theBubbleBathBoi

21. Committed. RonyBu. Dramatic. Romantic. Happy. Student. Actor. Poetry. Optimistic. Crazy. Practical. Complicated. Imaginative. Crass. Loving la Vida.

Thursday, November 25, 2004

love note...

... *sigh* the sweetness of it all. Got this email just now from honeyLiPs. So I thought I'd post it.

The sun comes up, I think about you
The coffee cup, I think about you
I love you so, it's like i'm losing my mind!

... See look at that. Thank you bubu for keeping me in your mind despite your hectic schedule with your celebrity friends (Bubu is working on the Ai-ai/Erik Santos Concert)... Lab yoo too!

***Side note... if you guys haven't gone to the nearest Dunkin Donuts in town, I suggest you should and discover my donut crumbed face in the poster along with 11 other "choir boys" for the holiday promo of Choco Bang... there is also a tv ad, haven't seen it yet, I was probably edited out anyway... Oh well. I'm ecstatic!

UP NEXT: Production Design Class with National Artist and fellow Dagupenyo Salvador Bernal. Class is okay, ofcourse my group and I got yelled at for not being prepared for our report... but we get another chance to hopefully redeem ourselves.

TONIGHT: Anotehr Costume and Tech Run at RCBC! We SHALL do better tonight!

TOMORROW: Press Preview for Merrily We Roll Along. It's gonna be nerve wracking, GOD PLEASE HELP US.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Buy tickets from meEeEeH!!!

Wednesday, November 24, 2004


Yep... another play which I'm in... This time I play the lead!

SIKE!

Just kidding... but I'm not complaining (Fuck... ehem... oh, I mean...)

Anyway... if you look really closely you'll find my face in that poster. It's by the 8th piano key from bottom (count the black and white keys), right next to the teeth of that huge head of the girl (Bea) and my mouth is open really wide... You see it?

That's me *sigh* I'm so popular!

***and look at the name of the Musical Director... He's a genius!!!

For a better view visit: http://tinypic.com/nge40

hay the show!

just updating...

our rehearsals moved to Carlos P. Romulo Theatre in RCBC. So hectic... so crazy.

The cast always gets yelled at... Hmmm... i think some people (me included) are a little too relaxed during rehearsals... so we need to step up and put more effort... we need lots of it!!!!

Some things that I have learned from theatre so far and should always be kept in mind:


  • Don't take things personally... so what if you get yelled at? Just take it man and do it like a champ hehe...
  • Shut up and listen to the people in charge (Warning: this may be hard for people like meeeeh.... argh)
  • REVIEW! (blockings, lines, etc...) cause then you'll look like a lost little kid... and you get in trouble
  • ENERGY... yup even when you're sick and dying.
  • TRUST... I think that's what people in the cast have to realize. We need to trust the people in charge, because they know what they are doing. If it doesn't work, I'm sure they'll see it...

Press preview is on friday nov 26 at 8PM

WATCH MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

I love Sofie... over and over and over and over... infinitely....

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

... ang cola na may zest!

... actually that was the tag for Zesto Cola, way back when Aga Muhlach was endorsing it. But I'm not really gonna talk about that shietz.

:: transition music ::

You know how a certain object can just sorta have some kind of flashback effect on you? For example when a girl sees a modess napkin pad lying around she might be reminded of her first red flag... (or maybe not, knowing that it happens like every month to them), but get the picture?

I was talking to my brother a couple of weeks ago, while drinking Coke, of what sticks out in his memory whenever he gulps down soda... and he says Bolinao.

Tumpak!


I said the same thing. I don't know, but there's just something about Coca Cola that swifts me back to my childhood days in Bolinao. Bolinao is a small little cape in Pangasinan where I spent a lot of my summer vacations and New year's at. I think everyone is related in that town. But besides that, that was the only place I knew where Coke was the choice of drink with every meal.


Drinking Coke reminds me so much of our beach trips in Bolinao... whether it be Guiguiwanen or Abrac beach, the taste is distinct---a hint of saltiness in the ice and the coolness of the carbonation in one orange plastic glass. *sigh* I haven't gone to Bolinao in a long while, the last time was before I went to the States last year, and even then the only place I visited was the Cemetary. Such fun.

I should try and go there sometime this year. Stay at my greatuncle's more than 60 year old house, visit the farm, tan at the beach, see my tita's who i think will never get married, go up at the bellfry and watch the sunset, and maybe have a Coke.

*sigh* Where's Rony?

Monday, November 15, 2004

... a night of culture and such...

Saturday night was a pretty huge event for my honeyLiPs... Rony was asked to jam at an open mic theatre/musical arts festival at the Cultural Center of Philippines. It was a cabaret act that started at around 10 PM. Bubu was so nervous before the show... kinda worried cause some of the people he invited to perform couldn't make it

...but anyhoo... night started as we got home from rehearsals... got ready at rony's place... he got upset cause i was gonna wear my favoritest jeans in the entire world (a 1969 Gap Blue Jeans with holes in 'em... a lot of holes, down to the crotch even. But i was gonna wear a nice sports jacket so it really would not have mattered)... but that made him cringe... so i dressed up nicely for once in my life (well at least decent enough) then we headed off to have dinner at this korean village restaurant over at malate.

fun fun fun.

we got to cook our own korean bulgogi in front of us. only problem with the place was the horrible ventilation system they have. After dinner, the stingy smell of korean buffet was resonating on our noses and clothes. i was full and rony treated... so i really am not complaining.

so on to CCP it was...

I was happy a bunch of BlueRep friends showed up to support our magical and ingenius musical director! Funny, Rony had this entire spiel ready, but some stoned guy just went up there and said.. "I'm singing." What an asshole... I think he works for CCP... some Ean or Ian guy... should be fired, but that's just my bloody opinion. Rony was caught off guard but he handled it well!

A bunch of people went up and sung. It was a mix of really good professional talent and really good BlueRep kapal mukhas! HEHE... oh did I sing?... yup with the BlueReppers... we did "Our Time" promoting our play Merrily We Roll Along this December at RCBC.

So where was I?

Oh yeah... it was fun fun fun... a lot of theatre people performed... Topper (was in Baby the Musical with Lea Salonga), Lana (Rent) , Sweet (of the Company and was in Honk), the cast of Merrily We Roll Along--- hehe! Chari (our Director) brought down the house and so did Jepoy…



but they couldn't have done it if Rony didn't accompany them... hehe... so biased noh?

as rony and jepoy we're jamming... the stage boyfriend and girlfriend (me and geegee) decided to have a little fun... so we took our pictures.


SUCH FUN!


the night ended well with Rony's friend Joshua... who was trained in Switzerlandor London or something sang a song from the garden of eden... bootyful!

I told Rony it would turn out fine... and it did. My baby is so popular now... the next Ryan Cayabyab... only hipper and gay... and maybe INTERNATIONAL! I LOVAH-LOVAH-LOVE YOU!

so yeah there goes my entry... haven't been bloggin that much... we just moved to another penthouse down the street (much more homey)... we are still waiting for a computer... and the phone line and DSL... agh... so annoying... here at my bro's office...

Merrily We Roll Along is coming up fast and furiously!... Feeling the pressure! SO PLEASE watch!

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Carlos...



Hey, old friend,
What do you say old friend?
Makit it okay, old friend.
Give the old friendship a break.



Why so grim?
We're going on forever.
You, me, him,
Too many lives are at stake.



Friends this long
Has to mean something's strong,
So if our old friend's wrong,
Shouldn't an old friend come through?



It's us, old friend---
What's to discuss, old friend?
Here's to us,
Who's like us?



Damn few.

(Old Friends, (Merrily We Roll Along)

Helped our friend Carlos move out of his condo yesterday. It kinda sucks that he won't spend another semester here in Ateneo. One of the few friends i hit it off right away from our production of Bye Bye Birdie freshman year (mainly cause he has a killer body... i mean... he is real... yeah... and good looking like me). I know how much he loves Katipunan, the lifestyle of being a true blue Atenista, and the people he will be leaving behind in BlueRep.

Hey carlos man... don't forget to visit and we shall drink and get drunk and get drunk some more!

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

its been a long ass time...

haven't forgetten about you my bubblebathboi blog thingie... here are pictures to update you on the shit i been doing...

merrily rehearsals started during the sembreak...



then afterwards we go and hang out (this one was at UP isawan... the red isaw)



Merrily Pictorials... everyone felt like a star...



Then halloween party... I was busy mixing drinks so the only good one of me is this... oh wait wala talga eh... shet!



anyhoo... those so far had been what was up with me...

but here are the really good highlights...

Just moved into a new apartment this week in Visayas Ave. QC... behind a McDonald's...

Got a call back for a small role for some commercial which has both print and television ads during the holidays! (Had to get a haircut and shave my little lucky beard, oh well... I get paid)

AND THEN... AND THEN... AND GENTLEMEN AND THEN...

10 Months of Sofronio in my life last night...



Love you BuBu... this was from his blog check it out... Wahooo!!

Now you do not feel like you're missing out on the life of the bubblebathboi anymore aren't you? Awww. But who are you kidding... you don't give a crap!

oh yeah... uhm wen i origianlly intended to post this entry... the pc lab at the ctc was messed up... so im trying again...

anyhoo... we had our pictorials for the commercial... fun fun fun... the shoot was yesterday. had to miss school. VERY LONG DAY. call time was at 5 am in makati then on to san augustine church in intramuros... tiring... exhausting... fun! im always at the end of the frame when they played back the takes so i doubt i have airtime. nonetheless i get paid a nice sum so i shouldnt complain. thanks chari and to my bubu!!!!

haaaay!!!