December 14, 2005
4 Glorietta days
Another long update coming up, hehehe. And I'm still too lazy to cut this post.
Saturday, December 10
The only plans I had for the day was to accompany my cousin Grace to the Podium because she had an interview at Banana Leaf.
Arrived at Megamall at around noon, and after a quick lunch at the food court, off we walked to the Podium. When we got there, I left Grace at Banana Leaf and went window shopping.
As it turned out, the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra along with the San Miguel Master Chorale would be performing at the Lounge that very afternoon.
After quite a while, I was surprised to see Grace still sitting outside Banana Leaf along with a bunch of other applicants. The manager wasn't there yet and wouldn't be arriving until 2:30, so I kept her company until the woman arrived and began the initial interview. When she was done, we had to wait half an hour for the 2nd interview so we roamed around the mall, and even managed to watched part of the Chorale's rehearsal, which was when Grace managed to spot Akafellas member Roger amidst the group
While we were still walking around, I was surprised to get a text from Nicco, asking where I was. I wasn't really counting that they'd be looking for me that day, because he had mentioned a group date with Drei. Apparently, it was only Carla and Drei who had dates, so Nicco and Miko were in the condo and wanted to see a movie. He also asked me to ask Mish to go with us. But after coordinating with them for over an hour using both my Globe and Sun phones, Mish wasn't allowed by her mom (who had actually sent me a message saying so while her daughter was in the bathroom) to go out, and we had to catch the 8:30 screening instead of the 6:20 one because waiting for Grace's 2nd interview took forever.
So I let Grace go home ahead (because it was also her aunt's birthday, and was invited to dinner) while I met up with Miko and Nicco at Glorietta. Killed time at Food Choices for over an hour and a half until we went up to get tickets to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
That flick was hilarious. The dialogue matched the wit of Robert Downey, Jr. and Val Kilmer. It's been quite a while since I saw the latter actor in a comedy (get this, it was Top Secret, that darn spoof of something).
After the movie, we caught a cab to Taft, then Nicco and I got a ride home from there. Hahaha, it was one of those rare times that Nicco wasn't asleep during the ride because he's all excited over something. "Kamusta na..." Wahehehehe...
Sunday, December 11
It was back to shooting Kopihaus # 8. Arrived at Nicco's house at past 10:30 am, and Drei (who had picked up Carla first this time) arrived a few minutes after I did. After picking up Rianne, we were off to Makati.
It was our last day at the venue, and the ront door was being renovated. It was all right, anyway, because all we needed to do for the day were the pictorials and exterior scenes, including the final sequence with Lea (Rianne's character) getting run over by van while trying to rescue a young boy.
I spent most of the time hanging out with Cris and Ria (who will be helping out with the music). We first settled ourselves in the inner office in front of Drei's laptop and we got to play Miko's CD that was chock full of mp3s of "old school" songs. Stuff like old songs of the Backstreet Boys and other boy bands and pop groups from that time. Basically, what I used to listen to in high school, hahaha.
After shooting the remaining scenes of Miss Magda and Aldrin, I was back with Cris and Ria, just sitting outisde the venue. The rest were inside, doing the pictorial according to everyone's character.
The finale wasn't until the evening, so we all waited for the sky to get dark. The scene was to be shot along the dela Rosa side of the building, so that's where we readied the van (driven by Mervin) and this large cushion for Aldrin (Raymund) to fall on when Rianne pushes him away from the vehicle. The scene basically involved them and Miko (Jerry), plus a bunch of us who played extras.
I think Miko was conditioning himsel as Jerry the whole day for that very scene, so I didn't really want to bother him at all that much. While they were still blocking and shooting the first part of the scene with Rianne and Aldrin with the van, I was dying to talk to someone, but Miko was the only one sitting next to me.
The funny part of all this was that while we were all there in the street, all the people who passed by actually thought there was a real accident, heck with Rianne lying on the ground. There was even this one car that stopped right in front of us and got out because they thought so. And one taxi cab had bumped into somewhere because the passengers thought there was accident as well. Goes to show how chismosa people can be.
Anyway, when it was finally time to shoot the part where Jerry finds Lea sprawled on the street with all the extras around, I told myself not to look at Miko because when I see someone with tears in their eyes, I easily get affected. Sure enough, on the 2nd take, I saw Miko's eyes all red, and I felt tears in my eyes as well. Rawr.
The shoot is over! Woohoo!
Well, almost. Just a couple of other inserts and that's it, hahaha.
So to celebrate, we all went to Glorietta to have dinner at Food Choices, with Drei using their thesis' budget. I could've enjoyed it, but even though I hadn't eaten all day, I couldn't finish what I ordered. Grrr...
After a few games at Timezone and a bit of hanging out at Starbucks, the Southside crew had to leave. We dropped off Miko at the condo, and during the entire ride to the south, all of us in the back (Carla, Nicco and I) were in sentimental moods because of the music we were all listening to, hahaha.
Had quite an interesting talk with the boys that night, starting from after we had dropped off Carla, outside Nicco's house, and even outside my own. Hahaha. That's coming up in my next entry.
Oh yeah, funny exchange while we were hanging out at my house...
Drei: Sinarado mo yung van?
Erik: Hindi.
Drei: Sarado mo, baka may magnakaw ng gamit natin sa loob.
Erik: Sino naman magnanakaw ng ganitong oras?
Gee... Sino kaya? Hello, it was 1 in the morning, of course there could be anybody!
Monday, December 12
I was back in Glorietta after work because I met up with Mish. Spent most of the time walking around in search of dangly butterfly earings, because she lost the pair she had that I loved. When we got hungry (or either gave up looking for the evening), we went to Food Choices to eat. Plus talk, something we love doing and are good at it too, hahahaha!
Tuesday, December 13
I'm getting sick of seeing Glorietta by the day, hahaha. This time I met up with Rain after work. I wanted to play a few games at Timezone, but I guess he wasn't in the mood, so I just did one round at this Korean game that Drei, Nicco and I love to play.
For the 2nd time in a row, I walked around the mall so Rain can go look around. Hahaha, I was already wearing sneakers that day, but I felt my feet were already tired of walking around the mall for 4 straight days!
Anyway, check out my next entry to follow.
Saturday, December 10
The only plans I had for the day was to accompany my cousin Grace to the Podium because she had an interview at Banana Leaf.
Arrived at Megamall at around noon, and after a quick lunch at the food court, off we walked to the Podium. When we got there, I left Grace at Banana Leaf and went window shopping.
As it turned out, the San Miguel Philharmonic Orchestra along with the San Miguel Master Chorale would be performing at the Lounge that very afternoon.
After quite a while, I was surprised to see Grace still sitting outside Banana Leaf along with a bunch of other applicants. The manager wasn't there yet and wouldn't be arriving until 2:30, so I kept her company until the woman arrived and began the initial interview. When she was done, we had to wait half an hour for the 2nd interview so we roamed around the mall, and even managed to watched part of the Chorale's rehearsal, which was when Grace managed to spot Akafellas member Roger amidst the group
While we were still walking around, I was surprised to get a text from Nicco, asking where I was. I wasn't really counting that they'd be looking for me that day, because he had mentioned a group date with Drei. Apparently, it was only Carla and Drei who had dates, so Nicco and Miko were in the condo and wanted to see a movie. He also asked me to ask Mish to go with us. But after coordinating with them for over an hour using both my Globe and Sun phones, Mish wasn't allowed by her mom (who had actually sent me a message saying so while her daughter was in the bathroom) to go out, and we had to catch the 8:30 screening instead of the 6:20 one because waiting for Grace's 2nd interview took forever.
So I let Grace go home ahead (because it was also her aunt's birthday, and was invited to dinner) while I met up with Miko and Nicco at Glorietta. Killed time at Food Choices for over an hour and a half until we went up to get tickets to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
That flick was hilarious. The dialogue matched the wit of Robert Downey, Jr. and Val Kilmer. It's been quite a while since I saw the latter actor in a comedy (get this, it was Top Secret, that darn spoof of something).
After the movie, we caught a cab to Taft, then Nicco and I got a ride home from there. Hahaha, it was one of those rare times that Nicco wasn't asleep during the ride because he's all excited over something. "Kamusta na..." Wahehehehe...
Sunday, December 11
It was back to shooting Kopihaus # 8. Arrived at Nicco's house at past 10:30 am, and Drei (who had picked up Carla first this time) arrived a few minutes after I did. After picking up Rianne, we were off to Makati.
It was our last day at the venue, and the ront door was being renovated. It was all right, anyway, because all we needed to do for the day were the pictorials and exterior scenes, including the final sequence with Lea (Rianne's character) getting run over by van while trying to rescue a young boy.
I spent most of the time hanging out with Cris and Ria (who will be helping out with the music). We first settled ourselves in the inner office in front of Drei's laptop and we got to play Miko's CD that was chock full of mp3s of "old school" songs. Stuff like old songs of the Backstreet Boys and other boy bands and pop groups from that time. Basically, what I used to listen to in high school, hahaha.
After shooting the remaining scenes of Miss Magda and Aldrin, I was back with Cris and Ria, just sitting outisde the venue. The rest were inside, doing the pictorial according to everyone's character.
The finale wasn't until the evening, so we all waited for the sky to get dark. The scene was to be shot along the dela Rosa side of the building, so that's where we readied the van (driven by Mervin) and this large cushion for Aldrin (Raymund) to fall on when Rianne pushes him away from the vehicle. The scene basically involved them and Miko (Jerry), plus a bunch of us who played extras.
I think Miko was conditioning himsel as Jerry the whole day for that very scene, so I didn't really want to bother him at all that much. While they were still blocking and shooting the first part of the scene with Rianne and Aldrin with the van, I was dying to talk to someone, but Miko was the only one sitting next to me.
The funny part of all this was that while we were all there in the street, all the people who passed by actually thought there was a real accident, heck with Rianne lying on the ground. There was even this one car that stopped right in front of us and got out because they thought so. And one taxi cab had bumped into somewhere because the passengers thought there was accident as well. Goes to show how chismosa people can be.
Anyway, when it was finally time to shoot the part where Jerry finds Lea sprawled on the street with all the extras around, I told myself not to look at Miko because when I see someone with tears in their eyes, I easily get affected. Sure enough, on the 2nd take, I saw Miko's eyes all red, and I felt tears in my eyes as well. Rawr.
The shoot is over! Woohoo!
Well, almost. Just a couple of other inserts and that's it, hahaha.
So to celebrate, we all went to Glorietta to have dinner at Food Choices, with Drei using their thesis' budget. I could've enjoyed it, but even though I hadn't eaten all day, I couldn't finish what I ordered. Grrr...
After a few games at Timezone and a bit of hanging out at Starbucks, the Southside crew had to leave. We dropped off Miko at the condo, and during the entire ride to the south, all of us in the back (Carla, Nicco and I) were in sentimental moods because of the music we were all listening to, hahaha.
Had quite an interesting talk with the boys that night, starting from after we had dropped off Carla, outside Nicco's house, and even outside my own. Hahaha. That's coming up in my next entry.
Oh yeah, funny exchange while we were hanging out at my house...
Drei: Sinarado mo yung van?
Erik: Hindi.
Drei: Sarado mo, baka may magnakaw ng gamit natin sa loob.
Erik: Sino naman magnanakaw ng ganitong oras?
Gee... Sino kaya? Hello, it was 1 in the morning, of course there could be anybody!
Monday, December 12
I was back in Glorietta after work because I met up with Mish. Spent most of the time walking around in search of dangly butterfly earings, because she lost the pair she had that I loved. When we got hungry (or either gave up looking for the evening), we went to Food Choices to eat. Plus talk, something we love doing and are good at it too, hahahaha!
Tuesday, December 13
I'm getting sick of seeing Glorietta by the day, hahaha. This time I met up with Rain after work. I wanted to play a few games at Timezone, but I guess he wasn't in the mood, so I just did one round at this Korean game that Drei, Nicco and I love to play.
For the 2nd time in a row, I walked around the mall so Rain can go look around. Hahaha, I was already wearing sneakers that day, but I felt my feet were already tired of walking around the mall for 4 straight days!
Anyway, check out my next entry to follow.
Posted by tymeless on December 14, 2005 at 08:03 PM | How's my acting?