POLL #1

To prevent sporadic blogging, I've decided to introduce polls to my blog.

Here's the first, enjoy and discuss. Go.

German man preference:


Daniel Bruhl

or


August Diehl


Personally, I pick Daniel Bruhl just because Pvt. Fredrick Zoller stole my heart.

BWW TV: Rent at the Hollywood Bowl

BroadwayWorld TV’s Los Angeles correspondent Michael Sterling, got up close and personal today with the cast of RENT at rehearsals for the Hollywood Bowl presentation of the groundbreaking musical August 6 through 8, 2010. Sterling spoke in detail with the show’s star-studded cast and director about the upcoming performances at one of the world’s most renowned venues.

Source.

Stand Up To Cancer

Logan Lerman, Zachary Levi, Jon Heder, Vanessa Hudgens, Zac Efron, Dakota Fanning, Naya Rivera, Kristen Bell, Clark Duke, William Moseley, Donald Faison, Olivia Munn, Audrey Plaza, Sofia Vassilieva, Andrew Garfield, and Aaron Yoo are all standing up to cancer. Join the fight.

Photodump: Friends Issue I

kuya Paul Wenceslao's birthday celebration

The birthday boy and I

Joaney and I checkin' out the crowd at Republiq

Yours truly in the mix at Republiq

Beautiful girls all over the... well, you get the picture. Ran into Bea Estrella, Abby Punzalan, and Evonne Trinidad. Here pictured with the usual suspects: Joane, Mack, and Jenn.

Here's a picture of my heart shaped mole. Ate Niccole couldn't get over it so she took a photo during my Friday morning drop-in.

Here I am at ate Niccole's bed tweeting.

With 2 of my favorite girls, Criela and Kyra during Ky's despedida.

Showing off my flexing prowess. Haha!

Crazy antics. Photo courtesy of Jenn.

Jenn and I when we surprised Mack by arriving at precisely 12am on her birthday.

Showing off just how incapable I am of taking a decent photo. Here pictured with the ever so lovely Jenn.

Again with the silly.

I am aware I have way too much energy for a photo. Here posing with Belo at LJ's flat in Serendra.

This about sums up our friendship. I am always the mischievous one. Here with Criela, Kyra and Wendy.

Eating Myc's food is definitely one of our favorite past times.

Very attractive, Myc. Go get 'em, you heartthrob.

I miss you already, Mack.

Criela took this photo of me at home during a surprise visit from her and LJ.

Criela, Myc and I on one of our strange adventures.

Persian Square date with Ms. Criela. Mmmhm.

Coercing friends to meet up with Criela and myself.

Watching the World Cup Championship game with Kalvin and Mikaela. Go La Furia Roja!



AM and I donning red to show our support for the Spanish National Team. We bleed red. No, really.

Kalvin and I chillin' like the villains we are at Jenn's room.

That's it for now, folks. Watch out for the next wave of photos coming your way soon. For now, I need to rest because I've got an early start with work tomorrow. Wish me luck and lots of energy! The next batch will prominently feature Miss Mackenzie Molina's surprise birthday party and will aptly be called Photodump: Mack's Surprise Party.

Ciao, bellas!
Essa

Relationships

Over countless days spent in long conversations with girlfriends complaining and bemoaning men, nitpicking and analyzing every single little detail; where the problem was, what went wrong, I think I've found the answer.

Men aren't the problem, or rather, not entirely the problem. In a culture such as ours, where we demand equality with all, the double standards don't start and end with us women. We've relentlessly shoved back at the media for portraying strong women as shrews and incapable of emotion while allowing men to be successful in both their love lives and careers simultaneously. Yet even as we greedily ask for equality, we wish to preserve and continue the older days of courtship. We want to be wooed. We want romance. We want a grand passion. We want for men to make a great sacrifice as proof of their love and devotion to us. How is it fair that while demanding equality, we also ask for a prince, for lack of a better word; someone to try and win us over? And when the men we pick fail to deliver, we immediately label them as jerks and assholes unworthy of our affection.

How will these men tread the thin chord of treating us equally without crossing over to being chauvinistic? We demand for the same treatment yet take it is a personal attack when we're subjected to a scolding that were it a man in our position, the "scolder" wouldn't have to worry about a harassment case being filed against him.

My point is this, how many times can you expect to tell a man he's being sexist and wrong and idiotic until he finally gives in and stops trying to prove you otherwise? How many times can you expect to tell them something while meaning another thing entirely? We women and our games, expecting to be spoiled and satisfied and satiated at all times, at all costs.

This is unfair, though. The blame isn't entirely on us. More than half the time, we do get it right: Men are scum. Maybe not for the reason we think, but for other unknown reasons as well. They take advantage when they think we won't notice. A few try to bend and subject us to their iron forged will.

The solution: Combat their wills forged of iron with our spines made of steel.

Maybe men and women aren't really soulmates. Maybe our soulmates are our bestfriends and our significant others is just someone you like a little bit more than you like the other members of their gender.

Baffled,

Essa.

Saturday Morning Playlist

Right before heading to bed on this rainy Saturday morning, just as I was finishing up listening to the songs of my past, ate Jill and Pop asked me to join them with the grocery shopping for the week.

This led to me dragging my silly behind to the shower. First time in months that I've been out in broad daylight, albeit no sunlight in this venture.

It's fine. The ice cream we had after totally compensated for the lack of sleep for this little girl.

Saturday Morning Playlist:

1.) Driftwood - Travis
2.) Champagne Supernova - Oasis
3.) Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? - She & Him
4.) Heartbeat - Shouting For Girls
5.) Young Folks - The Kooks
6.) Birds Of A Feather - The Rosenbergs
7.) The Faster The Treadmill... - I Fight Dragons

Hunger

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