Caramba!

CYNTHIA ALEXANDER

I am having Cynthia Alexander withdrawal symptoms. I haven’t watched her perform in months! (Or has it been a year since I last watched?) To those who are not familiar with her, she’s the sister of Joey Ayala, and once-upon-a-time best bassist of the NU Rock Awards (someone please correct me if I’m wrong). Her songs are very beautiful – yup, you read that right – beautiful. Poetry with music, poetry in motion.

It’s a blast being in her gigs. All the other artists of the other bands are there. They look up to her since she’s a really great artist. For her song intertwyne, there’s usually someone who does an interpretative dance. Really cool. And the jamming is just fantastic. Once, Raymond of Sandwich even RAPPED!

“Rippingyarns” is one of the best CD’s I own. All the songs have beautiful lyrics and beautiful music. My favorite songs in that CD are “U & I” and “Walk Down The Road”. Her first CD, “Insomnia” is also good. My favorite song there is “Comfort in your Strangeness”.

Rippingyarns

Isomnia

INTERTWYNE

© Cynthia Alexander

me & you

whispering of ripplewind

& faerie wing

me & you

undaunted by

our joyful scarring

me & you

of twisting fates

in corridors of time

silence is the fire

that speaks to us in tongues

what is tomorrow

it may never come

what is yesterday

is now done

we always were

we always will

we always are

we always intertwine

me & you

finally

beholden grace

in our eyes

in our hands

unfolding space

WIMBLEDON

I haven’t watched a single Wimbledon match this year. I can’t believe it. I’ve been following this for years! I’m trying to figure out why – I think it’s a combination of being busy and its timing since it overlaps with the World Cup. And now I’m not so into it anymore since my first three choices for the men are all GONE! My two ex-boyfriends, Pete and Marat, and Andre, were all beaten in the second round! Pete was really disappointed with what happened, and he swears to be back. He said that he will not end his brilliant Wimbledon stint with that loss. That’s good to hear.

My Petey! (As if!)

For the women, I didn’t realize that the Williams sisters were the 1st and 2nd seeds. Well, I’m still going to cheer for Capriati. I hope SHE WINS!!

SCHEDULES.

Do you guys have schedules? Do you get to follow your schedules? I don’t know why I always keep on making schedules when I don’t get to follow them half of the time. I’d like to make a schedule or a To-Do-List that doesn’t include a “deadline” field. Then again, that wouldn’t be a To-Do-List. Sigh.

Well, I guess schedules are for direction. Yeah, direction. At least I know what I should be doing next. At least I know where I am, for that certain week – if I’m halfway through of what I’m supposed to do, or if I’m almost done. That’s a lovely feeling – knowing that you’re almost through with work, or better, if you’ve done everything that you’re supposed to do.

For this week, I think I moved the deadline of at least 3 entries in my To-Do-List. I’m trying to analyze what’s wrong. Is it because I can’t manage my time well? Or is it because there’s really just too much work? I think it’s the latter, but I’ll see if that’s still true two weeks from now.

For the past two months, I think I moved the schedule of at least 3 meetings already. Not a good sign, especially because other people are involved. I’m trying to be more careful in scheduling meetings right now, so that I won’t have to move them. The potential partners might get turned off and might get pissed, and they might end up not dealing with me anymore.

BOOZE! (Again.)

We watched the World Cup last Tuesday at Oakwood. Of course, it was drink all you can again. Hahaha I learned from the last time I was there – I only drank 1 1/2 glasses of Margarita! I was so traumatized that it took me more than 30 minutes to psyche myself to drink the Margarita. In fact the ice melted already so I had to ask for more ice. I guess it will be a long time ’til I get drunk in that place again.

It’s time to go back to Flute for Tequila Rose. Yuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmm!

My favorite drink!

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Updates:

World Cup – I wasn’t able to watch the game between Brazil and Turkey. I just texted Bunny for the results, and well, it was expected that Brazil would win. I can’t wait to watch on Saturday, I’d love to see Korea win, even just 3rd place.

Wimbledon – I didn’t realize that Wimbledon started already. I guess everyone’s just so caught up with World Cup that Wimbledon wasn’t given a lot of attention. I still have to see who’s going against who. Is my lovey-dovey Pete still playing? Gotta find out. Also, Capriati should win! I’m tired of the Williams.

MONDAYS!

What’s up with Mondays? My mondays are all “can’t-afford-to-be-tamad” days. I’m always harrassed and stressed out. There are just so many things to do. There’s just so much traffic to go through. And something just always comes up, something that ruins your plans for the day. (Note to self: try not to schedule any meeting on a monday. Meetings usually do not start on time so your schedule after the meeting gets really screwed up.)

The bad thing is that you still have that weekend hangover, so it’s a bit harder to work. You have to push yourself more. They actually have a theory about this. People are not a hundred percent okay on a monday because of the food, drinks and the kind of activities they go through during the weekend. No kidding, they’re studying this thoroughly. I wonder when they’ll have official results.

What’s sad is that there are times when I actually dread Sundays too. Why? Because it’s the day-before-monday. Monday just has this effect on you, that it actually carries over to the day before it. Sundays should be cherished ’cause it’s the day to relax. I can’t fully relax on a Saturday because I have to anticipate and prepare for the gimmick at night. So there.

I wonder what will happen if the weekend will be moved to Monday-Tuesday.

BEING EMPTY-HANDED

How can you fire a gun if you don’t have bullets? How can you bake a cake without the ingredients? Howwwwww???

LOVE?

“Women need men like fish need bicycles.”

Isn’t this just the truest thing? It’s so true! You don’t NEED men to live, to survive. But of course every single girl just forgets this. It seems that when a girl is born into the world, that little pat on the butt by the doctor just comes with so many things that become part of her life. And yes, one of those things is the thought that men are necessary in order to be happy. I’m guilty of this! But if you really think about it objectively, it’s just the most pathetic thing. Sometimes I find myself chanting quietly to myself, reminding myself that “I need a man like a fish needs a bicycle!”

I think that being happy with a man is just icing on the cake. It’s not the cake itself. The cake is being happy with yourself. Growing, living, being happy, and being successful on your own. Being able to share those things – love, happiness, success – with someone else is just icing. Yummy yummy icing. Oooooh now I wanna buy a Concorde cake from Sugarhouse.

ROSSANNA ROCES

Showbiz! Apparently, Rossanna Roces said sorry to all her “enemies” in showbiz. The most popular ones she got into a “fight” with are Ara Mina, Boy Abunda, Cristy Fermin and that Jobert guy. I think she got bopped in the head when she found out that Boy Abunda, who she used to be close to, felt bad about what she said about Backroom. (This Boy Abunda guy is part of Backroom – it’s a group that manages artists.) So she approached them one by one, and I think they’re all okay now.

I know a lot of people hate Rossanna Roces, but I just can’t get myself to not like her. In the fake world of showbiz, she’s one of the very few who I think are still true, real people. Her mouth often gets her into trouble, but more often than not, she just tells is as it is. You don’t get a lot of that in showbiz.

BOOZE!

On drinking. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK ON AN EMPTY STOMACH! I should know that by now, but noooooooooooo I always forget. Or I take it for granted. And so the fun of drinking and being with friends goes away quickly. It’s just sooooo bad.

I didn’t keep my promise to Bunny. My first topic was supposed to be “HR and Managing People”. Well, there’s always a next time…