incessant rambling

Gretchen "Donya" Barretto was quoted to have said she is learning how to wear the lowly slippers for her teleserye "Magkaribal" in ABS CBN. ang sagot ko, hello?! nung pinanganak sya naka manolo blahnik na sya?

atrocious, abominable , awful, dreadful , painful, terrible , unspeakable, corked , corky, deplorable , distressing, lamentable , pitiful, sad , sorry, fearful , frightful, hard, tough, hopeless, horrid , icky, crappy , lousy, rotten , shitty, stinking, stinky, ill, incompetent , unskilled, mediocre , naughty, negative, poor, no-good, severe, swingeing , uncool, unfavorable and i STILL haven't run out of words to describe my experience with Talima Adventure and Waterpark today. if you have made a reservation of 30 and given access to three of their "fun activity" facility, you would have expected that they have your coupons and stubs ready when you arrive. didn't happen. waited for thirty minutes and numerous back and forth trips to the front "desk" before they sent someone with thirty of the "orange" tabs for entrance. then we found out that to use the fun flatables, we need to secure the blue tabs and again their clueless staff in the reso...

i dream of the day that i'd be back to my old form. i dream of the day that the pants i wore four years ago will fit me again. i long to dig up old shirts that fit me snugly, not loose, not wide not tattered and doesn't make me look like a suman wrapped in banana leaves. and there's one site that inspires me to continue working on that dream. visit the sartorialist and you'd know exactly what i mean. absolut inspiration.

One friend hardly drinks but eats tons of pulutan. She's fat, and not very pretty. During one inuman, we saw the plate of chicharon emptied in minutes. Another friend addressed her: "Huy, bawal yan, cannibalism!" --about beetchy one liners-- since i don't have so much time to post long winded entries, i am resorting to my store of one liners delivered in the movies, tv and or reel life. most are less than 180 characters, perfect for a text rejoinder. just don't send them to me. :P

politicians and diapers are alike in so many ways, we have to change them for exactly the same reason. i had dinner with friends last saturday and the inevitable topic ended up with the recent results of the election. villar being the (5 Billion pesos) losing candidate, the idiotic surprise turn of events favoring erap and the elitist masses that wanted gibo to win but couldn't stand the heat of the long lines that formed during election day. i felt vindicated, i didn't have to say anything as i twiddled with the yellow band wrapped around my wrist. abonynoy, bading, kalbo, manic depressive, kris aquino, bachelor, plays video games, hacienda luisita, lack of experience, no track record, mama's boy, gloriaquino - yada yada yada. 5 billion worth of propaganda capped off with the hasty press release of villar's mother defending her son and full studio compliment advertisement that only succeeded in driving the last nail in villar's coffin. i planned to stay quiet...

blame it on ann. she recommended that i go to tsim sha tsui for dinner and when she said dimsum buffet, i had visions of a million and one dimsum parading before me. which is actually a pretty good description of how the restaurant set their buffet... people sat around a u shaped dining table that had a conveyor belt running right in the middle carrying all sorts of dimsum. at the other end, the conveyor goes into the kitchen where you can see bustling people replacing the empty dishes that come back from the horde. warning, this can cause serious heart burn.

and i don't mean a peeping hole. most people on the hunt for good food finds use this term to refer to places scattered around the metro, far from the usual bustling mall area or commercial complex. the most common denominator of these nooks would be the excellent food usually served in very simple surroundings. cajun chicken in cebu, there are very few establishments that fall under this category and finding a new place to add to my list is always a pleasure. it is assumed of course that one should lower their expectation when one hears of a new recommendation given our taste differences. vibe gourmet has the usual requisite for that hole in the wall category: simple white painted walls, monobloc tables and chairs, gaudy bisaya folk rock playing in the background and waiters in plain clothes. they even have a mini sari sari that sells shampoo, conditioner and the likes. liempo sinugba a place you don't expect to serve chooja garam masala (chicken in hot indian spices...