Virgin Labfest 5 Audition UPDATE.

UPDATES for VLF5 AUDITION

The audition will be extended to accommodate more actors.

New TIME: 2PM - 9PM.

It will be moved to a different venue.

New VENUE: Conference room.

Tagging old photos.

To quote what Jhoi had written in her blog, "Memories are the only things that don't change when everything else does."

I found a bunch of dusty old CDs in my room while doing a regular summer-ender cleaning. They contained a whole bunch of back-up files of various stuff, but mostly photos and word documents, dating back to over 5 years ago.

There were a whole lot of photos during the years 2003-2004, mostly during my groupie days right after Dreamgirls had closed. So many photos triggered a lot of fun memories, so just for kicks, I decided to post the photos on Facebook, tag all the people and see how they'd react to seeing all those photos again.


Hahaha, the barrage of comments started coming in, all of us laughing at what we looked like before. I couldn't help but laugh at Peachy's comments about hating her photos with her braces still on, plus how different she was back then (way, WAY different). Tricia even made an effort to untag herself from the photos I tagged her in to... avoid humiliation? Hahaha! Anne and I even ended up looking through our old blogs to reminisce. Holy kamote, we were such... well, I would really have to admit that there was a point that we became crazed fans (though no one would actually admit it), even though some of us were already friends with the artists before their career began to rise.


I haven't heard from most of these people in ages. People who were once strangers, just random usernames that I see online in YM, online forums and blogs, and they became real friends that I grew very close to. Until we grew apart due to different schedules, interests, or opinions, or just because of certain issues that we got involved in that we now dismiss. It was great to hear from all these people, even just through all those crazy comments that still add up right now. Peach and I were texting about how our hindsight is so crystal clear now. Lexi and I were chatting on YM last night, amazed at the fact that we hang out at the same places all these years but never run into each other, not even once, hahaha. We're thinking of getting together one time next month when school resumes. Tita Sherbet even said that all things are pointing to one direction... an already pending reunion! Hahaha! Jill even commented that she kept seeing Dandan in a whole bunch of photos, but we haven't heard from her in about 5 years. Thank goodness for post-paid cellphone numbers that never changed, I managed to contact Dandan early this morning!


Oh, the powers of memories that photographs bring is truly amazing. Oh, days of "abanikos," forum addicts, staying up and online until 6am, crazy YM conferences, EB's, inner circles and "gangs." I missed you guys. It was so great to hear from you again! See you in Greenbelt! =)

Virgin Labfest 5 Auditions.

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VLF 5 AUDITION on May 23, Saturday, 5-9pm, CCP - MKP (Bulwagang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining)

Be ready to read for the directors. I'm still getting the audition requirements from the directors, I'll post them here as soon as i get them.

Late update again.

I haven't updated since Songs For A New World had closed. Hahaha, because of those 2 weekends of having to wear black semiformal attire for front-of-house (aside from that one time we had to wear white due to the showbuyer's request), it was a challenge mixing and matching all my black clothes, considering that most of my black stuff are jeans, pants and loose shirts that were only meant for backstage work. Haha, one time I ended up transforming a black and white tube top into a short skirt because the top made me look fat and I ran out of skirts.

It was a short but sweet two weeks manning the front of house with Peachy and Claire (and Peachy's pink "pocket" calculator), but I have to admit, I miss working in the lobby back when I was still in Atlantis. It was fun meeting the people, and of course, people-watching. Plus we can watch the show whenever we want. And I just love my new batch of ushers and their own crazy moments. The word "flah" keeps repeating over and over in my head, thanks to Joms. Claire's FOH training in Atlantis was a big help for Peach and all her tickets that haven't been separated, that we felt disabled when Claire had to back out on the last day at the last minute, ahahaha. And of course, I will never forget the day Peach and I encountered the "Amazonistas," HAHAHA. Those were awkward moments, indeed.

On SFANW's closing day, I flew to CCP after the show to watch the Rehearsal and Performance Techniques Workshop recital, Oktubre, Nung Tayo'y Nagmamahalan Pa by Tony Perez. I arrived during the 2nd scene of the first act. Hahaha, I didn't recognize Opa onstage, with her back facing my side of the theater plus her newly shaved head. Anyway, I love their show. I love their material! Hahaha, Sir Dennis just had to rub it in that Betty and I regretted not joining this year. Arg, I miss workshops. Especially RPT, because every class would be pretty fresh because you always encounter a different play and a different attack. Well, I only took the class once, but that's what I realized. Hindi factor dito ang kung ilang beses ka nag-workshop. Hope to join again next year, ahahahaha.

Last Wednesday, I met up with Nikki in Glorietta. She was on reserve duty, and found out that she didn't have to fly that day, so we met up for lunch. She found me at one of my usual posts in Timezone, ahehehe. Man, I missed that girl. Anyway, after lunch, we decided to watch a movie, and she managed to let me drag her to watch Star Trek with me because I was dying to see it. And man, I was so glad we saw Star Trek. I love love love it! Of course, the "reboot" (Aris' term) was an interesting idea as an alternate prequel. It was also thrilling to see Leonard Nimoy back as Spock. It was cool to hear "Live long and prosper" again, as well as the whole "Space, the final frontier" speech.

Haha, I remembered an age-old debate back in high school between Rosa and Iam comparing TV series, Star Trek included. I remembered Rosa mentioning that the idea of the cellular phone came from Star Trek, because of all it's crazy gadgets. It entered my mind when I saw the tricorder from this most recent film release, because the tricorders did look like Motorola phones, hahahaha! And of course, eye candy in the form of Chris Pine and Zach Quinto didn't hurt, especially for those who are not really into Star Trek.

I want to watch this again. And also Angels and Demons, hahaha.

Met up with Betty for lunch yesterday. Haha, ended up having lunch with her and her boss Karen at the Visual Arts department in CCP. Not really surprised that Karen has worked with at least a couple of my former teachers. After a little film viewing on Betty's laptop, I went downstairs to the prop room where Tad and Kuya Noel were having a little chat. I was pretty surprised to find a computer inside the prop room. Why? Well, I did hear that the TP office was being renovated, but a computer in the prop room? Hahaha. Plus I heard that Labfest ASMs were being interviewed that day plus the day before. Ooh, may interview portion na pala ang ASMs. They really have to screen all ASMs before the work begins? Oh well.

Declined an opportuniy to work with Tuxqs for a 2nd time. Regret. Sadness. But I sure hope we'll get to work together again soon.

Does anyone know when the Virgin Labfest 5 auditions will be? And if they'll still hold it for 2 days? Ahahahaha.

I want to go back to Saizen, hahaha. I'm running out of shrink plastic, and I want to make necklace pendants and earrings and stuff. Of course, this time I'll be ready for that darn pedestrian overpass in Edsa-Ortigas. My goodness, when I went to Robinson's Galleria on that day I first when to Saizen, I wore a short dress because of the darn summer heat. (That, and because it was easy to pack in my bag once I had changed into my FOH attire for SFANW.) I didn't know that they had already put up a pedestrian overpass so people won't have to cross under the flyover. And this was the type of overpass that terrified me because of the stairs that you can peek through as you climb up. Oh acrohphobia, why won't you go away? Then of course, there's my dress to consider. I didn't know what to think of first, my fear of heights, or the peekaboo moments due to my short skirt. I struggled with both at the same time the whole time I was going up the stairs, all the way until I had descended on the other side of Edsa, AHAHAHAHA.

How about you? Yes, you. The one reading this. How have you been?

All because of the quest for shrink plastic.

Thou shalt not shop in Saizen in Robinson's Galleria. It really is a heavenly wasteland of P85 Japanese goodies and lots of crazy stuff, hahaha! Magkakasala ka talaga, ahehehe. I couldn't stop myself from picking things up (and ending up regretfully putting them back). And to think that I only came there to buy shrink plastic and check out some of the art supplies that Reggie had posted on her Facebook.

It's because you already know that everything in the huge store is worth only P85, but when you add everything up, oh my, hahaha. No wonder store employees are all ready with a shopping basket to put your purchases in. You'll really end up buying more than you expected. I even found Jon Santos looking at both vertical and horizontal clipboards in fascination, wondering if he could have any use for the weird looking ones for his scripts. When Agot Isidro had approached in the same aisle, she looked as if she was keeping her hands to herself in case she starts picking up random stuff, hahaha!

It took me a while to look for the shrink plastic, because the saleslady I asked didn't really know what I was talking about. She thought I was looking for plastic wrap, ahehe. After combing through the entire store, I found the shrink plastic at the end of the office supplies, near the toy section. I ended up buying sheets of shrink plastic in varying sizes, plus there were some packages that came with free key holders, so I got some of those as well. And flourescent glow-in-the-dark sheets? Why not? HAHAHA!

I spent a great deal of time just looking around, almost buying things I didn't really need. There were even shelves full of different kinds of false eyelashes, nail polish, colored staples, laptop bags, toe socks... Oh my goodness, the list goes on and on. Nakakalula talaga, hahaha.

Check out my first attempt at trying out the shrink plastic here.

Blogging on a rainy evening (unrelated title).

Last night at the Avellana Art Gallery, Nuki had asked us about our take on performance art, and how different it is from the conventional types of theater arts that most people are familiar with. What's weird was that we were asked if we were offended by those people who pursue performance art, considering we are also involved in theater arts. Hmmm... I never really saw it as offensive, because it's still "performing arts," isn't it? It's still an artist's way of expression. What about you guys, what do you think? Or for the benefit those who are curious, what's the difference of performance art from the other theater forms?

We were super glad Miss Tess came to watch our performance of Nemesis last night, and I super appreciate all her comments, as well as her sincere effort to come and watch us, even though we missed a whole chunk of lines, ahahaha. We all had a blast anyway. Thanks to Sir Albert Avellana and Joey Cobcobo (who celebrated his birthday yesterday) as well.

I forgot to mention in my last blog entry that I had visited Roeder and Onyl's Acting in Musical Theater workshop class once last week, and half of it was choreography of their recital's [opening?] number. It was so amusing to watch, as Roeder taught them these Fosse-like movements, and showed them his trademark steps in recitals, mentioning that it was a tribute to me, hahaha! That was because I had to do that particular dance when I was in his class a couple of years ago. Anyway, when they took a break, I got invited to join the pizza party because one of the workshoppers (Paul?) was celebrating his birthday that day. That was when Roeder introduced me as his former student, specifically from the Blue Jeans recital video clips they had found on YouTube. Anyway, after the break, they started talking about the story of their recital that the workshoppers had conceptualized. It was so so funny. Too bad I won't be able to watch it tomorrow. When they started music rehearsals with Onyl, I silently bid Roeder goodbye and made my French exit.

Oh, how I miss workshops when I sit in at classes like this.

I remember on the first (or was it the 2nd day?) of Beginning Acting, when Miss Tess had quoted Rolando Tinio, that to be a good actor, it takes 20 years to learn, and 20 years to unlearn (which I had started to work on that very year). When I read a book on Stanislavsky, it said almost the same thing. An actor needs 20 years to master his profession. At least 20 years. Hahaha, when I shared this with Lara during on YM chat, she said that she had already spent almost 20 years, and I couldn't help but laugh out loud at that simple but innocent remark (sorry, Lars). It not always based on how long you take training and honing your craft, but it's also on how you actually grow and improve as an actor. Oo nga naman pala diba? Just because ang tagal mo sa isang industriya tulad ng teatro doesn't necessarily mean bonggang bongga at bakulaw ka na sa galing. Dapat pa rin kasi na i-prove mo sa tao at most improtantly, sa sarili mo, ang capabilities mo as an artist in your chosen craft.

Speaking of craft, I stumbled onto one of Reggie's photo albums on Facebook labeled "Art Attack!" She mentioned this store in Robinson's Galleria called Saizen, which is a "wasteland" (as some people would call it) of P85 stuff. She posted photos of her purchases, which included "medium density fiberwood" which I'm hoping is similar to balsa wood so I can try something new for my craft cravings. She also got shrink plastic! Wheeee! I've always wanted to have Shrinky Dinks, and this is perfect! I'm going to check out that store tomorrow, hehehe.

Updating after a few days of not touching the computer.

I haven't been online for a few days, and I feel so disconnected already, hahaha.

So Songs For A New World opened without a hitch. On the day of the preview, I flew from the south to RCBC and immediately found a couple of my ushers in the lobby, trying to fix all those banners with weird standees. It took us about 2 hours to fix those darn standees because almost all of the holes on the tarp seemed as if they don't fit with their respective standees. We ended up improvising with masking tape, and then put away all the extra tarp because there were too many banners for the lobby space that we had.

We had cocktails and a photobooth set up in the lobby, so I spent the entire preview with some of the ushers gobbling up cocktails, chugging down wine, and playing around with the photobooth, hahaha.

On Friday, I went with my mom and Tita Lorie (my dad's cousin who's visiting from San Francisco) to Megamall as they took advantage of the huge sale. Pfft, in the department store, it took us over an hour just standing in line at the cashier because of the huge foul-up by the management. SM Department Store, please keep in mind that managers and supervisors must be easy to reach to void certain purchases, especially during big sales such as this.

Flew to RCBC after a happy P25 purchase on a collection of Ibsen plays, hahaha. This time it was opening night of SFANW, so we're also armed with more tickets to be purchased, plus souvenir programs, and of course, Peachy's glittery cash box. Hahaha, our rule was that if we lose some money from the cash box, all we have to do is inspect everyone's hands if they have glitter on it, hahaha!

We were one usher short since the preview because Teena got reassigned to the projector, so I ended up as one of the ushers in the orchestra section during opening night. Peachy was manning the tickets at the FOH table anyway, and Claire was there as well, helping sell programs. After the show, we had a sponsored dinner at Trellis in Market Market! Yay, sisig time, hahaha.

Nemesis rehearsal on Saturday, and we were sort of a mess, ahahaha. After a few runs, we got Ian to check up on us, and of course, the prime note was our lines. We continued rehearsal the next afternoon, with Opa's friend Carmi there to serve as another pair of eyes. Things were finally falling into place, yay. After one last (Italian) run, we went to Batute to watch the Children's Theater workshop recitals. It's always amusing to watch Tad and Paolo's class. Super adorable kids. Their kids' recital was back-to-back with Marj and Riki's Chilrdren's Theater class, which was separated into 2 groups because that class had a lot of students.

Arg, I think I got food poisoning from the chicken sandwich I had that evening, because I started feeling really sick when I got home. I tried to sleep it off but I ended up hurling in the bathroom at around 2 in the morning, and again later yesterday morning. Spent the entire day in bed and ended up not going to Nemesis rehearsal.

At least I'm finally feeling much better today. Now gearing up for a long but productive day tomorrow.