igoogling it

Having had a load of problems with my Internet Explorer, I decided to give Mozilla Firefox a shot. And it working with Google, I immediately realized I can have my own personalized homepage wherein each widget, each moodget, each gadget that i would see on it is something that's useful to me.

try it! trust me, it's worth it!

stake me!

"Oh my God! Buffy, what are you doing?" - DAWN
"Oh, merciful Zeus! Oh, my eye. My burning, beautiful burning eye." - XANDER
"Why are you naked in bed with Satsu?" - WILLOW

"About time." - ME/PEN/HA-NEUL/IO



These are the reactions of the Scooby Gang upon barging in on Buffy the Slay Gal , or should i say, Gals , Buffy and Satsu in the comic "version" of the cult TV series.

Now many of you will think, "oH, that flick series!" (there's more beef here than in O.C. or Prison Break) or "It's so shallow" (Right, you who likes The Simpsons and High School Musical).




Truth is, BUFFY is probably one of the best written shows ever in modern TV history, thanks to its brilliant creator JOSS WHEDON and his very own Scooby Gang of writers. In all its seven seasons and 144 (!!!) episodes, it didn't just tackle the paranormal. In fact, the paranormal in this series becomes a mere shadow , a metaphor of reality, of life. And because of this, the humanity in each of the characters were fully presented in a believable manner, in which CHANGE and GROWING UP becomes the main issue.

IT did, in all senses, help ME go through my formative years. (and i thank , of course, my dear NIME /FAITH for going through the ride with me. 5x5)

AFter the series, a huge void was left. Not just in my daily viewing habits (because I could always re-live it, as i have all episodes on DVD (thanks, sis!) but onscreen. Which is why, all BUffy fans rejoiced when DarkHorse published the Buffy comics which has kept the show "alive" and actually, grow more, expand and become this mammoth of a creative pool that knows no boundaries.

Okay, back to the pics. Although i have yet to process it, I must say. Kudos! Hey, if she was able to snag (and shag) two centuries-old vampires ( Angel and SPike ), and a cool Military Guy ( Riley ), why not another girl? A Slayer at that! The event happens in the new story arc, "WOlves at the Gate".

Years back, the series was groundbreaking in having shown a lesbian kiss with lesbians in an actual relationship, Willow and Tara. See video. swoon.



I can just imagine Buffy's mother, rest her soul, JOYCE SUMMERS, if she were still living and were to find out about it. "BUffy, is there anyone or anything you wouldn't do?"


In an interview with the New York Times, creator Joss Whedon even said that there were no plans to make BUffy gay, and that... "We're not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she's not...She's young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?"

Or former lover SPike, "Well hey, the more, the merrier."

Or FAith, "No Way!"
to which a Willow would retort, "Way."

miss the old times.

stake me.

cheeky movies' barbie & ken

Okay, so maybe that's a misnomer. There ain't no Barbies here... Ahahah. From among cheekymovies' flickr photos, there are many that stand out but none more than his barbie's ken dolls series which truly is amusing! (check out more from the series in his flickr site)

missing interview

gakt! i have missing files in my archive! okay, okay, so right now it's a mess. I'm currently using my own harddrive memory of 120 GB + 80 GB (laptop) + 120 (office pc) + the 500 GB of the office external drive. whew. yeah, that's weeks of archiving pleasure (or torture!). photos, graphics, downloaded media, documents.... aargh!


last year, i had the fortune of doing an interview with BRUNO BOZZETTO, one of Italy's foremost cartoonist/filmmaker/visual artist and Oscar award-winner. The piece was based on the short entitled "Italians vs EUropeans", in which he showed a funny side to life in Italy.

When i first saw the clip, my first reaction was , "Whoa! Are these Italians or FIlipinos?!?" The similarities were amazing and that prompted me to scout Signor Bozzetto out.

Until I am able to recover that interview and publish it here, i'll just link you to some of his VIDEOS as well as his own WEBSITE.

turkey bopis (my very own recipe)

actually it was ghrei that cooked it. i just made her promise that she'll refer to it as the "turkey" bopis so i can eat it (i'm so not picky when it comes to food, but i'd rather down the (delicious) fresh oyster with lemon than pig innards anyday!). For some reason, though, whatever Ghrei cooks, i eat. no matter what it is, as long as i remain ignorant. hence, turkey bopis. eheheh. it was very good! (i also asked her to put extra pepper in it. i just love hot and spicy food! i've also recently acquired the habit of munching on actual hot peppers as appetizers. yummy!)

a fever, wine and coffee, and mimosa bouquets

sunday. at ghrei's place.


splittin' headache. my girl k-drama. still at work. ads for grace. event posters for TQ.


coffee. cheese. cake batter. mimosas and sunflower. all i really want to do is sleep. another cup of cappucino.


it's still love by shin seung hoon. an hour in the tub (and some minutes of sleep, lavender bath salt. still the headache.



not really makin' any sense right now. oh, well.
if you want to see more of the most recent pics this weekend, just click HERE.