Con Lo Que Cuenta Este Pais

Okay now...I've never been one to deny my ethnic origins...but at the same time I can't deny that I'm somewhat embarrassed at how a large amount of Puerto Ricans are...especially in Orlando, FL... this is not to bash my fellow race...but I just couldn't believe what I saw today and had to post it here...you can either laugh or cry...I just shook my head in total amazement when I noticed this sample document at the tag office in Osceola County. Because the document is in English, someone was kind enough to translate it for the Spanish speaking community....well, what's so bad to be embarrassed about? Well, I should go back to the time I lived in Atlanta, where there were not as many Puerto Ricans as there are here in Florida. I used to get sooooo MAD at some of my friends from other Spanish speaking countries there who used to make fun of me when I would tell them that I was from Puerto Rico...they would tease me saying: "Ah! So you're from Puelto Lico!" At first I didn't understand what they meant, and they explained that Puerto Ricans would not pronounce "r"s and substitute them with "l"s...to me this was unheard of...and so undignified...I never spoke like that nor I remembered hearing anyone do that from back in my days in Puerto Rico. I defended my honor as a Puerto Rican and would swear to my friends that they were wrong...well, I guess I was the one who was wrong...I don't know what happened since I left Puerto Rico 10 years ago...but as soon as I returned to Orlando, I noticed how awful Puerto Ricans speak Spanish! Of course, I'm overgeneralizing...and I still like to believe that there are a few out there who speak it more properly...and that is why I couldn't believe it when I saw the word "FIRMA" spelled "FILMA" on a professional office environment. Dios mio! All I can think of this is like they say in Puerto Rico, "con lo que cuenta este pais" (which may be translated as: "look at what this country is counting with!" ) (>.<)Doh!

Fun Dub

The other day I was reminded of the first anime series that I fell in love with: Marmalade Boy...and then I remembered that I had done a short silly dub with a friend...I wanted to see it again, so I took out my boxes full of miniDV tapes and I was lucky to find it on the first tape I picked! LUCKY! It must've been fate...hahaha

WATCH MARMALADE BOY DUB HERE

I wish I had editing equipment once more...I wonder all the funny stuff I could be making right now! (^_-)v hehehe Enjoy!

Evetzie's Sweet Sixteen

Ah...to be 16...(^_^)...it was so long ago for me, but I still remember how cool it was to have no other worries but to do homework and go to dance class...because Evetzie knows that her two older cousins know how to throw a party, she enlisted our help to plan her sweet 16 birthday bash: Evetzie's Music Video Stars Sweet 16 Bash...everyone was supposed to dress up as Evetzie's favorite singers...so, two-thumbs up for the ones who did and a big boo for the ones who weren't cool enough to dress up! (>.<) Biiiiite! Evetzie was cute as can be as Kelly Clarkson in her "Behind These Hazel Eyes" video look.
I was crazy as usual dressed up like Gwen Stefani in her "What You Waiting For?" video.

Elaine looked all booty-licious as Jennifer Lopez in her "If You Had My Love" video.
But it was Emmanuel who could pass for the twin of Dave Grohl, lead singer of The Foo Fighters in his "The Best of You" video.
And of course, Evetzie was all smiles, when Matt showed up as Billy Joe from Green Day.

Delightful Girl Choon-hyang

Of all the Asian dramas I've watched lately, I have to say that Delightful Girl Choon-hyang was a nice change! (^_^) I give it 10 chocolates! (Puerto Rican inside joke! hahaha!) Although this drama didn't literally have "brillo", it had everything else...drama, comedy, action, romance...it was awesome...and the best part? IT HAS A HAPPY ENDING!!!! Yeay! \(^_^)/ I am so happy!!! The actors in the lead roles Han Chae Young as Sung Chun-hyang & Jae Hee as Lee Mong-ryong were new faces for me...but I really enjoyed their performances...it was a trip watching those two make silly faces at each other! The drama spans through a long period of time in the lives of the main characters, from meeting in high school and finally overcoming all obstacles they faced through the years...it was awesome...I couldn't stop laughing in some scenes and getting teary-eyed in at least one episode as well...one of the funniest things they did was recreating scenes from other two dramas that I have watched Mianhaeda Sarangda (Sorry I Love You) and Full House...I'm so glad I watched those two dramas before watching Choon-hyang...otherwise I wouldn't have "gotten" these inside jokes...I guess all of those shows were produced by KBS, so they wanted to have a little fun themselves...good job production people from Delightful Girl Choon-hyang! I truly didn't have any expectations at all for this story and it definitely ended up being on my best Korean dramas list! (^_^)

Meteor Garden 2

I had been warned about the sequel to Meteor Garden...but still I wanted to see the show, mainly to see the guys of F4 again...especially Jerry Yan, the bad guy who won my heart! (^_-)v MG2 dragged on and on...I think the story could have been developed way better than what they did with it...I skipped a lot of episodes towards the end because they wouldn't download and I got tired of waiting...but I watched the last two episodes last night and was truly disappointed with the end...Sancai and Daoming Si end up together...but like he would say: "Ca'ma!" Their "romantic reunion" was left for the last 5 minutes of the last episode and it was a little lame... I hate it when the couple has suffered so much through the whole show and then the writers try to fix everything at the last minute...there were a lot of loose ends as well...so, the torture of having to sit through the 31 episodes is not worth it unfortunately...

I still love Daoming Si...and think the guys from Taiwan are the coolest F4 ever! (Will never get used to the Japanese F4 guys in the Hana Yori Dango Japanese live version) (>.<) Uy!

Can't wait to see this Made in Taiwan cutie again in his new drama when it comes out...he'll play a doctor in "White Tower"...sigh...Jerry!Jery!Jerry! (^_-)v

PS
I think he looks so much cuter with lighter and shorter hair! He makes me want to add Taiwan to my list of countries to travel to! Hehehehe!

My First Teenage Crush

Ever wonder what became of your first teenage crush? Going through some of my "old stuff" boxes, I stumbled upon my photo collection of my one and only Angelo Garcia...my first true crush...he was cute, had the voice of an angel, he danced, he spoke English and I would melt for those green "ojos chinitos" (asian looking eyes)I think I still would! (^_-) I was just an ordinary 13 year old girl in love with her favorite guy from the Puerto Rican boyband Menudo. Angelo was my inspiration for many daydreams, poems, stories, drawings...and although I tend to have good luck with meeting my favorite celebrities, I never had the chance to meet Angelo...this has been an unresolved issue in my life... (^_-)v hehehe Anyway, I kept digging through my file and found a more recent article on him, years after leaving Menudo...all grown up...and looking so different than what he used to look in my mind...Angelo isn't the 5'2", skinny kid of my dreams...he's tall and buff...maybe too buff for my preference...but still a hottie...oh, yeah...(^_^)

That night, I Googled him and found out that he even opened up a women's gym in Miami...too bad the gym's not in Orlando...maybe if I could have Angelo as my personal trainer he would be the perfect inspiration for me to finally lose weight! (^_^) hahaha I could also meet him and get it over with...I've waited too many years...although I think I'd be disappointed if I did meet him...since it looks to me that he might belong to the other team... :(

My baby Angelo...I still love you in my heart...you'll live in my dreams forever...even when I'm not digging that bleached hair look at all!!