hay thank goddess the week's almost over! was able to pull off two events which i helped organize with dear friends.
first up is the LGBT NIGHT AT CONSPIRACY last tuesday. writers' night usually yun pero v.e.c.n. gave us a free hand to create whatever so we made it an artsfest thingie. the lowdown later na.
second one was FEMINISTA SERIES: WOMYN'S NIGHT SA BISTRO last wednesday at 70s bistro naman. masaya siya. it was some kind of recharging experience for women artists, i have to admit. it was a good idea to begin with. i'm glad the women artists whom we asked to perform showed up. they all showed up! saya! at nasayahan din sila! saka yung crowd. super. the lowdown later na lang ulit. tutal wala naman akong pupuntahang bakasyunan ngayung undas, dito na lang ako sa blog magbabakasyon ng isipin hehe.
what i really want to blog about now are venue brouhahas. there have been a lot lately. actually, in all my years as a restaurant/cafe/bar reviewer, marami-rami na rin akong nakitang bad places. bad service, bad owner, bad rules and regulations etc. pero lately, parang dumarami ulit sila. at pag hindi nasita, wala talagang mangyayaring maganda sa kanila.
saka di lang ako nakakakita nito. friends ko rin first-hand experience na talaga. at saka nadadala na rin kami eh. gandang i-cite yung sinabi ni salamangkiero about xaymaca. that was totally bad. medyo rude talaga yung nangyari sa kanya dun. tsk i feel for you, man. ako rin e, parang nega sa akin ang xaymacs. since i discovered na parang ang hatak lang nila ay pera at hindi alaga sa artist, wa na. tamo nga, pinagbayad ang coverage ng islamusik. wala silang pr savvy chu. luz. parang yung naaalala ko yung kinover ko yung panino resto along esguerra dati (wala na ngayon), pinagbayad kami. laos. at sa dalawang publication ko pa sila nailabas noon ha. with pictures. well, i guess hindi sila marunong sa ganun. can't blame them though.
and then there's this thing about conspiracy rin which another friend cited. incident happened the night we were there. we were supposed to end at 10pm because as usual, conspi did some double bookings pag tuesdays. akala yata nila hindi mapupuno ng writers' events ang lugar nila kaya nagbu-book sila ng musical gig after that. laos nga e. we were asking for the whole night pero ms weather report booked orange and lemons na pala. laos. tapos vecn booked a band called tribu pa. triple booking ini, kaya nawalan ng time na kami para magbasa. ako! di nakabasa. saka si butch din sana. organizers pa ang walang time. kainis. tama ba yun? sabagay, that wasn't the first time. women's day ata yun, women's night daw. so punta ang isang women's band at ako dahil invited poetry reading daw chuva. pagdating namin dun, hala, may booked event pala ang isang writers' group spewing hacienda luisita tales. tangina. and another artist friend had the similar experience doon when their art group performed din. laos. nakakadala ano. parang walang respeto sa artist minsan.
pero eto ka. wala ring respeto sa customers pala. a media friend who used to help chorva the weather report career got dissed by the operations manager pala. received her email days ago. grabe ang rude sa kanila. hay. all because they wanted to see some fruits perform. well, next time iba na lang siguro puntahan nila.
excerpt from her letter:
"Finally, she went to our table to tell us she can only give us seats but I insisted that she must give us a table because I reserved for a table. She told me that Ms. __ only told her about our reservation that morning and that the truth was they were not accepting reservations for that band anymore. I told her that you should have told Ms. __ about it so that we were properly informed. I read to her Ms. __'s message saying she was not informed by [mgr] that she was not accepting reservations anymore so she was not able to tell me. While your operations manager was talking to us, she was cleaning up our table and leaving us behind to bring the used dishes to the kitchen which gave me the feeling that she wanted us to just leave. [My friend] told her to talk to us properly and not keep on leaving us. She continued cleaning up the table and even put used napkins on the sizzling tofu that I ordered which I haven't even finished eating. My friend told her that I was still going to eat the tofu and she answered arrogantly that she will just replace it.
After much debate and insisting to her that we deserve better service and treatment, she finally put a table in the gig room for us with five chairs. I have been a patron of your establishment since day one, particularly because I am a big supporter of the artists who own it. I always recommend Conspiracy to my friends and even forward your gig list to them or invite them when I like the featured band as last night. I am very disappointed with how your "Operations Manager" handles complaints from your costumers, the worse I have encountered so far. I'm sorry to say that no matter how Ms. ___ apologizes for her rude behavior, I have resolved not to go to Conspiracy from now on and would also stop recommending you to my friends. Damage has been done and a supposedly fun night was spoiled by this unfortunate display of ghastly customer service."
tissue on her sizzling tofu. imagine that. you don't do that to a vegetarian, man.
pero ang topper ng buwang ito ay ang kakapalan sa kapihang ako mismo ang biktima. dumalaw ako at isang friend sa cordillera coffee sa may xavierville. my friend had some business to transact with them and i simply wanted to have lunch there para tuhog na. after talking with the maitre'd (sp?) feeling dude doon, we sat and asked to be served. ten thousand years bago nakarating ang menu sa amin so we made jokes na to the effect na "oorder kami, magbabayad kami" etc. all in jest. the first time we ate kasi there, we used gcs given to us by the owners and we just wanted to sample the place. hey, that's what gcs are for, di ba?
ewan ko ba kung anong cosmic cycle ang sinusundan ni dude pero when i was trying to get his attention to pay the bill, he was making a huge effort of not making pansin sa akin. so i asked my friend for his name kasi alam niya, and i called his name and asked for the bill. as in, "chorva, can we have the bill, please?" ano ang gnawa niya? inirapan ako. my first pair of bullhorns appeared (taurus), but i tried to remain calm. i asked him again, same polite tone. "chorva, can we have the bill, please?" this time, hindi siya tumingin and he curtly said "sandali lang may ginagawa pa ako" or something to that effect. second pair of bullhorns appeared (year of the ox). handa na kong manggyera. my friend tried to calm me down.
it took another ten thousand years for him to prepare the bill and when he finally gave it to me, i politely talked to him about his attitude earlier. guess what. i was in mid-sentence -- my first sentence -- tinalikuran niya ko. i called his attention again, uminit na ulo ko, at tinalikuran na naman niya ako. grabe talaga. parang ang laki ng space nila para di mapansin ito ano. mas malaki pa ang cr sa megamall 'day, kaya alam mo ang nangyayari sa loob. they were only serving three tables inside and he was harping na marami siyang ginagawa. hey, ang conspi resto with one working server two pride marches ago ang maraming ginagawa, not you! at tatlo kaya silang tao sa kapihan. grabe. napundi na ko at nilapitan ko siya sa counter para kausapin siya, pero it turns out may angst pala siya sa amin. i asked him what the fuck was that attitude about, sabi niya "sa tingin niyo, natutuwa kami dun sa sinabi niyo kaninang magbabayad naman kami ah." WHAT THE FUCK! alam mo, naghahanap siya ng away ever. wala, warlahan ng words na kaming dalawa. tinawag ko pa ang friend ko at join siya sa warlahan ng words. yung dalawang babaeng kasama ni dude e awat na ng awat sa kanya pero ayaw paawat ni dude. my god, it was so horrible. napahiya sila ng husto sa ibang tao sa loob ng kapihan nila. and to think that the owner and her sister and the owner's niece were so kind to us when we met at a previous art event. kaya nga kami binigyan ng gc to try out their place e, and to hopefully do business nga. but no. this dude out for warlahan of words ruined everything for us. we ran into the niece in UP right after that incident and reported it to her. all apologies siya dahil sila din daw mismo may miscomm ni warladude pala regarding the business my friend was suposed to transact with them (she decided to drop the business because of that incident). grabe. and to think mam benny santos was there pa inside with a friend. ganda ng chikahan pa namin after years of not seeing each other since dumaguete workshop days. tapos ganyan pa. hay naku, kahiya kay mam benny kasi pinapahiya kami ng warladude na yun sa kayabangan niya. grabe. siguro pasalamat siya at i gave up resto reviewing couple of years ago tangina kundi yari talaga sila sa akin.
hay naku. when will service-oriented establishments be truly service-oriented? i don't subscribe to the "customer is always right" chorva pero dapat mutual respect ang i-allot ng both parties di ba? saka what do they want to cultivate ba, mga suki o kaaway? hay, cordi coffee just lost a potential suki. sayang. akala kasi nila, dedma, isang tao lang yan, may mga darating pang ibang tao na magpa-patronize sa atin. but no. karmic retribution works in this world, darling, kaya what you give, you receive. all you have to do is wait. i i don't even have to do anything at all. hay.
well, one good thing about venue booboos paid off naman kagabi. i was at the chocolate kiss and the manager gave me and my friend the dessert she owed us, she said. this was from an incident naman a week ago yata when my friend was mistreated by two waiters. nakinig naman ang owners and the waiters apologized and everything's fine and dandy na. ganun dapat. ayan, tamo, bumabalik pa rin kami dun. di ba? but not in cordi coffee na. not anymore. hay...
kakaiba lang minsan sa ganyan, ano? how much arrogance they have and all. tapos minsan, may feeling of discrimination pa. i remember a few acquaintances in drag who were asked to leave a resto when they came in because the manager said they didn't "serve people like them" or something to that effect. such discrimination. alam kong you have to abide by some dresscode and all. aba, ang gaganju nga ng mga sisterette na yun e, with mok-ap and all, da works. tapos di sila pinagsilbihan. grabe no. just like before when we had that incident at likha diwa din, spewing the same thing, that they don't want the place to be "identified with people like you." grabeeeeeeeh. galit si roselle kaya nun. sulat sa kule. ayan. apologize naman sila at dialogue chu pero wala e, damage has been done. that was in 1999 but i find myself revisiting the place this 2005. keri lang, i still like the food and service pero i don't want to encounter the owners na lang. i guess half a decade is okay to keep these things behind you. so if coffe cordillera's still there after half a decade, saka na siguro ko babalik dun. that is, kung wala na si warladude doon.
hay, this was such an eventful month, hane?
hey, may nagbukas ng authentic mediterranean food joint near my place, at doon balak kong maging suki. mababait ang servers at ang owner din, so far. at meron silang lamb! yipee! arabesque katapat ng nato's sa jimenez. yummy. may water pipe sila ha. sosi. hehe.
kain nga ko doon.
28 October 2005
19 October 2005
watch me bellydance in the nude!
GOTCHA!!!!!!!!
the flyer got updated na and so did the announcement list so please check it out again.
tutula lang ako. complete with flashing photos sa background. yea, my photos. vim nadera termed this 'litratula' eons ago. hey vim, i'm making it happen na. hindi nga lang libro pa. saka na yun. pag may budget na lola. :)
WOMYN'S NYT SA '70s BISTRO
bjelland, hate ko ang horror dahil i have a very very VERY VERY VERY vivid imagination and scary things stick to my mind longer than it's supposed to. and when your third eye is not cooperative with you sometimes, it could get quite, er...bitchy. trust me. nung napanood ko ang putanginang RING (jap ver) sa BIG SCREEN tangina dalawang buwan akong hindi makanood ng tv. ever. nyeta. yoko na ng ganun.
basta. :P pardon mah french.
15 October 2005
life in random order
talking with a dear friend last night for six straight hours on three different venues along morato made me realize lots of things which either i didn't want to face/admit or were so alarmingly true yet i didn't fully realize/comprehend until that time. gets?
anyway, here are some of them.
1. ang pagkairita ay may kaakibat na bahid ng pagkainggit nguni't kung ilang porsyento ay di tiyak
2. all art genre circles (esp. film mainstream or indie, literature, photography, music) each has its own mafias and sub-mafias and sub-sub-mafias and mafia clique-wannabes
3. like janet jackson said: it's all about CONTROL. and the wrong people have LOTS of it.
4. we should reclaim the word "fascism" from the depths of the negativity pit and give it a new, more positive spin
5. some cherished friends already became/turned like ginger for me: they exist there and i'm okay with that but i'm never going to go near them again because i am psychologically allergic to ginger (and morons)
6. the dearth of lesbian literature and films in the philippine context should be corrected by lesbians themselves (ourselves!)
7. tama si legally blonde reese: ENDORPHINS MAKE YOU HAPPY.
8. people whom you expect to get it, don't. people whom you thought didn't get it, did.
9. we have to redefine the meaning of FRIENDSHIP in this post/neo-colonial, post/postpost-modern, neoliberalist, post-feminist globalized world
10. i am my own worst enemy, critique, fan and psychiatrist.
11. flattery gets others somewhere.
12. political connections get others somewhere -- and something (new house, new car, new palmtop, new laptop, new cellphone, new job)
13. the country is really fucked up
14. i hate reading/watching the news na talaga as in ever
15. if martial law is declared like anytime soon, i am not physically prepared for it. so is the country.
16. i still prefer brutal honesty than blanket secrecy. bring it on, kid!
17. i loathe appointment breakers, especially those who don't notify you ahead of time. sayang ang putanginang oras ko kakahintay or kakaplano for naught.
18. keep your friends close and your enemies closer. i'm not sure if this still works for me. they sting a lot lately. it hurts to hold on.
19. money talks. it has the loudest voice in the universe. i hate that.
20. i am torn between being practical and sentimental. i have yet to discover which hurts less and which is the lesser of evils. process-in-progress.
21. i am a cat-lover trapped inside a dog-lover's body.
22. i have super low tolerance for unnecessarily noisy people but i don't know how to be zen about it (still trying)
23. i am onion-skinned when it comes to my art.
24. i still don't have patience for arrogant people, no matter how utterly talented or intelligent they are
25. people who pose as your friends sometimes DO WANT something else from you but they disguise it so cleverly that you fall into their trap until somebody saner than you nudges you and wakes you up to smell the coffee
26. UP teaches you arrogance, intentional or misplaced.
27. insecure people are the first ones who put you down
28. i am partly addicted to the internet
29. no matter how much friction you have with your parents, you still miss them sometimes
30. a spanish ex-colleague might be right: women are the worst enemies of women.
31. poetry remains elitist if you use a language other than your own native one to write it
32. no matter how much we advocates fight for our rights, achieving true social justice still seems so far a goal this millennium
33. the friends whom you wish to talk to (talk with?) are abroad. the friends who now annoy you constantly bug you to meet up and talk with them. what gives?
34. i am tehnology-dependent and i hate it and love it
35. the randomness of things early in your life prepares you for something postively definitive later on in life - and you should be thankful instead of resentful
36. people who gloat cannot admit that they stink worse than goats
37. right now, people should cherish their civil liberties (or whatever's left of them) while they can.
38. love may not be that many a splendored thing after all, unlike what the song said. we should redefine the real essence of love because most of us misinterpret it totally.
39. we should stop questioning our existence already. we're here, deal with it na lang. period.
40. i should throw nostalgia out the window forever.
kakaiba...
anyway, on to funnier things...
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anyway, here are some of them.
1. ang pagkairita ay may kaakibat na bahid ng pagkainggit nguni't kung ilang porsyento ay di tiyak
2. all art genre circles (esp. film mainstream or indie, literature, photography, music) each has its own mafias and sub-mafias and sub-sub-mafias and mafia clique-wannabes
3. like janet jackson said: it's all about CONTROL. and the wrong people have LOTS of it.
4. we should reclaim the word "fascism" from the depths of the negativity pit and give it a new, more positive spin
5. some cherished friends already became/turned like ginger for me: they exist there and i'm okay with that but i'm never going to go near them again because i am psychologically allergic to ginger (and morons)
6. the dearth of lesbian literature and films in the philippine context should be corrected by lesbians themselves (ourselves!)
7. tama si legally blonde reese: ENDORPHINS MAKE YOU HAPPY.
8. people whom you expect to get it, don't. people whom you thought didn't get it, did.
9. we have to redefine the meaning of FRIENDSHIP in this post/neo-colonial, post/postpost-modern, neoliberalist, post-feminist globalized world
10. i am my own worst enemy, critique, fan and psychiatrist.
11. flattery gets others somewhere.
12. political connections get others somewhere -- and something (new house, new car, new palmtop, new laptop, new cellphone, new job)
13. the country is really fucked up
14. i hate reading/watching the news na talaga as in ever
15. if martial law is declared like anytime soon, i am not physically prepared for it. so is the country.
16. i still prefer brutal honesty than blanket secrecy. bring it on, kid!
17. i loathe appointment breakers, especially those who don't notify you ahead of time. sayang ang putanginang oras ko kakahintay or kakaplano for naught.
18. keep your friends close and your enemies closer. i'm not sure if this still works for me. they sting a lot lately. it hurts to hold on.
19. money talks. it has the loudest voice in the universe. i hate that.
20. i am torn between being practical and sentimental. i have yet to discover which hurts less and which is the lesser of evils. process-in-progress.
21. i am a cat-lover trapped inside a dog-lover's body.
22. i have super low tolerance for unnecessarily noisy people but i don't know how to be zen about it (still trying)
23. i am onion-skinned when it comes to my art.
24. i still don't have patience for arrogant people, no matter how utterly talented or intelligent they are
25. people who pose as your friends sometimes DO WANT something else from you but they disguise it so cleverly that you fall into their trap until somebody saner than you nudges you and wakes you up to smell the coffee
26. UP teaches you arrogance, intentional or misplaced.
27. insecure people are the first ones who put you down
28. i am partly addicted to the internet
29. no matter how much friction you have with your parents, you still miss them sometimes
30. a spanish ex-colleague might be right: women are the worst enemies of women.
31. poetry remains elitist if you use a language other than your own native one to write it
32. no matter how much we advocates fight for our rights, achieving true social justice still seems so far a goal this millennium
33. the friends whom you wish to talk to (talk with?) are abroad. the friends who now annoy you constantly bug you to meet up and talk with them. what gives?
34. i am tehnology-dependent and i hate it and love it
35. the randomness of things early in your life prepares you for something postively definitive later on in life - and you should be thankful instead of resentful
36. people who gloat cannot admit that they stink worse than goats
37. right now, people should cherish their civil liberties (or whatever's left of them) while they can.
38. love may not be that many a splendored thing after all, unlike what the song said. we should redefine the real essence of love because most of us misinterpret it totally.
39. we should stop questioning our existence already. we're here, deal with it na lang. period.
40. i should throw nostalgia out the window forever.
kakaiba...
anyway, on to funnier things...
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13 October 2005
nood kayo ha
women's artfest chuvaness of sorts. nood kayo ha. :) ako'y tutula. mahabang mahaba. :P
congrats nga pala sa aming kaibigang si papa ned trespeces, writer of JOLOGZ. his digifilm TRABAHO is currently showing at the crop of digifilms sa ongoing cinemanila international filmfest nina direk tikoy aguiluz. hanggang bukas lang yata e. sana ma-extend hane. congrats sa inyo ni onnah. :)
asian horror film showcase at the upfilminstitute will begin by next week, i think. hay don't ask me about the titles. sabi nga ni rhett butler sa GONE WITH THE WIND "frankly my dear, i don't give a damn." i hate horror films, especially asian ones. kahit local. i hate the genre. bakit ba.
11 October 2005
exhaust
kakapagod yata ang araw na ito kahit na wala ako masyading ginawang super bigat. di ko alam kung saan galing ang bigat pero... wala lang. ewan.
o para sa mga students ko ulit, epal kayo dito. si cris pablo naghahanap ng tao. siya ang nagdirek ng digifilms DUDA at BATH HOUSE. film grad din siya. sabihin nyo narinig niyo yan sa 'kin na titser nyo. email niyo na lang siya sa crisaldopablo at yahoo. hane?
"I am wrapping up my shoot for my third digital video movie titled 'Bilog/Circles.' Naghahanap kami ng non-linear editor or edit supervisor na willing magvolunteer, or anyone who has a lot of time and wants to learn adobe premiere or avid."
o, go na. film grad din yan, older sa 'kin. :P
bumMer. waLa lang. bUmmer...
mukhang may isisingko ako. you know, i think kids these days are deep-down conservative and they can't handle too much freedom. i mean, they can't really handle freedom. and they seem to be deviod of sexuality. i don't know why. di ko naman nilalahat pero comparison yan ng mga friends kong teacher na ring matagal-tagal sa peyups at sa iba pang iskul. well, at least wala pa akong student na binili ng island ng magulang niya for his birthday tulad ni popa hehehe. arrreneow kasi e... rich sila.
hay i'm bitchin'. don't mind me.
pero one thing's for sure: they don't know how to handle freedom. i gave them too much. i think i have to take it back next time. a handful of them didn't give anthing in return kasi e. what i really hate about students is the fact that they let laziness rule over their intelligence. sayang. yng ganun siguro ang dapat isingko ano, na alam nilang matalino naman sila pero they don't comply. iba ang rebel sa non-conformist sa plain old pasaway lang kasi, dearies. pasaway lang kasi yung iba eh. tamad pa. hay...
kamusta na guro? tangina ang galing ni omeng when he made that poem. that's rommel rodriguez for you guys. naging titser din ng iba kong student na nag-CAL subjects.
galing sa kanyang KONTRAPUNTAL na cdbook na nilathala ng akdang_bayan lit org.
GURO
Kumusta na guro?
Maghapon ka bang nakayuko?
Nasaan na ang sinasabing
Ikaw ay isang bayani?
Sa eskuwela na animo'y kulungan
Rehas ang walang tigil na orasan
Naghahanap ng ibang mapagkakakitaan
Dahil sa sahod na kapos at kulang.
Kuba na ba ang iyon balikat?
Sa libro't mga eksam na kay bigat.
Naghahabol ka na ba ng hininga?
Mukhang kailangan mo na nga ng pahinga.
Suot na salami'y pakapal nang pakapal
habang paglakad mo nama'y pabagal nang pabagal.
Turuan lamang mga itinuturing na hangal
At sa kanila'y makaukit ka ng dangal.
winner di ba? mas winner na ginawa niyang song version iyan. syempre ang kumanta ay si ate carol niya ng pinikpikan. winner yung song ever. pang-top 10.
parang national anthem ko na ito bigla, hane? you're a genius, 'meng. super.
as for the sexuality part, ewan ko. parang they are afraid to talk about sex and sexuality, erotica and porn. e kami kaya noon hindi ganyan! naghahanap pa kami ng "exposure trip" kuno sa mga seedy places etc. tapos lahat talaga pinanonood namin, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, SALO, what have you, na encouragement din naman ng titsers namin. ewan. altho i know they're having sex na (at least some of them), parang wala pa ring sexuality na nakikita sa katawan nila minsan, o mukha, lalo na sa gawa. in short, walang libog. ba't kaya? samin kasi, sobra sobra, even if most of us were freaking virgins. virginity had nothing to do with sexuality anyway in those days. i wonder now. parang di ganun. weird. ewan.
parang gusto kong mag-hibernate muna. i don't know why. the deluge of people this sem is overwhelming me. need to go to the beach man. good thing i bumped into roda the galera girl last week at penguin. gave some details and we're off! but not so soon. dami gagawin sa oct pa eh. aarrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh!
what's with friendster? nalilito na ko sa kanya! kung anu-ano nagpa-pop. syempre naki-click ko yung mga nasa ibabaw, minsan by accident. tulad nung update friends eklat, may mga nag-update ng photos, profiles etc. so ako si gaga tinignan ko naman mga changes until i thought, "bakit ko ba tinitigan ini?" tapos yung sandamakmak na bulletin spams pa rin ng exclusives tapos meron pang "who's viewed me?" eklat na pag klik ko e wala namang trace kahit sabi nya i've been viewed 12 times since october eklat. nubaaaaaaaaah. clutter! ang chaks na niya yoko na tuloy open yan ever.
need to gym myself heheh. my gymfreak friends, as i recently found out, froze their fitness first accounts. hehe. thanks for all the "trial days" guys hehe. sabi na nga ba e, aayaw din later e. too good to be true. hehe :P
actually ff is just so freaking big for a gym. yung dati ko naman, better bodies, seems so... i dunno, small na nagkakaubusan ng space pero parang wala ka ring anonymity. ang hirap talaga maghanap ng gym in between that. well. anyway, i'm enjoying my long walks in peyups lately so i think i'll stay with that habang di pa ko nakaka-enrol sa boxing ulit, this time sa ateneo naman. have to find that gym first.
well, first things first. academic mode muna drama ko. saka na ulit ang fitness buff. pero punyeta i miss the bellydancing lessons!!!! at least naka-isang taon din kami dun ano. sayang. nasa hkdisneyland na kasi ang titser. ano kaya job niya dun? hm, siguro siya si esmeralda o jasmine hehe.
ngek, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW is showing in cinemanila. haha e napapanood ko na kaya yan sa klase ko. i have the dvd :P. laos kayo.
speaking of fil-am films, saw HOOK last week on cinemax and it's cute to see fil-am dante basco hamming it up for spielberg there. pero parang di siya nag-age since then until mapanood ko siya sa THE DEBUT (or in short, my big fat filipino debut party). scary. pero mas naging ham siya dito sa DEBUT. well.
wow! top 5 literary cities, according to lonelyplanet, are:
1. prague
2. new york
3. london
4. san francisco
5. paris
wow! yes bullet day i will visit all of you!
pero bakit prague? hm... any clues anyone? actually, dapat kasali ang manila dyan. kung buhay pa si nick joaquin, poprotesta yun. hmp.
shet i miss traveling, whether sa loob o labas ng bansa. :(
o para sa mga students ko ulit, epal kayo dito. si cris pablo naghahanap ng tao. siya ang nagdirek ng digifilms DUDA at BATH HOUSE. film grad din siya. sabihin nyo narinig niyo yan sa 'kin na titser nyo. email niyo na lang siya sa crisaldopablo at yahoo. hane?
"I am wrapping up my shoot for my third digital video movie titled 'Bilog/Circles.' Naghahanap kami ng non-linear editor or edit supervisor na willing magvolunteer, or anyone who has a lot of time and wants to learn adobe premiere or avid."
o, go na. film grad din yan, older sa 'kin. :P
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bumMer. waLa lang. bUmmer...
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mukhang may isisingko ako. you know, i think kids these days are deep-down conservative and they can't handle too much freedom. i mean, they can't really handle freedom. and they seem to be deviod of sexuality. i don't know why. di ko naman nilalahat pero comparison yan ng mga friends kong teacher na ring matagal-tagal sa peyups at sa iba pang iskul. well, at least wala pa akong student na binili ng island ng magulang niya for his birthday tulad ni popa hehehe. arrreneow kasi e... rich sila.
hay i'm bitchin'. don't mind me.
pero one thing's for sure: they don't know how to handle freedom. i gave them too much. i think i have to take it back next time. a handful of them didn't give anthing in return kasi e. what i really hate about students is the fact that they let laziness rule over their intelligence. sayang. yng ganun siguro ang dapat isingko ano, na alam nilang matalino naman sila pero they don't comply. iba ang rebel sa non-conformist sa plain old pasaway lang kasi, dearies. pasaway lang kasi yung iba eh. tamad pa. hay...
kamusta na guro? tangina ang galing ni omeng when he made that poem. that's rommel rodriguez for you guys. naging titser din ng iba kong student na nag-CAL subjects.
galing sa kanyang KONTRAPUNTAL na cdbook na nilathala ng akdang_bayan lit org.
GURO
Kumusta na guro?
Maghapon ka bang nakayuko?
Nasaan na ang sinasabing
Ikaw ay isang bayani?
Sa eskuwela na animo'y kulungan
Rehas ang walang tigil na orasan
Naghahanap ng ibang mapagkakakitaan
Dahil sa sahod na kapos at kulang.
Kuba na ba ang iyon balikat?
Sa libro't mga eksam na kay bigat.
Naghahabol ka na ba ng hininga?
Mukhang kailangan mo na nga ng pahinga.
Suot na salami'y pakapal nang pakapal
habang paglakad mo nama'y pabagal nang pabagal.
Turuan lamang mga itinuturing na hangal
At sa kanila'y makaukit ka ng dangal.
winner di ba? mas winner na ginawa niyang song version iyan. syempre ang kumanta ay si ate carol niya ng pinikpikan. winner yung song ever. pang-top 10.
parang national anthem ko na ito bigla, hane? you're a genius, 'meng. super.
as for the sexuality part, ewan ko. parang they are afraid to talk about sex and sexuality, erotica and porn. e kami kaya noon hindi ganyan! naghahanap pa kami ng "exposure trip" kuno sa mga seedy places etc. tapos lahat talaga pinanonood namin, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, SALO, what have you, na encouragement din naman ng titsers namin. ewan. altho i know they're having sex na (at least some of them), parang wala pa ring sexuality na nakikita sa katawan nila minsan, o mukha, lalo na sa gawa. in short, walang libog. ba't kaya? samin kasi, sobra sobra, even if most of us were freaking virgins. virginity had nothing to do with sexuality anyway in those days. i wonder now. parang di ganun. weird. ewan.
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parang gusto kong mag-hibernate muna. i don't know why. the deluge of people this sem is overwhelming me. need to go to the beach man. good thing i bumped into roda the galera girl last week at penguin. gave some details and we're off! but not so soon. dami gagawin sa oct pa eh. aarrrrggggggggghhhhhhhh!
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what's with friendster? nalilito na ko sa kanya! kung anu-ano nagpa-pop. syempre naki-click ko yung mga nasa ibabaw, minsan by accident. tulad nung update friends eklat, may mga nag-update ng photos, profiles etc. so ako si gaga tinignan ko naman mga changes until i thought, "bakit ko ba tinitigan ini?" tapos yung sandamakmak na bulletin spams pa rin ng exclusives tapos meron pang "who's viewed me?" eklat na pag klik ko e wala namang trace kahit sabi nya i've been viewed 12 times since october eklat. nubaaaaaaaaah. clutter! ang chaks na niya yoko na tuloy open yan ever.
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need to gym myself heheh. my gymfreak friends, as i recently found out, froze their fitness first accounts. hehe. thanks for all the "trial days" guys hehe. sabi na nga ba e, aayaw din later e. too good to be true. hehe :P
actually ff is just so freaking big for a gym. yung dati ko naman, better bodies, seems so... i dunno, small na nagkakaubusan ng space pero parang wala ka ring anonymity. ang hirap talaga maghanap ng gym in between that. well. anyway, i'm enjoying my long walks in peyups lately so i think i'll stay with that habang di pa ko nakaka-enrol sa boxing ulit, this time sa ateneo naman. have to find that gym first.
well, first things first. academic mode muna drama ko. saka na ulit ang fitness buff. pero punyeta i miss the bellydancing lessons!!!! at least naka-isang taon din kami dun ano. sayang. nasa hkdisneyland na kasi ang titser. ano kaya job niya dun? hm, siguro siya si esmeralda o jasmine hehe.
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ngek, BETTER LUCK TOMORROW is showing in cinemanila. haha e napapanood ko na kaya yan sa klase ko. i have the dvd :P. laos kayo.
speaking of fil-am films, saw HOOK last week on cinemax and it's cute to see fil-am dante basco hamming it up for spielberg there. pero parang di siya nag-age since then until mapanood ko siya sa THE DEBUT (or in short, my big fat filipino debut party). scary. pero mas naging ham siya dito sa DEBUT. well.
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wow! top 5 literary cities, according to lonelyplanet, are:
1. prague
2. new york
3. london
4. san francisco
5. paris
wow! yes bullet day i will visit all of you!
pero bakit prague? hm... any clues anyone? actually, dapat kasali ang manila dyan. kung buhay pa si nick joaquin, poprotesta yun. hmp.
shet i miss traveling, whether sa loob o labas ng bansa. :(
09 October 2005
pup-peeeee
si cody naging kobe na ang name.
bakhet?
call me diminyutib. wuf!
er, may i advise on a different toenail shade next time?
and no, hindi sila nakuntento sa one-dog policy. heto na si... wat's da name?
PUG, period. My eye is like a big period.
PUG antok nah, tolog nah.
bakhet?
call me diminyutib. wuf! er, may i advise on a different toenail shade next time?and no, hindi sila nakuntento sa one-dog policy. heto na si... wat's da name?
PUG, period. My eye is like a big period. PUG antok nah, tolog nah.08 October 2005
cody-pende
my sister's new dog in the US...
first name cody. last name...pendent? hihihihi :P
first name cody. last name...pendent? hihihihi :P
chihuahua sya. californian cody d chihuahua chuchu.
yah, we're puppy people talaga pero lately, parang pussy person na ako eh. er, i didn't mean that in the lewd sense heheheheh. :P super close na kami ni bast, my female kinda-kittie na kapatid ni logan, the one who died. bast is my next favorite among the... litter baga ang tawag sa group of kets? pero type ko ng ket na blue-eyed at black. hm, san kaya makapulot nun? mas kyut kung kuting muna sila. what i like about kitties is their inorn ability to toilet-train themselves. naghukay ako sa lawn ko ng iba't ibang butas para gawing compost pit pero ayus, ginawang kubeta ng mga nyeta. at tinabunan! pero at least clean sila devah. namamangha ako sa fact na ito super.
yah, we're puppy people talaga pero lately, parang pussy person na ako eh. er, i didn't mean that in the lewd sense heheheheh. :P super close na kami ni bast, my female kinda-kittie na kapatid ni logan, the one who died. bast is my next favorite among the... litter baga ang tawag sa group of kets? pero type ko ng ket na blue-eyed at black. hm, san kaya makapulot nun? mas kyut kung kuting muna sila. what i like about kitties is their inorn ability to toilet-train themselves. naghukay ako sa lawn ko ng iba't ibang butas para gawing compost pit pero ayus, ginawang kubeta ng mga nyeta. at tinabunan! pero at least clean sila devah. namamangha ako sa fact na ito super.
04 October 2005
tanga of the day and other highlights
TOTD: i reuse absolute vodka bottles as water bottles. when i saw my half-filled kurant bottle on the counter top this morning, i automatically swiped it and filled it up with mineral water (habit of mine to fill up empty water bottles and timba). when i was filling it up, a familiar strong smell emanated from the bottle. tapos when i opened the ref, lo and behold -- there is a kurant water bottle there, already filled. nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. took a swig of the one i just filled and punyeta, ito pala yung may vodka pa! bat kasi di ko agad sinoli sa liquor cabinet last night after mixing cranberry kurant. argh. pero parang di pa agad humalo, i poured it out at nagtira ng half. ayun, andun pa nga, pero may kasama nang konting tubig. aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
toingk! *hits head with some metallic object*
in happier news, isha's album launch at the podium went well, except that there was no album. kumanta lang sya ng one set and a handful of encores (wah no tori! new wave mode ang lola tonight). pero hahabol daw this week sa record stores. laos! gusto ko sana tonight para may signing eklat. oh well.
laki na ng baby boy nya, gwapo! hubby quebs got everything in video. bumped into other friends there as well. buti na lang di umulan. sa outdoor kasi, part of the candid international jazz festival ini pala. mishka plays on friday. kala ko asa london ang lola?
the songs are nice. mas marami yatang tagalog this time than the previous album. mas keri. saka mukhang mas diretso ang thoughts/words. better-er.
nakakatawa lang kanina. she introduced me to pd cesar hernando. hindi na yata maalala ni cesar na once upon a time, estudyante nya ko sa fine arts. pero hate ko siya dahil hindi siya marunong magturo ng figure drawing at 2.5+ lang ako sa mga nude human sketches ko. hmp. pero dahil sa third year viscom subject na diniscuss niya ang film (at pinasalita niya sina carlitos siguion reyna at raymond red), doon na ko finally nag-decide na lumipat talaga sa film.
and 'ika nga ng indigo girls sa 10,000 curfews "and that was the beginning...of the rest of my life."
bow.
i just wonder, no, kung fine arts ang tinapos ko nga. nasan na kaya ako ngayon? just a thought... if i opened door number one, where would i be now? i'm at door number two now. door number three sana was the chance to have a second bachelor's degree in this college in toronto where the specialty is cgi kasi the sfx of JURASSIC PARK were all invented, designed and made there. siguro mas mayaman ako ngayon, pero sino kaya ako? interesting malaman, no?
wala lang.
for my students: o, naghahanap yung friend kong si khavn (pronounced as "khan") dela cruz ng volunteers. epal kayo dun if you like.
Khavn is looking for Volunteer Editors for his recently shot full-length films. The editing of these no-budget features should be done by mid-October, in time for upcoming international film-festival deadlines. Editing assistants are also welcome. All interested can contact: oracafe@rocketmail.com, 0917-8394676, or 0917-8211093.
wow gusto ko nitiiiich! one hundred dollar laptop! yes, with free/open source software+a philantropist, it's possible.
toingk! *hits head with some metallic object*
in happier news, isha's album launch at the podium went well, except that there was no album. kumanta lang sya ng one set and a handful of encores (wah no tori! new wave mode ang lola tonight). pero hahabol daw this week sa record stores. laos! gusto ko sana tonight para may signing eklat. oh well.
laki na ng baby boy nya, gwapo! hubby quebs got everything in video. bumped into other friends there as well. buti na lang di umulan. sa outdoor kasi, part of the candid international jazz festival ini pala. mishka plays on friday. kala ko asa london ang lola?
the songs are nice. mas marami yatang tagalog this time than the previous album. mas keri. saka mukhang mas diretso ang thoughts/words. better-er.
nakakatawa lang kanina. she introduced me to pd cesar hernando. hindi na yata maalala ni cesar na once upon a time, estudyante nya ko sa fine arts. pero hate ko siya dahil hindi siya marunong magturo ng figure drawing at 2.5+ lang ako sa mga nude human sketches ko. hmp. pero dahil sa third year viscom subject na diniscuss niya ang film (at pinasalita niya sina carlitos siguion reyna at raymond red), doon na ko finally nag-decide na lumipat talaga sa film.
and 'ika nga ng indigo girls sa 10,000 curfews "and that was the beginning...of the rest of my life."
bow.
i just wonder, no, kung fine arts ang tinapos ko nga. nasan na kaya ako ngayon? just a thought... if i opened door number one, where would i be now? i'm at door number two now. door number three sana was the chance to have a second bachelor's degree in this college in toronto where the specialty is cgi kasi the sfx of JURASSIC PARK were all invented, designed and made there. siguro mas mayaman ako ngayon, pero sino kaya ako? interesting malaman, no?
wala lang.
for my students: o, naghahanap yung friend kong si khavn (pronounced as "khan") dela cruz ng volunteers. epal kayo dun if you like.
Khavn is looking for Volunteer Editors for his recently shot full-length films. The editing of these no-budget features should be done by mid-October, in time for upcoming international film-festival deadlines. Editing assistants are also welcome. All interested can contact: oracafe@rocketmail.com, 0917-8394676, or 0917-8211093.
wow gusto ko nitiiiich! one hundred dollar laptop! yes, with free/open source software+a philantropist, it's possible.
03 October 2005
living in blue and yellow
i like my own self-acronym better. i thought of that when i was in high school. it was a hobby of mine to create meanings for my friends's names as if they were acronyms. my best friend reacted when i made hers as : cats and rats love ants. she said she must look like an animal siguro for me to think of that hehe. pece, carl. :) i revised that but i can't remember it at the moment.
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ei my good friend isha is launching her second album tomorrow. details here.
congrats peach! :) and alam mo, if you pass by film dept, you'll be knows as "mrs. quebs." :)
happe burtdei pup
just a little before i turn in.
we look alike, don't we? yeah, we do, a bit. it's cool. it's inevitable. :P i learned a lot from this guy, whether i like it or not. it's cool.
spent the night with the folks. just a simple thing: went to the grocery, a sort of family ritual we used to do. yeah, we used to scour shopping marts and groceries talaga, from here to subic/clark since noong uso pa ang uniwide sales mart or something. i dunno. our family has always done that. we like checking out the goods e. maybe that's why i love going to the grocercy and the market, wet man o dry, lalo na flea. i guess that's our family thing. aside from eating out and trying out restaurants around the metro. that's another family thing. i got that, too, until now. kaya kahit ako mag-isa, i try out new restos, cafes and eateries. it's a cantor peculiarity, i guess. kaya tamang-tama dati na resto reviewer ako for magazines. that was a fun job.
after that, we just had dinner at chowking near hitop aurora ave. it's cool. nothig fancy needed, really, but me mum will prepare her steak and veggies recipe later for them. yum. wish i could be there. my mum is the greatest cook ever. she prepares the best steak talaga. yum.
man i'm hungry tuloy.
it's my papa's birthday today.
happy birthday!!!
me n my pa
happy birthday!!!
me n my pa
we look alike, don't we? yeah, we do, a bit. it's cool. it's inevitable. :P i learned a lot from this guy, whether i like it or not. it's cool.
spent the night with the folks. just a simple thing: went to the grocery, a sort of family ritual we used to do. yeah, we used to scour shopping marts and groceries talaga, from here to subic/clark since noong uso pa ang uniwide sales mart or something. i dunno. our family has always done that. we like checking out the goods e. maybe that's why i love going to the grocercy and the market, wet man o dry, lalo na flea. i guess that's our family thing. aside from eating out and trying out restaurants around the metro. that's another family thing. i got that, too, until now. kaya kahit ako mag-isa, i try out new restos, cafes and eateries. it's a cantor peculiarity, i guess. kaya tamang-tama dati na resto reviewer ako for magazines. that was a fun job.
after that, we just had dinner at chowking near hitop aurora ave. it's cool. nothig fancy needed, really, but me mum will prepare her steak and veggies recipe later for them. yum. wish i could be there. my mum is the greatest cook ever. she prepares the best steak talaga. yum.
man i'm hungry tuloy.
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