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Just when the music industry is full of artists trying to surround themselves with controversies just to get attention, somebody genuinely talented will come and remind you what talent really sounds like. Oh yeah, Christina Aguilera is bringin’ it.
Four agonizing years of waiting after her last studio album was released, the small girl who owns the greatest voice of this generation finally gave some sneak peek of her upcoming album Bionic (out June 8th) through the single “Not Myself Tonight.” As expected, she reinvents herself once again and this time offers futuristic electropop music. It’s a club banger, something I’d kill a DJ for if not played within a night.
It’s refreshing to see Aguilera without the 1930s look. It’s like she’s bringing back the Christina that most of us fell in love with. Been a fan since Genie in a Bottle.
The old Christina is gone. She feels brand new. And if you don’t like her, Fudge You!
And as always, Christina also proved that mad singing skills and club music can marry each other to produce an A-list dance tune. Her signature belts are present. Love it. Love it. Love it.
I must admit that I wasn’t hooked the first time I heard it; wasn’t that catchy for me. But it’s a grower. The more I listened to it, the more I got addicted. The lyrics are also off for me at first. Was a bit thrown off by the bisexual slant. A bit too pushed for me. Too attention-seeking, haha. But from someone who gave us Dirrty and Nasty Naughty Girl, I wonder why I was even surprised. Haha.
Thank you, Lord, for this food we are about to receive from Thy bounty. May we use it to nourish our bodies, and thee to nourish our souls. Make us ever more mindful of the needs of others, and the needs of our planet. Amen.
It’s not a secret that I love Sam Milby. I don’t care about what other people say about his acting skills (or to some, the lack thereof). I just love him. (And by “him,” I mean his body and all that comes with it, wahaha). I blogged about his Bench Blackout billboard here and now I’m blogging about him again.
When I first heard he left Bench, I was pretty upset. Not that I like the brand, I just couldn’t believe I won’t be seeing sexy, topless pictures of him plastered along EDSA. But when I found out he jumped to Folded & Hung, the agony ceased. I was ecstatic knowing there could be more daring billboards of him, considering how F&H rules the billboard arena. Sam Milby is my one way ticket to hell. Or to death, supposing lust is indeed a deadly sin. *drops dead*
It just dawned on me how difficult it could be to be a Folded and Hung endorser, given that your female counterpart is Angel Locsin, who is also oozing with sex appeal. Angel is that one thing that keeps the “straight” in me alive. But then, looking at this almost nude Sam Milby photo again, that little “straight” thing I have left inside me has just died. Bwahahaha.
Well, it’s not really a secret. I’m a big John Lloyd Cruz-Bea Alonzo fan. Not the type who storms to the premiere night armed with a tarpaulin, shouting “We looove you Lloydie! We looove you Bea!” But I have seen all their movies and TV series. Hehe.
What I love about their team-up is that they do not really resort to fooling the public, declaring they love each other or that they are an item. The viewers are well aware that they are not a couple. But whenever they are together on screen, they are able to make scenes natural, believable and effective (in terms of kilig and entertainment value). No gimmicks required.
One More Chance is one of my most-loved local romance dramas and I was sure thrilled when Star Cinema (ABS-CBN Film Production) announced that Bea and John Lloyd is having a reunion movie as the studio’s Valentine offering.
Call me jologs. Call me baduy. Call me whatever. I love them. I love Direk Cathy Garcia-Molina. I am seeing this movie. Opening day.
Don’t you just love the full trailer of ABS-CBN’s remake of Mexican telenovela Rubi? Angelica Panganiban is just oh-so-perfect for the role.
It’s not a secret that of all the up and coming Kapamilya shows, I am most excited about Rubi for a number of reasons.
I religiously watched the Mexican “Rubi” when it was first shown in the Philippines a few years ago. It was refreshing to me, having an ill-mannered character for the lead role. I deliberately avoided enlisting to any 11:30am class just to catch every episode of it. I was in college then.
Angelica Panganiban, after Scarlet and the very funny Crissy (in Banana Split), has become one of my most-loved actresses. She’s just so versatile. She can do drama, horror, and comedy effortlessly. She can also be naive and angelic in one project and then cruel and manipulative in another. Only a few actors can do that.
I really wish this series would perform well in the ratings game. This is Angelica’s first solo project and she has waited for this for so long.
It’s been a while since I posted conversations with Andre. We don’t spend that much time together anymore even though we’re now housemates. Ironic, yeah?
BLIND SPOT
While walking around at a mall:
Yoshke: Uy, nakita mo yung nakasalubong natin? Grabe, he was checking you out! Tingin sya nang tingin sayo! Andre: Ah talaga? Hindi ko nakita! Gwapo? Yoshke: Err… Hinde. Andre: Aaaah… kaya hindi ko nakita.
Aba, may selective blindness!
TOP 3
Shy Guy: Uy Andre, may papakilala ako sa’yo na officemate. Gwapo. Eto Facebook nya. Andre: Oh sige sige.
Shy Guy showed Andre the guy’s Facebook profile.
Andre: Ay, bet ko na yan! Shy Guy: Kaso drop out sya ng UST. Andre: Ay OK lang yun, drop out din naman ako. Shy Guy: Eh UP ka naman. Andre: True. At least kahit drop out ako, yung school ko ay nasa top 3! Yoshke: Top 3 ng…? Andre: Top 3 ng Cheerdance Competition! Wahahaha.
Andre, Shy Guy and I were walking around looking for a place to have dinner at when we passed by Petit Monde. The store’s facade is covered with huge posters of Carmen Soo.
Yoshke: Nagagandahan ba kayo kay Carmen Soo? Shy Guy: Oo. OK lang. Bakit, ikaw? Yoshke: Oo naman. Ikaw, Andre? Andre: Oo namaaan. Iba kasi eh. Simpleng ganda lang. Parang… parang… parang ako.
Hala. Maganda daw sya!
Trinoma
Days after the Carmen Soo incident, Andre and I found ourselves in Trinoma. I forgot why we were there (but I swear it wasn’t bird-watching). Anyway, this time, we passed by Bench where a poster showcasing the buffed physique and nakaka-ihing sex appeal ni Gerald Anderson in a sleeveless shirt, his hands under his head, his armpits exposed.
Andre: (squeezing may left shoulder) Gaaaaaah. Eeeeeeh. Yoshke: O ano na naman? Andre: Ang sarap naman ng kili-kili ni Gerald… Parang gusto ko dun tumira…
Go lang! Tumira ka sa kili-kili ni Gerald Anderson! Hindi kita pipigilan!
Darna 2005 and Darna 2009 without their costumes and showing their kili-kili. Angel Locsin vs Marian Rivera! Game on!
They’re both hot, aright? But uhm yeah, someone is hotter than the other.
images courtesy of Folded and Hung, and Jag.
special thanks to Shy Guy for the title. haha
Hmmm. Christmas vacation. I’m still here in Batangas. It’s funny how I’ve been spending this much-deserved break — drinking, pigging out and watching TV. As soon as I wake up (which is at exactly 11am, haha), I turn the TV on and channel hop from National Geographic to Discovery Channel to National Geographic to Discovery. I call it my “nerd-reflex.” (And it’s definitely better than some of my friends’ morning “jack-off” reflex. Haha.)
You see, I missed geek channels so much since I don’t have cable in my flat in Quezon City. And it’s been a while since I indulged my nerd-alter-ego. The past two years, I had to give way to the diplomat in me and worship CNN and BBC in my spare time, which was “all the time” back then.
If watching National Geographic and Discovery channels is the top sign of being a geek, then wow, I am definitely one. There are a lot of shows that I really make an effort trying to catch. But I’m terribly pissed. For some reason I am yet to enquire about, my cable provider seems to be stationed on another continent. Why? Because what we have is Discovery Channel UK and National Geographic Channel UK….
…Unlike Discovery Asia and NG Asia, the channels we have show European schedules. For example, I want to catch a certain show, I always need to add five or six hours more to the time they show on the screen, because, of course, they’re in Europe. And I never get used to it!
Now, nothing much has changed. My cable provider still seems to be based overseas. But this time, not in Europe but in another continent. They are now giving us Discovery and NGC South Africa. What.the.heck.
Not that I’m complaining.
The other day, they had a Bible Uncovered marathon. This is a documentary series on National Geographic that examines the great biblical stories and the passionate quests to understand them. Did any of the miraculous events described in this sacred book really happen as recorded? A team of scientists joins forces with religious scholars to investigate biblical tales of murder, miracles and mystery.
The entire day, my eyes were glued to the TV. And whoever came between me and the screen got a nagging of BIBLICAL proportions.
I was able to catch episodes about several rock-my-non-existent-faith subjects — from what really happened to Cain and Abel to the search for the Noah’s Ark to the Shroud of Turin to the Gospel of Judas to the idea that Jesus did not actually die on the cross to the Dead Sea scrolls to the Knights Templar. It was the best day of my vacation (not including yesterday, when I visited my favorite orphanage).
And other than Jesus, there are just two men that I really, really want to see on my TV all the darn time. They’re like my dream guys, hot and smart.
Discovery’s BEAR GRYLLS
I chanced upon his show Man Vs Wild in the middle of channel surfing several months ago. Discovery is sandwiched by CNN and BBC. I saw him shirtless, trying to eat a live sea urchin. And I said, “oh that’s hot.” And I wasn’t referring to the urchin-eating stunt. Since then, I’ve been following him. On TV, that is.
The show works like this: he is dropped into an inhospitable region like a desert or a small tropical island or Siberia. Imagine him as a lost, stranded tourist. Once there, the show documents as Bear demonstrates how to survive in the place and get out of it alive.
The series has shown him devouring a live fish, gorging on raw meat and drinking the fluids of camel/elephant dung. Although, there have been some controversies in the UK insinuating him faking his stunts, I still love him. Haha.
Bear Grylls peeing on his shirt to survive in the desert
I remember this one time I was having a few rounds of beer with my friends Jon and Marck somewhere in Metrowalk when the conversation suddenly made a sharp curve onto “Jologs Avenue.” I was shocked but delighted to learn that they had a jologs side, too. And it made me wonder if my friend Icang was right when she said, “we all have the Jologs factor.”
I am a hodgepodge.
My personality is a mixture of a wide variety of traits and tastes. For example, my taste in music. I appreciate pretty much anything. As in anything. One time, you see me listening to Vanessa Mae; the next minute I’m humming Kylie Minogie’s Locomotion or Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right. Give it an hour, I’m belting out a Basil Valdez ballad or an Aegis classic. Haha.
When it comes to food, I enjoy gourmet food. But if you drag me to the nearest fishball stall, I’ll gorge on street foods nang walang patumangga.
My interests range from a bit highbrow to downright jologs! And I’m proud of it. Haha. And I admire those people who are not ashamed to free their jologs alter-ego every once in a while.
One of my friends, Aila, may be one of the most conio-looking Atenean in the world. She has this conio aura. But heck, she used to watch “Ang Pangarap Kong Jackpot.”
Another buddy, Marck, translates English songs to Tagalog (and vice versa) whenever he’s bored, which is like every day of his life.
Robin just can’t get over the glory days of the Juday-Wowie loveteam!
RJ will introduce your jaws to the floor once he enumerates his crushes — Jean Saburit, Jennifer Mendoza, Shirley Fuentes, Bunny Paras, Tina Paner!
And me, well, I have more than my share. It’s innate. In fact, everything I touch magically becomes jolog-ish. Haha. Here are some of my J-Facts (jologs factors).
On May 31, 1985, tragedy struck when 41 tornadoes hit Canada and the US, leaving 76 people dead. At the same time, a doomed couple in the Philippines were having the best orgasms of their lives. Nine months (280 days) later, a healthy baby boy was brought into this world by normal delivery. That was exactly a week before Microsoft had its initial public offering.
Today, Yoshke Dimen resides independently in Mandaluyong City. He got a degree in Film from a university in Diliman but is now pursuing a career in Social Media.
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