~*WON IN OUR VERY FIRST DOG SHOW!*~

'Was at the dog show all afternoon. We decided to enter our 3-mo. pup Kikay in her very first dog show. It was organized by the United Pitbull Club (San Pedro Laguna chapter).

Long story about her name. Geez, I don't like it that much but hey, she's got recall among the audience! Originally, I wanted to call her Kahlua. Kewlness, right? Well my parents didn't think so. So okay, I said Kelly then -- after Kelly Osbourne coz she's a tough chick right? But she didn't quite respond to the name. I think twas my sis who came up with Kikay coz she has this cute eyeshadow-eyeliner thing going on with her eyes. I said, why not Cleo then, as in Cleopatra? Oh well, she didn't respond to it either. She liked being called Kikay. Her ears would perk up when we'd call her that. So Kikay it is!

So there we were, goin on the 10-min. drive to the contest venue. Half-way through the ride, she did what I feared she would. She pooped, man! She pooped inside the car! Well she was in her cage but then, you know how dogshit smells when they're on dog food and milk. REEKING is the word! We rolled down our windows but it really smelled super funky that I swear I was almost gagging! I was already putting an inch of my face out the window coz it really really smelled gross. Gaaaah!

Oh but she won, she won!!! We were so estatic coz it was her first try and she won first prize in female pup (3-6 mos.) category! She bested the other ten or so she-pups!!! I thought she was just gonna get at least a 3rd place coz one of the judges commented that she was a little too plump! And then, she was pitted against the male pup winner for the Best Showdog - Pup Category... (the male was really nice, it had a blue coat; Kikay's color is called "fawn", I think...) and she won again! Wooohooo! All her crapping in the car was well worth it! Our maid (the official yaya), me (the official photographer), my sis (the official handler) and Dad (the official financier) were really happy and proud of our dear baby Kikay!

Here are her pictures:




*Her daddy Anselmo also competed in the male adult category and he won too! Her mommy Dagger also competed, I think but she didn't win though.


#1! KIKAY'S WINNING FORM! Here are her two plaques (which look like sizzling plates, by the way! *teehee*) from the United Pitbull Club. The bigger one was for the Best Showdog - Pup category.


I realized that the next time I go to a dog show, I shouldn't waste my time taking a bath first. Haha. The moment we got there it smelled like dogs, dogs, dogs! And since I was petting Kikay and the rest of the dogs, plus since it was kinda hot out there, I was quite doggish-smelling and dirty. I'm a germophobic freako but there was no place to wash your hands there. It seemed that putting alcohol or hand sanitizer would only spread the dog smell and dirt more so I did not bother with it. I have never been that dirty EVER! I was touching the dogs all the time. Plus her saliva was all over my pants and arms too. I felt really eww-y about it but oh well, I'm still alive... And I smell of Body Shop grapefruit body wash now ; )

~*OH TAKE ME BACK TO THE START...*~

Gaah. I suddenly missed him today. Crap. I don't even need forty days of sacrifice! I think I was jinxed since day one.

Random thought: If true love comes only but once in a lifetime, what happens when it leaves? Could you ever find another purpose in life other than to love and be loved?

What Chico said the other day rings true. It seems that love only exists to the simple. If you're a complicated person and you tend to overanalyze things and thirst for the profound, it will really be hard for you to find love. You tend to seek further and think too deeply. Hence, little, ordinary, simple things do not qualify as love in your vocabulary.

There are too many mediocre things in life and love should not be one of them. ~ Dream for an Insomniac


But was THAT (already) love that I lost? So what's the point in pining and hoping? Oh take me back to the start...


Come up to meet you,
Tell you I'm sorry,
You don't know how lovely you are.

I had to find you,
Tell you I need you,
Tell you I set you apart.

Tell me your secrets,
And ask me your questions,
Oh, let's go back to the start.

Runnin' in circles,
Comin' up tails,
Heads are a science apart.

Nobody said it was easy,
It's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be this hard.
Oh, take me back to the start.

I was just guessing,
At numbers and figures,
Pulling your puzzles apart.

Questions of science,
Science and progress,
Do not speak as loud as my heart.

Tell me you love me,
Come back and haunt me,
Oh, when I rush to the start.

Runnin' in circles,
Chasin' tails,
Comin' back as we are.

Nobody said it was easy,
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part.
Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be so hard.
I'm goin' back to the start.

~ The Scientist, Coldplay



OH IT'S SUCH A SHAME FOR US TO PART... Yeah well nobody told me it would be THIS hard...

~*JASON MRAZ GIG AND THE FIRST LEG OF THE FELLAS' MALL TOUR*~

Okay so here are the pics from this weekend. Here are some shots of Jason Mraz on rollerblades:



I only know about 5 or so songs of Jason Mraz so half the time I couldn't quite relate to the songs he sang. I was waiting for him to sing Sleeping to Dream but he didn't. Dang. Some guy kept shouting his request for Jason to sing Sleeping to Dream but he didn't. Grrrr. I don't think it's in his album. I just DL'd it. He wrote such nice lyrics, very poignant. It's my fave Mraz song.


I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you I'm feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town
I'm counting my sheep and each one that passes is another dream to ashes
and they all fall down.
As I lay me down tonight,
I close my eyes and what a beautiful sight

I'm sleeping to dream about you
I'm so tired of having to live without you
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired

I found myself in the riches (Your eyes, your lips, your hair.) Well you were everywhere
But I woke up in the ditches. I hit the light and I thought you might be here
but you were nowhere. You were nowhere at home.

As I lay me back to sleep
Lord I pray that I can keep
Sleeping to dream about you
I'm so tired of having to live without you
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired

(It's just a little a lullaby to keep myself from crying myself to sleep at night.)

Sleeping to dream about you
I'm so tired of having to live without you
So I'm sleeping to dream about you and I'm so tired


~ Sleeping to Dream, Jason Mraz

~oO0Oo~


Okay. Now on my beloved 'Fellas... Here are my pics with the fellas who hung around with Teena, Mika, Tere, Hogi and me for a while after the show:



Okay so there's Red (Mr. videographer dude! He video'd part of their show. He was singing while taking shots with his video cam. Kewlness. It's for that documentary thing he's working on...) Second pic is with my huggy-wuggy-Robi. Gaah. *hugz*hugs* forever! There's Karl Kalbo (umm, peace ____! hehehe). Okay, Melismatic-singin' Karl na nga lang! Okaaay, 4th picture... there's Reuben trying to be, uhmm, funny. *teehee* Kaya pala he was so excited to see the pic right after it was shot... "Bilis, bilis, tingnan natin!" he said. Haha. Nag-emote pala ang bata! And there... finally, a pic with the unsung hero Mr. Bass-man Roger! I told him "Hey Roger, picture, picture! Wala akong picture with you EVER eh!" There. Natuwa naman sya.

After that I tagged along with Tere and Hogi at Seattle's Best (read: Shaaatels best, ala Tere. hehehe)

~oO0Oo~


So since Sunday I've been OD'ing on their album. Oh c'mon indulge me, after all, I've waited for this freakin album since November 2003! And wow, it was worth the 20-message board-pages of wait! Well honestly I've been skipping track one because, umm, my ears will just bleed if I hear another "hala!". I know it's Robi's song but hey, even he said he was kinda tired of it back when we were talking in Ad Congress' Radioworks at Baguio. I can only take so much Bongga. Hehe.(Gaah, was my, umm, expression correct? Anywayz, moving on...) It's better heard live coz that's where they do their solo stints.

On Karl: Grabeh. As in whoa. He really kicks ass with that melismatic singing thing he does. And he kinda sounds like Gary V. This kid is blessed!

On Paulo's Harana: Hehehe, as I said to Teena, there's a part there that makes me snicker. That "waga-aaa-as" part. Hmm. Basta. But I luv the "guys, one more time" as always. It's so cute. Nakaka last-song-syndrome.

To end this blog entry, let me share a funny anecdote: So here I was this morning, taking a bath, with the album blasting out loud so I can hear it inside the bathroom. The funny thing is, I was freakin singing along to Sound Illusion...but NOT at the part na may lyrics ha, take note. Now ain't that just out of whack?! *teehee*

~*BUSY, BUSY GIG-FILLED WEEKEND*~

Woohoo (tired-sounding woohoo yan...) I was at the Jason Mraz gig last Saturday. Twas a total blast! I realized that in a weird, geekish, kidish sort of way that Jason is kinda cute...

Today I went to the first leg of my beloved 'Fellas mall tour (album promo) at ATC. Coolness, lotsa peeps there, as in! As in their CDs were sold out in Odyssey ATC and even in their Festival Mall branch.

Weeee! Got to join the fellas and the akakadas (teena, hogi, mika) at California Pizza Kitchen for a quick snack before the 4pm gig. I just got to the Activity Center when I saw Robi and greeted him. And then he invited me to join them guys at CPK. Kewlness. He's sooo bait talaga.

Okay I'm verrrry tired and I need to catch a lot of missed Zzzs. Will post more Jason Mraz and AKAfellas stuff tomorrow... Or the next day... Or on (holiday) Wednesday.

Woohooo, the AKAfellas kicks (major) ass!!!!

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~*THE V-DAY GHOST*~

Whoa. He texted me at 12:30 am today. (Take note ha, as in parang he deliberately wanted to be the first one to greet me Happy Valentine's Day... Oh well. I read into things too much. Gullible me.) Twas something quite stupid. A variation on the "Coke Ko 'To" catchy rhyme from the TV ad. It's too stupid to type in here... anyway, it ended with "Baduy noh? That's what love is." Gaaah. How freakin lame is that?! I was too sleepy to reply and start up a chat. His text actually woke me up. So anyway, I went back to sleep, thinkin' "You... you! Gaah. Just you wait til tomorrow when I wake up..."

At 7:30 am, I texted him back something serious. I didn't want to forward some lame V-day joke to him. After all, this was my only chance to text him. My new year's resolution was not to text him EVER. The exception, I guess, was when he texted me, I shall reply as necessary. Hah! I bet I knocked the living daylights out of him with my oh-so-serious-slash-drama queenish text. I said:

People ask me why I hang on to someone who gave me more pain than joy. I say I loved him and I love in spite of pain. Coz loving a person doesn't mean they should be yours. Loving is letting the person grow even if it means letting them go. And I'll be fine someday coz I knew I gave what I had to and I loved truly.

Hah! Beat that! That must've shut him up.

Oh well.

~*THE MORNING RUSH HEARTBREAK SPECIAL*~

Ahh. It is V-day. I listened to Chico, Delamar & Brad's Heartbreak Special. Haha. Chico is just so funny. Sometimes he was so super-emote in introducing a song that he ends up being funny. They were all trying not to be their usual wacky, bubbly, perky selves. Brad's catch phrase: "Chico, you're such a loser!" Wahaha. And Chico's "Ahh, bullshoot."

I told them, "Can I just say, for the record ha, the background music in your V-day plug and your bed is just so sad it's suicide-inducing! Haha!" Oooh, Chico played my request, my heartbreak song -- The Day You Went Away by Wendy Matthews. Gaaah. I couldn't help but shed a tear or two when they played that.


Hey, does it ever make you wonder what's on my mind
I was only ever running back to your side
I never cried, I just watched my life go by
It's just a pack of lies, 'cause you're leaving me behind
Why, after this long is there nothing I'll keep
Oh, I can shout
you'll pretend you're falling asleep
I live a lie, yeah, believing that you're mine
It's just a waste of time 'cause you're leaving me behind

Hey, there's not a cloud in the sky
It's as blue as your goodbye
and I thought that it would rain
on a day like today
Hey, there's not a cloud in sight
it's as blue as your blue goodbye
and I thought that it would rain
the day you went away

Hey, does it ever make you wonder what's on my mind
I was only ever running back to your side
Hey, there's not a cloud in the sky
it's as blue as your goodbye
and I thought it would rain
on a day like today

Hey, there's not a cloud in sight
it's as blue as your blue goodbye
and I thought it would rain
the day you went away

~ The Day You Went Away, Wendy Matthews

Funny how they chose two winners among those sad storytellers that went on air. And the prize? This CD which is a compilation of break-up songs or somethin' like that. "To make you all the more sadder," said Brad. Wahaha. But hey, twas autographed by the three of them.

They ended their show with the signature song written and performed by Trina Belamide. Gaah. Such a nice song. They started playing this every Valentine's Day since I think, year 2001.

It's Valentine's Day again
Chocolates and roses, dinner by candelight
But not for everybody
There'll be three less roses given away tonight
'Coz Jimmy's girl got on a plane
He tried to stop her from leaving but tried in vain
And he'd hand her three roses now
But she lives so far away
To a lonely heart, how does one say
Happy Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day again
Long-time lovers lighting the fire once more
But it's gonna be cold tonight
For someone whose lover walked right out the door
See, Anna's fighting back the tears
Broke up with her beau for nine long years
And she's throwing her dreams of walking down the aisle away
To a broken heart, how does one say
Happy Valentine's Day

Cruel, oh so cruel
Be with your lover and be glad
And if you're without a lover
Well, that's just too bad
Cruel, oh so cruel
No other day like this
Can make you long so much
For the one you miss

It's Valentine's Day again
Jay's got the flowers, but somehow it's not the same
Though he knows April's happy
'Coz all he can do is set them on her grave
It's been two years since she passed on
But somehow the pain still lingers on
And no other day can magnify it like this day
To a grieving heart, how does one say
Happy Valentine's Day

How do you say
Happy Valentine's Day

~ Happy Valentine's Day, Trina Belamide

~*THE MAUI TAYLOR GUESTING*~

So as I said before, Maui was gonna be our guest for our office's dating game thingiemajig. She came with Mommy Rose Flaminiano of FLT Films, Mommy Rose's alalay and another one whom, later, I was surprised to find out was her mom pala. I wouldn't have guessed that she was Maui's mom.

So anyway, we were joking around early in the morning that I'll make singil na entrance fee sa work area namin coz the guys will surely want to come in our area when Maui arrives. Haha. So suddenly, everyone was nice to us! Haha.

Hanep. All the guys were ogling at her. She was wearing this red see-through lace top with spaghetti straps and a super mini (denim) skirt.

The dating game went great. It was so fun. A bit naughty on the side. The searchees were all married men -- our GM and some managers. And boy she picked the office heartthrob! Haha.

Here are some pictures...

L to R: Me, my boss, our account manager (whom we keep teasing coz she does look like Maui), Mommy Rose, Maui and our credit manager


Maui with the winner of the dating game

After the show, we all had late lunch at Gloria Maris. In fairness, Maui seems very nice. She didn't have any prima donna air or anything like that. She gamely posed for all the photo ops we had to go through while on the way out of the office. Aliw, when she saw my off-white hand bag, she exclaimed that she had exactly the same bag which she bought from Greenhills! Ah, nice to know that Maui Taylor still shops for nice stuff from the tiangge! And she gave this weird tip during the dating game when they were talking about thongs. She said that if you had to wear thongs for the entire day, you should wash first (down there) with Colgate, as in use it like soap. That was a sure-fire way to not smell, uhh, there. As in she swears by it. Strange but true.

She wears this cute baby pink retainers. Her hair color is nice. She had this golden bronze tan. She looks pretty in person. Petite as I was, I was still taller than her. Well, her boobs were so, uhmm, shall I say, surreal? But anyway, she was really quite amiable. No air at all. It's nice to know that big stars can still be like that.