My short stint as a director/ script writer/ coordinator/ talent manager/ producer/ bitch lady started Nov 12 and ended Dec 2. Except for the bitch lady part, coz I've been one for the longest time and I'm still one at this very moment.
Our group placed 3rd at the departmental presentation held at our plant's Christmas party. Wow, third! I should be proud, except only 3 departments competed. If there had been 24 we have probably placed 24th. Yayy. More than half of the cash prize goes to gown rental (not mine) and costume fee (not mine). If I hear any bad comment on how poorly our presentation was managed I'm going to grab the speaker's arm, and pull his armpit hair one by one until it's bald. Don't test me. My tweezers are ready.
In other news, Tentay and Donita made my evening. I laughed so hard that our impending loss didn't matter. I'm just saying that of course, don't let me fool you. Back to T and D, they were so funny! They're very spontaneous with their jokes.And Super Talented. Donita sang an Aegis duet. Alone.
Donita got his name for being a Donita Rose look alike. So there, another gay who's much prettier and sexier than me. Waaah!
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reading : Sony DSC-H1 Tele conversion lens manual.
feeling : Tiiiiiiiired.
hearing : Donita's Aegi's song in my head. LSS ito.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
View from the Porch
I realized that while I enjoy taking photos of buildings, landmarks, street and the like, I rarely take out my camera for subjects that are so familiar to me. I have photos of the view from my hotel window whenever I'm overseas, but it was only tonight that I took a shot of how the street outside Semihome looks at night. After several shots, I now know why.
Outside semihome | SonyDSC-H1
Egad! Those electric wires aren't lovely. >_<
Outside semihome | SonyDSC-H1
Egad! Those electric wires aren't lovely. >_<
{The Non-Expert} How to Say I Love You
"Question: I need 100 ways to say “I love you” to my girlfriend. We made a bet last night that I couldn’t come up with 100 and I can’t lose! Help me pa-pa-pa-pa-please non-expert. —Rod
Answer: Here’s the way to say “I love you”: rarely. To say it a hundred ways is to cheapen a pure sentiment; to place a bet with your girlfriend on your ability to do just that is to participate in a culture that has commoditized affection and thrown it into the remainder bin; and to ask someone else to come up with your hundred ways represents love at its nadir—pure romantic sloth. Why not deep-fry a bag of candy hearts and toss them on the rug for her to eat? That’s the (1) first suggestion.
Then there are the twee ways to say it: (2) with freshly cut flowers, assuming she is not a flower; (3) with a bust made of fudge; (4) with wee spaniels; (5) through blinking tears; (6) whispered to her hearing aid; (7) inscribed into her lawn with gasoline; (8) tattooed on your taint; (9) while she sleeps and you stand outside the window."
Read the remaining 91 ways here. The funniest thing I've read over the past 5 days. Before that, I actually can't remember what reading material made me laugh recently. Non-reading, it's definitely Bo Sanchez's and Hugh Grant's brand of humor.
Link fetched from dooce.com
Answer: Here’s the way to say “I love you”: rarely. To say it a hundred ways is to cheapen a pure sentiment; to place a bet with your girlfriend on your ability to do just that is to participate in a culture that has commoditized affection and thrown it into the remainder bin; and to ask someone else to come up with your hundred ways represents love at its nadir—pure romantic sloth. Why not deep-fry a bag of candy hearts and toss them on the rug for her to eat? That’s the (1) first suggestion.
Then there are the twee ways to say it: (2) with freshly cut flowers, assuming she is not a flower; (3) with a bust made of fudge; (4) with wee spaniels; (5) through blinking tears; (6) whispered to her hearing aid; (7) inscribed into her lawn with gasoline; (8) tattooed on your taint; (9) while she sleeps and you stand outside the window."
Read the remaining 91 ways here. The funniest thing I've read over the past 5 days. Before that, I actually can't remember what reading material made me laugh recently. Non-reading, it's definitely Bo Sanchez's and Hugh Grant's brand of humor.
Link fetched from dooce.com
Monday, November 26, 2007
Strike Three
Missed. (a.k.a. The things I looked forward to for weeks. Sudden change of plans and the typhoon and the lack of comm'n erased all the planning. *cries*)
+ Shanti's first solo exhibit at Bliss Cafe, Nov 25
+ Sunrise Art Festival at Baguio, Nov 23-25. :\
+ Ang Ink + Canvas' Book launch for The Boy Who Touched Heaven, this evening at Serendra.
+ Neil Gaiman in Fullybooked, Nov 24.
Caught
+ Bo Sanchez's 1Hr talk at our company, Nov 22. - Inspiring and funny. Been reading his columns / books and this was the first time I got to watch him talk live. *starstruck* :D
+ 2008 Strategic planning at Tagaytay, Nov 23. I wish we stopped for Hydrangeas and pinya!
+ 3 bars of Toblerone, prize for the Battle Cry contest. Not my entry. All 3 bars gone after 1 hr staff meeting this am.
+ Music & Lyrics, 16 Blocks, The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.. Great. Great. OK.
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reading : Blueprint Magazine back issue
feeling : Sleep deprived, still
hearing : Tokyo Drift theme by Teriyaki Boyz
+ Shanti's first solo exhibit at Bliss Cafe, Nov 25
+ Sunrise Art Festival at Baguio, Nov 23-25. :\
+ Ang Ink + Canvas' Book launch for The Boy Who Touched Heaven, this evening at Serendra.
+ Neil Gaiman in Fullybooked, Nov 24.
Caught
+ Bo Sanchez's 1Hr talk at our company, Nov 22. - Inspiring and funny. Been reading his columns / books and this was the first time I got to watch him talk live. *starstruck* :D
+ 2008 Strategic planning at Tagaytay, Nov 23. I wish we stopped for Hydrangeas and pinya!
+ 3 bars of Toblerone, prize for the Battle Cry contest. Not my entry. All 3 bars gone after 1 hr staff meeting this am.
+ Music & Lyrics, 16 Blocks, The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy.. Great. Great. OK.
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reading : Blueprint Magazine back issue
feeling : Sleep deprived, still
hearing : Tokyo Drift theme by Teriyaki Boyz
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Aurora
Desktop screenshot, Nov. 14.
WP courtesy of National Geographic.
Lovely.
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reading : blog templates, css codes, Blogger Help - template, lots of *.txt's and *.html's
feeling : sleep deprived
hearing : imogen heap - can't take it in
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Shanghai Baby - Part II
Day 2: 8-6 meeting + Dinner at The Tang Dynasty restaurant + Coffee at Pudong Riverside
Puxi as viewed from Pudong; Pearl Orient Tower | Sony DSC-H1
Larger versions of the images and the rest of the photos are at flickr.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Shanghai Baby
kgt_333: looks like the Taiwan fiasco was limited to.. Taiwan.
All the hoping and praying worked ;] Got to see more than Pudong Airport, Sheraton Hotel and ATC. And no greeedy drivers, too! Thanks to kgt & lara, kind souls who picked me up from my place and brought me safely to PAL C2 Terminal at Sunday 4am, and v.v. Wednesday night at 9pm.
Blurry in Shanghai | Sony DSC-h1
Day 1: Stalls/Shops outside YuYuan Garden + Divisoria-looking malls + Crab! + Nanjing Road & People's Square
So there I was, taking photos of the aged, arched roofs of *YuYuan Garden* just to find out later that they're not at all aged. ;p Arched, yes. The shops / buildings were added just recently. (The real) YuYuan Garden is a smaller structure at the center of all the stores / restuarants, waiting to show its ancient charm to anyone willing to pay ~200 pesos. Since my tour guide wasn't willing, a solo visit was mentally scheduled for Day 4. ;)
November to February are THE crab months. Yummy. There's nothing else to say really.
Went inside all the malls along Nanjing Road in search for The 2008 Journal and some brush pens. Unfruitful search, but a good excuse to visit all the malls ;p and to later sit and watch all the lights blinking and shining restlessly.
This place obviously has a happy lively vibe.
All the hoping and praying worked ;] Got to see more than Pudong Airport, Sheraton Hotel and ATC. And no greeedy drivers, too! Thanks to kgt & lara, kind souls who picked me up from my place and brought me safely to PAL C2 Terminal at Sunday 4am, and v.v. Wednesday night at 9pm.
Blurry in Shanghai | Sony DSC-h1
Day 1: Stalls/Shops outside YuYuan Garden + Divisoria-looking malls + Crab! + Nanjing Road & People's Square
So there I was, taking photos of the aged, arched roofs of *YuYuan Garden* just to find out later that they're not at all aged. ;p Arched, yes. The shops / buildings were added just recently. (The real) YuYuan Garden is a smaller structure at the center of all the stores / restuarants, waiting to show its ancient charm to anyone willing to pay ~200 pesos. Since my tour guide wasn't willing, a solo visit was mentally scheduled for Day 4. ;)
November to February are THE crab months. Yummy. There's nothing else to say really.
Went inside all the malls along Nanjing Road in search for The 2008 Journal and some brush pens. Unfruitful search, but a good excuse to visit all the malls ;p and to later sit and watch all the lights blinking and shining restlessly. This place obviously has a happy lively vibe.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Connected!
Finally gave in and called Sixto, The SmartBro Agent, and applied for internet services at my semiHome. Tonight, it will be celebrating it's 1st week(anni)versary and so far, all I can say is : I should have done this earlier. *shakes head*
One downside is that I'm getting way much less sleep than before. My eyebags are the size of Luzon. Sleep has been traded for:
- IM exchanges with pinoyIrish, lorna bebe, Kit, Tiff!!, Crughmie, my cousin Amy, Chekla
- flickr uploads
- (long overdue) website organizing and a little tweaking here and there. Unified most of my site blogs into one and added archive browsing by labels which made more sense. 'Have also removed "read.words," which should have been a repository for, well, words *rolls eyes* and which has been "under construction" for years. Changed it to "view.maps" where I intend to track my travels. It's now still "under construction." Sus.
One downside is that I'm getting way much less sleep than before. My eyebags are the size of Luzon. Sleep has been traded for:
- IM exchanges with pinoyIrish, lorna bebe, Kit, Tiff!!, Crughmie, my cousin Amy, Chekla
- flickr uploads
- (long overdue) website organizing and a little tweaking here and there. Unified most of my site blogs into one and added archive browsing by labels which made more sense. 'Have also removed "read.words," which should have been a repository for, well, words *rolls eyes* and which has been "under construction" for years. Changed it to "view.maps" where I intend to track my travels. It's now still "under construction." Sus.
Alice's and Ruth's passport
ready to go! | sony dsc h1
Passport - Check. Chinese visa - Check.
Off to the land of tsinitos on Sunday. Let's all hope and pray for victory this time.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Biyahe at Baguio
BIYAHE, our touring exhibit (naks!) is on it's first stop at BLISS CAFE in Baguio City. Our works will be on display ti; Nov 25.
10% of the sales will be given to SAVE our Women - an organization fighting violence and abuse.
click image to view more photos of the exhibit at flickr
10% of the sales will be given to SAVE our Women - an organization fighting violence and abuse.
click image to view more photos of the exhibit at flickr
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Water Moon - nostalgia!
WaterMoon, watercolor on paper
Old work, posted for illustration friday.
(Woops. Selected 'collage' by mistake. :\ Where's the edit button when you need it?)
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Monday, July 16, 2007
Friday, July 06, 2007
Biyahe, excerpts from the Travel Journals
BIYAHE (excerpts from the travel journals)
Exhbit opens on July 14, Saturday at Choco Kiss
(invite courtesy of Guia Salumbides)
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Soon!
Soon!
Lately, weekends and forced leaves are being spent on the following:
+ catching up on sleep
+ hating the fact that sleeping ate too much of my free time (But i still love you, Sleep.)
+ working on my pieces for an upcoming exhibit called 'Biyahe.' :D Wait, why did i say 'working'? It's not work. Work is no fun, while painting /drawing /illustrating (and sleeping) are some of favorite things to do.
+ explaining to Ama why I can't stay at Malolos for the nth weekend because of the exhibit pieces
+ ignoring the very obvious fact that my apartment needs cleaning
+ looking for my gum eraser, pen knife, brush pen, brown triplus fineliner pen in my obviously messy apartment
So, yayy! I'm excited that there are new art pieces. Technically, it's art *piece* coz I have finished 1 out of 4, and the concept for 2 of them are still on a cloud floating way over my head. I think I need more sleep.
Lately, weekends and forced leaves are being spent on the following:
+ catching up on sleep
+ hating the fact that sleeping ate too much of my free time (But i still love you, Sleep.)
+ working on my pieces for an upcoming exhibit called 'Biyahe.' :D Wait, why did i say 'working'? It's not work. Work is no fun, while painting /drawing /illustrating (and sleeping) are some of favorite things to do.
+ explaining to Ama why I can't stay at Malolos for the nth weekend because of the exhibit pieces
+ ignoring the very obvious fact that my apartment needs cleaning
+ looking for my gum eraser, pen knife, brush pen, brown triplus fineliner pen in my obviously messy apartment
So, yayy! I'm excited that there are new art pieces. Technically, it's art *piece* coz I have finished 1 out of 4, and the concept for 2 of them are still on a cloud floating way over my head. I think I need more sleep.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Seoul Night
November Window | sony dsc h1
View from my hotel window during my Seoul Korea visit - Nov 2006.
I miss Seoul. :\
Friday, June 08, 2007
No Victory Over Taiwan
It did not happen.
It is much too painful embarassing to admit. ;p
Did I really ride the plane to Taiwan just to come back 4 days later with nothing but memories of hotel breakfasts, duty-free-bought souvenirs, and the most annoying 2-hr cab trip from airport to apartment? No Taipei 101. No night market shopping. No culture-immersion.
No. Pictures.
Ugh.
At the very least, there were free authentic Taiwanese dinners. Our hosts went out of their way and took us for dinner despite the hectic work week. Surprising thing: the food did not even come close to the Chinese meals I am used to having. I find the Pinoy versions tastier, although almost everything tastes the same. I just realized that after eating over 10 varieties of dishes in 1 sitting on my first real dinner there. (My fake dinner is a tasty street food – squid morsel wrapped in minced veggie / flour mixture). Each dish brought an interesting feel to my soy sauce-hungry taste buds.
What is left to say about my first overseas travel alone? I learned that I should ask for flight schedules that would give me more time to enjoy the trip. I learned that I should start looking for other options for travelling back safely to my apartment without having too pay 800% more than the regular cab fare.
So there, learnings that are totally non-Taiwan-related. ;p
It is much too painful embarassing to admit. ;p
Did I really ride the plane to Taiwan just to come back 4 days later with nothing but memories of hotel breakfasts, duty-free-bought souvenirs, and the most annoying 2-hr cab trip from airport to apartment? No Taipei 101. No night market shopping. No culture-immersion.
No. Pictures.
Ugh.
At the very least, there were free authentic Taiwanese dinners. Our hosts went out of their way and took us for dinner despite the hectic work week. Surprising thing: the food did not even come close to the Chinese meals I am used to having. I find the Pinoy versions tastier, although almost everything tastes the same. I just realized that after eating over 10 varieties of dishes in 1 sitting on my first real dinner there. (My fake dinner is a tasty street food – squid morsel wrapped in minced veggie / flour mixture). Each dish brought an interesting feel to my soy sauce-hungry taste buds.
What is left to say about my first overseas travel alone? I learned that I should ask for flight schedules that would give me more time to enjoy the trip. I learned that I should start looking for other options for travelling back safely to my apartment without having too pay 800% more than the regular cab fare.
So there, learnings that are totally non-Taiwan-related. ;p
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