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Aprile Ventotto, 6:54 PM (lunedi)

April 28, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged , , , , , , ,

         Yesterday, mom and I jsut stayed in the house all day. We were bored to death because we have nothing to do since I finished all the chores to be done a day before.

        Later in the afternoon, Auntie Nene called up, asking for the CD. She’s mad at me, because the customer was claiming the CD, and I haven’t delivered it yet. I was so pissed off, because it’s domenica, and I told them that I won’t deliver CDs during weekends. Technically, it’s ot my fault anymore, because I didn’t know that the CD was needed yesterday. And besides, I asked them not to accept the CD if it’s a rush job. She’s practically hyperventilating on the phone, so she passed the phone to ate she. And now, both of them won’t listen to me. She hung up on me, and I felt the pressure right away. Good thing, Jay called, and mom talked to him. He said he’ll come to get the CD. By the way, I finished the CD before they called.

          Jay came and I gave him the CD. Mom and I went outfor an evening walk, which I noticed, just became part of our Sunday routine. I skipped dinner, and watched Troy instead. I didn’t get to finish Troy, because I had to go to bed and sleep early so that I can wake up early the next day.

         I didn’t have any problems waking up by 4:30 am today, with the help of my alarm. I met Krissie at our meeting place, and we dropped by at PH9 to meet up with the other girls. It’s still dark, and it looked like they were still sleeping so we headed to La Joya without them. I hate such people who make an appointment, then dish out the last minute.

         Krissie was a “Miss Congieniality”. She says hello at everyone, and I’m surprised that they know her. She must be super nice. Well, she is super nice to me, maybe, also to other people. We saw Aldrin with Kim, and I intorduced them with each other. Kim’s eyes bulged when his master made him jog with us. Oh, poor doggie.

        When we’re done, we went back to PH9 to play v-ball with the girls. Guess what, they’re sill sleeping, except for Honey. I was really looking forward to play with her brother, but unfortunately for us, he had a game today. I wanted to see Mike also, but he didn’t show up since we didn’t agree on anything about having a practice. I just hoped to see him, as we brushed our shooting skills.

         And Krissie did a funny thing while we’re practicing free throws. She just tossed the ball as if nothing, and it went through. I suggested that she try shooting with her back turn from the ring, and she did it. She’s one full hell of a great shooter.

        Honey joined us in volleyball, and after that, we went to Auntie Baby’s house to get Auntie Ebec’s tennis racquet. You know, me and Krissie sort of planned to play tennis tomorrow. I introduced her to my aunt, and we started for home.

        Krissie treated me for a halo-halo, which delayed us.

       When I finally got home, mom was a little bit dissed with me, because I promised to get back early, but I didn’t. She said that she’ll to Camp Aguinaldo tomorrow, and I had to cover up for her in Woodstate. Darn it.

       Mom left, and I fell asleep on the floor. It was lunch time when I woke up. I took a bath and turned the tv on. Troy was on. Replay, I guess.

        I’ve seen Troy before, but I watched a pirated one. I had to, because I did a research paper about Trojan War, when I was in my highschool senior year, and I used the movie as one of my references. It wasn’t out yet on DVDs and VCDs, so I had no choice bu to watch the pirated version. Haha, I even got a 92 on it, and it was pretty high grade compared to what my other classmates got.

       I didn’t focus that much on the movie, because I used “The Iliad”. So now, here’s a synopsis of the movie, plus my personal notes:]

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TROY

Starring: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean

         The movie started in the palace of Menelaus, king of Sparta, the husband of Helen, the most beautiful woman of her time. There’s this party, and the princes, Hecor (Eric Bana) and Paris (Orlando Bloom)  of Troy were invited. While everyone was aving a great time, Helen (Diane Kruger) met Paris and they fell in love with each other.

         Paris steals Helen and returns to Troy with her and his brother, the bold Hector. Menelaus finds out and plans war with his brother, Agammemnon. King of Mycenae, against Troy. Agamemnon was portrayed as a greedyu polician, and he just fought in the war for treasure. The movie showed that Agamemnon (Brian Cox)  was a powerful king, and Odysseus (Sean Bean) of Ithaca pledged his allegiance because he couldn’t afford to have him as an enemy.

          Meanwhile, Achilles of the Myrmidons joined the Greeks in battle because his friend, Odysseus asked him to. His cousin, young Patroclus (Garett Hedlund) came with him.

          The Greeks arrive at shores of Aegean Sea. Achilles leads the Myrmidons and desecrates the temple of Apollo outside the walls of Troy, and captures Briseis, the priestess of Apollo, and niece of King Priam, the father of Paris and Hector. Trojans prepared for battle.

         Agamemnon upsets Achilles by saying that in history, soldiers like Achilles wouldn’t be remembered, unlike the kings. Agamemnon takes Briseis from Achilles. Achilles orders the Myrmidons to stay behind and they just watched the first battle between the Greeks and the Trojans. Achilles planned to sail home the next day.

         Paris challenges Menelaus; winner takes Helen home. Menelaus wounded Paris, and Paris runs for Hector’s help. As Menelaus attacks Paris, Hector stabbed him, killing him instantly. Battle erupts and Trojans slaughtered the Greeks. Hector killed Ajax and the Trojans won the first battle.

        Achilles retrieves Briseis from Agamemnon and something happened between them during the night. Ha, don’t pretend that you don’t know what happened. I think it’s just weird to see a hunk kissing a girl who’s holding a knife on his throats. I also think that Briseis likes Achilles, because if she didn’t, she should’ve slit his throat when he tried to make a move on her.

        Trojans attacked again at daybreak, before the Myrmidons could go. Patroclus puts Achilles’ armor, and everybody thought he was Achilles, because he moves and fights like him. The real Achilles spent the night with Briseis.

         Hector faces Patroclus and kills him, thinking that he was Hector. Hector slits his throat and removed his helmet.

         Hector returns to the city with resentment and taught his wife, Andromache (Saffron Burrows)  how to get put of Troy if ever the Greeks get inside. He showed her the secret tunnel that leads to Mount Ida.

        Achilles learns that Patroclus was killed by Hector and changes his mind about going home to avenge him. He gave the proper burial for him and challenged Hector for a one-on-one match after. Hector showed up and that’s the best fight scene I’ve scene in the entire movie. Achilles defeated Hector, and killed him, while Andromache and everyone else was watching. Andromache was comforted by Helen, and she jsut cried. If I was Andromache, I would hurl Helen down withing the walls of Troy. A little accidentally-on-purpose push would avenge his husband’s death. It’s Helen’s fault that Hector died, in the first place.

        Achilles tied Hector’s corpse at his chariot and drags him all over. Man, it would hurt that much if I’d be dragged in the sand like Hector.

        Priam ransoms Hector’s corpse a night. Achilles freed Briseis and let her go home with Priam. Odyssey conceptualizes the HORSE over night, as the Trojans mourned for Hector.

        As soon as the horse was complete, Odysseus’ plan had taken place. Paris told them to burn the horse, but the Trojans didn’t heed his warning. Maybe, Paris felt the negative vibes of the horse. I think you knew the story of the Trojan Horse. God forbids, if not.

        As we all know, the Greeks got out of the horse during the night and let the others inside the city. They attacked the sleeping Trojans, and burned the city. Andromache led everyone to safety just like what Hector taught her, and Paris stayed behind, having Aeneas to protect the women and children. He gave him the Trojan sword.

        Achilles looked for Briseis and finds her with Agamemnon, whom she just stabbed in the neck when he tried to hurt her. Achilles saved her from Agamemnon’s men and helped her up. Paris saw them, and the movie showed as if Paris thought that Achilles was hurting Briseis, so he shot an arrow and hits Achilles in the vulnerable spot. God forbids if you don’t know where’s the vulnerable spot in Achilles’ body. ‘course, it’s the heel, but I just don’t know, if it’s the right or the left. Whatever. I really hope that everybody knows the story behind it. You know, Achilles was dipped bny his mother in the river Styx to make him immortal, by holding his heel. Maybe Thetis forgot.

         Ed and I discussed some things that Thetis could have done, like holding baby Achilles by the hair, or just swimming with him. My conclusion is, Thetis just forgot.

         Briseis bids farewell to Achilles as Paris took him to safety.

         They all died. How depressing. There’s a big difference between the movie and the Iliad.

         In the movie, gods didn’t have any involvements in the battle, Menelaus didn’t die and had Helen back, Agamemnon returns to Mycenae and Andromache was carried off by Ajax.

        I noticed also that Aeneas didn’t have a big part in the movie and was only shown once in the movie, while in the Iliad, he one of the heroes that fought the Greeks so well.

       If I get to choose a role in the movie, I’ll choose the Briseis role, because I get to sleep with Brad Pitt.

       The movie was good, but only second to LOTR 3, my favorite epic movie. I give 8 out of 10 stars. I also loved the musical score, and the theme song “Remember” was sung by Josh Groban, who is my favorite singer in the whole wide world.

       Thanks to wikipedia.org for the theatrical poster…

       

               

      

        

  

        

      

        

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Aprile Diciasette, 2:59 PM (dimanche)

April 27, 2008 · Filed under present

          Hmmmm.

          I wasn’t able to post anything here since I found out that Carly was eliminated from American Idol. After posting the last entry here, Krissie called me up, inviting me to join a v-game. She was also invited by a friend and classmate of hers. I got pretty excited all over so I said yes, and packed right away. I missed an episode of “Make Me a Supermodel” and the elimination of Carly Smithson.

          Krissie and I went to PH9 to meet the rest of the team. It turned out that the one who invited us was Dani, the pretty girl who was introduced to me by Krissie in the library 2 months ago. I told Krissie that we’ve met. They’re just few, and in my estimation, they’re not that strong. I was right. We practiced and I saw the way they play. They’re worse than me when I was a beginner. I’m not saying that I’m doing great at v-ball now, but I think, I know the rules and can play without violating it. I was surprised because they treated as (krissie and me) as if we’re imports. Then, I started to get nervous.

          There’s this girl, Dana, who claims to be the team captain. She’s the worst player I’ve ever saw in my whole life. She thinks she knows it all and. I didn’t say anything because I don’t want to have anything to do with them, except than to play with them. I’m avoiding fights, because I’m not really good at it, and I want to live peacefully.

         I don’t know, but I was treated like I was the tallest girl in the whole world; everybody fusses about how big I am, even the guys. It’s kind of annoying, if you ask me, because I’m extra sensitive when it comes to my size. Until now, I’m still insecure about it.

         They invited us to join the basketball team as well, and there’s this cute guy who asked if we’re available for pratice on Saturday. I wasn’t serious about saying yes, but I said it anyway.

        Evening came, and the game was on. Our case was hopeless. I can play and Krissie was a very good setter, but the problem is, our team mates was the worst of the worsts. The reception was very, very poor, so Krissie couldn’t convert it to sets, so I didn’t have many chances hit the ball. Well, I managed to spike a couple of sets, but that’s just out of luck. Plus, we didn’t have a coach.

        But somehow, I was happy because myu service was good. Like what I’ve said before, it’s in the confidence. I saw Doneza and Sheila, and they’re up to the next game. Next Wednesday, we’re going against them, because like us, they lost also. Haha. I was thinking to ask some of my friends who can help us, but I’m worrying about them. If I ask Lane, or Issah, there will be a little chance for them to play.

       The next day, I washed all the clothes and did all my chores so that I’m free to go on Samedi. And Saturday came. Krissie and I were the first people in the PH9 court. We went to Dani’s house to inform them that we arrived, and soon, the people started arriving. We jogged around the court, did the drills and excersises. Mike, the cute guy who asked us to join the team taught us the sequence of the play. He reminds me of Asilon, but he’s shorter and cuter than him. I wonder why he spends so much time teaching and helping the girls with b-ball.

          After the practice, we went home,and I called Lane to ask her to join a team. She would be a big help, I think, considering that she’s a six-footer and all.

        When I got back, the house was literally gleaming. Mom did her weekly general cleaning. Mom left after lunch, leaving me and Ed alone. I was watching vball in tv when my uncle came with his girl. I don’t like the girl, even if she’s not doing anything to me. She said that our house was sad. Duh. Good thing, I didn’t use an uppercut hit on her. I think she meant that the house was serene, not sad.

        I finished all the chores before leaving to watch men’s vball game in PH9. I heard that an RP team will be playing for the B team, so Krissie and I decided to go and watch. I bumped into Ed and he went with us. I missed those times when me and Ed go somewhere together. I introduced him to Honey, and she introduced us with her RP team member brother. Uhm, I think he’s cute. He looks like Eric from Teletech, only, taller. Plus, his chest and butt were bulging with muscles. I could tell because he wore a tight vball shorts ant shirt.

         We sat on their bench when the game started, and I was really hoping that Mike would play. He did not play; he just sat and cheered with us. Hhmm, he has a very good sense of humor, and his jokes never failed to make me laugh. Not just me, but everybody.

         The game ended at 12:36 in the morning. We’re all exhausted, but I enjoyed watching the game, nonetheless. I went home, and found Ed and Jay still up. Jay was watching that stupid movie Seance while Ed was surfing the net. Since I haven’t eat dinner yet, I grabbed an apple from the fridge before going to sleep.

          Our scheduled practice was canceled because we all slept late, and there’s no way that we’ll wake up 4 in the morning.

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Aprile Venti-quattro, 12:04 PM

April 24, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged , ,

bye bye carly        Yes! EP Pattern broke already. YES!!! Bye bye Carly!

       Jay’s going to be sad when he hears this. Finally, I’m relieved, because Carly’s out of the show. Good for Brooke and Jason Castro. Now, we’re down to five, and the competition is getting tougher; we don’t know what will happen because we don’t have anything to use to make predictions, now that the EP’s broken. It’s a good thing that the EP broke, because we can see the favorites on the top.

        I’m surprised that Brooke White wasn’t eliminated, let alone, not included in the bottom two. Her peformance last night was a disaster, and yet, she still prevailed. How surprising. Maybe Votefortheworst.com really invested on her.

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Aprile venti-tre, 10:37 PM

April 23, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged , , , ,

         You know what, I have nothing much to do, but I still struggle to find time for this.

        It’s been three days since I’ve been here, and although you’re not interested in any of my business, let me write an update.

        Sorella finally comes home, and mom was so annoyed with her. I understand the tension that is going on between them. You know, sorella, is not my mom’s daughter; she’s the child of my father with another woman, perhaps, with an ex-girlfriend, before he and mom got married.

        Still looking for Chris Richardson’s debut album, and found nothing. I changed my mind, and did a review on Blakes’ second, A.D.D. (Audio Daydream).

        Mom was here all domenica, and we had Cha’s mother for lunch. I cooked banana jelly for the afternoon snack. I went out to play volleyball, but we didn’t play long enough to burn all the fats I got here since I stopped playing at school. Sorella and I played wit Charles and BJ, but they had to leave too soon, because they have to catch a game at PH12.

        I didn’t want to go home yet, so I asked my mom if she wanted to take a walk with me. It’s been a long time since we did this, just the two of us. When we got back, our neighbor, Mark, the ghetto kid was having a drink-down party. And the bald guy, who looks very intimidating was invited. I locked eyes with him for a second, but I was the first one to withdraw, because, like what I’ve said, his way of staring is so intimidatig.

        I went to Mitch’s house to borrow some video tapes, and she lent me “Seance”.

         I practived piano and guitar for awhil, before we did our evening “watching”. I forgot what we watched.

          The next day, I was left here all alone, and I just did all the chores. I sort of relaxed during the afternoon, because I have nothing else to do. Sorella left, for she had to stay in the house of her new student. You know, she had to teach again.

          And I watched Seance. What a stupid thing to watch.

      SEANCE

           I’m not interested with the actors. Adrian Paul was the only known actor in the movie, and he plays the ghost slash killer.

         There’s five students who stayed in the dorm during the holidays. Alison, Diego. Lauren and her bestfriend, and the snobbish weird chose to stay.

        Lauren was seeing the ghost of Cara Furian, a ghost child. They played Seance, except for the snob dude next door, to awake Cara’s soul so that they can ask her why she’s still here. Cara’s soul came back, along with James Pence, played by Adrian Paul.

       They discovered that James Pence killed Cara Furia, and James was executed on an electric chair. James Pence started to kill, and his first victim was Alison. The funniest scene on the movie was when Diego and the others tried to capture James’ soul into a parrot. But everything went wrong, and James possessed Diego, and Diego slits his throat. killing him.

         Then, Cara, the ghost-child came into the act. It turned out that she’s helping them to escape James. She offered to guard Lauren’s bestfriend by staying with her at the bath tub to look out fot her as lauren and the snob weirdo (but cute) finished James Pence off. James possessed the snob weirdo, but the weirdo was faster than James thought, and he jumped into the elevator shaft, killing himself, and taking James Pence’s soul with him. That’s it. It’s a total waste of time.

         I give one out of ten stars for the effort. And what happened to Adrian Paul? He used to be a hottie, but now, he plays a lowly killer in an unfamous film. Highlander, remember?

         I finished the film just in time for El Cuerpo Desedeo. You know what, I’m only watching the soap for the sake of Pablo Azar and Erick Elias. Like Seance, it’s also a total waste of time. The stroy gets cornier and cornier everyday. If I was Dr. Valencia, my findings on Salvador’s (or Senor Pedro), would be “Split Personality Disorder” too.

         I watched PBB before going to sleep. Te next day, a cousin of mine visited the house. Jay was my mom’s sister’s son. I’m two years older than him, and he’s also in college right now. He’s here in town for vacation, and he stays at Auntie Nene’s house.

         We went to Auntie Nene’s house and I helped my mom with the pearl shakes. I cooked banana jelly again for afternoon snack. I swear, Sam’s getting cuter everyday.

        Then, before we ate dinner, I received a text from Steph (Chari’s zia), advising me to go to Teletech for an interview.

       Jay went home with us, and I was glad that I have someone with enough knowledge about American Idol to argue with. His favorites were Carly, Brooke, whomI can’t stand seeing every episode, and David Cook. I like David Cook too, you know.

       Here’s how it went.

        THE TELETECH TALE

        I woke up exactly 6:20 in the morning, nonetheless, fell asleep again. I was officially up by 7:30 in the morning. And then I had to make breakfast. Jay stayed for the night so he’s here for breakfast. My mom fussed about how would I look for the interview. I slipped on my slacks, blouse and high heels. I only dress like this for special ocassions, take note.

        I was there before SM opened, and as soon as it opened, I made a run for it, thinking that I was late. Uh, no, I wasn’t.

        We had to do resume online, and Eric, the guy who’s in charge was so cute. He reminds me of Bruce Quebral. His voice was deep, and clearly handsome. I swear, all the girls, and gays, gaze longingly at him.

        I had my initial interview at exactly one o’clock, and I was advised to eat lunch and be back at one thirty. My mom, thinking that it would take only take a half day, didn’t give me enough. I just bought cookies for lunch. The brighter side is, if I eat something heavier, like garlic bread or pizza for lunch, my breath would smell like crazy, and I didn’t have a toothbrush with me.

       I made some friends, and one of them was the nerved-wracked Myriel. She was nervous (so was I) that she wanted to quit when she couldn’t get the ID from the MPV. I messed up to, but I managed to get the ID. Good thing, it’s a computer-generated interview, because I was swearing badly whenever I made a mistake.

        The next round was ACE exam. It’s for reading, grammar, comprehensive, listening, you-name-it skills. This time, i was confident, because I managed to get away with the MPV. I took the exam along with Myriel and 8 other people. I was the first to finish the exam, and Eric asked us to click for our scores. I heard the passing was 81 (though, eh?) and I was mortified when I got a hundred! Yay! it’s a perfect score! When Eric listed my score, he smiled at me and said, “Wow, you’re the first one-hundred for the day” and it’s like, foour o’clock already. That gave me a morale boost.

        Unfortunalely, I was asked to return on April 30, for the retake mof MPV. Man, they must have heard all that swearing.

        I went to my aunt’s house to meet my mom. I told her the news, and I requested everyone to pray for me. God, please make slang. Haha. I mean it.

      I told Carl the news, and we exchanged text messages for an hour. How I miss fratello. But the other fratello here continues to be a cause of headache.

     We went home and I watched the late telecast of American Idol. Here’s what I have to say:

1.) Syesha- She sang “One Rock and Roll to Relay”. She did great, and I loved her performance. She looks like a diva, she acts like a diva, and she sings like a diva. Therefore, she is a one true diva.

PTGH (Probability to go home: 0 percent

PTS (Probability to stay): 100 percent. According to the EP (elimiation pattern), all the girls are safe.

2.) Jason Castro- He sang “Memory”. All I could say was “duh”. Indeed, he is “a beautiful man”, according to Randy, but it’s not enough. The song doesn’t fit him.

PTGH: 100 percent. My predictions are always come true, but I still hope that EP breaks, and they will send someone instead of him. Unless the EP breaks, he can’t stay.

PTS: 0 percent. Dude, that’s one messed-up performance. I just loved the white suit.

3.) Brooke White: She sang “You Must Love Me”. Strike Two!!! Remember her “Every Step You Take”? Again, she messed up. It’s her second time to start a song, but then realizes that she got it wrong and she repeats all over again. My my, that thing may crushed Brooke’s confidence. Again, she’s the weakest contestant for the week, and I really wish that EP breaks. Her performance is worse than Jason’s.

PTGH: 0 percent. Duh. Again, according to the EP, all the girls are safe. So please, EP, break.

PTS: 100 percent, thanks to EP.

4.) Carly- She sang “Jesus Christ, Superstar”, very funny, I know the song, but I actually never heard of it. Carly’s performance level is up to the highest, and I LIKED every second of it. I liked her performance, not Carly herself. Anyway, she’s growing more and more beautiful every week. But I think, her performance is just second to Syesha.

PTGH: 0 percent. EP says she’s gonna stay. She will be.

PTS: 100 percent. Still, I don’t want her to win. May araw ka rin, Carly. There’s going to be an only winner, and it’s not her. Luck will run out for you, but not now.

5.) ARCH- Clearly, you know who I am talking about. He IS that FAMOUS, and yet, he haven’t won the title yet. Little David sang “Think of Me”. As usual, it’s just like “Miracles” or “Another Day in Paradise” which are the examples of songs he can easily pull off. His style is just the same; you know, emote at the camera while singing and play innocent and modest after, as Ryan gives the numbers. He did great tonight, good for him. He’ll win, whether I like it or not.

PTGH: 0 percent. Are you kidding me? After he made Andrew Lloyd Webber almost shed tears?

PTS: 100 percent. Try kicking ARCH out of the show, it’ll lose half of it’s 21 million viewers. No one beats the crowd favorites, and that’s the way life is.

6.) David Cook- He sang “Music of the Night”. This time, David Cook didn’t escape the ballads. And he sang one. Even he’s a full-blooded rocker, he managed to pull off a ballad. I never imagined him singing something we can hear from Disney soundtracks. Seriosly, I was clapping as I watched him, and he was great. I loved it, even it didn’t beat Syesha.

PTGH: 0 percent. Seriously.

PTS: 100 percent. With a great performance, soothing voice, good feedbacks from the judges, and a fleet of fans, he’ll stay.

        Here’s a review of Blake Lewis’ second album, Audio Daydream:

       Votefortheworst.com said that Blake’s album is doing poorly in the market. That is definitely not true. I’m not going to say that it’s doing great, either, because it’s just average, based on the real reviews I saw from the internet. So I uploaded the tracks from his album here so that if someone is actually reading this, that person can listen to the songs and make a review of his or her own.

1.) Silence is Golden- It’s the intro. How creative. Or maybe, it’s inserted to fill out spaces in the album.

2.) Break Anotha- It’s okay.. to break another heartbeat…  Break%20Anotha-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3  

3.) Gots to Get Her- With a salsa intro, everybody will love it. There’s also a touch of Latino beat a la Ashley Tisdale’s Bop to the Top.  Gots%20to%20get%20her-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3     

4.) Know My Name- Blake wants Natalie Portman to know his name..

5.) How Many Words- My favorite. A groovy break-up song. How%20Many%20Words-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3

6.) Surrender- an all-techno, trance track.

7.) Hate 2 Love Her- what’s up with the intro? I expected to heard “Funky town”… But I still love it. hate%20to%20love%20her-%20blake%20lewis.mp3   

8.) Without You- at last, I found a mellow song…

9) Here’s My Hello- Very good. I’d love to see a music video of this track. Here%27s%20my%20Hello-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3     

10.) What’cha Get 2 Lose?- nobody said that the beat was Blake’s but I sensed it. It’s gotta be his.

11.) She’s Making Me Lose It- Techno… electronic, whatever you call it. One my favorites, too.

12.) Bshorty Grabs Mic- Blake’s beatbox Bshorty%20Grabs%20Mic-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3 

13.) End of the World- Another faorite, pretty creepy, but loved it. End%20of%20the%20World-%20Blake%20Lewis.mp3    

14.) 1000 Miles- No appeal for me at all. I thought it was P. Diddy’s I’ll be missing you.

15.) I Got U- I love the message.

16.) I Choose Noise- if there’s an intro, there’s an outro

        Double-click the link to download the tracks on my own hosted site.

        Mr. Lewis is a man of talent, and he just proved it in his second album. He can sing, and he to the beatbox (through his mouth) and he co-wrote all the songs in his album.

 

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Aprile Dicianove, 12:09 PM

April 19, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged , , ,

         

        Ah, well, I’ve got no  phone today. It’s okay, since I don’t really use it at all.

          Yesterday, I planned to do a general-cleaning in the house, but my zia Rebecca popped in to use the computer. God, why do I have to share wit everybody? Let alone aving to teach her how to use everything. It’s not that I’m selfish or what, you know, of not sharing the knowledge, but she kind of irritating me, because she always asks how, and when I tell her the directions, she never actually listens to it.

         I was busted, in short. I left her alone to work, but I stayed behind her, practicing piano. She typed her emails for my uncles while I continued writing the “book”. I was nearly there, but it seemed so far: you know what I mean. I think, I need to edit it after writing.

        I called Chari to ask how her interview went, and she said it went well, except that she had to retake something next giovedi. My zia told me that my cousin, Marie had delivered the baby. Honestly, I don’t feel anything about it. I was like, “Uhm, okay, so what’s the baby’s name?” I don’t even remember asking if the baby was a boy or a girl. Whatever. I just pointed out that it was the third baby out of wedlock in the family. And then, my zia told me something very strange.

         She said that that tradition started with her sisters. You know, being pregnant, before getting married. I asked who were those, and she enumerated them. And my mom was included. I was shocked. I was born before my parents got married. Oh, how embarrassing. I never thought of it before. Anyway, it’s not a big deal, because, hello, I’ve been living almost two decades, and that fact didn’t affect my life. My zia regretted that she told me, and she said not to tell mom. Sure. I won’t because, I know she trusts me, although I love my mom more than her.

         But, I was bothered. It’s something personal, and a thing that my mom didn’t want me to know. If she wants me to know, she’ll tell me. But she didn’t. What I need to do is to get over it and forget that I knew it.

         I watched Survivor Micronesia, but I wasn’t really focused. I don’t know what’s really bothering me. I shrugged that unpleasant feeling off, and watched PPB teens. Although they all appeared to be entertaining, I find it corny. Corny, in a way they would to anything to be famous. Like Paris Hilton, whose claim to fame is her sex video, these teens have their own way of publicity. For example, the boy from Italy; he got himself circumsized inside the house. If you think about it, it’s some sort of exploitattion, because that boy is a minor, for Sally’s sake.

         SURVIVOR is running out of venues, I think. Micronesia? Where’s that? In addition to that, they’re running out of contestants also. Imagine using old castaways like Cirie, Ozzy or Eliza, and you’ll get confused. People might think that they’re watching reruns. And Survivor should try a different place. Why not do SURVIVOR Palawan? Or SURVIVOR PUERTO PRINCESSA?

         Today, I wake up by my mom’s soft nudge. She was leaving early today to go to Divisoria. She told me everything needed to be done around the house. I turned the player on to listen to my American Idol tracks. It’s a CD I made myself, as a tribute to the number one show in the world. It contained released tracks, performance tracks and audition clips all about the Idols, past and present. And I put the AI opening theme on the top of everything else.

         I noticed that Josiah’s songs are all the same. All tracks start with an all-piano intro, and then he sings with his British accent. It’s annoying, really. Before, I was so impressed with that kid, but now, I’m not, because of his putrid style, which is always the same, and very nostalgic.

        I’m much more into Mario Vasquez and Chris Richardson’s style, which is upbeat, if you ask me. I recommend ”One Shot”, “Gallery”, which is written by Ne-Yo, I heard and “Don’t Lie” from mario Vazquez debut album, if you feel sentimental about your love life. I’ve never watched him perform in Idol, because I wasn’t hook yet in the AI hype then, but his style and voice really captivated my attention. I first heard “Gallery” almost two years ago. I was on my way to school, and I was listening in a radio station thru my cellphone in the car when DJ Mo played it. He added some infos about Mario Vazquez like how he dropped the spot in AI top twelve. If he didn’t quit, maybe, he could be the winner.

         For Chris Richardson, I have heard records, but I don’t think he has an album already. But I really love him. In fact, he’s better than Blake Lewis, and his voice is soothing, in a relaxing way. He looked and sounded a little “Justin Timberlakish” minus the dance.

       I’m now again learning how to play guitar. Technically, I know how to play guitar, but i’m not with it it as I am with the piano. And I have a lot of things to memorize with the guitar. Old callouses on my fingers are beginning to reappear again.

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Aprile Diciasette, 11:50 AM

April 17, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged , , , , ,

        Yes! Kristy was voted off. Thank God!

        Haha. I knew. I really do. For the first time in my entire life watching Idol, I’ve never been so happy to get someone eliminated. You know, I was kind of holding a grudge against Kristy because she survived the face-off with more deserving idols like David Hernandez, Ramiele Malubay and Asia’H Epperson.

         And there’s also rumors that she had recording deal before, but it wasn’t a big deal because nobody cares about that, and she sucks anyway.

Good Riddance, Kristy Lee Cook: YAY, I’m glad you’re cut!

         About the show. Ryan was so mean to our Little David. Just watch tonight’s show to see what I’m talking about.

         Brooke was so sweet, and she was also convinced that it’s her time to go, and she willingly accepts that fact.

        Next week, according to the ELIMINATION PATTERN, it’s the guys turn to get voted off. It’s either Jason or David Cook, because all the girls are safe, and there’s no way that David Archuleta will go home. But I really hope that the elimination pattern breaks before any of the boys go, I would really miss them. It’ll be hard, because David Cook is one of the strongest contestant, as well as Jason. They’re both strong in different ways. David Cook had better performances, but Jason Castro had his charm.

         It would be a tough decision. Please, God, break the elimination pattern, because if it wouldn’t break, it’s just Jason or David C who’s gotta go. Let me just analyze to predict what will happen next week by using “ ifs”.

Prediction #1: First of all, all the remaining guys are great. “If” the EP (elimination pattern) breaks, all of them will have the fair treatment, and so far, IF they all managed to pull an amazing performance, they will all be safe. And the girls would be in danger.

Prediction #2: IF the EP didn’t break, it has to be Jason or David Cook. Archuleta will be safe, because of his irritating cuteness. People dig “PRODIGIES” like Archuleta. There’s no way he’ll be voted off. I’m no bias, but it looks like that. All of my friends, family and relatives favor Archuleta, which means it’s a landslide number of votes for him.  On the other hand, the other two will face the same fate as Michael Johns. MJ is a good singer, he is one of the strongest, and yet, he had to go, because of the stupid EP.

Prediction #3 “IF” jason Castro’s charm wear off, or simply messing up again with his performance, it’ll be the end of him. He’s gotta go.

Prediction #4: “IF” David Cook chooses a wrong song, and he failed to impress the judges, as well as the fans, and the viewers, it’ll be the end of him.

         Also, I have a strong feeling that David Archuleta will win this season. I admit that I’m a fan of him, but I’m also a fan of DC, JC, and DH, so you can’t call me a bias. He’s not my favorite, and I’m not cheering for him, let alone voting for him, but I really feel that he will be the NEXT American Idol. I don’t know, but since I first saw him auditioning, I was like, “This kid will be a superstar”. No doubt, he will definitely win because he has it all; the voice, the looks, the charisma, the fans and the votes. What else does he needed in order to win?

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Aprile Sedici, 2:13 PM

April 16, 2008 · Filed under present

          Well, I changed my mind about leaving. Let’s check the American Idol top 7 performance now:

         I didn’t have this in order, since I watched the clips randomly. Tonight, the Idols sang Mariah Carey songs, and I was pretty happy about it, because I really love MC songs, although she’s not my favorite.

1.) Jason Castro- I don’t know what he sang, but I really loved it. His voice is so soothing, and I don’t care if he didn’t have the range as high as Davids. He got Simon and Paula, while Randy thought it was just an OKAY performance. You know, lewow performance.

Probability to go home: 0 percent. All the boys are safe, remember? Based on the elimination pattern I figured out, boys are safe.

Probabilty to stay: 100 percent. He is charming and has a fleet of fans. I’ll hurl down if he goes home, really.

2.) David Archuleta: He sang “When You Believe”. Actually, this song was sung by Mariah, with Whitney Houston. If you ask me, this is the type of song which can David Archuleta can pull of easily. Techically, like what i’ve predicted, he pulled it off easily. He did brilliant.

Probability to go home: Are you kidding me? 0 percent.

Probability to stay: 100 percent. Aside from managing to sing the song amazingly, he is a crowd favorite. Nothing beats the “crowd favorite”. He could be a winner.

3.) David Cook: He sang “Always Be My Baby”. I love David Cook. I really, really do. But I found his performance very awkward. I mean, I’m not really used to that kind of song he sing, and it’s just okay for me. But the judges loved it, and you know how they influence the voting process. Randyheads will vote for anything he say “good”, nobody cares about what Paula says, while Simon-fans vote for what he declared “brilliant” and “amazing”. Anyway, his performance is always good and I haven’t experienced any bad performance yet from him, so I couldn’t tell the difference. At least, it wasn’t noisy as Elenor Rigby.

Probability to go home: 0 percent. Elimination Pattern said.

Probability to stay: 100 percent.

4.) Brooke White: She sang “Hero”. Oh, poor, poor mama Brooke. Like the judges, I did also think that her performance is poor. She is authentic and all, but I don’t think that her own version of the song  is good. It’s really not enough.

Probability to go home: 90 percent. She won’t go home, unless, KLC does. And based on the elimination pattern, she’s in danger.

Probability to stay: 10 percent. Brooke is so sweet, and who knows if she also has a fleet of low-profile fans  like her that faithfully, but discreetly voting for her? If those discreet fans of Brooke voted enough for her to stay, she will stay.

5.) Syesha Mercado: I don’t know the title of the song she sang, but it was familiar. I know I heard it before, given that it was a Mariah song; I just don’t know the title. Anyway, I’m not a fan of Syesha, but I think she did great, and it’s enough for her to stay. There’s a possibility that she could win, considering the fact that she has a star-quality and a diva personality.

probability to go home: 0 percent.

probability to stay: 100 percent. Despite of the elimination-pattern existence, she will stay, no matter what, because of her amazing performance.

6.) Carly Smithson: I’ve grown to love Carly because of her powerful vocals, and I loved her rendition of “Can’t Live”. She’s so awesome. But she failed to impress the judges.

probability to go home: 80 percent. Her past is one of the factors that hinders her path to winning. There’s so many people who hate her, and it’s proven so many times when she had been into the bottom three.

probability to stay: 20 percent. Still, she’s not a favorite, and based on the elimination pattern, she’s in danger; real danger.

7.) Kristy Lee Cook: I loved her performance and I could say that she’s getting better. Well, if I’m always on the bottom three every week, I should be improving by now, too. But I really hate her. I don’t want her to win. And I feel that it’s time for her to go. But she did better than Brooke, so there’s a chance that she can stay.

probability to go home: 90 percent. I really feel like she’s going home. I mean, look at the other’s performance, (except for Brooke), all of them gave their best shot, and based on what I’ve seen, although ACCEPTABLE, KLC’s performance was the weakest. She really have to go.

probability to stay: 10 percent. The fact that mama Brooker messed up, she still has a chance. What she need is a big number of votes more than Brooke has.

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Aprile Sedici, 2:03 PM

April 16, 2008 · Filed under present

         House is a mess, I didn’t beat the deadline, I don’t want to go back to school, what could me worse than this? Yeah. People from Africa, infected with HIV virus. That’s the only thing could be worse than this.

        I started good with my job, but I failed to meet the standards, and Miss Bei asked me if I can finish the project on time. She doubts it. And I doubt it, too.

        So, I canceled it out, and she promised to give me a new project. But the thing is, I didn’t get paid. How’s that? You know, I messed up and I was so disappointed with myself. For now, I don’t want to go back to school, and I’m planning to apply in Teletech, with Chari, a churchmate and friend of mine. This time, I really need to make it, because I need money. I’m not planning to enrol without a new job.

        Tonight is the Mariah Carey week. I found a new way to watch it live, since we have a late telecast here. More later. By the way, I’m trying to start “Pegasus Descending”, but I’m way too worried to read.

  

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Aprile Tredici, 7:10 PM

April 13, 2008 · Filed under present

         Sunday evening. I’m so bummed. Waiting for dinner.

         This morning, I got up without nothing to look forward with my day. No American Idol, no interesting shows, and I’m thinking twice about reading the James Lee Burke book.

         I ate breakfast and worked on the application of my mom’s online banking. Well, it favors me because I can inquire her account balances without leaving home or borrowing her card, so that I will know when to ask for something to buy. Anyway, these days, we’re all holding into a very very tight budget because world’s resources are very scarce, due to sudden population inflation, that resulted to price increase of ALMOST everything in this world.

          Sometimes, I’m thinking that it is God’s will to let so many people die. Because if nobody dies and we keep on reproducing, man, we will not fit in this world. So I don’t feel about people who dies. It’s just normal. But I don’t think that life is fair. You know, in Africa, almost 90 percent of their population are infected by HIV virus, and the things they showed in Idol GIves Back, it really made wanted to cry. It’s just so unfair for them. It’s not their fault to live in a life like that. Those children didn’t do anything bad; we can’t blame them for being lazy, or not doing enough for themselves.

          From what I heard from friends from Africa is that girls who are thirteen need to lose their virginity as part of their tradition, because they believe that their pagan gods will bless them if they all lose their virginity. Man, talk about extremes. Imagine, before girls get married they already slept with the whole community. Yeah. And I heard that all males in the tribe participate in devirginizing ritual of each girl. No wonder they’re all infected with HIV. I hope that person who told me that is lying. If that’s true, there’s no one to blame but the Moorish (pagan religion) priests, who enforced that freakin’ tradition.

         By the way, I heard that my cousin is looking for a nanny. I considered applying for the job, but since I already have one, I’m sort of hesitating. I’m hesitating because the salary is way down the minimum wage. These days, nothing is free. You have to pay for everything. And it’s as if I’m living like a relative there. Maybe, I will, but I know I will be obligated to do everything they’ll ask me to do, and of course, I’ll do it wholeheartedly because I’m a relative. And if I go and accept the job, I’ll be away from the internet because there’s no access in that house, let alone a computer. Well, there’s a computer, but it’s my cousin’s laptop but she takes it to work with her. But I doubt it that I could use it if ever she’s home. You know, her mom is always depriving everybody to use anything electric.

         I can’t bring my computer either, because it’ll be so selfish of me. You know. I share with siblings. Anyway, they don’t care about the computer as long as they can check their friendster accounts.

         We had Charlene and her mother for lunch. I didn’t do anything but to watch television after lunch. I wanted to watch an American Idol replay but mom was watching local celebrity gossip news in the living room, so I transferred in my room. But instead of watching television, I decided to read Princess Diaries volume I instead. I tried taking a nap but I wasn’t succesful. I don’t know why but I felt really disturbed. Maybe it’s because of the project I am doing now. You know, mom and I argued about it this morning because she’s being skeptic about it. She doubts that Miss Bei would stay true to her words, since she could get away with everything I passed and claim it as hers.

           I told her that Miss Bei can’t give me any assurance, because there’s nothing to give at all, except staying true to her promise to pay me after I finish all the artciles. If ever she steals anything from, honestly, I don’t really know what I will do, except to laugh at her. You know, I’m an amateur writer, and it’ll be an insult to steal an amateur’s work. But like what I’ve days before, there are people who have no conscience, based on what I saw in Big Fat Kiar, which starred Frankie Muniz.

         But at the end of our argument, she said that she’s just making sure that I won’t get hurt (or disappointed) if ever Miss Bei intended to steal. Anyway, she sounded professional, and I just put everything in God’s hands.

        I saw Mariah Carey in American Idol. Oh, she’s really hot. Wayback highschool, I’ve got a friend who is a die hard Mariah-fan. He watched Mariah’s concert, buys her album and keeps photos of her in an album. But me and Jeni were bothered because Maria reveals so much of her body, and her body isn’t worth revealing. You know, she’s big and all. But when I saw her in Idol Gives Back, I was like, “Man, she’s a fox! What happened?” I’m glad for Mariah, being thin is the latest trend in show business.

           Speaking of Mariah Carey, her songs will be sung by the idols in American Idol next week. I just can’t imagine Jason Castro singing any Mariah song. It’s just so weird. Anyway, JC managed to pull a Dolly Parton song, so it wouldn’t be a problem from him. All the boys will be safe, anyhow, because, based on the “elimination-pattern” I figured last week. It’s the girls turn to go. I can’t predict anything now because I haven’t seen the girl perform yet. Although there’s an “elimination-pattern” in the show, they still needed to see who will get the lowest votes. But I assure you, all the boys are safe.

       Well, that’s all folks, and I think I won’t here until I finished my project. Arriverderci.

 

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Aprile Dieci, 6:49 PM

April 11, 2008 · Filed under present · Tagged ,

        

             Oh  it’s just so sad to see Michael Johns go.

         Tonight’s show was totally unbelievable. You know, from Chris Brown performing in a singing contest up to Michael Johns’ surprise elimination.

         It’s his first time in the bottom three, and yet, he has to go. Everybody completely shocked, maybe, except for Ryan Seacrest, who knows already who’s going.

        When Ryan announced that Michael’s journey had ended, the crowd seemed resisting to accept it. They booed, as if they’re going to change the decision if they did that, so loud. Carly and Syesha were also surprised, but Carly’s expression was more obvious. I don’t know the reason why she’s surprised, but it leaves me two options, a) Carly expected herself to go or b) Carly expected Syesha to go, instead of Michael, because she knew that MIchael is a strong contestant.

          The judges and other contestants were surprised too. Paula left her mouth hanging open in disbelief, while Randy was staring blankly in the air, refusing to believe what’s happening, and Simon was swinging his chair, maybe, trying to convince that it’s just a bad dream and had to wake up.

           Ryan was quick to get hold of the situation. He repeated that Michael was voted off, until the message sank in the minds of AI contestants, of the judges, of Michael John’s family and friends and of the crowd. But the more shocked person in the whole world was none  other Michael Johns. He raised his brows alternately, trying to supress a break down.

          They rolled the film, and I saw Michael journey. He wasn’t that boring as I thought, based on the film. Well, good luck Michael Johns….       

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