let's get into the new wave of hair fashion!!

ahahaha! kaloka :D straight from the 80s!

may isang commercial pa to e, yung may fairy pa na cartoon! can anyone relate? LOL!

go to google, type in "find chuck norris" then click on the "im feeling lucky" button.

try nyo ha? ha??

have a relaxing weekend everyone!

PEP (www.pep.ph) created these digital baby pics since people are speculating that vic sotto and pia guanio are going to marry soon.

eto sila:

pero nagulat ako when i started clicking the "next" link :(

syempre may girl din

                                       anubayan! i can't put my finger on it pero ang creepy lang talaga :(

conan o'brien's if they mated is funnier:

optimus prime + lord voldemort

=

bow!

More "If They Mated" pics here: If They Mated Archives

AI is over...on to the next round of auditions! yun lang naman talaga masaya noh!

I hope this doesn't spell career death for Cook though :P Do you think Papa Archuleta is in a fetal position right now rocking himself while muttering "we were robbed!" ? LOL!Anyway,  Archuleta can take  over the void left by Miley Cyrus when she confused her tween fans with her Vanity Fair pictorial (naman!).

Sana may So You Think You Can Dance din dito. Wala kaming Star World e! (For the love of basketball i.e. Dan and daddy, we dropped Sky and subscribed to Destiny). 

hehe funny little kid but she makes a lotta sense :D happy friday everyone! enjoy your weekends :D

Lil Jon says

                   WHAAT??                                                                            OKAAAY!!

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 Paul is alive and well!

 and on the road to recovery :) miss ka na namin!! stuy! practice ka na maglakad para sa offertory ni kitty!

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Dan is allergy free!

He's back to eating seafood....pero lately nangangati naman upper lip nya

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Clawdaddy's Tuna "ribs" are yummy

good for 2, 3 up to 5 people really kasi naman ang laki!  it comes with chips but it's best eaten with rice!

Ana says RAAAR!!

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my newest t-shirt says what i've been feeling for the past month or so...

nuninuuuu ninuuuuuu

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darth vader, tiga-prito ng chicken wings....takot sa tilamsik ng mantika!

*napakanta kayo no??

**this weekend i resolve to upload and post pics and do a 2nd random reports post. (backlog! )

*** dan and i have another wedding to attend! yay!! congrats and best wishes in advance to kg and steff :D

(break muna from uploading all those wedding photos...di pa yun tapos! haha!)

I'm not going to say or post anything else about that $70,000 blog which has not been said or expressed by everyone and their lola. I will however post this article by Gibbs Cadiz of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (http://gibbscadiz.multiply.com). His article, which is an observation on how everyone (and their lola) reacted to the blog,  absolutely hits the proverbial nail on the head. 

All together now: SCHA.DEN.FREU.DE!

“The hottest blog in the Net [today has been] variously described by Netizens as 'addicting,' 'engrossing' and 'revolutionary.' (Huh?)... Naming (big pop society) names and tagging them as cocaine users, freeloaders and wild clubbers, it makes Gossip Girl look like a Disney musical.

“The cyber sensation, which logged over 40,000 hits in its first four days, chronicles alleged shenanigans of local sosi peeps... The Third-World socialites are being accused of every crime and misdemeanor in the book--from grand larceny to substance abuse, from widely flaunted infidelities to poor personal hygiene. Makes show biz vixens look like vestal virgins.”

-- “Naming names: Online 'telenovela' indicts RP 'high' society”

Avenue Q defined schadenfreude as “Happiness at the misfortune of others.”

Dictionaries notwithstanding, I think a crucial element is lacking in that definition. There is nothing special about happiness at the misfortune of the sick, the poor, the weak and the helpless. That's just being mean and cruel.

But happiness at the misfortunes of the high and mighty, those that lord it over us in terms of wealth, influence, looks, exposure--now that's schadenfreude. Applied to this class of people, the German word just gleams with gloating, evil laftir, comeuppance.

Well, well, well, as Mcvie would say (kopita in between fingers a la Celia Rodriguez). Now that my own newspaper has picked it up: The hottest open secret in town these days is the mass schadenfreude being generated by this blog, which has replaced the late and much-lamented Soozyhopper as the source of all things vile and dirty about our so-called high-society set.

I plead prudence in not naming who these people are, because most of them are working as “columnists” in another paper. The charges, though, are pretty shocking: fraud, embezzlement, infidelity, incest, drug abuse, criminal cover-up--not to mention the more egregious sin that these pampered, privileged folks can commit: crassness, of the sort they'd consider most jologs in the rest of us.

The swarm of anonymous comments in the blog has pretty much gotten out of hand, with everyone dumping his or her vitriol on these society mainstays. Do they deserve it? The character assassinations, no. However, that's the price, I suppose, for consciously and actively hogging the spotlight. Especially in a country like ours, where the spotlight needs to shine on more urgent matters.

You preen like a sham potentate before a country so poor it has to send millions of its citizens to work in other lands, expect to be jeered out of town, whether out of envy or plain outrage at your insensitivity. The parvenus, arrivistes and nouveau riche of this country--they do deserve to be knocked down a perch or two, not only for their arrogance but also for their supreme bad taste.

No use entertaining illusions, though, that this new-found revulsion among many towards the excesses of our supposed Gilded Crowd will last. Like all controversies, this will prove to be a hiccup, a blip, a momentary jolt of excitement in our humdrum lives.

A country that allows the likes of Imelda Marcos to waltz away from her crimes--in fact, lionizes her presence and drools over her jewelry--is a country that deserves its Gucci Gang. Perfumed lowlifes know they can get away with most anything here; they may be alleged cokeheads and scammers, but they're good History students. They know us too well.

The vicious schadenfreude on display in that blog is the spasm of the helpless. Deep down, those anonymous hecklers know that nothing will change. High Society will continue to both dazzle and repulse, and the masa will continue to watch Wowowee.

But for now, with a crack in the fortress allowing us a peek at the sordid lives and soiled linens of the royal class, dirt will be lobbed, invective will fly and all that pent-up resentment will rule.

What's schadenfreude again? It's “Happiness at the misfortune of others.”

Or, as one commenter (anonymous, of course) harrumphed: “It makes me realize that though I'm not as rich as these people, I AM SO MUCH A BETTER PERSON THAN ALL OF THEM. I may not be able to buy a Gucci Bag, go to Philips Exeter Academy or go to Friday's for lunch everyday but I know how to live life in the most possible real sense.”

Hexactly. Yun 'yon.

Yun na talaga yun!

Before we go to Laiya...I leave you with Ken Lee...

Happy Weekend!!!

...and she won bb.pilipinas world! hahaha! thanks steph for sharing this!

Report number 1:

My husband has allergies! he is allergic to 22 out of 24 allergens, including shellfish *boo!*

24 droppers each containing an allergen were swiped onto Dan's skin and we waited for 20 minutes for any redness or swelling on the test areas. Out of the 24, he got 22! Binggo! His most severe reaction was to dust mites. The area really swelled up and got really itchy according to him.

the  test

The black lines are pentel pen marks which guided Dra. Ong when she was applying the allergens. She then scratched each area with a mini-blade to agitate the skin.

waiting for the results

That's Christie the secretary. She was scaring me and Dan with the results, galing diba?  When she found out that Dan loved seafood she pointed to one really angry red mark and told us "yan seafood yan!". Chika ka ate ha!

No worries though, Dan will be fine. He's taking his meds and is feeling less itchy. We will be going back to Dra. Ong of St. Luke's on Saturday for Dan's follow-up.

Random Report #2

Si Jsan nanlibre sa Cafe Breton at Greenbelt!

hmmm...I'm not sure if I'm at liberty to tell why he treated us to dessert. In any case, if you do see Jsan around pls. congratulate him on snagging Maan, a very lovely girl from L.A.

Random Report # 3:

Brad Pitt is my boss

look closely...

Random Report #4

Only 25 days to go before Osang ang Seanu say their I Do's!!  I love her colors which are yellow and silver. It's one of my fave color combos. When I was planning our wedding I was also leaning towards purple and brown and marigold and pewter. Layo diba? haha!

invites by printed matter

yeaaaaaah!!

Random Report #5

Just wanted to show you what I scribbed on my desk calendar for Feb. 2.

yeba yeba indeed :)

And that ends my random reports. Hope your day was blessed with random niceties as well

P.S.

Pls. send your good vibes over to Paul De Leon who had a bike accident last weekend. He's doing fine now and is recovering at home. Karma boy strikes again!

*EDIT: Sister pala ako ng Phi Lambda Phi (PLP), naging grand archon ba ako Jo?! PLP has since evolved into the UP Pagongs and is now the Dead Nails Society :P We used to have a website too and a calling card gaaad!

1. Student number?

95-10947 (di ko na ata makakalimutan to ever). Hanggang first year of working ko sa Urban Bank, nalalagay ko pa rin sya under my name out of habit :p

2. College?

UP Diliman, School of Economics.

3. Ano ang course mo?

First Course: BA Journalism

2^nd Course: BS Business Economics, nag shift ako nung 2^nd year! Grabe napa Math 17 ako nung summer just to fulfill the pre-reqs of the course. Puro lalaki pa mga classmates ko nun na mga tiga-Eng, wala man lang pogi haha! Di tuloy ako inspired.

4. Nag-shift ka ba o na-kickout?

Nag shift nga ako to BSBE nung 2^nd year e! Di naman ako na-kick out, may gusto lang i-kick out hehehe :P

5. Saan ka kumuha ng UPCAT?

UP Law Center

6. Favorite GE subject?

Mga Com and Humanities subjects.

7. Favorite PE?

Social Dance! Ang saya lang mag chacha in the middle of the day :p

8. Saan ka nag-aabang ng hot guy sa UP?

Ang tanong e, may hot guy nga ba sa UP?! (wag na natin isama si Mike Templo, ibang level na yun!)

9. Favorite prof(s)

Carlos Miranda – oo terror sya, pero naman the stories I can tell about him. Tawagin ba naman kaming lesbian lovers ni Ira at pedophile si Og! At eto, gumawa sya ng graph na yung x-axis will never approach 0 so ang ginawa nya, nag drawing sya ng mahabang line sa blackboard, tapos nilagpas nya yun sa blackboard at tinuloy nya sa pader ng classroom tapos tinuloy nya yun sa pinto ng classroom tapos lumabas sya ng classroom at tinuloy yung linya sa pader ng building! Crazy old man. Di namin talaga binura yung linya sa labas ng classroom hehehe :P

 
10. Pinaka-ayaw na GE subject.

STS  (Science, Technology, Society) – pointless. Pero I enjoyed reading excerpts from Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, very interesting. Yun lang natatandaan kong reading na inintindi ko.

11. Kumuha ka ba ng Wed or Sat classes?

Wednesday lang, para kumpleto tambay ng buong linggo hehehe

12. Nakapag-field trip ka ba?

Yep, first year for Pol Sci 14. We went to Pampanga, immersion chuvaness ek-ek tarush :p

13. Naging CS ka na ba or US sa UP?

CS lang :D Dean’s Lister ng SE nung nagtapos :D

14. Ano ang Org/Frat/Soro mo?

UP ETC, UP JMA (nakiki-UP Ecosoc as member X, tambayan ko yung filing cabinet!),  UP Circle of Entrepreneurs (sumali lang kami para maboto si Edmond sa isang position dun! hehe)

15. Saan ka tumatambay palagi?

2^nd Floor AS, in and around Econ

16. Dorm, Boarding house, o Bahay?

Bahay, 15 mins lang kami from UP e

17. Kung walang UPCAT test at malaya kang nakapili ng kurso mo sa UP, ano yun?

Creative Writing, serious.

18. Sino ang pinaka-una mong nakilala sa UP?

Joanna Corina C. Manalastas – blockmates kami nung first year sa UP CMC! Yebaaa! (Di na counted si Michelle Corpuz at si Ira Rogado, matagal ko ng kilala yung mga yun haha)

19. First play na napanood mo sa UP?

Pwedeng yung away na lang ni Jules at ni “ano” with the matching matapobre lines and all. Dorina Pineda vs. Lavinia Arguelles ang drama e to the nth level!!

20. Name the 5 most conyo orgs in UP

JMA ako pero di ako conyo at mga friends ko naman dun e hindi conyo. Malamang kami yung Jologs contingent ng org na yun hehehe. AIESEC daw conyo e. Pero sige na nga Jorjools at Pagong, kasi maski di org, we’re so alta!...altapresyon!

21. Name 5 of the coolest orgs/frats/soro in UP.

UP Babaylan, yun na!

22. May frat/soro bang nag-recruit sa yo?

AKRHO, OXO tsaka Sigue Sigue Sputnik nung nasa Bilibid pa ako.

23. Saan ka madalas mag-lunch?

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Di ko to kinaya!! Hahahaha!!!

ang suh-rap suh-rap!

found via chuvaness

Taken from Ayen, Ben and EJ. I don’t usually answer surveys because it takes a certain level of self-awareness which I unfortunately I don’t possess haha. I decided to give this a try though. Year-end naman and it’s a quick way of summing up the year that was. Here’s my first attempt.

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10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Migraines :( Epic migraines.

11. What was the best thing you bought?

All the purchases and downpayments for the wedding and for our life thereafter :D

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

EJ!  His path to self-discovery was very inspiring.

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

Wala, may disappointments lang but I’ve learned to let go (thanks Mads for hearing me out hahaha!...ergo kilala mo sino ang mga tinutukoy ko hahaha!)

14. Where did most of your money go?

Sa kasal-kasalan churva-churvahan!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Booking our mini-honeymoon! Opening the confirmation e-mail made my week last week :D May nakalagay pang “*honeymooners” beside our names! Whee!!
 
16. What song will always remind you of 2007?

Umbrella-ela-ela-ey-ey-ey

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:

i. happier or sadder? happier.

ii. thinner or fatter? pareho lang, unhealthy pa rin, haha!

iii. richer or poorer? richer! i gained new friends and a new family!! (haller Santoses, Tensuans and Mendozas!)
 
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?

I wish I could’ve slept more. Eye cream can only do so much hahaha!

 19. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Less worrying and stressing, less working din (I worked my @ss of this year)

20. How did you spend Christmas?

Family + Dan + mom’s cooking = happiness

21. Did you fall in love in 2007?

Lagi akong in love….madami kasi akong crush! Hahaha!

22. How many one-night stands?

Wala....pa!! hahaha!

23. What was your favourite TV program?

Ay madami e! The Office, 30 Rock, Man Vs. Wild, America’s Next Top Model (forever!)

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Wala naman. Kung sino pa rin kainis last year eh ganun pa rin naman. Consistent sila in fairness. Fodder for inane talk na lang for me and friends hahaha!

25. What was the best book you read?

Mga Kwentong Parlor ni Wanda Ilusyonada. Oo libro yan!! Must read!!!

 26. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Feist! I heart her! Bakit bakit wala yung CD nya sa Music One?!

27. What did you want and get?

I got a new cameraaaah! Tenchu Mom and Dad!!

28. What did you want and not get?

Wala naman. I usually don’t ask for anything anyway. Ay hinde! Di ako nilibre ni EJ ng Ben and Jerry’s kagabi!!! Hoy EJ!!

29. favorite film of this year?

Naku, toss up among Transformers, MI:III and Superbad!

 30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

29.  Two days before my birthday yung proposal then on my bday, I stayed home and had a nice dinner with Dan, my family and the Paranaque Arboledas. I also got a nice cake from Fleur De Lis (naalala ko pa rin ang kanyang sarap!)

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Would have? I wish I took time to take care of myself more.
 
32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?

T-shirts + skinny jeans + flats = Neva 2007 (actually 2006 pa yan! hahaha)
 
33. What kept you sane?

Who = Family, friends, Dan

What= online shopping, wedding planning, treating myself to sweets

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Susme, Jonathan Rhys Meyers sino paaaa??? Ay Clive Owen pwede na rin hahaha!

35. What political issue stirred you the most?

Executive pardon ni Erap. May God have mercy on us Filipinos. More recently, Benazir Bhutto's assassination. I felt for the Pakistanis who wailed the loss of their nation's only hope for true democracy.

36. Who did you miss?

Chris and Pam in the US :(
 
37. Who was the best new person you met?

Si Johann Funtanilla! New bouncy baby trumps ebribadee!!

 38. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.

Whatever will be, will be…(the future’s not ours to see…que sera sera)

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your  year:

But the search ends here
Where the night is totally clear
And your heart is fierce
So now you finally know
That you control where you go
You can steer

-Steer, Missy Higgins

And syempre,

I won’t worry my life away.

-The Remedy, Jason Mraz

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Happy new year everyone! May 2008 bring you all your heart's desires

*image credit: blog.webshots.com

Ever!!!

Tutututut! Tututututut! Turututurututuuruutuuut!!

thanks bles for the link :)

from http://janetmillicent.multiply.com/reviews/item/61 - click the link for the actual pic!

PLS. BEWARE OF THIS ATM MODUS OPERANDI!!!

We may already have heard about this scam many times before, but sometimes
we forget and need to be reminded, especially this coming Christmas season.

I was withdrawing last Saturday, Nov 17 10pm at a Bank of Commerce ATM near
McDonald's corner Pasong Tamo and Gil Puyat in Makati. There seemed nothing
wrong with the ATM but no cash came out of the machine. I automatically
thought it was just a machine error and that my account was debited because
when I checked my balance, it was deducted by the amount I was supposed to
withdraw.

But since I wanted to be sure and I needed cash, I waited for a few more
seconds and carefully checked where the cash should come out. I noticed a
light blue steel bar where the cash dispenser should be and looked
underneath it. There was no outlet where the cash should come out. Suddenly
remembering the ATM scams I've heard about, and now feeling sure that that
bar shouldn't be there, I took a photo of it then tried removing it from
the machine. It had to take a lot of effort but when I finally got the bar
off, I was surprised to see my money caught in the bar with black glue
(probably put inside the bar to keep the cash from going back to the
machine). See attached photo.

So please, please carefully check the ATMs you use and as much as possible
withdraw only during daytime, or on guarded ATMs to avoid being scammed.
Please forward this to as many people as possible to warn them.

The Webbies have compiled the videos that defined online viewing in an internet decade.  One of my favorites is included, the infamous clip from the game Zero Wing..altogether now...ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!

Here's the version with the voiceover (from the arcade daw 'to since the orig only has subtitles) 

The complete list includes:

Jennicam - the first online reality "show"

All Your Base are Belong to Us

BMW Films: The Hire

The Star Wars Kid

JibJab - This Land

Burger King's Subservient Chicken

Lazy Sunday - Narnia Rap (SNL Digital Shorts have had more hits than misses methinks)

Israel-Hezbollah War - clips taken by US soldiers

Lonelygirl15

Ok Go - Here It Goes Again (ang galing lang talaga nila)

Senator George Allen's - Macaca Incident

Zidane Headbutt

The whole article  and links to the videos can be found here: The Webby Awards' Top 12