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Paulo Coelho's Blog

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:05:15 GMT

I serendipitously stumbled upon Paulo Coelho's blog, a gem in the web if you ask me. I'd like to share this particular entry about relationships with other people.

The porcupines and solidarity

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on January 23, 2009

Reader Alvaro Conegundes tells that during the ice age many animals died because of the cold. Seeing this situation, the porcupines decided to group together, so they wrapped up well and protected one another.

But they hurt one another with their thorns, and so then they decided to stay apart from one another.

They started to freeze to death again. So they had to make a choice: either they vanished from the face of the earth or they accepted their neighbor�s thorns.

They wisely decided to stay together again. They learned to live with the small wounds that a very close relationship could cause, because the most important thing was the warmth given by the other.

And in the end they survived.

I am thoroughly enjoying Youtube thesedays...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:44:38 GMT

I might create an account...!

Mah man elmo...

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:51:16 GMT

....and Chris Brown can really work it up. LOL

watching too much television

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:16:30 GMT

leads you to The Weepies... and here's my favorite from the commercial of "Married Away" in etc:

(the youtube video is from Dirty Sexy Money)

The new Twilight fragrance....

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:54:03 GMT

totally ripped off the bottle from that Nina Ricci perfume. Sheesh...

click here to see...

End the Year Right

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:56:59 GMT

Watch Honey and Clover Live Action TV Series!

Now this wasn't really on my to-do list, but I just saw the first episode of the Honey and Clover live action TV series featuring Ikuta Toma and the girl who played Ako in 1 Litre of Tears.

I got giddy all over!!!

The guy who played Nobu in Nana is Morita-san!!! How fitting! He's funny without even trying!

Once again I was transported to the familiar college setting of dorm living, food issues, human professors, crazy friends, and identy crisis. Also, the first episode is beautiful. I was treated to an eye-candy of cherry blossoms, as if the fresh scent of spring wafted right out of the screen. Who wouldn't fall in love with the beautiful Hagu in such an idyllic moment?

What I like most is the way they captured the feel of the anime in this first episode, so I hope this keeps up all the way to the final. I've read a lot of bad reviews about the movie and the first part literally bore my brains out, but I am glad I attempted to watch the live action series. If it weren't for Ikuta Toma, I wouldn't have. And if it weren't for Morita, I won't bother with episode 2.

Happy New Year to all! ^^

Suggestions for "Takipsilim"

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:01:17 GMT

Okay, so it's official---everybody's favorite vampire love story (Twilight, unless, you've been living under a rock in Tibet) is going to be made into a tv series, here in the Philippines by no less than----ABS-CBN! yay! The people who turned the beloved My Girl Series into crap, and made Betty La Fea emo and mushy! *toink! stop being so harsh!* *sorry...*

So I'm over reacting but I actually haven't seen the movie yet. As usual, my sister is lambasting me for it, the same way she has lambasted me for months for not watching her favorite movie, Gangster High. A slap here and there, and some "you're missing half of your life" ditty. As if I didn't know that already.

One only needs fanatic friends and family and the internet to learn about Takipsilim, yes, that's the pinoy name Twilight will assume from now on. Hey, what will they name the sequel series, Bagong Buwan?

I wonder why we're running out of great, original ideas. I've witnessed some of the country's best storytellers, but our major tv stations are airing Korea/Chinovelas and doing remakes here and there, almost mimicking everything we're not. Why is that???

Our country is a sort of "capital" of paranormal activities, and our culture is replete with stories and sketches of ghosts, aswangs, and the like. So why not make a different supernatural story, a love story all the same but an original tale straight out of the ancestral cabinets in Antique or Capiz? Maalaala Mo Kaya style. We're not from the Visayas, but my grandmother often tell stories about a kapre wanting to take her as his wife when she and her son were living in Batangas. This was when she was a young mother, and she was not yet pregnant with my mom. She was terrified, of course, and her father-in-law slash manggagamot recited incantations to repel the giant away. Start with that base story, blow it out of proportions, and you may get Rosario, a tale of love, deceit, and warlock father-in-laws fighting renegade elements in the Marlboro business. Place them in the cosmopolitan city as you like.

If you want to cater to the younger set, cross the paranormal love story with Gossip Girl and then sprinkle it with cheesy lines delivered in a macho way. I love love stories with gorgeous bitches and love triangles and wolves. Wow, do I hear Lobo?

You really want Rayver and Shaina doing a supernatural number eh? Hmmmm... Shaina would look great as a manananggal, and Rayver as a... rich bastard. I'm not kidding. Making him a bastard son of a rich family falling in love with another rich girl albeit of mananaggal blood can create lots of conflict, I mean, pinoys can create conflicts out of anything, right? Shaina is immortal like the HIghlander and doesn't eat people but rats, like Louis de Pointe du Lac. Rayver is goody-two-shoes Dan, and we throw in a Jacob Black character with the personality of Chuck Bass (Jake Cuenca?). Let's do a crossover and get Angel Locsin working again as Lyka, Rayver's sister who is actually a--- werewolf. Surprise! Rayver's family's mutant, too, and he's the only normal person here, and he holds the... The Cube.

Okay, so I need to see Twilight first before I make anymore suggestions, because for all I know, I may be doing snippets or telling the exact same story altogether.

Let's deviate a bit from the genre...
Why not make it a comedy?!

Takipsilim Feat. Ai Ai delas Alas and Janno Gibbs

Confessions of a Parfum Addict: Episode 1

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:02:15 GMT

It is a little known fact that we love fragrances. Ang alam lang ng close friends namin, mahilig kami sa pentel pen, Off! lotion, isang perfume, at isang cologne. Mahilig, hindi nila alam na adik. Nung sembreak lang, na-hook ako sa xylene (FYI dahil nagpe-prepare ako ng permanent slides� hindi pa ko registered user, okie?) Pero seriously, isa sa mga kinatatakutan ng parents ko na pupuntahan ng sweldo ko pag nagtatrabaho na ko ay 1) BOOKS, and 2) PERFUMES.

Kasalanan ito ni mommy. Ang mura kong olfactory cells ay unang nakasagap ng mga mababangong bagay. Childhood scents ko ang Musk by Bettina Barty at Victoria�s Secret Vanilla Lace Hand and Body lotion (na nakakahilo). Kikay si mommy.

Isa sa malakas magtrigger sa aking limbic system ay ang Denenes, isang baby cologne na hindi ko alam noon na baby cologne pala--- akala ko natural na mabango lang ang mga stuffed toys ko. Kaya kapag nasa Toy Kingdom/Bear Cuddler/Blue Magic ako at inaamoy ko ang mga teddy bears (at nagtitinginan sakin ang mga salespeople)--- amoy synthetic fur lang. Amoy bago, pero synthetic. Swerte naman kung may sumamang fiber sa ilong pag singhot. Freebie.

Kapag tinatanong ko si mommy noon kung anong ipapabili kong pabango kay daddy, sinasabi nya palagi na �Denenes,� (kasabay ng Spring Flower by Creed, na hanggang sa ngayon ay hindi ko pa nae-experience). Ganun ako madalas pag nagpapabili, hindi ko alam ang amoy. Pag nagagandahan ako sa bote, go na. Wag mo akong simulan sa: it marries the spicy sparkle of ginger with the ice-cold softness of litchi sorbet and the suave zest of mandarin* lalala� Aamuyin ko lang yan in the end.

Anyway, sa kwento ng Denenes, wala akong idea kahit sa itsura ng bote. May internet nga pala noh, hehe. Pero syempre hindi ko naisip yun. Hanggang sa isang araw�

�nag-grocery kami sa SM Dasmari�as. Habang naghahanap ng whitening soap si yagami lighto para sa pakikipagkumpetensya sa kaputian, napa-OY! ako.

OY MA!

Denenes oh!

Weh. Cologne pala. Akala ko encased in a sophisticated bottle that elegantly defines the curves of a budding lass in the meadows during the light of spring. But no. Nasa bote na may picture ng baby. Cute naman.

Dinampot ko ito, binuksan, at inamoy. Weh. Amoy katol. Naglagay ako sa kamay ng konti. MMMmmmm� Hmmm.. Weh! Amoy Peter! Amoy Bunny! Amoy Fisher Price toy train!!! (totoo, may amoy ang plastic trains at Lego pieces namin noon)

100+ ata ang presyo ng isang 50 ml bottle. Basta ang natatandaan ko lang, napa-WEH! ako. Er, next time na lang. Pag may baby na ko.

*description for Flower by Kenzo

live life pare, live.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:59:08 GMT

mahilig si mami magforward ng kung anu-ano sa email ko, bentang benta sa kanya yung mga send this to chever # of persons ---mas marami, mas marami ka ring makukuhang blessings.. wow. minsan nga di ku na binabasa kasi nakakaiyamot lang pag malapit na ko sa ending, parang nap-pressure ako at required akong mag-forward.. feeling ko kasi babawiin sa kin yung blessing!! hay nako.. tapos kanina naisip kong mag-delete kasi nagsisimula nanamang mag-pile up ang messages ko sa inbox, baka mamaya umabot nanaman sa 2833 eh talagang nilinis ko na sya bago pa ko mag-college para new start sa lahat. di ku naman akalaing matatauhan ako bigla sa isang 'to:

A friend of mine opened his wife's underwear drawer and picked up a silk paper wrapped package:

"This, - he said - isn't any ordinary package."

He unwrapped the box and stared at both the silk paper and the box.

"She got this the first time we went to New York , 8 or 9 years ago. She has never put it on, was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is it. He got near the bed and placed the gift box next to the other clothings he was taking to the funeral house, his wife had just died. He turned to me and said:

"Never save something for a special occasion. Every day in your life is a special occasion".

I still think those words changed my life.

Now I read more and clean less.

I sit on the porch without worrying about anything.

I spend more time with my family, and less at work.

I understood that life should be a source of experience to be lived up to, not survived through. I no longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day.. I'll wear new clothes to go to the supermarket, if I feel like it.

I don't save my special perfume for special occasions, I use it whenever I want to. The words "Someday..." and "One Day..." are fading away from my dictionary. If it's worth seeing, listening or doing, I want to see, listen or do it now. I don't know what my friend's wife would have done if she knew she wouldn't be there the next morning, this nobody can tell. I think she might have called her relatives and closest friends.
She might call old friends to make peace over past quarrels. I'd like to think she would go out for Chinese, her favorite food. It's these small things that I would regret not doing, if I knew my time had come.

I would regret it, because I would no longer see the friends I would meet, letters... that I wanted to write

"One of these days".

I would regret and feel sad, because I didn't say to my brother and sisters, and daughters, not times enough at least, how much

I love them.

Now, I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives..
And, on each morning, I say to myself that this could be a special day..

Each day, each hour, each minute, is
special.

If you got this, it's because someone cares for you and because, probably, there's someone you care about.

If you're too busy to send this out to other people and you say to yourself that you will send it "One of these days", remember that "One day" is far away... or might never come...

No matter if you're superstitious or not, spend some time reading it.
It holds useful messages for the soul.

Don't keep this message.

kagabi ko lang kasi sinimulan ang protocol na 'to:
-di ku kakausapin ang taong nakapag-padepress sa ken kagabi. *clue: kapatid ko sya. *clue ulit: hindi babae. <<haha parang talan lang!!
-nabibitawan ku bigla yung mga bagay na hawak ku kaya stop muna sa texting at typing. baka mamaya mamaga nanaman daliri ko! hahaha xD pero di ko kinaya. texting lang ang talagang itinigil ko. mababaliw ako pag di ako nakahawak ng keyboard at mouse!!

pero matapos mabasa yon, napatayo ako bigla sa upuan at nagpaalam kay ate na kukunin ku na muna yung fone ko dahil gusto ko na magtext. nagpaload aku kagad kay ma para makapag-unli na ko maya-maya.. kahit mamaga ulit daliri ko ayus lang, bakit ba, eh yun yung nakakapagpasaya sakin eh, mamaya ma-rico yan at ma-marky cielo ako eh di katapusan na. too late to do the things that makes me happy!!

kinagat ako ni baggy, aba nag-enjoy si loko ayaw nang tanggalin yung bibig nya sa kamay ko! natanggal ku naman, yak basang basa ang lamig, naisip ko, huhugasan ku kaya? eh baka mangalay ako.. on the other hand, hinayaan ku na lang kase yun yung nakakapagpasaya sa kin eh!! hahaha xD mahal na mahal ko yung asong yon ah ah.. tingin ko nga aso na rin tingin nya sa kin eh.. mandiri kayo! yak ka yagami lighto! yak!! eh bakit ba? laway lang yun eh, ang aarte nyo! hahaha xD

magulong entry. n_n

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:24:39 GMT

i lurve it. HAHAHA xD

"DL na yan oh!! DL!! *biglang nag-pause* DL ka ba?" sabi nun crush ku. kasama ku syang uminom ng miLo.
"huh?! ewan ko.." humility strikes.

silence.

"Drug Lord." he blurted out.

bigla kaming tumawa. HAHAHA! xD

..pumasok na ulit si tidus at chet nginitian nya ku sabay taas ng shades. kapanghinaaa. ^o^ haha.. nakakapanghinayang nga lang kasi once in a blue moon lang sya kung pumasok, infareness kung kelan christmas break biglang lumitaw sa campus..
..papasok na ku sa skul at di masyadong maganda yung jeep na nasakyan ku -maliit, gutay-gutay na seat cover at makalawang.
BUT BEHOLD!! nakabraces ang driver -up and down! wow bongga ang teeth!
..niregaluhan aku ni ate ng malupit na violet nail polish [na napansin naman ng crush ku dahil violet na nga ang kuko ku, violet pa ang ballpen ko. "hindi ka naman mahilig sa violet?" sabi nya.. tapos may kaklase pa kong nanghiram ng ballpen, at ipinahiram ko yung green kong pen na regalo naman ni brother dear. "wow ang colorful ah!!" sabi ni fafa. *smile*smile*]
..may gift coupon na kasama yung gift ni ate eh, di ako makapili: warcraft or death note? nagbakasakali naman ako sa zo.o christmas party namin na ilagay sa wishlist ko ang death note, at least warcraft na lang papabili ko hehehe..
..AND MUCH TO MY HORRIFYING SURPRISE <-matindi 'to.. matindi. abay akalain mong death notah nakuha ko. ohmeged. answered prayer ito!
..tapos kanina lang kasama ko si coe, nakakatuwa kasi naalala nya yung tungkol sa warcraft! actually di na ko masyadong umasa na maaalala pa nya yun kase 0 out of 5 ang pinagdala ko at ni isa walang nakaalala. pambihira.
..at natuklasan kong 10 pesos lang pala per 30 minutes ang internet. ang galing! ang mura! wow!
..ewan ko kung malamig lang talaga sa lb or may umiisip lang sa kin kaya every 2 at 3 am ako nagigising (hala lagot witching hour ito!!) tapos nakausap ko si nanay nung hapon, "alam mo apo lagi kitang iniisip kung nakakain ka na ba o nakakatulog ka ba ng maayos pag nagdadasal ako ng alas dos ng madaling araw.."

"nanay naman! wag nyo pu akong isipin! kaya pala ko laging nagigising ng 2am eh! di na tuloy aku makatulog! hahaha!!" sabi ko sa kanya.
tawa naman si inay "oh sya di na kita iisipin."

..tapos kanina kausap ko si coe, nabanggit ko yung tungkol dun.. kung ano ano nanaman pumasok sa isip ko habang kausap nya ko:
*deep inside: "iniisip mo din ako noh kaya lagi akong nagigising ng ganun kaaga. ayiii come on don't be shy.."* HAHAHA xD

..natuwa naman ako sa horoscope ku kanina: napakaganda daw ng araw ku ngayon (oh yeah) at may isang taong sisira nito kase may sasabihin syang nakakabadtrip kase wala din sya sa mood, (brother dear are you there?)pero handa naman daw 'tong magsorry kinabukasan kaya wag akong papaapekto. (KNEEL!! KNEEL!! HAHAHA!! XD)
..nakakain ako ng wish bone. nakakatuwa kasi parang nakuha ku na lahat. may death note na ko. may warcraft pa. natapos ko ng basahin yung stainless longganisa (ah ang ganda!!). may simple pero maganda akong fone. anu pang i-w-wish ko?? pasasalamat na lang. n_n