Sweeney Todd

Another movie to look forward to this coming December...

Also, the poster for Saw 4 has already been released, wala bang katapusan ang Saw? Enough with the gore! Baka pati Hostel gumaya!

Fully Booked!

I figured that posting an entry about our most recent escapade is quite pointless since I am with all my BFFs, my only ardent readers here in multiply...but what the heck.

I really needed to go to Bayantel since I still have to settle my disconnection request but I woke up late so I decided to wait for Micah's class to end instead. Zee sent me a message informing me that she'll be at Glorietta so instead of heading over to CCP, we decided to meet them there. However, on our way, they decided to leave the mall and head to CCP.

We went to the cinemas to secure our tickets but the line was horrendously long. It was worse than falling in line for Juday's movie during last year's filmfest. We didn't want our efforts to go to waste so I decided to take advantage of sureseats instead. There was only one person who's using the sureseats terminal but she nearly took forever. When it was already my turn to use the station, Micah (who I asked to fall in line in case sureseats is not working) was already near the counter. We still opted to use sureseats in case someone backs out.

We then went to CCP where Hogi was waiting for us at Batute. With nothing to do, we decided to have dinner at Tapa King to get to know our new companion, Hilary Hilarious. It was never boring with her. According to Tin, who was unusually quiet that time, she was being upstaged. After dinner, we went back to CCP where Lao and Minette were. Back to Glorietta we go and we went straight to Food Choices for another bonding session. After that, back to the sureseats terminal to pay for our tickets.

The movie was disappointing but thanks to Hilary and Lao's comments, I was kept entertained. I wished to have sat with Nar to complete the loud trio but that would be way too distracting already. Hilary was a fun companion when it comes to watching movies, sobra!

After the movies, Hilary bade us goodbye and the rest of us decided to head to Malate for Lao and Nar's videoke performance. At nearly 4, Tin called it a night. The rest went back to our place for more kwentuhan sessions.

I can't stress enough how fun the weekend has been. Hoping to spend more time with you all.

Siopao

A siopao made of cat meat is already considered an urban legend. Recently, luncheon meats were put in the spotlight when fake Ma-Lings (a popular brand) proliferated the market that is allegedly made up of cat and rat meat. (No follow-up report was released so the claim was neither proven or disproven) Disgusting right?

This was shown following exposes on how unsanitary and vile the manufacturing and repacking of sugar, rice, and fish crackers are.

Yesterday, deception reaches a new low when it was reported that steam buns (siopao) are partly made up of cardboard. How sad is this?

BEIJING — Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.

China Central Television's undercover investigation features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the contents of the product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.

The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.

The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old furniture and cardboard on the ground.

"What's in the recipe?" the reporter asks. "Six to four," the man says.

"You mean 60 percent cardboard? What is the other 40 percent?" asks the reporter. "Fatty meat," the man replies.

The bun maker and his assistants then give a demonstration on how the product is made.

Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are first soaked to a pulp in a plastic basin of caustic soda — a chemical base commonly used in manufacturing paper and soap — then chopped into tiny morsels with a cleaver. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.

Soon, steaming servings of the buns appear on-screen. The reporter takes a bite.

"This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste," he says. "Can other people taste the difference?"

"Most people can't. It fools the average person," the maker says. "I don't eat them myself."

Report from www.newsvine.com
Read the complete article here.

Weekday at TP

I arrived at CCP at a little past 1pm. I went straight to the TP office and was really embarrassed when I saw one of my blog entries posted in their bulletin board. Paolo texted me that he'll be printing it out and posting it but I got the message right when I was already by the door. Ms. Yvette was still busy so Paolo and I went outside so I can finally convince him to join us this coming Saturday. Hogi arrived soon after.Ms. Yvette, Hogi and I then headed to Starbucks to discuss some things and then back to the TP office for a little more chitchat with Paolo. As it was when we were with Zshali, Paolo shared his wealth of knowledge regarding musicals complete with musical numbers. I also managed to take a video, he was too busy singing his heart out to object. Hehe. Sharing some photos here:

Hogi then headed home while I headed to the office to officially start my day at work. How sad. It was a pretty busy day so I hardly noticed the time but I also wasn't able to check multiply much.

Delayed Thank Yous!

Zshali, true to her word, gave me a copy of Bob Ong's Macarthur last week. I already finished the book and have already said my views on it. With "bogaloid" as a new term introduced by the book, can't help but remember other weird terms that we previously use such as Spongklong and Burunggoy. Don't exactly remember what they both mean but I know Ralph, Nicole and I use spongklong often. Burrongoy naman is a term that my high school chem teacher used to call us. Kayo meron kayo?

Speaking of books, Tuxqs also gave me a copy of Chris Martinez's Laugh Trip a few months back. Sayang lang cause I already bought a copy for myself. Nevertheless, the gesture is much appreciated. Thanks!

Craving for doughnuts, Em-J treated all of us to a couple of rounds of Krispy Kremes! Can't get enough of them. Sabi ko nga kay Zee, doughnut fan ako. Kahit na yung sa kanto, gusto ko!

Thanks thanks!

Hindi independence day Zee at Tin pero tagalog na lang ang entry dahil nahihirapan na kong mag-Ingles.

Salamat ng marami sa lahat ng nanood dun sa playdates namin.

Salamat sa TP, Yvette, Paolo, Minette, Chynna, Lanie at Jing sa pag-accommodate sa mga requests namin. Kakaiba!

Salamat sa inyo Zee, Hogi, Dyown at Tin dahil kahit ilang beses nyo ng napanood ang show eh bumili pa rin kayo.

Kay Ate Yang, salamat din sa kaka-promote sa dates namin. Ganon din sa ibang mga bloggers na di namin kilala for posting our show dates and numbers.

Siyempre salamat rin sa lahat lahat ng bumili ng tickets from us.

Sa nagalit sakin at sinabihan akong ayus-ayusin ko ang trabaho ko, kung sino ka man, salamat na rin kahit na ang ticket na pinapa-reserve mo eh hindi naman sa amin. Pasensya na tao lang.

Sa nagalit sakin dahil balcony ang binili nya at bakit daw nasa balcony siya, wala akong masabi sayo! Sa naiinis kahapon dahil akala daw nya eh Cinderella at Snow White ang palabas, isa ka pa!

Salamat sa mga nagbigay tulong pinansiyal at sa pagpromote ng mga dates namin. Salamat sa Sunsilk (Ms. Janice), Sykes (Gerard at Aileen), 103.5 (Ms. Claudine), Wazzup Wazzup para sa crawl, PEP (Jocelyn), Clickthecity (Dara) at sa iba pang nagdikit ng mga posters namin. Thanks thanks, sa uulitin! =)

Can't say thank you enough!

Labfest and Zaturnnah

I wasn't able to catch Children's Plays last Saturday. It was way too early and I couldn't will myself to get out of bed. I sent a text to Hogi who was also supposed to watch the 10am show to apologize but was also pleasantly surprised to find out that she was also still in bed. Anyway, I headed to CCP at around 12:30pm and got there a little after 1. I met up with Hogi at Starbucks and then I proceeded to the HB lobby to help out Paolo. (Hahahaha, didn't get to do much, managed to sell a program though). I went out just before the open house since I was still getting a lot of Zsazsa ticket inquiries and there was no signal there.

Just before getting the tickets, Paolo told me that he'll be giving us compli tickets. Weee! Thanks much! Got to see XX and X. Pretty interesting and profoundly confusing. Told Zee that I want to stay at the 2nd level of Batute but she insisted on sitting upfront. Good thing we didn't sit in the first row since the people in front of us were showered by thir unsavory um...prop. (Tama ba ang term?)

We didn't stay for the 8PM show and didn't get to take pictures during the meet and greet since we had to rush to RCBC for Zsazsa. When we got there, She was already there and no one from TP yet except for Ms. Yvette. Decided to help them out. I'm really glad at the turn out of She's show. The theatre was nearly packed. I was surprised with Zee since she was still laughing out loud, sometimes even louder than the rest. Sat with Zee and Carlo Vergara during the second half of the show and except for one unsavory incident during the intermission, we were fine.

I had a lot of pics taken with the cast for the first time, unfortunately, something wrong happened with Zee's new cam phone and we can't find any of it. Sayang, ang dami talaga non. Will post the pics soon.