Post - Eraserheads

Kukumpletohin ko to!

Cool Signs

Saw this sa CR ng Old Spaghetti House while on a date.




So I told my pretty date "So pano yan.. kailangan sabay tayo mag CR..?"

The Voice of Love

Napansin nyo ba sa radyo, kapag me binabasang love letter, palaging meron distinctive tone or style to do it. Parang super serious, heartfelt , at makadurog puso tuloy ang sulat. Yung techinique na mabagal babasahin , tapos medyo low tone ang voice ,with longer than usual pause with super soft voice.. mala Joe the Mango ba. Siguro kahit ganito ang sulat "Dear Kamote, hayup ka, magbayad ka na ng utang mo , ibalik mo ang binili mong gourmet tuyo! hindi kita malilimutan!" tapos babasahin ni Joe the mango ng kanyang trademark soft voice with pauses and accent eh parang maiyak iyak ka habang pinakikinggan mo eh. Wala lang napansin ko lang.

Fab 5

Kailan kaya makakapunta Queer Eye for the Straight Guy sa apartment namin. Syet wish ko lang.. we need new and cool furniture .

Glam Contests

For Almost the Past 2 months tinutulungan ko yung friends ko with their event. Bale Search for Ms. Artic Vodka, I do the photography and covering the events, kasama ko yung friend ko si mike. I did learn a lot about human behaviour with this contest, specially with girls kasi sila madalas makainteract ko.

Meron girls na talagang fits the bill of stereotype model types.. Bitchy at feeling. Meron naman I feel who are quite slow..meron naman talagang talented. Meron naman Meron seryoso about sa career meron naman for fun lang. Meron rin yung isang favorite kong kasali kasi parang energizer bunny.. always on the go.

Meron yung favorite ko which is the important thing I learned from the whole experience , meron yung user lang.. There were those na nakita ko ang style, tipong pabait effect..gaya nung ibang nalapit sa amin ni mike , kunwari friendly friendly para humingi ng pix..pero it is the only reason why they do..para makuha pix nila then dedma dedma na which is truly fine kasi once nakita ko na yun ganon.. eh I dont take em seriously. And I also gave there pix , si mike parang ayaw pa nya bigay kasi naiinis sya sa ganon, ako naiinis din pero yoko na makainteract so binigay ko na ang pix nila.

Meron rin yung ang ganda ganda..pag kinausap mo.. barok.. walang ka finesse finesse.. tipong nagpapasahan kami kausapin kasi nakakainis kausap ..

I also remember one incident na kinaasaran namin, we were planning ono a photoshoot, tapos payag na kami ni mike na kami gagastos, so all the model had to do was show up. Ang isang shoot kasi eh magastos and mahirap isetup, kaialngan ng magandang venue and stylist, plus photographer and lights. Isang production ang isang shoot. Nakausap namin ang ilang models.. OO sila sa shoot, panay ang OO , excited and stuff, then sige tuloy kami planning ni mike, kinabukasan on shoot day di nasagot sa text. Buti di nagingavailable ang stylist that day and walang bayad sa venue. When we asked them they couldnt comeup with a good reason nor a reason why they didnt respond o magsabi..well terribly unprofessional sila and yet indi suprising. Well ginawa namin ni mike, natuloy ang shoot with yung isang model na ok kausap and who we had in mind talaga for the shoot ..we did a kickass shoot and showed the pictures nung sumunod na event.. syempre pinakita namin pangiinggit don sa mga nangindian. Eat your heart out ladies.

Medyo tricky ang contest na yun kasi popularity contest sya..parang contest ng mga balota sa mga fiesta. You get big points if you buy an artic vodka bottle, so technically even if you dont show up at the contest you could win..pero its kinda weird to join a contest for money if you spend more than the prize.. According to a friend of mine, meron isang swerte ang friend nya na mayaman..imbes na bumili ng wine bottles for Christmas, bumili ng Artic Vodka and binigay sa kanya ang stub. I was rooting for the contestant who really worked hard for their points, kita mo kialla sila ng mga tao and they attend all the events with gusto...yung iba nagattend lang para sa points pero nakaupo lang sa isang tabi waiting for people to want to talk to them . Well ganun talaga ang contest , sometimes you just have to beat the system .

Meron rin nakilala kami na professional beauty queen contestants.. talagang meron pala non just like in the movies (i.e pinay pie, bikini open) . Iba ang lakad kasi ng beauty queen contest and ramp model.. makikita mo talaga yung beauty queen smile, walk and wave.. parang nanonood ka ng pageant.

Meron din mga me kasama palaging entourage, siguro ganon talaga. Kasama ang family as assistants,iba kasi ang kasama yung family for moral support, meron kasi talaga na andon ang family na makikita mo sa mukha na alam na nila ang gagawin like kuha ng makeup, retouch etc..parang they've done it all before. Professional Stage family.

Meron rin na talgang for the fun of it sumali , yon ang mga ok kasama kasi indi nakikipagpagandahan .. talagang just for fun lang, indi ma-ere.

Meron naman talaga na sadyang gig talaga nila ang modelling, like the working students na they do iba ibang gigs like modelling, extra work and even promo girl work kasi theyre truly using there beauty to earn a living. They are either waiting for their big break or at least just to earn an honest buck.

Well kahit san siguro iba iba ang tao and the beauty contest is nowhere different. Kinda different lang because most of them are beautiful but not all are beautiful in the inside as well.

Jumpstarting

I started the year slow.. it was the same til last week. Kamote yung last blog ko nga was about a whole new different experience about a japanese spa pero I wrote it parang gustong gusto ko na matapos agad sulatin... syet ang baduy ko.. I was terribly uninspired for the past few weeks. Last weekend pinakamatindi, nagkasakit ako and I had all this errands I had to do, so konting gumaling ako , diretso sa errands . It kinda helped and didnt help din I had to do this small project for a friend of mine. I did a video presentation for her.. giginawin on the weekend because of the flu then pag bumaba ng konti kasi najackup sa gamot gawa uli sa computer nung presentation. It helped kasi it kept my creativity kickin..para hindi kalawangin. For the first few weeks I was zombied out.. stuff at work was getting to me, I was terribly tired, kulang sa exercise and still no possible partner for lovapalooza..syet. Pero Last weekend , I started thinking , time to shake it off, sabi nga sa isang movie "SUCK IT UP" and "THERES NO CRYIN IN BASEBALL" pipilitin ko to shake this slow week off. Mabuti I had great friends to spend the weekend with and get me over this slump. Plus nothing beats the capping off the weekend by seeing and getting a photo-op with the recluse member of the eraserheads ..Marcus.

Then the friend whom I did the AVP for gave me a Photography book... so I take this book as a jumpstart for me.. start reading again..smacking the sense back in the child in me. Plus the person who gave me the book is also the same person na sinamahan ko bumili ng camera(mentioned in my december blog) so mas meaningful baga. Need to Get the creative juices flowing, Pucha nasasabihan ako ng mga tao sa opis..ang seryoso ko daw.. syet di ako ganon.. Need to stay cool.. tatanda ako agad nito. I hadnt had a good laugh since the year started. Need to turn things around.. Sorry sa mga nagbabasa parang ranting and stuff ang ginagawa ko... Theres nothing like a good rant to get your head straight..parang sa wrestling sinasampal ang sarili.. sisigaw sigaw and stuff para mapsyche ang sarili.. well game na to... 2007 here I come.. paksyet!

Japanese Spa

I was out terrribly with the colds, I suddenly decided to go to a spa for a quick massage and a short nap. I remembered this Japanese Spa in front of MCS, I decided to try it. The place this spa was in was a bit notorious for its night plice, so I said to myself, hey I might get luck...I needed a massage badly anyway.

750 ang massage and Sauna, pagpasok, you can readily observe that this place caters mainly for its japanese customers, actually the place is known to having a big concentration of Japanese customers for what reason, I dont Know, theyre just there.

Meron Sign, Customers With Tatoo's will not be allowed.. I guess is for Yakuza members. San ka naman makakakita ng ganon. Then I got in the locker area, palakad lakad ng nakabold ang mga customers na hapon. So ok.. ano gagawin ko, parang hindi ako sanay na palakad lakad ng nakabold.. buti me towel.. so towel muna ako. Ang Showers lang available eh yung sit down, yung nakaupo ka nakahubad at pahilod hilod ka . Ok join the crowd... shower ako, hilod ng nakahubad don. After non, pasok sa dry sauna, as usual, nakahubad mga sauna, eh di pa kaya ng powers ko, dala dala ko ang towel ko, medyo parang ang geeky ng dating ko. Sa labas ng sauna, may 3 pools na varying temperature, di ko na triny, something about going into a small pool with 2 naked middle age japanese guys that doesnt appeal to me. After non diretso sa massage area, before the massage area, meron lounge, small chairs parang japanese restaurant, tapos there were TV's all around the place showing NHK. The massage was a regular massage . Generally ok naman ang place with a few peculiarities , Japanese na japanese ang dating. I guess its cool na rin for experience.

Birthday Roadtrip

Tinamad ako maghanda nung birthday ko, one reason is dahil low ang budget , Second reason is tinatamad ako, 3rd reason is dahil 30 ako and currently loveless eh balik sa reason 2. Plus for the past almost 4 years eh palagi naman ako naghahanda. So para maiba naman which coincide sa personality ko eh I wanted to try something different.

Ideally what I wanted to do is to go on an overnight roadtrip. Gusto ko sana pumunta sa underground cemetery sa quezon, and stop at any place nearby of interest..yung paeasy easy lang na pasyal..pag inabutan ng gabi eh di shack up sa nearest hotel. I wanted sana to spend it with close friends or better yet a date. Well any possible candidates for a date eh malabo or cancelled or hindi pwede. Ang mga close friends ko naman eh either me lakad work or have families na. Sadly some of the friends I thought would go wasnt available or had other plans. Pero it was touching rin na some of my real close friends told me na gusto sana nila ako samahan kung di lang talaga for a really valid reason or kung mapopostpone lang eh they would gladly go, magpapaalam na lang sila sa asawa nila or would cancel some trips and they texted me in the evening to see If I was ok and if I had gone thru with the trip. True concerns from true friends.

Anyway luckily another really food friend of mine went with me plus me nakuha syang kadate nya so me incentive pa sya, but basically he wanted to go rin dahil parang eager ako to go. Ako olats walang nayaya so scorer ako, it was just me an precious. Nakalimutan ko nga magdala ng whiteboard eh para di ko makalimutan ang score.


So the plan, go to Daranak falls and anything else in between. I abandoned my plan for quezon to another date kung kailan me makakasama ako or kung talagang sipagin ako na pumunta magisa. Luckily , my friend had this new SUV na gusto nya iroadtest, so ok na rin. Daranak falls is in taytay, I had no idea how to go there, so tanong tanong lang, medyo longway pa ang nadaanan namin kasi hindi kami sa antipolo nanggaling. The road was only two lanes and ang traffic kasi panay ang jeep . We went straight sa Daranak falls and planned to stop by places on the way back . Tumigil lang kami sandali for lunch, with konting videoke and sangkatutak na pagkain. We finally got to Daranak, me nakita pa nga kaming shooting ng ABS CBN for maging sino kaman, near the falls area. The area was a park, with benches and tables being constructed. Swerte konti ang tao kasi friday kami pumunta , It was worth it as the dalls was clean and really beautiful. As usual , kami ni precious(my camera) ang magkasama, I took some picture and swam for a few minutes. The water was cold , naghihiga ako sa salbabida habang lumulutang sa pool ng falls. Just a few minutes from Daranak is Batlag falls which was a beautiful but on a higher part of the hill. Meron din tables and stuff , a great place to camp I guess. Pictures again and as a first eh don ako sa falls area nagsabon at nagbanlaw kasi walang shower area na malapit, under construction pa. Sabi nung babae na bantay when I asked her san kaya pwede magshower, sabi nya "sir don na lang sa falls"...ayos don pala ang shower ..yung malaking malaking shower pala .

It was a bit late already, and the road didnt have any lights so we decided to go around 430. Dahil late na nga malabo na rin makapagstop pa sa other places. PAbalik sa Antipolo way kami dumaan, then went straight to Cloud 9 at sumulong highway for dinner. Syet ang lamig pero ang ganda ng view. Sinigang, fried tilapia and rice ..tapos malamig ..dabest. As usual , I took some pictures ng overlooking, and luckily eh ang World Pyrolimpics could be seen from Antipolo becoming Makati's background. Ang galing ng timing. Then finally home. By the time I got home, my colds had started to get worst and I had to stay on to rest, while my friend mike and his date still partied the night away.




Ang isa pa ngang reason why I wanted to go on the roadtrip eh gusto ko sana picturean ng last pictures si greeny, parang goodbye greeny roadtrip, what better timing to do it than on my 30th birthday. Kasi si greeny ang aking magic tsinelas eh sira na due to weather. Dinikit ko na nga lang ng scotch tape, pero in daranak parang nakita ko , pwede pa sya ah... iibahin ko lang ng konti ang angle ng shots ko and pwede pa for pictures si greeny.. It wasnt the end of Greeny, I just needed to adjust.

Goodluck jonjon, hope you will be alright

To my officemates reading this blog, NO i am not talking about Jonjon A.

I received badnews last saturday. It wasnt a good way to start the year. At the place where I volunteer to teach, they told me one of the kids has runaway. It was jonjon. Man nagulat ako, we teach 2 classes every saturday and jonjon was kinda like the brightest of the 2nd class. medyo makulit but still in line. He showed the most potential among the 2nd class. Showed signs of logic and reasoning.

The problem was that the children we teach at the orphanage are kids who are victims of abuse. So they can easily snap at an instant, mag rebelde sa mundo. It shows in most of them. How they lack in self esteem and a real aversion to failure. A sort of , ayaw na lang ako kaysa pumalpak. A quitter attitude.

Ginawa ko attendance when the admin guy told me, dont do a scorecard for jonjon he said, he ran away. I asked him, why, he said that he couldnt admit to his faults and would revel whenever he gets scolded. He was making trouble at his "home" and started to get physical. Susmeh , Physical, and yet nung tinuturan namin ok naman, receptive. Siguro like I said, because of the trauma he could snap instantly. The admin guy told me he esacped from his home and they have no clue now where he is. He said, the bad part is he might be with street friends. If he is lucky, he could be with his relatives. But if he goes to his street friends, drugs would be a big possibility. Sayang. I can only with the best for him.

He is the leftmost kid in blue, that was the picture we took with the prince of monacco. If you see him, tell him we hope he is ok.

Thought for the Day

Life Begins at 30

Birthday Blog

Its 2am and birthday kona. Im 30 now. A nice round number. They say when your reach 30, you suddenly experience paradigm shifts in your life. Totoo nga pala. Days before my birthday I find myself reviewing and thinking where I am now and what have I doe. I didnt plan to think about this things but it just happens. It doesnt help as well na wala pa rin akong GF or strong prospect man lang. Plus there are all this things happening sa office na naapektuhan rin ako and makes me want to thorougly review my plans. Siguro ganon nga talaga when you reach 30 or when you reach your fulcrum age when the balance starts to shift. I wanted to do a year in review blog.. maybe Ill just to a birthday in review blog instead:

This year I've

kinda established my wedding photography business as we have covered around 6 weddings this year.

I've also broadened my circle of friends , pero syempre the real friends are still the same guys.

I've learned a lot in business, friendship and in life. I specially cant forget the part I learned form the TV series the Entourage about friendship..that friends should be there to help a friend at the low points in his life. You cant judge a friend for his actions, but you should be there if there is a chance he might fall.

I got my dream car.

I renewed my love for live music and bands.

I continue to improve my photography.

I've earned the respect of my boss's at work.

I became more active in my promise to do more volunteer work.

I went to Boracay twice this year.

I more or less accepted the fact that soulmates dont always end up together, kinda lost my chance there.

I continued a very good friendship with my ex.

I learned more to push back with people who abuse me.. too bad di ko pa napeperfect with girls.. which is totally fine with me heehehe..use me and abuse me.

I survived 5 months with no cable and still going.

I've catchup and updated myself on the latest gimik places and coolest resto's.

Medyo nagimprove ang fashion sense ko.

I've started this blog and I pray I get a bigger reader base. :) Kahit walang sense ang mga blog ko ehhehe..

Sana matuloy ang birthday plans ko.. sana success. If it does..me mga bagong pamblog na ako.

Love lessons from a movie

Learned this from a movie "Just friends".. pag nalagay ka ng someone you like or worst love into "The friend zone".. eh mahirap talaga makaalis don and its one of the hardest things to work on..parang slow death kinda thing. Eto yung tipong mabibigyan ka ng speech na "I would not want to risk our friendship as it means more to me than anything else" chuva.. in short friends talaga. So its either you take it maturely and move on and hopefully things get better or you move on to someone else.. or you quit while youre ahead and say "I wont settle for friends" . My view.. as a wise man once said "Life is Beautiful Pare".. just wait for your turn and dont punish your self .

Blind Date Tips

Matagal ko na dapat popost to, di ko lang napapanahunan dahil nagkaproblema ang internet sa SEAsia during the holidays. A month or so ago nagblog ako tungkol dun sa girl na gustong ipakilala ng dad ko , apparently nakilala nya sa bank . Dahil parang nagandandahan sya , bigla nya ngayon pinakausap sa akin sa cell.. well read the blog na lang.. so fast forward to the week after Christmas, nasa Delmonte ako and having some stuff installed in my car. Naisip ko taga Del monte yung girl na pinakilala sa akin , maybe its a good idea to try to meet up with her para makita ko naman. Every now and then I would text her yet fail to get her to meet up. Sabi ko, this would be easier on her, malapit sa place nya so homecourt, then I decided to ask her out just for coffee kasi magpapacarwash ako near the coffee place. Nung tinext ko sabi nya she's in a family gathering thing, birthday daw mom nya.. tapos bigla ako me nakuhang text na sabi nya "Best, busy ka ba, samahan mo naman ako at nagyaya si david" ... well I didnt make a fuss out of it,siguro mahiyain sya and stuff. niloko na lang.. "naku best sorry hehehe"

She apologized, niloko ko pa ng konti.. in short di pa rin kami nagmeet, which was just fine, suntok lang naman sa buwan eh. Pero What I think she didnt realize is , professional blind dater ini. And meeting up with her that I setup was very casual. The place I chose was a tricycles distance from her home so me homecourt advantage sya, I only aske dher for coffee so mabilis lang in and out date, plus hapon pa. Anyway here are my tips for blind dates , plus some new stuff I learned from Seinfeld:

1. The best ang lunch or coffee for blind dates, para mabilis lang at me time limit..if you like how the date is going you could always ask again for a 2nd one.

2. Movies are also fine kasi you share something in common so me mapagkwekwentuhan kayo.

3. Dont take it too seriously..blind date palang.. meaning dont fret na hindi mo sya ma impress because it stops you from being you.

4. This I learned from Seinfeld, that in dating there are 2 sides, one is the Group Persona and the other is the solo persona. So Its always good to know your date how he/she is in a group and how he/she is by his lonesome. Kung di ka ganon ka confident na kaya mo magsolo or carry on a conversation with a stranger, go for group first and make sure ang kasama mo eh wingman mo..tipong a friend who will set you up in conversations para ikaw na lang magdedeliver ng punchline. A person dating as said by George in Seinfeld changes when he is in a group so its always nice to show both sides.

5. This is kinda rude, pero its nice to have a backup plan, specially for girls if your date kinda turns out to be an asshole,tipong mahilig machancing and stuff.. use the old fasion biglang me nagtext or call routine, then get one of your friends to pick you up sabihin mo pinsan mo or tito.

Starting the Year Slow

The year ended in a dull note for me, I felt how "single" I was , you know , yung cliche on how single persons hate Christmas..damn sabi ko di ako maapektuhan non.. ala rin affected pa din. Last Christmas was fine since I just became single, but this time.. well ala.. an uninspired Christmas, looking for someone to call on Christmas time and new years eve din. I still haven't shaken off these holiday hangovers, I got off work on time for a change, bored and nothing much to do, I decided to go to the mall and do some shopping. Paikot ikot ako just wonderin around the mall, I was looking for a new polo as my mom told me to buy one as her gift for me for my upcoming birthday few weeks from now. Dami ko nakitang polo, maganda, new designs, kaso badtrip..slim fit.. sa lahat naman ng mauuso eh slim fit pa. Buti na lang di ako nagrice ng dinner. So to follow the example of a good friend, gusto nya maging mala Vina Morales, ako rin eh kailangan magfit na sa akin ang slim fit in a few months..nakupo. Goodluck sa akin and hopefully this year starts picking up soon.

Thought for the Day

Hwag Mamimili ng Sapatos sa Mall pag butas ang medjas mo. John Porontong ang Dating