Wowowee

I've never seen any episode of Wowowee until yesterday. My mum's friend's wife works in ABS-CBN and with that, we were able to get into the show without queueing. Who would pass on that opportunity?

These are the photos from the show. I didn't take much. It wasn't that interesting.

ASAP

My mum has been planning to go to ASAP since forever, NOT. She told me few times before that when she was younger, she used to go to Filo shows, a trait that she passed on unto my brother. He went into a phase wherein he watch EAT Bulaga every Monday. He actually got an Eat Bulaga Monday Group. I am very showbiz at the moment. I am starting to appreciate the Filo hotties and actually wanted to see them. This is the reason why I agreed to go to ASAP with my dear mummy. Her friend's wife works in ABS CBN and we were given 5 complimentary tickets. My friend and my cousin bailed out on us. If they only knew how hard it was for other people to go in the studio. Anyway, here are some of the photos that I would like to share from ASAP.

Piolo Pascual and Rachelle Ann Go. He is very stunning in person and she is very flawless. I can't take my eyes off Piolo and kept on saying, he is guapo(handsome).

Lenka made a surprise appearance. I was lucky as I wanted to see her perform.
Just enjoy the show....

Piolo with the girls.

I am no Kim Chiu hater but this girl needs to eat. She is seriously thin I am scared that she might lose her arms from dancing. My dear sister was disappointed upon seeing her. She is a big fan.

Nina. She looks better now. Last time I saw her was in UST. She wasn't famous then.

Sarah G while performing Bad Romance. It was fierce!

I was disappointed to report that I didn't see my filo hotties. Enchong, Jericho and Jake weren't there. :( The show was amazing though. 3 hours had gone past without any of us noticing. After the show, Tita Red took us to their place where we had a late lunch. For the 4 of us, she served 5 Filo dishes, all I have missed eating. We then went to Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila. If you have to stay in a hotel in the Philippines, this is the Hotel. It got an amazing view of the Manila Bay and at night time, it have folk dance performances. 3 out of 8 I know. Embarassing. It got small casino, salon and a big restaurant inside.

While Performing Tinikling.

After Sofitel, we went to the ABS CBN Bazaar. It was tired and didn't buy anything.

"Kapamilya". I am loyal to my "Kapuso".

BBC Proms

Me and Mum went to the BBC Proms last Saturday. My dear sister was supposed to go with me but she got work on that day so she bailed out. Guess, it's a blessing in disguise cause I get to spend some quality time with my mum. :) I was expecting Proms to be a formal event filled with classical songs but we were on the wrong venue. Hyde Park is more relaxed than Royal Albert Hall. No wonder it's okay to bring food and to dress casually. Katherine Jenkins, Escala and Barry Manilow performed that night. I love it when he sang I can't smile without you followed by Copacabana. Going home from London to Reading took 2 hours cause only one lane is working. I was very tired the next day and slept most of the afternoon to recover.

Nuggets and Chips.

Tempura and Chips. Both tasteless and oily. I don't know why we bother buying.

Gates open at 4PM but we were faced with a massive queue when we got there at 4:30PM. Good thing that it wasn't slow. It took us 10-15 minutes to get in. They had 40,000 attendants on that day.

I thought we were going to the Royal Albert Hall but we were not posh enough. LOL!

We saw this gay couple and took picture of them before the event started. We were surrounded by freaks that night. We saw one couple who couldn't stop inserting his hand on his gf's jeans and playing with her ass.

Me and Mum's "best" photo together. I didn't get much sleep the previous night thus, 1 kilo of eyebags.

The queue for the ladies is epic! I applaud these girls for changing the gents signs to ladies.

Mum with fireworks on the background before we left the event.

Random Weekend

FML:

Last Saturday, I almost did something that I would regret for the rest of my life. HORROR story as Melay describe it. In short, if my MORALS didn't prevail, I'll be in the worst position now. I am so proud of myself for resisting. :) Email me if you want to know more about this - I may or may not tell you though.

GI JOE:

I saw GI Joe with my friend Doja. I love the film and it kept me focus on the screen the whole time but then again, I went drinking with a friend prior to the 8PM film. Ehehe! For girls, you'll see loads of topless guy in the film. I particularly like the Asian guy. His body is HOT but his face is not(I think actually he's okay although he isn't my type)!

HAMLET:

I am not the Shakespeare type but Jude Law is starring as Hamlet and that's good enough reason for us to go. He is a HOTTIE! Alfie was the first film that made me fall for him. His body(Oh gosh, Am I really talking about buff guys again???) is more like my type. Hahaha! I have to say, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open through out the whole play. It was 3 hours long! Think I am not posh enough for Shakespeare. Are you?

Dear Mum outside the Wyndham's Theatre. She wants her photo taken with Jude Law poster on the background. She bought a mug as a souvenier together with her usual Play Pamphlet(I can't remember how you call it now, sowie!).

Photo taken inside the Theatre. Isn't it posh?

Shaky photo taken by Morellis before we got told off by the Usher. NO PHOTO BEFORE AND DURING THE PERFORMANCE - His words.

Photo taken right after we got off the coach. Yes, we don't like to waste time!

And,

I am starting to pack my stuffs that I am gonna send back home. I am feeling sad but I don't wanna show it to anyone. Who wants a downer right?

Barrio Fiesta 09

Yearly, the Filo Community in London organise a big Filo get together where they have Filo Performers and loads and loads of rip off Filo food. :P We went this year. Here are the photos to prove it. :)

Janno Gibbs. Taken from afar. Can't be arsed to move closer to the stage. :P Didn't take photos of Arnel Ignacio.

Video From the Premieres

Public Enemies Red Carpet Premiere

I have a UK Wishlist and I have a Bucket List. :P Going to the Hollywood Premiere is one of my UK Wishlist. It is something that I won't be able to do when I go back to the Philippines. I plan to go alone but my sister volunteered(take note, volunteered) to come to London with me as I plan to shop the whole morning and go to the Premiere at 2:30 to get a good view. The day started good, we covered most of the stores in Westfields and we went to Spaghetti House for lunch. Both our first times. It was okay. The Garlic bread is slightly overdone and my order is tasteless. So it wasn't really okay. Hahaha! We left Westfields at 2:30PM and was at Empire Cinema at 3ish PM where people are starting to pile up. My sister was clever enough to buy 2 bottles of drinks for us. By 4:30PM, people started to stand up to look for Johnny. After 1 fainting and 2 hours later, he showed up, talked to the press and spent jurassic minutes with the fans. We were far from were he stayed but we manage to get photo of his ass, a dodgy photo of him and a lot of dodgy video kinda like the Blair Witch Project. :-P It was hardwork staying behind the fence. People are pushing from the back trying to get a nice photo of Johnny Depp. One fainted and a lot of people took the opportunity to get to her space pushing more people in front. Me and my sister where stuck in a position where we can't move or breathe even. I have to constantly raise my head and literally breathe. One person in front of me kept on farting. I sweated like a pig and the temperature is on its all time high of 30 degrees celsius! My sister complained about not being able to see Johnny but saw a glimpse of him as soon as she prayed to God according to her. I have to lift her at one point so she can she both the actors. I will do it again next time if you ask me. It is worth the experience, it is worth seeing Johnny Depp! :)

All smiles while having her lunch, her usual Spaghetti Al Ragu.

Poster for the Premiere

Queue at 4PM

Marion Cotillard with the Reporter. I can't believe people doesn't know her. She is an Academy Award Winner People! Hate the hair but loved the Red Dress and Heels. I am guessing Dior, she is the face of Dior at the moment.

Where's Johnny?

Girly Dates

I had a great time today! I met up with my friend at 11AM but she was late, typical for a girl. We didn't have any plans, we just both wanted to go on Thames River Cruise and Westfields. So when she finally showed up 30 minutes late, I ask her what she wants to do first and she said River Cruise. We spend an hour and a half on the boat gossiping about her trip back home, her boyfriend and our upcoming trips. :) Today we both discovered that the best way to get a tan is to take the Thames River Cruise at 12noon. Don't go in the shade. Ehehe! After River Cruise, we went to Westfields where we spend the whole afternoon shopping! Westfields has a good balance of High Street and High End Brands. The best part of all is the most of the shops are on sale at the moment! I almost got myself a Miu Miu wallet, my existing wallet definitely needs to go. It's literally falling off. :( Anyway, before leaving Westfields, we saw Randy Santiago. *convo at the end of the blog* We wanted to do another River Cruise so we went back to Westminster Pier but it was closed. We then went to the park across and spend an hour there relaxing and reviewing the whole Randy Santiago incident. We walked from Trafalgar Square, to Leicester Square to the Gay Strip thru Tottemham Court Road. In short, we went to where our feet took us. I am so tired now but I have to let the Randy Santiago incident let out of my system. :)

Pre-tan Ailema and Doris. All smiles. :)

Photo at the London Eye.

Photo on the River Cruise. That's the Tower Bridge on the Background.

This is Westfields' toilet waiting lounge. Reminds me of the Philippines minus the 25 pesos fee. :P

Me with Mr. Randy Santiago.

I was walking towards the Mulberry Shop when Doris stop.

Doris: Oi! (Hey!)

Me: Stopped

Doris: Picture!!!

Me: Sino ba yan? (Who is that?)

Doris: Randy Santiago

Me: Looking apologetic. Sorry po, di ko kayo napansin kasi nakafocus ako sa Mulberry Store. (Sorry I didn't notice you. My mind is on the Mulberry Store)

The thing is, Randy Santiago or rather, the Santiagos are famous Filo Actors. I grew up watching their noon time shows from when he was working in GMA to ABS-CBN. It was embarassing but he was very nice about my stupidity. :)

The Jonathan Ross Show

Sorry for not posting in a long time. I was hooked watching Boys Before Flowers. 3 days - Monday to Wednesday - was spent watching the series. When I finally went out for my tennis lessons last Tuesday, the sun gave me a headache. This is a result of massive hibernation at home. No worries, I am back at the real world now - back to circulation where real people exist. Ehehe!

Maria's boyfriend, Richard applied for Show Tickets and got 4. So when she asked me if I want to go, I said yes immediately and took my sister along. Both our first times. We left Reading at 12:30PM and went straight to Westfields for a bit of shopping and dining. We then started to queue up at 3PM and got in at 5:30PM. This is nothing compared to the Reading Fest queue, it took me at least 5 hours to get the Festival Tickets and I was alone then! He got a good guest line up, The 2 comedians from the Peep Show, Davina MacCall and Lost Hottie Matthew Fox. The show taping took 2 hours but they cut half of it on telly. Jonathan Ross was his usual sarcastic self. I really enjoyed his humour. After the show, he started giving people chocolates and when he went to my side,I shouted here. He then threw chocolate in my direction. Must be my lucky day cause as soon as we exit the building, we saw him and I asked for his autograph and a photo taken with him. Good first time experience hey!

Exhibit A: The chocolate from Jonathan Ross and his autograph.

Inside the Studio. We are not supposed to take photos but we snuck in few anyway.

My turn to have my photo taken. :) We filos can't resist the photo opp!

Exhibit B: Me and Mr. Jonathan Ross. Sorry for the shaky photo. We were in a rush.