In My Life

I'm been a fan of Olivia Lamasan since she penned the Laurice Guillen Pinoy masterpiece, Ipagpatawad Mo (starring Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon). As a director, Lamasan did not disappoint either. She steered Sharon Cuneta towards a Grand Slam-winning performance via Madrasta. Sana Maulit Muli (Aga Muhlach, Lea Salonga) and Milan (Piolo Pascual, Claudine Barretto) are both surprisingly good.

In her latest offering, In My Life, Lamasan is reunited with Vilma Santos. The Batangas governor plays a school teacher who decides to migrate to New York to live with his son (Luis Manzano)... and his lover (John Lloyd Cruz). I'll keen on watching this film, not because of its gay theme, but because the trailer I've posted above shows a lot of promise. This might be a groundbreaking performance for Cruz, and Manzano seems poised to prove that acting chops he inherited from his parents.

I'm just not sure about Vilma doing comedy. I've seen her do comedy in the past, and I must say it's not her cup of tea. Corny talaga. Note to Ate Vi: you may be one of the greatest actors in Philippine cinema, but you are no Meryl Streep.

However, Mrs. Ralph Recto is funny when she's not trying to...

Modesty aside...

Allow me to be self-indulgent for a while. After all, commendation from your boss doesn't come very often, especially when you're not exactly an employee-of-the-year material. Some of the words here might sound Greek to you; in the outsourcing world, we have our own dictionary, and it's not easy memorizing these jargons, I tell you. But I digress. Here's the email I got from my boss, Carla.



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From: Carlota Baluyot Palileo
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:42 AM
To: Christia Marise Tetangco; Christianne Marie Afrondoza Develos; Gemma Corazon Gacho; Honey Grace Paclean Ramos; Iris Sabordo; Jennifer Jill Pica Tan; Jonathan Macario; Kristine Lorraine Ruiz; Kristine Yamzon Cacas; Leonard William Cruz; Maria Junella Gazmen; Maria Leonarda Irinco; Martha Joy Rosario; Nadia Theresa Zerrudo Dua; Roseller Kenneth Beltran
Subject: And just when you though that was it...another one takes a flying leap.

This just in.

Batch 3 members, one of your own has become a star.

I’ve just finished Kenneth’s scorecard and forwarded it to the higher ups. He is now officially an editor. His last practice edit task was published for real by our own Jill and got an error count of 1.55 for both MD&A and Q&A. And in publisher Jill’s own words: “For the Q&A, he only had 2 immaterials. I see that he's reviewing the Style Guide. He's really good at editing the Q&A portion of the call.”

This means that since Kenneth can voicewrite as well (he had good scores as a trainee and will practice voicewriting again tomorrow), is one of our best scopists and can now also edit – he is now just one step away from being a Quad Core.



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Well, that does it. After this whole barrage of good work, you leave me no choice but to deliver the consequences.


First Team Pizza tomorrow night. Bring your sodas.

CARLA
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Cool beans, eh? I got a commendation, and three slices of pizza. Burp.

What's a quad-core you're asking? Well, let's just say, In our office, when you're a quad-core, you're on the top of the food chain. Nuff said.