10. Once More, With Feeling...

ORGULLO
O N L i N E
31 July 2004

Hey ya, kids! It's now time to make a change, just relax, take it easy, we're still young, it's not our fault, we have so much to go through...

It's........ ORGULLO SUPERSTAR!

Yeah, that's what we are, coming from afar, reaching for the star, come away with us to another place, where we rely on each other, uh-huh?

Looks like we made it... It's been eighty-three thousand, five hundred twenty minutes... eighty-three thousand, five hundred twenty chismis since our beloved online baby debuted last June 4, 2004. And it is a tribute to you and to all of us that we made it through the rain. We stood up again and again on our own, and we know that we are strong enough to reestablish our fave newsletter which went into hibernation since the last issue of the printed edition came out last September 2003, which was the 10th issue, the same as event as we are celebrating today with the online edition.

So throw yo' hands in the air, and wave them like you just don't care. ‘Cause tonight is the night, and we're feeling all right. We'll be making news the whole night through. Why? 'Cause we've been saving all our news for you.

Are you ready for this week's jelly?

You're not crazy, maybe just a little unwell, we know. Right now you can't tell, but it's just the return of Rhoda. She's been watching the same old channels, listening to the same old songs. That's why she wants to shake her groove thing, yeah, yeah, and wants to get rowdy, feeling like a little naughty and wants to get dirrty. She's free beginning this 4pm until Monday. Sayaw kikay!

It's been quite a while since we got a taste of Mye. Don't be fooled by the rocks that she's got. She's still Mye from the block. But where's the love now, Mye? Love is all around, it's everywhere she goes, that's why even if biophysically and internetically (o…. word ba 'yan?), we're officially missing her. Can't nobody do without you baby girl.

Niña can't get out of her head the smoking, son-of-a-gun feeling of Winston Lights. "Winston Lights lang ang nasa isip ko. Hinahanap-hanap kita. Kailangan kita. Tanging pag-ibig ng buhay ko. Nais kong malaman mo na ikaw ang tanging bugá ng baga ko. Winston Lights talaga," she sings.

It's a beautiful day for Allan's regularization, and it might be the sweetest thing, oh--woo-oh, the sweetest thing because it means he'll have double the number of leaves and benefits than the ordinary people, several increase in basic pay and "14-month pay". But it's not all 'bout the money. Don't you think it's funny? The workplace used to be his playground (used to be), and thankfully, it still feels like the same.

Jewel, we know your grams love is shining down on you from heaven. ‘Cause everywhere you go, every smile you see, you know that she's there, smiling back at your family. She's okay.

Who is that "you-know-who" Eky sees, staring straight from Círculo's kubo to Tomo Kai's? When will that person's true Círculo reflection show? But thank you, India, for the CAL and UP-wide recognition. Is it raining Fil-Am men pa rin sa Círculo tambayan, by any chance?

A whole new world and dazzling place is that Pan Pacific Hotel in Adriatico corner Malvar in Malate (although the dry wall and fresco ceiling effect were poorly executed) where Don has been hired. It's not hard to find, from way up there, it's crystal-clear that you can find the neon-green signage and it's like a whole new world hotel for you.

Nosi? Nosi ba lasi? Read Henz's Personality test and you'll see, maybe you don't know me like you used to do, baby. The test wants you to turn the beat around, know yourself, and feel the rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat on the drums.

Ian, why did you build us up with that two-night despedida par-tey last May? You never call (or e-mail) baby when you say you will. But we love you still. Love don't cost a thing, just a simple hi will make us spread our wings to prepare to fly like butterflies. Hehe. It will take a lifetime to get over you....

Is it a hard-knock life for Blossom at Thomson Financial? Because we haven't heard from you in a while. It's like "ay! nabali!" ang mga updates mo sa amin.

Armis, we kind of remember that you'll have one or many nights in Bangkok? Is it real, or do the words we speak before you make you feel like this chismis is so not true? Wherever, whenever you go, Subic man, Quezon, Laguna, Boracay or Bangkok, alam naming babalik kang muli. Ang mga araw at sandaling kasama mo kami ay mahirap makalimutan.

Kung siya'y pagmamasdan, siya'y cool na cool, mas cool pa sa feeling ng kanyang swimming pool. Pero Marita's striving, preparing for tomorrow in Law School. We gotta love ya, tomorrow. You're always a day away. Kung hindi, sa makalawa na yun.

Now, Marita-inspired Diday feels she's so overprotected by the family. she may not yet be a full woman but she's not a girl anymore. She’s just trying to find the woman in her. All she needs is time. She is strong enough to live without any outside influences and excessive guidance.

We believe that love is the answer and that love will find a way to last. Congratulations to Marc and Nancy for keeping it together. Not more than 3 short years ago, Nance felt a bit abandoned and alone, without a Falcon by her side, so very young and so afraid. Now, three years later, something tells us that it might just be really the two of you....

If last night a Lindsay Lohan movie saved your life, today Imelda Marcos will preserve yours, Rio. If you watch this, you'll not just get a little bit of ecstasy, a little bit of you and me, a little bit of our amusing history, but a distorted philosophy and reality which will make you tell Imelda: Stop! Thank you very much, but we need somebody with the human and sane touch.

Dimps, ikaw ang tanglaw ng Maykapal, sagot sa aming dasal (sa mga hindi nakakaalam ng alfajor). Thank you, for showing us what the word means, for letting us know what it is, and what it's not. That is something that we haven't tasted before--that's alfajor....

Climb every mountain and swim every sea, Jiji, until you find your European dream. We are hoping for your safe return to (Pinoy) innocence. we will welcome you back with open arms.

Jump! …for your love, Rons. If it's nursing, then a jump for nursing. Alam namin gusto mo talaga ‘yan at hindi ka lang samasayaw at sumusunod sa indak ng panahon. Mag-enjoy ka sa pag-aaral.... ngayon....

Karina's blue at work, like you’ve never seen the wolf cry to the blue corn moon. Pero it's just a phase. Right now you're bluer than blue, pero someday, when it's over, you're gonna be alright.

Irene are you okay? Are you okay, Irene? Irene are you okay? Are you okay, Irene? You've been hit by a smooth criminal kaya ka ba hindi nagpaparamdam?

Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon, and we feel the passion that you have for foreign service, Mel E., but we miss you. Straight from college then you went away. It's been so long since we last saw each other and we're lost without you. What are we gonna do? We've been missing you.…

Ikaw rin, Mel F. Kailan? Kailan mo ba mapapansin ang aming e-mails? Kahit anong pa-cute na gawin, 'di mo pa rin pinapansin. We don't have a wooden heart, you know. But you just knock three times on the ceiling if you miss us, and we'll cry a river na. LOL

Before we let you go, we want to say...

Can you feel the love tonight? How do you solve a problem like Maria? Dito ba? O dito ba? Dito ba? Where do we go from here? Does "la-la" really mean "I love you"?

Now if you need us, call us, e-mail us. No matter where you are. No matter how far, don't worry, baby. You'll always be our baby and we'll linger on. Time can't erase a feeling this strong. This won't be a broken vow.

1, 2, 3, 4, c'mon baby say you love this issue, 5, 6, 7 times. 8, 9, 10, 11, we're just gonna keep on counting, until you are hooked up on Orgullo News Online!

Omaygad, wait a minute.............. And Bingo was his name-o!

Next Issue: The Makabagong Alfabeto.