*skips happily*

The 'HEROES' fan that I am, this gave me a temporary respite this busy, busy week. And once again I say this with passion ---> THANK GAWD IT'S FRIDAY!!!

YAAAATTAAAA!!!~ ^_^

ola!

All the way from the land of football, coffee and the Amazon forest, these models are living the nomadic life that part of me has always been dreaming of. The adventures of stepping foot a foreign land, meeting new people and getting soaked in different cultures are just some of the perks they get to enjoy but of course, it's not all easy.

Anyways, Gui + Fabian + Julio are the Brazilian models I have recently worked with. The shoots I've had with them were fun for one reason or another (that could mean 'Bananas From Brazil', 'ca****llo~' or the shorts hahahaha~). With the Brazilians flyin-in for modelling jobs, I'm sure I'm about to meet more. Please help me keep my envy at bay!


credit to pat e. for the pics. muito obrigada chica!

the big 5

A day late I know. Forgive me, my beloved boys! I really have a good reason to miss the celebration yesterday. With your 3 Best of Album versions coming out soon, I really have to break my back and work my ass to buy 'em all. And with CDJapan's pocket-burning shipping cost, I might as well submit myself to corporate slavery these following days. Please know that I am willing to go through it all just for you~

Hoping to be forgiven . . .

going emo

The past mornings, since my mom left, I have been waking up in lethargy. It was like Im just trying to finish what I've been tasked to do for the day and go home and sleep. My mom's in the US for a vacation with my aunts (she actually beat me to Tokyo!), my sister went to Palawan with her friends and I was left at home with my dad and my brother.

Last night, I arrived at home past 12mn but instead of going to my room and sleep, I cooked. I cooked pork adobo and sinigang na hipon. I can't believe that I was chopping garlic and onions at 3am! Worse, I was almost too tempted to touch my dad's liquor collection. I was eye-ing the brandy. Can I be any more emo?!?! *lol* Kulang na lang yung umuulan sa labas at nakatingin ako sa kawalan ^^ It dawned on me that I really, really, really need a vacation. Jen has plans to go out of the country by her birthday month and I hope it pushes through. I badly need a change of scenery with my friends.

Anyways, TxT Avex's site is counting down to Tackey & Tsubasa's 5th anniversary. Is there gonna be an event? I suppose so but they are keeping mum about it. Aside from the BEST OF ALBUM, could it be a bangumi finally?! I sure hope so. Other than that, there is the 2007 Asia Song Festival in Seoul for this month which TxT was said to attend. But it brings me to this lil piece of info that Maan brought up to me recently ---> TxT's names weren't mentioned on the poster and by my own quick research, in ANY PRESS MATERIALS of the event?! I just thought, how could that be?! If Boa, Koda Kumi, Ayumi Hamasaki and Arashi (???) are in there, it would be rude not to mention Tackey & Tsubasa unless there had been some changes and TxT are not really going. This smells fishy...

Well, back to emo mode~ *Dashboard Confessional's 'ANYONE, ANYONE' plays at the background*

the lil red-haired girl

I just thought it was time for a cool and drastic change. I call it the kokeshi doll-in-dark(?)-mahogany look XDDD Thanks to Jen and her recent fondness for haircolor change. Thanks to the salon's staff and their nonstop prodding while I sit waiting to get a shampoo. That's additional 5-10 mins to my prep time daily alloted for blowdrying *lol* Now, how do I deal when the roots start growing?! Shirinai haha~

moemoe~

Just for weekend laughs, here's looking at our so adored boys at the other end of the spectrum in some parallel universe *lmao*------> TACKEY & TSUBASA AS OTAKUs (pseudo fanboys). I love ponytailed Tackey otaku with the beltbag on the far right with the cheesy smile and all-the-more cheesy hand wave. His expression was so freakin' hilarious deshou?! And look at the inset photo of TxT and their smiles of bliss in sleep. That was me when I got my first TxT Calendar last year *lmaoooo*

Thanks Clara for saving me from another heartbreak of a long search (^3^) And of course, thank you x2 for this --->

Thanks to you, I feel more feverish *evil eye* (^,^)V Well, you made me drool out phlegm hahahahaha~

in the land of milkfishes

Last weekend was a long one. We found ourselves Dagupan-bound at 7am on a Saturday morning! My bro-in-law decided that it would be the best time for Gio to meet with his relatives from there as my sister was allowed to take her leave from the hospital. His relatives in Dagupan has not seen my very cute and adorable nephew yet so I braced myself with all the gushings and baby talks ^^ After 6 hours and 3-5 stops, we arrived at very wet Dagupan but decided to attend the anticipated mass at The Lady of Manaoag first. We bumped into some national politicians there as my sister's father-in-law started chatting with them while we lighted candles and say our little prayers. We were told that we'll have dinner at my bro-in-law's uncle's resthouse which was just built this year. Turns out that the politicians we met at the Church were also going the same place. My bro-in-law's uncle happened to hold one of the town's highest political positions and his sons are into politics as well. 'Til that time, I was clueless *lol* So Saturday night, we were technically having dinner with Joe De V, his wife Gina, Baby Arenas, Teddy Boy Locsin and some other local politicians. The resthouse was nestled in the middle of a bangus fishpen where they culture milkfishes so you bet that most of the dishes served were seafoods including bangus dish varieties which Dagupan is known for. After getting satiated, we said our thank yous and headed to our hotel. It was a clear case of 'eat and run' *lmao* It was a long, tiring day so it was understandable. Sleep came to me real quick.

The next day we went to Hundred Islands. We rode the banca and the manong gave us the tour around the islands. We stopped by Governor's Island where the famous 'Big Brother' island house was standing. Dito nabuo ang Kim-Gerald tandem....sa gitna ng isla hahaha~ We took some souvenir photos and then went back to the banca so we could go Quezon Island where we can finally have our late lunch. We had lunch and my overly-excited otousan did not waste time bringing Gio to his first dip at the beach. I was actually watching them from the top of an open air hut and Gio had his feet wet first. The next thing I saw, he was already trying to reach down to the clear waters with both hands and then he started making little splashes. He was enjoying it so much that after they brought him out of the water about 15 minutes later, he was still trying to bend down and make those splash moves he did at the beach. And he was hitting falsettos when he was squealing while looking at the beach from afar. He's such a ball of ubercuteness delight~ Truly ^^


In the evening, we had dinner with my sister's aunt-in-law who's a doctor as well. I learned that she was one of the pedia doctors who pioneered in the town so Gio's pedia doctor who also came from the same town knows her well. Aside from being good with children, she has her way in the kitchen too. For 2nd night dinner, we were treated to sinigang na bangus belly, bangus sisig, a platter of a giant pla-pla garnished with onion leaves, prawns and adobo frogs. Yes people, over here we eat frogs! Well, THEY eat frogs but since it's a delicacy in Dagupan and I happen to sit right infront of the one who meticulously cooked it, I made the decency to atleast give it a try. After all, they have been boasting about it on our first night, I just had the chance to dodge it then coz it wasn't served on our table. Actually, it wasn't the first time I ate frogs. I remember my mom preparing a sinampalukang palaka when I was in primary school. My dad told me it's teeny-weeny chicken so I ate without complaints but now, Im too old to be fooled. HA! But yes, I did eat some bits that night and if you are not the fussy kind of eater, you would really think it chicken coz it tasted like chicken albeit the little bones you'd have to spit out. Well, one thing I can say, it wasn't bad at all. It's actually good plus the fact that it was a doctor who prepared it for us, way better but sometimes I could really be a fussy eater V(^-^)V

We hit the sack as soon as we finished dinner coz we're leaving at 6am the next day. I was up at 5am coz it takes me atleast an hour to prepare *teehee* Our driver was with slight fever so my dad has to take the wheel from a gas station in Tarlac to the North Expressway. Going back took us less time on the road and more stops in gas stations ahehehe~ I was so drained when we reached the house. Slept 18 hours straight right after!

. . .

Five days after our Dagupan trip, Im still nursing a week-old fever, a stubborn flu and a shitty dry cough. My mom has been coughing since, my sister's feverish as well and my dear nephew is not feeling genki (poor thing!). I don't know what happened but atleast I got rid of those nasty chills that got me bad 3 nights ago.