Coffee Toast: Four More Days

These are the days...the sun, the gentle breeze, some mellow playlist in the background, the ambiance of the park, a light breakfast with coffee, a paper on my lap and a pen on hand. What  else could I ask for? And there I write...

Early this morning, I went to a drive-thru for a one time breakfast: a sausage & egg pandesal with coffee float for breakfast. I also added a dessert treat too, a taste-test of the NEW Choco-Cappucino Magnum! With everything on the list  checked, I was thinking where should I eat this? In my room or somewhere else. I urgently asked for a straight-up poll and yelled this while I was driving to my unknown destination; for those in favor of article A. JK's Room, please raise your hand; and for those in favor of article B The Park, give a hand and answer. Stomp! Stomp! As all the votes verified and thoroughly tallied by our official counting master "Me". The "B" have it! "To the park we go!!!" haha

Then, I chose one corner of the park and parked there. Put the both sides of the windows down and stretched my feet to the other vacant (passenger) seat and slouched comfortably. I put my phone at the dashboard and played some mellow music for inspiration. Carefully placed my coffee float next to it. Sausage & egg pandesal on my left hand, a paper on my lap, and a pen on my right hand.

I stared at the sunny skies and gave a deep thought... what was it again that I was dreaming about last night?

X-Factor Ph: Top 5 Performs (Week 8)

Theme: Revival songs

Act	Order	First song (original artist) — Revived By	Result
Allen Sta. Maria	1	"Teenage Dream" (Katy Perry) —  Glee Cast	TBA
Gabriel Maturan	2	"Moonlight Over Paris" (Vanessa Williams) — Paolo Santos	TBA
KZ Tandingan	3	"Make You Feel My Love" (Bob Dylan) — Adele	TBA
Jeric Medina	4	"Do You Believe In Me" (Eric Gadd) — South Border	TBA
Daddy's Home	5	"Tell Me" (Joey Albert) — Side A	TBA

Note: I'm alil bit distracted that I barely watch this show since at the same time I was watching the previous episode of X-Factor Australia and also switching channels for the UAAP Cheerdance Competition. Amazing UP!

Here's my ranking:

Allen listening to judges comments

1. Daddy's Home
2. KZ
3. Jeric and Gab
4. Allen

Who might be at the bottom:

• Allen
• Daddy's Home
• Jeric 

Review:

Allen, anong connection ng mga softdrink vendo sa kanta? Medyo nakakalito lang ang song choice sa theme nila ngaun kasi nakalimutan kong may cover version nga pala ang Warblers ng Teenage Dream haha. Wrong song choice. Period

Gabriel, he did it perfectly but not as memorable as how Paolo Santos did it. I agree with what Judge Gary said, he should not move at stage, nababawasan ang impact ng song.

Iza pa

May kurot sa puso yung episode ng MMK na "Komiks" starring Iza Calzado. Iza will portray the character of Rosalyn, a doctor who suffered from major depression due to a series of unfortunate incidents in her life, particularly because of her philandering father, Gilbert (Bembol Roco).

It is such a compelling story and at the same time tagos sa puso. The story about depression somehow made me remember of my late Aunt.

When we were watching I notice my Mom's reaction "Ay, parang si Ate Ayds" "Ay, Nabaliw."

Maraming pinagdaanang traumatic ang character ni Iza but one of the memorable lines she said was:

...pinilit kong ipagpatuloy ang aking buhay... nagtrabaho ako.

 I can't help but look back sa nangyari sa Tita ko. I know my Mom misses her dearly. In fact, several days from now will be her death anniversary (Oct. 01). How fast time pass by. A lot of things seems to change around but the feeling is still there. I couldn't help but cry while writing this. Heck! I can't believe I'm sobbing  right now. I rarely cry. I guess this is sort of overwhelming for me.

But then again, life goes on.

I know my Aunt is in a better place now. God, sometimes I miss her!

Sob.

X-Factor Ph: Top 6 Performs (Week7)

Theme: Songs by Eraserheads or Rivermaya

Act	Order	Song (original artist)	Result
Daddy's Home	1	"Himala" (Rivermaya)	TBA
Gabriel Maturan	2	"Hinahanap-Hanap Kita" (Rivermaya)	TBA
Jeric Medina	3	"214" (Rivermaya)	TBA
KZ Tandingan	4	"Kisapmata" (Rivermaya)	TBA
Kedebon Colim	5	"Toyang" (Eraserheads)	TBA
Allen Sta. Maria	6	"With a Smile" (Eraserheads)	TBA

Ranking:

Best of the night

1. Allen

So-so

1. Gab
2. KZ
3. Jeric

Low-low

1. Daddy's Home
2. Kedebon

 Prediction for bottom 2: Daddy's Home / Allen

My review based on their performance...

Queen of Anything

I was watching several episodes of The Vampire Diaries. I dunno I'm just alil bit interested about the Witch/Wiccan storylines (the inner "Charmed" fanatic in me caves in haha) so I'm just randomly watching the series. Hence, the typical vampire storylines are about love, race, power, blood sucking, killing, hunting, revenge etc etc. And there I realize the thought about death.  I've written a few poems about death several years back but it never connotes to anything in what my recent situation is. Right now, the thought about dying has become a constant glimmer in my head for some time now.

X-Factor Ph: Top 7 Performs (Week 6)

KZ, Allen, Joan (from L to R)

I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the show yet, hence I've only gotten into it for two straight weeks now. At first, I thought this show would be another PGT (Pilipinas Got Talent) kind of type show that's why I neglectfully didn't pay much attention to it. But then again, there's nothing wrong in giving this show a second chance; right?

The theme for this week: Songs from the 1980s

Order	Act	Song (original artist)	Result
1	Allen Sta. Maria	"Every Breath You Take" (The Police)	Bottom Two
2	Gabriel Maturan	"Forever" (Kenny Loggins)	Safe
3	KZ Tandingan	"Eternal Flame" (The Bangles)	Safe
4	Jeric Medina	"Careless Whisper" (George Michael)	Safe
5	Daddy's Home	"Will You Still Love Me?" (Chicago)	Safe
6	Kedebon Colim	"Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor)	Safe
7	Joan Da	"Billie Jean" (Michael Jackson)	Bottom Two

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor_Philippines_(season_1)#Week_6:_September_8_.26_9

 Best of the night:

1. Jeric
2. Joan

So-so performance (the forgettable kind):

1. Allen
2. Daddy's Home
3. KZ

Worst of the night:

1. Gab
2. Ked

My review on this week's performance:

I could care less about others performances except for KZ and Joan Da (no pun intended) their performance last week stood out amongst the rest. Joan Da's rendition of Nobela just totally won me over and KZ's playful take on Huling El Bimbo was amazing.

When the coffee crumbles

When the coffee crumbles...

it tastes bitter and sweet...

                                                                                         but that's life. Life as it is.

Pretty Little Liars: Questions After Season 3 Episode 12

Warning: Possible SPOILERS to those who haven't watched the show or the latest episode.

Mona: I did everything you ask me to.

It was revealed in season 2 that Mona was "A". But there might be someone else aside from her planning all these "insert Mona's visitor in Radley Sanitarium" (see right pic). Also don't forget, there was a mention about the "A-team" but we don't know how many members are there yet. The only thing clear is Mona, Toby and Lucas is in the A-Team.

So here's the questions: