I got to save a little commuting money today (supposedly Saturday, but I always come home past midnight) because I got to ride with Sundee to Meralco. He owes me anyway. I was supposed to ride with him the day before but he had a family gathering to attend.

Jammi and Matt watched the matinee show today! I was so surprised to see them. I haven't seen them in at least a couple of years (especially Matt), and I was so speechless when I saw them. They were with their friends Paolo and Claire, whom I met there and then. Wow, I didn't expect that I'd see them backstage of all the places to be reunited with Jammi.

I have another addition to my list of duties backstage. At the end of the battle scene right before the coronation scene, I have to help Dan with his quick change from Minotaur to "robed Narnian". At first I just helped him whenever I was there, just sitting around in front of the monitor, but I guess he needed the help because of all the chaos backstage. Oh well.

Damn, my phone was really quiet all day. Ari's phone is still missing. And I miss him already.

Ah, it feels great to come home before midnight.

When I arrived in Meralco at noon, the first floor dressing rooms were pretty quiet so I followed Nap to the dressing rooms upstairs, because there's more action up there. Waheheheheh, when Jamie and Chevy arrived, a bunch of them cramked up the CD player and some of them were complaining that Jamie does streetdancing so well because of the steps he came up with so that they insisted he teach them some steps. Heheheheh, they looked like a small streetdancing class right there.

Nothing really exciting happened in the show. We did have a meeting after that in the basement. Mostly about the next shows and jacket orders and schtuff.

Chev, Dein and I were supposed to ride with Tita Menchu, but then she made plans with Miss Chari to go out to dinner. So when I reached the artists' entrance, a bunch of the cast were hanging around outside, making plans to eat dinner and maybe watch a movie in Greenbelt. Dein and Chevy decided to join them, and I decided to go home right away, though I didn't know who to hitch with. At first Dein and I asked Franco to give us a ride, then we switched to Dan's car. I got him to drop me off at the MRT station in Ayala before they went ahead to Greenbelt.

Oooh, my cough and cold are almost all gone. Goody.

Chatting with Ari. It's great to finally communicate with him again.

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I'm losing my patience for the Bitches. First they turned to exclusivity, and now they're being to choosy with guys. And they're as rude as ever. I was with 3 Bitches (Marie Vee, Let, and Me-Anne), Khalil, Charlie, Maita, and DC during lunch in Jollibee a while ago, and those girls never even noticed how rude they were, talking about secrets and stuff, planning their own gimmicks, keeping to themselves while there were other people at the table. When we were leaving the place, they never even noticed that I was walking way ahead of them while they were walking so slowly back to school. Arg.

As much as I love those girls, when they get together, I end up being so pissed at them. Oh well. I guess I really do have issues.

Now if you excuse me, I'm off to LIGHDES class.

"Why are you giving that sad look? You didn't lose anything...In fact, you won..."

So why do I still feel that I didn't?

"The subscriber cannot be reached. Please try again later."

I dialled Ari's number just now and that's what I got. It stopped ringing already. It's been ringing since last week until yesterday. And still no sign of that darn phone, so it's already considered lost/stolen.

While I was on the bus on the way to school, I had this wacky idea of finally changing my prepaid phone to a post-paid one. Before my mom left for Zambales, she left me enough money for this week anyway, and it's enough to get a reasonable plan. All I need now is to convince my dad. Hopefully I'll have help right now anyway, coz my aunt's staying at home while my mom's not around. I could convince them later in time so I can get my new phone line tomorrow.

And while I'm at it, I could tell my 'rents that I "lost" my old SIM card on the way home. I could just give that old one to Ari so he doesn't have to buy his own. All he has to get is a new phone. I did promise him I'd help him save up for a new phone.

Nyak, the crazy ideas I come up with. But it still could be worth it, right?

I met up with Rosa, Aris, PJ and Gonx in ATC after lunch today. We wanted to watch The Bourne Identity, but since we noticed that we had to wait at least 2 hours before the next screening starts, we decided to just go to Festival Mall instead. So that's where we went.

After the movie, we didn't have anything else to do, so we all hopped back in PJ's car and went back to ATC. But when we got there, we still didn't know what to do, so we ended up talking inside the car while we were in the parking lot. Plus, it was pouring rain outside once we parked, and we all forgot to bring umbrellas. Then we started wondering what Mike and Seph are, and we flipped a coin to decide whose house we'd go to first. Nyak, we went to Mike's house first, picked him up, then met up with Seph near the Cuenca Community Center inside AAV. Well, too many people there, so we hung out at PJ's house instead.

Hanging out with them gave me a break. But I still have problems to work out. Then I heard this song in the CD I was playing in my room.


SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY

Long ago, in someone else's lifetime
Someone with my name who looked a lot like me
Came to know a man and made a promise
He only had to say and that's where she would be
Lately, although the feelings run just as deep
The promise she made has grown impossible to keep
And yet I wish it wasn't so
Will he miss me if I go?

In a way, it's someone else's story
I don't see myself as taking part at all
Yesterday, a girl that I was fond of
Finally could see the writing on the wall
Sadly she realized she'd left him behind
And sadder than that she knew he wouldn't even mind
And though there's nothing left to say
Would he listen if I stay?

It's all very well to say
You fool, it's now or never
I could be choosing
No choices whatsoever

I could be in someone else's story
In someone else's life
And he could be in mine
I don't see a reason to be lonely
I could take my chances
Further down the line

And if that girl I knew should take my advice
Oh I wouldn't hesitate, she needn't ask me twice
Go now! I'd tell her that for free
Trouble is, the girl is me
The story is the girl is me...

*sigh*

I could still smell the baked macaroni that my aunt made in the kitchen. I think I'll bring some to the theater today. Pasta, anyone?

I bought a black knapsack from Joseph (Fenris Ulf) yesterday. Heeheehee, you gotta see the zippers on that bag. It's those really huge ones that made me buy it. I wanted a black knapsack anyway.

My phone battery kept konking out yesterday. Arg, and I don't want to buy a new battery because there'll be a new phone along with the new SIM that I'll be getting.

Aw, I guess I'll be flying solo this weekend. Carmen had makeup classes this weekend plus she has to finish some of her final projects. Bing said she'll also be working on her finals. As for me, Lei and I had already finished our part of our LIGHDES final project so our script and other stuff is with Ace and Zards to finish. And I'm bringing my NATSC11 notes to the theater today so I can study for my 8am exam on Monday. Arg, and to think that we have an evening show tomorrow for artists' night. And it's the night that Chevy's going to play Peter once again. Surely I can't miss that.

I was pretty surprised last night when I walked to the artists' entrance after the show. I saw Robi (my ex-crush) waiting outside! I haven't seen him in more than a year. Wow, after trying to get thinnner a couple of years ago for Once On This Island, he maintained that weight and nabbed a bunch of commercials. I think the last commercial he did is for Lucky Me. Haven't seen that one, though. And yup, he finally has a girlfriend. One more thing that surprised me is that he started smoking. I think it's because of his girlfriend, 'cause she was the first face I saw outside and I saw her light a cigarette first. Oh well, things change.

I think someone from the cast is selling blueberry cheesecakes. Tita Luna said it was from Ring, but I saw Dan with the cooler of cheesecakes. I gotta go up to the dressing rooms upstairs later. MMMmmmm, blueberry cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts. Blame it on Rosa. ^_^

My mom arrived this morning. The moment she arrived, she barged into my room to say hi and tried to get me to wake up with her annoyingly loud and chipper voice. Then as usual, as she left the room, she left my door open. Arg. I hate it when she does that. I can't sleep if I know my room's door is open.

Oh yeah, I finally told her about getting a postpaid phone. Now I wonder when I get to have it.

I was chatting with Ari at around 2 this morning when I got home. Things were kinda rocky between us because of certain issues, but we settled it this morning. And he's watching Lion again tonight along with some friends of his and Dein's. Yay. ^_^ Oh yeah, Chevy's playing Peter tonight while Paolo will be taking over as the Blue Squirrel again. Cool.

Heheheheheh, when I hitched a ride home with Tita Menchu last night along with Dein, Tinay, and Joy, it wasn't quiet like the usual quiet ride that we have. Usually when we on the road to Alabang, we talk for a while once we're inside the car, and then we get quiet. This time, Tita Menchu started talking about how she and Tito Audie were making each other laugh during the part when Aslan and the WItch were talking about Edmund's fate. They were miming these funny actions referring to the Stone Table and their actions got smaller and smaller until Tito Audie finally got Tita Menchu laughing. Good thing the Witch laughs once their talk was over. Now Tita Menchu wants to think of something funnier for revenge. Eheheheheh. Then after that, we started talking about Tito Audie's blackout bloopers, when he keeps forgetting his lines. Heheheheh, it's a sign of old age, Tito Auds. ^_^

So by the time we got to Alabang, we were all talking about the bloopers we noticed onstage, like how Joy notices Roy gets flat when he sings as Mr. Tumnus. Tita Menchu even commented that he sounds like a ambulance the way his note fluctuates. And how Meynard's lion mane kept falling off during one of the preview shows. Then there was Tita Carla as the Witch. She was starting to forget the lyrics in one part of "Deep Magic" that she mumbled something we all didn't understand to fill out those missing lyrics. And of course, who could forget that darn maleta that Franco left onstage during his first show. They were acting around the suitcase when they first came into Narnia, but when the suitcase was in the way of Inaki's place, he tried to push it aside with his foot, hoping no one would notice. Heheheheh, today I even noticed Cheska in "Awake, Oh Narnia". Bong's giant club was in her way before the dance started that she just stared at it for a while and then kicked it aside.

Oh, the crazy things that happen onstage.

My back hurts. I wonder why. Arg. Anyway, I gotta get going.

Yup, the playtime was expected to happen during tonight's shows. Especially during the evening.

Nothing much happened during the matinee show. Though I got a free mango float from Chevy, eheheheheh. Because I ran a food errand for Tito Joey the Evil Giant (who wanted 2 tuna sandwiches from the lobby) and Jamie (who had a craving for mango float) while they were vocalizing, Chevy wanted a mango float as well. Nyak, the only problem was that the house was already open, it was raining outside (so I had no way of going around to the lobby) and I had to stay backstage in case Dobi wanted me to wear the headset. So I promised I'd get him his mango float during intermission (which I did), and he gave me extra money to get my own mango float that I shared with Bing.

Oh yeah, Donita Rose went backstage with her fiance. Paolo was with Becky, Joel, Patrick and me in the makeup when she came in. Wow, she looks a lot prettier in person.

So Chevy played Peter during the evening show. It was a full house, and the cast's energy was really high. I thought everything would go smoothly. And then while I was pulling the curtain closed after the first time Lucy (Alexa) and Edmund (Inaki) enters Narnia, the rope that pulls the curtain open fell off. Yikes! I had to scurry to Lemuel and Sir Shax about this problem. And the only way it could be fixed is that the curtain should be pulled open again so that the rope would be tied back to it's proper place, meaning we had to wait for intermission to fix it. I ended up pulling the curtain myself along with Sir Shax, who was on the scaffold with a long pole.

And the fight between Peter and Fenris was more intense than the usual, it seems. Everyone at the backstage mic were cheering louder than usual for Peter, and everyone was full of energy.

Waheheheh, and before Peter entered that scene, Jamie and I went to Chevy and grabbed him, so he might miss his cue to enter. Heeheehee. Chev did it before with Paolo once. As for Paolo, he claimed he was "harassed" during "The Sacrifice" when he was posed as a Tree Spirit, and the Evil Narnians were coming up to him, making faces and touching him.

And of course, the talk between Aslan (Tito Audie) and the Witch (Tita Menchu). Tito Audie was making Tita Menchu laugh yesterday while they were miming things such as the Stone Table. So Tita Menchu braced herself for Tito Audie's latest attempt. It was funnier than she expected. Tito Audie had a picture of Tita Enchang (Mrs. Macready) hidden in his paw, in full costume and in character. It reminded Tita Mench of a "Mini-Me" version of Aslan, because Tita Enchang's hair color matched Aslan's mane, so it made her shake with laughter. She noticed that her shoulders were visibly shaking, so she covered it up by doing huge hand gestures, but it was obvious to all of us that she was dying of laughter already. Now Tita Menchu really wants revenge.

Oh darn, because of the anticipation of Tito Audie's and Tita Menchu's antics in that scene, I forgot to go to stage left during "Deep Magic" to taunt the evil Narnians. They tend to do the silliest things in that scene, especially Dan and Roden, who like to face me and Jojo (and sometimes Carmen) everytime they swing their bodies in our direction. They're so hilarious, with Dan making funny faces (it's funny enough with his make-up and fake fangs on) and Roden playing around with his flag.

The sad part of the night? I didn't get to see Ari. And to think that I told a bunch of people in the cast that he was coming. Franco even asked if he could meet him. Darn it. Dein left immediately after the show, so I couldn't find Ari. Arg...

I gotta go. NATSC11 finals will be at 8 this morning. I'd better take in a few hours of sleep before I leave for school.

Well, I managed to squeeze in some sleep before I left for school yesterday. Nyak, when I got to the classroom at 8, we didn't start on time because the proctor arrived really late. Oh well.

Then Lei gave me some bad news. We had worked on our share of our LIGHDES project last Wednesday, then we gave it to Ace and Zards to finish. Then Lei gets a message from Ace yesterday morning that he forgot to bring his share to school, even though Lei had reminded him when he was still at home. And then he didn't want to go back home because he was busy editing a video project that was due today. Uhm, hello? How about the project that's due for that particular day? Jeez. What's worse, Zard didn't do a thing. So what we did was we handed the rest of the stuff to Zard so he and Ace can work on it together. What he actually did was just hand it over to Ace at the Multimedia Lab.

So what happened when it was time to submit the entire project? Ace still didn't do a thing and just handed us everything, Zard suddenly disappeared and switched off his phone so we couldn't call him, so Lei and I had to cram everything in front of Sir Shax. And while we were working on it, Ace was just sitting beside us, not even moving a muscle to help. Thanks a lot, guys. And to think that it was Lei and I who didn't get enough sleep the night before.

After school yesterday, I met up with in ATC. I haven't seen him in years, and the last time I talked to him was about a year ago. We just hung around, sat around at Food Choices and talked. Rich, one of my favorite Playshop students (who dropped out because her mom pulled her out for personal reasons), even came by and joined us.

This morning while I was walking from my house to the corner 3 blocks away to get a tricycle, my phone started ringing. It was from a landline, and even though I didn't know who it was, I answered the call. It was Ari, calling from a payphone in school. He said that he was held up when he got to Estrada Street, and was demanded to hand over his phone (which was reutrned to his house by a nice stranger a few days ago) and his wallet to this guy pointing a knife at him. He had reluctantly handed the schmuck his phone, but before he could give him his wallet, Ari said he hit the guy and ran off. Cool move. I met up with him at around noon today. I just wanted to see if he was all right. I'm so glad he was OK.

Oh yeah, course card distribution today. My classmates and I have this big problem with out INTROPD teacher, who came to class only twice this whole term. I heard that we won't be getting a grade for his class, so we wrote a letter of complaint and a petition (where each of us signed 3 times) for Sir Manolet, our department's chairperson. That's one subject down. Damn it. Ems and Cris told me that we might be having a few hours this second term to make up for the lost class. I sure hope we don't have to pay for that. We got ripped off enough already with the teacher not coming to class.

Well, as for the rest of my grades, I don't have a grade lower than 2.0, goody. I don't know what it takes to be in the Dean's list, though. How do you get in the Dean's list anyway?

By the way, does anyone got a spare LJ code out there?

Currently feeling: calm

I told my 'rents that I'd be going to school today to ask my chairperson about my non-exixtent INTROPD grade. When I got there, that was when I remembered that we won't be having a grade for that subject this term. Arg. So I ended up walking up to the fourth floor and back down to the second, where I ran into Cris, who was there for a rehearsal meeting of Arok Diwa. We went to the canteen to get some candy, and then up to the SIO because she wanted to braid my hair. Heheheheheh, ever since braiding my hair in pigtails a couple of terms ago, she's always after my hair.

After 3 different styles of braids, Ari suddenly arrived in the SIO, looking for me! He had sent my a message from his friend's phone telling me to go to his tambayan, but Cris was still tugging at my hair. Eep.

So after Cris had finished playing around, Ari and I left for South Mall for lunch. Then we just walked around, checked out stores, and then we went to one of the optics shops to change the yellow lens of his glasses to blue lenses. Finally we sat down on one of the benches at the top floor and talked.

When Ari went home, I stopped by Book Sale to look at some old books. I've been searching for a couple of old sci-fi/fantasy books that no one has ever heard of. Has anyone heard of Pamela Sargent's Watchstar? It's a trilogy, and I'm looking for the rest of it. I'm looking for Eye of the Comet and Homesmind. Anyway, no sign of those books in there, but I did find a couple of books that reminded me of all the books that I gave away to my cousins in Zambales, so I bought them. I wish I hadn't given those books away. Think of how hard it is to find those books these days.

After that, I walked around some more around the mall. I finally found the perfect birthday present for my mom, but the problem is that I don't have enough money to buy it. Maybe my dad can help me get it tomorrow.

I just realized that The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe will be ending this Sunday. How sad.

Just when I thought things were turning out so great, everything starts going downhill again. What a great way to spend the term break.

Damn it. I don't want to pity myself anymore. I hate myself. I wanna crawl in a hole and die.

Hey, now that's an idea.

Somebody shoot me.

It's my mom's birthday today. She woke me up at 5:30 this morning, telling me to get up and get ready because our parish priest was coming over for a house blessing and breakfast. I got out of bed an hour after that. I saw a puffy-eyed reflection of myself in the mirror. Arg. What's more, my back's giving me problems again. Is this the work of the sofa-bed or just how I slept? Or is the ache from last weekend's fall coming back? (In case you're wondering, I slipped and fell down the stairs at the LRT station last Saturday. I landed on my butt, but sometime after that, the lower right part of my back started to hurt.)

For some reason, I'm not in the mood to do anything today. I just bummed around, watching TV and reading.

What a shape I'm in right now. How am I gonna face the people in Meralco like this? Nah, they won't notice anything's wrong with me. I sure hope Tito Joey or Tito Bonggoy won't notice anything's wrong. They always seem to see what's going on in the minds of me and Bing.

Ouch, there goes my back again. And the person I rely on for a massage won't be available for a while. Damn it.

I got home around half an hour ago. Since Tita Menchu was going out tonight, Dein and I managed to hitch a ride with Sundee.

When I got home, I found out that my aunt made a peach-and-cream refrigerator cake for me that's a lot like those mango floats that they sell in the theater lobby. Mmmm...

Nothing much really happened. Despite my "depression", I managed to cover it up, as usual, so no one noticed. I've been doing that for years now.

Kel (Racquel) watched the show tonight. Heheheheh, I think she enjoyed it because our Peter was good-looking. Hmmm...I wonder if I should tell Paolo? ^_^

Tito Joey brought the jackets today. The ones in my size won't be coming until Sunday, so I'll shell out my money then. And the pictures I ordered (already paid, of course) from Sundee won't be out till Friday, the day of the cast party. I don't even know if I'm going. More importantly, I don't even know if I'm invited. Heck, it's a cast party. I'm a crew member. Oh well. Whatever.

I'm still in a rut.

Here's the Friday Five.

1. What was/is your favorite subject in school? Why?
Back in grade school and high school, my favorite subject was English. Most especially Reading. I love to read even until now. My mom kept on scolding me about reading too much for years. I guess that's how I rated as one of the fastest readers in my class then. Right now, my favorite subject is still English, as well as Technical Theater 1, which is Lighting Tools. I loved learning about how the lights work, how to mix those damn colors, and then going to an actual theater and learning how to work them.

2. Who was your favorite teacher? Why?
I had a lot of favorite teachers. One teacher that I'll always remember in grade school was Miss Pam Adriano. She was my Christian Living teacher in 6th and 7th grade. She was so nice, but strict enough when necessary. Kinda like Tita Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, my favorite musical theater teacher. In college, I'll have to say Sir Jay, who was my teacher in Stage Craft and Lighting Tools. He shows evidence of mastery in the subject, and when we complain it's hard, he just points out that there are just too many to learn at a time. He's a professional lighting designer, and I look up to him for that. Oh yeah, and of course, I can't forget Icko, my Rendering teacher. I first got to know him as a teacher, and then we worked as teachers together in Trumpets Playshop. Funny guy, always knows when to get serious and when to wack out.

3. What is your favorite memory of school?
A lot. I always can't wait for lunch and recess so I can meet with Rosa and Iam. Can't wait for dismissal so I can go to track and field training. Can't wait for training to end so I can go out and have dinner with the senior guys in the team. The thrill of being a senior so we can be in those air-conditioned classrooms. Getting out of class for school productions. Cast trips to Meralco and AFP theaters. Sitting in the carpeted area of the grade school library.

4. What was your favorite recess game?
Playing hopscotch with my classmates. I started playing with my 3rd-grade classmates. I remember playing with this girl Jessamine, and her twin sister Jessica. They were so good at hopscotch that I was always challenged when I play with them. And to think that they were gymnasts while I had a lousy sense of balance. I played hopscotch even until 7th grade, with Iam and Rosa.

5. What did you hate most about school?
Terror teachers. Too much homework. Being cooped up in a classroom for hours on end.

Anyway, I need to get some sleep. I just read a long email and I need to rest to make a decent reply for that.

Today is the final day of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. It's finally ending this year's run. How sad. I'm gonna miss them. Well, except maybe Chevy and Jamie. We still see each other in school anyway. But I'm gonna miss that wacky bunch of cast and crew.

Bing got her chance at the stage right headset yesterday, for both shows. I got to be with Raymond at the lapel corner. Nyak, I can't believe I wanted to do the lapel thing. I just had to sit there and wait for someone's lapel to be put on, switched on and off, and to have batteries changed. What's more I had a problem with Chesca's (Little Fox's) lapel, because instead of hairpins, she used paper clips to attach the wire to her hair, and it got in a little tangle. Grrr... And of course, I had to collect the lapel mikes from the upstairs dressing rooms, and I had to go through the guys dressing rooms to get to the girls'. When I was getting Johann's lapel, I had to hide behind one of the closets because I saw him in his boxers and I didn't want to be rude. But he saw me and let me in even though he was still in that attire. And then I caught more of the guys in states of undressing when I was getting the lapels after the last show. Tito Joey was laughing so hard when he saw me scurrying back and forth so fast through the rooms, while Jamie and Dein and the rest were shouting in mock shock. Jeez.

It's Raymond's turn at the headset today. I think I'll help Bing with the lapels.

I bought a souvenir program yesterday. We interns didn't get free programs, darn it. In Proof, I got to have a goody bag, filled with a free T-shirt, a company photo, a souvenir program and a keychain. So I had to buy a program at the lobby. I made a bunch of the cast sign it, and I'm gonna get the rest of them later. I haven't gotten Tito Audie and Tita Menchu to sign in it yet. And the rest of the guys upstairs.

I gotta go. I'm going to Meralco early because a bunch of the cast will be performing The Happy Prince at the theater basement at noon.

As Mr. and Mrs. Beaver said, "Bye-bye, Narnia."

So The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe closed its 3rd run last night. It's so sad to see it end.

We started the day in Meralco yesterday by going to the basement at noon to watch The Happy Prince, performed by a bunch of Trumpets resident artists, including Narnia's very own Tito Carlo (Orosa), Tita Sweet (Plantado), and Crisel. Such a sweet tale. It seemed like a kids' story, but it really touched our hearts. I even caught Dein sniffling a couple of times.

While we were getting ready for the last matinee show, everyone was going about, asking each other to sign programs and taking pictures of one another. Heheheheh, Bing and I also brought our own cameras. And all the while, everyone was getting so sentimental about the end of the run. As for Tito Jaime, he told the entire company about the "no playtime" rule for the last couple of shows. And what's even more interesting, since Franco was closing the evening show as Peter, Paolo decided to play the Tree Spirit and Blue Squirrel once again, while Chevy decided to play the long-absent Orange Squirrel (Ana left the show in the middle of the run), with our dear director's permission, of course.

So from noon up until late night, there was organized chaos backstage. People running to and fro, crew members getting ready for the strike, production staff keeping track of everything coming in and out, cast fixing their make-up, kids from the cast who keep saying, "Oh no, I'm gonna cry..." Y'know, all that schtuff.

Oh yeah, I had to surrender my copy of the script. Darn it. But I didn't return my copy of the running list, waheheheheh. ^.~

I finally got my Lion jacket around dinner time, and I loved it as much as the pep jacket Ari lent me. I sported it around over my yellow-orange Lion shirt (most of the cast and crew wore their Lion shirts yesterday) after receiving it.

The evening show was like a countdown. The make-up room was such a mess. The cast painted the mirrors with their make-up, writing messages like, "I'll miss you all!" and stuff. As for the crew, with Tita Jinggay's permission, they got to fool around with the make-up, painting their faces as well. Dobi even made herself up as Maugrim (Lorenz) the wolf. Bing and I, along with the others who brought cameras, were taking pictures like crazy (too bad I only brought one roll of 24 shots).

Of course, Tita Menchu and Tita Enchang couldn't resist a teeny bit of playtime that night. They grabbed flashlights and teased the kids, and made Tito Audie and Tita Carla laugh by wearing the other Aslan's wig.

In Act Two, Dan grabbed me and dragged me upstairs when he saw that I wasn't doing anything. Since all of them will be onstage during half the act, he asked me to write the usual "We Love You" sign for the cast to see behind the wardrobe. I had to rush to both stage left and stage right to post it.

It was all over by curtain call. After the final bow, the alternate cast was introduced, and then all of us rushed onstage for the company photo. Lucky I followed Bing when we ran onstage. We got a good spot right in front with the kids, heheheheh. Chaos reigned once again. Amidst all that, though, I managed to spot Anna, Kaisa and Dari in the audience.

A huge bunch of us went to Congo Grill after the show. I was kinda guilty that Bing and I joined them while most of the crew stayed in the theater for an inventory until 1 in the morning. Anyhoo, that's where we went. So that was where we were until past 1 am. After eating, cameras started flashing once more, and I went around hugging and thanking everyone.

Bing, Dein, Chevy and I hitched a ride home with Sundee. We dropped off Bing at the Ayala MRT station, and didn't leave until she safely boarded a bus.

Wow, and it was over. Just like that.

Another thought. This one really scared me. Tinay (Jamie's girlfriend) was supposed to come to the evening show last night to be an usher. Then we heard that she couldn't come after all because her best friend suddenly died. Jamie said that she was found unconscious in her room. Oh my gosh. It was such a scare. I sure hope she's doing OK.

Just killing more time before I go to school. I only have one class every Tuesday and Thursday, and it doesn't start until 3 in the afternoon. Nyak.

So we started the second term yesterday. Arg, another term with a 3-hour general subject, NATSC13. Jeez, and we got stuck with the same teacher that we had last term. We found out yesterday when we had our first meeting. Fortunately, since only a handful of us came to class, she had no choice but to dismiss us early.

TECTHE2 in the afternoon was more interesting. The class is about Sound Tools and sound design. Hmmmm... I'm thinking whether I should be a sound designer or a lighting designer. Nah, maybe I'll follow Dobi and Sir Edmu's footsteps and be a stage manager.

Oooh, Menchu's online. I wonder if she got into Repertory Philippines'Scrooge?

It's pretty quiet today. Nothing much going on. Makes me feel lazy to get going.

My only class today doesn't start until 3pm. MUSSTUD, or Music Studies. Last Tuesday, when I reached the classroom at exactly 3, I thought I was the first one there. I was wrong. There was one other person in there, and it was Chevy! I never knew that we were gonna be classmates this term. I didn't even know that he was taking at least one major subject. So anyway, yeah, we're classmates in MUSSTUD. It's like he didn't even give me time to miss him after Lion. Oh well.

So anyway, MUSSTUD really is, uhm, music studies. It's like those music classes we took back in grade school and high school. Well, I hardly took up music in high school due to varsity track, so I don't really know. Anyway, our teacher is also a Music Production teacher, and he managed to make the basics so easy on us on our first day. Wow. I wonder how we'll do by the end of the term.

Arg, my mom's being such a nag again. It's the last thing I want right now. She expects me to fix my room in a certain way, but I want it my own way. It's my room, not hers. She's not the one who lives in it. I'd better start locking up my room soon. I have a feeling she went through my private stuff again. I noticed something different about the stuff inside my night table last night. Damn, that woman doesn't know a thing about respecting someone's privacy. Jeez. I hate it. So rude.

Here are a couple of my favorite pics from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Thanks to my friend, Joel.




Aslan (Tito Audie Gemora) and Peter (Paolo Valenciano) in Quintet.




The Orange Squirrel (played by Chevy Mercado last September 15, 8pm show) and the Blue Squirrel (played by Paolo in the same show).

Just killing time.

I spent the morning sleeping, and just woke up in time for the first episode of Survivor 5: Thailand.

I have a cold. Again. Arg. Hope it won't interfere with the cast party later.

Aw, Bing won't be able to make it to Stageworx. She's of in Rockwell right now. Hope she could catch up.

Time for this week's Friday Five.

1. Would you say that you're good at keeping in touch with people?
Kinda. Everytime I seem to lose out of touch with someone, I send them a text message or an email, or sometimes I just give them a call. Some people even get surprised that I still find the time to call them.

2. Which communication method do you usually prefer/use: e-mail, telephone, snail mail, blog comments, or meeting in person? Why?
It all depends on where the person is. I use email for people I haven't seen in the longest time, and for those who live way all over the country. I hardly use the phone anymore, but when I get bored at night and/or needed someone to talk to, that's what I use. Of course, nothing can beat meeting people in person. It's more personal that way.

3. Do you have an instant messenger program? How many? Why/why not? How often do you use it?
I only use Yahoo! Messenger. I don't like logging on to many different IM programs, so that's what I use. I use it every time I'm online.

4. Do most of your close friends live nearby or far away?
Not really, we all live in different cities, but there's never a problem to meet.

5. Are you an "out of sight, out of mind" person, or do you believe that "distance makes the heart grow fonder"?
Somewhere in between. Sometimes you can't really help it if you're too far away from people that they tend to forget you after some time.

Hey, lookie! It's my favorite flower! ^_^

what's your inner flower?

[c] s u g a r d e w

I just arrived from Shang.

So we had the cast party tonight. It was supposed to start at around 5 in the afternoon at Stageworx, but there was hardly anyone there. Then when people started coming, we couldn't eat yet because we had to wait for Tito Audie and Tito Jaime.

While Jamie and I were hanging around outside Stageworx, we were sending Karl text messages, asking him to drop by Shangri-La, since his school is so near. He was asking us to go to his school, but since we were at a party and he was outnumbered, he was "forced" to come at the mere mention of the fact that Tita Menchu was also at the party, heeheehee.

One of the familiar faces I didn't expect to see was Sir Niel de Mesa. He was my teacher in PHILIEN (supposed to be Philippine Literature in English as a general subject, but it was actually a major subject, Script Analysis, for us Technical Theater and Production Design students) last year. I was one of the few in his class who impressed him in our finals, when we were asked to do a macquette (scale model) of one of the plays that we had discussed in class. He was also the one who gave us our first OJT, until it got cancelled due to lack of funds. Oh well. When he saw me last night, he actually greeted me with a hug. Too bad he didn't stick around for the party.

We started the party with a praise fest. Karl arrived sometime in the middle of it. Heheheheh, he was feeling so out of place, so Jamie and I kept him company by the door. We also ate with him outside the venue as well.

The best part was when Tita Sweet started giving out these funny awards, complete with reenactments. So hilarious. We were all laughing like crazy that whole time.

Karl had to leave to go back to school (he had rehearsal for his play, The Bald Soprano) during the awards, but soon returned because his director had cancelled the rehearsal because he didn't feel like it. Jeez, how unprofessional.

After all the awards were given out, the microphone was given to Tito Audie and Tito Jaime for some final words, and then they played the backstage video from last Sunday. I asked Karl if I could hitch a ride home with him, so we left after that. I wasn't really gonna miss that much because a bunch of them are going to Tali Beach tonight. The rest will catch up with them tomorrow (later?).

One funny part was when I was saying goodbye to Franco outside Stageworx. Karl was standing behind me while I exchanged phone numbers with Franco. So Franco asked him, "So, are you the boyfriend?" Eep, my mistake. Karl was with Jamie and me the whole time he was there that Franco thought that he was my boyfriend. Uhm, no, thank you. Suddenly I felt awkward walking alone together with Karl. What if that's what the other people are thinking? Oh well, it isn't true anyway, so I don't have to worry.

I'd better get some sleep. I think I'm having a cold again and I still have CADRAFT class tomorrow. Arg.

I'm in one of the computer labs in school right now, waiting for something to happen in my CADRAFT class. The teacher's here already (is he the teacher?), but there's just a few of us, and there are some people fixing the divider wall thing in front of us, so we can't do anything but wait. Arg. So right now, my classmates and I are just surfing the Internet, checking mail and stuff.

I talked to Sundee earlier about the cast and crew photo. Unfortunately, the shots were so bad because people were looking everywhere and stuff. Damn. One good photo wasted. Good thing I didn't order it yet. I would like to see it, though. I gotta talk to Sundee again about meeting up and ordering the other photos that have me in it.

So I'll be watching The Bald Soprano in UA&P alone tonight. Oh well.

Noonienoonienoo...

So I watched Karl in The Bald Soprano tonight. When I first arrived at UA&P, I didn't know where to go, and had to ask about 2 guards where to go. It seems that there were security guards in every building at every entrance there. Oh well.

The play was held at this little session hall. A tad low-budget, but they deisgned the set real well. The one thing that surprised me tonight was when I was looking at the program. The technical director happened to be ! I didn't know he was involved in it somehow.

The show was hilarious. I wonder if I could get Karl to give me a copy of the script. So anyway, after the show, I got to meet the cast and a bunch of the crew. Oh no, someone asked Karl if I was his girlfriend. Jeez. I'm really getting sick of this!

Oh yeah, Nic, one of the guys in the cast, is actually Tito Bonggoy's son! No wonder he looked so familiar. Well, I haven't met him before, but there was a striking resemblance that made me think he looked familiar. The acting talent runs in their family, cool.

They'll be showing it again next week, but this time, the maid will be played by someone else. I wanna see that one too.

The Bald Soprano. Hmmm...now that's an idea. We were kinda thinking of staging our own show in Stageworx. Maybe we could try that.

Currently feeling: impressed

Just chatting in Yahoo! Messenger with a couple of online friends.

I watched a show in CCP from the Filipino Artists Series tonight. Sir Jed required us to watch it, so off we went. It was a show of this bassoon player. I forgot his name, though. It kinda bored us for a while, but I liked the parts where he played his bassoon with a flutist. It sounded so playful and perky, yet serene at the same time. Cool.

But I'd rather watch a choir in concert anytime. Or a musical.

Right now, you can only hear me speak in a soft whisper.

Arg, because of this damn cough and cold, I lost my voice. Damn it. I guess that's why HISART2 class was unusually quiet this afternoon. Ems and I are usually the ones pestering Miss Dayang. But since Ems' partner in crime has gone mute today, she wasn't as much of a bother.

MMMmmm...unsweetened pineapple juice, here I come.

Waaahh...I want my voice back.

I'm still looking for anyone out there who has a spare LJ code to give away.

I'm in the computer lab right now, and there are only handful of us here. Since they're gonna shut down the server or something at around 3pm, we might have to schedule a make-up class to make up for this one. So I guess this means that we went to school for nothing.

Yay, my voice is back! And it only took about 3 cans of unsweetened pineapple juice and a couple of pitchers of lemonade. But now I can't seem to make my cough go away. It was embarassing enough already when I was watching that bassoon player in CCP last Tuesday and I couldn't stop coughing. The two people who were sitting in front of me couldn't stand it that they switched to different seats after the intermission.

I watched The Bald Soprano again last night. I watched it again because someone else was playing the maid. The girl I watched last week did it with a British accent, and the one last night did it in a French accent. I have to say, the French maid was better paired with the Fire Chief (Karl) than the British one.

There was also more energy and funnier last night than last week, and the audience was more receptive. And I finally met Brian, the "weird one" that Karl once told me when the three of us were chatting on Yahoo Messenger.

Tinette, whom I believe is the moderator of Viare (the English drama org in UA&P) got around to talking to me about doing shows in Stageworx, since Tito Audie will be opening that venue to the public soon. I'd love to do a show there.

Heheheheheh, here's something funny. After that "fake boyfriend" issue, Ari is now extremely (and I mean extremely) jealous of Karl. He knows that I like guys who look like him, and Ari doesn't really seem to look like "my type" at all. Well, now that I think of it, he doesn't, but I don't care about that physical schtuff, anyway. I still love him for what he is. ^_^

Now, it's time for Friday Five.

1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
Just chill out in front of the TV or PC, or just curled up in my bed, reading a good book. Hanging out at one of my friends' houses (especially Lawyn's). Talking on the phone with my best friends.

2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
Get dressed, and then turn on the PC and check my mail. Then maybe veg out in front of the TV.

3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
I loved that banana-scented candle that Krissy gave me last January, and I got around to getting more of those.

4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
Depends on my mood. I love being with my friends because they're the ones who help me chill out, but when I want to be alone, I really want to be alone.

5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
Listening to Broadway music. Most people don't understand why I would want to listen to those.

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I went to UP Diliman this afternoon to watch this play we were required to watch for Miss Magda's HISTORY class. It's called El Publico or Ang Madla in Filipino. I got to watch the English version, thank goodness. For some reason, I can barely understand a play if it's in Filipino. It was performed by the school's drama org, Dulaang UP. Pretty interesting play. There were a few nude parts, like when a girl dressed as a guy strips off all her clothes and crosses the stage. And then there was a Romeo and Juliet scene with both characters covered in suds inside a tub. And of course, a guy posing a Jesus Christ hanging on the bars they used as a backdrop, wearing absolutely nothing.

I was lucky enough to go to UP by car. I didn't really know how to commute there, because I was supposed to go with Marie Vee, but she cancelled at the last minute. Lucky my dad found out that our neighbor (who serves as our driver in the most dire occasions) was home, so we got him to drive us (yes, my dad went along as well).

I've forgotten how huge the UP campus is. The last time I went there was when I was taking my entrance exam 4 years ago. I can't believe I actually wanted to go there for college. I'm happy where I am right now. Though I'm thinking of taking my masters degree in Theater Arts there. I don't know yet if my 'rents will let me go through with it, though.

Lawyn sent me a text message this afternoon that she might shift her course from Advertising in DLSU to Production Design in CSB. I wonder if she has convinced her parents enough already.

My mom told me that I need to see an E.E.N.T. (eye, ear, nose throat) specialist. I feel as if there's something in my ears, like that feeling when you have water in them after a long day of swimming? My ears feel that way right now.

The problem is, that I've had this feeling for at least 2 days now. Arg. For a while, I almost convinced myself that I have tinnitus.

I feel as if I'm in this glass box and everything around me is outside the box. Grrr...



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