There are some occasions when some friends call me a "grammar geek," and sometimes even a "word nerd." Most probably because English and reading have always been my favorite subjects ever since the first grade. I love to read, devoured book after book each week, and had to keep renewing my library cards because I kept filling it up. There was even a phase in high school when I wrote poetry and even fictional summer stories (inspired by Iam's own fictional summer story idea). Org friends found out how I write in my online journals and almost all of them suddenly got me to write their yearbook writeups for them.
Even with that, I'm still not confident with my writing. I mean, yeah, I just write the way I speak in my head, and I tend to be OC with my grammar, but I still don't think I write all that well.
So now I'm tasked to write about a couple of friends, and I guess I'm just having writer's block.
Heck, even though this is my personal online journal, I sometimes get conscious about who reads my entries, even though among my friends. And to think that posting entries on an online public journal is already a risk in itself in opening up your personal life to the rest of the world. Anyway, when I found Nicco reading my last entry about Spring Awakening, I cringed and just sort of told him that I ran out of things to say after all the times we've talked about the show, hahaha.
Speaking of Nicco, it's amusing how he found a fan in one of my friends. I was chatting with her yesterday after she had seen the show this past weekend and started raving about the little guy who played Moritz.
OK, back to that magazine article assignment, hahaha.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
A friend's wedding prep meeting, plus Jenga.
Went to Hobbes and Landes at High Street this afternoon for a meeting with Carmella and her fiance Jay about their upcoming wedding. For some reason, their wedding reception needs a stage manager, and Carms decided to hire me for the job. Ever since she contacted me, I was so curious as to what I was supposed to do at the reception. I finally found out this afternoon.
When I arrived at Hobbes, I easily found Carms at the cafe inside, along with Jay and their friend Grae, with Grae's friend in tow (I forgot his name, sorry!). I finally got to meet Jay, after all the online chats with Carms, hahaha. So anyway, as Carms had promised, I was given a plastic envelope containing the schedule of the wedding and reception, a notebook and a pen. Hehehe, organized daw. After briefly looking at the schedule, I was finally told of the wedding theme. It was so original and it's really personalized to suit the couple. They were spurting out their ideas for the program, and I couldn't help but feel excited myself just because of the really cool concept.
What I love about Carms is that even though we haven't seen each other in ages, nothing had changed (well, except for some obvious stuff, hahaha). She's the type of friend that you know you can easily wack out with, yung tipong masarap kasama lagi. And it's so funny that I'm such a bad liar with her, even with the most trivial things, like lunch, hahahaha!
So anyway, meeting galore. We talked about the program, and how Carms and Jay wanted so-and-so, plus how the AVPs would be like, while I was stuffing my face with a bratwurst sandwich, hahaha. When they started ordering yoghurt, I noticed Grae playing with the Jenga blocks. So sure enough, when we were done talking about the wedding, it was time to play Jenga! Hahaha, we looked really silly as the Jenga tower rose as the game progressed, because we were all laughing ourselves silly every time the structure wobbled at the slightest touch. Hay, nakaka-stress ang game na ito, hahaha! Carms and I kept reacting the same way, hoping that the tower would finally topple over before it would reach our turns again. And Jay kept the camera ready in case the blocks would finally fall at each turn. Ayan, karma, when the tower got to its highest point, it fell over when he was placing the last block on the very top, hahaha! As of now, I think Carms wants to buy the game, and I want my own set too, hahaha.
Dropped by RCBC after saying goodbye to our happy group, and went straight to the theater lobby to return a number tag to Charo that Tin thought she had lost in her bag the night before (she later found it in her back pocket, ahehe). I also went to visit Nicco and Nar backstage to give them my little belated break-a-leg gifts. Hahaha, once my two prime purposes for stopping by were done, I just hung around the lobby until the show had to begin.
When I arrived at Hobbes, I easily found Carms at the cafe inside, along with Jay and their friend Grae, with Grae's friend in tow (I forgot his name, sorry!). I finally got to meet Jay, after all the online chats with Carms, hahaha. So anyway, as Carms had promised, I was given a plastic envelope containing the schedule of the wedding and reception, a notebook and a pen. Hehehe, organized daw. After briefly looking at the schedule, I was finally told of the wedding theme. It was so original and it's really personalized to suit the couple. They were spurting out their ideas for the program, and I couldn't help but feel excited myself just because of the really cool concept.
What I love about Carms is that even though we haven't seen each other in ages, nothing had changed (well, except for some obvious stuff, hahaha). She's the type of friend that you know you can easily wack out with, yung tipong masarap kasama lagi. And it's so funny that I'm such a bad liar with her, even with the most trivial things, like lunch, hahahaha!
So anyway, meeting galore. We talked about the program, and how Carms and Jay wanted so-and-so, plus how the AVPs would be like, while I was stuffing my face with a bratwurst sandwich, hahaha. When they started ordering yoghurt, I noticed Grae playing with the Jenga blocks. So sure enough, when we were done talking about the wedding, it was time to play Jenga! Hahaha, we looked really silly as the Jenga tower rose as the game progressed, because we were all laughing ourselves silly every time the structure wobbled at the slightest touch. Hay, nakaka-stress ang game na ito, hahaha! Carms and I kept reacting the same way, hoping that the tower would finally topple over before it would reach our turns again. And Jay kept the camera ready in case the blocks would finally fall at each turn. Ayan, karma, when the tower got to its highest point, it fell over when he was placing the last block on the very top, hahaha! As of now, I think Carms wants to buy the game, and I want my own set too, hahaha.
Dropped by RCBC after saying goodbye to our happy group, and went straight to the theater lobby to return a number tag to Charo that Tin thought she had lost in her bag the night before (she later found it in her back pocket, ahehe). I also went to visit Nicco and Nar backstage to give them my little belated break-a-leg gifts. Hahaha, once my two prime purposes for stopping by were done, I just hung around the lobby until the show had to begin.
Return to Spring Awakening.
Went to RCBC to watch Spring Awakening again last night (technically Friday) as I had only seen its final DTR before it's first preview show. This time, as per Hilary's suggestion, we purchased the onstage seats.
Arrived at RCBC way too early yesterday just so I can hang around and chat with whoever was there. Hung out with Mae and Dein in the lobby, just sitting on the stairs leading to the loge area. A little later, Teena and Enzo sat with us as well. When Lawyn finally arrived after a meeting with Bobby, Chari and Ms Liza, I tagged along with them while they had dinner at Kitaro, as I was still waiting for Tin and Hilary to arrive. On the way there, we ran into Ting. Surprise, she was watching the show as well along with Camille and Lye.
Hehe, ang bait ko naman masyado by the time we went back to the lobby. I immediately went straight to the spot where the onstage audience members were supposed to line up. First in line, naks, hehehe. Plus we had easy access to the teeny cupcake samples that were also in the lobby. Yummy. Anyway, while the onstage ticket holders were in line in the lobby, Charo briefed everyone on basic rules, then she handed out little plastic bags for our cellphones, which we were to surrender to her. Yes, for those sitting onstage, you have to surrender your cellphones to the usher-in-charge, and it has to be switched off.
We were finally ushered into the theater around 5-10 minutes before the show, and thank goodness we were at the front of the line for stage left, because I already had my eye on the 2nd row seats that were more downstage, so we get a better view. So now you know why the onstage seats are cheaper, it has a really limited view, plus the sounds are different. Obviously, from where we're sitting, mas malakas ang band than the actors themselves.
I have to say, it was a good thing that there were TV screens both on downstage left and right, so we also get to see close-ups of the actors during the song numbers. It was alright if there was only one actor singing, or even two, as they swivel it back and forth between the singers. But because there was only one camera view, it got really annoying when it was the entire cast singing, so the camera kept panning and tilting all over the place just so it can capture all the actors singing. Sana na lang they just zoomed out a little so everyone can be seen.
Considering that Spring Awakening is considered a rock opera, it did have a concert feel, complete with moving lights and with the band upstage directly behind the set. It's amusing to find the cast suddenly pulling out microphones concealed in their pockets, and even from cleverly hidden pockets on the set pieces (which are mostly just wooden benches and a table). The talented cast was such a delight to watch as they executed the sharp choreography while at the same time singing without letting their voices waver.
It seemed that Joaqui as Melchior made quite an effort to speak his lines with a distinct speech pattern that I hear from my friend when speaking in German. Unfortunately, he was the only one doing so, so it sort of sounded out of place, even though the play was set in 1891 Germany. I have had a few brief discussions with Nicco about Moritz, and I knew that most people think that his character was sort of queer, but I noticed that if you didn't box yourself in with that idea, you'll find that he was only very very repressed, haha. Other than that, without bias, Nicco gave quite an awesome performance. And this is a guy who used to claim that he was a bass, yet he pulled off all those songs as a tenor. Kelly pulled off a convincing innocent Wendla, with her wide bright eyes and sheltered outlook, but her speaking voice was a little too shaky for me, even with her given circumstances throughout the play. I have to say that Bea's Ilse was my favorite among the girls. You can see a lot going on in her eyes, especially during that scene between Ilse and Moritz. During the song "Left Behind," she was the one that was pretty difficult to watch, and Jett as well in that same scene as Moritz's dad. Hahaha, nakakahawa sila. Nar and JC were quite the comic relief in their "Word of Your Body" reprise, and I can hear half the audience react (and squeal and squirm) to their scene together. Thank goodness Nar's vocal prowess wasn't put to waste in this production, as I could clearly hear his voice above the rest despite the acoustics in our seating area.
Congrats again to the Spring Awakening cast and crew!
After the show, the theater lobby was super crowded. It took a while to for us to claim our surrendered cellphones, but as we did, Hilary's quick hands managed to snatch a couple of those bigger cupcakes for Tin and me, hahaha.
Yay, Hilary and Nicco finally meet officially! Super funny talaga. After introductions, Hil bluntly said, "This is an awkward moment..." Hahahaha! Oh the crushes.
Hilary, Tin and I immediately left afterward, as Hil's brother Erik and their friend Iya have been waiting at Starbucks across the street ever since the movie they've been watching had ended up a couple of hours earlier. Hung around with them, chika galore, until we all decided to call it a night.
Arrived at RCBC way too early yesterday just so I can hang around and chat with whoever was there. Hung out with Mae and Dein in the lobby, just sitting on the stairs leading to the loge area. A little later, Teena and Enzo sat with us as well. When Lawyn finally arrived after a meeting with Bobby, Chari and Ms Liza, I tagged along with them while they had dinner at Kitaro, as I was still waiting for Tin and Hilary to arrive. On the way there, we ran into Ting. Surprise, she was watching the show as well along with Camille and Lye.
Hehe, ang bait ko naman masyado by the time we went back to the lobby. I immediately went straight to the spot where the onstage audience members were supposed to line up. First in line, naks, hehehe. Plus we had easy access to the teeny cupcake samples that were also in the lobby. Yummy. Anyway, while the onstage ticket holders were in line in the lobby, Charo briefed everyone on basic rules, then she handed out little plastic bags for our cellphones, which we were to surrender to her. Yes, for those sitting onstage, you have to surrender your cellphones to the usher-in-charge, and it has to be switched off.
We were finally ushered into the theater around 5-10 minutes before the show, and thank goodness we were at the front of the line for stage left, because I already had my eye on the 2nd row seats that were more downstage, so we get a better view. So now you know why the onstage seats are cheaper, it has a really limited view, plus the sounds are different. Obviously, from where we're sitting, mas malakas ang band than the actors themselves.
I have to say, it was a good thing that there were TV screens both on downstage left and right, so we also get to see close-ups of the actors during the song numbers. It was alright if there was only one actor singing, or even two, as they swivel it back and forth between the singers. But because there was only one camera view, it got really annoying when it was the entire cast singing, so the camera kept panning and tilting all over the place just so it can capture all the actors singing. Sana na lang they just zoomed out a little so everyone can be seen.
Considering that Spring Awakening is considered a rock opera, it did have a concert feel, complete with moving lights and with the band upstage directly behind the set. It's amusing to find the cast suddenly pulling out microphones concealed in their pockets, and even from cleverly hidden pockets on the set pieces (which are mostly just wooden benches and a table). The talented cast was such a delight to watch as they executed the sharp choreography while at the same time singing without letting their voices waver.
It seemed that Joaqui as Melchior made quite an effort to speak his lines with a distinct speech pattern that I hear from my friend when speaking in German. Unfortunately, he was the only one doing so, so it sort of sounded out of place, even though the play was set in 1891 Germany. I have had a few brief discussions with Nicco about Moritz, and I knew that most people think that his character was sort of queer, but I noticed that if you didn't box yourself in with that idea, you'll find that he was only very very repressed, haha. Other than that, without bias, Nicco gave quite an awesome performance. And this is a guy who used to claim that he was a bass, yet he pulled off all those songs as a tenor. Kelly pulled off a convincing innocent Wendla, with her wide bright eyes and sheltered outlook, but her speaking voice was a little too shaky for me, even with her given circumstances throughout the play. I have to say that Bea's Ilse was my favorite among the girls. You can see a lot going on in her eyes, especially during that scene between Ilse and Moritz. During the song "Left Behind," she was the one that was pretty difficult to watch, and Jett as well in that same scene as Moritz's dad. Hahaha, nakakahawa sila. Nar and JC were quite the comic relief in their "Word of Your Body" reprise, and I can hear half the audience react (and squeal and squirm) to their scene together. Thank goodness Nar's vocal prowess wasn't put to waste in this production, as I could clearly hear his voice above the rest despite the acoustics in our seating area.
Congrats again to the Spring Awakening cast and crew!
After the show, the theater lobby was super crowded. It took a while to for us to claim our surrendered cellphones, but as we did, Hilary's quick hands managed to snatch a couple of those bigger cupcakes for Tin and me, hahaha.
Yay, Hilary and Nicco finally meet officially! Super funny talaga. After introductions, Hil bluntly said, "This is an awkward moment..." Hahahaha! Oh the crushes.
Hilary, Tin and I immediately left afterward, as Hil's brother Erik and their friend Iya have been waiting at Starbucks across the street ever since the movie they've been watching had ended up a couple of hours earlier. Hung around with them, chika galore, until we all decided to call it a night.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Afternoon visit to Atlantis, and other stuff.
I paid Atlantis a little visit last Tuesday afternoon. I had left Taft a little before lunch, and by the time I had hopped off the bus and was already walking to the office, I had forgotten that my phone was still on silent mode. So I never got to read Claire's message when I had knocked on the door and stepped in while Bobby and Chari were in the middle of a meeting. Eep, sorry, hahaha.
Surprise surprise, I had perfect timing, as they had ordered lunch from a sponsor. Yummy cajun chicken and fajita wraps all in this one huge platter that we couldn't finish... and there were already 8 of us in the office, hahaha. So a bunch of us ended up finishing it before we left the office at closing time.
There were a lot of funny moments inside the office. One of the most hilarious was the revelation of Claire's crush... by her own reactions when someone talks about the actor or even at the mere mention of his name, hahaha! Bobby naman was still as kulit as ever that even as he teased Claire, he still managed to tease me regarding an old flame and even suggested a double date. Huwat? Ano baaa. Then when they were checking out blockbuyers' seat plans, Lawyn even got me to anonymously text Miguel to just check how much tickets he still has to sell. Textmates na raw kami, according to Bobby. Ahahaha.
Yep, Atlantis is filled with crazy people, but I still love them anyway. I'm gonna drop by Spring Awakening again one of these days and just hang out at the front-of-house. I miss doing that.
Speaking of Spring Awakening, I have yet to watch it again. But of course, I can't really say when because Nicco had already warned me not to let him know when I'll be watching. So in case Nicco's still browsing through this blog (I know you do, hahaha), I'd rather not say. We did get into this interesting conversation about Moritz yesterday. I guess I'm already mentioning a few stuff I have in my head because I haven't blogged about them yet. He's dying to hear a review, but he's sort of "not allowed" to read any of them, hahaha. You can't really avoid both good and bad reviews, as long as you don't take them too personally. I remember Bong always skimming through reviews of his shows, then laughing it off. Kasi naman diba, pag may bad review tungkol sa show mo o tungkol sa performance mo mismo, dapat mo naman tanggapin na iba-iba ang gusto at pananaw ng mga tao. At kung collective man ang reaction, the best thing to do is to learn from it na lang.
Anyway. Spring Awakening had radio guestings in a bunch of radio stations this week. Last Tuesday, Jett and Nicco were at NU at 6pm, but I didn't get to catch it. I think Claire did, as she was fumbling with the radio before we had to leave the office. There was another 15-minute guesting this afternoon at 2pm at Mellow 94.7. Nicco was there again, along with Miguel (who even plugged his own shows) and Kelly (who gave away her character's story and ending).
I came across one of Rayna's Facebook statuses where she was sort of complaining about something, "the fear of growing old and not making the most of your gifts and your life." To which Sir Dennis responded with this: "try to think of it as an actress doing research for roles you still will play, whether they have been written or not."
Well said, Sir Dennis.
I was reading The Actor's Checklist again yesterday and came across these interesting quotes...
"As an actor, you enter the field out of this intense desire to make a contribution, to do something very fine in the art world, to use your pain, anguish, and life experience to lighten the load or make someone else's perceptions keener. You want the human race to advance out of your sacrifice of yourself because at least 50 percent of what you relive onstage is very painful. Even in comedy it's somewhat painful to intensely remember things that are already gone."
- Joe Warfield, actor
"There is still that mystery of an actor who can repeat every detail because of his work and his life. The best actors try the most things in rehearsal. They are never satisfied, always looking for more adjustments and retaining them, and therefore in performance they achieve the greatest heights."
- Gilled Gleizes, French director
"Creating a character is like building a house. You have to accumulate the material with which to build it."
- Charles Jehlinger, founder of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
"Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one has not had the time to write down."
- Victor Hugo
I just had to laugh at that last one. I can totally relate, because there are always occasions that I come across a thought or something I've seen or heard, and I never got to jot it down. I sometimes forget my little notebook, or my pen ran out of ink, or I left my pens in a different bag that I left at home. Though thank goodness I can store short notes in my phone in case certain randomness come to mind.
I can vaguely remember this "actor's nightmare" that I had a few nights ago which involved me rehearsing in this theater with a bunch of actors (whose faces I can't recall anymore) plus Miss Tess, who was also directing this weird event. Labo. All I can remember now is that I have to sing this song that also had some lines in between the verses, and I had no idea what the lyrics were, and I ended up doing improv with the lines. Then I found myself in this backstage area which looked like a combination of the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium and GSIS theater. I was sorting out the RF mics and was helping out a couple of the performers (one of them suddenly happened to be Opa) with their costumes. Then I woke up when I had to leave backstage to go onstage. Weird dream.
Anyway, there are a lot of auditions coming up. Hope you interested people are prepping up for 9 Works Theatrical's Rent, plus Atlantis Productions' Legally Blonde and Xanadu. Break a leg, you guys!
Surprise surprise, I had perfect timing, as they had ordered lunch from a sponsor. Yummy cajun chicken and fajita wraps all in this one huge platter that we couldn't finish... and there were already 8 of us in the office, hahaha. So a bunch of us ended up finishing it before we left the office at closing time.
There were a lot of funny moments inside the office. One of the most hilarious was the revelation of Claire's crush... by her own reactions when someone talks about the actor or even at the mere mention of his name, hahaha! Bobby naman was still as kulit as ever that even as he teased Claire, he still managed to tease me regarding an old flame and even suggested a double date. Huwat? Ano baaa. Then when they were checking out blockbuyers' seat plans, Lawyn even got me to anonymously text Miguel to just check how much tickets he still has to sell. Textmates na raw kami, according to Bobby. Ahahaha.
Yep, Atlantis is filled with crazy people, but I still love them anyway. I'm gonna drop by Spring Awakening again one of these days and just hang out at the front-of-house. I miss doing that.
Speaking of Spring Awakening, I have yet to watch it again. But of course, I can't really say when because Nicco had already warned me not to let him know when I'll be watching. So in case Nicco's still browsing through this blog (I know you do, hahaha), I'd rather not say. We did get into this interesting conversation about Moritz yesterday. I guess I'm already mentioning a few stuff I have in my head because I haven't blogged about them yet. He's dying to hear a review, but he's sort of "not allowed" to read any of them, hahaha. You can't really avoid both good and bad reviews, as long as you don't take them too personally. I remember Bong always skimming through reviews of his shows, then laughing it off. Kasi naman diba, pag may bad review tungkol sa show mo o tungkol sa performance mo mismo, dapat mo naman tanggapin na iba-iba ang gusto at pananaw ng mga tao. At kung collective man ang reaction, the best thing to do is to learn from it na lang.
Anyway. Spring Awakening had radio guestings in a bunch of radio stations this week. Last Tuesday, Jett and Nicco were at NU at 6pm, but I didn't get to catch it. I think Claire did, as she was fumbling with the radio before we had to leave the office. There was another 15-minute guesting this afternoon at 2pm at Mellow 94.7. Nicco was there again, along with Miguel (who even plugged his own shows) and Kelly (who gave away her character's story and ending).
I came across one of Rayna's Facebook statuses where she was sort of complaining about something, "the fear of growing old and not making the most of your gifts and your life." To which Sir Dennis responded with this: "try to think of it as an actress doing research for roles you still will play, whether they have been written or not."
Well said, Sir Dennis.
I was reading The Actor's Checklist again yesterday and came across these interesting quotes...
"As an actor, you enter the field out of this intense desire to make a contribution, to do something very fine in the art world, to use your pain, anguish, and life experience to lighten the load or make someone else's perceptions keener. You want the human race to advance out of your sacrifice of yourself because at least 50 percent of what you relive onstage is very painful. Even in comedy it's somewhat painful to intensely remember things that are already gone."
- Joe Warfield, actor
"There is still that mystery of an actor who can repeat every detail because of his work and his life. The best actors try the most things in rehearsal. They are never satisfied, always looking for more adjustments and retaining them, and therefore in performance they achieve the greatest heights."
- Gilled Gleizes, French director
"Creating a character is like building a house. You have to accumulate the material with which to build it."
- Charles Jehlinger, founder of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
"Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one has not had the time to write down."
- Victor Hugo
I just had to laugh at that last one. I can totally relate, because there are always occasions that I come across a thought or something I've seen or heard, and I never got to jot it down. I sometimes forget my little notebook, or my pen ran out of ink, or I left my pens in a different bag that I left at home. Though thank goodness I can store short notes in my phone in case certain randomness come to mind.
I can vaguely remember this "actor's nightmare" that I had a few nights ago which involved me rehearsing in this theater with a bunch of actors (whose faces I can't recall anymore) plus Miss Tess, who was also directing this weird event. Labo. All I can remember now is that I have to sing this song that also had some lines in between the verses, and I had no idea what the lyrics were, and I ended up doing improv with the lines. Then I found myself in this backstage area which looked like a combination of the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium and GSIS theater. I was sorting out the RF mics and was helping out a couple of the performers (one of them suddenly happened to be Opa) with their costumes. Then I woke up when I had to leave backstage to go onstage. Weird dream.
Anyway, there are a lot of auditions coming up. Hope you interested people are prepping up for 9 Works Theatrical's Rent, plus Atlantis Productions' Legally Blonde and Xanadu. Break a leg, you guys!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Scribbles.
I still have a bunch of pending scribbles in my notebook, and it's about time I'd put them here. Warning, this is another entry chock full of randomness.
Gestures. There were at least a couple of occasions that Betty had noticed how she, Opa and I, and some people in general would move while in conversation. She noted that there are some people who gesture more than others. Haha, I'm one of those people who can't seem to sit still while talking. I sometimes need to move my hands, arms, and even my head around to elaborate what I'm talking about. A couple of times, Betty even dared me not to even lift a finger while we were talking. I couldn't, hahaha.
Judging by the way I move and talk some of the time, some people still can't believe that I can still get really (and I mean really) shy. It's like that time when I went to Centro to join the bloggers conference of Spring Awakening. Sure, I was being myself, wacking out with Lara and Dingdong, and sometimes bugging Lawyn and Ate Lani, but when the pseudo press conference began and the cast looked on at the group, waiting for questions, I looked at the other bloggers, or scribbled something incoherent in my notebook, or just looked at the mirrors. When the informal open forum ended and bloggers began individual interviews, I held back and waited for a day or two, hahaha.
I once commented on one of the status messages of Mads, a Make Believer, and I was amused that she still called me "Teach," even though I wasn't really a teacher of any of their workshops. Though I sure do hope I get to return to Make Believe next year. But maybe just as an assistant teacher for the pre-teens. I still don't know how to handle the younger kids.
I saw this just last night on Carlo's Facebook status: Every artist was first an amateur. Aba, pa-deep si Carlo. But I liked it. So true.
This is it for now. Off to visit the Atlantis gang, hehe.
Gestures. There were at least a couple of occasions that Betty had noticed how she, Opa and I, and some people in general would move while in conversation. She noted that there are some people who gesture more than others. Haha, I'm one of those people who can't seem to sit still while talking. I sometimes need to move my hands, arms, and even my head around to elaborate what I'm talking about. A couple of times, Betty even dared me not to even lift a finger while we were talking. I couldn't, hahaha.
Judging by the way I move and talk some of the time, some people still can't believe that I can still get really (and I mean really) shy. It's like that time when I went to Centro to join the bloggers conference of Spring Awakening. Sure, I was being myself, wacking out with Lara and Dingdong, and sometimes bugging Lawyn and Ate Lani, but when the pseudo press conference began and the cast looked on at the group, waiting for questions, I looked at the other bloggers, or scribbled something incoherent in my notebook, or just looked at the mirrors. When the informal open forum ended and bloggers began individual interviews, I held back and waited for a day or two, hahaha.
I once commented on one of the status messages of Mads, a Make Believer, and I was amused that she still called me "Teach," even though I wasn't really a teacher of any of their workshops. Though I sure do hope I get to return to Make Believe next year. But maybe just as an assistant teacher for the pre-teens. I still don't know how to handle the younger kids.
I saw this just last night on Carlo's Facebook status: Every artist was first an amateur. Aba, pa-deep si Carlo. But I liked it. So true.
This is it for now. Off to visit the Atlantis gang, hehe.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Hey, old friend.
My notebook has been filled with random stuff since last week, and I haven't posted any of them on my blog yet.
I love it when I see old friends that I haven't seen in years. When I was about to board a jeep from Taft Wednesday of last week, there was this one guy who hopped on the jeep right before I did. Once aboard the jeep, I managed to glance at the guy, and to my surprise, it was Rain! Hahaha, we were both so surprised to see each other already, and apparently, we were both on our way to Makati. We were pretty thrilled to be reunited again, even for a short time, so we gabbed the whole way while we were on the jeep and on the bus (not even minding how crowded the bus was and we had to stand) to Makati until I had to get off at RCBC.
While I was watching Spring Awakening's DTR that afternoon, I found a familiar face in the lobby when I went out during intermission. It was Dein, an old friend from Zobel productions as well as a fellow Trumpets Playshopper from years ago. As it turned out, he was to be an emergency usher for the shows, because his office was just right upstairs.
Another Playshopper I got in contact with was Ronelli. While I was online on Facebook sometime last week, she messaged me from out of the blue asking where I lived. That was when I found out that she's opening a coffee shop in my village! I can't wait to check it out.
Then of course, I had already blogged about meeting with Tin last week after the Spring Awakening DTR. Being with her that evening is one of the best times I've really laughed, even though we were hanging out for just a few short hours.
A couple of days after Ondoy's rage, when I stepped out into our garage to find Terie basking in this patch of sunlight on the floor, I saw a familiar pick-up truck parked outside our neighbor's house. It was the Forty's Party Supplies truck, picking up the party stuff that Tita Baby had rented out of her rescheduled birthday party (which was supposed to be last Saturday until the typhoon came). I saw a familiar-looking girl overseeing the egress. It was Isabel, one of the first friends I had in CSB. I haven't seen her since our 2nd term in school, and to think that we hung out together practically every day during our first term. It was great to see her again. She was actually surprised to find out that I lived across the street from their most recent client, even though we've told each other several times before how close our houses are from each other.
I also got to chat with Giselle, another Playshopper from the same batch as Dein and Ronelli, a couple of days ago. We were amused at how the world keeps getting smaller when we realized we had a couple more common friends. We also talked workshops, and assessed how our ventures outside Trumpets Playshop were (mine was good, hers didn't fare as well).
I sure do hope the weather will get better soon. I'm meeting another friend this weekend that I haven't seen in ages.
I love it when I see old friends that I haven't seen in years. When I was about to board a jeep from Taft Wednesday of last week, there was this one guy who hopped on the jeep right before I did. Once aboard the jeep, I managed to glance at the guy, and to my surprise, it was Rain! Hahaha, we were both so surprised to see each other already, and apparently, we were both on our way to Makati. We were pretty thrilled to be reunited again, even for a short time, so we gabbed the whole way while we were on the jeep and on the bus (not even minding how crowded the bus was and we had to stand) to Makati until I had to get off at RCBC.
While I was watching Spring Awakening's DTR that afternoon, I found a familiar face in the lobby when I went out during intermission. It was Dein, an old friend from Zobel productions as well as a fellow Trumpets Playshopper from years ago. As it turned out, he was to be an emergency usher for the shows, because his office was just right upstairs.
Another Playshopper I got in contact with was Ronelli. While I was online on Facebook sometime last week, she messaged me from out of the blue asking where I lived. That was when I found out that she's opening a coffee shop in my village! I can't wait to check it out.
Then of course, I had already blogged about meeting with Tin last week after the Spring Awakening DTR. Being with her that evening is one of the best times I've really laughed, even though we were hanging out for just a few short hours.
A couple of days after Ondoy's rage, when I stepped out into our garage to find Terie basking in this patch of sunlight on the floor, I saw a familiar pick-up truck parked outside our neighbor's house. It was the Forty's Party Supplies truck, picking up the party stuff that Tita Baby had rented out of her rescheduled birthday party (which was supposed to be last Saturday until the typhoon came). I saw a familiar-looking girl overseeing the egress. It was Isabel, one of the first friends I had in CSB. I haven't seen her since our 2nd term in school, and to think that we hung out together practically every day during our first term. It was great to see her again. She was actually surprised to find out that I lived across the street from their most recent client, even though we've told each other several times before how close our houses are from each other.
I also got to chat with Giselle, another Playshopper from the same batch as Dein and Ronelli, a couple of days ago. We were amused at how the world keeps getting smaller when we realized we had a couple more common friends. We also talked workshops, and assessed how our ventures outside Trumpets Playshop were (mine was good, hers didn't fare as well).
I sure do hope the weather will get better soon. I'm meeting another friend this weekend that I haven't seen in ages.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Suppressed.
First of all, after Ondoy's visit, how is everybody?
I've been feeling helpless during this entire week. As much as I want to do something and help, certain circumstances at home won't permit me to leave the house. Though I heard this afternoon that our neighbor and his family is packing a lot of stuff to donate, so I might cross the street tomorrow and help out in any way. It's also a good opportunity to talk to my former kindergarten teacher (yes, you got that right) who's a friend of their family.
So anyway, I haven't been blogging any randomness that I've been dying to post because of a certain suppressed feeling. All those posts on Facebook and Multiply were all about helping the people who fell victim to the flood. People were posting alerts and possible ways of volunteering and donating and helping out the flood victims on their statuses, and sometimes even telling people to stop posting unnecessary things so as not to flood the news feed. Minsan nga, may mga nakikitang pa akong mga status diyan na OA na, sesermonan pa ang mga taong nagpo-post ng kung anu-ano dahil wala raw silang magawa imbis na tumulong. Ang masasabi ko lang about that... let's not be so harsh, people. Sabi nga ni Betty, it doesn't make them less caring, unconcerned, or that they are not doing anything about what's happening. Who knows, maybe they've already given their fair share already dahil hindi na nila nilalagay ang mga ginawa nilang tulong sa Facebook. Anyway, I'm not saying na ang preachy masyado ng mga nagpo-post sa Facebook. It really does help a lot, pero wag niyo naman sermonan yung mga iba for posting whatever. There is the Hide button naman eh. Dun naman sa mga nagpo-post ng kung anu-ano, please be considerate na rin and don't publish too many unnecessary quiz results and etcetera, at kailangan din ng iba ang networks nila sa Facebook for certain purposes. Kaya rin ako medyo suppressed at minsan nagi-guilty ako na mag-post ng personal randomness, because baka isipin nila na walang akong kibo sa mga pangyayari. Alam niyo na gusto ko rin tumulong. Naiinggit pa nga ako sa mga nakikita kong nagpo-post ng mga photos of all those people helping out, walang keme or whatever.
Alala ko tuloy yung mga napapaskil na photos of donations by certain candidates for presidency, na tatatakan pa ang mga donations nila ng pangalan nila. Uhm, hindi na po yan masyadong papansinin ng mga tao, and doing so will not win them any more votes. The people that will be receiving these will be immensely and equally grateful no matter kung sino ang nagbigay nun.
Anyway.
Wow, I didn't mean to write a paragraph that long. I just meant to say that I felt suppressed about writing a personal blog amidst all the posts about Ondoy. Now that I sounded that out, "random" blog entry to follow.
I've been feeling helpless during this entire week. As much as I want to do something and help, certain circumstances at home won't permit me to leave the house. Though I heard this afternoon that our neighbor and his family is packing a lot of stuff to donate, so I might cross the street tomorrow and help out in any way. It's also a good opportunity to talk to my former kindergarten teacher (yes, you got that right) who's a friend of their family.
So anyway, I haven't been blogging any randomness that I've been dying to post because of a certain suppressed feeling. All those posts on Facebook and Multiply were all about helping the people who fell victim to the flood. People were posting alerts and possible ways of volunteering and donating and helping out the flood victims on their statuses, and sometimes even telling people to stop posting unnecessary things so as not to flood the news feed. Minsan nga, may mga nakikitang pa akong mga status diyan na OA na, sesermonan pa ang mga taong nagpo-post ng kung anu-ano dahil wala raw silang magawa imbis na tumulong. Ang masasabi ko lang about that... let's not be so harsh, people. Sabi nga ni Betty, it doesn't make them less caring, unconcerned, or that they are not doing anything about what's happening. Who knows, maybe they've already given their fair share already dahil hindi na nila nilalagay ang mga ginawa nilang tulong sa Facebook. Anyway, I'm not saying na ang preachy masyado ng mga nagpo-post sa Facebook. It really does help a lot, pero wag niyo naman sermonan yung mga iba for posting whatever. There is the Hide button naman eh. Dun naman sa mga nagpo-post ng kung anu-ano, please be considerate na rin and don't publish too many unnecessary quiz results and etcetera, at kailangan din ng iba ang networks nila sa Facebook for certain purposes. Kaya rin ako medyo suppressed at minsan nagi-guilty ako na mag-post ng personal randomness, because baka isipin nila na walang akong kibo sa mga pangyayari. Alam niyo na gusto ko rin tumulong. Naiinggit pa nga ako sa mga nakikita kong nagpo-post ng mga photos of all those people helping out, walang keme or whatever.
Alala ko tuloy yung mga napapaskil na photos of donations by certain candidates for presidency, na tatatakan pa ang mga donations nila ng pangalan nila. Uhm, hindi na po yan masyadong papansinin ng mga tao, and doing so will not win them any more votes. The people that will be receiving these will be immensely and equally grateful no matter kung sino ang nagbigay nun.
Anyway.
Wow, I didn't mean to write a paragraph that long. I just meant to say that I felt suppressed about writing a personal blog amidst all the posts about Ondoy. Now that I sounded that out, "random" blog entry to follow.
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