5th in the Why I like him series (Inspired by annabs and enuh)

(Bien and BB in bum clothes -- jammies and little miss sunshine socks.)

I like him because he lets me be honest.

I like him because he makes me daldal.

I like him because he becomes proof of where I am and where I've been. He is my muse (?) mascot because I don't usually want to be the subject of captured memories.

"I like him because he's not right in the head" (Ice please tell ur friend Morrissey that i borrowed his words.)

I like him because he let's me be me and more.

I like him because he is 1 companion i can abandon (That sounded mean!)

I like him because he allows me to open my mouth, mouth my thoughts even if its absurd, off character and near libelous. (and I can have an excuse of being "possessed by Bien" if the-words-in-question actually come out of my lips.)

I just like my Bien.

-- BB

I am no longer straight!

(What's on my neck? From this angle, it looks like I am a migrant worker from the middle east? Gold Chain. Standard mustache requirement. He he. Katas ng Saudi!)

Like my BB, once in a while i have some spurts of vanity. Obsessed with my dashing good looks (Oh I wish i had -BB) i realize that my distinguished whiskers are no longer straight.

Always left in bags and the mystical, magical sofa na lumuluwa ng cash pag nangangailangan si BB. I had bent 1 whisker.. with that i leave you with a jologs song...




Nang si Judas ay nadulas..
tatlong balbas ang nalagas..

Hmmmm.. good idea.. will come up with a "musical" blog next time. Watch out!
(Sorry BB is just in a daldal mode.)

Bamboo God and Goons

This was yesterday part 2, the day when BB decided to ditch day job for a day and enjoy life after 2 days of declared bum days. (Huh, this means another sleepless night to cope with real life requirements -- passion and paychecks are not always compatible.) Yup, end of the extreme lifestyles of workaholics and bums, BB had a normal day.

Normal is still objective, BB's normal is spending a day with a bamboo god and great men of the golden age of movies. Reliving the days when film is the only option and cinemas are the only alternative. Hopeful and helpful, the new indie spirit lives in them, glad to have met you guys! (saw them through BBs bag -- just to maintain (BB and ANdrew's) credibility, i opted not to be in the limelight. he he.)

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And this dog doesn't bite.. har har

Long, long day today. This is the better part of the day. Working with a friend. Andrew, BB and I just spent a day at the ABS-CBN Archives office looking for some film treasures. BB finally found her true calling.. navigating tourists through the jologs culture PH, mom will be so proud when she finds out BB made good of all the time she was left in front of the TV, her-TV-as-nanny stage. In one week she could name confidently these vintage celebs : Mario Montenegro (not related to Mother Lily -- private joke, sorry i had to.. u know who u are, i am still a fan!) Leroy Salvador, Eddie Garcia (in various incarnations -- as pirate, as an X44 goon) Yehlen Catral, Von Serna (Snoopy Serna -- ur daddy?) Rodolfo Boy Garcia, ROnald Remy, etc. etc. am sure i could rant on and on, your eyebrows would just go higher and higher, your head tilts lower and lower.



(Andrew and Bien, we're like peas in a pod.)




(BB stop bothering us -- says Andrew, we were doing a story conference.. planning for the next Weng Weng docu.)



(Shooting with a 3 CCD camera. Huh, can't wait till we premiere this stuff.)



(Some directions from my director.. Hey Andrew, I think the title BB fits you.)

(Huh, this is the best shot. BIEN IN THE LIMELIGHT! How about a film about Agent OK-9 (Oh-Kay-Nine?) The Golden Fur. Starring Bien.. James Bien)

I am not a dog by Khavn

He he.. just my way of advertising!

Banned movies' next gig. March 24, Center for Arts. Films by Khavn de la Cruz.

Saturday Night Feever! (updated)

Twas a very hectic day for BB, had to attend to the day job duties before getting banned.

Some early in the day pictures waiting for the arrival of the piggy year.


(Sunset at Manila Bay)


(BB at the Yacht Club)





(entertainment provided by The New Minstrels -- more of the Old Minstrels.. BB was with the baby boomers generation.. imagine the next entertainers were the MPstrings, a bossa, latino, string quartet group -- i'm missing rockstars because of them?.)



(here's what you get if you shoot fireworks from a moving vantage. Huh, it was better in real mode.)



If I could only swim, and manila bay waters were not as toxic, i should have been BANNED earlier! Missed out on a lot, but still, I WAS BANNED!





(Banned bosses and friends Carol, Enuh, Debs, Ice, Pinky, Nina, Chester, Cherish and Timmy -- JAY was there, just wasn't in the picture!)

(Taggu nDios)
(UP Fair stage)
(The crowd! this is just a sampling!)









(Jonathan, Habagat, Juniper and Bien with the Banned shirt)

UP Just got Banned! Congratulations Bosses for a job well done! Next stop, Center for Arts on March 24.

Yipee!

Gong Xi Fat Chai!!!

Happy New Year to my Chinese Brothers and Sisters. Nope, I don't need TIKOY! Ha ha!

It's the year of the Golden Piggy daw! Hopefully this will be a good year for this little piggy!

-- BB

(BB with her favorite chinese girls -- and 1 japanese ex boss marketing peeps taken from last Dec. GSM. Gong Xi Fat Chai!!! Remember I am a mandarin showdog!)

It's another great day to be banned!

It's a good thing showdogs have this default smiles.



Honestly, it's hard to keep high spirits when you feel this down. But because it's a banned day today. This is to cheer up the spirits of those to keep the fire burning banned.


This is the version of the AstoriaLand sweatshop. There's another version in Bliss, (actually running around the whole of QC, especially UP) but I don't have archive pictures to prove. They are still editing actually at this moment, Go Boss Cherish! Go Boss Enuh! See you later at the fair! (As in later! Hopefully the water vessel will hold BB until they reach the docks! Sorry private joke.)



(This is my workstation! -- geek dog!)


I am so excited! 5 great filmmakers, 4 bands will be featured in the UP Fair powered by Banned Movies. Raya Martin's Philippine Premiere of "Long Live Philippine Cinema"










(We will be selling March 24 tickets for the Khavn de La Cruz films, also providing alternative venues to sell indie produced DVDs. -- BB made signs for the booth!)

(This is our version of the Paparrazzi walls done in movie premieres. Red Carpet indie style -- dukha and broke, all home made!)

(Tonight will be the greatest performance for Banned! These IDs are worn by the finest!)

JUST PROUD TO BE BANNED! See you at the Fair!

Name Updates ulit??

Even my Blog name has been changed. My blogger accounts have been merged. I lost my name. I lost Bienvenido's Boss. Huwaaaaahhhh..

-- BB

Banned dogs name update! Huwaaaahhhhh! Everybody's into changing names!

(Not in photo Bantay Salakay, Pussy Cat Dog and Juniper Lopez)




Banned litter:
1. Bienvenido Bernal (the steadfast showdog!)
2. Belvedire (surname withheld until further notice -- considered surnames : KhuaOng, OngKhua, Khua, Gonzales) formerly known as Belvedire Gonzales fka Belvedire Khua fka Brownie Gonzales (bb note: updated Jan 19)
3. Bantay Salakay (bb note: updated Dec 30)
4. Cocoy Jun Martinez
5. Jose Dash Lito (bb note: updated Jan 8)
6. Atan (Final name withheld upon lifting of vow of silence) formerly known as Jonathan (Surname withheld by owner) (bb note : updated Feb 12)
7. Juniper Lopez formerly known as C'mon Asomo Spongklong (bb note : updated Feb 12)
8. Haring Habagat (bb note: updated Jan 19)
9. Sarah Beth Nicole aka Pussy Cat Dog (bb note: updated Jan 19)
10. Cherish Aileen Melody aka Snoopy Serna (bb note: updated Jan 19)

Before Sunset

(AstoriaLand Before Sunset)

This kinda blog should be forwarded to the secret blog. he he but the Before Sunrise entry is a Bien blog, so it's fit that Before Sunset will be here.


It was a nice movie. My secret wish to be a good writer has been whet by this kind of screenplay. Hmmp, bakit kasi hindi ako biniyayaan ng skills and talent. Sabi ko naman I don't need my dashing good looks. Pwede bang swap? Ha ha.

I really like the movie just because it made me understand my BB better, her happy loneliness, her seeming karipas to stay away from.. (BB stopped typing.. nakakahalata, this amo of mine is soooooo secretive, huh, hard to pry her open.)

Anyway, a compromise, will just let her type a transcript.. of the Julie Delpy dialogues. Enjoy :

Celine : It doesn't make me sad its just the way it is ...

Celine : Yes obviously i cant deal with the day to day life of a relationship...
i am really happy only when i am on my own. Even being alone its better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely....

Celine : i don't believe in everything that relates to love, i dont feel things for people anymore.

Celine : Reality and love are almost contradictory for me. It's funny, every single of my exes they are now married, men go out with me, we break up and then they get married and later they call me to thank me for teaching them what love is.. that i taught them how to care and respect women.

Celine : I want to kill them.

Celine : I've been heartbroken so many times and i have recovered. so now from the start i make no effort because i know its not going to work out.

Jessie : a few anti depressants i think you'll be ok.

Bienvenido : a few anti depressants i think u'll be ok.

Bwa-hahahah-arf-arf!

Isa munang dream sequence..

Hayaan nyo munang inggitin ko kayo!

sa isang photo essay na pinamagatang.. Bien in Paradise!

Isang araw habang rumaket ang mga Banned Boss sa Nestle Creamery (dating Magnolia Ice Cream house....)

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BURP! UBOS NA MGA BOSS!
Balik tayo dun... Please!
(NAGLILIHI NA NAMAN SI BB!)