Archive for November, 2006

27
Nov

The Week the Angst Didn’t Die

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Novembro 19 - 25

The Week the Angst Didn’t Die

Soundtrack of the Week

  1. Die Another Day [MADONNA]
  2. Going Under [EVANESCENCE]
  3. Dip it Low [MILLIAN]
  4. Mi Reflejo [AGUILERA]
  5. Helena [MCR]

Movie of the Week: Borat

  • Hilarious! A very good movie to watch specially if you are having an effing day. Laughtrip, as in!
  • On the contrary, offensive to Kazakhstan itself. They even used Kazakhstan’s official flag. Siguro kung Pilipinas ang napagkatuwaan marami na naman ang nagra rally ngayon.
  • Most Hilariius Scene: Yung sinilid niya sa sako si Pamela Anderson, hahaha! Was that scripted?
  • I can’t believe that some scenes were not scripted at all lalo na yung dinner party, yung Kazakhstan village. Parang game naman sila lahat. Mga utu uto, hehehe.
  • Kazakhstan has many problems: Economic, Political, and Jew. Kulit!
  • Ang kulit din nung introduction niya sa sister niya, after lip locking: She is my sister, the number 4 (or 3?) prostitute in Kazakhstan! Sabay pakita ng trophy, hahaha!!!
  • Wala siyang kwenta actually pero nakakatawa siya.

Special Interest of the Week: On World Royalties

Started with Marie Antoinette research then branched off to different existing royalties in the world. Ang saya! Existing monarchies include British (the most famous), Thai, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Spanish. Halos lahat nasa Europe. Cambodia also has a monarchy but not as popular. =)

Obsessions: Meaning “google them, read everything about them, watch videos at youtube, etc.” Royalties (Only one of the Scandinavian monarchies has a woman as crowned princess to succeed the king as of present), Natalie Portman (great SNL Rap video!), Fushigi Yuugi (Miss ko na ang Fushigi Yuugi!!! Wahhh!!!), Angelina Jolie (Kickass, don’t care what people say attitude, the best!)

Showbiz: Happy Feet defeats Casino Royale for the second consecutive weekend. Borat settles for fifth place with over a hundred million dollars already. Sarah Geronimo is criticized for singing the national anthem in the Pacquaio-Morales fight in a very slow manner. May nagsabi pa nga na unconstitutional daw. Aba hulihin na nga yang Sarah na yan, ikulong sa koreksyonal! Hehehe…

Work: Work is getting boring and tiring. Work is becoming monotonous. Buti na lang palagi akong nakakakuha ng muy amable comment at the end of some calls. Natatalo na ng Portuguese cases ang Spanish cases sa aking daily work report, lumipat kaya ako sa Portuguese? Hehehe. Dumarami na rin ang new agents ng Spanish, competition ba ito? Joke. Hindi naman, wala lang. Weird!

Academics: Academics crashed this week as the host body suffered from lapses of retardation, whips of depression, strips of hallucination, a couple of unnecessary obsessions, fatigue, and hypersensitivity. Academics is expected to recover by Tuesday next week but aftershocks should also be anticipated. Every domain of academic life were affected by these unwanted phenomena.

Future: Baccalaureate Era (2003-2008) 17-22: Spanish-Portuguese-Italian-French combo, guitar, part-time call center; Second Degree Era (2008-2010) 22-24: UP BS Economics, German-Japanese-Mandarin-Korean combo, piano, full-time call center; Singapore Era (2010-2014) 24-29: NUS MA SEA Studies, Bahasa Malaysia-Thai-Vietnamese combo, violin, full-time job in an uber-greedy capitalist corporation; London Year (2014-2015) 29-30: LSE MA IPE, Russian, flute; World Bank Era (2015-2020) 30-35: Junior Professionals Program, three words and a hyphen: Be uber-rich, Arabic; Foreign Service Era (2020-2025) 35-40: Foreign Service Republic of the Philippines, Dutch-Swedish-Norwegian-Danish combo; UN Era (2025-2030) 40-45: Humanitarian missions the best!; Recess (2030-2035) 45-50: Write that effing novel of yours, perhaps MA in Spanish-French; Hello UPD Era (2035-2045) 50-60: Be a UP Prof (naks naman!), gusto ko double department, sa Pol Sci department tiyaka sa EL department. By this time malamang oldies na sila Ma’m Maurillo, Ma’m Mercado, Ma’m Delias, Sir Arugay, Sir Quilala, etc; Ang mga future Sir Morada, Ma’m Casambre at Ma’m Luntao!; Retired (2045-2060) 60-75: I will be dead by 75, that’s old enough ano? Pwede na. Plans bound to change as usual…

Random Rants: I hate you. I hate you too. And you. Every one of your effing kind. I hate all of you. I don’t care what you say. I don’t care what you do. I will do what I want to do. I will say what I want to say. Starting now the motto is: The hell-I don’t give a damn! I have three words and an exclamation point for you: Die Morons Die! Escapist sentiment growing stronger. Need to maintain focus.

18
Nov

Dance Dance Dance!

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Novembro 12 - 18

Dance Dance Dance!

Soundtrack of the Week

  1. Do You Only Wanna Dance [MYA]
  2. Dance Like This [WYCLEF]
  3. Bakit [GO]
  4. Dirty Dancing [BEP]
  5. Maging Sino Ka Man [SANTOS]

Movie of the Week: Dirty Dancing Havana Nights

  • Enroll me in a dance class! Right now! In Cuba!
  • Ang kulit ng reaction ng parents dun sa semi-finals dance number, di alam kung matutuwa dahil dancers din sila o mahihiya sa boss.
  • Gael has outshined Diego since their Y Tu Mama days but the latter sure is the better dancer.
  • The role of Romola Garai was first offered to Natalie Portman; Romola is ok but I would have wanted to see Natalie dance ballroom; ok she did Pole Dancing in Closer but that’s uhm… different.
  • The role of Diego was first offered to Ricky Martin… A very big WHY?
  • The semi-finals dance was like WOW! Galing galing!!!
  • I don’t know if this is better than the original but what I like is that they put the Cuban revolution as a background for a light movie about dancing.
  • Whatever happened to Romola Garai and Diego Luna after this film?
  • In my opinion one of the best dance movies, hehehe, ang bias; Ang ganda pa ng soundtrack! Nakaka addict yung song and dance number talaga!!!

Moron of the Week: PC

Sagad na sagad na ang pasensya ko sa PC ko. Gusto ko siyang paliyabin. Gusto ko siyang sabuyan ng asido. Gusto ko siyang tadtarin ng martilyo. Gusto kong maranasan niya ang nararanasan ng mga taong tumatalon mula sa seventh floor at sumasalpak sa sahig ng ground floor. Gusto ko siyang i axe-kick. Gusto ko siyang ipakain sa isang batalyong scarab beatles straight out of the The Mummy movie. In short inis na inis na inis na ako sa kanya. Pero sige pagbigyan. Pasalamat siya at sobrang natuwa ako sa panonood ng Dirty Dancing Havana Nights at Love Actually… Grr pa rin siya. Bwiset.

Addiction of the Week: Dirty Dancing Havana Nights and Love Actually

Ang kulit kasi ng dalawang movie na ito e. Bumili ako ng VCD kasi lagi namang sale tig 100 lang sila. Hindi ako nagsisi! Kada umaga yata nire replay ko yung semi-finals dance number nila Diego at Romola. Parang ang saya tuloy mag ballroom, bwahaha, DI. Yung Love Actually naman inuulit ulit ko yung scenes ni Billy Mack (ang kulit kulit niya dito tawa ako ng tawa) tiyaka yung Christmas production number kung saan kinanta yung “All I Want for Christmas is You” ramdam na ramdam tuloy ang Christmas spirit! Gusto ko pa naman mag ala Grinch this Christmas. Dahil sa Love Actually hindi na pwede, huhuhu. Addict na ako sa dalawang pelikulang ito!!! Wahh!!! Christmas na!

Science and Technology: Nagde develop daw ng robotic maids ang South Korea. Ang Israel naman magde develop daw (o nagdedevelop na ba?) ng Bionic Hornets na gagawing war weapons to trace and kill hard to find enemies daw, hahaha ayos. A couple of metoer showers for this week and the week to come. Storm discovered in Saturn daw that is almost similar to Earth’s storms…

Showbiz: Two weeks nang number 1 sa US Box Office ang Borat. Nakita ko yug trailer and I am definitely watching it. Sa November 22 na po. Mukha talaga siyang nakakatawa and I guess worth watching naman, hahaha. Natanggal na yung lopez couple sa The Amazing Race Asia, alam ko sila Aubrey matatanggal din hindi ko lang alam kung kailan. Sayang yung dalawa.

Work: Nakikipag chat na rin ako sa mga Brazilians (clients this time) on a normal basis. Nabawasan nga ang chat time with chatmates e… Ok din naman ang mga tawag. Merong isang nag init ang ulo pero pinaliwanag ko lang sa kanya ang mga dapat ipaliwanag. After isang oras sumuko rin siya tapos pinasalamatan ang pasensya ko. Ok na rin, at least may pakonswelo. Sweldo na nga pala uli.

Academics: Dumarami na raw ang barkadahan nilang mga diabetics sabi ng Bio prof. 8 million na raw sila sa Pilipinas, wag daw sasali sa barkada nila. Isa suggest ko sana na gumawa sila ng group sa Friendster, hehehe. Hindi nakasali sa Why did the chicken cross the road discussion kasi nag absent. Worth it naman ang pag a absent kasi merong isang dambuhalang realization na naganap na sa tingin ko ay mas nag pay-off kesa sa Why did the chicken cros the road discussion. Maarte ang guard sa Bio gusto naka strap pa ang UP ID. Nagsimula na ng discussions sa Statistics, mukhang tama naman ang sabi ni Prof na di siya kasing toxic ng Math 17. Wala pa masyadong assignment except sa subject ni Ma’m Casambre (ok lang!) Mukhang merong magiging favorite si Sir Quilop sa class na pag initan (buti na lang hindi ako!) Nag a adjust pa sa pang hapon na schedule.

Language: Well wala naman talagang developments ganun pa rin meron lang daily activities pero mainly in Portuguese. Hindi na ako nagre review ng Spanish pero hindi naman pwedeng gawing excuse yung work. Dapat nagre review pa rin pero sorry wala na akong time. Nag start na rin ng review ng Italian Grammar. So yun lang, Portuguese and a little bit of Italian for now.

Conversations with the Inner Self: Shet, the peak of mental retardation. Confronted the moron and asked what the hell does it really want. A little drama ensued saying that all it wants is what’s best daw. Yeah right. Made ammends. Realizations came to pass. Will try to work together for the greater good. Will try to fix wretched life daw. Whew, I’m going crazy!

Surroundings: Full blast na ang work schedule. Medyo hindi na nagkikita ni brother dahil sa hectic work schedule. Survivor naman at nakakayanan ang pressure, normal pa rin. Maaga na dumilim. Late na lumiwanag. November na pero mainit pa rin. Pa ok ng pa ok ang mga pinapatugtog sa MRT radio pero addict pa rin sa Christmas songs. Ok lang. Help me Grinch!

11
Nov

Rise of the Zombie

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Novembro 5 - 11

Rise of the Zombie

Soundtrack of the Week

  1. Christmas in Our Hearts [CHAN]
  2. Dubidoo [KAMIKAZE]
  3. We Fit Together [O-TOWN]
  4. Perfect Christmas [CHAN]
  5. Maging Sino Ka Man [SANTOS]

Movie of the Week: Marie Antoinette

  • Sofia, thou shall not omit the guillotine scene in any movie with Marie Antoinette in it because that’s what our queen is famous for, no wonder a part of the audience booed you at Cannes.
  • Long shot ito for a Best Picture nomination sa Oscar pero frontrunner siya sa costume design the last time I checked.
  • Ok naman roles ni Kirsten, girl vampire-cheerleader-tennis player-Queen.
  • The movie would have been better if done in French. Kung sila Monica Bellucci nga nag Aramaic sa The Passion kayo French lang hindi pa kaya?
  • What’s with Sofia Coppola and boring films?
  • Gaya ng sabi sa Peyups, para siyang isang mahabang MTV.
  • Half of the movie was spent trying to make Louis XVI have sex with Marie Antoinette so she would bear the much awaited dauphin, boring!
  • Kirsten, remember when Reese did Vanity Fair and people started saying that she would be nominated for an Oscar? Didn’t happen. However, she made a musical the following year and won the statuette. Try her formula.

Bad Habit of the Week: Puyat

Nag registration assistant kasi ako kaya nung Monday to Wednesday e madyo tig 5 hours lang ata ang tulog ko per night. Actually mahaba haba pa nga yun e. So ayun litaw na litaw na naman ang mga eyebags ko. Zombie talaga as in. Nakakatawa nga e kasi di ba pag first day nanghihingi ng mga ID pic ang mga prof, siyempre sa ID pic mukha akong addict tapos sa personal mukha naman akong zombie! Bwahaha, malilito na sila which is which. Ngayong linggo na ito appropriate yung title na Walang Tulugan e kaso taken na. Nakabawi na naman ako simula Thursday, ayos na ang oras at balik 8-hour sleep na per night. Tulog!

Activity of the Week: Registration

Hindi mo ramdam ang registration kapag resgistration assistant ka. Yun nga lang 3 araw ka nasa UP pero masaya! Masaya mag enlist ng estudyante! Masaya magpabalik balik sa whiteboard para i update ang available slots (Babaw ng kaligayahan!) Masaya sumalo ng mga canceled subjects, hehehe. Basta masaya ang registration. Sana next semester pwede ulit ako mag apply. Wala siyang sweldo pero yun nga ang experience naman ang habol mo dun tapos masaya nga. Word of the day: Masaya. Nakapagbayad na rin ako nung Wednesday. Hindi nga pala ako kumuha ng Calculus this sem, hehehe. Summer ka na Calculus! Harharhar. Hindi na rin ako magsi sit-in. Just 18 units this sem, no more no less.

Politics: Nag midterm election (tama ba ang term?) na sa US at nagwagi yata ang mga kalaban ni Bush sa senate ba? Hahaha, halatang hindi ako updated! Pasensya wala kaming CNN e. May naririnig ako na may magre resign ba o magre retire tapos nirerekomenda yata na si Miriam Defensor Santiago ang papalit. Sa Judiciary ata yun e, sino nakakaalam?

Showbiz: Hiwalay na si Reese Witherspoon at Ryan Philippe. Hiwalay na rin si Britney at si K-Fed. Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros ang entry natin sa Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Si Bakekang na ang number 1 sa primetime, hindi na si Captain Barbell. Magkakaroon daw ng Starstruck 4 (Exactly how many sequels do they need?)

Work: Huling linggo na ng solo trabaho, next week may pasok na sa UP. Medyo magulo yung transition pero kaya yan. Sanay na ako sumagot ng telepono, para na lang siyang normal na pang araw araw na gawain. Hindi na ako parang aatakihin sa puso pag nakakarinig ng ring. Nakausap ko sa phone ang aking very first Portuguese-speaking client, success! Hahaha, level-up na naman, yahoo!

Academics: I think I will really enjoy this sem. Best opening day so far is for Political Analysis, Why did the chicken cross the road? Hahaha, I heart Ma’m Casambre talaga! One of, if not the best professor in UP (in my opinion of course, tie sila ni Sir Luis Teodoro ng MassComm) Information overload naman ang Biology 1: Tig 6 daw ang tenga natin nung fetus pa tayo kaya yung may mga kuntil daw hindi nag fuse maigi; Ang Pilipinas daw ang 2nd of 17 mega diversity countries (2nd to Madagascar); Pwede na raw mag shopping ng sperm ang mga babae via Mechanical Reproduction kaso di daw pwede dito kasi Katoliko; Bakla raw tayo lahat during the embryonic stage; etc. Sir Quilop naman ang International Relations, in collaboration daw with the College of Music yung course kasi pag di nakasagot sa recitation kakanta at the end of the class. Hehe…

Language: Nagsimula na ako ng organized learning ng Portuguese. I do grammar and audio-lingual training everyday. Routine na siya in short para effective tapos sa work naman practical application. Hanep di ba. For Spanish medyo walang practice pero nakabili na nga ako ng Como Agua Para Chocolate kaya yun na ang practice for Spanish. French and Italian suspended temporarily.

Books: Nakabili na ako ng Spanish version ng Like Water for Chocolate sa Fullybooked Cubao!!! Medyo may kamahalan, matagal ko rin pinag ipunan. Na diskubre ko na marami rin pala silang Gabriel García Marquez books in Spanish! Hahaha, magtatampo sa akin ang Powerbooks kasi may bago na akong favorite… Gusto ko yung Recuerdos de Mis Putas Tristes ni GGM, bilhan niyo ako dali!!!

Surroundings: Medyo na addict lang naman sa Christmas in Our Hearts ni Jose Mari Chan yung MRT radio na talagang araw araw inuulit ulit. Aba malapit na nga pala ang pasko ano? E bakit ang init! Nasaan na ang malamig na simoy ng hangin? Bakit sa hatinggabi lang siya present? Napansin ko rin na kumunti na ang billboards sa EDSA pero may mga natira pa rin. Wala lang, hehehe.

04
Nov

Legal!

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Novembro 29 - 4

Legal!

Soundtrack of the Week

  1. Gocce di Memoria [GEORGIA]
  2. Bye Bye Na [RIVERMAYA]
  3. Tous Unis [LARUSSO]
  4. Maging Sino Ka Man [SANTOS]
  5. Bituing Walang Ningning [GERONIMO]

Movie of the Week: The Grudge 2

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar is so DEAD. She died in I Know What You Did Last Summer; She died in Scream 2; She survived the Hollywood remake of The Grudge only to die in this sequel; As Buffy she died twice (or was it thrice?); No wonder her career is so… Dead.
  • Bakit pag binibigyan sila ni Espasol ng pagkakataon tumakbo hindi nila ginagawa, the Japanese guy could have survived if he ran.
  • I’ve seen that Japanese guy before; he’s the host of MTV Whatever Things!
  • Bakit yung ibang victims ni Espasol nawawala pero yung iba hindi? Favoritism ba ito?
  • Yes, it is scarier than the first one.
  • Good news is that everyone died kaya wala nang sequel!
  • Ok ang film kasi hindi lang siya remake kundi part of the original version.
  • And so the Horror genre has been typified by overpowdered women with huge varicose veins in their faces and overpowdered little boys who actually think they are cats.

Moron of the Week: PC

Sa totoo lang gusto ko na paliyabin itong PC na ito kaya lang hindi ko magawa kasi kapag ginawa ko wala ako lalong gagamitin at lalong mapupurnada ang mga pinaggagagawa ko na may kaugnayan sa PC kaya ito mas lalo akong naiinis kasi inis na inis na nga ako pero wala akong magawa kundi pagtiyagaan siya. Grrr. I hate you PC, I hate you! Lagi ka na lang nava virus! Pati yung memory stick ko hinawaan mo ng virus! Pati ako hinawaan mo ng virus nagkasipon at ubo tuloy ako, leche ka! Nagsusulat ako ng Daily Diary bigla ka na lang magre restart! Ano bang problema mo ha? Ano away? Sapakan na lang!

En el infierno enterita enterita te vas a quemar… AMEN.

Event of the Week: Sweldo na ako!!!

Nakuha ko na ang una kong sweldo. Sabi ko sana gagastusin ko lahat kasi di ba ganun naman dapat? Unang sweldo mo e, I mean isang beses ka lang magkakaunang sweldo kaya kailangan celebrate. E medyo kumatok ang konsensya, ibangko daw. Ok, fine! Pero binawasan ko pa rin pang celebrate! Hahaha. Kumain lang kami ni brother sa Amici di Don Bosco tapos pinanood namin si Espasol na magkalat ng lagim sa The Grudge 2. Tapos ayun umuwi na kami. Ay bumili pala ako ng The Amber Room. Bale ang kulang ko na lang sa Steve Berry collection ay yung bago, yung templar something, na naman.

Politics: Nakabalik na si GMA from her China field trip at talagang nag side trip pa sa Hongkong. Si Luli naman nasigawan ng immigration officer. Luli naman kasi mag ayos ayos ka naman. Akala siguro ng immigration officer magdi DH ka sa Hongkong e alam mo naman tayong mga Pinoy basta sa kapwa Pinoy mga matapobre pero pagdating sa mga foreigners… Ewan.

Showbiz: Oscar Best Actress race is getting tight, likely nominees are Helen Mirren (The Queen), Kate Winslet (Little Children), Penelope Cruz (Volver), Judy Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Cate Blanchett (The Good German), and Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada). The “Catfight” as dubbed by The Envelope gets tighter as Gong Li (Curse of the Golden Flower) joins the lot. Gong Li! Gong Li!

Work: Full-time na nga ako sa pagsagot ng telepono. Medyo mahirap kasi maraming weird accents na tumatawag tapos yung iba excited magsalita, parang hinahabol ng 10 maniningil. So far 2 pa lang naman ang ipinasa ko sa supervisor, kasi 2 pa lang ang nasagot ko, joke! Siguro naka 20 calls din ako this week. Naiintindihan ko naman sila tiyaka nililinaw ko before I make a move. Go fight!

Chatmates: Siyempre mas mahaba pa talaga ang segment ng chatmates kesa sa trabaho di ba, hehehe. Well nadagdagan ang chatmates. Nadagdagan ng Thiago at Gustavo ang Julianna at Vanessa. Hindi na ako kinakausap madalas ni Vanessa, si Julianna ang madalas ko kausap. Yung Gustavo naman nag usap kami one time tapos banggit siya ng banggit ng “LEGAL” so akala ko abogado siya, mas mataas ang rank niya sa amin, at sa Legal Department siya nagtatrabaho. Tinanong ko si Julianna kung friends sila ni Gustavo, oo nga daw, tiyaka “LEGAL” nga raw si Gustavo. E di the next day tinanong ko nga siya kung abogado siya, hindi raw. Yun pala ang ibig sabihin ng “LEGAL” sa Brazilian Portuguese slang ay “COOL.” Ok, tapos tawa ng tawa ang hinayupak, hehehe. Lesson learned: LEGAL = COOL. Translate kasi ng translate sa English e.

Academics: Lumabas na ang dalawang grades na inaabangan ko. Kung tama ang hinala ko na 1.75 ang border ng CS, abot pa ako – 1.74, photo-finish! So kung ganun hindi nagkatotoo yung prediction sa Halloween’s Resolutions article. Whatever. Serious mode na next sem, kailangan ko na mag US, hindi pwedeng hindi! Good luck naman, with Calculus around… Bahala na si Batman.

Future: Going strong na ang BS Economics second degree after graduation plan. Mas ok siya kasi yung MA Asian Studies kahit MA e hindi naman din magagamit. At least yung BS Econ pwede yun gamitin pang apply sa kung saan saan kung gusto ko magpayaman, hehehe. Ang problema lang dito hello Mathematics na naman. Peste, damn numbers. Di bale magkakaalaman na sa Calculus this sem.

Surroundings: Medyo nabawas bawasan na ang pagka addict ni brother sa Regine Velasquez song. Sa midnight surroundings naman, masaya pala bumiyahe ng hatinggabi! Malamig ang hangin, tahimik, at peaceful talaga ang paligid unless ma hold-up ka. Bumagyo nga pala ulit this week pero hindi kalakasan masyado, one day nga lang yata tumagal kaya ok na rin.