Bomba Queen Adventures!

hindi ko na kaya ang blog na ‘to. it’s too loaded with history….

so i’m starting a new one, at my multiply site, just check it out…. look for bombaqueen.

haaaaaay

obviously, i’m still sick… lots of time at home in front of the computer!

last night was jan’s birthday. i love you jan! so met up with high school barkada, jo and rowie. sometimes i forget they’re all married na! kasi when we’re together parang high school pa din.

then went with erwin to big sky for giselle’s and quark’s birthdays. what a fun night ha! i set up mikey with kissa, fun! may natutunan pala ako na word from kissa, MOMOL. which stands for "make-out-make-out-lang". hahaha. and then anna says, may HOHOL "hang-out-hang-out-lang". ok so i guess i have a lot of hohols, and no momols.

but do i want one?

so i’m still sick, but last night, i forced myself to go to carlo’s opening at art informal. last time i saw his works was 6 years ago. amazing how time flies.

his works have grown up; they still have tons of angst but now it’s not all angst na. he still looks like a 12 year old though so medyo mahirap to marry the face with the works.

so anyway, he got me to teach at art informal. woohoo! more art more fun. it was also nice seeing my former UP teachers there, pam yan and john santos. medyo humbling yung thought to be teaching with my former teachers… parang… wow ang galing.

last night din, yasmin tells me nov 18 ang opening sa future prospects. and wire says, first week of dec ang green papaya show. wooooowwwww. more art more fun na talaga ‘to.  ay wait, nov 11 pala sa lumiere.

you think dadating din ang araw na hindi na ako gagawa ng movies and videos? and puro art na lang? 

ok medyo late na promo to,

buy the october issue of preview, with carmina villaroel on the cover. i’m in that issue, part of the Creative It-List. weird ba or what? but at least i got a great photo, and with erwin’s write up, wow parang ang galing ko lang ha.

so something happened two nights ago, which was a sort of breakthrough for me. kind of twisted, really, but i realized that i have the capacity to move on. that i won’t be stuck in emo hell forever.

sa music 21 pala, na-realize ko may alternative careers ang arkeo people in case ayaw na nila mag-prod work.

Si mario, grabe, rapper ba sya or what!? ang best performance of the night, "bust a move" . bigyan na natin si mario ng rapper name! si joel, pwedeng pang-pinoy idol. i mean, minsan pitchy siya, but with stage presence and good looks, i’m sure he’ll get the votes.

si ike, ok, move over south border. masyado namang smooth ang voice niya. si alma, pwedeng pang-soap opera. kinanta ng very manly alma ang very girl rendition ng "bituing walang ningning". in fairness, ang mga DoP namin ang may pinakamagandang boses.

and of course, jeck, jake, popo, cj– pwedeng-pwede mag-showgirls!

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when i brought lai to the ER, i said, you know i never get sick. but something happened. i think i caught something in the hospital. now i’m really sick. it’s the first time i’ve had to stay home and recuperate. although fun na din yan. last night, took a valium. slept for 12 hours. god, ang sarap lang naman matulog ng walang interruptions. yesterday too, i just left my phone, until it died. now it’s dead. and i’m not recharging. god, masyadong masama na ang lagay ko to even have to deal with the stress of having a cellphone. so to everyone, sorry if you’ve been trying to call or text me. i’ll turn on my phone when i get better.

suddenly, i have no voice.

everything was fine yesterday morning at the shoot. then meetings and costume-shopping galore. then suddenly, pagdating sa Music 21, at the Arkeo wrap for our movie… yan. wala na. I’m at a videoke joint and i can’t sing!

super inggit lang naman ako. pano na ako kakanta ng pussycat dolls? or ng aaliyah? anyway, pinilit din naman nila ako pakantahin, last song of the night, duet with ike. a whole new world. ok, hindi ako mahilig sa kiddie stuff right, but i guess that’s a good song to end the night with.

went to the new Silver Lens Gallery last night. WOW. yan lang ang word for that. and when you enter, it’s like you’re transported into, ayan, a whole new world. the new exhibit by sandra palomar is amazing. you should all check it out, it’s along pasong tamo extension, beside starbucks, on top of autosport.  it’s one of the best galleries here. Congrats to Isa!

even though it feels like the season finale of a tv series, i’m grateful for everything that’s been going on. it’s like before, i was living in this shell of a world, and now that’s broken, i’ve been opening up to the bigger world out there.

thank you to all the people who’ve invited me to beach trips, i will take you up on those offers (hindi ako pakipot!) but not just now. maybe when i’m a bit more fun to be with na.

in any case, i’m so sunburned na, but not from the beach but from shooting. and to think i used sunblock! hello wrinkles na ‘to!

artista namin ngayon si michael v. is he the best or what? as in, eto ha, he drives himself to the shoots. no driver. no yaya. no alalay of some sort. tapos sa shoot, he’s very pro. and he makes everything so much lighter and funnier and the shoots become really easy for all of us. even kagabi, binaha yung location namin,pinasok ng water ang car niya. he didn’t throw a tantrum. he’s very down to earth. and of course, great comedian! great actor. we all love him na. sana lahat ng shoot nandiyan si michael v.

isa pang super down to earth person, si butch jimenez. love ko na siya. very easy to talk to, amiable, and actually quite funny. not at all like some other corporate types.

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been working a lot. and work gets tedious sometimes. right now, my stress tolerance level is quite low. a lot of times i just want to quit. but of course i’m not going to do that. shit happens everyday. it’s how we deal with those things that make us who we are, i think. there’s nothing more i’d love to do than just be irresponsible, and just not care, and just be on self-destructive mode. but what’s the point in doing that. i’d feel better i guess, for ten minutes, and then what?

lately lang i’ve been thinking, i think i’m not cut out to be a PD. yeah after tons of projects. or maybe i’m just depressed kasi. i’ll just do costumes na lang. less stress more fun.

or maybe i’ll just be a haircutter-linguist-scrabble winner. 

i love that there’s so much possibilities in the world right now.

see you all soon!

sabi ni tiger, may phases daw ang break up. denial.anger.depression. etc etc etc.

siguro nasa depression ako ngayon. ayoko lumabas, lalo na kung madaming tao. gusto ko lagi, isa lang kasama ko, tapos ok na kami kahit paulit-ulit lang ako mag-emo.

so nu’ng monday, after dropping off stuff at arkeo, nag-wendy’s kami ni tiger til almost 5 am. and he was just giving me his whole break up speech. by the way, break na din kami tiger in a professional sense. we won’t be working together anymore dahil he gets confused daw with this whole friend/boss set up.

tuesday naman, went with zig to do errands, and chowking of course, and a beer. kahit alam kong may work the next day, go. beer and lots of dimsum. ang advice naman ni zig, just go make out with someone.

then yesterday, i almost broke na… so just stayed with kelvin the whole afternoon, in between buying and borrowing props for the shoot. and he’s really the best, kahit paulit-ulit talaga ako ng kwento, ok lang. and he really tried to explain to me what it’s like. what being quite famous is like. what having gigs every single night is like. i appreciate the explanation. eto ang insight ko diyan:  rockstars, they live in a different world e. iba ang reality nila. and sadly, it doesn’t include having a committed relationship. at least not in our case.

last night naman, while waiting for jake and lena to come home so i can pack the props and stuff for the next day, had a beer with pong. a beer and LOTS of kwek=kwek. as in, death by kwek-kwek. by the fourth kwek=kwek, tinatanggal na ni pong ang yolk. but where’s the fun in that?!

parang i just want to go out and not think. and be selfish first. and just think of myself. and just have a good time.

kanina was just too much work. nagyayaya sina jino to have coffee but no time. nagyayaya naman sina erwin and malek to cut hair (as in they’ll cut my hair!) …. tempting but no time. jino’s advice, get laid. but his last statement, everything’s a gift. hindi ko nakayanan ang very positive statements from the formerly very emo jino!

had time to visit lai. new beautiful hair! speaking of lai, i will be writing a whole blog entry on her… watch out!

hmmmmm

crazy crazy world

will be going to the beach soon… at least there’s something to look forward to

Doing a movie now with arkeofilms, and yes, it’s on FILM! hindi video!woohoo!

some openings:

my friend Kristine Dee is having a jewelry show on oct 20… you guys should check it out. she has the coolest stuff. i’ll post details soon.

silver lens will open formally tomorrow night along pasong tamo extension, it’s at a warehouse beside starbucks. it’s going to be a huuuuge space so i’m excited about the possibilities!

the 13 artists awards show opened kanina, congratulations to my good good friends lyra and lena for winning! ay, winners din sina yasmin and nano. and poks!

went pala to AMP’s 10th year anniv gig last saturday, with AMP’s first president Jools and founding officer MikeCons. hmmm. iba na ang sound ng music ng kids ngayon haha. but it’s all good! na-miss ko naman sina jools and mike, have to hang out soon. they have their own label na, respeto music, so that should be exciting!

ok medyo nonsense ako….

side effect ng recent events, mas appreciative ako of the small things. like kanina, i hitched with tiger, tapos he asked "how’re you going home?" sweet naman di ba? or si jake, asking me "ate cd, are you depressed? hwag mo inumin lahat ng valium sabay-sabay."

may mga weddings akong pupuntahan, si jake na lang isasama ko. fun pa. tapos magfa-fashyon na lang kami! kanina we both tried on carmi martin’s costumes, tapos nag-photo shoot kami sa banyo. may pagka-nylon level!

wait lang, call time 4 am e 1 na…. will make more sense in my next blog!

ok, ano ang meaning ng "tight schedule"

monday night, worked until 3 am. then 5 am loc check in batangas. then 130 pm class in ateneo. then 5 pm meeting in megamall. then a 530 meeting in megamall. then a 730 meeting in emerald, an 830 pm ocular in cubao, then 10 pm meeting in pasig. got home at 12 midnight, had to do an article, and liquidation, and pack costumes, and design a booth.

wanted to do some sudoku puzzles but pagtama ng head ko sa pillow, wala, tulog na agad ako.

and today, it’s the same thing all over again!

fun ba ang life or what!

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kagabi pala, nakasingit pa ng shopping with lyle sa schedule. fun kasama ang guys mag-shop, parang ang cute nila e, when they’re fussing about details like print, fabric and fit.

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i’m back pala sa haircutting business. cut pong’s hair the other night, he has short hair na, he looks like a boy na! pretty soon i’ll have haircut days again.

hope to see you there!