~* NOW PLAYING: All I Need by Barbie's Cradle *~

ALL I NEED
~* Words by: Barbie Almalbis *~

Inside of my heart is an army of angels
Just coz i let you go
Oh volunteers they are here to love and help me
only coz i've said no

to the killer eyes that invite me to do things
i would have to lie about
and its better now, we are safe
you know i love you more from far away
now that all i need is God.

hey little girl

do you still have things that haunt you
are all the words i say unclear
you know i was there just a while ago so miserable
until i told the truth and prayed

and the killer eyes that invite me
to do things i would have to lie about (just lost their sparkle)
and its better now, we are safe
you know i love you more from far away
now that all I need is God.

inside of my heart is glorious army waiting for war...

the killer eyes that invite me to do things
i would have to lie about (lost their sparkle)
and its better now, we are safe

you know i love you more from far away
now that all I need is...

Inside of my heart is an army of angels
Inside of my heart is an army of angels
Inside of my heart is an army of angels
Inside of my heart is an army of angels...

I need you so much I am dust without you
I'd lose all the universe just to have you
I need you so much I am dust without you
I'd lose all the universe just to have you...

~* PACKED FRIDAY NIGHT *~

Had a blast last Friday night! As scheduled, I met up with Teena for her post-birthday dinner at Big Buddha Greenbelt. [Happy B-day Teena!:) *hugz*] Hogi, Tere, Pau and his cousin Jen were also there. After dinner, we went to Segafredo. As usual pictures, pictures:

clockwise: (1st Row) birthday gal teena & me * pau, jen & hogi(2nd Row) tere & jen * hogi, me & teena

I didn't stay long at Segafredo coz I had to meet up with Tin for an instant/unscheduled night-out. 'Turns out that Honda was sponsoring Monster Radio RX 93.1's Yuppie Night which was happening at Capone's. Apol (Tin's friend who works at Honda) invited Tin and I had myself invited (haha!) coz I knew that Barbie Almalbis was playing for RX that night. Tin and I went to Capone's with two of her friends and later on we were joined by Apol and Valerie. At first, we were surprised that some pizza, chicken lollipops and more beer kept going our way eh we didn't order them naman... 'turned out it was free food & drinks from RX since we were at Honda's table. *yey!*

Anyway, 'saw RX DJs there: Tom Alvarez, Sonya, Chico & Del... Was surprised to see Champ Lui-Pio (vocals - Hale) there. After Barbie's gig, they chatted for a while. Champ and Barbie were both wearing a yellow top. So anyway... they were standing there near our table and as I was looking at them, it suddenly dawned on me na they look good together! Swear! Parang kinilig pa nga ako thinking about it eh. Haha! They both have such angelic faces and positive auras so *ooh* they're so bagay! Later that night, we also spotted Mark Escueta (drummer - Rivermaya. Uyyy... Tin... Yihee!) there.


barbie almalbis still reminds me of pixie fairies


*awww* they're both wearing yellow. naaks!


After that, we went to Aposento which was just a stone's throw away from Capone's. Valerie's boyfriend's acoustic alternative band was playing there. Was pleasantly suprised to find that the drinks at Aposento was quite cheaper than the usual. Imagine that, I had Artic Strawberry vodka for just PhP 80! Wow!

So basically, I just spent a total of PhP 100 for all that! [80 bucks at Aposento and 20 bucks share for the toll fee] Nice! So timely for my *tipid mode* month ;-)

~* JD WON!!! JD WON!!! *~

JD Fortune is the brand spankin' new vocalist of INXS! *woohoo* *applause*



"... I would do this 100 times over to prove to them that I am worth it.
Remember to always believe in yourself my friends. If anyone calls you a dreamer remind them that the building they work in came from a dreamer, the car they're driving came from a dreamer. The computer they love, the cell phone they use, movies and music they escape in - all came from dreamers.
I believe in you.Your dreamer 448"**excerpt from JD's blog



I *crush* JD ;-) Goooo JD! Yer tha man!



INXS 2005




*all photos are from http://rockstar.msn.com

~* F. U. *~

{One-liners.}

After the art of letting go, it's now time for the art of war.

I wonder how much cuss words I have to say until I finally calm down.

~oO0Oo~

inside of my heart is an army of angels
just because I let you go


hey little girl
do you still have things
that haunt you?

you know i was there
just a while ago so miserable
until i told the truth and prayed


inside of my heart
is a glorious army waiting for war...


~ All I Need (Barbie Almalbis)

~* ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW SENSATION? *~

Soooo. Finally it comes down to 3 lads. Marty, JD and MiG. I am sooo freakin' excited to watch the finale on Wed!!! (Incidentally, Greg Behrendt mentioned that he watches ROCKSTAR INXS too! He asked us who were our bet. He said he heard that "MiG is a homeboy huh.")



AHA! I *really* have a sneaking suspicion that Dave Navarro has a crush on (or at least "is flirty with") Suzie. You'd just notice it in the way he talks & looks at her... And now that kiss (he also kissed her as she was singing in last Wed's episode)! *gasp* Oh no, Carmen Elektra, have you been watching your husband lately?




Among the three, I love Marty's screamo-mellow voice the most. I like his attitude all throughout the episodes. I never saw him act like an ass. He was a little touchy though in that songwriting collaboration episode. He is very vocal too about the direction he envisions for INXS' future music. I loved his original song Trees the first time I heard him sing it. (I like both the electric and acoustic version). I like it better than JD's Pretty Vegas. I end up liking all the alternative songs he performs on the show. I am always frantically downloading his stuff over at Bearshare ;)





Okay, okay, admit it, you gals: JD is indeed yummy to look at! That's his edge over the other two. I find that he is the most passionate in terms of his music and his being a prospective vocalist of INXS. He may have acted like a jerk a coupla times in the past but I think he's just misunderstood and is just a victim of crafty editing the same way that Colin was in Amazing Race. Did you see that softie side of JD when his sister and mom visited him at the mansion *aww*? You'd be surprised too when you read his post on his MSN blog. He sounds like a nice person, actually. I like that part in his original song Pretty Vegas wherein he speaks thru a megaphone. I think among the three, he most closely approximates the looks, charm/appeal of INXS' deceased vocalist.



One big *woohoo* to our homeboy MiG! He is amazing when he hits those high notes and he is best with the slow rock/pop ballad numbers. My faves are his Baby I Love Your Way and Live & Let Die performances. And isn't he such a *nice nice* guy?! He almost always gives out his song selection whenever somebody else also wants it. He seems to be such a kind-hearted guy. His theater background shows in some of his performances and I don't know if that's a good thing for him though. He doesn't exactly fit the "rugged rockstar dude" description.


*all photos are from http://rockstar.msn.com

~* GREG BEHRENDT @ GREENBELT *~

I was utterly excited when I heard the news last week that Greg Behrendt would be going to Manila that I decided to skip the Hale gig @ Hard Rock which I was supposed to go to together with Rose (my college friend). I figured that Hale will have more gigs in the future that I can go to anyway, while Greg coming to Manila is basically just once in a blue moon. I have been sooo loving his book eversince I stumbled upon it at Powerbooks around January of this year. I changed plans with Rose and she agreed to go with me even if she has not yet read Greg's book. Soon after, the news spread among the gals in the office so we all decided to go watch him at Greenbelt.

Last Sept. 15 was Greg's stand-up comedy gig dubbed "Uncool". I swear, he's just sooo funny! If I could put YM smileys here, you would probably see the *ROTFL* smiley. We were laughing the entire 45 min. or so. My favorite is the goldfish story :D He talked about an insane girlfriend (aka the goldfish story), a gal he didn't know at all who broke up with him over the phone, drunk-dialing, playing Pictionary with his wife & friends (pray tell, how do you draw "few"?), his Oprah guesting and a whole lot of other funny subjects.

That night, I was surprised to find out that Rose enjoyed Greg's performance so much that it convinced her enough to buy his book when she passed by Powerbooks.

So the next day, Sept. 16, Rose & I went together for his book signing. They had a short program before the signing. It opened with the clip from Sex and The City with Berger's now-famous line. (Trivia: Greg said he had much input in the characters of Berger and Aidan). The program was hosted by Bianca Gonzales. There was a bit of Q&A after Greg talked about the book. A coupla people from Studio 23 like Judah Paolo, Mariel (that annoying MTV Phils. VJ and host of Big Brother), Franco Mabanta and probably some more press/media people were in the VIP audience area. Myrza Sison of Summit Media was there the other night (the stand-up comedy thing).

It took us about an hour in line before Rose & I got our books signed. Some of us were a bit peeved at the organizers coz they did not follow the sequence based on our numbered book signing passes. What was most agonizing aside from standing up and falling in line for a long time was that there's this big gal with a really *funky* pungent smell about her. Rose even asked me to inch away because it was really so nauseating! I mean, gee, I am probably lucky to be surrounded most of the time by sweet/fresh-smelling officemates, friends and family members that it was an absolute assault to my senses to smell that girl's body odor! Rose & I were even worried that Greg might faint and not get to sign our books coz the smelly gal was just before us in the line. Haha :P. Anyway, Greg didn't faint coz he probably held his breath so *yey*, we had our books signed :)

rose & i with greg: my you-go-girl cheerer/hero/inspiration

I didn't want Greg to just sign in the usual front page or book jacket. Instead, I asked him to sign on my favorite chapter in the book. I told him that I could most relate with that chapter and he chuckled and said: "Oh I get you!".

D.W.T.P. - if you read the book, you'd know what that meant ;)

~* THE NET *~

I promised Bianx that I'd post this one... She made the screen capture for me :)

She was checking out imdb.com the other day in the office for this particular quote from Wicker Park which she liked but she couldn't find it in the "memorable quotes" section of the site. And so I suggested that she google it. She was amused that my blog turned up #5 in the search results coz usually people pay good money to be on top search results. Well, I didn't pay Google a single cent! She was so mesmerized [I asked her: "Oh, so how shall I describe you in my post? Overjoyed? Ecstatic?" She said "mesmerized!". So mesmerized it is ;) ] that she made a screen cap of it and emailed it to me with a "#5 way to go!!!" subject line.



Speaking of net sightings, my mom sent me an email regaring my aunt winning this recipe feature in inq.net. Yey! Way to go Tita Jenny! :)