Overheard #1

Mommy: Jan ba nakatira yung nagpakamatay?
Daddy: Paano nagpakamatay?
Mommy: Nag-suicide.

Umm... hindi ba parehas lang yun, mommy?

Xmas 2008

Part I: Nightmare before Christmas

Nightmare #1
Dec 24, 11 am

Little sister sent us a message saying that she lost her baby. She was 2 months preggers with her first ever baby and supposedly, our first ever niece/nephew and my parents' first ever grandchild. And now that has gone down the drain. God has a reason for everything and we're just thinking that maybe it just wasn't time yet. In due time, everything will fall into place.

It's sad. I even got teary-eyed when I was wrapping my Christmas gift for her. It was a maternity blouse she could wear to the office. I often hear her complain how nothing fits her anymore. Pero nga, kung hindi ukol hindi bubukol. Nawala na ang bukol. Malamang hindi ukol.

Nightmare #2
Dec 24, sometime in the afternoon

Nothing will beat the bad and sad news abovementioned. It doesn't come close to the first nightmare #1 but this sure is bad news as well. For Twillight and RPattz fans, that is.

ABS-CBN, reportedly, will be doing a tv series of cult book series, Twilight. Apparently, they have bought the rights already and they're airing it soon.
I can't just watch them murder Twilight. And oh, they cast a fugly actor to play Edward Cullen. Pare, whatever you do, you'll never measure up to RPattz.


Part II: Christmas Celebration

As I've said before, Christmas a little different. First time ever we were incomplete as a family. Nevertheless, we still made Christmas work. It was the usual noche buena and opening of the gifts after eating. Usually, we have a karaoke contest~ whoever obtains the lowest score will treat everyone to coffee~ but this time we didn't have it. People weren't in the mood and supe lazy and sleepy already.

Slept at 3am. 3am~ I suddenly remembered waking up at 3am to prepare for the 4am Simbang Gabi. I'm gonna miss Simbang Gabi.

On the day of Christmas, we made three trips to 3 different relatives. Don't want to expound na, my eyes are getting heybi.

Merry Christmas, y'all!

random thoughts on the day before the day before xmas

• Only one more day to go before I complete the Simbang Gabi. I'll miss the chilly mornings ;)

• I will be doing my last minute gift-shopping later. I'm hoping that there won't be that much people in the malls.
  

• The gifts beneath the Christmas tree are noticeably fewer. Being materialistic, I know that should make me sad but it doesn't. So does that make me mature? Hindi rin.
  

• We had our shop's Christmas party last night. The usual~ pansit, chicken, cake and karaoke. Instead of exchanging gifts, we just raffled out small prices for them. And we gave them goodie pails (kasi hindi bags) filled with groceries. Masaya naman sila. At masaya rin ako dahil masaya mag-shrink wrap.
  

• And this is totally unrelated to xmas but I just have to post this...

RPATTZ ROCKIN' HIS NEW SHORT 'DO

Photo creds: Just Jared
Robert Pattinson Fan

I LIKE... SOOO MUCH
EYE CANDY
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME ;)

Just Around the Corner

Christmas is just 3 days away! Oh joy! But as they say, anticipation is half the fun and I so totally agree. As I've said in one of my earlier posts, Christmas will be different this year. This will be the first Christmas ever we will not be complete as a family~ AC's in China and V, who got married this year, will be more likely to spend it with her hubby's family. We'll just wait and see what Christmas will be like this time.

Not yet done with Christmas shopping. Actually, haven't started with it yet. But I have an idea of what to get everyone. I just have to live up to my reputation as Miss Last Minute, don't I? It's just that I don't get the urge to act on things until they're like five minutes away.

This is going to be ditzy... I am pondering on whether to dress like Rachel Bilson or like Blair Waldorf on Christmas.

Rachel Bilson

Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester)

Rachel Bilson's outfits, minus the frilly boots, are more doable. While Blair's outfits are more lovely and I would really love to wear tights.

I won't be able to decide until the last minute, I bet. I'm not planning on buying a new outfit. I will just make do with what we have here. There are still a few tights I haven't used and I think Christmas would be a good excuse to wear those kind of fishnet-ish tights. Haha. Actually, most of the pictures of Blair's frocks here were so last season... as in Season 1 ng Gossip Girl. Anyway, I'm not over that white eyelet dress just yet. Ay, bahala na si batman.

I've only two days left of Simbang Gabi. They say that if you complete the entire run of simbang gabi, you could make a wish and it would come true. Completing the simbang gabi and wishing on a falling star I guess should be a guarantee that my wishes would come true.

bakya alert

This is why I had to be in Araneta by 7pm last Tuesday.

Photo courtesy of Pam's sister, Genevieve

Believe me when I say I really had no intention of going. In fact, I didn't even know there was such a thing, that is before Jaime brought tickets for us to go watch the ABS-CBN Christmas Special in Araneta Center. Two Saturdays ago, Jaime told us he's giving us tickets to watch their Xmas special. At first, I didn't really see the point in going but then I thought that this could be a good way to treat my angels.

Jaime gave Pam, Kosh and me 5 premier tickets. Pam and I went. Kosh wasn't able to make it, therefore giving her prized premier tickets to her PA. Kainis. Anyway, imagine my surprise when these premier tickets were seats located very, very near the stage. We were thisclose to the stars. Well, dinadaanan lang naman nila kami pero kahit na. Anyway, to cut the story short, giddiness ever kami ni Pamelita! I swear, Pam and I were so star-crazed! Showbiz kung showbiz. Kulang na lang yung mic na parang sa DJ at puede na kaming commentators~ hindi nauubusan ng mga komentaryo.

As I told Pam, I've never been in a place where there's this many cute boys! Oh my goodness, too much eye candy, I swear. But of all the cuteness, I must say my favorites were Christian Bautista, Jake Cuenca, Jon Avila and John Lloyd Cruz...

Yes, I just had to post that... again.

Ang kajologan namin ni Pam, bow.
Deadma pa kami nung una, mapapatili rin pala. Ha.

Last Tuesday, Ycel and I met up for late lunch/early merienda. I totally lost track of time but according to her, the meal lasted 2 hours which is my fault. This get-together was long overdue but I couldn't help it if there were gazillions of stories to tell. I think I blabbered most of the 2 hours away.

After lunch/merienda, we set off to do what we were originally set to do, accomplish her Christmas shopping. So we wandered inside Megamall, searching for the things in her list. Since I there was this "thing" I had to go to, I had to bid her goodbye by 7pm. Who knew four hours could go by that quickly? We definitely have to have a follow-up on this.

It was really, really nice catching up with old friends and what's nicer is the fact that even if you haven't seen others for months, the connection is still there... as if no moment has lapsed, as if you were telling each other stories only yesterday. And to you Ycel, mi amiga, dahil pinupuna mo ang aking RPattz obsession, para sa'yo ito... Enjoy! Or rather, I will enjoy.

I have an LSS.

Kevin Rudolph feat. Lil Wayne- Let It Rock


I love the very first line.

T-party 2008

Christmas season is also the season for having reunion with friends. Reconciling dates with friends on when to meet is challenging. Almost everyone has a reunion or christmas party to attend.

Last Saturday, I met with Aissa, Juno and Christmas. Wala ang haciendera, wala si Jo. Binibilang ang pera niya sa Masbate. And Ycel had her company xmas party. It was T-party all over again. Spending time with the girls was fun and I really wish I could do it more often than once a year. Well, we do meet but it was like we were never complete.

So what was last Saturday's T-party like? Very much the same. Although I still can't decide whether we're harsher or nicer. Over lunch (or merienda) at A Veneto, topics jumped from T-partying to Gossip Girl to college professors... just about everything under the sun. We dissect things. Analyze movies and tv series. Justify our shared enmity towards certain people and non-people. That was one, looooooong lunch. Buti na lang we ordered bottomless drinks, nasulit. Haha.

After lunch, Aissa treated us to coffee to celebrate her birthday and for passing the bar exams. [It still is hard to believe that my friend IS a lawyer. And I'm glad that fact hasn't gone to her head, unlike other people I know. And Juno will also be one, soon! ] In our search for the lesser-populated Starbucks, we were distracted by the big Office Warehouse sign. We went in and got sucked into the office supplies vortex. I thought I was the only one addicted to ballpens, punchers, scissors and office supplies. As it turns out, all my friends are addicted to office supplies as well. I like that. We were like office-supplies-geeks. Anyway, is it weird or is it weird that even if there were 3 Starbucks in Trinoma, it was still difficult to get a seat? We ended up sipping our coffee de pie. After coffee, we decided to call it a day and head home, ahead of the rest of the population in the mall.

Aside from the effy traffic on my way to IC in the morning, it was an absobloodylutely perfect day!

love love

Cute. It makes jokes.

narcissist

I'm in love with my blog.
Not with my blog-blog...
I love how my blog looks like.
I spent half a day tweaking the template and I love what I'm seeing.
I just love looking at it and be proud of what I came up with.

AD's birthday today. I'm not sure if this was the first time she's happy it is her birthday but this is the first time I saw her happy that it is her birthday. Gets? AD feels sidetracked as she shares the same birth date with our maternal grandfather. When we were much younger, our mother would go to the province to celebrate our lolo's birth date (btw, our lolo's been dead for years now) instead of celebrating her daughter's birthday at home. She also hates it that she gets one present for her birthday and Christmas. Hey, if I was in her place, I'd be disappointed too.

Anyway, this year was an exception. She was happy this morning. She even asked me to sing her "Happy Birthday." Uto-uto daw ako. Haha. Plus, she had asked our mother to buy her shoes at the Charles & Keith/Aldo/Face Shop sale as her birthday gift to her. Ayun, happy na siya.

Speaking of Christmas gift-giving, I haven't started with my Christmas shopping yet. I would have yet to think of what I would give my sisters and friendly friends. For sure, I'm making my parents a scrapbook page instead of giving them gifts-gifts. I know they would appreciate it more at wala pang reklamo. Basta handmade ko, okay na yun.

Also, I'm happy that I had asked my mother for a Christmas gift in advance and that she already bought it for me: the scanner. Or else, I'll only get Our Daily Bread from her. But I think I'm still getting a copy of Our Daily Bread from her even if she got me a scanner already. I told her not to bother giving me one since I don't use it anyway. But she insists...

Christmas is just 13 days away! The weather's cool and houses are decorated with twinkling lights. I'm a kid at heart and I'll always look forward to Christmas. Although Christmas in our household will be a bit different this year...

GG S02 E13: O Brother, Where Bart Thou?

And so they killed Bart Bass. Now Lily's free to do whatever she wants to do.

So, is Lily really mourning over Bart's death? Then why was she having this rendezvous with Rufus Humphrey? And of all places, they chose a very public place to meet~ Central Park (which, btw, is breathtaking! Lovely autumn-y backdrop). But then again, if they're not doing something wrong, they shoudn't have to hide, right? But the timing's just off and for someone who is supposedly "up there," people would be watching.

And I'm not so sure but I think Lily was in that hospital in Paris because she was preggers with Rufus' baby and she had it aborted. Which Cece told Rufus after so many light years, therefore making Rufus change his mind on whether they should rekindle their young love, sweet love. haha

I remember last week I said that the Blair and Chuck thing is getting kinda old but this week, I think I'm changing my opinion about it.

Usually, Chuck and Blair's relationship revolved around one thing. They claim they love each other but can't seem to get themselves to say those three words, eight letters. But in this episode, Blair let go of all those and tried to comfort Chuck in his sorrow. She even told him she loves him. Props to Blair!

I love it that Chuck is actually capable of real emotions. And I love it that he looks distraught here, v. different from his usual manyakis look.

love this scene!

Apparently, this is the last episode for the year and new episodes will be aired next year. I'm excited for the following episodes! What would happen to Blair and Chuck? Nate and Vanessa? Lily ang Rufus? And I think Dan and Serena are so getting back together (then break up for the 3rd time). Absence makes the heart grow fonder.... hihi =)

thing things

As my brain is not in any state of coherence, I am going to present my (trivial) thoughts in bullet points:

• My obsession over Twilight and RPattz is on its all-time high. I love and hate it at the same time. Love it cos it keeps my dopamine and serotonin levels high~ happiness (even if only the fleeting kind). But hate it as well since the addiction can leave me useless as I spend hours and hours in front of the computer screen.
  

• This was supposed to be posted a week ago but since I only have RPattz in my mind for like two weeks now... I get to post it only now. I GOT MY EYEBROWS GROOMED! Finally. At long last. After 3 months of waiting and having unkempt, forest-y eyebrows, they're all nice and neat now. And I love it! Browhaus is love, y'all.
  

• Another Twilight related thought. In keeping with the tradition of not finishing what I start, I can't get myself to finish reading Breaking Dawn. I don't feel the need to. The 4th and last of the Twilight saga is a little anti-climactic, in my opinion. Boring and predictable. When Bella was transformed into a vampire during the first few chapters, my interest has waned. I want the fragility of the human-vampire relationship. Why does it have to be so soon?
  

• Borrowed Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from Armida. My favorite was HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban and when books 4 & 5 weren't as fantastic as the 3rd, I lost interest. But then again, I think I need to read the last two books of the series just to complete the HP experience. Haha.
  

• Back issues are quite quick to appear on magazine stands, y'all!

• My mommy and I can't seem to stay in one room for 10 minutes without getting into an argument (usually, about useless things). It makes me feel guilty but at the same time, I know she's being OA again. Next time, I won't say anything. Or at least, I will try.

• I am currently addicted to Tumblr. It's a little bit emo but they usually post nice pictures and beautiful quotes and when I start browsing posts, I usually get sucked into the Tumblr vortex. I'm so in love with Tumblr. These are some of the tumblrs I follow:

• Overflowing

• twentythree:
  

• finallyseeing
  

GG S02 E12: It's A Wonderful Lie

Shoot, that was bitin. They better have a new episode out next week cos they shouldn't leave me hanging like this. I sorta knew already that they were going to kill off one of the GG characters but I never thought it would be Bart Bass. Would GG be the same without him or maybe his absence from the show wouldn't really any major ramifications to the whole GG storyline? Why do they have to kill Bart Bass? He could be like based in China for a year or two, right?

Jenny's raccoon eyes are back. Does that mean that we will see the "dark side" of Jenny Humphrey once again? Something tells me that she wouldn't take this Nate-Vanessa thing lightly and she might have a little devious plan going on inside that damaged pre-frontal cortex of hers, but then again she defended Vanessa from the "trio of ugly stepsisters." Ha. But still, I can't get over the fact that she was scolding Vanessa for not telling her about Nate. Well, Jenny, two can play that game.

I never really liked Vanessa but she's starting to grow on me. Most especially since she's the one who can kind of put Jenny Humphrey in her place. Not even Rufus Humphrey nor Eleanor Waldorf can do that. Sus, lalaki lang pala eh. Haha. But I'm loving this Nate and Vanessa thing. Finally, Nate makes up his mind as to who he really wants to date. Hopefully, he'd stick with Vanessa til the end of this season.

This episode, every thing's the same with Chuck and Blair. It is getting a little bit old, actually. [Anyway, gossip blogs say that Ed Westwick (Chuck) and Jessica Szohr (Vanessa) are an item in real life. Hmm... totoo kaya?] Back to GG... as with the other "couple," Serena and Dan- I think they still do like each other in that way. Lola Xmas once asked me if Serena and Dan are ever going to get back together... after seeing this episode, I think they would.

Back to the Bart Bass accident... Lily looks distraught. Did Bart Bass have a premonition as to his death that he was seeking for atonement from Lily? If Bart Bass dies, that would make Lily super duper richer than she is right now. That is, if she didn't sign a pre-nup agreement stating otherwise. But in the event that she didn't, she'd be the happiest woman on earth with Bart Bass's money and Rufus Humphrey's body. Haha. Yuck. Matronix.

As I've said, I hope they do have a new episode next week. I wanna know what happens... NOW... but I would have to wait til Tuesday. Bummer.

Keeps Getting Better

So shoot me. I don't care if I'm going overboard with this Twilight/RPattz obsession. What else could distract me from my weekly GG and Chuck fix? None other than RPattz/Twilight. What else could make me not care whether or not I see EC? RPattz/Twilight. Yes, I was am that obsessed. Suffice to say, "RPattz, you are my life now." Ha. That was cheesy.

Obsession over Twilight and RPattz also reconnects you with old friends. Take Anna and me, for example. We were like good friends back in grade school. We used to hang out together, play Qzar and go to Quantum X in Shang together... we even sent snail mails to each other over the summer break. Then high school happened. We never became classmates again and must have never spoken to each other (unintentionally). But looks like the shared obsession over Twilight and Robert Pattinson has opened the lines of communication for us.

Warning: This is a long, swoon-fest FB conversation between two fangirls. Read at your own risk. I give up. I can't figure out how to make it legible.

Anna was like fueling my obsession. I don't think I was as obsessed before but then she gave me all these websites and videos to watch. I'm so guilt-stricken over the time I spend on the net, just ogling at pictures of RPattz. I swear this is not the end of it.

And here's something Anna made me do.
Do it. This one's PRICELESS.

Say a joke..then click here:
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9548/rpattzlm3.gif

Repeat as many times as possible.

That much, ha

If you count all the stars in the sky, all the grains of sand in the oceans, all the roses in the world and all the smiles that have ever been, then you will have a sample of how much I love you.

Masochistic

I have R-Pattz in mind ;)
Let me do a little bit of logic...

R-Pattz is unattainable.
R-Pattz is sexy.
Ergo... Unattainable is sexy.

I don't even care whether or not it is a sound argument.

Una

photo credit: sizzlingpopcorn.com

At akala ko lamang ako sa iba...

I bought my ticket to the Twilight movie last, last Monday for Sunday's screening. I was telling everybody 'I have tickets!' proudly and then just imagine my disappointment when those people have already seen it. But it was also a good thing that my friends have seen it before I did so they were able to forewarn me and advise me not to expect too much.

And so the highly-anticipated time has come... Sunday 9pm. (Never mind that prior to this, there was a little shiteous drama) Upon seeing the looong line, I was glad I purchased the tickets in advance. Plus, we had the best seats in the cinema- right smack in the middle, baby!

Start na!

Giddyness. But I was trying not to let it show. I don't wanna come across as an obsessive fan. Note to self: Forget the book while inside the cinema. I did try. Though sometimes you just can't help but recall the scenes in the book and compare it to the movie. But I was able to stop myself. Concentrate.

• I wasn't able to concentrate during the first few minutes into the movie. I failed to notice if Edward's eyes were black.
  
• Edward gagging on Bella's "sweet smell." A little funny cos it seemed as if Bella had B.O.
  
• Doesn't Bella have friends in Phoenix?
  
• Carlisle's kabuki face. People were laughing really hard during the scene when Carlisle first appeared. In fairness, tinalo nila ang "Have you MET?" look ng mga artista dito sa Pilipinas.
  
• I agree with Juno... Charlie was more likeable in the movie than in the books.
  
• I was expecting Mike Newton to be cuter.
  
• In the meadow scene, I was expecting it to look like this...
• 
• When Edward was showing Bella his "powers" the scene was a little Smallville-ish for me. Haha. Show and tell ba ito, Edward?
  
• And yeah, CHEESINESS!
• The movie reminded me of a Hallmark movie.

Whatever. I think I was trying too hard to be cool and not act too fangirl-y that I was trying to dissect the film and not just take it in as a whole. But I still LOVE it! Blind faith. And so I am off to a cinema nearby to take it all in...

Might as well face it I'm addicted to Twilight.