THE STAR IN A MILLION (2004)

Presenting, Frenchie Dy... (my friend, Star In A Million batchmate, a STAR)



Listen to her sing Tamyra Gray's Raindrops Will Fall --> updated link.

Today's High...

... laughed out loud from Tennister's posts. Nakakaloka!!

Hear me sing Peabo Bryson's Love Always Finds a Way.

Damn damn damn... it's already 1:40AM Sunday and I still can't sleep. Had a fairly smooth Saturday. Mom and I went to the spa since she had two treatments left and she asked me to get one of them. I ended up having a "detoxification" massage which was by all means very much welcome these days. I haven't been to the spa in ages and the last massage I got was months ago.

After the spa, we headed off to Greenbelt for my mom's hair appointment with my hair stylist. I'm paying so she can do anything she wanted. She had her hair done as well as got a manicure and pedicure. While waiting for her to finish though I just spent time alone at Cinnzeo eating a cinnamon roll and having a decent cup of cafe mocha.

Headed back to the salon to meet up with my mom since she texted me saying she was almost done. I bumped into my good friend Angelo who was having his hair cut as well and might I say, what a fab do he was getting. Chatted a bit about ICON and then said our "see you laters".

With mom in tow, we headed to Glorietta to pass by Jose, a shoe store, where I ended up buying mummy dearest a nice pair of white pumps. It's her birthday in a few days so I thought why not get her something she picked for herself right?

Driving like crazy along the highway, I had to drop her off at our house then meet up with my honey and the Flipster for dinner at Yellow Cab. A decent meal ended and it was off to Alabang Town Center for some coffee time.

Not a bad Saturday, if I may say so. :) Hope you guys enjoyed your weekend!

Now that I’m actually going to write something (an article), I’m all torn between what I actually should write about. I am leaning more towards the fact that I gave all my team members quick make overs (mostly a salon trip with my favorite stylist. By the way, my stylist just upped his price simply coz he won in a prestigious competition and will now be representing the Philippines in a world competition in Paris this coming November. My God. Do I get the best of the best or what!?!?! =) I’m quite happy for him actually. Also, his assistant is now promoted to junior creative artist in the same salon. She was even “baptized” with a new name. How cool is that! It’s mostly reason for me to have a decent week simply because I know that these people who have slowly started becoming “friends” of mine are actually doing well in their chosen field. I just hope that it’s just a start for both of them. Now where to get my hair colored… hahahahaha! (just kidding)

Just testing this. --> wrote this from my phone but apparently the jpg image I attached to my MMS didn't get uploaded. Hmmm... does anyone know how I can upload the jpg images as well?

Over the weekend I chanced upon a movie while channel surfing. Alexandre Payne's About Schmidt to me is a film I won't normally spend enough time on. But at that exact moment, I couldn't help myself but be absorbed in the movie's intense feel. Emotions would be played with as I would find poignant scenes, quite simple but striking. Then there'd be funny situations that even as a Filipino, I was able to related. It didn't matter that the character in the movie (played by Jack Nicholson) was a 60+ widower who's travelling the midwest in his Winnebago. I still felt the fact that he was in a crossroads of having lost his wife and now moving on after the loss.

What to do when things change... drastically? To be honest, I am not in a state where I'm comfortable with my life. I have yet to gain emotional stability hopefully on my own but wishing I'd get enough courage to live through this life with my loved one. And what's after having spent decades together, I guess we would be apart again. Does this frame of thought justify the question, if I'm in a relationship that will eventually fall apart because one day we won't be together anymore (death) why stay? It's because I have always believed that a person's life is just like a traditional story of beginning with an ending. The plot can thicken but one must go through each and every line just so that they can truly say, they've finished "the story".

TREND ALERT!!!

After numerous hours of research I have come to the conclusion that the colors in season are greens (darker ones like forest), browns, and pinks. Classic cuts would still be a safe option but for men, it would seem that gypsy-like or hippie cuts are coming back. If memory serves me right, the Gucci collection even had caftans.

I can't stress enough how much accessorizing is a big neccesity especially if a person really wants to dress up. Bags, belts, and even hats should never be an absentee when it comes to your wardrobe roll call.

On a personal note, I don't know if I ever got to say how much I'm allergic to certain kinds of chocolates. Really, I am. Odd isn't it. I have, in the last decade, narrowed my chocolate selections to those that are made in either Belgium, the UK, Ireland, and Japan. So this means no Cadburry, Hershey's, Mars, Lindt, etc. Sucks!!!

Just a quick post.... I'm just sooooo loving this Spring 2005 Gucci collection. I love this underwear, uhm, trunks, or whatever it is... and I love the bags for the season. Looks like it's going to be browns and whites. Now where's that brown mohair doctor's bag I use.

GUCCI COLLECTION --> check out the trunks

The Complete Collection

The blah that was...

I have been sick for the past three days from gulping a Mocha Black Forrest of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. I honestly don't know if it's from that or from fatigue. I actually saw friends of mine from a distance but it seemed they were in a meeting so I just waved at them. I'm so excited for them with the whole ICON magazine and all. I wish I would get the chance to be a contributor for the next issues.

So anyway, I just vegged at home the entire weekend as well as today (Monday) but I'm guessing I need to go to work tomorrow. Too bad. Just when I'm starting to like working from home. What sucks is the fact that I haven't seen my baby in ages. To my friend Mr. Sondheim, remember the 7 weeks, add 3 to that. hahahahaha.

To other things, I'm peeved at the fact that some people call Sarah Jessica Parker's hit show, Sex IN the City. HELLO?!?! Earth to some people... it's Sex AND the City. I'm sorry but I just can't stand viewers fucking up a show title when they talk about an episode to someone. They yap about the different episodes and so on but can't ever remember the friggin' title. That's just totally sacreligious. I cringe when I hear the wrong title. The next time I hear another person giving out that Sex IN the City crap, I swear to God I'll make sure that person gets it right and remembers.

On other things, I got to thinking about how I was before I got into my present relationship. If my memory serves me right, I was actually a psycho bitch. I'd be all texting and calling when a guy doesn't return my call. I think I end up being that way when I don't feel like my efforts weren't being reciprocated. Now, as to why I thought of that, hmmm... nothing really. Was just feeling sentimental about how STUPID I was before! Hahahaha.

Have a great week people!