Dying of boredom here

Weekends used to rock. Now, I don't know what to make of them. Weekends, most especially Sundays, used to be about Sunday lunch outs and other stuff we do as a family. But now that there are only a few of us left in the house (and no one knows how to drive, psssh!), it has gotten very, very boring.

After Spanish class last Saturday, hurriedly went home for my brother-in-law's birthday lunch. I could have not gone because I was already in Manila and would be watching a concert in MOA in the evening and attending the lunch would require me to go all the way back to Pasig. Anyway, I still went home and attended bro-in-law's birthday lunch. Yummy in my tummy :) Totally made the right decision to go all the way back home (and then go to MOA later).

AC was my "date" for the Changing Lives: Timbaland Shock Value II Tour feat. Jojo and with special guest, Justin Timberlake. Woohoo! Well, woohoo because I love love love Timbaland's collaborations with different artists and my most recent fave is his collab with Katy Perry. But boohoo because AC was such a wet blanket that night, ang KJ! I believe they were experiencing some kind of technical problems that night judging by how late they started and the lull between the opening act and the feature presentation.

I love Timbaland and his music and I felt quite sad for him when the audience weren't responding much to him. Medyo na-obvious niya na hindi siya ang pinunta ng tao. If I were in his place, I'd be annoyed as hell. Parang reporting sa school- it irks you when you've prepared for your report but no one is listening. Kasi naman mga people of the Philippines, sana hindi naman natin binasag ang trip ni Timbaland. When he said, "yeah!," we should have said, "yeah!" Kahit isang libong beses niya ata sinabing 'yun. Kawawa. Performance level pa naman siya. I was a little bit disappointed when Jojo performed only two songs. What a bummer, I tell you. Since JT was the bigger star and he was singing eight songs, I thought Jojo would do more. But NO. She only sang two, TWO! Oh well, hopefully she swings by the country soon. According to Ycel's blog, she'll be back in May. And JT... aah, Justin Timberlake... you're not that guapo pero WAAAH! I'm not much of a fan but I do enjoy his songs and I think he did great up there on stage.

this is how "near" my sister's 6x optical zoom point & shoot got to the stage

I refused to watch the concert via the screen since I came there to watch them perform LIVE! So pinagtiyagaan ko manuod sa ga-langgam na tao sa stage. But still, I enjoyed naman. The night would have been more awesome in the company of un-KJ people and people who would let me eat after the concert (my last meal was lunch) and not give me a sermon about eating McDo at midnight. So dinner was a regular-sized Caffe Latte Zagu. Haynako.

You know I've said time and again that I wouldn't watch a concert if it would be held in, a) MOA grounds, and 2) in any grounds. LOL. I would only watch if it would be held in Araneta Coliseum. Galit pa ako kay Mar Roxas niyan pero I would still patronize that effin' Araneta Coliseum just because I think it still is the perfect location for concerts. I wanna see Britney in concert! Care to donate to my Britney Spears Concert Fund?

So there. That's how I spent my weekend. Sunday pala, just stayed at home and watched TV. Ang pangit ng Party Pilipinas. Crap. I told you it's boring. BORING. Ano kaya gagawin namin this Easter Sunday? I wanna cry.

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Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath.

Michael Caine

Read 2010/3: Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

This is a very, very interesting book- it explains to us why we make the decisions we make and it's just amazing to learn about stuff like this. Sabi ko na nga ba I should've taken up Psychology in uni.

♥ "Everything is relative... we want runway lights on either side of us, guiding us to the place where we can touch down our wheels."
"We are always looking at the things around us in relation to others."

You know what we're told in track & field~ Never look back to see how close the runner behind you is. I don't really know why but my own understanding of this technique is so that you wouldn't get distracted by others, it's just you and the finish line. Do not preoccupy yourself with what the others are doing. I am applying the same in everyday life. Do not compare yourself with others because there's always someone smarter, prettier, richer, better, etc than you, somewhere out there. Unless we accept that truth and keep making other people our benchmark, keeping up with the Joneses ang drama natin nito, which could get pretty detrimental to our being.

Though I am not saying to be too complacent. Of course, one should also have goals and dreams. Also, there's nothing wrong making someone a role model, someone you would like to be someday. This role model should be someone you would want to emulate as to his accomplishments and not because you are envious of his sports car collection. I think there's nothing wrong with wanting things, it's just we just have to know when to stop. Sometimes kasi we just keep on going, trying to have the latest gadgets, latest designer hand bags that we exhaust our savings just to satisfy this foolish whim. Personally, I do want these shiny, new gadgets, wardrobe, etc, but I try not to want them. Why? Because I know that once I heed the call of these stuff, there's no turning back.

♥ The Cost of Zero Cost. I already know this- that something offered for FREE isn't actually free and usually leads us to make bad decisions- but I still get trapped in this every once in awhile. I can think of two scenarios: 1) Selecta's Coffee Crumble is my favorite ice cream flavor. We ALWAYS buy that brand and that flavor. But lo and behold, this other ice cream brand has this new coffee-flavored ice cream with FREE! sugar cones. So we buy this other ice cream brand, leaving us disappointed because it's not as yummy!, and 2) falling in line for a long time just to get something for free. Free nga, but the time spent on that line is worth something. I could have done something productive with that much time.

♥ I can fully relate with The High Price of Ownership. According to the Endowment Effect, we value something we own more than other people do. My mother is the perfect embodiment of this principle. Weird because I think I am the total opposite of this. I think that my stuff are not worth much. Ako lang gumawa nito eh. Sino naman bibili nito ng ganyang presyo? Speaks much of my self-esteem. Ha. There's also this other interesting principle called the Ikea Effect- the more work you put into something, the more ownership you begin to feel for it. Methinks this explains why parents think their children are the Most (insert positive adjective here).

♥ We are often advised that we should never close our doors. But not all doors can be kept open all the time and if we keep on making sure all these doors stay open, we fail to focus on the doors that matter. Doors that ought to be shut should be shut because they draw energy and commitment away from doors that should be left open- and because they drive us crazy. And I think this doesn't pertain only to career opportunities. Someone I know ought to shut this proverbial door on this particular relationship because this relationship (which is really doomed from the start) is eating her time to find a real, viable relationship.

My NY Resolution is to read a book every two weeks but at the rate that I am going, I only get to read one book per month. Not that I don't have time, I have lots of that. It's just that the internet (ahem*tumblr*ahem) takes up most of my precious time. Muchos libros para leer...

Cobra Starship ♥

Just got back from the Cobra Starship show at Trinoma and it was one helluva blast! I was surprised that I enjoyed it SO MUCH. I am not really that much of a fan, I just like two of their songs and it just happens that I have a sister who works in Ayala, so I was able to get hold of tickets =)
Left home 4:30pm, in a hurry cos I was supposed to meet one of my co-Cobra Starship trooper in Trinoma at 5:30. I wasn't able to correctly estimate the time it would take to get there plus it took the MRT train forever to arrive so got there late..

First up was their opening act~ this cute, lanky guy who danced to this mix of songs which included YMCA and the Macarena. Totally oblivious as to who are the members of the band, I thought he was one of the band. Turned out he was just one of the crew. Cute. Anyhoo, didn't know that they have a girl member in the band as well and that's just cool that they do. Namomroblema pa naman ako kung sino ang kakanta sa part ni Leighton Meester 'pag kinanta na nila ang Good Girls Go Bad. Felt so out of place there when all these kids starting singing along to all Cobra Starship songs with matching dance steps pa and there we were right smack in the middle of the activity area, NR to everything that's happening. Well, we do clap after every song and we raise our hands when asked to para hindi naman masyado halata na mashonders na kami. Bahaha. And to our relief, we weren't the oldest there...

If it's too loud, you're too old na, lolo

And did I mention I had a MEET & GREET STUB? Un poco baduy lang that we only have one stub (one stub, one person policy) for the meet & greet. I was thisclose to giving it away to someone who really wanted it. Yun nga, hindi naman ako masyado fan tapos nahihiya pa ako to have my picture taken with them since most of the fans who got in line for the meet and greet were kids, but Christmas and AB's friends, Maan, coaxed me to do it. I think I was the only late 20something person. Boo~ I felt so old already. Sabi nga ni Christmas mukhang mas matanda pa kami sa members ng band. I wouldn't be surprised if they are. Googled it. No, they're not older than us. Yay! Now I don't feel so retarded. Anyway, back to the meet & greet and me being the only gurang quasi-fan had my turn to pose and have my picture taken with the band. Corny lang kasi wala na masyado interaction. The other girls who went before us were able to hug them or shake hands with the band. Sayang, meron pa namang cute dun. And I felt like a midget cos all of them were GARGANTUAN. I'm a bit OC and nosy when it comes to people's height so I googled it again and found out that the girl stands 5'11. Gah. I must've really looked like an effin' midget back there. Boo~ And speaking of pictures, they had an official photographer for the meet & greet and digital cameras are not allowed on the stage so we really have to get that one pic in Picture City... in Trinoma. Eh hello, I live in Pasig pa kaya?!? Naman.

That's Midget Me being towered over by ginormous people

Enjoyed the Cobra Starship extravaganza~ they have good music you can dance to and the band members were very, very gracious. Love it ♥ Going all the way to Trinoma was worth it. Had so much fun and would now want to acquaint myself with the other Cobra Starship songs aside from Good Girls Go Bad and Hot Mess.

This has gotten me really excited for the Timabaland/Jojo/Justin Timberlake concert on Saturday. Toodles~

Chuck S03 E11: Chuck Versus the Final Exam

Chuck's first kill. Or so I thought...Actually relieved about this, if only Sarah knew the truth... At ngayon, hindi lang confirmed, confeermed pa (lol) na may pagnanasa (the term!) si Sarah kay Chuck. Hay, I know Shaw is such an eye candy pero isa siyang MH (malaking hadlang)...

AAAARGH! All this suspense is killing me! Looks like next episode will be the one I am waiting for three years~

Pick Flick: Hachiko: A Dog's Story

Hay, did I choose to pick the perfect day to watch such a tearjerker. Recommended by Juno, I DL'd it right away from my suki torrent source. Nakakaiyak daw and this coming from Juno, baka nga nakakaiyak talaga siya. Buti na lang andito ako sa bahay at wala sa eroplano, so feel na feel ko ang paghikbi ko. Masakit yata sa ulo ang magpigil ng iyak.

Anyway, this movie's a bit too close to home since we just recently lost our dog, Sunday. The circumstances are different but still there's the loss. I used to think that I dislike routine because it makes life boring. But when I really think about it, my life has been one, big routine, day in, day out~ little deviations from the routine are welcome but big disruptions to our routine kinda throws us off balance.

Very endearing, must-see movie that should be watched alone or in the company of those you feel comfortable with... or else, be prepared for a big headache coming.

Pick Flick: Remember Me

Robert Pattinson was the second reason why we watched this movie. The first reason being... we had time to kill.

Four Things about Remember Me:

1. RPattz is really cashing in on his signature 'do. Not complaining here since I am a fan of his disheveled hair, but I think sometimes he has got to steer a little bit from his Twilight/Edward Cullen phase and be a totally independent entity from it. He's a good actor and I think he's capable of other styles of acting other than brood.
   
   
2. He's good-looking, smart and rich. Why be emo when you have many reasons to be happy? Well, dad's more handsome (si Pierce Brosnan ba naman tatay mo... hello, James Bond kaya yun!) and dad's the one who has (and makes) the funds, so maybe there's the course of his emo-ness. Okay, his brother committed suicide and such has taken a toll on the entire family, but it's been years and they should've moved on already. Easier said than done, I know.
   
   
3. They used the love story angle as the selling point of the movie but more of being a love story, it's actually about this young man's life and how he has touched the lives of those around him. Especially loved his relationship with his younger sister.
   
   
4. Remember Me's very quiet. Too quiet actually, bordering on boring. Pero in fairness, hindi ako nakatulog sa movie. I just feel that there was no climax, it went straight to the denouement but what a denouement that was! I never expected that to happen and I thought that was brilliant. Good thing I haven't read any of the reviews prior to watching since it could've ruined it for me.
   

Not a bad one from RPattz. Looking forward to his other movies and I hope he'll play another role naman.