for Tak :)

I love to sing!!!!

Geek! New Worlds!!!!

I'm a geek, you're a geek. We're all geeks!!

NEW WORLDS: TRANSFORMED

Do you love Harry Potter? How about those amazing Transformers?

Admit it: you were a fan of something at some point in your life. Books, TV shows, movies, comics, and many other creations in the media can make an indelible impression on anyone and stay for the rest of our lives.

On July 9-15, get the chance to get together with like minds and celebrate what you love at the Rockwell Power Plant Mall! The New Worlds Alliance, in conjunction with Rockwell Power Plant Mall, Level Up! Games, Dream FM, Fandom Cafe, presents New Worlds: Transformed.

In this week-long affair, find fellow fans among the Trekkies, Tolkienites, Wizards from Hogwarts, Robots of Cybertron, Highlanders, the Jedi, Narnians, Slayers, Stargate explorers, residents of Arkham, local Heroes, the Lost ones, Xena's Amazons, Anne Rice's Vampires and Witches, the Dragonsworn, Gamers and many others and live your fandom. Play the games, watch the films, be awed with the toys, browse the books, walk around with your favorite characters and experience FANDOM unhinged.

The best part? Entrance is free!

For more information, please visit http://newworlds.ph .

A bit Political... or maybe not.... and some stuff I learned in school

Now that I'm taking up my major subjects, we have been discussing about politics non-stop. Yeah, me doing political discussions. Nagugulat din ako sa sarili ko at madami din akong nasasabi. But right after class marathon, I feel like shouting "Ang ganda ng mundo!!!!".

Anyway, I have noticed that in every discussion, USA would be mentioned. Then I would think "That country is LIKE soooo self-centered (with dumb blonde accent)". Ahahaha. Could we set aside USA, even for one day, when discussing EU or China or Congo Republic or some other country?


The Filipino dream is to finish college and work abroad, to be specific USA. Then work hard, send money to the family every now and then. Then petition mother, father, brother, sister, lola, lolo, pinsan, pamangkin, bala-e, hipag... at buong barrangay! (Yes, I am exagerrating.)

That's not my dream. My dream is to marry a rich, old, old, man. Persuade him to leave me all of his belonging when he dies (he should write it in his will). Then wait. For him to die. hahahaha. Nyak!!! a bit Anna Nicole Smith (may she rest in peace), don't you think? Of course, I'm kidding.

Seriously, I want to travel and explore the whole Philippines, then the world. I want to learn about different cultures. My reason is still for the culture and arts even though the course I'm taking is leaning towards politics.

When I get back from all my travels, I'll share with the people what I have learned. Culture is about sharing and learning, right?


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Tama na. Hindi ako sanay na nagpapaka seryoso. Nakakabaliw.

Things I learned form school:
"Imagine, Rizal was able to write Noli Me Tangere with a candle as his light. You have Electricity, ano pa ang masusulat niyo kung ganon"
- my International Trade Professor

"The number one Senatorial Candidate is Loren Legarda. The number two is Bamboo Mañalac. Hindi nga. Paluwain niyo lang mata ni Chiz, kamukha na niya si Bamboo."
- My Research Method Professor explaining "We see what we want to see"

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HOY! Don't forget to watch VIRGIN LABFEST!!! Especially Children's Plays. Bring your kids, nephew and nieces and all the kids in your neighborhood. Come! Come!

VIRGIN LABFEST - Children's Plays

Start:	Jun 29, '07 3:00p
End:	Jul 1, '07 3:00p
Location:	Tanghalang Huseng Batute

Set 5 - CHILDREN'S PLAYS
Bulwagang Amado Hernandez on June 29 (3:00 PM), June 30 (10:00 AM / 3:00 PM) and July 1 (3:00 PM).

Rene Villanueva's Bertdey ni Guido
performed by the Sipat Lawin Ensemble and directed by George de Jesus III
Offers a wonderful juvenile perspective of the relationship between the personal and the political, made more marvelous with music and dance

Niel de Mesa's Mga Obra ni Maestra
A hilarious and biting play about three young children with superpowers and are heavily conflicted between saving the world or fulfilling the grueling, tedious domestic duties that their parents have ordered them to do

James Cansanay's Kung Pwede Sanang Ipagpalit ang Tatay
Directed by Catherine Racsag
A strange but fascinating fable about a young boy who mistakenly traded his father for a toy

So Far

Everyone is talking about their first day of classes. At least those who still go to school. I wanted to be different.

Pero wala akong maisip. Kaya, first week of classes na lang ang pag-uusapan natin. Hahahaha.

I have a bit of a crappy schedule this semester. Five days of classes. Three out of five days only have one subject. Two days of class marathon without break (kalyo sa pwet ito!). And a Saturday class.

I wasn't able to use my usual powers in making my own schedule because I was enlisted to the honors class (star section ba!). It is an honor to be part of the honors class (a bit redundant, don't you think?). Because usually, the college assigns the best professors for that section. Kaya sige na lang.

I've met all of my professors already except for the Spanish class. And I am praying really hard that we get the professor from Instituto Cervantes. If we get that professor, I won't be whining about having a Saturday class. Promise!!! Our professor for the past two semesters is really not good. She uses this ancient photocopied papers as the basis of her lessons and she teaches Spanish in English. Did I mention that part of her exams is to translate an English sentence to Spanish? Que barbaridad!!!


I promised myself that I'll give best this year when it comes to my education. Meaning, when the teacher says to read in advance, I WILL read in advance. Unlike what I usually do: scan the assigned reading minutes before class and recite performance level during recitation (as if I read the material ten times). STD na talaga ito! Sipag! Tiyaga! Disiplina!!! Rawr!!!






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Nakakainis lang. Sige, makinig na kayo sa chismis. Wag niyo lang paniwalaan. Kung gusto niyo malaman ang katotohanan, sa akin niyo itanong. May celphone naman ako. Ayos ba? Nakakaawa kasi kayo kung mali ang nasagap niyo balita. Walang masama sa pagtanong. Di ako maniningil.

VIRGIN LABFEST 3!!!!!

The Cultural Center of the Philippines, Tanghalang Pilipino, Inc., The Writersbloc, Inc.,
and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, supported by The Japan Foundation Manila

present

VIRGIN LABFEST 3

Now on its 3rd year, the Virgin Labfest opens this June 28 and will run until July 8, 2007 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. The Virgin Labfest (VLF), a festival of new plays (untried, untested, unpublished and unstaged) by both emerging and well-known playwrights, directors and actors, is now enthusiastically looked forward to by artists and audiences alike. This year's festival boasts a repertoire of 15 short plays in five trilogies as the main exhibition list. One of the trilogies features contributions of playwrights from Thailand, Singapore and Japan. Another independently produced trilogy of plays has been added to the festival-totalling the entire festival to a treat of 18 short plays. Full-length plays will also be featured in a series of dramatic readings at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino.

Tickets to the Virgin Labfest are at P200 (for plays to be shown at the Tanghalang Huseng Batute & Bulwagang Amado Hernandez) and "Pay What You Can" (for play readings at the Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino). For more details, please contact Tanghalang Pilipino at 832-3661, or the CCP Box Office at 832-3704.  Visit our website for schedules http://www.virginlabfest.com .


MAIN EXHIBITION LIST

Set 1 - INTERNATIONAL NIGHT
A compilation of plays submitted by foreign playwrights.   Tanghalang Huseng Batute, June 28 (3:00 PM / 8:00 PM), July 7 (8:00 PM) and July 8 (3:00 PM)

Narumol Thammapruksa' He-Me-She-It
Directed by Jaime del Mundo
A poetic improvisation where a newcomer, an alien/stranger both influences and terrifies the members of an undisclosed remote town

Haresh Sharma's Lizard
Directed by Nicolas Pichay
A surreal and inertly violent depiction of a Singaporean household whose scheming, double-dealing, and at times cruel transactions negotiated with each other makes for a rather intense sala-set drama

Yoji Sakate's Noh Play, Three Sisters
Directed by Jose Estrella is a moving ghost story and a touching memorial to the ravages of war and the significant resonance of War in Theater
               
Set 2 - MADADRAMANG PAMILYA
Features household drama far from telenovela fare. Skeletons in the closet, in-house rebellions, and family decisions that just have to be made- Do not do this at home.  Tanghalang Huseng Batute, June 29 (3:00 PM / 8:00 PM), July 5 (3:00 PM) andJuly 8 (8:00 PM)

Debbie Ann Tan's Teroristang Labandera
Directed by Yoshi Toshihisa
A funny and yet disturbing destruction of class and racial stereotypes, this comedy may seem to say more than just being wacky

Dennis Teodosio's Bagahe
Directed by Rito Asilo
A short, intense conversation between a son and his dying father torn by the need to migrate and the need to define home

Lani Montreal's Looking for Darna
Directed by Khryss Adalia
About three generations of women painfully coming to terms with a reality that renders many women helpless and silent.

Set 3 - XX AND X
The most unsettling and disturbing compilation of the season. We enjoin you to widen your understanding, come in with an open mind and expect the unexpected. Warning: Hindi pang-isip bata.  Tanghalang Huseng Batute, June 30 (3:00 PM / 8:00 PM), July 5 (8:00 PM) and July 6 (3:00 PM)

Dr. Auggie Arcenas' Séance
Directed by EricK Castro
A quiet yet intense confrontation between a fortune teller and her customer that becomes a battle of wit and a revelation of small cruelties and hypocrisies.

Allan Lopez' Kasaysayan
Directed by Victor Villareal
A rather macabre rendition of capitalist barbarism and a gruesome exploration of the weird, horrible patriarchal ways of the bourgeoisie

George Vail Kabristante' s My Padir is an OCW
About an aging transvestite' s bizarre association with a young dancer who harbors a family secret.
               
Set 4 -  ANG PAGDADALAGA AT IBA PANG REBELASYON
Provides another take on forbidden loves, sexual desire and the fruits it reaps, both good and evil. It is also 3 variations on a theme: Spring's awakening!   Tanghalang Huseng Batute, July 1 (3:00 PM / 8:00 PM), July 6 (8:00 PM) and July 7 (3:00 PM)

Argel Tuason's Kuyom
Directed by John Abul
About a young boy's exposure to exploitation and cruelty, rendered more complicated by the environment he finds himself in, a world of gay impersonators

Arlo de Guzman's Three Unsent Letters
Directed by Nor Domingo
An epistolary drama about a man's awakening to love and betrayal. Letters that have not been sent become monologues of despair and a sense of renewal at the same time

Layeta Bucoy's Ellas Inosentes
Directed by Tuxqs Rutaquio featuring Lovely Balili and Ness Roque
About two sisters whose innocent conversation and unmalicious observations of a household not quite their own reveals the violence and inhumanity of the adults around them.

Set 5 -  CHILDREN'S PLAYS
Bulwagang Amado Hernandez on June 29 (3:00 PM), June 30 (10:00 AM / 3:00 PM) and July 1 (3:00 PM).

Rene Villanueva's Bertdey ni Guido
performed by the Sipat Lawin Ensemble and directed by George de Jesus III
Offers a wonderful juvenile perspective of the relationship between the personal and the political, made more marvelous with music and dance

Niel de Mesa's Mga Obra ni Maestra
A hilarious and biting play about three young children with superpowers and are heavily conflicted between saving the world or fulfilling the grueling, tedious domestic duties that their parents have ordered them to do

James Cansanay's Kung Pwede Sanang Ipagpalit ang Tatay
Directed by Catherine Racsag
A strange but fascinating fable about a young boy who mistakenly traded his father for a toy

INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED FEATURES

IDENTITY AND POLITICS
Bulwagang Amado Hernandez on July 6 (8:00 PM), July 7 (3:00 PM / 8:00 PM) and July 8 (3:00 PM).

Job Pagsibingan' s May Bumubulong
Directed by Christian Bautista
About two brothers battling for the right to claim property and lineage and revealing the fragile and uncertain state of any one's identity

Dennis Teodosio's Pobreng Alindahaw
Directed by Delfin Ilao
A short but hilarious allegory that starts off like a folktale for children, but the issues laid down by two dragonflies and a butterfly turn this otherwise comic fantasy into a serious look into one's personality.

Rogelio Braga's Sa Pagdating ng Barbaro
Directed by Nick Olanka and performed by the UP Repertory Company
About a small town that witnesses a suicide, an open secret military operation in a Muslim community nearby, the coming of a stranger with a suitcase that contains a secret, which no one will ever know, and the numerous white lies of a woman


PUBLIC READINGS
Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino, 7:00 PM

Glen Mas' Games People Play (June 29)
Rene Villanueva's Baby B. (June 30)
Tim Dacanay's Teatro Porvenir (July 6)
Huling Salubong by Malou Jacob (July 7)


PLATFORM EVENTS
Bulwagang Carlos Francisco at 5:45 PM from June 28 to July 1 and from July 5-8)

Activities TBA

THE BEST OF VIRGIN LABFEST 2

Liza Magtoto’s “Hubad” on July 3, 8Pm at July 4, 3PM at 8. featuring IRMA ADLAWAN and NONIE BUENCAMINO set design by GINO GONZALES and directed and choreographed by DENISA REYES.

Nuod kayo!!! I'm part of the children's theater set. We will be doing Bertdey ni Guido. Watch it!!!!! Support Philippine Theater. Mabuhay

hmm... something is wrong with me

There was this one time last year, my mom told me that she bought a new can opener. That was the time when I ate a lot of pork and beans for breakfast and/or lunch and/or dinner. When I saw the can opener, I was so happy because I won't be having a hard time opening a can of pork and beans. I was explaining to my sister how happy I was with the can opener, then tears started pouring.

I cried over a new can opener. Weird, di ba? Alam ko.


I was listening to the soundtrack of "Amelie" the other day. The song I was listening to had a fast beat. I can't even remember what scene that music was played. Later, I was getting teary eyed while walking towards the LRT station from school.

I cried because of... HINDI  KO ALAM. Hahahahahaha.

Ang labo. It must be hormonal or something. Hahaha. Excuses.

I get teary-eyed for something stupid or lame. What is wrong???

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Sobrang sakit yung sinusubukan mong huwag umiyak. Masakit sa lalamunan, mabigat sa dibdib. Tapos kapag sinasabi mo sa sarili mo na hindi ka iiyak, lalong kang mapapaluha.

Kaya ako kapag ganito, sinasabi ko sa sarili ko na "Iiyak ako." Reverse psychology daw. Effective naman. Hahaha. Uto-uto yata ang dating.

Pero seryoso, mas napapatigil ang pagluha ng mga mata ko ginagawa ko yun.

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SPAMMAGE!!!!!

Watch
VIRGIN LABFEST 3

especially Children's Theater. :D
June 30 - 3:00pm
July 1 - 10:00am, 3:00pm
July 2 - 3:00pm

Oo, may Children's Theater na ang Virgin Labfest. San ka pa???

At bumagsak...

Bumagsak ako sa isang malambot na kama. Ang saya.

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May mga gabing hindi ka makatulog dahil sa problema. Hindi mo alam ang gusto mo. Hindi nasusunod ang plano mo dahil natakot ka.

May mga gabi na hirap kang matulog sa sobrang saya. Na kahit nakapikit ka, nakangiti ka pa rin. Kung may nakakakita sayo, mukha ka nang tanga.


Kelangan kong gumising ng alas-tres ng umaga para sa 4:30am calltime. Ibang level ito!!! Paano ba yan? At sleeping time ko ay 4:00am?? Tapos maganda pa ang kinalabasan ng gabi mo, ano ang gagawin mo?

Iidlip na lang ako. Kahit makapag-pahinga ng konti masaya na ako.

Diba? Diba?

Sabi ng maliit na kwago: I wanna sing-a...I love to sing...