christmas 2006 - moving to sampaloc

well i've been spending these days before and after christmas packing the stuff im going to bring to manila. i didn't think it'll break my heart dividing my stuff whether i'll leave it my "true" home or to my apartment. i admit, i'd still want to have a "feel" of the place before i can trust it enough to contain some of my most personal stuff (hahaha drama) so i decided not to bring a lot of personal stuff, just the bare necessities hehehe. i hope i'll have a great time in manila and i find the time i was looking for so i can study...

countdown to christmas

in the last one and a half week before christmas break started, our phoneline in the entire neighborhood broke down so my snail-paced dial-up internet wasn't functional. i thought i might benefit from trying to remember all the wonderful school memories this christmas.

last week i thought i was going to have edema because of SO MUCH walking in the malls, i think we've rounded up the mall of asia three times plus nine straight hours in sm city north edsa plus hours and hours of after-class time spent in sm san lazaro scouring for gifts... funny, i didn't think i was an endurance shopper, a sport verle and steff seems to be experts of (hehehe don't kill me)

we had our tribong irregreg christmas luncheon con merienda in wok and i got the first thing on my wish list!!! thank you lester for my "the O.C." dvds!!! i go to sleep 4 am these days watching this thing hahaha

my new batchmates from a1 decided to have an eat-all-you-can dinner in cabalen. i admit, i didn't like the food there, i was in good company though. afterwards we went to mark's house for a videoke challenge and a game of charades.

we had our class christmas party in candice's house. party's really nice, and the food was SOOOO GOOD, can't say anthing about it, it was just good good good (and i'm really hard to please in this area hehehe). anywhoo, steff finally knew who i picked up for the class exchange gift hahaha!

greatest advance xmas gift (to the umpteeenth time)

kuya anthony gave me the barbra streisand 4 disc set 'just for the record' a compilation of rare unreleased recordings from barbra's career including a recording of her singing with her 1955 self and a recording of her singing with a recording of her mom's beautiful voice. wonderful... just perfect...

~lz

birthdays are great!

we celebrated me-an, miong, steff, and jc's birthday in a quick sweep. and verle's "birthday fund" plan was great. how can i loose all the food that i ate?!

Streisand is Concert Queen

Billboard reports that her 20 concerts has grossed more than $92 million and set house records in 14 of the 16 arenas. Also, in the 2 arenas that she didn't break the record, she already holds the records in the top spot (MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas), and the top two spots (Madison Square Garden, New York City). Her performances will be released as a double CD titled Barbra Streisand Live on February 2007.

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TicketLiquidator.com, the leading source for the most comprehensive selection of tickets at the lowest prices, today announced the top ten highest selling concerts, venues, sporting events and theatrical productions of 2006. Revenue data is based on TicketNetwork exchange statistics from December 1st, 2005 to November 30th, 2006.

"Fans are increasingly making TicketLiquidator.com their online ticket destination of choice, especially for must-see events," said Donald Vaccaro, CEO, TicketLiquidator.com. "Our high level of customer service, combined with low prices and the most extensive ticket inventory available online, is why customers keep returning to TicketLiquidator.com for all of their ticket needs."

Broadway's popular "Wicked" tops the theatre rankings as the highest selling show on TicketLiquidator.com with more than triple the sales of any other production. "Wicked's" home on Broadway, the George Gershwin Theatre, the largest theater on Broadway, is ranked first among venues with the most ticket sales. Still a newcomer to Broadway, "Jersey Boys" is second on the list. The musical won four 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and continues to be a must-see production among theater-goers. The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" is the third most popular theatrical production on TicketLiquidator.com.

Fans of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees hit ticket sales out of the ball park with rankings first and second respectively in the sports ticket sales category. The legendary rival teams generated more than double the combined ticket sales of the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and the Denver Broncos.

On the concert circuit, Barbra Streisand fans clearly prefer TicketLiquidator.com as their online source for tickets. Coast to coast, ticket sales for Babs' concerts were more than double the ticket sales of American Idol Live!, the popular Cheetah Girls, and the Rolling Stones. The husband-wife team of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill ranked second, ahead of Madonna's "Confessions Tour" which ranked third.

TicketLiquidator.com 2006 Rankings of Ticket Sales

TOP EVENTS

1 Wicked

2 Boston Red Sox

3 Barbra Streisand

4 Jersey Boys

5 Radio City Christmas Spectacular

6 Soul2Soul II: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

7 New York Yankees

8 Madonna

9 The Cheetah Girls

10 American Idols Live!

TOP CONCERT

1 Barbra Streisand

2 Soul2Soul II: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill

3 Madonna

4 The Cheetah Girls

5 American Idols Live!

6 Rolling Stones

7 Jimmy Buffett

8 Kenny Chesney

9 Dave Matthews Band

posted by: Mr. Steven Housman

in The Barbra Streisand Forum

Happy Feet

wonderful animation, i didn't like the ending much though

Jaded

a1 picture taken from rj's isight ^_^

Stand Up for Love

i heard this in our ethics class this week. wonderful song.

Stand Up for Love

Destiny's Child

There are times I find it hard to sleep at night

We are living through such trouble times

And every child that reaches out

For someone to hold

For one moment

They become my own

And how can I pretend that I don't know

What's going on?

When every second

And every minute

Another soul is gone

And I believe that in my life

I will see

An end to hopelessness

Or giving up

Or suffering

Then we all stand together this one time

Then no one will get left behind

And stand up for lifeStand up

And here me sing

Stand upFor love

Im inspired

And hope

For each and everyday

That's how I know that things are going to change

So how can I pretend that I don't know

What's going on?

When every second

And every minute

Another soul is gone

And I believe that in my life

I will see

An end to hopelessness

Or giving up

Or suffering

If we all stand together this one time

Then no one will get left behind

And stand up for life

Stand up

For love

And it all starts right here

And it starts right now

One person stand up man!

And the rest will follow

From the forgotten

And From the Unloved

Im gonna sing this song,

And I believe

That in my life

I will see

An end to hopelessness

Or giving up

Or suffering

If we all stand together this one time

Then no one will get left behind

And stand up

for lifest

and up

and sing

Stand up

For love

Duke of York Pizzeria

after watching casino royale and these other two doing their shopping, we had dinner in the Duke of York Pizzaria and got lucky MYMP was doing a stint on a stage just behind my back! free entertainment, la dolce vita!

movies movies

the past two mondays while waiting for 7pm so i can drive home, i watched:
daniel convinced me he was bond, that's good enough for me. i missed 'q' and miss moneypenny though. it was fun seeing bond really fall in love with someone, maybe his first and last...

well... kelly carlson is KELLY CARLSON (kimber in nip/tuck) she is just totally gorgeous and she's a super damsel in distress here. the story, is a big piece of sh*t but in fairness the direction and photography is... acceptable...

the prestige

great movie. loved the twists. you'll realize all the answers were there all along...

calle calachuchi

just woke up from 12 hours of sleep after getting back from sandy's pansol house ^_^ super thank you to sandy and her mom, we enjoyed our "vacation." we went there wednesday lunchtime then settled in and i prepared roast chicken for dinner that night with verle's veggies. kimby's bf martin arrived in time for dinner but jc arrived around midnight. i didn't know it was going to be a "pamorningan," jc indulged us with his sprite/redbull/jagermeister bomb nyehehe which was surprisingly... good! but two shots for me was already the bomb! i was able to get through the pamorningan kwentuhan shouting away in the magic sing nyahahaha. we cooked and ate breakfast so our martin can go to work and we can "sleep" hehehe

come waking up time we had our lunch at about 4 pm and then we walked around sandy's borough and had our picture taking session. we swam and then prepared our grilled goodies with steff/verle/jc/me preparing kebab and bbqued liempo. we didn't even get to eat half of it on our midnight dinner! we retired at around 3 and i didn't know jc and verle hacked at chismis until the morning hehehe. i really enjoyed their company and i hope we get to do this again... soon!!!

-lz

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Thank You Mama Mary!

Thank you for praying hard for us! Especially Miong, Kim and Sandy.

Starting Here, Starting Now

this is my new favorite streisand song, for my katribos:

Music by : David Shire
Words by : Richard Maltby

Starting here, Starting now
When we walk, we walk together
Year by year, starting here
Starting now When we talk
We will say the most with silence
When we're near
Starting here
Now when you sleep
You will dream a dream
That's free from care
For now when you wake
I'll be there so be still
Take my hand
For the greatest journey
Heaven can allow
Starting love Starting here
Starting now
Now take my hand
For the greatest journey
Heaven can allow
Starting love
Starting here
Starting now...

old spaghetti house

old spaghetti house last friday with the tribong irregreg
saw s a1 there too!

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a few days ago...

october 12, 2006

Is it right that the worse exhibition of rudeness must happen in your own house? From you own family even? Why are kids nowadays up to the neck in their bad attitude?

I grew up in a time when you couldn’t even look up when not being told to, when you can’t answer back except when you’re being asked questions. I think these times, 2000… 2006… has been way too long since the RIGHT way of bringing up children has gone. My friend agrees with me, we do what we are told, no questions, no discussions, while these kids, YOU need to understand them!? WTF!?

I don’t know why we tolerate this, I certainly do and will NOT! I will not tolerate my own brother disrespecting me not even three minutes into his arrival, especially when the reason is totally absurd!

I am writing this so I won’t forget. Practice tolerance, yes, but everyone and everything to his/its own place and time. I think about all the people, young people who I happen to observe are waaaaay too bad-mannered for my generation. Good luck and goodnight!!! And yes I mean that in the most sarcastic way I can.

let's get it straight...

this is a great post from the streisand forum about the "shut the fuck up incident."

by: newyorker

It can hardly be a surprise to those of us who were at the concert on Monday night that the press would be having a field day over the heckling incident. What is a surprise, to me at least, is that some of her fans are upset by it.

As I recall, Barbra had already finished singing Have I Stayed Too Long at the Fair?, when the persistent heckler (fan? hardly) shouted something to her. The bush sketch was over. Barbra made some light hearted comments about the freedoms an artist enjoys in this country. Then she moved on to the next song.

What was the guy trying to accomplish, if not ruin the concert for the rest of us? Nobody paid $750 to hear from him. Heckling is rude, period. Could Barbra have made a joke about it? Sure, but instead, she flashed a brilliant Brooklyn born fire and effectively fought back against the "don't criticize our beloved chairman" trance in which increasing numbers of Americans have been suspended.

She reprimanded the guy, and later apologized for losing her cool. Both the expletive and the acknowledgement showed her to be human, honest, and open. It was thrilling to have her step outside her guard, it made me like her all the more.

When was it decided that artists have no right to interpret the world as they see it? Would anyone dare tell Picasso to forget Spain and just paint the bowl of fruit, put it in a pretty frame, and keep his mouth shut?

What of the song writers of the sixties? What of Isadora Duncan? What of every artist who has looked at what is beautiful, what is horrific, what is breathtaking, what is heart breaking, what is common, or what is miraculous, and put it in focus for us? Have they all been out of line?

When was it decided that we no longer need to have our world shown to us through the eyes and hands and vocal chords of the people whose job is to share what they percieve?

The truth is that we need them more now than ever.

How can anyone call themselves a Streisand fan without knowing what she is? Does no one remember how she rented a flatbed truck and opened her NYC townhouse to campaingn for Bella Abzug? Barbra has been active politically for almost her entire career. Could anyone be surprised that she has strong political convictions at this stage of the game?

Barbra has more than the rights shared by the Dixie Chicks or Madonna. She has experience and knowledge that most of us do not have. She could easily teach a college course in political activism, and knows what she is talking about when she criticizes the bush administration.

When she gave an interview with Diane Sawyer last year, she was ridiculed in the press the next day for having claimed that Global Warming was the cause of the strong hurricanes we have seen recently. One news program showed footage of Barbra singing Second Hand Rose, dressed in sequins, and clowning around. The caption read "Hurricane Babs." The anchorman snidely said that there was probably more politics than science behind Barbra's comments. He went on to add that if all those environmentalists would just look at history, they would see that nature goes through periods of warming and cooling as a matter of course.

Well, this was when the bush administration was still denying the existence of global warming, so that was the script the poor dolt had to work with. As we all know now, extreme changes in weather are indeed a result of global warming. In other words, Barbra and her scientist friends were right.

Remember when Barbra spoke out against the impending invasion of Iraq, claiming that Saddam had no arsenal of weapons? She was ridiculed for that, too. A Jewish woman defending a Muslim ruler? Well, time has surely shown that he had no weapons, after all. The UN inspections had worked. Barbra and her liberal friends were right.

Maybe instead of getting angry at her for daring to call a spade a spade, whether she is confronting a dishonest and corrupt administration or an obnoxious heckler, we should be grateful that we have an artist like Streisand. An artisit who is well informed and truly brave.

One more thing. Barbra has never been just a singer. Ask any girl with an unusual look, or any gay man from the midwest. She represents many things to many people, which is one of the reasons she is adored with such fervor. Most of her fans do understand this, and expect nothing less than the full package when they pay good money to see her perform.

Happy Days are Here Again!

barbra kicks off her with her north american tour for charity in philadelphia today. i wish i could've been there, she was from those present in AMAZING state of voice, hitting notes even from her 70's songs. and funny... she had a skit with a GW Bush impersonator hehehe.

pics from my birthday

chef d'angelo, sm city san lazaro, last sunday night after studyin'

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studyin' before milenyo

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