Fall in Toronto

fall is one of my favorite season... 

Show

i didn't expect to see that type of show that night. i can't believe that it took a white dude to ask me to watch a flip show. thanks D! that was hilarious and fun. there were moments that i feel embarassed but over all, it was good... i did enjoyed the puto, kuchinta and cassava cake... if you wanna know what show i was talking about ask me...

Sleepy @ Work

my eyes are shutting down while i am at work right now....why? late night at school counting colony form units of bacteria that leads to discussion about live bacteria that can be found in 'Activia'... my teacher was right.. now, how geeky is that?

Glamour Magazine Salutes "The 2005 Women Of the Year"

16th Annual Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards at Avery Fisher Hall November 2, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Lea Salonga - so i've heard your pregnant? link

Lea Salonga - Lea, what are those jewelled straps for?

Catherine Zeta Jones / Michael Douglas - hey Cath, who's your daddy?!

Mary J Blige - yo baby! where's the sun yo?

Lea Salonga - you're so 90's

Goldie Hawn - what the F%$@! ok, get more botox and you'll smile on your sleep.

Serena Williams - see.. designing your own clothes made you a 'drag queen'

Marisa Tomie - marisa who? oh yeah... she's the girl from...

Vanessa Carlton - walked a thousand miles

Catherine Zeta - zorra, don't bring your daddy next time...

Martin Short - what the hell are you doing here? oh..you're the MC. ok, you can stay...

Mellisa Ethridge - survivor

Diane Sawyer - with due respect

Lauren Bush - why are you spreading your legs? and why do you remind me of george?

Paula Abdul - are you ok paula?

Hillary Duff - you feel good now that lindsay is not here tonight?


Brooke Shields - no more fighting with tom, ok?

Photo Coverage: Lea Salonga at Carnegie Hall

Tony-Winner Lea Salonga wowed a SOLD OUT crowd at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, November 7, to benefit the Diverse City Theatre Group. The benefit was in extremely good hands with the uber-talented Salonga - led by director Richard Jay-Alexander and music director/conducter Kevin Stites. Joining her on stage during the evening were three very special guests, including her first “musical theatre God” Andrea McArdle for a duet of ANNIE's ‘Tomorrow,’ former MISS SAIGON co-star Liz Callaway, who duetted with Lea on an extremely emotional ‘The Story Goes On’ from BABY (after Salonga announced that she is pregnant), and ‘I Still Believe’ from MISS SAIGON. Richard Maltby, Jr. of BABY and MISS SAIGON fame, had to pick his jaw up off the floor at the end of ACT 1. Also, fellow Filipino, and Cinderella star Paolo Montalban, took up Marius duties for ‘A Little Fall of Rain’ from Les Miz.

During the two-act, glamour filled show, they traversed the worlds of Broadway, Jazz, Filipino music and several pop hits. Some of the night’s many showstopping moments included ‘We’ve Only Just Begun,’ ‘True Colors,’ ‘I Enjoy Being A Girl,’ ‘Love Look Away,’ ‘People (with the original 1964 Broadway orchestration!), ‘On My Own’, ‘Where is Love? / As Long as He Needs Me,’ ‘Reflection,’ ‘Popular,’ and a ‘Defying Gravity’ - which was performed like no one else has sung it yet! The night was full of standing ovations, and anyone who was there to witness the physically and vocally ravishing Salonga, will never forget this powerhouse night at Carnegie Hall.

Some party pictures from after the show at PROVIDENCE, 311 West 57th Street. (Ben Strothmann)

Lea Salonga - the star of the night.

Lea Salonga and husband Rob Chien







Richard Jay-Alexander and Lea Salonga

Liz Callaway, Lea Salonga and Andrea McArdle

Liz Callaway and Nancy Opel

Paolo Montalban

A parting shot of the night's star!

Andrea McArdle and husband Edd Kalehoff


Miss Saigon co-star Liz Callaway

Lea Salonga and Diverse City Theater Company's Victor Lirio

A Chorus Line Reunion: Priscilla Lopez and Kelly Bishop

Salonga and Friends Wow Carnegie Hall

When Lea Salonga made her Broadway debut in Miss Saigon in 1991, she instantly established herself as a big theater star. Since then, Salonga has moved on, appearing on television and in other theater shows (including Les Miserables and Flower Drum Song on Broadway) and touring around the world. On November 7, Salonga stopped her tour at Carnegie Hall, making her solo concert debut on the renowned stage. Her big show, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander, featured special guests Liz Callaway, Andrea McArdle and Paolo Montalban. We caught up with Salonga and some friends at a celebratory party at Providence. (Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com)


Lea Salonga and one of her onstage guests, Paolo Montalban.

Daniel Berlin, who came onstage to sing "A Whole New World" with Salonga, and the star after the show.

Original A Chorus Line stars Priscilla Lopez and Kelly Bishop were on hand to chear on Lea Salonga.

Lea Salonga and her joyous mother.

Lea Salonga and friend Victor Lirio, who is producing director of the Diverse City Theatre Company.

Musical director Kevin Stites (Oprah's The Color Purple) and Lea Salonga.

The woman of the night (w/ pinoy on board her tummy)

Richard Jay-Alexander poses with two of Salonga's Miss Saigon friends, Liz Callaway and Richard Maltby, Jr..

Robert Chien show his pride for his wife, Lea Salonga.

Guest artists Liz Callaway and Andrea McArdle flank the star.

Richard Jay-Alexander, who directed the concert, and Lea Salonga.

Actor Chris Gunn and stage manager Charlene Steyerer.

Imeda Marcos Gems Set for Auction

Those with an interest in fine jewelry are wondering what treasures will be discovered when experts from Christie’s and Sotheby’s head to the Phillipines to assign a value to the jewelry seized by the government from former first lady Imelda Marcos and Demetrio Roumeliotes, a Greek citizen. The government plans to select one of the auction houses to sell the jewelry and are looking at November and May dates. The auction will be held in Geneva. The Philippine Star reports that this is the third time the auction houses have reviewed the pieces but that the last time was in 1994. No details on what the jewelry might fetch have been revealed but it is worth at least $10 million. Given the extravagant tastes of Imelda Marcos, it could be quite amazing and given the level of competition between the two auction houses, the most interesting battles could be occuring behind the scenes.

When October Goes

And when October goes
The snow begins to fly
Above the smokey roofs
I watch the planes go by

The children running home
Beneath a twilight sky
Oh, for the fun of them
When I was one of them

And when October goes
The same old dream appears
And you are in my arms
To share the happy years

I turn my head away
To hide the helpless tears
Oh how I hate to see October go

I should be over it now I know
It doesn't matter much
How old I grow
I hate to see October go

Dating

WHITE WOMEN:
First date: You get to kiss her goodnight.
Second date: You get to grope all over and make out a bit.
Third date: You get to have sex but only in the missionary position.

IRISH WOMEN:
First Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
Second Date: You both get blind drunk and have sex.
20th Anniversary: You both get blind drunk and have sex.

ITALIAN WOMEN:
First Date: You take her to a play and an expensive restaurant.
Second Date: You meet her parents and her Mom makes spaghetti with meatballs.
Third Date: You have sex, she wants to marry you & insists on a 3-carat ring.
5th Anniversary: You already have 5 kids together & hate the thought of having sex.
6th Anniversary: You find yourself a Mistress.

JEWISH WOMEN:
First Date: You get terrific head.
Second Date: You get even more great head.
Third Date: You tell her you'll marry her and never get head again.

CHINESE WOMEN:
First date: You get to buy her an expensive dinner but nothing happens.
Second date: You buy her an even more expensive dinner. Nothing happens again.
Third date: You don't even get to the third date and you've already realized nothing is ever going to happen.

INDIAN WOMEN:
First date: Meet her parents.
Second date: Set the date of the wedding.
Third date: Wedding night.

BLACK WOMEN:
First Date: You get to buy her a real expensive dinner.
Second Date: You get to buy her and her girlfriends a real expensive dinner.
Third Date: You get to pay her rent.
enth Date: She's pregnant by someone other than you.

MEXICAN WOMEN:
First Date: You buy her an expensive dinner, get drunk on Tequila, and have sex in the back of her car.
Second Date: She's pregnant.
Third Date: She moves in. One week later, her mother, father, his girlfriend, her two sisters, her brother, all of their kids, her grandma, her father's girlfriend's mother, her two cousins, her sister's boyfriend and his three kids move in and you live on rice and beans for the rest of your life in your home that used to be nice, but now looks like a home along the Tijuanastrip.

ARAB WOMEN:
First Date: Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Friends and entire Arab community finds out.
Second Date: Guy is shot dead.
No third date.

Dear Abby

NEIGHBOR CAN'T CLOSE HIS EYES TO NUDE GARDENER NEXT DOOR

DEAR ABBY,

I am 76, my wife is 65. Our neighbor "Roy" is retired, but probably less than 60 years old. The fence between Roy's property and ours is 6 feet tall, but the wood has shrunk and there are gaps of about half an inch or more between the boards.

Abby, Roy likes to work nude in his back yard and has told my wife he does this. Otherwise, he seems like a decent fellow. He has given my wife nectarines from over the fence, which is as close as I want his naked presence to my wife. Roy insists he has the "right" to go naked in his own back yard. Unfortunately, my wife agrees, and tells me she's not looking. I have asked her not to accept any more gifts over the fence from Roy and to keep her contact with him to a minimum. Am I being foolish? How would you recommend I handle this?

-- TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT IN CALIF.

Dear Abby

ok, since i always have this column on my personalized "my yahoo" homepage, i decided to share this "dear abby" letters on a regular basis. you may want to post your comment of whatever thoughts you wanna share...otherwise this section in my blog is for reading pleasure.