Alanis doublebills with Switchfoot.

Two awesome performers in one concert. I didn't think it was possible, but thank God Radio Alice put it together. I must say that gig more than made my evening.

Alice in Winterland presents:

SWITCHFOOT, baby!

And the phenomenal
ALANIS MORISETTE, no less:





Saved the best for last, ofcourse:





Four happy ducks after a phenomenal Wednesday night rockout.

More of the fun stuff HERE.
That gig was so awesooooooooooome.
I think I may know now how I got the sore throat ;)

Crazy sick.

And not the good kind. Sigh. :(

The flu bug has gotten the better of me yet again. I haven't been sleeping very well because of it either. Sleep at 1230mn, wake up at 230am, force myself to go back to sleep at 3, wake up again at 5.. and so on and on, until it's actually time to be up.

It sucks, I'll tell you that. I can hardly breathe from the clogged nose and my thousand and one meds aren't helping any. The coughing's nasty too; my poor throat's taking such an awful beating from it. This needs to go down soon, as the Christmas concert is nearing and I can't afford to still be ngongo come weekend. Help, Lord! I can sure use a miracle right now.

In other news, I have some photos to post from the Alanis and Switchfoot concert last week. This whole fever-flu-cough thing's been keeping me from doing a lot of stuff, but I should be able to upload them soon. I also have a video clip of Alanis rocking it out. It should knock your socks off.

Also, I got to watch the long awaited Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe over the weekend. Hmm.. It was a good attempt, although I feel they sacrificed much needed dialogue and background explanation in order to cram the movie in two hours. They should have extended it another thirty minutes, or a full hour even, to make the film well-rounded. So much was lacking for me. Some of the sets too were a little too unreal, in fact they looked exactly like that: sets.

The kids were definitely a redeeming factor though. Lucy and Edmond are great and very well played. Great character development. No complaints on the Witch either and Liam Neeson as Aslan's voice. He was perfect, although he needed more lines in there.

All in all, it's still a must-see. It might leave a lot of questions though to those who may not have read the book or seen the old cartoons. Still, it's worth watching.

Thanksgiving weekend in pictures.

They're finally uploaded! Complete with captions too (hehehe).

As promised, here are the pics from last week's four-day Thanksgiving Holiday.
Click on the photo to view the entire album.

Uhm... Don't mind the momoy behind us.

Project: Better than Life

I'm back!

The four-day weekend has been action-packed to say the least. We enjoyed two wonderful Thanksgiving celebrations, survived a ten-hour After Thanksgiving sale, road-tripped to Winsor for an overnight, and capped off the Holiday with an old friend's belated birthday-cum-reunion.

Don't worry, a juicy detailed account of the above will follow... maybe in my next post. I just need to set aside time to upload photos and write out the entry.

Meanwhile, here's a draft of the promotional video I made for Project: Better than Life. It's the Bebster's brainchild, one he's been working on since the start of the year. The endeavor will bring together Philippines' top musicians for a musical undertaking that will benefit the underprivileged children of our country. All the songs will be written by Bebs and performed by the artists. Huge undertaking, but it'll be awesome.

AND, bass extraordinaire Mr. Michael Manring himself will lend his mind-blowing talents for a bass duet with Bebs. Woohooo! And they're using my song too! That totally can't get any better. Definitely a milestone to go down the anals of Bharwani history.

Anyway, without further ado, here it is (just keep in mind it's still a draft):



Let me know what you think of it ;)

Bloody Sunday.

I finally found a way to upload my videos! Yeba.

Here's a rough clip of U2's Sunday, Bloody Sunday. I used my Nikon cam, so it's obviously not broadcast quality. Still, it's major kickass. You can imagine how great of a time we had watching them.

Enjoy!

Uno, dos, tres, catorce!

They really need no introduction. These guys are an icon. A legend. They have, in their own way, changed the face of the earth with their music, their statement, and their beliefs. There are only a few of them out there, but these guys are undoubtedly one of Youth's better influences.

U2 is definitely up on my list of modern-day heroes.

AND, I finally got to see them last Wednesday. Yeehaw!

I must say they were nothing short of amazing. The concert totally rocked my socks off. The stage direction, lighting and effects, the performance--EVERYTHING went over and beyond my expectations. I couldn't have been happier with the turnout. Truly worth the big buck investment.

Eat your hearts out, kids.

Tons more pics HERE.

And speaking of beautiful music, Switchfoot hits SF again in December. If that isn't awesome enough, they're actually double-billing with.... are you ready?

ALANIS, baby! Woohooo!!! I can hardly wait.

Better buy your tickets before you miss out ;)

Slight: A reunion of sorts.

Reasons to skip the 24 DVD marathon and drive an hour and thirty to Davis on a Sunday afternoon:
- Cause for celebration: Dave finally proposed to Brenda. Yay!!!
- Haven't seen the Slight folks for what seems like an age now. Definitely miss those guys.
- Check out Dave and Brenda's beautiful new home. (Sigh. I love their place; it's so full of character. Beautiful).
- 14lbs. of teriyaki beef and juicy chicken breast on a hot grill. Need I say more?

Grilling at D&B's 1/3 of an acre backyard.

Loving the hammock (behind the bbq-ers).

Brenda and a blurry Dave in our discussion of Netflix,
Michael Savage, and other strange subjects.

Dennis and Lucille. Yep, he's taken, ladies. haha.

The man and his form
(...after having downed two servings of applie pie a la mode
AND my sundae).

Sinking into the comfy papasan.

The original Slight, their significant others, and new friend Kam.

This was fun! I love these guys. We should definitely do this again.

Disgracing Marilyn...

First off, let me just say that I am extremely embarrassed for myself. Lol. BUT, for the fun of it, I'll post them just the same.

Ladies and gentlemen, here are last weekend's incriminating evidence:

Yep, that's Marilyn (in drag) and Elvis.

Elvis and his posse.


Marilyn and Richard Simmons.


The boys: Rick James Rich, Tennis Player Joe, Pirate JJ, Elvis Bebs, and Hawk the bunny.


The girls' table.


Elvis gets his groove on.
With Hawkins and Raffiki.


... And so does Marilyn.
With Carol the wench and Tennis player Joe.


The girls with Hawkins.

The king and the wench struttin' their stuff.

Kids and other small talk.

I almost forgot I had these pics.

The kids at church recently presented a special number, and they were just too cute! The mothers were naturally beside themselves; I guess they didn't know whether to shed tears or squeal in delight. Understandably so, they did both.

Check them out:

Awww... Their mothers should be so proud.

Wave, kids!

This is my little boy, Jakey (he actually claimed the mic as his own. heehee).
He's Pastor's son actually, but everyone knows he's ours ;)

Check out the other cutie up front and center.
He's the tiny one dressed like he's heading to work. lol.

One of the few times in the song number where he actually did the actions.
Most of the time he just stood there and stared at the mommies. Heehee.

In other news,

...My office notebook crashed. Yes, the pretty one. I just finished reformatting it, and it looks like I'm missing some very important documents. I should be freaking out, except that I'm too exhausted from all the stress I went through this week. But yes, I am peeved. It'll probably hit me in a bit.

...Funny how Halloween's such an occasion here. Everyone, young and old alike, dress up for it and actually spend money to become someone he or she's not--for all of one night. Last year, I put on my first costume of sorts (read: HUGE afro. Believe me, it's a costume if it costs as much as a good pair of jeans), and I have to say it was fun seeing friends getting creative and dressing up for the fun of it. There was Raffy the Catholic school girl, Joey as Neo (but ofcourse), and Bebs the Reggae man, among others.

Well, this year, I believe the Bebster and I may have gone overboard. Heehee. We're going as Elvis and Marilyn, baby! Yeehaw. We've ordered the costumes and have yet to purchase the wigs, but this weekend should be interesting. Now, if we actually had somewhere to go...

Don't worry, I'll post the incriminating photos next week. ;)

Anyway, enough of small talk. Have a great weekend everyone! Be good, and don't drink and drive.

I'll catch you all in November.

Well, Hello Treo.

The Blackberry is out, and the Treo 650 is in.

I just got it today, thanks to the big Boss. Still tinkering with it, as it's quite different from the Blackberry. But it looks like I'll adjust pretty quickly. Hehe ;)

Ah yes, definitely enjoying the perks of working for a big fish.

Homay gulay

Now THIS is an awesome concept.

Finally(!) an opportunity to pick the brains of these celebrities. Hopefully though, these Hollywoodies actually have something to say.

Then again, if you have HIM standing in for your Advanced Composition class, I just might actually go back to school for such an opportunity. Oh my gosh, those forty lucky ducks sooooo got it good that day. Talk about a welcome surprise.

Go ahead, check out the video. I almost bawled my eyes out from envy. This guy's definitely in my list of all-time favorites. Extremely cool, sexy and unbelievably brilliant. Homay gulay talaga.

Ayayay. I love him.

Well well well...

Looks like the ghosts from my past have come back to haunt me.

And
all
because
of
one
blog entry.


Check out the unfolding drama on my comments page.

This world is nuts, I tell you.

The original party man hits SF.

His reputation precedes him. So much so that when Bebs and the rest of the guys reminisce the good ole days, stories of party gimmicks, free cover charges and just sniffing out the fun places were almost always attributed to Paul.

And so the ultimate party man visits the Bay Area. After taking China by storm, Paul reunites with his childhood barkada (five years after) only to continue the partEY. He's only been in SF a few days and he already knows more bars than I do, and has in fact already planned out this week's happy hour and clubbing itinerary.

I dunno, I can't seem to keep up with him. Either I'm getting old, or I'm really not much of a party girl. All of the above, maybe? I'm glad he's in town, though. I've never seen a character with such a zest and hunger for fun.

The gang at Thirsty Bear: Paul's 1st day.
Clockwise from left: Bebs, Paul, Joe, Bic, Raffy, JJ, Carol, and moi
(Side note: goodness, I'm so kuba).

The Bebster and Paulacious, five years after.

Moving on to Voda.

The reunion.
(Check out Joe's slutty pose. Wow legs).

Moi, Joey, Carol and Bebs.

All other party pics HERE.
I realize my blog is too small for Paul's gimmicks ;)

Surprise, Ed!

I loooove surprises. Especially good ones.

The other night, our good friend Fe gathered the group to surprise her hubby Edward on his 38th birthday. Haha, he absolutely did not see it coming.

He came in, turned on the light, and got the shock of his life.
Surpriiiiiiiiise!!!
Heehee. Check out the poor man's face. Classic!

Prequel: The gang while waiting for the birthday boy to arrive.

Paporma with pretty boy Joey.

Mike, Raf and the Bebster... trying to hide their hunger ;)

Dessert! Mike, Em, Bebs and Fe.

Clockwise from left: Busog Bebs, mudslidden moi,
picture-ready Joan, a satisfied Fe, and what looks like a still shocked boitday boy.

Edward lookin mighty happy.
Really, with a Mondavi and chocolate cake,
what more can you ask for?

All photos HERE.
Happy 38th, Edward! Hope you had as much fun as we did :)

Doing the tourist thing (again) in Vegas.

Howdy, folks! Hope everyone had a great weekend.

I'm still without a voice, although there has been some progress with my health. The fever's definitely left, unfortunately it has now transferred to Bebs (poor baby). The cough, though, is just as obnoxious as ever, managing to intrude into my every conversation. Ayayay. In times like this, I wish I knew a bit of sign language.

Other than that, my weekend was perfectly laidback. Bebs and I picked up dinner at Jack in the Box (bacon bacon cheeseburgers and an unhealthy portion of curly fries. Yum), and decided to stay in and catch a few DVDs.

Side note: Let me just say that Be Cool does NOT come close to the wit and flair of Get Shorty. I'm not saying it wasn't funny (hey, with Vince Vaughn, the Rock and Cedric, how can it not be hilarious?). Sadly enough, it just didn't do its predecessor justice.

Now, this entry is getting more and more chop suey, so let's move on to the photos as I promised.

The Venetian in all its glory.
The foyer (below the clock) is the exact spot
we watched the fireworks last New Year's.

The museum at the Venetian on your left. Very pretty at night.

One of the singing boatsmen and his gondola
inside the Venetian. Bebs and I should do this next time.

Strawberry shortcake, anyone?
If Bebo shares, that is ;)


Treasure Island.
Unfortunately, the other pictures taken by those nice tourists were blurry.

About to enter the spectacular Wynn Hotel.

Check out the gi-normous flower fruits
that greet you when you enter the Wynn.

Excellent lanterns. Very beautiful.

By the waterfalls at the Wynn. Picture perfect.

So much more photos here, I just need to label them during my free time.
Have an awesome week everyone :)