Soled Out...

.:Soled Out:.

Friday night was Banchetto night yet again, but I was walking around like a complete idiot.

You might not get why, so I think this bears an explanation.

You see, earlier that day, I was at work with a pair of Reeboks that seemed ready to give out. My soles were beginning to smile from the heels, but I took it all in stride since hey, smiling shoes aren’t especially out of this world, and is perfectly normal for people.

What I didn’t count on was that the problem would intensify and get to a point where the talking soles started to laugh out loud...

”Mwahahahahaha,” my shoe said.

My sole was hanging by a thread, and it was going to be terribly difficult for me to walk around for the entire day. I tried using double-sided tape, but it was hardly effective, and after a while, it just stopped being able to support my shoe altogether, and the sole just plain fell off.

So there I was, soleless on one foot, and completely worried about how to get to Banchetto. My co-workers were kind enough to deliver my lunch to me, but I wasn’t going to get that lucky at Banchetto since I definitely needed to walk around the place. By the time I got to the Strata area, I went right away to Mini Stop to buy myself some tape and I used it in liberal amounts to hold my shoe together, making an unbelievably ridiculous fashion statement. This was made even sillier by the fact that I didn’t have enough tape for a Mentos moment to tape my other shoe the same way.

In short, I had a mismatched pair: one had wacky tape all over it, the other was pretty much untouched by these shenanigans.

Not quite a Mentos moment...

When I dropped by RX, I ran into Danielle and Tom Alvarez, and a lot of fun was poked at my very weird pair of shoes. Given how things were, I figured that when I met up with the other Plurkers for our Banchetto night, I was going to be treated to more of the same, and boy, I wasn’t wrong on that count, as for the entire night, the Plurkers were asking me to tape up my other shoe just so they’d look the same. As usual, conservations that were rather unbloggable were had by the whole group, so that was a load of fun, too.

Anyways, there was a lot of food to be had. Awesome steak at 100 bucks a pop, awesome lechon at 60 bucks per serving, and of course, the monster burgers. Maybe this is the start of a weekly habit, but if not, I’d still find myself dropping by Banchetto every now and then. It’s really a treat, and you’d be remiss to not ever try it out at one point or another.

Ahh, yes. It was definitely food for the sole that night.

The Unexpected Night Life...

It was my first week with Nuffnang, and each day, I found myself doing something after work hours. I'm hoping this doesn't become a trend for me. Heh.

Anyways, lemme get some of the unimportant stuff out of the way...

The Cat Killer: He needs help, not ridicule.

Ted Failon: Innocent until proven guilty, gais. Tell that to the cops, too.

.:Wednesday, 15 April, 2009:.

I ended up hanging out with Jen and Eloisa while watching the Bloomfields. Not much there, since we kinda thought this was going to be their last show there for a while. Imagine our surprise when it turned out that wasn't the case. Arbet hath fooled us. Boooo!!!

.:Thursday, 16 April, 2009:.

Was I going to check out Silly People's Improv Theater, or go to Route 196 instead to catch Chillitees, The Ronnies, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Radioactive Sago Project, and the Bagetsafoniks? Well, it wasn't an easy decision, but being able to hang out with one of my closest online buddies, Ms. Sarah Cada, was the hand that tipped the scales.

So I went, and had the time of my life, to say the least. The bands were all awesome, each one giving us something to really get excited about, from the oldies but goodies courtesy of the Ronnies, to the insanely hot performance by the Chillitees, to "Mariposa" from Sugarfree, a superb live performance of "Freak Out Baby" by Itchyworms, the unparalleled sounds of Radioactive Sago Project, and the sheer energy of Bagetsafoniks, it was quite an entertaining night, to say the least.

So I had a celebrity picture phail that night, though, because I approached this guy and asked for his picture, thinking he was Lourd, the leadsinger for Radioactive Sago Project...

At least, he was nice enough to have a pic with me...

It must've been pretty dark though, because that was not sir Lourd. The minute I saw him perform during "Freak Out Baby", I realized my hilarious mistake. Sarah was laughing her head off at me, and I was thinking how nice that guy must've been if he posed for a picture and he wasn't even a celebrity or something.

Thankfully, for the more knowledgeable among us, that guy was sir Lourd's brother, and he was the bassist of the band, so it was all good.

Now, after Radioactive Sago Project performed, though, I mustered up the courage to approach sir Lourd, but luck was on my side because he was with Mr. Jugs Jugueta of the Itchyworms. I asked them for a picture, and I was surprised when Jugs told me he would do it if I bent the fork.

I had to stop for a while there because I had no idea how he knew that I do that stuff.

Turns out, his girlfriend, Andy, was my co-host during the Oktoberfest Bloggers' Party at Mall of Asia last year, and she saw me perform. This only occurred to me after they already left, but whaddaheck, I performed anyways, and sir Lourd's reactions were priceless. He was almost freaking out!

After I performed, they obliged me with a picture, but it was clear they wanted to know how I did it...

Halp! My idols are threatening me with bodily harm!

After Bagetsafonik's set, I left for home, and was more than pleased with how I spent my money that night. I even got to talk to one of the members of Project 2, and he's interested in performing for "Bound And Gagged" this October... hee!

.:Friday, 17 April, 2009:.

As a way to end the week for us, I ended up watching T2 with my co-workers from Nuffnang this night. I won't review it anymore, but it was scary enough and I don't regret watching it. It was also a great opportunity to bond with my co-workers. They were awesome people.

After they had late dinner at Gerry's Grill near Banchetto (I only had bottomless sago-gulaman.), I ended up hanging out with blogger/plurker friends at Banchetto where we talked about people who should come out of the closet, the Bebigerls, the Ted Failon issue, some fail tidbits in blogging and otherwise, and a ton of other stuff.

Speaking of fail, lookie here... the PGB has been mentioned. But I digress.

It was great meeting these people, to be honest. There was great food (Ate a pound worth of burgers.), great company, and it was just so funny talking about how Helga is jousting with this plurker named Eric(a), who thinks calling someone "no longer virgin" counts an insult. Lol. Weird.

Days like these, I long for the 2006 era where blogging events were few and far in between, and everyone who went had something worthwhile to say about an event... sigh.

.:Saturday, 18 April, 2009:.

I had quite an interesting gig last Saturday in Marquinton, as I performed two very awesome sets that resulted in quite a lot of good reactions from the audiences who were thrilled to no end with the stuff we pulled off. I did magic, I did comedy, I did mentalism, and I was very happy that I really had a crowd that appreciated my stuff.

After that, I headed off to Conspiracy Bar to watch Stanley Chi, Mike Unson, and the rest of the Comedy Cartel for a night of awesome comedy from the best luminaries in point of view observational style comedy. Stanley's new jokes referencing his recent life experiences were really awesome, and Mike just went off for over an hour with his best material, simply flooring all of us with his sheer genius and comedy. Some new guys, Richie and Ryan, namely, were also amazing revelations. I'm extremely glad to have run into them, and to even share a few conversations after their performances for the night. It was definitely an enlightening experience.

I'm proud to be friends with the people of Comedy Cartel. Stanley Chi's come a long way, in particular. He's definitely kept at it and improved his craft at an impressive and consistent rate.

And by the way, they're going to be performing again this Thursday at Mag:Net Cafe Bonifacio High Street. That should be a load of fun. Maybe you guys should drop by. :)

.:Sunday, 19 April, 2009:.

It was a family day, since my mom is home from Thailand for until tomorrow. Awesome times!

So... How Was My First Day?

.:First Day At Work, And Here I Am…:.

My Walkman phone’s playing the pretty much forgotten fad “Crank Dat” from Souljaboy, and it’s been a pretty slow day for me so far, as I try to acclimate myself in this new working environment I find myself in. This is pretty enjoyable, to say the least, given how excited I am to be here, and how my work does seem cut out for me at this juncture.

It’s all about doing what I can to earn my keep here. I know I’ve a lot to prove, what with this industry being one that I’m entirely new to. I’ve never been in genuine sales before, so doing this stuff will certainly be an adventure for me, and I certainly hope I’m ready for the challenge.

Given the past two days I've had here in the office, I can tell it's going to be rather exciting working here...

.:Fields In Bloom:.

Meeting Arbet, Karen, and Jenny last Holy Wednesday proved to be a very entertaining experience, considering how awesome the Bloomfields were during their performance in Eastwood.

Anyways, seeing Jenny this Wednesday was also amusing, although on top of that, I also met Eloisa for the very first time. The conversations we had were fairly entertaining, to say the least, and teasing Jenny over JJ has been nothing but amusing, although teasing her with Arbet has been equally amusing.

Amid all our craziness and our speculations involving anything and everything, I realize how great it is to be spending time with my blogger friends. I remember last Good Friday, I was actually with MLQ, Marocharim, Jenny, Arbet, Sparks, and a few other people, and we watched a couple of movies at that, "Shadow Of The Vampire" and "Taken".

And given the fun I have being int he company of friends, given my new job, given the whole lynch mob/groupthink thing going on, the armchair analysts, the online Boyet Fajardos, and quite bluntly, given the... enemies I've made recently, I guess that explains why I find myself sitting out majority of future blog events indefinitely.

I got into blogging and attended events for fun. When a conflux of circumstances make an environment I jumped into for fun become patently unfun, I guess I have to step away from it for a while. Not that this should be a big deal to anyone, by the way, because it's really not.

Just a thought, really.

Plurkfiesta Saturday!

.:Won't Have Much To Say About It, But...:.

Last Saturday's Plurkfiesta was awesome! Thanks to Tiffy for being the OC in charge for the night, and of course, the night was definitely awesome with other people in tow like Ozy, Fritz, Jeff, and a host of other people, including Manolo and Arbet.

We had dinner at Dampa in Libis, and the food was a blast! Afterwards, we hung out at Dairy Queen in Eastwood, before a select few of us went on to watch Quantum Of Solace. I was a bit lost though since I haven't seen Casino Royale yet...

Friday In Brief...

.:Plurkfiesta Of Doom!:.

A mini-Plurkfiesta last Friday with Marck, Doc Tess, and Pierre at CPK turned out to be quite an amazing experience. We had mushroom overload thanks to Wild Mushroom Pizza and Portobello Ravioli.

We were oohing and ahhing in sheer bliss. It was an explosion of sensations as we mind-numbingly stumbled across the tables for a piece, and, and... oh, right. Let's talk about the food na lang. ;)

We had one other pizza just for variety, but any pizza that reminds you of Mike Abundo if he were from Jamaica should really be avoided at all costs, I guess. :P

Afterwards, we had a nightcap at Gloria Jean's (sorta), where they had a bunch of beers. Yes, GJ's was outdoors. I just spent time talking to them, since I don't really drink, and we were planning to make our debuts as video bloggers in the worst way possible...

There were serious conversations to be had, but for the most part, I took it all in stride. I tried convincing them about a certain viewpoint I had, and to some extent, I did that right, but the sad thing is, they just might be right on this count... ::grumble::

.:Heaven Denied...:.

I'm not hosting the fair. Oh, well... Haha.

.:Today's LSS...:.

No explanation necessary...

Smile
by Tamia

Sometimes i sit at home and wonder how it would be
If she had loved me, truly loved me,yes
I learned a while ago that kind of thing it never happens for me
And so i go around and just pretend love is not for me
I play the circus clown around my friends
Make them laugh and they wont see that
You never let them see you sweat don't want them to think
The pain runs deep, Lord knows it's killing me...

CHORUS:
So I fix up my hair and put a smile on my face
And if anyone asks me everything is okay
I'm laughing 'cause no one knows the joke is on me
'Cause I'm dyin' inside with my pride
And a smile on my face, on my face
Singing, la la la, la la, lalala, la la, la la,
la la, la la, la la, la la la laaaa...

Sometimes I sit at home by the phone hopin' she might call me
But she don't call me but then I realize dreams come true
Aren't for guys like me not like me
And so I go around with my head up like it ain't no thing
And when the girls around with all my friends I'm into other things
'Cause you never let them see you sweat don't want them to think
The pain runs deep, Lord knows it's killing me...

(CHORUS except last two lines)

It's not easy (thing to do)
Sometimes it's hard to (face the truth)
It's not the life that I would choose
But what else can I do if she don't love me
No if she don't want me
Even though I just wanna sit around let myself go (gooooo)

(CHORUS)

Posting Next Time, But a Shout-Out...

Much love to Marck, Pierre, and Doc Tess for our awesome CPK Plurkfiesta last night! I was in mushroom heaven!