SERVANT YOUR FACE!

Filipinos are enraged with an article written by Chinese journalist Chip Tsao for HK Magazine entitled “The War At Home”.

And who wouldn’t be, he just considered us (Filipinos) as a NATION OF SERVANTS…

Here’s the article:

“The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island. That’s no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.

But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.

As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China.
Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.

Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout “China, Madam/Sir” loudly whenever they hear the word “Spratly.” They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, “Long live Chairman Mao!” at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that’s going a bit too far, at least for the time being.”

OH C’MON! Totally derogatory and downright mean! I have little idea about how we got the Spratly Islands but we are valid to own it up, so who is he to reprimand his Filipina maid to tell everyone that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China?! F-YOU!

And don’t you ever insult your maid or any OFW in your country; do you know that the Filipino overseas worker has the ability to influence the entire world economy? Thanks to the medical professionals, caregivers, engineers, educators and entertainers of the country. I like what Akbayan Rep. Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel (dear what a long name,haha) suggested:
"Filipina domestic workers should hold a one-day strike to tell the likes of Chip Tsao who's the real master of the HK economy. If all Filipino workers in HK would strike, the HK economy would grind to a halt without us having to invade the territory,”

Love it!

Man, public apology isn’t enough. This is a complete case of racism, to think that we’re both Asians… tsk2, very disappointing. Chip Tsao is a best-selling author and columnist. A former reporter for the BBC, his columns have also appeared in Apple Daily, Next Magazine and CUP Magazine, among others. Yes, he is a person who can influence others through writing and this is how he used his power.

I remembered our premise when I joined a Debate Contest in 2006: Can we still be proud on being Filipinos to other countries. I remembered my speech as the government whip and recalled how I mentioned all the possible reasons on why we should still be proud on being Filipinos, and as I write this I thought… why not prove to him that we are not their servants. Study harder, work harder, and let’s see who the boss is.

If this is a satire as what they’re claiming, well I don’t find it at any way funny and most especially, witty. And in satire, sarcasm is very much evident in the writing, sarcasm meaning agreeing on the things that you actually attack. In Tsao’s article, he attacked us Filipinos bluntly, no hesitations whatsoever… again, it is not amusing at all. Satire or not, it's still rude and too much.

I HATE THIS ARTICLE AS MUCH AS I HATE THAT GUY. We are not servants; we just know the value of work, dedication and commitment. This is a complete opposite to how Europeans looked at Filipinos as the brilliance of the universities before, during Rizal’s time for example.

We can still uplift the way people see us, and it should still start from ourselves, like what the last line says on my debate speech: shame on those who do not take pride on their homeland.

BE PROUD, A NATION OF SERVANTS PERHAPS, BUT SERVANTS CAN GO HIGHER, CAN MOVE UPWARDS... AND FOR THOSE WHO ACT AS BOSSES ON TOP? WELL, THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO GO BUT DOWNWARDS.

ma-'TALIM' NA LATE TY ENTRY

I know it’s quite late to celebrate my joy and say my thank you's through blogging, but bare with me as I tried my best to squeeze this on my free time =D

ANYWAY…

There are 4 categories in our Videofest: Talkshow, NEWS, Feature and yes… the documentary category. It was the category that everyone was waiting for, the last but not the least, the most unpredictable category. And yup, remember the documentary that I was telling you about on my previous entry? The one I directed? The one I thought or assumed to would not have a chance on winning? Well guess what…

IT JUST WON!

BEST SCRIPT, BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN AND TADA… VIDEOFEST ’09 BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAM!

The moment I was handed the microphone for the speech, I automatically uttered: “If only I can bring you all guys to Binangonan, in Isla Talim, and experience the joy we have felt!”

“...it is a privilege to be in the documentary category because we get to see the reality of life and the best part of it is that we get to share it with you guys…”

I almost forgot to say thank you because I was so overwhelmed with the result. See CEU Malolos’ entry “Mahabe Pagota” (tama ba spelling?), which featured the livelihood in Sierra Madre, was getting almost all the minor awards, so the moment Sir Villarante announced: “1st place is… Mahabe Pagota!”, I was like shocked in disbelief because all along I thought they would get the best documentary award.

So, if CEU Malolos won 1st place… who could the winner be? Gawd, I didn’t wanna assume but my hands were trembling, I was hugging the guy beside me (don’t worry I know him), and I am at the same time telling myself: WAG KA MAG-ASSUME, WAG KA MAG-ASSUME, MAY MGA IBA PANG ENTRIES……

“the best documentary program is… TALIM!”

The feeling of standing up and walking down the auditorium is better than going up the stage, and don’t ask me why coz I don’t know the reason either. We were like freaks up stage, we’re dancing like monkeys, and we simply enjoyed the moment. Like what some said: pailalim daw kami tumira, we weren’t getting much award, only to find out that we will be getting the best of the best award… yun oh!

Yes indeed, it was a cherry on top, on top of a big pile of lessons and realizations that I learned as I savor the journey of directing this ‘super astig’ documentary!

Again I guess it’s never too late to show my appreciation right?

To Tata Raul, my biggest apology for still not being able to thank you personally, but I am sincerely grateful to have met someone like you who is so devoted to his hometown and to his passion as well. Thanks for the book too Tata Raul, you are truly a good soul with a gift on words that I somehow envy (mahina po kasi ako magsulat sa Tagalog eh, hehe).

To the people in Talim, man this place is solid, solid as i-Touch by the way, haha! Thanks for welcoming us warmly, for trusting us, and for supporting us. I am happy that we got to use your place as an implement to show the people the real meaning of contentment. Truly this place is blessed with good resources and most especially with good people.

To BUMS (Business Unusual Media Solutions), my biggest THANK YOU’S to all of you guys! That’s all… haha! Nah! Thanks to Kuya Jun, Tim, Monty and Jeypi for the all out support, for the patience and for the friendship most especially. We started out as naïve students to all these equipment for shooting, and now we have familiarity on how to use them. Thanks for the post production and the freebies as well. Ultimately I thank you guys for not hindering us to explore our capabilities yet instead you honed us by sharing your knowledge in ways that we could both enjoy each other’s company. Lastly, I personally wanna thank you bums for making me realize that what is essential is purely being happy on what you do, as much as you guys enjoy what you're doing… but then again… you can only do so much. =)

To i-Touch team, thanks for basically being the coolest and craziest production team I have ever worked with. Thanks for sticking up with one another to continue this topic despite the uncertainties of failing. I remembered the time I broke down because I felt helpless and hopeless with our group, haha, shooting lang pala katapat nyo. I was surprised with each and everyone’s performance on the shoot, I saw the excitement and enthusiasm, yup I saw Ram’s excitement (di lang sya halata) =P I guess this is the perfect grad gift I can give Nena, since she never won any award on her previous years. We broke the curse dear… and we broke it very well!

Lastly I wanna thank all the people who discouraged me. As I write this I realized how weak I have become for giving up so easily. It just saddens me that some people who are in the position to inspire and encourage others would rather choose to dispirit them instead. Well what can I say, I still respect those people, for without them there will be no balance in nature… you know, the yin and the yang… the negative and the positive?

Aryt, got so much time for this blog already, I better get going… thanks thanks to everyone again…

It was the passion and the heart that made us won this, coz believe it or not… masaya kame sa ginagawa namen… *weh wushu!* =D

MR. YM AND MR. BUTTON'S LESSONS ON TIME

The start of the year for me has been jam packed like the usual. I’m not complaining though, I’d rather be busy than do nothing but non-progressive stuffs that I usually do before I came to this point of straightening up my priorities. One thing that took most of my time is the documentary I directed for our video fest this year. Yes, directing and owning up a big part of the responsibility in the group. The moment I was given the privilege to direct a documentary I really said to myself: ‘kakaririn ko to!’. Last Friday when we had our public viewing and saw the other documentary entries, I started asking myself: ‘kinarir ko nga ba?’

I was touched with the people who appreciated our entry, but I couldn’t deny that there have been bad comments as well. Somehow, no not somehow, I was devastated with the lack of focus I had with the script. I’d rather blame myself than dwell on the scriptwriter or the host or whoever is involved, because I am aware that it is still my responsibility to double check if everything’s okay. I thought I was a failure, or rather stupid for not noticing a simple detail of ‘continuity’ in the scene. That I am a director who settled for less because I didn’t spent much attention on the interviews. I thought I wasn’t good enough for the position, that I don’t deserve it, yeah, I thought of the awful side too much. It’s not that I have issues dealing with defeats, I have joined different contests many times already, but this will be the first time that I am going to represent a big factor on the production, after all, I am the director. Maybe it’s my pride, or I’m just scared to be discouraged afterwards, I really don’t know.

But as close as I am to giving up, to not attending the awards night, I remembered the good words of ‘Mr. YM’ (di ko po sya chatmate ha,haha) and of Mr. Button =D

Two different stories of time and me learning from both of it. I learned from Mr. YM that there will always be room for compromise. I realized how jumbled my priorities are, and fixing them up would also mean sacrificing some ‘good things’ as well. Losing a loved one for example, he left for a reason that I should have expected before hand: lack of time. If only I could make him understand that I myself would want to have someone to cheer me up when I’m stressful and tired, but cannot because that would mean dividing my attention on a much important matter. Mr. YM also told me that one should do what makes him happy first before expecting to be happy with someone else. I have to agree on that! That is probably or precisely the reason why he’s happy despite being anonymous with a chic named ‘Time’. I realized that relationships can wait, that I should stop playing with commitments but actually being into it at the right time. I should embrace my works oblivious with the recognitions, be grateful for the opportunities of executing my passion. I should love what I’m doing first, give my best, and realize that the perfect award is self satisfaction! Lastly I learned from Mr. YM that everyone’s a critic. I am a critic myself. I learned to pig out on the yummy side of life, and gag the repulsive part of the meal. Like what is mentioned, it’s the reward of self satisfaction. Now if you’ll ask me if I’m satisfied… I am big time! I’ll even have my second serving of the meal later!


Going to Mr. Button, man I cried! It was the perfect movie for me at the moment. I love the movie merely because it talked about life, time and history. Three things I love to talk about, yet I overlook once in a while.

Here are some quotes from the movie that I love love love:


We’re meant to lose the people we love. How else are we supposed to know how important they are?


Your life is defined by its opportunities… even the ones you miss.

- I have always believed that if opportunity knocks on your door, then it is yours for a reason. If by chance you have missed it, then again there’s a reason for it… a good reason most probably.


Benjamin: I was thinking how nothing lasts, and what a shame that is.
Daisy: Some things last.


Sometimes we’re on a collision course, and we just don’t know it. Whether it’s by accident or by design, there’s not a thing we can do about it.

- the best precautions we can do is to be careful with our decisions because the end doesn’t just justify the means, but the means will ultimately justify its end.


You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went; you can swear and curse the fates - but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

- Damn this hit me! At the end of it all what is done is done, good thing prayers have kept me sane.


And the part that made me cry was when Caroline read Benjamin’s message for her:
For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.


My friends from way back know how I used to plan my life specifically as how I wanted it to happen. They are the same people who saw me disappoint myself for not being able to follow what is intended.

...now circumstances taught me to enjoy the carousel ride.

Benjamin Button showed life and death in a new perspective. I am a dreamer, a risk taker, a neophyte, a fan; I am born to show others, primarily my family, that I can be as good as them (maybe better) in the field of arts. I may have failed for some reasons that I am gradually trying to comprehend, but life doesn’t end there, time didn’t stop chasing chances, so as the clock says tick-tock-tick-tock… do something… time won’t wait for you to change… it won’t stop for you to start again.

EXHAUSTING

Yeah I wasn’t able to update my blog for very exhausting reasons, hehe.

OUR QUEENIE DIED.

Our dog for 8 years. She was a brave one actually, she got blind a year ago but she never became bitter about it. Queenie is sensitive to viruses; she got blind due to it and yeah, died because of it. She is a little dog with a shy personality. She loves bread more than anything else. We would buy bread for her and feed her while we watch television at night. I cried a lot when she died although I was expecting it already. I prayed with tears while she was in the hospital.

Losing a pet is definitely losing a member of the family; I still can’t believe she’s not here anymore. I can imagine her passing by me as I write this while her tail wags as she hears the plastic of the bread she is about to eat. She was brave, and she was the nicest dog we ever had. I LOVE YOU QUEENIE! You’re with your mom Nokia now =(

THE DULLEST BDAY

Yeah, I celebrated my bday last January 30. I really had no plans to celebrate though coz I am saving money for our documentary film. Much to my dismay, half of the people who greet me every year DIDN’T GREET ME THIS YEAR! The whole day was plain boring. Everything I want to focus on was connected to the documentary we’re doing. I was exhausted with the work loads. I dunno, maybe this is the sad part when growing old, birthdays sometimes become less special =(



BUT THE BEST PART IS!!!

I am the director of our production group. The challenge is obviously there, but the hell, I am embracing it whole heartedly! This is actually a competition at the same time, together with the Talk Show, NEWS, and Feature category.

We had our shoot last February 1 and 2. The experience is over whelming and I just feel privileged to be doing a documentary and seeing the reality of life first hand (clue: we had a shoot in an island)!

I am also chosen by the Talk Show group of our team to be one of their hosts. It was another privilege to be able to converse and hear your opinions on cam! The best part is that I get to work with Drew Arellano!














Hai, maybe this busy life may have caused all the stress and exhaustion, nevertheless I’m still thankful coz it is a balanced life after all… like what they say… you lose some, you win some =)

CHILD'S PLAY

Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali

sometimes all they need is a playmate

no to domestic violence
papa jesus
selfish limelight
innocence of a girl
till boys do us part
hopeful
bullied
dead kid
naive
sunday afternoonjump

habulan

martyr

in the pictures: charlotte, charles, andrea and of course... aidan =D

TWO GUYS AND A POST

shout out to COY for our Wii Party last sunday at Redbox Trinoma!

IT WAS FUN!!!

i believe i would lose some weight if i play Wii sport everyday haha!
me and levy: the same freaks in the pic you have chosen haha!
THANKS PALAWAN GANG FROM YOURS TRULY & THE 4 OTHER LUCKY FRIENDS I BROUGHT W/ ME =D

*in case you're wondering why am I thanking Coy, click this RELATED ENTRY*


LET ME LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH THIS VIDEO OF FAFAFOL
-HALLELUJAH (BAMBOO)-

ANO BA YAN!!

despite the holiday cheers, please do let me just rant about some of my ultimate "ANO BA YAN!!" moments =D


EWE THE CHOCNUT CAKE!
ANO BA YAN! di masarap! hehe, sorry pero i just don't get the taste, 3 days na sya sa ref, they didn't like it either i guess!






Iba paren pag Chocnut talaga! love it!




FRIENDSTER GLITCH AGAIN!
ANO BA YAN! FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL USING FRIENDSTER, EVER WONDERED WHY SOME OF YOUR DISTANT FRIENDS ARE SUDDENLY GIVING YOU MESSAGES AND COMMENTS? PERO MY GOD, PERVERTED NAMAN YUNG CONTENT? LIKE THIS PICTURE...

"CAUTION: AUTOMATIC COMMENTS AND VIDEOS!!!!

You probably got a message from one of your friend saying you'd been filmed and there's a web link that you tried opening but can't get through. Well, by doing that you're not only posting an automatic message to some of your friends but risking your computer for potential virus too....
So be aware of these messages and try to ignore or delete them. The people who's doing this are from the Philippines and their mimicking Youtube's URL web page.
Right now their posting automatic comments with the video of a sexy girl and if you tried opening it you'll post the exact same comment to some of your random friends...
In addition, if you receive a comment and/or message that has a video with a link that takes you to what looks like a friendster log-in page delete the comment and do not use the log-in link.
Someone has phished the account it came from and is trying to phish yours.
Using the log-in link will give them your log-in info and access to your account to do whatever they want.
To help prevent this. I'm asking everyone to repost this bulletin or send this message to all of your friends. With this we can have a much more better friendster experience.
Thanks to all.
Also, much better if you change your password."

TSK2... now i get it!

Friendster is slowly deteriorating huh!

MULTIPLY NA LANG TAYONG LAHAT!

BODIES AND... THAT'S IT!

ANO BA YAN! These dancers just disappoints me, sorry but it's kinda cheap, well some of them... eh kasi yung iba di talaga pretty, but they're sexy... yung iba 'mahina' talaga, but they're sexy.
yeah, body, that's their puhunan, they dance wearing skimpy outfits, WHAT FOR?? Hai, buti na lang they have the body, but that's just about it!

TAKIPSILIM YOUR FACE!
ANO BA YAN!
"ABS-CBN has bought the rights to make a tv version of the hit vampire novel "Twilight", ABS-CBN's CEO, Euegenio Lopez III signed a contract last December 6, 2008 for the tv adaptation of Twilight, the rights cost a more than a million dollars, the taping is set to start next year by February in Baguio, Tagaytay, Bukidnon and some parts will tape outside the country. And it will be directed by Cathy Garcia Molina, the tv adaptation will focus with the love story between Edward and Bella, this is much more than a drama, romance, but also fantasy. This is co-produce by Ignite Media Inc."

HAHAHA.... after Gossip Girls' Filipino version Lipgloss (in TV5), here comes another one of those scriptwriters lazy way of creating a good series. COPYCAT! Filipino version or your easy way out to get the audience's attention, palibhasa nag-hit yung original, that doesn't mean your version will!

Tabing Ilog (Dawson's Creek version) did well... but Munting Paraiso (7th Heaven version) definitely didn't!

SAYANG ANG REBOND!

ANO BA YAN! Remember from my previous post na nagpa-rebond ako? well guess what, i just wasted my thousands. 2 of my friends (cath and renz) decided to have their hair done, sumama kame ni justine... "encouraged" us to have a haircut... and whoala, we both cried after!!!

anyway... ang laki ng eyebags ko dito sa pic na to ah?
i probably should sleep na! nahnyt creatures! mwah!

RACE TO THE FINISH LINE

IT IS INEVITABLE... DEATH.

THE DEAD - MARKY CIELO
I was really surprised when i heard about Marky Cielo's death... my friend sent a group text message about it, and doubted her at first. But when I saw the vtr about his death in Showbiz Central, that's the time i dropped my jaw, shooked my head, and whispered: "OMG, di ako makapaniwala".

Not everyone knows Marky actually, but the good impression he showed to the viewers is enough for him to be recognized. I remembered how I really wished for him to win in Starstruck, I'm not really a fan of morenos but his looks just got this charm, the Igorot charm maybe.

20 years old, only had two decades to live. Some say it was suicide, I say it was a sad thought. I agree with other people's presumptions that he tried drugs though, got too much of it and died. I have always been proud on his good image, but was it too much that he decided to release himself through means of tablets or whatsoever? Don't blame us for thinking this way, if only his family can share the medical report then there will be no speculations at all!

Lovi Poe said this message in SIS: "alam mo naman na andito lang kami, isang text o tawag lang..YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THAT"

and Glaiza de Castro's message: "sana maging peaceful ka kung san ka man naroroon ngayon..alam mo naman un eh...PWEDE MO NAMAN SABIHIN SAMIN"

and when Marky's mom was asked if it was a work related or personal problem, her mom said that it wasn't work related... let's all just read between the lines.

Marky has so much to give, but I guess good people really have higher tendency of dying early (hai, i'm safe). I wonder, what was he thinking that moment before he died? But whether it was suicide or not, he will still remain as one of the nicest actor of his generation. It was a total surprise, true enough, we can't really tell when we will reach the finish line.


HOPING NOT TO DIE - DURA DURA GANG INCIDENT
DURA DURA GANG- GROUP OF THEFT WHO SPITS ON THEIR VICTIMS TO DISTRACT THEM IN ORDER TO STEAL... KADIRI!

Me, and three other friends decided to watch 100 in Robinsons Galleria. We rode a GLiner bus going to Cainta. The bus was almost full so we decided to look for vacant seats at the back. Two guys unhesitatingly stood up to give us their seats... and i automatically doubted them because you can hardly meet such guys already (and ewe, they look like holdapers naman talaga noh!). Me and Marlyn were seated together while Cara and Jairo were seated at the back. Marlyn was just telling me of her experience on the "dura dura gang" when suddenly the guy standing beside us approached the girl seated at the right end of the back seat: "miss may dura ka sa kanang balikat mo". Me and marlyn were carefully looking at the girl, quite surprised since we were just talking about it seconds ago. My heartbeat went faster while waiting for Marlyn's go signal to go down (kahit nagbayad na kami, tsk, sayang!).

"Marlyn yung kaharap, katabi mo, at kalikod natin magkaka-kuntsaba yan"

The four of us, and the poor girl at the right end were surrounded by the "dura-dura gang"! Before we went down, Marlyn and Cara told the konduktor that there are suspected (actually di na suspected eh!) theft at the back. Hai, i wonder what happened to the girl we left, hope she went home safely.


THE DYING - CHRIS MARTINEZ' S 100
The Audience Award on this year's Cinemalaya, Best Actress for Mylene Dizon, Best Director and Best Screenplay Awards for Direk Chris, and the Best Supporting Actress Award for Eugene. This movie is about Joyce (Mylene D.), a cancer patient who only has 3 months to live. Knowing this she decided to write on post-its the things she would be doing before she dies. She was hopeless, three doctors already told her that there is no hope of curing. And so came the different ways of Joyce to live her last few months to the fullest.

I like Ruby's (Eugene D.) character, adding comic yet sweetness to the story. She is Joyce's bestfriend, and I guess she is the representation of "friendship". It was quite hard when Tessie Tomas' (Joyce's mother in the film) character came into picture. Anything that has got to do with motherhood can really make you cry. She is the representation of family. Lastly, I like Rod's (TJ Trinidad) and Emil's (Ryan Eigenman) role, one to whom Joyce has a secret affair with, and the other one is Joyce's first love. Obviously they represent love. Altogether they spiced up Joyce's struggle to make her last three months more meaningful and worthwhile.

I admire Joyce because I have always been afraid of death, who isn't right? Thoughts of dying is one of my phobias, that's why i really wanted to watch this film thinking that this would help me (it did I guess since I'm writing about death after all). Joyce is truly a valiant woman, giving a positive view on death. Being more hopeful than sucking up to hopelessness.
And if I discover that I only have few months to live, the things that I would want to do are:
- tour Europe
- pero Bora muna!
- sing like a rock star in front of a large audience
- have a photo exhibit
- direct a film and do an advertisement
- serve the PAWS foundation
- drive and drift
- eat all guilty pleasures
- get intimate with guys... and i mean guySSSS...
- but after that, in front of this guy's over confident face, I will tell 'him' how much he means to me, then i'll slap him two times for making me cry a gallon of tears, then hug him tightly after, kiss him passionately... tapos syempre gets nyo na yung sunod...
- tell everyone... each and everyone... who made a mark in my life how much i love them, then thank them... most especially, i will ask for forgiveness.
- compose and sing a Christian song
- lastly, i will go to Calaruega, talk to Him for as long as I want to, then attend Christian services in three different churches (Victory, TNJ, and Jzone).

We will all go there... una unahan lang daw sabi nga nila... each minute brings us closer to the finish line. Simply enjoy the race, that's the only precaution we can do.



"Naalala ko sabi ni daddy... if everyone wants to go to heaven, then why nobody wants to die?" - Joyce (100)

DONT JUST READ THEM... WIN THEM!

i guess Christmas is all about giving after all since even bloggers are into it!

yeah, we don't just write, we give prizes... no... THEY give prizes... AND I JOIN THEIR CONTESTS =D

latest contest from a blogger (don't be confused with "blog contest" it's a more difficult game =P) that i discovered is the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS AT MUSIC PICKS BLOG!
sound exciting? well guess what, the prizes are a lot more exciting because it's a surprise! GULAT KA NO? (weh corny haha)

WANNA KNOW THE PRIZE? clue: MUSIC RELATED
better join now to win
simply go here: Music Blog Philippines and discover what the hell those freakin' prizes are!

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you'll never know, you can be just as lucky as me, i joined Coy's Strike a Palawan Gang Pose and Win contest (uso pala mahahabang title ng contest no?hehe) and I actually won! kaya red box here we come, although i am still waiting for cokski's (Coy) reply... thanks Palawan Gang!

i won because of this picture with levy


kaya tumabi na yung mga pics nyo ng bundok at beach, di nakakalibre sa red box yan,haha!

hope i could meet the gang too... ciao!

ONE MORE OINK...

I just hope ours do come back. I’m losing time.



Will you change that love or love the change?
–One More Chance

GANON TALAGA SA BASTE?

i went to school last Tuesday (November 4) to enroll for 2nd semester.

Ang tagal umandar ng mga sasakyan sa recto going to legarda side so i decided na maglakad na lang to look for the right jeepney. Kung baga ako yung aandar para makahanap sila ng pasahero, langyang traffic yan!

Anyway, nung papunta na ko sa baste (san sebastian college) napansin ko agad yung dami ng tao sa labas ng gate... i wondered what's going on. Pag deretso ko sa baste, wow, may pila sa labas papuntang gate nila. They're in civilian and looks like they're gonna enroll. Deretso paren ako, aba may pila paren! ang liit nung daan so if feel mo magpapansin that time, sana dumaan ka dun kasi if you're one of the students lining up, you'll see yourself just observing the people walking through. Yung haba ng pila nkakagulat, as in lagpas na sa vicinity ng baste... i have to walk across them na kasi baka di ako makalabas sa pila to get a jeepney if i kept on walking.

now, i appreciate the process of enrollment sa ceu, kung tutuusin hassle free naman talaga eh, nagpapa-hassle lang saken yung schedule, maarte kasi ko sa sked eh, hehe!

I am not ultimately bashing baste, i believe this is a good school, i was just surprised that they have to line up outside. Mali yun. Enrollment means paying their tuition fees, let them experience every peso of it.

pero in fairness to san sebastian, i like their player JC na kasama sa survivor philippines. and spoiler guys... sya ang sole survivor... badtrip xe it's already announced to certain websites, mismong staff pa nga daw minsan ng GMA nadudulas in some public places eh (the hearsays), pero yeah, sya talaga! well, either kiko, him, vern naren, yung gusto ko naman manalo eh, so pwede na! cute cute jc congrats! =D


PS: from ohmski - di daw totoo. gumawa na ang statements sa kumalat na chismis. - i may be wrong if he's the winner, but if he is, i have nothing to complain about =D

JUST STAND UP feat. mariah, beyonce, rihanna, etc.

here, in this video, are the amazing female singers in FASHION ROCKS that worked together to support the Cancer's cause:
Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus, Melissa Etheridge, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield, Keyshia Cole, Ciara, Leona Lewis, LeAnn Rimes, Nicole Scherzinger, and Carrie Underwood.

why is nicole scherzinger not in the picture? well actually melissa etheridge, sheryl crow & leann rimes are featured in the song but didnt get to perform so they had nicole scherzinger to do it

anyway...

carrie underwood's short...

mariah is wearing a shirt, wow not too obscene, congrats..

i dont like beyonce's hair, probably rihanna's influences =P

love fergie's voice, very manly... bwahaha..

i don't get nichole's outfit..

ciara didn't have a solo part?

is that natasha bedingfield with the white pants? pasaway...

leona lewis looked like a mariah clone..

keyshia cole and ashanti... ow, yeah i almost forgot they're there =P

mary j. blige looks like beyonce's mother here...

and

what the hell are you doing there miley cyrus?? she spoiled the song, she should have lowered her voice a bit... "Things get better....What..ever!"? well things get better miley!! whatever...

christina aguilera or alicia keys should have been there don't you think?

but nevertheless, i still love the song!!!