Thursday, February 26, 2009

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I have driven the clouds away only for a while. I am again to end the day with that familiar gloom them shrouds my existence.

So it seemed, as it always have, that no matter how I

Pucker up, Puffy Lips

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Don't you think, too, that what Hugh Jackman did in the Oscars was really great?

So, I've been putting off writing for a while now. Reason? It's not like you care so why should I tell you? Hahahaha. Anyway, I am writing now before I continue listening to my Anne Rice audio book and reading my e-book at the same time.

The past few days, weeks and even months have pretty much been just like that scene in Titanic where the ship has already sunk and those who have not been crushed by the ship or sucked down with it are floating helplessly in the middle of the Atlantic. I remember Rose describing it as waiting for salvation that would never come.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Nakakalungkot

Iba ang balak ko sanang i-blog pero nakakalungkot ang nabasa ko. After a year, after rumors.. This is it.

Ang Garduch-sama nights ko, which is Wednesday midnight, ay mapapalitan na ng Kiko nights. Maganda kung sa maganda ang balita na lagi ko na syang [Kiko] mapapanood pero hindi ba mas masaya kung pareho silang andun? Una kasing nabalita na si Doc Ferdz ang aalis until lumabas na itong article na ito na nag-resign na pala si Garduch-sama sa BTBW. Magre-reformat na rin pala ang BTBW, more extreme na daw. Kaya lang paano na? Paano ko na susundan ang karir nya [Garduch]?

Alam ninyo naman na mahal ko si Kiko pero.. Oh, well. Kayo na lang ang magbasa.

As posted from PEP.ph:

Survivor castaway Kiko Rustia replaces Romy Garduce in Born To Be Wild

Nang unang ma-interview ng PEP (Philippine Entrtainment Portal) ang isa sa mga castaway ng Survivor Philippines ng Season 1 na si Kiko Rustia, 32 pa lang ang lahat ng bracelets niya. Nang sumunod na makausap namin siya ay 38 na ang bracelets nito in different colors and made of different materials.

Hindi inaalis ni Kiko ang kanyang mga bracelet kahit naliligo siya. Patunay nito ang maputing bahagi ng kanyang braso na natatakpan ng mga bracelet na dahil sa bigat ay lumaki ang mga braso niya. After his U.S. trip, balak ni Kiko na maglabas ng sariling bracelet line sa tulong ng Tahanang Walang Hagdan. May kausap na raw siya tungkol dito at papangalanan niya ang itatayong bracelet lines na Kiko's Burloloy.

Aalis si Kiko sa February 22, Sunday, para um-attend ng three international food conventions na gagawin sa Las Vegas at San Francisco. Hanggang March 14 siya roon. May kinalaman sa bubuksang 55 Events Place, kung saan kasosyo siya, ang pagdalo ng dating Survivor castaway sa food convention.

"Sometime in March ang target naming opening," banggit ni Kiko sa PEP. "It's a big place with two main function rooms. Puwedeng resto at lahat ng klaseng events, from weddings to birthdays. May catering din kami at yun ang pag-aaralan namin sa convention.

"Graduate ako ng Culinary Arts sa Center for Culinary Arts. Ang kasosyo ko is my best friend, who graduated from California Culinary Arts. Dati nagluluto ako at ang specialty ko ay fusion dahil mahilig akong mag-mix and match. Pero ngayon, hindi ko na magawa," kuwento pa niya.

Industrial partner din si Kiko ng Half Moon Coffee at I Have Two Eggs restos na magka-back-to-back sa Tomas Morato extension.

BORN TO BE WILD. Pero bago umalis papuntang U.S., nag-taping muna si Kiko sa Cagayan Valley ng pilot episode niya sa Born To Be Wild, kung saan magiging regular co-host na siya ni Doc Ferds Recio. Nag-resign na kasi mula sa show ang mountaineer na si Romy Garduce.

Pero bago man maging regular co-host si Kiko ng Born To Be Wild ay nag-guest na si Kiko rito kaya hindi na siya maninibago.

Anong pressure ang dala nang pagiging regular niya sa Born To Be Wild at bilang kapalit ni Romy?

"Malaking pressure dahil si Romy ay may very in-depth knowledge at matagal na siya sa show. Ako, ngayon lang magiging permanent co-host. Hindi ko nga alam kung bakit ako ang napili, hindi sinabi sa akin.ig Suro dahil for my passion for outdoors at adventurous ako. Nakita rin nilang wala akong arte at kung kinailangang lumusong sa putik, ginawa ko."

"Mag-iiba na rin ang format ng Born To Be Wild, magiging extreme siya at matitindi ang gagawin namin. Magiging palaban siya at willing akong gawin ang lahat. Hindi ko sasayangin ang opportunity na ibinigay sa akin ng GMA-7," pangako ni Kiko.

Hindi rin daw tatanggihan ni Kiko kung may acting offer na dumating, pero gusto niya action o kaya ay comedy dahil komikero raw siya.

"Nabalitang kasama raw ako sa Totoy Bato, pero hindi totoo yun. It would have been an honor to work with the likes of Robin Padilla, Manny Pacquiao, and Eddie Garcia. Kapag katrabaho mo si Robin, dapat umayos ka. Great experience sana yun kung totoo," may panghihinayang na sabi ni Kiko.

GOOD EDUCATION. Hindi itinatanggi ni Kiko na may kaya ang kanilang pamilya, pero lahat daw ng meron sila ay pinagtrabahuan ng kanyang mga magulang. Naghirap daw ang parents niya to send them to good schools. Gaya ni Kiko na graduate sa La Salle, sa College of St. Benilde naman graduate ang brother niya; samantalang ang dalawang kapatid niyang babae ay sa University of Asia & the Pacific pumapasok; at ang youngest nila ay sa Poveda.

"My family believes in investing in good education, kaya sa magagandang eskuwelahan kami ipinasok. Nakikita ko kung paano nagsisikap ang parents ko, kaya now than I'm earning, tumutulong ako sa family expenses. My dream is to treat my family abroad," wika ni Kiko.

Hahabol pa si Kiko sa ibang audition dates ng Season 2 ng Survivor Philippines. Sasama raw siya sa audition para tumulong sa paghahanap ng castaway na babagay sa reality show at may kasing-tinding impact gaya ng mga naunang casaways na makakaganda sa reality show.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Spotted: LS Fest Day 1




February 11, 2009
De La Salle University -Dasmariñas

Opening Day of the Lasallian Festival, Day for the Attempt to Create a World Record for the Biggest Human Lasallian Star, Hangout with friends, took pictures of almost everyone I know that I bumped into that day and just have fun.

History was made




And I can proudly say I was part of it.

I believe we succeeded on getting the Guinness World Record for the Biggest Human Lasallian Star with 15,000 Lasallians. I think they were only expecting 10,000 participants but it exceeded all expectation. Together, nothing is impossible and this is one historic, momentous event that proves it. The support and participation was overwhelming, I almost cried during the singing of the Alma Mater Hymn. I am glad I was there and I will be there whenever my school needs me. I love DLSU-D!

ANIMO LA SALLE!!!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Find me

0348 07-Feb-09

Sleepless here in my side of the world. Lost in thought and in everything else. Restless. No lullaby can hush up the voices screaming inside my head. I am to yet again find myself in that place inside my mind where I end up whenever the world isn't kind enough to take me in. Less lonely, less sad and a lot less hopeful that I may ever escape from my psychological lock down.

My dreams are getting weirder and weirder every morning that I wake up from it. They kept taking me back to places in time than I suppose I have unfinished businesses. They seem to tell secret message about the present that, maybe, I have to heed for it is, as they say, the key to the subconscious, but dreams, for most of us, are images, visions, memories that fade when you open your eyes. You remember dreaming not remembering what you dreamt about.

I'm nowhere near achieving even a fourth of my plans and dream. Yay for me. I am feeling low again. I'm depressed, upset, disappointed, frustrated, furious.. I am losing ground. I need to throw every last negativity inside me so I can get back on my feet again. But, let me see.. No who to blame.. Is it the people who never kept their promises? Is it the people who never gave me a chance? Is the people who never believed in me? Is it the people always tried to pull me down? Is it me because I let all these people drag me to my knees, beat me up and have me crawling back to my secret hideout to lick my own wounds and take my time healing so I can let them do the same thing over again? Well, I don't know anymore but I do know that they've won. I was never immune to any kind of pain that the world inflicts on me. There are times that I say I've gone numb but it still find a way to crack my protective shell on the outside little by little. Until it completely drills a whole then the water comes in to cut me short of breath and eventually drown me and the darkness can no longer protect me from cruel sunlight.

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That's just about it for today. This is where I cut the post. I just had to write to write something. I could go on and write some more but... Forget it. I'm sleepy. XP

Good morning, everyone!

Well you go through life
So sure of where you're heading,
And you wind up lost
And it's the best thing that could've happen.
Cause sometimes when you lose your way
It's really just as well.
Cause you find yourself
Thats when you find yourself.


Mae on the mic




It's my favorite cousin Mae belting it out with Jaya's hit song Dahil Tanging Ikaw.

Videoke time: Immortality




Incomplete XP

Videoke time: Paglisan




One of the few songs I did when I went to the mall with my cousin to do videoke when I went to Lucena November 1 last year.