... candlelight, pussy, beer and more

this is just an update on the past couple of days in my life...

wednesday,

got home to a candlight dinner with my younger brother... cozy and feel good especially cause of the cold weather and occasional showers... but no... my older brother forgot to pay for the electric bill... so we were the only ones in our street without lights... tv... internet... the things that you look forward to after a long day at school... and i wasn't about to do my homework in the dark... but my younger brother and i just humored ourselves and i slept in his room cause i was scared to be myself in mine hehe...

thursday,

got home... still no lights... great... went to bed right away...

friday,

first thing i did getting up in the morning was switch on the lights... and lo and behold there was light... ive never been so happy with artificial lighting than i was that day... went to school, missed my first class... worked with the blueREP newbies for their workshops, watch them audition as well...

Jepoy picked me up and headed to araneta colliseum in Cubao to catch the Pussycat Dolls! Awesome show despite it being less than an hour... every minute was pure energy. Am glad Jepoy offered my those tickets. We were seated at the General Admission section... but it was all good... could still see the show pretty well from where we were... although some of the people in the crowd were a little, hmmm... basta shouting out "pakita mo pussy mo" type of persons... but i didnt care... the show was hot... i was straight for a couple of minutes... love you bu! hehe

afterwards... went to makati and crashed REP's Alladin party thrown by Tof De Venecia... nice to see familiar faces and minggling with new ones... saw Geegee... one of my bestest girlfriends in college... she came from a racket performing for the anniversary of the Philippine Star... am so glad she had that experience working with well respected theatre actors and really being passionate for their art... and quoting her in her semi-drunk state "it gives you more reason to fight for your craft."

then got really drunk... lost angela... apparently she lost me too...

slept over...

saturday,

in my shorts and pambahay shirt... walking out of Tof's room... saw Jose De Venecia... "oh kumain na ba kayo?..." he says...

I was literally ashamed of myself and state of being... a dignified politician right in front of me... and my hair was all puffed up... barefoot... looking for my wet clothes because i was somehow in the pool with them on the night before... ahhh...

at 6pm had a show at the coffee beanery in banawe... we reblocked stages of love so it can be performed in full at the beanery for its one year anniversary...

super fun... crowd was good and i was so overwhelmed and so proud that we got to stage Stages of Love outside Ateneo... in a real coffee shop! two of my good friends genie and ynnah from my elementary days stopped by to watch as well... It was nice seeing them and spending dinner with them...

same night after the show, the coffee beanery threw a post-stages party... SARAP the food... pasta, pancit, burgers, coffee beanery drinks on the house for everyone, awesome desserts and wine! Loved it...

STILL saturday...

after leaving the coffee beanery it was off to the Mangahas residence in Nova Scotia... at the Loyola Grand Villas that is... Mahar invited the Stages people to stop by his house cause his brother Fabian wanted us to come to his minggling extravaganza... It was a nice night... a good mix of the more older yuppies who are Fabian's friendships and Mahar's crazy blueREP friends... ended up jamming with this awesome pianist... not RONY... rony's still the best! broadway, opm, pop songs...

drank drank drank and drank some more... for some reason though i wasn't drunk... maybe cause my tummy was full from the party at the coffee beanery...

finally got home at i dont know what time that was... slept... woke up...

sunday...

did nothing... watched the premiere of Philippine Idol

monday... (earlier today)

went to a shoot for an orange and lemons music video at the butter diner in cubao... but went home cause i was not needed pala... and my head just hurt... but much better now... advil is my new best friend...

tonight is pineds' despidida before he leaves for Pennsylvania tomorrow night... some issues surrounding the event... but that's not my story to tell...

anyway... i think im gna take a nap... or study some...

its the calm before the storm... i can feel it...

... i have noticed recently...

well... actually i've known for years about this particular thing that i have been hiding from everyone.

well not really hiding, but more like i've been down playing it. you know how you feel that people might hate you for it, or others might talk about you behind your back... things like that...

but recently i've been telling people the truth and it feels good you know.

i'm finally free...

it felt so highschool being afraid that people will reject you for what you are and who you are...

i've made a decision... i'm also telling my parents about it...

i have a natural pout see:

I don't even have to try. my upper and lower lips are so relaxed and the pic caught me off-guard. But that's the thing... people think i'm silly. they feel that i'm making stuff up. that i am conciously puckering my lips. but all i can say is... Don't Hate!

i'm not saying that i have the model kinda lips... the kind you see in magazines, but i have been looking at the mirror for years and it's time that i let people know of this. i'm sure that people have noticed it, but since i have been telling people that i have a natural pout, they just laugh...

it hurts, but what do i do, you know?

am glad my Rony says he kinda sees it and thats all that matters...

walang pasok!!!!!

and i will take this time to catch up on all my missed readings for Pilosopiya ng Relihiyon, History, Theology 131, and Theology 141... ah the Jesuits!


passion tea and yosi with Reg today. coffee with my sister. NAP. chicken joy. gma news. RonyBu on the phone. readings.

... it ended tonight

And so I thought I should just post my "Director's Notes" on here...

The process of doing Stages of Love has proved to be a good challenge for me. I am no longer doing a directing lab class, rather it has become a full-time project as BlueREP's first play in its 15th Season. For the first time, I am making the calls and be implementing the things that I have learned in the three years since I discovered my love for theatre in BlueREPERTORY.

Reading the lyrics and hearing the music of Stages of Love for the first time this summer, I knew that the material would be a good showcase to direct for BlueREP. Stages of Love, through its songs and medleys, aims to explore love in its various forms and universality. Originally staged as a corporate show and concert for Rockwell and at the CCP, I felt that we could expand the material and create a revue that people would be able to relate to. It really has been a blessing and an honor that I have been allowed to take on this task. I thank the BlueREP core believing that I can do this, the creative team: Laura and Pom for all your hard work and making this process fun, to Ms. Chari Arespacochaga for seeing the potential that BlueREP has and who has been my favorite teacher in my favorite subject: Musical Theatre. To the alumni and friends, most especially Kyla, Bea, Caisa, Geegee, Jepoy, Gabs, and Cha as people BlueREP can count on.

Of course the show would not have been possible if not for RONY FORTICH. I would like to thank him for allowing his heart and soul to pour out through his music and trusting me with his work. In every page of the script, every line of the songs, I am glad that he saw my vision for the show and help me make it possible.

And to you the audience who are in love, out of love and to those who might discover love in this experience. Enjoy the show!

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It was definitely a great experience doing Stages of Love. I am so proud of the cast and crew that worked their asses off to put up such a tight show. Thank you to the great people of BlueREP and to the friends, families, and random strangers and Ateneans that came to watch.

... awwww

Hey bu! it's half way to the third year!!!