This is one of the most amusing things I've seen in a while:



"Adowbong manak" just cracks me up and the "golden brown" bit, the candles on the stove, "hayan!"
I can watch this over and over and still laugh.

I tried taking the MRT from Ayala today. I thought it would be nice to learn how to commute from Makati. It was enlightening.

I was waiting for the train when a woman approached me. She probably thought I was retarded and started instructing me on how to buy tickets. I wonder how I even got to the platform if I did not know how to get myself a ticket. She started telling me about the different ticketing windows found at the station. I may not be a regular commuter but I know how to get home without my car. I am not as street smart as I would like but I am sure I did nothing idiotic (or anything that would make me look stupid) at the Ayala Station.

So I got on the north bound train where everyone seemed like they were in a moshpit. I suddenly missed all the rock concerts in high school and early college, when boys were being hurled in the air alongside balloons made from condoms. It was so crowded so maybe the guy next to me felt we were close, the way everybody was positioned in the meat-locker train. "Miss, ang bango ng buhok mo. Anong shampoo mo, Rejoice? Head and Shoulders? Sunsilk? Date tayo!" None of the above mister, and no. I should have said that aloud, in a more painful pota-ulooool-leche ka manner, but I tried to be composed. Everyone within the guy's 1m radius of sleaze started snickering and I had to endure slimy fish-eye stares until the Cubao-Araneta station.

I felt oppressed but at the moment I was also thanking the universe for emphasizing that I am not one of them. It's not about commuting anymore or having a car or being street smart. Burgis nga ata ako o conyo, siguradong Atenista.. It is frustrating to be Ms. make tambay or Do you have barrya? but I would rather be that than rude, or just a bastard. Unintentional conyo speak can be charming, depending on the delivery!

An afternoon in the spotlight will not keep me from taking the MRT again but next time I meet another barbarian, I will be sure not to hold back. I should keep in mind that it is lady-like to hit an ill-mannered sanggano with your loveliest (and heaviest) handbag, to teach him how to behave. ;)

Oo na, I am not designed for public transport.

Ninotchka Rosca. 3pm. Ateneo.

Let's go.

EDIT: Talk definitely cancelled. :(

Regular Holidays:

National Heroes Day - Last Monday of August
Bonifacio Day - Monday nearest November 30
Christmas Day - December 25
Rizal Day - Monday nearest December 30

Nationwide Special Holidays:

Ninoy Aquino Day - Monday nearest August 21
All Saints Day - November 1
Last Day of the Year - December 31

*In the event the holiday falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday of the week. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows...

**Excerpt from RA 9492.

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This afternoon: I will be speaking about art (ack.) at 4pm. Text me if you want to go sit with college kiddies!

Sort of holiday this weekend: I will be off to the AHWW (the writers workshop, not alt.horror.werewolf) Yay! It is always extra fun to visit the workshop as part of the alumni. ;)

Jill sent us the video this morning:


Had a good laugh, thanks dear! Mwah!

Updates from Patrick:
Original Algorithm March with Ninjas --> Algorithm March with Inmates

More about the CPDRC via SunStar Cebu:

Inmates at the CPDRC are required to go through a workout regimen. While the goal is to keep the body fit in order to keep the mind fit, such may not actually happen if it is not done in a manner deemed pleasurable. Music, being the language of the soul, is added to that regimen.

Decadent cultures in jails are only spillovers of the culture outside. In approaching behavioral and cultural change, one has to look at the decadence of society to change the culture in the jail.

To do away with inmate and jail guard politics, rehabilitation must employ divide and rule. This is meant to discourage organization among inmates, where inherently gang culture exists.

Basshunter - Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA



Posted especially for taray_queen and vaguechaos.

I hope the cheers were not written by the same person.

0_o

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: 16-Jul-2007 06:06
Subject: Accepting Applicants for NCC Instructors!
To: punchdrunkdaisy@...

Greetings! We are accepting applicants for Instructors. We will train you and make you a better cheerleader for you to be able to teach kids and other aspiring cheerleaders. Preferably, has experience being a cheerleader and has finished College or is in the last years in College.

Interested applicants may send their resume to Phil.NCC@gmail.com. We will contact you for a meeting or for practice.

So come and join the NCC family!


Leap Higher! Dance Harder! Cheer Louder!
The National Cheerleading Championship (NCC)!

First things first:

Happy birthday miaowow, sub_rosa, and boysfriend Los. Love, love, love you guys! Mwah.

camsisoy, fatcarfury, hair_fluff, awildflowersoul, and tempestad, miss you guys.

Meeting up with fab people later, can't wait to see majick_man, sweetheartmeat, wingspread, and yushy.

Yes, I'm having fun putting in people's LJ usernames. If I missed out on missing anyone, leave a message, you know I miss you. Hahaha!

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Took Cels' suggestion to get an account elsewhere. I love how everything is simple. I will post a link soon.


Cross-post because I am lazzzzeh:



I wish there were more days with this kind of weather. It is breezy and cloudy. It is noon and there is no hot sun, and everything seems quiet. I still lack sleep from three days of extra liver-pickling fun but I cannot wait to get out of bed. I cannot imagine why a city girl would even hesitate to welcome such slowness.

Nicked from miaowow. Please answer the following so i can get to know you better, and possibly discover new things (music, books, films, etc.)!

01. Name:
02. Birthday:
03. Place of Residence:
04. What makes you happy:
05. What are you listening to now/have listened to last:
07. What is particularly good/bad about my LJ:
08. An interesting fact about you:
09. Are you in love/have a crush at the moment:
10. Favorite place to be:
11. Favorite lyric:
12. Best time of the year:
13. Weirdest food you like:

RECOMMEND
1. A film:
2. A book:
3. A song:
44 A band/singer:
5. Artist/painter/photographer

PLUS
1. One thing you like about me:
2. Two things you like about yourself:
3. Put this in your LJ so i can tell you what I think of you. (optional)
4. POST A PICTURE OF YOU!

I encountered someone who is still frustrated with the Eagles' UAAP 65th season victory. I remember how cool it was to be a freshman in the winning school. That year, conversations with friends always ended with people having to recount how Ateneo won. The bonfire celebration was sweet as well. We had access to choice locations because of Katz, a close friend who was obsessed with Enrico Villanueva and whose dad was an alumni of the homecoming batch that year.

It has been three or four years since I last kept track of the UAAP basketball games. Contrary to what some people think I don't have much school spirit. I especially don't have enthusiasm for things that considerably fail in Ateneo: registration (only one year did the regcom impress everyone- that was 3rd year ata), horrible org posters and events, cheesy remarks made in philosophy classes, all-too-saintly remarks made in theology classes, inane reflections that show no understanding of the text whatsoever in lit classes... I'm getting out of hand. Anyway, yes, I have not been too happy about watching the UAAP games either so it has been a while since I exerted effort to score good seats to a game.


I would like to make this year an exception because I spent my morning watching clips of Ateneo's victory in the 2002 UAAP games. I miss being affected by buzzer beaters, dorky sports commentators, cute spectators with seats conveniently close by, sweaty players who are treated like heroes, and the list goes on. Friends who are willing to get my school spirit cheerdancing, let us find ourselves hot tickets to the games this season.

TANTRUM

My bangs were not weird last night (see photo for old hair), then I decided to mess around with it. *cries* I trimmed my bangs and the rest is history. I honestly cannot understand why I choose to do stupid things to myself. I know most of us experience do-it-yourself mishaps but a failed DIY haircut is just tragic. Ugh. A tragedy resulting from boredom, double ugh. That makes two ughs in UGHLY. Ugh-ughly! How will I celebrate the year's supposedly lucky day? There are so many places to go to on the 7th of July. Unless I find a solution for instant hair growth I will have to convince myself that a brown paper bag will do.

I'm cross-posting a Friendster quiz here. Ha! You guys should try it out too. I haven't checked LJ until today and I notice that a lot of 'indulgence quizzes' came up for some time. ( This ) is also indulgence:

( GET THE KEY HERE )

On a less personal note, The Vatican issues 10 Commandments for drivers:

1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.

My mom was watching Game K N B? last week. The show has an elimination round where only one contestant out of many is chosen to proceed to the game proper. Forgive me for not being able to explain the mechanics well. I am not familiar with the game so if anyone has any idea how it goes, please do better and explain it to us. This entry is open to comments. Anyway, I was fixated with the elimination round so I stayed and watched. The contestants are supposed to give the meaning of a chosen letter from an acronym. For instance, given A.S.A.P., what does the letter S stand for? The answer is soon, of course, but what happens when someone has a different understanding of the acronym? I never thought it was possible, but I realized I was born at a different time when the next acronym came.

HOST: Sa M.I.L.F., ano ang ibig sabihin ng letrang F?

Out loud, I said, "Huh? Fuck? How can they include that there?" My mom didn't mind. Well, it seemed like she didn't think about what I said.

CONTESTANT: Front?
HOST: At ang sagot, M.I.L.F. stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front! Tama ang sagot!

That was when I asked my mom if she had lunch. She said yes and that I should get food for myself. That was when I gracefully left the room of possible discomfort. That was when I was most thankful for never wanting or needing to enter any game show. I mean, talk about the possibility of nationwide humiliation.

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Who wants to go to the Psychic Festival with me? I want to have my cards read.

Grabbed from kwinsi: Go to Google and search " likes to" (ex. "Fred likes to"). Include the quotation marks. Type in the first ten things that come out.

Em likes to hang around in her old play house
Em likes to play arcade at his house.
Em likes to tell me: “You might be fat, momma, but you’re happy!”
Em likes to call the place where "Thug's cry" after dark.
Em likes to joke around kids.
Em likes to flip over as soon as the diaper is off.
Em likes to fiddle with code and tweak knobs n stuff.
Em likes to make you sweat as it slowly reveals both the cards and the winning percentage.
Em likes to wear "dancing pants," yes, leggings all the time!
Em likes to be feminine, favouring full-length gowns, usually with low necklines.

"Airam likes to" didn't yield any result so I went with Em. Some of the things on the list are quite, uh, suggestive. I guess suggestion makes people are a lot more interesting, especially on the internet.

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Here are some pictures that might be of interest to you:



( Singsing sing )




1) Stupid shelf label, from Booktopia in Eastwood
2) Proof that Crisgee loves Heights, taken from the Otros guestbook.

Whatever I found funny last Saturday must have tickled. It should have been funny enough to make me hit my hand hard on the backrest of a chair and get a minor injury the next day:

I'm forcing myself to write an entry so I can see how well I (temporarily) function with four fingers on my right hand. I hope it heals soon because I still have pending illustrations up my job alley. I just want everything done soon so I can plan more me-time.

It's sad to realize that a cute cast on my forefinger left me less productive.

Other news: Camsie has new hair. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the beautification process:

Watch out for the blow-dried finished product. A picture or two should come from one of our friends soon.

P.S.

Who wants to get out of the city?

I don't know how long it will take them to notice, but there's something wrong with the logo today:





*EDIT: Apparently, the strawberry stem is supposed to be the L... It still looks like "Googe" to me, hehe.

Ganked from moki and angstless, here's to me being cheery about love:

Spent the weekend with high school and college buddies. We celebrated Cam Co's birthday, also with some of her officemates. We had fun even if Happy and other people weren't able to make it.

PHOTO BLOCK: cos it's hard to upload photos on Multiply:

1) I've had three heartbreaks, two more to go. One true love pala ang drama ko:

Your Birthdate: May 13

You don't love lightly. For you, love is always a serious undertaking. However, you are able to love many types of people. You can bring out the best in almost anyone. Love surprises you often. You never know when or where you'll find it next. Number of True Loves You'll Have: 1 Number of Times You'll Have Your Heart Broken: 5 You are most compatible with people born on the 4th, 13th, 22nd, and 31st of the month.

2) Christian god?! My personal DNA:

Hurts, doesn't it? OUCH!

Because I couldn't finish the poster I was working on, I decided to mess around with online software and Photoshop. I took the liberty of stealing my friends' pictures off their Friendster pages and snazzed them all up.



CLICKETY PIC OR ( HERE ) TO SEE EVERYTHING.
All rights are reserved for these pictures. You may not copy, reproduce, or distribute them under any circumstance, unless your face appears on any of them or you plan to make me more of a star.

Two quizzes from my friends page:

1. ( My Egyptian Zodiac: Anubis )

2. ( My Tarot Card: The Empress )

It is not surprising that the Minor Goddess of Beauty and Suffering^ is born under an elegant jackal and associated with a goddess portrayed tempestuous and entangled in her own vines.

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^What I claim to be after Carl, Minor Goddess of Youth and Pain.



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I reread some pages of Kerima Polotan's "The Hand of the Enemy" because Carl and I went crazy the other day, recalling the last scene from Part One of the novel. After fussing over details of the cat fight between the politician's wife and the owner of the printing press, we relaxed in our seats and declared that Carl is, of course, Leonora Cosio and I am Emma Mercene Gorrez.

I do not know where the satisfaction of finding ourselves in fictional characters comes from. It reminds me that I am normal, I guess. It is strange how these [created] phantoms serve as reminders that we are in fact human. That we are able and incapacitated at the same time.

majick_man once reminded himself, "...all she is is a character - not an explanation," and everytime I feel that I am Emma Gorrez or Stacy Holt or Holly Golightly or Feng/Phoenix I also want to be reminded of myself. I want to be kept from relying too much on new-found selves for reason, I might fall prey to imagination. I want a little restraint. I want so-called sanity like everyone else, to be able to tell my mind to be still, and to keep me good.

How cute.

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Today, I ate too much again with Carlo and Marguerite. I still want KFC HotShots.

OMG. wingspread, weepy_devotchka, yushy, majick_man, lunar_mantra, taray_queen, sofa_rocker, and rzuriqo should most especially check out this video.

ASK A GAY MAN: FASHION EDITION #1


And, as expected, he has more videos right HERE. Hahaha!

There have been no posts because I've been hanging out online, elsewhere. I still read everyone's entries but I'm noisier some place else.

So I've been busy with that, WORK, and my real-life shenanigans of course. I spent a lot of time with my fat slutty OrSem and workshop daughter and her girl/boy-friend last week. We messed around with dates. Not date-dates of course. Not fruits or boys or stuff to do with days in a calendar-- you just have to figure it out. And after all the mess we drove aimlessly along Katipunan where we ended up in 7/11. How anti-climactic? It's not too disappointing, really. Imagine almost being banned from a convenience store for being obsessive camwhores. Now that's interesting-- enough material to cover an episode of My Stupid Life or My Scandalous Life. Either way, tv producers there you go!

I would have posted pictures if I wasn't too lazy to upload them. For interested voyeurs, the night's best picture is up and labeled,"Three victims of the modern age. One security mirror. The promise of lifetime banishment from 7-11," in Margie's blog. Your darling exhibitionists are featured on The Dirty Shirt. Enjoy!

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Can I just say that out of my three bosses angstless is the best? No, I'm not bootlicking. On a literal level, she doesn't wear boots. On an attempt at a deeper meaning, I'm working for her for free. Case in point, there's no need for flattery. I want to say how great it is that I can rant to her, and it'll be okay, and we still have some fun while working. I love it. I wish we can get this thing going soon so we can afford to bum around some more.

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wingspread, we're going to have fun next week. =)

I don't have pictures to show how devastated my surroundings looked like after the typhoon. No trees from the garden fell and there were no broken flower pots. When I woke up Friday morning the fallen leaves have been swept and our house seemed quiet like always. The only sign of Milenyo was the upturned party umbrella half-blocking the main door.

I was comfortable during the last two days of storm. Despite the black out I was happy to have been sheltered from the wind and rain. We've also had electricity back since Thursday evening. I've been devouring online articles on random stuff and watching movies to pass the time because work was cancelled and I still couldn't go out.

We have friends who still don't have power and I wish they would get it back soon. weepy_devotchka said, "[our lives are] dictated by electricity." I think it's marvelous, how we stop functioning without power. The APOD or Astronomy Picture Of the Day shows the Earth at night:



See how countries and cities are almost unrecognizable unless they are outlined by man-made light? Interesting.

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While the country was in chaos because of collapsing billboards, drowned crops, claimed lives, and so on, there are also accomplishments worth rejoicing: 1)Three (wadjet_kabechet, paglalakbay, and weepy_devotchka) of my workshop babies made it to the AILAP / Ateneo National Writers Workshop. Yay! ; 2)Maddy is also going to appear in Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 2. Double yay!

*throws confetti around*

Sabi nga ni Mitch, "Mahalays represent!" Hehehe! =p

I know the week is not over yet but things have been stressful. Monday and Tuesday were spent in Makati with Jeff and angstless. We attended lectures and forums in AIM to learn more about the state of the country compared to the rest of the world. The schedule would not have been too heavy on me if I have not been programmed to believe that Mondays are for abandon.

I had dinner with weepy_devotchka, paglalakbay, Larry, and Peachy. Afterwards, I went to Ysabela to drink and hangout with the Bayaws. I went home at 3am even if I knew I had to be in AIM at around 8-- I was pretty much wasted on our second day of class. I could not keep my eyes open. After the first lecture I knew I was definitely zombified so I decided to miss the case discussion and asked my dad to send the driver by 11am. I dozed off the rest of the way home.

Aside from taking classes that end up being unnecessary, I have also been helping out with the Parangal Lumbera programme. Other than being a Bien-fan and having way too much love for Sir Danny, I do not know why I am doing this. It is going to be in Ateneo on Friday. I received an invitation but I do not know who I am going to stay with and I do not want to wear Filipiniana. Besides, wingspread and I have decided to meet-up before getting our DVDs from ecsamar.

It is actually funny how it seems like we have no reason to go to Ateneo unless we are going to meet someone. I guess it is the official meeting place for us these days. *ditz mode* Ugh! So much for being non-students. I mean, how unfashionable are our vertical IDs? Those are definitely so last year. =p

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* I would have to apologise to crisgee for not having posted the pictures from aeris37's surprise birthday party. I promise those self-incriminating photos will be up soon.

* To those who requested cds. All of your playlists have been made. I will be burning them tomorrow which means I can give/send them by Friday. Yay! :D

* paglalakbay bawal magrequest ng songs! =p wala ka pang cd, hehehe.

* Quiz ganked from moki. Check it out: ( Oh baby, light my fire ). Although I'm not really fond of muscles..

* I am so happy that Lukas won. =)

* Em's mid-September project: I am on a cd burning spree. Leave a comment if you want me to make you a cd. Oh, and name three bands/songs you like so it would be easier for me to figure out what stuff you might like.

I cannot believe no one has posted pictures from all the events we've been to in the past week. wingspread must love us so much, editing our pictures until our faces look normal enough to be posted on his livejournal. =p I won't be giving recaps of the 12th Ateneo-Heights Writers Workshop and Naya's going-away inuman. The pictures I've chosen to upload will speak of everything they don't show, and there are captions on the photos.



12th Ateneo-Heights Writers Workshop (25-27 August)
( click here for more pictures )




Naya's Despedida (28 August)
( click here for more c/o Den )

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+ I wish more people went to the AHWW poetry reading. I especially missed the bayaws, the editors I've worked with, and friends from the older batches. Oh well.
+ Naya is sorely missed.
+ Tonight is the awarding of the Palanca. Congratulations to Larry for winning first place.
+ I have new art posted elsewhere. =)
+ I'm going to the Manila Book Fair tomorrow and on Sunday. More books! Yay!

picture c/o Earnie

It was nice to take a break from work last Friday. I watched tempestad's film, Todo Todo Teros, with theSHITs. If you haven't seen the movie, try to catch the screening in UP (September 2) There will also be a screening of John's Otros Trilogy in Miriam College (September 7)

I went to Javie's birthday party/Naya's despedida the day after. It was cool to see some of the Bayaws smashed again. I can't wait to see people get more smashed in the upcoming workshop. That is, if we get to drink. =p

( This ) is one quiz everyone who's going on Saturday has to take. Why? Well, just so we have new names to call people, hehe.

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Just like everyone, I decided to have fun and look for celebrity look alikes. I was so amused, I tried it out ( THRICE! )

c/o 2muchindsun's multiply account. Yay!





( CLICK! )

Look, we are shades of red. Most of them were in red, haha, I was trying to fit in, in orange. Oh, and I have red eyes. =p The rest donned Ateneo blue and white. Too bad others weren't caught on cam. Where is Arkaye for instance? Where is weepy_devotchka in the first picture? wingspread didn't get to see Vins na and Doug arrived really late. Argh! I shouldve brought out my camera. Haay... Regrets, hehe.

Waaaah! I miss everyone! *sniff* NOTE TO SELF: Bring a digi cam to every party, inuman, etc.

I slept last night away after the great reunion of sorts with workshop fellows and friends: weepy_devotchka, amaranth_blooms, 2muchindsun (Yes, Vins Miranda finally showed up), wadjet_kabechet, paglalakbay, rinatots, pyrosinferno, crisgee, Kimie, yushy, Ino, Arkaye, wingspread, and Doug. I hope I didn't forget anyone.

We missed those who weren't able to make it. sub_rosa, keio, cmyka, akosirap, ecsamar, lunar_mantra, majick_man, blurredlights, phylicia86, and jtonzu4u, I had a blast but I hope I get to see you guys soon! =)

We had dinner at Shakey's Katipunan where some kid's birthday party was also taking place. It wasn't too bad, really. We were seated away from the party, and having balloons around and a live toy soldier to boot (hehe, pun not intended) added to the fun. We went to my home after for the inuman. I won't go into the details of what happened then. =p Some people left early, at around 12, but the rest stayed until 7am for breakfast. Hee! I hope we get to fix something like this again.


I am looking forward to seeing theSHITs on the 18th and the year's workshop at the end of the month. Until then, I hope everyone's doing well.

For the longest time, I have been waiting for a Radiohead song to come out. My Iron Lung was sung a few weeks back but it wasn't done any justice so the performance from Patrice doesn't really count. I was ready to complain about the lack of Radiohead when man, oh man, oh man.



Lukas Rossi just damned the lady out of me. Rawr.

Now all I need from the show is a killer Smashing Pumpkins cover.

Online shopping has taken its toll on me. The rain has been pouring for days and this kept me indoors, working, reading, watching movies, or clipping articles off the net. The rain also had me looking through different stuff sold online-- from Multiply to Froogle to Amazon to online catalogues to more specific shop websites. It's fun and very addicting! Plus you get relatively unique items. Ordering, purchasing, planning meet-ups or having things delivered to your home has taken instant gratification to another level. :D

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Cinemalaya is in Katipunan so if anyone wants to accompany me to a movie just leave a message or text. I'll email you le sched and we can plan what movie to watch. Yay! Yay!

Another movie bit: Todo Todo Teros, a film by John Torres:

An artist wakes up as a terrorist. He is sent abroad to bomb subways. He hasn't gone home. Manila sits still. A videotape emerges. This stranger talks to the camera and a familiar voice reacts, blasting as they move along. Composed mostly of found footage of close friends, Filipino musicians and performance artists, the film is a surreal take on Manila and how artists can subvert a culture by the mere act of creating works that empower and transform.

Click HERE for more info on the film and the director, and ( HERE ) for world-wide screening info. LJ friends who aren't from the Philippines, please watch. I'm sure it's a great film. I also hope to see friends on the night of the Philippine premiere. =)

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Request: Can people who are not my friends refrain from asking me about one of my sisters? I am definitely angry (it's a family thing) and I don't want anybody's day ruined, so yeah, I'd rather leave the matter out of our small talk.

My days have been full and there have been a lot of things on my mind lately. That's why I've been quiet. I seriously don't know when I'll be making noise again. I hope it won't be soon though.

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Here's part of something I made recently:


Vanity (detail)
ink, paint, and a lot of stains

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After all the talk on Lance Bass, HERE IS NEWS for blurredlights and other Harry Potter fans:

LONDON-- Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is to shed his wizarding robes to take the lead role in a stage production of "Equus," an erotic part that will require the young British actor literally to bare all.

It's unsettling, I think.

FIREFOX

vs.

REAL FIREFOX: ( Cut to surprise! )

Aaaaah, I want one! It's so cute! *squiiiish* xD


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To all those who asked about Indio Nacional, tempestad says Mr. Raya Martin says the movie might be shown later this year pa.

ganked from wingspread. Ay, hindi ako in love.

Working at home is becoming too boring. I figured I can't detach myself from people for too long so I started submitting copies of my resume to different job accounts again. It's good that several companies emailed or texted about job opportunities. I'm just finding it strange that most of them are banks. These are actual emails and texts scheduling interviews, not alerts websites like JobStreet and JobsDB send.

I'm a lit major and I don't understand why I'm being asked to be interviewed as a management trainee or communications analyst. Seeing a lit major as a communications analyst, I understand, but MANAGEMENT TRAINEE? Ehe, crazy. It's better than getting nothing, I guess. Besides, the better (this is mostly according to my dad and akosirap) banks have scheduled interviews for openings in their publications and research departments. Those are jobs I'm actually excited about. Hee! Publications na naman, oo. <3 Wish me luck.

I've been productive today and submitted the two product designs due tomorrow. I also managed to work on something new. Yay! Yay. Hurrah for white. :D


* . I haven't read anything for quite some time and I feel whatever I have left for brains slowly disintegrating. Anyone up for a book trade? We exchange books for three days, a week, a month, twice a month.. a certain span of time, depending on our schedules and how hard a read the books are. Then we exchange again, and again, and again. Until a) we get tired of the exchange, b) we run out of books to lend, or c) we lose our eyesight from too much reading. You up to it? Tell me.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY friendly_foe!

Choose your punchdrunkdaisy post:

1. ( HSBC double glass doors and tech-challenged me. )

2. ( Indio Nacional premiere and the girls seated behind us. )

3. ( 13 May: belated, quick birthday recap + 13 June: Ma'am Beni is love. )

4. ( My sister, me, and the SOH OrSem powerpoint presentation for the Freshmen this year. )

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I can't see the handy dandy navigation strip in this layout. Argh, I should come up with a new layout soon!

thegreatwazoo just emailed this link. It's the Out of Body Special music video on YouTube. Haha, both Pat and boysfriend Los look so young!

RAWR.

( Cut to childish rant. )

*breathes*

Now that that's out. I think I'm ready to sleep. Who's original anyway?

*edit: Hah! Fixed the ( dilemma ), thanks to keio. It was jtonzu4u I accidentally removed. =p


On to the self-centered updates: I finished the product designs I was assigned to work on. They liked it! Yay. I have extra time to spare again. Hee!

( Here's me rambling about my sister and food. )

I've been a sucker for old and old-sounding songs lately. Pardon the poor adjective use-- I've always been bad with descriptions. akosirap likes sending his YM friends links to different sites. A lot of them are links to song downloads, mostly pop and the nostalgic ones I used to hear as a child. Like most kids, I liked sleeping beside my parents. My mom has this habit of listening to her songs on most mornings so I have The Beatles, the Carpenters, and whatnot stuck in my system. I like to believe that I respond naturally to old music because of this.

I have a Dave Matthews remake of a Carpenters song, correct me if I'm wrong. Click here to get it. =)

And this is for those who actually clicked on the link I posted days ago: THE TRUTH about the twenty five year-old virgin. =p I should tell Carl about this. He showed real sympathy for the guy.

I have a new layout that works on I.E., Firefox, and Safari. Special thanks to Jolo for the browser tools (I love the CSS viewer extension).

And because I'm tired, here are two substitutes to a post:

1) Something cool ganked from moki

My blog is worth $2,822.70.
How much is your blog worth?

All the rambling is worth something? Now I wonder where the money goes. Hmm...

2) A leuhve survey because I got tagged by Ninang camsisoy:

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different descriptions of their perfect lover.
2. He/she needs to mention the sex/gender of their perfect lover.
3. He/she must tag 8 more people to join this game and leave a comment on their comments saying they've been tagged.*
4. If tagged a second time, there's no need to post again.

Gender: Boy

1. I'm a big fan of goofy people so the boy has got to enjoy laughing.
2. He should think. I'd love someone who can think us out of a tsunami, hehe.
3. Friend-approved. It's nice to share your favorite things with friends.. Share lang. =p
4. Talks less than I do or when I don't.
5. Dapat minamahal niya ang Pilipinas.
6. Likes movies.
7. Likes music.
8. Likes saying my name. =)

I want to hear what they have to say: I am tagging,

1. wingspread
2. taray_queen
3. weepy_devotchka
4. rzuriqo
5. amaranth_blooms
6. Larry
7. Peachy
8. Naya


What a coincidence.

pen&ink
12.7 x 8.41 cm

I'm thinking of pulling this out from the last batch of submissions I have for Heights. I think there's too much blue in the spread alloted for my works. I'm giving myself a day to work on something else.

Coming up with another submission sounds so easy because everything I make is (close to being) miniature. Problem is, I haven't made anything since I was asked to learn design software for my job. Aside from some meetings I had to go to last week I've been bumming around the house, tinkering with Quark Xpress and strengthening my relationship with our beloved Adobe Photoshop CS. It's nice that the creative director of the company I'm working for only asks two things from me: learn Quark Xpress and acquaint myself with some contacts they have but talk about drought! It's an easy enough job with good pay but it's making me forget the use of paper and just about anything else I get to take home from the street. And it's been so humid these days --digression, I know. Ehe, enough of the rant anyway.


yumipitz posted something about names written as ambigrams. I think it's really cool and I'd like to use my leftover ink to make pretty ones for the people I know. Here's an example off the site Yumi linked:



I know it's not my real name but it's so pretty. See those curves? Pretty! I'm called 'Emily' by friends sometimes so I guess it could pass for a name I have. Hee! I'm going to start practicing how to write ambigrams so I can make 'Airam' on purple ink and nice paper. I only wish this activity would get me to recover from creative maladaptivity. It sucks to stop functioning when you know you should be.


Ditzy question before I go: When you guys fill in the space for 'music', do you put the song you're listening to when you're starting to write the post or do you put the song you're listening to when you've finished writing? I'm just wondering how you guys do it. I write the song I'm listening to when I fill up the space. It doesn't matter whether I'm beginning the post, writing it, or ending.

It's a silly question, random thinking when you're up at 5am. I have to stop, I know.

It's raining and I am half-hoping that it won't be the same tomorrow night. It's nice to feel cool air after such humid days but it's very rare that I enjoy going out when it's raining. Gizmo says it's because people who live in the north (Quezon City, Pasig, etc.) have a different experience of rain from those in the south (Makati, Alabang, etc.) I agree with this but I guess my experience of being out in the rain, like many things, also depends on the company I have at the moment.


I have an open in IE tab extension in my Mozilla browser. Today, I tried viewing my LJ page from the IE tab. It sucks and obsessive compulsive Em is bothered by it. I have to do something about this IE-dysfunctional layout soon!


I got this from Carl. It's a weird story. Actually, more like a desperate plea but click on the link anyway and help the twenty five year-old virgin get laid.

I just noticed the "current location" space. Is it a new feature or am I just stupid? To save face, maybe I should just say it's because I haven't posted in a while.


So I didn't get to work on what I promised in my last post-- nevermind what that is. I got to see the bayaws again after abstaining quite long from the blur of Monday abandon. I had dinner with weepy_devotchka and Peachy and introduced them to the american mango crumble. It's your basic serving of ripe mangoes, chilled and topped with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and crushed graham crackers. I know anyone can make it at home but I'm willing to pay sixty bucks to get it served to me fast. I got addicted as a freshman, eating it at gigs, before and after classes, in the morning on the way to school and on the way home. I'm not as crazy about the treat as I used to be but I still love it and it's always nice to share good things with friends.

Javie, Javi, and Marie followed us to dinner then we all went to Cafe Isabela to meet with the rest of the Monday group. Sigh, Naya, and Kael were already there when we arrived then Joel and Wappy followed. A couple of hours later Carl graced us with his fashion. We were complete save for Arkaye whose whereabouts I know nothing of. Sabi niya, "text, text na lang sa Friday," so I guess I will have to meet up with Arkaye, Mr. Long-lost Physicist, and others before ecsamar's book launch.


I was just chatting with Kimie. It's crazy how, after graduating from everything, I might have to start and end my birthday with Heightsers. I don't know what else to say. It's crazy.

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I met with amaranth_blooms and the other kids at around noon today. Yeah, as if I'm not a kid myself! I gave a couple of reminders and asked them about their plans. We're having our turnover dinner this Saturday. Seeing that the current editors have the food covered, I asked them what else the old editors (that's finally us!) should bring. They told me to bring strippers.

phylicia86 and Louise, your Filipino editors have the most concrete recruitment plans. The best I've heard in four years! Ehe, can you hear the sarcasm? Not that recruiting strippers for staffers is a bad thing anyway. =p

I stayed chatting with Niko and the others until around five thirty because it rained hard and I didn't want to navigate through puddles on my way home. I waited for my ride instead and learned a lot of things.


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1) ( GUESS WHO: blind item for Heightsers and some Guidoneers )

2) Vocab lesson: akosirap, remember when you YM-ed me before, telling me that "gulaman" is jellyfish in Filipino? Yes, I believed you and I shared it with Niko, who had a Fil-Eng dictionary in hand, and Kevin. Sabi nila, "hindi ba 'jelly' lang yun?" Waaaah! I am confused. 0_o Is this another one of your corny jokes? If it's not funny, I swear that I will get back at you! Rawr! :p