Open forum:

I’ve been noticing a lot of ‘unpopular opinion’ warnings going up, or rants being hidden behind “Read More”, so I thought I would, in the spirit of sharing and open discussion, air mine right here and now. One, perhaps, rare thought for each of the shows I’m actively watching.

• Fringe: I like altverse, and Altlivia. I also find the Bishops more compelling than Olivia in every way.
• Community: I find Britta often humorous, but also often obnoxious.
• Supernatural: There is nothing about Season 6 I wouldn’t mind tossing away to let it have ended when it ended at 5. Castiel bored me.
• Criminal Minds: I don’t think Hotch is that badass. I like Seaver.
• Glee: Finn can’t sing.
• Dexter: I found Rita annoying and hard to put up with.
• Leverage: I don’t think Hardison and Parker are that cute; I like her interactions with Eliot better.
• Game Of Thrones: I find the characters to be, while not flat, not that uniquely developed.
• Castle: I do not find Beckett and Castle to be overly compelling as characters. Very entertaining, but not amazing.
• Stargate Universe: I liked it.
• Bonus: I usually am more compelled and feel more intrigued by male characters then female.

Remember: just because someone doesn’t find something flawless doesn’t mean they hate it and are deserving of your scorn. Criticisms can also be born from liking something enough to analyze it, too.

Dear Marilyn, are you going to be traveling to Starlight Shores anytime soon? I think you would fit in perfectly among the superstars!

I will certainly visit, that is for sure! But that glitzy town is more about singing and circus stuff. What I really want is to be a movie star and it seems like Bridgeport is the place to be for that! I mean, look at this studio!

It has an entire replica of a Medieval town! Shoot, it has a replica of everything. And the local movie theater here? All I have to say is Wow!

Now that is where I want my first big movie opening!

But I do confess, I am a fickle thing. Who knows, tomorrow I may decide I want to be a magician. I will certainly keep you posted though.

Thanks ever so much for the question Christian. <3 xoxo -MM

Ang pag-aamin ni James

  Naalala ko noong second to the last day ko sa previous school ko. Wala kaming magawa. Sobrang bored na kaming lahat. Kaya naisipan ng iba naming kaklase na mag-open forum nalang dahil malapit na ngang mag-end yung school year tapos after 2 days ay aalis na ako.

  Agad na pumasok sa ulo ko yung crush ko noon, yung 2 years kong minahal ng totoo kahit na hindi niya ako minahal. Naisip ko na sabihin ko nalang sa kanya at sa lahat ng mga kaklase ko at sa harap na rin ng boyfriend niya (na balita ko break na raw sila ngayon. Lol.) ang totoo kong nararamdaman para sa kanya. 

  Noong nagsimula na yung open forum, nagsimula na rin akong makaramdam ng kaba at takot. Kinakabahan at natatakot ako noon kasi baka pagtawanan lang ako ng mga kaklase ko, baka isipin lang nila na ang OA ko, at baka ano pa yung gagawin ng boyfriend na noon sa’kin. Sa sobrang kaba at takot ko, medyo nagpahuli nalang ako sa pagshare. At noong tinawag na nga yung pangalan ko ay nagsimula na akong umiyak. Tapos ay nagsalita na ako…

“Eto ha, uunahin ko lang talaga ‘to.

*Insert former crush’s name here*, alam mo naman siguro na noong first year palang ay may pagtingin na’ko sa’yo. Ewan ko ba kung bakit ikaw, pero nahulog talaga ako sa’yo. Kahit na naging kami noon ni *Insert ex’s name here*, ay hindi pa rin nawala yung pagtingin ko sa’yo. Hanggang ngayon nga ay ganoon pa rin. *Insert her name again here*, mahal na mahal pa rin kita. Alam mo ba noong una kong nalaman na naging kayo ni *Insert her ex here* ay parang gumuho talaga yung mundo ko. Ang sakit. Sobrang sakit. Pero sige lang, kakayanin ko nalang ‘to para sa’yo at para na rin sa boyfriend mo.

At para sa’yo naman *insert her ex again here*, ‘wag kang mag-alala. Hindi ko na kukunin sa’yo yung pinakamamahal mo. Sa’yo na iyan. Sana ay magtagal kayo. Stay strong ha!

Bahala na kayo diyan kung sasabihin niyong OA ako or ano pa. Basta ito talaga ang nararamdaman ko at ngayon ko lang talaga sasabihin ‘to.”

  Grabe. Nanginginig talaga ako noon habang nagsasalita. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ko iyon nasabi. “Parang nagpagago lang ako”, sabi ko sa sarili. Pero at the same time, parang naalis na rin sa puso ko yung napakalalim na espadang tumusok dito dati. Todo hagulgol ako noon noong matapos na akong magsalita. At noong tumingin na ako ulit sa paligid, umiiyak na rin pala siya at yung iba kong mga kaklase. Tapos yung boyfriend niya naman tulala. At pagkatapos kong umamin sa kanya ay sinabi ko na rin yung ibang mga saloobin ko sa iba kong mga kaklase. Humingi na rin ako ng patawad sa kanila at nagpasalamat. Masasabi ko talagang iyon ang isa sa mga hinding-hindi ko malilimutan na araw ng buhay ko.

LEAP talk

Last feb. 5, 2013 I was invited along with my closest friends in the blogging industry Gerd Perez, Dani Barretto, Mikyle Quizon and Christin Liwag to give a talk in one of DLSU’s LEAP class. As I said in my previous post, we talked about Blogging as a business. To begin with I am not a business major and I only know some business skills because of my dad who taught me how to handle and juggle a business so I’m really not the best person to ask about how to handle business lol. Instead of too much business talk in the LEAP class I talked about how and why I started blogging, what are the opportunities, how it changed my life and of course some business tips (maisingit lang). Anyway I was really surprised a lot went to the talk and I was really happy because they were asking so may questions ( feeling ko tuloy sobrang talino ko! hahaha! joke lang yun! minsan lang magfeeling. ) . Thank you so much to everyone who went to the talk! This was actually my 2nd time to talk infront of a crowd, it was a good experience to talk again because I’ve been trying to step out of my comfort zone. I just don’t want to take photos and  post outfit posts because I also want to share my insights,opinions and knowledge about this industry personally! I hope you guys learned a lot from our talk! looking forward to the next one! Here are some photos from the talk! :)

Gerd was the first one to give a talk! ang-cute lang ng power point presentation niya! effort award goes to Gerd for having good graphics! haha! 

then I was next! well… according to my friends I was the longest one to talk but I actually didn’t notice that! hahaha! maybe I had fun while I was infront and sharing my knowledge about this industry! I hope you guys had fun while I was giving a talk! hahaha! :))

then came the love birds! Dani and Kyle! they were to sweet to begin with. Ants were biting them while they were giving a talk! lol! just kidding! but they were naturally sweet and lovable to look at! lakas ng chemistry ni ate at koya! haha!

the last blogger to talk was Christine but she didn’t focus on her blog but the success of her baby, Cravemore. Now that’s a real business! I think she has the most experience when it comes to business and making moola! If you guys have any questions on how to make a business successful, I think she’s the best person to ask to! haha! 

Thank you to everyone who help me on making this talk possible! you guys know who you are and thank you so much to Thea Gardose and her team for making this event possible and trusting me on sharing my knowledge about blogging! KUNG HEI FAT CAI TO ALL MY CHANEESSSEEE FUH-RIEEENDS!!!!