I finally cleaned out my medicine case! Got a new one that's bigger and much more organized:




And here's my hubby ironing out wedding plans on his laptop. And since my room is a friggin' mess that he can't find any surface to work on...


He used my ironing board (don't mind the apple print. It's the cheapest board replacement in the hardware store).

Oh, and before I forget...



Okay seriously, whoever made this tabletop standee should drink himself/herself into a stupor and bang himself on a wall. Why the fuck will I buy a drink that will provide me zero refreshment? All together now, in Seth and Amy style: "Really? Really."

I know hydrophanous posted this on her blog months ago, but I was only able to take a photo of it today:

The secret to 007's luscious lips comes in "Outdoor" flavor...

..."Ice Cool" flavor, which comes with a free razor...

...or in a bundle back with "Water Supplement Style moistured lipbalm.

I bought the two for one pack for two of my favorite men at the office. Let's see their reaction on Monday. :p

I CAN'T FIND MY HEART RATE MONITOR WATCH!!!

I'm so so sooooo pissed off. I put it in my bag last night, and when I got to the office today, it was gone. Retraced all my steps...the only thing I could think of was someone must've taken it from my bag while I was buying stuff at MiniStop. EWAN.

FUCK NOW I HAVE TO BUY A NEW POLAR F6 HRM!!!! AAAAAAAAAARGH!!!

Watched WANTED today.

You could tell what the plot was within the first 20 minutes. Blech.

Ouchy ouchy

Went for my second cervical cancer prevention shot today. My doctor is so cool...since I'm not covered by my old HMO, she said I should still drop by and she wouldn't charge me for consultation fees, just for the shot. Yay to that! Boo to the fact that these shots still HURT!!! I started moving my arm around non stop after the shot just so I wouldn't suffer the tear-inducing (I'm a baby, I know) muscle pain I had that lasted for a week last time. Thankfully, I have one shot left to go, which is in five months. Pricey shit, but hey, prevention only costs Php18,000 (Php6,000 per shot), and God knows how much you have to pay if you do get cancer.

The wait at the clinic took forever, so we missed our spinning class. Which I take as a good sign because I haven't been sleeping well this week, which means I've been dead tired. On top of that horrible Dulcolax experience, I've been having horrible acidic attacks...the kind where I would used to run to the Emergency Room for. Buuuut things are different when you don't have an HMO yet. No card to swipey-swipey at the ER when you get sicky-sicky. Blech. Took sleeping pills to sleep off the pain.

Yahoo!

Apparently, Hobbes and Landes accepts gift registries. Wahoo! People, get ready to buy us useless crap!

Of course, the number one thing on my wishlist is a damn compact dishwasher. They don't seem to sell them here as dishwashing services in this country seem to be voice-activated ("Inday, pahugas ng pinggan!"--don't call me mean, I got the term from Sanya!!!).

If there's anything we'll have to order on Amazon, it's definitely a dishwasher.

Blech again.

The Dulcolax ad where the woman comes out of the bathroom, puts on her blazer and "skips" off to work is a lie.

It should go like this: She gets out of the bathroom, reaches for her jacket, then runs back into the bathroom. This happens about three times. Then she ends up being late for work, and can't eat ice cream or anything that could make her tummy rumble.

Pweh.

Planning a wedding sucks because everything is so expensive.

I'm considering making the reception a potluck thing.

And can't we just have a civil wedding first?

ME: I'd be embarassed to have Neil Gaiman over for a potluck thing.
PATRICK: If he doesn't want to bring food, make him bring a shitload of comics.
ME: Pweh.

Zappos, you make me and my fiancee drool.


Rocket Dog Tootsie


Rocket Dog Joint in Black and Silver


Vans Prison Issue #23

And every sneaker on this page.


I already have two Rocket Dogs (one Joint and one J-Luxe) and have another Joint on the way. Ebay, I love you too!

If there's anything about Makati that could make me smile this week, it's that I finally got to go back to the gym. Since starting at the new agency, I've been getting sick thanks to the unforgivable AC in the office. I think the AC is so ancient, it only has two settings: "ON" and "OFF." It doesn't help that after being cooped up in Mini Siberia, I step out into the microwave that is Manila. Hot + Cold = Fever.

Here's me during Week 2:


* that's a thermometer in my mouth

I guess I gotta look at the positive in this. I get to use all my winter clothes again! There's a good reason to slather on the face moisturizer my mom got me! I get to use the cat hat I made!

I fucking hate Binay.

Got pulled over for being color coded today.

MAPSA: You're color coded.
ME: I have a PGH plate, and it's placed on top of my real plate.
MAPSA: Makati Ordinance doesn’t recognize the PGH plate. I have to confiscate your license.
ME: You have to give me a TVR, not confiscate my license.
MAPSA: Makati Ordinance says I confiscate your license. If the MMDA pulled you over, yes, they’ll just give you a TVR. (pulls out five licenses from his pocket) Like these people.
ME: (hands over license) Looks like Binay is getting ready for his campaign.
MAPSA: No, it’s just Makati Ordinance. (hands me ticket)

Later when I parked, I saw a guy with a Makati’s Pride plate, which isn’t recognized by the LTO.

ME: Do you ever get pulled over when you’re color coded?
HIM: No.
ME: How come you didn’t place your real plate under the Makati’s Pride plate?
HIM: I don’t need to. It’s recognized by the MAPSA.
ME: Do you get caught outside of Makati when you’re color coded?
HIM: No, I just stay within Makati anyway.

FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!

We watched this over and over in the office. Apparently when the other creatives watch it, they end up crying like babies.

This is too precious:

Robbie: Wow. Ang malas mo naman.

A little backgrounder: back in 6750, where the old BBDO office used to be, Dale, Jeck, and I, made an impromptu video of the two of them dissing one of our house ads in the main conference room. Every comment was an improv, and we christened the segment "He Said, He Said", with Dale and Jeck playing two gay men who loved to critique ads because, in their heads, they are the most creative advertising people in the entire world.

When we moved to Insular Life, HSHS was declared dead.

But because of my lovely shout-outs from Iya and Rhian, they decided to bring it back to life for this one special occasion. :p

I miss those two knuckleheads.

I wasn't able to see myself on TV today (the US GIRLS segment) because apparently it was bumped up to 7:15 p.m. from 8:30 p.m. just for today for the channel's screening of High School Musical. Major bummer because my contact on the show told me it would air at 8:30 when we filmed. :( Oh well. Sent a letter of request for a copy, hope they'll give me one, because a.) I want to see how I looked like on TV without make-up (I always had someone put on make-up for me whenever I'd come out on TV before), and b.) I wanna see how well I pimped out the D-I-Y spirit! :p

Anyway, been nursing a low-grade fever this weekend. I think I've had it since Wednesday, but since I'm starting out in a new company, I didn't want to go on a sick leave on my first week. Anyhoo, I'm guessing it's the AC in the building. It's like fucking Siberia in there. Then whenever we step out for a MiniStop run, we're greeted with hot, humid weather. Lovely recipe for post-nasal drip and fever. Hoping it'll go away by tomorrow because I am jonesin' to get back to the gym. I dropped 2 pounds since last week (probably because of me being sick), but I gained 3% body fat (probably from all the junk food I've been stuffing my face with to keep warm). Bleurgh.

Also, Delirium looks absolutely gay right now. Long story short: MAPSA pulled me over last Wednesday, said I needed to put my commemorative plate on top of my actual plate, and after paying him Php100 to leave me alone (which he made a big deal out of, saying I shouldn't expect I could pay him off while he took the money I put in my license holder), Jason bought new plate wachamacallits and now I have two plates in front of my lovely Jazz.

So yeah, people with commemorative plates: you have to display the commemorative plate on top of your official one. It says so on the back of the certificate of whatever commemorative plate you have. Read it, I just read it while talking to the cop this week and realized that it does say that there, in all caps. So c'mon, let's make all our cars look gay. And yes, you are still exempt from color coding.

Soooo tired from a long day at work, plus winding down with Mario Galaxy...just have to post this before it becomes outdated!

Check out the fabulous Jason Tablante's exhibit at the Crucible Gallery at Megamall, Bldg. A.

And don't forget to stand in front of and admire his work with Rhian Ramos, which my hubby wrote the copy for.





Here's a "Jay Tabs" sandwich, to boot!





Oh, and do watch US GIRLS on Sunday, 8:30 p.m. on Studio 23. My straps (and I!) will be on the show.

Just when I find a show to feed my lust for vampires, I find out that it's been cancelled. I can't get enough of Moonlight.

I started watching the series because of Jason Dohring (he broke my heart on Veronica Mars), but ended up totally digging Alex O'Loughlin, who plays the lead vamp, Mick St.John.




So okay, I admit, I wasn't that impressed with the first episode. Mick's monologue and "vampire birth" story is pretty lame, plus his love interest, Beth, could use some acting classes. But it just grows on you.

There's now a campaign to save the show. Since CBS won't renew it, and The CW has way too many sci-fi/fantasy shows in its line-up (they should really pick this up, though. I mean, it's not as lame as say, "Farmer Wants a Wife" or "Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious"), fans are hoping The Sci-Fi Channel will pick it up. It's no Buffy, but it's better than Angel, and if a shitty series like Roswell was able to survive after thousands of fans sent in bottles of hot sauce, well, I don't know why Moonlight should be gone forever. :(

VISA NI LOLO
This is a true story taken from one of the most read newspaper in the
Philippines .

A 70-year old 'lolo' from the province was accompanied by a grandson to the US
Embassy in Manila for his VISA interview.
The lolo spoke not a word of English so the grandson translated for him.
The Consul told the young man to ask his grandfather why he wanted to go to the States.

"Bakit daw ho ninyo gustong pumunta sa Amerika?" The grandson translated.

"Sabihin mo gusto kong makita yung mga anak ko doon."
"He said he wants to see his children there. "Fair enough, that's what the lolo's application indicated.

The Consul had another question. "Ask him why does he have to go there? Why can't his children just come and visit him here?"

The grandson translated this in Tagalog.

Lolo replied: "Sabihin mo kasi dito pinanganak yung mga anak ko.
Nakita na nila ang Pilipinas. Gusto ko namang makita ang Amerika bago ako mamatay."
(Translation: "Tell him, my children were born here. They've seen the Philippines already. I just want to see America before I die.")

The HEARTLESS Consul was unimpressed as he declared, devoid of any emotion, that he was rejecting the visa application "because the applicant was unable to speak any word of English."

"Reject daw yung visa ninyo kasi hindi daw kayo marunong mag-Ingles."

The lolo was equally unimpressed. "Sabihin mo ito sa kanya at huwag na huwag mong papalitan ang sasabihin ko:
"###****@@@@*&&* ina niya, bakit siya nandidito eh hindi naman siya marunong mag Tagalog! ?"

Translated, "He said: You son of a bitch, how come you are here... you do not know how to speak in Tagalog!?"

Taken aback, sense of humor still intact, the consul relented and approved lolo's visa application pronto.

(Taken from The Philippine Star (newspaper), written by Boo Chanco)

Go LoLo! ... Mabuhay ang Pinoy!!!

Hey trannies...it's time to stop buying bootleg Threadless shirts in Bangkok and Greenhills! Get yourselves some lovely, authentic designer duds at Threadless because there's another friggin' $10 sale!!!

Rock it!

...before I head to bed (I feel a cold comin'!)

Aaaw I miss Dale and Jeck! :(

Jason's on his way to pick me up so we can go to the fabulous Jason Tablante's second exhibit at Megamall...Anyway, last night, CherrypopShop was filmed by US GIRLS as part of their Multiply-sellers segment. I thought they were just going to shoot the straps, but they ended up interviewing me on-cam, WITHOUT make-up. Anyhoo, I got their host to say this little message to Dale and Jeck. :p