sane psycho

why...so...serious?

2008-07-22T18:32:00.002+08:00

For the last couple of days, I've been saying this to anyone who would listen and anyone who hasn't seen the DARK KNIGHT yet...

the movie was AH-MAY-ZING!!!

Christian Bale as always is the best Batman/Bruce Wayne for me but the highlight of the movie were the villains.

Aaron Eckhart (I've always had a thing for him ever since I saw "The Core") was unbelievable (in a good way) when he turned from the dashing Gotham City savior/white knight "Harvey Dent" into the sinister, vengeful Two-Face.

He made the character seem more human in such a way that you would understand and you wouldn't blame him at all if his character turned evil.

It totally slipped my mind that Harvey Dent would turn into the evil character that was once portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones (stupid Batman Forever ruined Batman for me!). I only remembered the character when he took his coin out and started flipping it.

I felt so stupid when I went "Hey! That's something that other Batman villain did!" in Tagalog to my friend.

Thank God she was too engrossed in the movie to hear me.

Ooh! Ooh! And the visual effects it took to create Two-Face was so cool!

And Heath Ledger...OH MY GOD!

He totally trumped Jack Nicholson's "Joker!"

He gave the most chilling, most creepiest, most psychotic performance of the Joker ever.

The way he delivered his lines, the way he moved, spoke and acted... just everything he did was perfect!

Plus he was funny when you least expect him to be.
Totally did not expect the "You complete me!" line during one of his psycho rants.

He's truly an amazing actor. Too bad he's gone...

I'm not going to give away the plot coz it's something you have to see to appreciate.
But seriously, I gotta say, The Dark Knight definitely lived up to all its hype.
This is definitely one hell of a movie that you have got to see.

the most much awaited week on the idiot-box ever!

2008-04-20T15:39:00.003+08:00

The WGA strike is over! Hooray!

I know what you're thinking, if you're a big foreign-TV shows fan, you'd be all like "What is this idiot talking about?! The WGA strike has been over for weeks!"

True, but it's only this coming week we get to feel the end of the strike!

Wooohoooo!!!

There would be brand new episodes of Greys Anatomy, Brothers & Sisters, Gossip Girl, House and many, many more.

Can't wait!

Sad news for Heroes fanatics though, I'm so sorry to tell you but we're gonna have to wait til September to see new episodes. The episode we saw last year with all the "deaths" & cliff-hangers is definitely the last one for this season.

Not to worry though, Tim Kring promises that the 3rd season wouldn't be as boring as the 2nd season. Hey! I'm easy to please. As long as Sylar is in Heroes, I'm happy.

Now for My Boys and Entourage fans. New seasons will begin in June for both shows.

If you wanna know more about what shows would be good to watch this week i suggest you take a peek at this blog: Mindy's Watching Too Much TV.

Kudos Mindy! Your blog never fails to inspire me to be the best couch-potato I can ever be! :)

they're ba-aaack...

2008-04-20T14:45:00.003+08:00

Now I wasn't always the alternative-rock lover that I am today.

Back in my youth (I'm old now. I'm 29. Yi.), my musical taste would range from bubblegum pop boybands like NKOTB & Boyzone to R&B/Soul like Mariah Carey BelBivDevoe and BoyzIIMen. And I used to think that rock & roll was the devil's music... Great! I was "Kenneth" from 30 Rock! Lame!!!

Thank God I've matured and progressed to better music. :)

But lately, these guys have been all over the news and when I saw their latest PEOPLE interview on youtube the other day, I was immediately transported all the way back to my childhood...

The father of all boybands are back (Beatles would be the grandfather)!

image courtesy of official nkotb site

NKOTB has finally reunited after more than a decade!

It's about damn time! Us fans (Don't care if you think I'm lame! I was and always will be an NKOTB fanatic and I'm darn proud of it!) have been waiting for this for a loooong time.

I remember their concert here in Manila back in 1992 I was in the 7th grade I think. Saved up all my Christmas money just to see them. It was the first ever concert that I saw and it was totally worth it. Then 2 years later they broke up.

But it's all good! My favorite "Kid," Jordan Knight came out with a solo album and came back to Manila in 1999 to do a concert with 98 degrees so at least I got to see him again. :) Hehehe. Told you I was a fan!

Here's hoping that the newly reunited, old (but hotter-looking) kids on the block decide to come back to Manila one more time to grace us with their presence.

They're coming up with a new album, which I think will be released this summer. Try looking for their new single "Click, click, click". It's actually not bad. I also read somewhere that one of the songs in their album would contain a track written by another former boy-bander, Take That's Gary Barlow. I'm kinda looking forward to that too since I liked Take That for a while.

Here's a suggestion though, if they want instant stardom AGAIN, they should look into working with magicman, Timbaland. I'm sure that any track they'd do with him would be awesome!

And when it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year...

2008-04-20T14:04:00.004+08:00

I would just like to take a moment to acknowledge how great my officemates are.

No wait! "Officemates" would actually be an insult to them.

Let me start over...

I would just like to take a moment to acknowledge how great my FRIENDS are! :)

I just had my 29th birthday a couple of days ago and I was given a surprise, not one but THREE times.

First was the standard "happy birthday" pseudo-banner (of course instead of putting my name on the banner they placed "ate shawie" - stupid TSU boys) and a gift from the unit I was from.

Then about an hour after, I got another surprise, a computerized home-made card signed by all my friends at the office. It was totally unexpected!

Kudos to the brave souls who actually pulled that one off (Clang, April, Tina, Icel, and my two Boss Bosaboses, Senyor Angel el diablo and Karlo). Honestly, this for me was the best surprise I got out of all the 3. :)

And then in the afternoon, April deviously lured me to Megamall to buy her out-of-stock beauty products so that the remaining conspirators could carry on with the final surprise... balloons (an idea they originally got from the infamous "lets-give-jenny-a-get-well-soon-balloon-and-tiny-pig-for-valentine's-day" pretend secret admirer. I KNOW WHO YOU ARE DUMBASS!) and a cake, which of course we all ate before the day ended.

The surprises couldn't have come at a better time.

I know I thanked them already but I could never thank them enough.

Thank you to all those who helped make the last birthday I have before I hit the big 3-0 a very memorable one.

incubus: "dig"- less but awesome still

2008-03-16T12:38:00.007+08:00

yeah, yeah, yeah, didn't blog for more than a month now but there's a reason for that!

i'm a loser!

i actually started caring about my work which involves being deemed the new sitemaster of our unit's official website. and now i'm all stressed out about it since i think the content isn't enough!

yuck! what is wrong with me?!

anyway, enough about hell, i mean work.

i've been meaning to blog about incubus for a while (even if thousands of pinoys already blogged about how awesome the recent concert was) since they are the greatest band known to mankind.

sorry switchfoot, no offense, you guys are great, but incubus trumps you in every way. :)

their music is not the kind of music you like right away. as a matter of fact, at first listen of their album "light grenades" all i heard was noise (i'm an idiot).but their music has this tendency to grow on you and then you just end up loving their music forever. geniuses!

i missed their first concert here in manila in 2004 (like i said, i'm an idiot) but i was able to catch their concert last sunday at the araneta colliseum and even if our seats were really far from the stage you could just feel the energy of the incubus-crazed fans everywhere.

they did an amazing set (which i complained about at first since they failed to sing "dig," "pardon me," and "warning")!

but all is forgiven when brandon boyd took off his shirt sometime during the concert...

picture taken i think by mo twister (lucky bastard was able to get a front row seat)

grabe! naloka ako!

i wanted to slap mitch for trying to grab the binoculars from me!

we both just oggled and drooled over brandon's abs for some time.

nice! obviously he's been working out a lot.

but abs aside, incubus is clearly one of those rare bands whose here to stay. for me, they're along the lines of dave matthews, foo fighters and dare i say aerosmith and u2 as well.

i really hope that it doesn't take them another 4 years before they return to manila to finally sing "dig."

What am i?! What am i doing?!

2008-01-13T09:20:00.000+08:00

ironically "what am i?" and "what am i doing?" have been the questions on my mind these past few days.
chalk it up to quarter-life-crisis i guess.
and then i saw this...

annoying at first but after a while it gets funny...REALLY funny. =)

I Am "Will" (Smith) - contains spoilers, skip this post if you haven't seen the movie yet

2008-01-03T18:39:00.000+08:00

First, I gotta say, whatever movie, whatever genre, if it's Will Smith...it's friggin' awesome!

Loosely based on a 50's novel also called "I Am Legend" the movie deals with Will Smith's character "Robert Neville" as he (and the movie audience) goes through a number of emotions as the monotony of his solitary life suddenly crumbles to the point of almost paralyzing fear.

The "abandoned bank" scene had me holding my breath the entire time! I didn't know if I should be more scared for "Robert" or his dog "Sam."

That is until I saw the "mutated victims"...
Puhleeeeze! I thought it was I-Robot part 2!
They should've stuck with actual human actors regardless of the "mutants" seeming like the monsters in those "28 days" films.

But putting that teeny criticism aside, like I said, Will Smith, as always, gave another stellar performance.

From his quips (probably an attempt to lighten the dark ominous feel of the movie), to his conversations with his dog "Sam," to when he had to euthanize "Sam" when she got infected (that scene just killed me!).

You just feel every single bout of emotion he's feeling in a particular scene.

Now, I can't help but compare this film to another movie, and nope, not the "28 days" movies despite its numerous similarities but more of "War of the Worlds" the Tom Cruise version.

Three-fourths of sheer terror and then... poof!
The movie all of a sudden makes you go "huh?!"

For "War of the Worlds," it's the tripods sudden death for no apparent reason (until Morgan Freeman narration explained it) and for "I Am Legend" it's the sudden appearance of other human beings.

I was anticipating the appearance of other non-infected humans I just felt that the storyline kinda went downhill from there.

Eh! But that's just me.

But I would like to stress once again how well Will Smith did in this movie.
If anything, see the movie for him.

By the way, what is it with the song "Three Little Birds" and Will Smith?
It's like his unofficial anthem! I mean first on "Shark Tale" and now on "I Am Legend" too. Oh well, at least I got a little history lesson on why "the great Bob Marley" is so great.

Oh and kudos to Will Smith's kid Willow Smith for her short but cute stint in the film. I guess the Smith kids got their parents' acting genes.

my newest guilty pleasures

2008-01-01T19:33:00.000+08:00

well, looks like i'll be downloading some new stuff on isohunt...

MY BOYS

it's a relatively new show on etc, started mid-2006 on tbs.
about a tomboyish female sportswriter in her late 20's with a set of sports fanatic male friends. the show focuses on the usual... life, love and dating then throw in a little sports analogies here and there.

my take on it...
i didn't get the sports talk at first (well, i still don't get the sports talk) but after watching a couple of hilarious scenes with jim gaffigan (and after noticing how hot reid scott was) i got hooked.
the show is funny, smart and while it's not totally laugh-out-loud funny, it has it's moments, like the "douche-bag intervention" (one of my favorite episodes so far). and i can totally relate to the female lead with regards to interests (not sports though) and her level of maturity at her age, which is from about zero to none.
but despite the show being an in-between season replacement for the cool shows and its underratedness (is this even a word) it had its share of well-knows guest stars. so far ryan reynolds, jeremy sisto, johnny galecki and even scrubs regulars neil flynn (the janitor) and travis schuldt (keith) as well as 30 rock's "kenneth" stopped by.

right now the show just ended it's 1st season with a cliffhanger that is killing me and no news about when the 2nd season will start due to the writers strike.

GOSSIP GIRL

fondly dubbed "GG" by it's fans (for me though Gilmore Girls was and always will be the only GG).
i'm not exactly proud to admit that i actually like watching this show. but while a lot of people are tuning in coz of the love lives of the young 'uns i tune in to find out what happens among the adults in the show. i really want 'rufus' and 'lily' to get back together, which of course would mean doom to their kids who are currently a couple. man i'm old!
the show is like "mean girls" meets "cruel intentions" meets "the o.c."
the songs they feature aren't that bad either, so far they've gone through jt, fergie, timbaland and aqualung songs.

if you're bored and looking for new shows to watch i recommend that you tune in to these two on etc.

presenting the very first video i uploaded on youtube...

2007-12-15T23:46:00.000+08:00

this is my dog who seems to have contracted a headache after hearing my mother getting all pissy at our household help...

i don't blame my dog.
i've been doing that for years. i just don't do it lying down on a floor. :)

scrubs does a little "risky business"

2007-11-17T21:03:00.000+08:00

i just saw the latest scrubs episode all thanks to isohunt and i just saw the friggin funniest scrubs moment ever (courtesy of dr. cox, jd, turk and the todd)!

to all ye loyal scrubs fans you'll definitely love this.
and lets just enjoy scrubs while we still can.
this is definitely their last season.
let's hope the WGA strike doesn't cut this season short.

is it too much to ask to give the writers what they want?!

anyway just turn off my player at the lower right of the blog to get the full effect of the scene...

if you don't want to know what happens...tough! i'm telling anyway!

2007-10-06T20:57:00.000+08:00

tv season is finally here and since i've already seen the first couple of episodes of most of the shows to the right of this post and i'm gonna go ahead and give you the deal on your favorite shows.

why?

because i can!
mwahahahahahahaha!

here goes nothing...

on heroes
i'm doing bullet form on this one cause there's just so much to tell...

>>hiro is still in the past with his legendary hero takezo kensei, who, to his surprise is as "white" as the sky is blue, oh yeah...he has "claire"-like abilities
>>claire's family is in hiding and has relocated to another state.
>>hrg warns claire to lay low. claire of course, with her powers, finds difficulty in doing this. there was this whole powerplay between her and the cheerleaders at her new school.
>>claire also gets a boyfriend, who can fly (well, he's not her boyfriend yet but i'm assuming he will be)
>>no sign yet of nikki/jessica, mikah and d.l.
>>nathan petrelli didn't win the election and is now an alcoholic since he thinks he killed peter
>>no sign of sylar yet either (come out damn it!)
>>officer parkman is now divorced but had adopted molly "the tracker", he's now an fbi agent since he cheated his way through his exams
>>two new additions to heroes, alejandro and maya, who have the powers of life and death respectively
>>mr nakamura (george takei) is killed and mrs petrelli was supposed to be next but the killer (i want it to be sylar but with "heroes," anything is possible) was stopped just in the nick of time
>>the haitian is back
>>in future "heroes" news, kristen bell of veronica mars, will be joining the cast by episode 8

and by the way, peter is still alive, he has amnesia though :)

on csi (vegas baby!)

nick finds sara

sara sidle lives!

she gets out from under the upturned car all by herself (breaks her arm in the process but it sure beats drowning) and wanders around aimlessly in the nevada desert, in pain, hungry and dehydrated, leaving hints for the csi's to be able to find her.

nick stokes finally finds her with the help of a side mirror (you'll know what i mean when you get to see it).

gil grissom, who could no longer contain his worry and LOVE for sara, holds sara's hand to the surprise of the rest of the csi's and choppers off with sara and the medical crew as she was taken to a hospital.

in the second csi episode, ecklie questions sara and gil about their forbidden relationship.

by the way, in other csi-related news, jorja fox, the actress who plays sara sidle, quit csi. her last episode would probably be aired around november. the story line about her leaving las vegas has yet to be determined.

on greys anatomy

"grey" showdown

meredith and cristina go on the honeymoon burke and cristine were supposed to go on.

burke is really gone, he resigned and gave mcdreamy the task of telling cristina.
mama burke however returns and was given the task of collecting burke's possesions.

george repeats his intern year and is meredith's intern and cristina gets lexie (yet another grey) as an intern.

cristina trades off her wedding presents for favors from the hospital staff.

lexie tries her best to get to know meredith but is shut down by meredith.

meredith and mcdreamy formally break up but not before having break-up sex which goes on until the second and maybe even third episode.

mcsteamy tries to make ammends with mcdreamy (cute moment) and it looks like its working. i'm expecting for them to get all buddy-buddy this season with addison gone.

george was all cranky about being a repeat intern but lexie gave him an inspiring speech about how things don't always work out as they plan but they just have to make the most of it. george also finally admits to izzie that he's in love with her and he was about to tell callie that their marriage was over but izzie stopped him since callie was having a really bad day/week/month/year.

callie suspects that izzie and george were having an affair after izzie compliments her in the o.r. about her chief resident skills and breaks down in front of mcsteamy.

alex is still alex. i think he has a little crush on lexie, which is pissing meredith off.

on private practice (fave new show)
boobies are shown, addisons to be more precise. to celebrate her newfound freedom and independence, addison was dancing around naked in her brand new l.a. apartment in the first part of the first episode and was shocked to see that dr. sam bennett (the gorgeous taye diggs) was her next door neighbor.

dr. bennett in turn was shocked to see his longtime friend and (unknown to him at the time) business associate dancing around naked, her boobies right there for him to see.

dr. naomi bennett, sam's ex-wife is replaced by another actress (like we wouldn't notice!).

the rest of the private practice peeps didn't know that naomi hired addison and was upset about this until addison showed them all up by doing an impromptu "mac gyver-like" c-section.

and to addison's horror, dr pete finch keeps on insisting that she only moved to l.a. to get another kiss from him, which addison of course finds offensive (since it's probably true).

everything was in addison's favor in the end (of course it had to be or else kate walsh wouldn't have her own show).

the second episode involves a stripper, no wait i'm sorry, "entertainer" doing her thing in front of sam, turns out that dr. cooper freedman, hired the "entertainer."
cooper, pete, addison and violet were all hiding out in addison's apartment watching the whole show until naomi arrives.

addison gets mad at pete for allowing cooper to hire the "entertainer" for sam. (when will they ever get together again?!)

storyline involved 2 infants being switched at birth and all the drama about how their families are handling the mistake. it's a tearjerker, i promise.

on house

house and his newbies

house still has no team and refuses to hire anybody.

house's 6k worth guitar is kidnapped (by dr. wilson, although he denies kidnapping the guitar and insists that a only a true criminal mastermind could do such a thing) and promises that "the kidnapper" will only give back the guitar if he hires a team.
house retaliates by kidnapping one of dr. wilsons chemo patients.

house ends up forcing a janitor to be on his team and has the janitor pretend to be him to ask the family of his case patient for consent to do a particular test.
house finds out what was wrong with the patients situation (a case of mistaken identity) but it was too late.

house finally hires employees (all 30 of them). he'll be choosing only 3 or maybe 4 through process of elimination.

a lot of hilarious moments to watch out for. funniest "house" episode ever for me. i love robert sean leonard!

in the second episode, house takes in a patient who wants him to diagnose her just through her symptoms and without any exploratory surgery.

house also begins to see his former team while in the process of hiring his new team. he "sees" chase walking by his office, he "sees" cameron in the hallway, and he "sees" foreman walk by his office too and tries to go after him but was intercepted by cuddy.

he confides in dr. wilson but dr. wilson insists that house was only hallucinating and that his hallucinations were the product of his own guilt.

turns out that for the past 3 weeks, cameron actually worked at the hospital clinic as a senior attending and chase was on the surgical staff, why house saw foreman is still a mystery.

on smallville
bullet form on this one too...
>>clark kills the phantom with a little help from the sun.
>>chloey's still alive, well she wakes up in a hospital morgue since she was already pronounced dead, but she made it never the less (i'm still a little confused about the kind of meteor power she has).
>>lionel is awol but alive (duh! he could never die!)
>>lex almost drowns to death but is saved by...SURPRISE! IT AIN'T CLARK! lara, clark's cousin from krypton, that's right! supergirl is here!
>>lex turns himself over to the authorities for the "supposed" death of lana
>>and lana...is still alive and in china hiding out (oh come on! you all knew she was alive)
>>clark only meets lara in the second episode, he first encounters her when he and lois accidentally finds her spaceship in the woods near where the dam bursts, she knocks lois unconscious, collides (physically) with clark and flys away, they finally get to talking in a civilized manner after clark finds her stalking little boys in a playground, apparently kara was tasked by her father to watch out for her "little" cousin, kal-el, who she thought was still a little toddler (kara had been in suspended animation for 18 years)
>>the charges against lex murdering lana were dropped

lex finally finds lana

>>lex questions lana's murder and keeps on digging until finally he finds out the truth, that lana was alive and hiding in china, he goes to china to find lana with a gun pointed at him, clearly awaiting his arrival
>>daily planet has a new editor-in-chief, a hottie at that, who hires lois for the daily planet (yay! now she and chloey work together! that'll cause problems.:)fun!)
>>clark decides to start his very long and rigorous training with jor-el at the fortress of solitude (he still thinks lana is dead and life is not worth living)
>>lex is now obssessed with finding kara

on supernatural

dean enjoying his one year left to live

as you all know during the season ender of supernatural, the two yummiest ghostbusters set loose a bunch of demons and in their first episode, they get to go after the 7 deadly sins (if i remember my 15 years of religion classes correctly those are envy, gluttony, pride, lust, sloth, greed and anger).

another ghostbuster (a girl) shows up just in the nick of time to save sam from a near death experience involving a fight with the pride, anger and greed (i think) demons, with a little help from a magical knife that can kill demons. she promptly disappears right after, leaving sam confused about the knife and curious about the girl (a new love interest perhaps?)

dean still has a "one-year-to-live" deal with the devil and is loving it. i mean during the first scene of the episode he was happily having wild sex with an anonymous woman (no, of course they don't show it! it's insinuated. it's the cw for god's sake! home of the gilmore girls and smallville!)

everything comes down to poop

2007-09-24T10:38:00.000+08:00

time for my 3rd post for the month seeing as i am currently incapacitated by diarrhea right now.

score!

yeah that's right, i've been so busy and tired and so not in the mood to blog that it takes just the right amount of california maki to upset my already upset stomach that is just so used to rice and chocolate and anything deep fried that when a foreign sustance such as rice, green edible paper, mango and raw shrimp was suddenly introduced into my already unhealthy diet, i end up pooping everything i eat. thus, forcing me to take a break from the chaos of my not so chaotic life and inspiring me to blog about it.

i get to stay home from work and surf the internet and finally get to watch my dvd's that are collecting dust and of course i get to go to the bathroom every other hour or so ... and did i mention that I GET TO STAY HOME FROM WORK?!

i know i'm gonna be dead when i get back to work tomorrow but this is sooooo worth it!

Oh! Switchfoot

2007-09-11T20:08:00.000+08:00

...the greatest band ever!!!

Just saw their first and hopefully not their last concert at the Cuneta Astrodome here in the Philippines last night and it was...well, the greatest show I've ever seen! Screw NKOTB and Stephen Speaks (kidding! loved Stephen Speaks too but Switchfoot trumps all!)!

The concert started late around 9-ish already. Opening act was Salamin (Gary V's sons' band- not bad actually, I liked their 3rd song).

Jonathan Foreman was spectacular as usual (like he could be anything less than). They opened with "Oh! Gravity," did a dramatic 2-minute freeze-frame moment in "American Dream," jumped into the audience during "This is Your Life" (i think) and ended with "We Are One Tonight."

Jerome Fontamillas, Switchfoot's balikbayan jack-of-all-trades musician, got a really loud welcome from everyone in the audience.

The band was also tortured by having ALL of them eat penoy and balot. Poor Switchfoot. Hehe. I've been born and raised in the Philippines and I've never even dreamed of eating those things.

Man! I wish I could have been in the moshpit area. That would have been a great experience. I just really, really, really wish they come back.

Here's hoping that next time they'd be as publicized as FOB or even Elliott Yamin.

Anyway, here are the songs they sang in no particular order...
- Oh! Gravity
- Dare You to Move
- Stars
- Meant to Live
- American Dream
- Gone
- Learning to Breathe
- Only Hope
- On Fire
- This is Your Life
- More Than Fine
- Awakening
- We are One Tonight

Did I miss anything? I was sorta hoping they'd sing "Circles" and "Beautiful Letdown" but they didn't...Eh! Who cares?!

I LOVE SWITCHFOOT!!!

I'll post pix as soon as their available...

wisdom tooth my ass! try useless tooth that brings unimaginable pain!

2007-09-02T18:38:00.000+08:00

just got off the phone with my mother who i think wants to kill me coz i just had an odontectomy or wisdom tooth removal surgery and she asked me to give her the names of a zillion pain and anti-bacterial meds. she knows that i can't even open my mouth at the moment what more talk and spell really long medicine names!

what's the matter with you mother?!

anyway, 28 years in this world and this is the first time in my life that i had to have a tooth extracted forcefully! i was supposed to get rid of them last year but i was too wussy to go through with it. besides, it stopped hurting! but then the pain came back like a hundred-fold!

so finally i went back to the dentist (after a year and a half) and practicaly begged him to remove my friggin tooth...and it was HORRIBLE!!!

well, not the extraction itself. i honestly didn't feel a thing! although i did see the doc wildly hammering, twisting and pulling at something inside my mouth, which of course i assume is the 3rd molar of horror. but really! didn't feel a thing!

all hail doctor noel and doctor ivan (ey! free advertisement doc! throw me a freebie would yah!)!

couldn't feel my face and tounge for at least 2 hours after the dentist removed my 3rd molar (which is about as useful as NOTHING) but once the anesthesia wore off...OH...MY...GOD!

couldn't eat, drink or swallow or even sleep until the following day (actually still couldn't eat up to now which is pure torture. guess god is making me diet now)!

my throat just hurts like hell that i wanted to cry everytime i had to swallow (even just my own saliva!)!

and the worse part is, i couldn't even talk! my officemates are currently thinking of ways to mock and torture me when i get to the office tomorrow. it'll be pure silence for them for the next few days or so.

yeah! enjoy it while it lasts stupidheads! i'll be back! just you wait!

eh! i know that there's still light at the end of this dark, dark painful tunnel. even if i'm dying right now it's better than the alternative, which is to die forever (the damn tooth has been killing me for almost a month! the damn tooth made me break my pledge to my boss not to be absent until next year!).

and i'll be painfree! or at least i hope i'll be painfree. i'm really hoping that my remaining wisdom teeth don't act up.

i don't wanna make like dr. house and be addicted to painkillers (until my stupid tooth was removed i think i was up to at least 2000mg per day). bad right?

oh well, when the swelling of my already swelled up face goes down i got three other horrific post-odondectomies experiences to go through and about a hundred dental fillings to look forward to...i'm screwed.

i can't believe i actually pay people to make me feel pain!

oh, by the way, dentists are your friends people! they are not the equivalent of a torture chamber as my father seems to think. go to your dentist at least twice a year to avoid going through what i went though.

true story!

LIVE IN MANILA!!!

2007-08-28T22:15:00.000+08:00

The "BER" months are here!!!
And the following bands/artists are scheduled to perform here, as in HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES next month!!!
Woohoo!!!
Happiness!!!

Check out the details of the events and hopefully, I'll see you there...:)

SWITCHFOOT

When: SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 (Monday) / 7:30PM
Where: CUNETA ASTRODOME
TICKET PRICES: (available at ticketworld and with various Switchfoot Street Team Members, for more info, check THIS out )
Php 1400.00 (mosh pit)
Php 1200.00 (floor seats)
Php 1000.00 (special ringside)
Php 800.00 (regular ringside)
Php 600.00 (special lower box)
Php 400.00 (lower box)
Php 250.00 (gallery)

FALL OUT BOY

When: SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 (Thursday) / 8:00PM
Where: ARANETA COLISEUM
TICKET PRICES: (available at ticketnet and for online reservations, check THIS out )
Php 3890.00 (Patron VIP reserved seating)
Php 3120.00 (Patron reserved seating)
Php 3120.00 (Lower Box reserved seating)
Php 1670.00 (Upper Box A reserved seating)
Php 890.00 (Upper Box B reserved seating)
Php 500.00 (General Admission free seating)

ELLIOTT YAMIN

Once again, here is his itenerary...
MALL TOUR
Sep 21 2007 8:00PM Trinoma - Philippines Manila
Sep 22 2007 8:00PM Glorietta - Philippines Manila
Sep 23 2007 8:00PM Alabang Town Center - Philippines Manila
Sep 26 2007 8:00PM Ayala Mall - Philippines Cebu
Sep 28 2007 8:00PM Market! Market! Mall - Philippines Manila

YENJOY!!!

this is why i can't get the friggin' song out of my head! damn you donald faison!

2007-08-27T16:36:00.000+08:00

like i said, i've been watching SCRUBS (best show ever!) non-stop since last week and i came across this episode where ted, turk, lloyd and the janitor enter an airband contest.
turk (donald faison) auditioned for the airband with the bell biv devoe classic "poison" and it was awesome!
i just love SCRUBS! sadly not a lot of people appreciate the shows' humor as much as i do.
too bad they'll be ending next season...SOB!!!

anyway, here's turk's audition piece. check out the moves! POISOOOOOOOOOOON...

battle of the fratpackers

2007-08-26T20:55:00.000+08:00

I just realized that I haven't blogged about anything for this month so here goes...

MOVIE REVIEW TIME!!!
And my two picks are films starring my favorite two fratpackers, Steve Carell (y'all know him as the boss in The Office American version) & Will Ferrell (the dude who streaked in Old School).

BLADES OF GLORY

If you're looking for something along the lines of "Stranger than Fiction" or "Bewitched" you can forget about it.
This is classic Will Ferrell ( think "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights").
Will Ferrell plays the arrogant jerk of a champion skater and Jon Heder, of Napoleon Dynamite fame, plays the goodie-two-shoes nerdy rival who also happens to be another champion skater.
The two meet, get into a fight, gets disqualified from "the game" and are thrown together by fate to get back in "the game" as an unconventional couple who enters pairs skating.
The result... a movie with an extremely simple and almost pointless storyline but with insanely funny moments that would make you wince and laugh out loud at the same time.
Man! You should see the moves they came up with! Funny funny stuff!
If you're looking for something light this is definitely the movie to see.

EVAN ALMIGHTY

Steve Carell rocks in any movie he's in! Including this one.
A Bruce Almighty spin-off with Morgan Freeman still playing God (if you're thinking that Jim Carrey or Jennifer Aniston might make a cameo sorry, not gonna happen).
God makes Evan build an ark for a gargantuan flood that would actually NOT be coming from rain which is what we all expected (ha! not as predictable as you thought it would be!).
If you haven't seen the movie yet I'm not gonna go spoil it for yah.:)
It's fun watching Steve Carell's character struggling to get rid of the inevitable, which was him being followed by pairs and pairs of all kinds of animals you could ever think of and also his physically turning into "Noah," although, him trying to get of the beard-that-won't-stop-growing was reminiscent of Tim Allen's "Santa Clause," he still did pretty good.
This is more of a family movie than "Blades of Glory" but not in a corny way.
Watch it too if you have the chance. Plus for Gilmore Girls fans, you get to see Lauren Graham again (sigh... i miss Gilmore Girls).

Well, that's about it I guess.
The last 2 movies I got to see for this month.

Oh and if by chance you hear Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison" or Erasure's "A Little Respect" playing while passing by my blog, my apologies. There's a much more cooler version of "A Little Respect" by Wheatus but i couldn't find it anywhere on project playlist.
I'm in the midst of a "SCRUBS" marathon and those darned songs came up.
And for some insane reason i just can't get any of those that friggin' songs out of my head!
Double frick!!!

Adios!

spiderpig...booblady...howdely doodely...ITS THE SIMPSONS MOVIE!!!

2007-07-27T23:46:00.000+08:00

here's one of the many reasons why this movie is just so friggin hilarious and must therefore be seen by everyone whether you're a simpsons fan or not...

i'm telling you, that scene just made my day!!!

Harry Potter and the Month that made J.K. Rowling richer part II

2007-07-24T20:33:00.000+08:00

just saw the movie and just finished the book...

BIYOOTIPOOL!!!

since mako already spilled who lives, who dies and who ends up married with kids i'm just gonna dwell on all of the unanswered questions and other surprising turn of events since Potter began, i'm not going to reveal much so those who have yet to read this glorious book still have something to look forward to...

>petunia dursley has been jealous of lily potter all this time since she also wanted to get into hogwarts but couldn't since she was a non-magical muggle

>james & lily potter, sirius black and albus dumbledore stay dead...but they do return to explain things to harry

>dudley and kreacher both become nice to harry

>albus dumbledore has 2 siblings, a brother named aberforth, who appears in the book as a bartender of hog's head, he helps the D.A. and the Order of the Phoenix get into Hogwarts and a younger sister, who accidentally dies during a fight at the dumbledore's house

>the only things that could destroy voldemort's horcruxes is a basilisk's fang and godric gryffindors sword, which was apparently stolen from goblin swordmaker's

>voldemort's name was used as a tracer, anyone, most especially harry who mentions his name, would be traced by the death eaters upon saying the name aloud

>sirius wasn't the only black to turn good, R.A.B., the initials in the fake horcrux that dumbledore and harry got in book 6 stood for regulus arctus black, was sirius's brother, he died stealing the real horcrux and saving kreacher

>dumbledore had a will wherein he left the following items to harry, hermione & ron: to harry - the golden snitch he caught during his first game of quidditch and godric grffindor's sword, to hermione - a book of children's stories, to ron - dumbledore's diluminator, which use isn't just to turn off lights

>snape doesn't entirely despise harry (snape's still in love with lily potter)

>umbridge is back in all her frilly glory

>the malfoy's are frowned upon on by the death eaters community, they turn against voldemort at the end, actually its not so much as turning against voldemort but rather they couldn't care less what happens to voldemort or harry potter

>fine! i'll give you 2 more deaths of people who won't be missed....peter pettigrew and crabbe! good riddance though

>the term "BITCH" is used and by Molly Weasley while attacking Bellatrix Lestrange (uh...this is still a children's book right? does "bitch" mean something else in london?) anything else you need to know, just read the book or look for the wikipedia mako was talking about

as for the movie...

i still and always will prefer the movie version of Prisoner of Azkaban

definitely "more than meets the eye!"

2007-07-17T09:06:00.000+08:00

yeah, yeah. i know i was supposed to review harry potter but i haven't seen it yet. i'll see it this friday...i think.

anyway, after hearing my officemates raving about transformers and after listening to them telling me, no wait...ordering me to go see the movie, i finally went ahead and saw it.
and let me tell you...it was A-MA-HAY-ZING!!!

i liked watching transfomers as a kid.
i remember watching it with my guy cousin. for some reason i remember that it came before or after rainbowbrite or was it care bears. the memory escapes me now.
i wasn't really a diehard fanatic or anything but i stayed glued to the tv for the entire time transformers was on.

i don't remember the names of the autobots or the decepticons or the constructicons or even the humans on the show for that matter (never forgot their theme song though) but this movie made me want to kick myself for not remembering or paying too much attention to it then.

the movie was perfect!
the robots transforming to their respective cars, trucks and plane counterparts was exactly how i imagined it would be if the transformers turned 3D (or is it 4D now).

the plot made sense.
warring alien superspecies battling it out on earth (yet again) for ownership of the allspark (the cube).
whoever finds the allspark wins.
if the the autobots win, earth and humans will live.
if the decepticons win, earth is doomed.
for a more complete synopsis click here.
i'll give you one guess about who ends up winning.:)

the human characters in the movie made sense.
shia la beouf (sam witwicky) was unbelievable as the human lead of the film.
me thinks even stevens was a good stepping stone for him. hehe. seriously, this guy is someone to watch out for. he was pretty good in constantine and disturbia.
and props to megan fox (mikaela banes) and josh duhamel (captain lennox) as well.

the movie may have its flaws, especially to them true blue fans.
like maybe why bumblebee went from being a volkswagen to a camaro (whatever bumblebee turns into, i love him!).
and why spike witwicky turned into sam witwicky.
and why hugo weaving is portraying megatrons voice instead of the original guy since optimus prime is still being portrayed by the original guy.

but who the hell cares?!

inconsistencies aside, the movie was just the perfect movie version of the cartoon.

whether you're a transformers fan or not, you will surely enjoy this one.

so for those who haven't seen it yet...what are you waiting for?!
GO SEE THE MOVIE!

i really hope the sequels wouldn't be as commercialized as the spiderman and fantastic 4 sequels.
the dancing?! yiiiiiiiii! for shame!!!
you think they'd stop at making peter parker dance but nooooooo... they had to make mr. fantastic dance too!
what the hell is the matter with you people?!
stop it with the dancing!!!

Harry Potter and the Month that made J.K. Rowling richer

2007-07-13T21:21:00.000+08:00

Man would I love to be J.K. Rowling this month!

First the 5th Potter movie is released this week.

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

And from what I hear, it's everything a Potter fan could ever imagine and maybe even more.
Mitch says you'd really want to murder Umbridge in this one.
I'll be seeing the movie tomorrow so its very likely that this post would be updated again by tomorrow for my review of the flick.
I hope I'll like this one coz I wasn't such a big fan of the 4th movie.

The book, in the meantime, the very final installment in the most infamous series of childrens (yeah right, more adults are reading this than the kids) books in the 21st century, is finally done and will be released next week.

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows

Well, next Saturday to be exact. Can't wait!
I'm really more excited about the book right now.
I wanna know who ends up surviving
...Harry Potter or Voldemort.

TO ALL AMERICAN IDOL AND ROCKSTAR ENTHUSIASTS

2007-07-11T08:04:00.000+08:00

YAMIN is comin'!

Yep! That's right! Our favorite Season 5 A.I. non-winner is coming to Manila!
It's all good for Elliott Yamin right now.
Brand new album just came out, he's got great teeth, a beautiful model girlfriend, and his single "Wait For You" is number one practically everywhere.
And now with the help of Elliott's MySpace Page , I give you his schedule of events when he comes to the Philippines.
It's probably still subject to change but at least it's something to look forward to.

Sep 21 2007 8:00PM Trinoma - Philippines Manila
Sep 22 2007 8:00PM Glorietta - Philippines Manila
Sep 23 2007 8:00PM Alabang Town Center - Philippines Manila
Sep 26 2007 8:00PM Ayala Mall - Philippines Cebu
Sep 28 2007 8:00PM Market! Market! Mall - Philippines Manila

AND THAT'S NOT ALL

a STORM will be entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility...VERY SOON

Storm Large of Rockstar: Supernova fame is indeed coming to the Philippines.
No word yet if she'd be doing shows or where she'll be going for that matter.
I saw this in one of the blog posts on Storm's MySpace Page and I quote..."my manager and I will be off to the Philippines for an Uno Magazine party."
Just keep on checking out her MySpace for more details.

Woohoo! It's about time!

save the cheerleader...push the button, save the world

2007-06-26T08:08:00.000+08:00

HEROES CAST

LOST SEASON 3 CAST

HEROES vs LOST
yeah! i know, i know!
it's somewhat like comparing day & night but i just can't help but notice a couple of similarities. and of course what else is there for me to do but blog about it!

the two shows have done spectacularly well during their first seasons.

well, LOST sort of lost its glory when we all found out what was in the hatch. although, after doing a marathon of its 3rd season, i have to admit, i was hooked again (they're showing the future now! you think you'd lose interest because you know they get off the island but you don't. believe me, it just gets more interesting!).
we have yet to see the 2nd season of HEROES. hopefully it doesn't go through the dreaded sophomore slump.

anyway, both shows have this underlying unnatural if not supernatural theme.
HEROES has the mutant powers and LOST has the weird island with the island monster, which by the way, they still have no explanation for. can't wait to see how the scriptwriters would pull that off!

both shows revolve around a very complicated connect-the-dots theme where very different characters who don't know one another but for some reason are more connected than they know and are all of a sudden thrown together for one major reason.
HEROES has the "save the cheerleader, save the world" reason and LOST has the "push the button, save the world" reason.

both shows have one super-uber villain each.
HEROES has Sylar (papa!) and LOST has Ben (not papa!).

but aside from being both very good shows, that is definitely where their similarities end.

can't say i have a favorite between them at this point but i do strongly recommend that you watch both.

i promise, you won't be disappointed.

10,000 maniacs

2007-06-16T23:35:00.000+08:00

10,000+ views!
damn!
how the hell and when did this happen?!

anyway, thanks to all those who stopped by my blog.
this definitely wouldn't have happened if not for you.

you guys are that bored huh?! hehehe.

i'll try my best to blog about more interesting things para di naman sayang daan niyo dito.

aylabyu ol! mooowaaaaah!

the lucky number 13

2007-06-10T09:10:00.000+08:00

i've been watching way too much viva la bam this past week (is it just me or is ryan dunn actually hotter than bam margera?).
and after seeing idiotic but entertaining contests and scavenger hunts and houses or cars get totalled and witnessing the horror and sometimes amusement on the margera's and don vito's (yo!) faces, watching the third installment of the ocean's series just topped off my testosterone-filled week.

i wasn't a fan of ocean's 12 and i actually thought that the 2nd ocean's was the last and that going through with a third would be overkill but man i was wrong.

it was a lot like ocean's 11, where you don't understand anything that's happening at first but you just can't help but continue watching because of all the man-candy. and then comes the main event where everything comes together and all you can do is stare dumbly at the movie screen and go "ohhh! so that's what that scene was for!" and then try hard to restrain yourself from giving the movie a standing ovation.

in ocean's 13, "willie bank" (al pacino)is the new "terry benedict" (andy garcia) of the movie. he's the main villain now. and "terry benedict" is now part of "ocean's" (george clooney) crew as the financer of the whole clever heist.

the movie revolves around how "ocean" gets revenge for what "bank" did to "reuben" (elliot gould). "ocean" has to figure out a way to bring down the most sophisticated and indestructible casino security system in the world in just a span of three and a half minutes for "bank" to lose a lot of money (think half a billion) on his new casino's grand opening night.

oh yeah, watch out for oprah on this one. she play's a major role here.

just go watch ocean's 13. you will not regret seeing this one i promise. this sequel definitely kick's spiderman 3's ass!

yeeeeeeeeessh! i still can't get emo spidey singing and dancing ala-broadway out of my head! stupid crappy movie. watch ocean's 13!!!

idiot box news (spoilers below)

2007-05-22T23:38:00.000+08:00

on Heroes...

Season 2, which plot was supposed to feature a whole new set of "heroes" changed its M.O. to featuring the origin of the "heroes" powers (beginning with of course Hiro witnessing a an eclipse during the 17th century) and a bit of the "heroes" of the previous generation instead. Meaning we get to see a lot more about Mama & Papa Petrelli, Linderman, Papa Suresh and Papa Nakamura and of course Hiro trying to survive in the 17th century for the first part of next season.
The rest of the remaining present "heroes" whose brains Sylar hasn't feasted upon yet will also be back. Woohoo!
Want more? The "heroes" or "anti-heroes" who will be back next season...Sylar, Sylar and Sylar. Come on?! You really think they're gonna kill him off?! Its difficult to find another nemesis as hot as Sylar is!!
The "bomb" is still on and I know who the "bomb" is but I won't tell.
But it's definitely not Ted (aka Radiation man).

on Grey's Anatomy...

Dr. Addison Montgomery heads off to LaLa-land for the Grey's spin-off "Private Practise." Don't worry, if things don't work out for her in L.A., Grey's producers promised that there will always be room for her in Seattle Grace.
We'll probably be seeing a lot of the third Grey sister, Lexie (geez, how many Grey's can one take?).
Chief is still and will always be Chief and is back together with his wife Adele.
McSteamy WILL BE BACK. Woohoo!
McDreamy and Meredith are over (for the meantime anyway) and so are Burke and Cristina.
Callie wants a baby with George. George loves Izzie and Izzie loves George but George failed his intern exams.
Alex is still Alex. Poor, lonely, always-pretending-to-be-an-asshole-but-he's-not, lovesick Alex. Don't know if Jane Doe, no wait, its Rebecca Pope now will be back.

on Lost...

The show got renewed for at least 2 more seasons.
Michael and Walt are NOT returning. Why would they?
Anyway, Jack & Sawyer are still alive and that's all that matters to me.

on Gilmore Girls...

It's over! OVER!!! Why?! Why?! Why?! Sniff.
I'll really miss the Lorelies' and the Emily.

other shows that got picked up for a next season...

SCRUBS
SUPERNATURAL
CSI (Vegas baby!)
SMALLVILLE
HOUSE
UGLY BETTY
ONE TREE HILL

By the way, fan faves The O.C. (One Tree Hill rules!!!) and Veronica Mars...CANCELLED.
Hehehe. Good riddance.

Woohoo! Happy TV watching folks!

heroes 101

2007-05-20T23:29:00.000+08:00

if you haven't heard about the tv show "heroes" by now you must probably be living under a rock. i turned a couple of my officemates into fanatics of the show by the time they were on just the 9th episode of heroes and it was n't even as interesting or as exciting back then as it is now.

still not convinced? let me put it this way, compared to this show, LOST is crap.

come on! you have no excuse for not watching this magnificent show!
it's on free tv man (promo insert --> watch rpn 9 on sundays at 8pm)!

first season just ended yesterday in the states and thanks to dsl i get to download the finale and watch it in a couple of hours. for those who can't wait to know what happens, you can read the summary of the episode at this link.

for those who are just starting to appreciate the show, here are some tidbits about the shows immediate characters to help you figure out what the hell is going on cause trust me, it gets confusing a lot of times...

peter petrelli (milo ventimiglia)... male nurse, can absorb other "heroes" powers

nathan petrelli (adrian pasdar) ... brother of peter / frustrated politician, can fly

claire bennett (hayden panettiere) ... cheerleader, can regenerate - ability to heal herself

jessica / niki sanders (ali larter) ... doting mother to micah / hitwoman / split personality, has super strength

d.l. hawkins (leonard roberts) ... ex-con / father of micah, can pass through basically anything

micah sanders (noah gray-cabey) ... son of jessica/niki and d.l., can manipulate any electronic gizmo there is

matt parkman (greg grunberg) ... policeman / fbi wannabe, can read minds

isaac mendez (santiago cabrera) ... creator of 9 wonders comics / artist, can paint the future only when he's high - well at first anyway

hiro nakamura (masi oka) ... bored japanese yuppie who wants to save the world, can manipulate time and space continuum - can teleport anywhere at any given time

sylar / gabriel gray (zachary quinto) ... watch repair guy, immediate power is the ability to know how things work - duh?! what a wussy power! no wonder he steals other "heroes" powers / pure evil disguised as a hottie (i crush him so much!)

mohinder suresh (sendhil ramamurthy) ... professor trying to educate "heroes" on their abilities / has the only formula needed to determine who are "heroes", no known power

mr. bennett (jack coleman) ... adoptive father of claire / paper businessman - or is he? , no known power

ando masahashi (james kyson lee) ... hiro's super bestfriend, no known power

simone devaux (tawny cypress) ... ex girlfriend of isaac or peter or is it isaac. yeah its definitely isaac or peter i think. slut! , no known power

that's it for now! anything else you want to know you check out the links to "heroes" listed somewhere at the left side of this post.

remember... SAVE THE CHEERLEADER, SAVE THE WORLD!

myspace, shmyspace

2007-05-09T23:43:00.000+08:00

i love myspace!
i like pimping it with tons of html codes!
plus since i'm into indie shit right now there are a ton of indie artists with gazillions of unknown but really beautiful and original songs to listen to.
you also get to see profiles of people like kevin "silent bob" smith, zach braff, ashton kutcher, and etc.
and yes those are their real myspace pages.

fun to see what they're up to!

so if i'm not updating anything here, y'all know where to find me...

and by the way, if you hear a song playing don't worry, you're not going crazy.
i figured out how to put a media player on my blogger so enjoy the tunes!

overhaul part 2

2007-04-24T11:14:00.000+08:00

i was irritated with my blog's look so i decided to try a new one.
plus i was bored and melting upstairs (our pc is in the living room...downstairs). we have no air conditioning so there's only the electricfan to rely on. and it's done nothing but blow hot air. useless piece of shit.
i like this new look. well i kinda have to cause i was getting tired of looking for a nice looking template.
anyway, be back in a bit. have to go give my dog a bath coz it looks like it rolled around in soot and mud.
the horrors of having a white hairy dog.

the which doctor are you on hospital shows tests

2007-04-05T10:04:00.000+08:00

i'm bored and apparently a gay girly-girl...

My score on The Which Grey's Anatomy Intern RU Test:

George O'Malley
(47% confidence, 36% compassion, 44% dedication)

George O’Malley is known for being sweet and sensitive. He has a way of connecting with his patients. His main downfall is his insecurities. He lacks the confidence that would surely make him one of the better surgeons. However, he is probably the most liked.

Link: The Which Grey's Anatomy Intern RU Test
(OkCupid Free Online Dating)

My score on The House, MD Personality Test:

Dr. Allison Cameron
40% Eccentricity, 35% Confidence, 45% Kindness)

Congratulations, you're Dr. Allison Cameron! You're without a doubt a big sweetheart, though your caring nature can sometimes make life more difficult than it has to be for you. You aren't the most confident person, but you're growing in this regard, and will probably be very sure of yourself in time. You're the loving and beautiful person many people wish they could be, and you are very strong in your moral beliefs, so be proud.

Link: The House, MD Personality Test
(OkCupid Free Online Dating)

April Fools!!!

2007-04-01T19:44:00.000+08:00

nah. i'm not really playing a practical joke. the title is just a product of lack of creativity... actually more of laziness i guess.
if anyone still cares, you might have noticed that i've been in hiatus for a month or so.

just to let you know, i have not died from depression over a broken heart mako & jen!!! it was just a measly little teeny weeny crush and i'm over him!
my internet pre-paid provider just sucked big time and i gave up on updating anything.
and now i have discovered the beauty of DSL so i have the power to update anything i want to anytime i want. mua-ha-ha-ha!

but just in case you don't hear or rather see anything from me here in blogger, don't fret. i'm either in my multiply or my myspace site.

or most likely i'm in youtube.
i am so in love with YOUTUBE right now!

anyway, i'll try to blog again soon. hopefully before my bday.
i love this month!
we got a long weekend coming up plus i get an extra 1 week paid vacation from the horrors of my friggin job!
isang taon na lang!!! woohooo!!!

FREE HUGS!!!

2007-03-29T22:24:00.000+08:00

i miss blogging!
it's been awhile since i posted anything on my blog.
when i get home from hell i usually end up sleeping in front of the tv or harassing my dog.
anyway, i just wanted to post something before this month ends so, here's a really cute video i saw at youtube.com which just makes you feel like you want to be nice to everyone.
enjoy!

hugger: juan mann
song: all the same - sick puppies

Night at the Movies

2007-01-19T08:29:00.000+08:00

Its been a while since I've done movie reviews and I miss doing movie reviews!
So I'm gonna go and do one while I'm in the mood...

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM

I have yet to find a pic of Ben Stiller and a monkey in a slap-fight, which for me was one of the funniest moments in the film. I guess Ben Stiller being ripped apart by "The Huns" is the next best pic there is.
Night At The Museum is a kiddie film with a crappy "never quit!" moral but it has just enough physical comedy to keep us grown-ups (?) laughing. And it is so refreshing to see Robin Williams in a comedy again! I missed him! And as usual, Ben Stiller's better-half Owen Wilson is also in the movie.
I liked this movie coz its been a while since I've personally seen a movie that I enjoyed w/c is not based on a book or graphic novel or a remake of another movie.
It's the perfect one to see that would help you escape the horrors of reality even just for an hour and a half.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

After seeing Steve Carrell in Bruce Almighty and 40-year Old Virgin it was difficult for me to absorb seeing him in a serious role, a gay, suicidal, formerly successful ex-professor. Weird. The movie was a drag for me at first but after a while things started to get interesting.
It was like the real life version of the Lemony Snickett books coz all of the characters go from one tragedy to another before reaching their ultimate goal...getting their youngest member, "Olive" to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. They do get to the pageant, only for "Olive" to showcase a horrific talent (trust me, its one of those scenes that make you wince and laugh at the same time).
Cute ending though.
All in all, it was a case of family, no matter how insane, always sticks together.

STRANGER THAN FICTION

Haven't seen this yet movie since it would just be shown next week unless of course I get my hands on an "advanced" (eh! who am i kidding? PIRATED!) copy of the movie. From the previews though it looks like something I'd like.
Its Will Ferrell! I dare you to show me a Will Ferrell movie that I wouldn't like!
Anyway, basically the movie is about 2 main characters, Emma Thompsons character, an out-of-ideas fiction writer who always ends up killing her main characters and Will Ferrells character, a neurotic, obssesive-compulsive, who, one day starts hearing Emma Thompsons voice in his head, narrating everything he does.
I don't really know the ending but I promise to blog about it when I do.

That's it for now!

dilemma...

2007-01-09T23:16:00.000+08:00

i'm screwed.

my chance to relieve myself from the torture and horror of my horrid job has finally arrived and i'm having second thoughts taking it.
i hate the fact that i'm actually having second thoughts!
this should be a no-brainer for me!
take the new position! period!
i just love my team so much (and i mean EVERYONE!) and i know for a fact that i will never ever have team mates like them... ever.
it's too bad that aside from me and my possible departure from my team, 2 of my other team mates will be leaving as well.

i'll miss you aileenbac and ciejay (?) - teka confirmed na ba to gasu?!

never in my life did i think that i'd be this attached to a whole group of people.

the mystery of human emotions.

i know that the new position would be good for me.
i know that it would challenge my brain once again.
i mean, finally! i'll get to use my brain again! i don't think i've used it since i graduated from college!

but still...

anyway, i have made up my mind. i just hope that i don't regret my decision...

LORD, GIVE ME STRENGTH NA PANINDIGAN TONG NAPILI KO!

grabe! ang hirap mabuhay sa mundo!!!

isa pa palang bwisit... HINDI PA RIN NAAALIS!!!

grrrrrrrr...

heto na naman...

2007-01-07T17:41:00.000+08:00

yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

ala...un lang.

ayan!

2007-01-02T23:10:00.000+08:00

ayan! nawawala-wala na! woohoo!
just a couple more days i guess.
sana mawala na ng tuluyan.
grabe! katangahan talaga! grrrrr...

yeniway, i did it!
never in my wildest dreams could i have imagined myself singing on a stage in front of people but i did just that a couple of days ago!
it was exhilirating! i knew i wasn't that great but considering the fact that it was my first time ever and that i despised all but one song that i was forced to perform, i think i did pretty good. :)

go rockstar: mystika! woohoo! hehe.

sana maulit ulit and sana this time i would actually like the songs that i get to sing. grabe! nakakaaliw lang yung fact that kahit for once in my life i got to be a part of a pseudo-band! i liked it. i really did. kung pwede lang siguro i could do that for the rest of my life. pero being in a pseudo-band won't pay for my expenses and most importantly...FOOD!

now, i don't usually make new years resolutions because i never push through w/ them anyway but what the hell...

my first resolution would be to get rid of the stupidity and kagagahan of what i've been going through for the past couple of days (like i said, malapit na matupad to. mwehehehe).

second is to learn more guitar chords and to learn how to switch from one chord to another w/out long pauses and cursing. i'm so tired of playing the only 3 songs i know (collide by dishwalla, creep and karma police by radiohead)!

third is to find a way to stop my officemate from mocking me and winning everytime we have a mockfest...nah! eto hindi talaga matutupad. i can feel it. i always lose!

anyway, i just hope this year wouldn't be so bad for me.

3 whole days of absolutely nothing...I LOVED IT!!!

2006-11-19T22:21:00.000+08:00

i just had 3 wonderfully glorious days of well-deserved R&R and in a couple of hours it's over...

well, anyway, unlike most people who would go away to a beach or an island resort or whatever, i just spent my whole weekend doing a whole bunch of nothing and it was awesome!

i'm a homebody, always was and probably always will be. i'm a natural-born couch potato who would pretty much be content sitting her lazy ass down in front of a tv and dvd and muching on E-AJI (try it! yummy!). oh and sometimes if i was feeling a little less lazy i would go online and blog or maybe MYSPACE my brains out.

but my 3 days didn't completely go to waste.

i learned a few things, all useless i might add.

but anyway, let me just impart with you the few tidbits of knowledge that chanced upon me during my 3 days of doing nothing...

>>i learned that JACKASS is now one of my favorite shows and movie as well

>>i learned that Brad Pitt did 2 episodes of JACKASS as a guy in an ape suit scaring the hell out of strangers (Chris Pontius does a better job though)

>>i learned that CLERKS 2 was way better than the first CLERKS

>>i learned that i like Kevin Smith movies (all except JERSEY GIRL that is. never even saw it.)

>>i learned that THANK YOU FOR SMOKING is a very good indie film

>>i learned that BORAT will be shown in our country in a couple of days and that Zach Braff's THE LAST KISS will most probably go straight to video just like his first movie GARDEN STATE. and i loved GARDEN STATE! (damn you Ali G!)

>>i learned that there's already a pirated version of the 3rd season of ENTOURAGE (i already got it of course)

>>i learned that my dog is a drama-queen (i am so screwed when she starts getting her period)

>>i learned to never ever believe PAG-ASA forecasts (a couple of days ago, they predicted cold weather until Feb of next year. tell me...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! WHERE THE FUCK IS THE COLD YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?!)

>>i learned how addictive Pizza Hut spaghetti could be

>>i learned that i no longer have interest in watching Pacquiao's boxing matches (the first Pacquiao-Morales match was kick-ass but i'm sorry one match was enough for me. come on! we all know Pacquiao would win again!)

well, that's all the learnings i could remember for now.

until next post!

bank team booboos

2006-11-14T00:15:00.000+08:00

yes we're stressed and all but there's always some room for mistakes, stupidity, "kabarokan" and a whole lot of laughter...

even if i want to smash our AVAYA and PC monitor at least 20 times a day, hinding hindi ko ipagpapalit and BANK TEAM sa kahit ano pang team or unit sa call center!

ALL HAIL THE GREAT AND MIGHTY BANK TEAM!!! WOOHOO! (presided over by our beloved superpogi [no joke! tanong mo pa sa ibang ka-team ko!], powerful supermutant , milo-loving OIC, Mr. Arthur Ian Cruz - sensya kayo sir! i sit beside you so for the first time in years i am no longer blinded by your "pogi-ness!" lahat ng flaws mo i have witnessed and imprinted in my memory forever! muwahahahaha.)

yeniway, here goes...

***note names except mine, mitch, mitchie, alvin, cj, ronald, tin, mags, geri and tet are changed for own protection (sana hindi na lang ako nagnote diba?!)

1.Alvin : "(name of company) Call-Schneider... " (alvin talaga fans na fans ni rob schneider. hehe)

2.CJ : "Starsky and HARTCH " (hutch dapat, bagong tandem?)

3.Mitchie : "manginig-nginig balahibo " (makatindig balahibo ineng!)

4.Tin : Forward ko po sa "ATM Monitoring "...

5.Tin : "Feedbank "

6.Jenny : Anong "CASE NAYMBER "?

7.CJ : "E-TI-EM " (referring to ATM)

8.Mitch : "pwat " (instead of pwet)

9.Alvin : "HSBO " (referring to HSBC)

10.Mitchie : "Tek-ker " (instead of "Take care ")

11.CJ : Thank you for "weting "... (ano ba naiisip mo CJ?!)

12.Mitchie : "Father of pearl " (asawa ng nanay ni pearl. hehe)

13.Mitch : "hat " hair (instead of cat hair)

14.Tet : "until ngayon " wala pa...

15.Mitch : "I'll buy dumbells for my land. " (ano raw?!)

16.Mitch : SM Mega "V " (teka, diba ang megamall A & B lang?)

17.Geri : "(name of company) Call-Seven... "

18.Tin : "apilyedo "

19.Mitchie : Feeling mo "reregaladuhan " kita sa bday mo?!

20.Mitchie : "resebo "

21.Jenny : "(name of company) Callcenter this is "denny " ... " (yes, my alias)

22.Mitch : "(name of company) Callcenter this is Mitch, "happy " ... "

23.Mitch : "Samalat "

24.Mitchie : Pa-"wi-r " lang, ha. (Pinagsamang wiwi at CR)

25.Ronald : .................................................................. (inside joke)

26.Mags : "(name of company) dot-com-dot-p-h... " (opening spiel)

27.Ronald : Please "spur " your name

28.Jenny : "Idit det " (dapat edit date)

29.Mags : "Bakokang! " (dapat bakekang, this was the inspiration for a Bubble Gang skit. hail magsy!)

30.Tintoy : "gross monthly income for housing loan is php 50 pesos " (di nga? 50 pesos lang?! apply na ako noh!)

31.Mitchie : "vervatim " (dapat verbatim)

32.***Client 1 : "camanwel " (dapat Commonwealth, san kaya and camanwel?!)

33.***Client 2 : "prebies " (dapat freebies)

34.Jenny : "kulitin natin ang buhok mo! " (kulotin natin buhok mo dapat, pwede na pala kulitin ang buhok?!)

35.Jenny : "MP—thee " (dapat mp3)

36.Mitch : "Top-uff " (top-up)

37.***IRATE Client : "bakit kayo naglalagay ng CITRUS logo?!!! " (dapat CIRRUS logo, aba! may dalandan na pala yung mga ATM natin?)

38.Mags : "cor center " (call center)

39.Mitch : "Sir, can you "SAY " that button at the bottom of the page?" (dapat SEE)

40.***Client 3 : "exceeded maximum penis (dapat pin, shucks! saan kaya sya nagtry ,mag w/draw? mapuntahan nga.) attempts "

41.Tintoy : "deybit " (debit dapat, alvin, ikaw ba yan? hehe.)

42.Jenny : "Sir, yung nakita natin na bahay sa dyaryo, di ho totoo yun ha! " (may fake house ba?!)

43.Mitchie : Submit niyo "na len "... (dapat na rin)

44.Tintoy : Thank you for "carring " (dapat calling, vrooomm...vrooom!)

45.Mitchie (habang irate) : "di naman nakalagay sa resply nila yung eh! " (dapat reply, ayan, irate kasi, bilis karma noh?)

46.Ronald : "Virificition " (dapat verification)

47.Jenny : "Dolly Money Market " (Dollar Money Market dapat)

48.Mitch : "i'm only humon " (dapat HUMAN. teka, kala ko ba robot ka?!)

49.Migs (singit) : "bead-ridden " (dapat bed-ridden, singit kasi eh!)

50.Jenny : "just call our TOILFREE (dapat Tollfree) number "

51.Mitchie : "resita " (dapat riseta, pangalawa na to Mitchie ha!)

52.Mitch : San po kayo nagpa"bone " (supposedly book ng loan, i didn't know may kasamang sex sa loan booking? kaya pala ang daming nagaaply eh! hehe)

53.CJ : Ano bang "kolay " ng damit mo?

54.Mitch (confirming out loud to a large crowd): "paano kung may gustong magpa- EXPADITE na client? "(EXPEDITE tangek!)

55.***Client: "tanong ko lang kung ano yung rates niyo for POSSESED cars? " (pati pala mga kotse ine-exorcise na ngayon?)

i'm gonna be murdered by mrs. kid rock

2006-11-11T09:56:00.000+08:00

haven't blogged in a while so i'm just gonna leave you with a horrendous image of animal torture for the meantime.

***NOTE: i had absolutely nothing to do with this! i woke up and saw my dog like this when i came downstairs one morning! my mother forced me to take a picture!

i'm soooooo sorry "pungpung!" (yes, that is my dogs name! its what she prefers to be called! screw you if you're laughing! mako i bet you are, so screw you!)

I'll be back in a bit with a brand new, less disturbing post.

the only difference between martyrdom & suicide...

2006-10-28T23:47:00.000+08:00

i've decided to make like one tree hill & grey's anatomy and use song titles as a blog post title and i'm going with a panic! at the disco song for this one...

the difference between martyrdom & suicide?

being a cso and talking to or rather listening to fucking bitchy/asshole callers scream at you all day...martyrdom.

being a cso...suicide.

now i think i've mentioned how much i hate my job at least a couple hundred times.

the sole reason that i hate it is the very reason i have a job...the callers.

most of the people we get to talk to are nice, patient & understanding but every once in a while you get this one call, this one unreasonably demanding person who just makes your blood boil.

readers! friendly reminder...

regardless what your feeble minds may think, customer service people are in fact, human beings. we are red-blooded, living, breathing human beings who are well educated, fully trained individuals who are there to help you out in any way we can. so please, treat us like human beings.

we treat you with respect. we can only hope that you treat us the same way.

i cannot comprehend why there are certain people in this world who just have to treat others like dirt and for what, for wanting an impossibly immediate fix to such a concern, which, if given time would be resolved anyway.

you waste your energy. you waste your words. you waste your time. you waste OUR time.

there is such a thing as karma...

and i hope you get yours soon.

nothing more than feelings...(this is what a radiohead song can do)

2006-10-10T23:52:00.000+08:00

currently listening to KARMA POLICE

i feel...
...really pissed off
...like i'm part of a conspiracy
...like i'm being disloyal
...paranoid
...like i want to move on
...like i want to stay
...extremely confused
...like i'm being punk'd
...uninspired
...disappointed in people
...anxious
...like i never learn
...like a fraud
...like i'm the most naive person on earth
...like i want to kill someone (bank team! can relate lahat tayo dito!)
...unappreciated
...like i should do more
...like i can do more
...like i can BE more
...helpless
...like i'm doing something wrong
...like shit
...like i'm stuck in a rut
...like i'm EXTREMELY underpayed
...invisible
...tired

...numb.

do yourself a favor and stay away, far, far away from call center jobs

things to do at home during 5 days of darkness

2006-10-03T11:41:00.000+08:00

1. listen to the same songs that you've managed to store on your measly 256mb mp3 player over and over again until you want to swear off music

2. annoy the family pet by giving it a bath 2 times a day

3. bug your sleeping parent until he or she wants to get up just to slap you

4. calling up meralco about 3 times a day to collect case numbers about your complaint

5. listen to herman moreno and shalala bicker on an am radio channel

6. stare at the tv half wishing for it to turn even if sadako came out since you desperately needed entertainment

7. whine constantly to your friends via text about not having electricity

8. entertaining yourself with nonsensical finger shadows and in the end resort to testing your threshold for pain by placing your hand or finger at the tip of a candle flame (my record time was about 3 seconds...pathetic)

9. bug the sleeping family pet until she wants to bite your finger off

10. eat

11. sleep

12. eat some more

13. worry about eating a lot

14. eat again because worrying about eating a lot made you hungry

15. listen some more to am radio and curse nonstop upon hearing breaking news that electricity has been restored everywhere but in your village

16. curse nonstop some more because you hear herman moreno and shalala argue again about some showbiz person

17. at a moment of desperation declare to your mother that you want to spend all your savings on a generator and then listen to your mother "sermon" about wasting money on nonsense purchases for about 30 minutes

18. mock your mother because after the 30 minutes "sermon" about wasting money on nonsense purchases she realizes how much her "sermon" made her sweat because of the horrid heat and all of a sudden decides that we should indeed buy a generator

19. listen to my mother and father fight about whether we should buy a generator or not (score: mother & jenny [pro-generator] = 0, father [anti-generator/pro-suffering] = 1)

20. stare at the ceiling while laying in bed trying to remember the last time you were ever as bored as you were at that very moment

lukas rossi?! LUKAS ROSSI?! eh! we all saw it coming.

2006-09-14T10:40:00.000+08:00

ROCKSTAR:Supernova winner...LUKAS ROSSI

Presenting...SUPERNOVA. Yaay.

What the hell Supernova?! Oh well, there were already rumors that Supernova already picked Lukas to be their lead since last week. I was hoping that they would just be rumors but looks like the rumors were actual fact.

So I guess this week was just a formality then.

It even kinda seemed like Magni, Toby & Dilana already knew. They weren't as pumped up and charged with their performances unlike last week when they really tore up the stage. It was like they were just forced to be there just for the heck of it. And their little elimination "goodbye and thank you" speeches even seemed rehearsed...

Wait a second! They all friggin knew! No wonder Lukas was all smiling and happy during yesterdays show! This week was really just a formality just so the show would have an ending or finale! Manipulative bitches!

In my opinion though, Toby or Dilana or fine, even Magni would have been a much more amazing frontman or woman! Dilana, despite her breakdown, obviously had the most fan votes or she wouldn't have been the only one sitting during the Brooke Burke stand-up-coz-you-were-in-the-bottom-3-at-one-point routine.

Wonder what kind of math Gilby Clarke was doing when he said that Lukas clearly got the most votes?

Lesson for the day: Gilby Clarke + math = end of the world

Sadly, I was right about my "a-woman-won't-have-a-fighting-chance-to-front-a-major-band" theory. Why let women rockers audition at all if they never pick 'em?! (Sigh) I was so hoping to get proven wrong.

Storm Large and Dilana were awesome performers and I'm gonna really miss watching them sing.

Come on! Take a listen & explain to me how a performer this good could not be picked to front Supernova or any other band for that matter!

This, by the way, is courtesy of "http://mrdj.multiply.com/music." (thanks dude! your site is ispektakolar!)

Roxanne (Dilana & her "boyfriends")

Well, I guess Lukas Rossi winning ain't so bad. And I did say if it wasn't Toby it would be Lukas.

At least we all got entertained this season. I loved the top 6 plus Josh Logan!

Anywho, Congratulations to Lukas Rossi! Good luck touring with the has-beens!

Wonder what "Rockstar:" will come up with next season...

ROCKSTAR: April Boys! Woohooo!

Oh and by the way, Paula Abdul...were you lost or something?

TWISTA IN MANILA!!!

2006-09-10T00:43:00.000+08:00

Yep! That's right!

That, right there is our very own tiny negative F5 twister...LIVE from MANILA BAY!

Our weather system is all fucked up now.

First, people are melting from the horrid heatwave in the US and now tornadoes in the Philippines.

Yup! It's all good!

My take on Rockstar:Supernova

2006-09-07T11:49:00.000+08:00

I'm back! I have a modem! Woohoo!

My God! Three months w/out constant blogging was excruciating!
Anyway, like I said I will be blogging about my latest obsession now...
ROCKSTAR: Supernova.

Yeah, yeah. I know its all been done in Rockstar:INXS. But I never really saw the first season of ROCKSTAR since I wasn't really an INXS fan. And I kinda found it lame that they had to have an American Idol-like contest to choose a young, hip lead for a band that was as ancient as they were. Plus, even with JD Fortune as their lead, right now, I don't think their doing as good as they probably hoped they would.

But when they first started showing spoilers of ROCKSTAR:Supernova, I thought it was interesting and knew that it was something to watch out for.

Even though the people who were involved (Jason Newsted from Metallica, Gilbey Clarke who was a member of Guns N Roses for like a week, and Tommy Lee from Motley Crue) have been out of the limelight (well, music limelight for Tommy Lee anyway) for so long. I knew them.

I grew up listening to their music.
I knew their songs.
I loved their songs!
Heck! Even memorized some of their songs by heart!

And the fact that they got together to form a non-metal, non-heavy emo-type of rockband sort of picqued my curiosity about the show/contest.

"the has-beens" whoops! sorry! i meant "supernova"

So when they finally announced when the show would be aired I marked it on my mental "must-see tv" calendar and after watching the very first show, I was hooked!

I love the song selections!
I love the performances!
I love the houseband!
I love the new Supernova tracks being sung! Well 'cept for the one where Dilana was the frontman or should I say frontwoman. It wasn't as good as the other songs they had the guys sing.
And for some weird reason I fell in love w/ Tommy "The Hatchetman" Lee!
Had no idea he had the capacity to be nice what with his steamy sexcapades w/ ex-wife Mrs. Kid Rock.

Now I don't wanna brag or anything but I was right on track about most of my picks for those who would be the last rockers standing.

DILANA
My first and only pick for a long time had been this chick.
She will forever be imprinted in my mind as "the one who did the most rocking version of the Nirvana classic, Lithium." I think that was her first ever performance but I still remember it up to now.
She had been favorite to win ever since.
Week after week she gave nothing but awesome performances and has always been getting praises and standing ovations from Supernova.
Then, she hits a speed bump a couple of weeks ago when she dogged on the other contestants. Stupid girl.
I'm not a rocker or anything but I would've known better than to talk about anyone for that matter behind their backs.
And she did it on live TV too! Dumbass.
But come on! Who are we kidding?!
Even if she didn't dig herself into an extremely deep hole do you really think a band as huge as Supernova would probably be would actually let a woman front their band?!
We still live in a double standard world people!
No matter how liberated or modernized we are, we have yet to see the day a woman fronting a big name rockband.
So as much as I love Dilana. I know she ain't gonna be fronting Supernova anytime soon.

TOBY RAND
Presently favorite to become Supernova's lead!
I noticed him instantly and referred to him as the dude who looked like a cross between the guy from Fall Out Boy & Mark McGrath.
He's such a hottie plus he's a jokester too! My kinda guy!
Okay, I'm currently remembering him "streaking" around the rockstar mansion's pool and smiling at the thought.
GOD BLESS YOU DILANA!
Anyway, his first songs weren't that spectacular. And his take on "Burning Down the House" was so not good! I still cringe everytime I think of that performance.
Lesson to all singers: Nothing good could ever come from using a megaphone on stage.
Its a good thing he started feeling his "EVS" thing (which by the way totally means something else in the Philippines) cause for the past few weeks he gave one stellar performance after the next.
But nevertheless, whether he bombed on stage or not I always looked forward to seeing him sing coz he was just soooo... I dunno! Whatever "it" is, he's got "it!"
Right now I am a hundred percent sure that it's gonna be his name that Supernova will be saying next Wednesday night when they announce who they pick to be their lead.
After being called back for 3 encore's and winning a brand new car, how could the guy not win?!

RYAN "THE DARK HORSE" STAR
I first saw him on one of the Rockstar commercials on Star World where they show different rockers introducing themselves and thought for one second "What was David Blaine doing joining a rockshow contest?" I dunno what made me think that though.
Like Toby, his first performances weren't that memorable but from the time he did his version of "Losing My Religion"... OH MY GOD! He just has this intensity about his performances that just pierces your very soul!
Every week he just kept on getting better and better and better and better and better...(this could go on for a while)...and better and better and better and better...
I loved his original!
I loved his version of "Clocks" and "I Alone!"
I just love everything about him!
I don't really know why he's always in and out of the bottom 3 when he should have never been in the bottom 3 EVER in the first place!
The day he was sent packing was a dark day for me. I wanted to kill Tommy Lee even if he was just delivering the message! And judging from Ryan's last words to Supernova, I think he wanted to kill Tommy Lee more than I did. From then on, my love for Tommy Lee shifted to Ryan Star.
Anyway, I said this on my MySpace page and I'll say it again...
Ryan Star! You are one hell of an artist! You are destined for greatness with or without Supernova! Someday I'm gonna go see one of your sold-out shows!

STORM LARGE
Noticed her cause of her name. Voted for her cause all but one (the curse of Gloria Gaynor) of her performances rocked! Whether it be her doing her "crazy eyes" bit or not she always killed it. Plus she has a really cool personality. It also doesn't hurt that she somewhat looks like a pornstar.
One of my officemates, a fellow Rockstar: Supernova enthusiast described her as a cross between Helen Hunt and Lindsay Lohan.
I don't remember the names of the songs that she sang but I knew she was one of the few people who would somewhat make it to the end.
But I knew that she wouldn't be the one to front Supernova.
Geez! If she did, then Tommy Lee would have to be kicked out of the band! How would he be able to concentrate w/ this chick around?!
Its so obvious that him and Dave Navarro were so in love with Storm!
Anyway I loooooooooved, loved, loved, loved her version of "Cryin" and her original "What the F___ is Ladylike" she cleaned it up for primetime TV so it became "What the What is Ladylike." It was so good that I thought she'd be given the encore today. But instead she was given the boot.
Too bad she had to be eliminated even if she made Newsted cry during her Pink Flloyd bottom 3 performance...
Sorry T-Lee.

LUKAS ROSSI
He was one of the few men who stood out for me. He was easily noticeable cause of his hair, make-up and clothing style.
Yes. I am talking about a guy.
Looks can be deceiving though. You would think that he'd be a bad-ass cause he looks like one but he's not. He seems like a nice guy.
Gilbey Clarke was right when he said that Lukas' performances were hypnotic. I absolutely loved his take on "Bittersweet Symphony" and "Creep!" And his original wasn't bad either!
Now for a few criticisms...there's this irritating thing that he does on stage where it sometimes seems that he's having mild convulsions. And some of his songs somewhat come out sounding British or sounding like a My Chemical Romance song.
But he is also clearly one of the favorites to win.
I think it was only today that he got marooned into the bottom 3.
Nevertheless, if I was wrong and Toby won't be crowned the Supernova king, it would probably be Lukas who'd be fronting the megaband.

Another pick of mine had been Josh Logan. Couldn't find a great picture of him.
Anyway, he was one of my favorite contestants from the beginning but I knew that he wasn't right for Supernova.
Now I don't know if he's been told this but I'm gonna go ahead and state out the obvious...Dude! You remind me so much of Gavin DeGraw!
I don't know if that would be an insult to him or not.
Anyway, I loved the fact that he brought soul to all of his songs! I think that's why Tommy Lee decided to do some drumming for him when he did "Interstate Love Song," w/c by the way was his most awesome performance for me.
He also made me appreciate "Heart-Shaped Box" and he did a rocking version of "Santaria."
I really hope this guy goes places cause I would love to see him one-up Gavin DeGraw.
In my opinion though, he was eliminated too early.
I mean he was eliminated before Zayra!
I blame Jason Newsted for this!
I may not understand what you're saying or trying to say to the contestants most of the time butI know you kept Zayra longer because you have a thing for her! Freak!

I question Supernova's decision-making skills sometimes. I mean Ryan Star and then Storm Large?! Come on! Take out Magni for god's sake!

Speaking of Magni, notice that I didn't really dwell on him. Well, I honestly didn't think much of him. There's only one Magni performance that I will never ever forget, w/c is "Dolphin's Cry."
Now, it is also quite possible that Magni wins if Supernova considers popularity among voters. Hopefully they don't. Magni fans, I don't hate him. He's a great guy but I just don't see it! I'm sorry.

Wise up! Choose Toby Rand!!! Even Gilbey Clarke loves him!
Until next time folks!

Friggin Modem!!! BTW, SUPERNOVA... Firing Ryan Star was a HUGE mistake!!!

2006-09-03T14:05:00.000+08:00

My modem sucks! And the Greenhills shop that destroyed my modem sucks even more! You're all going to hell!

Anyway, I've been wanting to blog about ROCKSTAR: Supernova ever since it started. Now I'm in a stupid net cafe w/ limited time and very limited funds and I can't blog everything under just 30 minutes!

Well, I think my post title says it all.

Be back real soon!

Mako! You suck too!

PAKSYET TALAGA!!!

2006-05-18T18:56:00.000+08:00

WALA!!!
GUMUHO NA YUNG MUNDO KO!!!
OUT NA SI ELLIOTT!!! (sniff...sniff)
BWISIT!!!

WE'LL MISS YOU ELLIOTT!

Ok...now that that's over, congratulations to TAYLOR "SOUL PATROL" HICKS in advance!

Oh come on, let's not kid each other. You know that the salt & pepper haired epileptic dancer's got it in the bag!

As far as I'm concerned, since Elliott Yamin is out, American Idol is over for me...

--Idol Fanatic signing off (for this season anyway)

Final 3... Elliott Yamin! Taylor Hicks! And what?! Katherine McPhee?! Noooooo!!!

2006-05-11T20:13:00.000+08:00

I am as appalled as any American Idol junkie!!!

It should have been Chris Daughtry on the Final 3 not Katherine McPhee!

You all saw how she screwed up when she sang her Elvis Medley. What is the matter with you people (A.I. voters)?!

Sigh... Alright! The finale has got to be all about Elliot Yamin and Taylor Hicks or American Idol is just one big joke!

And here's my 2 cents... I'm all for Yamin but deep down inside I know that Taylor's gonna be this years' Idol. I hope I'm wrong though.

Here's wishing that America would wise up and see how truly amazing and talented Elliott Yamin really is. He's legally deaf you know and man could he sing!

YAMINIANS UNITE!!!

now this is what should have been...

The Da Vinci Code...What's da big deal?!

2006-04-30T22:49:00.000+08:00

I'm not saying I hate the book cause I don't. It's an adventure that takes you around a lot of historical places in Paris. It was definitely a page turner that could possibly spawn a million "what if?" thoughts on your brain. The ending for me was disappointing. Anticlimactic.

But dude! The book was placed on the fiction category of bookstores for a reason!

Why? Because for the Nth time, IT IS FICTION!

Sure it's contoversial cause somewhere at the start of the book it says the book is based on facts blah, blah, blah. BUT IT IS FICTION. And Dan Brown is an ass for making people believe otherwise!

The thing is, the more people are making such a big deal about Da Vinci Code (I read somewhere that there was this local group trying to get our "supposed" Prez GMA to confiscate all Da Vinci Code books and destroy them), then the more people, even those who are not aware of the book, become curious and would want to know what the big deal is about it. In an ironic twist of fate, it's like the people who are making such a big fuss over the book is unwittingly promoting it.

By the way, this part is not really related to the point that I'm trying to get across but have you ever tried to read any other Brown book aside from the Da Vinci Code?

Redundant!

The plot is always the same!

There's a Langdon-like character, a smart, beautiful girl by his side, a gargantuan secret that could shatter the belief system of mankind, and a group or a sect that's always trying to expose the gargantuan secret or sometimes, maybe for variety, Brown would have the group or sect prevent the exposition of the gargantuan secret.

Anywho, the Da Vinci Code is just a really entertainingly good, cleverly written fictional adventure intertwined with some facts but nevertheless IT IS STILL FICTION.

Do not allow your religious beliefs to be swayed or shattered by something which I repeat is basically FICTION.

We are Filipinos, one the most religious nations on earth.

I would like to think that our faith and religious beliefs cannot be shattered by something this trivial. I know mine wasn't.

It's just a book. A FICTIONAL one at that. Don't let it bother you that much.

On a lighter note, can't wait for the movie though. I just wanna see if Ron Howard and Tom Hanks did the book justice.:)

the power of song

2006-04-30T21:32:00.000+08:00

Breathe (2 AM)- Anna Nalick

2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites you're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turn 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
Just a Day, he said down to the flask in his fist,
Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year.
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.

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Never has a song ever been so insanely perfect for a particular part of a tv shows' climactic montage of life threatening (or life-changing if you like) events.

It wasn't custom made for the show or anything it was just... perfect.

Listen out for the song on Grey's Anatomy and you'll know what I mean.

FYI for new fanatics and for future fanatics, GREY'S ANATOMY is on every Wednesday @ Star World & is coming very soon on local tv @ Studio 23.

Who will be the next Kelly Clarkson?! (part 2): Confessions of an Idol Fanatic

2006-04-13T20:33:00.000+08:00

Screw the other contestants I picked before as those who could be the next Kelly Clarkson!

Screw Ace! Yes! That's right! ACE YOUNG! He butchered the most greatest rock song on earth (FYI: Queen's "We Will Rock You")! Chris would've done that song justice! Its a good thing he's hot or he would've been voted off.

I didn't know any better a month ago but now I do!

If there's anyone who I want to win it's this guy below...

ELLIOTT YAMIN

America! Stop putting him in the bottom 3!

First, Man"diva" and now Elliot?! Seriously, what's the matter with you people?!

But all favoritism aside I would have to say that this is the best bunch of contestants they ever had! You just want all of them to win cause they're all so good!

But ELLIOTT YAMIN...he's the best of them all.

Who will be the next Kelly Clarkson?!

2006-03-14T21:24:00.000+08:00

Reuben Stoddard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood.

They all won in American Idol but none of them ever became as infamous & Grammy-worthy as Kelly Clarkson. I mean, sure she's talented but the other 3 Idol winners that came after her sound a hell of a lot better than she does.

Then again, maybe its just too early to tell, after all Clarkson only hit it bigtime after what, 3 or 4 years after she won in Idol.

But could the "likability factor" Simon has been babbling about all these years be one of the much needed traits in making the next Kelly Clarkson? After all, Simon kept on saying that Clarkson was really likable during the first A.I.

Does having the stigma of being the first ever Idol contest winner have something to do with her superstar status?

Observe. In the Philippines, we also have Idol-like contests and only the first ever winners become famous and memorable.

Sarah Geronimo, Mark Herras, Jennelyn Mercado. They're the only channel 7 winners that I remember. There were other grand prize winners that came after them but no one could even hold a candle to the fame that the first time winners are experiencing right now.

Oh well, just speculating here.

And now, back to American Idol.

The TOP 12 has finally been chosen and already I have a couple of picks on who could establish Kelly Clarkson-like status.

For the guys...

Ace Young

He is the most perfect guy I have ever seen. Good looks, great voice, beautiful eyes. Good job GOD! Good job!

Chris

Semi-mysterious aura, grungy rocker-dude with an amazing voice that gives you the chills.

Taylor

Unique tone to his voice, extremely charming with epileptic dance moves. Paula loves him, Simon loves him and I love him as well.

For the girls...

Katherine McPhee

It's a lot tougher since all of the girls are extremely talented. I mean REALLY talented. There's just one more girl I want out but the rest are really good. Ultimately, if a girl would win, I'm gonna go with Katherine McPhee. She makes Xtina Aguilera's voice seem plain in comparison.

Of Mice & Birds

2006-03-14T20:46:00.000+08:00

Ok! It is definitely official! I'm not being paranoid or anything!

ALL ANIMALS ARE OUT TO GET ME!

Whether in the office or at home, there is always some sort of animal out to harm my very existence.

In my old work station, there used to be ants that would always turn my mug into a swimming pool. So I stupidly thought that I would be animal-free when I transferred to my new work station. But I was wrong...

Now, in my new station there would "Mickeys" running around & they would gladly challenge you in a staring contest. Most of the time, they would end up winning. They would also dance around between your feet just to mock you. And as a personal insult, one of the "Mickeys" decided to have a picnic inside my pedestal and binge on my Swiss Miss stock. Then, probably as a thank you for the scrumptious meal that I unwittingly provided for it, it decided to decorate the surroundings of my PC keyboard with its droppings.

Awwwww...You're most welcome "Mickeys!" I shall treasure them forever. Come next pest control in our building you're all gonna die!

Then I head back home.

Home. A place of peace and solace. Or so I thought...

As soon as I get home at around 8PM, what greets me are stupid chirping birds!

African lovebirds to be exact.

Sure they may look pretty and sound pretty (according to my mother).

BUT THEY DO NOT SOUND PRETTY AT 6AM WHEN I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO GET UP FOR WORK IN ANOTHER 2 HOURS!!!

Try putting the stupid birdcage next to YOUR window mother! Let's see if you don't tape their beaks together!

I am so not a bird person.

I mean, you can't pet it or cuddle it or play with it. Birds can't attack would be burglars! They're not loyal at all. Leave their cage open and they'll fly right out and never return (Yes, I am aware that dogs do that too. I'm just being biased.) And you don't hear amazing stories about birds saving their owners from danger. Birds are only good for stupid pet tricks and for amusing deaf people! Plus, they can give you BIRDFLU!

For me the only good things that I could get from a bird are KFC and Max.

Sigh...I miss my dog Mikee, he may be cross-eyed but at least he doesn't chirp annoyingly and he never woke me up at 6AM!

ok...so i lied!

2006-03-10T22:02:00.000+08:00

Yeah, yeah...so I said that I was back from my hiatus blah, blah, blah.
But I am currently undergoing the worst mental & creative dry spell ever!

I don't know what to write about considering the fact that everything in my life seems crazy (as usual).
Hmmm...come to think of it, I don't think there was ever a moment happening in my life that wasn't crazy or stupid.

Workwise, I deemed myself as a "poser."
Its been one month and yet I AM STILL A NOMAD!
My work station transferred before I did! Geez! What a loser!

I have no social life since my sched is all fucked up.

I have no money. Well I have some money, just not enough. I mean it'll never be enough!

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I can't find the stupid cds that I've been dying to get!
By the way, if anyone has info about where I could get the following please message me! I beg you!
1. One Tree Hill Vol 2: Friends with Benefit
2. The O.C. Mix 2
3. Jack's Mannequinn Album
4. Something Corporate's Album
5. ANY Album from Jimmy Eat World

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I'm also itching to get my hands on the latest episode of LOST (kasi sobrang bitin siya! as in! yung nakakainis na bitin talaga!) but I can't cause it hasn't even been shown in the U.S. yet. I heard they're doing reruns for some stupid reason. I think it's the 15th or 16th episode of season 2. Hey LOST peeps! You have got to stop doing this to your viewers! We're dying here!

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I never get to see American Idol anymore because of my stupid schedule! And the repeats are too late for an old person like me already! Geez! 1130?! I'm half asleep by then! Do you see the loser that I've become...asleep by 1130. Tsk, tsk, tsk...

I mean I just want a glimpse of Ace Young to keep me happy! IDOL is wise. They always place Ace's performances at the end of the show so you have to watch the entire show and in my case stay up late and die to see him.

But it was all worth it. Have you seen the guy?! He is soooooo hot that he makes Constantine look like shit! Plus it doesn't hurt that he's talented too! How has he not yet been discovered all this time?! He made the song "Butterflies" by MJ seem manly!

Speaking of IDOL, I think America made a huge mistake by not voting so much for Gideon! That guy was good! That last song he performed was...WOW that he made Paula Abdul do her seal-like clapping thingy again! And he was so much better than the goofy long haired guy w/ a twin and the teeny tiny dude who looked like a cross between Harry Potter & Chicken Little. And yeah as much as I hate to admit it, a heck of a lot better than Ace's performance. Oh well, I guess he wasn't likable enough.

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Well, that's all what's in my mind now folks!

See yah when I have a better idea! Hmmm...I think I'm finally getting one as I type this.

Anyway, Sane Psycho signing off...

i'm back from my hiatus baby!

2006-02-19T15:39:00.000+08:00

For the first time in months I had absolutely nothing to blog about. So, I've purposely ignored Blogger and just MySpace-d my ass off for the past two months. Lets face it, Friendster is well...boring already. Its no longer trying to find your long lost friends but its now a popularity contest about who has the most number of friends on their friends list.

I'm not gonna lie to you and say that MySpace is nothing like that. Its actually much worse coz for one thing, I don't know anyone from my friends who has a MySpace account so a lot of people who try to add me are pervs, dickheads and idiots who like to add people just to bring up their numbers in their friends list to feel popular. And not to be mean or anything but... there is no chance in hell that I'm adding you nitwits!

The best thing about MySpace though is that it has this special unique feature called MySpace music, which features profiles of a lot of bands and artists such as Fall Out Boy, Switchfoot and etc. Browsing through these band profiles and listening to songs of unsigned and undiscovered bands kinda brought back my love for listening to music.

So, right now I'm back to being a music junkie just like I was back in the good 'ol days. Aaaaahhh...feels good to be back!

Damn you TV! Making me stray from my musical roots!

And speaking of music, a couple of my officemates, well Migs and Raymond to be more specific, started a band and they had their premiere a couple of nights ago in Salo, and I gotta say...they weren't half bad. 'Cept for the part that Raymond got his mouth electrocuted at one point. God knows how he managed to do that. But all in all, it wasn't half bad at all. Looking forward to seeing more of their performances.

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Now a couple of posts ago, I was all "happy, happy, joy, joy" about my supposed career move. Well, guess what?! I jinxed it!

Now I am a nomad! Floating around the office, stuck between two teams, having to answer the million dollar question..."When exactly are you transferring?"

My answer..."I don't know anymore!"

Therefore, from this day forward, I am no longer speaking of my career or career movement or any sort of happiness involving my job because job will never equal happiness... it'll never happen for me. Not in this lifetime anyway...

In my next lifetime, I'm gonna grow up to be a rockstar!

Till the next post!

life's a beeotch, and then you die...

2006-02-06T00:10:00.000+08:00

Geez...Who knew that watching a game show live would be so deadly.

I mean, these people, literally did not know what hit them.

All the while, these people were just thinking...
"I'm going to watch a game show LIVE today. I might win a prize. Today could be my lucky day. Woohoo!"

And the next minute...gone.

"...nakaka lungkot lang kasi nakikita mo yung mga tao na theyre pushing their luck to the point ka kahit makipag sisiksikan sila sa dami ng tao at init ng panahon eh andun sila nakikipag sapalaran. I think medyo malayo ang topic dito ng government but somehow dun din ang kalalabasan ng mga bagay2x cz kung iisipin mo. hindi magkaka ganon ang mga tao dyan kung meron silang sapat na kinukuhanan ng pang kabuhayan nila sa pang araw2x. Nakaka inis lang kasi makikita mo na sobrang dami ng tao na masasabi mong makasarili sa bansa natin kaya kailangan pang magkaroon ng ganyang trahedya para lang ma open yung mind ng gobyerno na sila ang reason kaya nagkakaroon ng ganyang bagay sa paligid."

This was part on an e-mail my friend, Jayson, sent to me as a reaction to the tragedy that was the "Wowowee Stampede." All the way from Cali but the event really hit him hard.

It hit all of us hard.

His words rang true. This all boils down to our government (or rather lack of government). For the past decade or so, those, who are supposedly in charge, obviously haven't been doing their jobs.

If they had been doing their jobs, there wouldn't be a poverty problem. There wouldn't be a crowd of 10,000 or so poor souls, who have struggling all their lives, lining up in the smoldering heat for days, thinking that WOWOWEE could be their probable ticket to a bit of fortune.

Then there wouldn't have been that one frustrated asshole (WHO I'M PRETTY SURE IS DAMNED FOR ETERNITY) in those throngs of people who made like chicken little and screamed out an empty bomb threat, probably so he could get the crowd to move, thus causing the stampede.

If they had been doing their jobs, the untimely deaths of these 74 people wouldn't have happened.

Ok fine. So the government is not directly responsible for the deaths but their lack of proper leadership, their false promises, their corruption and selfishness is the basic root of Filipino poverty.

So... FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PLEASE START DOING YOUR JOBS!

countdown to heaven...

2006-02-02T06:33:00.000+08:00

A week and a half more!
A week and a half more until I finally transfer to another unit!
Woohoo!
No more talking to idiots, who I'm pretty sure are trying their best to get my head to explode!
No more pressure!
No more splitting headaches!
No more staying after 8PM!
No more going to work during Sundays!
No more going to work during Holidays!
I can finally relax a bit!
FREEDOM!!!

how to annoy a snowgay

2006-01-08T17:30:00.000+08:00

I like annoying, my friend, Mako. I know she gets pikon everytime we tease and annoy the hell out of her but even when she's pikon she still ends up laughing like a hyena.

Here's an example of me annoying her through ym messenger after discussing how hot Michael Rosenbaum is as Lex Luthor on Smallville. Which somehow lead to us teasing one another to George Burns (I'm pretty sure I started it). And the only way I could retaliate and win was to mention my rare Pulitzer Prize winning photo of her in a cowboy hat after she had her hair rebonded.

Hey! Wait a second... What's the deal with you being into Lex Luthor?! You're supposed to be gay Mako! Piklat. =p

Anyway, this one's for you Mako the Donut!

jennramos79: btw, we have a pic of u running around in podium w/ ur cowboy hat. :)

maksie_79: fuck u

maksie_79: erase that!!!

jennramos79: oh yeah... have fun w girlfriend!

jennramos79: bye mako!

maksie_79: erase that!!!

jennramos79: i shall pretend not to see ur messages about erasing the cowboy pic!

jennramos79: byeeeee!

maksie_79: Besides being known to comic book fans as Lex Luthor, he also performed as the voice of Wally West (a.k.a Flash), in the DC Comics animated series Justice League.

maksie_79: erase that

maksie_79: bits

maksie_79: u will get bad karma

jennramos79: u wore a cowboy hat! u lose!

maksie_79: it was to cover my oily hair u freaks

jennramos79: shhhhh... pay attention to girlfriend! stop obsessing about your cowboy pic!

maksie_79: i will erase that!!!

maksie_79: mawawasak phone at pc nyo

jennramos79: :)
jennramos79: :)
jennramos79: :)

maksie_79: sana masakit ang pagbunot ng ngipin mo

maksie_79: i wish u pain!

jennramos79: we will make a secret blog in honor of that pic alone

maksie_79: fuck u

jennramos79: you won't be able to find it

maksie_79: i wish u more pain

jennramos79: how mean!

maksie_79: if u post that

maksie_79: i wish you pain

jennramos79: buts!

jennramos79: ay bits pala!

maksie_79: and i wish mitch more black teeth

maksie_79: o ayan karma is starting

maksie_79: buts daw

jennramos79: bwahahahahaha!

jennramos79: hoy! asikasuhin mo gf mo! stop wishing us bad things!

maksie_79: >:P

- = F I N = -

***Note: said picture could not be displayed due to the nature of its graphic content

Sa susunod na ym Maks! Just imagine what it would be like when you come back from Japan...Muahahahaha!

The O. Hill or One Tree C. (your pick)

2006-01-07T20:01:00.000+08:00

One of my guilty pleasures is watching the teen drama show, One Tree Hill. Oh I'm a big fan. Even got myself advanced copies of some Season 3 Episodes. So I have stubbornly boycotted anything & everything that had to do with its rival, The OC (though technically, The OC came first).

But then one night, I saw Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan Atwood from OC) being all charming and funny on Conan O'Brien and well, at the risk of seeming like a giddy teeny-bopper, I kind of developed a slight crush on McKenzie. It was his winning personality which then lead me to once again attempting to sit through an episode of OC. And once again, I didn't know what the heck was going on so I gave up and went back to playing a Southpark game on my cell.

I've already tried watching episodes of The OC and would always end up not watching the whole thing and ranting about how lame it was to my friend, April. Then "in a moment of passion for Chad Michael Murray", we would then come to an agreement that One Tree Hill is the greatest TV series on earth, and before you go "What?! Are you serious?!", I repeat, we were "in a moment of passion for Chad Michael Murray"! Yes. Gross I know. But I don't care. He's hot!

But watching those probably about 4 half-episodes of The OC was enough to make me notice the "few" similarities if not "coincidences" between The OC & One Tree Hill. And I'm pretty sure this has already been the topic of countless (and pointless) debates on forums and chatrooms on gazillions of the two shows' fansites.

Each show has 4 main "teen" characters,who in real life are all 20+ year-olds. And each main character of The OC has major characteristics suspiciously similar to that of their Tree Hill counterparts.

Observe...

Ryan Atwood (OC,Ben McKenzie) = Lucas Scott (OTH,Chad Murray)
both blond
both brooding
both from "the not-so-rich side of town"
(trivia: Chad Murray was originally supposed to play the role of "Ryan" on OC but turned it down to play "Lucas" for OTH)

Seth Cohen (OC,Adam Brody) = Nathan Scott (OTH,James Lafferty)
both dark-haired
both rich
(that's it though, Brody plays a commendably one-of-a-kind geek and Lafferty plays the big-shot jock)

Oh yeah...
Ryan and Seth play pretend brothers (dunno how this happened though).
Lucas and Nathan play half-brothers.

Marissa Cooper (OC,Mischa Barton) = Peyton Sawyer (OTH,Hilary Burton)
both blond
both are or have been linked to the blond brooding main guy character
both have problematic addictions...Marissa with the alcohol & shop-lifting, Peyton with the drugs

Summer Roberts (OC,Rachel Bilson) = Brooke Davis (OTH,Sophia Bush)
both leggy brunettes
both stereotypical queen-bee's of their respective highschools
both have annoyingly cutesy first names

And oh yeah again...
Marissa and Summer play bestfriends.
Peyton and Brooke play bestfriends.

And when it comes to the storyline...
both shows have 4 parental units each
both shows have (had) 1 old geezer each
both are currently set during the teen characters' highschool Senior year

DOH!

The similarities end there though. One Tree Hill is noticably a lot more tamer, is more down-to-earth, a tad bit more realistic and more "masa" than The OC, since a huge part of OTH revolves around basketball (the universal sport).

And I have to say, I'm sticking to One Tree Hill.

Kala ko sa Pinas lang uso yung gaya-gayahan at OA na kompetisyon pagdating sa mga palabas sa TV. Sa US din pala.

Message to FOX (The OC) & WB (One Tree Hill):

"Ha! Wala pa rin kayo sa mga gimik ng GMA7 at ABS-CBN! Kulangot lang kayo kumpara sa kanila!"

starting the New Year with an OUCH

2006-01-04T19:01:00.000+08:00

January 2, 2006...I woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to die. The left side of my face just hurt like hell! My friggin "bulok" wisdom tooth (which by the way is useless and should have been pulled off years and years ago and I still have all 4 of them) started acting up again.

Last time my wisdom tooth acted up was about 4 years ago and since we had no ice, I distinctly remember putting a bag of extremely cold Purefoods Hotdogs on my cheek. Probably due to the horrendous pain I was experiencing, it never occurred to me to go to the sari-sari store in front of our house to buy ice.

Thus, I fell asleep with hotdogs on my face. I think the hotdogs were our breakfast the following day.

Lesson for the day: Purefoods Hotdogs have multiple purposes.

So there I was, absent during the first working day of the year. Nice. Good thing my superior was understanding enough to allow me to skip work that day. I found out the following day that 5 of us were absent. Mwehehe.

Usually, skipping work would be fun but since I was in pain I had to drag myself to my dentist and she gave me the most horrible news after analyzing my tooth...it had to undergo a rootcanal worth 7K!

Ano?! Ano ako?! Lokoloko?!

I'm not spending my money to torture myself even more for a tooth that's not even supposed to exist anymore in the first place. My bestfriend (ayan mits ha! bisfreni na ha! hindi lang opismate!), Mitch, an ex-braces wearer, has been regalling me with horror stories of her zillions & zillions of root canal experiences since we were in grade school. And none of her root canals helped one bit since her teeth are currently as black as night. But even though they're black, they are straight. Hehehe.

So I have now decided to just have my teeth pulled out. So in a weeks' time I will no longer have wisdom...teeth that is.

Good luck na lang sa kin at ala pa akong pinapabunot na ngipin sa buong buhay ko!

I'm screwed.

Hooray for 2006.

"Sa may bahay, ang aming bati..."

2005-12-27T22:18:00.000+08:00

Nagdesisyon akong magsulat ng poste(?! - hehe. masyado bang literal?) sa Tagalog.
Wala lang...Trip lang.
Pasensiya na sa mga dayuhan na naligaw sa blag (hehe) ko kasi malamang sa hindi, wala kayong maiintindihan sa mga pinagsusulat ko dito.

Panahon pa rin ng pasko sa Pinas hanggang ngayon. Masaya kung bata ka, pero perwisyo pag matanda ka na. Pansinin niyo ang pagbabago ng reaksyon natin tungkol sa pasko sa pagtakbo ng panahon, habang tayo ay patanda ng patanda...

1. Pagdating sa regaluhan...
Nung bata tayo...
Ang daming regalo! Laruan, damit, tsokolate at kung anu-anong anik-anik. Ang dami nating wrapper na winawasak! Tsaka ang dami nating mga natatanggap na aginaldo! Ang saya!

Ngayong matanda na tayo...
Haaaay! Tayo na ang tagabigay na madaming regalo. Ang daming gastusin! Lahat ng kakilala mo sa mundo dapat mong regaluhan at kung hindi mo naregaluhan, kahit magpakaplastic sila at sabihin nila sa yo na "It's the thought that counts," ang malamang na nasa isipan ng mga yun ay..."Aanhin ko yung "thought"?! Makakain mo ba yun?! Mahahawakan mo ba yun at makikita?! Kuripot!"

2. Pagdating sa Christmas Lights...
Nung bata tayo...
Wow! Ang ganda ng mga ilaw! Iba't ibang klaseng kulay at hinuhugis pa sa iba't ibang "icon" ng pasko! Kaka-aliw! Kumukutikutitap! Parang mga bituin sa langit!

Ngayong matanda na tayo...
Ang mahal ng kuryente! Inuutakan na naman tayo ni Lopez! Anu na naman itong panibagong eklat na sisisingil sa atin?! A bwisit! Patayin lahat ng ilaw sa bahay! Wala ng gagamit ng ilaw kahit kelan!

3. Pagdating sa pagkain...
Nung bata tayo...
Hala! Sige! Kain lang ng kain! Pag naglaro naman tayo matutunaw din naman natin yung mg nakain natin eh.

Ngayong matanda na tayo...
Hala! Sige! Kain lang ng kain! Sa isang linggo lang ng paglamon mo ng kung anu-ano pwede ka ng kuning Santa Claus para sa mga program. Kahit magdiet ka ng isang taon, hindi pa rin matatanggal yung timbang na nadagdag sayo sa isang linggo mong katakawan, lalo pa ngang madadagdagan yung timbang mo sa kung anong dahilan na hindi ma-eksplika.

4. Pagdating sa "Caroling"...
Nung bata tayo...
Pagrinig pa lang ng mga "carolers" na kumakanta sa labas ng bahay, halos magkandarapa kaming magpipinsan na magtakbuhan sa gate para mapakinggan ang mga ito at para panuorin ang mga magulang namin na magrequest ng kung anu-anong kanta. Mga sadista ang magulang namin, pinapahirapan muna yung mga "carolers" na kumanta bago bigyan ng pera. Bibigyan nila ng kapiranggot na barya yung mga "carolers" na pinakanta nila na halos isang oras tapos magagalit sila pag kinantahan ng "Tenkyu! Tenkyu! Ang babarat ninyo tenkyu!"

Ngayong matanda na tayo...
Isara lahat ng ilaw sa bahay para kala nung mga "carolers" walang tao! Dalian!

Haaaay...buhay.

Pansinin niyo rin ngayon, yung mga batang kalye na kadalasan naglilimos lang na walang gimik, pag panahon ng pasko bigla na lang babalandra sa tapat ng bintana ng kotse niyo. Pagkatapos muna kayong magulat at mamatay sa takot dahil pagtapat niyo sa bintana ng kotse biglang may mukhang nakadikit sa salamin ng kotse ninyo na nakatitig sa inyo, bigla kayong papalakpakan kasabay ng pagkanta ng dalawang linya (lang) na paulit-ulit...

"Sa may bahay, ang aming bati..."

Sige, pasko naman eh, bigyan mo na ng limos, pero maaasar ka muna dahil pagkatapos kang patayin sa sindak dahil sa pagbubulaga sa inyo, maririndi kayo sa dalawang linya lang na kinakanta nila! At ang malala pa, mala-last song syndrome pa kayo dun sa dalawang linya na yun!

"Sa may bahay, ang aming bati..."

Kay saya!

One more day...

2005-12-24T00:24:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Peter Jackson...You Da Man!

2005-12-18T21:15:00.000+08:00

Finally! Another PJ film! I've been suffering from LOTR syndication for way too long. So I've been waiting for Kong 2005 ever since I heard that Jackson was set to direct it. Never mind that it was a dreaded remake. But come on! This is Peter Jackson! Plus he's got WETA to back him. This film had to be a winner!

And I was right! The movie was nothing short of amazing. I won't give away the plot but if you've seen the older version of Kingkong then you'd probably know how the story goes. Anyway, what Kong lacked in the simplicity of the story line, it made up for in special effects. BEAUTIFUL! Really, WETA has once again outdone themselves.

And I have got to say, Peter Jackson is an extremely good director. I mean, for once, I didn't find Jack Black as annoying and overacting as usual. He was actually good and, well, serious in this film. Plus, you could see a HUMAN Andy Serkis in this one. For those of you who aren't familiar with Serkis, he was the voice and movement behind Gollum in LOTR.

It gets a little Jurassic Park-y somewhere in the middle but everybody already knew that from the trailer. Oh and old Kong fans definitely won't be disappointed. Watch out for a newer version of the infamous "Kong climbing the Empire State Building" scene. Hey, it just wouldn't be King Kong without that.

All in all, the movie was just spectacular! From start to finish. The true mark of a Pete Jackson film. Just watch the movie and see for yourselves!

Thanks April!

2005-12-17T22:40:00.000+08:00

Hi Abril! I know that it could take days, even months (maybe even years! hehe) before you view my blog again but I would just like to thank you for e-mailing INQ7:You! and getting me featured as a Blog Addict .

Oh yeah, and thanks to my bisfreni/opismate, Mits (who by the way just got "officially" engaged last 12/12/2005! blingbling baby! and if you make me wear yellow as your maid of honor, so help me god, during and after the labor of your first child, tatambay lang ako sa labas ng delivery room mo at haharangin ko yung nars na magtatanong ng magiging pangalan ng anak mo, and i will personally name him or her! and i promise you... the name won't be pretty). I forgot why I'm thanking Mits...oh yeah! Thanks for introducing me to the blogworld! Good luck Migs!=) Muhahahahahaha!

Funny/Weird primetime TV lines (props to the writers !)

2005-12-16T16:11:00.000+08:00

ONE TREE HILL FUNNIES

FIRST DAY ON A BRAND NEW PLANET (Season 3 Ep 3)
Scene: Lucas (Chad Murray) and Haley (Bethany Lenz) rereading their traditional first day of school year predictions.

Lucas (mistakenly reading Haley's past predictions): "This year, I'm going to kiss a boy."

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AN ATTEMPT TO TIP THE SCALES (Season 3 Ep 4)
Scene: Haley and Lucas talking about the kiss Haley thought was from her estranged husband and Lucas' half-brother, Nathan (James Lafferty)

Haley (dreamily describing the kiss): "It was like a totally out of body experience for me!"

Lucas (with a bit of a girlie twirl): "Then maybe I should get Nathan to kiss me."

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A MULTITUDE OF CASUALTIES (Season 3 Ep 5)
Scene: Half-brothers Lucas & Nathan comes out from the Tree Hill Ravens' locker room during a peprally locked in a death grip for the entire Tree Hill to see. Whitey approaches the boys' amused father, Dan
Scott (Paul Johansson) in a fit.

Whitey: "Damn your sperm Danny!"

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A MULTITUDE OF CASUALTIES (Season 3 Ep 5)
Scene: Half-brothers Lucas & Nathan provoking one another in the Tree Hill Ravens' locker room before their public brawl during the pep rally.

Nathan to Lucas (two really tall & good-looking manly men): "Don't push me bitch!"

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LOCKED HEARTS AND HAND GRENADES (Season 3 Ep 6)
Scene: During pre-basketball practise warm-up exercises, Whitey notices Lucas' sluggish and slow movement.

Whitey mocking Lucas: "Lucas Scott! Why don't you hop on your brothers' back and let him carry you!"

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CHAMPAGNE FOR MY REAL FRIENDS, REAL PAIN FOR MY SHAM FRIENDS (Season 3 Ep 7)
Scene: Tree Hill just had a fantasy boy draft to avoid having the cheerleaders fight over the boys in the high-school (sigh...only on TV can they pull-off such insanity). One of the players was following Brooke (Sophia Bush) around and asking who picked or drafted him.

Brooke screaming at Tim: "You didn't even get drafted you little...Tim!"

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GILMORE GIRLS FUNNIES

FIGHT FACE (Season 6 Ep 2)
Scene: Pet Fair, Ms. Patty sees Lorelei (Lauren Graham) cooing at Lorelei's future pet Paul Anka and quickly goes over to her to stop her from buying something due to Lorelei's infamous high pet mortality rate stats.

Ms. Patty: "You must have her name on some blacklist back there, don't you?"

Pet Fair Attendant(looking confused): "We don't have a blacklist."

Ms. Patty: "But this is Lorelai Gilmore!"

Lorelei: "Ignore her. This dog loves me! And the pig! The pig loved me!"

Ms. Patty (looks back at the pig): "It looks dead."

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FIGHT FACE (Season 6 Ep 2)
Scene: Lorelei & brand new fiancee, Luke (Scott Patterson) discussing about if it was alright with Lorelei to get a pet. Lorelei was frustratingly defending her high pet mortality rate record.

Lorelei about her hamsters' death: "That hamster was defective! Period."

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FIGHT FACE (Season 6 Ep 2)
Scene: Lorelei stubbornly went ahead and bought the dog she was cooing at in the petfair against the wishes of the entire Stars Hollow. She was now telling Luke about what she was going to name the dog.

Lorelei: "For the first week I'll call him Coco to get him acclamated."

Luke: "Acclamated?!"

Lorelei ignoring Luke's frustration: "Second week I'm gonna call him Cokie. Third week, Cookie. Fourth week, Tookie."

Luke: "So, you're gonna name him Tookie?"

Lorelei: "No, I'm gonna name him Paul Anka."

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TWENTY-ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Season 6 Ep 7)
Scene: Luke & Lorelei arrive at Rory (Alexis Bledel's) 21st bday party at Lorelei's parents house. They ran into Lorelei's mom, Emily (Kelly Bishop), and were forced to make awkward, horrifying (for Luke) small-talk about the alcoholic beverage called "the Rory," which was especially concocted for Rory.

Emily: "What's the matter Luke? You don't like your "Rory?""

Luke: "Oh no. It's great...a little pink. You know."

Emily: "Well, Rory's a girl. Girls like pink."

Luke (getting a little uncomfortable): "I know. I was just saying..."

Emily: "No one's asking you to wear it. It's not a skirt."

Luke (now looking extremely uncomfortable already): " I know. I just..."

Lorelei (hissing at Luke): "Drink the drink!"

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TWENTY-ONE IS THE LONELIEST NUMBER (Season 6 Ep 7)
Scene: Luke gulps down the pink drink called "the Rory" just to shut Emily up. He then looks disgustingly at the drink after Emily finally left them alone to mingle with other party guests.

Luke (ranting to Lorelei about the drink): "It tastes pink! I mean like really tasted really pink! Aauuggh! God, that's terrible! It's like drinking a My Little Pony!"

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BUT NOT AS CUTE AS PUSHKIN (Season 5 Ep 10)
Scene: Rory was pissed at future boyfriend Logan (Matt Czuchry) since he and his frat buddies made a scene in one of her Yale classes at her expense.

Logan: "That's not a good look."

Rory: "I have no words..."

Logan: "It was just a joke!"

Rory: "Oh, no, wait. I thought of some. Jerk! Ass, arrogant, inconsiderate, mindless, frat-boy, low-life, butt-faced miscreant!"

Logan (looking at Rory, clearly amused at her fit): "Butt-faced miscreant!"

Rory: "Why would you do something like that?!"

Logan (now looking confused when he realized what Rory just called him): "I'm sorry, butt-faced miscreant?"

CSI FUNNIES
(Yes. They're not just crime scene investigators. They could very well throw in a clever quip or two to lighten the already gruesome mood of investigating death.)

BODIES IN MOTION (Season 6 Ep 1)
Scene: Greg Sanders (Eric Szmanda) & Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) were at the Crime Labs' "Garage." Greg had his hand inside the trunk of a crime scene vehicle, fishing around liters of human decomp soup for a drain of some sort. He finally finds the drain but pulls a little too hard causing a big gob of human soup to fly towards his face, more specifically, his mouth.

Sara (handing Greg a towel while trying really hard not to laugh): "Technically, that makes you a cannibal. Grissom would be proud."

Greg (looking at Sara in annoyance and trying really hard not to throw up): "Grissom would've tasted it on purpose!"

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A BULLET RUNS THROUGH IT (Season 6 Ep 7)
Scene: Real-life buddies Nick Stokes (George Eads) and Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) were in the Ballistics area of the lab, analyzing firearm used at the controversial crime scene (you'll see when it comes out, if it ever comes out). Warrick sees an unusual occurence of a bullet hitting another guns' cylinder.

Warrick (calling out to Nick, who was happily scrutinizing a crime scene rifle):
"Hey Moustache Boy! Come over and check this out!"

Note: This, by the way, was the first and only time in the entire episode that Nick's new moustachy-look was acknowledged. And I thought I was just seeing things. Eads! Shave it off! For the love of God! SHAVE IT OFF!

SCRUBS
(I'm not putting FUNNIES anymore coz the show is supposed to be funny anyway. The scene I'm placing here is just the most historically funniest Zach Braff hissy-fit ever.)

(Season 4 Ep 2)
Scene: JD (Zach Braff) & Elliot (Sarah Chalke) go to Doctor Cox (John McGinley) to find out who between them would be picked as the new Chief Resident. Dr. Cox then announces that he picked Elliot or rather "Barbie" to be the new Chief Resident.

Dr. Cox (seeing the pained look on JD's face): "Newbie, how you doing?"

JD (trying to smile and stay calm):
Keep it together. It's be-a-man time. (line said inside JD's brain)
"No! No. I totally understand. Come on. You did what you had to do. You went with your gut. Elliot's a great doctor. I do have 3 questions though...

Why do you hate me when I show you nothing but love?!
Who's gonna tell my mom?!
And what the hell am I supposed to do with 10,000 John Dorian Chief Resident business cards?!!"

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Just wanted to share them. It would be much better when you witness them for yourselves of course. Oh well, something to look forward to I guess.

Hey! If I can't be a scriptwriter, might as well admire and appreciate the beauty and cleverness of it all. Keep 'em lines coming! It's the very reason you're now on your Nth seasons.

screencaps courtesy of CSICAPS and WB56:Boston

TV shows that I miss the most...(10 more missed shows added)

2005-12-10T22:08:00.000+08:00

This was previously posted last August. And I'm pretty sure that OK Philippines got an article idea from this. Ha-ha. Probably a coincidence. Just wanted to repost it again cause I just saw a Dawson's Creek rerun and got a little nostalgic...

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I am currently in the midst of a Friends marathon with my fellow GY shift mates and I suddenly felt bad knowing that there would never be another new episode. I'm pretty sure a lot of people miss Friends too.

Then I suddenly got to thinking about other shows in syndication that I also miss from time to time. Thus, the birth of this blogpost...

FRIENDS - CAN THERE "BE" ANY OTHER SHOW LIKE THIS?

I miss this show badly. I miss Chandler's wisecracks, Monica's obsessive-compulsive behavior, Phoebe's weirdness, Ross' dinosaur-obsession & Rachel's, well I just miss watching Jennifer Aniston on TV. Joey, not so much, since I still get to see him on his own show. I wish the rest of the Friends cast start guesting on Joey (even if they said that they won't be guesting anytime soon).

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND

I think Star World is one season delayed so in Asia we will not be missing Everybody Loves Raymond yet. In the U.S. though, they just had their series finale. This is a family show with a universal appeal --- overbearing parents butting into their grown-up kids' lives & families all the live-long day. Too bad this show wasn't shown much on local TV. Pinoy's would love this!

GROUNDED FOR LIFE

Another Star World show, which is once again one season delayed in Asia, so cable viewers will still have the pleasure of enjoying the series. It all starts with a girl, who gets knocked-up by a guy straight out of high-school, they get married young, have 2 more kids, and 15 years later, BAM! A sitcom about one of the funniest family shows on tv. Their show got cancelled just recently although they were still given a chance to do a series finale, which according to some posts that I read had a weird & hurried ending and had a couple of the characters missing.

DAWSON'S CREEK

I saw every single episode of this series from start to finish. The series started out with the 4 main characters being over-analytical, introspective, angst-filled teen-agers, who loved using highfaluting, psychological terms and ended with them being normal, happy positive-minded young adults. The series also started with me rooting for a Dawson-Joey ending and ended with me be extremely ecstatic about the Pacey-Joey ending. Wish I could say the same for what could be a Tom-Kat ending though...

ROSWELL

I liked this show! It's like Dawson's Creek meets the X-Files. It did not, however, last as long as Dawson's Creek or X-Files. Got cancelled after a couple of seasons, but they did get a series finale; the 3 teen aliens plus Liz gets to escape from the "M.I.B.", all the teenagers get to leave Roswell, Max and Liz end up married (as expected), and Adam Rodriguez,the actor who played the brother-in-law of Max, ends up in CSI: MIAMI. Happy ending.

SEX & THE CITY

I love HBO! Aside from the great movies they show, they also come up with great original shows. I didn't think much about Sex & the City at first but after a couple of seasons, it just sucks you right in. Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte & Miranda are four different characters who just made the whole series work. The show is about having the characters go through real-life experiences with a bit of a hilarious twist of course. And even if the show was made to entertain and shock viewers, you still get to learn a lot about love, relationship & surprise, surprise...sex (Wowow shows the uneditted Samantha stuff. Mwahaha!).

TWO GUYS & A GIRL

This is where I first saw that Ryan Reynolds had a great potential to be a PAPA. Started out as Two Guys, a Girl & a Pizza Place, the show was about three college friends who go through everything from choosing their career paths to cheating through fireman training to dealing with insane women stalkers ("Irene," who ended up as Berg's [Ryan Reynolds] girlfriend).

TITUS

This is one of my top three favorite sitcoms. It's a shame that not a lot of people know about this show. It's hilarious! Really! Laugh-out-loud funny! Mainly revolves around a guy named Christopher Titus and how he deals with his indecisive fiance, his idiot (literal) of a brother, his effeminate, neurotic bestfriend, and his biggest fear in the whole world, his drunk of a father (my favorite character), who practically changed Titus first name from Christopher to Wussy. Got cancelled by Fox during its 2nd season. WUSSIES! @ FOX.

JUST SHOOT ME

This show is about different characters who work for BLUSH, a famous fashion magazine. If you ask me though, there is only one character worth watching in Just Shoot Me...David Spade. He plays Dennis Finch, assistant to magazine owner, Jack Gallow. The episodes that stand out always involves Finch doing some sort of errand or favor for the eccentric Mr. Gallow. I don't know when the show ended but I know that Dennis Spade is now a part of the late John Ritter's sitcom, "8 Simple Rules".

THE NANNY

I remember always waiting for this show on studio 23. Fran Drescher stars as Fran Fine, who stormed her way into the rich & dignified world of the Sheffield family and turns their lives upside down. I'll always remember Nanny Fine for her unforgettable, very distinctive laughter and for her tiny outfits. I still see reruns of the show on the Hallmark channel. It's not extremely funny, but it's pleasantly enjoyable.

MURPHY BROWN

A show that revolves around head anchorwoman Murphy Brown (Candice Bergin) and her fellow news anchors in a #1 news channel. The show was a bit controversial also during its time since Murphy Brown was one of the first TV characters, who dealt with being a single mother. But that's not what I liked about it. I liked the show cause mostly you get to see, supposedly serious, poised and know-it-all news personalities act insane from time to time if not most of the time.

SMALL WONDER

Vicky, the little girl robot. Do any of you remember her or even this show? =) A show about a little girl robot, Vicky, who ends up as a part of her creators family, which consists of a scientist, his wife and their son. Then there's also their neighbor, a nosy little girl, who practically lives with them. I don't really remember certain episodes. I was just a kid when this show came out. But I do remember waiting every week to watch the show. And I also remember part of the TV theme song that keeps on circulating 'round my brain right now... "she's fantastic, made of plastic..."

PERFECT STRANGERS

Here is another old school tv show that I loved to watch as a kid. Larry & Balky! Those were the characters names! I remember Larry as the straight-laced rigid one and Balky as the fun-loving foreigner who calls everyone "cousin" (pronounced ko-seen) and carries around a sock-puppet as his security blanket. I remember that there was even this dance that they did to this weird chant... "Dai! Dai! Dai! Dai!" Or something to that effect. What?! I'm only relying on my memory right now!

WONDER YEARS

The height of Fred Savage's career (his downfall was allowing Mike Myers to poke his character's mole with a stick in an Austin Powers movie)! I loved this show! A show about a young boy named Kevin Arnold, and the experiences he had growing up with his family, his bestfriend, Paul, and the love of his life, Winnie.

THE GOLDEN GIRLS

A show about the lives of 4 retired old ladies. I remember watching this show with my mom. I think this show went before or after Knot's Landing or Dynasty or one of those really old shows. I also remember finding the littlest old lady really funny. She sort of had semi-Alzheimers and made the funniest tactless comments. Estelle Getty, that was her name I think! She played the mom of Bea Arthur, the tall old lady, who I thought was a man before (and for a while I wondered why the show was called "Golden Girls" if there was a main guy character). Show also stars Betty White & Rue McClanahan as the two other old ladies. Sorry if I call all of them "old lady," I don't remember their characters names. This is one show I would love to have a dvd copy of though.

I debated on whether I should also mention "ALF" but I remember that he kind of scared the crap out of me, so never mind.

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Aaaaand that's not the end of this post.

Hey! I watch a lot of TV!

I've decided to add 10 more since I forgot to add other old-school shows that really mattered...
(Seinfeld & 3rd Rock from the Sun courtesy of Mako)

21 JUMP STREET

Johnny Depp started out here as an under cover teen cop. I think he was my first tv crush ever. I know he was the reason I got hooked on this show. Well...him and Richard Grieco. I suck.

THE COSBY SHOW

The Huxtables! Man! I loved this show as a kid. I so wanted Bill Cosby to be my father which was impossible since I wasn't black. Then I realized that my father was a lot more crazier than Cosby so I got the better end of the deal.

BEVERLY HILLS 90210

The show was cute at first. Then everything got all screwed up. Shannen Doherty got fired for being a bitch (deja vu all over again in Charmed), Brian Green decided to be the next Vanilla Ice, Tori Spelling discovered the wonders of plastic surgery, and Gabrielle Carteris, Ian Ziering & Luke Perry all turned 50. And this was during the first 2 seasons alone. Geez! I think only Jason Priestly (now of Tru Calling) and Jennie Garth (last I heard she plays the older sister of Amanda Bynes in a sitcom for Fox) were the only survivors. But nevertheless, I tuned in every week. For the 1st 2 or 3 seasons anyway.

SEINFELD

What won't you miss about this show?! I mean, Kramer's crazy hair and dramatic entrances and well, yada, yada, yada. Need I say more?

3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN

I love the concept of this show! 4 aliens sent to earth to live as human beings for a very important purpose... to make mankind laugh. I especially love Harry Solomon (French Stewart) who plays the weirdest one of them all. He also served as their communication link (AKA The Big Giant Head) to their home planet.

DOOGIE HOWSER M.D.

I do not, for the life of me, remember why I used to like this show. Lack of better TV shows during that time maybe. I just remember watching a lot of Doogie Howser episodes. Wanda! That was his girlfriend's name!

IN LIVING COLOR

Also known as Wayans Inc. In Living Color made a lot of its alumni famous! Aside from the now infamous Wayans bros, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx & Jennifer Lopez also got their start from this show. This was sort of like an alternative, offbeat white version of Saturday Night Live back then. And now we have MadTV for that.

THE A-TEAM

My dad and I watched this show all the time! Mostly because of Mr. T and his Saudi-gold blingblings. Hehehe. "I pity the fool..."

ALLY MCBEAL

I don't think we'll ever get to see another show about neurotic, insane, deranged => insert other abnormal psychology illnesses that you know of here <= bunch of hot-shot lawyers which is why I really miss this show. But what I miss the most is the dancing CG baby that never failed to freak Ally out.

FULL HOUSE

Hey! Remember the good ol' days when Bob Saget wasn't just known as the first America's Funniest Video Host and wasn't being mocked on "Joey" but was known as the nicest TV dad, when John Stamos was a heart throb and not just known as the former Mr. Rebecca Romjin-Stamos, and lastly when we didn't know that there were TWO Olsen's yet? Sigh. I miss those days.

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presenting...babbling idiot

2005-12-04T21:48:00.000+08:00

Fact: Last Thursday I took in 104 calls.

>>104 calls?! How in the hell did I manage to talk to 104 different people?!

>>Why is pinoy big brother such a hit? The few times I attempted to watch it, I just saw them sleeping or eating. Big deal! I can do that! Hell! I’ve been more entertained watching my former pets do that (they twitched in their sleep sometimes). And to make things worse, I just saw Kris Aquino guest on it! Could they possibly make me despise the show even more?

>>How can there be 100 channels on cable and yet there’s nothing good to watch?

>>Why are my parents so psyched about the wax figures of their hands that they just got? Its creepy! Have they not seen The House of Wax?! That movie should get an Oscar by the way! Come on! How could a movie where Paris Hilton dies not get an award?!

>>I'm sorry I'm still stuck on the fact that I get 104 calls. I cannot for the life of me understand how I did that! So again, how in the hell did I manage to talk to 104 different people and not have an aneurism? Really? Someone please explain that to me.

>>Why are our stupid birds still awake and chirping? Its 11pm for Gods' sake!

>>I wanna be a rockstar! I wanna be a filthy rich millionaire rockstar! Or an archeologist! I wanna discover a new killer extinct dinosaur species! Then I'll join forces with brilliant scientists and create a real Jurassic Park. Then I'll command all my carnivorous dinosaur re-creations to destroy Kris Aquino & Paris Hilton. Yeah. That would be sweet!

>>Why am I so sleepy?! I just woke up from a 3-hour nap!

>>I like Korn's new video "Twisted Transistor!" It's so idiotic and insane! Four classic rappers playing Korn...crazy kids.

>>Is Katie Homes really pregnant? I thought Tom Cruise was supposed to be impotent. How could Katie Homes leave Chris Klein for a guy who jumps up and down on Oprah's couch and then rolls and hops around Oprah's stage? (I'm so not a Tom Cruise fan)

>>I want pizza! Something all-meat from Yellow Cab. Mmmmmmm...pizza.

>>Why does Kelly Clarkson's stupid new music video make me cry everytime I see it?! It's about a father who abandoned his family. My dad is around all the time! I can't even relate to the stupid video!

>>I wanna be a published writer!

>>I love the movie "Just Like Heaven!" Its so nice and gooey and cute and romantic and there is absolutely no chance of it ever happening in real life... and now I don't remember why I love the movie. Oh yeah! Mark Ruffalo.

>>And once again, how did I take in 104 calls?! That is so wrong!

>>Why am I jotting down these stupid useless thoughts when I could be back in bed sleeping again?

And on that note...I'm going back to sleep.

GY...what I'll miss the most (an ode to gy & ultimate gy-mate...Abril)

2005-12-04T07:05:00.000+08:00

GY rituals that I'll most miss...
>>>eating in front of our officemate's PC while watching VCD(s) (Mona/Geoff this is the reason you sometimes go deaf in the morning when you turn on your PC and also why your work station is so filthy even when you try so hard to keep it clean. Geoff, this is also the reason there was a weird star wars character on your pc one time since we forgot to log ourselves out from your pc.)

>>>pretending to be hackers to try to access other pages aside from the bank site(and always dismally failing)

>>>taking pictures of a chicken little mcdo happy meal toy in various poses for...well, there's a very good reason behind it (props to Princess Guins for helping me out on this one)

>>>playing and attempting to finish PC games such as Mortimers Haunted Mansion, Diner Dash, Betty's Bar etc

>>>playing MusicMatch extremely loud

>>>scaring ourselves silly with ghosts that were purely a product of heresay and paranoia (due to Mitch & April's "CSI" instincts we found out 4 months ago that the supposed "ghost sounds" came from the rusty security guards' lockers beside our office)

>>>napping during office hours =)

>>>forcing the sleeping manong guards to wake up and to place water bottles on our water dispensers so as to avoid dehydrating

>>>forcing/ordering our supervisor to go home since she's still at the office even if it's already 2AM

>>>arguing with each other about whether to turn the aircon on or off

GY rituals that I'll most probably also miss after sometime even when I hated doing them...
>>>making the call report

>>>closing one million cases

>>>logging cases (NAH! Don't think I'll be missing this at all!)

>>>making SOA's for the late shifters

>>>faxing and sometimes pretending to fax SOA's (hee-hee)

>>>tagging one million ATM cards!

GY rituals with April that I'll miss a lot...
>>>April forcing whoever is on GY duty to eat her "baon" every single time with her signature line "MALINIS YAN!"

>>>April and whoever is on GY duty fighting over the ICL requests (easiest ones to make)

>>>April and whoever is on GY duty fighting about whoever will make the call reports for the day (no one wanted to make them)

>>>April and my monthly One Tree Hill marathon (we're the only 2 people in the office who likes OTH! Everyone else likes The OC ! Hail Chad Michael Murray!)

>>>April and my undying devotion to Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, and most especially "Whitey"

>>>April and my other VCD marathons of FRIENDS, CSILV & SCRUBS

>>>April burning her hand with the water dispensers' hot water even after I specifically told her already that the hot water dispenser was not broken anymore (it was MY fault, I assumed that she would try to test it WITH A GLASS and NOT with her hand)

>>>April and my once in a while moments of being on the verge of quitting work to be CSI's but then we remember that the Philippines has NO crime lab and that we weren't criminologists in the first place (DAMN YOU GRISSOM!You make it seem so easy!)

>>>April frowning at me again & again & again because I'm ALWAYS 30 minutes late meeting her at Megamall before work

>>>and lastly... "Trambiya," "Holiday," and just recently "Soot da barglar." (I love CSI)!!!(inside joke)

I'LL MISS YOU SO MUCH ABRIL! I swear babalik ako GY SOON!

GOBLET OF FIRE: Where have all the house elves gone?!!

2005-11-18T22:08:00.000+08:00

First, I have to acknowledge the fact that the monumental task of summarizing an almost 800 page book into 2 hours and 25 minutes worth of film must have been difficult if not impossible (w/c of course it was). And to bring to life the crucial events in the most climactic book of the Potter series so as to satisfy the imagination of hordes of devoted Potter fanatics must have been a bitch!

Now, if you don't mind, may i just make a couple of criticisms...

The creators of the film totally neglected & even cut out essential parts and characters of the book that I would've loved to see in the movie!

For instance, they only showed the beginning of the Quidditch World Cup. Though, I have to say that the stadium was spectacular!

The leprechaun presentation was included but they totally cut out the veela presentation. As a matter of fact, there was no mention or acknowledgement of a veela in the entire film. Fleur Dela Coeur, who was supposedly a drop-dead gorgeous part-veela didn’t as much as turn any boy to mush that if you weren’t familiar with the book you would just think of her as a cute younger, blonder version of Claire Danes during her "My So-called Life" stint.

There was no Quidditch playing whatsoever.

And get this...NO WINKY OR DOBBY AT ALL!

They showed Barty Crouch JR making the dark mark sign amidst the chaos post-Quidditch World Cup. He was supposed to be stay virtually invisible until the end of the movie! Plus he had this weird annoying tounge-thing!

There were deatheaters but no floating, upside-down muggles being tormented and tortured by the deatheaters.

The final Tri-Wizard challenge, the Maze could have been done a lot better. From what I imagined, the Maze was supposed to be scary & full of challenges. The only frightening thing inside the Maze were the hedges. Moving, attacking hedges and slithering vines.

Oooohh. How truly frightening!

No giant spiders. No dementors. No weird Hagrid pets. No sphinx going "Riddle me this Harry...".

The graveyard face-off scene between Harry Potter and a somewhat tan and fit version of Voldemort (who, by the description of the book is supposed to look bone-thin, ghastly and sinister) was a wee bit underdone (for me anyway) as the scene was supposed ot be somewhat dark and intense. I mean, for the love of god! The deatheaters were standing around looking bored!

Also, no appearances by the Dursleys, the older Weasley boys, Mrs. Weasley, Sirius Black (although mentioned in the credits, the fireplace scene...totally CG), Ludo Bagman, and Professor Trelawney.

But I guess it wasn’t all that bad.

There are a couple of scenes you have to watch out for because they were incredibly amazing and just like everything I dreamed.

The Durmstrang ship rising from the black lake and the Beauxbaton flying carriage was exactly how I imagined it.

The Goblet of Fire spurting out the names of the Tri-Wizard champions (including the Weasley twins attempting to place their names in the cup and failing miserably - matching white hair & beards).

The first and second Tri-Wizard tasks with the dragons & merpeople. Very cool!

The prefect bathroom (oh my god! BATHROOM!) with a Moaning Myrtle almost sexually harrassing Harry Potter was hilarious!

Ron's dressrobes were also exactly how I pictured it to be...frilly & lacey & maroon-ish. Funny!

And oh yeah, Cedric Diggory & Viktor Krum. Nice! Smart move making Krum way hotter than he was really supposed to be.

When it comes to the other new characters, I think the actors they picked to play Maddam Maxime, Rita Skeeter, Mad-Eye Moody, Patil sisters and Cho Chang were perfect. Fleur dela Couer, not so much. She looked like your typical French girl. Nothing spectacular.

By the way, is the Heart Evangelista auditioning for Cho Chang rumor true? Cause if it is, well obviously she didn’t get picked and so to borrow the infamous catch phrase of Nelson of "The Simpsons," I would have to say... Ha-Ha!

As a whole, the script & the scenes didn't flow too well. Me thinks they focused more on the visual effects, but hey! I ain't complaining! The visuals were great.

I guess I would have to say that the movie was a tad bit overhyped and the trailer practically showed all the highlights already. They should have left out a few surprises.

I think I expected way too much since GOB is my favorite Potter book. My bad!

In my absolute honest opinion, Prisoner of Azkaban was and will probably always be the best movie version of Harry Potter.

But hey! That’s just me. To each his own right?

If you have any comments and violent reactions regarding this post... AVADA KEDAVRA ! Kidding!

See the movie for yourself and well, you be the judge.

memoirs of a wuss

2005-11-15T08:04:00.000+08:00

I just saw The Exorcism of Emily Rose with my dad. It was his birthday and he wanted to see the movie so I had no choice. Believe me if I did I would see something else, even Spiritista again (yes, I said "again" and don't let me get started on that movie)!

How was the movie? I have no idea. The movie was half set in a courtroom and half the exorcism of Emily Rose. I only saw the courtroom half. No wait, I saw one extremely creepy scene by accident that involves the time 3AM. My jacket was sole witness to the events that occurred during the exorcism scenes, since I had my jacket over my face during those times. I just had my dad tell me about the scenes I missed so at least it wasn't totally money gone to waste.

Let me put it this way, compared to Emily Rose, The Exorcist is laughable. This one (from what I heard) did not involve green vomit, 360 degrees head rotation, levitation or extreme gymnastic tricks involving the stairs.

This was for real, which for me was the most frightening fact.

The Magandang Gabi bayan Halloween stories compared to this was pure crap. Geez, even just HEARING the possession scenes and the exorcism ritual performed was horrifying for me.

The Emily Rose case was actually the first and I think only recognized demonic possession case by the Catholic Church.

The thing with me is when I go see scary movies, I don't SEE scary movies, I more of LISTEN to scary movies.

Early on, I already knew that I could not handle scary movies. I found out about this after I saw Shake, Rattle & Roll and got scared of a "tiyanak" story. If that scared the crap out of me, what more movies with outstanding visual effects right?

But the knowledge of my cowardice when it comes to horror movies did not stop me from attempting to see, sorry, LISTEN to these types of films.

I then thought that I outgrew this scaredy-cat phase of mine so I saw, as in REALLY SAW the Japanese version of The Ring Trilogy. The damned movie gave me nightmares about things coming out of my TV, and about waking up with "Sadako" right in front of my face for months.

So after that traumatic experience I happily went back to just LISTENING once again to scary movies.

Just think, if I actually saw the Emily Rose exorcism ritual or the times she was possessed, even if I downed a bottle of sleeping pills (well if I don't die from the overdose), I would probably not be able to sleep for a year.

I guess I just have to accept and live with the fact that when it comes to horror films, no matter how old I get, I will forever be a wuss.

GY Bobong Booboos

2005-11-03T07:51:00.000+08:00

I would just like to point out that this is an EXTREMELY incomplete list of the stupid things my friend Mitch and I said during the duration of our GY shift (so far, 2 months and still counting).

If completed, this list would have more than a hundred entries.

Realistically, the words and actions stated below were probably mentioned or made in approximately a span of 1 week at the most.

1. "poink & beans" (pork & beans)- jenny
2. "dis ditas" - mitch
3. posing ng pilay - mitch (this wasn't said but it was unwittingly acted by Mitch)
4. "pumasok sa labas ng mata ko" - mitch
5. "nagchiki (chika)kami ni ms jo" - jenny
6. "scalls" (calls) - mitch
7. "naranasan mo na bang matusok sa milong" (ilong)?!! - mitch
8. "kasi 4 drays (days) straight siya" - jenny
9. "hindi ako kelloid" - jenny (distractedly screaming to mitch while playing zuma)
10. "nasa bunganga na yung mga bula" (BOLA SA ZUMA)- jenny
11. "you have a hearing problem! hala! baka you have anorexic (dyslexic) ears!" (said to mitch) - jenny
12. mitch attempt to kill jenny: feed jenny bloody chicken & fried bangaw
13. "[explicit deleted] CALL CENTER, this is Mitch, how can I help me?" - mitch
14. "ES-ES-ET! ES-ES-ET! ES-ES-ET! ES-ES-ET! ES-ES-ET!" - mitch, attempting to say SSS
15. "Punyeta! Ang bagal kumain ng matatanda!" - jenny screaming and startling mitch in the process, in reference to Diner Dash
16. "Doo!" (supposed to be "Duh!") - mitch
17. "Daaa!" (supposed to be "Duh") - jenny, nung nakarma
18. "Poopoo" - name of a wawa black dog full of galis
19. "Trumpo" - name of a spinning dog
20. "Skirin!" (Screen) - mitch
21. "Please put pillow on top of me foot!" - mitch being irish
22. "Hiding! Ano tong hiding?! Ano tong hiding?! Heading! Potang ina!" - mitch
23. Divion (supposedly division) - typing error of mitch, will now be used as a name of a future perfume or mineral water
24. "Oy! Sa slinggo (linggo) pwede ka ba?!" - mitch
25. "I'll-a-buy a hamster! I'll-a-buy hamster!" - mitch while hopping up and down
26. "No! Those are scrumby dodos (origin unknown)!" - jenny
27. schmoopy (origin unknown) - mitch & jenny's term for depression or sadness
28. "its for ars!"(supposedly "its for us") - jenny informing mitch
29. "yung ee-na" - (supposedly "yung una"), jenny making kwento to mitch
30. "stacatto!" - mitch's glory
31. "Hah! I am a nerd! A nerd!" - Words mitch proudly declared after answering a particularly difficult science trivia question. Then after 1 second, she feels depressed by her nerdiness.
32. mitch, after coughing and practically dying after choking over water and air. - "I did not anticipate breathing!"
33. "Jenny, Queen of Watsons" - finds out that she was crowned after coming across half a dozen Watsons men employees in the exact same clothes she was wearing (purple shirt, blue jeans)
34. "Barney" - what Jenny used to describe her clothes, in connection w/ "Queen of Watsons"

35. And mother of all booboos, D-day, 10-17-2005, Monday, Cake Day!

a. mitch's pants' zipper explodes revealing a horrid looking pair of panties full of duckies

b. mitch & jenny tries to be healthy by eating yogurt and trying their best to enjoy it no matter how evil-tasting it is only to find out that it was evil-tasting coz it was expired

c. mitch almost buys "pins for the dead" to fix her pants zipper

d. mitch & jenny spends 15 minutes imagining and laughing at Alex Compton putting his face inside his coffee (see post titled TOW with the freakin' funniest friends episode ever)

e. they spend another 15 minutes imagining and laughing again at Alex Compton using a dog to stir his coffee (see post titled TOW with the freakin' funniest friends episode ever)

f. "BLAT!" - (supposedly blind bat) word created by Mitch,but due to sleepiness mixed the two words together

g. "Manong, paano pumuntang kawayan?" -mitch to forbes guard

h. "Siguro iniisip niya (referring to an officemate) sa atin, yung mga matutusong poopoo na yun!" - mitch to jenny, for lack of any other description due to sleepiness

ADDITIONAL GY BOBONG BOOBOOS

36. "I'm mad at you SUKLU (origin of word unknown)!" - mitch
37. "bundot-sundot (supposedly sunod-sunod)" - mitch
38. "dabededi show (supposedly that 70's show)" - jenny
39. "I'm sorry po maam, di ko po kayo masyadong marining, medyo chubby (choppy) po yung line niyo" - jenny
40. "ulitit (supposedly ulitin) mo yan!" - mitch

Jonathan Kent, I am sooooo sorry

2005-10-31T07:09:00.000+08:00

I have to admit, I have been struggling with my weight since I was in Grade School. Back then I was underweight. So I went through this weird diet of Maggi and Royco (I miss those alphabet noodles!) chicken noodles and rice for a couple of months and voila! I was now overweight. Not obese! Just over my clinically approved weight (I’m trying to be politically correct here). Normal term by the way, would be fat.

Right now I’m still over my clinically approved weight. And I think I will always be over my clinically approved weight because of my boobs! Damn you Nuguid genes! I swear! Every woman in my mom’s side of the family have breasts Pamela Anderson would envy!

Like a lot of people I know, I don’t eat healthy and I probably never will. I would have to be killed before I eat tofu meat or god-forbid be on a vegetable and fruit diet. I know for certain that switching my diet to tofu, veggies & fruits would be very good for me but I loooove to eat! You only get to live once and damn it I’m not gonna waste it depriving myself of good food!

But don’t get me wrong, I’m not just gonna make like a lard and just stuff myself to death with fat & sugar. To offset my extremely unhealthy diet I exercise.

Yes. That’s right! Exercise. I thought that I wouldn’t like it and well…I was right. It sucks big time! My first attempt had been a couple of years ago during my unemployed months. I joined a gym near our house and had a tiny muscular trainer (think a brown version of popeye without the pinkeye, the pipe and the anchor tattoo, oh yeah and the sailor costume coz that would just be plain creepy). I had to endure two hours of weightlifting and the abflex and the worst gym machine ever... the treadmill.

I stupidly thought the treadmill would be a snap. I mean, its just walking on a revolving black rubberpad. How hard could that be, right? Geeeez… after 3 minutes on the treadmill, I felt like I was going to die! So after 5 minutes, I swear, I could literally see stars. And that was only supposed to be a warm-up. That was the first and only time I tried out the treadmill. The following day, I pleaded w/ the trainer to let me just warm-up with the stationary bike and he allowed it. I spent 2 hours a day in the gym and quit after a month. I couldn’t take it anymore! That 2 hours a day caused me to spend the remaining 22 hours in a day paralyzed in bed. I couldn’t stand and my arms and legs felt like jelly.

My current attempt at exercising is going much better. My mother just bought a treadmill (which I refuse to even touch) and aside from that, she also bought Timeworks FX and initially placed it beside the treadmill.

For those of you who don’t know what Timeworks is, it’s the weird contraption that Smallville’s John Schneider (Jonathan Kent) is advertising on TV Shopping Networks. When I first saw that particular ad on TV, I made fun of it and well, made fun of John Schneider. (“Oh no Martha! Clark is in trouble! I shall now use my trusty Timeworks to save him!”). Plus! Timeworks itself looked like a sissy machine! Like a warped version of a stationary bike. And then, my mother got one. To make things worst, when I came back from work last week, behold, the Timeworks Machine IN MY ROOM, mocking me! So yes, I took the oh-so-obvious hint my mother gave and started using it. Man! It was not as easy as it looked! 5 minutes of using Timeworks was like 2 hours in the gym! My arms and ass hurt like hell (they still hurt up to now). Its been a week since I started using Timeworks and miraculously, I still use it. I willingly use it! 15 minutes a day. I try to go beyond that but I start going blind whenever I exceed 15 minutes.

So, to end this extremely useless and pointless post I would like to extend my apologies to Mr. John Schneider, or as mentioned above, better known as Jonathan Kent.

Mr. Kent, I am sorry I misjudged you and the product you were advertising. Although, I have NEVER seen you use the Timeworks machine in the tv ad (you did point at it at one time), I would like to commend you for using Timeworks (IF you really use it), cause my god, that is one tough exercise machine! For me, YOU are now the true Superman of Smallville.

They're baaaaack...

2005-10-26T23:10:00.000+08:00

Guess who? =)

That's right folks! Our favorite CSI is back! And together again (THANK GOD!), if I may add. (refer to 'CSI' Night And Swing Shifts To Reunite During Season 6)

One of the first scenes of the very first season 6 episode begins with the whole group all together investigating a crime scene but then they split up (as always, even before they were really split up by Ecklie) due to the need for them to investigate a second crime scene.

According to the article linked somewhere above, the 2 shifts won't be "officially" reunited until somewhere in the middle of this season but they will all be working together a lot.

I had the privilege of getting to see a few of the first 5 episodes (thanks to RAGE 101-they have every episode of every tv show that you wanna see!), and so far, the 2 shifts are ALWAYS working together, if not "cross-shifting" (I just invented that term, I don't think its a real term).

So far, I've seen "Gil Grissom" and "Catherine Willows" stumbling upon a mass religious-cult murder, "Nick Stokes" sort of developing a weird psychic connection with a near dead little girl, "Warrick Brown's" alleged new bride "Tina," "Greg Sanders" surveying and taking pictures of one of the crime scene's parameter ON HIS OWN, and "Sara Sidle" NOT longing after "Grissom" for once.

I think season 6 is going to be another great season as usual.

Hopefully AXNASIA would get a hold of some season 6 episodes and start showing them already.

Hey AXN! Listen, I love your channel but frankly I'm really getting tired of watching "Horatio Caine" doing his hipholding pose! Please start showing new episodes of CSI soon! Oh, and LOST too! I beg you!

screencaps once again courtesy of CSICAPS

LOST: The Hatch (What Lies Beneath) - SPOILER WARNING!

2005-10-22T07:25:00.000+08:00

Okay. Once again I am warning you. Below are a bunch of episode recaps from the second season of LOST.

If you haven't seen this show yet and want to know the backstory first, watch it on Studio 23. First episode was finally shown last November 7. Enjoy. =)

Now for those who want to wait to see the start of the second season on AXN, turn away! Turn away now!

And for the rest...read on!

The million dollar question on the minds of every LOST fanatic...

What is in The Hatch?

Let's see, a studio type apartment with all the basic necessities a man needs. Food, shelter, clothing, creepy turntable music from our parents' time, a super computer that prevents the world from ending and a guy named Desmond. Yep, just your average daily needs.

So what's up with Jack, Kate and the rest of the survivors, who were marooned on a weird island in a "Lord of the Flies" type of situation?

Jack, Kate and Locke were held hostage in the Hatch by Desmond, a guy whose sole purpose in life is to encode the cursed numbers 4-8-15-16-23-42 (by the way, I don't think these numbers work for the Philippine lottery) into a computer to "prevent the world from ending." Jack realizes that he knew Desmond from Los Angeles while he was practising medicine with his father. The tables then turn and they end up holding Desmond hostage until they find out what the hell he was doing in the island and about where they were. They they find out about "the Dharma Initiative" and they realize that they were all being held hostage by the island.

Shannon loses Vince (Walt's dog) and runs into the woods to find him. Sayid of course follows her and helps her out. They lose sight of one another for a while and Shannon sees Walt for some reason, who tells her to keep quiet. Walt promptly disappears when Sayid reappears leaving Shannon confused.

Charlie plays house with Claire and the new born "island-baby" (as dubbed by Hurley).

Michael & Sawyer (Yes he's alive!!! Bleeding with an open gunshot wound but alive!) are floating somewhere in the ocean on top of a piece of their blown up raft with sharks swimming around them (thanks to Sawyer's wound). Jin is nowhere to be found at this point. Sawyer swam to a another floating piece of their destroyed raft for a while after getting into a screaming match with Michael (so that's round # 2,876 for them) and then he swam back to Michael when his piece fell apart.

Claire, while walking along the beach, finds their messages in a bottle, which was sent along with the raft. She then gives it to Sun who probably assumed the worst has happened to her husband Jin and company.

Jin becomes a prisoner of (get this...) OTHER PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS, who washed up on a different island. Five of them, including Ana Lucia played by Michelle Rodriguez. Jin is later on joined by Michael and Sawyer whose raft piece floated to the said island. All 3 were imprisoned, well at first anyway. A lot of bickering going on between Sawyer and Ana Lucia, pretty fun to watch.

Hurley is put in charge of inventory, dividing and distributing the food they found in the Hatch. He and Charlie gets into a fight about peanut butter but of course, they kiss and make up in the end.

Minor characters, who were basically invisible during the first season, are finally being focused on this time. Rose helps out Hurley with the inventory. And later, we find out that Rose's husband, Bernard is actually alive and was with the other suvivors, who are currently with Sawyer and company.

Oh and by the way, did I mention that Sawyer is hooooooott (even when being held at gun point, by the way, Josh Holloway was recently robbed in his home in Hawaii, the culprit was later captured. Props to Hawaiin PD!)...

And I bet you're wondering what this is about.

And that's just the first four episodes.

Looks like another great, unpredictable season ahead. It's anyone's guess on who's gonna die next (so far, we got Boone down) and who's gonna survive.

And now, for the second year running, the 2006 Emmy Award for Best Drama Series goes to...

screencaps courtesy of lost-media.com

Only in my house...

2005-10-21T08:19:00.000+08:00

This morning, I came home and this was the first thing I saw when I entered our gate...

To those who can not distinguish what this is... this is, or rather this was, my childhood security blanket, my Rainbow Brite doll. It is currently armless and legless and hanging by its neck in front of my mother's pet birds. I do not know why its there so don't ask me!

TOW the freakin' funniest FRIENDS episode ever

2005-10-14T07:55:00.000+08:00

This is probably one of the laugh-out-loud funniest FRIENDS moments ever. Its on an episode called TOW The Stripper Cries (Last Season).

I don’t know why I find it hilarious but every time I watch it, it never fails to make me die laughing…

Scene: Joey Tribbiani (Matt Le Blanc) is a celebrity guest on a show called Pyramid (its like a cross between Who Wants To be a Millionaire & Jeopardy), hosted by Donny Osmond.

Joey is partnered with “normal” contestant and his partner has to describe a certain object and unfortunately, Joey has to guess what that particular object is. Joey would have to guess as many objects as possible before the end of a 30 second timeframe given for their group to win.

Category: Things you find in your fridge

First object Joey had to guess: Cream

Joey’s partner: You put this in your coffee…
Joey: A spoon! Your hands! Your face!
Joey’s partner: Its white…
Joey: Paper! Snow! A Ghost!
Joey’s partner: Its heavier than milk…
Joey: A rock! A dog! The earth!

Second object Joey had to guess: Mayonnaise

Joey’s partner: You put this on a sandwich…
Joey: Salami! Anchovies! Jam!
Joey’s partner: Its white…
Joey: Paper! Snow! A Ghost!
Joey’s partner: Its made from eggs…
Joey: Chickens!

Obviously they lost. But it was, for me and Mits anyway, one of the funniest tv moments ever.

its over now

2005-10-12T11:29:00.000+08:00

Well, 2 and a half months has passed since I started w/ the GY shift. Again, I have to stress that the GY shift is the most beautiful shift in the whole entire world. I don't understand why my officemates are terrified of getting stuck in this shift.

I mean, basically, all they have to do is watch vcd's (I finished watching the latest seasons of One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and CSI LV while in this shift, my greatest accomplishments for the past 2 months), play pc games (zuma & diner dash were introduced to me and had given me high blood since i started playing them - stupid impossible levels!), slept (got backaches though from the weird sleeping positions we had to endure, i mean come on, we had to stick swivel chairs together for god's sake, spare a couple of folding cots will yah!), and oh yeah, we answered a couple of calls in between.

I'm gonna be transferring to another team as soon as I get back from GY which is either next week of first week of November, depending on what the boss lady says and it will be a whole new ballgame for me, so to speak.

Aaaarrrgggh! Back to wearing uniforms, and stockings, and high heels!

Oh well, gotta move on at some point. Wish it was a bit more later than sooner.
I will miss this shift sooooo much.

Bah! This is it for today. I'll post another entry tomorrow. Probably 2 entries since I haven't posted anything in a month.

What is this insane weather?! Its all hot and humid and sunny and raining hard at the same time?! Wacko.

And on a more serious note, please pray for the quake vics of pakistan... may their souls rest in peace. And may a quake of that magnitude never EVER happen in our country. I know that our whole system is all screwed now. Need I remind everyone of the tsunami incident last December, and the 2 destructive hurricane's that hit the U.S., and I think just recently there was a freak tornado spotted somewhere in the Philippines. Pretty soon, it might just start snowing here. Nah! Just wishful thinking. I just hope nothing else horrific happens this year...

Decision, decisions...

2005-09-18T22:09:00.000+08:00

Man! It is tough being a grown up! I tell yah, if I had a choice, I would be a kid forever.

As a kid the hardest decision you would have to make was what toy you should play with for the day or what cartoon show you should watch (still a tough decision I have to make daily when I'm choosing between a Nickelodeon or Disney show).

Then came college... the time to decide which course to take that would help mold and shape you into the kind of person you have to be to get that dream job that you will be doing for the rest of your working lives.

And what do I pick? Industrial Psychology!

Stupid course! Industrial Psychology?! What is that?! Its not even definite! It is, in my opinion, probably the safest course there is to choose for people who don't know what they want to do with their lives! For example, ME!

I chose my course because I didn't know what I wanted, thinking that maybe later on I would know what I finally wanted and decide to shift to another course and focus on something else, something other than my course. One year turned to four years of indecisiveness and I ended up graduating with a degree in Industrial Psychology. And apparently I was good at it because they even gave me a "with distinction" medal, a medal for not knowing exactly what I want to do with my life. Nice.

Why couldn't colleges and universities just stick to the basics?! Education if you wanted to be a teacher, Medicine if you wanted to be a doctor, Law if you wanted to be a lawyer... There! They should just stick to those 3 choices so no matter what we choose among those 3 we still have great professions!

Why must they complicate life with stupid, useless, highfaluting course names when everyone who graduates with degrees from these so-called courses, ends up working for a call center?!

Oh well, can't turn back time now can we?!

And now comes the workplace, where every single thing that you decide, every move that you make could either make you or break you.

Right now a lot of the decisions I have to make involves the question "Should I stay or should I go?"

"Should I stay in the nightshift forever (lesser calls, more vcds to watch, lesser calls, less stress, no uniform, lesser calls... and did I mention lesser calls) or should I go back to the dayshift and transfer to a different team (more knowledge which would make me more bankable, I get to see my friends again, I get to see the sun again)?"

"Should I stay in my current job and die a measly CSO or should I go out into the world again and risk all the security and compensation that I already have to apply for a different more appealing job that I would be much more satisfied and happy with?"

"Should I stay and be satisfied w/ being just an employee or should I go back to school to take up most probably a journalism course (my dream course) and move on to bigger and better things?"

Aaaarrrrggghhh! Head exploding! Veins popping!

Sigh… Don't mind me. This is just me rambling on about the current contents of my brain. I'll sort this out somehow.

Later.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT: The busiest shift of them all...(part 2)

2005-09-08T13:54:00.000+08:00

Alrighty then! Due to my lack of blog posts these past 2 weeks and since I have the most be-A-yoo-tiful phone in the whole entire world (props to Mako!) and I just can't stop taking pics of everything & anything under the sun (or rather moon, don't really get to see the sun that much), I have decided to enlighten you, my loyal and gorgeous spectators, about the goings-on during the BUSIEST (really!) shift ever...THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT. BUSY I TELL YOU!!! And here is more proof...

culprits: busy call center reps hard at work, posing for camera phone

culprit mits' attempt at posing for future mugshots

a well-respected senior call center officer's attempt at taking a picture (obviously he failed)

masterpiece 1: movie still from The Village movie about a man doing a scary scarecrow-like pose

masterpiece 2:movie still of a horrible yoda pose

masterpiece 3:yet another movie still of a horrible yoda pose (my apologies to star wars fans. what?! yoda looks funny!

and my most magnificent masterpiece to date: pooping dog (I realize that this has nothing to do w/ my office or the GY shift but this was too good to pass up. Besides where else can I post this picture?!

that's all folks! hope you enjoyed the show!

Gilmore Girls: the most underrated show ever

2005-09-08T07:32:00.000+08:00

Okay! I kinda went crazy with the dvd's last payday. Teehee. I got 3! And when I say 3, i don't just mean 3 measly dvd's. I got 3 box-sets of the Gilmore Girls 1st to 3rd season. Plus I'll be getting the 4th & 5th season via vcd next week. Help me! I'm out of control!

But its all worth it. I am now addicted to Gilmore Girls! Must remember to add that in my list of "Current Addictions & Related Sites."

I just simply love the show. Why? A number of reasons actually. Hard to pinpoint just one. But to name a few...

>>the mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai & Emily (the awkward, non-sharing, non-close kind of bond) - I can so relate!
>>mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai & Rory (the bestfriends kind of bond) - I want this relationship w/ my kid if ever
>>Lorelai's lovelife - just found out that she & Luke got together finally, I'm hoping they'd stick it out
>>Rory's lovelife - I like Dean since he's Rory's first love but he's married!
>>Lane's band
>>Quirky Stars Hollow Characters - Taylor, Miss Patty, Kirk, Bebeth, Lane's mom...
>>Stars Hollow - if there was such a place, I wanna migrate there. Simple, cozy, smalltown feel where everyone knows one another and is in each others business all the time. Fun!

And I love the way the characters talk! Smart, witty, sarcastic, full of references to pop culture and historical icons over the past 100 or so years, brainfood at times. Its simply a show that makes you think and go hmmmmmm...oh thats right, I get it!

I know most people prefer watching shows that are more big on action or slapstick or special effects but I hope they'll learn how to appreciate shows like Gilmore Girls. Simple, intelligent and also funny.

Can't wait to continue on w/ my marathon... =)

Good News: CSI Season 6 & LOST Season 2 premieres this September already! Bad News: Only in the US! (Damn it!)

2005-08-26T08:15:00.000+08:00

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

"Bodies In Motion," CSI6 first episode is expected to air in late September, 2005.

The CSIs will work on two challenging cases involving an explosion in a trailer park and a beautiful girl who is found dead on the street -- while Gil Grissom spends some extra-curricular time trying to make sense of the events from CSI5's season finale.

There's much more going on in "Bodies In Motion", including the return of some character-oriented storylines from last season. There's romantic tension between Grissom and Sara, as Sara still isn't getting any closer to the man she secretly loves. Plus there's professional tension between Grissom and Catherine, with Catherine's career seemingly taking a downturn again. And there's even a separate third case, in which Greg and Sofia work together to try and solve the murder of a pastry delivery girl found dead in her car.

Source: CSI Files

LOST

The second season of "Lost" will begin Wednesday, Sept. 21, according to ABC.

Sorry! Got no spoilers for you but I can confirm some of season 2 guests though.

Michelle Rodriguez' (Girlfight/S.W.A.T.) character, "Ana-Lucia," was introduced sometime during the first season finale. She was talking to "Jack" if you can remember.

Cynthia Watros, formerly of the sitcom, Titus will also be guesting.

RAIN! Gosh darn it!

2005-08-22T23:01:00.000+08:00

I need rain! The humidity and heat is so freakin' bad! Yeah sure, it rained a bit...for like 5 seconds! Then the overbearing heat came back! Grrrrrrr!!!

I need to know some sort of chant, spell or rain dance to make it rain here specifically in our area.

Or...I could move to a place where there's snow! Japan has snow right?
Nah! No place to live there anyway. I don't think Mako will take me in after all the horror and mockery Mitch & I put her through the whole time she was here.

Sigh...I wish our refrigerator was bigger...

Damn it! RAIN!!!!!

Animal Planet

2005-08-14T07:32:00.000+08:00

I just came to realize that Animal Planet is not just a cable channel but it’s where I live. Every friggin' day, I discover a new animal in different areas of my house and somehow, these animals seem to be after me in one way or another...

a) REPTILE
Couple of months ago, my cousin caused our entire street to panic since he claimed to have seen a snake "as thick as his arm" slithering into our garage. So all the supposedly "brave males" of our street gathered around our gate "fully armed" – by fully armed I mean they were carrying sacks, and different kinds of sticks (yes, bbq stick included). My father was not yet a part of the "brave male" crowd as he was napping (at 6pm). He was then awakened by the sound of my screeching mother. So my father in complete battle gear attire (shorts & white rubber boots) went out to join the now growing crowd by our gate. Then, after a while of gasps & shouts from the bystanders, the snake comes out...a little teeny, weeny, black garter snake as thick as a piece of spaghetti string. Aaaarrrgggh! How truly frightening! The snake could pass for a really well fed earthworm! Stupid cousin!

b) MAMMAL
A few weeks ago, a litter of kittens were born somewhere near our house (before you go "awwww..." read on). I just didn't realize that "somewhere near our house" meant somewhere inside our house. More specifically, somewhere near my window!
I had the 6-3 shift during that time and I could not sleep a wink!
All I could hear were the stupid kittens' incessant meowing!
"Miw! Miw! Miw! Miw! Miw!"
All night long, the constant, never-ending "Miw!"
And if I do get to sleep, I dream about the kittens "Miwing!"
Damn you cute and furry little creatures of hell!
Thank God their mother decided to move them!

c) BIRD
I thought my suffering was over but NOOOOOO...
About 2-3 days ago, my mother brings home about 8 tiny birds. I thoughts they were harmless like the 2 parakeets that we already had. Man! Was I wrong!
These new birds were freaks!
They may look like birds, but they sounded like frogs. So all the live long day they croak & croak & croak (my mother finds them sweet & endearing).
This time I'm on the GY shift so I sleep during the day but since these evil winged-beasts came into my life, its like kittenhell all over again!

Nananadya ba kayo?!!!

d) INSECT
A couple of nights ago, I was in a staring contest with what seemed to be a flying cockroach...I lost.

Scenario:
Me...about to enter my room. I stopped cold since I saw the most horrifying sight ever---a cockroach smack right in the middle of the upper doorframe facing downwards, as if preparing to attack whoever dares try to enter the room.

Its target...Me.

Now before you judge me, there's something you need to know first. Roaches, whether living or dead, are my biggest fear. I have never in my entire life killed a roach (ever!) and I scream bloody murder every time a roach even so much tries to get within 3 feet from me.

So being the sissy that I am, I slowly walk towards the bathroom (which was right next to my room), all the while never taking my eyes off the roach. And when I was 3 steps away from the bathroom, I ran inside and quickly closed the door (Yes! I realize how stupid it is for a grown person to be afraid of a 2 inch insect!).

I looked around the bathroom for the Baygon (we keep it there sometimes). But it wasn't there. So in true MacGyver style, I decided to improvise. I looked around for any other object I could use as a weapon. The only things I could find were my father's used shorts and an empty toilet paper roll. I grabbed the two (not really knowing what their use was for such a deadly event) and slowly opened the bathroom door. I looked to where the roach was supposed to be (door frame) but it wasn't there anymore.

Guess where it was! That's right! In front of the bathroom, staring at me! I swear! It really wants to kill me!

So I hurled my father's shorts and the empty toilet paper roll at it (MacGyver would have been proud) and ran to my room.

I pray to God that I would not be running into any more of these monsters anytime soon. If I do, that would most probably be the death of me.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT: The busiest shift of them all...

2005-08-13T07:21:00.000+08:00

For those lucky bastards not working for a callcenter. Let me give you an inside look at what callcenter employees look like and what they usually do during the GY shift...

your typical callcenter employees

What your typical callcenter employees do during the night shift...

play with expensive dumb toys that don't make sense
(expensive dumb toy available at LANDES, fingers sold separately)

make fun of deformed gummy bears

get mesmerized by peeing dogs

get mesmerized by rubber ducks

watch porn movies of Jim Carrey

Now that you know...You must NEVER CALL a callcenter during night if you DO NOT want to come across morons such as the ones shown above. KAPEESH?!

ZUMA: BEWARE! Extremely Violent Game!

2005-08-03T19:11:00.000+08:00

I don't really know where this game originated from but this game is veerrrry dangerous. I repeat...DANGEROUS!!! Stay away from this game or the people who play this game! Here are some of the symptoms of a Zuma-addicted person.

1. Person has blatant disregard for anything or anyone else while involved in playing "the game."

2. Person thinks that the highest level of achievement or goal there is would be getting through stage 6-3 of "the game."

3. Person's right hand is no longer a "hand" but a CLAW. Right hand is tightly wrapped around a computer mouse most of the time thus causing this deformity.

4. Person makes sudden violent outburts and seems to have an extensive knowledge of every single curse word of every language there is. Curse words seem to be directed at a tiny frog.

5. During a bad game, person would glare continuously at pc monitor and make rude hand gestures at the monitor every now and then.

6. During a good game, person would lovingly stare at the pc and would mumble words of support and wisdom to the tiny frog and would shout out odd words like "splendid!" when all goes well.

7. Person seems to hear "clinking of balls" everywhere he or she goes.

8. Person would either start to feel extreme hatred or extreme love for frogs.

When you see someone displaying behavior such as the one's mentioned above. Stay away! Stay far away before they suck you into ... ZUMALAND!

Now if you'd excuse me, stage 7-1 na ako. Bye!

An idiots guide to an idiots vocabulary (idiotic words & their meanings)

2005-07-31T17:30:00.000+08:00

Just spent an evening watching the premiere of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Willy Wonka! Willy Wonka!) & eating pizza & chicken in honor of our balik-bayan friend, Mako.

Welcome back Mako!

You know you're definitely back in Pinas when stupid stuff start happening around you again...

These words were created/mentioned within a span of just 6 hours.
(talented contributors: Jenn laki, Mitch, Jen liit, and Mako)

1. lacey boobs - in reference to Mako's sensual blouse
2. stupid lacey - in reference to Mako when she almost made Mitch & Jenn laki go all the way back to Megamall because she suspected that a saleslady in L Time Studio stole her watch, which by the way was in one of her pockets the entire time
3. king koy (king kong) - mentioned by Jenn laki; a movie that will probably never ever be made
4. the bride & the groom (the corpse bride) - mentioned by Mitch; another movie that will probably never ever be made
5. cantolan (dirty word + santolan) - mentioned by Mitch; a cross between a dirty pinoy word for sex and a street, place that turns Mitch on
6. khamp kharahme (for effect, must be pronounced slowly in a low and lusty voice) - mentioned by Mitch; term Mitch uses when she's aroused
7. oompah loompahs - willy wonka's tiny employees that turns Mitch on, also refers to really short people ex: Mitch & Jen liit
8. loomba loomba - Jenn laki
9. oompy loompy - Jen liit
10. saklolo, help, hoy - words used by Jenn laki to call Mitch & Mako's attention when she locks herself inside Mako's car
11. cellyphone (cellphone) - mistake, Jenn laki's stupidity
12. winny wonka (willy wonka) - another mistake, another one of Jenn laki's stupidities w/c Mitch unfortunately heard [note: Mitch has extremely bad hearing but this she hears]
13. how can i MELT you? (supposedly how can i HELP you?) - typical call center opening spiel distorted by a horny Mitch [added 08/01/05: thanks for reminding me Maks!]
14. kissbutt - Mitch

CSI5 FINALE: Grave Danger

2005-07-28T20:31:00.000+08:00

The much awaited CSI's latest season finale was finally shown on AXN Asia last night. Two whole hours of Quentin Tarantino's handywork. Bloody brilliant!
I am a self-confessed CSI addict and I think I've seen every episode of the show at least twice...well, except for a few episodes of Season 2. I can't believe that I only discovered the genius that is CSI a couple of months ago.
The last episode, cleverly titled "Grave Danger" pertaining to CSI Nick Stokes being kidnapped and buried alive in a plexiglass casket, was so mindblowing!
As always, little to no special effects. And finally, the show showed a little more heart than usual! I'm not complaining about the way they're running the show, I mean, no other CSI spin-off's can hold a candle to CSI Vegas. But this is probably the only CSI episode that made me cry!
I thought I was being abnormal then I found out that my other friend, who also saw the finale, cried too. Yaaaay! I'm not an idiot! I have to say, George Eads' (Nick Stokes) acting was a surprise! And I'm not just saying that coz I think he's cute! He didn't say much (come on! he was stuck in a box!). Sang a lot. Panicked. Then cried. Which then made ME cry! Damn you Eads!
I love the way the other CSI's looked. Finally! They weren't acting all cool, calm and collected as usual. They were all actually panicked & rattled. And Conrad Ecklie's reaction to the whole thing was actually a surprise. He wasn't acting all asshole-y & mighty, he was...well, concerned and nice and was willing to do everything to save Stokes like everyone else.

Anyway, for those of you who missed it...FOR SHAME!

Trust me, this is CSI at its finest.

Here are some episode screencaps, courtesy of CSICAPS

AND NOW FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE...

Nick Stokes is kidnapped, CSI's watch live feed from Nick's plexiglass coffin

CSI's helpless as they watch Nick panic

CSI's try to figure out Nick's whereabouts

Warrick Brown, thinking that Nick was going to shoot himself, panics

CSI's investigate suicide-bomber suspects' death hoping for any clue to lead them to Nick

Gil Grissom continues to watch Nick through the livefeed

Sara Sidle & Archie Kao watch as Nick gets "eaten alive" by fire ants

Capt Jim Brass & the rest of the CSI's while they try to locate Nick

CSI1 Greg Sanders & Capt Jim Brass

Nick hallucinates about Dave the coroner & Dr Albert Robbins doing his autopsy due to fire ant bites & lack of oxygen

Nicky about to give up

Nick is finally rescued (George Eads' Emmy Award winning moment)

Warrick & Catherine rides in the ambulance with Nick while the GY shift looks on

GY shift and Conrad Ecklie are left behind

Grissom asks Ecklie for "his guys" back

The great wait for THE GREAT RAID is finally over!

2005-07-26T20:53:00.000+08:00

FINALLY! We all get to see the much awaited Hollywood version of an infamous Philippine war event!

The release date of the The Great Raid had been changed several times by Miramax and there was even this rumor that the movie will just be going straight to video. Thanks God it was just a rumor!

The Great Raid is a movie inspired by true events and based on two books -- William Breuer's "The Great Raid on Cabanatuan" and Hampton Sides' "Ghost Soldiers".

The movie stars Hollywood actors Benjamin Bratt (Miss Congeniality), Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love), James Franco (Spiderman), Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Fil-Am actor, Paolo Montalban, and Philippines very own Cesar Montano, who will be playing Capt. Juan Pajota.

It's a shame that Cesar Montano was not top-billed alongside Bratt & company in the official movie poster (in the trailer itself, you only get to see Montano [grinning] for like 2 seconds -- an amazing 2 seconds for Pinoys everywhere though --). Although, from the movie posters I've seen around Makati & Ortigas, they really made an effort to make out Cesar Montano look like the lead star of the movie (his picture was bigger than that of Bratt's). =)

The film will be shown in the Philippines on August 10 and to the rest of the world beginning August 12.

Here are a few moviestills. Naturally, I got the ones w/ Montano in them (KEEP THE PINOY PRIDE ALIVE!!!).

info courtesy of abs-cbnnews.com & inq7.net
pics courtesy of rottentomatoes.com

Ang Dakilang TATAY

2005-07-18T22:27:00.000+08:00

Scenario 1: Anak na nagMRT dahil sobrang traffic galing Ortigas patungong Makati dahil sa isang gunggong na nagexpose ng isa sa mga kalokohan ni GMA, tapos dahil sa takot, biglang naisip magtago sa San Carlos Seminary sa Guadalupe.

text galing sa Tatay:
NASAAN KA NA
(naka-all caps siya kasi ang cellphone niya ay isang sinaunang panahon na Ericsson, take note, Ericsson pa lang, di pa Sony Ericsson)

anak sinagot ang text Tatay:
Sandali lang dahil siksikan ang tao sa MRT? Antayin ko na lang yung sunod na tren.

ang sagot naman ng Tatay sa text ng anak:
ANG BAGAL MO SANA HINILA MO NA LANG YUNG TREN

anak (sa isip):
Hmmmmmmm.....

Scenario 2: Anak naglalakad sa gilid ng Makati Med papuntang Mercury Drug sa People Support Bldg, kasunod ang Tatay sa likuran nang biglang may humarang na isang mamang nanlilimos na biglang idinisplay yung paa niyang puro sunog na balat para maawa yung mga taong makakita sa kanya at bigyan siya ng pera. Ang tatay na mabait, biglang tinulak yung anak malapit sa paanan ng mamang nanlilimos. Ang anak ay halos madapadapa sa takot.

ang sinabi ng tatay sa anak nung tinignan ng masama nung anak yung tatay:

Sa sunod, pakiskis mo yung peklat ng mama sa mukha mo!

anak (sa isip):
Hmmmmmmm.....

Scenario 3: Anak (kakatapos lang mangharrass at manggago ng mga ahente sa isang Shopmore Application Booth bilang ganti sa lahat ng hirap ng naidulot ng mga kabobohan nilang sales talk) nagpapabili ng lipstick sa Tatay sa SM Department store.

anak (naglalambing sa tatay):

Da, bilhan mo naman ako ng listik (lipstick) o.

tatay (tinignan ng masama yung anak – medyo may topak na dahil sa tagal ng asawang nag-gogrocery sa Hypermart, bulak lang naman yung bibilhin, isang oras na nagiiikot sa loob ng grocery):

Ano?! Gusto mo listikin ko yung ilong mo?!

anak (sa isip):
Hmmmmmmm.....

Napagisip-isip ko, napakaswerte ko namang tao. Ang bait na nga ng aking kaibigan na si Mits (refer to one of my previous posts), ang bait pa ng aking Tatay. San ka pa?! Hmmmmmmm.....

Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince

2005-07-16T07:43:00.000+08:00

ITS OUT! ITS OUT! ITS REALLY AND TRULY OUT!

And I'm actually getting the hardbound-first release version! A first for me! I always end up waiting for the paperback version w/c usually comes out 10 years after the hardbound version.

Yes, yes! I'm 26 and I still read children's books! Screw you!

Well, I know what I'll be doing all weekend...

Well, yeah, a little bit of that too. =)

Can't wait for Book 7! Hurry it up Rowling!!!

Pinas! Ano ba?! Are you drugs?!

2005-07-12T19:26:00.000+08:00

Okay...You want serious?!
Lets talk politics.

Wat da pak is happening to our country?!

Here are some of my random rants about our political situation and some of our political figures...

>>There is a minor rally today hosted by Bro Eddie Villanueva and a major one tomorrow at Ayala possibly hosted by the late Fernando Poe's wife, Susan Roces. - is this the start of yet another edsa revolution-like historical event?! pero since this would be in ayala, will this be called ayala revolution uno? ano ba?! puro rebolusyon?! may mapapala ba tayo dun?!

>>GMA possible impeachment trial. - If this actually pushes through. Dalawang magkasunod na Phil prez na ang mai-impeach. This shows the incompetence of Filipinos when it comes to voting for our countries leaders. Nakakahiya tayo!

>>Noli De Castro - Pag maimpeach si GMA. Ang vice prez and kapalit. Hello?! Anong gagawin ni Noli De Castro pag siya ang naging president?! Ang pinakamagaling lang naman niya na ginawa is yung mga Halloween Specials ng Magandang Gabi Bayan! Yun lang! Patay tayo diyan! Halloween tayo araw araw.

>>Franklin Drilon - if one day, I get to make a Tagalog Dictionary, under the meaning of the word "Balimbing," ilalagay ko yung pangalan ni Drilon. Siya talaga ang epitome ng "balimbing" When GMA gave her semi-SONA about the "Hello Garci!" scandal, all praises si Drilon sa speech ni Arroyo. And now, siya pa ang nangungunang magsisisigaw ng "Gloria resign!" Ulul mo!

>>Pinas, one of the top corrupt countries in the world - ano ba mga pinuno ng bansa?! di ba kayo naaawa sa kinaruruonan ng Pinas?! 3rd world country na nga tayo, ang laki laki na nga foreign debt natin, maglalagay pa ng lecheng VAT tapos magnanakaw pa kayo at kung anu anong luho yung bibilhin niyo para sa inyo mga sarili?! Grabe! Ang ganda siguro ng magiging karma niyo! Sana mahulog lahat ng buhok at ngipin niyo ng sabay sabay!

I love being a Pinoy! Wala ng tatalo sa values, hospitality at lalong lalo na yung sarap ng mga ulam natin. Pero ngayon, nakakahiya maging parte ng Pinas dahil sa iskandalo at kagaguhan na nangyayari sa ating gobyerno. Wish ko lang maayos ang lahat.

Bro. Villanueva for Prez!!! Hehehe. Ey! Think about it. No other suitable candidate. Well, okay, may isa pa... Pink Lacson for Prez na rin!

Til the next ranting. Saranghamida po! (R.I.P. Ate Luds)

New Look...

2005-07-12T19:18:00.000+08:00

I got tired of all the green and blue so I decided to reconstruct my blog. Nothing much changed ('Cept for the template, the color, new items in the sidebar, new pics...yada, yada, yada). Fine! So there were A LOT of major changes! Content is pretty much the same though. Nothing serious. Full of insights and opinions about stuff that don't really matter much.
I guess you can just say that I got bored...
Happy browsing passerby's!

Burn-out

2005-07-09T22:20:00.000+08:00

I AM SOOOO TIRED!!!
I am currently averaging at a hundred plus calls a day and I am T-I-R-E-D!

Thank God for the people who invented the TV, CABLE TV, MOVIE THEATERS and DVD PLAYER! My current escape from the reality that is HELL ON EARTH...

Also, would like to thank the mastermind behind the beauty that is a BLOG.

If it weren't for him (Bless you laddie or lassie!), I would not have the chance to post pics and other items or pure and utter nonsense on the internet. For short...pics and items that I enjoy. Yes, I enjoy nonsense! I need nonsense! I want nonsense! Nonsense is better than my life right now!

O-K! Need to cut this short... puro nonsense na rin yung sinasabi ko.

Probably coz I'm so sleepy but I can't sleep yet coz I'm home alone and I have to wait for my parents and tita to come home since I am the designated gate-opener...

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!! DYOSKOMIOOOOOOOOO!!!

Tag?! I'm IT!!! (ang pakana ng isang haging haponesa)

2005-07-02T20:17:00.000+08:00

there! sabihin mo pa 2 million years from now ako magrerespond! (although i think it was your other post you wanted us to answer...hehe. eh mas interesting to eh! bakit ba?!!)

*BOLD THE ONES YOU'VE DONE*

smoked a cigarette
smoked a cigar>>>> held one...
madeout with a member of the same sex
crashed a friend's car >>> does a remote control car count?
stolen a car
been in love
been dumped
shoplifted >>> by accident... kendi. hehe
been fired>>> pero nakarma ang nagfire! mwahahaha!
been in a fist fight
snuck out of my parent's house>>>pano?!
had feelings for someone who didnt have them back
been arrested
made out with a stranger
gone on a blind date >>>don't really know why I do this coz IT NEVER WORKS!!!
lied to a friend>>>lagi naman nahuhuli! hehe
had a crush on a teacher (yiiiiiii!)
been to Europe
skipped school>>>countless number of times...sagad lahat ng allowable cuts
slept with a co-worker
seen someone die >>>>well, on the verge, tapos nabuhay ulit, tapos namatay na talaga...RIP, my college friend, RIP...
had a crush on one of your LJ friends
been to Canada
been to Mexico >>> Pampanga? hindi rin eh... :)
been on a plane >>>once, and i never got to fulfill my lifelong dream of peeing in an airplane bathroom
thrown up in a bar
purposely set a part of myself on fire
eaten Sushi >>>> yiiiiii!
been snowboarding
met someone in person from LJ
been moshing at a concert>>> no way! i saw someone who tried to mosh and failed. best moment of my life. :)
been in an abusive relationship
taken painkillers >>>lots and lots and lots of times (i work in a callcenter remember)
love someone or miss someone right now
laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by
made a snow angel >>> more like alikabok angel
had a tea party >>>> ano ako?! timang?!
flown a kite >>> yeah then i broke my arm while attempting to fly a kite...totally the kites fault!
built a sand castle
gone puddle jumping
played dress up
jumped into a pile of leaves>>>tapos nangati after
gone sledding
cheated while playing a game>>> sa solitaire. hehehe
been lonely >>> :(
fallen asleep at work/school>>> mga 10 minutes...
used a fake id
watched the sunset
felt an earthquake>>> yeah, ultrasensitive ako sa ganito. my biggest fear...
touched a snake
slept beneath the stars
been tickled
been robbed
been misunderstood
petted a reindeer/goat >>>> kung may reindeer dito sa pinas ipe-pet ko. goat?!! putcha! pano ka naman magpe-pet ng goat eh di ka makalapit sa baho niya!
won a contest>>> family bingo! hehe.
run a red light>>>as in tumatakbo? :) oo naman!
been suspended from school
been in a car accident
had braces
felt like an outcast>>> certain periods in highschool...
eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night>>>nung may flavor pa na mocha
had deja vu>>> lots of times
danced in the moonlight
hated the way you look
witnessed a crime
pole danced potang tinikling na yan!
questioned your heart
been obsessed with post-it notes
squished barefoot through the mud
been lost>>>always! extremely poor sense of direction...
been to the opposite side of the country
swam in the ocean>>>yeah, then a giant wave hit me and mitch and we almost died
cried yourself to sleep
played cops and robbers
recently colored with crayons/colored pencils/markers
sung karaoke
paid for a meal with only coins >>>pangasar. :)
done something you told yourself you wouldn't
made prank phone calls
laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose>>> uhog pa nga eh... :)
caught a snowflake on your tongue
danced in the rain
written a letter to Santa Claus>>> hate mail ba? di ko kasi nakuha yung gusto kong barbie dati eh...
been kissed under a mistletoe
watched the sun rise with someone you care about
blown bubbles
made a bonfire on the beach
crashed a party
gone rollerskating
had a wish come true
humped a monkey >>> why?! why must this question be asked?!!
worn pearls>> does fake pearls count?
jumped off a bridge
screamed penis in class >>> eh di nasuspend na ako ng mga madreng nagpapatakbo ng holy school namin
ate dog/cat food
told a complete stranger you loved them
kissed a mirror
sang in the shower
have a little black dress
had a dream that you married someone
glued your hand to something
got your tongue stuck to a flag pole
kissed a fish >>> bakit?!!!
worn the opposite sex's clothes >>> pants? jeans! all the time kaya!
been a cheerleader
sat on a roof top
screamed at the top of your lungs
done a one-handed cartwheel >>> gradeschool
talked on the phone for more than 6 hours
stayed up all night>>>GY. no choice ka talaga.
didn't take a shower for a week >>>> yi. hanggang 3 days lang kaya ko noh! hehe
pick and ate an apple right off the tree
climbed a tree
had a tree house >>> well, we have a tree at the back of the house, and we have a house... pwede na ba yun na tree house? :)
are scared to watch scary movies>>>oo noh! ang duwag ko pa naman!
believe in ghosts please see post called "aaaargggh! may mumu!"
have more then 30 pairs of shoes
worn a really ugly outfit to school just to see what others say>>> but not just to see what others say.. la talaga akong matinong damit nung gradeschool at highschool noh!
gone streaking
played ding-dong-ditch >>> ano?!!
played chicken >>> ate chicken pa!
been pushed into a pool with your clothes on
been told you're hot by a complete stranger >>> eeeeh! yabang! hehe. eh 22o naman!
broken a bone>>> kasalanan nga ng kite eh!
been easily amused >>> all the time
caught a fish then ate it
made porn
caught a butterfly
laughed so hard you cried>>> palagi. babaw luha eh...
cried so hard you laughed >>> ay baliw...
cheated on a test>>> college...everyone cheated!
have a Britney Spears CD fake naman eh!
forgotten someone's name>>> all the time...
slept naked
French braided someone's hair >>> and then after, we held hands and happily skipped around the room! :)
gone skinny dippin in a pool
been threatened to be kicked out of your house>>> nanay ko pa!
been kicked out your house >>> nanay ko pa! :)

THE Most Harassing 3-day rest days EVER!

2005-06-13T22:59:00.000+08:00

Thank God for this blog! This is my only outlet right now...
I have been (and I'm still going through) the most tiring weekend of my life.
My mom is currently in a hospital resting. She just had her gall stones removed. If that isn't bad enough, she also has diabetes so healing will be twice as difficult for her.
And to top it all off! My father decided to get a fever at the same time!
These are the times I HATE being an only child!
My mother, still high on anesthesia and pain killers, would wake up every now and then, give out insane orders to no one in particular and would start snoring almost immediately.

my mother (somewhere under the harry potter blanket)
My father, stubborn and martyr as he was, refused to bring a sweater, when he knew that it would be FREEZING (the ice cream i brought did not melt the entire time I was there)in the hospital room. Ayun! Nilagnat! Bwisit! Tinabunan ko tuloy ng sandamakmak na kumot! Then I gave him a million drugs, so now both he and my mother were high.

my father (somewhere under all the blankets)
Good thing my tita's were there to help out. They provided the food and noise.
The most memorable thing for me so far during the hospital stay, I experienced right outside the hospital. There was this dude who would ask for money from anyone who would pass him. But this dude was not your typical beggar who would just hold out his hand to ask for money, he would, at the same time, put up his jean leg and show horrible burn marks. I, being the genius that I was, passed in front of him on my way to a drugstore to buy drugs for my parents. I didn't give him money since I had no loose change and probably as punishment for not giving him "dinero" he cropped up his pant leg to show his me burn marks and decides to chase me for a couple of steps. I walked away as fast as I could since running away from the guy would look stupid. It was horrifying!
You'd think I was being mean. But I noticed later on that when hospital staff members or roving policemen would go near him, he would act as if he were just hanging out casually. This thing was like a gimmick for him! I mean, he was right outside a hospital! Why doesn't he ask for help there! Grrrrr...
And that was just during my first day. Thankfully, the other 2 days weren't as eventful as the first. Tomorrow, its back to the hospital again for me for yet another fun-filled day of my suffering. Yaaaaay!!!

Aaaaarrrrggggh! Mumu!

2005-06-10T23:00:00.000+08:00

Ok na sana yung 6-3 shift eh. I know its pretty hard for most people to understand why I love the shift so much but I do. Aside from the fact that there is absolutely no traffic going to work and coming home, I get to mock my dying officemates when I log out at 3pm. I get to roam around the office and bother everyone while the rest of my officemates are still stuck talking to idiots. And I get to rest for at least an hour during work since there are virtually no calls from 6-7am. The downside…waking up at 5AM! And taking what is supposed to be your “lunch” break at 9AM, when the only open place where you could buy food is Mc Donalds. Utang na loob! Purgang purga na ako sa breakfast meals nila noh!

And the ultimate downside…getting a chance to encounter the call center’s resident “casper” Let me explain… I am a pansy (thesaurus: scaredy-cat, wuss, sissy, chicken, coward, fearful, mingming, piklat. For a more detailed explanation of the word “pansy” please watch the movie Madagascar)

Brief commercial...

This was what I probably looked like when I saw "casper." So please watch the movie Madagascar...Labo.
When we first migrated to the new cards area and “casper” started harassing us, 2 of my officemates witnessed first-hand my pansy-like behavior. Yiii! I could only imagine how idiotic I looked to my officemates, running and screaming when we heard the chairs rolling at what we all knew to be a vacant area.

I still hear the chair-rolling, chair-creaking, faint footsteps (sometimes), and certain other noises that none of us could pinpoint, from time to time but I choose to ignore it. I just crank up my music match and make sure that my player plays continuously. Besides, it was easy to pretend that you didn’t hear anything when there were other people with you. But at times its really hard to ignore, like times that my fellow 6-3 shift-mate is absent and I have to be stuck all alone for an hour. (Damn you! Making me die!)

First time it happened, I had been forewarned the night before, so I came prepared. I brought every single rosary and crucifix I could find from my house and placed everything around my neck and inside my uniform pockets when I went in for work the next day. So, in some weird way, even if I was alone, I didn’t get that scared. I got more scared nung pumasok si Jake nung bandang 6:30 at biglang nag”spooked” na naman sa likuran ko. Grrrrrr…

The second time though just happened this morning… I was unarmed! I never thought there would come a day that I would actually be praying for calls to come in. Every sound I would hear (there were a lot this morning) would literally, make my arm hairs stand on end. Then just when I thought that I’ve reached my breaking point and just when I was on the verge of running to manong guard to beg him to accompany me till someone else comes in, dumating ng maaga yung officemate ko sa kasunod na shift. Pero siyempre halos atakihin ako sa puso when I heard extremely loud footsteps before I realized that it was my officemate kasi halos nakasiksik na yung mukha ko sa loob ng desk ko simula pa ng 6 para wala akong makitang hindi kanais nais…

Pero wag ka! Marami kaming pansy sa call center no! Marami rami na rin kasing nabibiktima si “casper.” Marami ng nakaexperience na masutsutan (ang daming tao pa nun ha) at masampolan na naman ng sari saring “chair tricks” (tama si Clarissa! Sobrang may fixation nga sa upuan si “casper”. Bigyan kaya siya ng sarili niyang upuan para manahimik na siya).

Haaaaay…as if life at our office wasn’t horrible enough. Makiki-epal pa tong si “casper” sa gulo ng buhay namin. Kay saya!

updates and random rants and raves (from somewhere inside my stunted brain)

2005-06-06T20:03:00.000+08:00

yes...it is me! i am alive! (jen & mako - finally figured out my username and password after 1 hour of cursing)

well, physically alive anyway. brain is definitely dead. maturity level is close to non-existent. soul is slowly dying. but its all good! made about 10K worth of purchases and that had somehow rekindled what little happiness and satisfaction you can possibly get from a bank job. on the downside...goodbye midyear bonus!

anyway, just came from a 4 day break and it is not enough!
i don't think a 1 one month break would be enough for me or anyone else from cards for that matter.
i'm just so friggin tired!

updates?

hmmmm...let me see...
> lost a few pounds (as in yung halata ng mga tao. hindi yung ako lang ang nakakaalam)

> still in the 6-3 workshift (may mumu pa rin, di na lang namin pinapansin. di naman pwede yung araw araw mamamatay ako sa sindak noh!)

> went swimming a couple of times...
actually one time lang pala ako nagswim, yung first outing namin sa puerto azul ayokong lumangoy kasi kala ko dapat naka bathing suit ka lang at bawal ang shorts at shirt. hello! ang tapang ko namang maklalalakad dun na nakaladlad ang lahat ng taba ko sa katawan noh! as if! may dignidad naman ako kahit konti! so, for fun, naligo na lang ako sa shower area at bago nun pala naglaro ako ng mga dikya sa beach at pinanuod ang isang matabang matabang babae na naglalalakad na naka two-piece. (Lord! Give me strength! Sana ako na lang ang nagtwo-piece!)
went to a couple of family outings. siyempre di naman mawawala yun diba.
another time naman, a couple of officemates and i went to this god-forsaken resort from hell. ayun! dun ako nagswimming! kabobohan!

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ok! story time!
let me get into the details of the horrors of this place...

1. upon arrival to the gates of hell (aka THE RESORT) - napansin namin lahat na ang surrounding areas niya ay...mga katayan! yes! iba't ibang klaseng katayan! baboy, manok, baka...baka tao na rin. kay ganda ng paligid!

2. the stench of what was supposed to be a fun-filled outing - syempre, kung san may malapit na katayan may "mabangong" umaalingasaw na amoy na nakalipana sa kapaligiran ng resort. imagine, we all chose to stay inside the small, cramped, hot, airconless fx for practically an hour then to suffer the horrible smell!

3. confiscation of liquor - tangna! san ka ba naman nakakita ng ganun! ano toh?! retreat! college retreat nga namin may mga nakalusot pa na joots eh!

4. valenzuela zoo - hindi namin alam na ang pinuntahan pala naming resort ay isang zoo. correct! zoo. at ang sumalubong sa amin (aside from yung mga patay na hayop sa neighboring katayan's ha) ay sari saring mga askal, pusa, palaka, may tumunog na parang ahas (syempre nagtakbuhan na kami noh! ano kami? csi?!) ay! isama na natin sa zoo collection yung malditang caretaker na nagkumpiska ng beer namin

5. when animals attack part 1- hindi na nakuntento ang mga hayop sa pagsalubing sa amin. kelangan pa talaga nilang kami bigyan ng mild stroke. when we all half-settled sa cottage (?!!) na nirentahan namin. four of us (me, migs, tapos sumunod pala sa amin si mitch at si pupuy - yung kapatid ni sasing, ang isa pa naming officemate) decided to explore the environment (at 10pm na nakapatay na ang lahat ng ilaw at halos wala kang makita. grabe, mga henyo talaga kami!). we reached one of the 4 pools, nakalock yung gate ng pool pero since mga henyo nga kami, pinilit namin siyang pasukin. nauna kami ni migs pumasok sa pool area (kasi ang bagal maglakad ni mitch at ni pupuy). while migs and i surveyed the pool area we heard tiny shrieks of terror from behind. paglingon namin, nakita namin si mitch at si pupuy na halos di makakilos sa takot dahil bigla silang sinugod ng 4 na bardagul na askal na sumulubong sa min pagdating namin. biglang pumasok si mitch at si pupuy sa pool area kasama namin ni migs at isinara ang gate. ayun! nakulong kaming apat na parang timang sa loob ng pool area habang kinakahulan kami ng apat na bardagul na askal.

6. when animals attack part 2:spongebob squarepants? gary the snail? istatchu? - i thought that we were stuck at some weird alternative spongebob cartoon universe. why, you might ask? upon entrance to our overnight cottage dun sa "bedroom area" my eyes settled on two old, moldy and dust-infested sponges (isipin niyo si spongebob na nangingitata) and horror of horrors yun pala ang aming magiging kama (take note...sampo kami) as for "gary," sobrang init talaga nung gabing yun so some of us decided to take a bath. pagkalabas ko ng shower area (na walang shower at walang tabo. yaaaaay!) may isang nakabanderang dambuhalang "gary" (aka snail) sa labas ng pintuan. siyempre dahil maarte ako, nandiri ako at nagtititiling tumakbo palayo sa higanteng "gary". migs decided to befriend it and play with it. la kasi siyang ibang pwedeng recreational activity dahil na-confiscate yung beer.

7. macgyver- dahil sa boredom at pagkatigang na rin sa beer, migs and i (well i accompanied him for lack of anything else to do) went to the locked room kung saan tinago ang mga beer and tried anything and everything to remove the lock from the door. as in! itak, kutsarang baluktot na napulot namin sa isang gilid, coins, susi, safety pin na malaki, safety pin na maliit (si migs halos itapon na ang sariling katawan sa pintuan - ayaw talaga bumukas). in the end, despite all the efforts... tigang pa rin...

8. swimming pool na bawal magswimming - no night swimming! kala mo naman sobrang kagandahan yung pool nila! eh nung sinilip naman namin yung pool nung gabi may nakalutang dun na palaka, patay pa ata! tsaka san ka ba naman nakakita ng resort w/ 4 pools tapos bago ka makaswimming you have to pick just 1 specific pool, magpapatatak ka (yung tatak na parang star na sinastamp sa tin nung teacher natin nung pre-school tayo pag may maganda tayong ginawa ha) tapos depende sa number na itatatak sa yo (kunwari # 1) dun ka lang pwede sa pool number 1. eh pag nabasa naman yung stamp la pang 1 second natatanggal na siya!

Haaaay... thus the end of what can only be described as "the outing from hell." Buti na lang all the peeps i was with medyo lokoloko kaya we all found the whole experience pretty funny. tsaka in fairness and sarap ng pagkain ha! (Hail Susan! Reyna ng masasarap na pagkain!)And then, we all lived miserably ever after. Back to the call center ulit kasi eh...
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updates continuation...
> awa ng diyos non existent love life pa rin

> no promotion or change in job position of any kind

> more calls therefore more irate callers

(sigh!) oh what a wonderful life...

Til next post... siguro mga 2 years from now naman. abangan niyo na lang. baboo!

Bang! Bang! Bang! (part 2)

2005-04-09T20:50:00.000+08:00

Oh yeah... in relation to my Bang!(3x) post...didn't get the new position.
We did get transferred though, to a different part of the office and I'm happy to report that it is haunted. Yes. That's right folks...HAUNTED. Rolling of office chairs in places there are no people (now this I experienced), footsteps, voices (according to 2 of my other officemates), keyboards sounds... the works. Yey. May God be with us all. Amen.

CSI (Las Vegas rocks!!!)

2005-04-09T20:38:00.000+08:00

I can not believe that it took me the 100th CSI episode to realize how amazing the show is! I suck! And now I'm totally hooked (and have a major crush on George Eads "Nick" and the guy who plays Grissom, he is sooo cool)!

I actually have the privilege of watching all three CSI's, thanks to AXN. Its turning into my fave channel now. I mean, first LOST and now CSI5. AXN is on a roll! Anyway, compared to the other existing spin-offs (Miami and NY). CSI: Vegas is the best. Its simple, straight to the point and it has George Eads. Naw, that's not really important! Miami and NY may have more well known actors but then I said it in my post title and I'll say it again... CSI Las Vegas ROCKS!!!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

2005-03-29T19:12:00.000+08:00

Okay! Now that I have your attention. I would just like to say that I AM BORED! I am absolutely bored with my life! Nothing new! Its been the same old, same old since...God knows when!
There are a ton of things that I would want to do or change about myself and my life. I just don't know how or where to start. Maybe my applying for a new position at work would be a start. Hopefully, my boss sees that I'm suitable for this new position and give me a chance.
I'll be turning 26 in a couple of days and I am proud to say that I have achieved ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AMAZING, ever! I always thought as a kid that by this time I would have the life that I always wanted. The sad thing is...I don't know what I want. I just know that I want to be different! I want to be GREAT! I don't just want to fall in between the cracks as so many people have already done. I know that most people probably feel the same way I do but they probably don't think that they could do anything anymore and just continue on with their own boring, monotonous lives. Well, I don't want to be like most people!
Maybe in making this entry and after reading this post over and over again everyday (Yes! I look at my own blog all the time! I AM VAIN!), the horror that is my life would sink in and force me to do something about it...and SOON!