1. Providence-boston trip - fab,fun,big brunch, IVY league, harvard & brown, duck tours,aquarium,futon,dimsum
Mario, Edsel and I in a threesome at one of the dorms. We walked around empty ivy-covered buildings before finally finding our way to bustling Harvard Yard.
2. Les miz - lea salonga as fantine, syncopated jean valjean, hot marius, great range
Les Miserables was okay. I saw it for the second time. I got slightly annoyed with the way Jean Valjean sang - in a weird syncopated tempo - but he had great range. I spotted Leah Salonga gamely climbing the barricade stage prop as a member of the ensemble after her I Have A Dream solo.
3. Avenue q songs - great for road trip
Random thought. But true
4. Bodies bodies - executed chinese people?
Mario and I saw this the last time he came to New York, and we found it absolutely amazing, such that we bought matching knee-high skeleton socks. It was pointed out to me recently that the Chinese are very serious about death, and they would never donate their cadavers willingly for an exhibition. The official story is that the bodies are unclaimed or unidentified, and all necessary steps were taken before they were turned over to Dalian Medical University. Nevertheless, the whole thing still sounds fishy, especially because of China's record of human rights abuses and the rumors of transplant organs being harvested from executed prisoners. Read more here.
5. Hiphop abs - awesome but still fat. Maybe more reps? Oh yeah, dumbells
I nagged incessantly until I got this as a gift, and I've been doing the standing abs exercises in my "free time". They're really fun to do, and not at all hard. I have layers of fat to get rid of before I can get a six-pack, though.
6. Men in trees - alaska is pretty, could move there, cool songs
I could not find a suitable photo but if you've seen any episode of Men In Trees, you will agree that the scenery looks fabulous, although, it is not in Alaska as we're made to believe (damn these producers!) but in New Zealand.
7. Staten island ferry - best free ferry ride
Yes. It says so in all the guidebooks.
8. Transformer orig concept designer - floro dery, filipino, laid off after 3rd season, seems bitter
I was livejournal-hopping and found this. From this,
"I did not leave the show. After I finished the movie I was laid off by Marvel Studios. Since, I dominated the show and "I became the Transformers", they probably had to get rid of me. I created too many designs, that they no longer needed me. So, I was jobless and walking in Hollywood for a while. The artists who did the turn-arounds and clean-up of my designs carried on the work for a long time. Life sucks doesn't it? I'm not surprised though. Some other person even got credit for all the work I did."
and this,
"No, Unicron is my own original concept design. Even the planet transforming into a robot is my original idea. That's why my credit in the movie is original concept designer. Maybe Takara copied my design because a lot of fans wanted a Unicron toy, but one was never made by Hasbro."
I gather there was some sort of falling out.
9. Pisay movie by aureaus solito - feelings of inadequacy
Watch it! It's like real life. I swear I had a math teacher who spoke exactly like her: "Now hu can tell me wat a hy-poo-te-sis es??" And I can imagine Marc saying, "You are nothing but a uni-cellular, protozoan... amoeba!!!" And I swear we've been called "da bist ob da bist!" and "da crim ob da crim ob da crap!" And the lab gowns and uniforms!
10. Almost scratched eye out while playing fur elise - strange spasm feeling, must practice hannon scales again! To restore finger fluidity
This is the best for finger exercises!"
Mario, Edsel and I in a threesome at one of the dorms. We walked around empty ivy-covered buildings before finally finding our way to bustling Harvard Yard.
2. Les miz - lea salonga as fantine, syncopated jean valjean, hot marius, great range
Les Miserables was okay. I saw it for the second time. I got slightly annoyed with the way Jean Valjean sang - in a weird syncopated tempo - but he had great range. I spotted Leah Salonga gamely climbing the barricade stage prop as a member of the ensemble after her I Have A Dream solo.
3. Avenue q songs - great for road trip
Random thought. But true
4. Bodies bodies - executed chinese people?
Mario and I saw this the last time he came to New York, and we found it absolutely amazing, such that we bought matching knee-high skeleton socks. It was pointed out to me recently that the Chinese are very serious about death, and they would never donate their cadavers willingly for an exhibition. The official story is that the bodies are unclaimed or unidentified, and all necessary steps were taken before they were turned over to Dalian Medical University. Nevertheless, the whole thing still sounds fishy, especially because of China's record of human rights abuses and the rumors of transplant organs being harvested from executed prisoners. Read more here.
5. Hiphop abs - awesome but still fat. Maybe more reps? Oh yeah, dumbells
I nagged incessantly until I got this as a gift, and I've been doing the standing abs exercises in my "free time". They're really fun to do, and not at all hard. I have layers of fat to get rid of before I can get a six-pack, though.
6. Men in trees - alaska is pretty, could move there, cool songs
I could not find a suitable photo but if you've seen any episode of Men In Trees, you will agree that the scenery looks fabulous, although, it is not in Alaska as we're made to believe (damn these producers!) but in New Zealand.
7. Staten island ferry - best free ferry ride
Yes. It says so in all the guidebooks.
8. Transformer orig concept designer - floro dery, filipino, laid off after 3rd season, seems bitter
I was livejournal-hopping and found this. From this,
"I did not leave the show. After I finished the movie I was laid off by Marvel Studios. Since, I dominated the show and "I became the Transformers", they probably had to get rid of me. I created too many designs, that they no longer needed me. So, I was jobless and walking in Hollywood for a while. The artists who did the turn-arounds and clean-up of my designs carried on the work for a long time. Life sucks doesn't it? I'm not surprised though. Some other person even got credit for all the work I did."
and this,
"No, Unicron is my own original concept design. Even the planet transforming into a robot is my original idea. That's why my credit in the movie is original concept designer. Maybe Takara copied my design because a lot of fans wanted a Unicron toy, but one was never made by Hasbro."
I gather there was some sort of falling out.
9. Pisay movie by aureaus solito - feelings of inadequacy
Watch it! It's like real life. I swear I had a math teacher who spoke exactly like her: "Now hu can tell me wat a hy-poo-te-sis es??" And I can imagine Marc saying, "You are nothing but a uni-cellular, protozoan... amoeba!!!" And I swear we've been called "da bist ob da bist!" and "da crim ob da crim ob da crap!" And the lab gowns and uniforms!
Solito showcases brilliant young finds in ‘Pisay’
By Ruben V. Nepales
Inquirer
Last updated 02:09am (Mla time) 06/23/2007
LOS ANGELES — Acclaimed director Auraeus Solito recently e-mailed us some sneak peek photos of the cast of his latest film, “Pisay.”
He wrote that about 200 kids auditioned for the film inspired by his student years at the Philippine Science High School, affectionately nicknamed by its students and alumni as Pisay.
“Eight brilliant kids made it to the cast,” Auraeus shared.
Lucky eight
The filmmaker behind the much-lauded “Ang Pagdadalaga ni (The Blossoming of) Maximo Oliveros” briefly described his lucky eight: “Matt (Carl Barrameda, formerly of ‘Going Bulilit’); Wena (Annicka Dolonius, half-Swedish niece of Robin Padilla); Rom (Gammy Lopez, twin brother of ‘Maximo’s’ Nathan Lopez);
Minggoy (Elijah Castillo, Singapore best actor award winner for ‘Pepot Artista’); Daki (Alfred Labatos, another ‘Going Bulilit’ alumnus); Euri (EJ Jallorina, also from ‘Going Bulilit’); Andy (newcomer Jonathan Neri), and Liway (Shayne Fajutagana, a true Pisay graduate who recently graduated with honors and made it to UP’s College of Medicine.”
We got Auraeus to reveal who his alter ego is in the movie: “Euri was based on me,” he shared.
The film’s synopsis: Eight students make it to the country’s premier science high school during the politically volatile ’80s. These gifted students come from all over the Philippines.
The Philippine Science High School was created to provide an education that focuses on the sciences. Those who make it are hailed as future leaders of science and technology.
Reunions
Auraeus elaborated: “I was from Pisay’s batch ’86. When I traveled around because of ‘Maximo Oliveros,’ I had reunions with batch mates who now live in North America and Europe. One of them went into exile in the Netherlands for political reasons. I’d always wondered why she suddenly disappeared during my senior year. I got my answer when she and her family watched ‘Maxi’ at the Rotterdam International Film Festival!”
Beautiful tales
He added, “My friend’s story inspired me so much that I e-mailed my batch mates in our Pisay86 yahoogroup — then, they started telling me their stories. Many beautiful tales came up, and they inspired me to write ‘Pisay.’ Eventually, I asked Henry Grageda to write the screenplay.”
Asked if it was easy for him to make a semiautobiographical movie, Solito answered,“It was hard. I discovered that high school movies are not easy to make — plus, this is a period movie set in the ’80s.
“It looks like fun, but personal movies can be intense. High school life isn’t easy. There are painful moments and profound emotions you struggle to understand. I almost gave up.”
“Pisay” will premiere at the Third Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the CCP next month.
Show dates, times, & venues:
* 21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
* 22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM
Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining
* 24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
* 25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
* 26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM
Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute
* 27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM
Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
* 28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM
Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
Plot
Amidst the chaos of Martial Law in this Third World country in the 1980s, eight teenagers in the top high school for the sciences discover themselves as they go through the joys and pains of adolescence. They were the top two hundred students from all over the Philippines who passed the examination for the Philippine Science High School, which was created for the purpose of giving an education highly enriched in the Sciences to exceptionally gifted Filipino children. Selected from the best and brightest from all over the country, they endure college-level courses in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics from their sophomore year onwards. Those who can make it are hailed as the future science and technology leaders of the New Republic, those who don’t are deemed unfortunate victims of natural selection. They all learn however that they are neither isolated from the real world, nor are they exempted from living real lives. They find the world outside, erupting into the People Power revolution in 1986 against the Marcos dictatorship, being replicated within the school as they struggle to graduate, contend with teachers, classmates, family, school officials, and a new classification to segregate students meeting the high standards of excellence from those who do not.
10. Almost scratched eye out while playing fur elise - strange spasm feeling, must practice hannon scales again! To restore finger fluidity
This is the best for finger exercises!"
