Last Friday my officemates and I went to the 5th Manila Jazz Festival over at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. Before going there Jaypee decided to make us libre at Pier One (which means buckets of beers) that made me drunk for unknown reasons. I never get drunk over beers (San Mig Lights? C’mon!). Anyway, I was puking in a CR cubicle before I even knew I was in one.
Brenda, Moi, Andrea (http://tessapics.multiply.com)Since my house is quite far from Manila, I slept over at Brenda's house. I bet she offered because she was afraid of sleeping alone in her house since her companion was in Subic or something like that. I don't think she offered me to sleep over just because. She's not that nice. haha. I was awake at around 5 am and I thought I'd be gone from there first thing in the morning, but Madame Brenda was snoozing away. When she finally woke up ofcourse, taking her time, she cooked food... and then she ate them... then she took a bath... then we waited for her sister... then watched TV... then cooked food again... then ate again... then she packed her things for Subic... which I don't know why she didn't do WHILE we were waiting for her sister. I got home around 3:30 pm. By that time I was so feeling filthy I needed to get a shower. Plus it was so effing humid.
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May I just say that Ugly Betty was disappointing? After seeing an episode for the first time, I feel happy that I didn't waste my money to buy even a pirated copy. Ugly Betty is the US version of Betty La Fea, which became a huge hit in several countries especially the Spanish-speaking ones. Letty La Mas Fea, another adaptation, I think was or is still being shown here.
I am confused. Is Ugly Betty a comedy? Because if it is, the punch lines and supposedly "comedic" scenarios just doesn't work. Sometimes you feel like they're pushing too hard to make it funny, but it's still corny. It's Devil Wears Prada gone bad. Really, really bad. I also don't get Betty Suarez's character. I mean, she doesn't talk weird, she doesn't act weird, and she doesn't think weird. So why does she look weird? You feel like everything about her is right except her looks. She's being characterized as very bright, smart, and full of potential. If her brain seems to be working so well, even better than her boss' sometimes, why can't she figure out that she looks so wrong? And she works as an assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of a fashion magazine!
I am confused. Is Ugly Betty a comedy? Because if it is, the punch lines and supposedly "comedic" scenarios just doesn't work. Sometimes you feel like they're pushing too hard to make it funny, but it's still corny. It's Devil Wears Prada gone bad. Really, really bad. I also don't get Betty Suarez's character. I mean, she doesn't talk weird, she doesn't act weird, and she doesn't think weird. So why does she look weird? You feel like everything about her is right except her looks. She's being characterized as very bright, smart, and full of potential. If her brain seems to be working so well, even better than her boss' sometimes, why can't she figure out that she looks so wrong? And she works as an assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of a fashion magazine!
Tell me where the logic is. Where?
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