Poor Prince Indeed

Using the Hi-Ace and accompanied by Mom, I met up with Rachelle at UN Avenue (after a convulted lost 'n' found over which McDonald's restaurant to meet in) and then proceeded to the office of Syncmaster, the company that dubs foreign shows like GMA 7's Chinese teen drama The Poor Prince and animes, among other things. The office was in Intramuros, and with none of having been there before we had a little trouble finding it.

Their operations (set-up) was a lot smaller than I thought, and the talent fee they offered seemed to confirm it. (Five hundred bucks an episode?!? Chirst, college kids pay me more than that.) Still, we were already there and auditioned, anyway. The lack of a script had me flubbing my lines, and they commented on my supposed lack of fluency in Tagalog. (I would've argued otherwise but they didn't have a script for me to back it up with.)

In the end it was a "Call us 'coz we won't call you," not that they offered much of an incentive for that to happen. Rache and I killed time waiting for Ma (to come back from Cash & Carry, then fetch Dad) at Starbucks.

Wendy's Birthday Pizza Party

This late entry comes courtesy of my coming home late from Wendy Lee's surprise birthday party at Chatterbox Pizza. Batchmates in attendance included Jasper Soon and Irene Uy. Teresa Tan dropped by but couldn't stay. Despite the small number (the rest of the crowd were of family and college friends) I had a good time. The vegetarian pizza they named after Wendy for that evening wasn't that good (had to order some nachos just to get a cheesier, meatier flavor), but the after-meal chit-chat more than made up for it. When the stage acts started we had to speak a little louder; not quite shouting bit forced. I mention this 'coz I'm afraid my throat's gonna be sore tomorrow. Ironic, considering that the birthday girl's one of the quietest people I know.

New Shoes, Tired Feet

Didn't exercise today, but I got a workout of sorts nonetheless, walking around Glorietta and Greenbelt during their Midnight Madness Sale. With and Ma Aissa I got a new pair of shoes (a bit tight), jeans (a bit loose) and Big Books (Losers and Vice). Would've gotten sunglasses but they opted to ask Evett and see if we can get a cheaper pair of Rudy Project shades. After mallling we picked up Boit and his employees at SM Megamall.

Back on Track (Not Crack)

Got the internet connection after a couple of days of no network connection, w/c had me going to the office yesterday (holiday) just to check on a embroidery design. Actually I was glad to go since they probably would've made me go to Bayview if I stayed home. One thing I hate about these constant reformats of drive C at home is the loss of the codecs and Explorer bookmarks. Don't they know how hard it is to compile those lists of links?

Loud Lunch

Had lunch with Aimee and Annette at the GT Tower. I commuted with Annette, who complained the whole way there. Not to put her in a bad light... the trip was farther than she expected, and it was a hot day. I'm giving what I belive were extenuating circumstances that brought about the bitching. While I'm sure that she's only like this to people she feels close to, I fear any future boyfriend might think he'd bitten off more than he can chew once they get this close in a relationship.

Weekend Update

SATURDAY--Spent all day fixing up the Boardwalk designs, but then stupid program decides not to format Barudan properly.

SUNDAY--After a dull afternoon reading comics on the computer (but not before going to Bayview to get the Boardwalk designs formatted properly), at the spur of the moment (meaning I was still in "house clothes") I decided to watch Finding Nemo at SM Centerpoint with Boit and the Abigan Family. Actually, Boit missed the movie and bought office supplies, instead. After the movie I was able to buy the proper connector for the portable CD player to be able to play on the stereo (you'd have to see it to get a better idea of what I'm talking about).

Speakin of "computer comics" (downloaded by Oti via Bit Torrent) I've got a huge backlog of reading material. The entire run of Generation X as well as Uncanny X-Men #250-300 await.

Comics Sale Aftermath (or Fallout...)

Done "reading" the Wizard magazines, as well as the Impulse comics. While browsing online I found that a second Catwoman trade paperback is due out in December. My frustration over this discovery was slightly quelled when I checked and saw that I had gaps in the issues I bought (#6-7, 11-15). Oh, well. More books to the "Mile High Comics" box.

Stuffed Silly

5-Kim hosted a B-day party for herself at the Marianas Clubhouse, with the food was great. I stuffed myself twice: once at the party, the second time during dinner since we brought home the lion's share of leftovers. And the day would've ended so well had Sis not decided to butt her nose into my business concerning my "working style" at Bayview, going so far as to make up an entirely baseless accusation (someone about my refusing a request from Danny to work on an embroidery design) just to try and get an answer from me.

I'm having trouble articulating what it is that drives Sis to butt in like this. My work style is my work style. Just because it doesn't into her (or Ma's) idea of a "good employee" she thinks I'm slacking. It's hard enough trying to find the direction you want in life without your own family being backseat drivers.

If Only...

Watched Bad Boys II (reached my saturation point for action scene servings) at SM City then checked out the mall-wide sale, not that I had the choice. The size of the crowd made it look like rush hour at the MRT, and just as hot and humid. I wish I came on Day 1 instead of Day 2 of this 3-day sale, 'coz Comic Quest was going all out with a P30-P40 back issue sale. Needless to say most of the good titles were gone. I did manage to pick up a couple of Impluse and 9 issues of Catwoman (please don't come out as a trade), as well as one Codename: Knockout and 3 issues of Wizard . Got them to knock 150 bucks total off the sale price on those.

Ever since the Trade Paperback explosion and my discovery of Bit Torrent, the hunt for back issues that might not show up online has been getting harder. At least I get to save on cash, such as it is.

All That's Left are Shades

After work I went with Ma and Aissa to Glorietta where I managed to buy new pairs of shoes, sandals, shirts and pants. Ran into Pamela Yu and Janet Chua at the shoe store and saw Debbie (Heintje's ex) pass by Marks & Spencers. Nothing interesting in the book departments despite Power Book's month-long sale.

Emark dropped by to talk about rough plans for our planned trip to North America. Lucky for him he already has a Canadian visa to go with his US one. I still have to reapply for the former. We plan to leave by end of the month.