3. The Epic Edition

ORGULLO
O N L i N E
13 June 2004

Hello there, kids! And so we meet again.... A lot actually has happened in the last few days, and we'd like to share it with y'all, so this issue will be a rather epic. 'Etong si Blossom, hindi na nagsisi sa mga patay sa Troy, nakakita tuloy ng putol na daliri sa isang obscure but very view-able Franco-Pinoy film sa Greenbelt. At natapos ang película na nasa isip ni Allan at Blossom na Babae sa Breakwater ang pinapalabas. Tsk, 'kala pa naman namin super galing na ng mga Pinoy actors na super speak-a-French sa puting-tabing. At ito'y kahit sa sabungan ay dilang Marie Antoinette!

This week's top stories:

First stop... it was Henz's "co-apparition" week! Following the surprising Ronskipurple event last week, Henz, our gurl in Peoplesupport, has informed us that she is being trained by the company in an online university-type setting, where she takes language and I.T. classes. Unfortunately, she still did not tell us regarding the hefty paycheck everyone was so curious about. She works at the Makati call center of PeopleSupport.

"Sus, meron din kami n'yan," jokes Ms. Valiente, the other Makati girl, regarding the online study program. Blossom also trains online, works 4-5 hours a day, goes to the carinderia or the "t.A.T.u central station", and gets paid for 8 hours of service. That's why she is able to keep a glorified bodega cum pad near Buendía, but, more on that later.

The other bida in this "co-apparition" week is Ms. Mye Yawan, who joined us during the pad-warming party attended by three--including the hostess. Area Manager Mye watched the French film at Greenbelt with Nins, Blossom, Rio, Diday, Marita, Eky and Allan. Rhoda wanted to ir but couldn't, Henz wanted to seguir but couldn't, Armis also couldn't. And so, the Fabulous Eight--armed with Marita's inch-thick readings for a 1-hr Law School class, Nins' former foot spa sold!… to Ticketta Maginhawa, Eky's very enjoyable Timezone card, Rio's mysterious aura, Diday's and everybody's digicams--watched the movie the title of which we don't know exactly, thought it was Babae sa Breakwater, we ate, played, toured the malls, saw Juddah Paolo and Andrea del Rosario (yes, fue ella, no arguing), then one by one the players were voted out, until the Final Three--Allan, Blossom and Niña--trooped to the apartment and chatted the night away, this time with just a bag of V-cut & 2 liters of Sprite, and lots and lots of echoing hilik.

Cliffs Notes Version: Blossom's apartment, Dain St., white paint, linoleum floor, flourescent lighting, 1 door, 1 tiny window, 1 bathroom shared with a granny, 1 shallow sink, 1 table, 1 sofa bed, 1 bunkbed, 1 cabinet, 1 tiny TV, 1 wall fan, 1 stove, 1 plancha set, 1 airy rooftop (this one you gotta climb, pretty cool), all-in-all, fair price 'coz inclusive na ang power at water. Just stay away from the landlady's eyes and you won't turn into stone.

Then the Final Three also went to Gallería after brunch the next day, ate some more, watched Shrek 2 (finally!), braved the rains and tambay-ed a bit. Yes, it's true, Niña and Blossom, you can blow a week's budget in less hours than you can imagine. Ok, so the Final Three are all poor now and we're glad we didn't go clubbing anymore the night before. At least we can say we saw the Thunderbirds trailer ahead of everyone... we think....

Coming soon: Rio has applied for a job at Alliance France (tama ba?), and should be moving in to her girl's apartment soon.

Lizzy Mcguire Espiritu sends out her love for all of us and apologized for not being able to attend our recent citas. By the way, she thinks Orgullo News Online is such a sweet, useful thing that it may eclipse the invention of the wheel! HaHa!

No offense to the wheel, but something that should eclipse that is the upcoming birthday celebration of the glorious Rhodalicious on June 15. We say, leave her sister alone for one day and let's have a fiesta! Actually, they suggest to let us have a French Music Day with the celebrator on June 19 at Eastwood. Martin Manuson said it should be a bl-ast!

Speaking of Manuson, Niña's trip to Italia has been postponed--again!--and she'll now leave July 1. So in case may pera pa siya, we must dine daw together sa Chef d'angelo, watch Spiderman 2 or Imelda, then pretend she has to leave again....he he he... No, totoo na siguro iyong July 1.

In business news: The real Orgullo website is being planned. Eky will handle it, Allan will take care of the funding for first year use of the domain name only, additional funding must be shouldered by the rest, and then editorial content will come from us. The yahoogroup shall remain, it's our private mailing list, but the website should be accessible to every netizen, especially that Niña et al have plans to offer review classes to students in U.P. and outside of U.P., e.g. high schools that offer Spanish and French. And to achieve that, we have to have a credible website, and so, we will officially call the group ORGULLO, and we'll drop "de mamá". We had a quorum when this was decided (Nins, Allan, Eky, Diday, Blossom.) But as mentioned, the orgullo_de_mama@yahoogroups.com will stay, and La Niña may post new pix from this week's happenings. Guys, kikita at sisikat tayo sa website kapag natuloy, Orgullo News will be transformed from Balitang K to the Probe Team, and we'll gain respect, and develop business and better language skills, and tal vez in the future this will be the most coveted E.L. job ever. We can also sell merchandise there. Think about that!

Express Balita:
---Diday's house is still under martial law, and mahirap gumimik kapag ganyan.
---Marita will have to allot 3 hours to study for a 1-hour subject in Law School. Tsk.
---Eky and Bingo will have to wake up early everyday now that for sure La Lola Verano will resume teaching. Eky also had "fans" when she was in Timezone, Greenbelt.
---Nancy will march in March, but as for now, she is a bum.
---Karina is getting famous in Source1Asia--mukha kasing tunay na española. She'll also try to prepare to take up M.A. Int'l Studies.
---Allan is planning to take up Italian in the future because he comes from Aquino, Italia, of course (HeHe), pero right now he is also thinking of auditing in a basic Spanish class with his friend Francis, kinda like a refesher.
---Rona's e-mails have been wonky lately, we don't know why.
---Jiji's job as the new club prez is very challenging, considering that the new member/officers can't even manage to care to give her their skeds.
---Armis, a minor player in this "co-apparition week" was spotted this week in UP, but then she had to go back to Subic with her brother.
---Sorry, Ian, the contest in our last issue is only for members who can claim their prize in Metro Manila. But nobody followed the rule of responding via email and not in person, so it's still anybody's game.

Whew... we told you this is an Epic Edition. Hope to see you soon. If you're still living in Pluto, maybe it's time to come back to Earth and then maybe we can make news about you.

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