Ugh……sorry?

HWOW!….what a show….man was i blown away by this play….had the chance to see it for free as lola myrna gave me a ticket…menchu lauchengco-yulo was just….wow…she belted like there was no tomorrow and to think she performs two shows in a day…i don’t think i’d have any voice left after if i sang like that for an hour…;p michael williams was unbelievable…his acting and singing was just too great…

the only problem i had was the air-conditioning(or the lack of it)…the play just barely started when i felt the trickles of sweat starting to appear on my forehead…;p

oooh yeah…the orchestra was really good (syempre mso yun e)…and of course it was conducted by none other than the great arturo molina (…wahaha syempre love you own!)

…i think i would have cried if i went to watch that play alone…in fact there were parts where i could feel the tears forming on my eyes

…haay…dulcinea…what a sweet and heavenly sounding name….;p

today i realized that i haven’t written anything about my taking up animation training at NAVEL Animation studio…i’ve a bit busy with all the assignments and drawing exercises from sir hardy(the instructor). imagine having to draw a single cartoon character 8 to 15 times in a span of 3 hours(total training time). and then being given 15 more as assignment….ugh…but hey, compared to my 6 other classmates, i can take it…it seems i’m the only one who’s been able to keep pace with sir hardy’s lessons…and i’m not even the most puntctual in class…hehehehe…in fact, iwas the only one able to finish the exercises assigned last wednesday (8 drawings of ben from the cartoon benjamin bear in different poses…)

so far, i’ve been receiving good feedback regarding my work…it seems one of the other instructors was so impressed with my drawings that he actually thought it was made by one of the them…sir hardy also said that my lay-outing skills surpass even some of his lead animator trainees…hwehehehe…

i was also told last week that if all goes well Navel might also include me as additional manpower in an upcoming project…ayuz!

the only problem i have with this course is that i don’t have a light table at home…don’t even have a drawing table…if the bulk of work increases this next few weeks, i’ll have to start going to training really early so i can use the ones at navel….tsk!

HAHAHAHA!!!! my sis and i were really really excited to watch this concert today, unfortnately it wasn’t what we expected…yes it was great…both the orchestra and the conductor were fantastic…the accents on every piece could be clearly heard…and the winds section sounded like they would never run out of breath ;p

the singers weren’t that impressive though…the hungarians lacked the roundness and volume i’ve grown accustomed to hearing from tita cam and tito pabs…plus they weren’t that good with their english so some of the  songs sounded really funny….;p what was noticeable with the hungarians however, was that they could dance(and i mean dance!) and still sing at the same time…sure the volume wasn’t really there…but they sounded so natural, like they were singing while standing still…;p the pinay on the other hand was really weird…she sang "tonight" from "west side story" while wearing something which looked like a cocktail dress and a crown of some sort on her hair…and when she sang, it sounded like she wasn’t sure if she could reach the high notes or not…

the show itself had its own weird moment when after the orchestra played the intro, the ccp’s main theater suddenly experienced technical difficulties and we had to wait about 10 minutes before the show continued…

i guess when you have family who sing the opera, you kindda have high expectations for this kind of thing…although this concert(even with all the happenings) is still no match compared to william george’s concert(he’s still the worst singer for me…;p)

its 3:30 in the morning and i’m feeling hungry…i don’t know why but i suddenly felt really awake…awhile ago i couldn’t wait to sleep, but now…i’m feelin’ like i could go about an hour working out…;p…hmmm…

…will be singing at 2 masses later in the morning so i know i have to be well rested…i’m kindda in the mood to make my assignment for animation training (have to finish 5 more action poses) although i have no light table to use here…;p…i also want to write a new story for marvin’s next run on buhay artista…although i can’t think of anything to write about (i think my brain is already asleep…;p)

today’s trip home from choir practice was pretty peacfull…i think i slept through most of it…;p rarely does that happen…especially when i’m riding non-airconditioned ones…oooh yeah, someone sat beside me on the bus today…;p…it was an old lady and i  think she sat beside me from kamuning till we reached bicutan…usually the seat beside mine would only get occupied at either mantrade or ayala…when all the other seats are already taken ;p

…i got to watch the PPO concert last friday which featured the diary of anne frank narrated by Mrs. Winnie Monsod…got to watch it with my brother on one of the parterre boxes(odd coz we had complimentary tickets)…;p…lucky us i guess…i think the music sounded really great…and mareng winnie was okay even though she looked a bit nervous at first…the box beside us was occupied by this matronic looking group of ladies…very fab…very dona…but when the orchestra played beethoven’s first symphony(was it the first…?)…they clapped at the end of the first movement…couldn’t stop myself from muttering "teka, hindi pa ho tapos…" the group blushed…;p

…if everything goes as planned, i might also be able to watch the "Toyota Classics Concert Series featuring the Budapest Operreta Theatre Orchestra" later in the evening…my mom got 2 compli tickets from her friends son, and since she and my dad can’t make it, its going to be me and my dear elder sister….;p wahoo!!!!

Had a blast last saturday as i went to a private swimming resort with some of my relatives to celebrate tita christy’s birthday…yay!…lots of food… lots of fun moments and lots of fun kids to share the day with….

i went straight to the pool when we arrived as the last time i went swimming was that one time last summer at sea breeze…;p didn’t bother putting sunblock on coz i’ve been wanting to get a darker skin tone for some time now…;p

the pool wasn’t that big so i didn’t get any real laps done…i did however spend most of the time teaching four of my cousins (thea, carmel, therese and panky) how to swim…i was pretty hesitant at first but by the days end, the four girls already knew how to swim the freestyle, how to swim underwater, and a bit of the breast stroke and back stroke…how’s that for a guy who never did get any intensive training…?

…teaching my four cousins was very tiring…and there was also a point when one of them (carmel) almost drowned as she was attempting to swim underwater (she lost her breath at the deepest part of the pool)…but it all ended well and carmel used the experience to will herself to learn how to swim better…

…i slept almost the whole trip home

…went down at SM Bicutan to buy an infrared port for my p.c…it was obvious i was still pretty tired when i did this coz i only noticed when i got home that the product i bought looked pretty thrashed up…turns out it didn’t only look that way…it was just that, TRASH! the driver wouldn’t work, the cd was full of scratches, and according to the manufacturer’s web site, the thing was already phased out….talk about major rip off…

…by 11:30, after hours of tinkering and doing net search it was time to call it quits…since i was already too tired and since there wasn’t any tech support for me to rant on anyway…

i woke up at 6:30am due to my phone’s alarm…i had previously planned on making starting work on my long delayed 40 drawing assignment…but then again i was pretty banged up from all the swimming lessons and playing with kiddie cousins raphy and migz, that i couldn’t even lift myself of my bed…

i sleep another hour…wake-up then decide to move myself to the sofa in the sala, hoping all the effort might give life to my sleeping body…i slump on the sofa and fall back asleep…at least i remember everything i did, as there are times i wake-up somewhere else not knowing how i got there…(this only happens when i’m really-really tired ;p)

leave the house at 11am to go to SM and return the infrared thinggie…i go straight to the same clerk who sold me the port and complain…and then he tells me : "alam ninyo sir, sa totoo lang, wala pa kaming nabebenta niyan e…lahat binabalik…"

wow, talk about stupid…they should have pulled out all that stuff when the buyers began complaining right? instead, they wait for some unsuspecting guy to buy and not complain…too bad for them…i know my computer stuff ;p

…go to tita cam’s place to prepare for her father’s(lolo ben) 1st year death anniv…got there at 1:30pm, had some coffee and waited for the rest of the choir. by 2:30pm we got to the chapel for the mass. unfortunately, the priest was late. so by the time he arrived, my brain was already in sleep mode…didn’t even know if i was singing okay or not…basta, just sing…couldn’t even keep myslef still whenever i knelt (i felt like i was swaying)

everyone went back to tita cam’s house after the mass….we all had fantastic food which was cooked by tito pabs(a certified chef). the party was fun and i could hear laughter from every corner of the house…i suck at socializing so i couldn’t really stay and chat with anyone(i guess its an effect of being in front of the computer all day everyday)

…with no one to chat with i go spend my tim with my 1yr and 9 month old cousin bea(tito pab’s really smart and cute kid)…had some photos taken(will upload them as soon as i get a mobility suite from my phone’s manufacturer…not going to trust those universal infrared adapters anymore ;p)…played with some of her toys, ran around the house…even helped  her eat dinner….i was burned out by 6:30….i fell asleep and woke up at 7:00…took time getting my noggin working again as fatigue from all the activites of the whole weekend had shut it down….;p

left tita cam’s house at 8pm….rode a jeep and was asked to get down at araneta ave. since i was the only one on board and the driver had given up hope of getting anymore passengers…took another jeep and got down at Edsa…didn’t take the MRT as i wanted to get some sleep while on the way home…walked the stretch of edsa from the corner of  quezon ave. to the gas station(was it sea oil, shell, petron…never could remember which…;p)…had some time to think while i was walking…i think this is why i’m always walking lately, walking helps me think…about life, love and the lack of love and a life ;p

a bus finally stops at 8:20 and at last i get to sleep….;p i get home at 10pm…nice no?…haba ng traveling time ;p

took me an hour to finish this whole story up…its now 1:42am and i can barely keep my eyes on the screen. sleepy time….;p

…had my first experience singing with the seedlings choir outside the edsa shrine yesterday (sang at a funeral mass)…it got a little weird when this lady started looking at us while we were singing…i don’t know if she didn’t like our singing but i later found out that she’s a little bit sick in the head or something…;p

…since tita cam, (tita) gracielle and fred had to attend mass again, i decided to go accompany tito pabs at greenbelt while he went window shopping….finally got to buy a new set of water color pencils and a new eraser (since my little studes love using my eraser instead of their own)…later went to landmark with tito pabs in search of some stuff he’ll use for his catering…he didn’t find anything of interest ;p….went back to pick up everyone right after…

…had lunch at terry’s at 2pm…boy was the food great…loved everything tita cam and teenee ordered…the different types of cheese, sausage, ham, olives, the seemingly limitless order of bread ;p, the paella and ox tail stew which was my personal favorite as the sauce was really good with the bread….;p…i enjoyed the stories of (tita) gracielle…fred looked funny after barely drinking his glass of wine(sorry fred)…all in all it was a really great although quite late lunch….we finished at half past three and went to cantinetta, a coffee shop near terry’s to get dessert…tito pabs and i later left tita cam, gracielle, teenee and fred as they still had a spa session at island spa…

…went to tita christy’s house with tito pabs as (tita) Kat had a birthday party…had more food and played with my cousins…got a free massage from my rowdy cousins paeng and migs as everytime i lay on a bed they would either try to wrestle me or stand on my back….;p

…finished my day at home talking to sis about love, relationships, and the future…weird…but funny ;p

…all in all it was a rather great day…hope i get to spend more days like this with those lovely and funny people ;p