DAVID ARCHULETA.

*HUGS* *HUGS*

All the voting has paid off. Haha. It seemed impossible at first, but eventually he prevailed. Heee. XD Congratulations to Tom of Mcfly, Danny Gokey and Tom Felton, too. It was such a great fight. Haha. And of course, to the Phelps' twins, James and Oliver, whom I also love sooo much, and to Matt Lewis, too.

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2015 UPDATE:

It’s Thursday today and I felt like reposting a proper throwback blog entry so here it is! Notice my messy writing style, if you could even call it like that haha. I even use “XD” smileys, the heck. I was young and jeje (and foolish at that. But it does look cute way back hahaha). Looking back, though, it’s amusing to see how that has changed and changed for the better, we all have. I still use haha because why not, right? Writing is all about expressing ourselves and I’ve always been giggly and it extends up to my blogs and that, I think, is just fine. Guess some things never really change then. :)

This is initially posted at the now non-existent (but to me was the best blogging platform back in the days) Multiply site and it is so cool of Blogger/Google to have that “Import” option that has made me save all of my previous blogs and have them re-posted whenever I feel like it.

Going back, here’s David Archuleta‘s Archies/Angels (fangirls) ruling all over Twitter back in 2009/2010. The Archies would not be called his go-getters and trending machines for nothing, right? But this was way before Justin Bieber (Beliebers) and One Direction (Directioners) have ever existed in the music scene. Imagine though if this poll was held at present time, David would probably not stand a chance knowing how wild and vast and competitive (especially in social media) those two fandoms are. But it has been nice to be able to show our support in our little ways and actually succeeded back then. I remember Tom and Tom bantering about who’s going to win between them and David has never urged people to actually vote for him but see, he won, and that is just great. Even back then he is so underrated but he deserved the recognition so much.

Admittedly, though, I have not really participated a lot in the trending part and my Twitter account despite having like 70,000+ tweets now (and counting) are mostly because of interacting and actually making real life friends out of these internet people from the family (because in every fandom, we just are), but I did vote for him and requested all of his singles over the radio (with my regular prepaid load because that’s how you do it back then haha. Ah the things you do for love.) to the point that most radio disc jocks of this station actually know you by name (well mostly because I use my name as my Twitter handle and I also use it to request for the songs). Who says you cannot make an honest person / great friends over the web? Meeting these people and actually get to keep them for real has got to be the best part of these fangirl-ing phase. 

Today we may have mellowed a bit (comes with the age, does it?) but we still love good music, still supports David and most especially still there for each other. We may have shared more than one interest or so and the friendship go even beyond. How cool is that, right?

As long as we do not lose track of our own reality (some tends to miss the reality part and that’s when it is not healthy anymore) there’s nothing to be ashamed of; going after what’s making us happy. We are all fangirls at heart after all. Also, we should not deny ourselves of the good stuff (music) in life (surrounding ourselves with people included). x

Present Note: My handle is now @AprilDeGuzman

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Hi! I've been exploring Twitter lately. Hehe. Did not imagine that I'll be hooked on it. I was like, 'No it (Twitter) doesn't suit me. Because I'm kinda makwento with my posts, 140 characters won't be enough to express my deepest random thoughts and feelings.' Lol But.. BUT.. I'm wrong. It was fun there. Haha. Having only signed up this May25 and I'm already having my 250th post? I surely am 'makwento'. :D To those who might be interested too, you could follow me at http://twitter.com/ThatAprilGirl

Much appreciated. Thanks! :)

Last Monday, I was with my Gryffindor friends, lol, minus Freda (Cora) and Luna (Melody) because they're not available that day, and we went to watch the Angels & Demons movie at SM North Edsa.

So here's what I think about the movie:

Actually, I have a high expectation to this movie because the novel was actually my fave Dan Brown book ever. I'm not disappointed, though. Not as brilliant as I expected but it was a good watch. They changed a lot in the plot, like when all the FOUR Cardinals should have died but in the movie, the last one did survive and eventually became the Pope. That's just one, there's a lot of changes that I don't wanna spoil, especially to those who might read it and have not watched it yet, I want it for them to discover it themselves. ;)

The thing that I must say, quite disappointed me was when they cut the part when Mortati told Carlo Ventresca about his past and true identity, that he's the son of the Pope. That's the most dramatic part in the book, for me, but the production staff decided not to include. I am not quite sure why, but I understand. There's this guess inside me that says that they are avoiding the fuss and don't want to mess up with the Catholic Church just like what the Da Vinci Code movie did years ago. Plus, in fact, I think there's no problem with that. People of this generation, I believe, are smart enough to know which is fiction and which is fact, and what is to believe. If you really have faith in God, no matter what you read or watch, your faith in Him will always prevail.

Overall, it's a good movie. Quite gross, though. Lot of blood and killings. Lol but I expected that. They did give enough justice with the story and the characters and I commend them for that. As always, we can't expect the movie adaptation to be 100% true to the book, there are changes but it's for the best.

See for yourself. x

Nox.

So I am stuck in the house, May 14, Thursday, I got no choice actually, but there's a lot of things that made me really busy: namely watching TV and listening to the radio. :)

May 14 is certainly an Idol Day (but to me it seemed to be an Archuleta-driven one. Haha.) David Archuleta did guest on two Kapuso shows and it's been a blast! Parang andun ako eh no. Hahaha. Pero naenjoy ko ng sobra kahit sa TV lang. :) He's such a nice and jolly person. Or I think beautiful is the perfect term to describe him. He is beautiful. :)

Parang gusto ko syang mameet tuloy, napapaisip ako.. Nakakastarstruck kaya s'ya talaga? I've never seen our local artists behave like that! Lol Squeeing like fangirls. Haha

I was thinking, what more for tomorrow (today), it'll be David Cook's turn to WOW us on TV. Yesss! Haha. Oh my god.

Back to Archuleta's guesting, it was a lot of fun watching him. He performed ALTNOY in SIS and Crush in Eat Bulaga.

Ohh, and twice in the interviews, he mentioned he loves mangoes! Mapadalan nga ng isang sako! Hahaha. Just kidding!

He would rambled, said "oh my gosh", "oh man", "soo amazing", "so cool", "that was awesome" couple of times, I LOST COUNT! Haha

"He's such a cuuutie!" sabi nga ni Carmina. Haha

So youthful, full of positive energy, and like I said on my previous post, he hates smiling. He really hates smiling. And it's contagious. Hahaha. I could not even recall any moment that he's not flashing that happy face of his. And how I love this statement that he has said during his Magic 89.9 radio interview with DJ Mo Twister, also yesterday, which I think explains it all.

It's not like life's perfect or anything. It's just how you look at it. You can focus on all the hard things and stress yourself out and have a breakdown. Or.. Look at all the good things going on. First of all, I was there. Over 100,000 auditioned. I'm still here and I'm getting to sing. Just look at the bright side, I'm getting to perform and sing. I think that overtook all the bad things going on. When you look at the positive things, it takes the bad things.

Aww. So true! That was really inspirational, wasn't it? During Mo's interview, Mo even insisted to David that he's one of the biggest star coming from Idol and he was like, 'No', and giggled, he just wouldn't believe it, though he really was one, I believe. Humble guy, that one. Koooo! Nainlab ako lalo. Hahaha

They talked about a lot of things : his fanbase, D being a could-be adopted son of the Philippines, (LOL. Mo's such a great interviewer. Entertaining, sensible and he has this ability to make his interviewee feel at ease. Nice!) his locker, fansites, supporters, about D being a role model, his tour in the US and in the UK, musical influences, etc.. And that quote above has stuck up on me. :) (i got the transcription of the interview from Archuphils. Ty! You could also listen to both interviews there as recorded for their site.)

Then, it's David Cook's turn! This was done also live, minutes after Archie, before Cook rushed to his mall tour in SM North Edsa. Wow. He sounded so hot! I am not even seeing him, but I don't know. His voice is.. Wow. Haha

A lot were being discussed: DC's Idol journey, how long he has waited before finally breaking in to the scene, how that twist of fate in the auditions has landed him to the Season 7's crown, his friendship with Archie and their rivalry of sorts (which made both of them laugh, because according to them there is actually no rivalry between them.) how humbling and surreal it was to receive such warm reception from the crowd and a lot more!

There was even a time when Mo allowed two callers to ask question to DC, and one caller was like, "Hi David Cook, I LOVE YOU!" on the phone, and ask David if he has learned any Tagalog word so far. He find it amusing, laugh a bit, and remembered Ramiele during Idol days saying Salamat which means Thank you, and said it like, "Sah-lah-mat." hahahaha cuuute!

But as we all know, we can't be happy all the time. There should be a balance. And it saddened me a lot to learn that Danny Gokey, my bet for Season 8 was voted off. Aw. He's such an amazing performer. Darn! With an awesome voice and overflowing emotions while singing like that, he should have been on top! It should have been Adam who's sent home. Sorry, Danny & Kris are my bets, eh. :) Hmm.. But it has happened. No matter how painful it was, I have to accept it. Oh well, I believe he has a great future ahead of him. He's so talented! And now that Anoop and Danny were gone, Kris is in it to win it! Hope so.

Whew. What an Idol-driven day!

Ohh, I got the idea for the title from Andrea, by the way. Kahati kay Archie. Haha. She was the first to greet me Happy Archie Day yesterday. :) So there.

Bakit ba ang daming kaadikan sa mundo?

nox.

Wow, yeah, AI Season 7 fever's on once again! After David Cook (the Big Winner) has set his feet on our soil around 1PM this afternoon, followed by the arrival of David Archuleta (the Runner-Up) at around 3pm, we're on for an exciting week.

"I'm excited to be here.."

That's the short statement coming from Cook when he arrived and I think even though it's short, that statement has said it all. Waaaaah. He's sooo hot, as ever! Haha. He came from the US, whew, looking pretty cool.. I mean, after all that has happened to his personal life (talking about the death of his eldest brother, Adam. R.I.P.) he still manage to be here and was so nice and all that. Cool David! ;) And for security purposes daw kaya medyo ganun, kung ano man yun. Saglit lang s'ya nagstay at di masyado nainterview sa airport.

Then Archie arrived. Yay! This nice guy, can't he even refrain from smiling like that even for a sec?? I'm melting. Lol The youthful, jolly aura that he possesses eversince is present there at the airport, as always. To think that he came all the way from UK (where he had his solo tour, and toured with McFly too.), had their flight delayed in Doha, Qatar -- tiring eh? For sure he had a jet lag, but is it even noticeable? I mean, he's so nice. He really is. ;)

He even checked and updated his Twitter account as soon as he arrived at the hotel. (Adik?) He commented on the reception he has received, the many cameras that was focussed on him there, the fans and their banners, etc. Even thanked the fans for the warm welcome. (If you still haven't followed him, his Twitter is twitter.com/davidarchie.) I don't have a Twitter account actually, may pagka, shall we call it, I have this so called stalker instinct, kaya chinecheck ko palagi yung mga Tweet nya. (Huh? Ano yun? Haha. Di lang ako sa kanya ganyan no. Pati sa madami pang iba. Hahaha.) Nakakaaliw basahin eh. Hehe Oh my, this guy will make me go mad. Lol I also checked ArchuletaPhilippines.com because of their fast updates. A very nice Archie fan site, really. :)

And so I've gathered this info, the schedule of the Davids for this week (from AP, GMAnews.tv and other various sites.) and it is as follows:

May 12 - Arrival

May 13 - Meet & Greet with Cook/Archuleta, 5pm, SM Mall of Asia.

May 14 - Archie's SiS Guesting with Kyla, Harry Santos and La Diva; David the Dabarkad - Eat Bulaga Guesting.

May 15 - It's Cook rocking the Broadway Centrum! Eat Bulaga guesting. (Na nanganganib na di ko mapanood dahil manonood ako ng Angels & Demons sa sinehan with my friends. Yay!)

May 15 - two of them live on 24 Oras (If I heard it right this evening on the news.)

May 16 - The Big Concert Night :) MoA Concert Grounds.

Excited daw ako oh, haha. But sadly I could not even go to any of those day's events. :( For the reasons (1) Wala akong makakasama; (2) Ayaw ako ilibre nila PM at Ancis. Haha. (3) Di ako papayagang lumuwas ng ako lang mag-isa.

Layp. Ampeyr. Pero ganun talaga.

Never say die.

Tomorrow is another day.

*drama ko lang yan. Lucky me commercial-inspired. Haha.*

Okay, okay, so sa TVnalang ako magpapakasaya at sa mga updates sa net. :))

Happy Idol Week to everyone! x

I know, don't sue me, it's been a while since I posted something solidly all about Ginebra. Ewan, daming naging kaadikan lately. Haha. Minsan, naaalala ko lang may game pala. Minsan naisisingit ko lang sa post ko. I could not even remember the last time that I did post something about them. Shall we call that, lie low. Whatever. So here I am, catching up with those times, and so I decided to write this. Nothing much with the team, really. Kakatapos lang ng game nila tonight against SLR, and they actually won. Nakalimutan ko yung final score. Haha. So unlikely me. Dati eh talagang tanda ko daw lahat eh, mapa-jersey color, kulay ng sapatos at headband ni Jayjay eh, alam ko. Adik?! Haha. Basta ayun, panalo sila kanina. :)

I must admit na isa ako sa mga bitter-bitter-an nung nagpasya ang management na pauwiin si Rod Nealy. I just feel so much for that guy. He's talented, kind and a God-fearing person. Haven't really met him, though. But with what I've heard, he really was a nice guy. Sa isip ko nun, di naman niya kasalanan kung bakit nagsunod-sunod ang talo ng team nung unang round ng eliminations ah? Ginagawa naman nya lahat, eh sadyang malas non, is it his fault? So why ditch him? Hmm.. But then maybe that's what's best for the team. The management thought so, and eventually they were right. So, I accepted it, wala din naman akong magagawa eh.

Here came the man named David Noel, at nagsimula ng mag-iba ang ihip ng hangin. Naks! It's such a long story if I'll elaborate all the facts. All I know now is that the TEAM'S ON A FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK! Yess! Almost nothing could go wrong. Everyone's contributing, all is stepping up. Offense. Defense. Plays. Crowd. Chants. Isa na lang ang kulang.... ang nag-iisang MARK CAGUIOA.

Kelan nga kaya sya talaga babalik? Ang gugulo ng balita eh, iba-iba sila ng sinasabi.

Back on tonight's ballgame, I learned something new about one of my favorite persons in the world, Jayjay. I always thought before that he got his nickname from his former name, Lamberto Romero Vicente Jr. Wala naman kasing J sa Anthony eh. So palagay ko nun kinuha yun dun sa JUNIOR, sa umpisang letter, kaya JAY. Genius thinking! Napaka-corny ko eh no, gumawa ng sariling teorya. Hahaha. And tonight I found out from the trivia that the nick Jayjay was actually from his initials -- Anthony Jason James Helterbrand. Cool, isn't it? Iche-check ko yan! Hahaha. (Mala-Ryonan. Haha! Loved his spiky hairdo, he reminds me of Ryonan's ace player, Akira Sendoh.)

Yay! I hope that they'd win their remaining elimination games. Hopefully we could watch at the venues before schooling resumes in June. *fingers crossed.*

Never Say Die! x

My dad works in Manila and goes home on a weekly basis, and it has become a habit already that every time he goes home, I am asking if he bought me a newspaper. Be it a tabloid or a broadsheet, whatever. Yes, a newspaper! Ang babaw ko eh no, I could have asked for anything, food or other sorts but I satisfy myself with a piece of paper that to others, it might be just a piece of waste to them. I dunno, but once in my life, I have been a writer also, on our schoolpaper, Ang Tanglaw. Been an Editor-in-chief for two consecutive years... so basically, I feel for those writers/journalists that's why I pay attention to read. And hey, I love reading too, and get updated with the current scene! There is this ball of happiness inside us every time we finish writing and/or editing an article. Having your work being published is just, "Wow." Seeing others reading your piece is so heartwarming, praising/criticizing your work is such a bonus one must be thankful of. Constructive or destructive, it doesn't really matter. What's important is that they've paid attention, and gave enough time to read it, and/or give their opinion about it right? Seeing them taking our works for granted is... Sad. Yet it is just okay, because it is the fulfillment that you got while writing your stuff that really matters. Hence, you should be happy already.

Moving on, when my father arrived last weekend, he didn't get me a newspaper, but he gave me this Europe & Britain Travel Guide. Yay! And I was like "Huh? Ano ba yan, aanhin ko yan. Pupunta ba kong Europe?" Haha. But that was only a joke of course. Indeed, I was happy with it. I always wanted to travel and explore other places and I will, given the chance to do so. And Europe is actually one of those places which someday, I would also love to be in. *I hope so!* And as I browse through the pages I am smiling. I am so fascinated by the places especially those that I am familiar with. For example, the Piccadilly Circus, which can be found in London, the place where the filming of one of the scenes in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie took place just last week. Also, this Houses of Parliament building, also in London, that reminded me of the fleeing scene in the Order of the Phoenix movie. Cool! How can I ever forget the Eiffel Tower if it reminds me of one of my favorite persons in the world and that is, Ma'am E Beresford, and her hubby Adam? Prague, Venice, Milan, Barcelona, Rome, Jerusalem, Paris and the like! Lovely, isn't it? Plus the Leaning Tower of Pisa that we've discussed just this last semester in our Geology subject -- the settlement of its foundations. haha, see? I've paid attention on that effing subject! lol And so, yeah, I loved it - reading that travel guide. But of course, isn't it lovely to visit and tour our very own dear country first? (Biglang preno eh, haha.) And yes, the Philippines, no matter how down we are now, I still wanna be here than to be in any other place in the world. Given the chance to travel, why not go to other places? I would love to visit the places I've mentioned above. But in the end, this is my home. I'll be here, I'll return here.. In the Philippines.. my homeland.