stumped

After churning out word after word yesterday, seems like I'm finally stumped. I'm forcing myself to write (work wise) but my eyes, hands and brain coordination seem not to be in sync. The episode guides are now getting to be quite a mountain. And I don't think it will become even a mole hill any time soon.

And since I am financially strapped I accepted another writing job for Star Studio yesterday with a deadline today. I turned in another assignment from them last Tuesday (that was due Monday, blame my 'surprise' work assignment). This is the most number of articles I've done in a week. I think it could be an equivalent of my half a year's work in TC, oh way back then.

Should go back to my article. It's due in about 2 hours.

hell week

I've been work ladden since Monday. The word processing machine in my brain is probably overheating. I can't even put a decent entry in here. Haven't seen my friends in ages (a week feels jurassic to me). My boyfriend is threatening to take me to a horror flick on our monthsary. I'm having a hard time finding clothes that fit. My episode guides are piling up and Panday is just killing me.



This is probably what I'd look like by Friday. @_@

Grammar Lessons

I'm currently having grammar lessons on the net (what's good about learning this way is that you can even write in your blog whenever you want to, without getting a scolding from the teacher). Anyway, I'm getting more concious about the stuff I've been writing lately, me already a grammar OC (obssesive compulsive if you must know what the two letters mean). Example topics are "What Is an Interjection, and How Do I Punctuate It?" and "The Loyal Apposition". Don't ask me yet what those things are because I'm still reading up on it.

I think I have come into terms with myself that I have to live with being a writer (yeah this has just dawned on me lately after taking up four years of Journalism in college and making a living as a writer for six years) and that I should better myself at what I am doing. Hence the grammar lessons. I could be Chief Grammar Police in a few days or so. *heh*. Or so I wish... Pwede bang mangotong ng ganitong 'pulis'? I might just turn into an overnight millionaire. *lol*

Just a note -- I have now capitalized my I(s)and the beginning of my sentences. I also plan to put proper commas, quotation marks and other punctuation marks in the right places. I pledge allegiance to the grammar gods and leaders from this day forward (I'm keeping fingers crossed behind my back).

house bound reporting

it's back to the grinding board! another toxic monday. i was excited to go back to work actually. aircondition finally! ah...i truly languished in the heat over the long weekend. my sis and i were like buns baking in the oven *lol*

aside from perspiring (ladies don't sweat haha) i wasn't able to accomplish much as i have thought i would. i did do my laundry. and that was pretty much it. hehehe. oh and i did watch most of the k-movie dvd's i have collected in a month. hmm... my list includes mr.housewife, he's so gorgeous, 100 days with mr. arrogant, afrika (which was pretty bad), jenny juno, love so divine and the classic. i still have a few more titles left though.

we also had an animax and hero tv marathon. hmm...what else...bucky's booted out of idol. i want the pickles next. teehee.

and the highlight of it all...we caught the fat mouse that has been bugging the hell out of me for days!!! yey!

house bound

new look around here...this is as far as i could get. hehe. hope you all like it. i know francis will be commenting "green nanaman???" sige kain ka muna ng grass. :)

well i know most of you guys will be going on vacation for the next 3-4 days. me, you know where to find me. i'll be staying home with pia, would probably attend to neglected household chores i.e. laundry duties, scrubbing the bathroom floor, sweeping my room (broom meet bedroom floor, floor meet broomy)and having a korean movie marathon.

i don't go out of town during the holy week. i still believe in reflecting during these times and not treating it as a time to rest, time to go on a vacation and have fun. i have this fear in the back of my mind that lightning might strike me or a mini tsunami sweeping over some island should i parteee on those 3 days. it's just 3 days out of the whole year besides sundays (na madalas kahati pa ng malling and catching up on sleep) to offer to HIM.

oh if you are going out there, somewhere, take care and have fun. and try to think about HIM even for a little while.

signing off for now. ta-ta.

under construction

work in progress... for your reading pleasure. ha.

please bear with my stupidity with codes. i am re-learning a lot of stuff.
more girly stuff to come *lol*

si brenda ang bidang kontrabida

ang nakaraan:

sa pagpipilit ni brenda na siya ang nasa tama, isa isa na siyang nilayuan ng kanyang mga kaibigan. at bago pa siya maunahan ng kanyang ex-friends sa iniisip niyang paghihiganti ng mga ito sa kanya nagsimula na siyang magisip kung paano siya makaka-resbak sa mga ito.

pero sa dami ng kasamaang naiisip ni brenda na gagawin niya sa ibang tao, gumawa na siya ng isang checklist dahil mahirap nang may makalimutan siya...

things to do today:

1.) manlait ng tao (check)
2.) look somebody down from head to toe (check)
3.) ikwento ang sinabi ni annie na sinabi niya kay donna na sinabi niya kay lara tungkol kay bea. ikalat pa ito sa ibang kakilala namin (check)
4.) magkalat ng false info tungkol kay david - na isa siyang mahirap at nagpapangap. (check)
5.) sunugin ang bahay ko para makakuha ng insurance.
6.) mag-hire ng detective na mag-spy kay regina. (check)
7.) tangalan ng brake ang sasakyan ni boss.
8.) connive with budoy para pabagsakin si keanna.
9.) ipapulot ang bracelet kay analiza sa putikan sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga ngipin.
10.) kumuha ng ka-look alike para magpangap na ako (check)
11.) patirin si eloisa (check)
12.) i-perfect ang halakhak ng tagumpay...mwahahaha (check)
13.) ibili ng regalo si rhoda - kunwari mabait ako sa kanya (check)
14.) magkunwaring hinimatay at umakap kay marco na timing na makikita ni lulu (check)
15.) basahin ang diary ni gary sa ilalim ng unan niya (check)
16.) idelete ang file para sa presentation bukas ni vivian (check)

magtagumpay kaya siya sa mga masama niyang balakin? maniwala kaya ang mga tao sa kanyang tsismis? sa kanyang pagpapanggap? maalala kaya ni brenda na pira-pirasuhin at sunugin ang listahan niya bago mahuli ang lahat?

ohh-kay...

i wasn't in a very good mood this morning so i was a bit cranky riding the MRT. so sullen me noticed all the most annoying things i could possibly see in the station and on the train...

*why is that some people confuse which side of the station goes to the north and to the south? like duh. san ka ba papunta? E di dun din yung direksyon ng tren ng MRT. s-t-u-p-i-d. (mainit talaga ang ulo ko kanina...)

*guys who can't keep their legs to themselves. meaning yung mga nakabubukaka na halos i-occupy na ang buong seat sa MRT. kala mo naman malaki ang...katawan. *lol*

*people who talk as if they are the only people on the train. (i've written an entry about this before. medyo guilty dito yung mga call center agents na may pa-english english pa, ahehehe sorry sa mga tatamaan) at mga taong kala mo sila lang ang may cellphone sa buong mundo. hello! (telephone? *lol*)

*just a quirk. i noticed a real gorgeous guy on the train and sad to say he had a big turn off. he looked like a model but he had no ass! wehehehe...ang panget pala nun!

okay. now that's off my chest...on to breaking news....



the ponkan's dead. and gone to heaven...
may it rest in peace in my stomach...

ang ponkan

this ponkan is lording over me today...
reminds me of mican on UFO Baby...
i'm gonna eat it later mwahaha...

sine klasiks

edu manzano in yellow spandex? i almost laughed out loud when i saw herbert bautista morph into captain barbell yesterday. and man, the effects were hilarious. and now they are showing once upon a time two starring dolphy. winner talaga ang trip to memory lane.

and the most amusing fact to know about these movies? i watched it on the big screen with my sisters and relatives. promise. pati magic to love ata ni raymond wong at kris aquino hindi namin pinalagpas.

hay the days of lot-lot, tito, vic and joey, jimmy santos and that's entertainment. oy don't forget your birchtree ha. :)

ramblings

i'm so lazy to blog lately. so i'm gonna do a bullet point presentation today...

*i feel sick, i wanna go home.
*i feel so fat.
*i lack vacation funds --rant,rant.
*i want to sleep.
*thank god wala na si kevin covais sa american idol.
*i missed the amazing race (who got in last?)
*i have to do the laundry tomorrow.
*nagbake ako ng cupcakes that taste like pancakes

and last but not the least...

*i feel sick i wanna go home.

Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they got them.

i never in my whole life thought i would be called a slut. yes you read that right. and to think the person who thinks i am does not even really know me. he was the one who even said that we are not close friends. and lalaki ang taong ito.

you don't know who i am and where i came from. you don't know personal stories about my past nor my family. i may have made mistakes with some decisions in my life and learned from them. falling from grace doesn't give you the power to judge me that way. what gives you the right to condemn me?

we tried to be your friend. heck we even shunned other people from our circle for you. but then they were the ones who were right. we were never really enemies with them so huwag mong sasabihin na pinaplastik namin sila. tumahimik lang kami ng dahil sa yo. and don't be so righteous about yourself. blaming others for calling me names, kaya ginawa mo? ginaya mo ang taong galit sa akin? again back to my first point. you don't KNOW me enough to say those things. di ba unjust yun?

i knew this fact from other people so i couldn't defend myself. though it is useless for me to reason out din dahil ikaw lagi ang tama. alam ko sa una pa lang you didn't treat me as a friend. hinusgahan mo na ko. so i stayed away from you. pero para tawagin mo ako ng ganon sa ibang tao, ibang usapan na yan. i have never said anything about you that people around us didn't know already. face me like a man you say you are.

sa mga nagaakalang kaibigan siya, ingat lang kayo baka iba na ang tawag niya sa inyo pagtalikod niyo.

doing the math

my brain has favored doing math equations lately. don't get me wrong, i'm no calculus genius yet. it's just that i'm so worried about my financial status that i cannot get it out of my head. i hate thinking of this shit day in and day out.

plush

i thought the strawberry milk carton plush doll was cute but weird... pero madami papala siyang kamag-anak...


clockwise: meet strawberry, non-fat, soy and chocolate

and some bread to go with it...


one whole bakery...


for more plush thingies visit http://www.mypapercrane.com

oscars sighting

my mobile phone beeps. a text message from my aunt.

tita: nanay mo ba yung nandun sa chika minute? nakita ko siya sa oscars.
me: (puzzled) ano po yung chika min? wala naman po syang nabanggit the other day when she called.
tita: sa channel 7. i swear siya yun. smiling, katabi nung ininterview ni lhar santiago.
me: eh kaya naman pala di ko alam kapuso pala pinapanood niyo. sige i'll ask her.

i send an SMS to my mom right after.

me: ma nakita ka daw ni tita sa TV sa ch.7. asa oscars ka ba?
ma: oo, i'll tell you about it later. antok na ko.

nge! ang showbiz talaga ng nanay ko...

later that night i waited for the GMA evening news. no mistaking, nanay ko nga yun!

the kid in me

i miss the kid in me. lately i feel that i've been missing her. i think she got lost. somewhere. don't get me wrong i still love hello kitty, the color pink, cute korean stuff -- kpop artists included, flip flops, rabbits, seventeen magazines and juvenille books.

but lately i feel like i've been caught up in too many grown-up stuff that the kid took a step back, packed some things up and went on vacation.

i miss the days when i could think of nothing but trivial stuff. i miss my fanatic days. my do-nothing-but-read-a-book or watch TV days. i also miss the-save-for-that-favorite-shoe days.

jopen would often say that i am a 27-year-old thinking like a 40-year-old. flattering that i think maturely for my age but sometimes i wanna turn that logical/analitical thinker in me off.

that's what i hate growing up. you come around to reality. *ugh*

thanks mom!

i was listening to chico and delamar this morning, their topic was top 10 sexist comments you've heard/received. del (close kami) commented that she read somewhere that a big percent of an offsping's intelligence comes from the mother. curious about it, i looked it up on the net when i got here at the office.

from http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/writing/intelligence/nempage1.htm

Intelligence is not only affected by simple heredity, such as dominant and recessive alleles, multiple allele combinations, or sex-linkage, but it was recently discovered that imprinted genes also contribute a great deal to an individual's intellect. Imprinted genes are different from ordinary genes that are inherited from both the mother and father. In regard to ordinary genes, it is impossible to determine which gene was inherited from each parent. On the other hand, "Imprinted genes are different. They carry a biochemical label that reveals their parental origin and determines whether or not they are active inside the cells of the offspring" (Vines 34). Research has shown that "some imprinted genes work only if they come from the mother. The same gene is silenced if it is inherited via the sperm, rather than the egg. Other imprinted genes operate the other way round and are only switched on if they are inherited from the father" (Vines 34).

Some breakthrough research has suggested that imprinted genes have an integral role in the inheritance of intelligence. The investigation suggests that the "mother's genes play the dominant role in the development of the parts of her offsprings' brains that are responsible for intelligence. The father's genes, on the other hand, may shape ... the parts of their brains that influence emotional make-up" (Vines 34). Although research continues to find out more about the imprinted genes that influence intelligence, one preliminary hypothesis is that the "mother's genes make the biggest contribution to the part of the brain that society values most - the cortex" (Vines 38), which is the portion of the brain that is responsible for intellectual skills such as language and the ability to plan ahead.

so i want to thank my mom for giving me this brain. :)
go and thank yours too.

revenge of a bibimbap girl

An excerpt from a gorilla blog... i didn't know i released my first CD. i dunno where my royalties went either since it went platinum --dillusional.

"...*BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! If you enjoyed these albums from Bitter Gourd Talent and Tire Management Consultancy, there's more music for your CD selection from our BIBIMBAP girls collection.

Patty Petron exudes sensuality, and it manifests itself in her music. She enthralled us with her self-titled album "Album no. 1", now let her soothing voice soar to high heavens with this remarkable CD. Also, catch her in her lounge act at the Century Park Sheraton to hear the songs live, as they should be heard.

Tracks:
Don't Say Goodbye
Friends, in Love
This Time I'll be Sweeter
Masquarade
Never Let Him Slip Away
Breaking Us in Two
Passenger Seat
Moonlight Over Paris
Satellite
After the Love Has Gone
Smiling Face
...her own version of Keith Martin's Because of You "

so i'm releasing my 1.5 album titled eventually v.02. maganda yan may remix version ng Because of You (the extended bibimbap remix; rap done by Cody of P3) and bonus tracks Leron Leron Sinta and Fiera ni Juan.

buy your copies now in all leading SM recordbars, astrovision, tower one and odyssey outlets. brought to you by Chingu Records and BGTTMC (Bitter Gourd Talent and Tire Management Consultancy).

weekend thoughts

i have neglected this blog due to the fact i had too much going on my mind the past few days. so ok, i'm back with thoughts here and there...

1. Kris Aquino's Pantene shampoo ad - she's reportedly paid 8M for this commercial. Heck i dunno why. *lol* and there's something weird about the shampoo's type -- age defying something. don't get me wrong, i use pantene and i love the brand to pieces but ageing hair? IMHO, i don't see age in a person's mane. i see it in his/her face. therefore if you are looking old, it's not the hair that needs a lift, it's the face. BTW hair looks old if it's graying so dye is the answer to your problems not some shampoo endorsed by kris.

2. The Job - you must be wondering what's my decision over that. well i just turned it down a few minutes ago. funny, here i am praying for a bit more cash in my pocket and i end up turning my back on the answer. the thing is i know what i am capable of, and i know i am not yet ready to take on that kind of responsibility. "you're in a dead end job!" some of you might say. but for me it is a bit hard to do a job well if your heart isn't really into it.

so now patricia you go scrimp some more on your meager wages. ^_^*

3. WWE Raw - yep i gave in to the BF. i went with him to the Araneta last Saturday, the 25th to watch WWE amidst the state of emergency declaration of GMA. And even though we were in the general patronage area it wasn't all that bad (although araneta could fix the bathrooms to match their supposed sosy image now). We had interesting bleacher-mates, a mother and daughter team. i was in awe with their knowledge of the game, specially the mom, who could even give me a blow by blow of what happened during the royal rumble. she even knew the names and theme songs of the wrestlers by heart hehehe. there were college kids behind us who could give the WWE commentators a run for their money, they were hilarious. I'm happy that i made randy happy (he couldn't stop thanking me after for going with him -- mahabang pakiusapan yun). the matches were great, the diva's were hot (i long for a WWE diva bod) and araneta was filled to the hilt (super kumita yung producer nito). and the highlight of the show was seeing Edge's t-back underwear, exposed accidentaly by John Cena for all the world to see... wahahaha...

torn

i love what i am doing right now. yet they are offering me the stability i am looking for.

i just can't think straight right now.