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And there it went – the night we were initially reluctant to spend turned out to be the happiest time, so far, I had with them since we graduated from college four years ago. Too bad Chester wasn’t there.

Stories and pictures after the jump…

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Keith, my friend and fellow fanatic, sent me this. It’s been a while since Mariah last covered an old song and she did very well with this one. “I Want To Know What Love Is” – originally by Foreigner – is the next single from her upcoming album Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel. It had its world premiere hours ago in a European radio station.

According to her team, it’s actually the first “real” single from the album (whatever that means) so I guess “Obsessed” was just a publicity stunt to create buzz about the album. Well, it worked. And even more to her advantage, Eminem wrote “The Warning” in response to Obsessed. Haha! Publicity, good or bad, is still publicity. Now everyone knows she has an album coming out.

Back to the song. I like it a lot. It’s calm at first and then the choir kicks in towards the end triggering goosebumps. Bitin nga lang kasi it’s only 3:38 but it’s enough to make you want to play it all over again. I wish she can sing this live, though.

Listen to the song after the jump…

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Fun fact about me: I loooove romantic Filipino movies. Well, not really all of them but I certainly consider most of them unless they’re one of those nonsense teen flicks starring artists with more mass appeal than real acting talent. There’s nothing like watching a movie with scenes that you can easily relate to and are in touch with the society you are living in. It’s almost like you’re living with the characters instead of just watching them.

I think Star Cinema makes a big step forward by releasing a love story of two men. I am impressed by this move, considering how the Philippines is very much influenced by the church and how the church often tries to intervene with whatever they can (just like the recent taking down of Mojo Jojo’s Glutamax billboard) to promote their ways. Don’t get me wrong – I believe in God and I love God. I just think our religious leaders’ lifestyles and views are outdated.

Based on the trailer, In My Life is a great effort and perfect for those, like the church, who are left living in the old ways to “move on” and finally realize that there’s nothing wrong with our choices on who to love. Love is a gift that we are all deserving to receive. And aside from that, this movie makes me admire John Lloyd’s acting skills even more. Grabe he’s so good especially in that scene with Vilma where he maintains his gay demeanor in quarreling/crying mode. I hope gay movies can be more like this one instead of the sex-filled ones that flood indie cinemas today. Oh! I think Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros was good too.

Piglet and I will surely watch this.

New Moon is coming very soon and as it nears, more pictures and trailers are surfacing. In the recently-held Comic-Con, they showed short clips that excited many fans. This movie sets the spotlight on Jacob. I have to admire Taylor Lautner’s dedication and discipline. It’s hard enough to maintain a certain weight and to pack in that much pounds and attain that well-sculpted body is just remarkable! He’s really very sexy and only 17 years old.

I’ve read all four books of The Twilight Saga. Though New Moon is a nice book, my favorite is Eclipse. It has lots of drama which will challenge the actors’ acting skills, especially Taylor. In Eclipse, Jacob frequently switches his mood from being sweet and happy to being a total asshole. And he does a lot of crying in that book too. Anyway, I am on Team Jacob. Haha! Though Edward’s sophisticated moves in the first movie persuaded me to read the Twilight set, I like Jacob’s character better. Rough yet sweet. Here’s another good trailer from New Moon. Enjoy!

I haven’t blogged much lately. Firstly because I’ve been busy with work stuff. In fact, I just went through hell week with a deadline for a new project I had to learn in less than two weeks. Good thing the project manager gave me until next week to finish. So in relation to that, I haven’t had much time to go out as well. It’s a conscious decision to stay home din naman because drinking/smoking and staying out all night make me lose weight. So basically, my life currently revolves around work.

Okay, then I’ll just blog about work…

Last Wednesday I chose to work until 4PM (Thursday), straight from my 930PM shift the previous night, because I was forcing myself to finish my project. We have this web version of a desktop product and I need to convert the desktop client form into a web client form. It should’ve been easy if only the product wasn’t so slow! I was experiencing errors since Monday and in the end, I found out I had to redo everything I did and test each control one by one to identify which one’s causing an error. So next week yun.

I was chatting with G the other day and was ranting to her about my frustrations.

G: If you were earning enough to provide for your brothers’ tuition and for your own needs, would you still be frustrated?
Borgy: Siguro hindi na.
G: Why not find a higher-paying job?
Borgy: I like it here. I like the people. And it’s flexi sched so I don’t feel pressured all the time.
G: So ayaw mo lumipat kasi hindi ka pressured sa work, pero pressured ka naman magbayad ng tuition? And you’re telling me you feel frustrated. You’re in a circle with that excuse.
Borgy: Salamat ha!

I was thinking about it this morning… I know the way out but I don’t wanna take it because I feel more comfortable with what I do in DTC. If I don’t want to include a life for myself outside work then the pay should be enough to get me/us through. But I won’t be done with my responsibilities for my family until I’m already 28 years old. And to start my own life at that age, I feel like I’ve already missed so much. I’m already being a bad boyfriend to Piglet because I can’t allot too much for our moments together.

Am I just scared to get out of my comfort zone? Nagpapakatamad? I’m not ready to leave DTC. But I have to decide. I considered doing two jobs again but that solves only the money part of the problem. I’ve been there and I know I won’t have enough time and energy to do other stuff. Haaay…

I feel better knowing this will pass and things WILL be better. When? That depends on my choices now and in the near future.

Early this month, Bhu decided to celebrate her birthday in time for RJ’s short visit here so we’d be “complete.” We can never be complete since Gilbert’s in the US and the others have been inactive for a while or are bound by their self-imposed irrational limits. And the gathering happened last weekend. Due to Bhu and RJ’s conflicting schedule, we had to have two separate nights out for them. RJ’s welcome-home dinner was Friday while Bhu’s birthday was Saturday.

RJ

RJ took us to Hai in SM Mall of Asia. That place looked better than their Fort Bonifacio branch, where my credit card got accidentally maxed out several months ago. And RJ loved the Japanese-style tables. It was perfect for a quiet dinner that we wanted.

The amount of food was overwhelming! Same thing about RJ’s quick weight gain in just six months. She looked radiant but you could not miss the big change in her. Hours passed as we reminisced the old days, talked about RJ’s life in Qatar, and issues around our own relationships.  If Hai were like bars in Malate, we’d be there talking and laughing until daybreak. Haha! No, we don’t stay out that late anymore. Plus RJ had plans the next morning.

After Hai, we went around MOA where Lhen and RJ tortured themselves inside these giant floating balls. We enjoyed ourselves while watching them, though. Haha!

We then went to Music 21 but Kaye was starting to play the curfew baby again and the rooms were all occupied so eventually, we decided just leave and call it a night.

BHU

Bhu wanted to settle around SM Mall of Asia again so Lhen could come. Lhen works in TeleTech and was only allowed to skip work for one day (Friday). Anyway, the least noisy place that we found was Pier One near the bay but it was also the least photogenic, ever! And their service sucks! The crew ignored our call, forgot some of our orders, and were barely visible in case we needed something. I’ve been to other Pier One branches but I never experienced such waiting and crappy service than in Pier One Mall of Asia.

Anyway… We still stayed – it was the only place I knew that served Gilbey’s Premium which was Bhu’s favorite. Nothing else really bothered us aside from the service people. The location was relatively quiet and well-lit. Bhu made the most of it by taking as much alcohol as she could. Haha! I have to admire her discipline nowadays. If I were in her shoes, I’d be tempted to skip school to be with my friends I last saw a many months ago. RJ also stopped by after her afternoon stint at a friend’s wedding. She looked gorgeous.

We plan to see each other next on my birthday. That’s how busy we are. RJ can’t be there but I hope it will still be as fun. And I’ll make sure not to do it near SM Mall of Asia! I think it’s not the best place to dine out.

For the past five days Cory Aquino was 80% of Inquirer.net’s news items and the day she died, she was the on international news sites CNN, Time, Yahoo and more. People began showing fanaticism, appreciation, and support for her. When I was a kid I only knew her as the first woman president in the Philippines and in Asia – I didn’t even understand what happened in Edsa then. But over the past days I learned more about her and I can’t help but admire her character.

Watching Kris Aquino tell about her mother’s last days brought me back to my own experience of Mommy’s last days in the hospital. It’s true what she said – it’s very painful to watch your mother cry in pain and know that you can’t do anything. And it’s hard to pray when you don’t know if you should pray for her to survive the pain or just let God take her and end the suffering. I’m happy it’s over for her and that she’s at peace now – no doubt she’s in heaven. Watching old news files and hearing her close friends’ stories about her makes me feel honored that it was her who represented the Filipinos in the global stage during the time when the world was actually attentively tuned in.

As you’ve heard from everyone, I also wanna extend my gratitude and sadness for this loss. Thank you, President Cory.