Feta cheese & Bikinis
I left home at 4:30 pm– 4 hours earlier than I used to– to catch the 5:30 pm screening of Bikini Open, the feature debut of my friend Eli Balce as DOP… Unfortunately, after reading its gazilion reviews, I felt the film was a somewhat let-down. "Somewhat " because there we
re points in the film where I guwaffed loudly and without shame kahit na I was the only one who found the joke funny. Mostly I laughed when I saw familiar people on screen: Ricky "Bea" Rivero– of Ninja Kids and Wednesday Group fame who was a scene stealer with his tumitiling bakla act; Direk Andoy Ranay who always gives a memorable performance in ALL the cameos he plays; and even short filmmaker Mariami Tanangco in a bit part… I agree with the reveiews that said it became dragging with the production numbers and introduction of the candidates… and speaking of production numbers, Direk Ricky Davao sadly gave an awful performance ( as was his cameo in La Visa Loca– but that’s another story)… Characters I liked were the promdi contestant who stuck tissue wads in his briefs (because he left his labacara), and the PA who I think really was a PA beacuse she was a natural (reminded me of my first job ever– sigh!)… Anyway, I liked Bridal Shower more, but that’s beside the point. The blowup from HD was great, 90% of the parts looked 35mm (but La Visa looked soooo much better)…
After the movie, I still had 2 hours to kill before work so I took the chance to try the Greek Salad at Shakeys (cheap at 95Php compared to the 100+ peso versions ng Club Med and the like). I passed by Shakey’s poster once and saw it, and have been craving for it since. Sulit naman because it had real feta cheese and 3 pepperoni (or was it salami) slices so it was a filling meal. Just go easy (and i mean real EASY) on the dressing cause I found it too sharp for my taste… 95 pesos on a salad is for me major splurge considering I’ll be getting my next paycheck in mid June and I have barely enough left to see me through… but then again, I just spent it and I can’t CTRL Z my actions so I better stop whining.
… and i better stop blogging and get back to work…
