'Cause I Can

One night, when I just got out of our house to go to work...

"Bakit yung look niya... (realized I'm still close to hear her, she paused) ... yung look niya, pambata?"

Well, simple lang ang sagot diyan. It's because I can.

I can dress like a teenager today and dress like an adult tomorrow. I can wear sneakers then heels the other day. All because I can.

Palibhasa kasi siya, she can dress like a teenager but still look like an adult. Haha. Nosy neighbor.

Viddy for Android (beta)

Thanks Viddy. I felt special :P

Well, I got an e-mail saying that I am one of an exclusive group that's getting Viddy for Android first. But luck has it that I'm somewhere far away from my Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray for the moment but still, I'm excited to try this out. I'll update my blog once I get my hands on this Viddy for Android.

e-mail from android(at)viddy.com

UPDATED 10/31/2012:

So, what I learned from downloading Viddy on Android is it's in private beta and is only available on Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean). It's a sad news for people with lower versions of Android.

I finally downloaded it and I must say it needs a lot of improvement as expected from a beta. It always crashes when I attempted to put tags on the video. What I did is I just uploaded it straight after I put the title and description. But after several attempts, the uploading process freezes and then fails after several minutes. I haven't had a single video uploaded successfully. I'll give it another try whenever I get the chance :)

I hope this goes well.

YouTube Treasure: Walt Disney Song Collection

I thank God I discovered this. Walt Disney songs in one video! 86 total of Disney songs goodness! The video's length is 4 hours, 19 minutes, 45 seconds. Its long. But who cares, right?? Who could ever..?? Oh my... Big thank you and God bless to you and your family whoever made this.

I was actually having a hard time and lots of stress right now. I've been downloading Disney movies to relieve it, it's like I'm tapping to my childhood again. And then I stumbled across this magnificent video. It's not in my prayer but I felt that my prayer has been answered.

What are you waiting for? Play it! Cherish it :)

List of songs in the video:

1 A Whole New World - Aladdin - 2:20
2 Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast - 5:01
3 Circle of Life - The Lion King - 7:48
4 When You Wish Upon A Star - Pinocchio - 11:47
5 Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid - 15:04
6 Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid - 18:18
7 Once Upon A Dream - Sleeping Beauty - 21:31
8 Be Our Guest - Beauty and the Beast - 24:18
9 Colours of the Wind - Pocahontas - 28:03
10 Kiss the Girl - The Little Mermaid - 31:35
11 Can You Feel the Love Tonight - The Lion King - 34:18
12 Zip-a-dee-doo-dah - Song of the South - 37:14
13 You'll Be In My Heart - Tarzan - 39:33
14 Reflection - Mulan - 43:52
15 A Dream is A Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella - 46:19
16 Some Day My Prince Will Come - Snow White - 48:48
17 Hakuna Matata - The Lion King - 50:43
18 Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary Poppins - 54:18
19 Feed the Birds - Mary Poppins - 57:04
20 Belle - Beauty and the Beast - 1:00:53
21 A Spoonful of Sugar - Mary Poppins - 1:06:03
22 The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book - 1:10:12
23 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins - 1:15:03
24 I Just Can't Wait To Be King - The Lion King - 1:17:03
25 Heigh-Ho - Snow White - 1:19:54
26 I Won't Say (I'm in Love) - Hercules - 1:22:44
27 I Wanna Be Like You - The Jungle Book - 1:25:03
28 Go The Distance - Hercules - 1:29:44
29 You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - Peter Pan - 1:32:58
30 Friend Like Me - Aladdin - 1:37:22
31 The Bells of Notre Dame - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1:39:49
32 Prince Ali - Aladdin - 1:46:14
33 Something There - Beauty and the Beast - 1:49:05
34 One Jump Ahead - Aladdin - 1:51:24
35 Cruella de Vil - 101 Dalmations - 1:53:48
36 I'll Make A Man Out of You - Mulan - 1:57:25
37 If I Never Knew You - Pocahontas - 2:00:47
38 When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2 - 2:04:59
39 You've Got A Friend In Me - Toy Story - 2:08:03
40 God Help The Outcasts - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 2:10:06
41 Let's Go Fly A Kite - Mary Poppins - 2:13:50
42 Just Around The Riverbend - Pocahontas - 2:15:39
43 Out There - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 2:18:07
44 The Second Star To The Right - Peter Pan - 2:22:33
45 I Wonder - Sleeping Beauty - 2:24:21
46 Arabian Nights - Aladdin - 2:25:39
47 Baby Mine - Dumbo - 2:26:59
48 Two Worlds - Tarzan - 2:29:05
49 So This Is Love - Cinderella - 2:32:24
50 Whistle While You Work - Snow White - 2:33:54
51 Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid - 2:37:20
52 Winnie the Pooh - Winnie the Pooh - 2:42:08
53 In A World Of My Own - Alice in Wonderland - 2:43:37
54 Be Prepared - The Lion King - 2:44:58
55 Bella Notte - Lady and the Tramp - 2:48:38
56 Everybody Wants to Be A Cat - The Aristocats - 2:51:15
57 On My Way - Brother Bear - 2:57:09
58 Zero to Hero - Hercules - 3:00:50
59 Strangers Like Me - Tarzan - 3:03:10
60 I'm Still Here - Treasure Planet - 3:06:11
61 Honor to Us All - Mulan - 3:10:23
62 Unbirthday Song - Alice in Wonderland - 3:13:26
63 Candle on the Water - Pete's Dragon - 3:15:19
64 True to Your Heart - Mulan - 3:18:19
65 Gaston - Beauty and the Beast - 3:22:36
66 Son of Man - Tarzan - 3:26:16
67 He Lives in You - The Lion King 2 - 3:29:01
68 Give a Little Whistle - Pinocchio - 3:32:09
69 I'm Wishing/ One Song - Snow White - 3:33:46
70 He's A Tramp - Lady and the Tramp - 3:36:52
71 Wonderful Thing About Tiggers - Winnie the Pooh - 3:38:54
72 Strange Things - Toy Story - 3:39:31
73 Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee - Pinocchio - 3:42:50
74 Love - Robin Hood - 3:44:32
75 I've Got No Strings - Pinocchio - 3:46:20
76 I Will Go Sailing No More - Toy Story - 3:48:41
77 Pink Elephants On Parade - Dumbo - 3:51:39
78 Forget About Love - Aladdin 2 (Return of Jafar) - 3:56:06
79 Best Of Friends - The Fox and the Hound - 3:58:58
80 Oh, Sweet Nightingale - Cinderella - 4:01:12
81 A Star is Born - Hercules - 4:03:19
82 We Are One - The Lion King 2 - 4:05:23
83 Upendi - The Lion King 2 - 4:09:07
84 Not One of Us - The Lion King 2 - 4:12:02
85 It's a Small World (After All) - 4:14:39
86 A Girl Worth Fighting For - Mulan - 4:17:18

Luna Blanca bids Goodbye... and I hope their cliche lovin' writers too.

Note: This is only a personal point of view. Please do not take it seriously.

I've been wanting to write about this for a long time. There's something about GMA 7's latest teleseryes.... what shall I call it? I'll be ranting:

• Not competitive.
• Unimaginative.
• Doesn't have a solid storyline.
• Irresponsible?

Ang huling naaalala kong matinong teleserye nila is "Amaya" casting Marian Rivera, and that was last year (2011). Buti pa yung Amaya may pagka-original pero di parin naiwasan and tunay na ina at nawawalang anak plot. And another teleserye of GMA that I want to commend is "Encantadia" (2005). I really enjoyed that show. I enjoyed the story (even though the pacing is kind of slow), their costumes, fictional language (pashnea, sanggre. Ring a bell?) and their characters. Kids and adults love them. But other than that, wala na akong maalalang ibang shows na talagang nag-enjoy ako.

So, after this, sa tingin ko nakita ng GMA na patok ang "fantaserye" sa mga tao. So sinunod-sunod na nila ito (Kamandag, Zorro, Captain Barbel... teka, puro Richard Gutierrez to ah). They were all so-so. Until the recent programs they launched: Luna Blanca, Machete (Naaawa ako sa program na to. Tinapos agad), Iglot... The list goes.

ABS-CBN 2 made the smart move. They left "fantaserye" genre to GMA 7 and moved back to basics of TV soap drama (Mara Clara remake, Tayong Dalawa) and light drama (My Binondo Girl, Be Careful With My Heart).

Okay. So ano ba talaga ang problema ng GMA 7? I'll bullet point it all to get to the point:

• ehem, they lack fresh writers. Unang una ito sa listahan ko. Hulaan niyo kung bakit.

• Talents of GMA 7 are okay (the actors and actresses). But then, nasasayang lang dahil sa pangit na program na pinagbidahan nila. As in sayang talaga. Nasa kanila si Camille Prats, Heart Evangelista, Christopher de Leon... omg. Christopher de Leon! What have you done to him? He's Christopher de Leon! Tapos you casted him on an action fantaserye?? And his costume on that program screams of cheap! Oh gosh. Just... come on. Feeling ko nawalan siya ng dignidad doon... (sigh). Anyway, bakit ba may pangit na programa? It all comes down to the root of the problem: lack of fresh writers.

• Overuse of top talents. GMA 7, learn from ABS-CBN (di ako fan ng channel 2 pero I have to say this). Stop using Marian Rivera, Dingdong Dantes and Richard Gutierrez on your prime time shows. Nakakasawa. Parang masarap na pagkain na kapag laging kinakain, mauumay ka. Let the people miss their presence. Give chance to your other talents. Ang dami kong nakikitang talents ng GMA 7 na may potential, nababaliwala lang. But then again, what makes a talent shine? A good program to cast on. Hence, lack of fresh talented writers.

Clarity Clarence... Now I know. Ngayon ko lang napagtanto. Kaya pala mas madaming commercials ang mga talents ng ABS CBN kasi sikat sila enough to be endorsers pero di sila overexposed sa TV. It gives them fresh exposures whenever their commercial is on air. Sample is Kim Atienza. While sa GMA 7, ang mga sikat nilang talents ay overexposed at overused sa airtime ng GMA 7 at ang mga ibang talents are not popular enough to be endorsers. Sample is Sam Pinto. Bubble Gang lang ang program niya pero madami siyang commercials. Why? She doesn't have too much airtime (meaning di magsasawa ang tao sa kanya pag nakita siya araw araw sa isang commercial). She's fresh and popular enough to be an endorser. Di ko alam ha. Nagegets nyo ba theory ko? Haha. Moving on...

• Lack of solid storyline. Ang feeling ko, kapag nagkaroon ata ng "idea" for a story ang GMA 7, they just go for it. Pahahabain nalang nila. Babatuhan nalang nila ng plot na "nawawalang anak", "tunay na ina", "overly attached psychotic girl sa bidang lalake" etc. You know the cliche plots GMA 7 has been putting up to. Bakit may ganito? Saan galing ang dilemmang ito? Alam na. Lack of fresh writers.

• Fresh. Talented. Writers. Na-emphasize ko ba? Isama niyo na yung producers.

Okay. I sound like a showbiz columnist now. Di ako professional writer para husgahan ang mga writers ng GMA teleseryes. I'm saying this from a viewer's standpoint. Matagal ko na ito gustong i-point out. They really need a revamp on their showbiz programs. It's reeking of old-style business. Now that I have vented it, I'll just see how it goes for GMA 7.

Goodbye Luna Blanca! I at least watched some of your episodes and I just want to say, cute yung aso pero isunod niyo na yung "Aso ni San Roque".

Pagsamantalahan Mo Ako...

"Pagsamantalahan Mo Ako.."

Masarap pakinggan.. Mas lalo nang masarap gawin. Kapana-panabik.

Mas lalo na kapag nanggaling sa babae na iyong minamahal, ang iyong ina.. Wait. What??

Sinabi niya sakin ito nung nagsho-shopping dahil sale sa SM Bacoor. Masarap ding maramdamang nag-iisang anak paminsan-minsan. Pero di ko rin magawang gawin yun kasi may pride padin naman ako sa pagiging independent. Eh kasi kung ano ano iniisip :P

This is our haul from the shopping and we're not even done yet:

Pero dito ako bumawi, sa pagkain. Presenting... not much. I reserved from eating kasi tight yung suot ko. haha. Such blessings :)

Lasagna w/ garlic bread, pepperoni pizza, cheese french fries and tomato dip from Greenwich

The only things worth seeing on SM Bacoor when its on sale are the shoes and bags section. I don't know. They don't put too much sale on the clothes section for ladies except on the kid's area. I dont know about the men's area. We also bought clothes as a gift for our loved ones this Christmas. Tipid eh. Here are the pictures worth posting...

 This doll shoes is cute but they dont have the size that will fit me :(

 I got the black and white shoes for 300 pesos. Really cute <3

This dress is really cute but I didnt get it. Di ko naman kasi siya lagi magagamit. Its not casual enough. Sayang, sana at least sinukat ko. 

This dress for kids are adorable. If they had it on my size, I would have bought it :P

"I love you, my darling"

 

I saw this blouse and when I put it on, I knew I have to have it. Its too cute to resist. I love the cut at the back of it too.

We got home after 3 in the afternoon. Its really exhausting. We got there almost 11 a.m. People are packed and its hard to move around with all the items you've bought. Wala din kaming sasakyan kaya commute lang. Pero rewarding. Hehehhe. I must say that our Christmas shopping came early. Thank God for that 'cause it means we're blessed financially.

First Entry: Time Waits for No One

First of all, congrats sakin dahil nasimulan ko ulit gumawa ng blog at ito ang aking first entry :) After 5 years, ngayon nalang ulit ako sinipag. Ang mga last kong blog entries ay nagawa ko pa noong Friendster era. Naisip ko lang i-pursue ulit ito dahil feeling ko I'm racing against time and making a blog about my experiences and thoughts is a way to appreciate and record what life has offered me.

Hence, my blog title Time Waits For No One

This blog will be a reminder for myself that time flies and I should always seize the day. I shouldn't waste opportunities. In other words.. YOLO (you only live once). No, no! Di ako swagger. Not like yell YOLO and do something stupid. YOLO to the truer and wiser sense of it. You only live once so you better use it wisely.

Ahhh... Okay. Tama na yan. I'm not here to do a sermon about life whatsoever. I just wanna blog. The first time I saw the phrase Time Waits For No One is not from the Rolling Stones but from the Japanese anime Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Very interesting movie, you should watch it. Here's a fan-made AMV.

Anyway, ano pa bang ginagawa mo? Bakit mo pa binabasa to? Wala ka bang ibang importanteng dapat gawin? Hahhaha.. Remember:

Time Waits for No One.