What The World Needs Now Is Lau Sweet Lau

Kanta muna tayo… Apologies to Sarah Geronimo/SI Aileen Fullante/Jeffrey Hidalgo na schoolmate ko nung high school and the rest of the Smokey Mountain Batch 1: Can this be love I’m feeling right now? I know for certain I’m reeling right now. I don’t recall ever feeling this way, tell me, what does one say to one who makes me feel this way…?

Can this be love I’m feeling right now? I am not sure of this feeling somehow. Why do I tremble whenever you’re near? I can’t seem to say the words so you’ll hear…

This is the first time I’m gonna say I love you, it’s the first time I ever felt so helpless deep inside, if I have to say a thousand times, I’ll tell you once again… this is the first time I’m gonna say I love you….

May isang stanza pa kaya lang pagod na akong mag-type.

Ok, hi! Haller! Ni hao! Welcome to the first episode of my Friendster blog. First things first. My name is Lau, I’m 25 (25, ohno! but i look 19, feel 16 and act 14. whoopeedoo!) years old, bluddy single, flirty and thriving (two adjectives borrowed from jen garner’s flick, yes, but not necessarily untrue). Part time doctor-to-be, full time artista. I’m a Libra, extremely indecisive, mapagmahal sobra, talented and quirky. A sunshiny sweetheart daw.  “You know I love you” is my battlecry.

Ten things:

1. I have 2 more-kikay-than-me sisters who are my business partners in all our money generating ventures this summer, 2 brothers (now both bald), a part-time doctor full time philanthropist/comedian dad, a failed businesswoman mom (Mas magaling kame, nyenyenye! Love you mommy!), and no pets at the moment. I have a yaya, our yaya, who has been with us since I was 8, I love her.

2. I am a Biology major. I plan to read Biology by Campbell from cover to cover someday (but that is after I finish reading The Bible from cover to cover – nastuck ako sa Numbers, ang boring kasi — then Harrison’s maybe before the exams).  I am set to be a doctor but I would like to continue my writing, as well as performing, kasi these are my talents. I sing. I can dance and act a little. I used to be part of a band and I played the guitar din. I host a lot (high school fair — it so happened lang na kame yung section na nakakuha ng request booth, so the mic was free for me to do as I please, in college wala ata, family parties, Lakambini-Lakandula 2002, Gypsy Nights 2004, Research presentation, StarStruck – joke lang, hindi ako yun — and yes, Burning 2005 that dismal disaster that will end my hosting career).

3. I am part of a gang called Flummoxed and The Beautiful Onesz composed of people who like to talk and talk and talk and talk J J J (kaya nga I’m part of it eh), these are my bestest bestest best friends in the world, the people I grew up with, the people responsible for most of what I believe in, and shaped my life during my formative years in the high school for gifted children, during the additional growing up that had to be done sa UP, and are still a positive motivating force within my life (hi aaliyah my soul sister) kahit med na. 

4. I am part of a powerful, super galing, talented at goodlooking batch of individuals known as 2005 A Cute. Actually 2005 will do, c’mon, tama na boundaries, we’re all friends anyway. 2005 rules.

5. I love my family sobra, and I love my friends (more than they’ll ever know), I love music, I love watching TV, I love my computer, I love money, I love sleeping, I love shopping, and I love… hey let’s not go there. J 

6. I have a beautiful heart. It takes pain to free the soul (copyright Color It Red, Healing), and scars make a heart truly beautiful (copyright some forwarded email).

7. I believe in dreams (copyright Janno Gibbs). And in the continental drift theory. Wink wink. I believe in piracy (sorry Edu Manzano. Btw mas crush kita kesa kay Lucky Manzano).

8. I am disappointed that Anwar Robinson was booted out of American Idol. Sha pa naman favorite ko. He was too galing! I’ve always liked his performances. Ang ganda pa ng smile nya (who says a winning smile can win you a talent competition? This is American Idol honey, not Star Struck. Sorry Rainier), parang ang bait2 nya. Next to him siempre the rockers (Bo and Constantine, in that order).

9. I am most annoyed by three particular words at the moment. Ano yun? Secret. Basta hindi I love you.

10. I’m also a rollercoaster of emotions, which I think qualifies me for a bipolar disorder but makes me an interesting and colorful personality. Shanga naman. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’d rather eat glass shards than be drab and boring, haller… (may poot ata…J)

But i’m sure you already know that. Makulay daw talaga ako. Eh ano ngayon?J

Haay. Ano ba. Truth be told, nakikigaya lang ako sa uso, and since Friendster blogs are such an in thing these days, I’m jumpin in on the now-crowded bandwagon. Gettin hot in herre eh guys? J At least I’m doing my first degree contacts a favor by not sending them announcements diba (applause applause). They’d have to just find out for themselves. It’s not as if there are some nosey people (you know, those who just snoop around reading other people’s blogs and spying about other people’s lives… hehehe, kung may natamaan, sorreh sorreh, you know I love you anyway) interested enough in this drivel. My drivel. Ahehehe. Basta kung wala kayong alam wala kayong makukuha dito, tapos. Belat. I can make the vague seem obvious for those in the know, and those with “hypersensitive radar” (copyright Gabrielli Gorospe, I miss you Gab!).

Anyway. So. What to do with this? Hmmm. I already have 2 blogs naman kasi, one very old and very secret one (yup, ms. open-book-wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve-is-kind-of-very-secretive-too) and one not-so with myspace. I might just probably terminate the myspace thing, as i am very much a friendster buff anyway… hmmm… then i’ll just have to transfer everything else here, yeah! The problem is, I don’t remember the password to that one. Sheesh.

In my other blogs, it’s true that I seldom post but hey, I’m only human with a crazy sked. Well, ok, right now the sked’s not too crazy, I get my requisite >8 hours of sleep daily for the past several weeks, but fixing things for grad, internship, my visa, getting my room/my laptop/my MP3s/my pictures/my closet/my heart/etc in order is keeping me really busy. Kaya ayun. And then I have to look for a nice dress for graduation pa, which I’ve been putting off for forever.  I only have five days to find it.

“What I did today” (vocals then drum roll….):

Woke up at 11am, maybe

Texted several people as always, especially with my dad breathing down my neck regarding pics I have to obtain ASAP. Btw to people I text, sometimes I text kahit tulog ako ha. So me having texted u back doesn’t mean I’m awake na.

Watched cable

Nakipagkwentuhan sa mga kapatid ko about our parents (you know what they say, bonding over a common enemy… joke)

Nagbihis at naligo para ipasyal namin ang lolo ko sa Baywalk kaya lang nag-back out sya kasi mapapagod lang daw sha.

Went to the nearby mall with my kalbo brothers and my mom.

I bought an audio cable, another desk lamp, a bag of potato chips, a bottle of cologne, and fruit tella for my 23 year old kalbo brother (KB #1). Btw, note to self, find out how to use the audio cable.

I claimed another pair of glasses I had made (adik adik)

I looked at several dresses (look lang muna, hindi sukat, because I was in a hurry as my brothers were waiting for me).

I treated my 6 year old kalbo brother (KB #2) to an arcade while KB#1 ate. I had extra tokens, so I told my brother, “I’m gonna sing na lang sa videoke ok?” Kaya lang he was embarrassed (Diego talaga, magaling naman ako kumanta), so we just played this game together, where we smash the critters that appear on screen, him using the legal hammer, ako my fist.

From the mall, we went to UP Dil, my alma mater, particularly sa Observatory, and looked at Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon. My little brother has this current fascination with Astronomy, and I remembered some friends and I used to go to Observatory a lot kasi libre naman, especially pag aligned mga planets. Siempre happy, my brothers and my mother got a real kick out of it, while all along I was feeling kinda senti na hopeful, playing A Walk To Remember scenes in my head…

So typically me.

Greetings portion:

Hi to SI Sheryl Anne, my locker mate, who knows pala why I’m singing this song aside from the fact na malapit na ipalabas ang movie (kakainis ka pano mo nalaman, tell me tell me….) congrats sa ‘tin…

And to all my other beach buds all the way from PuertoGalera to Batangas: Betsy (i-txt ko sau pro delete mo agad h!), VerdieJoyandCharles(dandandanan… dandandanan…), Celmysisgorgeousunavailable (idontwannabeavailableanymore!), Gen (one of the highlights?J banana boat and snorkeling ulit sa comm. med!), Vice (For our next adventure I will brush up on my Biology education, my electives invert zoology and ichthyo respectively, para hindi lang brain coral ang kaya i-name; plant boy ka kasi ayan tuloy. Sobrang I’ll miss you, my pare, my brother, my friend for 8 years till forever!), and Babes (next time pag di na tayo pulubi, The Farm ulit!)! And siempre Sheryl, nge kaw pa ba malilimutan ko (say in Serena Dalrymple-circa-BBPKG? voice)

To all my batchmates. Congrats. We deserve this break. Sulitin!

To my barkada, my gang, my bestfriendsforlife na hindi ko nakagimik man lang maski once during my one month sojourn from the crazy world. Mwah all. Congratulations Chatchie!J Lexi please claim your Coraline na from me. Auie, kapit lang… the Lord and my tears have kept me sane… you can do it tooJ

To all my fans friends and family I love you. To my charming prinsipe pangit ka pa ren, you’re scum, I hate you. To my real prince (still at large), ni zai na li?!

Mas mahaba pa sana ‘to, parang trans kaya lang di ako prepared eh… ;p  Can this be love, opens April 27.