Of somefing pink.

Shucks. Ang hirap maging laos noh? Umaabot sa point na pag ikaw mismo ang nakakakilala sa taong yun, malulungkot ka din. Kasi one day in your life naging idol mo sya parang si April Boy Regino na idol naman nating lahat talaga.

Mababaw lang talaga tong sinusulat ko ngayon.

Nung isang araw kasi nanonood ako ng TMZ tapos ngayon naman napanood ko yung mga old-school na wrestling nung nakasuhan yata sila ng copyright law kasi parehong WWF yung pangalan nila sa World Wide Fund (hahaha. Tama ba?)

Eto na nga… ininterview si Bret Hart (na talagang sya ang idolo ko sa Wrestling at hindi si Hulk Hogan, trip ko kasi ang pink kesa sa yellow e.) nung cameraman ng TMZ, ang sabi:

TMZ: “So, are you still the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be?”

Hitman: “No, I’m just the best there was…”

Powtah naman. Nakaka-degrade diba? Halos labing-limang taon na ang lumipas at ganyan pala ang tingin nya sa sarili nya. Grabe naman kasi yung tinanim nyang sama ng loob kena Vince Mcmahon. Sana lumaro na lang sya.

Pero kunsabagay pride ang umiral. Sayang nga lang ang milliong dolyares na kinikita nya sana ngayon.

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At ang lupet naman talaga nung mga humawak sa E-heads concert nung Agosto. Grabeysius din naman diba, talagang tinodo na nila ang paggamit sa event na yun. Paksyet sa mga taong nanood na tulad ko na ipapalabas din naman pala yun sa sinehan.

Pero talagang oks lang na nanood ako nung concert nung araw na yun.

Ngayon, hindi ko na alam kung may mga dagdag ba dun sa concert. Kasi dun sa video board nila, maraming dinagdag at syempre mga behind the scenes din. Kung kasama ang lahat ng mga yun, siguradong manonood ako. Pero kung yung concert lamang at kung yun lang… aba, mag-iintay na lang siguro ako ng pirated.

E sigurado naman na maglalabas sila ng dvd at vcd nyan diba.

Ano pa ba ang balak nila. Poster book? Audiography ng mga pangyayari. E-heads book na may starting title na Ely sa libro tapos isusulat lahat dun yung mga accounts nya. At syempre aabot pa yan ng book four kasi kasama syempre sina Marcus, Raims, at Buddy.

At may book five pa yan. Pramis. Kasi syempre may account din yung fifth E-heads nung gabi na yun, yung myembro ng Itchyworms.

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Maglabas na lang kasi kayo ng bobbleheads na E-heads. Mas ok pa ko. Sigurado, wishlist ko na yan sa Pasko.

Tsaka bobblehead ni Kuya Germs, poide din. At ang paborito nyang alaga na si Billy Crawford. Buti na lang hindi-ala Michael Jackson si Master Showman.

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Gusto kong manood. =(

Of let's sing merry xmas.

Christmas is berrrry near. And since we are in the Philippines we have this long running tradition for us Pinoys that we never fail to do and we usually wait for this one whole yearlong.

I’m talking about the film fest. (akala nyo Noche Buena or caroling or simbang gabi no?)

Just this early some movies are really starting to be noticed. I’ve searched far and wide (actually dalawang website lang pero ni-summarize ko na para cute) on information and here’s what I got. The list of movies is: (there are only eight actually. Medyo kaunti sya compared to last year yata… not sure din kung dadami pa sya…)

One Night Only – I got no information on this one. This is probably the movie that will be shown for one night (hindi poide ang araw… one night only nga e. hahaha. Ang korni. Lugi to for sure.)

Magkaibigan – This is a movie by Jose Javier Reyes (which is good!) and one of the actors is Jinggoy Estrada (anakngpotahnaman. Sapakan na lang).

Ang Tanging Ina Niyong Lahat – Probably a sequel by Ai Ai Delas Alas. I’d probably watch this… probably.

Desperadas 2 – And we have another sequel. I just don’t like Ruffa Gutierrez, which is why I might not watch this one.

Baler – found in imdb, “Manager Wenn V. Deramas pulled out his talent, Deejay Durano, from the production for alleged unfair treatment. Deramas said Deejay was hired as supporting actor, but he was only used as extra. Wenn said they accepted the Baler project despite the minimal talent fee, believing that Deejay would have a good role. Also for 10 straight days, Deejay's call time was 7 a.m., yet the actor had to wait for 10 hours for his take, the manager/director claimed. Wenn said he had to sacrifice the filming of Tanging Ina ninyong lahat, Ang (2008) due to Deejay's absence for the filming of Baler.” (o diba naman, ang arte ng starlet. Hahaha. Kung gusto nya ng madaling trabaho. Pumunta sya sa harap ng building namin at magbenta sya ng sigarilyo at hindi na nya kailangang mag-artista. Sumasakit ang ulo sa ko sa kanya.)

Dayo - this is animated and imdb says, “"Dayo" follows the adventure of 11-year-old Bubuy as he tries to save his grandparents who have been abducted and brought to Elementalia, a mysterious and magical land that is home to popular creatures of Philippine mythology.”

Shake, Rattle & Roll X – I’m gonna watch this one and some imdb info, “Eugene Domingo was originally tapped to lead the Nieves segment, as she was the personal choice of director Mike Tuviera. But a misunderstanding between Eugene's manager Ricky Gallardo and producer Lily Y. Monteverde over alleged talent fee prompted the actress to pull out from the project. With this, Monteverde banned Eugene from her production, thus she was also pulled out from her other Regal project, Desperadas 2 (2008).” (odiba naman hang taray nito. Pero hindi pa ganun kalakas ang impact nito regarding sa drama this coming Christmas at mas malupit yung siguradong papanoorin ko na isusulat ko na…)

(eto na… waits lang…)

Iskul Bukol: 20 years after – Oh my God!!! It’s true! The Escalera brothers are back though I’m wishing this were not the last time. But wait, there’s more. Two Imdb inputs. “Writer Bibeth Orteza said she initially wanted to include in the story line all the main and regular supporting characters in the original TV series. However, some actors in the original TV series could no longer be contacted.”

Sadly, Ms. Joey Albert is not in the Philippines right now. She’s in Vancouver, Canada. And I think Mang Temi is dead. Sadness…

And one of the real buzz in the film is this one, “Lead actors Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon contributed for the P120,000 bail needed for the temporary liberty of actor Richie Richie De Horsie, then jailed for a drug-related case at the Quezon provincial jail, so he could be in the movie. During the first few weeks of the shooting, Richie lived at the APT office since he has no house nor family when he was released in jail.”

(syet. Nakakaiyak naman diba. From what I heard, si Vic daw talaga umiyak nung ginawa nila ito. Pramis, manonood ako pag pinalabas to.)

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I got the Iskul Bukol information from my mom. I just extended my research and it was really funny that my mom and I were all into it. Like it was all a big deal and my dad were mocking at us. Oh well, gen gap.

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And The Evil Dead fourth is expected for next year too! FTW (f**k the what) Sam Raimi!

Of phlegming II... hahaha joke or Of a fangirl.

I know how it feels like to be a fan girl or a fan boy.

Just the other day some friends and I went out for some donuts at the Fort (thank you danes for the wubwy donuts). We were, of course, minding our business when my eye caught someone vewwwwyy familiar.

Oh my God, it’s Raimund Marasigan with his wife.

I didn’t know what to do during the time that I was in my fangirl moment. Have you had the feeling that you want to do something but you’re preoccupied with all those things in your head and you can’t really control yourself on what you would want to do?

I was in a sitting position that time and I didn’t know if I’m going to stand up or stay in my current position. I eventually ended up doing both and as my friend teasingly tells me, “Chong, kuma-cow girl ka a.”

I didn’t know that it was really hard to get something from your “idol”. At first, my companions told me to go there and take a picture with them. But I told them I’d just get the autograph and here it is:

They were asking me then on why I didn’t opt to let them write it on the bookmark. The answer was fairly simple:

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(Buti na lang sa High Street medyo walang pakelam ang mga tao. Kung nasa somewhere more public kami, sobrang nakakahiya yung nangyari. Pero carry na din. That’s one churva for my E-heads memorabilia.)

(E bakit naman kasi may HSM3 na bookmark ka pa? E pinagpilian ko yan. Tatlo yung bookmarks ko. Yung isa yung bookmark ng Sponge Cola tapos yung isa bookmark ni Edu Manzano.)

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And the funny thing is I was able to do this one ten years ago without any hesitations…

Of flaming...

Yun pala ang feeling ng flaming sa Internet. Yun pala ang feeling ng minimura ka ng taong hindi mo kakilala. Masakit pala…

At grabe, pati Ingles ko nilait. Kaya eto nga, Tagalog na lang ang sinusulat ko. E pag nagsusulat naman ako ng mga posts ko dito sa Internet, lagi akong naka-Microsoft Word at alam ko naman na hindi ako ganun kagaling mag-Ingles at mga sentence construction. Nung elementary at high school kasi, bagsakin ako sa English, kaya ayan. Nung kahapon lamang kasi, nilaglag ko ng todo todo si Stanley Chi. Meron lamang akong hindi maintindihan. Kasi, yung title kahapon, wala akong nilagay na Stanley Chi. Tapos yung pangalan na Stanley Chi inabot na sa pampitong paragraph. So, ayun lang. Nagtataka ako at kung bakit may nag-flame bigla e samantalang safe naman yung ginawa ko.

Ay teka… hahaha. Nasa Internet nga pala ako. Ang tanga-tanga ko. So, ito na malamang ang pangalawa at huling churva ko about the guy. May gusto lang akong talakayin, yung fan or friend nya, si snowwarriorz.multiply.com . Ayan, pwede kayong sumilip sa site nya. Sumilip nga ako e. Kaso naka-private. Na tamang-tama lang kasi pag hindi ka hawak ng public (ergo, isa kang tunay na ordinaryong mamamayan lamang) e may karapatan ka sa mga bagay na yun. At parang ako, may mga kanya-kanya tayong opinion (kasi ordinaryong mamamayan ako).

Parang ako noon, nagtanong ako sa ilang mga kaibigan. Nagbalak talaga akong sumali sa Laffapalooza. Pero yung two na. Yung isa kong kaibigan tinanong ko, e napansin ko na ang babaw ng kaligayahan nun. Pero pinush pa din nya ako. Pero syempre hahanap ka ng taong hindi tinatablan ng comedy at yun ang tinanong ko, ang sabi sa kin, “Chong, mukha mo lang ang nakakatawa.”

E di ok. Hindi na ko sumali. Madali naman akong makaramdam. Syempre aabot yung point na pag-aaralan mo yung strengths and liabilities mo at the end of the day, parang naghahanap ka ng trabaho. Ganun talaga. Aalamin mo ang sarili mo. Pag alam mong sabit ka doon, malalaman mo din naman. Kasi, kunwari pag may ginawa ka tapos may event na ganun ulit… pag hinanap ka nila, e di ok ka. Pag hindi, gumising ka na. Ganun lang. So, eto na nga, eto yung sinabi ni snowwarriorz:

“I have to say, you are quite an idiot. First of all, check your english. It fucking sucks. secondly, you claim that Stanley Chi isn't funny as a stand-up comedian, well maybe you should watch him yourself instead of relying on second information which you probably heard from idiots like yourself. You think your so funny, well honestly your puns suck. Why such a personal attack on the fellow? Has he done you wrong? I don't know him personally but I've watched him before. You barely know the guy and such personal attacks. Well,can't expect much from an fucking retard like yourself. Why don't you just stick to sucking dicks? seems like that's what you're good at anyway. You're probably so fucking bitter cause you got a small dick. So fuck you motherfucker.

and to you enufnonsense, by the way you look, you look like you're bitter cause you are so fucking ugly. Lose some weight fat ass.”

In fairness, yung English nya patok din. Nag-check ako ngayon sa Microsoft Word. Ang sabit nya yung dalawang your. Pero mas naniniwala ako na tama sya dun sa isang your. Pero alam ko yung isa dapat your na you’re kasi papasok yun as ‘You think you are so funny…’ Sa tingin ko tama naman yung pagkakaintindi ko dito. Tapos sabit na din sa kaunting small letters, pero carry na yan. Baka galit sya sa mga sinusulat nya. E grabe, ako din ganun, pag galit talagang tak-tak-tak lang. Lufet…

Tapos, syempre ang basis ko na ngayon yung nilalaman ng sinulat nya. Alam mo, isa lang talaga ang pagkakamali ko. Hindi ko napapanood yung shows nya. Kaya eto, sumilip ako sa youtube. Mamaya, ipopost ko yung mga links para mapanood ng lahat at para maging fair, pero sinimulan ko na at hindi na ko dapat mag-react… ngingiti na lang ako at kakanta ng kumukuti-kutitap kasi katabi ko si Ruffa Gutierrez.

Sinabi mo din na hindi ako nakakatawa. Ay teka, tanggap ko yan. Wala akong sinabing nakakatawa ako. Mahirap kasing magsabi ng ganyan kasi parang sinabi mo na si Steven Spielberg ang nagsabi na sya ang best director ever o kaya si Stephanie Meyer ang best novelist ngayon. Isang tao lang naman talaga ang overly conceited sa States, si Kanye West. Pero pakelam ko sa kanya. Churva lang…

Sa huling pagkakaalam ko. Pag sinabi mong blog, online journal sya ng mga exhibitionists. So, in short, yung mga bloggers usually nagpapapansin lang sila (pero dahil sinabi ko to, may bago na naman akong maririnig at kaya ang dapat na sinulat ko e ako na lang ang nagpapapansin). Kilala mo ba si Ricky Gervais? Pumupunta ako sa blog nyan, puro katarantaduhan ang blog nyan. Pero, tulad ng sinabi ko, parang nagpapapansin lang sya dun kasi sobrang puro tungkol sa buhay nya yung nakasulat. Baket? Kasi ang blog ay isang lugar kung san sinasabi ng tao ang saloobin nya (parang ito). Pag ito nailagay sa Daily Tribune or sa New York Times or sa CNN or sa Daily Planet, ay sigurado yari na kasi may mga ethics na sinusunod sa isang mabisang journalism. At sa huling pagkakaalam ko, may karapatan akong sabihin ang nilalaman ng puso ko. Parang ikaw sa dami ng mura na tinamo ko. Maraming salamat sa yo. Nakakaaliw lang yung taong magmura to the max ng ganito, pero ginagawa ko din naman ito. Kasi ang sarap sabihin.

At eto, na-cut and paste ko sya. Nakakaaliw kasi yung sinulat nya:

“Well,can't expect much from an fucking retard like yourself. Why don't you just stick to sucking dicks? seems like that's what you're good at anyway. You're probably so fucking bitter cause you got a small dick. So fuck you motherfucker.”

Sa buong sinulat nyang ito, pareho kami ng kasalanan. Yung context ng probably (bwahahaha. Hindi ko pinansin yung iba.). Kasi diba, tulad ko, hindi ko din naman kilala si Stanley ng personal pero bakit ako pumapapel ng ganito, ganun ka din hindi mo ko kilala.

Isa lang ang totoo… idiot ako. Ay, alam na yata yan ng mga tao dito. Sana tinagalog mo na lang. Kasi, more on ‘kupal’ talaga ako.

Pero eto na siguro yung off na sinulat mo:

“and to you enufnonsense, by the way you look, you look like you're bitter cause you are so fucking ugly. Lose some weight fat ass.”

Alam mo, may mga taong nagrereact lang sa mga kuro-kuro ng ibang tao. Ok lang naman kung ako yung sabihan mo ng galit mo sa mundo. Pero sana hindi ka na nandamay ng ibang tao. At ang basis ng insult remarks mo e purely ass-holic. E ako nga, bumili pa nung compilation ni Stanley at nagulat lang ako at akala ko nakakatawa yung compilation e hindi naman pala. E pag ganun, diba considered public property ka na? So, malamang ibabalik ko din sa yo yung sinabi mo, kilala mo din ba si enufnonsense? E bakit ang kupal mo?

At ang problema kasi naka-private yung multiply mo, hindi tulad na min na open sa lahat, so ano ba ang tinatago mo? =)

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Sa mga nasasagap ko, may mga tao talaga na nakikita yung taong si Stan (uy, pers name basis) na hindi sya nakakatawa. Pero wala pang naglalakas loob na sabihin sa kanya yun ng personal. Hahaha. Alam ko na kung bakit. Ayun o. May mga flamers.

Waw. Parang pex na dito. Nakakatamad nang magpost.

May kinausap din nga pala akong kaibigan (friend mo ba ko? Hahaha) na ka-six degrees si Stan at sinabi nga na nakakatawa sya on a personal level. Marami namang ganun di ba?

Hahaha. Wala lang. Pero eto seryoso, kung nasaktan ka man Stanley pasensya na.

Pero stiff pa din ako dun sa sinabi ko. Nag-apologize lang ako dahil naka-hurt ako ng feelings. Pero that’s it.

At eto na ang few links from youtube na nakita ko:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL6-SFAd1c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaGkUkWz28M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohHipizktdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KGAJTi7D3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzqG25PeRqU

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…pag hindi mo pa napapanood ang Twilight.

Yan. Yan ang karugtong nung sinulat ko sa taas. =)

(at wala akong ginamit na P.I. ang saya. Ay wait, babawi naman ako… Oi snowwarriorz, pakyu ka pakyu!!! Tatlo pa… Pakyu. Pakyu. Nanay mo pakyu din. Ayan quitz na tayo.)

Of a uhm...

Funny comedians are really hard to find nowadays. If you were the comedian, it would be really hard for you if the public doesn’t like you anymore. The closest you can do is to reinvent yourself. But if you’re really funny then it’s good for you. Funny comedians are really rare.

Now, if you know that you’ve been funny or if you’re funny once in a while you’ll just end up having starry eyed listeners and you’d probably end up what a couple with unplanned pregnancy due to pre-marital sex… panic.

And in cases like this, your jokes will end up being pilit since you’ve already told yourself that being a comedian will be your blood, sweat, and tears and you’d probably end up being a beggar. You’re not funny anymore. We cannot do anything about it and you’ll probably have to use your one-liner over and over again and yeah, you suck.

I guess we are clear about that one already; those comedians in general know and feel if they are funny or not. In fact, comedians’ IQ is really high (well, most of them) since it really is hard to make people laugh. You need somekindamalupet na brain to really get every one’s funny bone and bulalo bone.

The funny thing is these intelligent comedians doesn’t even think that they are that funny. But they just try and try and if they get a positive result from the audience then that’s astig and good.

I don’t want to be an asshole here but since he claims himself to be considered a public figure then you might have heard of Stanley Chi.

Who the hell is Stanley Chi (if you are this person and if you’re reading this right now, this is an awakener for you sir)? He claims that he is a stand-up comedian and a comic artist in one.

Let’s tackle the comics first. The title is Chopstix and it is about a Chinese family and it revolves around their every day what not… and they are supposedly funny. Sadly… No. I really thought that that comic compilation is just a waste of money for me (just like some other compilations that think they are really funny but they are not, I’m not going to name that you are but you know you’re not funny. C’mon, go to the nearest bookstore and ask for you compilation, if he/she goes back with a lot of books then I guess everything is answered. Of course the factor in this is if you’ve just released your compilation.)

Then how about his stand-up routine? From what I’ve gathered he was interviewed by a GMA-7 reporter and in Jojo A’s show. And the person whom I asked regarding on what were the reactions of the interviewers, they just gave a polite ‘hehe’.

C’mon man, accept reality. Accept life. You are not funny.

Placing something inside your nose (probably a ballpen) with blood running down while dancing the monkey dance and people are actually throwing tomatoes (teka!!! Tomatos dapat… hahaha) at you then that would probably be funny.

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(hahaha. Yuck…kritiko ako bigla ngayon. Hahaha. Hindi bagay. Pero totoo naman nasayang yung binili ko sa kanya. Dinaan na lang sa pa-sign. Pero pramis talaga. Hindi sya nakakatawa. Tsaka paano sya nakakapunta sa tv? I mean ganun kalakas ang powers nya? E baka naman ang nagsasabi lang nakakatawa sya yung asawa nya. Debah? And napunta na din pala sya sa brewrats… potah. May blog sya. Babasahin ko to in the future. Sana matawa ako… nakakadepress kasi.)

Of bzzz...

So sometimes I just have to take a break from all those cult, film noir, and bubblegum movies. I need to take a break from all Oscar nominated, Oscar winner, and Oscar the grouch films.

(at eto mag-eexercise na ko. Pramis. Bibili ako ng bike sa darating na Pasko. Yung bmx syempre. Chong, bmx ang numero unong label ng mga sikat na sikat na bike. Nandyan din yung iba tulad ng Bike-ings na team sa NFL, yung pinatigas na baboy na Bike-on, tsaka yung peborit ko na gawa ng Freestyle, yung Bike-it ngayon ka lang. bwahahaha. Hang korni no…)

I am not really turning away from the television screen and the DVD player. Once in a while, I watch TV shows too. Foreign TV shows.

In line are famous and not so famous tv series…

As a horror lover, I’ve been religiously watching episodes of Masters of Horror (dalawang seasons sila. May toyo at knorr magic cubes). The first episode was really impressive. So, it was like this (uyy… I’m gonna make kwento.). There’s this girl who is kinda-tanga. She went slide slide on the road and she hit another car with no human people inside. Now, the episode works as a flashback type ala uhm… can’t think of anything that resembles a flashback eh… so, flashback enters and this girl met a guy who is a survivalist. And they went luvvy duvvy and eventually made a 100 and 1 babies.

The End.

(syempre joke lang sya…) Continuing on… the guy that this girl met taught her basic and uber advanced survival skills. The guy liked the girl because she has potentiometer err potential in what he wants her to be (he wants her to be like Darna.) Turning off the flashback, the girl then sees a big scary guy and it seems that he is a hunter of human people. He kills them by drilling a drill (duh) on the victim’s eye and sucks the blood on the eye socket using a straw (ay… wala yung eye socket at straw. Naisip ko lang kasi yung fizz drink ng mcdo e.)

Mainly, the episode gives a flashback that is helpful for the girl and the girl then uses the words of wisdom of her guy and eventually she made it through the episode by killing the monster. The best part is the plot twist. I won’t spoil this one but it involves strawberries and fondue. (hahaha.. ano daw?)

Then, I got episodes of Beavis and Butthead. But we all know who they are, right? They made a real life movie. It was entitled Good Will Hunting (and they were also in Dogma).

Dogma = A dog who doesn’t care.

Lastly, I’ve enjoyed watching this series in Jacktv. It’s entitled The Big Bang Theory. It is purely a geeky type of show. If you’re not familiar with the Doppler Effect and Stephen Hawking then I suggest that you watch One Tree Hill or Gossip Girl or Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko instead.

Honestly, I’m watching the series due to Katey Cuoco. Dang, am I not that geeky enough?

I do love the cool guy though. He’s so cool I wanna merry him.

(this is probably the third BBT I’ve made. So what bundat.)

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Yey. Rain.

Of Saturday's Conkon II.

Second part of Saturday went to Komikon 2008 (I have a question na may period sa dulo ng question instead of a question mark. Bakit ba tinawag na graphic novel ang mga compiled comics. Hindi ako nagchecheck ng wiki for this pero wala lang naguguluhan ako. Dahil ba pag sinabing comics dapat nakakatawa sya, kaya nga naging comics ang tawag sa kanya. Or na-glorify lang bigla ang mga comics kaya tinawag na graphic novel at para patulan na din sya ng mga “adult” people kasi sasabihin nila seryoso naman ang storya ng graphic novel, mabilis lang basahin kasi mabilis lang talaga.)

(pero in defense naman ng mga cartoonist, ang mga novelist at mga graphic novelist magkaiba talaga. iba lang ang genre nila. Kumbaga yung isa hindi na nya kailangang i-salaysay ang isang lugar, nakadrowing na kasi ergo hindi na hahaba ang usapan. Ayun. Wala lang. hahaha.)

Beforehand, it really sucked. I had a ton of comic compilations inside my bag. I just told myself, ‘tsong yang macho mong yan hindi mo kakayanin ang simpleng paghihirap? Kayang-kaya mo yan, tingnan mo si Frustrum umamin on national television. Kaya kayang-kaya mo yan. Go go go! Ika nga ni Rufa Mae Quinto.”

I went there to support an unfunny guy, Lyndon Gregorio (bwahahaha). You might have seen him in a show named Single where he went drunk on national television, his date during that time was Asia Agcaoili. But enough about that, let’s talk about the Kon instead.

(yung stage talaga ang nipicture-an ko dyan pero since yung babae nagpose na parang engot. Panalo na din. Pwede kong isali to sa FHM!)

I won’t say much this time, I’ll just post a few pictures and put some unfunny (since ito yung theme ko for this day) write-ups.

And some apologies on why the pictures are dark, the batt went one bar and I wasn’t able to bring any extra batts. (butt lang meron…)

(that’s… uhm… I forgot his name... It's Budjette Tan! Signing copies of my Trese graphic novels. Hindi ko pa sya nababasa pero sabi nila astig daw. So, I opted to buy it. Ang sarap gumastos sa kon. Syet. Maganda yung trese… nabasa ko na.)

(that’s Carlo Vergara of the Zsa Zsa Zaturrnah fame. Pina-sign ko yung dinala kong copy. Ang kulet nga nung tanong ko, bading ba si Carlo Vergara? Sabi na lang sa kin, e san ba nya nakuha yung idea para kay Zsa Zsa? Oo nga naman.)

(yan naman si Manix Abrera, anak ni Jess Abrera ng PDI. T-shirt ko yung sina-sign nya tapos sa ilalim nun yung mga Kiko Machine compilations. Nalimutan kong dalin yung Kiko Machine album. Bad trip. Pogi yan, pramis.)

(ayan si Pol Medina. Hindi ko copies yung sina-sign-an nya. Hindi ko kasi dala yung camera ko nung nagpa-sign ako dahil madami pa kong pina-sign. Yun ang nagpabigat sa bag ko. Astig daw ako kasi buhay pa yung pugad baboy 4 ko. Hahaha. Circa 1994.)

(at yung ini-interview na lalaki si Lyndon yan. Kasama nya yung dyowa nyang si Lei. Nung natapos nga yung kon may lumapit na… ay wait… bastos na ang usapan naming nito. Wag na lang… hahaha. Pambata nga pala dapat ang mga usapan.)

(yung babaeng nakadila na yan. Beerkadet yan. Si Jinky Laurel yan, yung si Sasha ng My Girl. Odiba, may artista kaming kasama. Pero astig yan, nakatapak sa lupa yung mga paa nyan. Nanakawan kasi yan ng sapatos e. =)

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The compilations were just heavy. I still love the Kiko Machine shirt. Thanks to the Beerkadets and Artists Den and to all the people whom I know and met in the Kon. Especially Stanley Chi (i’ll post something about him in a different entry. This is quite an interesting guy.)

And to all the weird people in the Kon, thank you for lighting my eyes up despite the rain and the heavy bag on my back.

(pero bad trip pa din. Naubusan ako ng battery.)

Of Saturday's Conkon I.

I did my usual planned sick leave since I spent all my fifteen vacation leaves this year already (in my defense, most of it was used as they were really needed… siriusly. Uy, HP reference na kaagad.) It wasn’t really usual since I do sick leaves when I really don’t want to go to the office (I’m spoiled e…)

First half went to Php (or Philippine Peso for short, we also call it Hogwarts Philippines sometimes, pero sometimes lang a. Hogwarts Philippines. Ayan, hindi na sya sometimes. Hindi na pwedeng theme song yung kanta ni Briefney Sfeers.)

Our beloved DADAfrofessor (DADA is not really Defense Against the Dark Arts, it actually means madaldal or dada ng dada… hahaha. May magagalit. Whoo) Frances Sangil (grabe, alam nyo bang naging teacher to nung ka-block ko nung college? Hahaha. Yari na ko… whoo) invited some of the PHP members to a convention (wait… convention nga ba or symposium or gathering or brotherhood or fraternity… ano nga ulit yung tamang term?) entitled uhm… I forgot the title but it has something to do with a time turner (kapatid ni tina).

Just early in the morning, a-hole-ing is kicking in.

That girl holding the ‘HOGWARTS DLSU’ sign has been holding it up for minutes already. Isn’t it nice if you’re being Vip-ish early in the morning? (to the ladies who’d probably reading this, I’m sorry… Hahaha. I’m just plain bad) It ended when one of ours arrived and went to that table and informed that we’re here already. In our defense, there weren’t any Hogwarts Dlsu from what I remember. There’s Hogwarts Philippines and Dadaf’s Rowling class (hahaha. Hang taray.)

Convention started and first came Cherie’s paper presented in a U.S. convention (I swear I wasn’t listening, I do hope there’s someone here who can correct or clarify this one).

And ok… here goes… if you’re not a law student or a lawyer and / or not an HP fan-atic then you’d probably tell yourself ‘where the hell am I?’ IMHO, the paper won’t appeal for every one. (pero diba, if you read the book kahit papano interesting pa din yun? At tulad nga nung sabi ng kasama ko, ni hindi man lang sila nag-init. Well, in the end naman, you’ll still say na it was quite understandable pero I do think na nagpunta sila kasi required. That is a big boo for them).

(ang blurry, me sorry)

And one factor that it didn’t make a big hit is due to Cherie’s absence (ay grabe, ganyan ka na ba talaga ka-all high and mighty? Sabi mo pupunta ka pero hindi ka sumipot. Hindi na ba kami worthy na makita man lang ang presence mo? Bwahahahahahaha).

Next was Edwin’s talk on the different costume designs (tama ba?) in the HP movies. This time the crowd went wild err… the students livened up a little. (it was different this time. Nung pinakita ni Edwin yung mga first slides. Arudyosko, may mga fangirls bigla sa likod ko and eto tuloy yung nagbigay wonder sa kin na, ‘mga iha, nag-enroll ba talaga kayo dahil sa class or dahil fangirls lang talaga kayo. There’s nothing wrong with being a fangirl pero basta… there is.)

(so natapos yung talk, ganun pa din. Lively sila sa panghuhula sa mga pinahuhula sa kanila. Hahaha.)

After that we had an open forum. They asked us about PHP stuff and yeah, there weren’t any hardcore questions for us (in short, it felt like they were bored. Or they didn’t know what to ask or such. Or they simply didn’t care.) There wasn’t anyone in that room that stood out (in this case, yung bagong batch ng Rowling ang nire-refer ko. Since may mga hardcore na past students si Dadaf, sila na talaga yung mga sumagot nung ibang mga questions at naging design kami. Bwahahaha. Cute naman kami a.)

From what I heard, one of the PHP members commented that the convention might suck because the class might get bored and what happened was they defended themselves… and such and such… they shouldn’t have defended...

Though at the end of open forum they started to really raise hands (in short, sa huli nag-init).

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Despite some small quirks, I still enjoyed the convention. Thanks Dadaf for the invite and the whole HP family for the company and to Bjie who is really game with all our hirits. So, here’s a tribute for the fifth house (should I post the picture? Hahaha.)

And I’m sorry-ish on why I wasn’t able to go with you guys in the afternoon. That was planned months ago. There’s still Needle the Nard and EOTF.

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(at marami siguro ang nagtataka on why we are doing what we are doing. I mean, sasabihin nyo pa din naman in the end na ang HP pambata. Kasi bata yung bida. Naka-costume kayo, pambata pa din yan. Pero kanya-kanyang trip lang yan sa buhay diba. We do what we want to do. There are adults out there na matatawa kayo sa mga hobbies nila pero siguro may isa lang kayong nalilimutan sa lahat ng ito. Respect to a person’s likes or dislikes. Sige nga, when I say na hardcore fan ako ni Stephen King wala din naman kayong marereact diba? Ayun, different genres lang sya. Hindi na uso ngayon ang age sa mga bagay bagay. Yuck… hang drama. O dede ka na…)

(sensya na kung masungit ang post. inaantok na kow...)

Of love lost and found.

It is really hard to lose someone. It is as if you lost one part of your life. It is as if you thought it was all good until you experience the very last of it. You won’t be able to do anything about it if ever that happens. You could just say… This is it.

Unfair as it may seem but it happens every time. Most of you could have experienced this one way or another. I just experienced it recently. It may not be that of a big factor in my life but I can still say that it has affected me one way or another.

Imagine the sleepless nights that I’m with you. Even if the reason is not valid, it’s fine. Even if you’re leaving me with unknown and not so unknown reasons, it’s fine. Even if there is something else and I just had to back down, it’s fine.

Here’s a little tribute that I can only give to you. Hey babes, through all the good times and bad times we’ve been, I can say that those are lasting and I do hope you won’t forget me wherever you go.

Farewell to you my friend. We’ll see each other again. Don’t cry cause it’s not the end of everything. I may be miles away. But here is where my heart will stay with you... my friend with you.

And there’s something more I want to tell you…

Before I let you go I want to say I love you. I hope that you’re listenin’ ‘coz it’s true baby. You’ll be forever in my heart and I know that no one else will do. So, before I let you go I want to say I love you.

This is probably the right time that I have to do this. I don’t count anything but I’ve probably spent thousands already… because you make my life complete… because I’m always looking for you amidst the problems that I had in my life.

I know saying goodbye suck but this is the very right time to do it.

It doesn’t hurt anymore. I’m so sorry if I found my new love. You may find me an a-hole but I do hope you understand. Relationships grow but you can’t follow my lead anymore. I know you’ll always be there for me though I’m not sure you’ll always be there forever. But I do hope you understand that I’m happy with the new life I’m having right now.

So, ms. Dial-up modem and a dozen or so internet cards. Goodbye.

Hello to my new friend, Pldtdsl.

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Yeah. It is pathetic. I know. World Health Organization cares.

Of something stoney hard should hit the important muscle.

Why are we watching what we are watching?

There are a lot of reasons why we watch a television show or a movie. Sometimes, it all pertains to the actor or the genre. (kasi si ganito or si ano yung artista or ewan) Even if that show or movie is in its suckiness extreme. (yung tipong dalawampu lang kayong nanonood sa sine sa second day of opening at tipong Friday night kayo nanood. Hello Spice World?)

As mentioned, probably from one of my previous posts. I watch The Big Bang Theory not just for the fun in their geeky nature but with their female protagonist, Katey Cuoco.

I watch Eat Bulaga when I see those wacky normal Filipinos get wild during the Sa Pula Sa Puti round. It is really funny if you see people jump around and taunt the other team, even if they lost that last round.

I watch WWE whenever I see the Great Khali in the ring. (sino si Great Khali, ang alam ko, kung napanood nyo yung The Longest Yard ni Adam Sandler at merong higante dun na hindi nag-iingles at humirit ng ‘I could’ve killed you’ or something in that sense e sya yun. Wrestler po sya, like most of the actors in that film.) It is really fun whenever the kiss cam erects from your tv screen. They get these “random” women in the audience and this big guy kisses the woman. The catch is that the woman is usually, unfathomable to the eye. It’s like making fun of ugly people without being obvious.

I watch TMZ because I want to know if these celebrities are still human and amused by the fact that every single thing can still be joked upon.

I watch Jeopardy and Game knb because trivia is wub. Obviously.

I watch The Mythbusters because these two buys really rock. Even the girl in that show is astig for me even if she’s not that desirable looking. And you can really learn things like if you shot nails out of a cannon, you’ll know that the target will get some damage he’ll never forget.

I always watch Tim Tayag’s On Foot whenever I catch it. The guy is funny (except for that episode in Sagada with another guy, man… they sucked in that episode). And I really wub watching the different sights and scenery in our country.

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Of course, there are a dozen other shows that I watch but I’m just really too lazy to right them down right now. Here’s a text message I got instead:

Cellphone number: +639279936011

Text says: C kuya mo i2,plodan muna 2 ng 150,nwala kc ang cp at wallet q,ta2wgan q lng ang nkpulot bka skaling maiblik skin my mhlaga kc s wallet ko.

à I’m assuming an asshole card?

(natatakot tuloy ako. May kuya pala ako…)

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(at paulit-ulit-ulit-ulit na ang sinusulat ko. Parang life. Parang ang sarap umiyak... uy emo... hahaha. yun lang.)

Of nohhh.

If you’ve read the recent Philippine Star news regarding ‘Himala deserves Best Asian Film of All Time Award’, then you’d probably read it and hooray for you. Here’s a star and you can post in the star bulletin board. *showers you with home-made confetti out of old tabloid newspapers used as pambalot for tinapa*

Seriously, CNN did this one and I did some minor research in the Internet and found one related to this. The Asian entries were there but there were no winner. It just stated the best movies per country in Asia. And the Philippines is ignored despite our colorful cinema (probably the sure hardcore countries that out-bests us are India and China) and honestly, we can beat movies made by Asian and not-so-Asian countries (oh wait, we’ve been there already, hahaha. Stupid me.)

Now, as much as possible, I don’t want to have a ‘mental colony’ life (basta yung mga gawang Pinoy, laging panalo). I always believe that Filipinos (and not only us but the whole Eastern region) can be at par or even better with its Western counterparts. BUT I just don’t get it when Himala was chosen by CNN.

If you check the article, it says that Himala beat some of these movies. There’s Seven Samurai from Japan, Oldboy from Sokor, and Infernal Affairs from Hk/China. As a fan of Seven Samurai, I would really say that SS can beat Himala anytime (ang talo lang talaga ng SS yung bagal ng pacing nya, pero feat pa din yun nung time na yun. Marami na kong napanood na Kurosawa films kasi.)

(sabi nga ng nanay ko, she didn’t like Himala. Two things, Nora Aunor and Imee Marcos. And isn’t it funny na ganito yung movie. About deceit. IMHO, just what Imelda did… pero politics na to-its… tinatamad akong makipagtalastasan. Oh, and Sharonian si ermats e and vilmanian din daw sya. sabi nya. ako Pokwanian.)

Sadly though, I have no right to say these things. I haven’t seen any Lino Brocka or Ishmael Bernal in whole (I’m aching to see films made by us Pinoys. Buti pa si Quentin. Powtah, big deal yung mga movies na basis nya ang Pinoy cinema a. Cult films rule.). And I would probably say, ‘any Mike De Leon film na lang sana ang nasama dun sa best films’ (sidenote: if De Leon did see A Clockwork Orange then tanggal na dapat yung Batch ’81. Chet, puro contradiction na ko todits a.)

Despite my bad reaction and the known-fact with Pinoys’ ability to vote online I’m still proud with the article (hahaha… alam nyo bang kawawa ang CNN sa mga ganito. Hindi daw kasi hardcore film critics ang mga tao sa CNN kaya ang lame daw ng pagpili nila ng movies). Seeing a Pinoy film on top is still a proud moment… seriously.

And the MMFF is surely near. I do hope we Pinoys watch these films come December. We’re getting impressive movies lately (even that Lapid film or that Katas ng Saudi… err don’t watch the Katas ng Saudi. Yung Lapid film na lang, ang lufet sa effects e.) Expect me to watch the latest Escalera brothers film (don’t you miss Iskul Bukol?)

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(dahil nakatutok lang ako sa mga movies ngayon, you’d probably see a lot of movie entries.)

And I do hope we get to build that Pinoy film library. Calling Sampaguita, LVN, and independents? I do hope we’re concerned with our culture…

(hindi ko pa napapanood ang Itim!!!! Dun ginawa yan sa tapat ng bahay namin sa Bulacan! Wahhhh!!!!)

Of something pro-twilight.

I was able to finish the first four books of Twilight and in all honesty, I liked the middle part of the fourth book. I enjoyed it in all my sense or way or whatever this means (I don’t get myself most of the time.)

Ok. Spoilers are probably expected here, so I guess… well you know the drill.

I’ve been telling myself all along that I really should’ve been doing nothing lately. I went to read all four books and an extensive part of posting entries reacting to some of the saga’s salvo.

(commercial break: nakakasawa pala talaga tong boses ni Miley Cyrus. I listening to her album right now, yung may 7 things. Ewan. Nakakainis na ewan. I bet her bf would just say, ‘hey, would you just kiss me the whole day?’ Hehehehe… and I’d rather listen to Fran Drescher’s voice instead of this little girl’s.)

So, here’s what I liked about the book, the inter-twine-ing of Jacob in Bella’s life. Stupid and incredulous as it may seem but c’mon, were you even ever expecting that this will be the premise of Jacob in Bella’s life? Of course not.

A readily adored Twilight reader might say that this is the stupidest thing they heard of. Imprinting the daughter of Bella and all but isn’t it really stupid right at the start? Where a living human being wanted to be a vampire. Simple logic says that nature shouldn’t be overtaken ergo humans die. Just like animals and plants and the love between Karylle and Dingdong.

Now, here’s the what-went-wrong part. If you would read the first three books, you would’ve gotten the love bite of Bella and Edward. You could’ve felt the kilig moments and the ‘ang tanga tanga’ moments. And obviously, you’d still be expecting these kinds of moments in the fourth book. Apparently, it was not the case. It was a case of near X-men versus the brotherhood of evil mutants (as expressed by the person who owns the BD that I borrowed… and BD is not Benereal Disease. FYI)

Sadly though, I got sad with the last part. Nobody really died. I mean there was no war at all. No death (uy may magrereact. Pero kasalanan nya yun. Boba kasi sya. Bobba!!!) No climactic scenes such as Edward saving Bella or Kate saving Garrett (yihee… yan ang official love team ko sa Twilight). It was as if the author played it safe and maybe I was bitin with the almost every one dies ala Rowling expose.

In the end, the saga was leading on the story for children part rather than being mature. And that’s it. I can’t say more. Probably when there’s a new Twilight book with the words ‘NESSIE’ inscribed at the first page and telling her crap story.

And another semi-immortal being born, a one-fourth vampire, one-fourth human, and a halved shapeshifting non-children of the moon werewolf.

Well, I think you got my point na…

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(syet. Yun lang.)

(ang hirap talaga siguro para sa isang writer ang magbigay ng good ending para sa kanyang story. Sabi nga ng hardcore na kasabihan “damn if you do, damn if you don’t”

pero ganun talaga. Kaya nga walang masyadong magandang movies ngayon kasi hindi na sila makaisip na malupet na ending. Kahit ano pa ang sabihin ng iba na the movie rocked at the beginning, dadalin pa din yan ng ending no matter how much crappy yung mga artista.)

(sige nga… pag pumunta ka sa sinehan ng patapos na yung movie. Ano ang makikita mo? Ending diba? Ano ang gagawin mo? Alangan naman magmukmok ka sa labas ng sinehan. You might as well watch it. at feeling ko walang point to... hahaha)

(syet-syet. Namiss ko yung emo ni bella. Nakakainis. Buti na lang sasagipin ako ng Stardust. Bwahahaha.)

Of boo...

I just love buying dvd’s. Whenever I’m lonely I buy this crap. The only advantage o it is that it won’t create any fires in the house (as opposed to my comic and magazine days). If girls have a habit of shopping for any girl stuff then this is my guy stuff. I know it’s pathetic (walang pakialamanan, kanya-kanyang trip lang yan sa buhay. Sabi nyan nung kaofficemate na bumili ng cellphone kasi nasira nya yung isa nyang cellphone na binili ngayon taon. And as if you’re not interested with what I’m saying. Sapakan na lang.)

Now, these dvd “sellers” are just like your ordinary “seller”. Their job requires an additional skill that is good memory (as guys are really fond of eating peanuts… err… that’s my last sleazy hirit for today.)

You can always ask the latest series or movies from them. Ranging from Korean movies to really bad, stinking movies such as the fourth installment of Indiana Jones (I’m still hurting here.) BUT if you asked them surprise titles like, ‘meron po ba kayo nung Ang Pasador ni Inday or Scorpio Nights 3: Ang Paghinga lang ang Pahinga’ then they might do an abrupt ‘errr’ and probably tell you, ‘sa Quiapo po ang mga Tagalog’ (and I thought you're finished with your sleazy business?)

And there’s a hush-hush regarding Tagalog and porn titles where they are only sold in certain areas in Manila (at tama naman yun. Kawawa na ang Pinoy cinema and we don’t have any places for porn. Hahaha. Ang mag-react kuto ni Mahal.)

I remember during college that these porn sellers are really everywhere in Quiapo. (As in, dyosko, buti may kosensya pa kayo.) I mean standard porn is understandably understandable but with the genres that they provide such as man-to-man, bestiality (man and animal), and herbiviolity (man and plant, ooohhh… I just made this up… hahaha) is just plain sick… err… all porn are sick (uyyy… ang mag-react talaga pimple ni Madam Auring.)

Bootleg (I really don’t prefer calling them pirated) films can’t really be stopped. I once spotted an article in Imdb that ‘pirated sites’ (those sites that provide torrent files) can easily beat the running blockbuster for the week. (so, is it possible in the future that they can provide us with ESP’ed movies like the 40^th Bond film in 2010? Abangan… though I didn't really understand what i'm trying to say here.)

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So, there are different types of dvd ‘sellers’ (actually, pare-pareho lang naman ang mga nagbebenta… pero keber na din naman debah.)

The Superstitious – Once you pay them, they usually will make-pagpag the money over their goods. It’s like pampabuenas for them; I swear if they can create money shaped as fans, they’d probably use it over and over.

Mr./Ms. Congeniality – You’ll instantly feel that you knew them from some far far galaxy. You’ll really feel welcome that you just have to buy something from their goods (or else mahihiya ka talaga.) Once they get promoted, you’d probably see them in Megamall (yung mga humaharang sa inyo sa daan, credit card or pre-needs anyone?)

The Hunter – You ask for a title, they’ll look for it in their existing goods. If they can’t find it they’ll disapparate for a few minutes and apparate again with the title that you’re looking for. And they didn’t even study O.W.L.s for that one.

Mr./Ms. Patintero – They are the over-acting Mr./Ms. Congeniality. You have to talk to them since they won’t stop their pester powers in buying their goods even if you’ve seen the movie already. For me, I always say, ‘napanood ko na yan.’… and they’ll let me go… just like a redundant employee.

Change-the-what? – It is ten in the morning and you’re the first person to buy from them. You have 500 bucks and you only need to buy one title, probably a 50-peso dvd. Once they see your money, they’ll say, ‘Pili pa po kayo, Buena mano e.’ And you just can’t tell them the usual things you say in a department store. Crap…

The Schemer – I hate this type of person. You’ll say, ‘Hey, I need this… I need that.’ And you’ll see the cover of the titles so you’d assume that that is the movie that you bought. You go home and start to watch that movie. You know you’re going to watch Daniel Craig and instead see Lindsay Lohan with her stellar performance in I Know Who Killed Me. And the funny thing is you bought that from the place you know it will take effort so you decide to keep the DVD instead.

The Minor-schemer – I forgot the Latin term for this but once you buy something and it’s working, it is considered sold as long as it’s not fencing (oo, yung sport ni Richard Gomez). So, you asked for that latest High School Musical or Twilight movie and ask, ‘Dvd copy na po ba to?’ They’ll probably answer ‘Blu-ray na po yan. Ayan po o. Nasa cover.’ Since you’re an idiot, you go home and watch the movie. Oh yes, that’s the movie you bought but you weren’t expecting inserts of heads of people who’re watching in the theater. (at least may special features yung nabili mo.)

Porn-star – They’ve come scarce. And who cares. Right?

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The dvd channel… boo.