More Chris Tiu

Thanks to Chris's blog, I get updates. :) Enough to make my day! Haha.


First update, I was just thrilled to know that a "Chris Tiu" would actually enjoy a movie that's Twilight (Twilight Fever blog entry). Yeah, this chick flick, almost teeny-bopper movie...that I intend to watch, by the way. Bilang naging instant fan ng book last week (not that it's good, though. Funny read lang). Minutes ago, I was still undecided whether to watch the movie or not. Hmmm...50-50. Not until I've read his blog entry. Now, I'm so 101 % sure to finally see Twilight. Maybe not this week, but it's definite that I'll go see it. Nah, so I think I'll just have to endure the shrieking and giggling of high school girls (and the not-so-high-school ones as well) in the movie house. No, I would definitely shriek and giggle like a high schooler. Yes? Yes. Hahaha.


Second and latest update, Chris Tiu won the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Philippines as favorite athlete, beating Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Molina, Efren “Bata” Reyes, and Japoy Lizardo. CongraTIUlations!! Bilang ako ay adik lang na bumoto sa yo online, I'm so proud of TIU!!!

Things about Chris Tiu are among the few things that get me teary-eyed. Haaay...I've come to accept the fact that Chris Tiu has a really big influence in my life. Oh, I'm not a fan. I'm just...you know, yeah, a fan. I really look up to Chris as a person. He's actually "too good to be TIU" --- good-looking, rich, smart, nice (at least, sa tingin ko), famous (at least, sa UAAP) athlete, politician (former SK chairman and present kagawad in Makati). Woah, talk about being perfect, eh? So, what's the flaw? I wouldn't know. Oh, I know one...his hosting stints. I don't watch his GMA shows because he's not that good. I wouldn't want his perfect image in my mind to blur. But he's getting there...little improvements every now and then.Anyway, Chris, all the best! Gambatte ne!

Why we somewhat hated Mommy Cora when we were a bunch of high school kids

C'mon, maybe she's just living up to her name -- SERMONia. That's why she has "pampered" us with her sermons. By the way, can someone enlighten me on how the Filipino language (or is it the people? the culture?) tends to negate/contradict the meanings of DEFINED words in the English dictionary (i.e. sermon, salvage)?

Remember how people in school (both teachers and students!) often joke around, tagging our boarding house either a prison or a monastery? Funny, really.

Remember how we often sneak through the gate (after calling a roommate or housemate to unlock the gate, that is) just to keep Mommy Cora from knowing we came home past our curfew, like 7 or 8pm is already late? Was it 6pm, our curfew? Whoah. And by calling, I mean sometimes we really had to shout at the top of our lungs loud enough for someone inside the house to hear but soft enough for Mommy Cora not to hear. Ang labo. Nakakatawa lang. Ang hirap i-describe pero nagfla-flashback ang experience. And just imagine when you're sneaking through the unlocked gate already (not to mention, succeed in not calling the attention of Mommy Cora), that's when Alpo blurts out his revenge. "Holy cow! I've been staying here for years and yet the damn dog still barks at me?!" Mapapaganun ka talaga! Later we've learned that the dog's losing his eyesight (was that Alpo? kung sino man...). But can't dogs recognize people's smell? Oh well, give it a break, maybe it's confused na lang talaga dahil madami tayo. Seconds later, Mommy Cora's on her way out of the sliding wooden door to check up on his beloved dog's outrage. Ayun, in the end, huli ka din lang! A shower of sermon for you.

Remember how Mommy Cora makes rounds at late nights (parang nasa kulungan talaga e, noh?) making sure the lights in our rooms are out? (Shocks, parang nasa kulungan talaga, kulang na lang flashlight. hahaha.) Then, she goes, "SHHhhhhh...sinong maingay dyan?! blah, blah, blah..." when we're laughing our hearts out or when we're chit-chatting. Sometimes we just ignore her (thinking she's gone already) and continue making noise. That's when we'd hear her yet another angry voice saying, "Isa pa, ha, isa pa..." (something like that, I think. I can't remember exactly). And then we'd stop, errr lower our voices a bit. :)

And how can I forget. Remember how Mommy Cora appears with her planggana, collecting our cellphones during exams? This makes me wanna do a "roll on the floor" laugh for real. :D

But like a normal person, Mommy Cora has her soft (cheerful and even funny) side. She'd treat us at times like donating food during our Christmas programs or to her granddaughter's play in Manila (Julia and Amet lang yata to). She'd let us watch TV, too. I remember the shows we used to watch -- Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay with JLC (Yuri Orbida) and Bea Alonzo (Katrina Argos), Digital LG Quiz, Click, MYX, Sarah G's Star for a Night, etc. Mommy also has her pets -- Mommy Cora's pets (like a teacher's pet, you know). Haha. I certainly was not one of the pets, how sad. :D Being the Mommy's pet equates to being a saint. Haha, exagg. Simply put, mga pinakamababait sa aming mga mababait. :)

Remember [insert whatever memory you can think of]?

High school kids that we were, we harbored so much animosity towards Mommy Cora. Now, twenty something's that we are, I think we've come to realize why it had to be that way. Actually, I still don't fully understand why. No pain, no gain? Diamonds are made under pressure? What can't kill you will only make you stronger? [Insert whatever quote you can think of]. Whatever. But I like to laugh about those experiences that I've/we've had.

I somehow miss Mommy Cora now. And Daddy Cora, too. I miss my bed (for 4 years) back then. I miss my boardmates. I miss my roommates (not much, I see them from time to time. haha). I miss high school.

Then and Now: RS and Benedikt

Browsing through the pages of our photo albums just now, I saw this interesting photo from 7 years ago during our summer vacation in V, AT. As always, hangkulet ni RS kay Benedikt sa pic na to.

THEN... (2001)

Seeing this picture, I was so excited to find a recent photo of these two. Alas! I grabbed one fromRS's multiply album (bro, pa-post ng pic dito, ha?). And here are those two kids then, both grown-ups now (not really that grown-up, though). :D Perfectly amazing.

...NOW (2008)

Just spot the difference(s). :)



P.S. Inspired by Bad's "Then and Now" movie-watching, I'm starting my "Then and Now" series.

On My LIGHTEST Note -- Chris Tiu and the gang

Cheers for me!! My fingers led me to certain realities. I found three separate interesting stuff about my crushes (Crush in the sense na natutuwa lang akong panoorin sila sa kani-kanilang endeavours -- Faust in theatre, Michael in singing, Chris on the court. Tipong katuwaan lang na ako lang ang natutuwa...haha.)

• Faust Peneyra's, 23, paglisan (link secured)
• Michael Cruz's, 27, MySpace
• Chris Tiu's, 23, blog -- ...the whole nine yards!!

Friends often mock me how fairytale-ish daw my crushes are. Whatever. Hehe. Basta crush ko pa din sina:

1 -- Faust Peneyra of Dulaang UP
From Faust's Multiply:

"wesley3p wrote on Jul 29

faust! i never knew not unti jaecy's post... waahhh!!! ur leaving na!!! bigla tuloy nag flash back highschool days; u being a great leader till the havana nights sing along!!! magmi-meet pa ba kau before u go?,,, wah, felt like wer losin one great dreamer... but hei, remember wat i said, di lang dreamer, dreamaker ka na!!!! im so happy and proud of u... remember the 'brown raise' renaissance, ur part of it.. go global! show them what ur made of...talentado ka talga! haha! maraming salamat sa lahat ha..sna may chance na makita ko si mr.peneyra ulet... kelan alis mo? kudos! asteeg! galeng! we'll miss u! surely!"

Aalis na daw si Faust?! Ha?! San sya pupunta?! Di pa kami nagkikita up-close and personal! (Harriet, na-sad ako...haha, korni.) Well, kung ikabubuti ng career nya, eh di cge, go lang!

2 -- Michael Cruz of The Singing Bee (true-blue bading, as in!!)
and 3 -- Chris Tiu (syempre, ang true-blue Atenista).
Chris Tiu...as a "masarap maging Atenista" icon. Hehe.

Chris Tiu (in white)...as a...business socialite?

I find the U.P. Fighting Maroon's Basketball Team hopeless, really. That's why during my undergrad years, I used to watch the Ateneo Blue Eagles (Actually, I just watch their games with Chris Tiu as an eye-candy, yay. Even his missed shots are eye-candies!), instead. Ayayay...nasan na ang pagiging hard-core taga-U.P. ko?!


May I singit lang...I remember how I initially wanted to go to Ateneo but later on settled for U.P. Actually, I just got scared of U.P. before because of the I-don't-know-if-they're-slums-or-what areas I saw when we were going around campuses during the summer before college. But eventually,syempre, di ko ipagpapalit ang U.P. kong mahal. Chris Tiu, sayang...haayyy..nagkikita sana tayo parati. Hehe.


Anyway, I found another article related to Chris Tiu that he's hosting Ripley's at GMA. Whaaat?! Eh wala nga yung talent sa hosting sa Pinoy Records eh! (I-mock ko daw ba?) Gudlak!


Bottom line lang ng post na to ay nalungkot ako na aalis na si Faust, pero natuwa ako na nakahanap ako ng myspace account ni Michael Cruz at ng blog ni Chris Tiu. Period, no comma.

HF...

...as in hydrofluoric acid.

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Exposure to hydrofluoric acid can produce harmful health effects that may not be immediately apparent.

Inhalation:
Severely corrosive to the respiratory tract. May cause sore throat, coughing, labored breathing and lung congestion/inflammation.
Ingestion:
Corrosive. May cause sore throat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, severe burns of the digestive tract, and kidney dysfunction.
Skin Contact:
Corrosive to the skin. Skin contact causes serious skin burns which may not be immediately apparent or painful. Symptoms may be delayed 8 hours or longer. The fluoride ion readily penetrates the skin causing destruction of deep tissue layers and even bone. <----- eto daw talaga ang scary, malamang.
Eye Contact:
Corrosive to the eyes. Symptoms of redness, pain, blurred vision, and permanent eye damage may occur.
Chronic Exposure:
Intake of more than 6 mg of fluorine per day may result in fluorosis, bone and joint damage. Hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia can occur from absorption of fluoride ion into blood stream.

Source: http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/H3994.htm
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At work, we occasionally deal with hydrofluoric acid. (Occasionally, as in twice to thrice a week) At dahil mabangis si HF, we've got to be in our full-battle gears when working with this dangerous acid.

Tipong kamukha ko na si Marvin the Martian...pink nga lang. Ahahay!














(Ahem, di naman pala magkamukha... :D )



HF, just don't kill me too soon, aryt? Yay.

Gupit nang gupit

It's barely been two months since I last had my haircut. (My first time in a salon ALONE, and even telling the hairdresser to just cut it short (shorter than my then already short hair) however she sees fit. It's your lucky day! And that was it. (I feel like I'm writing a mathematical equation with too much parentheses. Awwwww...I miss math...! Really, why do I have to put parentheses all over my paragraph?! Just let it pass...I just feel like putting them everywhere.) Ang gulo ng mgaparenthesis!!!)

Enough of the parentheses. Today, I was in high spirits to have my hair cut...errr, not exactly a new one. It's more or less the same haircut as the last one, except that this one's at a different salon. Lately, I just get tired of my hair --- gives me headache when I'm in the lab. I don't want to grow my hair at all (dude, stay as you are...haha).

Thinking about it now, I actually had my hair cut thrice since April of 2008. It seems like I've been doing a lot of things way too impulsive lately.

All work and no play makes Raph a dull girl

What a life! Never-ending strings attached to acads. Huh, for what? The love of studying? Crap.

When will I ever breathe the freshest of airs? Funny how, days ago, I ranted over not having anything to do and yet now STILL rant over having no time for play, eh? Ano ba talaga?!...I guess it's human nature --- d*mn human nature.

On second thought, it's not totally an all-work-and-no-play for me at all. See, I still find time to spend my precious time here. It's just annoying how my eyes hurt from reading (and sleeping? hmmm...) yet I can't afford to concede defeat against this hurting...I have to finish my thing before going to bed. No more ranting and raving for now. For that, oyasuminasai.