BEACH BUMS

OCTOBER 31, 2004

5:00 a.m.
woke up. today is the day of my little beach excursion with M. it's been a while since we've gone out of town. it's definitely a welcome break from the goddamn city. OH QUEZON CITY!!! how i love your pollution, your crud infested streets and your all-too-friendly jologs, murderers, thieves, and rapists. NOT!!! but honestly i still love this asian gotham city. oh well...

breakfast... poop... shower... then rush to get a cab. the guards at the gate are usually too lazy to get a cab... so i call for one anyway and walk to the gate. as expected... no cab from the guards. thank god i walked. maybe i can meet some friendly holdaper... sweeeet!

6:30 or 7:00 a.m.? can't quite remember
B (M's friend who invited us on this trip), her young brother N, and her officemate C... pick us up... its a four hour or so drive... but the in-between naps and snoozes make it seem faster. we arrive at our point of destination at around

11:00 a.m.
LA LUZ BEACH RESORT seems like a really nice place. white sand? apparently they are more of white very very very tiny pebbles. i'm going to tell you now... the sand is imported from hell! it hurts... a lot. but after your feet have developed a good coating of dead cells... beach combing can be a blast. the view is breathtaking!!! very simple designs... but absolutely fine. the kavanas have nice cloths draped from them, the beach lounge chairs are shaded and comfy... and the "bar" area or main gazeebo is very welcoming. but the best thing about this place is that it is very "private"... meaning not too many people. i hate crowds... especially as i lovelingly call them... the "riffraff". meaning everybody except me. i know... i REALLY hate crowds.

12:00 p.m.
we check in and have ourselves a nice buffet lunch. pork is always good after a long trip...

1:00 p.m.
M and the others get ready to swim. me? i personally hate the beach. i'm more of a cave/mountain kinda person (hmm... hermits love caves and hate people... mental note... find out if being a hermit is a high-earning job...). but i love just bumming out and making senti. so i buy a 30peso beer and hop on to a lounge chair and dream of all the people i could massacre with a lot of gilette razors and a leaf blower combined... AHHH... so relaxing.

2:00 p.m. up to 3:00 p.m.
swim swim swim beer beer beer senti senti senti massacre massacre massacre... relax. AHH.

the others keep wading in the sea... i eventually join them and am surprised at all the little and not so little fishies swimming around. beautiful. it's a bit hard to swim coz of all the coral and hard sand... but nothing some aqua shoes or flippers or sandals won't fix...

3:00 p.m.
merienda consists of a ton of pancit, suman, and some other goodies. CHOMP!!! i eat so much pancit, i feel that if someone squeezed my tummy... pancit would pour out of every orifice... EVERY orifice... sweeet!

i have another beer while hanging out on the balcony of the room... M and the others kust continue wading and exploring this great beach. BURP!

7:00 p.m.
after playing cards with M and laughing out loud with the others (courtesy of my stupid antics)... the most important event of the day happens... DINNER. yum.

Separated at birth?

separated
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Bakit sila magkamukha???

WATAWEEKEND!!!

oct 15, 2004

after shooting a japanese language video for one of the clients of my office, had lunch with Moc at BOMBAY CANTEEN. sarap but spicy. medyo mahal... but once in a while it's gud to try other stuff.



watched Wimbledon with M at megamall. cheezy love story... but Paul Bettany is pretty funny and the OBB rocks... pretty refreshing... not like most movie OBBs that are just too heavy in graphics or just not thought out well...

after taking M home... old high school buddy called... he and a director friend of mine wanted to meet at CAPONE'S for drinks. nice place... saw Jay Server, Anya, Biba from juice TV... and a whole bunch of beautiful konyas and not too good looking konyos... mostly mga atenistas from batch 96/97 or god knows when. some of them look bad now... YES!!! while i have aged gracefully!!! AMPOGIKO!!!

anyway... indio-i was the band for the night with a new singer... but surprise-surprise... the singer (and guitarist) was Jay Server. Pretty ok voice. after two or three songs... the real singer took over. wasn't the original guy. met the band afterwards... pretty cool dudes. N(highschool buddy) and S(commercial director buddy) gave me a shitload o San Mig Light to drink... DAMN!!! after ogling the cute girls and drinking beers to the point of regurgitation, N & S decided to show me DUSK... a club that was "bouncing"... yo-yes-yes-yo... so me and N struggled to keep up with S's black suped up AUDI TT...

at DUSK... as i predicted... the music was hip-hop... and yes... the girls were kinda wild and mostly hot. honestly everything was kinda blurry since N & S felt that i needed more SAN MIG LIGHT... why yes thank you... now excuse me while i fall on my puke... but i didn't blow-by. N & S tried to get "jiggy-wit-it" with 3 hot mommas. talked to them but i really wasn't in the mood to be friendly since i was really tipsy and really drunk and a bit (really) irritated. but the beer continued to flow and the "shorties" keep dancin duuurty style. WASSUP MY HOUSEBOY?! after more beer, talking to hotties and witnessing a fight... i was able to convince my buddies to leave... it was 4 am... DAMN!!! ate a nice chicken fillet dinner at quick stomach then N took me home. i plopped into bed and woke up an hour later to my officemates text... i had around 30 minutes to get ready for our ocular... life is SWEEEEEET!

oct 16, 2004
8:00 am and no sleep

waiting for my ride with my officemates to do an ocular on an avp we're doing. the avp is about coffins. I LOVE IT!!! struggling to keep awake i make it to Mon's house for a lil drinkin...

Diego is a cute baby... while Macce holds him he stares at me while i go around Mon's room... GAD i'm so sleepy... take a nap on the sweet soft sofa bed... ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

after 30 mins of wrestling with Morpheus i wake up for a nice dinner. laing and pork cutlets. SARAP!!! especially with the soup. mamma mia... is just so damn good man!!! extremely sleepy... but still eat like a starved lioness. the tons of rice i'm gulping down is definitely not gonna help me win mr. olympia this year.

Moc arrives at around 8:30 or so. we talk about nightclubs, my possible marriage to M and Mon's latest career plan. the hotdogs, chicken nuggets and chips seem to fade away. i'm doing all i can to stay awake and sober. but the beer and fatigue are just too much. lend Moc two of my best films...



AUDITION and SAMURAI FICTION. i hope he likes them... hehehe. we bid Mon adieu and proceed on our short walk to find a cab...

i get home at 11 or 12... vision really blurred... tired... so i just plop into bed and ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

oct 17, 2004

8:00 am sharp i wake up...

day out with M. after watching some anime in CH7 about a fat pirate i eat our monthly CRISPY PATA breakfast. some people have cereal or ham or even salad... but we have the best knuckle pork that money can buy! SWEEEEET!!!

pick up M at around 1030 and blaze to mkti. we usually just hang in qc... but today is different. we both feel adventurous... what nerds.
lunch at BOMBAY CANTEEN... food is spicy again... so what else is new. but food is also damn good again. sweet!!!
mass at gbelt at around 3pm. very interesting... as most priest sermons go, some humor... but overall the same boring lecture. but in gbelt church... it's surrounded by a small pond.



but what's even more interesting is the group of ducks quietly swimming around. not only that...



there was a turtle sunbathing on a rock. after staring at it for almost 10minutes... i guess it decided to cool off and slowly pulled itself into the water. FUN!!!

shopped around with M. i bought some black pucca shoelaces (you never know when you'll need em) and a spongebob wallet. M was really distressed that i purchased such a kiddie-looking wallet. she even tried to bribe and threaten me. but nope. spongebob stays buddy.

it's pretty cool... but i'm sure other people might say that it's too childish or immature of me. but you know something... i'm not childish... i'm not BORING. i'm FUN. loads o fun. and buying that wallet is a statement for me... that i'm gonna live my life as colorful and as wonderful as i can... and the others can just be boring pathetic people who are... quite dull. i've always been a strong personality and i am the clown of the group... which is fine. Moc is the intellectual... and Mon is the smooth steady dude... and i'll always be the clown. i'll probably die with a pink t-back and an adult diaper on... coz it's FUN. AYOS!!!

but now i gotta be serious and go back to back-breaking production work... ARGH!!!

boracay

boracay
Originally uploaded by Minnette.

punta tayo bora...pleeeeeaaaasssseeee!!!

slip inside the eye of your mind...

31 years old isn't that big a deal. actually... it's a bit depressing. especially if you're older than all your friends. but what else can you do? no this is not my birthday cake... i just happen to have an affinity for ducks... rubber duckies in particular.

didn't do much today...
1.) went to the office and treated my co-workers with a four seasons pizza and a bucket o chicken. EVERYBODY LOVES CHICKEN. oh yes indeedy.
2.) had a meeting with a client for a launch and avp for COFFINS!!! yup. hopefully my buddy Mark will be the video events coverage and widescreen supplier. it's amazing how low budgets are nowadays... how are we gonna get rich when people are so damn cheap?!! argh! story o my life!!!
3.) went to Robinsons Galleria... and took the usual emergency crap at the hotel restroom. ahhh... poop danger level dropping.
4.) watched HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS with some good friends. good movie... but i just have 1 thing to say... if you are a PANDA that enjoys bamboo... do not watch this movie! you will be pissed... oh yes. panda no watchie movie.
5.) people text me bday greetings...
6.) people call me and give me bday greetings...
7.) saw a photographer friend and his fiance
8.) dinner with family and m
9.) went home watched apprentice... then when i switched to MTV saw the music video of DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER... my all-time #1 favourite song in the whole wide world. that made my day... before i go to sleep i'll probably...
10.) watch porn... yup...

like i said... didn't do much today...

happy birthday to me... you bastard! sleep tight freak... ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Comm babies

Abigail
Originally uploaded by Minnette.

Ladies and gents, presenting Abigail. Patre's little bundle of joy. Ka-cute!!!

DVD sale

Those of you who are collecting dvds, head on over to Astroplus at the Podium for their DVD sale. Mike and I found this one and Dune (the one with hunkalicious half-naked Sting) in the merchandise.


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