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I’ve been wanting to replace my phone for the past couple of months. Doing so is untypical of me since I keep a phone until it’s totally broken and useless which takes around four to five years. I own a Motorola L7 which has been with me since 2006 and, for the past three years, has been doing a good job. I like it a lot because it’s small and slim. It’s still very much okay but I feel like I need something with more functionality - an email client, 3G/Wi-Fi enabled, a complex calendar and (most especially) QWERTY keyboard.

My first/original candidate is the famous iPhone 3G. Everyone wants one and I can very well use most of its features. I’ve always dreamed of getting one since my boss got one but it’s still too expensive and a bit ostentatious for me. The best thing I like about it is its slim design and the sophisticated display. Bongga talaga but other than that, I think I’m going to run out of reasons to have fun with it. I’ve already got an iPod.

My second candidate is Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO. The model name’s quite a mouthful so that’s a downside! No I’m just joking. I like this one a lot. In fact I like this better than the iPhone. It has a physical QWERTY keyboard (big plus), very professional design, nice 5MP camera, expandable memory up to 32GB, an FM radio, video player and it’s running on Windows Mobile (which Piglet recommends) so it has Pocket Office installed. It has everything I need. I don’t really carry too much work with me when I leave the office but should I need to do so, I can work with documents using the phone and email them on the go. Malay mo I reach that on-call status in the next two years. Haha! Really, when I saw this phone I felt love. I just wish it’s not as expensive as iPhone.

My third choice is another Samsung baby - B7320 OmniaPRO. It has pretty much the same features as B7610 - only less powerful (3MP camera, up to 17GB expandable memory) and they’re physically very different. The small keys on the keyboard is not appealing to my long fingers and the small screen makes me feel claustrophobic but it will still work very well with my mobile phone demands. It’s a very good 3rd option.

So now, the next question is when… when will I get one? And which one? That depends on how much B7610 will be - I really want it. The other two are there just as options because it’s good to have them. But it’s not like I’ll really choose anything else. Hopefully by the end of the year I’ll get to replace my phone. It’s gonna be my gift for myself this year.

I haven’t been blogging and this is slowly turning into a Mariah Carey fansite. That’ll stop and I’ll put up some more sensible stuff this weekend since I filed for a Friday vacation (and Thursday’s a holiday here) so I’ll have five days off. I don’t plan to go on a vacation. I wanna spend time at home, do some chores, mingle with my family and be productive.

Will go back to work in a minute. Last shot in a string of Mariah posts… She’s becoming Eminem a man in her new video for Obsessed! I found these pics. They look really freaky but the vid should be funny!

Whoa! Back up… I can’t take too much of it. I’m so happy she’s a girl because that man gives me the creeps. Anyway, get a relief with her beautiful self once again. If only that necklace doesn’t look too girly, I’ll get one (as big as that) with my name on.

Video will premiere on July 13.

It’s the refreshing cover of Mariah’s new album “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” I like it. I like it a lot! This is one of my favorite album arts she has had. The others are Butterlfy and Mimi. Click on the picture for its higher quality version.

Do you remember Regina George? That blonde bitch from Mean Girls, yes! Her famous line inspired this new Mariah Carey song which premiered hours ago - it’s called “Obsessed” and it’s the lead single from her new album “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” Diba ang profound ng title. From what I heard of the song, not to be too nega, it’s quite monotonous and less appealing for a carrier single. The song is well-produced and its rhythm reminds me of “Migrate” from the last album (which I thought was a waste for not being released commercially) particularly with the use of vocoder. But it sort of loses life when it hits the chorus and you only wish that it grows on you to like the song as it nears the end. You will naman when she starts belting adlibs and hits those high notes. And for sure you’ll get hooked on that powerful line “why are you so obsessed with me?”

As much as I want her to be big, Mariah has a long shot at #1 with this one. But it’s a nice pick to cause a stir in celebrity blogs and magazines - who is she talking about? Eminem? I’m hoping this gets much hype and success. We’ve long waited for her to officially be hailed the all-time queen of #1’s in Billboard magazine! Hehe… Listen to the song below.

There’s so much going on at work now that I don’t have time to update this blog anymore. Kaye was well-informed of my booze-filled days during the past two weeks but contrary to his impression, my life was still 80% work-work-work. I can’t even get out that state of mind that even while I’m being lazy at home, I think of things I need to learn to improve myself. Seriously, I’ve become neurotic about learning lots of stuff.

This entry doesn’t make much sense. I’m not in a blog mood lately and I can’t write stuff that way. And, yes Bhu, I’m still hooked on Resto City and Farm Town so that sort of eats up my down time - I keep rearranging stuff in my restaurant. What else? Hmm… I can’t think of anything more to say. I just woke up in the middle of the night remembering to close down my resto, eat a little snack and now I’m going back to sleep. It was a long and good weekend and I still got one more day off.

It’s been almost three weeks. Yet it doesn’t take the top spot for the longest blog hiatus I’ve ever taken. Now I’m back with not too so much news but I wanna talk about something I’ve just gotten myself hooked on lately.

When I started using Facebook, the first game I played was YoVille. For weeks I was so eager to log in almost every six hours to earn money, buy clothes for my avatar and of course, decorate my apartment. After getting bored with its unusable decorations (like an expensive bed you can’t even sit on), I moved on to another game - Pet Society. Up until now I still have my pet Pumpkin. What I like about it are the cute clothes, the sofas and beds that the pet actually uses, the food and my favorite is the race at the Stadium. They actually run, fall and jump over hurdles. So cute!

Just early this week I started playing two new games:

Restaurant City - its cute little people walking in and out of the resto is so irresistable. Playfish, also the creator of Pet Society, really does well with cute graphics. Even their quizzes have very good pictures (I love GeoChallenge). Although the avatars look a  bit weird, they are so funny when they move. But this game needs a bit of your attention since you need to clean the bathroom often and feed your workers. And when you leave them for too long, like overnight, you’ll see when you get back that your workers are lying on the floor dying for food and rest. Haha!

Farm Town - this one is quite easy to play. I convinced Kaye to play this with me and he liked it. There was a time when he called me on my mobile phone asking me to check his account because there was a power outage in their area and his Grapes were past harvest time and were about to spoil. Haha! He’d login often to check his farm. Me… Well, I don’t need to worry about my farm too much because yesterday I planted crops that get harvested in 3 days. Harvest time will be on Monday.

I admit there were times when I had to delay my meals and some stuff to do because I had to plow my field, plant crops, check my workers… Haha! But I easily grow tired of these stuff especially when I find a new one that gets my attention. Give me a week more and the hype will die down.

Yesterday, along with the Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili sex video (I’ve seen it and it’s real but I won’t post it here), I stumbled upon this - the New Moon official movie poster.

It looks beautiful and sort of tells what much of the story is about. To those who don’t know, I’m the newest overaged Twilight fan who still smiles at this high school love story. About a month ago I watched the movie (for the first time) and liked it. It impressed the kid in me so I asked Celle to lend me the books. I read the first book last week and two days ago I just finished reading New Moon. This weekend I plan to read Eclipse.

They say Twilight is the new Harry Potter. I don’t know about that - I guess they the movie should step up its visual effects especially now that werewolves are involved. The Harry Potter franchise is essentially about these superb visual effects having magic and wizards as its backbone and the past five movies have been impressive. I want Twilight to reach the same level of bongga or greatness in terms of screenplay and visual effects. And for goodness sake, can they make Kristen Stewart (Bella) stop biting her lips when speaking please? She’s very pretty but the lip action is distracting.

And this is why I like Jacob better than Edward. Amazing!

Now that’s a way to get people excited! He has improved his physique significantly and that’s remarkable. There goes another inspiration to make me hit the gym. Haha!

This truly made me cry. I remember Mommy.

I miss my Mom. I forgot to greet her Happy Mothers’ Day. I don’t think I chimed in that same sentiment with everybody last weekend. No, I haven’t forgotten her. Maybe not talking about it was a way not to be reminded of the fact that I no longer have a mother.

But then I woke up last Sunday to lots of text messages saying “greet your Mom happy mothers’ day for me” so that fact was rubbed in quite well. It pierced my heart. I wanted to reply “Okay I will and I’ll tell her to personally thank you, too.” but then, I can’t make them be more sensitive about it. They don’t know how it feels to lose that very important person at a young age. They don’t know how it feels to find the answers to your own questions about life and how to live it. And they don’t know how it feels to be scared and not have a mother to run to and put you to sleep. Besides, I’m sure they meant sincere well wishes.

Three years since she left, I’ve taught myself to stay strong and act strong. But there’s always that hard-headed kid inside who longs for a mother’s hug. That kid who won’t stop crying until his mother takes him to her arms in that distinct embrace. So today, with much awareness of how important she really is, I do it. Mommy, Happy Mothers’ Day. I love you and I miss you so much.

In the end, it’s these small things that you remember. The little imperfections that make them perfect for you.

Last week, Georgina Sparks re-appeared in Gossip Girl as a reformed girl who has found the light in Christianity. She stayed in a religious camp where Chuck visited her to confirm a lie about Serena’s new boyfriend. That story was continued in this week’s episode where Georgina joined Chuck back to the city to make peace with Blair and ask her for forgiveness. She really looked like a good girl.

Knowing Blair, she doesn’t forgive so quickly. As a price to pay, she asked Georgina to join them in scheming against Serena’s scammer friend Poppy. Sincerely, Georgina agreed. And that’s where all the twist and drama happened. In the end, the simplest yet the best dialog between two bitches in recent TV history happened.

*Georgina (at the back of a taxi cab) calls Blair on her cellphone.*
*Blair (outside the police station) talking to Nate.*

Georgina: Hello Blair!
Blair: Georgina? You don’t sound like yourself.
Georgina: That’s funny because I feel more like myself now than ever!
Blair: Where are you?
Georgina: Doing what you obviously couldn’t.
Blair: I don’t think Jesus would approve of that.
Georgina: Well, you can tell Jesus that the bitch is back!

*Georgina hangs up and puts her sunglasses on. Instructs the taxi driver…*

Georgina: Follow that car!

*Blair is dumbfounded with her mouth open.*

Georgina’s back everybody! I like her. I like bad girls in series, you know. They’re beautiful, smart and they throw the most powerful lines. And they seem to get away with everything until the very end of the series. Well of course, they also die the ugliest death or suffer from the most humiliating moment. People like it.

Season 2 of Gossip Girl ends in two weeks. After that, we all have to suffer withdrawal for three months until Season 3’s premiere in August. I like Gossip Girl because even though there’s just a few characters and they’ve been making too many twists and turns to prolong the story, unexpected things still happen in the end. It works!