GRRRL SCOUT presents BOOT CAMP 4
Here’s my latest project, The GRRRL SCOUT’s BOOT CAMP 4 poster. GRRRL SCOUT, as you all know is the newest production tag team of my good friend Saab Magalona and Candy Gamos. And I must say, it’s every thing that is close to my heart: music and girl power! Thanks Saab for making me a part of this awesomeness!
So, see you guys? C’mon.
Since 2007, my birthday has been life lectures more than actual celebrations. I always attempt to drown it out with loud music and booze, but for some reason, life always manages to feed me its bitter (but very useful) pill, filled with substances that activate me to finally grow up.
This year, I thought if I make my celebration low key, life’s whipping would go weak on me. No party, no friends, just me and some after-concert coffee. But like an unwelcome guest, life still persistently joined me — all month long.
So I figured, if life won’t leave me alone. Might as well, I ask for fabulous birthday gifts. And so far, here they are:
1. I don’t know everything and I’m not always right. I’ve been told by a dear friend, “Hindi ka na fun kausap. You always think you’re right. Di ka nakikinig.” True to form, I did not listen to him at that time. I used to think that if you believe in something, you fight for it, in any way you can. But now, I discovered that strength also comes in the form of humility.
Call me archaic but I think in our modern age, monarchy still exists. We hand-pick our royalties from semi-celebrities to people who take their photos of their outfit of the day, unknowingly proclaiming ourselves as their followers. (Oh hello, Twitter.)
But there will always be the royalty we didn’t choose and simply invaded our lives – in high school, in college and even at work. They might not be the same person, but she’s definitely the same girl. The girl God made to continually make us feel insecure and inadequate. The Queen Bee…
…And here’s my ode to all the Queen Bees who tried but failed to reign over me.
- Pretend To Be Nice by Letters To Cleo
- Boys With Girlfriends by Meiko
- Ugly Girl by Fleming & John
- Call An Ambulance by Albert Hammond, Jr.
- Tighten Up by The Black Keys
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun by The Beatles
- Crazy by Aerosmith
- I Can Buy You by A Camp
- You Know The Answer, Follow The Leader by Ciudad*
- SURPRISE TRACK
- (They Long To Be) Close To You cover by Cranberries
- Just Like Heaven by The Cure
- There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You by Ben Folds
- Cool by Gwen Stefani
- Giraffe by The Miniature Tigers
- You’re So Cruel Stephanie by Patience Dear Juggernaut*
- Bust Your Kneecaps by Pomplamoose
The 3 Kinds of Guys You Will Meet In Your Life
As children, our parents trained us not to trust other people, especially strangers (who may be out to get us and hold us up for ransom). I guess before, it was simpler because we just have to examine whether someone is acting like a kidnapper, luring us with candies. But now that we’re much older, its quite a challenge to tell if we’re about to have our hearts broken by guys promising us romance. So based on my personal experience, lots of second hand information and exposure to pop culture, here is an unofficial collection of modern-day archetypes of guys we all could meet (or have met).
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You’re my Balloon Boy.
Better than Peter Pan, you sway me into daydreaming.
Better than Aladdin, you walk me to places no magic carpet can reach.
Better than all the prince-charmings in the world, you don’t promise me anything, rather, you simply do awesome things for me.
You’re my balloon boy, Wincy Ong. You perpetually cheer me up.
If Richie Tenenbaum was a girl. Journal entry, September 24, 2011.
I watched The Royal Tenenbaums this weekend once again.
The movie simply gives me a strange comforting.
“The Impossible Girl” (Cj de Silva 2011)
Inspired one of the demos of Patience Dear Juggernaut entitled “Forget The Girl”
Sketched: Maxene Magalona. 2011.
An excerpt from my favorite novel Norwegian Wood, written by Haruki Murakami.
