Monday, May 29, 2006

on leave

I came last Sunday and just currently wreaking havoc in my extended fam's crib. I'll be bloggin' when I get back. See you all in a few days...

Thursday, May 25, 2006

boredom gets you

I badly need a vacation, I'm sore, sick, rotten staying in this house. I need to stay away for a while. Luckily, we're leaving this Saturday. I have no money for vacation but I'm still going. Actually, I used to have some money but being bored silly and taste fatigued, I kinda spent the money I saved during summer classes on fastfood. You can't blame me for having oral fixation. My case is not the talkative, blabbering kind just the gotta-chew-as often-as-possible. Oh, well...



My feet has badly needs something too. Foot spa! It's been years since I had my first ever foot spa care of my cousin, and now... My sole is so thick, it literally SUMASABITs. Like one time, I had to stand on a rough surface, my skin peeled off. Baloney!



Trouble stirring just around the corner, I can feel it. Hahaha... This is gonna be fun.



Can't wait to go back to school!

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Tugma sa Laya

Start:     May 31, '06 7:00p
Location:     Mag:Net Katipunan
pls do come and support Tugma sa Laya for the
benefit of 5 peasant workers falsely accused as
communist rebels and behind destabilization plot
against the government.

Tugma sa Laya II
gaganapin sa Bahandi, J. Nakpil st.,
Malate, Manila.

sa pagtutulungan ng ST-Exposure, ARREST
GLORIA at KM64

Mga kaibigan,

Magandang araw sa inyong lahat! Sana'y nasa
mabuting kalagayan tayong lahat kahit na
kasindalang ng tubig sa disyerto sa ngayon ang
mabubuting pangyayari sa ating bansa.

Noong Abril 28, isang makata -- si Axel Alejandro
Pinpin, 1999 fellow ng UP Creative Writing Center
at may-akda ng isang koleksiyon, ang “Tugmaang
Walang Tugma” -- ay dinukot ng mga elemento ng
Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of
the Philippines (AFP) sa Tagaytay City, kasama ng
apat na iba pa. Pinararatangan silang
mga "rebeldeng komunista" at kasangkot sa isang
planong "destabilisasyon."

Si Pinpin, konsultant ng Kalipunan ng mga
Magsasaka sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka) at ang
kanyang mga kasamahan -- si Riel Custodio,
kasapi rin ng Kamagsasaka-Ka; at sina Aristedes
Sarmiento, Enrico YbaƱez at Michael Masayes ay
papunta noon sa Maynila upang lumahok sa
demonstrasyon ng Mayo 1. Ngunit bandang hapon
niyon ay hindi na nila sinasagot ang mga mensahe
at tawag sa kanila, at doon lumitaw ang hinalang
sila'y dinukot at nawawala.

Hapon na ng Mayo 1 nang sila'y iharap ng PNP sa
midya sa isang press conference -- mahigit sa 48
oras mula nang sila'y "dakpin" -- at noon na lamang
nalaman ng kanilang mga kasamahan at kamag-
anak ang nangyari sa kanila.

Nang sila'y iharap sa midya, kapansin-pansing may
benda ang paa ni Custodio, paika-ika si Sarmiento,
at mukhang galing sa isang atake ng hika si Pinpin.
Mga palatandaan itong pinahirapan sila ng mga
humahawak sa kanila.

Sila ngayo'y kumpirmadong nakapiit sa Camp
Vicente Lim sa Canlubang, Laguna.
Magpahanggang sa mga oras na ito'y nahihirapan
sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa kanila ang mga
kasamahan at kamag-anak nila.

Kung may kasalanan man sina Pinpin upang sila'y
ganoonin, iyon ay walang iba kundi ang kanilang
pagiging kasapi ng isang ligal na progresibong
organisasyon. Hindi iilang batayang karapatang
sibil ang nilalabag sa ganitong pangyayari.

Kaugnay nito, ang Southern Tagalog Exposure, sa
pakikipagtulungan sa Artists for the Removal of
Gloria (ARREST Gloria), ay magsasagawa ng
isang poetry at music night sa Mayo 31, 7-10 p.m.,
sa Mag:Net Katipunan.

Gayundin, ang KM64 sa pakikipagtulungan sa
Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria),
ay maglulunsad ng kaparehong aktibidad na may
pamagat na “Tugma sa Laya II”. Ito naman ay
gaganapin sa Bahandi, J. Nakpil st., Malate, Manila.

Hangad ng aktibidad na ito ang makalikom ng salapi
para sa limang bilanggo, para sa kanilang mga
pangangailangan mula sa usaping ligal hanggang
medikal na gastusin, pagkain at iba pa. Kaya
naman kami'y nagbebenta ng mga sponsor ticket
na nagkakahalaga ng P120 bawat isa.

Sana'y makaisa namin kayo sa gabing ito.

Para sa bayan,

King Catoy

Miyembro, Southern Tagalog Exposure at ARREST
GLORIA!


Saturday, May 20, 2006

why now?

At naintriga si Boris, sino daw ang dream boy ko? Hehehe...



It may be a bourgeois idealism, but without money I am immobile. I can't blame myself for being born a middle class citizen but I definitely won't let myself die a middle class. I plan to live a higher level of life. It may take some time, even years, but I'll be working on it. I'm too ambitious, self-righteous, self-efficient and plain selfish to stay where I am. And I do get tired of things easily and I crave for constant change, badly. Love moves in mysterious way? Yeah right, but so does money. In short, wala akong pera. Heck! This reminds me of the days before I had the money to buy my BSB concert tickets. The need isn't actually that bad but I'm just a bit stressing about how I can't have the things I want when I want it or as soon as I can. Heck talaga!



Perhaps they think I'm being autistic but I just don't wanna grow up and grow old. I'm nto intellectually impaired, just so attached with my inner child and makes me feel so left out. My cousins for example, even the younger ones are busy about grown up things. This child needs children for playmates and not young fashion zombies obsessed with meeting people, getting a lovelife. Seems like, the things they care for do not bother me a wee bit. Must be that our real life situations are very different but why the drift?



I won't be getting earrings this time of the year but I'd still be pushing through with the henna tattooing. If I get to Lucena on time, I'll be having it with Boris. I'm not really sure when the fiesta is and some issues will cause some probable delay that I do not actually need because I'm in it for vacation and I don't think I can use any of it. The one of my reasons I want to go there is to see someone I won't be seeing for a long time or maybe ever again. I just wanna say goodbye, though we'd still be texting but I don't think, with the way my life is going, that I'll be going that road anytime soon after today. Bahala na!




I did this survey from BlogThings.com out of boredom and I think the results are kind of cool.


Your Linguistic Profile::
50% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern





BJ and Tyler won Amazing Race 9. Romy Garduce and the 1st Philippine Everest Team made it to the summit and is going down now. I wanted to join DLSU-D's Mountaineering Society when I was still a freshman, and even now but I don't have equipments and I'm too lazy, but it's on my to-do list that I want to accomplish before I die. Jewel in the Palace is in its last 3 weeks. No movies for me, for now. The movies I'll be missing will be added to my collection when they get released on video and I go o shop for VCD but that won't be anytime soon, and I know that. Shark tale premieres in HBO this May 28 but I'm afraid I won't be seeing it 'cause I expect to already be in Lucena by that time. I'm building this theory that some of the people I know, whose names will not be mentioned in this post due to insignificance, are simply LIARS. Hahaha... It's not confirmed yet but through patient observation and constant paranoia, I therefore conclude that they are. Hahaha, again.







@Boris : Di ko yun dream boy. Nagpapaka-obsessed lang ako sa cuteness nya kasi ang tagal naming di nakita. Bassist namin yun dati. Nga pala, see you sa fiesta! Kelan ba makukuha ang yearbook? Yung Philippine Idol eh franchise ng American Idol na isa sa magagandang paraan para ilagay ang sarili sa kahihiyan. Sana walang makakilala sa 'kin pag punta ko ng SM, pero enjoy, susubok pa ko ulit hanggang di pa ako 28! Hehehe...


@Renan : Bakit mo naman naisipang lumipat sa I.ph, anong meron?



I can't believe I'll be wearing plus size from now on. It isn't actually that big 'cause it's Filipino size and the standard is only that of CD Jeans but 2XL is still plus size. And because I have to get a new pair of uniform to fit me for this school year and the budget's a bit short, I won't be buying a new bag. I'm blaming the same people for all these. They are so far away but their problem is affecting my way of living. They do not understand that I live for backpacks, I love 'em, I gotta have 'em and I'm so looking forward to buying a knapsack. I hate how money and my relatives have to ruin my plans, my obsession, my happiness. This feels exactly just like last Christmas. I'm not asking for too much, just a good house for my school supplies that feels like one obedient monkey hanging on my back. I sound pathetic but this means so much to me and nobody cares. Ha-ha from me, for me... *sigh*



I can accept how things don't always go my way but it doesn't really have to happen this often and why on the simplest of things that I want. BUWISET!

Thursday, May 18, 2006

miss

I haven't seen him almost 2 years and now I'm obsessing. I saved all of the picture of him that I got from his Friendster and from ex-girlfriend's on my pc. What can I do, he's so dreamy, cute's and he's singkit. I have more reason now to go to SM more often which reminds me... I'll be going there to buy my stuff for this school year, too bad lang he stopped schooling na definitely because of that witch he used to love. Heck! Okay lang, tropa naman kami and I can never be more delighted by just staring at him. Ewan, but he's so lovable when I saw him yesterday, ang sarap nyang titigan. I don't intend to go beyong boundaries anyway. I learned to adopt to how the love cycle by just satisfying my eyes with eyecandies, I don't wish to really keep them for myself except for Cogie pero there's nothing wrong with dreaming on 'di ba, malay mo, malay ko, sinong may malay? Hahaha... Buti na lang talaga things didn't go as planned. I was supposed to lead my cousins in a mall pilgrimage but luckily I didn't... Long story, basta!



Bryan's coming home this August and told me to come since I was the only one who didn't come last year. Well, nobody told me but it's my fault 'cause I let someone steal my phone. I'm definitely coming. The band broke up because I got tired, I quitted and... Basta! I'm sure that was one of the reasons. No idea but I miss them more than I miss my other band. Maybe because I still see those from my other band in school but still... I prefer the music I make with ViS than ES, I think I established tighter bonds with ViS [esp. Bryan 'cause we share an almost same level of frame of mind though he can be a little twisted] than with ES though I've known them longer. I quitted ViS because got tired of having to go to Dasmarinas every weekend and even after school to practice, my time with them are the darkest days of my college life because I was failing my Math and ComProg, I was having problems with my personal life while I quitted ES because I had to do most of the work that has anything to do with requirements, I was getting tired of the band in general, I got tired of having to wait, I felt like becoming the underdog [which I didn't really feel with ViS]. Don't get me wrong 'cause I enjoy the company of all the people from both bands but they're still different. I can't help but compare 'cause I miss ViS so much. We only had one gig but they're still the best band I ever had and will ever have. This is the 2nd time I quitted ES but this time it's for real. I tend to loathe poeple when they get too close or when I see them more often than I wish to. Sorry, I'm just a female human species trying t express how I feel. Closeness can be the greatest allergen that'll ever hit me. I'm so sorry... As much as I wanted to write more of the comparisons and differences, it just woldn't be fair. I can be a little bias but I love them all! Mwah!



I feel good. Nothing in the world worries me and it had been this way ever since summer classes ended. My spirits are high. I have learned to accept facts and theories that I would usually brood on. I'm not getting any younger and it's about time to grow up. Things just aren't the way they are when I last saw them and all I can do is look on and look up and hope for the best. I don't wanna and just can't say goodbye but I'd definitely love to see everything I used to love and own somewhere down the path where I left them when I get to set foot on the same road again. I hear loudly what my heart cries out for but I know I have to fight against it. It can and surely will wait if they know they are for me. There are just so much that I want today that I will not let myself miss out on them and with that some things will have to be put aside even if they have the same value to me than those I chose to take first.



Seeing yesterday's PI Fast Track Auditions, I'd say RnB has become the standard of singing like an Idol. Darn it! I don't like RnB that much, and if I knew earlier, I would have tried a song of that same genre and could've had a better chance btu anyway it's just a short cut audition, the main audition is still on June 3 and this is only the first Philippine Idol and I can still try until I'm 28. It's more prestigious than Pinoy Pop Superstar but auditioning for PPS is more difficult, not sure if I'd want to try it again [but I still can 'cause I'm not yet 22].



Finally, I uploaded something on my Deviant Art!

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

ang baho ko!

Today's heck of rad! It felt better than those I had before. I finally absorbed the fact that I'm not the only one making a laughingstock of myself. I forgot to record my ground-breaking performance. hahaha! I didn't make it, so i'll be trying it again somewhere else. Atleast I can SOMEHOW handle my fear now.



I ran into Kong at SM today. He's looking good as ever. He first saw me on the escalator, then I saw him at the foodcourt then I had my cousins to come back up to the second floor to see him. He works there in a stand that sells instrument. We had a little chat and I found out that he and that wicked girl whose name starts with a B aren't together anymore. He has this good aura. He keeps hanging that tag I got from the audition and talking about me to his friend which is good. I've never seen him like that when they were still togetehr or atlest no one stops him now. I used my cousin's junkfood as props. Also I got his number and I'll be texting him when he texts me, and I hope he didn't smell me because I'm afraid my deo wore off due to excessive sweating and I'm afraid a stunk silly. Heck!



Naipit ang daliri ko sa pinto, God forbid that it kills my nail. Whaaaaah! I have a friend with dead thumbnail of the same hand... Wag naman!



They are definitely showing that on tv. Oh, no... THE SHAME!!! But anyway, my friend is planning to try out to... just to trip but guess what? NAUNAHAN KITA! It's impromptu audtioning. Hahaha! I just heard it last night on the radio and went to gather the requirements.



Aras won sole Survivor! Wala lang!



Sobrang gutom ko, sobrang baho ko... Ahoyyy! At wala pa akong tulog!

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Pirates of the Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest

Start:     Jul 7, '06
Location:     Theatres near you!
Opening day! I'm going to see this one for my birthday... Weewhooo!

Zhang Ziyi, Creative Asian Beauty

Start:     May 22, '06
Location:     National Geographics Channel
IDOL!!!

Birthday ni Honeybee...

Start:     May 20, '06
Location:     sa kinaroroonan nya... wherever!
wala lang...

High School Musical, Philippine TV Premiere

Start:     Jun 25, '06 7:30p
Location:     Disney Channel
I'd definitely that Zach guy, he's really cuh-yuuuuuut!

rainy days

It's still raining...



The Brenda psychic thingy is fake... so what?



My school is sooo telegenic. Haha... Saw it on tv again. That's why I saw that ABS-CBN OB Van infront of the ERH building last week. Like my friend said, it's Anne Curtis and Zanjoe Marudo [stars that ought to be called mga bituing walang ningning, can't really blame them if their stars don't really shine and I just don't like Anne Curtis!]. Man, they love my school but they don't like my schoolmates. For what reason? I don't really know.



I haven't written anything for quite a while, that's because tere isn't much that's happening in my life since summer classes closed. I tried to paint last night but didn't have enough inspiration. There is an output but still lacks sense. Wait, does art need to have sense? Not sure. It just so... inexplicit... vague... plain... lame. Aw!



I'm missing BSBFCP's 2nd Fancon for the same reason as the last one's... I don't know how to go there. But I will join them someday. Someday...



I still haven't left for Lucena and I'm not so psyched about it. Yeah, I'm sick of home and I want to get away but there just isn't so much to look forward to getting there, except maybe for the yearbook that should've already been done with for three years now. I hope I can already get it when I go there. I'm definitely writing about my visit to Lucena and I hope things will be good 'cause my instinct and the things I've been hearing is telling me something... different than what I expect things to be.



Heidi from HF texted me and told me my work was chosen to be in this year's issue of Palad but I'm just not sure which one because don't remember passing anything for Heraldo Filipino. I did make a poem for USC's contest, a poem for HF's writing workshop and a painting for the HF's art workshop. Which one is it? AW! I'll know when I see it. Heck! The suspense is killing me!



It's raining but rain or shine the mosquito feeding frenzy on me doesn't change. I wish I can get rid of those pesky mosquitoes. I hate 'em all but without them, there will be no balance. They kill the weak and they help in preventing overpopulation. Let's just hope I won't be one of the casualties.



Things change and might as well be prepared for... Whatever! I keep on thinking about things but things just won't think of me...



I'm just plain paranoid.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

walking in the rain

Last night is like the first time in two months that it rained. I usually woke up in sweat but last night was good. I love the rain. It brings so much memories, mostly or all are happy, if I remember it right. Not that I want to live those days again, it just feels good to look back. I love walking in the rain, coming home from school dripping wet because I don't like bringing an umbrella, running around with friends... Awww! The days... In a few weeks, I'll be needing my blanket once again which will take until the -ber days are over and then BIRTHDAY KO NA ULIT!



Is it just me or time is running fast?


walking in the rain

Last night is like the first time in two months that it rained. I usually woke up in sweat but last night was good. I love the rain. It brings so much memories, mostly or all are happy, if I remember it right. Not that I want to live those days again, it just feels good to look back. I love walking in the rain, coming home from school dripping wet because I don't like bringing an umbrella, running around with friends... Awww! The days... In a few weeks, I'll be needing my blanket once again which will take until the -ber days are over and then BIRTHDAY KO NA ULIT!



Is it just me or time is running fast?


ART OF THY WOMB

Start:     May 30, '06 8:00p
End:     Jun 30, '06
Location:     ABSINTH 3rd flr Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati City
RICHARD JOHN TUASON
presents

ART OF THY WOMB
a tribute for all the WOMEN
(a painting exhibit)

Opening: May 30 - June 20, 2006
ABSINTH
3rd flr Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center, Makati City
8pm - 11pm

music by:
ELEMENTO, LAKBAY LAHI, UGONG,
INCONNU ICTU AND LIQUID GINGER

school's out

Just when I'm feeling the "blog rush", electricity zaps out. I would understand if it has taken a few hours but it only took a few seconds and it's back. I had a nice intro about school, SCHOOL'S OFFICIALLY OUT! Ahh.. Nevermind!



Flab is fab... NOT! But really, I learned to accept how I look and feel good about it. I know how to get rid of it but until I earn my own money to support my ventures of vanity, it'll have to wait.



Kamusta na kaya ang highschool yearbook namin? Sana makuha na this May kasi three years na dapat tapos yun. I'm so not guilty of not having helped doing it kasi they should've asked even before the graduation eh di sana it would never have taken that long. Ang dami kasi talagang "magagaling" na... Ewan! Basta!



I had the weirdest dream, not sure if it was last night or the other night, about me being with Dennis Trillo. Heck! I was sitting beside him in a bus for a field trip, then we were talking, then I had my camera phone and we took a picture of us together and somebody else appeared on the picture. There were 2 celebrities inside the bus with us and some models. Next, we were in an auditorium and I was talking to someone and... I forgot what happened next and then I woke up. Weird! I don't remember fantasizing on Dennis Trillo, plus, his chest is hairy! EW! My dreams these past few weeks are really weird because [like I've said in my other posts] they don't make clear sense and they involve the most unexpected people, and they happen at any time of the day. I dream when I take my afternoon nap and my night's sleep or whenever I'm alseep. Weird, weird!



I'm finally taking a vacation in less than two weeks but I have to get the enrolment thingy done. Vacation, finally! Not that I suddenly acquired the love for travelling but these are the days that you just get sick of home and want to go somewhere else. Rotting days are over...



Gerald Santos won PPS! Mabuhay! Though I'd still go for Harry. New kid in the Big Brother House, Brenda. She's psychic and I love her! I love people with strange queerness! I wish I have that kind of powers too...



Okay na ulit kami ng friend ko! Nagparamdam na sya finally! Ahaha! Siguro I'm just overreacting and over manifesting paranoia. Pasensya na, tao lang.



I've been thinking and I tried to think of the last time I really thought of anything that made real sense. When was the last time I wrote something educational, inspirational and I realized that's been a while but actually, I don't care. I just wanna say that. Hahaha! I think using my skills in blogging is good enough and I won't need those skills until I'm actually working or I need it to compete so.. why bother? Hahaha!



Levy time! I am finally getting all the Levy time [read: time for myself] that I need to indulge with my first love, the arts. I love my works! I'm posting them in my Deviant Art page as soon as I have them scanned which will have to wait till June 'cause my priority right now is my vacation. Hahaha! I will be continuing the BCS 31 The Animation that I started last summer. I won't be letting those creatures without any bit of pakisama stop me now. They'll all be slack-jawed, speechless when I'm done. Grrr! I'm painting my pastels on the walls of my room again. Hahaha! I love it! I love it!



I hate poseurs! It's such a shame that they're my cousins. No, I don't hate them I just don't like being close to people with so much pretense. Yeah, it's a girl thing to be vain but you don't have to be babbling about how the guys dig you when it's hardly believable since I've known you since we were kids and lived in in your house for a few years. Oh, come on! One of them, she thinks she's so pretty when in reality, she looks like a gay-sha [geisha, hahaha!] She's over-MAXIPEELED! Imagine this: she's morena from the neck down to her toes and her face is icky white ~so thin like no more skin can be shed from her face to create house dust and her zits and zitmarks are dark because of that. SHe's planning to take glutathione to "tone equally" but seems impossible since I don't think glutathione can affect her genetics and she's been dissing on my other cousin which is only natural because she's been doing that ever since she can speak. And she's, or they've, been using Dawn's beach picture. Heck! I like Dawn not only because she's Red Sunday's friend but because she's really nice, and I don't think anybody will like somebody else using their pictures. She's even trying to be a make up expert and make fun of my other cousin's make-up. Heck with that! We used to be close but she's been corrupted and I condemn not her but her corruptedness and her corruptors. Evil creatures! She/They need serious reality check, personality development [I need this one too], and... BE TRUE TO THEMSELVES, ACCEPT THEIR FLAWS AND LIVE WITH IT!



I got so much more to say but I have to sleep now...



Zzzzz...

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

KAAKUHAN-KALAYAAN

A CALL FOR ARTISTS, VOLUNTEERS, BAZAAR-PEOPLE, AND ENTRIES


CAVITE YOUNG WRITER’S ASSOCIATION PRESENTS:
KAAKUHAN-KALAYAAN  
  Kaakuhan-Kalayaan is an exhibit-theatre-play-poetry
performance-bazaar-carnival fair presentation of the
Cavite Young Writer’s Association
in cooperation with other artist groups of Cavite. It
will be held on
June 12, our national day of independence, something
that Cavitenos can
be doubly proud of, because the first Independence Day
was celebrated
right here in Cavite. As such, it is a celebration of
the independent
status of artists and of the self as represented in
the arts, and of the
self as part of the nation.
  
  If the theme sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a
spin-off from
Alejandro Garcia Abadilla’s Ang Ako, which is only
fitting since this is his
hundreth year celebration. Abadilla’s representations
of an egocentric
self, Ako ang daigdig, is taken to another level as
CYWA (and others)
digs deep into the self to come up with glimpses, bold
glances, stolen
shots, paintings, dances, music, what-have you of the
self in the
carnival of the universe.
  
  A carnival with flashing lights, rides, poetry
readings, bands and
great music, exhibits, plays, all going all at once,
no holds barred, the
idea for this year’s art event in Cavite. Of the
carnival itself, of
the self in the carnival, of the carnival of the
universe, and of the
carnival-like universe, seen at different angles, and
conflicting
paradigms and shifts, CYWA aims to bring out cultures,
sub-cultures, and
counter-cultures of Cavite by involving artists,
fair-goers, students, the
local government, and just ordinary people who came
for a show.
Definitely, this is one show, they won’t soon forget.
  
  Using the perya as a format and take-off for the
ako, the event is
deliberately multi-layered to represent, uncover, and
add more layers to
the ako, the centerpiece of the event. Thus, the
following are
necessary parts of the celebration:
  
  I. Exhibit- one tent crammed wall to ceiling with
artist’s
representations of their own ako, their kaakuhan,
their daigdig. The artworks
will be pasted/ installed side by side, thus the whole
exhibit is also one
big installation of the ako. When viewers enter the
tent, they will be
treated to the daigdig of the ako, as the whole
installation/exhibit
will seem to engulf them in its seamlessness. Their
will also be film
installations all around the project site.
  
  II. Theatre- the tula-dula, or street theatre will
be highlighted in
this celebration. Taking one of Abadilla’s plays and
adding a modern
twist to it, the play is then made accessible to
ordinary people. Shown
in the open, the tula-dula will call people to watch,
take part, and
engage in their own ruminations of Abadilla’s and
their own ako.
  
  III. Performance Poetry- as poetry is one of the
more personal forms
of art, the performance of it will speak of the ako of
the poet, and
also how s/he deals with his/her daigdig. This is
synthesized by the
poetry chapbook that CYWA will be releasing at the
event.
  
  IV. Dance- using the body as canvas, the dancers
will elucidate in
mimes, gestures, and dance their own ako, and the
daigdig of their ako.
The fitting backdrop for this dance festival is
experimental music from
emerging artists. 
  
  V. Music- an open-air concert of bands coming from
Cavite. Their
presence would be a sure crowd-pleaser and the music
that they play, part
and parcel of the general atmosphere of the perya. The
thought that
travels in sound is also that which powers the ako.
  
  VI. Bazaars- anything and everything will be put up
for sale,
auctioned, and inspected to within an inch of their
lives. In this marketplace
of clothes, food, music, art, and ideas, people come
to buy what they
need for themselves and their souls.
  
  What we need:
  
  I.                    Artists/ artist groups for the
exhibit,
theatre, poetry performance, dance and band shows and
video installations. We
are especially looking for Cavite artists.
  II.                 Volunteers who will help in the
preparation and
actual project.
  III.               Bazaar people/ franchisers who
will sell their
wares during the perya.
  
  If you or your group is interested, please register
by contacting
Ronald Verzo (Acting Project Coordinator) at
09179417365, or Ayn dela Cruz
(Acting Secretary General) at 09209517707. You can
also e-mail
cavyoung@yahoogroups.com, or
sanghiyang@yahoogroups.com. We hope that
you can join us in this effort to celebrate our
independence, (in more
ways than one), and also to turn art into a community
initiative.      
  
  
  A CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE KAAKUHAN-KALAYAAN
FOLIO.
  
  Kaakuhan-Kalayaan is an exhibit-theatre-play-poetry
performance-bazaar-carnival fair presentation of the
Cavite Young Writer’s Association
in cooperation with other artist groups of Cavite. It
will be held on
June 12, our national day of independence, something
that Cavitenos can
be doubly proud of, because the first Independence Day
was celebrated
right here in Cavite. As such, it is a celebration of
the independent
status of artists and of the self as represented in
the arts, and of the
self as part of the nation.
  
  If the theme sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a
spin-off from
Alejandro Garcia Abadilla’s Ang Ako, which is only
fitting since this is his
hundreth year celebration. Abadilla’s representations
of an egocentric
self, Ako ang daigdig, is taken to another level as
CYWA (and others)
digs deep into the self to come up with glimpses, bold
glances, stolen
shots, paintings, dances, music, what-have you of the
self in the
carnival of the universe.
  
  A carnival with flashing lights, rides, poetry
readings, bands and
great music, exhibits, plays, all going all at once,
no holds barred, the
idea for this year’s art event in Cavite. Of the
carnival itself, of
the self in the carnival, of the carnival of the
universe, and of the
carnival-like universe, seen at different angles, and
conflicting
paradigms and shifts, CYWA aims to bring out cultures,
sub-cultures, and
counter-cultures of Cavite by involving artists,
fair-goers, students, the
local government, and just ordinary people who came
for a show.
Definitely, this is one show, they won’t soon forget.
  
  Using the perya as a format and take-off for the
ako, the event is
deliberately multi-layered to represent, uncover, and
add more layers to
the ako, the centerpiece of the event.
  
              Thus, we are calling for works (poetry,
short story,
creative non-fiction, one-act play, art) in English
and Filipino that will
tackle the self, the independence of the self, the
self as part of the
nation, the self as an artist, the self as an ordinary
person, the self
as more than self, and as less than self. It will try
to uncover the
multiplicity of images that one and many sees of the
self, or the
blindness that occurs in the self.
  
              The folio will be distributed during the
event. The
artists who will be selected for the folio are
enjoined to perform their
pieces or excerpts of it during the event. Submit all
works to
cavyoung@yahoogroups.com or
sanghiyang@yahoogroups.com. Please include
contact information, and a one-paragraph write-up
about the author. For
questions, comments, etc. please contact Ayn dela Cruz
at 09209517707
or Ronald Verzo at 09179417365.

EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC NIGHT

Start:     May 15, '06 9:00p
Location:     FAB BAR Adriatico Malate Manila
invite your friends and pls spread the words!
SUPPORT UNDERGROUND ARTISTS!!!

3rd group painting exhibit

Start:     May 18, '06 7:00p
Location:     BOOM CITY ktv bar & restaurant Maria Claris Bldg. P. Burgos Ave. Cavite City
OPENING-thursday) thru JUNE 15

POETRY READING/MUSIC/PERFORMANCE ART/DRUM CIRCLE


2nd group painting exhibit of siningdikato

Start:     May 12, '06 7:00p
Location:     FRONTERA Grill & Restaurant 324 P. Burgoz Ave. Caridad Cavite City
(OPENING-friday) thru JUNE 9, 2006

POETRY READING/MUSIC/PERFORMANCE ART/DRUM CIRCLE

Sunday, May 7, 2006

news flash

Nagshu-shooting na naman ang ABS-CBN sa DLSU-D. There were rumors that they've banned students from our school to work any kind of work in their network, but they keep coming back. I think it's the third time that they came back to shoot their can-be-ASSUMED topraters. I'm not sure yet who the stars are since I've only seen the OB Vans but I'm peeping tomorrow to check it out. I hope it's not Bea and John Lloyd again and I hope the rumors aren't true because... Ewan. I just hope it isn't.

no worries

I feel better now. finally, he texted. All's good... for now. Thinsg can't stay forever like this. Change is inevitable but until things actually change, there's nothing much to be worried about.



My friend told me not to watch PBB 'cause they're just exploiting the kids but I believe the kids are exploiting them too. They need the exposure and the money that's why they're there. So all's fair.



I wanna shout out loud: MALAPIT NANG MAGBAKASYON! YEEEEEHAAAAAH! If everbody in my Stat class will bring their Final Permit, we will already be having our Final Exams on Friday and then...



*drum rolls* SCHOOL'S OUT!



Just when I'm starting to like the Fred-Nina love story, Nina went out. Well, it's better that she was the first one to go out instead of Olyn. Finally din, Aldred started making tv appearances! I love! Jamilla looked good wearing that Krystala costume which, by the way, looks a lot better than when Juday played the role. Haha! This time, I want Clare and Joaqui out! Out you go, yo! I wanted to live chat with the former housemates but the site's server is busy, Aldred ko! A new housemates is going in tonight, and she's a SHE, hahaha... Bad news is: they rescheduled PBBTE on the same time as Love of the Condor Heroes and now I have to chaneg channel every gap so I can watch both. Hurrr!



Except for that Hypothesis Testing that I cannot get hang of, nothing much is worrying me. Life is more than just, and I love it.



Is Cogie coming back anytime soon? Not sure. I read that he's planning to go back to school, and currently busy with his modelling [thank you for that info, I love!] but I want to see him on tv 'cause it'd be wishful thinking to see him in person.



BSB won BEst Pop Act in MTV Asia Awards, Yehehey!



And the 2nd Pinoy Pop Superstar is... Bukas na lang, I'm still going to watch it.

Friday, May 5, 2006

grieve





Today's horoscope is distressingly relieving. I'm such an astrological freak. The odds of having a horoscope to happen are usually coincidental but... Well, uh, it happens. Anyway, it feels good to hurt inside knowing you can feel, but hurts at the same time knowing not what happens next.




Time has a way and time is all I got.

If my heart should shatter watching you,

That'd be one last thing I have to prove





There has been a change of plans, I'm saving the hair dying for my birthday. This summer, I'm getting a henna tattoo and earrings. The makeover's gotta wait till I feel better about myself.



What about that, I passed my Stat Long Quiz this morning, 26/36. Well, I thought I failed 'cause I missed some how-tos but I still passed. Way to go for me! But still the last lesson about Hypothesis Testing is really hard. I didn't catch a thing the teacher said.



That'd be it for now.

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Roots, Ska, Reggae on 5.19.06

Start:     May 19, '06
Location:     Magdaragat Dasmarinas, Cavite
"ROOTS, SKA, REGGAE"
All Pinoys unite as we celebrate music, unity, and freedom
through reggae! KIDLAT PINOY.com and MAGDARAGAT present: "ROOTS,
SKA, REGGAE" [May 19, 8pm], a concert for peace serving Rasta music
the Filipino way! Manila reggae bands join forces with Cavite's soul
rebels to bring one love and positive vibrations to all. The event
kicks off with Cavite's finest… LAKBAY LAHI, UGONG, and Manila's
ethnic group KALUMAD. These bands will take us back to our `Roots'
as they fuse band arrangement with tribal instruments and ethnic
dances. Then the pace gets a bit faster with `Ska'! Upbeat horns
highlight the tight Rasta rhythms as provided by Manila's JEEPNEY
JOYRIDE. Featuring their originals layered with way out theatrics,
surely a ride you wouldn't want to miss! The gig goes on steady as
we groove to the night's high spot. Let Cavite's MARIWEJE and
Manila's HEMP REPUBLIC, and PEACE PIPE lively up jah celebration
with rock steady `Reggae'. Chant along to their songs of freedom and
dance the way dreadlocks do!
Food and drinks will be available at the resto-bars of
Magdaragat. You can also have your henna tattoos or pick up Rasta
items and accessories at the merchant booths. With tickets at P150,
you get high with heavy reggae vibe!
So let's get together and feel alright in "ROOTS, SKA, REGGAE"
on May 19, 2006 at Magdaragat DasmariƱas Cavite! See you there and
JahBless!
*For tickets, please contact 0915-5018662 (will also be sold at the
gate)

Monday, May 1, 2006

SININGdikato Group Art Exhibit

Start:     May 29, '06
Location:     FAB BAR (friendship and belonging) 1779 - C.M. Adriatico St. Malate Manila
featuring:

Ernie "bogs" Arquion
Erick Calilan
Sherwin Carillo
Demosthenes T. Campos
Rene Curos
Kristoffer Deuda
Joselito Jandayan
Mary Ann Q. Jimenez
Rodel Pamittan
Bryan Ramos
Rhona Ramos
Lirio Salvador
Gilbert Sanchez
Heidi Sarno
Richard John Tuason

MAY 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 2006 (mondays)
(grand opening on MAY 1)

8pm onwards

venue: FAB BAR (friendship and belonging)
1779 - C.M. Adriatico St. Malate Manila

music by: LAKBAY LAHI
ELEMENTO
UGONG
LIQUID GINGER
INCONNU ICTU

with: open mic poetry reading
performance art
drum circle (bring your own percs)

for more info: 09273084130
09279113533

maraming salamat!
please spread the words and support underground
artists!