Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Pause

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been very busy lately due to Typhoon Ondoy. But I do hope to post something soon. :)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Feeling Sick

As I write this, my head is throbbing. My eyes are hurting too. I just want to sleep.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Tiresome Saturday

I haven't been blogging lately since my brain refuses to work. But today, my brain declared war against stupidity and required me to write.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Day was pretty jam-packed. My usual Saturday would entail waking up really late. Watching an episode or two of a recently downloaded TV show. Going to GCF for volleyball and youth worship service. And eating dinner with friends. But this particular Saturday wanted me to wake up by 8-ish in the morning and battle through the ACET traffic along Katipunan. Spent most the whole morning and afternoon with the awesome people of AComm as they prepared for the upcoming Rhythm in Blue (RiB) inter-org competition sposored by the Ateneo's very own Company of Ateneo Dancers (CADS).



I left around 2:30 to go to SM Mall of Asia to watch the Skechers Streetdance Battle 5 Kick-Off Party. Good thing I was able to catch a ride with Justin F., Jared, Peter and Rapha. We were a little bit late but it's all good. We got to bond with fellow UP Streetdance Club members as we weaved through the labyrinth that is the department store. We purchased a Von? shirt for Kuya Von.


I soon left the group because the AS1 - Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera cocnert was just around the corner - literally. I got free tickets for the concert because of Facebook. Yes, Facebook! So I met up with my siblings, Nathan, Eki and Lai. And watched one very historic concert. In my mind, it's like Justin Timberlake and Neyo in one concert.



The concert was really REALLY awesome! One of the dancers was Kuya Sherwin and I kept screaming his name, people stared at me but I didn't really care. It was kuya Sher! He's an orgmate!! Gary and Martin didn't fail to deliver the best in Philippine vocals and they were Robin and Gabb's rendition of BEP's "I Gotta Feeling". Although the concert was great, standing for 2-3 hours was not as fun.

Talk about a tiring day. :|

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Club

Dear UP StreetDance Club,

Everything started in June 22, 2006. I was number 3. Chris Brown was playing. The room was full of kids aspiring to become part of your seemingly exclusive group. You'd actually have to audition first just to become an applicant! An hour and a half later, the auditions were over and I was on my way back home.

I've always wanted become a part of your group. Ever since I saw you perform during my sister's graduation in April 2003. When I got into UP, I was a week late when I learned about the auditions. After taking Basic StreetDance, screaming during 1st Skechers Streetdance Battle and watching Street Fuzion 6, I stood in front of a panel. Clueless as to what I'll do for the freestyle part of the auditions.

June 26, 2006 I went to the gym to check the list of students who passed. There was none yet. I went home, still hoping that I got in. I was alone, eating dinner when I got the message. "Congratulations..." was the first word that I read and my phone fell into pieces.

Before I knew it, I was training with 34 other people in a room covered with blue mats. Fast forward to March 3, 2007 some of us survived the application process and our first concert as members beckoned. The feeling felt surreal. Exactly a year ago, I was part of the humongous audience watching and screaming in awe. A year later, I was a part of the family on stage.

It wasn't always a walk in the park for us. I know I was one of those kids that took a lot of patience from your end. I'm very sorry for the all the headaches I've caused. I'm sure that at one point my name was synonymous to trouble during conversations. You taught me a lot about character. Thank you for never giving up on me, even if I was just too hard to handle; for allowing me to grow.

Temperature, So Excited, Ching-a-Ling, Go Dumb and Imma Shine are songs I probably wouldn't want to hear again. But you wanted me to dance to those songs week after week.

Batch 06 - Barbie, MJgirl, Noelie, Iya, David, Toki, Joan, Sam, Malco, Jolo, Kel, etc. You guys rock!

Blue Team - Micx, Trizza, Em, Kevin, Rev, Peter, Lian, Malco, Danya, Roz, Rapha, Aylene and Nikki = AWESOME TEAM! =)

Chosen Ground 4
Chosen Ground 5: Reboot
Street Fuzion 7: Homecoming
Street Fuzion 8: Ministry of Dance
Street Fuzion 9: Crossroads
Thank you for these five concerts. It was such a privilege sharing the stage with you.

And now I make my final bow. Good bye for now.
Thank you for the most rockin', kick-ass, awesome three and a half years.
The experiences I shared with you will always be incomparable. Will never exchange them for anything.
For the mean-time, I'll again be part of the crowd in front of you. :)

Regards,

Dan

Friday, September 4, 2009

Trouble!

If you could, would you?

Mason (lower right) and Sam (upper right) is in a relationship. An open-relationship. And in case you're wondering what that is, it's the type where in both people involved acknowledge that they love each other and are committed to each other YET they consent the other to sleep with other people. Twisted right? Well, people who are in such, would tell you that it works for them. At least it "prevents" them from "cheating" on each other cause both are aware with what each is doing.

Fling is a modern love story. Mason and Sam's love story. But things did get complicated. What started out as innocent flirting between Sam and her college boyfriend, James (upper left); and Mason and 18-year old Olivia (lower left) just spell disaster. I won't be spilling the beans here cause I think it's worth one and a half hours of your time. It's a lot like Closer with Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portman - all those twisted relationships and sex but with far younger people.

But my point is this, I think the idea of open relationships is not a good thing. How can you say that you love someone when you're out screwing somebody else? How can one not be jealous if the one they love is out with another person? It just reeks trouble from the get go. But then again, if it suits other people, I guess it works for them. But I don't think I'm one to enter such a volatile nature.

And I realized how we treat our relationship with God as an open one. And a one-sided one at that.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Just in Case

You're wondering where all my political brain farts are, I transferred all of them to my new blog site danjosephramos.blogspot.com that would be solely dedicated to anything and everything related to politics. :) please feel free to visit that blog site and comment on the blog entries :)

Lie to Me

When I was in grade 4, my mom caught me lying about a school project.

During my juvenile years, I would lie to save myself from trouble.

"No, I wasn't the one who broke the glass."

"I wasn't the one who started the fight."

"I swear I didn't know it was yours."

Lies. Lies. Lies.

And now that I'm 21 (and yes, I'm old since I will be turning 22 in three months time) such lies are just plain ridiculous. Oftentimes, telling the truth would keep you out of trouble more than lying. And I learned that the hard way. Ask my parents how.

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Our generation is very familiar with a lot prominent people both here and overseas who have lied in more ways than one.

Who can forget Sen. Miriam Santiago's infamous admission of lying combined with her laughter during the Erap years?

US Pres. Bill Clinton and the whole Monica Lewinsky brouhaha. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."

And then there's Erap and GMA. 'nuff said.

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One of the shows that I am currently obsessed with watching is Lie to Me. And this show is just made of awesome. Its premise is that, even if people desperately try to hide emotions, their micro-expressions (errr facial and gestural and even tone of voice) can give them away.

Dr. Cal Lightman (played Tim Roth) is the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to discover not only if someone is lying, but why. When someone shrugs one shoulder, rotates a hand or raises the lower lip, Lightman knows he's lying. Based on the real-life scientific discoveries of Paul Ekman, the series follows Lightman and his team of deception experts as they assist law enforcement and government agencies to expose the truth behind the lies.

Watch it!!! Errr, well download it first haha :p

Undignified

JesusBranded
Copyright 2009 JesusBranded

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A List

Make a list of 10 types of people that you don't like and tag people to do the same.

1. Alcohol-driven dads who can buy booze but not proper education for their kids.

2. School bullies who can do nothing but bully intelligent kids to do their homework. Airheads!

3. Reckless jeepney drivers who snake their way through traffic but can only say sorry if they bump a private car since they can't afford to pay for the repair.

4. Spoiled brats. Those who throw tantrums to get what they want.

5. Friendster-using, black-donning jumping jologs who live to emo themselves out.

6. Number 5's hiphop counterparts. Salbakuta-loving kids. They call themselves "ghetto" but I don't think they'd survive the real thing. Apparently numbers 5 and 6 have an on-going online war on Friendster.

7. Mocha frappe-drinking, eighth-floor dwellers. But then, I have really close friends in that category. Ooooops.

8. Twilight fans :p

9. Number 2's variation, those who can turn a school's hall into a fashion runway. But are still airheads anyway.

10. Random people inviting you on Facebook and when you ask who they are because nyou don't normally add people you do not know, they tell you that you're an elitist.