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The Breakfast Club
"...They who are near to me do not know that you are nearer to me than they are. They who speak to me do not know that my heart is full with your unspoken words. They who crowd in my path do now know that I am walking alone with you. They who love me do not know that their love brings you to my heart..." Rabindranath Tagore: 1861-1941

Is There No Hope?!?

Sunday na naman so as usual, kaming 3 na naman nina Kim at Drake. Saya nito.
Si Drake umupo na sa pinakadulo at katabi ko si Kim. Sabi ko ke Drake upo na lang sha sa likod namen pero mapilit sha sa dulo na lang daw. Ngayon naintindihan ko na...


Ang ganda ng blog ni Kim, in fairness. May saybox na sha and na-polish na nya yung mga ibang parts ng blog. Ako naman nakikinig ng radioblog. Nag-sign-up den ang lola Kim at nagtatanong na ng mga songs na ia-add nya sa list nya. May balak pa atang ilagay sa blog nya ang radioblog.
Anyway, may hinahanap shang kanta...."Lonely" daw ang title and vaguely familiar sha sa aken...Sorry na lang pero mahina ako sa mga artists ng current popular songs (current meaning 2004-2005, hehe). Sinabi na ni Drake na Public Announcement daw kumanta neto. E nagtalo na naman itong 2 kse iba ang pinapakita sa radioblog. So nag-lakas-loob ang Kim at kinlick ang heart icon to add to her favorites tapos pinakinggan nya sa jukeblog nya. Ano nangyari? Ewan ko pero muntik sumabog yung baga ko sa lakas ng tawa ko dhel bukod sa mali yung kantang napili nya...

....Lonely...I'm Mr. Lonely.....I have nobody...to call on my owwwwwwwnnnnn....

Ang masama nito, The Chipmunks pa ang kumakanta! Ang sakit sa tenga! Ayun, balik sha sa website at nag-unclick ng heart icon upang matanggal sa listahan ang kantang "Lonely". Ayaw kse makinig ke Drake e....tsk, tsk. Luv yah Kim! Mizhu!!! Sa sweldo kain ulet tayo Northpark ni Drake. Incidentally, I highly recommend na pakinggan nyo sa radioblog ni Drake ang kanyang very own version ng Toxic (Britney Spears). Galeng! Hanep!

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Birthday Greetings and Goblets

Happy Birthday to Ms Joan Kathleen Rowling and may the 7th book be published waaaay ahead than planned (hehehe). I still wish you did not kill of the coolest of the cool in the wizarding world!

Of course, Happy 25th Birthday to Ms. Rowling's hero, HARRY POTTER. This must mean that you survived Voldemort, eh? YAY!


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The Boy Who Lived...

Just seen the teaser trailer for the Goblet of Fire movie and aaaaagh, can't wait!!! The triwizard tournament scenes are really something to look forward to. Can't say the same for Fleur Delacour who is supposed to be RAVISHING, being a veela!

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Is she really the prettiest French girl who can act?!?

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Can't they find a Lindsay look-alike in UK? She look smore like a veela for me
(along with the coked-out expression!!!)

And, oh....somebody give those boys a haircut! Harry can still carry it though but Ron reminds me so much of household cleaning, with that mop-top.

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That nasty mop-top!

Still, Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort and Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter? The Harry Potter movie franchise keeps getting better! I knew it when they cast Emma Thompson and another swoonworthy-over-40-years-old-guy Gary Oldman (this guy can really make your heart do flip-flops, never mind if the characters he portray are a little borderline psycho...).

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Can you imagine a better Prof. Trelawney, Sirius Black and Rita Skeeter than these three?

So come November 18, it's either I'm going to line up along with a bazillion of kids also anxious to watch the movie or I'm going to settle with the pirated version, complete with Greek titles (Tarru Potter anyone?) and English subtitles that only capture what the actors sound like saying. For a glimpse of what lies ahead, click on the teaser photo (middle) and click on the trailer button.

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Keketekot no?
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Ooooh....


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Patuloy ang Sumpa ni Kim Scribbable

Patuloy pa rin ang sumpa ng Kim Scribbable...
Kadarating pa lang ni Kim at mega-kwento na tungkol sa dati nilang kasama sa account na nalipat. Bumagsak daw kse sa exam ang kanyang mga friends pero hindi daw nya ma-consume ito. @#%??? Ang ibig nyang sabihin ay hindi nya alam for sure blah, blah, blah...
GRABE NA ITO sabi ko. Hindi pa nya itinulog yung sumpa.


So okay lang. Tawa lang kme. Tawa ng tawa. Tapos order kme sa favorite ni Drake na Noth Park. Saya-saya kse gutom na kmeng lahat e nasa ground floor lang pala ang delivery boy at hindi pinaaakyat sa floor namen. So paano namen malalalaman na anjan na pala? Nag-follow-up si Drake at ang sabi ng babae sa North Park..."Yung order ni BGROSPE?" On the way na Ma'am." E ang pangalan ni Drake e Bryan GRUSPE. Sablay na agad. Hintayin mo nung dumating ang bill: naka-address ke BRYAN FROSFE. Labo.


Balik tayo kay Kim. May call daw sha at itinatanong ang location nya. Sabi nya nasa New Dursey daw. Ayos. Hindi na natapos ang kwento kse shempre pinagtawanan na namen sha. Pero eto na ang ultimate experience ng SUMPA. Tumawag ang aming supervisor na si Pio. The conversation went like this:


KIM: Good afternoon, how may I help you (or something like this)?
PIO: Sino to?
KIM: Si Kim.
PIO: Si Pio to...
KIM: WALA!
Ang labo na agad diba? Ang rason ni Kim, akala daw nya CPU ang sinasabi ng kausap nya.
PIO: Si Pio to....
KIM: Wala nga!
PIO: Hindi! Si Pio to!!! Sinong tao sa A*******?
KIM: Aaaah, si Melch!


O basta hindi na importante kung paano natapos ang usapan pero grabe, sumakit ulo ko at natunawan agad ako nung narinig ko to!!! Aminado naman si Kim na mejo slow daw sha today...
Bilib lang ako ke Drake kse khet sa pagba-blog, na panay ang hingi ni Kim ng advise kung paano mag-create ng account, e walang humpay shang pinagchachagan ni Drake...Khet napansin na nyang kaya hindi maka-create ng account si Kim dhel hindi nya mapag-match ang password na ine-enter nya while creating an account. Grabe... Basahin nyo na lang blog ni Drake for more details at shempre, mas okray si Kim dun. Ang payo na lang ni Drake i-type daw ni Kim and www.blogger.com.ph para Tagalog daw ang directions at mukhang mas madadalian aw sha dito...


Grabe, super kwela tong dalawang to, mami-miss ko tuloy si Kim bukas kse rest day nya. Sayang. Sayang talaga ang katatawanan. Sigh...


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Ang Sumpa ni Kim Scribbable!

Nawindang ako ng konti kahapon dahel sa ang ang Kim at Drake ay mejo nahuli. Pero onti lang naman so paglog-in nung 2, nagkwentuhan na kame. At dito na nag-umpisa ng what I call THE CURSE OF KIM SCRIBBABLE (baket scribbable? Kse yung email add nya e scribbles chuvanelles tapos shempre name nya is Kim...parang Kim Possible pero mas makamandag!)!


So inumpisahan ni Drake ikwento yung panaginip nya the night before. E chismosa ako so tinanong ko kung sino yung napanaginipan nya. Chaka pinahanap ko na ren ng picture para mas okei ang kwentuhan naming tatlo. So nakita na nga ni Drake yung picture sa isa sa mga photo albums ng barkada nila. May 2 album na yung isa ang setting is in a diving spot in Batangas so hirit ng Kim Scribbable:


Kim Scribbable: Yung doon sa Scuva Dibing...
Drake: (Dedma lang)...
Ako: (Tingin kay Kim tapos tingin kay Drake na dedma lang...so dedma na ren)


Tatawa sana ako kaso naisip ko kung hindi naman nag-react si Drake at OK lang sa kanya na nagkapalit yung V at B ni Kim, edi OK na ren sa aken. Baka pag-nagreact ako e rumesback si Drake ke Kim, siguradong tiklop ako sa pang-aasar nitong dalawa. Pagsamahin mo ba naman ang PolSci at Pilosopo (luv yah, Drakers!). Kaso inumpisahan na ren ni Kim at kinorek Scuva Dibing nya...


WAAHAAHAAHHAAHHAA kmeng tatlo (actually mas malakas tawa namen ni Kim kse si Drake nao-autistic na naman at nalululong sa mundo ng Connexion at Downelink)!!!!


Kwento-kwento ulet tapos eto namang si Drake binida na ang dami daw niyang kinain sa Noth Park. Opo, Noth Park. Hindi yan typo. Sakit ata ni Drake na nababawasan ng letra yung ilang salita nya pag nagku-kwento sha. Kung si Kim, nage-exhcange places ang letters, si Drake hide-and-seek ang laro. So Noth Park nga daw sha nag-order ng noodles. Nung una nyang sabihen, ala-British accent. Pero nung mga 2nd or 3rd time na nya sabihin yung Noth Park, parang either may nakabara sa lalamunan nya or umikli dila niya. So again:


WAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!


Actually may isa pang sinabi si Kim na pinagtawanan na naman namen pero buti na nalang nakalimutan ko na.


Hindi pa tapos ang sumpa ng Kim Scribbable. Punta kme ni Drake sa Lung Center (aka balcony) for some fresh air (wink!wink!). At kinuwento ni Drake ang mga katext nya pag nasa Starbuck daw sha...Ayun na naman! Nawala na naman ang letter S! Sabi ko baka silent S kaya hindi sha audible sa human ear. Tapos ewan ko ba kung anong mahika ang nadapo sa akin at basta itinanong ko ke Drake kung sa Grenbelt ba yung pinuntahan nya (mabilis kse magkwento itong batang to so in a span of 2 minutes tumalon-talon na yung kwento nya....basta something about gimik nya siguro or pinuntahan nya sa Greenbelt). Grenbelt tuloy nasabi ko. Sakit sa tenga. Singsakit ng Scuva Dibing. Forgivable pa yung Noth Park, pero pinakamasakit ata sa tenga ang Starbuck. Pero dahel nga super kwela etong 2 kasama kong inimport pa namen sa dati ko ring account, at thankful ako sa kanila dhel nawala ang pagkaboring ng afternoon. Mamaya abangan ko kung ano namang katatawanan ang dala nitong tandem nitong si Kim at Drake.


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I Want The Golden Ticket!

Whew, what a way to spend time at work. I have always been intrigued by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as I am yet to read Roald Dahl's famed bestseller. I also have not watched the original movie version in 1971 led by Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. Now, of course, since this is a for-kids movie, I am naturally waiting for its opening here in Manila. And it has nothing to do with the fact that gorjahs Johnny Depp is part of the cast. Nope, absolutely nothing to do with it.

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Look at the size of those candies! And there's the chocolate river!!!


Anyhoo, I clicked on the Fun and Games they offer on the website and for the last 6 hours, I have been making sure that the I provide as much chocolates to feed Augustus Gloop (the chocoholic), ensuring Violet Beauregarde's bubble gum does not pop, helping Charlie Bucket go through the chocolate river and capture as much Oompa Loompas for Veruca Salt (isn't this a name of a band?). So far, I have been addicted to Violet's bubble. And I have recruited Agnes, my colleague in my quest to make Violet's bubble float her through, going as much as 470 seconds without popping her bubble. Can't relate? Well, go on and click on the games and bite your tongue from screaming everytime you lose and be careful not to ruin the arrow keys and mouse of your PC.


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And did I mention Johnny is Willy Wonka? Sooo excited. Even if he looks a tad better than Edward Scissorhands, who cares? I will eat all the chocolates needed to get that Golden Ticket, swim in the chocolate river and - gosh - how does this movie end? Anybody who has a book or an ebook I can read? Reminds me of the time when Goya had their commercial like that of Wonka's Chocolate Factory. I had friends who had the chance to go to Goya Fun Factory in Marikina but, sadly, I wasn't. All I remember was they had a chocolate river too. Sigh...
And for that special day wherein Potching and I can watch it, I'll give him a special treat and let him eat a chocolate bar or two (don't want him to be all hyper all day). Ooh, can't wait!


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Chocolate (drool, drool...)


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Life After Office

As I go home tonight I just know that I will be watching Madagascar for the umpteenth time. Those are the "perks" of having a 4-year old kid. Now the first time we watched this movie from Dreamworks was at G4 while eating chips and ice cream (yeah, my rest days are Potching's junk food days). And it was a riot! I actually loved it and am now looking forward to watching it - again - with my son. Proof of too much watching the movie? We spend the entire morning reciting our favorite lines. My favorite? Here it goes:

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Upon meeting Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the Giraffe who stumbled upon the beautiful island of Madagascar. The lemurs thought that they were giants owing to the fact that lemurs are like only 2 feet tall (it's too complicated to explain how they ended up this way. Watch it instead).


Maurice (King Julian's right-hand man): My, what big teeth you have (referring to Alex)!
King Julian (The Self Proclaimed Lord of the Lemurs): Shame on you, Maurice! Can't you see you have insulted the freak?
Maurice (recovering): So where are you giants from?
Alex: We're from New York-
King Julian (interrupting): ALL HAIL THE NEW YORK GIANTS!
Lemurs: The New York Giants!!!

Here's another one from the boat while they are all inside individual crates to be shipped to Africa.

Gloria the Hippo: Melman! Are you okay?
Melman the Giraffe: Yeah. I often doze off while I'm getting an MRI.
Alex the Lion: Melman, you're not getting an MRI.
Melman the Giraffe: CAT scan?
Alex the Lion: No! No CAT scan! It's a transfer! It's a zoo transfer!
Melman the Giraffe: Zoo transfer?! Oh, no. No, no. I can't be transferred. I have an appointment with Dr. Goldberg at five. There are prescriptions that have to be filled! No other zoo can afford my medical care! And I am not going HMO!

And one more...

Julian: Welcome to Madagascar.
Marty the Zebra: Mada-who-ah?
Julian: No. Not who-ah. As-car.

Another one couldn't hurt...

Julian: Shh! We're hiding. Everyone be quiet. That includes me. Shh! Who's making that noise? Oh, it's me again.

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Woohoo, this movie is filled with so many funny scenes you just have to watch it, from life as an animal in captivity in the New York Zoo to being shipped to Africa and ending up in Madagascar. Get a load of King Julian's dance number (I like to move it! Move it!), how Alex gets delirious with hunger and sees all of them as steaks and a whole lot more!


And of course, I have already chosen my favorite character in the movie - THE ORIGINAL KING JULIAN!!!


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There he is at the topmost. Even looking at him makes me laugh already. Oh-kay, here's to another round of Madagascar.


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VH1 Is My Friend

Just when I have started to wake up from my blogging slump, that effing sign S*** C***** has magically appeared and loomed its ugly head on the computer screen, uh-gain. Naturally, I am pissed. But technology can only be a tiny step ahead since, here I am, making another blog entry. Well, HAHA to you, Almighty-Surf-Controller!


Mysteriously ( and miraculously) VH1 is available and their full-length music videos have been my latest passion. Nah, not just any music video will do. Current passion is 80's British bands particularly new wave and punk bands. My love for this music genre has started in high-school when I stumbled upon 2 guys who were both 24-26 year old bums (hehe) hanging out with us junior high schoolers. See, we were all "busmates" (meaning we rode the same school bus) and this school bus was owned by those 2 punks, heehee, Kuya Jay and So-sorry-I-forgot-your-name Esteves. They played their cassette tapes with tunes from Joy Division, The Care, Housemartins, and even our very own The Dawn. Unfamiliar? Sure if you belong to the 18-25 age bracket. Ask you older sibs or friends in their 30s, mid-30s to be exact and they'll sure get that nostalgic look in their eyes, back to thos e days when men wore eyeliners and women had pink hair. Wait, men still wear eyeliners these days and girls HAVE pink hair! Whatevs, new wave was a legend of its own, sprouting from the 70s punk of Great Britain. Now you know why they are called Great Britain. Why, they produced some, if not, THE best bands in the whole world! Just watched Live 8 with Sir Bob Geldof ( my ,the years have caught up with him....)?


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Sir Bob Geldof of Live Aid fame

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Can you guess who Bob is? Me neither.

Well, he started with this New Wave/Punk genre, singing how he doesn't like Mondays and just wants to shoot the whole day down with his band the Boomtown Rats.


Tell me why I don't like Mondays
Tell me why, I don't like Mondays
Tell me why I don't like Mondays
I wanna shoo-ooooooooooot (dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan-dan)The whole day down!


Oh and what a treasure trove I found at VH1! Right now, I cannot get tired of watching Housemartins' Caravan of Love vid. Candy (the omniscient music buff, hehe) pointed out that 1 member of this band looked familiar and had a stiking resemblance to Fatboy Slim. Well, check out Housemartins bandmates and one of them is non other than Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim. I see he's always been one for great humor.


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I have always had a soft spot for The Housemartins simply because their songs make sense. No raving about your girlfriend's hot momma. No confusing remarks about not being a girl and not yet a woman or assurances that bling-blings have not changed the girl from the Bronx. Ugh!
Their hit song Caravan of Love goes:

Are you ready for the time of your life
It's time to stand up and fight
It's alright It's alright
Hand in hand we take a caravan
to the mother land
One by one we gonna stand up with pride
One that can't be denied
Stand up Stand up
From the highest mountain, valley low
We'll join together with hearts of gold
Now the children of the world can see
This is a better place for us to be
The place in which we were born
So neglected and torn apart

Check out the video here. Just click on the drums to see the video and see what I mean.

But don't be misled by the seemignly leftist theme of some of their songs. One look at their videos and the leftst frame of mind mixed with humor results in the perfect blend of youthful idealism. Didn't we all believe that the world would be a better place if we worked hand in hand? In my book, The Housemartins were the brightest of the bunch.
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Other new wave faves are Railway Children, The Smiths, Pale Fountains, Might Lemon Drops, Wild Swans, Flock of Seagulls and Modern English. Sorry if your sockets hurt from the pictures swishing laft to right but I LIKE IT THIS WAY!

I guess some of you are familiar with "I Melt With You" from Modern English. Great song but I favor "Hands Across the Sea" though. Check out their vid at VH1 and the lead singer is so BECKY he is soooo cool! Love it!
You know what to do. Click on the drums to see the videos and enjoy!


In the Philippines, during the mid-80s, WXB 102.7 was not as cheesy as it is now. It was purely for new wave/punk/indie fans and I remember being told that in 1985, British band Joy Division had a number one song "Love Will Tear Us Apart" that goes:


When routine bites hard,
And ambitions are low,
And resentments ride high,
But emotions won't grow,
And we're changing our ways,
taking different roads.
Then love, love will tear us apart again.

Whew, what a dark song to hit number 1 and it was no wonder that on May 1980, the band's lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide and the 3 remaining members formed a new group New Order who gave us "Bizarre Love Triangle" and "Regret".


Of course, not to be outdone, The Dawn and Identity Crisis was our answer to the New Wavers of the world. Back in those days when Pinoy bands were struggling to carve a niche in the music world (what with the limited radio stations and the virtually untapped market of youngsters), The Dawn was the trailblazer of Pinoy bands, having hits such as "Enveloped Ideas" which highlighted the late Teddy Diaz's guitar skills. The huge hit "Salamat" was a dedication to Teddy who was stabbed to death by a senseless human being in front of his girlfriends residence at Tatalon, Q.C on August 21, 1986 (I think...). Identity Crisis, I have not heard much of but apart from their song Imagining October courtesy of course of the Esteves brothers (hindi po sina Charlie Cheen and Emilio).


During those high school days (1994 to be exact), New Wave (or Indie Pop) had some sort of revival with 89.1 DMZ (when it was still Dance Music Zone) would have a program "Wave 180" every Sunday at 10 AM and for three solid hours, the best New Wave songs are played. Today, 103.5 K-Lite still has Lite-Wave on Saturdays for another 3 hours of New Wave and I think 99.5 RT still has programs dedicated to New Wave songs.


I don't know why the fixation for this type of music, since their heyday was during the mid-80s when I was still in gradeschool and had no way of attending those wave parties. And I could go on the whole day listing my favorites but for now, I'll just settle with what VH1 has to offer. After all, He-Who-Surf-Controls is still letting me.


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