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Ok I admit it. I cannot let a month pass without a trip to the salon or a DIY session at home to color my hair. Yes it's vanity. And yes, it's a necessity. I don't deny my age but if I leave the grays alone, mukha na akong lola, I swear!
I remember the time when my mom started having her hair dyed (must be around my age now I guess). She told me of this tale about a woman who had to undergo head surgery. When the doctors opened up and lifted her scalp, they saw that it's all black underneath! Black. From years of dyeing! Yikes.
I've heard a lot of horror medical stories (of cockroaches slipping into the ear, of basins of pus being squeezed out from a boil, kuto under the eyebrows, larvae in the eye...hehe) but this black scalp story just left a big *imprint* on my head ;) I don't know how bad that woman's head looked like, but I just imagined ink-black layer of skin beneath a mass of black and gray and white hair roots. Parang pusit. Eeek.
My mom said "Nakakatakot, di ba?" Despite that story, up to now, at 71 years old, she still dyes her hair. Wala kasing choice eh!
How does a dye work, anyway? I'm writing here without even bothering to research. But I know Hydrogen Peroxide in the chemical dye sort of strips the hair of its natural color first before coloring. Correct me if I'm wrong. So does this mean that with regular dyeing, we will eventually lose the natural color because of regular "stripping" ? Kaya ba sinasabi ng mga matatanda, na once you dye, the hair becomes whiter? Hmm...
Dry and brittle hair as a result of long-term dyeing is another issue. This is why salons always sell hair treatment packages for an after-color session, of course aside from the fact that they make a lot of money with those French-sounding "professional" hair products.
Oh and let me add. Does hair color eventually make your hair fall? This is an even scarier thought. Images of a bald customer after Fefita Fofonggay or Facifica Falayfay poured some chemical over her head are still vivid in my memory. Though that scene was for a perm, still, I get bothered with the thought of getting bald because of a monthly dose of hair chemicals.
So... what's my choice now? I think I'd rather risk with that pusit story. Until someone invents a really safe and natural hair coloring that will cover the grays. Not make it orange-y like henna.
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
Addy just used my YM account to have a quick chat with Jed, and this is what I saw
(veronicapantig is Addy, if it's not obvious, hehe):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ veronicapantig 5:59 PM papa jedpantig
addy
i'll go offline already. will go home in a few minutes veronicapantig 6:00 PM may tot is los jedpantig
what tot?
in front? veronicapantig 6:00 PM toth jedpantig 6:01 PM
where? in front?
up or down?
veronicapantig 6:01 PM down!
jedpantig 6:02 PM
is it ouchy? veronicapantig no
jedpantig
is it ouchy? veronicapantig 6:03 PM i em not gowing to the dentist jedpantig 6:04 PM
we have to go to the dentist. you might get a bobo in the mouth veronicapantig 6:05 PM i em gono teyc it awt bay may self
jedpantig 6:06 PM
show it to mama first
veronicapantig 6:07 PM you just mov and mov sow it cen teyc tit awt
jedpantig 6:08 PM
show it to mama first
veronicapantig i oredy towd imama
papa jedpantig 6:10 PM
what did mama say?
veronicapantig OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW jedpantig 6:10 PM
dont pull out your tooth by yourself. let mama do it if you want
Great to meet you. By popular demand-on stage now. First come, first get! Proposal to new generation. This is it! No other choice. Outstanding popularity. Just what you hoped for.
Bumili tuloy ako. Anim pa! This is it daw. No other choice eh! Hahaha :)
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!
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 :)
