Okay that may sound familiar from a shampoo commercial, but I’m serious.

I’ve been wanting to make a “sex and the city” article for so long now but can’t seem to write about anything. Then I’ve realized what’s wrong in the picture. What’s wrong was that I’ve been living the same day more than twice and frankly, i’m not happy anymore. It’s getting boring that all I’ve been doing for the past weeks is school, school, and more of school. I haven’t done a haircut in ages, I haven’t designed anything in centuries, and I haven’t gone out with anybody and shared a conversation with in God knows how long.

You just know your life is boring if all you can talk about in your blog are the lives of others. I need to make people talk about me instead of the other way around. LOL that was too narcissistic of me.

So this weekend after my examinations in all my subjects, I’m finally gonna pass that long overdue portfolio in the studios of my choice and hopefully, I get hired even if it’s only as an apprentice. I need all the learning I can get.

Also, I’m preparing myself for another hosting job I’d be doing. After a successful job with my school’s Capping and Pinning Ceremonies, they chose me to host this year’s Acquaintance Party to be held at Leisure Coast Resort. It’s time to pull out my personality on this event and I want people to see the real Abraham Remcyl Viloria. You guys can join the party if you’re willing to pay 775 bucks to serve as your pass.

That’s pretty much it. Take care guys and I miss you all. Hope we can have the opportunity to chat once so we can pick up on each other’s lives. Mwah!

I miss blogging so much after being busy with my duties for the past few days. Everything seems to be a blur as I can’t seem to see the days pass by because of all the things I’ve been doing.

Anyways, I’ve been sick every evening as well but that doesn’t mean I can’t catch up on the shows I got my eye on.

Project Runway Philippines is definitely living up to it’s viewers’ standards unlike the flop that is known as Philippine’s Next Top Model. The challenges are coming out great so far and the designs I’ve been seeing are up to par. I never thought Filipino talent could be this innovative, but I guess they all proved me wrong.

During commercial breaks, I decided to give Sofa a visit on their website and see what they have to offer as a fashion school.

School of Fashion and the Arts

I was very much impressed with what they have to offer and the fees are very affordable for world class education on fashion, make up, photography, and so much more. Not only are they advocates on the technical aspect of fashion, but the business side as well.

They even have this ongoing competition for young rookie designers like moi who have the skills to be in the industry, with the grand prize of a free education at their school for an entire term.

I applaud the minds of these brilliant people for coming up with such cool affordable concept. Now I could say that there’s hope for all the talented young designers in the Philippines to learn the tricks of the trade.

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*Last night, I was at the edge of my seat as my fave and husband-to-be, Eli Gonzales, didn’t quite make a masterpiece. But I still love him. Eli, you have my prayers.

Eli Gonzales

Also, Have I mentioned I am also the husband-to-be of my inspiration for doing great make-up, Jigs Mayuga?

How’s that for a portfolio?

Gulp! both of them are definitely a tall drink of water.

I know Bea Alonzo got the job, but just so you know, i tried out for the role as well…

I believe this shot was the reason why they chose Bea over me to play Betty.

Oh well, Goodbye Betty La Fea! Hello, Ugly Betty!

I super super miss blogging! I’ve been uber busy the past week and today was the only time I had to blog again about my life.

So without further delay, let’s start.

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I’ve only started watching Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA) on ABS-CBN this week and I must say, I already have a favorite.

I’m pretty sure a lot of people have their money on the good-looking (what’s good looking anywayz) bunch, but I always focus on what competitions such as PDA should be about, and that is raw (not to mention goosebumps-worthy) talent. Compared to most of the guys on the academy, Bugoy definitely has what it takes to make records that would last.

I mean, after all, all their training from the world class instructors wouldn’t be worth anything if all they’re looking for are looks that would sell in the end, right?

I’m definitely looking forward to this season’s winner because frankly, Yeng Constantino really didn’t quite justify what the academy is truly about. I think the other contestants have no idea how big of a threat Bugoy is in terms of voice quality.

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Also, for those residing in the Philippines, I would highly recommend to catch Moment of Truth on 2nd Avenue, Project Runway Philippines on ETC, and one show I’d definitely be on the look out for is Shear Genius which premieres on July 24 10pm, also on ETC.

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From TV shows we now go to fashion.

Okay, I know with a place like Dagupan where the temperature resembles that of an oven, wearing a shemagh is the last thing you want to use as an accessory, but I definitely think that it’s time to start purchasing them given the rainy days are drawing near a.k.a. everyone would be wearing one by then, and by everyone I mean every gay guy you know.

There isn’t a single store here in Dagupan that sells shemagh so the only way you could get them is by traveling or simply head over to Ebay. I’ve done my research and the price range is pretty affordable I tell you.$7-$11 is something your hardwork is worthy of.

For those who are feeling quite generous, Remcyl Viloria is currently taking any color as a gift. wink!

*To Alain, now you know what this accessory is called LOL

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To cheat or not to cheat…

I was watching this program the other day and the topic of the group’s discussion was about education. Apparently, in the Philippines alone, 11 million comprises the out of school youth which is pretty sad considering that the top two priorities in the government’s fund is allocated to health and education if I’m not mistaken.

For those given the wonderful opportunity of studying, are we really even getting our money’s worth? Well, in my school, I think I just learned how things work days ago.

It was our examination day and I have to say I think I did pretty well in terms of studying for my exam. So the next day, I was more than ready to take the first test. Our proctor was our school coordinator which was not as strict as I was hoping her to be. After lunch, our proctor was replaced by a new one and to my surprise, the girls in my class were more than happy to welcome her with smiles on their faces reaching their ears. I was really in question why they were so happy. Turns out, the proctor and the girls are close. Too close in fact that she intentionally and blatantly allowed all the girls to cheat during the exam. I am telling you, books laid out in the open and comparison of answers from their seatmates were as blatant as Elton John.

Just when I thought things were at their worst possible state, I was wrong. I passed my paper to the proctor since I was done with the test without an answer copied from any of my classmates. When I got back to my seat, she called my attention and told me I missed out four items on the enumeration part of the test, and wanted me to answer them since it was okay for me to open my book. But I wasn’t that student she was expecting me to be. Though a typical student might have made the innate decision to jump on the opportunity, I certainly didn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve tried cheating before in my high school days, and it was something I wasn’t proud of and never will be proud of, but I am passed that phase of depending on others’ answers for my score’s sake.

To my proctor, for a clinical instructor, you should be ashamed of yourself for encouraging students to cheat and suffer the consequences later on in the board exams.

Are we living in a world where schools are now encouraging us to cheat? To learn by having the answers shoved up our ass? To possess knowledge in a way we haven’t earned rightfully?

I’m pretty sure to generalize the entire school population in the Philippines is quite an overstatement, but the fact that problems like these are present, is a sad sad dose of reality that shouldn’t be taken for granted.

Passing the nursing course is a needle in a haystack, and others might resort to several ways just so they could graduate. But after failing my NCM 102 in the University of Pangasinan and transferring to a new school while others who failed as well still managed to get in because of the palakasan strategy, I knew the cheating of my classmates and for the proctor to just allow it to happen was something I wouldn’t tolerate. My classmates kept on complaining after they felt betrayed by their former school because of bias decisions, it was so hypocritical of them to be playing the bias game with me. I am playing fairly, and I expect them to do the same, because that is how things should be. Our school is so proud of screaming that we are a De La Salle Supervised School, let’s not give them reasons to question this title.

All I’m trying to prove here is that we made mistakes in the past, and given the second chance to study the subject again, I believe we should be taking it more seriously. Agree?

Zola Dagupan just opened recently and it has been making a huge buzz around the little city of Dagupan and we only have one person to thank, and that is the same guy responsible for putting up Zola Baguio.

For me and Boo’s first monthsary, I took him to Zola to see what the buzz is all about. But not only that, i gave him a new haircut as you can see in the picture, and the fabulous shirt he is wearing as well. It kinda brings out the sophisticated rocker inside of him, don’t you think?

I am telling you people, prepare yourself for a whirlwind around Zola with my infamous “smile”, for sprinkling it all over the place would be a complete understatement.

With Boo being the one in-the-know with all the dishes in Zola, I allowed him to do the ordering for he knows what’s best.

As for me, I guess you know by now what happens next…

Drinks, anyone?

I on the other hand was wearing the white cargo jeans and black top he gave me.

We ordered bolognese and carbonara and an 8″ pizza for dinner and given the time to prepare these kinds of dishes, I’d have to say it was served pretty fast.

I wasn’t ready with my “smile” yet and Boo took the shot already. Hmf!

Spell YUM! Y-U-M!

It was pretty small being a pizza lover, but after binging on the bolognese I had, I left my last slice untouched. I think the pictures alone are enough justification on how much I loved the food.

First the Bolognese. . .

Then the pizza. . .

Okay, okay, I may have overdone this whole trying-to-gain-weight thing

After all that food I was ready to go to the comfort room LOL. I was full to my throat and the iced tea was just enough to quench my thirst.

Or maybe not…

It was pretty fun shouting at each other with so much noise we had to compete with. But as the night went further on, the older people started leaving so we pretty much had a cozy ending to our date. Before we left the fabulous location while Boo was at the comfort room, I used my pizza knife and dabbed it on the saucer with catsup and left a message for him on a tissue paper which read “I (heart) you”. It sure did put a smile on his face.

Happy First Monthsary Boo! I certainly had a great time!

Days had passed but this was the only time I had to blog about me and Huggie’s special day celebrated last July 10, 2008. Better late than never I always say.

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So we were supposed to have our make-up class with our instructor, Ms. Inacay, but turns out she had sore eyes. She sent me a text message minutes before I was about to leave the house which was truly a jumping moment for me. I was super amped about the news that I sent Boo an instant message telling him to call me up so I could spill the good news to him. When he called up, he was as excited as I was. Truly, the day was meant to happen happily for the two of us.

So I met up with him where we were to have our Lunch, which was at Jack’s. We love the food there because we get a lot of serving for the price we can afford.

So once again, the serving of the food took quite a while. I was loving Boo’s outfit that I wanted to capture it on camera.

He simply makes the best candid photos which I envy so much.

As boo looked super fab ala Christian Siriano, I looked like the crap ordered from hell. Seriously, I need a wardrobe change!

I look soo bad the picture needed to be captured via Sepia.

So after having the Jack’s rice last time, we decided to order something different.

I orderd the Lechon Kawali (bottom dish) served with fried rice, while Boo had their Sizzling Pork Chop (top dish). I wasn’t able to taste the pork chop so I really couldn’t tell you guys if it’s a winner or a never-try-it dish. As for my Lechon Kawali, I was a bit shocked that I only get 5 slices with the proportion of their rice serving. Though it is fried rice, given that you can eat it on its own, was still a disappointment. Another disappointment was how salty it was. I couldn’t imagine how much soy sauce went into making this dish but I’m guessing it’s enough to give your body a run for its money.

Before we ate, I took one more picture of Boo as he made a joke out of his iced tea.

[eat... eat... and ate some more...]

Since he brought most of his stuff for our little plan for tonight, I had to bring it home first so we could get through the day not carrying the big paper bag known as his things :).

When he received a call from Lyra, a friend of his, saying that she was at Nepo Mall, he wanted me to meet her, so we did.

She asked if we already ate, and though we said yes, she insisted on eating again which I think was very sweet of her. So even if I was uber full with what we had at Jack’s, I fed myself more with some Pancit Palabok and pineapple juice.

That’s Ms. Lyra on the right and fashion guru, boo, on the left ahihi

By this time, I may be smiling but I am bloated!

So we roamed the mall thrice after dining at Jollibee and frankly, it didn’t take us that long to do that.

When Lyra had to go somewhere, I decided to finally give Boo the haircut he needed before we go to Zola. I promised myself that was the place I’d be taking him since I could really tell how much he misses it. But since the day was young, I took him to City Mall to buy him a special something something as my monthsary gift to him.

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The night finally arrived and we were starving! We couldn’t say Zola faster!

Zola! Zola! Voila!

We arrived and I’d have to say, it was NOISY! The place was packed with people and I’d have to say, they’re a hit!

…to be continued

Happy 1st Monthsary My Dear Sweet Marvin Allan Padigos!

Our journey together has been the best so far, and I’m looking forward to spending more and more days with you…

See you in a while Boo! Can’t wait to celebrate!

I was checking my Friendster this morning and browsed through the recent updates my friends had. When I got to the third person on the list, I was taken aback, stupefied, aghast (LOL)! My dear friend during my elementary days, Emily Ocsan, got married last June 28 to her sweet husband.

I must admit, I was very happy to hear the news. It only seems like yesterday when we were checking on each other’s time just to be the earliest bird in the classroom. She was my childhood sweetheart (yes, despite being gay, I had those days) and now she’s the lucky wife to a great gentleman. I haven’t met the guy yet, but I’m sure he’s a great person knowing Emily’s standards.

At such a young age, Emily makes wise decisions, and spending the rest of her life with a special guy is definitely one of them.

Makes me super jealous of the fact that she could marry the guy she loves unconditionally any time she wants. Too bad for me (and the rest of the gay community residing in the Philippines), I have to go abroad and find the state where gay marriages are legal. I’m pretty sure with a conservative country like the Philippines, gay marriages are miles away from realization. Makes me wonder why a lot of people are considering getting a divorce without even treasuring what they have, without taking into consideration that not everyone is lucky to marry the person they want to spend every day of their lives with.

To Emily, you deserve nothing but the best! Now that you have your man by your side, I could now say you’re complete.

Bliss and Kisses to Mrs. Emily Ocsan-Costales!

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I promised Boo I’d be taking him out on a date right after attending mass in Manaoag so that’s exactly what I did.

After the long ride home, we finally arrived and bought our good friend, Razzi (Boo’s Cybershot camera), some energy-boosted Energizer advanced batteries to capture our best moments.

So we basically are sick of fast foods after going there for the past two weeks. Not that there’s anything wrong with Jollibee, but their french fries simply could not make us come back for another visit. So we decided to try out Jack’s since Boo was telling all about it last night.

Jack’s is the first business to open up in the newly standing

The first thing they served us was a small bowl for our sauces which consisted basically of soy sauce and calamansi. After Boo squeezed the calamansi, I asked him if we could do a short pictorial while waiting for the main dish to arrive. And so we did.

The next thing they served were our drinks. We ordered iced tea and that’s exactly what we got — Iced tea straight from the bottle. I always find it weird how some restaurants can’t even manage to at least give the customers a bit of a mystery by not letting them know how their drinks are prepared.

I was just opening my bottle when I noticed Boo was starting to take snapshots of me.

So I told him I wasn’t ready yet and wanted to have another shot. This time, doing my infamous “smile”.

After a couple of minutes, the main dish finally arrived. We were supposed to have the Liempo meal but when Boo saw the Jack’s rice meal, we jumped at it and wanted to try it out since it was different from the Jack’s rice served in Baguio.

As I asked Boo to take a picture of the dish, I was on a head start as I was unwrapping my spoon and fork.

The Jack’s rice served here in Dagupan consisted of a bowl of rice topped with sunny side up, fried chicken, and chopsuey covering a Liempo-ish meat. Yum Yum!

When it was served, I was so excited that I held on to my plate and fixed it to be exactly in front of me. To my surprise, I got hold of a plate with a very oily bottom. Hmmm, I’m suspecting the cleaning of the plates are not being monitored. Manager!

But what the heck! I was starving and I didn’t give a damn!

Rachelle Ann Go!

The chicken I’d have to say was very dry. I couldn’t taste anything once I pass through the skin. I have to make everything delectable by topping it with the soy sauce we prepared. The chopsuey on the other hand was a knock-out. It was just the right amount of sauce, the vegetables were sweet and the serving was more than what anyone could ask for. The egg I think was totally unnecessary. I believe that in every serving of a dish, everything found on the plate must compliment the rest of the plate’s content, and it didn’t do anything to save the chicken.

Boo kept looking at me the whole time I was eating when he was finished with his plate.

He had this cute smile and I immediately got the camera and asked him not to move a single muscle.

He was done with his meal long before I got to finish mine. His eyes started wandering so I made his wait worthwhile by snapping another shot.

So I finished anyways.

And here’s the BadingAko ratings for Jack’s Dagupan.

Tidiness

Ambiance

Taste

Value for Money

Customer Service

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We decided to visit the place where we first met since we were wearing the same outfits anyway.

We say hello once again to the land where the beach is dirty (but props for having a slight improvement) and where cottages for sex are like candies out in the open.