Boy-crush alert

oh, he's cute. :D

Updates, updates!

1. To everyone who greeted me on my espeysyal day...maraming salamat po. Salamat din sa Fezbook, at sa mga virtual cakes na pinadala nyo. haha.

2. Im Becky, and Im 28 years old. 

3. Oh gawd, I don't feel like one. Or look like one.

4. When I was younger, people who I associate with such age 'look' the part. They all looked grown up, they seem to have all these grown up issues and problems, they appear more sophisticated.

5. Anyway--so Im not. :) 

6. But that's fine, Im going to Europe anyway.

7. For two years.

8. Yay!

9. All paid for.

10. Yesss....

11. And towards my PhD. :)

12. To study migration and Diaspora.

13. And (hopefully) in the future--sustainable cities, GIS and urban planning.

14. Yeah, those geeky stuff.

15. I think visa problems, sort-of career uncertainty for the husband and family reunification (extended honeymoon) are adult problems. Don't you think? Oh goody. Im an adult.

P.S. Still working on the 'bump'. Been wanting to get one. Badly. Hey-- a post grad student-mommy scenario is most welcome!

And since Im a sucker for ads that play with my emo-ness, here's something I think everyone would enjoy (and it's just part of a series!).

Sometimes you need to go far away to find yourself.

I don't need a taxi.

I don't need them to tell me.

I don't need four years guarantee,

I don't need them to wrap it up for me.

I don't need to sleep, in order to dream.

I don't' need to know where I go.

I need my life to be a journey.

Eh nagugutom ako eh.

Remember this skittle ads?

I can so relate.

Mega Crush is back.

and he's got two movies to make us happy. haay.

This one comes out on Christmas.

And this... just in time for my birthday (well, next year)

Baka ma-draft si Charice. haha.

Below is one of my favorite comedy clips of all time. It also bespeaks of a notorious Filipino past time--yung pag 'angkin' nang lahat ng taong sikat. Kahit 1/32 Filipino nalang yung dugo nung celebrity, eh pota, asahan mo--magiging headline yan. Tipong isang linggo mong makikita yung pag mumukha nung international celebrity na yun sa talk shows, sa dyaryo, sa print ads. Iinterbyuhin ang barbero, dating kaklase nung kinder, kapitbahay na hindi naman nila nakasalimuha ever, saksakan na layong kamag anak na sa icture lang sya nakita. Wow, you wouldn't believe the power of instant relativity here.

Now, there's nothing wrong with being proud of your roots, and as the fil-ams call it 'REpresent' (hindi ko parin nage gets yung mala-rapper stress sa RE), pero naman--huwag naman sapilitan. Nakakahiya din minsan eh. Si APL ng Black Eyed Peas, ayun--he's shouting it out loud. Okay yun. Si Rob Schneider nga eh, diba. His 'loser' flicks has this one certain scene na he'll mention that he's Pinoy din. That's cool. Self initiated bah. Pero yung sabihin mo in Prime Time TV, ala-tabloid na si Mariah Carey o si George Clooney ay may dugong Pinoy...naman. Give it a rest. They'll state it out loud if they are, and are proud of it.

Anyway, kung ganon ganon nalang, edi sana sumali narin tayo sa Racial Draft (below).

Well, we're pushing for the following celebrities to be officially drafted as Filipinos:

Ewoks- kasi nagta tagalog sila. pramis!

George Clooney - kahawig nya kasi yung mga Zobel (pinoy ba sila? haha)

Quentin Tarantino

eto yung pwede nating i-trade:

Charice Pempengco

David Pomeranz

Chappelle's Show
The Racial Draft
www.comedycentral.com
Buy Chappelle's Show DVDs Black Comedy True Hollywood Story

Pick a number

it's a not good week, believe me.

but the Thais--they are good.

so good, that my husband wants to learn how they did this. (the steps ha)

Mukhang mauunahan pa ako sa aking hangaring maging isang 'Wondergirl' ah.

Tsk tsk. Not good at all.

award

para kay jay, na ex boyfriend ko.

What if we stop having a ball?

What if the paint chips from the wall?

What if there's always cups in the sink?

What if I'm not what you think I am?

What if I fall further than you?

What if you dream of somebody new?

What if I never let you win, chase you with a rolling pin?

Well what if I do?

I am giving up on making passes and

I am giving up on half empty glasses and

I am giving up on greener grasses

I am giving up

What if our baby comes home after nine?

What it your eyes close before mine?

What if you lose yourself sometimes?

Then I'll be the one to find you

Safe in my heart

I am giving up on making passes and

I am giving up on half empty glasses and

I am giving up on greener grasses

I am giving up

I am giving up

I am giving up

I am giving up on greener grasses

I am giving up for you

I am giving up for you

I am giving up

Nietzsche and the Wondergirls

Im not much of a dancer. But I like to dance. In my own office, where everyone else is outside, in seemingly abandoned streets. I recommend it to those with knees not fit for running. It's a form of exercise--you sway your hips, you can raise your arms and be quick with your feet. You do whatever you want. When done by yourself or with reckless abandon-- it raises your confidence, making you feel good. Pheromones.

Now, Nietzsche recommends dance too. He's a dancer, I read somewhere. In his usual self, he wrote:

I would believe only in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity - through him all things fall. (Zarathustra, "On Reading and Writing," PN 153)

I wrote a very long paragraph expounding on this, then I thought--ayako ko syang i-post. hehe.

(NB: seryoso ang lola mo! )

Okay--back to dancing. Kilala nyo naman siguro ang wondergirls, diba. So this is what I've been dancing to, for some time now. likeness!

mas gusto ko itong Korean/Asian version nung MV, yung walang dubbed into english.

hehe

Single Ladies Parody [LIVE] Saturday Night Live - Beyonce & Justin Timberlake

pang tanggal ng umay...

to this awful lot who's sick and tired of hearing about our wedding--let's move on to something else (for the meantime. hehe).



This, I like!

the folks over at Blk 9 Holland Avenue...

...sends their (very) advanced greetings for the Holidays. 

they wish everyone a blessed Christmas and a prosperous new year. (hey. it pays to do things in advance).

lovingly yours,

Monchito Rico, Karen Janice, Cristine Joy,

 Jose Jubilee and Rica Agnes

 Send your own ElfYourself eCards

An anachronism, as always (a.k.a. so the uncool kid was right, after all)

Remember the usual phrase found in narrative-stories of brilliance and heroism--i.e.,when Galileo announced that the earth revolves around the sun, in contradiction to the teachings of the church (that time the church was an unofficial government anyway—but then again that’s another story), and the officials asked that he retract whatever he said? What follows is this phrase as if to rationalise such madness of the institution—‘Because he was a man ahead of his time’, therefore he gets ostracised, threatened to be excommunicated—the blah. We’ve heard lots of stories concerning this ‘state’ of the individual—his or her being ‘someone who lived the wrong time’, someone who bespoke the truth, but no one listened. Im not sure if we should use the term ‘anachronism’, given that I might be guilty of its technical impediments, but just for the sake of simpleton, it is within the context of anachronism because basically, it is (the idea) out of place.



Now, we have Peter Schiff, the economist –probably the only one who tried to warn everyone of the impending US recession, and as early as 2006. Some of his interview and debate clips, if you watch them now, are just darn funny, primarily because he gets laughed at by anyone be debates with. Believe me—you wouldn’t want to be him that time. Very unpopular to the point that you see people (on camera) cringe over his supposedly pessimistic warnings—economists and commentators alike. He gets shot back with phrases like ‘that’s silly..’ or ‘oh my goodness, I’ve never heard many mistakes in my life..’ ‘it’s a bet of every honour in your name at stake..’ ‘ where do you get your figures?’ It’s like your thesis defense on a very very bad day. No—I take that back. Its like secondary school where cliques and bullies were the coolest people ever.

But hey. The uncool kid was right. And he spoke clear and simple. Looking at how the majority reacted makes you realise that many proclaimed or self proclaimed experts, no matter how arrogant they are, how loud their voices can be, how much publicity and influence they take in—may not really know what they’re talking about.

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My friend Tanya suddenly turned crazy. But as her bestfriend Kim (on his defense strategy) intends to tell off everyone in regale manner: 'She's got plans, so should you'-- myself, Becky, Kang and Mojari are all happy for her. Walang kokontra.



the video, by the way--eherm, is made by the one and only jameson magbanua. ahaha.

Found it!

My all time favourite. aherm. Hail to the Thai!

The post

I was actually set to post something else. Nasty piece of blind item that questions the authority of ‘technical experts’. It involves one’s astounding revelation that you can’t report that ‘you did not get a digest report’ if THERE ACTUALLY IS NO CONTENT. Now, ‘come closer (smiling broadly, actually reads: ‘hinayupak ka’)… anu sa palagay mo ang ida-digest nang sistema, kung wala kang ipini-feed…ha??ha??’

Okay, okay…enough of that.

A few videos from the Land of Smiles a.k.a. origin of my one and only ‘former’ (duh) roommate, Patamawadee.

Hay. These Thai commercials make me laugh. And cry. My fave's dated two years ago, and its an 'anti piracy ad' within the lines of 'kill bill'. Super katuwa yon. I'll see if I can unearth it from somewhere.