The beauty of this fried bread is simply exquisite. I'd gladly work for Man Tou's. ♥ Annapolis, Annapolis!
Friday, February 18, 2011
PAN DE TSINO
The beauty of this fried bread is simply exquisite. I'd gladly work for Man Tou's. ♥ Annapolis, Annapolis!
The Sad Irony of it all.
For the past few weeks, I barely had time to turn on the television and spot the latest commercial of my favorite local actor, Guji Lorenzana. Now some of you may impulsively click on that x button on the upper right side of this webpage 'cause many of you assume that this is an entry about a busy girl, complaining that she's busily busy and can't watch tv (ergo, doesn't have time for any other activities) but NO. Spare me and read my story.
If my life depended on a single strand of rope, I'd probably struggle and climb my way up to survive. However, stories are not as simple as what we see in action packed-safari type movies. The hero usually undergoes a climax with a series of unfortunate events (whoopeee lemony!) and ends up alive and healthier than ever because of a MIRACLE. Yeap. If only my life was as exciting and miraculous, I'd die a happy man.
And so I faced the sad reality of life being less miraculous. But the story does not end there. Contrary to the one man hero in movies, there are two heroes in my life. Both are loosely tied up on the ends of one shabby rope. Only one can survive and live in eternal happiness, and the other? NO. HE/SHE won't die, instead, might suffer a bad case of spinal injury and live life on a wheelchair and transportable oxygen tanks. Either way, it's a win-lose situation for my two heroes. Here's the not-so-cool part, I get to be the hero of my two heroes but sadly, I must choose. I know I have that shirota-super strength due to all my Yakult consumption but the world disagrees to my super hero decision of saving both from their life threatening situation.
And so my friend, I am once again faced with a tough decision. I sometimes wish my life was as risky as the movies and in starring, I have my own stunt man. But life's too wise for stunt mans and back ups. I am not entitled to any I.O.U's anymore. So it's now or never. Allow me to take my suicidal jump and come up with a decision. Life's too short to dwell on choices.
I do hope that my reader(s) - I only have two followers (FMBL-F my blogging life). Feel my calling for care. I do not ask for your kind words and calming rituals. I ask of you to just understand me and tell me that I can do this. Anyone can care but not everyone will, hell yeah I've been repeating myself for 1 week. I just ask of you to sincerely, tell yourself that I am not crazy and I am making sense. That, my friend, is enough.
Adios.
If my life depended on a single strand of rope, I'd probably struggle and climb my way up to survive. However, stories are not as simple as what we see in action packed-safari type movies. The hero usually undergoes a climax with a series of unfortunate events (whoopeee lemony!) and ends up alive and healthier than ever because of a MIRACLE. Yeap. If only my life was as exciting and miraculous, I'd die a happy man.
And so I faced the sad reality of life being less miraculous. But the story does not end there. Contrary to the one man hero in movies, there are two heroes in my life. Both are loosely tied up on the ends of one shabby rope. Only one can survive and live in eternal happiness, and the other? NO. HE/SHE won't die, instead, might suffer a bad case of spinal injury and live life on a wheelchair and transportable oxygen tanks. Either way, it's a win-lose situation for my two heroes. Here's the not-so-cool part, I get to be the hero of my two heroes but sadly, I must choose. I know I have that shirota-super strength due to all my Yakult consumption but the world disagrees to my super hero decision of saving both from their life threatening situation.
And so my friend, I am once again faced with a tough decision. I sometimes wish my life was as risky as the movies and in starring, I have my own stunt man. But life's too wise for stunt mans and back ups. I am not entitled to any I.O.U's anymore. So it's now or never. Allow me to take my suicidal jump and come up with a decision. Life's too short to dwell on choices.
I do hope that my reader(s) - I only have two followers (FMBL-F my blogging life). Feel my calling for care. I do not ask for your kind words and calming rituals. I ask of you to just understand me and tell me that I can do this. Anyone can care but not everyone will, hell yeah I've been repeating myself for 1 week. I just ask of you to sincerely, tell yourself that I am not crazy and I am making sense. That, my friend, is enough.
Adios.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
BABY YOU'RE A FIREWORK!
For the past 3 days, I've been hearing the song "Firework" by Katy Perry. I don't know if it is just me or I'm just psyched out by the Ab Faculty show that our class had to prepare for 1 week, wait, 4 days. YES, the full prod: from the hunting of talents down to sweeping the set. Everything was rushed, literally. We had to run from one room to another just to meet the schedule of deadlines and whatevs. At first, I was skeptical to help because it's one of those Oh here we go again unexpected projects. 'Til I saw the light. *insert spotlight*
Rehearsals everyday. I broke my record. 9pm dismissals for one straight week, including Saturdays and Sundays. And last Monday (February 7,2011) I went home around 9:45pm. OH YEAH I AM ONE COOL KID and di ako pinagalitan! Whoopeeee. First time kong napatayan ng ilaw ng UST! ♥ Anyway...I believe that we were too busy last week that everyone stressed out on the pre-prod of the show. Panic, Fear, Anxiety, Loneliness, Emptiness and Schizophrenia attacked us. OI!
Modesty aside, I believe I developed a good relationship with fellow friends and prof's whom I worked with. For the first time in my life, nakipag kyemehan ako sa mga Unknown prof's. I also, finally befriended CES! haha na ka-p.e. ko at same kami ng crush noong mga panahon na 'yon.
Here's the thing. We pulled off 3 shows and we prepared it in less than a week and you know what? The whole faculty loved it. All that is well, Ends well. Congratulations 3CA1 and to my new friends in 3CA2. We are all awesome. Sorry for the late congratulatory blog post.
So here are some snapshots from a good friend named, Lia Casasola. Kamnsamnhida!
Rehearsals everyday. I broke my record. 9pm dismissals for one straight week, including Saturdays and Sundays. And last Monday (February 7,2011) I went home around 9:45pm. OH YEAH I AM ONE COOL KID and di ako pinagalitan! Whoopeeee. First time kong napatayan ng ilaw ng UST! ♥ Anyway...I believe that we were too busy last week that everyone stressed out on the pre-prod of the show. Panic, Fear, Anxiety, Loneliness, Emptiness and Schizophrenia attacked us. OI!
Modesty aside, I believe I developed a good relationship with fellow friends and prof's whom I worked with. For the first time in my life, nakipag kyemehan ako sa mga Unknown prof's. I also, finally befriended CES! haha na ka-p.e. ko at same kami ng crush noong mga panahon na 'yon.
Here's the thing. We pulled off 3 shows and we prepared it in less than a week and you know what? The whole faculty loved it. All that is well, Ends well. Congratulations 3CA1 and to my new friends in 3CA2. We are all awesome. Sorry for the late congratulatory blog post.
So here are some snapshots from a good friend named, Lia Casasola. Kamnsamnhida!
Sister Act with Sir Ferdie and his sisters - Sir Agui, Sir Wigley, Sir Dennis, Sir Bong and Sir Bobby.
Madonna - Sir Jack Wigley and Maam Eloise
Sir Dennis doing some coco shell dance.
Sir (kaya ko tong alalahin!!! sino ka nga ser?) singing some Italian Song.
The Pretty DreamGirls - Sir Agui, SENYOR and Sir Tobias
The infamous Sir Neil Satoquia :)
Katy Perry with his Girls. -Sir Galan
BABALIK KA RIIIIN!! - Sir DJ (text ka sir? :)) feat. Sir Arlo and Maam Sanchez.
And because I'm biased...
thanks to -> http://www.youtube.com/user/hadassah143 for the videos!~
CHUWAHAE
Every Sunday, I leave the church with a half-smile and walk away with a fat and plump heart. You never fail to amaze me, Dan Ralph. Yes, I assume that your name is Dan Ralph as relayed to me by ate Fe. It's been three years and still, the sight of you keeps me aflutter. Honestly, I feel ex communicated. I go to church and look at you longer than the altar. Add the fact that I felt like Xiang Qin or Ha Ni of Playful kiss because I handed you a letter that is somewhat like a pseudo-i-like-you letter. The only difference was I asked someone to hand you the letter. WHOOPEE ATE FE! At di pa ako nakuntento, for one Sunday I hurriedly followed you, tapped you from the back and bravely said: "GOT MY LETTER" with a smile that I practiced on the mirror for two days. The problem WAS it ended abruptly cause I had to walk away due to my 200cc pride. I have no idea on where I get the guts to still look at him every Sunday, follow him with my eyes and walk past him as if I'm cool. As of the moment, I keep on thinking of ways to distance myself away from an unrequited love that I've been trying to shell out of my system ever since the day I saw him with a girl. But as I enter the corridors of Lourdes-Retiro, all my master plans crumble into tiny little pieces, as if being set up in a highly secured vault filled with time bombs. So here I am, finishing my first blog entry for you, finally. TODAY, February 13, 2011, I was able to finish one entry and not end up closing the blogger tab. Hay. And so, I end with a sigh.
I really like you.
Friday, December 31, 2010
GraceLand 2010.
GraceLand 2010.
2010 has been a tough ride for me. The moment I entered my amusement park for the year, it was as if the inventors of the modern world came up with a turbo charged flying-sometimes-submerging-and-at-all-times-rapid rollercoaster. Just like any kid, entering an amusement park can be very exciting at the same time terrifying. I remember my star city days, i cried my ass of when my mother pushed me to go inside the "gabi ng lagim." But I bet she couldn't draw my face when I anticipated the ever so fabulous roller coaster ride. Oh the Joy!!! That 3 minute roller coaster ride wiped out the 1 hour horrible memory of my "gabi ng lagim" experience.
So what's with all these amusement park talk? Well. I'm sharing a few attractions in this post so let's get rolling.
1st attraction: HALL OF MIRRORS.
2010, as I typed earlier has been tough on me. It left a few scars and some open wounds. Several problems attacked me from behind and left me scarred and well, hurt. I entered the hall of mirrors for the first time. I saw a few mirrors with my reflection in several shapes and sizes, I was surprised at what I saw until a mirror cracked open and shattered into bits and pieces. I tried picking up the fragments that fell on my lap, but they were just too sharp for my well-pampered hands. All my life, I lived with an assurance that everything will be okay, and everything will take place according to what I want them to be. Life made me believe that I could easily solve off my problems with just one snap. Turns out I was terribly wrong. It just came like a hurricane, swiftly rummaging through my life and leaving a BIG MESS. Damn, it was just depressing. I cried myself to sleep every night, everytime I asked the Lord for petitions. I had to sweat off all the stress in my being by keeping myself busy all day along, even if I had to face the computer 10 hours/day.
2nd attraction: Jungle Coaster, everybody's favorite.
I also lost a couple of friends this year. I don't know how it happened but it just did. I compare it to the muchd-anticipated favorite good 'ol ride that usually takes an hour or so in queue, but here you are thinking that all this lining up is worth it cause this is your favorite ride.
There are three things that I look forward to whenever I come home to Davao. (1) The presence of my family, that is: My mom, My dad and My sister. (2) The Achico people, cause they're really family to me and of course (3) my High School friends.
This year, my favorite kuya/ate from Achico left for Dubai.
I can still recall and re-enact the scene when we played jackstones and danced Pearly shells on our first store in Victoria Plaza. Ate Boy. Our family considered him as the pseudo-manager of our store cause he handled the cash register and the flow of stocks. But more than that Boy has been my ultimate all-around-kasamahan for the past 19 years. I burst out laughing whenever I enter our store and we just crack up and dance like crazy. We also had rounds of Spaghetti and Zagu drinks everytime we felt like it's Spaghetti-Zagu day. Hai, the light of our store was ate Boy. But one thing I miss the most about Boy? The way he brags that HELL YEAH HE LOOKS LIKE LUIZ MANZANO.. and since you're off the hook.. okay then. :) You're wayyy better than Luis Manzano. Okay?haha
Someone I used to treat as my sister quit on me and it pains me to hear her say that she has finally given up on me. Partly, I know it was my fault. I know there were times when I failed to give her the attention that she was supposed to get and maybe.. I was just too far for comfort. I am not mad and I try not to be, but the bitterness stays and it is inevitable, just like my stay in Manila. As much as it hurts to hear her name or see her in my feeds every now and then, I just can't hold on to my grudge forever. Acceptance and Letting go. Maybe she was just really meant to be a phase in my life, but nevertheless I feel thankful. She was a really good friend. She stayed by my side whenever I drowned myself in tears. She lit up my mood by sending my self-made graphics text messages and she loved me like a real sister but we just had to end our bod abruptly or else we'll end up making a fool out of ourselves. Thanks to her, I was able to find and affirm to myself, that I have a real best-friend. :) which leads me to my next ride.
3rd Attraction: SHIP'S AHOY!!!
You know that one ride in the theme park where in you just can't keep your butt off? That every time you get off you just rush off to the entrance and line up again? One thing I like about Reine is that no matter how fucked up the situation is, we still get to smile and laugh our asses of. You know that unlikely event (of a water landing?hahahaha k) of wearing yourself off from a series of mischaps, wherein you wake up at 6am in the morning and rush off to makati to meet the man of your dreams, you arrive at his hotel that is 24 floors high and you have no idea on what floor he is checked in, then you go down because you're tired but only to know that you actually stopped at his floor and HIS ROOM, then the moment you were about to go up again, the bouncer just well...bounces you off and then you just die. That my friend, is a true story and we've had worse experiences than that was a royal pain the butt but since we're both born crazy and a litte retarded, we had no choice but to laugh it all off and still be proud that we almost met ADAM YOUNG. I've never had someone who supported me in everything I wanted to do in my life, including giving a letter to the crush of my life and attending E-Live after school. I could name a million reasons on why Reine is my Ship's Ahoy ride but I don't think I can name one on why I hate her. :) Now that my friend, was just too mush to handle. But cheers to a year of friendship, daii. Watch out 2011, more of our
undescribable trips will invade you.
4th Attraction: Bump Cars, the classic but never a miss.
Ever experienced lining up for bump cars and your mom yells at you because for the past 8 years you've been asking her to drive the bump car for you and she ends up dizzy and taking 500mg of medicol. Oh The Joy. But no, not this year, I'm driving the car by myself. Right? You all know that I am a fan-girl. I've been with this business for quite some time now and every year, my fan interests increase in number. This year was not an exception, oorrr is it? Well maybe it is because this year I broke my record. Aside from joining, I started founding. I founded 4 fan groups this year and joined 5, I think orrr was it 6 or perhaps 7?
I started Owl City Philippines last March 2, 2010. And at this moment I have 3,178 little owls hooting for Owl City. I feel emancipated at the thought. I started with a forum that had less than 10 members and boy did I jump in excitement when that forum hit 100 and now I have 3 thousand!!! 3 T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D. DUDE. I believe that I am quite lucky when investing time
in fangroups. This year I was able to prove that fangirling indeed can transcend borders cause I have friends from Indonesia (APAN KABAR?) Taiwan (Ni Hao Ma?) Korea (AIGOO, EOTTOKHE?) Brunei (Ehhh? Sorry, I am yet to learn), Thailand (EHHH?? Selamat? orrr) And here.. SPAIN & PORTUGAL! (Ola amiga! Quiero escucho musico en owl city) hahaha
to name I own Owl City Philippines, Hoi Hoi Lovers International, JasonDerulooooPh, Yoo Ah In Ph, Song Joong Ki Ph.
to name I joined AirenPh, GuiLun, JerellaPh, Shin Min Ah soompi.
to name I made friends with Colwin, Carl, Dowe, Roselle, Paola, MJiohn, Pc!~, Partnerrrr, Camille, Anace, Shaylaman, Ilovesnowhite, Abby, Ivan, Sheila, Leni and more.
Honestly, I enjoyed my 2010 despite all the hullaballoo that happened. It was...an extraordinary year for in the past 12 months I was able to discover the many sides of me. I think.
What I'm trying to say is that all of us have our fair of rides. Some are really supertastically fun, some are boringly sleepy, some are just ok-so-so and some are just too bumpy and too horrible to function. But no one can deny that everytime we pay the amusement park a visit, we just feel extremely awesome and...well, good. Oh well, it's time to close this years park and build a new one. It's a process, that's why we have 12 months. :D Right? So friends, fasten your seatbelt as the long ride is about to start.
-Grace
2010 has been a tough ride for me. The moment I entered my amusement park for the year, it was as if the inventors of the modern world came up with a turbo charged flying-sometimes-submerging-and-at-all-times-rapid rollercoaster. Just like any kid, entering an amusement park can be very exciting at the same time terrifying. I remember my star city days, i cried my ass of when my mother pushed me to go inside the "gabi ng lagim." But I bet she couldn't draw my face when I anticipated the ever so fabulous roller coaster ride. Oh the Joy!!! That 3 minute roller coaster ride wiped out the 1 hour horrible memory of my "gabi ng lagim" experience.
So what's with all these amusement park talk? Well. I'm sharing a few attractions in this post so let's get rolling.
1st attraction: HALL OF MIRRORS.
2010, as I typed earlier has been tough on me. It left a few scars and some open wounds. Several problems attacked me from behind and left me scarred and well, hurt. I entered the hall of mirrors for the first time. I saw a few mirrors with my reflection in several shapes and sizes, I was surprised at what I saw until a mirror cracked open and shattered into bits and pieces. I tried picking up the fragments that fell on my lap, but they were just too sharp for my well-pampered hands. All my life, I lived with an assurance that everything will be okay, and everything will take place according to what I want them to be. Life made me believe that I could easily solve off my problems with just one snap. Turns out I was terribly wrong. It just came like a hurricane, swiftly rummaging through my life and leaving a BIG MESS. Damn, it was just depressing. I cried myself to sleep every night, everytime I asked the Lord for petitions. I had to sweat off all the stress in my being by keeping myself busy all day along, even if I had to face the computer 10 hours/day.
2nd attraction: Jungle Coaster, everybody's favorite.
I also lost a couple of friends this year. I don't know how it happened but it just did. I compare it to the muchd-anticipated favorite good 'ol ride that usually takes an hour or so in queue, but here you are thinking that all this lining up is worth it cause this is your favorite ride.
There are three things that I look forward to whenever I come home to Davao. (1) The presence of my family, that is: My mom, My dad and My sister. (2) The Achico people, cause they're really family to me and of course (3) my High School friends.
This year, my favorite kuya/ate from Achico left for Dubai.
I can still recall and re-enact the scene when we played jackstones and danced Pearly shells on our first store in Victoria Plaza. Ate Boy. Our family considered him as the pseudo-manager of our store cause he handled the cash register and the flow of stocks. But more than that Boy has been my ultimate all-around-kasamahan for the past 19 years. I burst out laughing whenever I enter our store and we just crack up and dance like crazy. We also had rounds of Spaghetti and Zagu drinks everytime we felt like it's Spaghetti-Zagu day. Hai, the light of our store was ate Boy. But one thing I miss the most about Boy? The way he brags that HELL YEAH HE LOOKS LIKE LUIZ MANZANO.. and since you're off the hook.. okay then. :) You're wayyy better than Luis Manzano. Okay?haha
Someone I used to treat as my sister quit on me and it pains me to hear her say that she has finally given up on me. Partly, I know it was my fault. I know there were times when I failed to give her the attention that she was supposed to get and maybe.. I was just too far for comfort. I am not mad and I try not to be, but the bitterness stays and it is inevitable, just like my stay in Manila. As much as it hurts to hear her name or see her in my feeds every now and then, I just can't hold on to my grudge forever. Acceptance and Letting go. Maybe she was just really meant to be a phase in my life, but nevertheless I feel thankful. She was a really good friend. She stayed by my side whenever I drowned myself in tears. She lit up my mood by sending my self-made graphics text messages and she loved me like a real sister but we just had to end our bod abruptly or else we'll end up making a fool out of ourselves. Thanks to her, I was able to find and affirm to myself, that I have a real best-friend. :) which leads me to my next ride.
3rd Attraction: SHIP'S AHOY!!!
You know that one ride in the theme park where in you just can't keep your butt off? That every time you get off you just rush off to the entrance and line up again? One thing I like about Reine is that no matter how fucked up the situation is, we still get to smile and laugh our asses of. You know that unlikely event (of a water landing?hahahaha k) of wearing yourself off from a series of mischaps, wherein you wake up at 6am in the morning and rush off to makati to meet the man of your dreams, you arrive at his hotel that is 24 floors high and you have no idea on what floor he is checked in, then you go down because you're tired but only to know that you actually stopped at his floor and HIS ROOM, then the moment you were about to go up again, the bouncer just well...bounces you off and then you just die. That my friend, is a true story and we've had worse experiences than that was a royal pain the butt but since we're both born crazy and a litte retarded, we had no choice but to laugh it all off and still be proud that we almost met ADAM YOUNG. I've never had someone who supported me in everything I wanted to do in my life, including giving a letter to the crush of my life and attending E-Live after school. I could name a million reasons on why Reine is my Ship's Ahoy ride but I don't think I can name one on why I hate her. :) Now that my friend, was just too mush to handle. But cheers to a year of friendship, daii. Watch out 2011, more of our
undescribable trips will invade you.
4th Attraction: Bump Cars, the classic but never a miss.
Ever experienced lining up for bump cars and your mom yells at you because for the past 8 years you've been asking her to drive the bump car for you and she ends up dizzy and taking 500mg of medicol. Oh The Joy. But no, not this year, I'm driving the car by myself. Right? You all know that I am a fan-girl. I've been with this business for quite some time now and every year, my fan interests increase in number. This year was not an exception, oorrr is it? Well maybe it is because this year I broke my record. Aside from joining, I started founding. I founded 4 fan groups this year and joined 5, I think orrr was it 6 or perhaps 7?
I started Owl City Philippines last March 2, 2010. And at this moment I have 3,178 little owls hooting for Owl City. I feel emancipated at the thought. I started with a forum that had less than 10 members and boy did I jump in excitement when that forum hit 100 and now I have 3 thousand!!! 3 T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D. DUDE. I believe that I am quite lucky when investing time
in fangroups. This year I was able to prove that fangirling indeed can transcend borders cause I have friends from Indonesia (APAN KABAR?) Taiwan (Ni Hao Ma?) Korea (AIGOO, EOTTOKHE?) Brunei (Ehhh? Sorry, I am yet to learn), Thailand (EHHH?? Selamat? orrr) And here.. SPAIN & PORTUGAL! (Ola amiga! Quiero escucho musico en owl city) hahaha
to name I own Owl City Philippines, Hoi Hoi Lovers International, JasonDerulooooPh, Yoo Ah In Ph, Song Joong Ki Ph.
to name I joined AirenPh, GuiLun, JerellaPh, Shin Min Ah soompi.
to name I made friends with Colwin, Carl, Dowe, Roselle, Paola, MJiohn, Pc!~, Partnerrrr, Camille, Anace, Shaylaman, Ilovesnowhite, Abby, Ivan, Sheila, Leni and more.
Honestly, I enjoyed my 2010 despite all the hullaballoo that happened. It was...an extraordinary year for in the past 12 months I was able to discover the many sides of me. I think.
What I'm trying to say is that all of us have our fair of rides. Some are really supertastically fun, some are boringly sleepy, some are just ok-so-so and some are just too bumpy and too horrible to function. But no one can deny that everytime we pay the amusement park a visit, we just feel extremely awesome and...well, good. Oh well, it's time to close this years park and build a new one. It's a process, that's why we have 12 months. :D Right? So friends, fasten your seatbelt as the long ride is about to start.
-Grace
Sunday, December 19, 2010
My own bowl of friends ♥ Part 1
One reason why I can't keep myself of the computer or my phone during nighttime is that either I'm thoroughly searching and posting in various fan-forums or I'm chatting nonstop with my fan-base friends.
I've been dealing with different fan-groups and fan-bases for the past 6 years and in the course of time I've had my fair share of friends. From different regions and localities: Visaya, Pampangueno, Cebuano..etc. From different countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, Brunei, Thailand..etc. and different languages: Filipino, Purely English, Conyo English, Filipino-English, Pseudo Mandarin, Trying to be Korean + English and jejemons* hahahaha kk.
So I'm starting with Orange and Lemons. Basically, my friendship with these "dayap**" people started off in our Yahoo! Group wherein everything was so complicated, I can't even imagine myslef posting in a Yahoo Group. Gosh, the thought sends chills up and down my spine haha. So Yeah. Then I started joining this "text clan" wherein a group of fans will text you with multiple messages and you do the same. The format usually went like this:
Hello Good evening ONL listers. Grace here, grabe nakakapagod talaga today. kamusta po ang lahat? Mitzie: Hi mumsy. kamusta? sensya na di nakapagreply. Angela: ui antagal nating, di nagusap. kekeke. Erika: Ui, nakabili nako ng album!!! Hi po sa mga new members ng text clan, text2 na tayo!!
I was on unlitext almost everyday. If I look at it now, it looks jologs but mind you, text clans were ultracool during those days especially when you're a part of the "IT group" - meaning the group where in there is that someone who's actually close to your object of interest (in my case, it's MCOY FUNDALES). And soon after our text escapades, I achieved my goal: get Mcoy's number.
It went on for a year until I met up with the MOD's! (The Moderators: The kings/The queens/The heads of the YG) and ONL of course, they were...okay. Awkward? Yes, a little bit but nevertheless they were entertaining and even introduced me to the band manager so yeah.
At the present, I only have 2 ONL friends left that I still keep in touch with Angela & Mitzie and sometimes I still get a few messages from fellow ONL fans but we rarely open up the topic of ONL.
So lemme say Hi to Ecay, Imee, Tonet, Lui, Cha, Monica and to a girl with the name that starts with a K (whom I used to call lula).
And so next I'd want to leave a shoutout to my fellow JBNOYS. Yes Aloha, Kitkat, Jasmine, Brug, Fiey, EIRA!! Em, Maui, Jhoanne, Marian, Carla, Kate, Lia, Alyssa and Bryan.
These guys, I tell you are full of awesomeness. Literally. haha One word that I learned and repititively said because of the JBNOYS is "awesome." I met the JBNOYS last October 2008 at the smforfree forums. I started off as a light poster of the forum, lurking around and saving pictures of Joe Jonas but it became a habit. I was so obsessed in making friends with them that I had to squeeze of all the English in me to join the convo's haha. English wasn't really a requirement but it was the medium of communication in the forums. What I liked most about the Jbnoys is the way they trusted me and considered me as part of their family, right away. No questions asked. I just felt loved. Text clans were already a thing of the past and so our medium of communication was PLURK!
Then the time came for us too meet up, in time for the Jonas Brothers concert in3d! I was quite surprised when they offered me a ticket. I felt blessed. There were also instances when we met up for other activities (Metro Station mall tour...etc.)
I lost contact with the other JBnoys after those two events but I remained good friends with Jasmine, Eira (whom I frequently talk to, usually heart to heart stories) Carla, Alyssa and Bryan.
I consider Bryan as my ultimate internet-based turned to real-life friend. We've been constantly in touch ever since and we've been talking endlessly about fan based stuff. What's cool is when the shift of interests happened, we were both on the same track (Leaves a shoutout to fellow Korean fans, KATE AND LIA!) admiring Korean entertainment + we've had adventures of our own (specifically in Quiapo, Taft, Showtime HAHAHAHA).
Plus I feel thankful I have a friend like Alyssa, whom I can call on when I have extra concert tickets for Jason Derulo. Or when I felt like eating at sizzling pepper steak. I also feel blessed I have someone like Kate, who supported me in my OWL CITY masterplan of stalking. Jhoanne, who helped me developed the masterplan mentioned. Eira who talks to me very often (bec before we never really talked, we just smiled at each other haha) and Jasmine who's full of wittiness inside her.
Then came Owl City. I never thought that I'd end up with an organization that will have at least 2,500 likes in less than a year. Originally, I just wanted to admire Owl City from a distance but the fan-girl in me just couldn't hold that. I watched the Owl City concert with my bestfriend, Reine and noticed 4 people staring at our VIP tickets, I was ticked off at first but I just can't resist the temptation of befriending them. We ended up as good friends and told Hanako Amihan to join us in the newly born, Owl City Philippines. Then I met a few more owls who I constantly talked to.
So I'm sending out my hoots to Isay, Marg, Jeisper, Megan and Colwin. For being the 1st batch of Hootowls to grace Owl City Ph. Let me give you a thousand hugs for you inspired me to do my best in creating and maintaining an OCPH community.
to Carl, Paola, Dowe, Roselle, Daniela and the rest of the OCPH family. May we continue to grown in number and take flight as another year of Owl City goodness will take place in 2011.
I've been with OCPH for less than a year but it feels as if I've been with them forever. What I love most about these Hootowls is the way they treat me with respect and care. I also love the fact that my fan base addiction has gone global that extends throught the borders of Indonesia, UK and Australia. Waves to my bestest Owl friend, Anjani. Anjani is the very first international hootowl that I talked to, she's Indonesian and I consider her as on the greatest source of OC information. She's really fun to talk to and she's very entertaining. I feel more enticed to visit Indonesia now.
And Colwin, my shoti. haha To be honest, I've had my whirlwind of emotions with Colwin. There were times when I was extremely bothered by his acts towards me (*OCPH games haha) and also extremely thankful that I have a little brother like him. I've always wanted a little brother whom I can talk to and relate too. Plus Colwin has been helping me score goodies from various sources since he is a great prize winner?haha and he's just super adorkable that i can't resist saying no when he needs my company as an "achie"
and everyday, I meet new little owls who never fail to amaze me like Adam Young did. We're still on our 3rd quarter as a fanbase and I believe we still have a long long journey to take flight to. I can't describe how excited I am.
The Kayjies. I must confess that I sort of kept my true identity to them during the first quarter of our friendship. I created another separate account in facebook that was exclusively for the KAYJIES. Then we started to plan things, this time the plans were meant to be achieved. I was at shock at first but I soon succumbed to the leadership that was entrusted to me. ♥ I liked it a lot. Through the help of global fans from Hawaii, NY, Cali, etc.. and local fans, we were able to fully organize a Get Together (with KAYE AND GUJI) that had at least 30 attending members. It was my first time to attend (and plan) a gathering for local artists. I admit that the moment Guji crossed my vision, my heart leaped and did multiply somersaults. And so, I started breaking down the big wall of hidden personality. I constantly communicated with the Kayjies, here and abroad. I remember the days where in I had to rush off to the 4 sides of UST to find a Tarpaulin Printing shop for our KAYJI E-Live guesting.
Ahhh, a lot of things happened to me because of KAYJI. I gained a lot of ate's here and abroad. I have nay anne - my first ever friend in the group, ate lunet - my confidante hahaha you know* and achie priss. The Kayjies call them the "globies" for they are around, well...the world? haha. No doubt that these are definitely the ate's that I wish I had. For once in my life, I felt that I was a "bunso." Life as the "panganay" is so hard and sometimes all you need is a break, that moment wherein someone will take care of you and send you ♥s and kisses. I have always wondered what I would be like if ever I wasn't the one in-charge of making decisions. These ate's made me feel that even though I am a bunso, I can still be responsible and independent and that made me feel proud. They entrusted a lot of things to me, and once, even the movement of the whole group. I FELT INVINCIBLE hahaha (??)
I also had Guji as my kuya. I loved the way he treated me like his little sister, though at first he was really my object of interest haha. I felt touched when he trusted me and appreciated me for the things I did for KAYJI. I do not aim to be special or to be noticed, I originally planned to just stay behind the curtains and do my work and tasks but kuya made me feel special, enough for me to come out and tell the world that I'm a true-blooded KAYJIe.
So a shoutout to my ate's - ate Loree (I've never seen someone so organized, cheersss!) ate che, ate malou, ate connie, ate luz, ate rose, rose kho hahaha, kuya aldrin, cyndi, mimi, ate Susannnnn! ate Ces, ate Melody, kaye, kriz, rhyme, vanessa, ate ann paparazzi, ate ching, quirky, tita ghet, tita cynth and to all the Kayjies. You guys are really family to me.
Wow, I think I was carried away haha time to sleep since I need to attend my missa de gallo tomorrow morning. Hoping to bump into him again. :) Happy Week Ahead.
**dayap - Filipino for Lime.
I've been dealing with different fan-groups and fan-bases for the past 6 years and in the course of time I've had my fair share of friends. From different regions and localities: Visaya, Pampangueno, Cebuano..etc. From different countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Spain, Brunei, Thailand..etc. and different languages: Filipino, Purely English, Conyo English, Filipino-English, Pseudo Mandarin, Trying to be Korean + English and jejemons* hahahaha kk.
So I'm starting with Orange and Lemons. Basically, my friendship with these "dayap**" people started off in our Yahoo! Group wherein everything was so complicated, I can't even imagine myslef posting in a Yahoo Group. Gosh, the thought sends chills up and down my spine haha. So Yeah. Then I started joining this "text clan" wherein a group of fans will text you with multiple messages and you do the same. The format usually went like this:
Hello Good evening ONL listers. Grace here, grabe nakakapagod talaga today. kamusta po ang lahat? Mitzie: Hi mumsy. kamusta? sensya na di nakapagreply. Angela: ui antagal nating, di nagusap. kekeke. Erika: Ui, nakabili nako ng album!!! Hi po sa mga new members ng text clan, text2 na tayo!!
I was on unlitext almost everyday. If I look at it now, it looks jologs but mind you, text clans were ultracool during those days especially when you're a part of the "IT group" - meaning the group where in there is that someone who's actually close to your object of interest (in my case, it's MCOY FUNDALES). And soon after our text escapades, I achieved my goal: get Mcoy's number.
It went on for a year until I met up with the MOD's! (The Moderators: The kings/The queens/The heads of the YG) and ONL of course, they were...okay. Awkward? Yes, a little bit but nevertheless they were entertaining and even introduced me to the band manager so yeah.
At the present, I only have 2 ONL friends left that I still keep in touch with Angela & Mitzie and sometimes I still get a few messages from fellow ONL fans but we rarely open up the topic of ONL.
So lemme say Hi to Ecay, Imee, Tonet, Lui, Cha, Monica and to a girl with the name that starts with a K (whom I used to call lula).
And so next I'd want to leave a shoutout to my fellow JBNOYS. Yes Aloha, Kitkat, Jasmine, Brug, Fiey, EIRA!! Em, Maui, Jhoanne, Marian, Carla, Kate, Lia, Alyssa and Bryan.
These guys, I tell you are full of awesomeness. Literally. haha One word that I learned and repititively said because of the JBNOYS is "awesome." I met the JBNOYS last October 2008 at the smforfree forums. I started off as a light poster of the forum, lurking around and saving pictures of Joe Jonas but it became a habit. I was so obsessed in making friends with them that I had to squeeze of all the English in me to join the convo's haha. English wasn't really a requirement but it was the medium of communication in the forums. What I liked most about the Jbnoys is the way they trusted me and considered me as part of their family, right away. No questions asked. I just felt loved. Text clans were already a thing of the past and so our medium of communication was PLURK!
Then the time came for us too meet up, in time for the Jonas Brothers concert in3d! I was quite surprised when they offered me a ticket. I felt blessed. There were also instances when we met up for other activities (Metro Station mall tour...etc.)
I lost contact with the other JBnoys after those two events but I remained good friends with Jasmine, Eira (whom I frequently talk to, usually heart to heart stories) Carla, Alyssa and Bryan.
I consider Bryan as my ultimate internet-based turned to real-life friend. We've been constantly in touch ever since and we've been talking endlessly about fan based stuff. What's cool is when the shift of interests happened, we were both on the same track (Leaves a shoutout to fellow Korean fans, KATE AND LIA!) admiring Korean entertainment + we've had adventures of our own (specifically in Quiapo, Taft, Showtime HAHAHAHA).
Plus I feel thankful I have a friend like Alyssa, whom I can call on when I have extra concert tickets for Jason Derulo. Or when I felt like eating at sizzling pepper steak. I also feel blessed I have someone like Kate, who supported me in my OWL CITY masterplan of stalking. Jhoanne, who helped me developed the masterplan mentioned. Eira who talks to me very often (bec before we never really talked, we just smiled at each other haha) and Jasmine who's full of wittiness inside her.
Then came Owl City. I never thought that I'd end up with an organization that will have at least 2,500 likes in less than a year. Originally, I just wanted to admire Owl City from a distance but the fan-girl in me just couldn't hold that. I watched the Owl City concert with my bestfriend, Reine and noticed 4 people staring at our VIP tickets, I was ticked off at first but I just can't resist the temptation of befriending them. We ended up as good friends and told Hanako Amihan to join us in the newly born, Owl City Philippines. Then I met a few more owls who I constantly talked to.
So I'm sending out my hoots to Isay, Marg, Jeisper, Megan and Colwin. For being the 1st batch of Hootowls to grace Owl City Ph. Let me give you a thousand hugs for you inspired me to do my best in creating and maintaining an OCPH community.
to Carl, Paola, Dowe, Roselle, Daniela and the rest of the OCPH family. May we continue to grown in number and take flight as another year of Owl City goodness will take place in 2011.
I've been with OCPH for less than a year but it feels as if I've been with them forever. What I love most about these Hootowls is the way they treat me with respect and care. I also love the fact that my fan base addiction has gone global that extends throught the borders of Indonesia, UK and Australia. Waves to my bestest Owl friend, Anjani. Anjani is the very first international hootowl that I talked to, she's Indonesian and I consider her as on the greatest source of OC information. She's really fun to talk to and she's very entertaining. I feel more enticed to visit Indonesia now.
And Colwin, my shoti. haha To be honest, I've had my whirlwind of emotions with Colwin. There were times when I was extremely bothered by his acts towards me (*OCPH games haha) and also extremely thankful that I have a little brother like him. I've always wanted a little brother whom I can talk to and relate too. Plus Colwin has been helping me score goodies from various sources since he is a great prize winner?haha and he's just super adorkable that i can't resist saying no when he needs my company as an "achie"
and everyday, I meet new little owls who never fail to amaze me like Adam Young did. We're still on our 3rd quarter as a fanbase and I believe we still have a long long journey to take flight to. I can't describe how excited I am.
The Kayjies. I must confess that I sort of kept my true identity to them during the first quarter of our friendship. I created another separate account in facebook that was exclusively for the KAYJIES. Then we started to plan things, this time the plans were meant to be achieved. I was at shock at first but I soon succumbed to the leadership that was entrusted to me. ♥ I liked it a lot. Through the help of global fans from Hawaii, NY, Cali, etc.. and local fans, we were able to fully organize a Get Together (with KAYE AND GUJI) that had at least 30 attending members. It was my first time to attend (and plan) a gathering for local artists. I admit that the moment Guji crossed my vision, my heart leaped and did multiply somersaults. And so, I started breaking down the big wall of hidden personality. I constantly communicated with the Kayjies, here and abroad. I remember the days where in I had to rush off to the 4 sides of UST to find a Tarpaulin Printing shop for our KAYJI E-Live guesting.
Ahhh, a lot of things happened to me because of KAYJI. I gained a lot of ate's here and abroad. I have nay anne - my first ever friend in the group, ate lunet - my confidante hahaha you know* and achie priss. The Kayjies call them the "globies" for they are around, well...the world? haha. No doubt that these are definitely the ate's that I wish I had. For once in my life, I felt that I was a "bunso." Life as the "panganay" is so hard and sometimes all you need is a break, that moment wherein someone will take care of you and send you ♥s and kisses. I have always wondered what I would be like if ever I wasn't the one in-charge of making decisions. These ate's made me feel that even though I am a bunso, I can still be responsible and independent and that made me feel proud. They entrusted a lot of things to me, and once, even the movement of the whole group. I FELT INVINCIBLE hahaha (??)
I also had Guji as my kuya. I loved the way he treated me like his little sister, though at first he was really my object of interest haha. I felt touched when he trusted me and appreciated me for the things I did for KAYJI. I do not aim to be special or to be noticed, I originally planned to just stay behind the curtains and do my work and tasks but kuya made me feel special, enough for me to come out and tell the world that I'm a true-blooded KAYJIe.
So a shoutout to my ate's - ate Loree (I've never seen someone so organized, cheersss!) ate che, ate malou, ate connie, ate luz, ate rose, rose kho hahaha, kuya aldrin, cyndi, mimi, ate Susannnnn! ate Ces, ate Melody, kaye, kriz, rhyme, vanessa, ate ann paparazzi, ate ching, quirky, tita ghet, tita cynth and to all the Kayjies. You guys are really family to me.
Wow, I think I was carried away haha time to sleep since I need to attend my missa de gallo tomorrow morning. Hoping to bump into him again. :) Happy Week Ahead.
**dayap - Filipino for Lime.
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