diagonally walking in a parallel universe

sino si nigel?

click on the photo link

go, nigel!!

go, souldfree!!

 

 

june 28, 2008
here's the GMA version :)

masyado ba kami masaya ni anna? :D
can't help it :)

june 28, 2008
theme for the night was
"i dedicate this song to ..."

para sa mga may band-aid
sa puso ang kantang ito :)

pengeng blade, haha :)

sensha na uli sa sigaw
namin ni anna :)

can't help it, eh :)

june 21, 2008
rob almost made me cry!!
this was taken live from the centerstage, mall of asia
during the top 12 finalists' gala performance :)
please excuse the screaming ...
anna and i just couldn't help ourselves from
cheering our lungs out for rob :)

the edited tv version from GMA.
actually, audition namin ito ni anna
para maging cameramen sa GMA :)

eto kami ngayon,
nagpapalipas ng oras
dahil 7 hours ang aming lay-over dito
sa detroit metropolitan wayne county airport.

si liza natutulog,
si jaypee nag-p-PSP,
si jovy naghihilik :)
ako, eto :)

yoko matulog at gusto ko
mamya nalang sa mahaaaaaaaaaabang
biyahe mememe ... zzzzzzzzzz ...

wala pang excitement nangyayari
kundi finally, nakakita na kami
ng celebrity sa amerika!!

nakasalubong namin si CARSON
ng QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY
dito sa detroit!! ang aming pinaka-unang
celebrity-sighting sa amerika!! YAY!!

eto, ka -- nung nakita ko, parang ---
"WOOOH. SINO NAMAN ITECH?
ANG DAMING GEL NAMAN
SA BUHOK NITONG BADAFFODIL
NA ITO AT GABUBUYOG ANG
KANYANG AVIATOR SHADES!!"

eto naman si liza, panay ang higit sa braso ko,
"SI ANO, SI ANO, SI ANOOOOOOO!!"

ako naman, linga lang ng linga --
at inaasahan kong makikita ko si jay manalo
o si vic sotto -- hehehe :)
walang kamalay-malay na ang
sweetie pie CARSON na pala
ang aming nakasalubong! TSK!

ayun, nakalagpas na ang CARSON
at wala kaming nagawa ni liza
kundi magkurutan :)

sayang ... napa-walang silbi ang
dalawa kong bitbit na camera.
tsk, tsk, tsk.

sobraaaa ako natawa!! mababaw lang ba ako?

ENGLISH MOVIES TRANSLATED IN  FILIPINO

1. black hawk down - ibong maitim sa ibaba
2. dead man's chest - dodo ng patay
3. i know what you did last summer - uyy... aminin!
4. love, actually - sa totoo lang, pag-ibig
5. million dollar baby - 50 million pisong sanggol (it
depends on the
exchange rate of the country)
6. the blair witch project - ang proyekto ng bruhang
si blair
7. mary poppins - si mariang may putok
8. snakes on a plane - nag-ahasan sa ere
9. the postman always rings twice - ang kartero kapag
dumutdot laging
dalawang beses
10. sum of all fears - takot mo, takot ko, takot
nating lahat
11. swordfish - talakitok
12. pretty woman - ganda ng lola mo
13. robin hood, men in tights - si robin hood at ang
mga felix bakat
14. four weddings and a funeral - kahit 4 na beses ka
pang
magpakasal,
mamamatay
ka rin
15. the good, the bad and the ugly - ako, ikaw, kayong
lahat
16. harry potter and the sorcerer's stone - adik si
harry, tumira ng
shabu
17. click - isang pindot ka lang
18. brokeback mountain - may nawasak sa likod ng
bundok ng tralala
/bumigay
sa bundok
19. the day of the dead - ayaw tumayo (ng mga patay)
20. waterworld - basang-basa
21. there's something about mary - may kwan sa ano ni
maria
22. employee of the month - ang sipsip
23. resident evil - ang biyenan
24. kill bill - kilitiin sa bilbil
25. the grudge - lintik lang ang walang ganti
26. nightmare before christmas - binangungot sa noche
buena
27. never been kissed - pangit kasi
28. gone in 60 seconds - 1 round, tulog
29. the fast and the furious - ang bitin, galit
30. too fast, too furious - kapag sobrang bitin,
sobrang galit
31. dude, where's my car - dong, anong level ulit tayo
nag-park?
32. beauty and the beast - ang asawa ko at ang nanay
nya
33. the lord of the rings - ang alahero

i'm flooooooooooooooored!! 
what else can i say? 
GO, ROBBY!! 


here's a clip from our bora trip last year ...






and here's a clip from friday's pinoy idol ...

The Dash

I hope you enjoy this and maybe we all can take life a little slower and with more meaning.

In July 2006, a short 3-minute movie was launched on the Internet called The Dash. Since then, over 40 million people from around the world have watched it; and over 20,000 a day continue to watch it as a result of people passing it along.

The movie has been more successful than ever imagined. More importantly, however, it has inspired many, many people to reflect on their lives and ask that all important question, 'Are my priorities where they should be?'

I hope you enjoy this and share it with those who are close to you.

Click This Link to View: www.dashpoemmovie. com


Live the Life You Have Imagined!


P.S.  thanks to suzette for sharing this with me :)

still can't believe that rob was one of the 4 guys
in the bottom rung for pinoy idol's round 2 of eliminations.
but what a relief -- he pulled through!! whew!!

i've never doubted rob's passion and talent for singing ...
what i'm beginning to doubt is the population of
tone-deaf text-voters who prefer to vote for someone else.

????

some chose extra-ordinary songs but they sang it ordinarily ...
while rob had an ordinary song but sang it extra-ordinarily!!
makauwi na nga nang makaboto ako para kay rob, haha :)

in the meantime, rob's next performance
will be on friday -- 9:45-ish PM right after
"babangon ako't dudurugin kita."
nyeh. ano bang title yan? haha ...

it is going to be verrrrrry exciting because
rob is going to sing "wildflower!!"
to those who've heard him sing this one before,
ay, graaabeh.  you know what i'm talking about :)

buti pa kayo ... ako mapapanuod ko lang yan
sa youtube at starmometer.com, huhuhuhuhuuuu ...

anyway, you can start voting for rob
within two hours after pinoy idol :)


anyway, here's rob's latest performance
on pinoy idol last saturday,
and sunday's elimination night :)



Robby Navarro - What You Won't Do For Love
Uploaded by starmometerdotcom

date: june 30, 2007
locale: jonah's (boracay beach, philippines)
gear: canon SD600



i found the details on these shell blinds
at jonah's very, verrrrrry interesting ...
at a certain angle, the shells actually look like fish!
oh-soooooooo-perfect for the beach scene :)

so i took a snapshot of it while enjoying my
favorite mango-banana fruit shake at jonah's
in boracay beach, philippines :)



the original photo looks a little washed out.
sure needs a little tweaking :)

1. upload photo in picnik.com
2. click CREATE and choose SEPIA
3. choose ORTON-ISH

after the conversion and minimal editing,
i really liked the surreal quality of this photo ...
so i guess i'll stop here :)




thanks for visiting my
mono monday #9 :)

ON THE MEANING OF AN ATENEO EDUCATION
by Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.



When my daughter had the chance to finish high school in New York, we
agonized about it: I more than her. Her agony centered around the need to
moderate her desire to embark on this adventure because she knew it would
break my heart. My agony had two thorns. Firstly, I didn't want her to go
because in all our lives, we had never spent more than 2 days apart from
each other. Secondly, there was the irony of her studying in the United
States. As a nationalist academic and development worker, I always believed
that one's spirit had to be formed with one's people—among their myths and
their sufferings—in order to understand who one is, what one's
responsibilities are and to whom one's heart belongs. I know to the
sophisticated global citizen I would sound archaic and provincial, but I
still believe that before our spirit can embrace the world it must be rooted
in a home we love. But I knew that the idea of giving up this opportunity
was breaking her up inside because, as she said, she might spend the rest of
her life wondering what if, so I let her go. She left with the promise that
she would come back for college because I still believe that the university
years are formative. But we all know how those promises go. Two years in the
glitter of a new world could weaken the bindings of promises made in times
of great emotions. It has been a year and we are now completely at peace
with her decision to leave.

All that I have said is a prelude to why I am writing this piece. I am
writing this to explain why I believe her formation in the Ateneo would
still be the best for my daughter. I want to clarify to everyone else who
raise their eyebrows at me, what I mean when I say that I believe an
education here is superior to any ivy league education. Many of my
colleagues who know that my daughter has a chance to study in an American
university cannot understand why I would prefer that she study here. One of
them even exclaimed: "You would prefer that she study here even if she had a
chance to study in Harvard!" with a you-are-so ridiculous tone. And to me
the answer was "Yes, of course, you're so ridiculous." And the reason is
simply this: she may get a superior technical education in some top ranking
university abroad but only in the Philippines will she have a superior
education in being a Filipino for Filipinos.

My daughter wants to be a writer and recently she has had a chance to attend
a prestigious workshop in an American university best known as a center for
writing. And I was witness to how because of that opportunity, her writing
skills have advanced light years from when she left. I have no doubt that if
she studied creative writing in one of the US universities known for it, her
skills would be strengthened even more. But what would she write about? A
great writer is as much about her skill as it is about her great insight. If
you have the skill but not the immersion in the profound realities that have
formed your soul , what is there to write about? And who would she write for?
A truly great writer is one whose passion is fueled by the need
to speak for her people, especially the mute.
And to even begin to want to speak for them, you have to be grounded in
their misery. One's people are never generic: they take concrete form in the
faces that resonate in your heart. I think an education in her own country
would prepare her to face the faces that resonate in her heart and perhaps
an Ateneo education could awaken the passion to respond to those faces.

I know that many complain that Ateneans lead a very sheltered life in this
campus. In an infinite number of ways that is ridiculously true. In the end,
the Ateneo is the Ateneo: a separate world from the world of the margins.
But what most people don't understand about the Ateneo, is that the Ateneo
is not just about the majors or the specific programs. It is about a spirit
that pervades among its best people.

When I was young, I was ready to quit the Church because I was convinced
that there were no intelligent and just Catholics. And then I came to the
Ateneo where I met Catholics who strove to serve the margins because of
their love of God. And because they loved God's people, they strove for
excellence. That realization astounded me and kept me in the Church and in
Ateneo. If anything, Filipino Jesuit education just means to teach people
that the love of God means nothing but to love the people who suffer
forgotten in the margins, and that we strive for excellence in what we do to
serve them best: otherwise excellence and the love of God is empty. What
else does faith mean? What else grounds excellence? What else measures the
good of a life but that? And if you take Ateneo education seriously enough,
and if you are open to its opportunities enough, it will lead you to that
realization and it will lead you to your first opening to the faces that you
will have to serve. At its core, Ateneo education is an apprenticeship in
the work of being a Filipino for others. This is only a slogan so long as
one misses out on the living examples of alumni, scholars, administrators,
maintenance and staff who show us the way to realizing the truth of an
Ateneo education. Open your eyes to those who serve radically and they will
radically educate your heart. And if one is open enough one can see that
such people dwell in this school because there is a spirit in this school
that cradles them and supports their vocation. It is intangible, but it is a
spirit that guides the best of us.

Some people feel that we are an elite school that cultivates an elite
rationality. Radioactive Sago's brilliant third album is entitled "… Ang
Daming Nagugutom Sa Mundo Fashionista Ka Pa Rin." In one gig, Lord de Vera
was plugging their album and he said "Bilhin ninyo ang aming album '… Ang
Daming Nagugutom Sa Mundo Atenista Ka Pa Rin.'" I could understand his
sentiments exactly. Just listen to conversations in the pocket garden where
people complain about the heat, their slow laptops and their old school
phones and anyone who knows anything about the hardships in our country will
easily agree with Lord. But then, if you think about it, although some of
our graduates are oblivious to the suffering around them and even if some of
them do reinforce structures that exploit the suffering, there is that core
of Ateneans touched by the spirit of this school who choose to genuinely
build communities founded on justice, to found enterprises that serve true
needs, to lawyer for the oppressed, and to doctor for the poor. Many
innovations of justice building in our country arise because of their
apprenticeships in the magis of our service. We just don't hear about these
things because they don't find their way into our tarpaulins. But the spirit
is there and it is the spirit that defines us more than basketball
championships or the number of CEOs we produce. Somehow, because of our
formation, Ateneans still tend to be idealistic about service. And so I say
"Dahil ang daming nagugutom sa mundo kailangan mong seryosohin ang pagka-
Atenista." This is why, my dear fellow parents, I think an Ateneo education
is more valuable for my daughter than a Cornell or Harvard or Princeton
education: because here, we learn to be excellent for something
important—our people and our Filipino humanity.

Dr. Rodriguez is currently an Assistant Professor of the Philosophy Department of the Loyola Schools.
His daughter, Leal, is a freshman in the Ateneo majoring in AB Humanities.
Edited version of "To my colleagues: On the meaning of an Ateneo education"
by Agustin Martin G. Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Chalk Marks. The Guidon. Volume LXXV. Number 6.

Song Credits:
PILGRIM'S THEME BY Bukas Palad
Music by: Manoling Francisco, SJ
Lyrics by: Johnny Go, SJ
Arrangement: Paulo K Tirol
Soloist: Julius Guevara

thanks to Bong Eliab for posting this
on his blog www.banyuhay.multiply.com

date: july 1, 2007
locale: pat's creek bar in boracay beach, philippines
gear: canon sd600







now, for the conversion:
1. upload photo on picnik.com
2. crop picture.
3. click EDIT then choose EXPOSURE.
4. increase CONTRAST to make details stand out.
5. click CREATE then choose FOCAL B/W.
6. focus focal sphere on the flame.
7. click EDIT then choose COLORS.
8. increase SATURATION to heighten the color.



thanks for visiting
my mono monday #8 :)

check out rob's first night on PINOY IDOL,
singing WHENEVER, WHEREVER, WHATEVER.
click the link below :)




okay, for those who have been asking,


here are the voting reminders
for PINOY IDOL on gma7:


*  voting starts when raymond gives the go-signal to vote
and ends two hours after the show.

*  the maximum # of votes is 200 text votes per person

*  text format:


Type IDOL<space>ROBBY then send to
367 - Smart and Talk 'N Text
2344 - Globe and other networks

*  PINOY IDOL goes on air every friday, saturday and sunday :) 

was able to dig up this old video
of my good friend robbie
from my files and files of
random photos and home-cooked videos :)
this was taken last july 21, 2007
in bagaberde pasig.

if you've been following the
latest on pinoy idol on GMA7,
then you would know that
the judges always give him
positive, positive feedback :)

well, rob's definitely my #1 pick
and i'm rooting for him
all the waaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! :)

so, when voting time finally comes,
whip out your cellphones and
put those credits to good use by
voting for robbie all the way!! :)

(btw, robbie is now ROBBY.
make sure you key in the
right name when you text-vote)

and of course, do check out
the uploaded video below :)





if you want to be in the loop and
know more about rob,
click the photo link below :)

"Monochrome Monday is a medium by which we not only share photos with one another but also techniques. I came to Multiply for the reason of networking with other Photographers. As a result I have met some outstanding shooters
and am constantly amazed at some of the shots I see.

Now with that being said this is the Dealio..and the outline will change as we see what happens with this..You have until next monday to determine your entry..your choice of
subject matter. Do your blog as we normally do for Pic Perf cept this time you will post the before and after. One color and then the black and white outcome. But also a description of what you did to achieve this outcome. ie what program you used.. the steps involved..anything that made that pic the way it is..

By us sharing in this manner I believe the love and passion and beauty of black and white shooting can re-emerge. It is possible to get very good conversions but it's usually more detailed than just going to gresycale convert. Ansel Adams is by far one of the most noted Black and White masters known today. He developed a system that has now become known as the Zone System here is a link to read a little if you aren't familiar with either Mr.Adams or his System. ’Ansel Adams Zone System."

This is open to everyone regardless of skill level, as I said its a sharing an learning experience.
Take time to work on this don't simply grab a photo or shoot something at random
as all shots don't lend well to B/W. I still have a deep love for this medium and
and perish the thought that it should fall to the wayside in this digital age. It doesn't matter what steps you go thru to achieve this black and white beauty you will bring forth this is all about end results. That's the Nuts and Bolts of being a photographer today. Sure, I still love film shooting and have spent more hours in a darkroom than I care to remember. So now we move from the chemical darkroom to the virtual darkroom we have to learn new tricks.

So until Monday and that is one minute after midnight eastern standard time or zulu+5
Enjoy. Plan Learn and WOW!!"

- jgh

(reposted from www.jgaryhillstudio.multiply.com)

The objective of this site is to have fun taking photographs. Right now, there are 350 members. Every week, new members join. To keep the whole project fun and to help us get around to everyone's photos, a huge task due to the volume, there are rules in place.

1. Have fun! Yes, this is the most important rule : )
2. The photo must be yours. No photos from the internet
3. Post 1 comment with a link to your entry
4. Post a link to the actual entry, not just your main page
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6. Entries are to be in by Friday midnight... or we'll be at this all week. This gives us the weekend to visit pages
7. Visit other entries. There is nothing more disheartening for those who visit folk not to get people visiting them. This isn't a rule... just a suggestion. We know there are people with time and bandwidth restrictions.
8. When you comment on someone's Picture Perfect entry, please put the link to your entry with the comment, so that they can return the favour easily.
9. Be creative!

Bear in mind that the objective of Picture Perfect is to encourage us to take our cameras out with us, photographing with the theme in mind. The theme is presented to help us stretch our creativity and think outside the box. Picture Perfect helps you capture memories as they happen and have fun making new friends from all over the world : )

IMPORTANT: Picture Perfect is a family friendly site. Remember, you are posting photos that people of all ages, nationalities, cultures and tastes will be visiting. Many of these have children hanging around in the background. Keep it family friendly, please :)

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