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Author: aLmich

A Golden Chain
Helen Steiner Rice

Friendship is a Golden Chain,
The links are friends so dear,
And like a rare and precious jewel
It’s treasured more each year…

It’s clasped together firmly
With a love that’s deep and true,
And it’s rich with happy memories
and fond recollections, too…

Time can’t destroy its beauty
For, as long as memory lives,
Years can’t erase the pleasure
That the joy of friendship gives…

For friendship is a priceless gift
That can’t be bought or sold,
But to have an understanding friend
Is worth far more than gold…

And the Golden Chain of Friendship
Is a strong and blessed tie
Binding kindred hearts together
As the years go passing by.

I always think that friends who laugh together stay together. Don’t you agree? There may be times when you are having some sort of cold vibes with your friend and suddenly your friend says something incredibly funny. You crack up and the laughter breaks the ice. It maybe the joke is too banal for anyone else to laugh at it, but that doesn’t matter, does it? There are always some inside jokes that you share with your friends and these have become part of the fabric of your friendship. The point is that you ‘get’ each other’s sense of humor.

I have some ever-green jokes that I share with my friends as well, like different lines from funny movies or jokes from stand-up comics. Or my reaction when a friend played an April Fools’ Day trick on me! And my unforgettable face when I woke up after my friends left me sleeping near the shore! Sometimes it seems as if it happened yesterday, while sometimes it seems as if the events happened in some other lifetime. It just feels so good isn't it?

 

> onE Lazy saTurdaY

Author: aLmich

Last week seemed to take forever and just felt like one of those really heavy weeks. I think that it started when I opened my mouth and spoke up against the "bride of Chucky". Then, I seemed to spend the remainder of the weekend trying to avoid her negative persona.

Anyways, moving on, early part of the Saturday was spent with Z and Gay as the latter searched for our Coron Palawan accomodation. Z was in high fever before we went home. Maysilo planned a date but didn't pursue so I just stayed home, watched TV and heard all the showbiz gossips, watched DVD, slept, ate and got even more fat. Ugh! I hate it.

I saw "House of flying daggers" which is easily one of my favorite movie. Amazing cinematography a great cast. This is a movie which I wished could last forever as you just seemed to become a part of it. After that I saw "Constantine" - starring Keanu Reeves. Not really the best movie that I've seen... maybe 2 and a half stars.

During those movies I also saw the trailer for that Zac Efron movie movie which looks quite good and also noticed that they've started putting up advertising for "The Da Vinci Code" sequel! That's one movie that I'm really looking forward to.

OK, my vow for next week this to forget all the negative stuff which is going on and to concentrate on some positive stuff which is coming up and again of course our Coron Palawan Adventure tops that.

 

> aBunda and beLo

Author: aLmich

Gay, Abhi, Z, Kelly, Almsie, Abi and I were having our [2am] lunch earlier when I opened what I have watched from weekend’s TV marathon. Dra. Vicki Belo was interviewed in Showbiz Central and left words which insulted Boy Abunda.

Dra. Vicky Belo took the hot seat for the “Gimme Mo” segment of Showbiz Central Sunday afternoon. And then she was asked to comment about her biggest rival’s claim (Calayan) that they have better-looking endorsers than Belo Medical Group. She said:

“Well, first of all, I feel kinda bad. Kasi, ako naman ang nag-umpisa ng mga bati-bati ng mga artista. I feel bad, kasi parang ginagaya lang nila ako. Sana naman, maghanap naman sila ng unique marketing… And I’d like to say, if you want to look like Boy Abunda, then go to Calayan. But if you like to look like Dingdong Dantes and Piolo Pascual, come to Belo.”

Boy Abunda gave himself a chance to react [about Vicki’s statement involving him] at his show in SNN: Showbiz News Ngayon. Boy’s statement went like this…

[Tearfully] “Nasindak po ako, na-surprise po ako, di po ako makapaniwala… kaibigan ko pong matalik si Dra. Vicky Belo for years. Vicky if you’re watching alam mo na kahit kailan hindi ako namuhunan sa gandang panlabas dahil alam ko wala ako masyado nun. Alam mo na namuhunan ako ng lakas ng loob, sipag at tiyaga, dasal, at Vicky wala akong ilusyong gumanda. At wala ring sinumang may karapatan na manlait sa aking pagkatao.”

Boy narrated that his mom called him late Sunday night from Samar and asked him if he did something wrong to Vicky Belo and why she insulted him on National TV. Boy assured her mom that he did not do anything against the famous cosmetic doctor.

“Vicky if you’re watching, you know I did not do anything bad to you to deserve this insult. Wala akong ginawa sa ‘yo. And Ma if you’re watching, wala po akong ginawa. Narating ko po ang maliit na espasyo ko dito sa industriya na wala po akong tinapakan.”

He ended his reactions as he says “At mga kaibigan, hindi po tayo kinakailangang kasing-ganda o kasing-gwapo ni Dingdong Dantes para maging masaya at para maging mabuting tao.”

I can’t embed Boy Abunda’s reply to this so please follow this link - http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/owl4ever/starmo/?action=view¤t=boyvsbelo-1.flv