Nakuwento ko na ba sa inyo ang aking toy?

I know its our company's product.. i launched it, introduced it to the public and spent almost the last of my sanity to bring it to the Philippines..

but i am raving about it now because i really am enjoying using it. I actually bought this as a personal gift to self from a duty free shop in TW, this is not an english version, your eyes will be muddled with a lot of gibberish characters (papuhmuhfa) on the keyboard.. its black, its 8 gig.

this kind of pc has a special place in my heart.. i had a libretto about 7 years ago and it was my sanity keeper during my first year of independence (i stayed in an apartment alone with just a ref, a mattress, (my tv was just via a PC tv tuner) and washing machine.



(our blog setup.. BBs lappie, Bien's eee, my PC.. together we will blog our adventures for 2008.)
my eee pc, to help me organize my 2008 plans..
i am giving up my pda..
i had a good pda run that lasted for 13 years (da vinci, palm m100, palm V, palm m105, my pal , hp 1121 (?) :)

any takers? just give me a ring.

My Name is Jose Angel Bernal

a year and a day since BB and my son Bien first blogged over the net. and today, we have finally decided on my name. JOSE ANGEL BERNAL. the weird thing about it is, the name fits me since day 1 BB researched about Gael and his dad (Gael is as you know Bien's carnal persona.) Jose, is BB's maternal grandfather's name, Jose Espejo, and she always had this uber link with him even if he died when she was two..

at a super young age, she has been rummaging a lot of his grandfather's stuff from the garage, her treasure trove homebased ukay which started her thirst for technology, old, art, trivia.. a super 8 cam, a super vintage mic, a tape reel, old LPs, an old kodak cam etc. etc. he was BB's first "uncle travelling mat" adventurer, he shared himself to BB not with postcards but via the things he left behind.. she can be left hours upon hours with ipis infested boxes not afraid of playing alone, dirty hands and assembling stuff without manuals.


My name is Jose Angel Bernal

(i almost had a controversial name.. i am glad i got my name from a man with balls.. :P)

Bernal boys: The reunion

BB's just too tired to tell you the whole story.. it was fate who pulled her to my daddy.. Taiwan stories soon.. I just need to cuddle :)

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Updated 1228

BB is usually just not into shopping, especially in tiangges and night markets.. you can see her there for the first time adventure, an errand or to accompany friend. This time is no different, she accompanied a colleague first time in Taiwan.

Shilin, BB goes there for stinky tofu and her fav fried chicken and if office dismisses early, no option for nightlife and all the malls are already closed. And she's done with shopping plus the trauma of last year's accident left not a love affair for BB and shilin. So.. going thru the shilin experience again was no longer an adventure in fact it was hohum, plus this was the 2nd time in a 7 day period. Already gone thru the shopping haven (tho the first shilin day had a good adventure moment -- it was quiapo taipei style side story : BB and colleague was walking and window shopping along the stalls, and eskinitas of shilin. It had structured shops and roving ones like that of baclaran and divisoria, the people and products traffic was a jam, but within seconds, commotion! the roving stores "rove", packed up and cleared up. My colleague was almost got run over (but he was a big guy, he was just in the the way of a cariton after a lost in translation moment, they finally understood in panic language. So i had experienced RAID in taipei, hehe i have been a veteran of this PH style since i often go to quiapo and baclaran. i had a nice giggle watching while waiting for my size in a sport shoes shop. ) We already passed thru this starbucks since BBs colleague needed to number 1 first time, here BB was again at the spot waiting for him to have his starbucks pee again. Last time, she just waited patiently, but this time BB realized that the shop next door was familiar, super familiar she went straight to the 3rd floor and saw HIM! The showdog! This is the first shop BB bought her first 2 showdogs last year (she actually checked out 3 shops to complete the 10 showdog pasalubong) and here she saw ONE big showdog waiting! lonely and JUST THERE!

I am sure BB's colleague got worried a while not seeing BB outside the cafe, but then he saw BB with the biggest smile in the world at the register waiting for her turn to pay.

Showdogs have a nice way to pop-up in BBs life.

This is not a boxset by KHAVN...a shameless plug

for inquiries, just message me
yes, Bien the dog :)

special thanks kay kints and the cubao x mode last saturday

eto siya sa datelines! :)

Elliott Rules

Elliott got Bienned!

inaamin ko naman palagi. Yaminoy kami ni Bien to the core.

may 5 mini concerts si Elliott pero hindi ako nakadating sa 4, sa unang Trinoma, pinapila ko si Edgar first thing in the morning, hindi siya nakaabot sa seat stubs, na disappoint at busy din di na ako nakapunta.. sagasa na hanggang sa market market since i was too busy with work din. Cebu was automatic NO, had to be with friends and family for bday thingies.But my fellow yaminoys were asking me to go to ATC, last hurrah! I was there during the planning stages of all the gimmicks planned.. the shirt, the tarp, the gifts etc., I should experience the actual gig.Yesterday, first call to order.. get a seat ticket. I told Edgar (i can't go myself because i still had meetings) to get it no matter what (ang aking ever reliable ay nakipagtakbuhan and defied all security stops "ma'm may humawak nga sa balikat ko pero... " wahahahahaahaha) everybody was saying this was one of the memorable gigs, plus most of the yaminoy friends were there (you get to fit the faces and the names from the e-group) and i get to hear him live and get to scream for him (yes! yes! my screaming voice is back! One of my yaminoy friends said i should start a singing career, because i have great pipes.. but I will just always be a fan.. my lungs are for screaming!!)

and he get to hold bien in one of the pictures. :)

Elliott Yamin.

Bark like YAMIN it!

Who just got Bienned?

My fur, held and felt by Elliott Yamin! awww.. i'll sleep with BB tonight :)

Goto BB's multiply for more pix and stories http://dan2nina.multiply.com

It's a good day to be a YAMINOY!

Hehehe I am out in the open. Yes! Bien is a YAMINOY!

BB has been a rabid (no pun intended) Yaminoy since "If you really love me."

I have been weaned on Ipod nights in Astoria.. the old MP3s and the new album.

BB has been so busy but i'll bite her if she misses this one last time at ATC!

Bwwwwwrrrrrrraaarrrrfffff!

I just love Elliott Yamin!

Teeheehee

I have to keep this a major secret.. i really, really can't squeal.. it tickles me not to share it.. but i really, really can't..


it's hard for a dog to bite his tongue.
i really need to find a hole to scream it out!








Remington Steele!

The Eddie Gil Experiment (parallel universe)

Me and BB! Playing around with a camphone and a wig..

I look sleazy with hair! Dunchathink? I look like Mayor Sanchez, plus the long hair is so April Boy Regino..

BB, stop the blog! can I go now? :(

For you to laugh at BB's pictures goto http://myownbb.blogspot.com/2007/09/eddie-gil-experiment.html :)

Depressed dog

Last event, hindi ko nailabas si Bien sa bag ko..

This event, naiwan ko na talaga siya sa bahay.. Paguwi ko, kinabukasan.. Tinignan ko siya sa kanyang usual doorknob post, wala siya..

Talagang kalimutan na.. Natulog ako at nagising.. Nasan na nga ba si Bien, hindi ko naman nailagay sa bag? Tanong ko sa sarili.. Eto na, eto na masaklap..

Natandaan ko, natandaan ko na kung saan ko siya naiwan…
Ilang araw, hindi lang ilang oras.. Ilang araw siyang nakatitig sa buwan.. Sa bintana, doon ko siya naiwan matapos ang aming eclipse session..
Wawa si Bien, nakatitig sa shaw boulevard paEDSA.. Naarawan, naulanan (syempre takip ng bintana) nahamugan at nakalimutan.. :(

Kailangan na naming magbonding ni Bien.

-- BB

nang natulog ang buwan, dalawang kumot ang ginamit

Explorer Bien.. getting ready

I actually prepared for this, asked BB to setup her telescope in her room window, which she doesn't like doing because she feels the next building neighbors could see her, her room when the lights are on. Hmmmp, she's so... (bites tongue.)

Anyway, she did this one time for me.. yep, she agrees that this window has a near and non obstructed vantage of the dance of the moon. Our first lunar eclipse with a telescope ;)

But, like the past week's nights, the sky has never been clear from clouds. I have never seen my usual orion when i gaze up, plus the fact i have not been going anywhere during these past few nights.. I miss my stars.

So there.. waited for 4 hours, actually went to the other side of the building (the pool area just to double check.) but all the moon wanted was peace and quiet. The moon slept for 4 hours, used the earth and the clouds as blanket. Oh well. Sweet dreams.

But..
The clouds..
just was so thick..
Yes, a total eclipse. As in 0 visibility. Nimbustratus, or cumulunimbus.. nimbusblindusmyecliptus. .. Eeeeekkk geek joke.
Bwahahahaharfff :)

The King and I

I am just barkless.. This is the KING!
Stories.. later.. Let me just breathe and savor the moment.

Bien the Webpuppy

I have a new feather, a new task at paw. I am the new webmaster for our BMP site, and its a challenge especially for me who doesn't know anything about web management. As in 0, as if I have the time to read, but i will, will have to study to get the full functionality of our site.

http://www.bannedmoviespilipinas.com check it out. It has event details and our happening what nots at BMP.

and if you have suggestions or if you want to help me out. Please, please! on bended knees.

Funny that BB hires a chinese webmaster in Shanghai to maintain her official website http://ph.asus.com and here she is doing it with me for banned. Awwww, for the love of banned. :)

Philippine Bliss, the trailer

Courtesy
Kulastalon.multiply.com

This is not a film by KHAVN.

Synopsis:
“Philippine Bliss” tells the tale of six modern-day Filipinos living in a single neighborhood, a housing project called B.L.I.S.S., started by the former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos during the Martial Law era. These people, whose names allude to familiar characters from Jose Rizal’s novels, narrate their private yet vivid stories of loss, longing, and Third World despair, all intersecting in a public arena that is their packed community. Theirs are lives seen with an oftentimes comic eye, unabashedly bound by a wild and brimming sense of Filipino hope.

Running time: 70min

Cast & Crew:

NEIL ELPUSAN as Simon Crisostomo
REINIER LUCIEN as Elias
JV KATIPUNAN as Tasyo
MENK CRUZAT as Sisa
THERESE CARLOS as Maria
LARA TARRANCO as Clara
DAMASO as Itself

JP HERNANDEZ as the djembe player
ATOY REYES JR. as the steel trader
PEDRING X. SANTOS as the junkyard dog
NINA DANDAN as client 1
CHERISH BRILLON as client 2
ENUH IGLESIAS as client 3

Directed, Written, & Produced by KHAVN
Editing & Sound Design by LAWRENCE S. ANG
Cinematography by ALBERT BANZON
Music by RIA MUNOZ
Songs by REYCARD DUET, LARRY MIRANDA , RUBEN TAGALOG, & SYLVIA LA TORRE
English Subtitles Written by JOEL TOLEDO
Sound Recording by JONATHAN BATOY
Production Management by BANNED MOVIES PILIPINAS
Casting by ANNA CHRISTINA IGLESIAS
Catering by CHERISH AILEEN BRILLON
Stills by ANA CARINA DANDAN
Production Assistance by EDGAR PON

Production Company: FILMLESS FILMS

Watch for the World Premiere of this film on July 21, 2007 at the Purple Haze Bar in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City.

Philippine Bliss : Khavn gets Banned again!

Rakstar Roxlee!

wasak! The bosses have been using this term for quite some time now.. I didn't get it..

Not until I went to BMPs Every Juan is Invited (and every tagpi too!) : Roxlee Gets Banned event last June 15!



WASAK!


The ultimate video : The Brockas



Kints and BB! Happy and High! - Kuha ni John Torres (Oiliness si BB- Bwa ha ha!)

One of the "bands," Jeffplane


Delakrus permutations, as Delakrus


and as The Brockas (--color coding Kailangan change costume.)

Angelo Suarez is opening up a new wasak world for BB and me. (BTW, also in pix Costantino Zicarelli, tape me I'm yours .. ha ha)



The ultimate permutation...Mabuhay si Akira!


John Torres, always Wasak! always Bienned! -- sabi ng sister ni BB, kailangan ko nang magpa dry clean, nanlilimahid na ako. :(




Don't u ever miss another Banned event! Para alam nyo rin ang true meaning ng wasak!

A friend just told BB..

It doesn't mean you have a blog alter ego you should live your life x2. I can't keep up with you.. and Bien.

:P

Jealous! Jealous! Jealous!

Let it be known that BB is jealous! jealous! jealous! of her Indonesian pal due to a sooopppppeeerrr duper favorite Taiwanese guy named, R****.

R***** is the guy who supplies BB her media review samples of motherboards and other components (so PH IT editors and writers read on, you have a stake on this too.. he he) such a sweet guy, from month 1 at ASUS when BB had her training in Taiwan, he immediately was a standout because he looks like her uncle who was a military guy during his heydays (R**** is the heyday version,) tall, lean, buff. AND HE SPEAKS good English, rare in HQ and it really helps to start friendships.

BB by the way is the leading R**** endorser to all her marketing colleagues, ASUS has about 100k employees and most of the time we know each other only thru email addresses and face to face acquaintance is not usual. I introduced R**** to my SEA peers, THAI, INDO, SING, MAL so we are all R**** fans right now.

He went to BB last Friday asking if i will be in TW till sunday, he was planning to treat us for dinner (BB and Juliana) because its always only at work do we see each other, always in coats and blazers. BB's flight is in the morning, she had to say no immediately, Saturday is also tight for both since the Computex ends that day.

So Juliana and Roy had dinner at an italian resto with him, plus after a long raining spell in TW, the heavens opened up for clear skies, they also went to the 101 viewing tower.

Jealous, jealous, jealous!

I want to pull indonesian hair. (Bien talking here.. let me remind reader.) waaaaahhhh.

Don't worry, BB and Juliana are really great pals, they are actually chatting right now regarding the "date". You should see how they shrill like girls, audio and chat versions of it. BTW, our favorite guy is rumored to be gay. (Bien talking again, but both BB and Juliana know.) Bwahahahaharf arf arf.

Now this is my favorite picture

Smell blog

I wish you could blog smells. Because I smell sooooo good! BB told me so.

BB was playing around the duty free doing a scenthaton.. he he.. she's was planning to buy perfume for her mom (and syempre for her not to be guilty to buy for herself too!) and tried on some on these little papers you'd spray on the perfume (actually BB has a hard time checking out perfumes because she immediately gets smell numb or would have allergic reactions to strong smells.)

Anyway, she tried:

Burberry weekend for women
Escada the orange one (usually she is an escada fanatic, but this one is too sweet)
Burberry the red bottle (too baby powdery.. why not buy baby powder instead?)
Nina Ricci (tried this because of the name -- but not BB's taste i think she tossed this paper away)
and another she forgot

and since she found no trash can after, she accidentally slipped the 4 papers to the pouch i was in, after the long haul, i emerged as an Escada-Burberry and something else combination.

I smell like a lady though. but I SMELL SO GOOD!

BTW, Burberry weekend won!

:)

Taiwan tales

AT sino si Diana?

actually just some random bb thoughts.. just tired, woke up early due to an earthquake (which is more often than what we get in PH) and then started packing..

I don't bother to take my ipod from my ears in public places. I would not understand my world anyway!

Taiwan doesn't bother me anymore, not understanding doesn't bother me anymore.

My colleague asked me why didn't i add more days to my trip.. oh you are bored with TW, he added when i just smiled at him.

Computex was kind of boring for me already.. i didn't drool at anything.. not even the men of computex.. he he

but I get to see my favorite guy Randy (still, still my favorite!)
I got pix with Bien with Taipei 101
I get to eat my mos burger
Nag dance with death na ako with bird flu
Computex
Free food
Heavenly pala ang cheesecake dito
Being picked up and sent home via limousine service (with karatula to boot.)
my additional must haves for taiwan trips -- hot pot and cheesecake
Plus i get to be in costumes without being overdressed.
Went to the eslite building (bookstore ito, as in BOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKSSSSSSS) interesting mix of books, drooling at the art books, and the asian cinema.. how i wish i researched.. quiapo pa rin! I just bought another Dr. Seuss Book with Chinese translation. cool!

Hermes! Hermes here i come!

-- BB

It's a pact

Nagmamatapang si BB, gagawa ng isang pact para sa aming tatlo. Nag-iimpake kami hindi dapat isasama si BearLyn, taong bahay sana (osong bahay pala) pero napag-isip-isip. Isasama ko si BearLyn sa aking hometown (Taipei, Taiwan) para next time isasama din niya ako sa kanya (Berlin, Germany.) Itaga mo sa aming mga balahibo.

Brave si BB. :O

Weekend shoot

The experience was cool. BB has attended shoots before, in her advertising days as Account Manager and with her old friend directing MTVs and AVPs, but this one tops her books in terms of coolness. I don't want to pre-empt. so here's just some snap shots.

Usually the scriptwriter does the bardic stance. But wait, it's direk who's doing the musical numbers.

Bien doing a make-over. He he. Production on-going. Bien watching.

Ay di ko pala kayo nakwentuhan

Yup, am back to normal life as a showdog on Philippine shores (can't say the same for BB who's still stuck with work -- she's only relaxing her feet before taking a shower..that's why she's ok to do a quick entry.)

HK was cool, just because I have been staying comfortably in a hotel named after BB.

With BB relaxing at the hotel. after touch down and check-in.

BB's room with what i call the "exhibitionist bath tub." Look! the bathroom walls are made from transparent and translucent glass.

trying to have a holiday for a day. BB and I just went around HK.

Semi- Disney: Mouseketeering with BearLyn

Sham shui Temple : Ano kaya ang hula kay BB? About love daw e..

Aranque of HK. BB really wanted to bring home pets, if not a fish tank to start a mini zoo. But she's always on trips. who will feed us when she's away?

BB's namesake hotel. They say this was named after the richest woman in HK. (BB was actually named after her aunt who had great career karma. Sana meron din Nina na may good love karma he he) It's also said that this lady had no heir. L'Hotel Nina et Convention Centre. I wish BB would have her own hotel too!

I can't say BB enjoyed her trip, a lot of things happened. As usual she got sick before the trip due to stress, her presentation was kickass as usual :P But she lost all her data due to technology failure, her hard drive gave up on her. So super stressed out pa rin siya ngayon. Hindi naman halata si BB sa stress, but i know she's really worried, kaya din our trip had to be cut short. Ayan airport going home na.

More pics on my multiply :)

Starstruck si BB, starstruck si Bien

Getting to know some stellar people in the indie business just make me and BB starstruck. Idol lang ang mga wazak na peeps, even if you know them already as friends, still can't help not to be starstruck with their talents.





These are Khavn's dogs. Baka pag kumiskis ang mga balahibo namin, maging talented din ako gaya ni boss Khavn. he he. (Yikes, stalker ba ang dating?)

He he, BB was on official business with boss Khavn, excited preparing for his nththththth film, good luck bosses (Cherish, Enuh, Khavn, Nina!)

Xiang Ghang (lesson 13)

"Ee pey pi jeowh." (One bottle of beer please -- lesson 6) I think i will manage to use my little knowledge of "poo tong hwa" (chinese mandarin, refering to common language -- lesson 1) more this trip, i am so proud of my pimsleur audio book sessions -- i am getting somewhere.. ok, ok will try to go past lesson 13 -- where, places.. just because i manage to help a colleague understand a map i could not understand the words written either, (pictures, give me pictures!) i managed us not to get lost going to the hotel (which is named L'hotel Nina btw,) i get to understand that people are just talking about motherboards and not about me "Wo shang Pa-oo, nina." (refering to P5B-X MB, what's ur suggestion -- to kausap not necessarily me -- lesson 5) Sige, I am now encouraged to continue to study..

*****

"You can/ can't eat that!" I can tell my moslem colleague if the food that's just been served is halal (ceremonially clean for moslems.) Just because i'm through with lesson 8 -- a trip to the fan tien (restaurant naks!) I just have to look out for pu (which indicates a negative) then if it's chi (chicken) nio (beef)..blah blah. I am beginning to be a courtesan food taster for the not so brave tummies and the religiously restricted. (I usually sit beside a arab, caucasian, indian looking colleague if we are asked not to be seated with a region/country mate.. because this will assure me of an english conversation which is rare in my office turf.)

*****

I am the official beer (pi jeow) drinker for my boss (have to learn how to say sip-sip in mandarin.. he he) if anyone dares "kampai" (well wishing "cheers" tradition of my TW office to drink bottoms up with the well wisher.) to him, ako daw pambato niya!

*****



I don't have much stories, just some thoughts, I haven't had any adventures yet. Hopefully after tonight, if the uber slave drivers allow us. Imagine, I have a seminar the whole day today, Sunday, mother's day. Walang puso, walang kaluluwa, mga walang nanay! he he he.. Buti na lang nagpainom sila kahapon.


*****

Happy Mother's Day -- Mama, Joey, Amor, Lot (Mom and sisses)

-- BB

Ooops I forgot, i already have a blog of my own, i should have posted it there.. hmmm guest appearance na lang once in a while (eto na lang yung once ko...)

Gearin' up

Our first trip together. Me, BB and BearLyn.. still packing but BB tied us up immediately, nice and tight. Takot nang magaya kay bro surname-withheld :(Boss Enuh, sorry sa pagpapaalala, nagtatanda lang si BB, kasi mahilig siyang mag second the motion sa 'yo, scared na mawala din gaya ng phone.. :(

Nakatali kami. walang kawala.

Hope to get great pictures of our adventure! Mabilis lang naman kami! Ilang tulog lang :)