there's something about hollywood week on american idol that ALWAYS makes me cry. and no, it isn't because AI has somehow turned to PDA -- i don't really need their back stories and what nots, that's just too contrived. it's just seeing how happy people are when they make it through to the next round. it's that burst of raw emotion that always gets ( Read more... )

i spent the first few days of 09 cleaning my room. it was a REAL challenge at first, trying to figure out which things are worth keeping and which should just be tossed away, but i got better at it after a while ( Read more... )

this year's christmas was the first time i didn't go up to my room right after noche buena and finishing a bottle of wine with my family. right after midnight, eric came over and we watched serendipity on tv while drinking more wine and talking, talking, talking. at the start of the year, ella made me promise not to act bubbly when there's no ( Read more... )

i spent almost half the night stuck in my hotel room. i mean, it's okay, i need to rest because work has started to take a toll on my body and my voice but booooooooo everybody's talking about the moon and i didn't get to see it ( Read more... )

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much has been said about the 150,000 euro (P6.93M) the russian government found on dela paz on his way out of their country. the PNP and the DILG has been quick to defend and help dela paz, saying that the money is the contingency fund of the PNP delegates (composed of 8 officials) to the interpol. that the money is subject to liquidation as soon ( Read more... )

during the orsem of my freshie year, i wanted to blast the heads of all those fuckers yelling "MOB!!". it was bad enough that they looked like they were enjoying torturing us helpless freshies, but it usually happened just when i finally had time to settle, relax and compose myself. pola even gave us a rule not to relax because that always seemed ( Read more... )

after watching the game (WUHOO!!!! GO ATENEOOOOOOO!!!) pola, mark, miyo and i headed to cantina. and i asked the waiter again, 'magsasara na ba talaga kayo?'

his response:
"MAGSASARA 'YUNG CHIGGY'S, MAG-E-EXPAND ANG CANTINA"

here's to more zombies and drinking like there's no tomorrow!

ateneans have been talking about cantina closing. yesterday, i decided to go and find out if the news was true. so i asked the waiter 'sir, totoo bang magsasara na kayo?' and poor waiter nodded, and immediately turned away. oh, mr. waiter, if you only knew how much it also broke my heart ( Read more... )