26. Santa Orgullo nos vino a visitar

ORGULLO
O N L i N E
29 December 2005

Sleigh bells ring... Are you listening? No, silly, there are no sleighs in this part of the world. But, what the heck, we hope you’re enjoying the rest of the holidays!

Santa Orgullo nos vino a visitar

Last December 23 at Italianni's Gateway, 7:00 PM, we held a mini-reunion called Virheißend, Spécialement Orgullo Pasko: Buon Natale. In attendance were Allan, Blossom, Diday, Jewel, Niña, Henz and her “ami intime,” Adrien. Orgullo would have been happier if all the kids were there but Don’s scheduled was moved at the last minute and he couldn´t get out of work, Rhoda was still ill, Armis had an emergency meeting around the same time that night, Dimple also had to work, and, well, you get the picture. Mye, Rona, Nikki, Eky and the others had prior commitment, too. But, we still had a blast and we thank everyone who came. And, as promised, Santa Orgullo had a little somethin´ for everyone that night as a special commemorative token. It was historic indeed, ´cause it’s Orgullo´s first CD! There are 25 songs (in honor of Orgullo´s 25th edition last week) plus one bonus track. Each song is dedicated to or inspired by our batchmates. Here´s the tracklist and what they mean:

ORGULLO: LATIN POP

CD 1
1 SUERTE (Shakira)
We start the collection with this song for good luck. The track is dedicated to Diday, whose smile and funky attitude reminds us all of Shaki. Diday, who also sports a new do, is starting a career at BPI, and after she completes the 6-month training, she´d be an instant assistant manager. Good luck, Dids!

2 PIEL MORENA (Thalía)
With her luscious, brown tone so reminiscent of Marimar, our song #2 goes out to Mye, who, even though she grew up in cold Baguio, loves to swim every chance she gets like Maria del Mar aka Thalia. Aw!

3 NO ME AMES (TROPICAL MIX) (Marc Anthony y Jennifer López)
Armis, is it any wonder why we picked this song for you? You (and Allan or somebody else) must have sung this song tens of times in public back in college. As a special treat, here's teh Tropical Remix of the song for that latin salsa feel!

4 YO TE VOY A AMAR (Nsync)
This is one of Don's favorite sing-along tunes. In fact, he's th one who asked for this song to be included here! Trivia: one of the lead members of *Nsync, JC Chasez, who'd dated sultry tejana Eva Longoria, is part-latino.

5 SHE BANGS (Ricky Martin)
Bingo would've claimed this dance track, but Rhoda collects the crown. After all, she's the one who was tossed and flipped and banged during the bridge at the UST performace of the chicas in 2001.

6 MARÍA LA DEL BARRIO (Thalía)
Some of you have been there already, and because there had been good and scary memories of your stay at Melissa Fresno's farm in Rizal, she earns the title Melissa, er, Maria la del Barrio!

7 MI TODO (Mariah Carey)
Mariah not only sings My All in Spanish, she was also voted as #2 Latino this 2005 by Para Todos Magazine. If you did not know, Mariah's an Irish-American/Black Venezuelan. Screwed up blood if you think about it, but extremely talented, nonetheless. That's why she's Allan's favorite.

8 TE DEJO MADRID (Shakira)
She's been to Madrid and back, and she also did her own version of Eurotrip along the way. This song belongs to Circulo ex-presidenta, Jiselle.

9 GUAJIRA (I LOVE U 2 MUCH) (Yerba Buena)
We're dedicating this song to Bingo, the song that came straight from the Dirty Dancing 2 Original Soundtrack. Well, we all know what could blossom out of a teeny-weeny puppy love, right? By the way, we've heard that Bingo's an activist now and can be seen on the Channel 9 news fighting for what's right and just. We just hope he did not have plastic surgery and that he's not the one with the golden highlights on RPN's noontime newsmagazine show... Oh no...

10 PRIMER AMOR (INTERLUDIO) (Christina Aguilera)
She presented some of us during the 2004 CAL Commencement Exercises, and this interlude reminds us of the day that Nikki was elected Class Speaker and did some passionate story-telling.

11 EL BESO DEL FINAL (Christina Aguilera)
Ian, we also considered Enrique Iglesias and Whitney Houston's Could I Have This Kiss Forever? but this one wins the prize! Oh, we forgot, you won the prize and then kissed a bella! Kidding!

12 AMOR A LA MEXICANA (Thalía)
Our future educator in New York, Mel E., worked for the Mexican Embassy for a year before she moved stateside. Mind you, she was invited to work for the Embassy, she did not really apply for that job. Galing!

13 LA TORTURA (Alejandro Sanz y Shakira)
Have you seen the video? If you still haven't, buy Fijacion Oral, Vo.1 and you'll know that Rona, with her PEP Squad training, is the only one who could rival Shaki's booty-shaking moves!

CD 2
1 TE AVISO, TE ANUNCIO (Shakira)
The subtitle of this song is TANGO, and the message? Tango's not for three/ Was never meant to be... Dance, Blossom, dance!

2 ENTRE EL MAR Y UNA ESTRELLA (Thalía)
Since Jewel would be leaving for the States on December 30, we give her a tribute with this song. Go the distance and spread the E.L. fever! Besides, estrella just reminds us of la joya en el cielo, no?

3 UNA NOCHE MAS (Jennifer López)
Nancy's still grooving to her favorite J.Lo recording, which, by the way, was nominated for Best Dance Song at the 2000 Grammy's.

4 NAVE ESPACIAL (Santana y Jorge Moreno)
She always leaves every year. In fact, she's out of the country as of this writing (December 25-28 in Singapore) for a family trip that she paid for all by herself! Wow! "Post-its must be really lucrative..." JOKE. We dedicate this song, which means "spaceship", to Nins. A bonus? The world ORGULLO can be heard twice in this song.

5 ASEREJÉ (HIPPIE MIX) (Las Ketchups)
Hippie Mix? Karina, this is for you!

6 DAME (TOUCH ME) (Chayanne y Jennifer López)
We remember Eky humming to this song 4 years ago, and we hope Eky still like this song because we are sending this out to her! =)

7 SHAKE YOUR BON-BON (Ricky Martin)
Henz, what's your favorite food? Henzinigang!?! Henz, Shake your culo and let's have a soiree!

8 ON NE S´AIMERA PLUS JAMAIS (Larusso)
In honor of our French major, zee most amazing, Rio, here's a very popular French dance tune from Larusso. La, la, la, la, la.... if your love can make me feel right...

9 TODA LA FELICIDAD (Thalía)
We're happy for Dimple who's found happines in her current job. Salud para toda la felicidad!

10 OJOS ASÍ (EYES LIKE THESE) (Shakira)
He's the inspiration for the choice of song, dance routine and costume for out Ojos Asi performace at the UST Education Auditorium in 2001. Marc Falcon's Mediterranean looks made us giddy over Abu Sayaff fashion!

11 CUIDADO CON MI CORAZÓN (Madonna y Ricky Martin)
As far as we can remember, Irene did her undergraduate thesis on Latin American music and she loved Ricky Martin. Here's el loco for you with la loca Madonna!

12 REACH (Gloria Estefan)
For our 25th song in commemoration of our 25th Orgullo edition last week, we're rooting for Marita because we know she's going to make a great lawyer someday. Aim high, dream big, and reach your goals!

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13 WHENEVER, WHEREVER (SAHARA MIX) (Shakira)
As the bonus track and the 26th song, we come full circle as we bring back Shakira's Suerte but this time in English remixed version with the Middle Eastern flava. This is also the theme song of Orgullo. Just listen to the chorus: Whenever, wherever/ We're meant to be together/ I'll be there and you'll be near/ And that's the deal my dear.... Oh, shoot, then our 50th episode would be hard to top!

Lesson of the Week

THE "A" SMILE. Thanks to Helen S., we now have a way of making sure we would always look great in our photos! Ok, all the girls, put one shoulder forward, and all the boys, one shoulder backward! Mix strategic angling and shadows for that dramatic effect, and 2 beats before the camera clicks, silently say the letter "A". Not 'W", not "P", not "O", but "A". If it worked for Helen, it should work for you, too! (Right, Nins?)

This is our last episode this 2005! Hope y'all had a great year!

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