Solar Lab Dinner

The Solar pips met for dinner last June 8. We met at Congro Grille in El Pueblo at Ortigas.



Winson and Chona are getting married and they met with us to invite us to their wedding.




Jeng, Pia and me are part of the entourage! We get to wear pretty gowns! Hehehe.

Totoo na to ...

Promise, ito na last outing namin for the summer 2007 ....

My Nanay celebrated her birthday with our extended family by treating us with breakfast in her new house in Pampanga and by providing food for our Fontana outing.

Dami sana maganda kwento dun sa outing namin eh. Kaso I have no talent in writing. Copy paste ko sana ang kwento ng sis ko dito about our outing kaso di pa siya nagpo-post about it. Hehehe.

One of the reasons why I continued with this blog is so that I can go back to the happy times (and the not so happy times). Kaso kung ang tamad ko naman magsulat tungkol sa mga yun, parang la rin wenta noh?! Hay naku!

Anyway, here are some pics from our outing.

Last hurrah for Summer 2007

Finally, after planning to go to Club Manila East for quite some time now (it was one of the contenders for our annual summer outing since 2005), we went to the Taytay, Rizal resort last Sunday.

The resort was better than expected. It was nice, with many pools and was not very crowded. The only disappointment was that the pool water was hot! I was expecting it to be cold since we were in Rizal, which is a fairly higher land mass. Oh well ....

Here are some pics.

It's not an outing if there are no self-pics ....



My 1st kayak ride. This pic is actually funny if you knew that the pool was only 4.5 feet high ... the funny part?! We were wearing vests!!! ... It wasn't funny?! Oh well ...



The waves were great!



My only regret for this summer was that I was not able to go snorkeling even just once! Oh well, there's still next summer.

tama kaya naging desisyon ko?!

hay! sabi nga nila, time will tell ....

Anilao, Mabini, Batangas

At dahil layas kaming magpapa-milya, after ng aming outing sa Sariaya, Quezon pumunta kami dun sa Healing Hands grotto sa Lucban, Quezon. Di ko pa ma-post yung pics dito kasi dun sa old fashioned camera yung pics namin at di pa siya napapa-develop. But never fear, as soon as mapa-develop un i-scan ko un at post ko dito. Hehehe. Wish ko lang maalala ko i-update tong post na to.

Anyway, after visiting the grotto we travelled for 3 hours to go to Mabini, Batangas where our Batangueno cousins live. Grabe, it was as if we came from Manila! 3 hours! Oh well, the outing the following day was worth it anyway. On Easter Sunday, we went to Anilao for some more fun in the sun! The sun was blistering hot but the sea was soothing cool.

Beachwood Resort, Sariaya, Quezon

For our annual family holy week getaway, we went to Beachwood Resort in Sariaya, Quezon.

The travel took about 3hours from Manila. The place was so-so, the 2 family rooms we rented were fairly big. Well, bigger than I expected. We were able to carm 10 people inside 1 room. There was 2 swimming pools, one for the kids and 1 for adults, and 2 jacuzzis.




And of course, the beach! Although we weren't able to enjoy much the beach. The sand was very fine but it was more black than gray. The sea was far from calm, there was great waves that would have been fun if not for the unpredicatbale nature of the sand. One minute, you're standing on sand with the sea at knee level and after one step the sea is at chest level already! And eventhough we brought life vests, it was still scary since you might be carried away by the waves.

But we were able to take great shots from the beach!

Gmail Paper

I feel so stupid. I fell for the Gmail Paper prank. I really thought that it was a Gmail service. Hehehe.

do i look gay?!

la lang ...

Corregidor

Nagpunta kami ng aking ilang AIU-RP friends (The Cookies, a.k.a Lord and Jenny, Earth, Fred, Stan and Hazel) sa Corregidor nung Sabado, March 24, 2007. Riot ang grupo. Hanggang doon, addict sa pictures ang mga tao! Hahaha.

Nagkita-kita kami sa CCP Bay Terminal. Na-flip ako dito kay earth (anong bago dun?!). Pano ba naman, ako kasi unang dumating dun. So ni-text ko sila na andun na ako at, baka kasi di sila familiar sa place, sinabi ko na sa CCP Bay Terminal sila pumunta. Etong si Earth nag-reply ba naman ng:

Ano oras na?! Late na ...

O di ba?! As if ako ang late?! Hahaha.

Dami rin namin pinuntahan dun. Aside from being an enjoyable trip, it was educational too!

Here are some of the pics. For the rest of the pics, click here

re-blogging ....

It's been a long time since I've last posted here. Will try my hand at blogging again. It's nice to have something to look back to.

Will keep you posted.

Backstreets Back Alright!

Watched the BSB Never gone concert last night with my sister at Araneta. It was so worth it! I was even thinking during the concert that maybe I may have been able to justify to myself to buy the 5,000 pesos front row ticket rather than the 1,000 pesos ticket that was 2nd to the lowest! Hay! But I'd rather not dwell on that because it's no good thinking of things you cannot change.

Anyway, the concert lacked special effects that usually accompanies BSB concerts but the boys made up the lack of special effects with their awesome performance! Boy band na boy band! Complete with the dance moves and sequences! It is as if I am 15 yeras old again and was falling in love with them all over again. Although now, I wasn't swooning because of Nick Carter (which was my fave in the start). He's kinda chubby na kasi eh. Kevin is still gorgeous even if he's getting old. And AJ still looks like a gangsta so no surprise there. But Howie D and Bryan have changed! They are so papable now!

And I liked the fact they they showed their fans that they do appreciate that we have stayed with them for so long. And that we are not ashamed of the fact that we are still fans. Some people that my sis knew told her that BSB is so bakya na daw and was teasing her about watching the concert. But typical Dianne, she just shrugged them off.

Bryan was very very nice yesterday night! All of the boys were nice but for me Bryan was the best! And it was fun watching them enjoying the show!

Hay! I'll post some pics as soon as I upload them in my flickr account. Although the pics will be a bit small since we were wayyyyyy far from the stage. If only it was possible to take pictures using binoculars ... tsk tsk!

Music 21 Gimik

at dahil minsan minsan na lang kami magkasama-sama magpipinsan ... nag-happy happy kami sa music 21. actually dapat sa baywalk kami tatambay kaso super dami ng tao! para kang nasa divi! tapos before nun, nanood kami ng

enteng kabisote 2
okay ka fairy ko
the legend continues

o di ba, hanep sa title?! grabe ha! ang dami nanonood nung pelikula na un! imagine ang dami namin na nasa harap nakaupo at sa sahig pa kami nun ha! di naman siya maganda! para ka lang nanonood ng mahabang version ng dadidodu! hehehe.

baywalk:




music 21:

Christmas 2005

ang saya ng christmas namin this year. mejo kumpleto kami kasi dito samin nag-xmas ang mga pinsan ko from batangas and sila arvin at banong kasama din namin. pati sila nhang-nhang, ate day, kuya kong and their families. and best of all, wala mashadong telenovela ang pasko namin! hehehe. tradition na kasi sa pamilya namin na laging me mga dramathon pag holidays eh ... xmas special ... holy week suspense ... at all saint's day action! hehehe. shempre ang makaka-gets lan nito eh mga kamag-anak ko. hehehe.

anyway, here are some pics:

ronald, arvin, kuya dondel - top level
egay, nhang, dianne, me, emond, banong



andrei's robotic arm



namimigay na ng gifts nila sina tito pitch at tita mariz



pila kay tito ando



3 stoogies

S.A.W.I. (Single Ako Warning Ito)

nanood kami ng stage play ni dianne kagabi, sobra sa enjoy ung play! hehehe. since mas magaling mag-kwento ung sis ko, kinopya ko na lng ung post sa blog nya at nilagay ko dito (with some editing of my own). read her review of the play para magka-idea kayo kung gaano ka-enjoy ung play. hehehe. we enjoyed it so much na we're watching again another play from Koine (the production house). we will be watching Subtext next sat.

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Day Out: S.A.W.I



Imagine.

You’re in a dark room, sitting utterly still. You can hear your breathing rhythm as well as the breathing of 20 other people. You’ve paid much for this experience and you’re expecting satisfaction. Suddenly…

A man cries out from the darkness. Bright lights momentarily blind you and you see this character scurrying to make it to the door. He looks like the devil himself is behind him, chasing him to the depths of hell. The pained look on his face, along with a hand on his backside makes you think that his doom is upon him. He screams.

Oh, wtf. It’s just a plug for their play next month, entitled “Sampung minuto bago makaraos.” ::x_x::

Again, in a darkened room. The tension was momentarily dispelled by the shameless plug but returns with a vengeance as a small voice starts counting off. “One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three….”

And then nothing.

Again, she counts, “One thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three….”

Err.. what’s freaking happening here?

Just when you are about to speak up and complain, a ghastly apparition appears in the television. The suddenness of its appearance makes you want to cry an- what the? It’s just a poor imitation of Ate Charo.

And from here on end starts the experience that is S.A.W.I.

Single Ako. Warning Ito.

Some people might not be able to relate with the concept of S.A.W.I. but it is a fact that this happens to many people in the country.

As the protagonist, CheChe put it, it has something to do with the question put to all the still single people out there. She described it as karumaldumal, horrendous and utterly impertinent:

“CheChe, may boyfriend ka na ba?”

Yes, my dear readers, if there are any, this is an experience that will make you tear your hair out in frustration. For not only her friends, her family and her relatives, CheChe is also plagued by this question by the university’s resident nun, the manong guard and the janitor. How sad.

And then, from the heavens came a roar of thunder, a flash of lightning and a loud voice that asked:

“CheChe, anak ko, may boyfriend ka na baaaaaaaaaaaaaa?”

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lord, ano ba. Bigyan mo na kasi siya ng boyfriend para hindi ka na magtatanong.


But all does not end there. If the question is impertinent, horrendous and frustrating, the follow up question is even more so. It makes the first seem like a warm up.

“Nge? Eh baket wala pa?”


CheChe, girl, I feel your pain.

And then of course, the play wouldn’t be complete without her three friends-slash-ex manliligaws to pester her.



Friends-slash-manliligaws:

1. Maki. Wearing a stupid looking yellow green shirt and a green vest. Has black angular glasses that seem a bit big for his face. The geek of the group, he tried courting CheChe but ended up flat on his face because he’s Maki, the makulit.

2. Chicoy. (Dunno if I got the spelling right) The incurable womanizer/bolero of the group. Wearing a stupid looking hat and trying to impersonate a crossbreed of the Power boys AND Rexona boys. Cheesy and unoriginal. Got dumped due to his bad impersonation of Don Juan.

3. Victor. Big. Wearing a bright, sunny yellow shirt and lacks a few nuts on his mental faculties. As Maki puts it, he’s a slow one. Got dumped due to the fact that all he builds is his muscles and not his neurons.

And as they sort through the reasons for CheChe’s still ongoing single status, they stumble upon the fact that CheChe has love illusions of her own. Which includes her partner in Biology Lab. He’s everything she wants. But. There’s always a big but.

He’s already taken.

Argghh…. Get that song outta my head. ::flushes broken sonnet out of her system::

They agonize some more. Then at the end, CheChe rationalizes that why can’t she love everyone? Why does she have to choose this single person to shower her love upon when she can love everyone around her? Ah, I’ll stop it here.

In a nutshell, it is a must see. Though I’m not sure if it will be shown again, since last night was their last night to perform that particular piece. The actor playing CheChe was great, along with the facial expressions. The three guys weren’t so bad too and of course, Ate Charo was astounding. I’m not sure if it will be shown again but if you want to check out their other works, seach for Koine productions at clickthecity.com

Kids say the darnest things

Some night last week, kila Tita Chris ako kumain ng dinner kasi pansit ulam nila. Eh medyo late na ko nakauwi so wala na ko kasabay kumain kaya kila Tita Chris na lang ako nakikain. Dahil me pagka-maarte itong si Tita Chris at ang anak nyang si Andrei, sa kuwarto pa nila kami kumain para daw naka-aircon kami. Tapos habang kumakain kami, nanonood kami nung telenovela sa channel 2 na Mga Anghel na Walang Langit.

Di bale dun sa scene na pinapanood namin, si Dodong, yung character na portrayed by a child actor na magaling at medyo healthy, eh sinasabi sa character played by Johnny Delgado na anak siya (si Dodong) nung character ni Johnny Delgado. Tapos sinabi ni Johnny Delgado na hindi puwedeng mangyari yun dahil baog daw siya.

Narinig yun ni Andrei at dahil 6 years old pa lang siya at hindi niya alam kung ano ibig sabihin nung baog, lumingon siya kay Tito Ando, na bagong dating lang nun, at nagtanong siya na "Daddy, ano yung baog"?

Eh si Tito Ando na siguro dahil pagod pa dahil galing sa paglalaro ng basketball at hindi pa kumakain ng dinner kaya gutom pa eh ang naisagot sa anak nya eh "Anak, ang ibig sabihin ng baog eh walang anak".

Biglang baling naman sakin itong si Andrei sabay sabing "Baog ka pala eh!" HAHAHAHA! Tawa kami ng tawa after nun. Tapos in-explain ni Tito Ando na ang ibig nyang sabihin eh ang mga baog eh mga taong hindi kayang magkaanak. Sabay sabi na rin na "Anak, wala pang asawa si Ate Eyen kaya wala siyang anak. Hindi siya baog."

Hehehe. Me topak talaga sa ulo ung pinsan ko na un! Hehehe.

Bday Pics

At long last, inemail na sakin ni carl ung mga pics namin nung bday ko. Below are some of our pics.

King, Abi, Me, Get and Ryan (Carl was taking the pic)


Abi, Me, Carl, Get and Ryan (It's King's turn to take the pic)


Me and bestfriend Carl


Abi and King


Ryan and Get

Diva 2 Diva Concert

My tita Gem treated us (me, my mom, my sister dianne, my cousin ate Jo and her mom tita Julieta) to Kuh Ledesma and Zsazsa Padilla's Diva 2 Diva concert at the Mandarin Hotel last August 20th. The ticket was at 1000 pesos each but it was worth it. Kuh and Zsazsa are very good singers and they know how to entertain their audience not only with their singing but also with their obvious camraderie.

Here are some pics:

me, my mom, tita julieta, kuh, tita gem, and ate jo. dianne was the one taking the picture.



ate jo, tita gem, zsazsa, and me



Tita Gem, Dianne and Nanay

Bewitched

Watched the movie Bewitched yesterday with Dianne and Vince. It was surprisingly very entertaining. I was expecting it to be a bit like Stepford Wives, another movie of Nicole Kidman, which I did enjoyed but was not as funny as Bewitched.

OT: We're going to Apo (my maternal grandmother) this Sunday because it's her birthday on the 25th and because I was invited to be a ninang of my mom's kumare's granddaughter. Got that?! Hehehe. Hopefully, my tita and my cousins from Batangas will be going with us. It has been a long time since I saw Kuya Dondel, hope he'll be able to come with us.

Enchanted Kingdom

Some pics from our recent visit to EK.

Tita Gem and Hamza



Naka-pila sa Anchor's Away



Sa Anchor's Away

Bday Gimiks

July 30

Me and my highschool friends, with their boyfriends, ate dinner at the Marina located at Tomas Morato. Abi was there with King, her boyfriend, Get was with Ryan, and Carl was also with us. After the dinner, we drove along Tomas Morato and Timog Avenue wondering if Chico's and Gigolo is worth the fear of being raided! Hehehe. Di kasi namin alam kung nira-raid ung mga lugar na yun at saka kung magkano entrance eh! Anyway, we decided to go to Metro Comedy Bar, formerly Kampo at West Ave., instead. Vice Ganda was very funny along with the other gay performers.Ethel Booba was a disappointment. She wasn't even slightly funny. I'll post some pics here as soon as I get copies from Carl and King.

August 5

Rivermaya performed at Ratsky Tomas Morato. I went there together with Dianne and 2 of her classmates, Honey and Dar. Below are some pics.

Maya @ ratsky



Me and Dianne



August 6

I met some of my college classmates at Virgin Cafe along Tomas Morato (ngayonn ko lang napansin, puro Tomas Morato ang lugar ha!) to watch the Freestyle gig. Below are some pics.

College classmates at Virgin Cafe



The guys



Stel, Apol and Joan



August 14

My extended family, on my mother's side, and I ate lunch at Max's restaurant along Maria Orosa. During that night, we also ordered pizza for my Tita Gem and my cousins on my father's side.