Making Contact

Filed under Self | Movies


Almost a year ago, I blogged about the new pair of eyeglasses I got after my consultation with our company optometrist. Back then, I was only 'forced' to see her as part of our annual medical examination. This year, I was so looking forward to it since I've been wanting to have an excuse to get a new pair of spectacles.

As it turned out, I did not come out with a new pair of glasses but with my first set of contact lenses! Quite honestly, I've been thinking of getting one since the time I started having vision problems. Unfortunately, at that time, there were no available contacts for astigmatic people. Until toric lenses came out but then, I was no longer interested.

Well, after checking out the available new frames from the optometrist that weren't any good, I had to choose between sticking to my present glasses or graduating to wearing contacts. Obviously, I chose the latter and am now starting to get used to it.

I guess this is just in time for our weekend plans to finally get to see the much-awaited Superman Returns. Now, there'd be no glass frame to distract me from gawking over that super guy Brandon... Whew!



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here I am, like a kid out of school,
holding hands with a god, I'm a fool;
when you look at me, quivering
like a little girl, shivering...




Contact Lens
Superman
Brandon Routh
Movies

An Oscar-worthy Parody

Filed under LGBT | Humor


I found this video through macTV Videocast and I can't stop playing it on my pod. Makes me laugh everytime...







I wish I knew how to quit this...




Videocast
Parody
Movies

For Better, For Good

Filed under Papa | Mama


As what most may realize by now, Father's Day is coming (actually, it's this Sunday June 18) as seen on numerous TV plugs, commercials and billboards all over paying tribute to fathers all over the world.

With these, I can't help but think back on previous Father's Days when I always had a difficulty coming up with a nice and appropriate gift for my father. It was really quite silly since any gift I gave him elicited pretty much the same reaction which was of an almost-expressionless thank you. Still, I remember always feeling good to visit Papa on this special day because I knew that despite his seeming lack of enthusiasm, he was happy to see me.

Sadly this year, it will be the first time I'll observe the occassion without my father. And much like what I have done lately on special occassions (Christmas, his birthday, my birthday & Mother's Day), I will just pay my respects to my much-missed father by going to the cemetery and offering flowers and prayers.

I also wish to offer a few lines taken from a song called For Good from the Broadway musical Wicked that I've been listening to lately. These lines somehow capture how I feel inside when I think about not only of Papa but Mama as well...




It well maybe
That we will never meet again in this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart...

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,
I've been changed for good...


Father's Day
Life
Broadway
Wicked

Sweeter In The End

Filed under MADONNA | Videos


Its arrival was rather uneventful and not much buzz was heard nor felt, which is uncharacteristic of a Madonna video. But finally, the Get Together music video has arrived and I gotta say, the wait was quite worth it...


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much thanks to MadonnaNation for the video link



Some of my friends (or at least one of them) weren't quite impressed. But in my opinion, the video was creatively made. Like what MadonnaNation (where I got this video) aptly observed, it's like an Andy Warhol painting come to life.


Do you believe in love at first sight?
It's an illusion, I don't care...



MADONNA
Music Video

A MAD ReCOVERy

Filed under MADONNA | Magazines



I have just gotten a copy of the June 2006 issue of W Magazine with the one and only Madonna on the cover. Less than a year after her much-publicized unfortunate horse-riding mishap (and after bouncing back from the American Life debacle via Confessions on a Dancefloor), she's back on the saddle again..., and how!

The 58-page Steven Klein photo portfolio showcases Madonna in different poses with and around horses proving that there was no love lost between them. The images are definitely much more glamorous and dreamy than Madge's and Klein's first W collaboration in 2003, some of which have been used for the promotions for her current venue-filling The Confessions Tour.






If it takes falling off a horse to look this good, I'd let gravity do its thing!


And if I fall, I get up again...



MADONNA

worrY no More

Filed under Sunshine


The past few days had been very stressful and depressing for me. As I have mentioned in my last post, My Sunshine has finally left for work abroad and I am now just starting to adjust to the situation. What made the days more worrisome was the fact the I was not getting any word as to how his trip went and if he got there safely. No call, no e-mail, no nothing.

This afternoon, my mobile phone sounded off and lo and behold, it's a message from My Sunshine saying Hi and letting me now that he got there okay and is doing well!

Whew!!! Thank God for Yahoo Mobile!



I want you to laugh,
To kill all your worries;
To love you,
To nourish you...




Love
Life

Two Together, One Apart

Filed under Sunshine


Last week, My Sunshine and I marked a milestone in our life together when we celebrated our 2nd Anniversary.

I know . . . who would've thunk?!?!?

Thinking how we managed to keep our relationship going and the proverbial flame burning, I am definitely grateful that we got to this point. Needless to say, we went through some high's and low's over the last couple of years, but love prevails, I guess...



circa 2005


circa 2006



Sadly, just when I thought that our celebration will go as smoothly (albeit low-key) as I imagined, he kinda spoiled the occassion by dropping quite a bombshell. A year after he made a decision to no longer pursue his plans to work abroad, he told me that he has changed his mind one more time.

An offer from a long-time friend came and he was referred to join their company as a recruitment officer overseas. Since he has been looking for a new job for some time now (his contract with his previous employer expired already), he found it difficult to turn down the idea. Chalk it up to 'desperate times call for desperate measures'...

I have always been supportive of My Sunshine and if he feels that this is just what he needs to do, so be it. He'll be gone for about a year and I am now getting ready for his absence. It will be difficult, I know but I most certainly hope that love will once again prevail...


Say goodbye
With not knowing how to cry...




UPDATE (05/22): My Sunshine has left already yesterday and although this reality has yet to sink in, the depression is already setting in...



Anniversary
Relationship
Love

Coming (Again) To Camiguin

Filed under Travel | Friends | Sunshine


It's been a long while since Holy Week which I had the most wonderful time spending in one of my most loved places in the world, Camiguin and it's only now that I have the time to write about it. Well, better late than never...

Along with My Sunshine, our amazing friends Jun & Vannie and two newfound buddies Jeff & Jhunor, I had another opportunity to visit the province where my father was born and raised, Camiguin. It was way back in 1999 when I first set my foot on this paradise-like island and I was glad that despite its growing popularity among local and foreign tourists, it still hasn't lost its charm (which could no longer be said about the more-hyped Boracay and Puerto Galera).

Given that we got there during Holy Week (we arrived afternoon of Maundy Thursday), we thought it fitting to make as our first activity, the uphill trek through the Stations of the Cross at the Walkway at the foot of Mt. Hibok-hibok. And I'm telling you, after reaching the top at the very last station, it felt like all our sins have been washed out by the buckets-load of sweat and (yes!) tears we shed through our exhausting climb. Nevertheless, it was rather fulfilling and fun at the same time. And at least, we can say that our Holy Week sojourn in Camiguin was not all fun and pleasure...

Next stop was the Sunken Cemetery just off the coast from where the Walkway is at. Unfortunately, it was high tide when we got there so we did not exactly see the tombs that were sunk many years ago when Mt. Hibok-hibok had its last wild tantrum. Then we're off to the lovely Katibawasan Falls which we had to go back to the next day since we got there by dusk.

The next morning, we finally got to beautiful White Island and had a blast frolicking at its white sand and swimming in the crystal-clear water. The last time I was there, the island was just all-white sand and nothing else. However, since it was a peak season and they were expecting large crowds, makeshift picnic tables were set up to accommodate the tourists that sadly took away some of the beauty of the place. Afterwards, we also went to Ardent Hot Springs and took a dip in their refreshingly hot pool (Pansol has nothing on Ardent!) and it was just what we needed after 2 whole days of walking, swimming, eating, goofing around and just plain having fun. We left Camiguin on Easter Sunday for Butuan City and spent a night there. Having nothing much to do there, we just stayed in our hotel until the next day for our flight to Manila.

Suffice it to say, we had an absolutely grand time in Camiguin! And as early as now, I am already thinking of other possible places we could go to on our next trip. Wherever that may be, I know it would be yet another fun and memorable experience. Especially with Jun, Vannie and of course My Sunshine around!




My Sunshine & I at the Church Ruins


with Vannie, Jun, Jeff and Jhunor at the Fishpen Restaurant


Arriving in style at White Island


Striking poses at White Island


My very own 'Cherish' shot!


Check out On Tour: My Holiday Pics at the sidebar for more of our Camiguin photos




Cherish is the word I used to remind me of...



Camiguin
Vacation