Yes! Yess!! Nooo!!! September 6, 2010

It’s been another roller coaster week. In between trying to get my bosses their German Visas and our bedroom still looking like a warzone because of the paint & dust…I’m both feeling tired & eager for this week to come & go.  And since I haven’t written anything in a while, allow me to rant & rave on this one.  I will classify them under: ”yes”, “yess” and “nooo”.

Yes!

• I’ve recently had my hair cut short again.  I’ve been trying to grow it long for the past few months–was quite successful at it I might add but last thursday, I’ve finally had it.  So I spent some time googling at work *cough*duringofficehours*cough* for some nice looking short hair cuts.  I compiled some photos and trooped on over to Freshaire at Farmers Cubao & told the nice lady to chop it off.  It was much shorter than I expected but I loved it just the same.  I will definitely keep my hair like this for a while.
• Finally had the chance to return to my mecca…ie. recto… this past saturday.  I had to return a copy which wasn’t playing on our machine Vaness Wu’s “Autumn Concerto” and I also bought my own copy of “He’s Beautiful”.  Last August 27, I mentioned how nucking futs I am over this drama and…wait…hold on…just checking…and yes, as of today, I’m still loving it!  I don’t want to give you any ideas but I think it would be great if I were caught with a hidden camera while watching this one…because I definitely smile from ear to ear and of course I get “kilig” at the right moments!  Proof that this is a nice drama?  My friend Ava, who is usually not a koreanovela watcher–actually bought her own copy & finished it in about 2 days–as opposed to me who’s still trying to finish it! So to my fellow addict, this one’s for you:

• And check this out–our tickets to Rain’s concert this saturday!  It’s not like Willy Wonka’s  golden ticket or even the mosh pit (mosh pit? at Rain’s concert?!)–that very special section where you’ll have a greater chance of having Rain’s sweat accidentally land on you but at least it’ll get us inside the venue.  Kris was just telling me recently, “Rain’s abs alone are worth the price of your ticket.” hahaha!

Yess!!

• So for the longest time there was this debacle of whether Rain really was coming here or not. A friend was telling me that his official fan club here in manila was not informed (which I think upset them) that he had already confirmed or something like that. Well, it’s all good now because here is actual proof that Rain has landed in Manila:

http://sixtofive1982.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/09-04-10-fancams-rain-arriving-in-manila/

• Another event worthy of my raving is the first birthday party of Mico–my friend’s son, this past saturday. It was held at Mc Donald’s Tiendesitas & most of the gang was there to celebrate & enjoy. Honestly, I found the weather so awfully humid–which even gave me a headache on the way home–but having the chance to spend some time with my ex-officemates & their little bundles of joy, was so worth it. Maraming salamat, piglets!

Nooo!!!

• Ok, so yesterday I happily popped in my copy of He’s Beautiful & started watching.  As soon as I got to episode 13 (unlucky 13 I might add!) *GASP* the subtitles started getting all wonky on me! Nooo!!! This can’t be! Not again! (this happened before with my other dramas) The powers that be were having their fun with me again–just when I am loving a certain drama & am almost nearing the ending, *BAM* alien subtitles appear which makes it so hard to stay focused & enjoy myself.  I mean, what happened? Everything was perfectly fine from the beginning but as soon as ep 13 starts, it’s all downhill from there. It’s like all of a sudden the person responsible for making the subtitles resigned & gave the work to someone who cannot even get the character’s names right! So there I was…deflated & disappointed…I ended up going back to mysoju.com…

video link courtesy of sixtofive1982.com

I wish it would RAIN soon… August 18, 2010

This was posted by my good friend Ava on my facebook wall…

Could it be? Is this for real? Is it really going to “rain” on our shores this coming September? Pardon the pun…I just couldn’t resist.

Ever since Super Junior, probably considered by many as the biggest Korean idol group out there, performed at the Araneta Coliseum last April, a slew of other idol groups followed. I figured it wouldn’t be long before someone would try and bring Rain over as well. Of all the Korean acts, I think Rain is the most well known. On a showbiz program over at the Arirang Channel, they call him a “world star”–praising their fellow countryman for making his name known across Asia and even breaking into the American market.

I knew of Rain a few years back when I saw his early videos on Channel V and then later on seeing him in the drama “Full House”.  But funny enough, the American market is exactly where I first started paying attention to Rain…thanks to my favorite political satirist Stephen Colbert!  Rain started getting on Stephen’s nerves when he won Time Magazine’s Most Influencial Person of the Year award back in 2008.  This didn’t sit well with Mr. Colbert (who finished third on the list) so he kept “attacking” Rain on ”The Colbert Report”, eventually challenging him to a “dance-off”. Surprisingly, Rain did show up for the challenge and left Stephen in a pile of Dance Dance Revolution rubble before driving off into the night in his fancy sports car. That was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on tv and my hats off to both Rain and Stephen! Hmm I wonder if there’s any chance of another dance off soon?

colbert_report_-_rain_dance-off.php –>watch!

Anyway, back to Rain in manila…

Sadly though, despite this being posted over at www.ticketworld.com.ph, I’ve been hearing reports that there has been no confirmation yet from Rain’s people. I guess we’ll just have to wait & see over the next few weeks if September will bring us some sunny weather or if we’ll all be drenched in some Rain. (there’s that pun again!)

Personally, I’m hoping for the latter & I’ll make sure to leave my umbrella at home.

 

video courtesy of noolmusic.com