the xaris day

At this time some twenty years ago (haha), my mother was rushed to the hospital because she freaked out that the baby in her tummy has stopped moving.

I was born sleeping. Ta-dah.

On a full moon.

I am making my life sound interesting. Let's try.

Xaris likes to go by The Xaris, if anyone asks. Spawned by accounting guru Asser Tamayo and grammar nazi Cynthia Paler Tamayo, the child grew up to be a grammar whore who had a love-hate relationship with numbers.

The Xaris was born on August 1, 1985 under a full moon (but no one noticed because she was born on midday). Legend has it that the baby inside Cynthia’s tummy stopped moving altogether thus the mad hospital dash to deliver the unmoving fetus. Apparently, before boredom presented itself to the baby, she already discovered what it was. The moon-child came out of the womb sleeping.

Moons and stars fascinated The Xaris growing up. The Xaris believes that she is of the star people, which her non-showbiz manufacturers never denied. To this day, The Xaris swears by the laws of stars thus her crazy antics.

The Xaris has three siblings. And a weirder bunch nobody has ever seen.

More than life, The Xaris loves her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Despite her allegiance to the Cross, The Xaris is still in the process of grace. Sometimes her evil inclinations get the best of her, but that is why she hangs on tightly to the grace of the Lord. Apart from it, she is nothing. Xaris after all means grace.

Sometimes, The Xaris goes by the name Xai. When she is Xai, she is as sweet and charming as an… erm, sweet and charming thing. Oftentimes, she is just plain Xaris, the evil manipulative twin.

Oh. Someday she will fall in love. And this biography would sound even better. Rararara.

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Tita Cory couldn't have picked a better day to die. Only fabulous people mark lives on August 1.

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Dear God,
I know that your plans are way better and your thoughts higher. When you call people home, it is because you want them to meet you face to face. What a privilege for your children whom you call your own.

Earthlings say that the month of August is a ghost month. Having been born on the first day of this month, I say pfft, whatever. Thank you for making me, me. Thank you for continuously working in my life.

Thank you, Jesus, for loving me. :)

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I was supposed to have been back from Baguio today to audition for the MYX VJ hunt. Ambisyosa talaga ako. LOL. Instead, I am still in my pajamas, watching 'Labs Kita, Okay Ka Lang' on Cinemaone, never having left home.

I had plans for August and September. One, to live in Baguio and work as GT. Two, try out for Myx on all Saturdays of August. Three, paint. Four, get a *tattoo*. Five, overhaul my wardrobe equals shopping.

But because God is infinitely wise and kind, He thwarted my plans. :) He instead gave me a new job in GMA-7 as researcher for Mel and Joey and showed me my soon-to-be-new-puppy poodle Tiger. :D *cartwheels*

I will blog about my first week in my new job when I get down from my cloud/bubble. I am still on bum mode and everything is new. May God grant me peace on this new adventure He gave me. :) Here's to twenny four! :)

tagged!

Iyatoter for the tag. whoo.

The rules are easy, just post 10 things that recently made you happy! Then tag 10 people and force them to post this meme on their blogs.

01. Jugs Jugueta saying, 'i love you, too' to me for all Baguio to hear. bwahahaha. *fangirl*

02. Choco Vanilla affair in Volante with my favorite people.

03. SVCF going OA when i was about to leave. 

04. Friday BS night at IV Home! Whoopdedoo.

05. Hosting the NL Regional Assembly [surprise(d) number ito]

06. Seeing people I truly hearts like whoa after a long time.

07. Manila rains.

08. Piolo Pascual.

09. Hugs, hugs, hugs from my churchmates, baguio friends, family.

10. Recording at the booth [mehn, I misssssss].

kill me. I forgot to tag. hahaha. here goes, tag you're it!
piesee, roomie, kuya carlo, ate tint, mama dee, jeri, kath, cindy, rhiz, meemai.

count your blessings. :)

met and 'gret' happyslip

if the past tense of meet is met...
why can't the past tense of greet be gret? hmmm.

there's a lot more to say here than pictures could represent [that's coz my shtupid camera broke down. mehn. of all rotten timings] but i really, really loved every minute of being in the same room as happyslip.

prompter person: your turn.
me: i die now. i die now.
*hugs* *beso* *more hugs*
christine: hello! you pretty, pretty girl!
me: i love you love you love you.
christine: awww. ooh cool name, is that an x? that's how you spell your name?
me: yeah. karis. erm with an x.
*blah blah blah*
christine: ooh, i will come visit every month. i love the philippines.
me: cool. call me.
*squeals*
can i just say i love love happyslip? :D

thank you DOT! thank you yehey.com! thank you youtube!

i pray for things like this. i cry praying about meeting happyslip in person. all good gifts come from heaven and i can't thank God enough. woohoo!

me is a happy[slip] camper. yeyeyeyey!

come to think of it

this status change is unsettling.

meh, how do i get out?

stardust

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Other

stardust may very well be on my list of favorite movies this year only because jeri watched it with me. on that count, i give it five stars. but it still doesn't make my roster of movies i so hearts in this lifetime.

because...
claire danes is in it and can i just say i strongly dislike her? she gives yvaine a bad name and she took away the mystique of stars. not too crazy about her 'moment' [that cheesy one where she talks to the mouse-tristan about love]. it was rather disappointing. for that i give it 2 stars.

it wasn't as morbid as i'd imagine it would be. too much expectations. haha. and the set isn't as lord of the ring-ish or harry potter-ish since the production design could do a little better. great PDs make the viewers want to be in the movie. stormhold just wasn't too appealing. oh well. i give 3 stars on this.

i lavet because...
michelle pfeifer is the bomb. i loved how she portrayed her character that i actually hoped she'd kill yvaine and take her heart like she was supposed to. i absolutely wanted the villain to succeed this time. oh boo claire danes. i give it 4 stars.

robert de niro's captain shakespeare knocked me off my feet. i swear i love that man in a boa. :) *winks* five stars baby!

and okay the plot was all good, translated into the movie, not so great. but still magical so i guess that merits four stars. i'm all for fairytales and cheesy happy endings. [although i still wanted yvaine to die and not tristan... oh wait, that's the book].

on the average i give the story of my life [yes, i am a star thankyouverymuch] a 3.8 roughly a four and a whoot whoot.

first time nga nila ikasal

i get all sentimental and gushy around weddings [what gay kid doesn't?]. planning and preparing for this day was all heart and soul from the couple. for the whole week, it rained in the afternoon, but no rain poured on october 13, 2007. the sky was a perfect shade of blue for a garden wedding. the Lord really is so good for allowing clear skies on this day.

as kuya carlo and ate weng were reading their vows, i was all teary eyed and really, really happy that finally, they're making it official.

welcome mr. and mrs. carlo raquel! :D

High School Musical 2

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Kids & Family

no, i haven't seen it yet. tchhh.

i'm giving it props for getting me this excited for the installment. i am sure it's bound to be inane, but who cares, i'm all for that.

hurray for musicals and disney channel original movies.

when boredom strikes

doodle away hurray.
:D