JUST STAND UP to Cancer/ BFFs

Last Monday, my BBFs went out for a date. Just to catch up on everybody else's new thingy's, gossips, lovelife and non-sensical stuffs. Evie got a new phone and she was also so ecstatic about the Boyzone reincarnation that she already got their new single. She even tried to reserve a copy of their album that wasn't out yet. Then come Ash who has a flourishing lovelife and is still juggling work from his studies. Finally, Abi, who just celebrated her birthday yesterday who expresses her company's marked VTO occurence and her new slave. haha.

While browsing Ash's iPod, I found this new song. A live collaboration performance for the benefit of cancer research programme, "Just Stand Up to Cancer." Vocals for this performance we're Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Nicole Scherzinger, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti and Ciara. Here's the video clip form youtube.com (notice the absence of Sheryl, LeAnn and Ashanti, but they're on the record, I think nicole replaced some of their parts.):



Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) is a non-profit organization established by a group of media, entertainment, scientific and philanthropic leaders, whose lives have all been affected by cancer in significant ways. A joint initiative with the Entertainment Industry Foundation and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Stand Up To Cancer is leveraging industry resources -- people, as well as mediums such as television and the web -- to fight against cancer as never before. They're putting together the best and the brightest minds in cancer research -- those on the edge of accomplishment -- investing in their projects and taking the bureaucratic obstacles out of their way. They are building interdisciplinary "Dream Teams" of scientists, clinicians, technicians and other experts, who will focus on a specific cancer problem.

Raising conciousness is one of the agenda so here comes blogging, a Virtual Stand Up. After all, my grandfather died of Leukemia, and most probably I'm going to die with one of the many cancer types, no kidding.

You can donate to JSU2C if you want but it's better to just donate here in the Philippines. We have so many foundations here like The Cancer Institute Foundation, Inc. ( http://www.cifphil.org/ ) and Cancer Warriors Foundation, Inc. ( http://www.cancer-warriors.org/index.html ).

Emo Weekend

Nag-depress-depressan ako this weekend. Emo mode ang drama. I sent uber-emo quote and it goes like this...

Why am I always the loser?
Why must I be the one who must hold on to something I can't have?
Why can't I be found by the one who could really love me for who I am?
Why should I always pretend that I'm ok when inside it hurts being alone and at the same time afraid of being with someone who would leave me, broken?
Why do I feel this way when I almost have everything I should be thankful for?
Why can't I sleep at night not thinking what tomorrow holds for me?

Why? Why?

Naka-text ko si Abi. Sabi nya I can't please everybody, that I should not create a likeable personality 'coz it can be dangerous, it'll compromise me. That I need to get out of my shell and straighten out my principles. Sabi ko, "Kaya nga I'm under construction eh!"

Siguro yung feeling ko is a mixture of everything, transition of work from a call center rep for a year to a nurse trainee. Tapos wala pang sweldo (though it's not really a problem since may magulang pa ako, hehe). Three days off tpos walang magawa kundi manood ng Koreanovela DVD's at manghiram ng PSP. Oo nga pla, try looking for the Korean mini series "If in love... like them", medyo tragic, 4 episodes lang kaya hindi masyado nakakatamad panoorin.

Kasi naman eh, tungkol nanaman sa love... hay, nakakahiya...

Kanina nagbasa lang ako ng FHM ng sister ko, yung Ladies Confessions section saka Bar Room Jokes, wala kasi magawa. Later this day Cathlab procedures and duties naman. Back to reality!

I just remembered, si Ely Buendia ay isinugod ulit sa ospital during the Eraserheads reunion. Nakakalungot talaga. Inaaya nga ako ng college friends ko na umatend sa gig na ito eh, sponsored daw ng Marlboro for E-heads fans na smokers. Pero nagkaproblema daw or something kaya sinalo ng isang radio station ang gig. But anyways, second or third hospitalization na yata niya ito eh. From what I know Ely already undergone Angioplasty (arterial stenting due to lumen occlusion, etc.) sa St. Luke's. That's a pretty risky and high-peso procedure. Let's just pray for his speedy recovery. Live long Our Generation's Rock Icon!

If you want to see or hear his sister's words about Ely being rushed to the hospital during the concert, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOW7dzPGrw&feature=related