A summons to all!
to my holy girls, especially MAY: Can we have the coma splice sessions during the long weekend? :D
to the poochers: pooching alert!!! must go for either a spontaneous roadtrip or a spontaneous party!!!
WE MUST ALL GET SMASHED THIS LONG WEEKEND!
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Monday, October 24, 2005
the amazing race of kiara's wedding
day 1 - october 21, 2005
we were all on vacation leave. me & my sisters spent the whole morning lazing around the sofa in the oppressive heat, making a few preparations as to what to bring to the hotel. after lunch & the last tango practice between the couple, we all dress up to go to linden suites. finally able to leave the house at 2 pm. the suite was gorgeous! it had a ref, a microwave, a stove, a coffee maker and a hot pot, dinnerware, glassware & cutlery. only pots & pans were missing in that kitchen. the living room was huge, with a big tv & component (ooohhh dvd's & music galore, if only we knew!!!), 2 bedrooms with king-sized beds, each a toilet & bath (bathtub!!!), a tv & a nice closet. an iron & ironing board, even. and our gowns had all been delivered and nicely arranged on a trolley with the pillows & accessories, and even a mannequin for tomorrow's photo op.
after settling in, lala & i decided to walk to shangri-la to do some window shopping. instead, we were given half a dozen errands: balloons, fake rings, index cards, paperbags, candles & takeout dinner. but of course we still got out kicks at the souk gallery (where lala left one gold hoop earring.. d'oh!), mango, topshop, and crossings. after dinner & watching vera wang's intimate portrait, i take a soak in the tub and slept just past 9. kiara & mum, who was fussing with marj the wedding coordinator, decided to leave the hotel to borrow jewelry from her boss sylvia. they return to the room at 11 pm. i don't even stir.
day 2 - october 22, 2005
it's 6 am and it's been wired into my brain to get up. after some dilly-dallying, mum & i go downstairs for the complimentary breakfast. when we return, my sisters were getting ready to follow. we made dad some munchies for his meal. after a quick shower, the make-up artist zarah (giron/heron - del rosario, a full-time research & development chemical engineer at unilever... does she sound familiar, baby?) & 2 hairstylists liza & hazel (big burly gay men, make no mistake) plus the couturier's assistant jackie and ate carol arrive. so between 8-12am, zarah, hazel, liza all beautify 6 of us -setting our hair in curls, concealing eyebags, shaping eyebrows, ironing gowns, pinning linings & drapes, etc. at some point marj & the flowers arrive - beautiful yellow & white gerberas, roses, carnations, and 20 yellow tulips for kiara. at 11am enter photographers & videographers, and kuya danny the driver. kiara can't sit still in her robe & full hair & make-up. she orders cheeseburger meals with twister fries for 20 of her family, rein's family, and crew. it's 12 noon and we have to let go of the suite and move our things down to the car or up to the couple's new room. except that a) we're all too dressed up to move, b) the photo op isn't done, c) kiara's still in her robe, d) lunch hasn't arrived yet, e) we all have to get touch-ups from zarah. and the hotel has told us that we have to vacate the suite & our keycard only works till 1 pm. we keep the door open. at 1 pm, we all leave the goddamn suite (kiara without lunch in her tummy but stunning of course), and take pictures going down the lobby. lala's boyfriend brian was waiting already and the family portraits still had to be taken. so finally we leave the hotel & are unable to get to edsa so we take katipunan then up village, kalayaan, circle before even getting to quezon boulevard. when we arrive at the twin hearts parish, not only were all of rein's family there, even my parents & kiara's bridal jaguar was there. ha!
so anyway, kiss kiss with all these pseudo-relatives, neighbours & family friends. once the entourage was complete, we started at precisely 3pm. march march march, blah blah blah. then the church doors close & the quartet starts playing a very slow version of elton john's tiny dancer. the doors open, light & bubbles flood in and in comes kiara with her looonng veil & biiiiigg ball gown. TEAR! anyway, i guess everything pales in comparison to that moment. the ceremony ensues, (with a priest who doesn't have good diction no less) and next thing you know she's hitched. with 16 witnesses on her wedding contract. gak. after pictures & poppers, we drive to gazebo royale, had another processional & a grand feast and um, a stellar? avp (full of talent center talents, that is), a great speech from my dad (ooohhh he came prepared with a romantic dedication from some girl at their wedding), and an idiotic bouquet & garter game. questions of the evening: a) saan ang honeymoon; b) sinong susunod. dammit!! why are we wired into asking parents to marry off their children?
ok. so, several things i noticed:
a) we were dissuading kiara from getting a wedding coordinator who had a huge fee. BUT it was well worth it, seeing that we had a good one but we were still all harassed. a coordinator might be dispensable though if you had a simpler wedding.
b) for someone who doesn't care, they won't join unless it's a real party for them - with people they know will be there to mingle with.
c) for people who DO care, you probably won't notice if things weren't as nice or expensive as my sister all planned it out to be. that's how i felt, personally. except maybe for the gowns, hair & make-up. hey, it's always a pleasure ogling at an attractive couple & entourage.
by 8 pm, we were all ready to go home. we hauled out the gifts & items to be brought home on brian's revo and waited for the food & cake to be packed up. many would have the wedding feast for breakfast or lunch the next day. i sat beside 2 big bags of yummy cupcakes which are up for grabs until today. upon dumping them all at our house, lala, brian & i changed into casuals and went to klite's 10th anniversary drink all you can party and brought nigel the station manager some cake for his graciousness. oohhh what fun. i saw some of my wards, namely ethan (who performed) and half of cherry cornflakes, and caught a GREAT 3-piece band called nerveline. they were supposed to open for tropical depression at my riverbanks show last year and were yet unsigned. nigel told me they're with ivory already. they're really proficient with their instruments and are not afraid to use them to rock out with 5 minute songs with guitar solos. they remind me of an early silverchair with maturity. in 15 minutes, i developed a crush on the amboy vocalist/guitarist and was too shy to approach him when he passed by after the set. d'oh! (i can't believe it, after blatant flirting with miko, mon castro & karl, i'm still shy!!!) i tried to win their giftpack (with their album i suppose), but i was ONE FUCKING INCH short trying to guess VITO'S HEIGHT!!!! dammit. of course, i was already on my third drink when i joined the contest. so anyway, i'm trying to make contact with the band now so that karl can write about them. heeheehee... we all went home with a nice buzz after three bottles each of smirnoff vodka ice (only two for me plus a cup of bailey's). a good day to get smashed indeed!!!
day 3 - october 23, 2005
the house is crowded with all the stuff from the wedding. we eat the fettucine from the wedding feast for lunch. karl arrives. rein & kiara come home from the hotel & there's a huge gown to stow away. they show karl their avp. less than halfway into the 13th warrior, i'm falling asleep. i spend the rest of the afternoon curled up on the couch sleeping on karl's lap. we walk to the nearby coffee beanery and play checkers. i actually win once!!! and as karl says, that's always the best time to stop playing... in this case, typing.
we were all on vacation leave. me & my sisters spent the whole morning lazing around the sofa in the oppressive heat, making a few preparations as to what to bring to the hotel. after lunch & the last tango practice between the couple, we all dress up to go to linden suites. finally able to leave the house at 2 pm. the suite was gorgeous! it had a ref, a microwave, a stove, a coffee maker and a hot pot, dinnerware, glassware & cutlery. only pots & pans were missing in that kitchen. the living room was huge, with a big tv & component (ooohhh dvd's & music galore, if only we knew!!!), 2 bedrooms with king-sized beds, each a toilet & bath (bathtub!!!), a tv & a nice closet. an iron & ironing board, even. and our gowns had all been delivered and nicely arranged on a trolley with the pillows & accessories, and even a mannequin for tomorrow's photo op.
after settling in, lala & i decided to walk to shangri-la to do some window shopping. instead, we were given half a dozen errands: balloons, fake rings, index cards, paperbags, candles & takeout dinner. but of course we still got out kicks at the souk gallery (where lala left one gold hoop earring.. d'oh!), mango, topshop, and crossings. after dinner & watching vera wang's intimate portrait, i take a soak in the tub and slept just past 9. kiara & mum, who was fussing with marj the wedding coordinator, decided to leave the hotel to borrow jewelry from her boss sylvia. they return to the room at 11 pm. i don't even stir.
day 2 - october 22, 2005
it's 6 am and it's been wired into my brain to get up. after some dilly-dallying, mum & i go downstairs for the complimentary breakfast. when we return, my sisters were getting ready to follow. we made dad some munchies for his meal. after a quick shower, the make-up artist zarah (giron/heron - del rosario, a full-time research & development chemical engineer at unilever... does she sound familiar, baby?) & 2 hairstylists liza & hazel (big burly gay men, make no mistake) plus the couturier's assistant jackie and ate carol arrive. so between 8-12am, zarah, hazel, liza all beautify 6 of us -setting our hair in curls, concealing eyebags, shaping eyebrows, ironing gowns, pinning linings & drapes, etc. at some point marj & the flowers arrive - beautiful yellow & white gerberas, roses, carnations, and 20 yellow tulips for kiara. at 11am enter photographers & videographers, and kuya danny the driver. kiara can't sit still in her robe & full hair & make-up. she orders cheeseburger meals with twister fries for 20 of her family, rein's family, and crew. it's 12 noon and we have to let go of the suite and move our things down to the car or up to the couple's new room. except that a) we're all too dressed up to move, b) the photo op isn't done, c) kiara's still in her robe, d) lunch hasn't arrived yet, e) we all have to get touch-ups from zarah. and the hotel has told us that we have to vacate the suite & our keycard only works till 1 pm. we keep the door open. at 1 pm, we all leave the goddamn suite (kiara without lunch in her tummy but stunning of course), and take pictures going down the lobby. lala's boyfriend brian was waiting already and the family portraits still had to be taken. so finally we leave the hotel & are unable to get to edsa so we take katipunan then up village, kalayaan, circle before even getting to quezon boulevard. when we arrive at the twin hearts parish, not only were all of rein's family there, even my parents & kiara's bridal jaguar was there. ha!
so anyway, kiss kiss with all these pseudo-relatives, neighbours & family friends. once the entourage was complete, we started at precisely 3pm. march march march, blah blah blah. then the church doors close & the quartet starts playing a very slow version of elton john's tiny dancer. the doors open, light & bubbles flood in and in comes kiara with her looonng veil & biiiiigg ball gown. TEAR! anyway, i guess everything pales in comparison to that moment. the ceremony ensues, (with a priest who doesn't have good diction no less) and next thing you know she's hitched. with 16 witnesses on her wedding contract. gak. after pictures & poppers, we drive to gazebo royale, had another processional & a grand feast and um, a stellar? avp (full of talent center talents, that is), a great speech from my dad (ooohhh he came prepared with a romantic dedication from some girl at their wedding), and an idiotic bouquet & garter game. questions of the evening: a) saan ang honeymoon; b) sinong susunod. dammit!! why are we wired into asking parents to marry off their children?
ok. so, several things i noticed:
a) we were dissuading kiara from getting a wedding coordinator who had a huge fee. BUT it was well worth it, seeing that we had a good one but we were still all harassed. a coordinator might be dispensable though if you had a simpler wedding.
b) for someone who doesn't care, they won't join unless it's a real party for them - with people they know will be there to mingle with.
c) for people who DO care, you probably won't notice if things weren't as nice or expensive as my sister all planned it out to be. that's how i felt, personally. except maybe for the gowns, hair & make-up. hey, it's always a pleasure ogling at an attractive couple & entourage.
by 8 pm, we were all ready to go home. we hauled out the gifts & items to be brought home on brian's revo and waited for the food & cake to be packed up. many would have the wedding feast for breakfast or lunch the next day. i sat beside 2 big bags of yummy cupcakes which are up for grabs until today. upon dumping them all at our house, lala, brian & i changed into casuals and went to klite's 10th anniversary drink all you can party and brought nigel the station manager some cake for his graciousness. oohhh what fun. i saw some of my wards, namely ethan (who performed) and half of cherry cornflakes, and caught a GREAT 3-piece band called nerveline. they were supposed to open for tropical depression at my riverbanks show last year and were yet unsigned. nigel told me they're with ivory already. they're really proficient with their instruments and are not afraid to use them to rock out with 5 minute songs with guitar solos. they remind me of an early silverchair with maturity. in 15 minutes, i developed a crush on the amboy vocalist/guitarist and was too shy to approach him when he passed by after the set. d'oh! (i can't believe it, after blatant flirting with miko, mon castro & karl, i'm still shy!!!) i tried to win their giftpack (with their album i suppose), but i was ONE FUCKING INCH short trying to guess VITO'S HEIGHT!!!! dammit. of course, i was already on my third drink when i joined the contest. so anyway, i'm trying to make contact with the band now so that karl can write about them. heeheehee... we all went home with a nice buzz after three bottles each of smirnoff vodka ice (only two for me plus a cup of bailey's). a good day to get smashed indeed!!!
day 3 - october 23, 2005
the house is crowded with all the stuff from the wedding. we eat the fettucine from the wedding feast for lunch. karl arrives. rein & kiara come home from the hotel & there's a huge gown to stow away. they show karl their avp. less than halfway into the 13th warrior, i'm falling asleep. i spend the rest of the afternoon curled up on the couch sleeping on karl's lap. we walk to the nearby coffee beanery and play checkers. i actually win once!!! and as karl says, that's always the best time to stop playing... in this case, typing.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
hello mr. politician
one day taken away from the long long weekend in order to make 2 long weekends. you people are nazis.
videoke bridal shower: my sister and i sang sweetest goodbye, change the world, kailan, it's gonna be me & all i have to give. we bought kiara edible undies, a french tickler and a penis candle. hilarious pictures. then we left her with her officemates & stupid boytoy who was trying to be chummy with us.
hmmm what else... i'm lazy and i don't want to go do rounds. but i guess i will. SMILE like you mean it! :D
videoke bridal shower: my sister and i sang sweetest goodbye, change the world, kailan, it's gonna be me & all i have to give. we bought kiara edible undies, a french tickler and a penis candle. hilarious pictures. then we left her with her officemates & stupid boytoy who was trying to be chummy with us.
hmmm what else... i'm lazy and i don't want to go do rounds. but i guess i will. SMILE like you mean it! :D
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
meme
"If you were to create the soundtrack of your life, this would be the song playing when you are..."
LONELY OR DOWN:
Fiona Apple – Sullen Girl
The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
IN LOVE:
The Cure – Mint Car, Friday I’m in Love
The Smashing Pumpkins – Luna, Tonight,Tonight
FIGHTING WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
The Cure - High
HAVING SEX:
actually I don’t really find it enhances the encounter. Except maybe for foreplay. It can stop after that. This now translates to : SEDUCTION:
Incubus – Anti-Gravity Music
Afghan Whigs - 66
Dave Matthews Band - Say Goodbye
Usher - Work it Out
NURSING A BROKEN HEART:
The Beatles - For No One (ooh good one!)
Fiona Apple – Love Ridden, Sleep to Dream
Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
A Perfect Circle – Three Libras
The Smashing Pumpkins – Pennies
The Cure – A Letter to Elise
A NEW COURTSHIP:
Afghan Whigs – Something Hot
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
TRIUMPHANT:
Ben Folds Five – One Angry Dwarf
The Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket, Today
IN NEED OF CHEERING UP:
Ash – Wild Surf
Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
Blues Traveller – Runaround
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A ROAD TRIP:
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue, One Year Six Months
Lady Bedspacer – Bala
Ari Hest – Caught Up in Your Love
Disney Songs, boyband songs, acapella songs (blame Leo Zulueta)
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (kunwari kasali sa Almost Famous)
SUNBATHING ON A TROPICAL BEACH:
I'd rather not listen to music when I'm sitting on the beach :)
FEELING SUICIDAL:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Ugly, Thumbeline
Tori Amos - God
ANGRY, VERY ANGRY:
The Smashing Pumpkins – XYU, Bodies, Where Boys Fear to Tread
MOURNING:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Crestfallen, For Martha, Behold! The Nightmare
Toad the Wet Sprocket – Brother
SINGING AT THE VIDEOKE BAR:
the only thing I’ve tried is the Doors’ “Light my Fire”
DANCING BY YOURSELF IN YOUR ROOM:
OST – Save the Last Dance
Usher’s second album (I forget the numbers involved)
Justin Timberlake’s Justified
N.E.R.D.’s Fly or Die
Aerosmith – Girls of Summer
Ash
SINGING, DANCING AND DRUNK OFF YOUR ASS:
reggae
PLAYING AIR GUITAR:
Maroon 5 – Tangled (memorable double solo [ha, ano ‘ka mo?] with my sister)
Aerosmith
Tool
CHILLING ON A RAINY AFTERNOON:
Fiona Apple
Maroon 5 – Sunday Morning
REMINISCING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL:
Oasis's "What's the Story Morning Glory", Blur's "The Great Escape" and "Blur", Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", the Empire Records soundtrack, the Trainspotting soundtrack, Sandwich's "Grip Stand Throw", Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land", Hole - Celebrity Skin, POT, Fuel – Shimmer, Elastica
REMINISCING ABOUT COLLEGE:
Yellowcard, Unplug & play, Restrung, Francis M - Three Stars & a Sun, OST – Matrix, Michael & Janet Jackson - Scream, The Jerks, Domino, Freeway Jam, The Rolling Stones.
LONELY OR DOWN:
Fiona Apple – Sullen Girl
The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
IN LOVE:
The Cure – Mint Car, Friday I’m in Love
The Smashing Pumpkins – Luna, Tonight,Tonight
FIGHTING WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
The Cure - High
HAVING SEX:
actually I don’t really find it enhances the encounter. Except maybe for foreplay. It can stop after that. This now translates to : SEDUCTION:
Incubus – Anti-Gravity Music
Afghan Whigs - 66
Dave Matthews Band - Say Goodbye
Usher - Work it Out
NURSING A BROKEN HEART:
The Beatles - For No One (ooh good one!)
Fiona Apple – Love Ridden, Sleep to Dream
Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
A Perfect Circle – Three Libras
The Smashing Pumpkins – Pennies
The Cure – A Letter to Elise
A NEW COURTSHIP:
Afghan Whigs – Something Hot
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
TRIUMPHANT:
Ben Folds Five – One Angry Dwarf
The Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket, Today
IN NEED OF CHEERING UP:
Ash – Wild Surf
Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
Blues Traveller – Runaround
Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A ROAD TRIP:
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue, One Year Six Months
Lady Bedspacer – Bala
Ari Hest – Caught Up in Your Love
Disney Songs, boyband songs, acapella songs (blame Leo Zulueta)
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (kunwari kasali sa Almost Famous)
SUNBATHING ON A TROPICAL BEACH:
I'd rather not listen to music when I'm sitting on the beach :)
FEELING SUICIDAL:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Thru the Eyes of Ruby, Ugly, Thumbeline
Tori Amos - God
ANGRY, VERY ANGRY:
The Smashing Pumpkins – XYU, Bodies, Where Boys Fear to Tread
MOURNING:
The Smashing Pumpkins – Crestfallen, For Martha, Behold! The Nightmare
Toad the Wet Sprocket – Brother
SINGING AT THE VIDEOKE BAR:
the only thing I’ve tried is the Doors’ “Light my Fire”
DANCING BY YOURSELF IN YOUR ROOM:
OST – Save the Last Dance
Usher’s second album (I forget the numbers involved)
Justin Timberlake’s Justified
N.E.R.D.’s Fly or Die
Aerosmith – Girls of Summer
Ash
SINGING, DANCING AND DRUNK OFF YOUR ASS:
reggae
PLAYING AIR GUITAR:
Maroon 5 – Tangled (memorable double solo [ha, ano ‘ka mo?] with my sister)
Aerosmith
Tool
CHILLING ON A RAINY AFTERNOON:
Fiona Apple
Maroon 5 – Sunday Morning
REMINISCING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL:
Oasis's "What's the Story Morning Glory", Blur's "The Great Escape" and "Blur", Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", the Empire Records soundtrack, the Trainspotting soundtrack, Sandwich's "Grip Stand Throw", Prodigy's "The Fat of the Land", Hole - Celebrity Skin, POT, Fuel – Shimmer, Elastica
REMINISCING ABOUT COLLEGE:
Yellowcard, Unplug & play, Restrung, Francis M - Three Stars & a Sun, OST – Matrix, Michael & Janet Jackson - Scream, The Jerks, Domino, Freeway Jam, The Rolling Stones.
Monday, October 17, 2005
a happening month and a fashion story
october seems to be a significant month for everyone. aside from oktoberfest and halloween weekend, it's the month for lots of people's birthdays and anniversaries. here are some i've encountered:
oct 1 - paul's mum's birthday
oct 7 - my parent's anniversary
oct 8 - my next door neighbor's birthday
oct 9 - our graphic artist's birthday
oct 11 - my dad's birthday
oct 12 - karl's mum's birthday
oct 14 - my boss's birthday, and apparently, aissa's mum's birthday
oct 15 - our publicist's birthday, and dante's too - always glad to attend a yale party!!!
oct 22 - my sister's wedding
and sometime this week: our tv coordinator's birthday. even mr. sy's birthday is in october, i think. here's to libran people and relationships.
another worthy day in october: FSP Day at Rustan's!!!! despite sleeping at 3am from friday's shoot with karl, wawi, goo, edsel & ria, i woke up at 7, was out the door at 830 and was shopping by 9. my sister bought a pair of pink satin caparros slide stilletos on 15% discount, and i bought a stunning turquoise wahine bikini at 10% off c/o my new gentxt membership. (oh no, i'm one of...THEM!!!) we split a new pair of black and gold leopard print havaianas on 5% discount. tsk tsk tsk. really really one of them. as an aftermath, lala brought home a navy cotton turtleneck & moss green double-breasted coat from the zara opening, and i got meself a pair of burgundy suede ankle-strap stilettos with wine, brown & green velvet ribbons from matthews/cmg.
watch out for the fruits of a tiring yet fun photo shoot starring wawi (where yet another person told me to shift to the fashion industry) in pump's december issue. the music feature will be on the late isabel.
oct 1 - paul's mum's birthday
oct 7 - my parent's anniversary
oct 8 - my next door neighbor's birthday
oct 9 - our graphic artist's birthday
oct 11 - my dad's birthday
oct 12 - karl's mum's birthday
oct 14 - my boss's birthday, and apparently, aissa's mum's birthday
oct 15 - our publicist's birthday, and dante's too - always glad to attend a yale party!!!
oct 22 - my sister's wedding
and sometime this week: our tv coordinator's birthday. even mr. sy's birthday is in october, i think. here's to libran people and relationships.
another worthy day in october: FSP Day at Rustan's!!!! despite sleeping at 3am from friday's shoot with karl, wawi, goo, edsel & ria, i woke up at 7, was out the door at 830 and was shopping by 9. my sister bought a pair of pink satin caparros slide stilletos on 15% discount, and i bought a stunning turquoise wahine bikini at 10% off c/o my new gentxt membership. (oh no, i'm one of...THEM!!!) we split a new pair of black and gold leopard print havaianas on 5% discount. tsk tsk tsk. really really one of them. as an aftermath, lala brought home a navy cotton turtleneck & moss green double-breasted coat from the zara opening, and i got meself a pair of burgundy suede ankle-strap stilettos with wine, brown & green velvet ribbons from matthews/cmg.
watch out for the fruits of a tiring yet fun photo shoot starring wawi (where yet another person told me to shift to the fashion industry) in pump's december issue. the music feature will be on the late isabel.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
of trucks and wily plans
hmmm... so, due to the autopilot mode of my life, puera lovelife of course, i am without a blog entry. here, is the only notable event of my recent days:
The fact that i have ridden a delivery truck to & from QC & dasmarinas, cavite. hindi gwapo ang driver. hindi kamukha ni mark limchoa. sabi ko pa naman dati sasakay lang ako sa truck kung kasinggwapo niya ang kumikindat. pero syempre hindi naman ako kinindatan ng driver ko. hired driver ko siya para dalhin ako sa mall show namin. so yun. mahirap sumakay ng truck buong araw. masakit sa legs, at sa pwet lalo na kung 3 kayong siksikan sa harap.
the wily plan... isn't too wily. i'm smuggling a young pianist's album to candid when he wants to sign with us already. this is my bid for employment in our premier jazz label. hay... medyo huli na ang lahat. bow.
The fact that i have ridden a delivery truck to & from QC & dasmarinas, cavite. hindi gwapo ang driver. hindi kamukha ni mark limchoa. sabi ko pa naman dati sasakay lang ako sa truck kung kasinggwapo niya ang kumikindat. pero syempre hindi naman ako kinindatan ng driver ko. hired driver ko siya para dalhin ako sa mall show namin. so yun. mahirap sumakay ng truck buong araw. masakit sa legs, at sa pwet lalo na kung 3 kayong siksikan sa harap.
the wily plan... isn't too wily. i'm smuggling a young pianist's album to candid when he wants to sign with us already. this is my bid for employment in our premier jazz label. hay... medyo huli na ang lahat. bow.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
looonnnggg weekend
which doesn't mean it was work free, however. but yesterday was, so i'm glad. the highlight of it being: wally gonzalez remembers me! he knows me by name!!!
the explanation of which being: karl brought me to hard rock cafe after work last sunday to watch wally play with his band. after 2 sets, we decided to leave, and he introduced me to wally as "tanya of galazy records". he said "uy, we talked on the phone once"... and i'm thinking "I WAS ABOUT TO SAY!!!" (i phone him last year to ask him how much to book him for the putumayo launch) but of course kept it cool with "yes, i remember, for putumayo. sayang po hindi natuloy. thank you, i had a wonderful time tonight." and i really did. at one point, his vocalist kat even played with me. i was staring dreamily at her while she was singing "landslide" and she decided to make eye contact with me. i wanted to, uh, lose it, thinking she'd eventually look away, but no.. so i just had to smile sheepishly and she smiled at me too. hmph. vocalist power-tripping. ;)
yesterday was nice because it really was my day off. i watched a series of unfortunate events and 3 other dvd's of southpark. can you say braindead?!?! karl dropped by after 6 and we watched from hell before he left and i slept.. slacker!!!
however, anne's not about to let me slack off on my being pensive. so, the fruits of my labor. the big declaration of: I AM NOT AFRAID to look for options (thanks also to karl, my bosses leo & mike, and the poochers) in order to leave, and seing that the search may last till year-end, i fought for the day off to make things livable until i make the big change.
anne's subsequent advice: once you know where/when to go, BOLT!
anyway, here are my considerations:
a) a freelance sylist/designer entrepreneur. hardest. seems most rewarding. remains to be seen after start of fashion design lessons
b) an indie label like candid or terno. reservations about terno because of toti dalmacion as a boss.. not a very good prospect
c) a multinational label like EMI, Sony-BMG, MCA Universal & Warner Music.
*if i'm staying in the recording industry i would like to limit myself to print/events for marketing, or shift to label or a&r.
i'm soliciting comments.
the explanation of which being: karl brought me to hard rock cafe after work last sunday to watch wally play with his band. after 2 sets, we decided to leave, and he introduced me to wally as "tanya of galazy records". he said "uy, we talked on the phone once"... and i'm thinking "I WAS ABOUT TO SAY!!!" (i phone him last year to ask him how much to book him for the putumayo launch) but of course kept it cool with "yes, i remember, for putumayo. sayang po hindi natuloy. thank you, i had a wonderful time tonight." and i really did. at one point, his vocalist kat even played with me. i was staring dreamily at her while she was singing "landslide" and she decided to make eye contact with me. i wanted to, uh, lose it, thinking she'd eventually look away, but no.. so i just had to smile sheepishly and she smiled at me too. hmph. vocalist power-tripping. ;)
yesterday was nice because it really was my day off. i watched a series of unfortunate events and 3 other dvd's of southpark. can you say braindead?!?! karl dropped by after 6 and we watched from hell before he left and i slept.. slacker!!!
however, anne's not about to let me slack off on my being pensive. so, the fruits of my labor. the big declaration of: I AM NOT AFRAID to look for options (thanks also to karl, my bosses leo & mike, and the poochers) in order to leave, and seing that the search may last till year-end, i fought for the day off to make things livable until i make the big change.
anne's subsequent advice: once you know where/when to go, BOLT!
anyway, here are my considerations:
a) a freelance sylist/designer entrepreneur. hardest. seems most rewarding. remains to be seen after start of fashion design lessons
b) an indie label like candid or terno. reservations about terno because of toti dalmacion as a boss.. not a very good prospect
c) a multinational label like EMI, Sony-BMG, MCA Universal & Warner Music.
*if i'm staying in the recording industry i would like to limit myself to print/events for marketing, or shift to label or a&r.
i'm soliciting comments.
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