PART 1: The cast of Tanghalang Pilipino's Insiang being introduced to bloggers and other media/press people.



PART 2: Getting comfy and talking with the lead star, Insiang herself - the beautiful Sheenly Vee Gener and one of her co-stars, Roeder Camanag on their characters in this theater masterpiece. Watch out for interesting revelations!

More of the cast and Insiang's playwright - MR. MARIO O'HARA HIMSELF! The Last Two Parts at AJ MATELA'S BLOG!

Fresh from their recent doodling stints at Powerplant Mall and Embassy, the WeeWillDoodle group is again taking their doodling to a whole new level. This time it's at Fully Booked , where their drawings will be exhibited on Moleskine Pocket Japanese books, those oh-so-lovely accordion-type notebooks.

The exhibit opens on September 21, Friday, 7pm at the atrium of Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City.

The WeeWillDoodle group will be drawing on T-shirts too (doodleyershirt), so if you want a piece of their work, don't forget to bring your own shirt!

Fifty goodie bags will also be given out to some lucky folks.

This exhibit was put together by Fully Booked, PinoyCentric, and Project Manila.

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Please visit ProjectManila.com to register for doodleyershirt (read 3rd paragraph). Don't forget to include your name, email and URL. (Limited slots only).

Each and every one of us is a gold mine; but like any other of its kind, you have to dig out the good substance.

The Gold Mine Theory – this is what stuck to me upon finishing last Saturday’s PETA Tour. This principle states that every person has this infinite potential to excel on any activity as long as they get the proper education and have the very determination to do so.




With this thought I just realized, I can be whoever I want to be. Just like playing a character in a play, you can be anyone if you just put your mind to it. You can be Juliet, Plato, or even Rizal if you only internalize that character – which requires not only knowledge of the material but also the passion to believe that you can be.

So just like what Mrs. Cecille Garrucho explained, anybody can do theater. And from a similar point of view of Pepe, from PETA’s “Batang Rizal”, anybody can be a hero too.

“Kung walang pinagbago ang panahon mo sa panahon ko, bakit kailangan ko pang mamatay?” A daunting question made by our young national hero. I almost teared up that moment when he left the stage leaving everybody wondering the same thing. Did he indeed die for nothing? Does our present condition reflect what he was fighting against?

Silence waved through the place as Pepe’s question kept lingering in my mind. Honestly, as I was sitting there, dumbfounded by the query, I didn’t really know the answer. And I was scared to believe that it was, in reality, all for nothing.

But as the play neared its end, I got to realize that it was not really about what he died for, but how he lived his life. And if one boy had this one great vision for our country and brought it to realization, then what stops today’s youth of achieving the same greatness? With enough will and persistence, you and I can be a hero in our own right. And with that in mind, we can be our nation’s gold mine.

Apparently, The Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007 writing project is still making quite a buzz and waves of stories across our very own Pinoy Blogosphere Blogging Community - but for very different reasons and from very different perspectives.

Oh well, let's all take a break from that guys. Chill. And remember the good times that was August 1, 2007. Come on, just spare this ten minutes. For peace.

Yeah right. Haha.

I always liked to become a disk/video jockey. Tell me if I should stop trying. Haha.

The Vlinks:

The Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007
FOBCAST - Third World Tech Talk and a lot of dicking around ("Top 10..." Podcast)
Ethical Blogging
Yuga Meets the Kid Blogger
A Month of Blog Scandals and Wars

The blog personalities: Ma'am Janette, Gibbs, Dine, Rick, Ederic, Benj, Jeff, Poytee, Tess, Jake, Shari, Alan, Kevin, Jhed, Rens, Carl, Allen, Elmo, Karlo, Arbet, Marcelle.

Pictures by: Shari, Alan, Dine, Poytee, Rick, Ederic, Gibbs, Yes Payment, Digital Filipino

Videos by: Coy

Music by: Arkarna, Number One Gun, Session Road

**UPDATED! New After Dark Video!

The problem with video blogging (in my case anyway) is that I can't update as fast as I'd want to. When we went home last August 1 (or 2) from the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007 eyeball, I was amazed how a number of bloggers got to post their accounts of the event just after a couple of hours the party wrapped up. Talk about speed-blogging. Then before the week ended, just about everyone, including the ones who weren't even present, have already been blogging and posting pictures about it. I felt like a grade school kid being left behind by the school bus. I was like, "Hey, wait for me!" Thank goodness for Tanggera's vid which motivated me to push for the vlog although it's too late.

Ok, I'm rambling now.

And now it's been a week already yet I haven't even started my vlog draft(I do drafts?) of the bloggers' meet-up. I've been meaning to upload this after dark (raw) video days ago but didn't because of two main reasons: 1) School stuff - thesis deadlines, org parties & grad pictorials and 2) I've been waiting for this site to review CokskiBlue (this blog's first formal one) and I didn't wanna add some unedited, unfurnished vid on top of the stack. But after being late for 6 days, this is what came up:

Blog Being Reviewed: CokSki Blue
Reviewed By: Diva Dee

Why am I being subjected to this shit? We got a little behind on our reviews, and so I was trying to catch up. I didn't want y'all stuck on our waiting list forever, because we can't pull our heads out of our asses! Now I know why we got behind... my poor cohorts just didn't want to review sites like this one.

I can sum up this blog in two words:

YouTube videos.

'nuff said.

Rating: 0 for the number of times I'll be returning. (Am I seeing a trend here?)

I delayed an update for this review. Make sure you give them credit.

UPDATE!: After getting mobbed (or ganged up, they said) by other Pinoy bloggers, they actually gave in and made a "review"! And man, they really hate me. And my blog.

Thanks for all the comments here and on the other site. I submitted my blog for review way back summer when I just started vlogging (May, I think) just for fun, you know, curiosity as well. Wasn't really expecting to get "traffic" from them; I didn't even know someone actually reads review blogs. Well, I won't be doing THAT again, that's for sure.

Jigs and Juice are right, the feedback so far from everyone is enough for me to know that I must be doing something right. Thank you all! :)

And now for THE review. Check it out. Well, let's just say it's not all smiles and sunshine (duh) but I've noted and looked into each criticism. If they've done this the first time, wouldn't have been a big deal.

Oh right, this is a video blog:

NEW VIDEO! (Aug. 9)

Limited Edition: I'll be posting new After Dark videos until I come up with THE vlog itself. Thanks to all bloggers that voted and congratulations to all the winners!

More blogger personalities: Rick, Ederic, Benj, Jeff, Poytee, Tess, Jake

Bloggers in the vids: Shari, Alan, Kevin, Jhed, Rens, Carl, Allen, Elmo, Karlo, Arbet. It was a pleasure meeting you guys!

The movie sucked. Yep, it did. And even with all the buzz, the songs weren't that good either.

Until this happened.

Yeah, the movie still blows. But there's something about High School Musical On Stage that saved Disney's sorry excuse for a movie. This even got me to download (illegally) the whole damn soundtrack album! What has got into me? Or maybe the question is, what mojo has Stages and Trumpets Playshop conjured that's making all this noise(LSS in my head)?

Oh, it was just pure talent then. That works. :P

Photos from: Click The City, Super Bong, Gibbs Cadiz, Coy, Pinoy Centric

Music from: High School Music OST

DO NOT RECORD A PODCAST WHILE WATCHING PINOY BIG BROTHER.

I have stopped watching the show after a month of its second season run. It started out pretty interesting. The first few tasks were challenging enough to keep viewers glued. Man, there were even some episodes which I could actually consider worthy of wasting my time. But I don't know. I just stopped. I have very low tolerance in keeping up with what's happening in my life let alone follow 14 strangers wiggle their asses, take regular bathroom breaks and talk about the latest in-house chika.

Even with all the Wendy buzz just a week ago, I displayed minimal interest in its final week. Man, did I haaate HER. But no matter how bitchy she got, it didn't urge me to call her names like "Wendy-monyo" in public online forums; just made me wish she got trampled by the chicks she was running with in the recent Lovapalooza commercial.

So when I learned that she shockingly made it to the finals, I knew I had to watch her get the worst booing of her life in Araneta.

As we watch the BIG NIGHT countdown clock at channel 2 boil down to minutes, my friends and I were still busy brewing and finalizing a master plan for our friend, Abe's surprise 21st birthday bash. I just owe this guy a lot. We just met last November around MY 21st birthday and he helped with most of the planning, ambiance, lights, music, all for FREE! My party was a smash hit mostly because of his doing. So, with high gratitude, I would like this party to be smoking hot as well.

Starting the Podcast

We were basically running out of new ideas. We don't want a rerun of what happened at my gig, that wouldn't be a surprise, would it. Got no time to record a video let alone edit one. So we thought, as a simple gift, instead of just the usual house music, we'll also be playing a podcast all through out the party - a personalized radio show. Brilliant.

Now that was our first mistake. Ha!

We started as PBB was already announcing the 4th big placer. We had to record during commercials since being hardcore addicts, Jhossa (a Wendy fan in denial) and Bits insisted on keeping the TV on while we do our business. Now that was another mistake.

The recording was all over the place! Everybody was talking over each other, there was no real flow (thanks Tanggera), and even worse, it was smothered with countless off-topic PBB adlibs and spiels! The joy of having Wendy kicked out was evident in the podcast but as we moved on, I just had to steer the conversation out of PBB's way. I don't know if you can tell but I was "trying" to be on-topic as my co-DJs ramble like crazy. Haha.

But what the heck. It was really fun anyway. It was our their first time for crying out loud. We made it in one take with no editing. And everybody got to go home as PBB rolled the credits.

Oh, and the Party?

Massive success. Although not because of our ingenuity in organizing events but because of Abe's band, Mainstream, with their pretty hot vocalist, Tina (who, by the way, they call "Du-Wendy", haha!). Everybody got to hear the podcast, and all they understood was "Happy Birthday Aaaaabe!" Bummer.

Now here is the podcast. Edited to spare you the agony. It isn't that bad. Really. Heh. Tell me what you think.

P.S. To everyone who's thinking I've jumped the shark with this one, don't worry, I'll make up for it next week. Haha!

And thanks Dad, for thinking highly of my "reputation". Don't stress, I'll take care of it.

Man, I've got the worst hangover.

Of summer, that is. Since classes started this June, can't seem to fully adjust to the new schedule I have to put up with. Maybe I miss the super hot days when I have no reason to leave the house or even get out of bed, the events we have to organize, or staring at the computer 'til dawn. It's hard to focus on academics when Wifi can reach you almost everywhere and blog hopping could be as easy as a sit in the park. I need to let go.

So now, on the turn of a new month, I will firmly stand by my decision to leave behind (temporarily) some "luxuries" I had back then. Looking back, it's been fun but I just have to think-- Dude, you're graduating dammit! -- and that should shake me up and put my priorities in place.

Huling hirit na 'to.

CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE VIDEO

Photos by: Ching, Pao, Justin, Coy and Shari

Music by: Jason Mraz

Want more details about Coy's summer? Check-out CokskiBlue's Summer '07 Video Collection!

The Aftermath.

After a few pitchers of Jerbaxx, several plates of kropek, sisig and other pulutan, the group had to retire again to the minor-friendly McDo to finish up the celebration. Some are drunk, some are sleepy (and grumpy) and everybody were just sooo excited to get a lick off the cake.

Jhed, Irvin, and Jeff, here's your exposure. Hehe.

NOTE: This is the FINAL version. Just added a few captions and subtitles. Sorry, I won't change the ending. Haha!

Photos By: Shari

This is one of the most fun weekends I had since summer. And part of it is because of these crazy people:

Rens LA Shari Kevin Billycoy Benj Jhed Jeff Irvin Joe

It's Joe's and Irvin's birthday (June 18 actually)! And now for another exclusive from CokskiBlue. The country's most popular bloggers(don't give me that look) in live motion picture! Caught in the act! Yes, bloggers do party. And they do it gooood.

'Til the next meet-up! Nice meeting you guys!

Photos by: Shari and Coy
Video by: Coy

We had it since we were born.

It's been with our heritage for generations. It runs with the blood in our veins.

Yet nowadays, due to dirty politics, corruption, poverty and life's daily stresses, we often forget who we are.

Being a Filipino. Embrace it. Be proud of it.