Bunny Hyperventilates

As if it runs in the family (remember Chivas?), Bunny had a case of hyperventilation last Tuesday, July 22, 2008, before Teacher Georcelle's dance class, causing her to miss some activities for the day. Bunny was brought to Capitol Medical Hospital where the docs said it was just a simple case of hyperventilation and not pregnancy, as earlier suspected by Teacher Monet. She also missed the latter part of Jim Paredes and Buboy Garovillo's visit where they taught the scholars how to blend their voices well.

buboy garovillo and ex-headmaster jim paredes

The Apo, being in the music industry perhaps longer than most of the scholars have ever lived, taught them tips and tricks to become better performers much more on performing in groups. As part of their talk, the two gave the scholars a block of the song It's For You (Head East) to harmonize on, only to realize that most (if not all) of them have problems with harmonization.

the probees christian and inaki

But harmony problems is more evident on Christian who is so obviously worried about being on probation. His partner (who's also on probation) Inaki is losing patience on the small guy. But as Christian said to the boys, Inaki always seem to be angry everytime they practice their piece. "Paano maaayos kung galit?" Christian says.

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It's Apple's Birthday

apple's handa

After Direk Joey's class, the scholars (plus the director) went back to the house to be delighted by the abundance of food on the dining table. They eventually learned that the food was from Apple's gay mothers for her birthday.

apple and her 7 gay moms

After quite some time, while the scholars were practicing their trio with Teacher Monet, the gate to the academy opened to reveal Apple's gay mothers dressed in fabulous pink costumes singing Dream Girls from the movie Dream Girls. Realizing those were her gay moms, Apple ran to them, delighted, followed by the scholars. She even performed with them in some portions of the song. The seven gay mothers livened up the afternoon with their stay. They were given a short time inside the house to mingle and eat with the scholars, making Apple's birthday memorable.

Meanwhile, Inaki and Christian are still having a hard time practicing as a duo while the other groups are showing some progress with their harmonies. Christian is obviously stressed out due to that, plus the worry of the coming eviction.

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Statistics...

If all 11 scholars left in the academy now would have a free-for-all text voting, this is probably what's going to be their placements. This is based on the statistics of YouTube's proudtobekapamilya 5th gala night videos' viewership.

1. Laarni - 12,612 views
2. Liezel - 8,260 views
3. Bugoy - 7,972 views
4. Cris - 5,186 views
5. Bunny - 4,638
6. Apple - 4,375 views
7. Van - 3,753 views
8. Hansen - 3,600 views
9. Miguel - 3,061 views
10. Christian - 2,012 views
11. Inaki - 1,895 views

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PDA 2 5th Gala Performances (Sensuality)

Quite late. But better than never :) Special thanks to YouTube's proudtobekapamilya.

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Cinemalaya 2008

For full-length films:

Best Actress - Mylene Dizon, "100"
Best Actor - Baron Geisler, "Jay"
Best Supporting Actor - Yul Servo, "Brutus"
Best Supporting Actress - Eugene Domingo, "100"
Best Director - Chris Martinez, "100"
Best Film - "Jay"
Audience Choice - "100" (directed by Chris Martinez)
Best Cinematography (tie) - Jay Abello, "Brutus" and Dan Villegas, "Huling Pasada"
Best Screenplay - Chris Martinez, "100"
Best Editing - Francis Pasion, "Jay"
Special Jury Prize - "Brutus" (directed by Tara Illenberg)
Best Sound Design - Lito Cruz, "Ranchero"
Best Original Music - Joey Ayala, "Brutus"
Best Production Design - Cristina Honrado, "Baby Angelo"

For short films:

Best Director (Short Film) - Mark Reyes for "God Only Knows"
Audience Choice (Short Film) - "God Only Knows" (directed by Mark Reyes)
Best Screenplay (Short Film) - "Andang" (directed by Rommel Tolentino
Special Jury Citation (Short Film) - "Angan Angan (Dreams)" (directed by Sheron Dayoc)
Best Special Jury Citation (Short Film) - "My Pet" (directed by Anna Bigornia)

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Hansen Sleeping

I took this screenshot just a few minutes ago. That's Hansen's hand on his crotch. Van's so sexy. That's Bugoy checking on Hansen and Van. He always does that when he wakes up during the night. And he wakes up so often.

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Song Choices and Disappointments

Christian confided in Laarni that Inaki was kind of disappointed with their duet song for the 6th gala. Their original choice was Backstreet Boys' Larger Than Life but as Teacher MOnet immediately reminded Christian, the diction for the song should be impeccable. Monet had Christian sing parts of the chorus and after criticizing his diction, Christian asked Monet if they could have a Tagalog song instead. They settled to Apo Hiking Society's Panalangin but Christian felt Inaki's disappointment.

Direk Joey's class was directed towards working in groups in preparation for their trio/duo on Saturday. One should be aware of his/her groupmate's actions to be able to work as a group, but have individuality at the same time. He gave them an activity called mirror exercises. It is where one has to follow what his partner is doing.

bugoy, liezel, van and cris on mirror exercise

The scholars are already practicing their aca pella songs namely Too Much Heaven (Apple, Miguel, Laarni), Yesterday (Bugoy, Hansen, Van), Tide is High (Cris, Liezel, Bunny) and Panalangin (Inaki, Christian). The duo wouldn't do an aca pella Panalagin in aca pella since they would have one spot song each. The other groups would do an aca pella and an upbeat number.

Upbeat songs for the trios are Let's Groove Tonight (Apple, Miguel, Laarni), Tearing Up My Heart (Bugoy, Hansen, Van) and Stop (Cris, Liezel, Bunny).

Christian's solo would be Shout For Joy.

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