all i wanna be is me

Songs For A New World PRESS CONFERENCE Medley :-)

2009-04-02T01:37:54Z

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let's watch!!

so, you think you're bisaya?

2009-03-25T23:39:47Z

yesterday at snacktime...(a conversation between me and my 2 students -- 5 & 6 year olds)

jenny: i can speak bisaya. you want me to speak to you in bisaya?.....uno..dos..tres..quatro...
me: jenny, that's not bisaya. that's spanish.
brianna: jenny, that's spanish.
jenny: huh? i don't speak spanish!

TICKETS!!!

2009-03-21T00:03:17Z

TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

COME AND WATCH!!!

Songs For A New World... The REPEAT!

9 WORKS THEATRICAL PRESENTS
The smash-hit Off-Broadway Musical by Jason Robert Brown. Due to popular demand, Songs For A New World will run again from May 1-10 2009!!!

Directed by
ROBBIE GUEVARA

Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City
For Tickets and Inquiries, call 557.5860, 0906.3315961,
or contact TICKETWORLD at 891.9999

or email me at einsybot1@yahoo.com

overheard...from a 4-year old

2009-03-16T13:29:39Z

"Teacher, I need to lie down...My knee is oooowwwie...I bumped it on the table"

"You cannot bring money to school. Only at Market Market"

"Teacher, she whistle (whisper) in ______'s ear."

"Ready...on your march, get set, Go!"

bored but antsy

2009-03-12T11:53:45Z

it's about 2 weeks before the start of workshop...can't wait!

...i've been mapping out my schedule as i now live independently....no car on weekdays....
...who'll be my classmates? will there be people from the previous workshops?
...what showcase will we put up?
...what "diet" will i go on considering the schedule i will have...work in the daytime, workshop at night
....talent night?!
....log roll!!!
....all the tiring but fun games!
...survival of the fittest will happen the end of workshop coz as it is, i have team-building thing happening on the day BEFORE the scheduled showcase....all the way in mt. pinatubo! and i can't skip either one! @_@

SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, THE RERUN!

2009-03-06T16:35:08Z

Due to popular demand, 9 Works Theatrical brings back SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD!!! :-)

Featuring:

ANNA SANTAMARIA
HAROLD CRUZ
CARLA GUEVARA-LAFORTEZA
FELIX RIVERA
CAISA BORROMEO
and Ms. PINKY MARQUEZ

Music and Lyrics by
JASON ROBERT BROWN

Directed by
ROBBIE GUEVARA

Show Dates:
Friday, May 1 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 2 at 8:00 pm
Friday, May 8 at 8:00 pm
Saturday, May 9 at 8:00 pm
and Sunday May 10 at 3:30pm

at the CARLOS P. ROMULO AUDITORIUM,
RCBC Plaza, Ayala Avenue cor Sen. Gil Puyat Ave, Makati City

FOR TICKETS AND INQUIRIES,
contact 557.5860 and 0906.3315961
or call TICKETWORLD at 891.9999

email peachy at peachy@9workstheatrcal.com
or visit
www.9workstheatrical.com

third time's a charm

2009-03-06T16:29:53Z

yep, i'm an addict. i watched 'bare' for the third time tonight. i wanted to see the closing show but i can't make it tomorrow...

anyway, we were seated on stage right so i can say that i pretty much covered the entire theatre watching the entire run from different parts of the theatre...haha! on preview night, we were downstage; on the 2nd show, we were on stage left; tonight, stage right. o, diba?

congratulations to everyone! SRO!

(tomorrow, or rather later, i'll post the pics...i have to get the cord thingy from the condo...)

no reservations

2009-03-01T07:49:40Z

i'm watching anthony bourdain's no reservations trip to the philippines....i'm getting hungry

so far, he's had fishballs, ginataang alimango, adobong hipon, pinakbet, pansit malabon, goat dishes - papaitan, kilawin, sinigang, nilagang kambing,- sisig, pwet ng manok, pako salad, kare-kare, adobong pugo, rellenong alimango, lechon, bagoong, dried fish/squid....

if you were to give anthony bourdain a food tour of the philippines, what would you feed him?

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i am seriously craving for lechon now....

'bare'-tard

2009-02-22T00:31:33Z

i watched 'bare' again. convinced ed and dax to tag along too. hahaha! (marzi! kahit bothered ka, aminin mong nag-enjoy ka rin :P)

this time around, i understood the play much better. i had been watching youtube clips and reading the script/lyrics since the preview.

...as like before, bibo played peter well. loved his singing! :D
...amos was much better. he was awesome! he just has this habit of throwing his head / jerking his body back. it can get a bit distracting.
...cassie (nadia) was still played out well
...delphine (ivy) sang quite well but seemed to lack some more emotion to her role/lines
...it was a bit difficult to understand nikko's rap

.......i've become an addict to 'bare'.........i want to watch again...and again...and again.....

alien invasion!?

2009-02-20T13:24:05Z

early this morning, i saw something like this from inside my bedroom window...

(this was taken at around 6pm)

kala ko, na-invade na ako ng mga aliens kasi green yung paligid ko!!

yun pala, nag-s-set up pala para dito...

tickles

2009-02-18T07:42:38Z

keeping a couple of preschoolers entertained after a long day at school is pretty challenging. after drawing and talking and fooling around, they decide to get 'creative' and have tickle fest. so there i was, tickling 2 little girls enjoying their giggles and laughter when suddenly, one gets the idea of turning the tables....and thus tickling me! so, i got pinned to the floor with their tickling (and at the same time trying not to hurt them). i tried to stand and avoid their little fingers but they were pretty quick and they got me to fall again and again for about 3 times. after about 10minutes of this tickling game, they got tired and left giggling. every time we'd be together, they teasingly wiggled their fingers and flashed their naughty smiles.

ahhh....nothing beats the laughter and fun with little kids.

my balemtayms dates

2009-02-15T13:22:44Z

hah! i had 8! yep, 8 guys!! yebah!! hahahaha!!

i started my valentine's/single awareness dayS with time spent with friends watching I LOVE YOU BECAUSE then hanging out. (go watch! it's till march 8 at onstage, greenbelt 1)

on valentine's day itself, i spent the morning with mom and ara then a good part of the afternoon with my 8 dates . i watched the akafellas at their valentine's show in sm megamall. after 29million years, i finally have a NEW picture with the gang! (minus Karl). i've always loved their music (even if i've heard them so many times already).

later in the afternoon, i headed for ateneo watch STAGES OF LOVE. the 5pm show had the original cast then the newer cast had a show at 8pm. they were both good and fun. congrats to everyone!

ahh.....valentine's day hadn't too bad this year

....plus it made up for the crap i had to go thru the day before......

west side story after 50 years!

2009-02-08T11:15:13Z

another video

wicked day 2008

2009-02-07T13:56:35Z

found this little link/video on broadway.com

hmm...ashanti as elphaba....mario cantone as glinda...mark indelicato as boq....

silence! i keel you!!

2009-01-31T15:13:13Z

a friend posted a video of achmed the dead terrorist a while back. when i searched for it on youtube, it was more than 10 minutes long...

funny!!

brrrr..its cold!

2009-01-12T11:21:54Z

it's not that i don't like the cold. its an excuse to use those long sleeved clothes and jackets :) the problem is, i'm sure it's going to be pretty hot come summer time :(

I Love You Because

2009-01-03T02:09:15Z

Link

simple joys

2009-01-02T15:38:09Z

the thought of the end of the long vacation is looming :( to try to avert our attention from the sadness of the end of the break, i planned to get friends together for something, anything.

yesterday, i was able to gather the entourage and have a 'feast' of spam and rice at the condo. we then met up with the rest for coffee and donuts at krispy kreme (thanks, sunds!). we went back to the condo to watch a dvd and hang out some more (pinatayan kasi kami ng ilaw sa high street e...hehe). if it werent 3am, we would have hung out some more....

today, i had my family over at the condo for dinner. we had chili and hotdogs. i prepared everything then mom and tyke took over washing the dishes afterwards. we then took my ninong around high street and fully booked.

simple joys.

sarap pa rin ang spam and rice (after rice and bacon!)

humirit pa e

2008-12-31T11:29:03Z

just when i thought everything was going smoothly as i cap 2008, my iPod dies. it had a frozen screen a week ago. i thought it just needed charging which i did do. it seemed fine after the charge. i didn't touch it again until today (3-4 days) and no matter how i tried, it just gave me a blank screen.

steady 2008

2008-12-31T01:05:38Z

i was looking back at blogs i made over the year and the trend was that i was involved in a lot of theatre stuff. wheee!!! workshop, shows, the entourage....more! more!

then there's the move (though ever so slowly still) to the condo. i enjoy the independence. now that the climate is cooperating, walking to and from work makes me imagine that im in my own "manhattan" hahaha! hopefully, in 2009, im a more consistent 'resident' (with more spam & rice get-togethers...)

here's to a good 2009! happy new year everyone!

1,122,472.11

2008-12-29T16:15:09Z

got the idea from my cousin...my genealogy...we belong to the 'red' line/book 2 :)...and yes, we all have a serial number

- - - - - - - - -

1,000,000,000 Sin Lok (Agustin Locsin)

1,100,000,000 Josef Manuel

1,120,000,000 Ciriaco Manuel

1,122,000,000 Gregorio Ciriaco

1,122,400,000 Manuel

1,122,470,000 Cesar

1,122,472,000 Oscar Armando (Oskie)

1,122,472.10 Ma. Lourdes (Milou)

1,122,472.11 Kristin Marie (Teena)

2 down...3 to go

2008-12-11T13:58:37Z

despite being majorly sick since the beginning of this week, i had no choice but to go to work. i was able to "rest" a bit during downtime at work and my boss allowed me to take the afternoon leave last tuesday which helped a lot.

even with what felt like a fever in the early afternoon of tuesday, i managed to practice our dance for the office christmas party. when i got home, i even wrapped gifts. i wanted to dunk my head in cold water, though. i felt very warm...but only in the head...weird...when i couldnt stand the warmth anymore, i decided to really rest. :P

i didnt have a very restful night though. my body didnt seem to know how to react to the change in temperature and general climate. ay ewan.

i had planned for more hi-tech christmas craft for the kids but ended up having to make them do the simplest part. it turned out okay :) we got the kids to practice for their christmas program quite successfully too.

by evening, us teachers attended the office christmas party. this year's theme was broadway. we had a costume parade before the actual 'show' where our group dressed up as the peanuts gang. we won 2nd place!! hehehe! then there were 9 groups who performed to different broadway hits. our group danced to 'footloose'. the company's big boss decided to up the pot provided those chosen performed again (originally, there was no 'elimination round'). we danced better on the 2nd round but didnt win anything. hahahah! 'twas still a lot of fun.

today, the kids had their christmas program. they being who the are, were all over the place and doing whatever they wanted on stage while others performed. riot! their parents seemed to enjoy naman so okay lang; at least we got the kids to perform and just had 1 crier. the 'after show' was even more 'fun'. while the adults ate, the kids took to the stage once more and 'performed' on their own (we had kept the music that we used for their show playing...); the kinder kids were even smart enough to go up and down the stage for prop changes -- because each class had a different set of props...it was so fun and funny to watch them dance and sing at performance level! when 5-year old jewel discovered the mic, she "announced", "it's concert time!" (i had to cut off the mic though because i didnt want them to damage anything at the venue!!)

tomorrow, the kids have their christmas party and gift-giving. in the late afternoon, the teachers will have the teachers party with the other center teachers. in the evening, i have my highschool reunion.

im still standing...it'll be friday only...i hoped i would be until saturday in my last post....yey! although now my throat is making 'eksena'.....may sakit pa rin ako :(

why?

2008-12-08T09:25:04Z

do i end up getting sick on a holiday? ugh!

today was a surprise holiday from work. although i had been feeling out of sorts since friday, the sick feeling heightened yesterday. i still went about the usual family lunch but slept most of the afternoon. by nighttime, i was sleeping on and off...argh!

this morning, i felt a little better. i wanted to stay home and rest some more but i had to go somewhere. now, here i am, in bed, feeling chilly...with a stuffy nose.

the next 4 days will be pretty hectic pa man din. rehearsals tomorrow; office party on wednesday with production number; kids program on thursday; kids party, teachers party and highschool reunion on friday.

whew!

hopefully im still standing by saturday next.

When it rains, its four....argh!

2008-12-05T16:39:27Z

today didn't go as smoothly as i wanted it to. my morning was pretty busy with my class combined with the nursery 2 kids. good thing, by noon, things quieted down and the rest of the afternoon was quiet until going home time.

was able to catch another run of 'a christmas carol'. yehey!! that was fun, as usual. and lea salonga watched! got to have my picture taken with her too we grabbed a quick dinner at mcdonalds before going our separate ways.

as i walked on the street where i had parked my car, i wondered why there was another car parked on the spot where i left my car. i sorta panicked thinking that i mustve not parked where i thought i did. the security guard of the building nearby appeared and i asked him if he knew where the car went. he said, "hindi kaya na-tow(ing)?" and true enough, scribbled on the curb, in white chalk were "XTL626 claim at yakal st".

thus began my journey to attempt to claim my car. getting a cab late at night isn't that easy....i got off at the wrong impounding area though. so when i had inquired about where, more or less, i had to go, i trekked to the makati central police station. and yes, i had to walk some more because i was wrong again...haaay!

a few more minutes of walking in frustration and irritation at myself for parking where i did, i found what looked like a garage/impounding area (i don't get why they are located in dark "carparks"....). a man in sando was seated at the pedestrian gate. when i inquired about getting my car, all he could tell me was that the people in charge were asleep and that i could only claim my car at "mga alas-9 siguro..." SIGURO?! WTF?!! so it's already my fault for parking in the wrong spot, should i suffer more at claiming MY OWN car??!!! heck! theyre gonna get my money anways....isa pang HAAAAAY NAKU!!! GRRRR!!!!

i pleaded with him if i could just get my stuff in the car, not get the vehicle. and still, in the very 'walang pakialam' expression on his face, "tulog na sila...."

it took a while longer to get another cab to get home. the cabbie i got said that he hoped it wasnt traffic when i said i wanted to go to pasig. after deliberating where i should go, i decided to just go to taguig. at least i can be in makati early to claim my car.....

talagang down-up-down ang araw na to...i started on the wrong foot! just when things became fine and dandy when i watched 'a christmas carol', little did i know that something more fishy was going on outside......malas!

fun day

2008-12-04T15:17:37Z

today we brought the kids to the theatre to watch mulan, jr. i was seated beside 2 very makulit little girls. they were watching intently during the entire act 1 but became impatient and more makulit and madaldal by act 2. hehe! they're 4 olds, kulit runs through their veins!

during act 1, they kept on asking me why the ancestors were on top of the pylons and if they would come down. when at one point the ancestors came down and "disappeared" from the pylons, jewel, the girl sitting closest to me, was awestruck when she noticed that they were no longer there and i said, "magic!" jewel also remembered honor, a toddler student, when the lyrics, "...she'll bring honor to us all..." was sung.

ara, the other little girl and my inaanak, was wondering where the voice of ariel (the little mermaid) was coming from. "part of your world" was being played during the intermission so i asked them if they could tell me which movie it came from. we agreed on the little mermaid and ara insisted that ariel was singing from behind the curtains! she wanted to go behind the curtains to see ariel. hahahaha! cute!

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in the afternoon, i spent the afternoon chillin' with mom in the condo. she was enjoying watching tv that even after i had washed the dishes and taken a shower, she (almost) didn't want to move -- although she had wanted to buy chesnuts across the street. nawili si mommy! hahaha!!

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the almost 2 hours of traffic i had to endure to get to csb was worth it. karl had invited to watch LOL and it was a good idea to have gone despite the traffic getting there. i arrived in the middle of the set of mike unson. he was funny and i was enjoying his jokes silently from where i was standing. when SPIT was on stage, i couldn't just smile! i was laughing out loudly! hahaha!! fun fun night!! thanks karl!