celina!

she is the only person i know who could actually get a hold of this... it's the nike free 7.0 shoe that TRANSFORMS!!
*CHH CHH CHH CHH CHH* (that's the sound transformers make when they transform, right?)
man... japan is SO cool.

YES I STILL OWE YOU YOUR TRANSFORMER, KUYA!

je l'adore!

yes... i got my tickets!

:o)

wouldn't it be nice?

i woke up today thinking what a nice morning. it's the odd day where sunshine is the first thing that greets me as i open my eyes.

then i thought about the happenings in my life. there are a lot of good things (other than my family and my girlfriends)... music is sounding good these days, my job is satisfying, dragon boat is picking up, dancing still makes me happy...

and then there are the horribly retarded things happening in my life. stuff that's so frustrating that i can't do anything but bite my tongue at it because i HAVE to be the "bigger man" about it. yarrrgh... i dislike being frustrated.

however, i think i found something that would cheer me up.

if anyone knows where i can buy/train one of these, holler.

PHOTO COMPLIMENTS OF APRIL'S TRIP TO BELIZE... SO FUNNY!

svs two year anniversary performance!

... last friday, march 2, 2007...
so here we are... two years together!

i absolutely adore this group.

not only do we have the best choreographers, the best stylists, and the best fans...

this group of ladies is seriously one in a million.
(yes, i'm getting mushy!)


... but damn are we ever sexy!
check out our 2 year anni routine here!

retrospect: angelo's surprise b-day celebration

suffice it to say it was one of the coolest surprises i've ever been a part of. all involved made it such a blast. waaaay too many photos (compliments of ginny)... here's the most complete group shot we had.

i envisioned this shot. yes, i'm proud of it :o)

retrospect: new years eve '06

... yeah, so i was expecting to party hard, but i partied sedate... it didn't help that i got a bad case of pneumonia right before christmas, followed by a vicious strep throat. yeah, i totally dislike antibiotics. other friends got sick around then, but none with a repetoire like mines!
anyway, my point is that by nye, i went out to jac's place and kicked it old school with the girls (and respective boyfs, fiancés and hubbies). an evening of wii madness!

retrospect: timebomb christmas party '06

there were too many good shots to post from this party and it's already march, so deal with it. i put up my 2 faves. take my word for it... we had a hella good time.

merry christmas, beeyotches!

this pic is christmas card perfect!

birthday party day dim sum madness!!

the gang with whom we kicked off our party day. we look sedate (it's cuz we just finished eating) but we're the craziest dim sum crowd in all of vancouver!

so so tired!

this is how my last week has looked like:

saturday: christmas house party
sunday: christmas house party
wednesday: staff christmas party at stamp's landing (my staff is hilarious)
thursday: dance performance at the wild coyote (we're on a poster!)
friday: christmas sweater party (most definitely will post pics)
saturday: all day birthday party marathon (good times!)
sunday: morning: santa brunch, evening: christmas dinner party
tonight: christmas dinner party

surprisingly, i'm still functioning!
some will say "no wonder you're so tired!" but i'm not complaining... this has been the most i have partied in a span of a week since i was 19! i forgot how much fun it was!! ;o)

more photos to follow soon.

watch out for the multo!!

so last friday, i heard about a movie that i was entered in the vancouver asian film festival. it's called ang pamana - the inheritance. of course, since it was about filipino culture and written and directed by a canadian filipino, it sparked my interest. had i KNOWN it was about filipino folklore, i would have really reconsidered. that stuff scares the poop outta me!! seriously. but it was really good. it is not your average filipino horror movie (ie. bad ghost makeup, obvious wires)... it was totally created for first generation north american filipinos (however i heard a bunch of titos and titas in the audience who loved it too) and for all them crazy asian horror film buffs. i can't believe i was so lucky to happen upon this movie, and even luckier to get to watch it (it was almost sold out by the time i bought tickets!). apparently they've only released it in the hawaii and vancouver international film festivals. the next time it'll play in theatres would be in the philippines, releasing in mid november. if it's good out there, they'll get to release it out here in canada and the u.s.
i'm so proud that there's something in the filipino culture that can totally match the scary japanese, chinese, korean, and thai horror movies i've seen. it's so filipino to scare people... it's almost a given that the folklore would be a hit!

we're number... 3!

yes, we won bronze at the taiwanese festival (it was on the labour day long weekend). what a great accomplishment for our ridiculously good looking team. and just last weekend, we won first at the kelowna festival... in the platinum b final! amazing how our team had the magic chemistry this year to take us to and past our expectations. this is just a little catch up blog to holler at my successful team. thanks for all the work and dedication. now it's time for a few short months rest before we get at it again!!

belgium at last!!

so after a long long flight out to london, then a shorter one to brussels, we finally got to belgium. i had about an hour and a half total of sleep on the planes... because of that girl who would NOT stop talking to me who was sitting beside me!! her tv didn't work so i offered for her to lean over a bit to watch mine as i tried to sleep (i wasn't gonna change seats... i had the aisle!)... but she was a laugher. and she was watching sit coms. i tried to drug her (i offered her a gravol so she could sleep better and she accepted!) but it didn't work. she wouldn't just let the drug take her over. man. so needless to say i was sleepy. but once we got to and settled in edegem, it all got better...

my first host family had a farm. the first night i was there, we ate some croque-monsieurs (grilled cheese and ham sandwiches), drank some carbonated water and went to the farm. it was SO fun. i just ran around with my little host sister. the following days were filled with performing. i don't have many pics (cuz i'd be dancing) but instead i'll blog the highlights of the tour. besides, cristina did an awesome job blogging it all ;o)

you can also just check out edegem's official folklorefestival site. click on foto's, then the pic of the lady in the purple dress, then click on the philippine flag. enjoy!

"nee nee" pointing to pumpkins at their farm.

and it begins...

hahaha!!! if you're filipino, you don't need an explanation. (for those not familiar with tagalog, "bastos" means "vulgar, indescent, uncouth"). too funny.

meet you at the pita house!

this is where we ate for a good portion of edegem. it was so yummy... but i think this was the last day of sun in edegem. it started to get cold promptly after we finished, and then the rain came. and i think if i'm correct, it was just the 3rd day there.

gong envy?...

the indonesians' gong stand. that thing was huge. it's pretty, but our makeshift bamboo one is so much more "real"... ;op

double trouble!

the beginning of la noche

us just beginning to have fun in europe... you'll see as the blogs progress, celina and i end up having a great time in europe. we should do it again, huh?... ;o)

this is at the party we had to perpetuate "culture and friendship" among the main groups of the festival... panama, russia, sicily, and pilipinas!!

i'm sure we showed our wild and friendly side more than we needed to. hehehe... and yet we're so professional!

these great paper finger was mostly used for queueing the waiters for some krieg or carbonated iced tea. but we tried to find other uses for it throughout the night.