I'm doing it naman tomorrow.) But what was fun was that Alex was looking for me that morning and that when I left the house she was all crying. Awwww! Cute sobra! Ibig sabihin, we're close na! Hahaha.

Instead, I ate at Conti's. OOBER delicious ang RIBS! Hahaha. Also: French Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. MORTAL SIN! And that's not the only sin. Inis! My big mouth!

Later in the afternoon, I was late for Yamaha... as usual. After that, I passed by National. And got myself Mga Alamat ng Gubat. Finally! I also finished it one hour later. Hahaha! It was nice! Funny. Satirical. Deep. and sooo true! And then I played Tong-its. Ngihehee!

Anyhow, what's bugging me now is that my phone's twisting mechanism is all wrong. I've tried doing everything bu to no avail. Waaa! Gamitin na nga ang warranty bukas!

Night all!

when i see you cry, i smile

Varie, Fair, QT, Hell Week, Mr. Marana's, atbp.

I call this blog the cramming blog. Here, I will cram everything that I as not able to blog about. Wahaha.

Anyhow, I've just arrived after a fun car ride home. It's Alexie's b'day. WE had a family lunch. We went to Mass at Crame kung saan nilalait ko na ang lahat ng pwede ko nang laitin. Then, we brough Robin to the hospital. Wawa naman. Hahaha. Bui na lang walang problema. Then, we drove thru McDo. And then the fun car ride home.

Phew. Here I start.

VARIE! The best sobra. Thank you, Charles dahil sa paglibre mo! Hahaha. Nag-alala talaga ako dahil sa katagalan ng school bus, which led to having to ride a taxi. (At least I learned to appreciate someone more... this was a few days after sinigawan ko ang tao. Buti na lang wala siyang kinikimkim na galit. Hahaha)

Anyhow. Ang saya sobra! Marami akong kinamay: Jay ng Kamikazee, Yael ng Sponge Cola, si Lia the host. si Juris ng MYMP. Chris Tiu the host. and NIKKI GIL! Nakakatuwa kasi nakamay ko siya nang 4 na beses. Also, we called her character's name from one of her soaps at pinansin niya kami. Hahaha!

Overall, enjoy siya kahit umulan. BTW, nakita ko si Ms. Diaz at si Lis sa Varie. Woohoo. SIyangapala, naghatian kami nina Phantom, CJ, Charles at Kim sa pizza. Sarrrap! Hahaha.

THE FAIR! Grabe, ang saya. One of the main reasons I liked it (our booth) was because it was really well-organized kaya props sa mga nag-organize! Plus, an'dami naming customers. Hahaha. I really enjoyed helping the kids. Hahaha. Siguro I should be a teacher. Hahaha!

Grabe... octopus to the max ulit! Salamat sa mga nanlibre! Hahaha. Btw, I rode on the same ride as Mr. Marana and another with Ms. Catahan. I rode on the same car naman with Ms. Lugay. Grabe siya ah. Memorizeko pa rin ang mga sinisigaw niya: AAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHH!!!! LUUUUUUIIIIIIIISSSS! AAAGH! PAPATAYIN KITA, KIM! AAAAAGHHHHH!!! LUIIIIIIIISSSSSS! Ako naman, hindi na ako makasigaw dahil an dami kong nate-take in na air from laughing. Hahahaha. Napakasaya nung kasama ko si Kim dahil ikot talaga nang ikot ang car. Pero mas masayang kasama si Mark kasi hindi lang siya umiikot malapit na rin siyang bumuka. Hahaha.

Overall, napakasaya! Hindi lang ako nagpabasa dahil maysakit ako. Hahaha.

HELL WEEK. How crazy that was! Just to tell you. Tlo came right before Hell Week. The crazy thing pa naman is before the last show I drank 2 cans of Nescafe coffee. Why? To add to my hyper-ness. Hahaha. Kailangan ko pa kasi dagdagan ang pagka-hyper ko sa role ko. So other than really going all ballistically crazy to prepare for my character, I drank coffee. Kulang na lang na dagdagan ko pa ng asukal.

Anyhow, that could be one of the reasons I really dropped dead the days later. Hahaha.

I don't really remember but there was 1 night that I slept at 4. Hahaha. One night at 3 and the other at 2. One more night when I slept at 1 Hahaha. Funny thing was the day I slept at four, I didn't feel sleepy the day after. But the neight I slept at 1, I slept on ALL of my classes. Hahaha!

Overall naman, I'm proud of what I did. The portfolio screamed beautiful. I passed everything satisfactorily naman. Hahaha. Grabe those sleeping days.

sweet sexy thing on a falling star wearing abercrombie and fitch

Getting Lost, Getting Drunk

Grabe. Old Skool LSS. Hahaha.

It's 3:54 on my watch. Bakit gising pa ako? Hahaha.

Anyhow, here's the story of my Saturday. Actually, I was supposed to go to Tagatay. Since Ate Kaye didn't wan'na stay at the team building till 9pm, she left her evil boss do all the work. Wahaha!

So there. Woke up mga 12 na. Ate KFC. Then went on to do errands for the birthday party... ate, trisha and i. which reminds me. HAPY BIRTHDAY, ALEXIE! hahaha. (iou na muna)

First to the fort. And then to Capitolyo. And then to her friend's house. It's during this timeframe that we kept listening to nonstop old school music and eating mentos and polo, Naks.

And then from thre, we were going to go to Shangri-la. Ate Kaye really doesn't have a sense of direction. Hahaha. Grabe napahaba ang trip namin to Shangri-la dahil sa hindi nag-straight, hindi nag-right turn at di nag-left turn. Hahaha. Tawa na lang kami nang tawa.

So yeah. We were going to park and then we stopped in the middle of the road thinking if we could park. And then the other car beeped 'coz we were blocking the way. Tawa ulit kami. Hahaha.

Anyhow, we looked for clothes for the babies since it's their birthday na and they have nothin to wear for hte hawaiian-themed party. Hahaha.

After that, we ate dinner at sabrett. Shet! Sarap! Hahahaha. Then, we went home. Plaed with Alex. BTW, I've been taking a lot of funny vids of the babies. Hahaha. Using my phone lang. I'll uplaod it soon.

After, we went to Ate Tasha's house to fix details on the party and, let me quote: "Let's get drunk!" Wahahha. I turned red and hot after a mixture of cranberry juice, absolut and some vodka. Just really hot... not drunk as in doing and saying weird stuff. I wanted to take more though but I didn't. Wahaha.

Also, we ate SASHIMIIII... and cupcakes. But not ordinary cupcakes... alcoholic cupcakes. Hahaha. The strawberry-flavored one (forgot the name) and the Screaming Orgasm (mocha-flavored) really tasted like sex! YUMMM!

Anyhow, the Ate Tash and Ate Kaye got really tipsy. They kept dancing and playing word games and cheerleading and laughing and reapeating themselves. (I was introduced to Ate Tash's sister 5 times.) Laugh trip sobra. Kuya Ricky won naman poker outside. Hahaha.

And then.. home. And it's now 4:04. Oh look. blogged for 10 minutes. Sleep na me. Wahaha!

you cut me open... eeek.

Not Boring

Finally, something not boring this summer. I've "moved" with my cousins in Ayala. So I'm not at home moping around with the DVD player. Hahaha.

There's a lot more stuff I can do there... play with the babies, play with the Wii (!), still be able to use the pc, still able to watch DVDs. (In fact, I found a new show, hihihi.)

Anyhow. I just came from boxing. I forgot to add a few points: my fingers still hurt. And now the skin on the joints is irritated from the balls. On my first day, I almost fainted after jogging. (not anymore though). I sweat like hell! My abdomen hurts from all the crunches. My arm usually... I dunno...basta sometimes I can't punch. I lost my skipping rope skills because of water. Eeek. And... there are Xaverians over there.

Other than that, THE BEST!!! WOOHOO!

I'm going to Tagaytay tomorrow! Yeah! Hahaha. Ate Kaye is in charge of a team building for the peeps in her office. So we're gonna help her. Just like when we helped her make the bulletin board. You know what, Metrobank should pay trisha and me.

By the way, Trisha and I will be helping Ate Kaye on her new business... party-organizing. Are first one is Robin's party. Hehehe. Sooo cool. May business agad! Hahaha. This will be exciting. I like organizing things. Hahaha!

Anyhow, that's news from my life at Ayala. Oh yeah... Alex keeps calling my name na! Wahaha. (Oh shit... b'day na nga nya pala!) GTG na. Hehe.

now where's the remote?

Boxing and Boredom

Wow. I'm actually online. Hahaha. If it weren't for a special birthday and a certain exam result, I wouldn't be here. (Besides, my iPod has corrupt songs. LOL.)

I'm so bored that Spider Solitaire seems fun. Haha.

I'd play my Game Boy Color. (Yeah, that's how far I am in the video gaming world) But I've already gotten so bored with everything that I'd given up on it last Christmas. And it's also soooooo laos. Wahaha.

Anyhow. Just a few updates.

I had my first boxing class today! It was the only highlight of my day. Hahaha. It's fun. I'm enjoying. And right now, I can say I don't suck... yet.

It's just like playing the Wii. Except the Wii has long-standing pain. Yeah. Weird. The last time I played Wii boxing, my upper arm hurt for a few days.

In actual boxing, it didn't. Although my trainer said it would. Hahaha. But then, my wrists and phalanges kept hurting. Haha. But that was only while wearing the gloves. Maybe it's the gloves. I love the speed ball and that other ball. sooo interesting. Hahaha.

Anyhow. I enjoyed it. I'm gonna have it over the summer. Which reminds me, I better go text my Yamaha instructor. I wanna get it all done this summer. Then, I won't renew for a nother set of lessons na. And I'm over. I'll just stick with self-learning new songs after that. hahaha.

Once I got home, I slumped. And then I took a bath. Then I watched a DBD-DBD. And then got sleepy. And then I woke up at 6? Slump again.

Grabe... all I ever do these days are eat, dvd, tv and rubik's cube. I need a life. Umasa pa akong magka-console or something. Sigh.

the grotto

CRAP

Okay. It's Good Friday and I'm bored.

Yesterday was just as boring. (btw. we went visita iglesia last night. i want starbucks!)

Sigh.

So yes. Life is boring. I miss school now. When there's school, I'm not bored here at home. Neither am I stuck with all the problems that are haunting me here. Crap.

I need a life. All I've been doing here is watching DBD-DBD. God knows how many hours I've spent slumping on them.

My grades are sad. I'm second honor. (Woohoo!) But I've got two line of 8's. Not a problem with me. But the last time I got a line of 8, my dad kept nagging. (Come to think of it, when does he not?) Now he's got double the reason. Crap.

I want a Wii. Or a DS. Or a PSP. Anything to keep me from boredom... and to help make me forget about all my problems. Crap.

By the way. Idol. When will that Kristy leave? ARGH! I wanted Amanda in! Waaaa. I love Syesha. Hahaha. Ramiele better step up! (And I hate the bad choice of words! Ack.)

seasons

The Final Show

(grabe. after how many attempts, gumana na rin 'tong post!)

Wow. Emo ako sobra. Hahaha. Last Friday was the Final Show. But let's start from the beginning. Shall we?

So we arrived. We waited for people to arrive. When we did, we started practice... a horrible one. Hahaha. And then when people started to scatter, naiinis na kami. When we did get back together, nagalit na si Jerick. Hehehe. Anyhow, we were going to move na. Pero shitty people didn't even stand up kaya sinigawan ko. NAKAKAHIYA! Everyone not FX looked at me. Hahaha,

So we went to the field for solitude and started. It went well.... I guess. Hahaha. So we bought take out and then headed for the auditionees in the patio. That is, zero auditionees. Sigh. As there were none, we started doing business. Hahaha.

So it got a little hectic before we actually started the show.

And then we started. Wow. That was sooo sabog. Hahaha. Buti na lang tinuloy nila ang pagkanta... because we can't pull off that high note. Hahaha! And then the speeches. Syempre nagkagulo muna kaming mga H2. Hahaha. May mga nag-extra pa... at pinahaba talaga eh! Well, mine was all impromptu... and I was all breaking down. I almost cried but nothing would fall and I was stopping myself too. Grabe.

Wow. That moment. EMO! Hahaha. (grabe, i'm still out of words.)

And then kahit kumakain, emo hugs spread all around. Hahaha. Grabe.

I just wanna say that you guys have really made an impact on my life.

(CARLO! Pooper ka! Pooper!)

rhapsody royally.

THE DAY: Morning Prayer, Romeo and Tulo

Okay... so I have a lot of stuff lined up for me right now. Chinese MT. Science Quiz. Homework. Other shit. But I'll set that aside for now.

When the year started, I said that 2008 is my year. I'd just like to confirm. Hahaha! Last Wednesday, February 27, is the first of the
"THE DAY"s It was THE DAY! Wooohoo.

Alright. Let's start with the morning. Assembly. I had to do the prayer, which was assigned to me as "punishment" daw. Hahaha. It's in Tagalog by the way. I screwed it up a bit. I lacked a bit of life and I still sounded foreign. But that's alright. I did it well enough and Ms. Martinez was really happy so I'm happy na rin. Woohoo!

Skip what's after that. Anyhow, today was the day of the Romeo balcony speech elocution contest. Well, after my 99, Mr. Perez recommended me to audition as class rep. I was chosen (after a horrible audition)... which made me dead pressured. I wanted to do it... but I didn't want to at the same time. Some kind of pressure got over me and made me really nervous starting from the ride home the night before. It only got worse as the minutes progressed. I really got nervous.

I want to admit. I was not the least bit nervous for the oral test... one of the reasons I didn't practice before my turn. But this contest really had me dead scared. However, once I entered the lecture hall, it all disappeared. There's some magic about the hall that took most of my fears away. I was still nervous... but not scared na.

Anyhow, after wearing my costume and went backstage. I saw Juliet... ang ganda niya. Her name is Ms. Amelia Marcelina. Hahaha. And then she noticed me and said, "good luck." Hahaha. I replied thanks. And then I asked Charles, CJ, Kim and Mark about my costume. Hahaha. Ayos na ba? Pantay na ba? Tatanggalin ko pa ba toh?

So yes. The contestants got me scared. I was number 4 pero number 1 pa lang was very good. (Syempre, same critic eye pa rin.) So I got more nervous. It reminded me sooo much of my failed Filipino extemporaeneous speech contest (about cell phones). Nightmares! Hahaha.

Anyhow, number 3, Javi was on, and he entered from the back! DAMN! That ruined my blocking. The night before kasi during FX practice, I was pseudo-blocking na. Come from the back and pass through the left aisle. So I went oh well.

So after a few more of his words, I went out na to the backdoor. Mrs.O wished me good luck. So I went inside the lecture hall, behind the backdoor curtains. They called my name. Took a few seconds for me to come out so that they can wonder where the hell I am and so that I can shove my nervousness away and get into character. (I almost forgot to take off my glasses.)

Then I ran in. Woohoo! That was it...I started out dynamic and then went slower to add more seriousness and make it more romantic. Hahaha. What I remember. I went in. Leaned on the last row. Took a look at the stage, went low and then back up. Smiling, I ran down to past halfway pillar. Exclaimed! And then next pillar and then in front of the stage stairs. Then on the stage na. (wow memorize.)

While doing it, I was energized. Why? My entrance got some kind of weird reaction from the people, which sparked something into me. Hahaha. When I finally finished, I ran backstage but was called back. I guess from all the excitement, I didn't hear their interview questions. The first one I heard was Where's u get ur gimmick? I was like what the hell is a gimmick... so I answered nothing or something like that. I dind't hear but Kim and Germs say that they asked Where'd I get my costume.

I'd like to thank Charles Lim for my cape and gloves and the Stage FX bodega for my polo and vest. And to CJ Francisco for making recommendations. Hahaha!

Anyhow. When I went backstage again, all my nervousness disappeared. I was at peace na and that was good. And I smiled... in my opinion, my performance was beautiful... I had voice problems though...couldn't be heard from the back...and when I was done I felt like I was shouting. Anyhow, whatever. I was satisfied.

What really made me happy was the interview portion after the 5th contestant. They interviewed Juliet. Who's your favorite Romeo? "I like Marcelo." With an accent. Hahaha. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, I can lose na! Hahaha. So yes, the costume helped a lot. Hahaha!

Anyhow, with all the drama shoved aside, the same critic looked at the contestants. I found Ramon's and Flint's one of the ones to beat. Ramon... made it funny, I didn't like how he did it that much since it became really modern and kinda... i dunno... but then I got a liking to it. Wow, it's the best actor of grade seven. Flint's was really, really, really good! Ang lakas ng mga emotions, ng acting, ng paggalaw. But his voice was sobrang shit! Hahaha. I was already thinking to myself, I can only lose to them.

After a long, long, long time. The results were announced. I was tied with Ramon King! Hahaha. 2ND PLACE!! Woohoo! Yeah baby! Okay na okay na okay sa akin ang second place.

What was a shocker to me... (I can't accept defeat? Hahaha!) is that Tim won. Honestly and in all frankness, I didn't see anything special about his performance. No offense meant, just stating my opinion. I wish Flint had placed though. (Tangco took the last spot placing third.)

Anyhow, I'm happy na. After this, kodakan with Juliet! Hahaha! (see the album. i wish i gave my camera to someone while i was performing.)

Okay so Tulo. Yes! Part three of my THE DAY! Hahaha.

We've never had a single FULL run. The practice the night before was HELL! And I was never able to get a hand of handling the Elephant. I still lacked life for the Deus practice. The set was jsut recently changed for Oli. And to add to all that, I had to leave early pa.

And then we crammed the final sequence just the afternoon before the show. Grabe. I was scared to hell. Paano na? Paano na? But I just kept positive. By this time, all of the nervousness never returned... weirdly. I only felt a little scared mostly because I kept thinking positive and because my character called for me to be really really perky!

Anyhow, it went soooo much better than before! Deus did well enough and I'm very relieved about that. Kahit na last minute ang casting ko at kakaunti ang practice dahil na-ground nga ako, I feel more at ease.

I am very proud of the play that's most closest to me--Oli. Ang galing galing galing! VERY PROUD! Lalo na kay Geremy. Hit ang kanyang debut! Hahaha. It was really splendid! It was funny and it also got the deep message across so I really liked it. (syempre ba naman, this play is the closest to me, bakit di ako masisiyahan/mabi-bias? hihihi)

And elephant. This is the most last minute casting part. Hahha. I really had no idea what I was doing it. Hahhaa. But it turned out well. The awe of the audience was the thing that really hit me. So I'm very happy working under the covers of this one. Literally.

And finally... Bohemian went well enough. I screwed up a bit but it was okay. Enjoy pa rin.

Grabe, ang saya that was all over the stage by the end of the show. hahaha! FX LOVE! One of the minor reasons why being in FX is the best... the HIGH! Woohoo. I'm really really happy now for Germs and Allen.

When we went outside daming tao! They were all really, really lively... mukhang enjoy na enjoy. Personally, compared to Duwa and Chocolate War, the crowd was never as lively as this. Sobrang buzz na buzz. Hahaha! (But Duwa's high was much higher than TULO. TULO beat Chocolate War though. Hahaha!)

I got some comments... cute ko daw. I got so happy. Ibig sabihin I did well enough. I know I can do better but at least it was believable enough for the audience. But i was mosst happy everytime hinahanap/cino-comment si Geremy. Sobrang saya ko sa performance niya! Ang galing! Hahaha! Uyy! Star ka na... Little Big Star (accdg to Mr. Yu)

Anyhow. Dinner. Fixing up. Hahaha. I was able to catch David Archuleta's performance. GALING! Hahaha. UNBELIEVABLY GOOD! Go Pinoy! Ramiele's was quite bad though... in fact, not a single girl wowed me tonight.

Grabe. This was THE DAY. Amen! Alright, 2008!

New Quote: When God gives you problems, He'll give blessing right after. So don't forget.

everybody deserves to die

PE, Academics, Career Fair, Elections and Assembly

Before I start with the real topic, here's some unrelated news about academics.

We had our second Practical Test in PE. Honestly, this is the best PE I've been to. Hahaha. I'm so happy because Ms. Raya knows my name unliek other people. Wohoo! Hahaha. Anyhow, I had my "kodigo" of exercises so it wasn't too hard. I even helped others. And she knows I know the exercises. Wohoo!

As for the LTs. I almost got perfect (with incentive) in Science! I just needed two points. Waaa! Chinese: line of 9! Yeah! Also, for the oral test which was a video--drama and toursm video--she liked my performance so that's another high score. English: almost perfect din! Waaa! Hopefully, Mr. Perez accepts my considerations. Hahaha.

However, my math and soc sci scores are really low. I need to bring them up. Waaa!

So here's the real story: Career Fair. One wednesday afternoon, right after the boring Caliraya orientation, I went to Mr. Young. Instead of having Peer Faci, we'll be servants daw to the speakers of the H3 Career Fair, as such, we can sit in daw. Hahahaha.

So I did sit in. After delivering water with ehem to the different speakers, i was escorted into the Performing Arts room since nahihiya ako. Hahaha. So yeah, halos sa middle of the speechna ako nakapasok. There were a lot of speakers. hahaha. Okay... so I found out they do a lot of things in there. And you have to join Dulaang UP as practicum.

After that, the bell rang. And I met up with ehem and Mr. Young who gave more instructions. So the second period bell rang na. I wanted to go inside education.... pero puno na and too late. Nakakahiya namang mag-dramatic entrance. So I didn't go in na.

Dahil wala naman kaming ginagawa, we went to the h4 guidance room and looked at the yearbook. Grabe ibang-iba talaga ang mga mukha nina Allen at CY. Iyong iba, halos pareho lang. Hahaha.

Then, Msr. Young told us to wait by the media ed for the doctor who's giving a speech. So yes, ehem left to assist the psychologist while i waited for the doctor. Anyhow, he came. I met the doctor... he was friendly, gave water then I left. And then, I sat in sa communication arts room.

A photographer and alumni was the speaker. After what he said, I wanna take that course na. Hahaha. Parang gusto kong mapunta sa advertising business. Hahaha! If not, there's a whole lot of alternatives. Hahaha.

The problem is CommArts or CommTech is only available in Ateneo. UP doesn't have it... the closest I found was integrated into Performance Arts or Education.... and I don't really like. (Weirdly, those two courses were the talks i went to or wanted to go to.) But I wanna go to UP since mas interesting ang lugar tsaka i'll see new faces that aren't Xaverians or ICAns. nO offense though. Hahaha.

So what do you think?

In other news: The assembly was interesting. We had the miting-di-avance. Dustin screwed up his speech so sayang! The results were in... and according to Jona. President is Joe Chan. VP Internal is Martin de Joya. VP Internal is Bow (Sana nanalao si dustin. Nakakainis!) No one won AO (sayang si Harveen!). and TJ lost to Wayne as Batch Rep by 12 points lang. SAYANG! INIS!

But before all of that, I was called by Mr.Legs while I was in line. I was going to make the announcement. So after the cool video made by TQ, I went up. Screwed up a bit. But I delivere it nonetheless. Exit. This is the gist of what I said:

WATCH TULO!

Tickets are now available. Only P50... reserve na and get em on Tuesday!
The show is on Wednesday @ 5. Friday @ 7:30. Lecture Hall. BE THERE!

I got punished for working hard... and the fruit of my labor was sh*t.

Friday, Caliraya and Grounded.

I miss blogger's auto-save. This is the second time I'm typing this down. Sigh. Multiply kasi eh! Hahaha.

Anyhow. AI NEWS: I'm soo sad! Joanne Borgella is gone! Those Americans... how discriminative! Aren't they fat too? Joke! But I really like her! That aside, she must really be friendly. All the girls were crying when they called her name. Lalo na si Ramiele! Todo-iyak...

In other news, I've watched Sweeney Todd na! Thank god for the internet! Wohoo. Ang galing! It was beautiful. But I didn't like how fluid the blood was. The color's just fine... then again, I'm part color blind. Also, there were some parts I didn't understand, but it was all good! Woohoo! Hmmm. So what else? Right!

I went to the derma yesterday. I tagged along with my mom and tita while they were doing errands. Boring. And then we went to Conti's for lunch. Yum! And then we went to the derma. I had a facial... it was all good till they started pricking my face. After that, they poked hard on the spot and then scratched it. Sakit. And then they injected three of my pimples. Hahaha! But it wasn't as painful as Trisha used to describe it to be. Hahaha!

Anyhow, I'm so lonely. I kept imagining last night how everyone's enjoying FX Night while I'm stuck at home. *sigh* Nakakainis kasi eh. I'm grounded. So just so you know, here's the story. But I'll start from the very beginning: Caliraya.

So I woke up early... which is apparently still late. I arrived in school at 6:33am. Buti na lang the bus hadn't left pa. Wahaha! As usual, I fell asleep... that was when we were in SLEX na.

I woke up when we took a stop at Shell. I bought (the wrong flavor of) Mentos, Pepsi Max and Yan-Yan. The Yan-Yan was fun: it had quotes. My first one read "child of the night"! Hahaha.

So I was awake the rest of the trip and took blurry pictures all the way. Hehehe. We finally arrived. After much compliments, laughs and landscape photography (check the album out!), we went to the site na.

I planted one tree. Kung di ako naunahan ng iba, I would've planted more. Anyhow, I took a lot of macros of a single flower till I finally took the perfect one. Haha! And then we advanced peeps took pics by the rocks in the area. Vain din pala si Mr. Q. Hahha!

Anyhow, we went to the bus na. More landscape pics. And then we went to the Japanese Garden t eat lunch. Grabe! Ang ganda talaga dun! More landscape pics! What's amazing there is that it's so authentic: there are actual Japanese people! (Tourists from Japan) Hahahaha.

After much photo ops, it started to drizzle hard so Jona, Kevin, Mic and I went to the shade downstairs. Everyone else were upstairs. They enjoyed the "striking vista" daw. But I rather miss the photo ops than be drenched in the rain. Anyhow, I was also able to feed a dog while down there. Naging tourist attraction ako! Woohoo! Hahaha. But someone scared the dog away with flash. Damnit!

Well, we left na. And I was about to doze off already until I turned to my right and saw Karl was asleep na. PEEEECHURRR! Woohoo! Natatatawa talaga ako sobra. Hahaha. I took sooo much shots of him. But that was only half of it: when I turned to my back: the whole bus as asleep. Wooohoo! Revenge!!! Hahaha. I took pics of everyone. Prized pics are: Ariel, Nicanor, Andres, Jus, Sean, Caloy and JONATHAN! Hhahaha.

Extra talaga si Ryan Sy. Kala niya--------------. Tuloy, naging silang lahat with his flash! Grrr. Anyhow. I took a rest for 10 mins. Then my fellow paparazzi--Mykee and Matt--told me they're asleep ulit. So Wooohoo! Tulog na rin si Ryan soo.. HIHIHI! After this, I went to sleep with a hood para safe ako. Hahaha!

So we arrived back at school at 5. We were going to do the exhibit na. When I got to he lecture hall, everybody escaped. :| So there. This is the start of my troubles. I was stuck with Ezra and we were still lacking cartolina. So he offered to buy since he had a driver. (Iniisip ko is this a trick)

While he was gone, I made gulo Mic Lim, Jeremy and Mrs.X habang they were putting up the tarp. This is around 5:30 na. I looked at my phone. And I saw missed calls and a text. My dad was there na raw. But I didn't have load so naki-text na lang ako kay Michael. Sinabi ko hindi pa ako tapos and I'm not sure what time pa I'll be done. He asked about tutor pero I told him I dunno na kung makakapunta pa ako. At this point, I assumed he went somewhere na while I'm still busy.

So then Ezra arrived. We started working. Xientia people doing their boards. CY and friends playing loud music and dancing. Mga 7+, I checked my phone again. I had a missed call and a text. The text said go out na. Pero I couldn't go to Mic Lim, so I started giving Ezra final instrucitons and finishing the last of what I was doing para makaalis na. And then, Mic Lim goes to me and shows me a text: "Go out now or go home by yourself."

Syempre naman sino'ng di matatakot nang ganyan? So I gave Ezra very, very simple instructions on what to do. Then I ran to the car.

Pagpasok ko, nag-apologize ako. Tinanong niya kung nasaan ang cellphone ko. I brought it out, he grabbed it and threw it to the back of the car.... Sermon. Next thing I know: "You're grounded. No extra curricular for the whole week. From school, you'll ride the school bus going home right away." and then... "I'll give you back your cellphone when I feel like it."

Syempre ang tindi ng hinanakit ko riyan. I mean, what first struck me was ung No ECA. Buti sana kung FX iyong pinuntahan ko... pero hindi 'eg. Iyong exhibit iyon! SCIENCE CLASS IYON! GRADE YON! Makikita yan ng lahat ng taong papasok ng exhibit. Tingnan mo ang advanced, ang pangit! And then you think it's just eca. D'un talaga ako nainis! Iyong part na I get punished for being hardworking.

Anyhow, I calmed down over the week. Nangulila lang ako sa cellphone around mge Wednesday na. I'm like I'll get my phone pang music... wala nga pala akong phone. I'll go text mic kasi di sya sumasagot sa ym... wala nga pala akong phone. I'll just set the birthday... wala nga pala akong phone. Pampalipas-oras na game na nga lang.... wala nga pala akong cellphone. :|

Anyhow, I'm lifted tonight. One week anniversary. He gave my phone back na this morning. Yehey. Sayang lang talaga ang FX Night. *sigh*

It seems like I won't be able to finish my goal of blogging about everything. We'll just see. Hahaha.

By the way. The exhibit: It's shit. It's crap. The Sunday after, I was already telling Michael Lim about how much respect I have for Ezra na. I take it back. When I saw what he did Monday morning. I went berserk! Ang layo sa mga instructions na binigay ko. Tinatanong-tanong ko pa sa kanya: "Okay, you didn't follow my instructions. And I know you don't have a sense of style as you keep repeating. But didn't you even wonder na mukha siyang pangit?" Grabe talaga ang inis ko noon. That's the sad part. I got punished for working hard... and the fruit of my labor was shit.

chain chain chain

Romeo and Juliet Oral Test and American Idol

Wow. I'm actually watching American Idol. Hahaha. Unlike last year, I now am!

I'm amazed by the Filipinos on the show. David Archuleta << He's good. He keeps amazing the judges din. But his being Filipino isn't advertised a lot. Maybe it's because one of his parents is only half or something like that.
Ramiele Malubay << ANG GALING NIYA SOBRA! SOBRA TALAGA! Hahaha. I really like her! And she's Simon's favorite tonight. Wahaha!

My other bets are... Jason Castro, Michael Johns (ang galing ng Bohemian Rhapsody niya!), Joanne Borgella, Asia'h Epperson, Alexandrea Lushington, Syesha Mercado and Alaina Whitaker.

In other news, this will be the start of the series of blogs I'm doing over the four-day weekend. I need some catching up to do on all the blogs. Hahaha. (why does this remind me of Paul's Singa blog?) There's Varie, Fair, LTs, Caliraya, and around 1 or 2 more I'm forgetting. Hahaha!

So this one's about my oral test. 99 baby! Wahaha!

So as most know, the oral test for all the second years is the balcony scene speech from Romeo and Juliet. Hahaha. Honestly, most of it all was done last minute. I only found the perfect costume the day before. (Thank you, FX!) I only really practiced the night before. Hahaha. So I'm really proud of what I've done. I even had some "lighting." LOL!

Weirdly, I'm the only guy who didn't practice out in the corridor. Partly because I forgot that I'm near since I was having fun watching. And partly because I wanted to make sure that the tranny cardboard Juliet was laid to rest during my speech... Why so? Because she's distracting and because I imagined she'd be in a much taller balcony. (There's a part in my speech when I reach for her so I can't have her on the same level as I am.)

Anyhow, as usual, I've the lowest score-giver for the oral tests. Most are in the line of 8s meaning my score-giving is really low compared to the other orals. After the first few, I really had to adjust since the scores were quite low even if I myself fell they deserve higher. Only 3 are in the line of 9. That's Jona, Tim and Kurt.

If I were to recommend who'd go on to the batch contest, I'd choose: Kyne, Julian, Kerwin, David, Kurt or Timothy to be a representative.... but they have to memorize first! Why didn't I choose Jona? Something about his facial expressions.
So sad Kerwin and Tim weren't in the people recommended. Kerwin didn't memorize kasi! But he's a shocker...I didn't expect him to do well. Tim did it more modern which is why I think he didn't get in.
It's a shocker to me why the people I expect to score high didn't do that well in my opinion: Jan, Sean, Ariel and Cabs. (but Mr. Perez recommended some.. don't remember which.)

Honestly, I don't agree with how Mr Perez grades people. I mean he praises the people who I think lack facial expressions and sound like they're in a declamation contest rather than an actor in a theatre. I really take note of the voice and how the eyes move, but he still seems to praise those I don't like. Hahaha. I just don't know. I kept giving low scores to most of the people he praised. Hahaha. But I can't totally disagree... some we're really good! (but needed to memorize!)

Anyhow. 99. Wohoo! I'm sooo happy! Yun nga lang I can't help but think sooo much about his comment: address the audience more. I keep thinking to myself... then I'd be breaking the fourth wall. Hmmm. Sigh.

WATCH TULO!

TULO: dahil hindi pa tapos ang kwento

TULO

(tu-loh)

Tatlong Dula... the sequel to Duwa.

02.27.08: Wednesday @ 5pm
02.29.08: Friday @ 7.30pm

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by Stage FX

stolen... from everyone

If you read this journal,
even if I don't speak to you often,
post a memory of me.
It can be anything you want.
It can be good or bad,
just so long as it happened.

Then post this on your journal.
Be surprised and see what people remember about you.

grams a day

Hehehe. Just got bored. And saw everyone having it.

You Are a Comma

You are open minded and extremely optimistic. You enjoy almost all facets of life. You can find the good in almost anything. You keep yourself busy with tons of friends, activities, and interests. You find it hard to turn down an opportunity, even if you are pressed for time. Your friends find you fascinating, charming, and easy to talk to. (But with so many competing interests, you friends do feel like you hardly have time for them.) You excel in: Inspiring people You get along best with: The Question Mark

What Punctuation Mark Are You?

DAHIL!!!

Dahil may Chamber of Secrets ang Sorcerer's Stone.
Dahil may Two Towers ang Fellowship of the Rings.
Dahil may X2 ang X-men.

ABANGAN! ;-)

beyond the voice

FAULT
The Broken Sonnet

I should have closed the window. Opened lights
I am wrong. I should have stayed true to you
There was ne'er anyone so leave their rights
My own hand that tapped. Not a problem, true
You never failed me. It's I that failed you
Don't take it on yourself. It isn't your--
It's mine. Promise, I'll stay solemnly true
I broke your heart. I will do it no more
I feel so embarassed. Depressed. So true
'Cause I never intended so to you.

Just don't leave. Just don't go.
Please.

charity, do me justice.

I call this Melancholy.

I took a peek.
And I awoke to seek
That Mary's dreams
were my blanket's seams.

The noise in my head
Broke my holy bed.
The water drops
were confused slops.

And two piece the bread
My thinking head
My swollen eyes
one o' lies.

There is no sense

The Day

Crazy. I almost made a senseless poem. I'm in the mood. But I'm out of time as it is. Had I the liberty, that would be a whole senseless poem about the stuff below:

Nothing much today. I just felt like blogging.

Right now, I'm covering my mask with masking tape. It's just a few days left and I'm barely done. Sigh. I wish I was more productive. I don't have the inspiration. Sigh some more.

I fell asleep quite early last night. I mostly got bored waiting for my computer to load that I fell asleep. I woke up at around one and decided to call it a night. Anyway, I didn't have much to do.

Nothing new really happened today. The usual drama. The usual work. The usual shit. The usual. Chinese and Social Science made me worry much though. I feel so stupid and useless, but I'm happy.

Anyway. I amazed myself with the Prod Balcony. And when there was nothing left to do, I let the blood fall into my head to give me some life. No, I'm not sick. But thanks for the concern. That's a dose of the happiness pill for the day.

I need some coffee though. And I took one from the cafe. Quoting Allen too: "It tastes like sex." Not that I've tasted it already. Before finally leaving, I made a few more adjustments, which almost led to my death. (I almost sawed my wrist off.)

"I just need to know if it's possible for two people to stay happy together forever"

And because of that, I'm sort of sad right now. (I got interested, so I watched the dramatic part again.) So let me just finish my taping.

So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you’ll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you’ll love me
Love me like you’ll never see me again

-- Alicia Keys (great album! get it.)

please. anywhere but here. please

Scary Thing and Problems

First off: Happy Birthday, Paul! Hahaha.

Well, scary thing just happened to me a while ago. It all goes back to Patayin sa Sindak. Ever since I last watched it, I've been fantasizing of some kind of horror play that makes use of a lot of darkness, lighting effects and moving light curtains (??... i know. don't ask.) What was the play's story about? Bloody Mary.

So what was soo scary. I was thinking about it while doing business last night. Then I was saying the lines na. Bloody mary... bloody mary.... by the time I got to my third, I just remembered: The mirror's behind me. So I quickly finished up and went to bed. Strange thing is I kept hearing mysterious noises while still awake.

The other freakier thing. I was fixing my hair in front of the mirror kanina. I was thinking of the horror play and how to scream. When biglang the lights became dim. FREAKY! Nagulat talaga ako. No cause for that happening naman. Hahahaha.

Anyhow, everything's just going out of hand right now. Deciding whether not I should sell tickets. Thinking about fixing the set. Dealing with dilemmas. Facing problems. Catching up on my failing marks. Thinking about what to do on that day. Sudden bursts of rage from uselessness and helplessness.

However, I found an answer during my Filipino test on Kay Selya.

Nagbabalik mandi't parang hinahanap
dito ang panahong masayang lumipas;
na kung maliligo'y sa tubig aagap,
nang hindi abutin ng tabsing sa dagat.

Deep! Hahaha. I'm still finding a more concrete sign. But I guess the above will do for some of them. *sigh*

I just want'a scream. You know?

Why is my moodie happy? I dunno. Open for interpretation.

a mile in these shoes

Examen, Sleep and Disappointments

How funny. I forgot about examen.

Last Friday, I was awake. Alive and almost kicking. Why? I was behind the P.A. Hihihi!

I was picked out of nowhere. I was just waving at Mr. Perez until he pointed at me and ran out of the workroom, sheet of bond in hand.

I enjoyed. I wasn't as nervous as before. I was able to stand straight. I tried to be not as boring as possible. I think having it in English helped. But I still screwed up a word or two.

This time, I didn't go over the time and not finishing reading it. In fact, there was soooo much spare time since the stories were short. I kept wondering to myself during the absurdly long moments of music. Hahaha.

I hate eyebags. But what can I do? At least I made up for some sleep last night.

I dread seing 3:00 in my watch without the sun shining from the window.

I hate being a lazy obsessive-compulsive. Why can't I just be one or the other?

And the worst part is i'm a nocturnal creature--not someting really bad when it comes to vacation period. But it's really annoying when there are classes and work. Sigh.

Just got pissed off. I really can't stand it.

But what can I do?

Kung pukulin ka ng bato, tanuning mo ang sarili mo ba't di mo sinara ang bintana. Please lang.

love na love si baby

Ramblings from this Week

Grabe! Katatapos lamang ng Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara! Nagmumulto pa rin si Ruth! Hahaha. I can't believe it's done na. At least I can concentrate on my studies more na. LOL.

Wow. I've just rediscovered Camp. I still remember this movie. I really liked it. Hahaha. Reminds me of all the X-Rep days. Haha!

Anyhow, this week has been really long and crazy. I can't remember much... not like I'd want to. It's mostly sabog. Hahaha.

Last Wednesday evening, I was watching Patayin sa Sindak. It got kind of boring so I fell asleep. It's soooo annoying. For one, I didn't finish the show. Second, I woke up at 6am the next day. Third, I had to cram my CLE reflection. Fourth, I forgot my PE uniform. *sigh* But I guess it's a good thing since the reflection turned out fine, varrick lent me his uniform, and I HAD THE BEST SLEEP I've had ever since the start of classes. Woohoo!

FX is getting crazy. Soooo much work. So fun though. And it really makes me happy just to see a part of the set be done. What more if we finish the whole thing already. Hihihi.

ROMEO and JULIET! Wooohoo. I noticed that and Florante at Laura are really beautiful pieces of work. As in, I finally appreciate all the poetic portrayals and beautiful stories. LOL.

Things are going downhill right now. Nothing I can't fix. But the thing is... life is shit and the flush ain't working. The only thing you can do is add perfume. Heehehe.

There's nothing much I can say right now. Hahaha. I've mostly forgotten everything. Is that a good thing?

down to the last...

Greenhills, Shang and Hectic Monday

I am exhausted. It's a good thing I got some sleep. Patayin sa Sindak makes a good wake-up call. LOL.

Anyhow, I'm supposed to have a blog about yesterday. But stupid multiply got it deleted. Damn. So here I go again. Hahaha.

Well. For the third time in a row, I'm not late for Mass! Woohoo. Palakpakan naman diyan! Hahaha. After which, we spent a day in Greenhills. Ate lunch with Mama for no apparent reason, just to spend time with her. Hehehe. Anyhow, I wasn't able to find a wallet. Boo. Hahaha.

Went home right after. Sadly, nagka-black out. *sigh* I just slept through it right after getting bored with Romeo and Juliet. Hahaha. Since by 8, the lights didn't come on yet, my ad decided that we go to Shang. I can just go read my books in Starbucks.

When we got there, we did some errands. ID pic... again. National (where I finally found the mechanical pencil i've been lookinf for for a long time). Dinner at Le Coeur.

While eating though my yaya texted that there was light na. (Tricky. Apparently, the lights went on a few minutes after we left. She just didn't want us to eat at home. Hahaha! )

Before leaving, i told my dad I wanted to get some CDs. Hahaha. So I now have Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna. I'm still thinking if I want Mario. But I'm sure I'm getting Mary J Blige's once it's out. Hahaha.

So yeah. Blah. back at home.

Today was really hectic. Hahaha. Aside from dealing with my disfunctional... hay. I had to go searching for that blue box, cram Science and do whatever. I feel so sabog right now.

During lunch, I've gone to places I shouldn't go to... hahaha. The Lecture Hall and the Bodega. Mark and I also kept looking for Wilson. *sigh* Anyhow. Crazy. Crazy.

Even much more crazy during FX. It's like I've been to the whole school. LOL. Anyhow, it finally turned out smoother, and I can't wait to do my job. Hahaha.

*sigh* I've still got a sack of homework to do.