it's time for my american idol post, but i decided to skip this week. there are things in life that are more exciting than a singing contest. unfortunately, i get to experience it..

i'm not really sure why i used the word "exciting" but that's what i have been hearing lately.

i felt sadness, but i know i'd live. not because of the current turn of events. maybe, even if it did not happen, i'd still be sad. and all for the good reasons. or at least, the reasons i wanted to have.

i didn't really hold on to her promise. for my almost 25 years of existence that promises grounded in feelings are tend to be broken. it's not that i expected that this would happen. she already exceeded my expectation in the first place. it's more of, i understood why it came to this. it's sad.. a little hurting.. but again, i'd live.

it's actually amazing that i myself was able to wait. not for this, but for the dealine i have set. thanks to all the people who have managed to cause me pain through the years. and i guess, at last i can say that i did learn a lesson.

unfortunately, there's another lesson i haven't learned. or i just can't listen to. i've been here, more than once. and whatever road i take, it would just lead to the same devastation. i don't want to think that this is something different. i have learned to expect the worst, but don't expect. i have learned to take things as simple as they are and to no longer add to the complications they already present.

i would not let go... as much as i can. i will let things flow, but i would not necessarily go with it. so, we'll see where this will take me. i bet nowhere.

MARK: "But what if you're wrong? Just this once, what if life comes down on the side of the dirty mistresses?"

American Idol Season 8 Notes 004

i'm still trying to accept the fact that i would no longer hear or see scott sing in idol. i just can't sort of get why they saved matt and not scott. specially when simon said that he doesn't think that matt would win the competition. that's totally in contradiction as to what he said when he didn't want to save scott. i'm still playing scott's songs.

on to my comments for tonight's disco performance:

simon may be right with what he said about lil, but i like her vocal showcase on tonight's performance but ut seemed that her first note was wrong.

i still don't like kris, but i did like his performance.

danny sang a nice song and he executed it nicely as well. i had higher expectations when i heard i was singing something from earth, wind and fire.

for the past weeks i have commented about allison's pitched. i think it was right this time.

i don't know the song adam sang. i still don't like him. but i wasn't able to stop myself from saying out loud, "+@n9 !n@, ang taas ng boses ni bakla!"

for matt, i said, "bitin ang birit." he was almost out of breath.

i liked anoop's voice. his song was not too disco but it's okay for me.

so, two will go home tomorrow. i sure hope i could watch the show. since i'm going out tomorrow. i wonder who will be sent home. it just seems that allison, danny, adam and kris would be staying though.

American Idol Season 8 Notes 003

i'm still mourning for the elination of scott.. so, please bear with me. last week, simon said that he doesn't want to save scott because there were other contestants better than him. but that's not what the save is for! that's why they can't use it with the top 5! and 2 would be out the following week in case they use the save! so, he should have thought about if there were other contestants worse than he was! and there are! or at least there is! hmpf! haaay.. i missed his voice this week and i can't help but wonder what he could have sung.

this week they did songs from the movies. i got excited since i love absorbing movies. i don't just watch them. i absorb them. if it's really good. if i have already seen a movie give at most 15 seconds into a scene and i will identify as to what movie that is. well, if it's really a good one.. hahaha!

it has been quite a while since the idols had someone to mentor them, and it's a good choice to have quentin tarantino this week. i like him because of kill bill. We have at home a DVD of Reservoir Dogs wherein he is also a member of the cast. Unfortunately, our copy stops in the middle (or was it the players fault). So, aside from Kill Bill, I haven't really seen any of his films. But so far, I like what I saw.

On to my reviews:

• i thought it was the right song for allison. i still wanted a higher pitch for her at the start of the song, but all in all, for me, it was an awesome performance!
• i like quentin's advice, but i think anoop only got 80% of the point he was trying to make. i wonder what simon thought of his performance.
• adam showcased his vocal range. it was a total performance. i still don't like him, but "astig!" i love simon.. hahaha! but i like this one than last week's.
• having the piano on the idol stage makes me miss scott. i didn't like matt's falsetto. his performance was nothing special for me.
• while giving advice to danny, i liked quentin more and more. i think danny missed a note or two there and i too was bored with this performance.
• i forgot about kris again! hahahah! i thought lil would be next and the last. i like the song he sang. he has a sweet falsetto. his performance was.. okay.
• when i learned that they will be doing movie songs, i was thinking about what lil will be doing. i kind of wished for her to do listen or i will always love you or anything else from dream girls. i sort of don't like her anymore. i'm starting to agree with kat that it should have been her eliminated last week and not scott.

i no longer want to say who will go. i know that scott will not win, but i wanted to have him stay in the competition for more songs. i only have 6 songs in my playlist from him. i guess, he's very tired now. i've been playing those six songs since last week. ha! Ü

dvd weekend

after friday shift.. ate faith was on leave.. UK was on holiday.. so, i'm off with charley.. not that he's the last choice or anything.. Ü

well, i was supposed to go home with ms. uy, but charley bribed me into having breakfast. i wanted to have maki, but since it was a holiday, the nearby japanese fast food was closed. so, we just went to the nearest coffee shop. i had 2 chunky chocolate cookies! Ü

oh! before that.. we passed by the dvd vendor beside our building and we looked at the dvds on sale. charley bought "coffee prince", the tagalized version and "slumdog millionaire".

if you are with charley, expect to burn all the calories you just took in by walking.. so, from the coffee shop we went to their place by foot! haaaay..

at about 8:00 AM we started to watch the korean television series. we were so entertained that we didn't notice the time went by. and even if we were up all night from shift, we managed to have our eyes open and absorb what was going on in the show until about 8:00 PM. well, charley go hungry and we had lunch. i'm not sure what time though. he had congee and i had vegetables and lechon.. yum! i slept in their couch. i was soo sleepy already.

the whole season was about 16-17 episodes, 1 hour each. we had about 8 or more episodes to ge before we decided to call it a night. the next day, we woke up at about 8 or 9 in the morning. we went to a "chinese restaurant" for break fast.. walked to and fro, of course.

then we went on and finished the series. Ü

it was fun watching it. of course, the sweet moments made us smile, laugh, and for me, almost cried.. there were actual tears from charley. and knowing the two of us, we can't help but share our P.O.V.'s on love and life. that part is actuall the funnest! hahahah! well, of course the kilig moments. Ü but we were pressing fast forward in some of the sooo mushy scenes!

then, charley wanted to cook lunch. so we went to the supermarket to get the needed ingredients for his spicy adobo. it was the first time i had adobo with a sting! Ü i ate like four cups of rice. and we had ice cream! Ü we watched the other dvd he bought the day before; slumdog millionaire. i have seen it already, but it was such a good movie that it's alright if i see it again

while waiting for him to cook i was reading his mangas. holicxxx in particular. and i continued reading it after eating.

then, he started washing his clothes and got fascinated with "pushing daisies". while i continue to read. until about 9 or 10 pm. then i fell asleep.

we had breakfast at jabee and i headed back home.. Ü

i wanted to post "cofee prince" quotes or at least have it in my IM handle but i can't seem to find the right site. so, i just opted to write what happened during the weekend.

i had fun and it's something i would like to do again. but i guess this would be one of the laid back weekends i would have until the end of may.. i can't wait to have my summer trips again! Ü

my IM handles: jan - march

here are my IM handles so far for 2009.. Ü

JANUARY 2009

Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - undeniably smiling.. - because of a certain person Ü
Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - jinxed through and through - bad things happening.. can't remember what though..
Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - back to reality - coming back from my iloilo trip

FEBRUARY 2009

Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - going back to dream land - hahaha! can't remember why :P
Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - impress h.i.m. - an "answer" to his IM handle

MARCH 2009

Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - impress h.i.m. and stop my pc from crashing - same as above plus my pc kept on crashing :(
Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - live through menstrual cramps - i had terrible cramps; i almost fainted
Laarni (*) - Dirrrrr-ect-tivvve? - ride the waves again.. soon! - after my surfing trip Ü

happy thoughts

RULES:

1. Write 10 happy thoughts for the week.
2. Tag 10 persons in your contact.
3. Make sure you leave a comment in their site.


THOUGHTS:

1. i surfed! (this will be one of the happy thoughts for life! Ü)

2. i was able to sleep for about 12 hours straight last weekend!

3. was able to watch American Idol!

4. a lot of OT for this week (extra moolah)

5. ate at cyma with the akus kadi's

6. good tasting peanuts by mommy

7. was able to stay in the office working for 12 hours again.. after a long time..

8. exchange of text messages with eloi and mima

9. faye and chubs: "loser ung pet ko", "Pota mukhang saki ung pet ko, babae xa pero ung damit pang lalaki. Ahaha"

10. thinking things through.. making decisions.. Ü


i tagged:
anna nini, faye, kamole, dee, kat ni mae, ate kang, jug, saki, ton ton, amiel

American Idol Season 8 Notes 002

now i have an excuse to write and entry every week.. heheheh!

tonight they did the songs that hit the airwaves at the year of their birth. very cute baby pictures were shown! ryan seacrest was sooo cute! they showed even the baby pictures of the judges! i can't pick which one's the cutest, but of course, being babies they were cute pics.. i'm not sure if simon's can really be defined as a baby picture because it seems that it was taken when he was already about 7 years old..

on to my performance reviews:

• danny CAN sing! he did a very fun versin of "Stand By Me". i find his version cool!
• it was as if kris was eating the words of the song. well, i'm not really familiar with the song he sang, so, i really barely understood it. i was wondering, what would his performance be like if he didn't have his guitar? i think it would be worse! hahahaha!
• i love lil. i was born the same year she was! she's wearing a wig again! i get what the judges were telling her. i hope she gets it too. as much as i love her, i have to agree with the judges on this one. she's got such a great voice and everybody knows that already, so she needs to show something more in her performances..
• when anoop started to sing, i said out loud, "what's he doing to his voice?" it's like that was the first time i heard him sing. well, it seems that that was the first time i heard him sing that way. and i like it! he should have been using that way of singing ever since! was it the song, i'm not sure.. but it's really more like a different manner of singing. different from his previous performances.
• the moment the camera showed scott as he start to perform i said, "wow guitar!" i really love his voice sooo much! i had goosebumps! and i was almost in tears! but he had a little falsetto glitch.. it wasn't that suave..
• i really like allison a lot. the song seemed too easy for her. she has a wonderful voice and i'm really wondering why she's always at the bottom 3.
• when matt started the song, and i saw his attire.. it made me say, "ooohhh! so, this is his shot at being justin timberlake." he had a sweet falsetto.. sweet, not awesome. i like him.. like, not love. hahaha!
• i'm really not a fan of adam. his performance was boring for me. and i don't like his high voice this time. i'm really wondering what the judges see in him. why stand? are they really out of time and that's the easiest comment?! haaay..

i'm really not sure who will be eliminated this week. but it's most likely that they will be saving someone this time. i was thinking about matt, but they sort of like him recently. i think they will give anoop a chance. they like allison as well, so, they will be saving her. danny and adam are their favorites. they know how good lil's voice is. they also like kris, but not so much this week. and they will save scott.. please! hahahaah! but even if they save someone this week, two will be eliminated next week.. wooooh! this is getting exciting! Ü

American Idol Season 8 Notes 001

i originally didn't want to comment on this season's american idol. but i'm now able to watch it almost religiously, thanks to QTV Channel 11. so, hopefully, i'll be able to make it to the finals. like in season 5. so, here goes. the contestants picked the songs that are "popular itunes downloads". it's a very broad category, so, it's an opportunity for them to be really really good.

• i don't like what anoop did. it's really wrong for him to pick an usher song when he can't really match his moves.
• i got bored with what megan did. maybe because i already saw that last week.
• i didn't like danny, but he was good tonight. he's got a great voice. and during his performance, i got goosebumps too!
• i always loved allison. i just hoped her voice was higher. i wasn't able to notice her dress while performing, maybe because i really like her and was thinking about wishing her pitch was higher. but it did catch my attention during their entrance and thought that it would be simon saying, "what are you wearing?" again, i totally forgot the dress when she started singing.
• i love scott as well. i really think he has a wonderful voice. i don't like his hairstyle tonight though.
• matt a rockstar? maybe i liked it because i love the fray, but i was distracted about his movements. it was weird for me. i don't think his body movements were right.
• i know the power of lil's voice. i think it has more power for a celine dion song. and i don't like the wigs! i admire women who can sport very short hair, so i hope she would stop wearing wigs.
• i really don't like adam. but i can't help but admit that he's good.
• i almost forgot about kris. and i didn't really find anything special about his performance. he's too good looking for his voice.

opinions only. everyone is entitled to their own.. even me! Ü