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gustilo designs

Okay Kids ang daming nangyari sa akin lately, hindi ko alam kung ano uunahin, kaya ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng moment magkwento. Mas madalas pa ko magbayad ng domain keysa magpost! Susubukan ko talaga magpost nang mas madalas. For now, meron akong balita.

So last December nagkaroon kami ng chance ni Mudrax na pag-usapan ang pangarap naming business: dress shop. Ilang taon na rin namin itong pinag-iisipan pero hindi matuloy-tuloy, hanggang sa isang araw parang nag-align lahat ng maswerteng bit...

beauty and the beast

Beauty and the Beast is a live-action remake of the 1991 animated classic, featuring a beautiful girl Belle (played by Emma Watson) who breaks a lifelong curse by falling in love with the Beast (played by Meryl Streep). For a movie that banked on nostalgia and generally good feelings, Beauty and the Beast did fairly well. It’s hard to succeed with a story familiar to everyone because there’s no room for shocking twists and puzzling mysteries. Everybody knows how it goes, we all recognize the...

taxi story: pokpok

Isang gabi sumakay ako ng taxi. Medyo kakaiba itong experience ko na ito and medyo buwis buhay so listen up you're gonna shit. Umpisa pa lang ng byahe nakapansin na ako ng kakaiba kay Kuya, pero kadalasan naman ang mga kakaibang bagay, hindi na natin iniisip much. Pagtapos ng lahat ng kaganapan, kapag nireview mo na ang buong kwento, saka mo lang maiisip na Oo nga no? It all adds up.

Pagpara ko sa taxi at pag-upo:

"Kuya. Trinoma po."

"Saan yun?"

Hala si Kuya. Inisip ko na lang na baka hindi talag...

danger tea

Hi. New year’s resolution ko ang maging nice person. Kaya nga noong unang araw ng taong 2017 minabuti namin ni Mudrax na simulan ang taon na magaan ang pakiramdam. Kasi paano ka magiging nice sa iba kung hindi ka nice sa iyong sarili? At paano ka magiging nice outside kung hindi ka nice inside? Naisipan naming magpamassage to get some relaxation and rejuvenation. Buti na lang may bagong bukas na spa na malapit lang sa amin kaya hindi na namin kinailangang lumayo para makaranas ng relaxation a...

videoke girl

Minsan nakakatuwa ang mag-videoke. Minsan nakaka-offend. Ako nga naooffend sa sarili kong boses. Parang galing sa hukay ang singing voice ko. Hindi ito para sa ikaeenjoy ng madla. Hangga't maaari, pinaka-iiwas-iwasan ko talaga ang mapasabak sa videoke kasi ito talaga ang nagdudulot ng kahihiyan sa akin.

Madalas diba katuwaan lang ang videoke, pero paano kung, tulad ng boses ko, negatibo na ang epekto nito sa paligid? Maraming bagay ang dapat isaalang-alang. Let me tell you a story.

Meron akong...

bituing walang ningning - the untold story

Hey Kids, remember when I butchered the classic Filipino movie Bituing Walang Ningning? Me neither. Pero minsan nababagabag talaga ako sa mga ideas ko tungkol sa pelikulang ito, to the point na hindi na ako maka-function. I have conspiracy theories and parallel universes and alternate realities and such kaya sa utak ko, iba na ang kwento ng Bituing Walang Ningning. You wouldn't believe what I think about during my free time.

So eto ngayon, bababuyin ko na naman siya. Naaalala nyo nung sinabi k...

aswang

Hey Kids! Happy Halloween! Or if you hate Halloween, Happy Friday! Noong bata ako, paborito ko ang Araw ng mga Patay kasi mahilig ako sa katatakutan. Ang saya lang makipagkwentuhan ng "multo-multo" matapos dumalaw sa puntod ng mga yumaong kamag-anak at mag-marathon ng horror shows and movies. Sadly, hindi na ito ang uso ngayon.

Nais kong ibalik ang integridad ng Araw ng mga Patay!

At dahil diyan, binalikan ko ang isang paborito kong pelikulang tumakot sa akin noon: Aswang


Pinanood ko uli itong...

don't breathe

Some movies make you question your morals, check your code of ethics, or at least wonder if you have a conscience. Take for example this home invasion movie, Don't Breathe. By default, we should all hate the villains (home invaders) and root for the victim (home invadee). But just as soon as the movie started, for some reason, we immediately root for the akyat-bahays. Or baka ako lang, because of my mild sociopathic tendencies?

Huwag malinlang, ang "Don't Breathe" ay hindi istorya ng katabi mo...

lights out

We all have awful friends. If you don't have an awful friend, ikaw ang awful friend. Ako alam ko, that's ME, kaya ako naa-unfriend in real life. OK lang yan, dahil minsan, some friendships need to be terminated immediately. Which is why I don't get this horror movie, Lights Out, which, after all the shocks and scares, is basically about a girl and her awful friend who's just a bit too clingy.

Lights Out is a movie which exploits our deepest, most basic fears: fear of the dark. So that means th...

soundalikes

You ever notice how two very unrelated songs sound alike? I'm not referring to songs that "sample" other songs (like "Stronger" by Kanye West sampling "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" by Daft Punk) because that's the purpose of sampling. I'm referring to that moment when you hear a song and it reminds you of some other song, it's almost like you can interchange their parts and it still sounds OK.

Similar sounding songs are the reason mashups exist, which give comedians like Ate Gay a career....