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Saturday, 21 November 2009

Have a break

It's an imperative for me to have a break after writing. And i did just that. Most of the time i watch plays or go to the movies. Kaso puro Twilight ang palabas and never naman ako naging fan ng Twilight. Someone told me to watch Hurt Locker, though i've heard maganda daw siya, pero di na siya palabas sa sine.

Friday night, me and R had our date night. So we trooped to Trinoma. Di na namin bet manood ng sine pag mahaba ang pila. So kumain na lang kami at nag-dessert. And the dessert was the highlight because it was one of the best things the year 2009 had to offer. hahaha. Ngayon lang kasi siya nauso. Frozen Yogurt. Kasama na siya sa boom ng green revolution and healthy healthy eating and marathon na ikina-boom ng taon na to.

I used to eat frozen yogurt sa Morato nung taga downtown Morato pako with Yohgurt Froz. Sarap. Then came this competition--Red Mango. I can say mas na masarap siya sa Yohgurt Froz pero di ba pareho lang namang Frozen Yogurt yun?

May green tea flavored yogurt kasi ang Red Mango which is mas masarap sa ordinary plain yogurt. And i like the fact na yung mga toppings nila ay mas madami at mas healthy. Sa Yohgurt Froz kasi may mga M&M's at kung ano-anong chocolate which beats the purpose of having less sugar ng yogurt. Yung chocolate lang sa red mango is yung choco chips na dark pa which is more healthy. Ito na lang kainin mo instead of ice cream. Speaking of ice cream. Nagbalik na rin ang isa sa pinaka-paborito kong flavors ng Sebastiens, Trick or treat na flavor na tuwing november to december lang ata bumabalik dahil pang Halloween siya.

Sarap kumain pero iwas muna ako sa matamis.

posted by gengcooker at 02:13 | link | comments

Thursday, 19 November 2009

What's all this?

Hay.

I'm tired of all this Krista Ranillo-Manny Pacquiao affair. This is not something new to men. I started working for TV right after i graduated at lahat ng balita at iskandalo ay malalaman mo bago pa siya lumabas sa TV. Kaya paminsan pag may reunion ng mga friends, most of the time ikaw ang tatanungin. Bakla ba talaga si Piolo? You answer casually as if you're scratching an itch. Ganun lang.

I'm tired of driving. Yes, i'm 32 weeks pregnant and still driving my car. I'm tired to look out on the sides especially during rush hour kaya mas gusto ko umuwi ng mga 10pm kaso pag uwi ko laspag nako. Recently ko lang na-discover ang wonders ng I-pod sa kotse--- i am that passe about gadgets and stuff. I still don't like wearing earplugs for my music, i want them ambient. i want the music to seep in my skin thru my bones... to feel it. That's how i like my music to be kaya never ako nag-ipod or walkman pag nagjo-jogging or pag nasa long drives sa bus.

I'm tired of asking a friend to meet me up. I always ask kung pwede siya. Di na naman. Bukas. DI na naman. Hey i'm here in Timog let's meet up, he says yes then texts you that he can't make it an hour later. Hay. I'm tired of making an effort but he's still one of my bestest buddies.

right now, i'm tired. just tired. so i need to hit the sack.

posted by gengcooker at 14:42 | link | comments

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Movie Time!

No time? Make time! Chos. That's my motto for movie time. Though we have dibidi already nothing beats the romance and affair of having to sit in a cushioned and hopefully vaccumed seat with air-con blazing thru your veins. I still am a movie goer. And being a serious movie goer, there are things I abhor that dampens the mood of my movie going sensation:

1. noisy people who expose the plot and what's gonna happen
    --- sige, napanood mo na sya for the nth time. pero please naman. hindi ako nagpunta ng sine para may magkwento ng mga pangyayari. sana makinig na lang ako kay lola basyang.

2. noisy people who are so compelled to react and shout at something so obvious
    --- the scene where you know that the villain is lying but the main character believes it and then somebody shouts behind you---Liar! Huwag ka maniwala diyan. You Nazi! Iritang Irita Gomez to the max ako sa ganyan! Naranasan ko na yan eh.

3. people na kumukuyakoy at natatamaan ang upuan mo
   --- parang may vibrator sa likod mo. minsan magpapalit lang ng pesto ng pwet tatamaan pa yung upuan mo. so annoying.

4. people who don't give a shit about the national anthem being played at the last full show
----gusto kong bunutin ang mga pubic hair nila para naman gumiri sila't tumayo. show some respect. yes, we are not so a great nation but how hard it is for somebody not to give some less than a minute of your time to stand up straight and just be a respectful Filipino.

5, noisy people
--- just plain noisy people. magkaiba yung ma-chika sa maingay eh. eversince allergic na ako sa mga noisy people. yung dakdak ng dakdak for no apparent reason makapang-dakdak lang. may masabi lang. sumasakit ang ulo ko sa kanila. silence is space. and being noisy invades space. a gatecrasher. an unwelcomed guest who shows up to eat the pulutan as dinner kulang na lang kanin.

AND THIS JUST IN!

6. Walang aircon at napaka daming tao.
-- Nung isang araw nanood kami ng 2012 on a Saturday. Bilang Saturday siya, delubyo ng mga tao sa mall at sa pila ng sinehan. Nanood kami sa The Block. Haba ng pila. Nag-black out sa The Block. Napakadaming taong nanonood that time. Punuan ang sine. Tapos ka-boom! Walang aircon. Dala pa naman ako ng jacket dahil alam kong malakas ang aircon sa The Block. Pero tyaga ang mga Pinoy. Paypay dito paypay doon. Wala akong narinig na nag-reklamo. Sa laki ng sinehan sa The Block, 4 na blower na malaki lang ang nandun. Sa umpisa ng movie, kinaya ko pa bilang hindi naman ako sanay na mag-aircon tapos kalagitnaan na ng movie--- Hindi ko na kinaya.

Tungkol na nga sa global warming at climate change ang pelikula pati ba naman sa amin aabot pa yung ganung experience. Feeling ko butas ang ozone layer sa bubong ng sinehan. Bumubula na ang kili-kili ko. Naghuhurumintado na ang sebaceous glands ko. Buntis pako. Kaya bago pa ako maging Miss Global Warming sabi ko uwi na lang tayo. Hindi worth it ang 150 pesos, nasa dulo ka na nga ang init pa. Buti pa sa SM Fairview, kahit may kalawang ang ilalim ng upuan at anytime pwedeng kang gripuhan doon... malamig naman. Sulit ang 90 pesos mo. (pero balita ko papagandahin na ang mga sinehan doon kaya goodbye 90 pesos) Buti na lang pagbaba namin sa free seating ay natapat kami sa blower. Kaya nag SRO na lang kami at binigyan pako ng upuan. Kaya natiis naman namin.

posted by gengcooker at 15:49 | link | comments

Friday, 13 November 2009

Affirmed

Totoo ang affrimation. Tell the universe what you want to happen and think about it often and no sooner it will come to you. Affirmation is positive energy ika nga.

When you really want something, you should always speak it to yourself in the morning or before you go to sleep. I think its working for me. Dapat specific din ang hiling mo. Ako kasi sinabi ko na I WILL HAVE ________ NEXT YEAR.
Fill in the blanks mo na lang. Pwedeng I will give birth thru my vagina next year. I will have travelled the the places i want next year. or something like

I HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE JOB.
MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY HUSBAND IS GOING STRONG.

Practice mo siya. And sa tingin ko mas nagwo-work ito if you ask for something that will add value to you at hindi yung kung ano anong materyal na bagay na hihilingin mo.

Stay positive!

posted by gengcooker at 15:09 | link | comments

Tuesday, 03 November 2009

CATS is here!

Not the Cats na mga pusa as in meow meow but the CATS musical as in Jellicle cats. Andrew Lloyd Weber and Barbra Streisand's Memory. Dun po nanggaling ang kantang midniiiight... not a sound from the pavement.

Andito na siya and i'm so fuckin excited for me and Musa. It's Musa's favorite song and dance musical aligned with Sound of Music. Ngayon ko lang din siya na-appreciate nung tumanda ako dahil ngayon ko lang naman siya napanood ng buo at naaliw ako sa mga jazz and ballet fusion ng dance steps niya. Ginagaya ko nga siya actually pag naliligo ako. And have i told you that this is Musa's favorite?! I can imagine Musa joining Little Miss Philippines sa Eat Bulaga and her talent portion would be the Jellicle Cats song and dance number... taray na kabog pa! Cultured na cultured na parang cultured pearls ang anak ko!

I saw an ad of a credit card company sa PDI na meron nga daw CATS next year specifically on July 24, 2010 sa CCP. International cast and joining in is our very own Lea Salonga. Double whammy ito dahil isa rin si Lea sa favorites ni Musa. At age 1, Musa mimics and lip synchs On my Own and Little Fall of Rain na version ni Lea Salonga. Di ko lang masyadong pinapapanood ang Les Miserables kay Musa dahil masyadong heavy ang angst ng play na iyon, siguro kapag may angsts na siya sa buhay baka mas maka-relate pa siya... kelan kaya, next year? bwahahahaha. Pero Musa likes to watch Les Miserables for the sheer appreciation of Jean Valjean. Chos!

Segue lang... I was shooting some of the rehearsal scenes of the West Side Story and i eavesdropped on Audie Gemora's chit chat with someone i forgot... he said that there's a lack of theatre artists who can both dance and sing on a theatrical level. Napansin ko din yun. Meron kasing sobrang galing sumayaw talaga and i'm not talking about the EB babes type of dancing... pero di talaga keri kumanta for theatre. Meron namang theatrical voice pero walang libog sa sayawan. Does it mean that Lea Salonga falls on that category? Kasi never ko pa siya nakita sumayaw as in yung mean and lean dancing for theatre complete with jazz pants. CATS is a song and dance piece na level up talaga mas lalo na ata sa dancing part. But then if Lea Salonga would play Grizabella the Glamour Cat then she wouldn't have to dance that much. Pero di naman natin alam di ba, baka magaling pala sumayaw ang lola Lea natin?

For now, kelangan pag ipunan yang CATS na yan. I'm sure mahal na naman. Huwag naman sana umabot ng 5k per ticket.

posted by gengcooker at 15:37 | link | comments

Monday, 02 November 2009

Bonding with my girl

She's getting heavy and so is my belly.
I can't even carry her long enough or else my back will give up.
She has learned to walk now.
I have two babies now and i feel so Angelina Jolie.
I look forward to the day when I stroll out to the beach with two young things holding my hands in my one piece suit. Sunkissed. Walking. Tired. Happy.
That is my picture of happiness.
I'll be teaching them how to skimboard.
WE will teach ourselves how to skimboard.
But for now, i'm quite ok with this.

posted by gengcooker at 15:29 | link | comments

Sunday, 01 November 2009

Buntis Update

1. My sugar again has gone haywire. Ito na ata ang sumpa ng nanay ko. Mahilig kasi siya sa matamis pero wala namang diabetes sa family namin. I have the same sweet tooth kaya siguro kahit di ako kumain ng matamis for my pregnancy, andun na siya sa dugo--- The sugar. I think Musa too has acquired it since she likes to eat chocolate stuff. Once again, no to sweets na naman for this period pero sometimes, who cares, i 'm not overeating on sweets but i do like to eat some to cap off a meal. So right after giving birth at siguro after 2 months pero dedma hahaha, i'm gonna treat myself to some sosyal na chocolates at isa ito sa nakita ko sa internet:

Macchiavelli Chocolates

This is the Jasmine Blossom. Chocolate ganache with the hint of jasmine tea from China. European white chocolate completes the East-West fusion.

Taray de bah? The word ganache sounds so A-list tapos may mga refinement ek-ek na jasmine tea from China. For me i call this the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Chocolate. It reminds me of the movie. I love that movie.

And this is Ivorie Jack . Jack fruit puree enrobed in dark chocolate to complete the yin yang

Ano nga ba ang jack fruit? Guyabano ba yun o langka? Nakakatuwa ang mga words na ginagamit sa mga chocolate and food ads noh? napaka-rich! Enrobed in dark chocolate. I can almost feel the kumot as chocolate as i sleep. But I call this the Kurtina Cute Chocolate. Yung design kasi niya parang kurtina na pa-cute. I'll see you all next year. Alam ko sa Essenses Glorietta lang binebenta ang mga ito. Magkano kaya? I hope it doesn't cost me an arm.

2. I am feeling the burden of my tummy. Kung may pasan man ako sa likod nasa tiyan ko siya. Mabigat siya. With Musa's time in my belly, i can still scrub the floors of our banyo in full OC mode pero now, i don't think i can even stand to bow down for 5 minutes without letting out a loud sigh. It's a different baby anyway, a heavier one. Dahil ba sa chocolates to? Di naman ako kumakain na. or is it because the thought of devouring chocolates? Sana normal ako. Please.

3. At dahil sa bigat na nararamdaman ko, i just want to get this done and over with. Gusto ko na manganak. Parang atat na atat nako gawin ang mga bagay na gusto ko gawin, not that i consider this pregnancy a hindrance pero mabigat kasi siya. I can still drive alone. I can still go to the mall alone but then haaay. basta.

posted by gengcooker at 08:57 | link | comments

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