after grad trip!

just graduated yesterday! woopee!



then off to the fort...

we had so much fun last night! the gang and I, (dots, didi, marla, bie, howe ni bie, aynns, harms, cocoi, and bonx) went to Euro Star, The Fort, after so much persuasion from dots, and a lot of hesitation from us...we finally decided to go after all. i was there at 6:30 na, an hour and a half late from the call time, (you know me) i was so glad i brought my jacket, i had an idea before that Global city was still a very open location, (still full of vast vacant lots) and that it would be windy...and that i would probably ride coasters with great heights...so i was right.

first stop, the ferris wheel, we were just three inside one gondola, dots, me, and aynns, and bie and her howe on the other... honestly, i rode the wheel of fate a million times, but giant ferris wheels still give me the panic effects now and then. no wonder why I clinged to the support pole the whole time.



then dots, the aggressive contender of the night, hinted that the ride "joker" was already opening. (believe me, the ride was far too larger than its name) and so she dragged me there to give it a shot. i haven't conditioned myself yet on how the ride will throw me up and down (it was as high as the ferris wheel, but much more faster, and extreme!) and so I passed on the first round. Dots rode by herself. what a daredevil! sayang nga hindi nya nakasabay yung cute french guy...but anyway, by the time she went down, she was still fired up, and wanted to go again. super sarap daw! and so, i was challenged. we fell in line again.

marla and dianne, harms and cocoi arrived very shortly and they joined us immediately while still in line. by then, i was conditioning myself, that this would be a very overwhelming ride, and that I would be haunted by tremendous regret if I didn't go for it. and so I did. what was the feeling? no feeling! i can't feel my legs and my stomach anymore! but great portions of the whole ride was awesome! it was like bunjee jumping, meets anchors away, meets space shuttle. by then, i was thinking: "who cares!? propel me to my death! i dont care!" and i said that's the kind of thought you should be thinking when you ride these silly things. to care for nothing! it was so fun.

after all the throat-shattering screams, didi, decided to go inside the haunted house. (that means more screaming!) this time, dodoy was reluctant to go...(talk about "duwag" in different aspects!haha!) and so i convinced her, because she convinced me just a while ago. and so we went in... THE HOUSE OF HORRORS! muhahaha! all of us actually, like what I expected, there were puppet mechanisms inside... but to be honest, i still got some few shockers here and there. how scary it is? twas 5 out of 10... how funny it is to go in? priceless! believe it or not i was already clinging to paul when we got out. Inagawan daw ba si bie ng howe! haha! naiwan ko na si dots (my original partner) kasi nakahawak sya ng mahigpit kay bie, tapos she was barely moving...haha! kaya yung itsura namin paglabas...we made the people outside think it was really scary inside...but it was really not! it was super funny! tapos nun we rode na the bumpcars, which was lame. i wouldnt even expound on it.



tapos after nun.. we rode the "booster". my first impression of this ride, was: "ano ba yan! walang ng awa sa mga tao!" coz, if you watch how the ride goes... you'd be surprised how people can still get up and walk after it. and so, si dots and marla muna pinauna ko... sabi ko kasi tester ko si dots eh...haha! after the ride, they willingly went for another round, this time didi and I caught up with them. didi wasn't scared at all because she was expecting this ride to have no "itlog" on it. ("itlog" was didi's term for the feeling in your stomach you get when you're free falling...para ka daw nagngingitlog) and so the ride initiated...and was didi right?! NO!! meron paring itlog yung ride!! and so she was repeatedly shouting, Shit! Shit! Shit! ayoko na!! i cant see her face, but I can see her limbs were trembling, so I pat her legs once in a while...pero natatawa nadin ako...kasi super bumabaliktad na yung ride...tapos di ka na makasigaw! kaya all you can do is laugh and think: "ano ba tong sinakyan ko?!" and so the ride ended, leaving a few buzzes and spins in our heads, i cant get up instantly, so i sat down first. then didi and I slowly went down. trying to keep our balance! laugh trip na tlga! after nun nasuka na si harms...kasi ilang beses nila inulit yung booster. (a thing i wouldn't do in my life) kaya, kumain muna kami ni aynns ng ice cream. pistacchio flavor.

after nun, bonx tried all the "perya games", first the hammer hit thing, then the color wheel (the lamest of all) and the fishing for ducks... super impossible manalo sa mga games, kaya nasayang lang money. pero it was fun playing lame stuffs too. haha! and so we laughed.

after nun, we decided to go back to the ferris wheel, para magpahangin... eh by that time, nobody was falling in line anymore, kaya what the controlmen did... well... they did nothing...did nothing to stop the ferris wheel. and so we were spinning like more than ten times na ata.. unless we signalled stop to the controlmen. kaya after ilang rounds, we decided to halt the ride, kasi it was never ending na tlga. i remember didi and i were joking na, maluwag na yung screws ng ferris wheel kaya malapit ng ma disassemble yung ride... tapos, we had an idea na dapat may emergency release button per gondola, para pag ayaw mo na, in the middle of the ride, you can just simply push the button, and mahuhulog nalang yung gondola...nice idea noh? haha!



after na nun, marla went home na, susunod narin kami after, pero dots and I decided to ride pa the water ride. and so we did. plus bie and paul pa. that was the finale na. nabasa kami! the water was cold. but laugh trip parin! after that, we parted ways na! went home, and said our goodbye's! it was a nice trip guys! one of the best! congrats ulit to all of us!

mich's party pics

where: Michiko's Place & The Fort
when: Feb 1 to 2
why: aba ewan ko!
how: sinundo ako sa casimiro nila wil
which: honda jazz ang car
whose: kay wil nga eh!!
how come: ay ewan!!!


doti, me, mich (gulat?) at "zong" the fort strip

nads plus baby hailey (if its a girl) mark, didi, me

me and michikeh

krisna, marla, didi at zong

dinner at zong, the fort strip

me, didi, wil, krisna, elviS, marla

nads, didi, me, wil, marla

didi, me, kris, elvin, mich

me, nads, didi

me, kris, william (from hip-hopper to rocker)

paparazzi

me and dots, got into this "being-a-celeb-frustration-mode" again... (occurring in a daily basis actually), after reading a lot of didi's hollywood celebrity mags and tabloids, and so we tried (or tried hard) to have a paparazzi shot of us out in the streets. (ala jennifer anniston, britney and kevin federline)

my costume was confusingly androgynous, so I created the layout page of dot's shots first...

and so here it is...

gosh! i have to include this page on my graphic designs portfolio! it's one layout to be proud of..haha!

csb grad practice

yep! this feb 4 will be my second graduation for college? weird noh? but i bet, this experience would be something different coz I have never graduated before with a full toga ensemble. Ang hirap pala! lalo na pag maliit yung cap sa ulo mo...(crap!) I have to find a way to stick this stupid cap on my head...otherwise, it would be impossible to march while keeping it on top.

anyway, today is our grad practice... and we were oriented as to how the seats will be arranged, and some run downs on how we would march and receive our diplomas...(or should I say, a scroll of blank bond paper...again) we also got our toga.. so it was fun putting it on, and it was hard for us not to make a fool out of it. (btw my toga smelled like a wet dead cat) i have got to wash it immediately or else I would be the crowd repellent for the night.

it was fun to be back at csb...it was like a reunion. Block N1Q for life! haha! andun din si william, and some of his CA friends... naki-join din sa kodakan... after nun.. antay na kami sa plaza V for our sundo...si elvin..haha! friend ni will. we did a lot of catching up with will, and his lablyf! pero secret nlang yun...kwentuhan from tapa king all the way to G4..yup! G4!! (wow! never-heard itong mall na toh ah). tapos we ate at super bowl, dami namin nakain...kaya mejo naantok agad... then we proceeded with the dirty talk (which was always a favorite topic of ours, during dinners) haha! nakakasuka na nga yung ibang topic....pero super laugh trip! lalo na si marla! super tawa ng tawa dun sa terms na sinasabi ni will...haha! e.g. "payatas!" & "fresh oyster". marla ah! can relate ba? haha! jk lang.
anyway...here our some of the moments captured by dots...





grabe namiss ko toh..bonding moments with my csb friends! ang sarap ng feeling na magmeet up ulit with them, turning our backs from the tainted relationship and differences during our exhibit. i love my friends!! *tear

now this will be a graduation I am SO gonna sob! that's for sure!

konstantino drawings

in my stay at PSID.....i can say that my "pinaka-favorite" drawings i did, was the rendered perspectives of our workshop group project with Sir Nicky. It's a set production design for a movie, and our group opted to depict a Filipino version of the movie Constantine, or more aptly entitled "Konstantino" I myself can't believe I colored these boards with chalk and a few wisps of workable fixative (my hatest media back then...but not now) and yet they turned out very nice...

oh well, enough talking....more bragging....here they are...

constantine's filipino-style apartment

gothic filipino hospital

"hell"

(bathtub: a portal through hell)

unfortunately, i don't think I can do these drawings anymore... a sort of "time drying out my creative juices" kinda thing. nakakabobo!

nonsense

I’m sick right now, and I’m bored…
kaya this is one of those blog entries again, i write out of boredom...(and for this instance, also out of illness) which is always full of nonsense
anyway, right now I decided to write few random “crazy” thoughts…

1. my allergies are getting worse. if i try to sneeze and blow my nose hard enough, i might puff out my sinus…and die…problem solved.
2. don’t do a desperate housewives full season marathon! the show’s full of speedy twists and turns, and it would just confuse me and impel me to commit suicide…(just like mary alice)
3. that this list is not worth reading, and if, in fact, you still are…then we share the same sickness….call me. im bed ridden right now…. or should I say computerchair-ridden. (hyuk hyuk! corny mo carlo! you deserve a lash on your back!)
4. that im loveless since birth…and “dying alone” would be a great finale.
5. that no.4 was such a frustrating remark…I shouldn’t think that way…disregard it.
6. that no.5 was a hypocracy….. I really WOULD die alone!
7. i didn’t get the chance to eat chestnuts this christmas! yikes! freaky! since i do it annually!
8. that no.7 was an over reaction.
9. that im actually sounding like a schizo in this entry!
10. i want to watch Narnia….looks like another harry potter to me…
11. don’t watch King Kong on tv, or watch a pirated copy of it…otherwise the majestic sights, sounds and effects of it will be futile.
12. there’s no such thing as easy and fast-earned money… but there’s such thing as tv-based reality shows to join to…if you want express cash.
13. “video call” in our cellphones can already be utilized this year… it will range from 10 to 15pesos a minute...both smart and globe users…more perverted way for horny people to share their “sexcapades”.
14. My voice is like that of a woman… 80% of my calls with strangers referred to me as “ma’am”.
15. Jessica Zafra’s Twisted Series are books for people who hate the world and doesn’t want to live in it…. I should get a copy.
16. After witnessing our driver’s dog giving birth to 9 puppies, going through the agony of labor, and painful contractions, eating and slurping every placenta that comes out of her stretched vagina during delivery… i’m thinking…i don’t want to be a bitch.

fireworks marathon

FIVE days of non-stop fireworks display… NINE competing countries….Gathered for only ONE purpose….

TO MAKE US WALK inexplicable distances on jam-packed streets and STAND for more than 4 hours until veins in our legs pop out!!

at first, curious lang kami sa world pyro olympics nayan, happening at macapagal ave., day one, China and Australia ang magffireworks display… malayo pa kami nung nagstart yung China, so nagpark kami ng sobrang alanganin, almost gitna na ng street, para lang walang mamiss-out na magandang putok! (ok ba yung term?) people were cheering… syempre! And I was really expecting China to give us one of their most spectacular fireworks display, since sa kanila nagoriginate ang fireworks…diba? (tama ba?) After China, mga 30 minutes, naka-settle na kami sa mejo magandang spot, sa harap ng SM Mall of Asia, Australia started their turn….grabe!!! we forgot about China. Super laki ng fireworks ng Australia, to the point na sumisigaw na yung mga tao ng “TAMA NA!” kasi almost babagsak na sayo yung fireworks nila…So after nun, napagod kami, we ate at North park…super dami tlgang tao, tsaka super traffic..kaya sabi namin, di na naming papanoorin yung ibang countries….pro sabi ng cousin ko, “pano kung nanalo ibang country? magsisi tyo pag di natin nakita yun!” and so 4 more days later, nacomplete nga naming yung pyro marathon namin. No absences!

nung 2nd day, it was Germany & Korea, but it was raining hard that night, kaya nagdoubt kami if tuloy sya or hindi, pero sa sobrang “Firework Fanatic” na namin, after the 1st day, pumunta parin kami… walang tao…9pm na…wala paring nagpapaputok… nung makapark kami sa magandang spot… dun palang nagstart yung unang country….it was supposed to be Germany, pero it turned out na Korea na pala yung pinanood namin…nabasa ata yung fireworks ng germany….kaya napostponed sila…aw..wawa! Cute din ng korea….nagfform ng cat yung fireworks nila…tlgang with the face, whiskers and all that… galling din!

3rd day, mas konte nlang kami ng cousins ko pmunta…. Russia and UK naman… ok lang din, wala na kaming makitang original that day…parang inulit na lang yung fireworks… (pero in fairness, ganda ng mga finale nila) so mejo nakakatamad ng bumalik the next day. Pero eto nanamang pinsan ko…nakita yung poster, U.S. will be performing daw the next day…eh ano pa nga ba? go parin kami! papalagpasin ba naming ang US?! one thing na super ok sa U.S. is yung fireworks nila na parang water falls! Super ganda!

5th day, United Arab Emerates tapos yung finale na all finalists magpapaputok… we decided na magcommute nalang pauwi kasi, yung traffic…. ibang level na!! super luwag ng macapagal pero, napuno parin cya that day! Exaj na tong day na toh…people were bringing camping tents, picnic tables, iba na tlga! kaya kami… nkaupo lang somewhere sa may sidewalk…ayoko na kasing maglakad! super late nadin nagstart yung sa Saudi, but it was so nice…may choreography yung fireworks nila…I was actually rooting for that country above all else… pero inannounce na Australia won na pala the grand prize…so yun..ok narin! They deserve it too! After nun… nagpaputok na yung Philippines with the rest of the finalists…I say, eto yung finale of all finales.. super ganda na tlga! May part dun na parang nagstick yung lights sa sky, siguro for 30 seconds…as in ang tagal nya! di namamamtay yung fireworks! ngayon lang ako nakakita ng ganun! tapos yung pinaka last part…sumabog ng super laki, at super dami! lahat na ata ng colors sumabog na nun! haha! kaya worth it tlga! i don’t think ma iimpress pako ng fireworks this new years eve! haha!

so yun, after 5 days of Pyro marathon, pagod na kami… ubos narin pera…next year na ulit! dala na din kami camping tents! haha!

2006 na!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

xmas reunion

tapus nanaman ang christmas!

we just had our christmas reunion/noche buena, sa house ng lola ko. every year we do this get-together, games, and gift giving ceremony. iba ibang venue, but since nirerent yung house namin sa multi, we decided na sa old house nlang ng lola ko icelebrate... can you believe na we all once lived in this house (as in ang dami namin, more than 5 families ang nakatira) kaya its a blast from the past everytime pmpunta kami dito... makikita ko pa yung vinandalize ko dati sa room ko nung baby pa ata ako... grabe! freaky!

anyway...as usual, our motif is red and green, pero mas madami nagred this year... pero may ibang twist this year, inisip namin na magkakaron ng prize yung may best jeans...(kami pala organizers this year) hehe! actually every year, kami ng cousins ko ang parating organizers... yung nagiisip ng games and motif etc.

this year, mejo mas konte kami, kasi may mga families na di nakapunta (kasi may konting feud in between families... so cool off muna sila) haha! mang chismis daw ba! basta i won't tell the details, ksi baka mbasa nila toh..haha! so yun, di kami complete... actually marami parin kami kahit di complete... kasi pag complete kami, ang head count is almost 60 na! tsk tsk... mother's side lang toh ah! blame it on my prolific lola! (its actually nice din to have a big family) so cguro thank you nadin lola! hehe

so yun, we had our games, una for the kids, mga the usual relay, tapos mga adults (which is always interesting to watch) since nagpapa-uto sila, kahit anong games ang iisipin namin, lalaruin nila...haha! kaya super saya. but anyway... ayun, so ang mga games namin for adults this year, is spelling game, tapos yung "pinoy henyo" (game na nilalaro sa eat bulaga) you have to guess the mystery word na nakadikit sa noo mo, by asking questions answerable by "oo, hindi, and pwede"... more like the "taboo game" kaya yun...lumabas nanaman ang mga kabaliwan ng relatives ko... haha! pero super saya...

syempre, meron din kaming talent show, may nagrecite ng poem, my cute pamangkin na si kyle... tapos may sumayaw ng "pinoy ako" which is sobrang overplayed na nung night nayun! hayayay! mga pamangkin ko din sumayaw...tapos sinabayan ng mga baliw kong titas..

tapos pagstrike ng 12mn, we exchanged gifts na... ok yung nakuha ko...t-shirt from my cousin...color pink! kaya happy ako...hehe! tapos after nun, picture taking na! may palpak lang kaming mga organizers this year, nakalimutan namin mapicturan yung buong family na pic. per generation lang... here are the pics...

L: cousins ko. R: Organizers, Ryan, Toni, and ME

L: Baliw na Pinsan R: Baliw na Titas

L: Adorable Pamangkins, and their mommy Mhy, R: Cousins, ate suzette, ate sheryl

L: Organizers Ulit R: My Inaanak, Beatriz

Hayayay! After all the heart aches and the restlessness my new iPod nano was giving me these past few days, it finally came into a halt.

Pano ba naman…I got this knotty gadget from a friend, who has this balikbayan sister from the states… and ask her to buy an iPod for me, since it was cheaper there (or so they say) I was really excited to take hold of it and experience total musical bliss. But my wonderful expectation turned into despicable depression. And that’s when I realized, this is going to be one of those “first-timer’s ignorance to electronics-thing”. The moment I mounted it onto my computer, hoping to simply transfer a bunch of songs from my documents, it practically turned into a million-piece puzzle!

Song files were lost, error messages popped out like crazy, and I just cant get it right. And so I researched….troubleshot.....experimented…called a few iPod-wielder friends. For 2 days I was sleep deprived, but it wasn’t helping! (nga pala! I even cried! literally!) but I still get the same errors. And so the time has come to search for iPod repair centers, which apparently are granting international warranties, hence, the free repairs and replacements. whew! fortunately!

It was a beam of new hope. I ran quickly to the nearest apple center, which is at greenbelt 1, and in just a snap, they fixed my iPod almost instantly. It turned out, that it’s not my Ipod to blame, but my computer! Apparently my USB port is not powerful enough.. bla bla bla!

So the only thing to do, is to transfer songs from a different computer… luckily my mom’s office computer was alright with that. And it made it happen. So much for patronizing my own computer, it’s not iPod compatible… haha!

fontana pics

mp3-must-haves

1. gold digger-kanye west (bouncy and grooveh! i love the jamie foxx sample background)
2. luxurious- gwen stefani (hypnotic)
3. i'm feelin you- michelle branch (an obvious offshoot of "game of love")
4. stickwitu- pussycat dolls (this is such a cute and soothing uplifter!! this is my fave at the moment! haay!)
5. we be burnin'- sean paul (can't get enough of same ol' sean paul sound)
6. average joe- y not (haha! sayaw ni mark herras! cute eh! bat ba?)
7. dragostea din tei- ozone (just download this and you'll be surprised! haha!)
8. don't love you no more- craig david (typical love song...but who cares? its craig david!)
9. hung up- madonna (need i say more?)
10. unbreakable- alicia keys (very soulful)

constantine

its almost 3am and I just got home after watching harry potter and a mini-concert of my season 4 american idol non-winner favorite, constantine maroulis, (which i will refer to as CM hereinafter...name's a bit long). Papunta palang ako greenbelt, and cookie was already bombarding me with text, telling me to hurry up, coz apparently, cm was rehearsing earlier, and people weren't that aware, so you can actually approach him instead of just glimpsing. but, sadly i arrived short, and he was on his way to the hotel room to prepare for his performance later that evening.

i caught cookie, the die-hard-"laglag-panty"-fanatic, lining up to buy his albums. apparently the first 150 purchasers of the album will have the opportunity to have it signed by cm personally. so cookie bought 2 albums, amounting to 2 passes for the autograph signing. Dottie arrived, and instantly bought herself a copy too. so ayun. super aga namin, 6pm palang, eh ang start ng show 8pm pa... kaya nag-abang na kami dun sa railing, barricading the spectators (us) from the VIP's reserved seats (the hell with them!)

so bale 2 hours namin kelangan tumayo just to reserve our valuable position which was a clear unobstructed front view of the stage. so i have to run to starbucks, got ourselves a snack, and went back as fast as i can, before other scavengers take my place.
so after non...cm appeared...girls were screaming, gays were swooning, guys were like "huh?", and mothers were actually chanting: "ay laab yoo conntantan!" --thats what i actually heard from where im standing"

he sang the songs i expect him to sing, kasi kung hindi , babatuhin ko sya ng bote ng mineral water. then after the show, cd signing... and here is his pic, while signing my cd (actually cookie's cd, which i borrowed") despite of the very strict organizers who didn't allow picture taking!

poster niya, na nakablock sa view ng ibang tao, buti nalang tinanggal later on.
antay for 2 hours....walang upuan yan!
constantine

after that show, nanood na kami ni ccokie ng last full show ng harry potter, until 2am... which had drastically overshadowed my hang over from constantine"

i mean it was a great movie... maybe my favorite among all the harry potter installments...much more darker, scarier, and funnier. i like the yule ball part, in particular...

p.s. katabi pa namin si yasmien from starstruck sa movie house. la lang.

our barkada pic

i don't mean to preempt our annual's personal creative shots, but I just want to post this funny pic of ours, during our pictorial. wala lang... kakatuwa kasi eh.

left to right, top to bottom: dottie as the frustrated bride, marla as an italian cook, rae as a killer anime (tama ba?), dianne as mulawin killer, harmony as playmate or piglet, me as electrecuted guy, cookie as mulawin, and krisna as violinist, or guitarist with a friend, komodo dragon...labo noh? haha!

been listening to madonna's new dance track lately (i know wat ur thinking... how much gayer can i get?) its a mix of techno dance and an 80's abba song sample, which makes it a superb fresh material. just one run through of the song, and it will seep deep inside your head.
though im not really a madonna fan, i've never been this excited to listen to her new songs off her new album. (album cover shown above...she's pink!) yep, u can see how its goin to be, madonna will be rapidly infecting all the queers out there... again. which is a good thing, because a huge percentage of madonna's fanbase are gays..huge enough to make a homo-tropolis.

i hope she recovers well with the launching and the sales of this baby. she should pull herself up, after her previous album flop, american life.

p.s. i also love alicia keys new song unbreakable....her voice is beyond words.
and also, i hate frankie j! no original thing going on on that guy... he's tryin to be usher but he's not. hope he change his style

last night was the closing slash halloween party of our exhibit, which btw was a casual but rowdy party. it was quite fun but not as fun as what I've expected it...i was hoping for a lot of dancing...hehe but didn't have the chance bcoz, walang matinong sound system. sayang! nung afternun, didi and dodo checked in sa new world hotel, and so I sqeezed myself in, to still have the feel of it, even if im not staying. so yun.. pictorial galore muna, before we went to the exhibit. then after ng awarding and few shots of alchohol dun sa party, i hurried home. para makahabol sa overnight stay namin sa cemetery... excited din ako kasi, dami namin binili paraphernalia for our overnight. bumili si mama ng camping tents, tapos bumili kami ng games. uno cards, scrabble, bingo, and so on. kaya super saya din. twas a get together with my cousins....mejo naubos lang ata pera ko sa bingo...haha! pero sarap matulog sa tent... first time ko! and i liked it... i have to try it sa mountains or by the beach... but anyway... just got home, and i'm feeling tired and funky... so nagpainit muna ako tubig, then ligo nako..