big dawg

http://www.facebook.com/pages/B-I-G-D-A-W-G-S-Bar-Services/122507867803601?sk=photos

looking for a bar service for ur party, big dawg is the perfect choice. text me if you wanna inquire. facebook link is posted above.

big dawg also has a bar and resto at la jardin pasonanca. great food and cheap booze.

top 5 hottest local celebrities 2011

every year i come up with this list. i'm a lazy writer so let me get straight to the point. my list for 2011...

1) anne curtis - today's it girl
2) nina jose - i've predicted this years ago
3) kim chiu - looks like she gained that much needed pounds. binondo girl is now a certified hottie!
4) maja salvador - she's tops everyone on this list when she dances
5) ellen adarna - the survivor gig will make her a star


past winners. for your reference. haha.

2010
1) georgina wilson
2) cristine reyes
3) lovi poe
4) angelica panganiban
5) angel locsin

2009
1) heart evangelista
2) bianca king
3) anne curtis
4) rhian ramos
5) shaina magdayao

my zamboanga checklist 2011

slq lechon manok. myrna's bakeshop cakes. andy's satti. carmela's buko pie. zamboanga's underrated lechon. flavorite special palabok and cheeseburger. antonio's buko pie.

my conservative estimate. at least 5 lbs in 11 days.

golf etiquette

useful link for myself and golf aficionados.

http://golf.about.com/cs/beginnersguide/a/golfetiquette.htm

gentleman's game huh? too many rules. haha.

second time in zambo golf

my best game so far. i was 25 over in a 9 hole game. one bogey and four doubles. i still suck big time but i'm happy with my game.

score - +4, 2, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 2, 2

can't wait for tomorrow. i hope i can beat today's over 25.

second time in eaab

we were supposed to start at 1pm but since we were still in lazy mode (it's a day after christmas!), we started at 330pm. i think i improved a lot. i scored two bogeys and two doubles in a 10 hole game (+3,3,5,6,3,1,4,2,2,1). 30 over par. i'm better but i still suck. haha.

first time at zambo golf

forgettable golf game. i only scored three doubles on a 15 hole game. probably in two instances, i was 8 over. haha. we'll play again tomorrow. i think i'm addicted.

zambo golf is twice or even thrice more difficult than eaab. but it's a lot more fun.

Vinyl + Splash: The Ultimate Collectible and Comic Convention

http://www.spot.ph/event/48801/vinyl--splash-the-ultimate-collectible-and-comic-convention

something to do this weekend. see you this saturday at 5/F of fully booked bonifacio high street in taguig city. bring some cash, you might find good deals.

first time at eaab

i haven't played golf in a long time. but my first time at eaab was not bad at all. i scored 2 bogeys and 2 doubles for a 9 hole game. not bad at all. i will play again on monday... but most probably at zambo golf calarian.

rexona cup 2011

i'm not playing (since i'm not fit enough, haha) but i'll be supporting the ateneo alumni team in the open division.

catch the rexona cup 2011, a seven-a-side football tourney at the grandstand on the 29th and 30th of december.

six quick golf tips

note to self.

1) preparation is key
take note of proper posture, stance, and grip

2) eyes on the ball
always keep the ball in sight when hitting

3) don't rush the back swing

4) hit the ball first before twisting the hips

5) pronate
always pronate to avoid slicing the ball

6) follow through
always complete the shot with proper follow through


i think i'm all set! my first trip to the driving range in months!

rexona cup 2011

the rexona cup 2011 is on december 29 - 30 at the grandstand. if ur in zamboanga around this time and want to play football... let me know. i think there are still some slots open.

too bad i'm not joining. i don't think i'm fit enough. maybe next year.

status magazine yard sale 2011

looking for good deals? drop by status magazine's yard sale this saturday at fiamma (10am onwards). entrance fee is 100 bucks. proceeds will go to a good cause.

happy holidays!

clearance sale on oakley, reef & surfer girl!

early christmas shopping anyone?
brace yourselves for oakley, reef and surfer girl’s clearance sale this weekend!

what: oakley clearance christmas sale 2011
when: 15 -17 december 2011
where: oakley Office, 8062 JASRA building, estrella corner st. paul road, san antonio village, makati city

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just in case ur looking for a new pair of oakley shades. i will also drop by this weekend.

azkals vs la galaxy

http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticle.aspx?articleid=754575&publicationsubcategoryid=69

we have a wedding to attend to... so most probably we will just do a disappearing act and watch it in the nearby lantaka hotel. haha.

my guess it will be 4 - 1 in favor of la galaxy. i don't have much faith in our keeper. too bad muller and etheridge can't make it.

15 years!

see you batchmates this weekend. i'm flying tomorrow morning. i can't believe that it has been 15 years. we have to admit it. we are OLD!

looking forward to a weekend of drinking! haha.

mabuhay ang ateneo hs batch 96!

christmas shopping bazaar guide

http://www.spot.ph/shopping/49840/30-days-before-christmas-updated-spotph-bazaar-guide-2011--downloadable-lists

check out the link above for bazaar schedules. i recommended the noel discovery bazaar and the world bazaar (december habit). shop early to avoid the rush.

happy bday to me!

dear friends... see you later at luna bar, wilson street around 9pm. it's my 23rd bday! haha.

let me get you drunk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsYJyVEUaC4

it's my party and i can cry if i want to...

ayala triangle

http://www.spot.ph/gallery/1788/10-sights-to-visit-this-christmas/article/49927#pid=29652

my favorite place to have dinner during the christmas season. i never get tired of it. you just have to be there early to get a table.

christmas is just around the corner...

ronac art center event

http://www.spot.ph/event/48749/em-the-endis-the-start-of-a-new-beginningem

"Visit Neil Arvin Javier’s exhibit titled The end...is the start of a new beginning until December 6 at Secret Fresh Gallery, G/F Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Avenue, North Greenhills, San Juan City."

will be heading out this weekend. my first time to check out the ronac art center.

support the local art scene!

cinemanila 2011

http://www.spot.ph/entertainment/49749/catch-the-13th-cinemanila-international-film-festival-from-november-11-to-17

nothing to do tomorrow? why don't you head out to market market and watch a film or two. i was there this afternoon and i got to watch blind, a korean film by anh san-hoon. the lead character reminds me of someone. hmmmm.. she actually looks like my good old friend.

happy weekend everyone!

stay hungry stay foolish

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says

This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005.

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I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

14th philippine international golf show

http://webphilippines.blogspot.com/2009/09/14th-philippine-international-golf-show.html

you might be able to find some good deals. i'll be there tomorrow afternoon. see you at smx.

zombadings

to those who still haven't watched it, we're still showing in glorietta. also in eastwood, trinoma, gateway and all sm and robinsons branches. bring your family, significant others, and your barkada!

procrastination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wR_TWdVy0

great video. very inspiring. haha.

i've been procrastinating all my life.

thanks erika for the link.

song of the week - fade into you

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

fade into you
mazzy starr

i want to hold the hand inside you
i want to take a breath that's true
i look to you and I see nothing
i look to you to see the truth
you live your life
you go in shadows
you'll come apart and you'll go black
some kind of night into your darkness
colors your eyes with what's not there.

fade into you
strange you never knew
fade into you
i think it's strange you never knew

a stranger's light comes on slowly
a stranger's heart without a home
you put your hands into your head
and then it's smiles cover your heart

fade into you
strange you never knew
fade into you

i think it's strange you never knew

i think it's strange you never knew

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what i like about mazzy star is that their songs are subtle and subdued but still carry a lot of punch. i was on my way to work this morning, and 88.3 played this freaking song... now it's back in my playlist.

have a nice dreamy everyone.

cinemalaya 2011

i only got to watch three screenings - teoriya, ang babae sa septic tank, and the short feature #1. but even with my limited perspective, i can say that this year's batch is quite impressive. indie film-making has gone a long way.

i can't wait for next year. hopefully, more films will get the same success as ang babae sa septic tank.

let there be light

there's no doubt that pinoys are talented. we just need to put our acts together. little steps towards a better future.

an example of pinoy ingenuity.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=249744441725043

i hope everyone's enjoying the long weekend.

run for sophia

the story of sofia ysabel rosal has touched and inspired us. barely 3 months old, this little girl has manifested how strong a fighter she can be. together with her family and friends, we continue to cheer her on as she continues to courageously wage her daily battles.

join us to show your support for sofia ysabel – either by helping organize this fun run or by signing up for the race! run for sofia ysabel is a non-profit race that is being setup for the sole purpose of raising funds to help pay for Sofia’s medical needs.

Run for Sofia Ysabel
August 27, 2011 @ 5AM
Mckinley Hill, Taguig
3K/5K
Organizer: Friends of Sofia

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let me know if you wanna run this saturday. text me or send me a PM. registration fee is only 500.

i'm still not sure if i'm going to show up but i signed up already. need to study for an exam on on the 30th.

http://runforsofiaysabel.wordpress.com/

manila hostage massacre

let us not forget. check out this documentary at the history channel.


Saturday 20 August 11:00 PM HK/SIN/MAL 10:00 PM Thai/WIB

Sunday 21 August 5:00 AM HK/SIN/MAL 4:00 AM Thai/WIB

Tuesday 23 August 11:00 PM HK/SIN/MAL 10:00 PM Thai/WIB

Wednesday 24 August 5:00 AM HK/SIN/MAL 4:00 AM Thai/WIB

Wednesday 24 August 11:00 AM HK/SIN/MAL 10:00 AM Thai/WIB

Wednesday 24 August 5:00 PM HK/SIN/MAL 4:00 PM Thai/WIB

Saturday 27 August 1:00 PM HK/SIN/MAL 12:00 PM Thai/WIB

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a year has passed.... the people responsible are still out there.

davao trip

my davao was around 4 days and 4 nights but we weren't able to go around much. blame it on alcohol and lazy friends. haha. but i do have some recommendations. very limited but they might come in handy.

where to drink? kanto at mts, starr, marco polo's eagles bar

where to eat? ranchero, dimsum diner (after a night of drinking), rosario, trellis, let's crab it (eat all you can), dencio's hilltop (for the scenic view), eden nature park, harana

where to go for coffee? bluegre (try the durian coffee), kasagingan (banana flavored coffee!), green coffee


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congratulations to the newly weds!!!

song of the week - sunset in july

it's been raining for days. so this might cheer you up. a feel good "summer" jam.

311 is back. better than ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P2YSktr7xU

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sunset in july
311


verse I
well i can show you how it is done
there’s no competitors
time to say goodbye to the sun
it takes a better turn
wake up, it’s not your typical rehash
something unpredictable do you really know that?

i will remember this one
i’m just on pure momentum
rock out and break up your own suppression
i like to see you having fun in the setting sun

chorus
sunset in july
rockers by my side and time is flying by
ba-da-dap da-de daa
ba da dop dop da dee-yah
watching you dancing and having the time of your life
and it’s getting me high time is flying by
whoaa whoaa ohh

verse II
january, february, march into may
here’s june with a tune just to brighten my day
sunsetting in july I’m gonna fade them away
time is slidin, time is slidin on hear what I say
whoaa oo

if you believe that, believe that
back-up, back-up, you need that, need that
space and time and time and space is my way
i’m forever in existence, I’m forever okay
whoaa ooh

chorus
sunset in july rockers by my side and time is flying by
ba-da-dap da-de daa
watching you dancing and having the time of your life
and it’s getting me high, time is flying by
whoaa oo

Bridge
the time of our lives, here i was happy
the days flying by come closer to me
i could never knock out all the things that you given
throughout the multiverse about anything could be true
might as well make up anything to believe in
it’s made inside of you

chorus
sunset in july rockers by my side and time is flying by
ba-da-dap da-de daa
watching you dancing and having the time of your life
and it’s getting me high, time is flying by
whoaaa oooh
watching you dancing and having the time of your life
and it’s getting me high time is flying by
whoaa oooh

sona

another masterpiece by my friend ariel. hehe. read on.

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Kung ako ang Pangulo ng Pilipinas, eto sana yung SONA ko nung nakaraang linggo...

SONA
By: Ariel

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile; Speaker Feliciano Belmonte; Bise Presidente Jejomar Binay; mga dating Pangulong Fidel Valdez Ramos at Joseph Ejercito Estrada; Chief Justice Renato Corona at ang ating mga kagalang-galang na mahistrado ng Korte Suprema; mga kagalang-galang na kasapi ng diplomatic corps; mga miyembro ng Kamara de Representante at ng Senado; mga Local Government officials; mga miyembro ng ating Gabinete; mga unipormadong kasapi ng militar at kapulisan; mga kapwa ko nagseserbisyo sa taumbayan;

At sa mga minamahal kong kababayan, ang aking butihing mga boss:

Bago ko po umpisahan ang aking talumpati ay nais ko munang pasalamatan ang PAGCOR sa kapeng kanilang ipinamahagi na iinom ninyong lahat ngayon.

Humarap po ako sa inyo noong aking inagurasyon at sinabing: Walang wang-wang sa ating administrasyon. At ngayon, ibabalik po natin ang wang-wang, subalit sa mga tama at angkop na sitwasyon lamang. Halimbawa, pag si Senator Enrile ay biglang inatake ngayon sa puso dala ng edad niyang isandaan at dalawampu’t isa, maaari pong gamitin ang wang-wang para isugod siya sa St.Luke’s.

Marami po tayong matagumpay na kwento sa loob lamang ng isang taong paninilbihan sa sambayanang Pilipino. Isang milyon at apat na raang libong trabaho(1,400,000) ang nalikha nitong nakaraang taon, nagtatapos po ng Abril. Magiging isang milyon, tatlong daan siyam naput siyam na libo, siyam na raan siyamnaput siyam(1,399,999) na trabaho na lamang ito kapag natanggal na ang susunod na matabang kalahok ng “Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition”. Nitong nakaraang taon, nalampasan na ng Pilipinas ang India bilang pangunahing bansa sa buong mundo sa industriya ng Business Process Outsourcing or BPO/Call Center. Ibig sabihin po nito, mas marami na ngayong Pilipino na napupuyat at hindi nakakapanood ng “Amaya” at “Minsan Lang Kitang Iibigin”. Muli pong nanumbalik ang tiwala at nabuhay ang kumpiyansa ng mga banyaga at turista sa ating bansa. Pinatibayan po ito ng pagdalaw dito nina Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 2NE1, at nitong nakaraang linggo lamang, ang Incubus. Hindi po dito nagtatapos ang magandang balita. Sa katunayan, nakabili na po ako ng bleacher ticket para sa Westlife Gravity Tour Concert sa Setyembre beinte nuebe. Excited na po ako.

Sa kabila ng lahat ng aking nabanggit, patuloy pa rin ang pagbatikos sa akin ng oposisyon. Ang bintang po nila ay wala pa ring pong asensong naidulot ang ating administrasyon para sa bayan. Hello!!! Isang taon ko pa lang pinagsisikapang iahon ang ating bansa mula sa siyam na taong paglustay sa kaban ng bayan ng dating administrasyon. Sii Barack Obama nga, hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin naiaayos ang ekonomiya ng Estado Unidos mula sa walong taong pakikipaggiyera ni George W. Bush. Ito minsan ang problema sa ating mga Pilipino. Gusto lagi natin ng madaliang gantimpala, ng “instant gratification”, ika nga. Mainipin tayo. Tulad na lang ng ating hinihiling mula sa Azkals. Gusto natin, ngayon pa lang, umabot at mag-qualify na sila sa World Cup. Hinay-hinay lang. Maghunus dili muna tayo. Ang pagbabago at pagaasenso ay mararating natin kung tayong lahat, hindi lamang ang pamahalaan, ay mananalig, magtitiwala, at magtutulungan.

Isang pang batikos ng oposisyon ay ang hindi daw wastong pamamahagi ng Priority Development Fund(PDF) or “pork barrel”, na kung tawagin noon ng dating First Gentleman Mike Arroyo ay “personal savings account”. Wala pong katotohanan ang bintang na ito ng oposisyon. Napaglaanan na po ng PDF ang mga lugar kung saan ang mga kongresista ay galing sa oposisyon, tulad ng Albay, Maguindanao, Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao, at Pampanga, kaya hindi po pwedeng sabihin ng mga nasa oposisyon na sila ay “pork-less”. Kailangan lang po tingnan ni Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang dating First Gentleman para malaman niya na hindi siya “pork-less”. Hindi po literal ang ibig kong sabihin nito. Pero pwede rin naman.

Marami pa po tayong mga plano at programa na maisasakatuparan sa darating pang mga buwan. Maglalagay po tayo ng satellite office ng Senado sa Spratlys. Ang mamamahala po ng satellite office doon ay sina Lito Lapid, Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada, Ping Lacson, Gringo Honasan, at Antonio Trillanes. Tingnan lang natin kung papalag pa ang mga Instik. Para po napapanahon ang serbisyong matatanggap ng mga mamamayan mula sa pamahalaan, mahigpit ko pong ipagbabawal ang Facebook sa mga computers ng lahat ng ahensya at tanggapan ng gobyerno. Google Plus na lamang po ang pinapayagan ng ating firewall. Mahigpit ko na rin pong ipagbabawal ang traffic sa EDSA at sa C5. Gagawin ko pong “priority bill” ang Reproductive Health Bill. Nais ko lang po liwanagin na hindi nasasakop sa RH Bill ang abortion. Ako po mismo ay hindi pabor sa abortion sapagkat natunghayan ko na ang masamang epekto nito sa katauhan ni Willie Revillame na siyang tanging kaso ng abortion na nabuhay. Hindi po ako sang-ayon sa natural family planning method na tinataguyod ng simbahang katoliko tulad ng “withdrawal method”. Napakabigat na pasan at napakahirap na imposisyon ito sa mga tao. Hindi po ito makatotohanan. Pag puputok na ang isang tao, ang natural na gagawin niya ay susulong at hindi uurong. Dapat alam ito ng mga pari at obispo base na rin lamang sa kanilang sariling karanasan.

Hinihiling ko rin po sa media na tantanan na ang pagbabalita tungkol sa aking “lovelife”. Hindi po ako nagmamadaling mag-asawa. Pana-panahon lang yan at hindi hinahanap. Parang tagyiwat yan, hintayin mo lang at tiyak na darating at magbubunga. Nabasa ko po ang isang pag-aaral na nagsasaad na mas mahaba ang buhay ng mga lalaking may asawa kesa sa mga binatang lalaki. Ayon na rin sa nasabing pagaaral, mas mataas ang insidente ng pagpapakamatay sa mga lalaking may asawa kesa sa mga binatang lalaki. Ayaw ko pong mangyari sa akin to. Mas maraming mahahalagang isyu ang dapat ipamahayag ng media kesa sa “lovelife” ko.

Dito na po magtatapos ang aking mensahe. Sa mga nasasagasaan po natin sa landas ng katapatan at integridad sa pamamahala, ito naman po ang aking masasabi: pasalamat kayo at hindi na Porsche ang ipangsasagasa ko sa inyo. Sa dating naglapastangan sa mamamayan sa pamamagitan ng walang kahiyaang pandarambong: naituro sa amin nina Harry, Ron, at Hermione kung papaano makapasok sa Gringotts kung saan ipinatago mo sa mga kalahi mo ang pera ng bayan. Mababawi namin yon, tapos ipapatapon ka namin sa Azkaban.

Sa lahat ng mga kasama natin sa tuwid na daan: kayo ang lumikha ng pagkakataong baguhin ang dinatnan, at gawing mas maganda ang ipapamana natin sa susunod na salinlahi ng mga Pilipino. Matagal pa po siguro bago ako magkaanak, pero gusto ko na kapag dumating ang panahon na magkaanak na ako, mamumulat siya sa isang bansa na maaari niyang maipagmalaki at hindi niya kailangan pang iwanan. Maraming salamat at mabuhay ang sambayang Pilipino.

azkals vs kuwait game 2

disappointing loss, kuwait was a man down but we weren't able to capitalize. i guess kuwait got more defensive since they were outnumbered, and able to punish us with their counter attacks. anyway, like they say, football can be brutal. but don't worry guys. there's still a lot to look forward to - the under 23 sea games later this year and the next phase of the afc cup.

keep the faith. the future looks bright.

thanks for the staff of pinchos at piazza mck for the great service. i'm sure i will be watching more azkals game there. until then...

rip hutch

got a sad text message from my dad this afternoon.

"fyi: out hutch, after 7 years returned to his maker peacefully this pm. i will miss him"

hutch was never my favorite pet dog but i think he is my dad's baby when everyone of us left home.

hutch, you will be missed.

night dive: a scubazaar event at ftr

see you guys at for the road (ftr) bar, madison square, pioneer street, mandaluyong (beside metro badminton and across legend villas hotel)on august 3, 2011 (wed) 7pm to 12mn.

send me your email address if you want to see the entire catalogue.

azkals vs kuwait game 1

just in case you're in davao, we'll be watching the azkals vs kuwait match at the eagle's bar at marco polo. we'll be there 12ish. see yah!

megan fox vs rosie huntington-whiteley

just got home from watching transformers 3: far side of the moon. hmmm. my verdict... i'm still not a fan of michael bay, and i think i'll never be. but i have to thank him though for introducing megan fox, and now showcasing rosie huntington-whiteley to the world. hehe.

there's a lot of discussions going on the web about who's hotter. come on guys. it's not that hard to decide. megan fox trumps rosie huntington-whiteley by a mile. but i have to admit though... the image of rosie huntington-whiteley's perfect bum will linger on my dirty mind for a quite sometime. haha.

teoriya sched

here's the complete sched of teoriya.

i'm watching it later at 3:30pm with my lil sis. see ya!

16 July/Sat, 3:30PM at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
16 July/Sat, 9:00PM at the Greenbelt 3 - Cinema 3
17 July/Sun, 3:30PM at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute
18 July/Mon, 10:00AM at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino (CCP Little Theater)
19 July/Tue, 1:30PM at the Greenbelt 3 - Cinema 5
20 July/Wed, 6:15PM at the Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater)
21 July/Thu, 9:00PM at the Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
21 July/Thu, 9:00PM at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute
22 July/Fri, 3:30PM at the Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad Ng Sining (CCP MKP Hall)
24 July/Sun, 1:30PM at the Greenbelt 3 - Cinema 3

ravena the phenom

kiefer unleased 22 points in the first half to give the blue eagles a comfortable cushion to cruise through the 2nd half. admu's win against the archers proved that kiefer is the real deal. we haven't seen a rookie with that much firepower and basketball iq since tenorio.

i guess my trip to araneta was worth it... considering it took me almost one hour to find parking. crazy huh? at least i get to say that i was there when ravena had his first big game as a collegiate star.

this will be an exciting season guys. four-peat is a big possibility.

cinemalaya 2011 recommendations

my cinemalaya recommendations. watch "teoriya", "ang babae sa septic tank" and the short film "un diutay mundo".

support local cinema!

cinemalaya 2011 recommendations

my cinemalaya recommendations. watch "teoriya", "ang babae sa septic tank" and the short film "un diutay mundo".

support local cinema!

teoriya

please support my friend's full feature directorial debut this weekend at the ccp or greenbelt.

cinemalaya na!


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http://www.cinemalaya.org/film_teoriya.html


TEORIYA (FATHER’S WAY)
BY ALISTAIR CHRISTIAN “ZURICH” E. CHAN


Synopsis:

Teoriya is a story about loss that centers on the film’s main character, Jimmuel Apostol II. After hearing the news that his father has passed away, Jim goes back home to Zamboanga City after leaving ten years ago in bad terms with his father. He arrives in Zamboanga only to find that his father has already been buried and he doesn’t know where. Jim takes a journey around the Zamboanga peninsula and ultimately into his own self, finding the missing piece of his life.

Filmmaker’s Profile

Zurich Chan is an independent filmmaker based in Zamboanga City. Growing up in a video rental store for ten years, this has been his basis into writing scripts and his visual style. The nature of his filmmaking delves into topics of loneliness and existentialism. Teoriya is his first salvo at being at the director’s helm of a feature length film. According to Zurich, his journey into filmmaking is looking for the true meaning of loneliness in any shape, form or situation because, accordingly, all of us are really and truly just separate beings who are, in this world, essentially alone. Writing all his scripts in Chavacano, combined with his unique visual style makes his films nothing less but different.

Major Credits:

Cast:

Alfred Vargas and Sue Prado

Production:

Cinematography-Dexter Dela Pena, Editing-Chuck Gutierrez, Production Design-Paul Marquez, Music-Nani Naguit, Line Producer-Charlene Chiong, Associate Producer-Baby Ruth Villarama and Chuck Gutierrez, Written, Produced and Directed by Zurich Chan

varekai

when i was in vegas maybe 6 years ago, i had to choose whether to watch a cirque du soleil or a blue man group show. i picked blue man group because they were quite popular at that time. i'm not sure if you guys remember the intel commercial featuring them (i used to call them "humanized" smurfs). so when i heard that cirque du soleil will be visiting manila, it was given that i wouldn't let the chance pass by again.

showcasing acrobatic stunts, enchanting costumes, and a mythological story line, cirque du soleil's varekai is mesmerizing. a lot of people complained that the tickets are too expensive but i'd say it's still a lot cheaper than flying to macau or vegas to experience their dazzling performance.

so what are you waiting for... you still have two weeks.

www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/varekai/tickets/manila.aspx

news flash

abs-cbn sports has announced that tickets for philippines vs. kuwait game 2 on july 28 will be on sale starting at 10 am on saturday, july 16 via ticketworld.

prices for the game will remain the same: Php 200, 300, 2000, and 3000.

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see you at rizal stadium on the 28th.

if i'm able to get tickets...

also, cross your fingers. hopefully borromeo and schrocke will get to play on the away game. pff has just filed a letter of appeal to fifa.

uaap season 74 first round schedule

july 9 is the official kick off of the uaap season 74. last year's champion, admu blue eagles, will be the host this season.

i smell four-peat... i think the blue eagles will be okay even without ryan buenafe and art dela cruz. we do have kiefer and slaughter suiting up.

see you at the games!

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UAAP 74 FIRST ROUND MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Sunday, Jul 10
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – FEU vs DLSU; 3pm – ADMU vs AdU

Thursday, Jul 14
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – NU vs UST; 3pm – UE vs UP

Saturday, Jul 16
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 11am - AdU vs FEU; 3pm – DLSU vs ADMU

Sunday, Jul 17
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UP vs NU; 3pm – UST vs UE

Thursday, Jul 21
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – ADMU vs NU; 3pm – FEU vs UE

Saturday, Jul 23
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – DLSU vs UP; 3pm – UE vs ADMU

Sunday, Jul 24
Venue: Philsports Complex
Time: 1pm – NU vs FEU; 3pm – UST vs AdU

Thursday, Jul 28
Venue: Philsports Complex
Time: 1pm – AdU vs UE; 3pm - NU vs DLSU

Saturday, Jul 30
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UP vs ADMU; 3pm – UST vs FEU

Sunday, Jul 31
Venue: Philsports Complex
Time: 1pm – DLSU vs UE; 3pm – AdU vs NU

Thursday, Aug 4
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UP vs FEU; 3pm - ADMU vs UST

Saturday, Aug 6
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UE vs NU; 3pm – DLSU vs AdU

Sunday, Aug 7
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UST vs UP; 3pm - FEU vs ADMU

Thursday, Aug 11
Venue: Araneta Coliseum
Time: 1pm – UP vs AdU; 3pm – UST vs DLSU

the bloomfields @ the establishment

the bloomfields are playing at the establishment (at the fort strip) every thursday night this july. first set starts at 9:30pm.

i was there last night and they played at least a couple of original songs from the 2nd album. sweet!

if you want to reserve a table, i can help you out. just let me know.

diver's night this aug at ftr!

guys, echoing this msg from my friend. you can reach out to me in you have diving gears you want to dispose of.

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Folks,

We're organizing a diver's night this Aug (tentatively on the 3rd) at the For the Road bar in Pioneer, Mandaluyong. Highlight of the party will be a dive gear bazaar. In addition to brand new items at bargain prizes we also plan to sell 2nd hand gears. In case you have gears you wanna dispose of, let me know. Any gear is welcome, so far we have some bcds, wetsuits, regs, fins, tank bangers, backplates, and shirts. Let us know your price as well (note: 10% of the sale price will go to the bar).

In the meantime, kindly expect updates on the details of the event.

lost

i've heard that most people were disappointed by the finale of one of the biggest tv shows of all time. i somewhat understand them, but for me, the ending couldn’t have been any sweeter.

i'm not really gonna try to explain the ending. there's a lot of websites out there that tend to over analyze the series. all i can say is that they were not dead the whole time. everything that happened on the island for six seasons actually did happen. and it's not that hard to figure it out.

lost will be missed. it will be a long time before anything could rival this work of genius.

prison break

after four long seasons, prison break ended in a two-hour series finale. yes!!! it's about time!!!

prison break is one of the many series on american tv that could have been better with one or maybe even two seasons. it's sad that tv producers have a tendency to aim for longevity even though things start to get silly. o well, longevity does equate to money. i just hope that in the near future, producers start to realize that they should focus on telling a complete story, and make sure to end it before they run out of steam.

anyway, the finale was actually good. i enjoyed it because it provided closure. we all need closure... especially if we waited for four fucking years. we deserve it.

eiga sai 2011

got the schedule from clickthecity.com. the japanese film festival started last july 1 and will last until july 10. most probably i wont have time to watch even one film but i'll try to catch up via torrent. haha.

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Festival Schedule (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 4):

JULY 1 (Friday)
Opening Night by Invitation at Cinema 2
Departures (131 mins ) 7:00 PM

JULY 2 (Saturday)
The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) 1:00 PM
Departures (131 mins ) 4:00 PM
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (139 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 3 (Sunday)
Summer Days with Coo (1:38 mins) 1:00 PM
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (139 mins) 4:00 PM
The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 4 (Monday)
Yunagi City, Sakura Country (118 mins) 1:00 PM
Villon’s Wife (114 mins) 4:00 PM
Climber’s High (145 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 5 (Tuesday)
Your Friend (125 mins) 1:00 PM
One Million Yen Girl (121 mins) 4:00 PM
Feel the Wind (133 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 6 (Wednesday)
One Million Yen Girl (121 mins) 1:00 PM
Climber’s High (145 mins) 4:00 PM
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones (139 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 7 (Thursday)
Feel the Wind (133 mins) 1:00 PM
Climber’s High (145 mins) 4:00 PM
Your Friend (125 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 8 (Friday)
Your Friend (125 mins) 1:00 PM
Yunagi City, Sakura Country (118 mins) 4:00 PM
Departures (131 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 9 (Saturday)
Departures (131 mins) 1:00 PM
One Million Yen Girl (121 mins) 4:00 PM
Villon’s Wife (114 mins) 7:00 PM

JULY 10 (Sunday)
Summer Days with Coo (1:38 mins) 1:00 PM
Feel the Wind (133 mins) 4:00 PM
The Chef of South Polar (125 mins) 7:00 PM

cheer up!

Ang Boring ng Araw Ko Kahapon
By: Ariel
Kahapon, tinaga ako ng taxi driver. Limang daan daw mula airport papuntang Katipunan. Hindi ako makaangal. Dinikit ko na lang yung chewing gum ko sa upuan niya.
Kahapon sa misa, sabi ng pari sa kanyang sermon na dapat hindi maging makamundo at hindi dapat maghumaling sa mga materyal na ari-arian. Tumango sa pagsang-ayon ang sakristan na kamukha nya. Naisip ko, ang ganda ng bagong Pajero ni Father. Tapos nakatulog ako.
Kahapon, masaya akong umuwi ng condo, sabay sigaw pagbukas ko ng pinto "Honey, I'm home!!!" Nabahala ako nung walang sumagot. Saka ko naalala. Wala pala akong asawa.
Kahapon, nagkaroon rin ako ng tapang na itext at yayain lumabas ang crush ko. Sumagot sya at sinabing may bf na sya. Reply ko "Who's this, please?"
Kahapon, hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit may mga kaibigan akong bumabati ng "Happy 4th of July" sa Facebook stat messages nila. Malamang hindi nila naiintindihan na hindi pa rin tayo ganap na malaya at hindi pa natin lubos na nakamit ang kasarinlan mula sa galamay ng imperyalismo.
Kahapon, pinalitan ko yung Facebook password ko. Nilagay ko ang salitang "etits". Hindi tinanggap ang bago kong password. Masyado daw maiksi.
Kahapon sa grocery, nakita ko merong powdered orange juice. Dagdagan ng tubig, instant orange juice. Meron din powdered iced tea. Dagdagan ng tubig, instant iced tea. Meron pang powdered milk. Dagdagan ng tubig, instant milk. Bumili ako ng baby powder.
Kahapon sa elevator, nasiko ako ng kapitbahay ko. Di man lang nag-sorry. Tuloy lang sa kwentuhan nila ng kaibigan niya. Excited na daw syang mapanood ang Harry Potter. Di daw kasi niya nabasa ang libro. Pagbukas ng elevator, sabi ko "Namatay sina Tonks, Lupin, at Fred". Mabuti na lang kaya ko pang tumakbo ng mabilis.
Kahapon, may nakasabay akong mga madre sa sa 7-11. Bumili ako ng condoms. Nagtaasan ang mga kilay nila. Nakangiting sabi ko sa cashier na gagawa ako ng balloons kasi birthday ng pari ng parokya namin.
Kahapon, napanood ko sa balita si Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Kinilabutan ako. Naisip ko kasi na malamang pera ko ang pinambili nya ng bra at panty na suot niya.
Kahapon sa lotto station, sumigaw ako "Nanalo ako! Nanalo ako!!!" Dinumog ako ng mga tao. Tinanong ko sila "Kapag tatlong numero ang tinamaan, balik taya lang ba?" Muntik akong magulpi ng mga tricyle drivers.
Kahapon, hindi ako makapili kung ano ang ipapangalan ko kapag nagkaroon ako ng anak na lalaki. Novak or Azkal?
Kahapon, pinakinggan ko ang isang kanta tungkol sa droga. "Let It Be" ng Beatles. Mother Mary=Marijuana. "Speaking words of wisdom". Yeah right. Mga sabog lang ang kayang gumawa non.
Kahapon, binangungot ako. Napanaginipan ko na naka-posas ako sa poste ng kama ko. Wala akong saplot. Tapos pumasok sa kwarto si Kuya Germs at sabi nya sa akin "Walang tulugan!!!"
Kahapon, nanood ako ng football at basketball sa tv. Sa sports mo lang makikita na nagyayakapan ang mga lalaki at nagpapaluan ng pwet pero di sila napagkakamalang bading.
Kahapon sa mall, may nakasalubong akong mag-syota. Ang ganda ng babae. Namputchang pangit ng lalaki. Napaniwala ulit ako sa true love. May pag-asa pa ako kay KC Concepcion.
Kahapon sa dyaryo, nasa front page na naman ang lovelife ni Pangulong Aquino. Lumabas ang pagka-aktibista at makabayan ko. Gusto kong magpakita ng suporta sa presidente at sabihin sa kanya "PNoy, hindi ka nag-iisa".
Kahapon, may nakita akong BMW na naka-park sa tabi ng isang pedicab. Napaisip ako. Dapat siguro ibalik na ang sosyalismo para pantay-pantay na tayong lahat.
Kahapon, tinawagan ako ng kaibigan kong Lasallista. Nood daw kami pag may Ateneo-DLSU na laro na sa UAAP. Kaya ako bilib sa mga Lasallista. Ang lupet ng fighting spirit. Walang kadala-dala.
Kahapon, jumejebs ako nang biglang tumunog ang doorbell ng condo. Nagulat ako't napatayo. It was messy.

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good job ariel!!! funny read. my favorite is the last two lines. haha.

new azkals kit now available

they are selling like pancakes. so hurry up and get urs.

i got mine from mizuno eastwood (blue kit). i haven't seen the white yet. i've heard moa and megamall still have some stocks.

see you tomorrow at rizal memorial stadium!!! cheer like there's no tomorrow!!!

changes

i love the lyrics and the music video of this underrated masterpiece by my favorite band of the moment - stars.

here's the link to the music video --> http://www.vimeo.com/21978221

changes
by stars

this time in between the day and the night
the light kills my sense of life
so scared, i'll turn it on, turn it on, turn it on

it's dull, this dusk, this desk, this dust
my eyes adjust, i'll blow out the flame
can you and me remain

changes, i've never been good with change
i hate it when it all stays the same
caught between the gold and the gain

changes, i've never been good with change
i hate it when it all stays the same
caught between the cold and the wave
my heart beats up again

once said, words make a world of their own
i misread, i can't get you back on the phone
so tired, i'll turn it off, turn it off, turn it off

how's that last week we were whole
you're far away and I hardly know
can you and me delay

changes, I've never been good with change
i hate it when it all stays the same
caught between the gold and the gain

changes, I've never been good with change
troubled when it all stays the same
i'm caught between this cold and the wave
my heart beats up again

are you my trouble
are you my trouble
are you my trouble
trouble

are you my trouble
are you my trouble
are you my trouble

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stars speaks to my soul so well.

azkals vs sri lanka 1 - 1

i'm a bit disappointed. azkals didn't deliver. we're lucky to be able to score that scrappy goal in the 2nd half. o well, hopefully we will see a different azkals this sunday at the rizal memorial field.

thanks to the friendly staff of friday's glorietta for the great service!

fete dela musique 2011

here's the fete dela musique 2011 schedule. bands start playing at 3pm later.

MAINSTAGE
VENUE: Fort Plaza (courtyard in front of Pier 1)

3PM - Jazz:
Henry Katindig
Radioactive Sago Project

4PM - Swing / Big Band:
The Executives
Skarlet and Asosasyon ng Musikerong Pilipino

5PM – Funk:
Spy
Cosmic Love

6PM – World:
Humanfolk
Kadangyan

645PM – SUNDOWN PARADE with
Brigada
Planet Zips
Manila Fixed Gear
Fete de la Fold
Pinas Lowridaz

7PM – Reggae:
Tropical Depression
Milagros Dancehall Collective

8PM – SPECIAL GUEST BAND
Merzhin (France)

830PM: AFRO-BRAZILIAN FINALE: (Directed by Nyko Maca)
Escola de Samba de Manila
Nyko Maca & Gafieira
Planet Zips
FutKal (Futbol sa Kalye)

CLASSICAL / WORLD / REGGAE STAGE
VENUE: Arts in the City by Rebel Lion & Sweet Productions


ROCK STAGE
VENUE: Craft Pub & Grill by Revolver Productions

JAZZ STAGE
VENUE: Scarlet Wine Lounge by Kool Kat Productions Manila, Rogue Productions & Philippine International Jazz Festival Foundation


BOY KATINDIG
(Boy Katindig, Dingdong Boogie, Maritoni Falconi, Michael Guevarra, Marlowe Mata +drums)
AQUARELA
(Miguel Juteau, Evelyn Juteau, Dix Lucero +bass, percs)
AFFINITY
(Johnny Alegre, Colby dela Calzada, Mar Dizon)
ALBERT DE PANO
EXTRAPOLATION
(Carlos Jesena, EK Santamaria & Serge Gabriel)

BLUES / SOUL / SKA STAGE
VENUE: Draft GastroPub (to be confirmed) by Manila Soul & Mambo Rat Productions

Cooky Chua & Bluesviminda
Jun Lopito
Kat Agarrado, Wally Gonzales & Friends
Blue Rats
Alak Pa
Blue Jean Junkies
Hard Hat Area
Flippin' Soul Stompers
Heavy Heavies
Jack Versus The Crab
Jeepney Joyride
Steady Moving Beat
Bleu Rascals
Bandcamp Boys
Daniel Crisologo
Gin Rum & Truth

ELECTRONICA STAGE
VENUE: Katsu by Nomad Productions

Liquid A
Red - I
SoulFlower
Mulan
Minister Zero
DiegoMapa
Erwin Edralin
Playground
Manila Paris Confidential
Marts Ballesca
Feen

HIP-HOP / SOUL / R&B STAGE
VENUE: Amber by Red Alert Productions

INDIE / PUNK STAGE
VENUE: Keg by Meiday Productions

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from arts in the city (copy pasted from clickinthecity).

The Fête de la Musique is a celebration of music - a true festival of music celebrated in 110 countries and 350 cities worldwide. In the previous years, this was popularized in areas such as El Pueblo in Ortigas Center and Eastwood City Libis. This year it has found a place in Bonifacio Global City with main performance areas - Fort Square and Arts in the City. It is to feature music of all genres from classical to rock with performances from over 16 bands and musicians.

To further the festive atmosphere during this celebration of music, Arts in the City will also host the Feast at the Fête food bazaar at the Arts in the City grounds and FVR Hall.

Arts brings everyone a chance to celebrate the final months of summer with music and food. Arts with Rebel Lion and Sweet Productions will be hosting the World, Reggae and Classical stage. Performances will start at 5 pm. See the following musicians at Arts in the City:

UP Madrigal Singers
Manila Symphony Orchestra
Tux
Cynthia Alexander
Diwa de Leon
Paul Zialcita
Reggae Mistress
Lady I
Kalayo
Coffeebreak Island
Count Kutu & The Balmers
Julian Drolon
Drum Circle
Talahib
Christian Herb

toy con 2011

i had loads of fun at the 10th philippine toys, hobbies and collectibles convention at the megatrade hall last weekend. my only complaint is that it's too crowded. they should get a bigger venue next year. maybe smx or the world trade centre.

check out the pictures from spot.ph

http://www.spot.ph/peopleparties/48655/alodia-and-ashley-gosiengfiao--more-at-toy-con-2011

happy bday rizal

in celebration of rizal's 150th bday, i dragged my lil sister to check out the yuchengco museum at the rcbc plaza. the highlights of our visit i guess was getting to see juan luna, fernando amorsolo and carlos francisco paintings up close, and discovering that jose rizal is a certified chickboy. haha.

to learn more about the yuchengco museum, visit www.yuchengcomuseum.org/

what's 100 bucks right? skip starbucks for a day and feed your brain with information that matters.

super 8

i think this quote describes super 8 best.

"Enormously fun. A film about 8mm that deserves to be seen on the big screen, in glorious 35mm."

it's still showing in the cinemas like gbelt. you still have a few days guys.

by the way, dakota fanning's younger sister, elle, will be a hottie in 5 years. or maybe even less. she's my next emma watson. haha.

le marquis

le marquis is the only film i got to watch in the french film festival held a couple of weeks ago at the shangri-la mall. the film was hilarious and quite memorable since most of the scenes were shot in the philippines (cebu and manila i think). it's not perfect but surely le marquis is one of the french mainstream films that i will remember for a long time.

congrats mavericks

this may be a bit too late. hopefully this post makes up for my laziness.

top 5 german imports

#5 audi
#4 bmw
#3 mercedes benz
#2 porsche
#1 dirk nowitzki

thanks dirk for having the balls to take shots when it matters.

lbj = choker

haha.

to my beloved lola

goodbye inay... you are in a better place now. thanks for taking good care of us.

we will always have fond memories of you... the champorado, ginataan, or toasted pinipig, the siestas and teleseryes. you will be remembered.

... say hi to itay for me.

16th french film festival

i was able to get the 16th french film festival schedule from clickthecity.com.

festival will run from from june 9 - 19 at the shangri-la plaza mall. tickets are still free and would released one hour before screening.

what's the french word for enjoy? hmmmm. nevermind.

enjoy!!!

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Here is the full schedule of the festival (Shang Cineplex, Cinema 4):

JUNE 8 (Opening Night)
8:00 p.m. - Le Marquis

JUNE 9
1:30 p.m. - Mademoiselle
4:00 p.m. - Les enfants de Timpelbach
6:30 p.m. - La Cérémonie
9:00 p.m. - Un Poison Violent

JUNE 10
1:30 p.m. - Elle s’appelle Sabine
4:00 p.m. - Joueuse
6:30 p.m. - 7 ans
9:00 p.m. - Sans toit ni Loi

JUNE 11
1:30 p.m. - Adèle Blanc Sec
4:00 p.m. - L’Autre
6:30 p.m. - Les enfants de Timpelbach
9:00 p.m. - Le Marquis

JUNE 12
1:30 p.m. - Pisay
4:00 p.m. - Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros
6:30 p.m. - Basal Banar
9:00 p.m. - Boxing in the Philippine Islands

JUNE 13
1:30 p.m. - L’Autre
4:00 p.m. - Un Poison Violent
6:30 p.m. - 7 ans
9:00 p.m. - Sans toit ni Loi

JUNE 14
1:30 p.m. - Le dernier des fous
4:00 p.m. - Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard
6:30 p.m. - Mademoiselle
9:00 p.m. - L’Autre

JUNE 15
1:30 p.m. - La Cérémonie
4:00 p.m. - A nos amours
6:30 p.m. - Dans les cordes
9:00 p.m. - Dans les cordes

JUNE 16
1:30 p.m. - Le dernier des fous
4:00 p.m. - La Tête de Maman
6:30 p.m. - Joueuse
9:00 p.m. - Le Marquis

JUNE 17
1:30 p.m. - Elle s’appelle Sabine
4:00 p.m. - Adèle Blanc Sec
6:30 p.m. - Le dernier des fous
9:00 p.m. - 7 ans

JUNE 18
1:30 p.m. - Arthur et la Vengeance de Maltazard
4:00 p.m. - Mademoiselle
6:30 p.m. - Sans toit ni Loi
9:00 p.m. - Un Poison Violent

JUNE 19
1:30 p.m. - A nos amours
4:00 p.m. - La Tête de Maman
6:30 p.m. - Dans les cordes
9:00 p.m. - Tree of Life

NOTE: Admissions are free, tickets are issued one hour before screening. Schedules are subject to change without prior notice.

azkals tickets sold out!

http://www.mb.com.ph/node/321258/ticket

whoah!!! good thing we were able to get tickets. i'm actually selling my 3K ticket for 5K. kidding.

i'm surprised tickets were sold out on the first day. it's actually kinda pricey considering my german friend said that it only cost 10 to 12 euros a game in germany.

see you at the rizal field on july 3!

swoosh41

i'm not really a big fan of the mavericks. but since they are against my "hatest" team, i'm rooting for them in the finals. can they do it? i do think that they have what it takes. dallas has a bunch of reliable veterans with nowitzi, which i consider the most complete player in the league, taking charge when he has to.

lebron, watch out for swoosh41 coz he will be burning the net from everywhere, and there's nothing you can do to stop him.

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kobe vs lebron finals could have been EPIC!!! too bad it didn't happen. kobe has two to three years left, the possibility is still out there.

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one of the good thing about my one month medical leave is i get to watch the nba finals live on tv, and not from lousy web updates when i'm in the office.

azkals vs ufl all-stars

reality check for the azkals. they loss a match that they should have easily won (4 - 3). one month is not really a long time to get back in shape.

time to get serious guys!

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i only got to watch the game until half-time coz i went to mass. i hope i get to see the replay on tv soon.

x-men: the first class

good job matthew vaughn. you have just revived the x-men franchise that was almost destroyed by brett ratner's the last stand.

looks like this year's set of summer movies is better than 2010. 2011 has thor, f5, and x-men leading the pack.

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x-men: first class is an awesome addition to matthew vaughn's directing resume. his credentials include kick-ass, stardust, and layer cake. all are worth seeing.

smart gilas vs iran

it was my first time to watch smart gilas live in action (and maybe my first time to watch a game in ultra). too bad we loss though. good effort anyway. we gave iran a big scare in the final seconds.

let's go for bronze tomorrow. it is a great achievement still since it's been awhile since we placed in this tournament.

more azkals updates

got this from a forwareded email. something worth sharing.

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for the AZKALS fans…

GAMES

June 29, 2011: Philippines vs. Sri Lanka
VENUE: Sugathadasa Stadium, SRI

July 3, 2011: Philippines vs. Sri Lanka
VENUE: Rizal Memorial Stadium

TRAINING/OTHERS

MAY 21-22, 2011: Closing Ceremony for the football summer program
VENUE: Tacloban

MAY 23-25, 2011: 3-day training in Iloilo
MAY 23, 2011: Training at Santa Barbara
MAY 24, 2011: Friendly match with Central Philippine University (CPU)
VENUE: Barotac Nuevo

MAY 25-31, 2011: Training for a team building session
VENUE: Plantation Bay, Cebu City
JUNE 5, 2011: Azkals vs. UFL All-Stars Exhibition Match
VENUE: University of Makati (UMAK)

JUNE 1-11, 2011: Training in Manila
VENUE: Rizal Memorial Sports Complex

JUNE 10, 2011: Support event to Azkals entitled, “We Believe” by the PFF
VENUE: Trinoma Activity Center
This is a whole day event open to the public.

JUNE 12, 2011: Off to Germany

JUNE 12-26, 2011: Training camp and tune-up matches with German Division II and Division III teams
VENUE: Germany
*5 practice games vs Division II/Division III Bundesliga Teams
*The team will go straight to Sri Lanka from Germany for the first leg.

JUNE 26, 2011: Off to Colombo, Sri Lanka

JUNE 27-29, 2011: In Sri Lanka for the first leg of the first round 2014 World Cup Qualifiers

JUNE 30-JULY 3, 2011: In Manila for the second leg of the first round 2014 World Cup Qualifiers

PLAYERS ARRIVAL

MAY 23, 2011: Neil Etheridge

MAY 27, 2011: Simon Greatwich

JUNE 2, 2011 (not yet confirmed): Jason Sabio

JUNE 2011 (exact date not yet confirmed): Ray Jónsson

GAME TELECAST

○ Philippines vs. Sri Lanka LEG 1
WATCH IT LIVE: June 29, 2011 at 5:30 PM (Balls)
REPLAYS: June 30, 2011 at 1:00 PM (Balls)
June 29, 2011 at 11:30 PM (Studio 23)
June 30, 2011 at 4:00 PM (Studio 23)

○ Philippines vs. Sri Lanka LEG 2
WATCH IT LIVE: July 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM (Studio 23)
REPLAYS: July 5, 2011 at 4:00 PM (Studio 23)
July 3, 2011 at 9:00 PM (Balls)
July 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM (Balls)
*telecast schedule taken from ABS-CBN

workaholic in denial?

i took this interesting test last week before i was hospitalized... here's the link.

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2011/05/living/workaholic.test/index.html?hpt=Sbin

and my score?

my score: 51

If you scored between 67 to 100 points, you are considered highly workaholic. This could mean you are headed toward burnout, and new research suggests that family members may be experiencing emotional repercussions as well.

If you scored between 57 to 66 points, you are considered mildly workaholic. In short, there is hope. With acceptance and modifications, you and your loved ones can prevent negative lasting effects.

If you scored in the lowest range, between 25 to 56 points, you are not considered a workaholic. You are probably a hard worker instead of a workaholic. You needn't worry that your work style will negatively affect yourself or others.

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i'm still not considered a workaholic... which i think is a good sign. haha.

guys, don't take work too seriously. trust me. it's not worth it.

azkal updates

this is your chance to see your favorite azkal players in action and on the pitch this july 3 at rizal memorial stadium.

tickets will go on sale starting June 3, 2011 through ticketworld.

azkals v sri lanka - tickets
• P200 – bleachers behind the goals
• P300 – near middle of the open bleachers
• P2000 – main grand stand, upper level
• P3000 – main grandstand, lower level

no hoarding guys!!! spread the word.

mmc

i had it coming. the long hours at work, sleepless nights, crappy diet, and my unwavering affection for beer... i guess this is expected.

the three nights i spent at mmc is maybe a wake up call. i'm not young anymore, and i need to take better good care of my body. so i better slow down...

good night. the sedative i took (i think it's sencor) 30 minutes ago is starting to kick in.

indi cowie

read this article about soccer phenom indi cowie...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/magazine/mag-27Soccer-t.html?_r=2

amazing kid! and she's actually kinda cute.

book 8: mockingjay

the worst book of the trilogy but it is still worth reading. it just unfortunate that suzanne collins wasn't able to sustain the energy and suspense of the first two books.

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i can't wait for the movie to come out... i've heard they already picked jennifer lawrence (of winterbone) as katniss. good choice. but i also think the following are worthy candidates.

hailee steinfield - true grit
abigail beslin - zombieland
emma roberts - scream 4
saoirse ronan - atonement, lovely bones
chloë moretz - let me in, kickass
lyndsy fonseca - how i met your mother, kickass
emily browning - sucker punch, a series of unfortunate events

summer blockbusters of 2011

watched fast and the furious 5 and thor this week. both were impressive - great way to kick off the summer blockbusters season. kenneth branagh was a good choice to direct thor. his background on shakespeare definitely was a big factor in bringing thor successfully into the big screen. f5 is the second best, or perhaps the best, of the action-packed franchise.

the movies i'm excited about.

pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides
the hangover part 2
xmen - first class
kung fu panda - kaboom of doom
super 8
ceasar: rise of the apes
green lantern
transformers - dark of moon
captain america
cowboys & aliens

looks like 2011 has a interesting line-up of big-budget, popcorn-inducing, highly entertaining over the top summer flicks.

happy mother's day

my friend who read my previous post commented how come i don't have an entry for milfs in the local showbiz scene. since it's mother's day, i'll give in to his request.

1) geneva cruz - first one who comes into mind. deserves to be #1 in this list.

1) jamilla obispo - one of the reasons why i did watch pbb a few years back. haha.

2) valerie conception - check her out in the new calayan billboard along guadalupe, edsa. hoping to see more of her. haha.

4) mylene dizon - i still have the fhm issue with her as the cover girl. it should be considered as a collector's issue. haha.

5) eula valdez - a milf and a cougar. that's one hell of a lethal combination.


happy mother's day to all moms!

my favorite milfs part 2

i'm stressed again and as usual i need to think of happy thoughts. haha.

so here goes the second installation of my favorite milfs.

1) diane lane - at 44 years old with one child, she's more smoking that women half her age. need proof? watch unfaithful.

2) brooke burke - i couldn't believe it when i found out that she's already 37 with 4 children! good genes...

3) mila jovovich - the reason why fifth element will be a sci-fi classic.

4) jessica alba - a perfect example of a 10.

5) demi moore - i just can't exclude her. she may not be everyone's favorite but we can't deny that she looks good for her age.


if you're interested to see my original post, here's the link

http://laterplease.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-favorite-milfs.html

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i have an itil certification exam tomorrow. so i better go back to study mode. haha.

wish me luck. i need it badly.

kaos

hmmm. the title is very appropriate. kaos is a chaotic mix of singing, dancing, magic, and acrobatic stunts. and when i say chaotic, i don't mean it in a derogatory way. we actually had lots of fun. looking forward to more world-class entertainment to be staged in the newport performing arts theatre.

also, start saving money. cirque de soleil is coming to town in two months.

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for more information on kaos, visit the rw site.

http://www.rwmanila.com/kaos/tickets.php

girls of summer

i was stressed from work, and i wanted to think of happy thoughts. so this came up. haha. my list of the best bodies in local showbiz. very apt post since summer is finally here.

1) angel locsin - phil younghusband has his victoria beckham in angel locsin. i'm disappointed that her f&h billboard has been replaced by venus raj.

2) marian rivera - she's the reason why i watched a couple of darna episodes. haha.

3) cristine reyes - my poster girl of summer. she's born to wear bikinis.

4) lovi poe - i've heard she's now single and ready to mingle.

5) iza calzado - she has shed off her baby fats and she's now one of the hottest bodies out there. hard work does pay off.

6) solenn heussaff - thank you survivor philippines. haha. and thank you penshoppe for putting up that big ass billboard along edsa.

7) bangs garcia - one of the best set of twins in showbiz.

8) anne curtis - she exudes that classy sexiness that we never get tired of.

9) gwen garci - i saw her up close in boracay a few years back. my jaw literally dropped.

10) ruffa mae quinto - i like curves, and she has them in the right places.

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so who are in you list???

pinatubo revisited - 7 years in the making

we almost didn't make it. the transport strike. the long wait. the rain. our "unpreparedness". but still... we made it to the crater in 2 hours and 15 minutes. that's freaking fast. thank you sarg. you're one crazy guide. you sent us to boot camp. the trip back was an hour and 15 minutes. by my standard, that's scary fast. i now have to nurse my blisters and sore knees. haha.

if you want to inquire about the pinatubo tour, call pinatubo spa town. here's the number -
09283410402. ask them to email you their tour packages.

station of the cross by church simplified

i visited bonifacio high street today for the station of the cross sponsored by church simplified. it's my second year. i'm a bit sad though because the solemnity i felt last year was gone. this may be brought about by the fact that quite a number of restaurants are open this year, and new orleans bourbon even had a lounge singer performing. i liked it better last year when only one resto was open and it was very quiet. business is business i guess.

http://churchsimplified.com/

go grab a copy of the are you listening brighter lights cd. brighter lights is the second installation of the are you listening? album series, and features some of the country’s top artists and musicians: jay durias, barbie almalbis, julianne, marcus davis, Jr., amber davis, nyco maca, paolo valenciano, robin nievera, the plan, jay enrile, and walkie talkies.

have a blessed weekend everyone...

visita iglesia 2011

just got home from my first visita iglesia in metro manila. we used to do it every year back in my province. so you can say that my last time was several years ago... possibly 10 years.

we were able to complete only 7 churches. we were planning to do 14 but unfortunately we didn't plan properly. maybe we will accomplish 14 next year. so we better start right after lunch on holy thursday.

1) holy trinity, manila
2) san sebastian, manila
3) loreto, manila
4) saint anthony, manila
5) st andrew, makati
6) sacred heart, makati
7) sanctuario de san antonio, makati

visiting the churches, especially the ones in manila, made me realize that the tradition is still very much alive. buti nalang.

have a blessed weekend everyone.

reflect. pray. and spend time with your family.

cersa 2010-2011 fantasy nba results

i was #1 at one point but i ended the season ranked 10th out of 15. that's 9 places down. it sucks to almost taste victory at one point, and only end up at the bottom of the heap. grrrr....

i ended the season with this lame line-up.

steve nash
george hill
cj miles
richard jefferson
lamar odom
channing frye
deandre jordan
tim duncan
wilson chandler
tony parker
andrei kirilenko
david west

the biggest mistake i made was trading kobe bryant and billups for steve nash and tim duncan. wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong move. o well, hopefully i learn something this. don't fix what ain't broken.

congrats to fat bastard for winning this year's cersa nba fantasy.

next year ulit!

frankie's sad songs

i like sad songs. the best songs out there are sad songs. but i do find it funny. why do we listen to sad songs when we're already sad? actually why do we listen to sad songs at all? are we all sadists? who wants to be sad?!

i think sad songs have power. it can turn us from a happy energizer bunny to a sad wrenched poor little creature in a matter of minutes, sometimes even seconds (even before the chorus, haha). sad songs have that kind of influence. it can bring us back to time when we got our hearts broken... then sliced, and diced into a thousand pieces. ouch.

so i guess human beings are sadistic creatures. we do love tragedy.

it's the same reason why romeo and juliet, and hundreds of other tragic stories are close to our hearts.

we are all like a child playing candles, burning our fingertips in the fire... checking out if it hurts. and when it does... it doesn't stop us from putting our fingers back into the fire again. perhaps to validate or to find out if we know better. we never learn. don't we?

"fascination can be found in touching the sorest regions of our hearts."

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frank sinatra, for me, is the king of sad songs. i never get tired of him. i guess it's because he sings from the heart (unlike most singers nowadays). and it's hard not to notice it and be affected. if not, you have a heart made of stone. hehe.

let me leave you with my list of frank's saddest songs.


1) In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning (1955)

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

i agree that sinatra was at his vocal best in the 1950s. "the emotional pain and longing that comes with losing true love can be felt in the phrasing of each and every word mr. sinatra breathes from his broken heart..."

this was performed live by john mayer for letterman two years ago. i think john mayer nailed this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnMUdNPBOmM&feature=related


2) I'm a Fool to Want You (1951)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEQm--gWvfA&feature=fvst

this song was dedicated to ava gardner. she broke his heart, and he was never the same. we have to thank her though coz his best works was during this tumultuous time. you can literally hear the pain and longing in his voice.


3) I'll Be Seeing You (1940)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1YLQFWbN6A

i get teary-eyed when listening to this. kidding. haha. wait, let me get some tissue. haha.

the version of michael buble and billie holiday are definitely worth mentioning.

michael bublé (1996)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2AgdxJYP74

billie holiday (1939)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXLB32n6lq8&feature=related


4) Blue Moon (1960)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR4t8ZgW36E

blue moon is more depressing than it sounds. listen closely to the lyrics.

also covered by chris issak & the scotty moore band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuCZDanw3aE


5) Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ld4c9FGDJ4

covered by a number of great artists but sinatra's version is still the best.


6) A Man Alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1lyQyQUAQ

this is a perfect example of a great song from someone who knew how to sing from the heart.


7) This Was My Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h63R7aaQy9g

we all can relate to this.


8) Maybe You'll Be There

sang by sinatra but popularized by diana krall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsvBwvZ7U8


9 ) I Think Of You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vey6UO969EU

i love listening to this on a sunday morning reading the paper with a cup of coffee beside me.


10) One For My Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODa_903vnLg

this goes well with beer... or whiskey...

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hope you like my listening to my list.

please don't slit your wrist. haha.

the bloomfields - hit the ground running

http://www.clickthecity.com/music/?p=11111

watch out for the bloomfields much anticipated new album. it's coming out this weekend - april 16.

"hit the ground running" will be available in all sm music and video stores. also watch out for the bloomfields' sm mall tours around the country.

buy original opm music! please support our local artists!

two good movies out there

if you're planning to watch a movie this week, why don't you try source code or hall pass. source code is quite interesting. it's ground hog day meets the matrix. this film is directed by zowie bowie who brought us last year's remarkable sci fi triller moon. this 39 year old british director is hollywood's next big thing. hall pass, on the other hand, is the funniest movie i've seen since the hangover. it's everything you expect from the farelly brothers. i've also made a mental note to search for nicky whelan pics in the web. hehe.

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i've been too busy lately to update this blog. i apologize for my lazy writing. hehe.

golf

"has anyone yet sung these delights of the game?... the sense of freedom on a great expanse, the exhilaration, the vastness, the buoyancy, the exaltation?" - arnold haultain (1857-1941)

"there's such a simple satisfaction in the sound of the ball rolling into the cup." - lee french (1878-1965)

"golf is not just an exercise; it's an adventure, a romance... a shakespeare play in which disaster and comedy are intertwined." - harold segall (1897-1975)

"by nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart." - confucius (1551-479 BC)

"our moments of inspiration are not lost... for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them." - henry david thoreau (1817-62)

"something about the sight of a fairway both soothes and excites me." - bob cullen (1949-)

"even when pushed to our limits of frustration, the focused beauty of a course can sooth and delight." - philip mendez (1921-1979)

"indeed, the hightest pleasure of golf may be that on the fairways and far from the pressence of commerce and rationality, we can feel immortal for a few hours." - colman mccarthy (1938-)

"stretch your lungs and your abilities on a rugged course beside the sea." - walter o'reilly (1901-70)

"the positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible." - charles caleb colton (1780-1832)

"take risks; if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise." - proverbial wisdom

"we do not remember days, we remember moments." - cesare pavese (1908-50)

"the well-resolved mind is single and one-pointed." - bhagavad gita (C.4th-3rd Century BC)

"beauty of style, harmony, grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity." - plato (429-347 BC)

"you already possess everything necessary to become great." - native american maxim

"these are complete men and incomplete men. if you would be a complete man, put all of your soul's strength into all of your life's actions." - eugenio maria de hostos (1839-1903)

"the only thing a golfer needs is more daylight." - ben hogan (1912-97)

"this time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it." -ralph waldo emerson (1803-82)

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quotes to inspire one's game. hehe.

i had a good session today. 8 buckets in the driving range at villamor. that's around 320 balls!!! i'm expecting a painful day tomorrow. haha.

if you're interested in learning the sport, i can refer you my coach. it's best to learn the right way. send me a msg if ever.

manila autoshow 2011

http://www.manilaautoshow.com

i've heard this year would be the biggest ever. 23,000 square-meters of exhibition space! i'm definitely going to check this out. i hope to bump into jahziel manabat or abby poblador. haha.

see you there!

diving

"the reason why i love the sea i cannot explain - it's physical. when you dive you begin to feel like an angel. it's a liberation of your weight." - jacques-yves cousteau (1910-97)

"the sea? it's the blood in our own veins, impetuous and near." - eugene j. lee-hamilton (1845-1907)

"he who would search for pearls must dive below." - john dryden (1631-1700)

"wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder." - plato (1427-347 BC)

"divine reality is a limitless ocean of consciousness and individual awareness is a far." - ramakrishna (1836-86)

"a moment later, one of the whales broke into song, an eerie underwater hymn that sounded like the low-pitched chant of a buddhist monk." - pipin ferreras

"behold the turtle. he makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." - james bryant conant (1893-1978)

"...the rising world of waters dark and deep..." - john milton (1608-74) from paradise lost

"here on the ocean floor is the only independence. here i am free." - jules verne (1828-1905) from 20000 leagues under the sea

"full many a gem of purest ray serene the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear." - thomas gray (1714-71) from elegy in a country churchyard

"master, i marvel how the fishes live in the sea." - william shakespeare (1564-1616) from pericles

"every dive is a voyage into realms unimaginable - as far from our own study in the attic as the outer reaches of our galaxy." - louise soustelle (1911-62)

"my heart slows to eight pulses a minute, and i forget my body. at extreme dept, i am conscious only of my soul." - umberto pelizzari

"... how delicious it was to be totally without gravity like one of the great planing birds; he could go up, he could go down, he could stay right where he was." - james jones (1921-1977)

"ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of time." - h.p. lovecraft (1890-1937)

"in all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - aristotle (384-322 BC)

"not everything that dives into the water is a mermaid." - russian proverb

"the sea hath fish of every man." - william calden (1551-1623)

"the most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. it is the source of all true art and all science." - albert einstein (1879-1955)

"dive and know the depth; watch and discriminate; eat and know the taste - i long for people who do that." - the atharvaveda (c. 2200-1500 BC)

"the ocean is a mighty harmonist." - william wordsworth (1770-1850)

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summer means getting wet. i should really make time for my advance diving classes.

i'm passionate about diving. i'm just too afraid to embrace it.

majayjay falls

we kicked off the start of summer with a trip to majayjay falls last sunday.

how to get there? check this site or better yet, get a garmin gps =p

http://www.pinoyislands.com/taytayfalls-majayjay-laguna/

i'll be posting the pics soon at my fb page.

gn recommendations

here are some of the graphic novels that i've read recently. i highly recommend the first three, but the rest are also really good.

arkham asylum - sam kieth
murder mysteries - neil gaiman & p craig russel
the dream hunters - neil gaiman & p craig russel
jonah hex no way back - justin gray, jummy palmiotti, tony dezuniga
a god somewhere - john arcudi, peter snejbjerg, bjarne hansen
punisher marvel noir - frank tieri, paul azaceta, antonio fuso
wolverine origin - jenkins, kubert, isanove
matchless - gregory maguire


i'll try to read more graphic novels/comic books this year. my trip to the toronto comic con three weeks ago rekindled my love for geeky reads.

my favorite milfs

i had the chance to watch american pie again the other day, and i still find it hilarious. who could forget the pie scene?!!? haha. i actually stopped eating apple pies since then. kidding.

one of legacy that the movie american pie left us is the bringing into life the word milf. and as my tribute to one of the funniest movies of all time, let me introduce to you the list of my favorite milfs.


1) salma hayek - i can't help not still associate salma hayek with the movie desperado. i think she was 29 then. now she's 44 and still smokin' hot.

2) heidi klum - 4 kids! one with her ex-husband and 3 with seal. i can't really blame seal. i'm expecting more babies in the next 5 years. haha.

3) kate beckinsale - hot mom plus an english accent. hmmm...

4) monica belucci - she's over 45 i think, but she could still pass for someone in her 30s. we have to thank the wachowski brothers for casting her in the matrix reloaded. we all know that this 2003 film is responsible for launching her into mainstream.

5) halle berry - at 41, halle berry still has one of the best bods out there. she's still a perennial top 100 hottie in any men's mag. she even bagged the sexiest woman of 2008 title of esquire mag.

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milfs may be older but look younger and are more experienced. i guess this is their appeal. they are like wine. they get better with age.

bier market @ king street

i saved the best for last. i spent my last night in toronto drinking with larryboy at bier market king street. with over 100 brands of beer from over 24 countries, it's a better version of manila's famous beer paradise at polaris street makati. the mind-blowing beer selection and the sophisticated yet laid back ambience are the reasons why this place is packed on friday and sat nights.

i got the mix und match sampler - a sampling of 6 different flavours, textures, and types of beer. 7 oz per glass. i ended the night with just the "right amount" of buzz (typsy but not quite). i promised myself not to get drunk since i still had to pack. and i'm already 31 years old so im expected to drink responsibly. haha.

the mix und match sampler
stiegl radler
klb raspberry wheat ale
de koninck amber ale
fruli strawberry wheat ale
delirium tremens ale
leffe brune abbey ale

http://www.thebiermarkt.com/

cheers to good times. i'll definitely miss toronto and all the beer it has to offer.

12th out of 14

my first fantasy basketball head to head experience is a disaster. at one point i was in last place and i now end the season 12th out of 14. crap. hoping to perform better next year.

my line-up

jrue holiday
jamal crawford
beno udrih
shane battier
nene hilario
andrea bargnani
amare stoudemire
richard jefferson
serge ibaka
danny granger

my w-l-t stat is 130-179-6. horrible right? and i only had 8 moves the entire season. i guess this is the reason why i turned out to be a cellar dweller.

looking forward to basketbulan 2k11...

earth hour 2011

help save the planet by switching off ur lights.

too bad i wont be able to participate this year since i'll be up in the air.

http://www.earthhour.org/About.aspx

got to go. time to pack.

manila, here i come. i'll miss toronto though.

except the weather.

notes on my last week

- last friday night was unforgettable. sarah mcmachlan was awesome. she's actually very chatty. good job sarah for a very intimate and "personal" concert. also, i noticed that massey hall has excellent acoustics. great venue.

- i was able to squeeze in the roger centre tour friday afternoon. call it time management. haha.

- saturday was tiring. long day. started the day at the wizard world comic con at the direct energy centre. (the world will be dominated by geeks in a few years). decided to walk (using my gps) home after lunch and accidentally came across fort york. i was able to take some good pictures. i can now say that i did the scenic route. haha. also passed by winners store to look out for good bargains. for sat night, i visited a family friend somewhere at thorncliffe drive for dinner. pinoy food galore again!

- sunday was also a long day. we headed to canada one outlet for some shopping. then visited a couple of wineries - peller estates and jackson triggs. for 5 bucks, the jackson triggs tour was a good deal. you get a one hour tour, lots of free wine tasting, and a 5 dollar off on any bottle purchase.

- arrived at niagra around 4pm and had a very late lunch at planet hollywood. maybe linner is more apt (lunch and dinner combined). hehe. niagra falls is gorgeous during winter. i should have come here at january where the falls and river are almost frozen solid.

- lunch at dazzling, king street last thursday. thanks tita for the treat.

- despedida thing with the team at puck n' wings last night. i liked the dragon and also the curry wings.

- last week is hell week. so much stuff to do. work. shop. pack. party. haha.

azkals vs bangladesh

http://www.azkals.info/2011/03/phl-azkals-vs-bangladesh-free-live.html

for twitter updates of the game, check the link i posted.

pwede ng pagtiyagan since i couldn't find a decent live streaming site. so far, the philippine is doing really well. 2 - 0.

these dogs can actually bite. go azkals!

0-0

i'm not actually disappointed with the draw with palestine. palestine is a bigger, more athletic, and skilled team than the azkals. we were even lucky to get out of the match with a draw. we have to actually thank the goal post for a couple of saves. hehe.

good luck to the azkals tonight! kaya natin yan. my forecast is that we will conquer bangladesh 2 - 0.

azkals' 15 minutes of fame is not yet over. trust me.

book 7: good omens

my first encounter with good omens was via audio book. i wasn't able to finish it. i usually fall asleep within 15 minutes. maybe i'm just not the listening type. haha.
good thing my friend sent me a copy of the ebook a week ago perhaps. thanks beng. i owe you coffee for this.

good omens is a collaboration between neil gaiman and terry pratchett. and it's a good one. their style compliment each other. if you're looking for an intelligent yet funny read, go grab this one.

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i hope they make a movie out of this book. a very entertaining cast of characters...

book 6: sputnik sweetheart

this is a typical murakami book where the sense of isolation is apparent all throughout. loneliness breaks your spirit and leave you feeling like an empty shell. this short novel focuses on that sense of loss that we feel when we discover that love is fleeting and realize that the closeness we share with someone today will soon fade and may never be recaptured.

this is a good book for people new to murakami. it's a lot easier to digest than most of his stuff.

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the day that i started reading sputnik sweetheart was the same fateful day of the 8.9 earthquake.

book 5: choke

choke is a bit better than lullaby. it's cutting-edge and a page-turner. finished the book in three days. this book confirms that i'm addicted to chuck palahniuk. he's maybe in my top five now.

open up and get into the world of victor mancini.

si swimsuit 2011

it's now out!!! i hope most you guys have seen this. this should be required viewing. haha.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011_swimsuit/models/

i think this year is a lot better than last year. better pictures and best set of rookies in years. my favorites by rank. hehe.

1) kate upton - a sexier version of mandy moore. i'm in love. haha. the rookie of the year!

2) jessica gomes - it seems like she gained a bit of weight but i still love her. i just realized that she looks like someone i know. hmmm.

3) genevieve morton - a cutie with everything in the right places. it's weird that i didn't notice her in last year's issue. 2010 was her rookie year. time to check the archives. haha.

4) esti ginzburg - i've read somewhere that this hottie made her acting debut last year in joel schumacher's film twelve. i better get hold of it asap. 2011 is her 3rd straight year in si. looking forward to still seeing her next year.

5) irina shayk - the choice for the fifth spot was a difficult one. it was a toss up between brooklyn decker and irina. but i think irina deserves this spot more coz she's the face (or body maybe is more apt) of si this year. good choice by the si team.

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enjoy guys! take it easy. haha.