DAY ELEVEN - Meet our new Fantasy Housemate!

MICA, 18, single, Dagupan City, student/performer, dancer

"ME? My Real Name is Micaela Fransesca T. Rodriguez "Mica" for short. 5'7" po ako and i don't wanna grow taller na hehe :) I'm basically a simple girl who wants to have fun. A lot of people doesn't know this but i'm a SHY person kaya i tend to look at the floor coz i'm shy nga! I'm a loving and caring person specially to my family and friends." more

Message to all FH -from Maam Sheila

mga bro and sis ....wag na masyado magalit sa ginawa ni esti.....di dapat patulan ang mga ganun klase ng comments or message eka di naman siya importanteng tao para pag aksayahan ng time...ok mga FHs......sa ginawa niya mas lalo lang niyang pinahiya niya sarili niya.....mataas pa naman respeto natin sa kanya pero ano ginawa niya di man lang niya ginamit ang pinag aralan niya sa situation na yan......sabi nga ni neil ...fantasy game lang to....."Bt den again GAME nga 2 di ba? meaning kautwaan! y does he hav 2 comapre ds 2 his family, frends, even God?.....kaya hayaan na lang natin cy at dun cy masaya....dik o nga naramdamn na meron palang esti d2 sa Fantasy house....peace tyo...hahahhahaah.....

Slammed in the Eye of the Storm
by NEIL TG

So what happens now? one of our VHM has quit, having felt stupid for his participation on this game. he's a naysayer that this VPBB would ever persist. i claim to disagree. i believe that things happen for a purpose. at the back of my mind, i also felt that: "boy, we've been slammed." and i continued to think- "would this post be another consumption of space?" a virtual junk? as i keep on pondering the things i do in the real world and the things i do here virtually, i foresee that this would never be. why? i have been a part of the interaction with other VHMs that catalyzed the leveling of minds, reflective of society, contrary to the ordinary things we see in our everyday lives. it led me to a conclusion that we have lost the voice of this young adult generation, suppressed by the rantings of the few who attempt to project that they are the majority, silenced by the cry of poverty of those people in the streets and lobotomized by the creeping trend of apathy.

this vpbb sets this voice on a level of critical thinking, a heed to a call for open-minds. On my view it is the very suspense of non-expectation from these so-called "virtual people" who on a day to day basis, i discover that they neither lacked substance nor potential to improve this world in general. it is revealed to me that most of us agree to a common goal: we simply want to make a difference in our lives.

on the lighter side, the VPPB brings the simple joys of being human:
- on friendships, flirtations and the flowering of love...
- on conversations, conveyance and to transcedence...
- on relaxation, reflections and rebirth of the soul...

all contributory factors to the SIGNIFICANT HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

i stand for this game , because we participants have the power to transform the things from virtual trash to something more significant, a beacon of hope for one's self set to spread from one person to another.

alter ego:

should things be meaningless? or should we be the one to discover the meanings of things? better if we make these things meaningful. only we ourselves know where we stand.

a point of reflection.
what does this virtual PBB hope to achieve?
i have seen, felt , and tasted...
a plethora of beautiful minds,
a saturation of an opinion,
a discourse for action,
and the penultimate, to be an instrument in effectively changing the world for the better!

DAY TEN - FHs answer the stupid, este, Esti, the ex-FH

Neil G on Esti

From d start, i felt dat he reali wasnt dat interestd bout ds game. He seems to hav his own world - a world apart from ours. SCHIZO - mahirap nga intindihin. no offense ha.

I dnt mind at all dat he's quitting. Im nt expressing my sadness lyk i did b4 wen bryan left. in fact, mas marami pa ngang iba hus lives r more interestng dan his. y was he chosen in d frst place? if random ang pagpili, den id undertand cguro.

i beliv though dat he did d ryt thng 2 quit and focus on wat he says r his priorities in lyf.

Bt den again GAME nga 2 di ba? meaning kautwaan! y does he hav 2 comapre ds 2 his family, frends, even God? at kaya nga PBB fantasy game kasi patternd out frm d real game of which d housemates r supposed 2 comply wid assignd tasks whether they lyk it or nt. Ds game wud b boring without d tasks dat he said were stupid. Keep an open mind, dude!

Game nga 2, i repeat. nothing 2 b serious about bt u hav 2 play it under d rules.

Im happy dat u quit. hindi kawalan sa group. lyk raquel (PBB housemate), di pinatakan ng luha wen evicted. parang hndi cya nawala at all. hndi naramdaman ang pagkawala. Peace, dude. Opinion ko lng 2. =D

Trish on Esti

gud morning po kuya.... kaya po ako napa-sulat sa inyo ngayon... gusto ko lang po maglabas ng sama ng loob regarding po dun sa isinulat ni ESTI.... kasi po sobra naman po yung pinagsasabi nya sa website... sana po di naman ganun kasasakit yung mga sinasabi nya.... eventhough di sya nagmemention ng mga names... masakit po tlga yung mga sibai nya... sana po kung ayaw nyang magkaroon ng mga friends... nakita man nya or hindi pa... sana di na lang po sya gumawa ng account sa friendster! Kaya nga po FRIENDSTER ito diba... to gain more friends? bakit naman po sya ganun.... sana po kahit papaano eh nagisip muna sya ng sasabihin nya.... sana po naging mahinahon naman po sya..... sana po at first eh di na nya tinanggap yung invitation nyo po kung susungitan nya lang po kami ng ganun! wala naman po kasi kaming ginawa sa kanya to make him really mad! All we're asking for him is to be one of his friends.... sana po kung like nya mag QUIT... nag quit na lang po sya ng maayos hindi po yung halos lapain na po nya kaming mga co-FH nya sa sobrang galit nya eh... diba po? according sa kanya "HE"S NOTHING AGAINST ANYONE FROM THIS GAME"... pero bakit kailangan pa nyang isa-isahin yung mga tungkol sa mga tasks ng isa't isa! walalang po sobrang nainis lang po tlga ako sa ginawa nya!

sorry po talaga kuya at naistorbo ko pa po kayo.... hindi ko lang po natagalan yung mga messages ni ESTI.... nung nabasa ko po kasi yung sa website.... bigla po tlga akong nainis! sobra po.... pero ngayon na nailabas ko na po sa inyo.... ok na po ako.... salamat po kuya! sana po wag po kayong magalit sa ginawa ko pong ito.... gusto ko lang po maging totoo sa inyo... at sa nararamdaman ko....

God Bless po!

DAY NINE - "I'm feeling stupid" - Esti

stating the obvious

if anyone of you who have been reading my blog from head to toe for the last few weeks have noticed, there's only a small hint of this fantasy game that i've been chosen to play. (for reasons, i still don't know)

yup, there's the link down there at the referring web pages from the pinoy big brother fantasy game. and just right now i'm feeling...

stupid.

what the heck had i gotten into...

just now i logged-in to my friendster account and i'm flooded by numerous friend requests and messages, all bearing the same distinct and awful bad taste of someone ordering everyone around at the darn same time.

come on, there's one guy asking me if i watch adult movies - oh yes, i really do watch them adult movies. movies like saving private ryan, pay it forward. that's an adult movie. pfft.

then another one is asking me my underwear brand after a long litany of reacting to my blog.you really want to know? i don't.

"are you taking drugs?" and he/she's really worried about her friend who's taking it, blah blah blah.

and another one, my favorite food.

the final blow (although in terms of the order in which they came -- this comes first) jumps right out of the screen and into the keyboard, ordering my fingers to start typing messages and crafting witty stories into coercing these people to spill more details of their lives so that i may complete a weekly task. sheeeesh!

it's not that i really didn't expect this from the very first start. i actually expected the game to go kapffft after a few days or weeks.

but what's the point of ordering everyone around at the very same time with the identical tasks? hmmmm... so i guess there's going to be a double eviction this week in this game.

take the hint: i'm not going to do this stupid task of yours, not that i can't do it. i don't have the time to engage in these activities of yours and this whole game, even the original show where this game was taken from really is a violation of the principles that i have tried to uphold in my life.

there's plenty more things that matter most to me: God, family, friends, work, love life. and this game is like the nth in the list.

it's like the stating the obvious: i quit.

DISCLAIMER: I really don't have anything against anyone, even the makers of the game or the people who were included in this post. i won't claim to be your friends, nor your enemies.. if in any way our paths cross in the physical world, then maybe--- just maybe, we'll be friends.

(so don't expect me to approve those friend requests... my friendster account is for those that i have actually met and interacted with in the real world.)

God bless to everyone that this post is intended to be. if this is not you -- scram!

Neil G launches his blog

i jst started my blog, BB Kuya. i realized kasi 3 nlng kami wlang blog. gusto ko rin magcomply sa requirement mo. pls visit if u hav tym. thnx.

DAY EIGHT - FHs reflect

what a life.........

SUCH A TIRING DAY.....AFTER SCHOOL TUTORIAL NAMAN ANG AATUPAGIN....GABI NA MAKAKATAPOS..PARANG WALANG KATAPUSAN ....NAKAKAPAGOD ..BAKIT NGA BA TAYO NAG PAPAGOD?.....KASE KAILANGAN......DI BA PWEDENG PaRELAX RELAX NA LANG......ITO ANG USUAL CLAMOR NG MARAMING TAO LALO NA ANG MGA KABATAAN.....BAKIT SILA REKLAMO NG REKLAMO...SINO BA ANG DAPAT SISIHIN? MAY DAPAT NGA BANG SISIHIN SA MGA NANGYAYARI SA BUHAY NG ISANG TAO..?.....MERONG SITUATION NA ANG TAO ANG DAPAT SISIHIN SA KUNG ANONG BUAHY MERON SILA...SILA LANG ANG GUMAGAWA NG PROBLEMA NILA......PERO ANG DI NAKIKITA NG MGA KABATAAN NA MERONG PORPOSE UNG MGA PANGYAYARI SA BUHAY NILA......FOR THEM TO LEARN ,,,,,FOR THEM TO GAIN WISDOM....FOR THEM TO BE MATURED......FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT REALLY LIFE IS..... FOR THEM TO BE A STRONGER PERSON.....FOR THEM TO APPRECIATE LIFE........maybe because theyre still young kaya damipa sila reklamosa buhay at di pa alam ang buhay na tinatawag......

Becoming a Hero
by NEIL G
…a story on how I survived 2 years in my first job


Right after graduation, I received a job offer from a company so I gave it a try since I still didn’t know where to start during that stage. My original plan was to work abroad or find scholarship there and later come back to the country to teach. Still, I was really contented especially that I was receiving good pay for someone with no experience yet. Maybe it was because of my educational background.

My first day was really so boring that I thought of not coming back the following day. I wasn’t able to figure out my importance to the company. I was literally a “nobody.” Then I found out there was another newbie. He was 14 years older than me, had already worked outside the country, was from Metro Manila, and escaped from there with his second wife. He seemed so quite at first but we eventually got along well. Somehow, I saw in him the perseverance to work so I forgot about quitting. I felt the challenge.

It took me a month to adjust to the environment and a year to love my job. Still, I was contented. After my first year with the company, I decided to take the board exam. I was granted a 2-month leave since they didn’t want me to resign. It was then that I also decided to never come back as soon as I get my license. My license, by the way, was the only reason why I delayed my plan of working abroad. Frustrated about how I performed in the examination, I didn’t show up in the office anymore but my boss called me up, saying that the company still needed me. So I did come back because I was not that confident on passing the board exam anyway… but I did pass! I was happy but not extremely since only 3 out of 11 of my closest friends made it.

The management learned about this and expressed their happiness, too. But deep inside, I still wanted to leave the company. Then the big break came. For the first time in my life, I was tasked to handle a major renovation project which I was so nervous about but turned out so well. The management was so impressed that they reciprocated it with salary increase. The increase was also for passing the exam. From then on, major projects were assigned to me and people seemed to refer on me already. Slowly, I felt my significance. This was something I had been longing to feel.

Many started joking, calling me “COO” (from CEO), meaning - Con (pronounced as “Son”) of the Owner.” It’s true that I became really close with the management. The president even gave me 2 of his neckties as a sign of appreciating my contributions to the company. He also planned of promoting me as Artistic Director that if not for my young age, I was already on this level. Yes, I was the youngest in the department. Next to me was 4 years older and most of them in their 30’s. I understood that I would have to wait a little longer to achieve this.

From there, I made some reflections on my job and it was only then that I realized I had been fooling myself all this time. I became so blinded with the applause people gave me and so I forgot my real purpose in life which is to share whatever learning I have with others maybe through teaching. I have realized that I had been giving so much for the company and completely ignored that I was not receiving as much. It is true that I may have brought certain degree of happiness for the company but not for myself. There was emptiness inside me.

It saddens me to also see that the others struggled while I was on the pedestal. So, I started feeling for those who had been with the company for more than 10 years, 15 years and even 20 years... remaining to be a “nobody” after all those years of service. I feared that when the time comes also, I’d end up being a “nobody”. Everything depreciates in value. At least in teaching, I’ll find true happiness of being able to mold more professionals to be even better than me… and that after 20 years, I’d be able to say, “…it was worth it.”

To make a difference, I prepared myself to lose everything I worked for in the past 2 years just for the sake of the others. So, I released my own version of SONA (State of the Nation Address) to the corporate office. I distributed more than 40 copies to a population of about 300. There I stated many concerns which were not only mine but of the rest of the employees. I became their voice… and conquered everyone’s heart. I was only hoping that there would be changes – changes for the better.

A week later, I finally submitted my resignation which I thought would be best… bringing with me the memory that I once became a hero.

Rally na naman... Grrr..

so it's another 6PM of another regular weekday on a regular week on a regular month... i drove back home from school, turned on the tv, went to channel 27 for some ANC stuff and what a nice coincidence: another regular in primetime news -- PEOPLE RALLYING...

i'm not a pro-GMA, in fact i didn't vote for her during her presidential bid (i rooted for Roco)... however, i'm so tired of all this people running in the streets, waving banners for GMA to step down... my god! don't you have other things to do? you ask this person in this street shouting "oust gma!" if he has a job and he'll tell you NO!... what the fuck?!

i just received my payslip, i worked for 26T but i can only use 20T of it... why? coz the government needs the six thousand pesos (also known as tax)... this is my share for my country in the verge of death... putang ina! i mean, i don't really curse, but leche pag-naiisip ko, money is wasted on these protests, on both sides, nabibwisit talaga ako... the government is paying hell i don't how much for security and safety and i know the opposition pays much too... what if we put that money to good use... like make shelter for the street children, food for those in extreme poverty, medical help for the far-flung areas... Lord, bakit ganito? when will they stop bickering at each other...

being a young student leader and a child city councilor in makati before, i have high regard for binay, pero manong what are you doing to the makati streets you alotted millions of pesos for... everytime na lang may rally sa makati avenue, sobrang kalat... kung hindi lang masarap kumain sa UCC sa paseo center, i wouldn't go to that place...

as a student of de la salle, i don't know kung pano na-aatim ni bro. armin (president, dlsu main) na isama ang pangalan ng la salle sa mga street protests... brother naman, im sure wala pang 1% ng mga students ang gustong magresign o mapatalsik si GMA... i asked my classmates one time, they didn't like din the idea that the university president is rallying with the ilks of the opposition...

damn!!! why can't we stop... stop for even a week... ang gera nga sa mindanao may ceasefire, sana tigilan na muna natin to... shit!!! nakakabwisit na... natotorete na ako... and i am working hard for this country... tapos yung iba na wala namang trabaho ay nasa kalsada para mag-rally? pakshet talaga!!! ang lakas ng loob na manawagang bumaba si GMA eh ni hindi naman nagbabayad ng buwis... and our congressmen and senators, you are paid to work in the legislative branch, putek!! eh puro investigation lang ang ginagawa nyo ah... (well, ok that's not right, i believe you are doing some of your jobs) pero please stop arguing with malacanan... stop this already...

people are tired... i am tired... there is no martial law... i don't think GMA will declare martial law, but you people are pushing her administration to the limits... let us all work for the better of our country and not destroy it...

nota bene: sensya na po... gusto ko lang maglabas ng sama ng loob...

DAY SEVEN - Bryan will not be replaced by a new FH

Two days before the first weekly eviction, BigBad Kuya eliminated Bryan from the game.

BB Kuya had warned the Manila boy for not doing his tasks and not adding BB Kuya's Friendster account. The self-confessed "whore" (see his profile in Friendster) informed BB Kuya that he didn't know Pinoy BigBrother Fantasy Game is a game. And he didn't want to join, he said.

Yesterday, BB Kuya cancelled the first eviction (scheduled tomorrow) considering the 23-year-old ex-FH as the first evictee.

Neil DJ's reaction

"nun una pa lang i doubt if Bryan would totally involve himself in this kind of we say in his context "mababaw" pursuits of life... too much less glamourous than rubbing elbows and noses (included) with his elite friends... cno ba naman nga tayong people who play "fantasy" "

"we'll i'm not sour graping but i dont mind him evicted... the housmates in this fantasy house without him as part of the exhibit can pull it off... with constant communication i'm learning that most of my housemates are beautiful people, much more than worth the picture and the blitz, plus the more important thing is the substance in between ears... grabe amazing talaga. kaya nga hindi ako naniniwala on first impressions until to stick your hand into the pudding it's anyone's imagination."

"basta sa ngayon, including the big bad kuya, i'm learning that there are a lot of people with beautiful minds. SAYA!"

DAY SIX - Jeric's Confessions, featured in PDI's Infotech section

Jeric's Confessions was featured on the Infotech section of Inq7.net last week and it was published in Philippine Daily Inquirer today.

"Just a small correction it (see lines 4 and 5) is not Jericho's Confessions instead it is Jeric's Confessions," Jeric.

Inan and Neil G on Bryan's exit

BigBad Kuya asked Inan to react on Bryan's exit.

Inan wrote:

"bryan, the fashionista?"

"well, i messaged him before, he didn't reply... it took every iota of "kakapalan ng mukha" just for me to message him kasi nga i didn't know how to approach him... there's something kasi in the word fashionista that spells "conyotic"... saka mukha syang suplado..."

"i didn't like the way he stated his reasons... well probably he can say it on a nicer, less ungrateful way... but that is probably who he is... and that is how he talk..."

"it would be nice to have a girl fh to replace him para medyo mas balance..."

"honestly, i couldn't care less if he leaves, kasi nga di pa naman kami nagkakausap... isa pa, if he is really busy, then he really has to leave..."

Neil G, comments, "D Uma of d grp s evicted. so sad bout bryan leavng Bahay ni BB Kuya. ;( "

BB Kuya eliminates Bryan

Bryan's response to BB Kuya message:

The first eviction scheduled on Wednesday is cancelled. Next eviction will be on the 19th of October.

DAY FIVE - Bryan, to be forced to quit PBBFG

Bryan, the first FH to accept BigBad Kuya's invitation, could be the first to be removed from PBB Fantasy Game if he does not perform his tasks: to add BB Kuya's Friendster in his account, submit his impressions on his fellow FHs and take the personal disorder quiz.

His message of approval sent on September 20 was the first and the last message that BB Kuya has received from him.

BigBad Kuya is giving Bryan until Tuesday to complete his tasks. The first eviction will be on Wednesday.

DISTRUBUTION of Fantasy Housemates

Age Bracket:

• Teenagers- Jeric (14), Jake (18), Retchel (20)
• Adults - Esti (22), Jophe (22), Bryan (23), Inan (23), Neil G (24)
• Mature - Neil DJ (27), Trish (28), Sheila (32), Jay (33)

Civil Status:

• Single - Bryan, Esti, Inan, Jake, Jeric, Jophe, Neil G, Neil DJ, Retchel, Trish
• Married - Jay, Sheila

Origin/Location:

• Central Luzon - Retchel (Bataan)
• Metro Manila - Bryan (Manila), Jeric (Caloocan City), Trish (Quezon City)
• Southern Tagalog - Jake (Las Pinas), Esti (Laguna), Neil DJ (Laguna), Inan (Cavite)
• Bicol - Jay (Masbate)
• Western Visayas - Jophe (Aklan), Sheila (Bacolod)
• Central Visayas - Neil G (Cebu)

Social Status:

• Students - Jeric, Jake, Retchel
• Yuppies - Bryan, Esti, Inan, Jophe, Neil G, Neil DJ
• Professionals - Jay, Sheila

Legend: Name - playing, Name - backed out, eliminated

14 yrs old Jeric gets de-Virgin-ized

"I just tried 'Virgin Cola' and it tastes like any other sodas / colas out there. I tried the red flavoured Virgin Cola and there is nothing special with it. The differences of Virgin Cola to other cola products you can feel it fizzy on your mouth and throat hahahaha… "

"Try it for yourself!"