nostalgIK

ROLLBACK: P10/liter

2008-07-17T06:21:00.000+08:00

Ay! FLASHBACK pala hehe.

Found this 1993 receipt tucked in an old book:

Magkano na gas ngayon??

Gary V., 25 years ago

2008-06-21T18:01:00.004+08:00

This is my tribute to Gary Valenciano, who's celebrating his 25th anniversary in show business this year :)

I just needed to find an appropriate time to upload this video, which I kept in my cabinet for about a decade already. I found and copied it while I was video researching for an artist group's concert. Sabi ko, ang cute nito, Gary was so young pa :) I thought of dubbing a copy to preserve it, kasi baka sa future masira na yung original tape, sayang ito, pang-mark ng milestone niya as a performer :) Uy serious daw, as if archivist ako ng mga artists hehehe

Gary V. guested at Student Canteen to promote his first single (under Blackgold Records), Hang On. If I'm not mistaken, this was in 1983.

Note yung entrance niya after he was introduced by Eddie Ilarde haha. At parang 2 lang ang studio cameras :) Aliw ano. Just to note, my VHS copy's audio was so bad but I was able to lay a new audio track for this. Salamat po doctor! hehe

Penthouse 7

2008-03-14T09:23:00.007+08:00

Remember Penthouse 7?

I just got this email that they're having a Grand Reunion show :

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Remember the good old dances ...

The drop,

The hustle,

El Bimbo,

Boogie,

Cha-cha,

Mambo,

Pop-locking,

.. get the drift???

Put on your dancing shoes, bell bottom pants and Nik-nik shirts for a night of (still hot and very much kick-ass) dancing with

Archie Lacson & the Penthouse 7 gang; Marlyn Feliciano, RayAn Fuentes, Rosie Garchitorena-Gan, Anna Garcia, Tito Garcia, Ronnie Henares, Sandy Hontiveros, Pipo Liboro, Mike Monserrat, Nini Morato, Susan Payawal, Poncy Quirino,

Ida Ramos, Gina Valenciano,

and some of their very special friends

as they celebrate a ONE NIGHT ONLY Grand Reunion show!!!

April 30, 2008 at the NBC Tent, Taguig.

Tickets are available at selected major National Bookstore branches ; selected major Robinsons Dept. Stores; Ayala Malls Greenbelt1/Glorietta 1 through TicketWorld outlets ; TicketWorld web site ( www.ticketworld.com.ph)
Call 891-9999 and Manila Genesis.
For inquiries and reservations call: 7214405 loc. 105, 106, 108 or 722-7821
or email penthouse7grandreunion@yahoo.com

For the benefit of SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS -ARELLANO UNIVERSITY,
Ballet Philippines Foundation and LighTomorrow Inc.

PLS PASS TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS........... O:-)

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Aliw :)

For other videos see

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vsALSpLauXs

and

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GU003X03rmU

Thanks to Sandy Hontiveros (mbhonti) for the Youtube uploads :) Galing!

Homecoming

2008-01-19T09:32:00.000+08:00

What could be more nostalgic than going back to your high school to reunite with your schoolmates and teachers?

January 5, 2008. My high school class ("batch" as we would say it) celebrated its Silver Jubilee. We hosted the Grand Alumni Homecoming with a sumptuous dinner buffet, roast calf, lots of wine, coffee, and chismis :) Of course, being the showbiz Paulinians that we are, we welcomed the night with a lot of Magic...

We were freshmen back in 1980 when our senior sisters performed this number. I first saw it onstage in our Little Theatre. Aliw, galing naman. It introduced me to Pippin, to Broadway, and all those musicals from where we got our Songfest pieces. Magic to Do for me was the ultimate "pampagana". So when we were planning our Homecoming, I can't help suggesting this for our Opening number. It's not as explosive and show-stopping as other Broadway openings, but it has this simple, magnetic, hypnotic feel and appeal.

Ehh...kaso di ko yata na-block ng maayos ang sarili ko kasi na-"block" ako ng iba sa video hehe. Sumisilip-silip lang ang byuti ko sa ibang frames. I wore a pink vintage dress owned by my mommy back in the early 70s. Here is the only photo I have, thanks to my batchmate Gigi Valencia-Lim :)

Dessie and I (wearing a wig). Katakot ba? :)

Patok na Patok!

2007-06-18T01:43:00.000+08:00

This 1982 footage was taped from "Patok na Patok", a variety show on PTV-4 hosted by Ariel Ureta. UP Zoological Society members guested on the show to promote a fundraising activity, the premiere of the movie, "The Earthling." (Back in the 80's, student dance groups can actually guest on TV shows to plug their events.) My sister, Ate MaryRose was part of the UPZS dance group that's why we really HAD to tape it at home then using our top-loading, humongous Sony Betamax! [applause]

That's Tet Yuvienco, Helen Sabas, Mary Rose Alcaneses, Edwin Lagera, Danny Dimalanta and Rene Francia (mga kagalang-galang na doktor na po ngayon!). Actually, there's another segment of the show where they took part in the games. I'll post it some other time :)

Hope they don't kill me for uploading this for the whole world to see, hehe. Hey, it's rare, archival, genuine [gee-nu-wayn] 80's video :) 25 years old. Silver Jubilarian.

Remembering Daddy

2007-06-05T07:42:00.000+08:00

Jose S. Alcañeses
January 18, 1932-June 5, 2006

Buhok mo'y Budji

2007-05-30T19:44:00.000+08:00

My apologies to the owner of the original picture (or whoever uploaded it in one of the 80's retro site). Nasobrahan ang 80's fever ko because of our May 18 party-- had to find out how my family would look like if we had THE BIG HAIR :)

That's Jed (in stripes), me (with glasses), and Addy (little girl in red).

O di ba, bagay!! Haha

The return of the Space Hopper

2007-05-23T09:37:00.000+08:00

A few months ago, I saw a familiar old toy at Debenham's: the SPACE HOPPER! Wow so retro, hahaha! [scan/search <- hindi na rewind! :)] Flashback early 70's. Daddy's pasalubong from London. That bright orange rubber "jumper" with a funny face that looks like some unknown animal or an alien (hehe kangaroo pala yon, sabi ng isang website!). Jump! Jump! Jump! Uy, how fun...o sige na nga, dahil "hopper" daw yon, Hop! Hop! Hop! ...with a British accent. Ate MaryRose was probably around 7 or 8 years old then. Me, around 4 or 5. The Alcaneses kids would take turns hopping (uyy mabait daw kami! hehe plastic! actually, we used to fight about it too). We'd make all sorts of stunts with it. The boys would try to dribble it or invent ways to play with it except to hop. I remember falling lots of times because somehow, sometimes the hopper would bounce back instead of forward! But I guess that's all part of the fun.

Our Space Hopper didn't last long for my youngest sister, Debbie to remember and enjoy (she was born in 1972). One of the handles was torn apart and the dirtied rubber eventually deflated.

I should post Ate MaryRose's pic with our dear old Space Hopper (I remember it was taken in front of Daddy's quarters at the Rizal Municipal compound) but couldn't find that photo anymore.

I never saw a Space Hopper in so many years (at least the same one with that Muttley-ish face). It's totally unknown to my next generation cousins who are mostly 80's kids. Actually, this toy made so much mark in our family memories, but I really don't know if this was ever popular here in the Philippines. Popular or not, the Space Hopper is back and I was just so delighted to see a piece of my childhood again.

Umm... type kaya ni Addy? :)

It's Soo 80's

2007-05-17T09:44:00.000+08:00

Come to my blog's launch on Friday, May 18 haha :)

This is a teaser I compiled for It's Soo 80's Dance Party, presented by our high school class of '83: