The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Yup, that's the line I learned from Mrs Ponce's typing class back in high school. Had to type out the freaking line with a paper bag covering my entire head.

And so everytime I use a keyboard for the first time, that's the line I type out to test how comfortable I feel using the keys.

Thanks honie for replacing the old wireless keyboard with a new one. (God, I hate using a really lousy keyboard.) And I didn't even ask him to buy a new one. I just told him that I'd rather use the old wired keyboard, but instead he bought a new one, without me asking. Woah, galante. Hehe.

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Who am I in High School?

All American Kid

Popular but not plastic. Athletic but not a jock. Smart but not a brain. You were well rounded and well liked in high school.

What retro girl am I?

Your Inner Retro Girl Is

1960s City Girl

What font am I?

You Are Impact

You are very unique and quite striking. You are forceful and aggressive. You never go unnoticed, and people recognize your power instantly. While you make your presence known, your message is a bit fuzzy. You are not the easiest person to understand, and you're not one for details.

What condiment am I?

You Are Barbeque Sauce

You are a social person. You enjoy cooking for other people. You are both skillful and competitive. You enjoy mastering hard tasks. You appreciate complexity more than simplicity. Your taste in food tends to lean toward interesting flavors. You appreciate exotic spice combinations. You tend to like cutting edge, fusion cuisine. You get along with all personalities from a distance. Except salsa personalities, who always seem to annoy you.

Got nothing to do? Try it here.

The professional heckler

I love The Professional Heckler!!! I believe he won in one of the categories in this year's Philippine Blog Awards. He (or she? I'm not sure) injects good ol' comic relief to Philippine politics and current events. I just hope that his political "targets" actually read his entries so they'll know what a joke they are for continuing to mess up our country!

The Professional Heckler is like Chikatime on a more intelligent level. Hahah!

However, some people may not appreciate the way he writes. Specifically those who don't know how to separate fact from sarcasm from satire.

My favorite "hecklings" for today:

On the Teehankee Clemency: Anders Hultman, Maureen Hultman’s adoptive father has slammed President Arroyo’s granting of an executive clemency to Claudio Teehankee Jr., the man convicted of the killing of Maureen and her companion in 1991. In an email sent to the Inquirer, Anders said, “Why this president does this only God knows,” to which President Arroyo said, “Don’t drag an innocent being into the controversy. I haven’t talked to Him for a long time.”

On the demand for oil price rollback: Oil companies refused to implement a price rollback despite a huge drop in world crude costs citing the “still, fluid situation.” But the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan demands an “immediate, substantial oil price rollback” insisting that the drastic drop in oil prices worldwide “undoubtedly” warrants a pump price reduction of at least 7 pesos per liter for diesel, 2 pesos and 30 cents for gasoline, and 8 pesos for kerosene. Gathering those figures was a remarkable effort on the part of Bayan… considering the fact that most of its members actually spend more time marching than getting a ride.

Pati away ni Cristy and Nadia pinatulan (haha!): Gossip columnist and libel convict Cristy Fermin has revealed that Nadia Montenegro gave birth not only to five children as she has claimed but to six kids. The Asistios called it a shame. Showbiz columnists described it as a shocker. The Catholic Church wants Nadia to be their spokesperson against the Reproductive Health Bill.

Oh yes, I haven't gone home for almost two years but I am still updated. :)

David Cook and his risky business

Ooohhhkay...if you are an AI fan, you're probably puking now from all those comments about David Cook winning and David "Gosh" Archuleta's loss.

I don't really care about the outcome of the finals because I know Cook will have a great career beyond AI. But hell yeah, it was great that he won, if only for the sake of pulling the rag off Simon's feet.

Give David "Gosh" Archuleta a few more years and he'll develop that star material too. Add some dance lessons on the side plus some more youthful energy so he can sing other songs that aren't too depressing. As Simon says (pardon the pun), "taking all these into account", this baklita has a bright future ahead of him.

Eeehneeeeweiii, Cook and his handlers didn't waste time and got to work at once. I found one of Cook's endorsements and I think it's cute! Remember Tom Cruise in Risky Business? The one where he lipsyched to Bob Seger's Old Time Rock n Roll wearing only his shirt, undies and socks? That's the concept of Cook's Guitar Hero ad. Here it is:



And for nostalgia's sake, let's watch the original version:


Errrmm, I think Cook's version is way cooler than Cruise's.

David Cook (and why I love AI)

Reports show that throughout American Idol history, this year gets the lowest ratings/audience share of all. But what the heck, inspite of Paula’s cheesy and uber weird metaphors, I still love watching it. And the top, if not the only, reason why I love watching AI is I get to hear people sing other singer’s songs, singing it in a different way, giving it their personal style (not the Ken Lee style ha!)

It’s like listening to your friends sing inside a videoke room. But this one’s on a higher level shempre (because 75% of my friends can and should only sing inside the bathroom. That doesn’t include you, Pristine!)

I’ve never had a favorite contestant. Ever. I don’t like pa-sweet people (think Kristy Lee Cook and Brooke whatever) and AI is so full of them. I mean, after each season, I would usually forget them. But this year is different.

David Cook.

As Simon says: It’s like getting out of karaoke hell and finally breathing fresh air.

If you haven’t seen these videos yet, click click click!

These are two of my most favorite AI performance of ALLL time!

David Cook’s version of Hello by Lionel Richie and Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey.

I so so so lovet!!!

guess who's back on the block?

I'm Michelle and I'm a Leo. (You won't get this if you're not an authentic NKOTB fan.)

Hahaha. Can you believe it, after more than 14 years, NKOTB is coming out with an album again! It's official, they're having a reunion!

In my teenage years, I was an official NKOTB fan. When they had their first concert in Manila, I was there in Rizal Stadium, 3rd row!!! (Next to NKOTB, I loved Debbie Gibson, too!)

But you do have to admit, despite NKOTB's cheesy songs (now I say "cheesy", but back then it was the soundtrack of my life!), they started a new genre of boy bands and all.

They appeared recently on Today show and of course they looked older but some things never change--Donnie was still the spokesman of the group and Joey was still a hottie! Instead of screams from teenagers, you hear women in their late 20s and 30s screaming their hearts out (I kinda want to cringe when I hear the screams). Click here to watch their appearance.

Just like Donnie (my favorite), Joey, Jorday, Jon and Donnie, I had to experience the applause and the boo-boos of my life. I had to grow old too. And change. Meet other people. Get interested in other things. But despite all these, in the deep, deep part of my heart, I will always remain an NKOTB fan!

I guess the best thing that came out of this is that I will always have five girls that I've shared a bond with because of this NKOTB fan thingie. It's such a nice feeling to know that you have mutual memories with five different people who you don't see anymore (and probably never will). Hey Julie, Mariel, Trisha, Fritzie, Judy!

I LOVE YOU, DONNIE! MARRY ME! ahahaha. This was my shoutout back then.

Now, Joey is still a singer (check out his songs here, not bad eh.), married to real estate agent and has a kid. Jon has a real estate firm in Boston and is still single. Donnie, who turned into an actor, is married and has two kids now. Danny is divorced with four kids and is a sales exec in some firm. Jordan is a record producer and is married with two kids.

So who was your favorite New Kid?

Sometime late 1980s to early 1990s

The official reunion photo

january...february...march...april na!

Lurker
For the past few months, I've been a lurker. I have so many things on my mind that I want to write about...just to get it all out of my system. But for unknown reasons, I can't bring my fingers to tap on those keys and put it all in writing. Instead, these fingers are used to click on different blogs, different profiles, and well, basically just lurk on other people's spaces reading their thoughts and experiences. So okay, I'm officially a lurker. It makes me feel that I'm not alone in this vast, vast universe. Ho-hum.

Privacy Perks
Sometime this week, I will convert all my Multiply blog entries exclusively for my network. And for the not-so-personal ones, I will continue to post them in My Constipated Life blog. I have put on the privacy mode of my Friendster account, and if I can do that in Facebook, then I shall do that too. I've been having this weird feeling lately that I should keep a low profile. Been meeting a lot of different people lately and I don't want them to know that inside this brilliant mind of mine lies a neurotic persona. Bwahahaha.

You know you love me...
My dearest sisters sent over their Gossip Girl books. They kept telling me to buy those books here but I didn't want to spend my hard-earned money on teeny-bopper novels. So they sent their dog-eared copies to me. Being the open-minded person that I am, I read the first four books and I was hooked. It was like eavesdropping. Nothing too deep or life-changing. Just plain...err, gossiping. So I have brought my interest to a higher level because I am currently glued to watching its TV series online. I was a bit disappointed though--it wasn't as entertaining as the book version. It's still a good watch after a hard day's work.

The power of blogging
So I guess by now you've heard of Brian Gorrell's site. Kaloka ang chika ng baklang to! Even if you don't know all the personalities involved, maaaliw ka. You may want to check out Chikatime also for other chismax and pang-ookray (but don't take it seriously, mga bakla, it's just for entertainment. Don't take it as a fact.) Whether it's a blog about gossiping, or about your wedding preps, about one's travels, or heartaches or about the latest na pangaalipusta sa mga OFWs, one thing's for sure--blogs have a certain power that can even encompass that of the television's.

Wanted: Eye-Mo
The most used part of me: my eyes. If eyes can develop muscles everytime we use them, mine would be as buffed as Mark Nelson's bod. At work, I'm facing a computer allll the time. And since I've discovered sites where I can watch movies and series for free (faster uploading eto), I've been glued to this freaking Samsung LCD. Lori lent me those 16 movies-in-1 DVD that she bought in Manila, so once again I'm glued to the screen again. Even when I sit on my throne in the bathroom, I still read. My eyes are soooo tired. At night when I go to sleep, I see this black rectangular spot and I feel like I'm going blind.

Poker tayo? $2 lang ang buy-in hehehe.

Ayyyyayyyyayyyyy ang haba na ng aking essay. E kasi naman almost three months akong walang chika...kaya monologue mode na nman ako.

missing SATC

"You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'."

-Samantha (Sex and the City)