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Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
 Kuya Robert and producers Agay and Marj with the kiddies! *** >De-stressing, GamePlan style. There are days when our workload makes us nuts, so we find different ways to de-stress and lighten up a bit, even for just a while. We all have stuff toys that we play with in the office. Sometimes we even bring our stuff toys to shoots and take pictures of them on location, just like the gnome in Amelie. Inside the office, we find creative ways for the toys to be athletic. Karen once found a spare telephone wire, so we hung it and twirled it and stuck it in certain places and made her toy Froggy rappel. My toy Poochie was the belayer. Hehe. Right now, Froggy's dead with X's for eyes; and Poochie's carrying him, as if to show off his new dead frog. Cam has a duck named George and when we want to irritate someone, we just press his back and he goes "quack, quack, quack". Mel's old monkey Joe just sits around going "uga, uga," and our new PA Jan has a hog. His name is "Hog", pronounced as "hawg" like a yawn. Jan claims he can't talk yet, but we'll give him a voice soon. Last Feb, Gretchen learned from her yoga teacher that handstands can help de-stress you. You just do a handstand for a while and when you stand up, your blood starts rushing down and you're overcome by its very relaxing effect. So there we were doing handstands in the garden. Gretchen did hers on the wall and it was horrible; and poor Jan, who was still very new at the time, got weirded out and said that we were crazy. I told him, well, this is our sport. You go ahead and climb your mountains. I mean, that's pretty crazy, too, you know. Yesterday's was the best, though. It kind of beat Mel's playing cricket inside the office stint last year. Cam was having a really, really bad day. But when she remembered that she had a jump rope in her bag, her eyes went brights mode and we ran out to the garden to play. Her jump rope's special, a rhythmic gymnastics rope from Japan; and so I tried doing as many double jumps as I could (The most I did was 16. Shucks!) and she did her rhythmic gymnastics moves. She was a little frustrated, though, because the rope wouldn't bounce off grass or cement. We both missed the bouncy gymnastics floor. Anyway, she was doing those moves where you throw the rope, turn, and then catch it again. She was on roll, until… Throw, turn, catch. Throw, turn catch. Throw, waaaah!!! The rope got stuck on our mango tree. Ahahaha!!! It was the funniest thing ever! I wish I had a camera. So there was Camille, pouting and pretending to cry. Good thing Alex came out with his pang-sungkit ng mangga. Yey! Her day still turned out to be good after all. :) *** >I'm so pretty! Oh so pretty! I'm so pretty and witty and gay! Miggy, Denise, George and I watched Anger Management in Town and it was hilarious! The comedy was the irritating American type, but we were in the right mood for it and I was laughing my head off most of the time. Jack Nicholson was so funny, and his smile is just so distinct. "It's the Joker!" And it was so much fun to see Adam Sandler again, and all his friends who come out in his other movies. I like seeing movies like this, where big names like Nicholson take on incredibly funny roles that you'd never really expect them to do. It reminded me of Robert de Niro in Meet the Parents. Hey, comedy's pretty hard to do, too, and these actors can take on any challenge, be it comedy, drama, psychotic or violent. Coolness. *** >NOCs are cool! I saw The Recruit with my sister Bianca and wow, what a tiring but good movie. Sure, Al Pacino shouted a lot as usual, but the story line was so wild. There were some loopholes, I'm sure, but the constant thinking while watching was amazing. Well, for me and my sister at least. "Is it a test? Is it a tes? Pusang hilaw! It's a test!" And ooh, Collin Farrell's pretty hot. He has a really thick Irish accent in real life, though, but American or Irish, whatever the accent, he's a hottie. Ay. But he dated Britney Spears. Ew. Anyway, back to the movie, I think I really enjoyed because I've been on this CIA mode lately. Blame it on Alias which finally came out on AXN. And yes, it's in English! Wow, all these action and thinking films make me want to be a stuntwoman again. Hehe. *** >SUCCESS!!! It's way better than Kankunis or Fibrosine. Truly! I swear by it! I just rediscovered that Yakult is the best in keeping your bowel movement regular. And when you want to induce movement, then drink it first thing in the morning. Hehe. But then you'll end up going to the bathroom in the middle of the day, so be sure to have tissue and a tabo in your office. There were also rumors that Yakult could help prevent SARS. Then the rumor was printed in a Hong Kong paper and everyone there started panic buying the stuff. The representative of Yakult was so shocked that he had to make a statement. He said that studies haven't been made whether their product could actually prevent or cure SARS, but it'll help keep you healthy and less prone to getting the virus. Yeah! Go Lactobacillus casei Shirota strain!!! *Julian's text tone is Yakult and it's really cute. My phone can't have test tones, so I'm sad. And Joepi, argh!!! She has the Kim Possible text tone. Grrrr. I been wanting that text tone since the show came out! That was my idea and Globe stole it! (Yes, I'm exaggerating.) *** >My first Diver's Night in Kidd Creole. If you're a diver, then you definitely have to sign up in the aqua one mailing list and join the fun in Diver's Night every other Wednesday. My first night was a blast! I hadn't had that much fun dancing and drinking in a long time. Everyone was going wild, and they say that that night was pretty mild. So I can only imagine how wild the other parties could be. I escaped to Kidd Creole in Greenbelt 3 one editing night last March and discovered, again, that all divers were drunkards...fine, 90% of them anyway. :) I was so poor that night, so I only had 2 Pales, and when a diver sat beside me, he asked, "Why aren’t you drinking?" "I'm saving money," I said. "You're not allowed to stop drinking!!!" Then he bought me a San Mig Light, just like that. Wow! Then there was a lady diver who was craving for more beer, and then she swung her hand around and started pointing at each of us, "You want beer? You want beer? Waiter! 5 beers please!" My eyes got so big, I gave Tantan this really frightened look. "Tan, I don't have anymore money." "Don't worry, she's treating you," he said. Man, these people are so friendly and fun and… and I'm not just saying this because they bought me beer (Believe me, I was very embarrassed.). They're just really all about fun and friendship and having passion for a common sport or hobby. They all come from different walks of life, but on Diver's Night, they can share their experiences in different dives, ask the veterans questions and make new friends. So yes, I enjoyed the party very much. My only problem now is that I don't remember everyone's name.  A very girl picture with Jean, Porna and Maya. :) *** >Why Cynthia Alexander rules. Literally. Cynthia Alexander performed in a 102.3 gig in Culture Club Alabang a few weeks ago. I wasn't able to watch her, but the story was that before beginning her set, she asked the audience to stop smoking because she was allergic. So they stopped, and she played on and everyone listened, smoke free and happy. It was the first time that I heard such a story. Man, I'd stop smoking for Cynthia anytime...especially since I stole her pizza from the office ref last year. Hehe. :p
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