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Saturday, May 17, 2008

So Long, Freaky Fourteenth! (And Say Hello To Fab Fifteenth)

CAVITE--Kahapon, I celebrated my fifteenth birthday, ending another year in my topsy-turvy life.

Maraming nangyari when I was still at the age of 14. There were happiness, but of course 'di mawawala 'yung mga downsides.

Ngayon, fifteen years old na ako. Mas marami pang adventures. Hehehe...

With love,

cp

Friday, May 16, 2008

Ang Mga Ka-Birthday Ko...

(From historyorb.com)

16/05/1558 - Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/gov of Netherlands (1598-1600)
16/05/1609 - Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands
16/05/1641 - Dudley North, financier/economist
16/05/1659 - Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
16/05/1718 - Maria G Agnesi, Italy mathematician curves= xýy=aý(a-y)
16/05/1748 - Antonius van Alphen, apostolic vicar of De Bosch
16/05/1761 - John Opie, artist
16/05/1763 - Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium)
16/05/1782 - John Sell Cotman, water color artist
16/05/1788 - Friedrich Rckert, poet16/05/1788 - F Rckert, writer
16/05/1801 - William Henry Seward, Sec of State (1861-69, buys Alaska at 2›/acre)16/05/1804 - Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten)
16/05/1806 - George C Cadwalader, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1879
16/05/1816 - Henry Hopkins Sibley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1886
16/05/1819 - Daniel Ammen, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1898
16/05/1822 - Eduard Hille, Dutch composer/conductor
16/05/1824 - Edmund Kirby Smith, Fla, General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
16/05/1824 - Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93)
16/05/1827 - Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
16/05/1831 - David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
16/05/1832 - Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods)
16/05/1845 - Dietrich Sch„fer, German historian (Deutsche Hanse)
16/05/1850 - Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer
16/05/1857 - Juan Morel Campos, composer
16/05/1858 - Frank Lynes, composer
16/05/1858 - Hanus Trnecek, composer
16/05/1866 - Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school)
16/05/1878 - Taylor Holmes, Newark NJ, actor (Tobor the Great, Beware My Lovely)16/05/1880 - Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)
16/05/1887 - Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory)
16/05/1887 - J van Hoddis, writer
16/05/1889 - Joan Collette, Dutch (male) painter (New Church, Delft)
16/05/1892 - Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist (Dutch Dictionary)
16/05/1892 - Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
16/05/1893 - Jos‚ Calvo Sotelo, Spanish minister of Finance (1925-30)
16/05/1893 - Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer
16/05/1897 - Walther Geiser, composer
16/05/1898 - August de Schrijver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP)
16/05/1902 - Jan Kiepura, Sosnowiec Poland, vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie)
16/05/1904 - Hugh Plaxton, Canada, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1928)
16/05/1904 - Lily Pons, opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris)
16/05/1905 - H[erbert] E[rnest] Bates, novelist (Feast for July, Love for Lydia)
16/05/1905 - Henry Fonda, Grand Is Nebraska, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond)16/05/1906 - Nicholas Beriozoff, ballet master
16/05/1906 - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (Australian quickie of late 30's)
16/05/1906 - Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela, writer/minister (Lanzas Coloradas)
16/05/1907 - Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932)
16/05/1908 - Hilary Preston, editor
16/05/1908 - Mohammed Roem, Indonesian foreign minister (Linggadjati)
16/05/1909 - Charles Wislon, principal (Glasgow University)
16/05/1911 - Margaret Sullavan, Norfolk Va, actress (Back Street)
16/05/1911 - Olaff J de Landell, [JB Wemmerslager van Sparwoude], writer
16/05/1912 - Studs Terkel, NYC, author/host (Stud's Place, Working)
16/05/1913 - Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds)16/05/1916 - Adriana Caselotti, cartoon voice16/05/1916 - Bernard Braden, broadcaster/actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment)
16/05/1916 - Ephraim Katzir, biophysicist/president (Israel)
16/05/1916 - Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer
16/05/1917 - Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
16/05/1917 - George Gaynes, Helsinki Finland, actor (Henry-Punky Brewster)
16/05/1918 - Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert
16/05/1918 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro P ramo)
16/05/1918 - Kevin Skelton, Bishop (Lichfield)
16/05/1919 - Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman)
16/05/1919 - Richard Mason, author16/05/1919 - [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist
16/05/1920 - Martine Carol, [Maryse Mopurer], Saint-Mande France, actress (Nana)
16/05/1921 - Robert Croften Brown, politician16/05/1921 - Harry Carey Jr, Saugus Calif, actor (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
16/05/1922 - Colin Cole, Principal King of Arms
16/05/1922 - Russell Wood, treasurer (Queen Elizabeth)
16/05/1924 - Dawda Kairaba Jawara, president (Gambia, 1970-94)
16/05/1924 - Frank F Mankiewicz, NYC, columnist (Perfectly Clear)
16/05/1926 - Jan Zimmer, composer
16/05/1927 - John Walford, solicitor
16/05/1928 - Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's)
16/05/1928 - Reginald Askew, dean (King's College London)
16/05/1929 - Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer
16/05/1929 - John Conyers Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1965- )
16/05/1929 - Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters)
16/05/1930 - Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)
16/05/1930 - Don Conicannon, govt minister
16/05/1930 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs)
16/05/1931 - Peter Levi, poet/writer
16/05/1931 - Lowell P Weicker, (Sen-R-CT, 1971-88/Gov-D-CT)
16/05/1931 - Jack Dodson, Pitts Pa, actor (Howard Sprage-Andy Griffith Show)
16/05/1931 - Donald James Martino, Plainfield NJ, composer (Noturnno-Pulitzer 1974)
16/05/1932 - Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
16/05/1934 - Nicholas Goodison, CEO (TSB Group)
16/05/1934 - Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
16/05/1936 - Philippe de Montebello, Paris, art exhibitionist (Treasures of Tut)
16/05/1936 - Roy Hudd, comedian (Blood Beast Terror, Vampire Beast Craves Blood)
16/05/1937 - James Hunt Jr, (Gov-NC)
16/05/1937 - Yvonne Craig, Taylorville Ill, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin)
16/05/1938 - Stuart Bell, MP
16/05/1938 - Anthony Walker, commandant (Royal College of Defense Studies)
16/05/1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (1900, Last Emperor)
16/05/1940 - Gareth Roberts, chancellor (Sheffield University)
16/05/1941 - Maurice Henry Weddington, composer
16/05/1941 - John McWilliams, MP
16/05/1943 - Dan Coats, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- )
16/05/1943 - Jon Jost, director (All the Vermeers in NY)
16/05/1944 - Billy Cobham, Panam , jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
16/05/1945 - Nicky Chinn, English songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman)
16/05/1945 - James Moran, (Rep-D-Virginia)
16/05/1945 - Brewster H Shaw Jr, Mich, Col USAF/astro (STS-9, STS 61B, STS-28)
16/05/1946 - Jessi B Wilson, Mississippi, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
16/05/1946 - Roger Earl, rocker (Foghat)
16/05/1947 - Rosie Barnes, MP
16/05/1947 - Bill Smitrovich, actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice)
16/05/1947 - Barbara Lee, US singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine)
16/05/1949 - Jimmy Hood, MP
16/05/1949 - Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
16/05/1949 - William Sputnik Spooner, rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes)
16/05/1950 - Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall)
16/05/1950 - Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
16/05/1951 - Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
16/05/1952 - Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ire, actor (Remington Steele, Golden Eye)16/05/1953 - Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees)
16/05/1953 - Richard Page, LA Calif, rocker (Mr Mister)
16/05/1953 - David Maclean, British minister of state
16/05/1954 - Janet Maw, actress (Sparrow, King John, Mayor of Casterbridge)
16/05/1954 - [Dafydd] Rhys Williams, Saskatoon Canada, MD/astronaut (sk: STS 90)
16/05/1955 - Olga Korbut, Grodno Belorussia, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1972)
16/05/1955 - Jack Morris, St Paul Minn, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
16/05/1955 - Hazel O'Connor, Coventry England, singer/actress (Breaking Glass)
16/05/1955 - Debra Winger, Columbus Oh, actress (Officer and Gentleman)
16/05/1957 - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Oly-gold-1984)
16/05/1958 - Glenn Gregory, rock vocalist (Heeaven 17-Electric Dreams)
16/05/1959 - Ty Armstrong, Waxahachie TX, Nike golfer (1993 Anheuser-Busch-19th)
16/05/1959 - Mare Winningham, Phoenix Az, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner and Hooch)
16/05/1959 - Bob Patterson, Jacksonville FL, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
16/05/1960 - Anne Parillaud, Paris France, actress (Subway, Nikita, Innocent Blood)
16/05/1961 - Nina Arvesen, White Plains NY, actress (Cassandra-Young and Restless)
16/05/1961 - Kevin Guidry, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)
16/05/1962 - Gary Crocker, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman)
16/05/1963 - Jimmy Osmond, rocker (Osmond Brothers)
16/05/1964 - John Salley, NBA star (Detroit Pistons)
16/05/1965 - Brent Jasmer, Portland Oregon, actor (Sly-Bold and Beautiful)
16/05/1965 - Lori Sippel, Stratford Ontario, softball pitcher (Olympics-96)
16/05/1966 - Thurman Thomas, NFL running back (Buffalo Bills)
16/05/1966 - Sean Quilty, Australian marathoner (Olympics-96)
16/05/1966 - Scott Reeves, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ryan-Young and Restless)
16/05/1966 - Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control)
16/05/1968 - Ralph Tresvant, Boston, singer (New Editon)
16/05/1969 - Marcel Schewe, cricketer (Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup)
16/05/1969 - Steven Earl Lewis, LA Calif, 4X100/400m runner (Olympic-gold-1988)
16/05/1969 - Tracey Gold, NYC, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)
16/05/1969 - Tricia Cast, actress (Nina-Young and Restless)

More to come...

Mga Ka-Birthday Ko (2)

Eto pa 'yung mga ka-birthday ko...

16/05/1970 - Eric Lynch, NFL running back (Detroit Lions)
16/05/1970 - Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
16/05/1971 - Khari Jones, CFL/WLAF quarterback (BC Lions, Scottish Claymores)
16/05/1972 - Keith Burns, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
16/05/1972 - Matthew Hart, cricketer (NZ lefty spinner 1994- )
16/05/1974 - Conal Groom, Northford Conn, rower (Olympics-1996)
16/05/1974 - Keith Thibodeaux, cornerback (Washington Redskins)
16/05/1978 - Vincent Larusso, Livingston, NJ, actor (Adam-Mighty Ducks, D2, D3)
16/05/1979 - Evan Ferrante, actor (Owen-Swan's Crossing)
16/05/1981 - Jessica Ponzo, Miss New Jersey Teen USA (1996)

Ang haba ng list, Pinaghirapan kong kunin yan via the Net.

With love,

cp

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Yes, My Birthday's Tomorrow

CAVITE-- I'm here for a two-month vacation, preparing for the upcoming school year. Medyo mailap kasi ang tadhana kaya hindi na ako nakakapag-communicate with my best friends (don't worry, maglu-load ako sa birthday ko). Nagkataon pa palang bukas na ang birthday ko. [Umalis na rin ako ng Manila para hindi ako habulin nung mga umaasang maghahanda ako.]

Anyway, if you're asking me how's my life here, everything's fine. Mas gusto ko nga ito para makapag-relax ako. Tahimik. Almost far from the madding crowd. Kaya medyo nahihirapan na rin ako doing some techie things--bumabagal na ang typing skills ko, halos 'di na rin ako marunong mag-Friendster.

But still, masaya pa rin ang buhay. I'm waiting for the first Wagayway Festival to come. And as always, take care.

With love,
cp