profound bliss

It was late January when my friend Danilo told me about the 2nd Pyromusical Competition. I immediately made a mental note to watch it alone. Either that, or my going shouldn't depend on someone else's decision to go or not. You see I bought two VIP tickets last year for me and a friend. I still wasn't open to going out alone in those days so when he cancelled at the last minute, I didn't go as well, wasting the precious 2 pieces of VIP tix. I was only able to watch last year's Pyromusical on its last day with my sis and nephew, and the fun that night made me regret not using the VIP ticket on the previous show. But going out alone because you planned to be alone is really different from going out alone because the person you're supposed to go with either stood you up or cancelled at the last minute. The latter sets your mood and excitement to a very low level, making you irritable and not enjoy whatever it is you are supposed to have fun attending. Any...

The last mountain that I climbed was Mt. Pundaquit when I went with the MSOC to Anawangin Cove . It was November last year. My friend K also invited me to their Batulao climb last January 9 (Sunday) but he texted me January 8th while I was already in Calapan . I couldn't actually go home Saturday night from an out-of-town trip and leave again the following morning for a mountain climb. Yea, pwede, but my Nanay would fume mad and Princess would feel depressed two days in a row and that's bad. Then some of the MSOC applicants invited me for a MakTrav the following Sunday, January 16th, and I immediately said yes. It would be my first major climb ever. K didn't join the team so I went to the Jam Transit station in Buendia alone at 3 AM. It was even baha in Pasay Rotonda because Manila Water was working in the area. Most of the team members were already there when I arrived. We left for Sto. Tomas at 4 AM via an air-conditioned Jam Transit. The trip cost P90.00 becaus...

Forgive the hair, I've been very lazy lately. But here's my Princess brushing her teeth, er, eating Pedigree Denta.

Click here to read Is It Possible to Daytrip Calapan City? (Part 1) . Since Nazis told me I could go to Harka Piloto, Tamaraw Falls, Puerto Gallera, and even visit my relatives in Victoria all in one day, I got all the more excited. I could go to all the places in my list plus do the favor my Nanay asked of me - to go introduce myself to our relatives in Bongabon, Victoria. I decided to first go to Victoria since all the rest of the places in my list was in Calapan. Nazis said it would only take us about half an hour to reach Bongabon so after having coffee, we immediately boarded a van and by 8 AM, we were on the road to my relatives I haven't seen in my life. But the road was wet cuz it had been constantly drizzling, and there was an ongoing reconstruction in most parts of the national way, thus, the traffic. One-way on most parts, so the half an hour became an hour. Bongabon, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro From 9-10:30 AM, all I did was introduce myself to my relativ...

Enchong Dee on Bench Summer 2011: Return to Temptation. Need I say more?

They say the national anthem, of any country for that matter, is the hardest song to sing in public. The pressure is there. And not even the five-time Grammy award winner Christina Aguilera found it easy to sing. Aguilera completely dissed both the ramparts and the fact that o'er them, we could see the broad stripes and bright stars gallantly streaming, by skipping that line entirely. Instead she sang: "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming." That was a pseudo-repeat of the earlier lyric, "What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming." Cristina eventually apologized for the “memory gap” by saying: “I got so caught up in the moment of the song that I lost my place. I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through.” Oo nga naman. It’s the thought that counts. LoL! Well, we Pinoys have our share of singers forgetting the lyrics or not fo...

The situation in Egypt is really sad. I pity the foreign reporters who have to brave going there to give the world updates of what's happening. My fave CNN anchor gets the feel of how chaotic the situation is. He and his team were assaulted. They're so lucky to get out of there unscathed. Video below.

An orb of light, believed to be a UFO, was spotted over Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock last January 28th. It came down from the sky, hovered over the Dome of the Rock for a few, then with incredible speed, shot up in the air where multiple other orbs were seen blinking. Strangely enough, another set of orbs were also seen in Utah County within hours of the Dome of the Rock sighting.