Dinner for Shmucks

Kinda expected real laughs from this movie, but then again, I'm not really into Steve Carell's humor. I did like Evan Almighty though.

Dinner for Shmucks... It's was fine. I get the character exaggerations for comedic purposes but some are just ridiculous and ineffective. The story was simple. Paul Rudd did alright. There was maybe one laugh out loud moment, when Zach Galifianakis and Steve Carell were battling it out during "brain control", but that's about it.

I did like the part during the dinner when one of the guests who's supposed to be able to talk to dead animals was served lobster, and she started channeling it, acting out the moment it was getting boiled. :)

I know this movie review sucks but I only write as much as the movie inspires me. 

However, here's a snapshot of a scene that's supposed to be "epiphanic":

It's interesting to look at, no?

My Ultimate Dream

is to watch The Undertaker win LIVE at WrestleMania.

Preferably from the front row. 

I'm watching ECW right now and they showed an "encore presentation" of the Taker vs. Michaels match last WM25. It was one of the awesomest matches I have ever seen. Just watching a montage of it brought tears in my eyes (just a teeny weeny bit anyway). Taker is just... awesome AND legendary (move over, Barney Stinson!).

I was fortunate enough to see live performances of Taker, once when I was about 6 or 7 and the second just three years ago. Man, the uproar during his entrance was totally deafening. I screamed myself hoarse. Even though I was up in Upper B (or was it Upper A? Where the hell did I keep those tickets?) and the guy beside me smelled like garbage, it was like those slow-mo movie moments when something special was happening. It's the Undertaker right there, only a few feet (and levels) away. 

Sigh. Well, this is one of those times when I'm sad because I have nobody who feels as strongly as I do about this. I can't share the glee of his return with anyone. I screamed like an adolescent at a boyband concert when he returned at SummerSlam. But I have no one who gets just how I felt. For them, it's just... I don't know, just some wrestler. But he's not. He's iconic. He's The Undertaker.

Okay, I'm ending this rant. I have five more articles to do! I don't wanna do it anymore. Ugh. But I need this. 

BTW, ECW's Christian is just so... He's like a body-slamming boy next door. He has the cutest smile and he's just so charming. Sigh. Fangirl sigh.

Which One Was It Again?

So tonight I've got such a craving for just a wonderful movie to watch in bed. And guess what I wanted to watch?

A good old HORROR FILM!

I was actually planning on watching a movie called Book of Blood last week, but I'm on a tight budget so I thought I'd wait another week, maybe some extra cash would come in. But then I checked and now my favorite mall theater isn't showing it anymore.

So since I have the Internet connection all to myself tonight, I decided to search for recommended horror films. Of course, the first place I looked was HMAD. I missed going to that blog!

Anyway, it's kinda overwhelming, the number of movie reviews on there. I really wanted to read all of them and decide which ones to see but I think I've destroyed my eyes during my writing spree last night. So I looked for a short cut and landed on his "recommendations" page. It's where people can post their recommended movies that the HMAD guy can maybe review later.

So I was scrolling down and taking note of some interesting ones when I came across some titles that are very familiar to me. Then I remembered that I've seen them but can't quite recall what the story was about. I just know that I liked one and the other I didn't 

I don't know. Have I seen too many horror films? I'm even trying to recall all the titles of the movies we saw in horror film class (this is so far the only class that makes me miss going to school). I wanna re-watch them, except for that last one. And I also know that I have a stock of horror films somewhere but I don't know where I stored them. Where are they?

Okay, so right now I'm torn between wanting to go to sleep and searching for those flicks...

Ewan.

Written nung tinopak ako temporarily.

April 7, 2009

10:57PM

Tuesday

I hate it when sometimes he's being cute without realizing it.

Ugh.

Focus, Tep. Erase, erase.

Phantom Fever

Written yesterday when I was sniffling away early in the morning.

April 7, 2009

9:12AM

Tuesday

Damn. I watched Phantom of the Opera again and as usual, I couldn't help crying. At least now it's more of a silent crying type than the bawling my eyes out and wailing like before. 

I just... He's just so lonely, you know? And the world's been so unfair to him. All he's known is darkness and cruelty and they blame him for his aggressive murderous behavior. If people weren't so cruel to him, he would've learned gentler ways. They made him that way and now they're condemning him for the result of their own faults. Ugh.

I might also be saying this just because it's Gerard Butler. Even with a messed up half of a face, he's still the hottest phantom ever. And man does he sound good. The rockstar voice really suits his character. The stage play phantoms I've heard all have that smooth boyband-ish voice. Gerry's is way way better, you know, with the angst and all. 

Also, he performed that role really well. I wouldn't be crying if he weren't so convincing. I mean, yeah, Christine is wonderful too (and it keeps running through my mind that at the time of the making of that movie, she was underage and her leading men are all way older). But the Phantom's performance was what made the movie. If he failed to portray the loneliness, the bitterness, and the pain, it would just be another semi-slasher flick. But Gerry managed to give all those characteristics to the Phantom and made him a sympathetic character, which is of course the point of the movie (for me at least. I mean, Raul is just a whiny bi-atch, why want him to be the point of sympathy?)

And might I add that making people as beautiful as Gerard Butler cry should me made a crime. Man. That scene when he was in front of the musical monkey with cymbals... That just tears me up. I swear. It was so full of everything painful in the world. He loved her. He loved her. He loved her. And she chose that whiny albeit rich prick.

Okay, I'm admitting that I may not feel as strongly as this if the Phantom wasn't Gerard Butler. But hey, the first time I saw it I didn't even know who he was so... Okay fine. I still thought that the Phantom was a deal more handsomer than what I expected. Lol. Still. Good acting.

Babay.

I'm at the airport lounge. I'll be leaving in about 45 minutes. Aw. Babay.

*Yey to free REALLY FAST wifi.

Typing Away

Written awhile ago when there was no electricity hence no internet connection.

April 4, 2009

7:19AM

Saturday

Ah, Saturday morning. This is reserved for awesome breakfast and of course, cartoons! Which I was just watching when the cable decided to go off. Ugh. Alfred has just kicked evil plants into the fireplace. I didn't know Batman's butler was that maangas. 

I missed Saturday morning cartoons. I always sleep late so usually I'm asleep in the morning. Watching cartoons this time of day makes me feel like a kid again. Aw. I know I can't keep hanging onto that part of my life anymore but hell, I still have a couple of months until I absolutely have to face the real world. 

- Intermission - I'd just like to say that Batman's utility belt is awesome! I so have to read the comic books or at least watch this whole cartoon series. He was held captive by Poison Ivy in some sort of pink vegetable sac and it sensed that he had "low brain activity" and concluded that it was due to his imminent destruction so it sent a huge electric jolt that burned off the planty thing that covered his mouth and kept him in that super environmental purgatory.

Okay. What was I saying? Oh yeah. The real world. Well, it will still be there when I come back from Taiwan. I really have to fix my resume when I'm there. Right now I just really want to work in a hotel PR and/or marketing department. Agh, I know I really want some experience in production so I can be a creative writer in WWE because seriously, I think they need some new blood there, with the whole Vicky-Edge-Big Show triangle... Okay, I just vomited a little in my mouth. It's really lame and disgusting. I would've just made her like Theodore Long, you know, general manager but not abused with stupid storylines. Vicky deserves more respect than that. If I were her, I don't think I could kiss Big Show and Edge. I respect them as superstars; they're awesome. But kiss them?! Eugh. Unless they make me kiss Randy Orton or Jeff Hardy. 

Sigh. Jeff. I don't know why I have a huge crush on him.

Awesome! It's Justice League now! Jack TV has great Saturday morning cartoons. I have seen every episode of this but I like watching it again. Ah, yes. I remember that I had a huge crush on cartoon Batman because of this show. He's really smart and smooth and mysterious and handsome!

Yiheee. Batman *hearts* Wonder Woman.

Okay, I've totally lost whatever semi-serious thing I was gonna say so I'll just keep on ranting about how awesome Jack TV shows are. 

I would like to get all of The Simpson's episode. It's celebrating it's 20th year this year. How great is that? Even though I've only seen a couple of episodes here and there, I think it's simply awesome. Some people think it's dumb but actually it's because they don't get the real goal of the show which is to be a parody of real life. There's actually an article about the philosophy and the Simpsons (and also Seinfeld and Buffy the Vampire Slayer which I'll track down and read later)! Besides, it's hilarious, so what are those snooty ___ complaining about?

Okay, this time the electricity went off. Ugh. What is wrong with this place. But the good news is that my CPU is back! I'm not using it yet to let it fully recover from its recent explosion. And I still have stuff to finish downloading in this laptop. I just wish the electricity turns back on right away! It's so hot! I don't wanna sweat!

Aw. School.

My friends and I went back to school today. Some had to take care of some paperwork. I just went to hang out with them. We took pictures everywhere. Well, okay, there were a couple key places we failed to go to like Bellarmine Hall and the old Comm Dept. Also, Soc Sci Bldg which houses the new Comm Dept. However, I managed to take almost a hundred photos of whatevers, even random corners of the school (even the trash cans and loud speakers).

I did not cry before, during, or right after the graduation. It's a very happy time for me. I won't have exams anymore (unless I decide to pursue further studies) and no more orals. I don't have to study Theo and Philo anymore. I can read whatever I want anytime and just bum around, lie around doing nothing the whole day. I really am happy to graduate and I see no reason for crying. But my mom said that this is just because it hasn't sunk in yet. 

I kinda believe her. The other day when we bought my laptop (this one, because my desktop exploded last night), the lady attendant asked if I was still studying. My automatic yes almost came out but then I managed to catch myself. I said no. That's when it dawned on me that I am a student no longer. Right after I claimed that diploma, I stepped into the real world of being old and having to look for a job without thoroughly realizing it. Ugh. I felt so old when I said no! And now money is beginning to be an issue. I can't swipe everything and I can't keep on asking money from my parents. There are no job offers yet and the little business thingy isn't totally working. Which sucks because I already bought 50 pcs of tshirts. What am I gonna do with those if this doesn't take off?

Where will I get money?

Ugh. I don't wanna disappear into the workforce just yet. I wanna lie around and not worry a little longer. I wanna still be a kid. I hate it that I'm legally not anymore. I feel like one. I don't know what to do yet.

Pakshet. I have to go design shirts now.

Valentine's 2009

This was by far the most eventful Valentine's Day ever.

So okay, I was supposed to wake up a little early to do some research for a paper but as usual, I failed to do so. Woke up just in time to take a shower and go to school to have myself measured for toga.

Afterward, I sat at my usual "hang out place" - the library steps. There was this guy at the bottom of the steps. He had a guitar. When I got there he was just sitting silently. So I picked a spot and jammed earphones into my ears. I was actually watching videos of David Cook's AI performances. Yes, he was and still is awesome (although I miss Bo!). But after a while, I looked up and saw another guy sitting silently beside the first guy, but he was facing him. I thought, what the hell is he staring at him for? Was this a Brokeback moment? But then I took my earphones off and heard the first guy strumming and singing along.

My own semi-private Valentine's concert. :)

That's why it took me a little longer to get to J at NBS. We then proceeded to Yellow Cab. Then N arrived. So we ordered one big ass pizza and a box of pasta. Too bad they didn't have bottomless drinks. And I thought that "cut for party" means that they'll cut the pizza according to our party's size, that is, a party of 5 (before B canceled on us). But it turned out that this party cut thing meant that they were gonna cut the pizza into tiny rectangles. Which was nice because it was a change. But also because of the tininess of the pieces that I failed to realize that I've already eaten a lot. It made me think that I was only eating little.

So K came moments later, and we all enjoyed the greasy and yummy food. Of course, as we are most probably the best undiscovered comedians/comic strip characters of our time, we cracked each other up. Lucky nobody choked 'coz I've no idea how to do the Heimlich Maneuver. Pics were taken as usual, as you can see. :)

I was so ready for dessert when I got home. But then a friend of mine popped up. Problems. We spent about an hour talking and another just sitting in silence as I try to start the paper due that evening. I love her a lot and I totally sympathize with her, but I just don't know what else to do but listen and pat her consolingly. This was my "right speech". Lol. Buddha would be proud. Just kidding.

She left, and I was left alone for about 30 blissful minutes. Then another friend came, the one I texted to come over quickly because I needed help consoling. I don't know why. I used to consider myself one of the best "shoulder-to-cry-ons". But now, I don't know. I felt awkward. It's like, I don't know how to do it anymore. Maybe I never did. But I'm glad she came to me. Maybe it's just because my house was nearest to hers. I better check up on her.

So there. Another friend came over. We were gonna go out that night. I'm single for the 21st consecutive year and I've been bombarded with schoolwork and deprived of sleep for the last three weeks. I deserved a night out. So we got to talking while waiting for our ride. We talked about the problem and what we're gonna watch that night. Then I had to entertain my cousins who dropped by. By 6:30, I was dressed up, made up, and ready to go.

We got to Greenbelt at around 7:30. First we dropped by Bayo for the discount card thingy, then proceeded to look for another friend at Timezone. Man, I've never been to Timezone in a long long time. I missed it so much. We played this basketball game for like, an hour. There's no ticket prize; we did it for the challenge. When you get to 30 pts. in the first stage, you go to the 2ns stage where you have to get to 150pts for the 3rd, 250pts to get to 4th, 350pts for the 5th, and then 450pts for the last. My back ached for two days because of that. I cramped and all.

The exercise famished us so we looked for a place to eat. Everywhere is full! Luckily there was National Sports Grill. Awesome. Their servings are ginormous but so are our appetites so that didn't matter. We ate, chatted, and laughed. Ah, my friends. I love them so much because they make me laugh. A lot.

While we were waiting for our change, this caucasian man approached one of my friends and whispered something, left a card, then left. We were all like, "Was that guy from a modelling agency?" My friend was tall and slender so it was quite possible. She was already approached to endorse MET. Lol. She has really fair skin. Well, it wasn't a modelling agent's card. There were Chinese characters on it. I was like, wait a minute, that guy was white. Then we thought that maybe he was based in Hong Kong or something. I didn't read the card very well. When we flipped it over, there was the english version, and a little scribbled note, "Hi. I think you're cute. Let's get together. Call me."

Man, we laughed our assess off! The guy was apparently a sales and marketing person. Says so in the card. My friend wanted to throw it away, but we told her no. Since most of us are newly grads or ar about to, we could really use another company to apply to. And that is just our field. Lol. We joked about sending our resumes with her picture attached so he'd know we're friends of hers and we could set them up. Lol. But she left the card with the tips.

Too bad. The guy was actually kinda cute.

So then we stopped by the restroom and freshened up. Since the movie wasn't for another hour, Timezone again! This time I got to play House of the Dead (after waiting for like, forever, for the previous couple to finish). I love that game. I wish I had that here at home.

We went to see Valkyrie. I wasn't expecting much since it was a Tom Cruise movie (no offense to Tom Cruise fans). It turned out to be quite good. It required absolute attention though but I didn't have a hard time giving that because it was really interesting. This is coming from me. one of the most superficial moviegoers. Make something explode and I'm happy. Lol. Okay, not really that shallow. As much as I love John Cena, and as much explosives were deployed in the movie, The Marine sucked. Anyway, I got home at around 2AM. What a day. Parang telenovela.

Oh, and the flowers are, as usual, from my dad. :)

Why People Like Books Like Twilight

Taken from Page-turner draws on medieval lore - The Boston Globe:

"The novelist and critic George Orwell once perfectly summed up the appeal of 'good bad books' like 'The Gargoyle': 'The existence of good bad literature - the fact that one can be amused or excited or even moved by a book that one's intellect simply refuses to take seriously - is a reminder that art is not the same thing as cerebration.'"

cerebration

Activity of the mental processes; thinking.

2:20 AM

I don't know what woke me up, but I just suddenly did. As usual, I went to bed early last night since it's a Tuesday (on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I usually sleep at around 9:30-10PM. I don't know why, but it seems that I always am totally sleepy whenever I get back from school. Maybe it's the all-day thing. Maybe it's because I always fail to get proper sleep Monday and Wednesday nights.)

I think I fell asleep at around 9:30. So now I've just had 5 hours of sleep... and nothing to do.

I just joined Facebook. Lol. That will keep me busy for another hour or so.

I think I'll go see House on Haunted Hill now.

Recently finished e-book:

• Wishes by Jude Deveraux

Wishes

There aren't enough stars in the universe to make my lone wish come true.

Nor in the multiverse, for that matter.

Hello 2009!

Another year has come.

Awesome.

I don't know if I mean that or if I'm being sarcastic. Well, another year's another 365 1/4 days to make my life, myself, into something. And I truly am thankful that I'm still alive, that I'm given the chance to last this long.

It's just that things will happen this year that'll change my life.

They scare the heck outta me.

Of course, the first big thing is graduating. I'd officially be unemployed in three months. I've been a student since I was 3 years old. What will I do now?

The second thing I'm anticipating/dreading is my month-and-a-half in Taiwan. No offense to the country and its inhabitants or whoever loves it, but I have never dreamed of going to Taiwan (not even in the brief months of my F4 fever). It's to take care of my dad while he gets therapy there. I'm not complaining about that. I think it'd be a valuable experience for me to live away from home and do virtually everything myself. I have to do laundry, clean the house, iron maybe, go but food... I'd be okay with cooking, but please, don't expect me to go to a wet market (palengke) over there. I don't even do that here. Supermarket, always. And I'd have a hell of a time bargaining in Mandarin. Ah, the language. I've studied it for almost 15 years; you'd think I'd be uber fluent by now. But no. I think my knowledge of that language has depleted in the course of my spending 4 years without it in my face, 24/7 as it used to. I'd also have to speak with my aunt (whom we're going to live with) in Mandarin and/or Fukkien because she can't speak (nor understand, I think) Tagalog or English. And then I'd have to go entertain myself while my dad is in the therapy place. My aunt tells me there's a mall near the house we're gonna stay in, and I could spend two whole days and not see all of it. That excited me. But this could be a potential letdown. Will I be given shopping money?

Wait, would I have to get a job there?!

Argh. Dad. Why couldn't you have chosen an English-speaking country to have therapy in? I could do so much more there. First of all, I could understand perfectly what everybody would say and not have to mentally translate everything all the time. Sigh. This will be a huge test of my skills.

Third thing that will happen this year is.... ah, well. You know.

I don't wanna think about that yet.

Anyway, there are a couple of days left in this vacation, and the last of them I really really have to spend studying. I wanted to start today, but I'm feeling like shit because of this scratchy sensation at the back of my throat. I can't get it out. I don't know if it's only phlegm or if I'm having tonsillitis again. Doesn't matter. All I wanna do is stay in my comfy bed and read/watch TV all day.

Speaking of reading, I have electronically encoded my READ BOOKS list the other day, but not completely. I got the R.L. Stine part and stopped. I couldn't decide if I'm gonna place it there in the READ list or just settle for the highlighted/not highlighted arrangement in my R.L. Stine list. Whatever. I'll see to that when I get another break. Which will probably already be in March.

I mentioned previously that I was reading two books, Nightmares and Dreamscapes my Stephen King (which I found out yesterday was actually turned into a tv show! Well, a mini-series) and World War Z by Max Brooks (an e-book actually). I have not finished both of them. Instead, I have added more books to my current reading list. Days ago we went to Alabang Town Center (have not been to this place in ages, maybe two years already) and while waiting for my dad, I found a mini booksale type of thing at the center and found books by authors I've wanted to try out. The best I found was Red Dragon and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. Can't wait to start these. But I have this urge to wait until I find Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal Rising, you know, to complete the series, before starting. I have that little OC-ish tendency. But hey, I found e-books of them so... yeah. The other one is Dean Koontz's Dark Rivers of the Heart. Based on my mini research, he's one of the top horror authors out there. There were a lot of Dean Koontz books in that sale. I wanted to grab them all but that would've burned a huge hole in my wallet so I settled for one, just a taste, if you will. Then the other one is Ransom by Danielle Steel. I don't normally read romance novels although in the past I have read a couple. They were okay, an easy read, just to keep me occupied for a couple of hours. Since Steel is a renowned romance novelist, why not give her a try, right? And her books had this common template for the cover, you know, a gold strip about an inch thick at the top and then whatever color the rest of the bottom. They looked so... uniform, so conducive to collecting. :) Heehee.

So right now, what I'm reading all at the same time are as follows:
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
World War Z (I've transferred this into my iPod's Notes section, had to split up the whole text into 170 4kb files because iPod can't handle showing anything bigger. Took me about four hours to do so. Ugh.)
Dark Rivers of the Heart
Ransom
Until Forever (e-book by Johanna Lindsey)

So... that's a whole lot. I'm not even including The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks which I started a week ago, I think. But I put it down after the first page because I decided to read it when I really need a tear-jerker. Oh, and did I mention I managed to acquire truckloads of e-books (if they were solid copies of books, they'd be truckloads. Heehee.)? And now I'm having this mad compulsion to go through as many of them as I can before school starts again because by then I'd have no life whatsoever until graduation. That's why I'm reading Until Forever now (the title makes me cringe). It's also a romance novel but I find it a bit funny. It's about this cursed sword that, when a woman enclosed the hilt in her hand, if she rightfully owns the sword, would summon its really hot Viking owner, Thorn, the brother of Thor. Hahahhahaha. I swear, that story is so ridiculous... Why do I read these things. Lol. I don't know. I have another OC-ish thing: I need to know what happens next. Always. When I start to read something, I have to know what happens next even if the story sucks. That's what got me through the last three books of the Twilight series. But hey, it's not so bad. The compulsion, I mean. Applies to tv shows too, although they're harder to complete. I have yet to know what happened in the past season/s of Lost, Desperate Housewives, House, Smallville, How I Met Your Mother...

Okay, I'm going to finish reading as many books as I can now, even with this headache. :)

Last Sembreak Ko Na 'To

Wala lang, naisip ko lang na ito na ang kahuli-hulihang sembreak ko as a college student. Shet. Ang dami nang lasts. Siyempre marami ring magiging firsts pagkatapos nito, pero sorry, pesimista ako today. Hehe.

Napuna ko lang na grabe, hindi talaga ako gaanong nagblog ngayong 2008. 37 posts lang for the whole year?! It's already October! Hahaha. Kahit isama pa yun posts ko sa LJ ko, mga 50 posts lang in all. Ah, crap. I have to make up for that this break.

Sa Halloween Blog-a-thon ko nalang babawiin. :)

Anyway, ewan ko, pero ang weird ng feeling ng walang ginagawa. Haha. Sanayan lang ito. Malamang pagdating ng November mawiwirduhan ako sa feeling na kelangan na ulit bumangon at mag-aral. Shet. Last sem ko na 'yon. Bakit ganon?!

Last weekend nandun kami sa bahay ni Joyce nag-overnight at movie marathon. Well, actually, nag-Supernatural-marathon nung una hehe tapos naging movies na. We're trying to infect more people with the Supernatural virus. Swear. Watch it. It's good. So ayun.

Di ko na masyadong maalala anong movies pinanood namin. Hmm. Wait. Ah, P.S. I Love You, Teeth, Gravedancers, Mean Girls, and Kung Fu Panda. Meron pa yatang isa pa, pero hindi ko maalala. Pero yan na yun. Hehe. Fangirl ako ni Gerald Butler. Hehe.

Nakakatawa talaga nung kainan parts. Mga 3:30 kasi kami dumating sa bahay ni Joyce. Before that, ay nako, I was all over Metro Manila. Haha. Had to submit my final project sa Comm Dept at 10AM, tapos had to rush to my friend's graduation sa PICC (we got there at 12NN, tapos na yun graduation. whek. nagpichuran nalang kami.), then had to rush back to Katipunan (na biglang naging sa Libis nalang pala), have lunch with ADMU friends, then go to Joyce's house na dahil gagamitin pa ni Mama yun kotse na maghahatid sa amin doon.

So ayun. The dinner part. Wala lang, nakakatawa lang kasi we couldn't sustain a topic for more than 15 minutes. Una, galit-galit muna sa kainan. parang hindi pa nabusog sa sandamukal na chips na kinain while marathon-ing. May magbibigay ng topic, pag-uusapan konti, tapos tapos na. Haha. Hindi ba ang sabi nila kapag tumatahimik ang isang usapan may anghel daw na dumadaan? Well if that were the case, eh di pinagtitripan kami ng mga anghel nung gabing yon. Hahaha. Kung ano-ano nang topics ang napag-usapan, to the point na nalaman namin anong klaseng underwear ang sinusuot ng dalawa naming kasamang boys (boxers, btw). Kinda too much info ba? Hehe. At least you don't have to deal with the mental images I had. Eugh.

Pictures of this night can be found on my Multiply site. Kung friend kita. Hehe.

Ang cute cute ng puppy ni Joyce. Well, di na yata siya puppy, pero mukha pa rin siyang baby. Eeeee. Cute. Tisha ang name niya; she's a Shih Tzu (tama ba spelling?). Ang likot niya grabeh! As in kung naglalakad ka hinahabol niya yung feet mo tapos nung nakaupo na kami lahat sumisiksik siya sa amin. Tapos nagbebeg siya nung kumakain kami ng chips. Tapos ang bango bango niya kasi sosyal siya, Vaseline ang shampoo! Haha. Basta. She's so cute. I miss her already. Kahit nagwiwi siya sa immaculately clean floor ng sala ni Joyce, cute pa rin siya.

I ended up sleeping on the air cushion thingy. Basta yun kailangan pump-an ng air. Kaso hindi pala nasara mabuti yun isang vent kaya pag gising ko nung umaga, flat na. Haha. Eh mukha pa naman akong bulldozer kasi malikot ako matulog ikot ako nang ikot. Buti nga wala akong katabi kundi nadaganan ko na eh. Haha.

Joyce's Mom: O Tep, hindi ba sumakit ang likod mo? Matigas yun sahig.
Tep: OK lang po, Auntie, malambot naman ako eh. :)

Haha. Classic Tep kabangagan. And get this, since balak namin talaga mag-inuman and I forgot to bring the Jell-O shots, may wine na hinanda para sa amin si Auntie at Uncle. Naks. I love them already. At sosyal talaga. Wine. Kaso lang nga hindi kami nakainom noong gabi kasi... ewan ko nga ba bakit. Basta. So nung breakfast nalang kami uminom, nag-cheers and stuff. Hahaha.

As usual, after happy days like this one, sad na pag uwian. Ewan ko. I don't wanna be freaking emo right now kasi I promised myself that I'm gonna use this sembreak to fix myself and be happy. Let's just say I had an emo moment nung pauwi. Yun na yun. Hehe.

So ngayon, bum. Bum bum bum. Nakakatamad nga maging bum eh. Gusto ko nalang lumabas lagi at manood ng movie. Yung problema eh sembreak = no allowance. Yun mga may utang sa akin di pa nagbabayad. Tapos may utang pa ako sa iba. Argh. Ano nang ipangmomovies ko?!

Tapos ang bagal pa madownload ng mga bagay bagay. :(

Summerslam 2008

Happens tomorrow! Yey! One more good thing to add to my lovely long weekend. What excites me most is the return of the Undertaker. Man, he's been gone what, 2 months? And those 2 months, for me, rendered Smackdown barely watchable, if it weren't for Jeff Hardy being there. Lol. The whole Edge-Vickie thing is just... bleugh. It's a really weird storyline. Not convincing at all. That's the kind of storyline that repels audience. I have several friends who used to love watching WWE as much as I do who don't anymore because they feel like it's gotten "too fake". I mean, yeah, everybody knows that everything in WWE is kayfabe. Everything's made up, even how the match ends and all that crap. But I've been watching it since I was what, 4 or 5, and I'm now 21, and I really believe that the past kayfabe-ness is more realistic. I don't know why, maybe past wrestlers are just better actors. But as I said, storylines like that of Edge and Vickie really ruin things. I mean, they did a similar thing with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, right? That was way more believable. And if I may revert to RAW, the thing with Santino and Beth Phoenix, although I think it's kinda cute, really comes across as something they're pushed into doing. Even the fake kissing looks really fake, unlike the Jeff Hardy + Trish Stratus thing which looked really natural even if it's totally fake.

Ah, this is why I want to be a creative writer. I wanna revamp the whole storyline-making process and make it as good as the good ol' days of Stone Cold and The Rock and the first DX. Those days were a hell of a lot of fun.

Oh yeah, and they're actually gonna show this in cinemas here, that's why they're not gonna have a morning showing of it on JackTV. Crap. The one time we get a Monday off with a PPV, that's the time they don't show it in the morning. I don't wanna pay 300php for this. Only Wrestlemania is worth that. Now I have to wait until nighttime to watch it. Argh. Well at least we get it for free!

Jeff Sleeping

My computer's still on hiatus (even longer than the Undertaker's recent "banishment") so I'm using my brother's laptop. He's in the background watching Friends...or whatever.

Anyway, I've given up on reading about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. I'll do that tomorrow morning. If I get up early, which is unlikely. So I just researched about the current whereabouts of Bobby Lashley (one of my fave wrestlers) and of course, my childhood hero, the Undertaker.

So I found out that Lashley is no longer with WWE. I know it should have been obvious because he's been missing from the ring for like, almost a year now. I just thought that he had a really really bad injury that needed a year to completely heal or something. I was really hoping he'd come back. Oh well. As long as he's happy whatever he's doing right now then that's cool with me. I do hope to see him competing somewhere else though.

I'm starting to wonder about the working conditions in WWE. Well maybe the corporate side isn't so bad (or maybe it's worse!) than the performing side (is that the right term?). It seems like there are a lot of superstars who quit because they were "maltreated" or something. In Lashley's official site www.BOBBY-LASHLEY.net, they said something about the reason why he left. if you remember, Lashley got injured in a match with Mr. Kennedy. That was around August 2007. So he needed surgery and 4 months off. He was scheduled to come back in December but he wasn't contacted by Vince McMahon when the time was nearing. So that kinda frustrated him, and then there was another one about his girlfriend who's a Diva about refusing to do a storyline. So I guess that and other things added up and led to his quitting. So there. I'm just wondering what...what goes on there? I'd really love to be part of the WWE Creative Team some time after I graduate, but I don't know, I don't want to write something that would cause a superstar to quit like that. I've always thought that the creative writers write an assortment of storylines that are equally good, and then they hold meetings with the superstars and let them pick which one they like best or if they want to push a certain storyline, they still discuss it with the superstars involved and compromise if they need to. I thought it was a democracy over there.

So about the title. Lol. Haha. I'm still in my Jeff Hardy phase right now. I was just surfing around and I found these at Emily & Amy's Public Gallery. They have great WWE wallpapers there.

Jeff just looks too cute asleep. :)

So... Ano Na?

Lintik talaga wala akong magawa dito. As in. Sana nasa bahay nalang ako nag DVD marathon o nagdownload ng latesst episodes diba. Marami rami pang Ghost Hunters yun papanoorin ko, tapos di ko pa tapos idownload yun latest Smallville, Supernatural, Ugly Betty, and Ghost Hunters. Epal. Eh pag uwi ko nandun na si Koko so agawan nanaman sa net yun. Whek. Ang bagal bagal pa naman ng net sa bahay. Aysus.

Sana nga talaga tapos na ako dito. Sana hanggang this week nalang ako. Ayoko na talaga, it's so boring na. I'd rather be a bum at home! At least I'm enjoying myself and my last summer as a student kesa andito ako, oo nga may net, pero ang dami daming taong umaaligid! Tapos may danger pa na biglang sumipot boss ko so mabibitin itong sinusulat ko. Shet talaga. Ala-una palang! Meron pa akong 5 hours na kelangan palipasin! Walanghiya!

So anyway, pampalipas ng oras... I'm surfing around checking our red carpet photos of AI7 people. Seryoso, ganun na talaga ako kaborad.

And look what I found!!!




















The Cooks!

They actually look good together... (pretends na hindi nagseselos)








..........iphophotoshop ko mukha ko jan! Mwahahahahaha!

The Time Card Puncher Clock Thingy Celebrates With Me

It really does!

In the morning, when the clock strikes a new hour, it does nothing. It just turns to the new hour. But when it hits noon, it sings. Seriously! It emits this really cute melody. It's like it's saying, "Wee another hour closer to chillin' at home!"

Right now I have 5 more hours to kill. I've done everything they asked me to do, and a little extra too. And now... I wait.

My boss went out with the catering crew. I have no idea what time she'd be back. I hope not before 4PM though. That way I'd have 3 more hours of total nothingness, just waiting for my downloads to be done. Honestly, DSL connection here is awesome. I've only started almost 4 hours ago and 2 are already done. If this were at home, it would've taken me all day. Argh. Okay, I'll shut up about our sucky internet connection at home.

So okay, I have this friend. She was my Theology 131 classmate. She IMed me last night and told me she was in Germany! I was like, "What the hell are you doing there?!" I thought she's on vacation. Then she tells me that she's going to be there for a whole year to study German.

Man, how awesome is that?

I dream of that. She's staying with a foster family and she has a private tutor to help her with her transition into a real German school. I mean, whoa. That's like, the stuff of romantic comedies/chick flicks!

Okay, my romantic side is coming out. I gotta shove it away again.

But really, isn't it awesome? I saw pictures of her and her foster family and their house. Her foster siblings are so adorable!!!! And their house. Actually, their bathroom is just...wow. Colorful. I dream of a bathroom like that. And they actually have a lawn! And a big one at that. And a greenhouse too!

Sigh. Maybe someday I'd be able to afford to do the same. How cool would that be?

Analog Heart

Here it is finally, Analog Heart by David Cook.

Enjoy!


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I'm an hour away from going home! Yey! I just wonder, why is it when I'm this near from freedom when the work comes? I'm asked to make another press release. Not that the first one sucked or anything. Well, okay maybe it did.

Today was my first meeting with a PR agent, which was not what I envisioned it to be. I thought they were gonna be all corporate and everything, which is why I chose to wear this crisp white shirt someone gave my mom. It looks so nice and corporate. But Lo and behold, it creases easily! I'd have to iron it every hour if I wanted to look crisp the whole day. When I got out of the car this morning it's already creased. Argh. So much for looking sharp.

Sp yeah, the meeting was really short, like, 10 minutes? It was very relaxed too.I guess that's because she's a classmate of my boss'. She said that a lot of cafes are opening right now so all of them are sending press releases about their opening. So I guess the first one I made wasn't technically garbage. It's just that a lot of people are writing the same thing that it wouldn't stand out anymore. Hey, PR class said that write something that's newsworthy and our opening is definitely newsworthy, with the lion dance and all. But I'm happy I learned something today: Be unique.

I actually learned something today! How cool is that?

However, I'm still hunting for my next ojt. I already called GMA and they said that they aren't accepting any more practicumers. So that sucks. So now I have my eyes on Summit Media again. I sent my resume once more but to a new contact person. They already updated their website and placed a contact specially for OJTs. Haha. That's good. This time around I'd really call. I so wanna work there.

I also want a job that would require me to give out calling cards. Haha!

Anyway, I managed to kill half an hour with this post. Man, I love this cafes DSL. 4 of the 5 episodes I'm downloading are already done, and the last one would no doubt be done just in time before I go home. This rocks. I'm gonna download everything here from now on. This would be like the pay that they don't give me. Lol.

Maybe tomorrow I'll actually download whole seasons. Haha!