There's that feeling of that little skip in your heartbeat when he offers his hand (though merely for professional reasons), and you take it.
When he tries to make the connection, you either tense up, or you shy away. And your self-defense sucks.
The random conversations while walking after class seem casual, but sometimes there's that fear of saying too much triviality.
Yes, that's actually me.
Smitten. And super torpe. How teenybopper can I get? Hahaha.
If you chance upon this blog (which I'm half-hoping that you don't, half-hoping that you do), yes, I do like you. You're funny, you're cool, you're talented. OK, you can laugh now.
There are just some reasons why I'm too shy to say to say so. I'm partly afraid of being friendzoned again. Of course, I also want to be professional. Then there's that fear of being too emotionally attached to someone again.
OK, I'll stop now. *hides*
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Saturday, January 26, 2013
What is Le Bran?
Le Bran is a unique dance fitness routine that utilizes movements from popular Latin dances and translates the same into body kinetics which delivers lasting fitness benefits in mind and body. It is pioneered in the Philippines by Mr. Brando B. Balmedina, who has been conferred the title Fellowship in Latin American dances by the United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing.
What are the benefits of Le Bran?
If you're looking for a great way to keep fit and are tired of going to the gym and running, then try getting into Le Bran. It's not only a fun and great way to socialize, mix, and mingle, but is also a good way to stay physically fit. The health benefits of Le Bran are numerous:
Physical Benefits
Le Bran is constant movement, and it covers everything from cardio and strength training to balance and control.
Personal and Social Benefits
What are the benefits of Le Bran?
If you're looking for a great way to keep fit and are tired of going to the gym and running, then try getting into Le Bran. It's not only a fun and great way to socialize, mix, and mingle, but is also a good way to stay physically fit. The health benefits of Le Bran are numerous:
Physical Benefits
Le Bran is constant movement, and it covers everything from cardio and strength training to balance and control.
- It aids in weight loss and it is a great way for people of all ages to stay in shape.
- Being an aerobic exercise, it benefits your cardiovascular system and increases your lung capacity. It also tones and tightens the major muscle groups of the body.
- It helps you burn those calories away, while improving your stamina. It can burn anywhere from 150 to 200 calories in 30 minutes (or more, depending on the tempo).
- It can lead to a lower blood pressure and an improved cholesterol profile.
- It requires dancers to perform moves that require bending and stretching, thus increasing their flexibility.
- The constant and low impact movements allow your joints and bones to strengthen, reducing the risk of sprains, breaks and arthritis later in life. This also helps in the prevention or slow loss of bone mass associated with osteoporosis.
- The side-to-side movement strengthen your weight-bearing bones like tibia, fibula and femur.
- It may be helpful to avoid having a slipped disk later for people who work at a desk all day humped at a computer. It keeps their bodies mobile and their joints moving.
Personal and Social Benefits
- It helps you to relax, reducing stress and tension.
- It boosts self-confidence.
- It elevates your mood by raising your endorphin levels and thus increases the sense of well-being.
- It is a great way to meet new people and make new friends.
The Le Bran regimen trains you on proper mind and body coordination. It involves activities (such as learning and memorizing steps and concentrating on the rhythm of music) which strengthen and exercise your brain. A recent published study found that dancing at least twice a week made people less likely to develop dementia. In addition, the Le Bran regimen can improve balance, flexibility, posture, and endurance.
The regimen integrates body kinetics founded on popular Latin dances like Bachata, Salsa, Chachacha, Samba, Jive, and Rumba, among others, and their respective music, making the regimen enjoyable and easy to follow. As the regimen intensifies, the dance movements level up both in technique and choreography.
Le Bran is open for everyone ages 17 years and above. Classes are regularly at 10:00am every Monday-Friday, and 6:30pm every Monday-Thursday, plus 9:30am every Saturday for kids, at Dancing Queen studio, 2F Makati Cinema Square, Chino Roces Avenue (former Pasong Tamo), Makati City.
Please contact +639164011490 or +639175024677 for inquiries regarding Le Bran and technique classes (in standard and Latin ballroom).
*Photos courtesy of Myrone Gabay.
*Photos courtesy of Myrone Gabay.
Monday, January 21, 2013
A brief return trip down that acting road.
Ever since I took that big leap into ballroom dancing last year, I did say that if things won't work out after a year, I might go back to my old ways working in theater, taking a chance if given the small opportunity to act, whatever.
Training to be a better ballroom dancer is still working out for me pretty well (despite the fact that I have to budget my money even more to pay for my classes), so I didn't really take much notice of the Cinemalaya auditions that happened this past weekend. A couple of friends asked me earlier last week if I was interested to try out, but I said that I didn't want to. I may miss acting, but I don't think I miss it that much to try to go back into it again.
Then on the bus ride home from class last Thursday, Jam, one of the CSB kids I met through a play I managed a couple of years ago, rang my phone. Not being the type who always answers my phone while commuting, I just let it ring. I then got a text from the same number, and it was Jejo, using Jam's phone. She was asking me if I was free to act for Sam's thesis film. I gave her the days that I was free, and after a bit of details, I finally decided to give it a go.
I only knew about the gist of the story when I had accepted it. I even had no idea what role I would be playing. Heck, I got the copy of the script 2 days before the scheduled shoot, which was yesterday (Sunday). And when I read it, I just sat there, staring at my computer screen.
They had casted me to play a young mother of a rebellious teenager.
What the heck, guys? I can't even pass off as my own age. A mother, no less? I know we haven't seen each other for over a year, but surely you still see my photos on Facebook, right?
Then another thought came into my head. Am I crazy? This is a thesis film. They need good actors. Why did they get me? As a last resort? The last time I acted was during Sir Dennis' Rehearsals and Performance Techniques workshop 2 years ago.
Anyway, so after some coordination, I met up with Jam and some others yesterday at McDo taft at around 6am. Rode with Migs, Yuji and Kim to the location, all the way in Filinvest 2. Even though we left an hour before scheduled, it was still pretty early, and because it was a Sunday, we got there pretty quickly.
When we reached the subdivision, that was when I realized where we were. I remember that this was were Tad and I used to go for their Penalber family reunions every New Year's Day.
I got to meet the rest of the cast and crew at the house we were shooting in (Bella's house). The den was turned into the green room, and after settling in and taking a quick rest, it was time to get ready.
It's been a long time since I acted for a thesis film (the last was La Cancion Del Olvido, way back in 2009), and I was only a supporting character with just very few scenes. But for this particular one (titled Panahon, a hypernarrative about 3 generations), it was a pretty small cast of 2 grandparents, 2 parents, a daughter, the daughter's boyfriend, and the daughter's best friend, so I was practically in every other scene.
It was quite a challenge for me to step up, because considering I haven't acted in ages, and I was among people who've been acting regularly (a couple of them acting for more than half their lives already), I felt like a newbie actor. I didn't have ample time to read and analyze my script. It took 3 tries for me to get into character during a scene with all of the other actors where I had to get into a shouting match with Sam, who played my daughter. I somehow felt embarrassed for the bad takes because I felt like I was wasting precious time already, considering that this was already a re-shoot because I had to step in on short notice for the actress who first did my role.
As the day progressed, the sequences being shot kept raising the bar for me in terms of character. In another sequence, I had to yell at Sam at another time because her character had come home at the crack of dawn. Once again, I had to gather all I've had to yell at her character. Then once that scene was done, I had to shoot the next scene with Tita Chinggay and Tito Ces where my character had to bare all her fears and feelings about her own family to her parents. It took a few rehearsal takes, a couple of notes from Sam and Tito Ces, but it helped. When we were done, I said out loud that it was so hard for me to do a scene like that because I've never done such a thing to my own parents. But true enough, Tito Ces said that it does help to have co-actors like them as support.
We were pretty well fed during the entire day of the shoot. But by the time we had finished the last sequence of the day, I was so glad that Jejo and Migs invited me to eat at this small dimsum place in Makati after we had dropped off Kuya Jack, Jam and Yuji off.
We resume shooting again next weekend.
I had posted this on Facebook during the wee hours of morning.
"After being awake for almost 24 hours now, I finally realize that this stint may just be a brief visit to what I had left behind. Yes, I did miss doing this, and I still have fun doing it, but now I conclude that I'm not cut out for it anymore."
I had crossposted it on Twitter, with an addendum, saying, "I now conclude that I'm so much happier at what I'm doing now that before."
I love what Tin had told me via Twitter after I had posted those. She said, "Theater might have been your comfort zone for the longest time. And in everything we do, we have to go out of our comfort zones and search the world. And in your case, you took the risk and found yourself in the world of dancing. Who would've thought, diba?"
Yep, who would've thought that this crazy girl that had no poise nor grace whatsoever who hides in the dark recesses of the backstage world would find happiness in the world of ballroom dancing? But of course, I'm still grateful for opportunities like this. It just shows that I can still do it, even though not as well as most, but sadly enough, not as much fire as before.
Training to be a better ballroom dancer is still working out for me pretty well (despite the fact that I have to budget my money even more to pay for my classes), so I didn't really take much notice of the Cinemalaya auditions that happened this past weekend. A couple of friends asked me earlier last week if I was interested to try out, but I said that I didn't want to. I may miss acting, but I don't think I miss it that much to try to go back into it again.
Then on the bus ride home from class last Thursday, Jam, one of the CSB kids I met through a play I managed a couple of years ago, rang my phone. Not being the type who always answers my phone while commuting, I just let it ring. I then got a text from the same number, and it was Jejo, using Jam's phone. She was asking me if I was free to act for Sam's thesis film. I gave her the days that I was free, and after a bit of details, I finally decided to give it a go.
I only knew about the gist of the story when I had accepted it. I even had no idea what role I would be playing. Heck, I got the copy of the script 2 days before the scheduled shoot, which was yesterday (Sunday). And when I read it, I just sat there, staring at my computer screen.
They had casted me to play a young mother of a rebellious teenager.
What the heck, guys? I can't even pass off as my own age. A mother, no less? I know we haven't seen each other for over a year, but surely you still see my photos on Facebook, right?
Then another thought came into my head. Am I crazy? This is a thesis film. They need good actors. Why did they get me? As a last resort? The last time I acted was during Sir Dennis' Rehearsals and Performance Techniques workshop 2 years ago.
Anyway, so after some coordination, I met up with Jam and some others yesterday at McDo taft at around 6am. Rode with Migs, Yuji and Kim to the location, all the way in Filinvest 2. Even though we left an hour before scheduled, it was still pretty early, and because it was a Sunday, we got there pretty quickly.
When we reached the subdivision, that was when I realized where we were. I remember that this was were Tad and I used to go for their Penalber family reunions every New Year's Day.
I got to meet the rest of the cast and crew at the house we were shooting in (Bella's house). The den was turned into the green room, and after settling in and taking a quick rest, it was time to get ready.
It's been a long time since I acted for a thesis film (the last was La Cancion Del Olvido, way back in 2009), and I was only a supporting character with just very few scenes. But for this particular one (titled Panahon, a hypernarrative about 3 generations), it was a pretty small cast of 2 grandparents, 2 parents, a daughter, the daughter's boyfriend, and the daughter's best friend, so I was practically in every other scene.
It was quite a challenge for me to step up, because considering I haven't acted in ages, and I was among people who've been acting regularly (a couple of them acting for more than half their lives already), I felt like a newbie actor. I didn't have ample time to read and analyze my script. It took 3 tries for me to get into character during a scene with all of the other actors where I had to get into a shouting match with Sam, who played my daughter. I somehow felt embarrassed for the bad takes because I felt like I was wasting precious time already, considering that this was already a re-shoot because I had to step in on short notice for the actress who first did my role.
As the day progressed, the sequences being shot kept raising the bar for me in terms of character. In another sequence, I had to yell at Sam at another time because her character had come home at the crack of dawn. Once again, I had to gather all I've had to yell at her character. Then once that scene was done, I had to shoot the next scene with Tita Chinggay and Tito Ces where my character had to bare all her fears and feelings about her own family to her parents. It took a few rehearsal takes, a couple of notes from Sam and Tito Ces, but it helped. When we were done, I said out loud that it was so hard for me to do a scene like that because I've never done such a thing to my own parents. But true enough, Tito Ces said that it does help to have co-actors like them as support.
We were pretty well fed during the entire day of the shoot. But by the time we had finished the last sequence of the day, I was so glad that Jejo and Migs invited me to eat at this small dimsum place in Makati after we had dropped off Kuya Jack, Jam and Yuji off.
We resume shooting again next weekend.
I had posted this on Facebook during the wee hours of morning.
"After being awake for almost 24 hours now, I finally realize that this stint may just be a brief visit to what I had left behind. Yes, I did miss doing this, and I still have fun doing it, but now I conclude that I'm not cut out for it anymore."
I had crossposted it on Twitter, with an addendum, saying, "I now conclude that I'm so much happier at what I'm doing now that before."
I love what Tin had told me via Twitter after I had posted those. She said, "Theater might have been your comfort zone for the longest time. And in everything we do, we have to go out of our comfort zones and search the world. And in your case, you took the risk and found yourself in the world of dancing. Who would've thought, diba?"
Yep, who would've thought that this crazy girl that had no poise nor grace whatsoever who hides in the dark recesses of the backstage world would find happiness in the world of ballroom dancing? But of course, I'm still grateful for opportunities like this. It just shows that I can still do it, even though not as well as most, but sadly enough, not as much fire as before.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Tanghalang Pilipino's Ibalong
IBALONG – A
DANCE MUSICAL OF BICOLANO EPIC
SET TO OPEN
ON FEBRUARY 8
Tanghalang Pilipino caps its 26th
season with a dance-theatre musical interpretation of the Bicolano epic,
“Ibalong,” adapted for the stage by prolific playwright Rody Vera and directed
by Tuxqs Rutaquio with Carol Bello’s musical direction, and Alden Lugnasin’s
choreography.
IBALONG opens with a gala premiere
on February 8 – 8 p.m. at the Tanghalang Aurelio V. Tolentino, Cultural Center
of the Philippines. The musical will run until March 3, 2013.
Entitled after Legazpi City’s
week-long festivity, “Ibalong,” the musical tells the story of Handyong and his
warriors who come to Bicol – formerly known as Ibalon – and wage war against
beasts and monsters pillaging the land’s natural wealth. Handyong mightily
battles creatures bearing a solitary eye and three throats, several winged
sharks, and wild carabaos.
In introducing civilization to the
barbaric land, Handyong matches wit and might with the scheming snake, Oryol. A master of deceit, Oryol disguises herself
into a sweet, young lady in order to seduce Handyong. But not to be outwitted,
Handyong eventually makes Oryol fall in love with him.
Their love story – between a warrior
and a monster – defines the greatness of Bicol as it explores an individual’s
capacity for good and evil, and a land’s history marked by progress and
destruction.
The cast of IBALONG
Jenine
Desiderio - Oryol
May Bayot - Gugurang
Myke Salomon - Handyong
Red Nuestro -
Opon
Delphine Buencamino - Koro / Understudy Oryol
Trixie Esteban - Young
Oryol / Koro
Cheeno Macaraig - Young Handyong / Makusog / Kawal/ibingan
Tara
Cabaero - Buring/Anino
Hazel Maranan - Onglo/Anino
Opaline Santos - Sarimao/Anino
Kristofer Kliatchko -Angongolood/Kawal
Cyril Balderama - Sarimao/Kawal
Philip Palmos - Kikik
TP’s
Actor's Company
Jonathan Tadioan - Aswang / Koro
Marco Viaña - Rabot/Koro
Remus Villanueva - Handyong
/ Kawal/Angongolood
Nicolo Magno - Baltog
/ Koro
Ralph Mateo -Bantong / Kalabaw/ Tambaluslos/Kawal
Regina De Vera -
Bonggo/Anino
Jovanni Cadag -Sarimao
Doray Dayao - Popo/Anino
Nanding Josef, Artistic Director of
Tanghalang Pilipino cited that this production which is being done in
cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the City of
Legazpi of Bicol, is a special offering to the Bicolanos and the rest of the
Filipino people who are committed to protecting our natural resources and
cultural heritage from the onslaught of irresponsible commercialism,
modernization, frenetic world trade and homogenizing globalization ---- all
hiding under the name of human progress and development, but in reality, are
all motivated by self-centered motives and selfish interests of the greedy,
materialistic, powerful evil creatures of this earth which was originally
created by the Supreme Being only for everything that is good, true and
beautiful.
The artistic team of IBALONG
Nanding Josef - Artistic Director
Rody
Vera - Playwright
Tuxqs Rutaquio - Director/Set Designer
Carol Bello - Composer/Musical Director
Rizalino Reyes & Inkantada, All-Women Group - Arranger
Leeroy New - Costume &
Puppet Designer
Alden Lugnasin - Choreographer
Katsch Catoy - Lights
Designer and Technical Director
TJ Ramos - Sound Designer
The production team
Jennifer Bautista - Production Manager
Alpha Joy Ruiz - Deputy Production Manager
Jo Ann
Requiestas - Assistant Production Manager
Jerome Aytona - Stage Manager
Noel Taylo and
Eric Sindol - Assistant Stage Managers
Daniel Gregorio - Costume Custodian
Zaldy Baldelobar - Property Master
Raphael David - Make-Up and Prosthetic
Artist
Jerry Ramirez - Stunt Choreography
Schedule of performances:
( Fri ) February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2013 at 8:00 pm
(
Sat ) February 9, 16, 23, March 2, 2013 at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm
( Sun )
February 10, 17, 24, March 3, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Ticket prices:
P 800.00 ( regular
)
P 400.00 ( students )
P 640.00 (for senior citizens -- 20% discount on
the regular price)
* For the Feb.
8 gala night,
tickets are at
P
1,000.00 ( regular )
P 500.00 ( students )
P 800.00 ( for senior
citizens -- 20% discount on the regular price)
Support our contribution to save our
planet, our environment, and our cultural heritage.
Don’t fail to watch IBALONG!
With elaborate costumes, energetic
fight choreography, and haunting music, IBALONG guarantees audiences of all
ages an enthralling experience rarely seen in original Filipino theatre.
Tickets
are now available at all TicketWorld Outlets. Call TicketWorld at 891-9999 and CCP Box Office at 832-3704.
For
inquiries on ticket reservations, group sales, sponsorships, special
performances, pleaes contact:
Juan Lorenzo Marco
Marketing Staff/Account Executive/Creatives
TANGHALANG PILIPINO
Cultural Center of the Philippines
2/F Production Design Bldg., CCP Complex
Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
Phone: 832-1125 local 1620/1621
Mobile: +639353784781
Email: onelorenzomarco@gmail.com
Twitter: @Acecredible
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
A new "term," plus a bit of randomness.
Our Bronze bar class in Latin ballroom ended last week, and our new class for Bronze bar 2 began yesterday morning. Actually, for this "term," the package we get is a combination of Bronze bar 2 in Latin plus Bronze in standard ballroom. The classes alternate, so we will be taking one class in Latin and one class in standard for every week. As I'm one of the few that's already taking the Friday evening class (which is a two-hour class of Bronze Latin and standard), I was already a bit ahead than some of the ladies in our class. We had already finished all the figures for the slow waltz and the tango for the Bronze syllabus in the evening class.
I should have asked for the alternating schedule of the Latin and standard for the morning class. Yesterday, I had only brought my Latin shoes, plus shorts, and I didn't bother bringing my standard shoes (which I got last week, and only broke them in last Friday night) and jazz pants. As it turned out, for this combination class, standard ballroom is scheduled on Tuesdays, then Latin on Thursdays. Anyway, I ended up wearing my Latin shoes, plus shorts and a camisole for the standard class, which came after Le Bran. A no-no, according to Teacher Belinda.
Anyway, so because it's a new class that just started, I got to review the basic steps of the slow waltz, including the first few figures in the syllabus. The scholars were such a hoot. Because they knew I already know the figures, they pushed me to step it up. Myrone told me to apply the rise and fall actions, and even tried to joke around in between. Mark said that I'm already kind of advanced as I already knew this, so I had to follow his lead and his big steps. I tried to go along with them, plus even attempted to sing a few lines of "Moon River" (the song we use for the slow waltz) while dancing. Oh, you crazy guys. So despite the calluses forming on the balls of my feet (I really should've brought both shoes), the guys' antics kept my mind of it because I was having fun dancing with them.
That's what I noticed about myself. When I was trying to lose a bit of weight before by jogging, I realized that I think too much when I jog. I think too much, then I overthink and over-analyze about them. When I started dancing, I just forget, let go, and have fun.
One more thing I've noticed is that I'm beginning to love standard ballroom as much as Latin. Each discipline gives certain challenges, and I'm accepting each one as they come.
It's pretty comforting for these people from Le Bran Dance Fitness Experts to somehow consider me as one of them already. At least that's what I heard from Val (or should I call you "Mommy Val" as well? Hahaha) when I came up to her, Teacher Belinda and Maui last Monday morning.
Then after yesterday's class, I got to chat with Val about what the OJTs from University of Makati do for them (as they recently applied for internship under Le Bran last week). Apparently they also get exposed to more than just the artistic side of it all, and they get to attend this once-a-week meeting/class under Val along with the scholars to teach them about the financial side of the business. Val, in turn, also encouraged me to attend that as well. I sure hope I can soon.
Another thing that Val mentioned before that previous topic of conversation was that while I'm attending the morning technique classes, she said that I still have to attend the Friday evening class, but I don't have to pay for that. She said that it will just serve as a review for my other technique class. Oh my gosh, I was so surprised when she said that, that my voice came out pretty meek when I thanked her for it. It's quite a generous offer, that it's inspiring me to keep persevering.
I attended Tanghalang Pilipino's press conference for Ibalong today. More on that on a different blog entry to follow sometime in the next few days.
I was registered as a blogger, as Toots was the one who invited me via text. While I was sitting at a table with Sir Katsch and TJ, the former turned to me and asked if I get paid for writing in my blog. I just said that I'm not really the type who blogs for money, as I've been blogging for about 11 years now. I blog because it's therapeutic for me, and I always need an outlet when I need to express something and I didn't really want to talk to anyone just yet.
Then I remembered how much I used to blog before. I was so open regarding my thoughts, my rants and raves, and even my randomness. I used to blog a lot, that TJ even said that he would always see so much of my updates back when Multiply was still popular. Now I hardly blog. I only do when I really need to write something down. Thank goodness there's Twitter, which I recently linked to my LiveJournal as you can only archive up to 3,000 tweets so far.
I miss my random posts. Something like the entry that I posted just before this current one that you're reading now. It's like the old blogger in me. So random, kind of transparent, yet still cryptic because I'm still keeping certain things a secret.
I should have asked for the alternating schedule of the Latin and standard for the morning class. Yesterday, I had only brought my Latin shoes, plus shorts, and I didn't bother bringing my standard shoes (which I got last week, and only broke them in last Friday night) and jazz pants. As it turned out, for this combination class, standard ballroom is scheduled on Tuesdays, then Latin on Thursdays. Anyway, I ended up wearing my Latin shoes, plus shorts and a camisole for the standard class, which came after Le Bran. A no-no, according to Teacher Belinda.
Anyway, so because it's a new class that just started, I got to review the basic steps of the slow waltz, including the first few figures in the syllabus. The scholars were such a hoot. Because they knew I already know the figures, they pushed me to step it up. Myrone told me to apply the rise and fall actions, and even tried to joke around in between. Mark said that I'm already kind of advanced as I already knew this, so I had to follow his lead and his big steps. I tried to go along with them, plus even attempted to sing a few lines of "Moon River" (the song we use for the slow waltz) while dancing. Oh, you crazy guys. So despite the calluses forming on the balls of my feet (I really should've brought both shoes), the guys' antics kept my mind of it because I was having fun dancing with them.
That's what I noticed about myself. When I was trying to lose a bit of weight before by jogging, I realized that I think too much when I jog. I think too much, then I overthink and over-analyze about them. When I started dancing, I just forget, let go, and have fun.
One more thing I've noticed is that I'm beginning to love standard ballroom as much as Latin. Each discipline gives certain challenges, and I'm accepting each one as they come.
It's pretty comforting for these people from Le Bran Dance Fitness Experts to somehow consider me as one of them already. At least that's what I heard from Val (or should I call you "Mommy Val" as well? Hahaha) when I came up to her, Teacher Belinda and Maui last Monday morning.
Then after yesterday's class, I got to chat with Val about what the OJTs from University of Makati do for them (as they recently applied for internship under Le Bran last week). Apparently they also get exposed to more than just the artistic side of it all, and they get to attend this once-a-week meeting/class under Val along with the scholars to teach them about the financial side of the business. Val, in turn, also encouraged me to attend that as well. I sure hope I can soon.
Another thing that Val mentioned before that previous topic of conversation was that while I'm attending the morning technique classes, she said that I still have to attend the Friday evening class, but I don't have to pay for that. She said that it will just serve as a review for my other technique class. Oh my gosh, I was so surprised when she said that, that my voice came out pretty meek when I thanked her for it. It's quite a generous offer, that it's inspiring me to keep persevering.
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I attended Tanghalang Pilipino's press conference for Ibalong today. More on that on a different blog entry to follow sometime in the next few days.
I was registered as a blogger, as Toots was the one who invited me via text. While I was sitting at a table with Sir Katsch and TJ, the former turned to me and asked if I get paid for writing in my blog. I just said that I'm not really the type who blogs for money, as I've been blogging for about 11 years now. I blog because it's therapeutic for me, and I always need an outlet when I need to express something and I didn't really want to talk to anyone just yet.
Then I remembered how much I used to blog before. I was so open regarding my thoughts, my rants and raves, and even my randomness. I used to blog a lot, that TJ even said that he would always see so much of my updates back when Multiply was still popular. Now I hardly blog. I only do when I really need to write something down. Thank goodness there's Twitter, which I recently linked to my LiveJournal as you can only archive up to 3,000 tweets so far.
I miss my random posts. Something like the entry that I posted just before this current one that you're reading now. It's like the old blogger in me. So random, kind of transparent, yet still cryptic because I'm still keeping certain things a secret.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Keep it simple.
It's the small, simple gestures that always win me over.
Once, a guy made a bouquet of origami paper roses for me.
Another obligingly went out to dinner with me and my "adoptive parents," and even let me indulge in my favorite games at Timezone.
My last boyfriend (before we got together) bought me lunch while we were working during a long day, and hid it in his dressing room until I had the free time to eat it.
Another guy offered to go barefoot and let me wear his slippers when my own slippers got lost at the beach.
I'm a very choosy girl when it comes to even just liking someone, as some of my friends even said that I had certain high standards. But seriously, one of my weaknesses is the random simple act of kindness. The simplest ones that turn out pretty sweet just bowl me over.
Like getting off a jeep even after having just paid the fare just because he saw me walking alone on the street (as I preferred to walk), just so I can have some company.
So yeah, I admit it, I'm smitten. And I didn't even see it coming. But of course, that's just me. I may just be misinterpreting certain random acts of kindness.
But still, it's these little things that make us happy, so I don't mind, hahaha.
Once, a guy made a bouquet of origami paper roses for me.
Another obligingly went out to dinner with me and my "adoptive parents," and even let me indulge in my favorite games at Timezone.
My last boyfriend (before we got together) bought me lunch while we were working during a long day, and hid it in his dressing room until I had the free time to eat it.
Another guy offered to go barefoot and let me wear his slippers when my own slippers got lost at the beach.
I'm a very choosy girl when it comes to even just liking someone, as some of my friends even said that I had certain high standards. But seriously, one of my weaknesses is the random simple act of kindness. The simplest ones that turn out pretty sweet just bowl me over.
Like getting off a jeep even after having just paid the fare just because he saw me walking alone on the street (as I preferred to walk), just so I can have some company.
So yeah, I admit it, I'm smitten. And I didn't even see it coming. But of course, that's just me. I may just be misinterpreting certain random acts of kindness.
But still, it's these little things that make us happy, so I don't mind, hahaha.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
2012 in photos.
The year that had passed was one of the best. In my last post, I had looked back at the year in detail, and now it's time for some visual aids, hahaha.
So with that, I now move forward. Taking the new year as it comes. Hello, 2013!
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| Tanghalang Pilipino's Eyeball. I was ASM for Isang Araw sa Karnabal (photo shown above taken from my post at stage right) and Maliw. |
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| Children's Letters to God at the CICC in Cebu City. |
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| Children's Letters to God at the Luce Auditorium in Siliman University in Dumaguete City. |
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| The cast of CLTG. Best cast ever! |
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| I finally bought my ladies' bike! |
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| Visited Bacolod/Negros Occidental! |
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| Had a rare beach/sandbar experience. |
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| I performed a ballroom dance routine in my first ever dance recital at Big Shift DANKA. |
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| I got my shortest haircut ever! This was quite an achievement for someone like me who used to always keep my hair long. |
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| Watched a dancesport competition for the first time (and was actually there the whole day). |
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| A big leap of faith. Drastic changes. I resigned from my theater commitments to focus on ballroom dancing. |
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| I got to bond more with some of my office friends. |
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| Returned to Bacolod for another leg of Children's Letters to God. |
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| Tried pole dancing for the first time at Polecats Manila. |
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| Got to watch Wilson Phillips live in concert. Yes, sooo old school. |
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| Watched a syllabus dance competition. I got exposed more to the world of ballroom dancing. |
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| An awesome ladies' night out during Nina's surprise birthday bash! |
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| Branched out and started taking a syllabus class in Latin ballroom. |
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| New dance studio, new teacher, new friends and classmates. |
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| I made it through my first medals exam! |
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| I got to celebrate my 31st birthday with some of my lovely friends from our CLTG family... |
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| ...Then capped the night of my birthday bagging awards at our CAS Christmas party. |
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| Danced the night away at another Christmas party, this time at the dance studio. |
So with that, I now move forward. Taking the new year as it comes. Hello, 2013!
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