last week's agenda

*geneve, sophie, jack, me, and michie*


last tuesday's (09-19-06) experience...

went to the supermarket to run some errands... and yes, i was alone... was waiting for achi since her class just ended and the car went to admu to fetch her. so there, i was breezing through the aisles with my grocery list when a tall guy and his sister's (i assume) cart blocked my way. they pulled back and let me pass. inheriting the filipino attritube of being polite, i smiled and said thanks. weird thing was his sister was making the typical "yiii...." teases. go figure. i didn't mind them and went to the next aisle. that's when the sister ran up to me, celphone in hand, and asked, "ate, pwede po bang makuha number niyo?" when i looked behind, i saw the guy hiding behind the shelves... oookaaaay.... i don't wanna be mean, but the guy was... uh.... he looked... uh.... you get the point.

just so you know, i didn't give them my number. i was flattered, yeah.. but no way was i gonna give someone completely unknown to me my number. hee hee :D well, that was one heck of an experience. :)

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i just go on the LRT when the buzzer sounded. the doors were about to close. there was an old lady waving her hands, asking the conductor not to close the doors yet. she wanted to get on the train. the doors closed. but opened again when a guy in a blue barong (part of the LRT personnel, i think) asked the conductor to wait. the guy in blue barong went to the lola and helped her to her seat. it gave me a sense of pride to know that there are still people like the guy in the blue barong here in the philippines.

and it made me think of the other countries. in japan, the vehicles arrived and departed on time. they gave no exceptions. same in hongkong and the states. what if the same situation had happened there? an old lady wanting to get on the train but having difficulties walking. it was obvious that she was trying her best to walk faster. would the trains abroad wait for the lola to get on? or would they go on with their timed schedules? or maybe they'd ask the lola to wait for the next train, knowing that it wasn't that far away? i don't know. the situation just got me thinking. but i was proud to have witnessed that moment. i don't know if anyone else in that train saw what happened. i'm just glad i did. :D

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thursday (09-21-06)

went to u.p. diliman to witness one of my friend's shining moments. the film in which sophie starred in was one of the six 20-minute films that were under takilyang peyups. she acted as the main character of the film "now hiring." as i was watching the film showing at the aldaba hall, i felt proud of my beshie. we've known each other ever since elementary and she's been one of my best friends since then. it was nice to see her on screen and do her thing. it just felt great that she invited me to watch her film screening. she really has become a star in her own way. :) plus, met some of her friends... they were just like her - makulit, charming, funny, and cool to be with. no wonder sophie gets along with them. :) once again, kudos to sophie... for making her break as an actress :) she deserves every compliment said and the admiration given, esp. with the work she put in. i can't help but think how much she has matured - from her looks (she's become prettier now, esp. with her rosy cheeks and new hairstyle) to her way of talking. a lot has changed since she entered u.p., but i know that she'll forever be the beshie i know and shared stories with back in elementary and high school. :)

the six films were:

1. deadline - a group of friends are pressured with the deadline of their project that is due in a few days. they gather in the condo of raymond to work, but at the same time a famous actress is murdered in the same building they're staying in. they soon find stuff in the condo that aren't supposed to be there and happenings that aren't supposed to take place. is the murder connected to one of the group members? or is it just coincidence? will they get to finish their project on time? are they up to what's going to happen as they rush themselves to reach their deadline?

2. you had me at hello - a musical that involves the lives of five people who are working as call center agents. the story revolves around how the strong the bond is with these five friends when problems arise.

3. edi po... - a story about a mama's boy who is obsessed with his newfound experience - intercourse with a certain someone. he finds it hard to concentrate with his studies and finds malice in words his friends say. at the same time, he deals with the hurt and hatred he feels toward his father. he remembers what his father said, "bantayan mo nanay mo ah. alagaan mo siya." and he has kept his promise ever since. dealing a lot with emotions, this film's title was derived from oedipus. you get the point?

4. abot tanaw - typical love story. a guy who falls in love with the girl his fiancee hates. it happened when the fiancee locked the girl in the trunk of her car. so happens that they guy used the fiancee's car and found the girl inside. their story blooms from there. the funny thing about this film is that they used a lot of cliches and the famous one-liners from different movies. comedic in its own way, you'd find yourself in a mix of emotions - sorrow, happiness, laughter, etc.

5. now hiring - zai just turned twenty and her parents give her a gift - resumes of legitimate guys she can call her boyfriend. bewidered with what her parents did, she meets ton and hires him to be her boyfriend. ton is a middle classed person and finds it hard to match zai's upper class upbringing. will ton and zai figure a way to work things out? will love really conquer all? a fun romantic comedy, this film will bring tears and laughter to the audience.

6. quiet dinners - a photographer is taking photos of a company and so happens the manager of the company was in one of them. the photographer's boss likes what he sees and asks the photographer to take pics of the company with the manager in it. the manager, a girl, seems the intimidating type and snobs the photographer off. how will the photographer get snapshots of the girl, which he falls in love with in the end? how will he get her attention and get her to agree? and the most challenging of all, how will the photographer get to talk to the girl with him being deaf mute?

pictures and plays

*jax, me, hana, and joey - models kuno during rox's fotogra class last term*

yesterday (09-18-06) -- i got to see the first batch of pictures i had taken with a NIKON FM3 camera... :) first time to actually see my output with a manual SLR... believe it or not, i tore the film the first time i used an SLR camera... hee hee... :D i was supposed to rewind the film, problem was i forgot to press the rewind/release button beneath the SLR camera... so, there... i tore the film.

anyway, though some pictures were, ummm, weird and blurred, i'm proud to say that there were a few shots i really liked :P hehehe :) there was this one particular shot that hannah kept laughing at.. :) it was a shot with arnie, hannah, and rug aiming their cameras at a flower; they were just standing in different angles. i would've liked the shot if it weren't that blurred... hehe :) hannah kept laughing, saying that i focused on the leaves that were on the extreme right side of the picture and everything else in the picture was blurred... :) hee hee :P

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watched two plays last weekend... shock value and godot, wer is u? both plays were quite nice.. :)

shock value was staged in U.P. Wilfrido-Guerrero Theater. it was about life behind the cameras, behind the scenes. how a successful producer dealt with the issues when he was caught red-handed as he was having sex with a TV host. it showed the things actors and actresses would do and sacrifice for their careers. it was a comedy... fun, intriguing, and eye-catching. the production was brought out in a variety show kind of way. full of dances like our afternoon ASAP or SOP shows. :) there was also a chika portion, mocking the chika-minute program or the fact that CHIKA was actually put along the stream of serious news reportings. imagine this: mount mayon is on the verge of errupting and the village people near there are asked to evacuate the location. // isang boldstar, virgin pa daw?! ... you get what i mean? ironically, people actually wanna know more about the boldstar issue than that of mayon. weird.

godot, wer is u? with this play, you have to have the ear and the patience to listen. staged at the ccp-tanghalang huseng batute, this play was all-talk. based from a script/novel by samuel beckett, there were two people who did everything and talked about anything they could think of while waiting for godot. personally, i'd think godot was meant to represent death in the production. i liked this production for the fact that it dealt with a lot of symbolisms and poetry. "hinihintay natin si godot!" was repeated in a singsong manner that it got stuck to my head after the play. :) one of the one-liners i really loved was the one said by potsu: waaa! bulag na ako... nung nagising ako kanina, mas blind pa ako sa love!" :D hee hee hee :) it was a comedy... but as i've said, you have to listen to the dialogue to enjoy the whole thing. for me, i didn't notice it... but the time i really appreciated the production was when i was analyzing about it. it's simply beautiful... a lot of hidden meanings, symbolisms, poetic verses, etc. simply put, it was WOW. :) hehehe :)

week... :)

*an ambigram from hannah's cap :)*


i had my fifth and last driving lesson today... drove up to commonwealth, quezon circle, quezon avenue, and EDSA already... was pretty cool :) hehehe :) kuya terry was all smiles and i praise him for his patience when it comes to dealing with my impeccable style of driving :) hahahaha :)

first day of driving... i drove from malabon to dagat dagatan to navotas... and believe it or not, i passed an accident... yes, there was a dead body involved. didn't get to see the accident scene since kuya terry blocked my view and told me to keep my eyes on the road. i only had a glimpse of a broken bicycle; it was later on that i found out that it was an accident between the said bicycle and a motorcycle. love, our helper who was seated at the backseat, gave me the details as we walked home from the school. there was a pool of blood and the man was dead with a capital D.

the succeeding days went by swiftly... i learned how to do a 3 point turn and a 2 point turn... plus, i was taught how to parallel park though i still haven't gotten the hang of it... hehe :) it was my third day that i was allowed to drive to EDSA... cool.... hahaha :)

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watched monster house with shobe last saturday... :) cute story and plot... though a kiddie movie, i have to admit that there were some parts that kept me on my toes :) hee hee... it was pretty cool to see an animated horror movie... :) having the horror genre, it attracted people of all ages... :) and, of course, the animation was even more splendid since i had my white cheddar chimara popcorn and iced tea with me :) hahaha :) yum!

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my tummy hurt again yesterday... after how many months of watching what i eat, my tummy betrayed me. partly my fault since i was a glutton for iced tea for the past week... plus the fact that the booth of NYFD entered the campus ground. who could resist the lure of fries???? but everything went well again as soon as i got home... least my tummy didn't hurt as much as it did when i was still in high school... hehehe :) thank God for that. oh well, better watch the food i eat once again. but nothing's gonna keep me away from New York Fries and Nacho King and Sno Cones and the Belgian Chocolate stalls that are set up inside the campus until next friday. *drooling* hahaha :)

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need to heighten things up as a literary staffer... the number of write-ups i need to edit keep on accumulating each day... the number has already reached a minimum of 135 write-ups... hahaha :) good luck to me! :) hahaha :)

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boy: d na matutuloy kasal natin.
girl: bakit?!
boy: dad mo kasi...
girl: hindi noh! gusto ka naman ng dad ko eh.

boy: yun nga eh...... gusto ko rin siya.....