Hey hey hey!

Hey best friend! Hey soul mate!!

I terribly miss You!

It's been a spell since we last met... Tsk tsk...

Ibon-Ebon Festival

This may be out of league for this blog, but I can't help but be proud to announce about the first ever Department-of-Tourism-supervised festival from my hometown Candaba, in the province of Pampanga - the Ibon-Ebon Festival (translates to: Bird-Egg Festival).

The Ibon-Ebon Festival will be held on February 1-2, 2008. To know more about this foray of festivities, click any of the related links below:

• Byahilo's Ibon-Ebon Feature
  
• Candaba's Website (I didn't know until this morning that my hometown actually has a website albeit the not so good design and structure)
  

Re: Re: To be one of the 100?

January 4, 2008, 12:18 PM, I received an SMS from my Aunt:

Someone called from 1 vs 100 and she said tomorrow is your taping. Call time is 5 PM. Enter through the audience entrance and bring a valid ID.

Waah! After more than three months from the day of screening... after almost being oblivious of my mob member application, I finally got a taping schedule for 1 VS 100.

It was last Saturday that I got inside ABS-CBN's compound once more for the taping of 1 VS 100. In as much as I would want to detail what has been during the actual taping, I would not want to preempt avid viewers of the show who might be reading this post. Don't worry, I won't spoil or give the questions in the episode I was in. Hehe.

Anyway, just to summarize ('cause I don't have much time. The new year has been busy for me as I have been training new employees and surely do not have the luxury to blog so much.) what has transpired that evening of January 5:

• I was so nervous during the show - my presence there was definitely out of my league and I couldn't tell if I was enjoying my stay in the studio or not. Keying my answer for every question was a chore, plus the fact that the 6-second time limit was a bit mind-blocking and thought-disrupting - my common-sense almost got paralyzed by my nervousness and chills from the frigid studio. Next time, I'd bring a jacket.
  
• The episode's contestant (a.k.a. "The 1") was Aiko Melendez. She was playing for some charitable cause.
  
• There were two pastors in the mob; some devotees of the Black Nazarene; some wood sculptors from Pampanga; and some Moriones dancers from Tondo, Manila
• Out of some luck, I answered all given questions correctly (and nervously!)

Yes... the last item in the list suggests that I was "awarded" after the game an orange shirt, with a flaming text on the front shouting...


I'll not tell you if I got some cash prize or not - no spoilers here. This souvenir shirt would suffice for the moment. (^_^)