Christmas Wishlist 2011

It's the perfect time of the year to sit back and think over the things that you want Santa Claus to give you this year. I've been a bit of a good girl, so I think I deserve one or two out of my 3 top wishlist (as of now..more to add later). :)

IPOD TOUCH

I can't really decide which to choose - the black one or the white one. It just all boils down that I want an IPOD TOUCH. Be it for next year, as a birthday gift for myself. Basta I want one next year.. but I'm considering this as one of my Christmas wishes. I hope I can have one. :) The fastest way perhaps is for me to have a credit card and swipe it all the way inside Powermac store.

 

CANON DIGITAL CAMERA

I don't know which one to choose but both of these two fits my budget. I want a new digicam since my old digicam is too old the quality of the pictures are not that oh-so nice. I am photographer at heart who uses digicams and not SLRS so please give me a digicam this Christmas.

EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE

Our PC memory is too occupied already and I still have lots of music, movies and TV series to download. I need an external hard drive for all my photos and files that needs to be secure and should be just within my reach. I was searching the net and I found this Seagate 500 Gb external hard drive which only costs P4000 ++. Not bad, isn't it?

I guess I still have lots of wishes to come.. I just haven't thought of it yet.  Stay tune! :)

Penshoppe Fashion Show / Thai Invasion

I've been very much looking forward for Thai invasion in Manila ever since I've got news that Mario Maurer will come here to be the latest ambassador of Penshoppe. I'm not really a BIG fan of Mario, but when I saw his pics which flooded my FB wall, I fell in love with him instantly!

Thank God, we're able to get passes for Penshoppe Fashion show today at SMX convention center. 

Mario Maurer - Alex Mendoza - VJ Utt

Mario Maurer is waaaaay to cute! I feel giddy-giddy everytime I see him smile! He is too hot that it melts my heart right away! People, including me, were screaming when he came out to the runway! He is like an angel sent from up above and came down on earth to make ladies and beckys go gaga over him!

Thank You Penshoppe and Publicity Asia for bringing Mario Maurer here! Thai Invasion rocks!

With Alex Mendoza of Penshoppe

With Joyce Ramirez (Queen B) of Publicity Asia

Happiest fans tonight!

A chance to meet and greet Roger Federer

I am a big fan of Roger Federer and the thought of meeting him in person always excites me. My only way to see him live is to watch one tennis grand slam or ATP tournament. I've got to have lots and lots and lots of money in order to pay for my plane fare, hotel accommodation, food, game tickets and other more expenses. I guess my savings are NOT REALLY enough as of the moment.

So when Credit Suisse gave Roger Federer's fans to meet and greet him, I never let the opportunity pass. I joined their simple contest which will yield so much of a great prize! I just voted for my favourite ending of Credit Suisse's ad campaign which features Roger Federer, and viola! I got the chance to win a meet and greet in LONDON (which includes business class flight, and accommodation in a top-class hotel.) 

OMG! I'll be the happiest girl in the world if I win this. I won't be asking for anything if this precious prize will be given to me. I've been a good girl this year and hopefully Santa will give me a gift that I truly deserve. This is the gift that I am eyeing on. London trip, Roger Federer meet and greet... what more can I ask for. :)

And by the way, here's the video that I voted for! :) Hope they'll pick this one! :)

Westlife to split-up?

I honestly wanted to cry when I first read ABS-CBN news twitter account tweeted that Westlife is going there "separate ways" after 14 long years of success in the music industry.

I was busy with my office work stuffs when I read it and I was like shocked and froze like ice for a minute or two. I don't know if I'll cry or what. It's just soo sad to let go a significant part of your childhood too soon. 

I'm even convincing myself na "yeah, they'll split-up pero they'll be back din. It's like a break siguro". I read one article before which states that they'll go for a 2 year break and they'll be back with a brand new album. But still, it pains to think that you'll not be able to see them as a group. They'll go on and pursue their own ventures, but still Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian is Westlife for me. :'(

Bye Westlife! I'll be forever a fan! :)

Now, I'm looking forward to seeing them solo. Sana lang umabot sa Philippines yung solo ventures nila. :)

The weirdest dream ever

I got the weirdest dream today.
And what's weirder is that I woke up 3 times in between and managed to continue what I'm dreaming about.


I don't know if I'm gonna be shy about it, but I dreamt of having a relationship with Shane Filan of Westlife and we were hanging around Duty Free with other Westlife guys, shopping for our loved ones.


Of all places to hang out? Why do my dreams chose at Duty Free? haha! But what's cool is that I loved the feeling that I am the girlfriend of Shane Filan because I'm head over heels in love with him and his voice right now after seeing him during their concert in Manila.


I have confessed that I wanted someone like him when I got married. Someone who looks like him. Someone who can sing and dance well like him. Lord, please grant me that guy I'm praying to you right now. I'm willing to wait, as long as you'll give me the guy that I deserve. A guy like Shane! ♥

Purely Westlife mode!

I've been telling myself that I don't need to make this blogpost but I can't resist myself.
Sheez this sudden  *Westlife fanatic* mode is soo back on me! And I'm listening to Westlife songs while doing this blog entry, omygod.


So what happened (to me) after Westlife's Gravity Tour in Manila?

• I followed Shane Filan, "@ShaneFilan79", Kian Egan "@KianEganWL", Nicky Byrne "@nickybyrneoffic" and Brian Mcfadden "@BrianMcfadden" on twitter. Mark Feehily is an exception because I followed him waaaaay before they get here to have their concert. Mark was my first ever crush so he deserved my first follow from the group! ♥
• I've been listening to their songs since Friday, over and over again! And I still haven't downloaded some of their CDs. I'm just listening to their 1st to 3rd album.
• I've downloaded from youtube all their music videos, burned it to a CD and will plan to watch it on our DVD player sometime soon. And the funny part, I was kilig all over when I was watching the videos. All my nonsense desire to them 12 years ago came back to me again. I was having a Westlife crush / craze again. ♥
• I read some articles about them. From their marriage to their children. I was like having my own dreamland that I'll have my own Westlife guy soon.

This is not good, me thinks! But I'm liking it. And who cares actually.. some of my friends are actually on the same phase like me. I honestly didn't realize that Westlife did a BIG impact on me. :)

Westlife Gravity Tour strikes Manila!

I never thought I'd be still such a great fan, not until I watched Westlife's concert in Manila yesterday! ♥

Sold-out tickets for Westlife's Gravity tour here in Manila, they surely rocked their Filipino fans.. the same way they rocked my pre-teen life 12 years ago. Now that I'm 22 years old, I can say that I grew up with Westlife. From their songs to music videos, photos and current news updates - I admit that I was one of the avid fans ever! And please read that I'm still around 9 to 10 years old that time. They got me through my grade school days and grew up singing their songs!


Yes, I am an avid fan and I can't believe that it's my first time to watch their concert. How's that of becoming an avid fan? When I first heard about their gravity tour concert, I looked up at the heavens and prayed that concert tickets will come my way, and God never failed me! I was able to watch them live - and I'm the happiest lady ever! :)

Their first song was "When You're Looking Like That" and the crowd when gaga over them - including me and my friend! I was like jumping and screaming and singing altogether, which is a sign of great happiness! Westlife was like the best boy band ever (for me) and I love them all! When I think of Westlife, I think of how my love for music and boys started! My heart was super kilig when I saw them singing and dancing! The perks of watching a boy band concert! They make the girls love them more. :)

My childhood crush was Mark Feehily and Brian Mcfadden, now I go for Shane Filan and Nicky Bryne. ♥♥♥ True to the saying that as you grow older, you change your preferences. All throughout the concert, I think they costume-changed 4 to 5 times which made them all look more handsome. I want guys that dress-up and sing like Westlife. I want my own Westlife guy! :)

Look at Shane's Mickey and Minnie Mouse t-shirt. Super lovely like him! :) You got the best voice and it never fails for me to love and scream MORE for it!

OMG Nicky! You are the most improved Westlife guy ever! AWARD! ♥

As what the coolest poster I've seen last night wrote: 

"Nicky, I want twins, lend me your genes!" haha!

Markus Feehily, what happened? I know we can be sisters now but you are my ultimate crush when I was young! You've got the cutest eyes and smile I've ever laid my eyes on. You're still cute though and girls are still screaming for you last night.

Dear Kian, you still look the same, didn't aged that much! I can actually copy-paste your face from the Kian I've seen 12 years now to present. :) So sweet of you to video the Manila crowd while you guys were singing, sweet guy!

The concert was a blast! Westlife sang songs that are not their originals. Like Viva La Vida by Coldplay and Bad Romance of Lady Gaga. They sang it while wearing those Disney inspired / Mickey and Minnie Mouse get-up. And then they made us do the "Manila Wave" which is soo cool as well! Reminds me of my UAAP game days! Actually Smart-Araneta Coliseum was jam-packed , as in super daming tao. 

We were at Upper A seats by the way and I actually liked it better than at the Patron side where we were usually at. Better view = less hassle. At Patron side kasi, people in front of you tend to stand talaga and even stand at the top of their chairs. Super unlucky if the person in front of you is a big guy, little chance of seeing the performers clearly. At least at Upper A, or best at Lower box, you'll be able to see them well and actually in lower ticket prices.

Every good thing must come to end but everything went really well as they sang "Uptown Girl" at the end (yes with choreography). The best BOY BAND concert I've been to, as in! Memories kept rushing back to me which made me realize that I am proud to be a Westlife fan. Everything's so vivid right now. All of a sudden, I'm the old, or rather young Marielle who listens and watch Westlife music videos. I do hope ABS-CBN and Dayly entertainment can make them come back again. Westlife Mania is still ON and we're craving for MORE! :)

Lunch at Omakase

Cheers to that lunch day at Omakase. Stress and long due unhappiness were shooed away!

Kakiage

American Dream

Tofu rolls in beef strips

Philadelphia rolls (most favorite ever!)

A sumptuous treat that left me full until late dinner time. But really, I don't care how full I am as long as I pig out at Omakase - Ayala triangle branch. They have the best service and yummiest food ever. A slight hello to "Chi", please give your simplest smile while asking us for our orders, alright?

Hello to YELLOW nails!

After the sad ending of 2011 UAAPCDC, I was a bit depressed and I really wanted to go out with my friends. But due to time and budget constraints, I decided to pain my nails YELLOW.

Rock on UST! :)

2011 UAAP Cheerdance Competition

It's been a bad UAAP cheerdance year for UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe as they finished 4th this year.
Just when you thought na kayang bawiin ng Salinggawi ang korona after 4 year title drought during UST's 400th year celebration, dun pa napunta sa 4th place. I actually hate number 4 now! :(


I am all HANDS and FEET up for UP Pep Squad. They really nailed it this year and proved that they deserve to defend their title from last year's championship. FEU actually did, "so-so" hence it's fine to be placed 3rd but for UST having missed out on the top 3? That is not acceptable.


Okay, bitter na kung bitter.. but UST Salinggawi should be given the place rightful for their performance. I mean, it's not really the "WOW" and "OMG!" factor of performance, but compared to other teams.. they should have placed 2nd or 3rd. NOT 4TH!



Infairness to UST's flawless and clean routines, amazing stunts and props - they are still my favorite! And in order to give myself enough reason and justice for this blog post / rant of mine, I made a bit of analysis on why UST landed on the 4th spot and why they should have been on the top 3 instead.
Reasons why you just have to give UST the 2nd or the 1st place:-clean routines-crisp stunts and uniform movements (walang naliligaw or nagkakagulo during their performance)- cool props - the kind of props none of the other universities have used during the past years.- Who would have thought they can bring in UST's Main Building inside Araneta Coliseum? Plus the dominican priest at the end part was cool and fun as well!- Energetic cheerdancers, all out performance.NOTE: Please be guided that these reasons are the same reasons why UST should be in the position of the team who placed 2nd this year.
Reasons wht UST didn't win:-maybe the judges are a bit racist? Because of the cross thing in front of UST's costume - the judges might have some issues about it. Take note that the chosen judges are not here from the Philippines. If I'm not mistaken, most of them are from other countries who excelled in the field of gymnastics, dancing and the likes. (JUST AN OPINION)- UST's performance was honestly boring during the beginning. I myself was like "yun na yun?" but they nailed it on the end part.- Maybe the judges didn't get what the 400 at the end part meant. They should have researched or something. Judges might be a bit lost? (JUST AN OPINION)- The chosen music was not really cool. I don't like the music at all.- Salinggawi's movements are a bit slow. Not unlike UP which has the aggressiveness and "oomph" factor from beginning til end.
So okay, I'm having an open mind here and I can say that UST did a far better job last year than this year. I felt like they performed quite safely today - the aggressiveness and fast movements were all gone. How I wish the same old Salinggawi troupe will come back next year. The years where Non-Stop ice cream was still the sponsor, the years were Espana always has the glory. 
But with all these, UST should have won at least a place. I'm not contesting on UP's capabilities. They deserve to be on top. But for others, I just can't really say enough!

Color Me Badd / All 4 One Concert

I know this is suuper late, but still worth to blog!


Born in between late 80's and early 90's, I can say that I know some songs that surfaced the music era way back my childhood. All I can remember is that my Mom used to turn on our radio cassette and switch to her favorite FM radios station where all the latest (and maybe some of her favorite songs that time) are playing.  One thing I'm sure of is that songs those years are mellow with a pinch of pop and fast beat. Now kasi, mostly songs are not that good to listen too. Most of them are just plain noise.


Last wednesday, September 7, is the concert of Color Me Badd and All 4 One at Araneta Coliseum. I'm not really a fan of them because in the first place I;m not familiar with their bands but I know quite well some of their songs most especially those that really topped the music charts.

They did some tribute to Michael Jackson as well. :) But still, MJ will do the best performance ever! 

We did something really funny during the concert. Due to some boring moments brought about by the fact that we don't really know some of their songs, we matched their faces with the music videos that we're shown on the wide screen at the back - meaning music videos way back 90's, the era where girls are all screaming for them. Some of them REALLY changed A LOT -  in terms of weight and appearance but their voices still remained the same.


And this is us. ENJOYING! :)

Movie Review: CARS 2

I am not really a fan of CARS (meaning cars itself, such as the ones in the road), thus the reason why  I didn't watch the movie CARS when I was still a bit younger compared today. I hear about Lightning Mcqueen, but only Lightning Mcqueen.. the other remained unknown to me.

So last Friday me and my officemate decided to have TGIF movie nights. And since there isn't any good movie now (except Crazy, Stupid, Love which I've already watched with my college friends), we decided to go back to being kids again and watch CARS 2.

Believe me or not, if I didn't stop myself, I might fell asleep in the middle of the movie. It might be best to watch CARS 2 in 3D but your money will not be that worth it. The movie is cute.. but that just stop there. There's a moral story (more of revolving about the essence of friendship) but it also stops there. I bet kids loved them as obvious to what some of the kids reacted during the movie.

It's not the kind of cartoons that adults like me will love. It's perfect for kids only.

But, infairness, this really made me laugh! 

 

car as QUEEN ELIZABETH

Too cute to handle!! :)

Rating: 3 / 5

Ka-chow!

Random rant for the day!

So here I am polishing my nails at the back of someone using some random social networking site when she suddenly opened facebook, key in her username and password (with a bit of moving sideward in order to hide her password). I am the only living person with her on that moment so in that case it means she thinks I am sneaky trying to steal her password and do something with her facebook account.

So what does that mean? Am i really that kind of person? gademet. I don't have any intention of stealing that stupid password and sneak into her account because there's nothing really worthy to steal in the first place. I know it's a password, but please... stop moving sideward as if getting protective from someone who might steal it.

I WILL NEVER EVER GET THAT. NO INTENTIONS, WHATSOEVER!

-RANT RELEASED. BLISSFUL NOW.-

That sudden... ( i can't explain what)

That sudden... (i can't exactly explain what) came rushing into me when i saw that itsy bitsy heart icon (just like this ---> ♥) on top of his profile found on that very popular book in SNS today. It wasn't there last Friday or even last week because I checked that first thing before looking at his pictures. That made me sad, honestly. But,  why be sad? Everything's still possible. And, besides, David Archie is still single. :)

That sudden (i can't exactly explain what) came rushing into me when I saw that he got like 3 gfs this year? Like she's 1 then there's the other 1 and another 1 earlier this year. O_O Okay.. starting to get turned off now. From 85% to 80% level of admiration.

That sudden (i can't exactly explain what) came rushing into me when I saw that his birthday is somewhat between December 8 to 10. Same birthday as my first crush / love ever. Another Sagitarrian huh? All men who fall under Sagitarrius are not meant for me. They are meant to be just MY friends or mere decorations in my life.

That sudden (i can't exactly explain what) came rushing into me when I realized that it's me who is rushing things again. Hush and big slap to my face. I never LEARN. Focus. FOCUS.

That sudden (i can't exactly explain what) came rushing into me when I realized that I am a certified walking facebook stalker! gross!

Crazy, Stupid Love

Crazy Stupid Love is a movie for all those who were heart broken but still believes that there's hope in every broken relationship.

The word for me in this movie is the word "try".

Nothing's impossible unless you try. And effort is the number 1 factor in making all these trying possible.

It's true! Because as long as you love somebody, no matter how hard it is, you'll make an effort to be part again of this person amidst all the rejections and problems that each of you is and will be encountering.

Ryan Gosling was the real hottie in this movie.

People in the cinema (including me sometimes and my friends) were screaming and were "aaawwwww"-ing everytime Ryan Gosling gets focused or his abs were featured.

He's the most handsome ever. ♥

Steve Carell is funny as always, but in fairness to him he's still cute in his age.

I really love this movie and will rate it as a "must-see" 9/10.

You'll love the unexpected twist during the end part of the movie.

You'll cry with the drama of how love really makes one crazy, stupid and human all at the same time.

You'll laugh because of Steve Carell and other celebrities starred in this film.

And finally, you'll fall in love because everyone of us wants to get loved no matter how things fall not into place. I do believe in the saying that 

"There's no such things as ONE TRUE LOVE",

but I believe in destiny, fate and patience that love will find our ways. :)

Rant for the day!

I blocked a friend in facebook, and it's my first time to do it.
Because I deleted the other one. (HAHA!)
Facebook is someone's medium to share the things that you've done or is doing at the moment and no one should ever criticize or make some nonsense / undesirable comment about it.
One of my friend  ex friend used to comment on me nicely just a couple of months ago.
But now, she is just the rudest ever. She did it to me for the 3rd time and I've had enough.
So now, SHE IS BLOCKED!
And thankful about it because she really deserves it.


CHANGE TOPIC:
Me and my friends went out today for a movie / dinner date. We watched Crazy, Stupid Love starring Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling. ♥ I'll be posting a different blog post for my insights about the movie, so stay tuned!
On a different note, we met up with one of our long lost college girlfriends! We funnily name it as the "Return of Maann" because we missed her more than a year until today. Thank God she's no longer busy with all her work. Work nga ba?


As soon as you've been part of our group, you'll always be asked about your lovelife and Maann was placed in hotseat for today. hahahaha! I just can't get it lang kasi she likes someone in the office but then she kept on thinking about her work and something like she'll get distracted.
Isn't it your crush is your number one inspiration to keep you moving and continue work?
I'm not really in support with Maann's decision about it because she might be losing lots of opportunity that may not happen again in a milliom years.
But she said she's not a risk taker when it comes to love.


I'm vastly different. I risk love and prepare myself from getting hurt.
I've experienced it twice... and I'm not yet ready to have another round of it.
I just pray to God that someday he'll give someone like the guy I met during our senior prom.
Because up until now I regret some things that had happened that should never happen in the first place. :(

Random rant for the day!

I'm really happy! I saw my crush on facebook!
I mean, OMG! My stalker functions are still working! I am the happiest girl today. 
BUT MAYBE NOT.
Because I found out that he is from the land of the green archers.
Eh I've got phobia not with them. Most especially with that a**hole guy whom I met more than a year ago.
I honestly admit that my feelings of admiration for this guy was broken down from 90% to 80%.
Still not bad? High average for my feelings.
Eh kasi naman, he is soo nice, he got those eyes that makes me smile whenever I see it. (Yes, it's because of his contact lenses maybe?). And he looks like my first crush / first love / first cry way back highschool days.
This might sound melodramatic but I don't really want to associate those persons that I've met before (meaning persons from my past) to those whom i just met recently, but they do actually look the same. I swear!


I do hope and pray that everything happens slowly so that it won't fade at once. <3
I need an inspiration to continue life everyday! Thank goodness I found one. :)

Upcoming concerts!

There's a big possibility that I can watch these upcoming concerts:

WISH WISH WISH especially for Westlife!

I am a certified Westlife fan ever since Grade 4! :)