i am 5 feet 7 inches today!

yep, that's right! i am 5 feet 7 inches today. don't tell tom cruise that - lol!

i am wearing today this really cool elevator shoes my uncle gave me yesterday. it's got a 2-inch heel that makes me appear taller than my normal height. my legs are already strained, if you are curious. :) but it's giving me some extra confidence boost - naw, my deodorant is working fine, i don't need it for that... wink!

anyway, my uncle was here for the weekend to cover the terminator:salvation junket. while in town he also did interviews with AI's david archuleta and former actor and recently-married (to writer cora pastrana) raymond bagatsing. he flew from tokyo where he did an interview with tom hanks and the cast of angels & demons.

last night, we went to california wok in los alamitos to catch their mother's day show called "sa ugoy ng duyan". headlined by joseph gelito and filipino tenor jonathan badon, the two-and-a-half hour show featured classical music and nostalgic songs specially selected for yesterday's occasion.

joseph, as usual, wowed the crowd. he is just as funny and as great as ever. his comic antics complementend well the songs he picked. jonathan, who flew from texas, was a revelation. his singing voice is spectacular! he sung songs from various genres but the most memorable was the sentimental el divo song he sung specially for his mom who was left teary-eyed and visibly touched by the song's message.

several guests took to the stage to render some songs including joy salinas (who flew all the way from italy) and louie reyes. it seems like the airline industry benefitted so much this mother's day as so many people flew from everywhere just to be at last night's show. and it was well worth it. everyone was visibly loving the show while at the same time enjoying the delicious food served by sonny and novie's california wok.

by the way, funny thing happened yesterday morning. someone texted me with a "happy mother's day" greeting. guess what i did - i replied merry christmas and happy easter just for fun...

my friend tony v. had a similar story with an email message. oh well, if that's the case, happy mother's day to all!

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new moon fans, meet michael sheen, the dreaded aro!!!

he says, "have decided my Aro is a cross between the Blue Meanie, the Childcatcher and Nick Cave. But with red eyes." can't wait for new moon!

more quotes:

"just did a big photoshoot for publicity stills- all the Volturi. We are one freaky looking bunch.
i think Dakota (Fanning) may look the most unsettling though. So angelic yet so weird. As Jane that is of course. like an evil red riding hood."

... and now my fave couple: demi and ashton at the white house dinner tonight...

should i trek to the movies?

pardon the pun - lol. but with $37 mil first day gross (including thursday night previews), star trek is expected to generate somewhere between $80 - 85 mil this weekend. that is awesome for a franchise that i thought was already dead. hmm.

am not really a big fan of star trek (it's obvious) but early reviews are mostly raving. i wonder if i can sneak sometime this weekend to catch it.

j.j. abrams disappointed me last time with his over-hyped but quite underwhelming creature flick cloverfield. am glad that he's back with a better constructed film this time.

may is shaping up to be another busy month for hollywood. can it top 2007's trifecta of spider-man , shrek , and johnny depp's pirates? i think it's possible. four more big movies are opening this month. next week, angels & demons will bow (heard that a major book plot was "changed" in the movie!!! hmmm - i wonder what it was, wink, wink...). then terminator salvation will open, too. then on may 22, ben stiller's night at the museum will unspool as well. on may 29th, disney-pixar's up will try to close the month with a bang! oh well, who says we are in a recession?

angels & demons remains must-see this month.

other "small" movies opening this month include jennifer aniston's (who is she!?) management (she is a traveling saleswoman who starts an affair with a motel manager) and japan's departures, the best foreign language film winner at this year's oscars.

see you at the movies!