jay moment

Before I begin yakking my way in narrating how our Singapore-Paris-Barc

elona-Mediterranean-Malta-Naples-Rome-Pisa-Cannes-French Riviera-Barcelona-Paris-Singapore (whew) trip went, let me just take this opportunity to greet jay--da labs o my life (keso na itoh), a happy birthday. He celebrated his birthday last 23rd, onboard the Norwegian Gem (with special grazies to Koya Mandy and Koya Reyson and the entire cast of the 'Let me call you sweetheart chorale'), with morning side trip to Pisa, Italy.

with his 'very well done' porterhouse steak

(that poor thing, kinatay na nga, kelangan pang i-overcook)

let's hear it from the cagney's steak house crew

(and being majority pinoy, of course they had to sing 'Sanay malasing mo kami'. perfecto)

si koya mandy. bawal cgurong nakangiti sa blue penguin suit.

buti pa si mikey arroyo, este si koya rey.

see, he looks oh so happy. impacho yan.

then came the pimped-up room.

so this is what VIP meant. :P

and now...for the ultimate jay moment...

We were in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, walking around the exhibition area when someone walked towards Panelomo and points to his camera (see below). (At dito ako magsisimulang mag -tagalog. hehe). Sabi nung babae, na medyo muffled, 'Oy, pareho', or something to that effect. Nabanggit nung babae na naglo lomo din nga daw sya, at sya ay taga-Nice, sa Pransya, pumapasyal lang. Sabi ng aking mister ay kami din, taga Pinas kami, pero galing Singapore, (or something to that effect). May isa sa kanilang nagtanong kung aktibo ba yung isa online, at dahil parehong oo ang sagot nila, nagtanungan sila ng pangalan. AT... nung sinabi ni miswa ang pangalan nya, natawa si Jay. Nakikita nga daw nya ito online. Sinabi tuloy ni panelomo ang kanyang code name shaider AT DAHIL JAN...DAHIL JAN...kitang kita sa mata ni miswa ang pagkamangha. Magaling daw si PANELOMO kumuha ng litrato (reads: litratong overexposed, at patong patong), gusto daw nya ang kanyang mga kuha at isa daw syang FAN. Oo, Regina...FAN. as in pamaypay. Ang bongga kong asawa, hindi man lang sumagot ng 'ay, ikaw din, magaling ka'. WALA. taray talaga nun.

syet.

baket nga ba hindi nalang ako nakuntento sa dati nyang hobby (fonts collecting)?

Syempre hindi na namin kinailangan ng escalator

sa pagbaba, at hindi na sumayad ang paa ni jay sa lupa (may pakpak na sya sa tenga eh).

So ayan...mamang barumbado, mahilig sa lomo, maglinis ng banyo, fan ng Lakers, fan din ng bakers (at bakeries), McDo, fonts, pininyahang manok at segues...

hafiberdeys, my labs. muwah.

P.S. Well, he actually celebrated his birthday twice: you see, during our flight from Paris to Singapore last Thursday, he was treated by the SIA crew to a 12 inch chocolate cake (which, by the way was suuper yummy. They should be opening their bakery chain as well, pramis.), which we had to take with us when we landed in the morning (yay!).

Tuesday morning. I must be in Valetta, Malta

Date: 20 October 2009

inevitable question: ano kaya itong specialty nila na

Lampuki Pie? (above)

eto pa yung iba!

Baon

Salamat sa nagbigay nito, you know who you are. yoohoo... :) makakapag-Charlie Chan na ako, sa wakas. :) Salamat din kay Kuya Matthew. The girls are all giddy with love.

If a jet-pack is on sale here, I'll definitely smuggle one for you. hehe.

Happy happy joy joy.

Diba nga eh nanalo si Jay sa Jones Soda-LSI (that's Lomographic Society International for you) contest, kung saan ang mala bulldog kong picture ay nakasama sa

winning shots for week one?

After what seemed like eons...

Eto na yung LC-A+ ko. Dumating na sya.

Ang sarap ng libre, naiiyak ako. haha.

omg. look at that grin. kaya ko ni-black and white eh.

Kadiri. Hindi pa bukas ang shutter. hanubah. Skeletor ishdatyou?

Kalahati nung test shots ay ginamit ko para sa kasalang ito.

Ito naman yung ibang non-wedding shots.

In fairness, mahal ko na sya.

04-11 AS2, Kent Ridge

May mga lugar at sulok na feeling mo kabilang ka.

Mas madaling buksan ang pinto, malinis ang banyo na kahit matulog ka sa sahig ay pwede.

Masarap ang umagahan,

tanghalian,

at meryenda (na waffles with nutella).

Kung saan hindi mo kailangang tumakas,

o lumabas.

Walang masasamang espiritu at mangkukulam.

Ikaw ay ikaw.

Wala nang iba.

Malaya kang gawin ang nais mo.

"You had the freedom of the underworld', ika nga nung Earl sa 'Neverwhere'.

Dito sa kwarto na ito.

Dito ako nag plano nang aking kasal.

Dito kumatok si Jay isang umaga bago magtanghali, may dala dalang maliit na box ng cake at isang malaking OX na Uglydoll.

Dito natutulog ang mister ko gamit ang dalawang upuan na pinagdugtong, kapag sinusundo nya ako sa opisina.

Dito nagla-lounge si Janssen, kung saan kakatok nalang siya, at may kasamang bisita.

Dito sa kwarto na ito ako nangarap na maging boss ko, balang araw (hehe).

Dito sa kwarto na ito ako natataranta pag may deadlines,

Naghakot at nagkahon ng mga gamit,

Nagsayaw ng mag isa.

Dito sa kwarto na ito.

Ako nagtrabaho.

At noon--ako'y masaya.

I'll be back, Kent Ridge. :) Magkikita tayo muli.

Julian and Moppet (shot on film)

First ROM Solemnisation I've witnessed here in Singapore. Moppet Navarro and Julian Lim's 'first time' to get married (haha). First time I've shot with an LC-A+ (film is Lomo 200 ASA). First time I've used an analogue camera to capture a wedding ceremony. Don't we just *heart* first times? :)

Baka ma-draft si Charice. haha.

Below is one of my favorite comedy clips of all time. It also bespeaks of a notorious Filipino past time--yung pag 'angkin' nang lahat ng taong sikat. Kahit 1/32 Filipino nalang yung dugo nung celebrity, eh pota, asahan mo--magiging headline yan. Tipong isang linggo mong makikita yung pag mumukha nung international celebrity na yun sa talk shows, sa dyaryo, sa print ads. Iinterbyuhin ang barbero, dating kaklase nung kinder, kapitbahay na hindi naman nila nakasalimuha ever, saksakan na layong kamag anak na sa icture lang sya nakita. Wow, you wouldn't believe the power of instant relativity here.

Now, there's nothing wrong with being proud of your roots, and as the fil-ams call it 'REpresent' (hindi ko parin nage gets yung mala-rapper stress sa RE), pero naman--huwag naman sapilitan. Nakakahiya din minsan eh. Si APL ng Black Eyed Peas, ayun--he's shouting it out loud. Okay yun. Si Rob Schneider nga eh, diba. His 'loser' flicks has this one certain scene na he'll mention that he's Pinoy din. That's cool. Self initiated bah. Pero yung sabihin mo in Prime Time TV, ala-tabloid na si Mariah Carey o si George Clooney ay may dugong Pinoy...naman. Give it a rest. They'll state it out loud if they are, and are proud of it.

Anyway, kung ganon ganon nalang, edi sana sumali narin tayo sa Racial Draft (below).

Well, we're pushing for the following celebrities to be officially drafted as Filipinos:

Ewoks- kasi nagta tagalog sila. pramis!

George Clooney - kahawig nya kasi yung mga Zobel (pinoy ba sila? haha)

Quentin Tarantino

eto yung pwede nating i-trade:

Charice Pempengco

David Pomeranz

Chappelle's Show
The Racial Draft
www.comedycentral.com
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