Hi people of the world!:) I'm a contributor for our company's internal newsletter and I'm tasked to fill up this column about Top Ten "somethings"... much like Chico and Delamar's Top Ten every morning, if ya know what I mean ;) So anyway, for our maiden issue, I need to come up with the Top Ten Things To Do While Stuck in Traffic.. Hmm, so far I have only thought of four entries. I cannot solicit answers from the office coz then the column would not be a surprise to them anymore if I did. So there, I need your answers!!! Serious or non-serious, crazy or sane... all your ideas would be greatly appreciated. I just have to get my ass moving and submit something to our Features editor fast!
Thanks in advance for sharing your wild ideas to me! :)
Monday, July 26, 2004
~* I NEED YOUR HELP, PEOPLE! *~
Sunday, July 25, 2004
~* 50 QUESTIONS *~
I am officially bored :p ...
'Saw this in Teena & Tere's blog...
1. What kind of first impression do you think you give people?
* that i'm snobbish. i think it's 'coz of my pouty lips... and i don't smile at people who don't smile at me first. :P
2. What's one thing you like to do alone?
* shopping
3. Are you a giver or a taker?
* pretty much both
4. What have you stolen before?
* hmm.*thinks*
5. How many drinks before you're tipsy?
* on the 3rd shot of tequila. or on the 3rd bottle of vodka ice (is it vodka ice or ice vodka? f*@#. i can't even remember its correct name. sheesh.) but i guess it basically depends on how full i am by the time i drink. naturally, i'd get tipsy faster if my stomach's kinda empty.
6. Do you ever have to beg?
* i guess just beg na pa-cute for favors, hehe :P
7. What kind of books do you like to read?
* tear-jerkers na love stories; self-help; inspirational
8. Do you think you're cute?
* hehe. i'm vain but i'm not really sure if i AM cute :P
9. Do you have a problem changing clothes in front of your friends?
* depends which friends
10. What's the most painful experience you've ever had?
* heartbreak. (yes, i'm a friggin' drama queen :P )
11. Favorite communication method?
* email, SMS
12. Do you care?
* about what? it depends eh. but i tend to be apathetic most of the time. like, as long as something is not affecting me directly, i do not give a damn about it. (yeah, i know apathy is not exactly admirable... but... oh well.)
13. What is your most prized piece of your music collection?
* my incubus CDs!!! hmm, and also those signed ones...
14. What is the geekiest part of your music collection?
* i guess enya and the gregorian masters of chant
15. What do you eat when you raid the fridge at night?
* i have never raided the fridge in the middle of the night
16. What is your secret guaranteed weeping movie?
* hmm. this is tough ha. i'm mushy so i tend to cry easily in movies... well i cried watching el crimen del padre amaro, walk to remember, crazy/beautiful, love story, end of the affair, untamed heart... shiyeeet. lahat ata ng mushy love stories eh! :P
17. If you could have plastic surgery, what would you have done?
* probably my nose. grr, i don't like my nose eh :P
18. What is a physical habit that gives away your insecure moments?
* hmm. i'm not sure what...
19. Do you know anyone famous?
* yup
21. Describe your bed.
* the frame is a white metal thing with round gold thingies on its posts. got a tweety pillow, a crescent moon pillow and an angel-printed pillow -- all gifts to me -- on the headboard. And then two fluffy pillows: one for my head, another for my bed's left side. And then a sorta hard pillow on the other end for my feet. There. Puro pillows. :P And of course a blanket.
22. Spontaneous or planned?
* i'm sorta OC. I like things planned.
23. Do you know how to play poker?
* nope.
24. What do you carry with you at all times?
* my celfone, lip balm, tissue, wallet, tiny mirror, alcogel. yan, buhay na ko basta i have all those things in my bag ;)
25. What do you miss most about being little?
* not having to think about money, bills, love life, work and other stuffs that plague the twentysomethings' minds... ya know... quarter-life crisis stuff ;P
26. Are you happy with your given name?
* yup, i'm ok with it. it's not exactly elegantly grand and all but i'm fine with it :)
27. How much money would it take to give up the internet for 1 year?
* hmm. like a million US dollars?
28. What color is your bedroom?
* feeenk!
29. Have you ever been in a play?
* in school plays, yeah. man, i hate those school plays.
30. Do you like yourself and believe in yourself?
* in some ways yes, in some ways no.
31. Do transient, homeless, or starving people sometimes annoy you?
* i just don't like it when they make suuuuper kuhit to you. i'm OC about germs eh. (hiyuuuck. parang i suddenly sound like a conotic kolehiyala. yuck. sorry!) but generally, i pity them. sometimes i say a little prayer for a particular streetperson when i suddenly get awa to them when i see them. and minsan pag super naaawa ako sa nanglilimos, i give them money. Like when we were leaving Xaymaca last Fri, this sampaguita boy asked me to buy some sampaguita from him, pambili lang daw ng balut. Kawawa naman, it was like 3am na in the morning. So even if my sister kinda told me to ignore the kid, in the end, i still gave him P20. The kid was giving me P20 worth of sampaguita but I said kanya na lang yun. At the back of my mind though, I just hope the beggars whom I give money to won't buy like drugs or rugby or something bad with it.
Okay. So that was a long answer! hehe :P
32. Do you consider yourself to be a nice person?
* yeah. but with a hint of bitchiness :P
33. Do you spend more time with your girlfriend/boyfriend or your friends?
* what boyfriend???
34. What's one thing you wish you could do but can't?
* i wish i could read minds (ala what women want)
35. What is your ideal wedding location?
* haven't really thought about it... but caleruega looks nice... haven't really been there though.
36. What's one instrument you wish you could play?
* the acoustic guitar (as in with matching tapping/katok ha!)
37. Something you love and hate?
* as in love AND hate at the same time? I guess "Love" then. Bleeech :P
40. What's one language you want to learn?
* French
41. What do you order at a bar?
* Vodka Ice, Kamikaze, Mule, Tequila... but mostly vodka-based drinks, and also stuff with kahlua and/or baileys
42. Have you ever pierced your body parts?
* as in me doing the piercing, nope. as in had it pierced, yeah -- ears ('got an extra piercing on my left ear)
43. Do you have any tattoos?
* nope, but i want a super tiny butterfly like on the base part of my spine
44. Would you admit to getting plastic surgery if confronted?
* yup
46. What's one trait you hate in a person?
* not really hate as in HATE... more like annoy me lang... ka-slowan, i guess.
48. Do you consider yourself materialistic?
* sorta
49. What do you cook best?
* hehe, corned beef soup with potato and/or cabbage and ginisang corned beef with lotsa onions
50. Do you cry in front of your friends?
* yup
Saturday, July 24, 2004
~*NOW PLAYING: TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN LOW *~
Okay, lemme indulge on my reggae phase... ;P
I want to give you some love
Saying oh I love you
I want to give you some love
~* BROWNMAN REVIVAL FIX *~
'Had my Brownman Revival fix last night at Xaymaca. Twas just my second visit there, still with Abbie (namesake of Abbie, my high school friend. She's my sister's friend...) and my sister. This time we were joined by my sister's friends Rechie and his sister Kel, Ate Ga and then later on, Archie, Lot and her boyfriend joined us.
This time we reserved seats :) We took the far end of the tables against the wall, the ones with the cushioned long bench. Our prime purpose was to have something to stand on again when the band starts its set.
Dino's profile on their site reads:
WANTED : for slander, libel, moral defamation, character assasination, smear, crime of conscience and adding insult to injury against a strong republic and its conspirators; for abuse of right to free expression and assertion of right to a decent way of life.
ALSO WANTED : by titillated fans (teens, kolehiyalas, yuppies,models, drag queens, homosexuals, deranged fans, sugar mommies, expat hotties, local hotties, showbiz personalities and yes, even lesbians), sexually aroused by his passionate wailing and complimented by hypnotic riddims of his co-operatives, also known collectively as BROWNMAN REVIVAL.
DISTINCT FEATURE/S : wears shades during performances (once he was asked why the fancy for his eyewear, he replied: "it's for me to wear, and for you to find out" )
One of 'em turned out to be layogenic. I'd rather not say who. Basta when we met him up close two weeks ago, we all went "Ay?! Ermm, ikaw ba yun (on stage)?" in our minds! :P Oh well.
Brownman Revival started playing their first set around 11ish. They sang my fave song in their line-up... that Lionel Richie (yes! ackkk, right?! But their reggae version is just sooo good) "The Only One". Yebbah :) A coupla minutes into their first set, Abbie and I stood up na on the cushioned bench and danced. Yup, that's why we love those seats against the wall ;) You can just stand on the bench and dance, you ain't gonna annoy anyone by blocking their view since it's already the bay windows which are behind you. Plus, you get to see the entire stage (and of course Dino;) ) and of course, groove to your heart's content ;)
You, turned me inside out and you showed me. What life was about. Only you, the only one that stole my heart away. ~ The Only One, Lionel Richie
During Brownman Revival's first set...
Our feeble attempt at using my fone's night mode. That's supposed to be (L-R) Ate Ga, my sister and me.
Basically, the place starts to get packed after 12mn. By the time they did their second set around 1am, the place was a sweat house. Well at least this time I came prepared ;) I wore a black tank top (the first time I went there, since it was a spur-of-the-moment thing, I was like in an office blouse with long sleeves. Shiyeeet. How uncool. Mukha ako masyadong kagalang-galang na yuppie. And imagine how super-init that attire was! NOT good for dancing at all :P ). I swear, it's like having a work-out with all the sweaty dancing goin' on. Ok, since I don't go to the gym, that's my dose of work-out! ;)
An excerpt on the Brownman Revival site reads:
Drawing heavily on contemporary reggae acts such as Big Mountain, Inner Circle and UB40, BROWNMAN REVIVAL creatively mixes the traditional roots sound of venerated reggae icon Bob Marley, with a Hispano-tropical pop sensibility as only sun-loving Filipinos can, producing a festive but sensuous strain of Lover's Rock reggae with such vibrant energy that never fails to leave the crowds winding and grinding their sweaty bodies to the band's euphoric reggae party.
Yup. "Euphoric reggae party" encapsulates the entire experience. By around 2:30AM, the band had like 3 encore songs already. Everybody kept shouting "more, more!" just when Dino is about to walk off the stage. Left the place around 3am. Got home around 4am. My hair totally stinked with yosi smell. Grrness. Had to shampoo my hair three times again today. :P
Looking in your eyes
Looking in your big brown eyes...
...Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it some mo-o-ore
Girl I want to make you sweat
Sweat till you can't sweat no more
And if you cry out
I'm gonna push it
Push it, push it some more
~ Sweat, Inner Circle
Funny... so my mom woke me up this morning coz she went online (the PC's in my room) and she goes: "Oh anak, anong ginawa nyo sa gay bar?" I was like, "Hellerrr?! What gay bar?" Haha! Apparently, she misheard me last night when I made paalam to her. I said I was going with my sis to the REGGAE bar. Not GAY bar! Haha! So all the while, she thought I had been hanging out in a gay bar til 3 in the morning?! Funny talaga oh. :P
Saturday, July 17, 2004
~* THE AKAFELLAS LIVE ONSTAGE! *~
Last Thursday, 'went to Onstage Greenbelt to watch the AKAfellas. Met up with Tere there. Saw Tito Daddy and Tita. Also saw Jane. Teena came out to where we were waiting to give us a quick hi. Bianx (my officemate) was not really supposed to watch but we managed to convince her when we told her that Christian Bautista is the special guest for the concert. And besides, she didn't have to spend a single cent on the tickets! (basta!) Charo who came from work at St. Luke's arrived by 9pm a coupla minutes before the show started.
Save for some tech difficulties, the show was uber-entertaining to watch and the guys were great as usual. I gotta commend 'em for giving their very best for I heard from Teena that just days before the show, like half of the fellas were sick (Red and Reubs had virtually lost their voices daw and if I remember correctly, Robi and Pau had fever/flu too...) but hey, they managed to give the audience a stellar performance!
Haha!:P Apparently, the guys could easily see Tere and I from the stage. Robi has made a coupla comments pertaining to us throughout his adlibs :) Like that: "Aha! You're the one who's been stalking me!" *Later on, I found out something from Tere which made me laugh even more about this random comment of Robi. Haha. Patay! :P"
Oh, and when Christian Bautista asked if anyone knew/was familiar with Breathe's Hands To Heaven, apparently, I was the only one who raised my hand coz he said "Oh there! Only one?!"
One of Myke's jokes:
Myke to Robi (re: his leather jacket): "Yuck! Amoy wallet ka na!"
I sooo liked their version of Maroon 5's "This Love" (Robi sang the lead for this). Their Broadway medley was spectacular as usual. Myke and Pau's dance during that part was such a delight to watch. Basta, 'kaaliw! 'So adorable with Pau's wrong moves and Myke looking like a happy kid while dancing. The American Idol thingie they did was also so fun to watch. Plus, since it was a "showcase" of their individual singing talents, I was like in awe half of the time. Man, I just realized Reubs does sound like Gary V. when he did that Gary V. (I think?) song. Pau did justice to the Michael Buble song he sang. Red did a great Josh Groban number. Sad though coz there was some problems with the spotlight during Red's number. Grrness. It was almost funny though coz the first line of his song went "Through the DARKNESS, I can see your light..." So while Tere was mumbling "Spotlight! Spotlight!", Bianx and I was saying "Ay. Through the darkness nga naman! Hayyyy :( "... "Ayan! Through the darkness daw kasi! :P " And *cheer*cheer* for Red, coz I heard he was afraid of heights but there he was, at the highest part of the set!
Red finally emerged from the darkness after a coupla minutes...
Robi did a Guns n' Roses (woohoo!) number... Sweet Child O' Mine. I was sooo tempted to raise my hand when he was asking for some peeps from the audience to sing the part where Axl Rose wails "Where do we go now, where do we go now... where do we goooo .... oh-oh-ooh where do we gooo...sweet child... sweet chiiiiiild o' mine..." Ay grabe, I sooooo know the freakin' lyrics to that song! When I was in high school, I used to be such a BIG fan of GNR. I even called myself Axl Rose (since, uhh, my name was Aileen Rose...). But I was taking the video... so anyway, I was watching the vid this afternoon and I could hear my voice singing ala Axl Rose, haha! :P
Me to Robi (after the show): "Why were you wearing a Nirvana shirt while you were singing a Guns n' Roses song?! That was Kurt Cobain on your shirt!"
Robi: "Ahh, that was Nirvana ba?! I didn't know that!"
Me mumbling to Bianx (while taking Christian's vid the first time he came out): "Hmm... he is... hmm... hot..."
Bianx: "See! I told you he's hot!"
Me: "HE IS HOT!!!"
Christian Bautista sang "Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin" with the guys. Not that I'm biased or anything, but I seriously like Karl's version of the song better than Christian's. It was just not the same without Karl's kulots :( Karl's version is more *hmm, what's the word...* poignant? Yes. That's it. It gives me goosebumps when I hear Karl sing that. Plus, it almost always makes me cry.
MAJOR CAMWHORING ahead :P ...
Christian was a pretty nice guy. Girls were FLOCKING to him and he handled every request for a picture and autograph with utmost patience and sincere niceness.
Tere, Robi and me...
Pau: "Wow! I like your camera! It's nice!"
Me: "Yeah! It's 4 megapixels and has 10X zoom!"
Me and Bianx (My instant official photographer for the night!)
*Meanwhile, we all thought Charo had been flushed in the toilet. She said she was just gonna go to the restroom but she never came back inside so she's not in any of the pix here. Apparently, she was sooo hungry she looked for food pala while we were inside!*
Jane, me and Tere...
Myke (noticing that I brought a different cam): "Uy! Bago yan ah!"
Yebbah! Tere and I FINALLY met the famous Chevy!
After hamming it up for the cam...
Me to Reubs (while holding and trying to move my sore neck): "Ow! Reubs! You just gave me a stiff neck! Seriously! I think I sprained my neck!"
With Franco Mabanta: THA MAN! (He's the manager of the fellas)
The last picture of the night: With Red and Tere...(Obvious bang tired and antok na ko?)
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
~* THE VIRTUAL SHRINK *~
Haha. I just read my friend Tin's "Friends Only" entry at her tabulas. Her post's title was "lilacstardust: my virtual shrink".
Part of her entry read (Tin, I hope u don't mind me sharing this eensie-weensie part of your post...):
since i can't think of anything, i decided to read aileen's romantic mushy bullshits.
i really like her "writing" skills.... full of emotions. i sooo feel her pain.
Yeah. I can be sooo such a drama queen with my entries here and at Tabulas. I started blogging when sh*t happened with me and the so-called hero. Blogging is like talking to a virtual shrink -- only cheaper. And you also get to entertain the rest of the blog-hopping netizens. Plus, you get to brush up on your writing skills and vocabulary ;) Plus, you can cross you heart and make a wish that THAT PERSON gets to read your entry about HIMSELF. In a twisted way, I would really like him to stumble upon my blog. Coz I can't say what's on my mind when I am so distracted/petrified/scared/terrified by his presence. Might as well let these words reach him in some weird cosmic way.
I am so tempted to change my blog's title from "This will make perfect sense someday" to "aileen's romantic mushy bullshits". It's got so much more chutzpah than a John Mayer song could ever say.
Haha :P I wuvvv you Tin! I'm glad that you have discovered the essence of blogging. Virtual shrink diba?! ;)
Monday, July 12, 2004
~* HOOBASTANK? *~
Holy camote(Hogi, pahiram ng term ha! :P), Hoobastank is gonna be here daw on August 17, Folk Arts Theatre?!?!
I checked their site but there's no posted tour dates for August yet. I skimmed through their message board and there's this lone post about them coming to Manila. Apparently, it has been announced over MTV. My officemate who broke the news to me also said he found out from MTV. Weeks before (around the time that Ben Jelen came here...), somebody from the Rockwell Ryan message board also mentioned that she heard from the radio that Hoobastank was coming to Manila. I just dunno though if the date and venue is correct. I tried surfing the net but I didn't find any news about it.
I think I wanna watch it. Pathetic though, coz I only know two songs by Hoobastank: Crawling in the Dark (their first breakout single --i think-- but I forget now how the song goes...) and of course, the super duper anthem of everyone... The Reason.
I think I wanna watch mainly because of the vocalist. See, I don't even know his name... ok wait, according to their site, he is *tada* Doug Robb. He reminds me of a lesser-evolved version of John Cusack... an Asian-looking, kiddie version of John Cusack... maybe John Cusack during his High Fidelity days. However, I am still torn as to who has more forehead, John Cusack or Doug Robb? Wala lang.
Very Cusack-ish, right?
I wonder what Mr. Cusack would have to say about this. Does he know that he looks like an mtv rockstar? Hmmmm.
