Twenty-oh-four...

Ahhh... the year that was...

Became a working girl, got engaged, I have a smart daughter, what more can I ask for? Twenty-oh-four gave me the opportunity to do so many new things, meet so many new people, and keep and cherish old relationships. Of course, there's always going to be drama, but isn't drama the spice of life?

A year's worth of happy and sappy moments, of pulse-racing and boring instances, of comedic and melodramatic stories, all recorded in my blog. I'm so proud! The longest time I kept a diary was for a year, and here I am, still updating my blog as often as I could after a year and seven months.


Here's to another year of blogging, stories, and cigarette breaks!


Have a great year everyone! ^_^

My Grammy Awardees

Here's who I'm rooting for in the following categories:

Record of the Year:
"Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas
"Here We Go Again," Ray Charles and Norah Jones
"American Idiot," Green Day
"Heaven," Los Lonely Boys
"Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

*** I'm sorry, but I'm biased. I would've voted for Green Day's American Idiot, but Usher's Yeah was all over the place in 2004. So this record gets my vote.


Album of the Year:
Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles and various artists
American Idiot, Green Day
The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys
Confessions, Usher
College Dropout, Kanye West

*** Of course my vote goes to the dyosa! My second-best vote goes to either Kanye West or Usher (ayan, may ka-competition ka na Usher ha!)


Song of the Year:
"Daughters," John Mayer (John Mayer)
"If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
"Jesus Walks," C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West)
"Live Like You Were Dying," Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman (Tim McGraw)
"The Reason," Daniel Estrin and Douglas Robb (Hoobastank)

*** Ang hirap pumili! So ayan, dalawa silang vote ko =P Loved the lyrics of both songs. Kahit na mejo sawa na ako sa The Reason, kinikilabutan pa rin ako.

New Artist:
Los Lonely Boys
Maroon 5
Joss Stone
Kanye West
Gretchen Wilson

*** Oooh, Joss Stone! Joss Stone! Joss Stone!

Female R&B Vocal Performance:
"I Want You," Janet Jackson
"If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys
"I'm Still in Love," Teena Marie
"Whatever," Jill Scott
"U-Haul," Angie Stone

*** Again, the vote goes to the dyosa.

Male R&B Vocal Performance:
"Charlene," Anthony Hamilton
"Happy People," R. Kelly
"What We Do Here," Brian McKnight
"Call My Name," Prince
"Burn," Usher

*** No need to explain kung bakit si Usher diba?

R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals:
"Lose Your Breath," Destiny's Child
"Show Me The Way," Earth, Wind and Fire featuring Raphael Saadiq
"Say Yes," Floetry
"Diary," Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Tone!
"My Boo," Usher and Alicia Keys

*** Ayan, di na naman ako makapili. I loved Destiny's Child's Lose Your Breath kasi nakakaindak-sayaw talaga eh... and My Boo is an all-time-favorite na...

Urban/Alternative Performance:
"Sex, Love and Money," Mos Def
"Are You Experienced?" Musiq
"She Wants to Move," N.E.R.D
"Star," The Roots
"Cross My Mind," Jill Scott

*** N E R D! Let's go Pharell! Ito ang ultimate dance song ko for the year!

R&B Song:
"Burn," Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and Usher Raymond (Usher)
"Call My Name," Prince (Prince)
"My Boo," Jermaine Dupri, Alicia Keys, Usher Raymond, Manuel Seal and Adonis Shropshire (Usher and Alicia Keys)
"Yeah!" Chris Bridges, Sean Garrett, LaMarquis Jefferson, Robert McDowell, James Phillips, Jonathan Smith and Patrick J. Que Smith (Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)
"You Don't Know My Name," Alicia Keys, Harold Lilly and Kanye West (Alicia Keys)

*** I looooove this song... more than If I Ain't Got You. Mas gusto ko yung lyrics ng song na'to... and kakatuwa yung spoken part :)

R&B Album:
My Everything, Anita Baker
I Can't Stop, Al Green
The Diary of Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys
Musicology, Prince
Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2, Jill Scott

*** Alicia Keys, hands down.

Contemporary R&B Album:
Afrodisiac, Brandy
Damita Jo, Janet Jackson
It's About Time, Christina Milian
Confessions, Usher
Hurt No More, Mario Winans

*** Usher, hands down pa rin.

Rap Solo Performance:
"On Fire," Lloyd Banks
"Just Lose It," Eminem
"99 Problems," Jay-Z
"Overnight Celebrity," Twista
"Through the Wire," Kanye West

*** I dunno pero mas na-"appreciate"(?) ko yung song ni Jay-Z eh...

Rap Performance by a Duo or Group:
"Ch-Check It Out," Beastie Boys
"Let's Get It Started," The Black Eyed Peas
"Don't Say Nuthin'," The Roots
"Drop It Like It's Hot," Snoop Dogg and Pharrell
"Lean Back," Terror Squad

*** Black Eyed Peas -- my fave group of the year... Pharell -- my fave collaborator of the year nyahahahha...

Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Why," Jadakiss featuring Anthony Hamilton
"Dip It Low," Christina Milian featuring Fabolous
"Slow Jamz," Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
"Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris
"All Falls Down," Kanye West and Syleena Johnson

*** Pasaway ba?!? Eh gusto ko silang apat eh!

Rap Song:
"Drop It Like It's Hot," Calvin Broadus, Chad Hugo, S. Thomas and Pharrell Williams (Snoop Dogg)
"Hey Mama," Will Adams and Anthony Henry (The Black Eyed Peas)
"Jesus Walks," C. Smith and Kanye West (Kanye West)
"Let's Get It Started," Will Adams, Mike Fratantuno, Jaime Gomez, George Pajon Jr., Allan Pineda and Terence Yoshiaki (The Black Eyed Peas)
"99 Problems," Shawn Carter and Rick Rubin (Jay-Z)

*** Sexiest song of Black Eyed Peas. Sarap mag-ocho-ocho with this song hahahah!

Rap Album:
To the 5 Boroughs, Beastie Boys
The Black Album, Jay-Z
The DEFinition, LL Cool J
Suit, Nelly
College Dropout, Kanye West

*** I'm a Nelly fan, so no contest, si Nelly ang vote ko ^_^

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My votes are not based on any musical know-how, on recording or producing or writing the song. My choices are based on my appreciation of the artist, the song writers, the songs, and of the record. I hope I don't get any complaints that I should've voted for this artist instead of that one, because, hell, IT'S MY VOTE, so there =P

mErRy ChRiStMaS!

After Two Weeks

Gawd, it's sooo goooood to finally post an entry after more than two weeks.

Badminton, spanish classes, Christmas party presentation practices, and shopping, shopping and more shopping kept me from the computer and posting an entry. Well, our DSL connection also got disconnected for a few days, hehehehe.

Since I've been a busy bee for the past few days, plus the winter-wonderland aircon settings in Meralco, I'm down with colds, coughs and a slight fever. I've had the cold for two days already, and yesterday, I felt my body was warning me that I was going to be sick (throbbing head when I woke up, snot coming out of my nose... oops too much information hehehe). Good thing I was able to muster enough strength to go to our office's Christmas Party, shop in Robinson's Place Manila, and then go to another Christmas Party at night.

That's why when I woke up this morning, my body just didn't give me a warning. It slapped me on the face and said, "Dammit, you're sick, stay in bed".

But I can't!!! I still have to go to Robinson's Place Metro East to pay for my gym bills, shop for my brothers' and sister's gifts, and then wrap all these gifts for my family.

Ang haggard! Pero parang ang saya pa rin hehehe...

Toodles for now! ^_^

Ang Galing Naming Sumayaw!

Sumusunod sa galaw mo
sumusunod sa galaw mo


Ang galing ang galing kong sumayaw
Ang galing kong gumalaw
Ang galing kong sumayaw
Ang galing kong gumalaw
Ang galing kong sumayaw
Bibong bibo gumalaw



Kaya nyo ba'to? Kaya nyo ba'to?

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gooooooooooooo WHITE!

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White team decided to go the "jologs" route for the cheering competition, which explains the songs above. (Btw, the first song is from the Jaboom Twin's Sumusunod sa Galaw, and the second song is from Vhong Navarro's Totoy Biboy.) The other songs we used were Sandara Park's Walang Sabit and Gladys and the Boxers' Sasakyan Kita. For the pyramid, we chanted the Masculado's Jumbo Hotdog (Kaya Nyo Ba'to?).

warning warning! novelty song overload! OVERLOAD!

Sadness though, we only won third place. Second to the last place yon kasi there were only four teams eh.

Sorry kung mejo blurred pala yung pics, yan pa lang yung nakuha kong pinakamatinong pics from the cheering competition eh. Hahaha, ako pala yung pinipicturan dyan ^_^

goooOOOOOOOOOO WHITE!

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p.s. let's all pray white wins later against the red team sa last badminton game for the elimination round. sana makapasok kami sa top 2 teams for the battle for 1st. woohoo!

Help!

Soluziona is going to have its Christmas party on the 11th, with a Going-To-The-Movies theme, wherein we will have to wear costumes and dress up as characters from movies.

I need a costume.

The only thing I can think of right now is to dress up as Dorothy. Nyork, parang ang baduy. Or as Go-go kaya from Kill Bill? Di puede, she's wearing an uber-short skirt.

Aaargh. Wala akong maisip na matinong costume!!!

And one more itsy-bitsy thing.

The newbies have to perform for the party. Waaaaah!

[Whew, oks lang yan, nakapag-ipon-ipon naman na ako ng kapal ng mukha eh hehehe.]

The idea for the presentation is to present a medley of song/dance numbers from certain movies, like the Jingle Bell Rock dance of Mean Girls, any dance from Grease, the Wishin'-and-Hopin' opening number for My Best Friend's Wedding, or the Soul Train dance number of Natalie in Charlie's Angels.

But we need more ideas. [10 minutes max lang naman yung presentation, pero feeling ko kasi parang tig-wa-one minute lang each song/dance number from a movie eh] Para we'd have more options to choose from.

And so...

Any ideas for my movie character costume?

...and...

Any more song/dance numbers from movies that you may know of?