One Night Down

One hour and fifteen minutes to go before I can finally go home. I've been keeping myself busy with ALL the lights in the office turned on. I brought pizza and 1.5 liters of Iced Tea, and since no one came to keep me company, I ate the whole pizza all by myself.

The experience was kinda scary, that's why I'm so glad to have survived the whole night alone. I just hope that for my last graveyard shift of the year on Friday, people will be generous enough to accompany me this time.

Shifts

Starting January 4, 2010, I will be working in the swing shift which means I get in at 1:30 PM and I go out at 10:30 PM. I have mixed feelings about that but since our team is in a rotating shifting schedule, I have no choice. Last month, I was in the morning shift (5:30 AM to 2:30 PM), and this month, I am in the graveyard shift (9:30 PM to 6:30 PM). I can't say which schedule I like most because each has its own positive and negative points. One negative thing about the swing shift is that for sure, for the whole month of January, I will not be able to attend any dinner invitations, including wedding gigs and rehearsals. It sucks but that's life. I'm thankful to have this not-that-stressful job so I have to accept the not-so-good things that come with it.

Speaking of not-so-good things, I still have four more days left in the graveyard shift and the last two of those days, I will be ALL ALONE in our eerie office. That sucks, big time! We've heard and experienced a lot of unexplained things in the office, and spending 2 nights all by myself in the office is unthinkable.

Again, I have no choice.

Only a Cameo After All

And I just learned that Charice's part in the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel was cut that you can only see her singing a few lines of the song, and if my sources are correct, she's on-screen for less than 15 seconds.

Disappointing.

If that's the case, the video I posted in my previous post is better because it shows Charice for almost 3 minutes.

Looking on the brighter side, it's still good since it's a start for Charice. Her first cameo role in a film is in Hollywood. Woohoo!

Congratulations still, Cha!

Chipmunks, Chipettes and Charice

I can't wait for the Squeakquel of Alvin and the Chipmunks to be shown here (January 2010). It's already showing in the States and getting quite positive reviews. I've always loved the Alvin, Simon and Theodore ever since I was a kid, and I loved their first movie when it came out a couple of years ago.

For the squeakquel, the Chipettes are around to challenge the Chipmunks, and of course, one of our country's pride is also performing in the movie: Charice.

Here is a short behind-the-scenes clip of the movie.

Happy Birthday Papa Jesus!

I haven't received a single gift for Christmas,
but then again, it's not my birthday but HIS...


Happy Birthday,
Papa Jesus! ♥

Ako Mismo

Although a bit late, I finally signed up for this. I've always wanted to make a difference and though I was shy and always invisible when I was younger, I've slowly developed my confidence through different means, and now that I'm 29 years old, though still shy, I know when to become confident and aggressive without becoming arrogant.

Vote for My Cousin

Please register and cast your votes for my cousin, Jivah Therese,
once a day @ www.eskinol.com.ph

Thank you very much! ♥

Happy Anniversary, My Soulmate

We began as strangers.
We became friends.
We became one with each other...
We remain as one forever.

Our love is like a tree that grows
Still stronger through the years
Nourished by our laughter
And sometimes by our tears.

It shelters and protects us
From a dark or sunny sky
And like a tree - it's beauty grows
As each day passes... by.


HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
My Wife, My Soulmate, My Life ♥

Wedding and Impromptu Reunion

We just attended the garden wedding of Ingrid and Jessie Mar tonight. Ingrid was my wife's dorm mate in college, and my co-performer in the 2000-2001 production of Les Miserables here. She was Fantine while I was Thenardier. Since then, we've performed together a lot of times in different events, and I was also fortunate enough to be a guest in her self-titled CD a few years ago. Even though I haven't really performed for a very long time, it was an honor to be able to sing a couple of songs for her and her husband during perhaps the best day of their lives.

Ingrid's wedding became more memorable when I saw a long-lost friend, Janett. We were batch mates in the first local production of Les Mis here sometime in 1995-1996 (she played Cosette), and we were supposed to be batch mates also for Ang TV Cebu had I pushed through with it a long time ago. I didn't know that Ingrid and Janett knew each other that's why I was surprised and elated to see both of them, especially Janett whom I haven't seen for a very long time.

Another person I didn't expect to see but I did see during the wedding was Kristian, one of my members in CTC, and was my understudy in Anastasia. He was there as part of the choir who sang for the wedding. Kristian is also a part of our planned Les Mis production hopefully next year.

If I had just known that some people from Les Mis, past and future, would be there, I would have brought my minus-ones and the people attending would have been treated to a glimpse of Broadway. Oh well, lesson learned: I will always bring my minus-ones whatever party I'll be going to. You never know when it will be needed.

Congratulations and Best Wishes, Jessie Mar and Ingrid! ♥

McCoy

Finally, I decided to attend the company's Christmas party yesterday because I realized that I was not the only newbie and I wanted to give the wolves a second chance, after all, it is Christmas.

For our Kris Kringle (Manito-Manita), we were made to submit our wish lists and since I recently started my action figure collection, I wrote that on my list. What I didn't know was that the department store where I bought my smaller Star Trek collection just included the big action figures in their sale, and my office mate bought me the Dr. Bones McCoy figure. My first Star Trek collection were around 5 to 6 inches tall, while the one my office mate gave was at least 12 inches.

Thank's to Agnes, I have the first of hopefully another set of my Star Trek collection. I've only had 2 older figures as big as this McCoy toy, a figure of Wolverine (in the likeness of Hugh Jackman in X2) and Superman (in the likeness of the Superman in Just League).