I texted my Dad after thesis topic defense

I had a date with my Dad

Hello, everyone! :-)
Today is a bit different from normal Sundays because all the women in the family
are out of the country - They're all in the States for what I call a "mid-annual shopping trip."

It's been just me and Dad since Saturday, and this afternoon, he asked me if
I wanted to go shopping while the other girls go shopping on the other side of the world.
He said I could pick where we'd go and I could pick where we'd have dinner.
(Nyeheheh my Dad spoils me when Mom is away, I know -
but it isn't often so gotta make the most of it!!!)

A funny fact - My Dad and my Ate told me to start blogging, but they are the two people
who hate having their faces on my blog. Ano ba. :-))

I asked Dad to take my picture while waiting for the car, but we were against the light!

Hi

Look at the shelf! Look at those pretty bags! :-( Guess which one I fell in love with
(I'm going to tell you later, anyway)

Dad was looking for music at AstroVision.
Dad: Meron pa ba kayong Charmaine Clamor?
Lady: Tatanungin ko lang po.
(Lady leaves)
(Lady comes back)
Lady: Sir never po kami nagbenta nun eh!
Dad: Tatlong beses na ako bumibili ng CD niya dito eh
(Lady leaves after Dad tells her nevermind nalang)
Ana: WELCOME TO THE PHILIPPINES!

There aren't a lot of stores in Manila that have sales people who actually know what they sell.
National Bookstore palang sobrang useless na magtanong sa saleslady.
Easier to just look for a certain book yourself. Tsk tsk tsk

On other news, I got new magic tricks today!!!!!!!!!!!

I kind of have a playing card obsession - my collection is getting even bigger
When I get my own place I will have a playing card library lol

Cute tarantula in a box! (Yes it is real)

Cute rattlesnake! (Yes it is real also)

This one wasn't so cute. Maybe if the head was a bit fatter? :-/
He just kind of looks like a sad, sad crocodile.

And this one's just morbid. :-)) This is a bonsai cat stuffed toy.
A while back there was this internet hoax that said that some people
grow their cats in jars so that their bones would grow into the shape of the jar
(Kinda like how people grow bonsai plants) Ahahah basta it's such a sad toy! :-))

Mister Alan-dude and Tita Lani appeared too, by the way!
It was a relief cos I didn't really want to pick where to have dinner. :-))

We ended up at Mangetsu

Not a lot of people yet

Mmmm Coke is always a must if you're about to eat good food

This is the samurai you will pass by before you head up the steps.
I think I would like to name him Ricardo.

Salmon Sashimi and Spicy Tuna

Broccoli with some kind of dipping sauce

Spicy Tuna Temaki

Chicken Karaage (Which, I think, every table orders!)

Manipis na Beef na nakapatong sa Mashed Potato
(Okay I am definitely wrong in naming this dish +
I am not even sure if that really WAS potato under the beef)

They're making chika about old people things that I don't understand.

My favorite kinds of chairs are the ones with a patungan ng paa.
So you get what I mean? :-)) I'm talking about those extra pieces of wood
they attach to chair legs so you can put your feet up :-))

Vanilla ice cream

Bananaque (No need for a fancy name, that's what is is)

After I was done with dessert and they started talking about old things again, I started
mixing the ice cream into the leftover bananas on my plate.

I noticed Dad staring so I look at him and I stop, then he asks,
"What are you doing?" I giggle and say, "Nothing!!!"
And then Mister Alan-dude says, "She's going bananas."

Right before leaving I got this idea to take Mister Alan-dude's photo
at the restaurant's reception area. He gladly did it!

Tas after I thanked him, he said, "Wait! Dapat mukhang nagbibigay ako ng brochure!"

Aaaaaaand this is the bag I picked!
Ugggh it's so nice
THANK YOU DAD!!! :-)

Updates

1. Shot our VID3 commercial last week. This is Moe and Korra

I didn't get photos of that day - so have a photo of the product we were selling that day - Magic Marshmallows! (Okay uhm, they are supposed to be floating marshamllows that you have 

to run after before you get to eat......)

2. My room as of last Saturday. That's Fluffy on my bed.

3. I turned myself into twins again - because I still want a twin

Keep safe, everyone

You guys already know I hate rain. 

I miss the sun. This is getting really annoying,

I wish it would stop raining na

Dear Korra

You're so big na! And your color is way nicer now than it used to be!

(Pomeranians shed off their hair so their real color will grow)

Your toy dog used to be as big as you, o! Now you're way bigger than it is. :-))

April 2012

August 2012


Please grow even bigger because big dogs are adorable

Thesis

I shall disappear for a while

Cinemalaya: The Animals

I love indie movies. I can't remember when I started collecting them,
basta when I was old enough, Ate took me to see some films at Galleria and I loved them.
You guys have probably seen her blogs about those movies two years ago!

Basta I find them so interesting and kakaiba and when you go to Belindle
for college, it will be impossible for you not to hear about Cinemalaya.

I have a lot of friends from the film course at school, and they seem
busiest during Cinemalaya season - last year, you'd see all their tweets
and Facebook posts about the movies and which ones were good,
 and which ones were bad, and you'd see them inviting everyone to watch, etc etc.

I always wanted to experience it, and I finally got the chance to do that this year!
Sayang nga lang, I would have loved to watch more than one film!

The Animals was what I kept on hearing from my friends Jane and Kimpoi
over the summer - they had spent their days shooting and being busy.
They invited me to go to the shoots but it was too far! My other blockmates
were game for it though, I think some of them even got it as their OJT!

Some of them were assistants, and some of them got to be extras!
They turned Pia into a goth girl, and my other friend Nico had
to help a puking drunk girl out of the bathroom :-))

Other than my blockmates, some of my film friends got to be in the movie too!
Erica had a boyfriend who gets hit in the head with a bottle, and Clyde
played a funny girl who kept on getting pissed because she had to pay for things :-))

It was fun seeing all of them in the film! So proud of Jane for this!
And congratulations to Gino Santos too, who directed the film!
I got to meet him a few times and he's super nice :-)

When we got there, Kimpoi instantly turned into a busy bee,
because he was the one who reserved all our tickets for us.
He had to pick up the tickets and give them out, eh
hiwalay-hiwalay kami lahat so naguluhan siya ng onti :-))
(Thank you so much for the tickets, Kimps! Muah muah muah)

We waited for the rest of the blockmates to arrive, and then we got in line.
The first floor was full, so we went up to the third floor.
We waited in line only to find out that even the third floor was full too,
so we had to go up to the fourth! We ended up getting seats that were separated from each other,
but a lady was kind enough to move us to some seats that were next to each other, whew.

(Kasi nga naman, what's fun about watching a movie without people you know next to you, right?)

Again, I would like to thank Mister Kimpoi Lazaro for the tickets!

This is Erica, the girl with the boyfriend who gets hit in the head!
Girlie, I'm so proud of you! Ang shoyatot mo na!
Ang ganda ng legs mo, 'teh!!!

As you can see - I was an albularyo again.
Actually other than being an albularyo, Set was asking me if I'm ghetto now. =))

Hey hey, Ella Mae! Don't worry guys,
I asked her if I could eat her hair before I actually did it.

Oh a wild Chan appeared

Hehe hello guys :-)

Took this after watching the movie, and can I just say?
The only word I can use to describe the movie is traumatizing. =))
And I'm not saying that's a bad thing! I don't know if people
who are older than me will feel the same about the film,
but when you watch it it's just so weird and familiar and nakakakilabot.

Basta I just didn't think it would end that way! Kakastress. =))
Super galing umarte ni Dawn Balagot!

Carlos, Shetbols (I call him Shetbols and he calls me Shetbols but his real name's Luis), and Kimpoi

I don't know why, but I get really excited every time I see Luis. =))
When I saw him we both started jumping everywhere

Luis, I want to see you at Cinemalaya soon, okay?
Isa ka pang awesome eh!

And guess who I found!!! Miss Margarita Buenaventura,
I did not think I would run into you at Cinemalaya at all!
I haven't seen you in the longest! Congratulations again, graduate!!!
(Okay wala lang I'm just really proud of you for graduating, okay?)
And you, Miss Set, you're so tall na! Bakit ka pa nagheels?

I have no idea what Marga was trying to do here,
because if it was to cover her face, she failed

This is probably the best shot of the three of us na!

Basta, good job everyone! I'm so proud of my friends!