Game Face On

Last week while having lunch with the girls from my work, we talked about our dream wedding – not that any of us are getting married anytime soon. Most of us are well…yes, single. :P

In the middle of our very ‘serious’ discussion, we arrived at the topic of the bouquet toss. We all know the drill right? This is the part where all the single ladies in the room are called in front and the bride will throw her bouquet and whoever catches it will be the next one to get married.

In the Philipipnes, most single ladies get shy to go up in front. Sometimes the parents hinder their daughters who are in their 20s to join (I guess their family is that conservative, eh?). I like the bouquet toss during weddings, I think it’s an exciting and funny part of the program, I love it even more that it’s evolving and there are already different ways of executing it.

I am not shy to admit that I am highly competitive when it comes to this portion of the program. My friends didn’t want to believe me, so I showed them photos of the wedding I attended last year.


“Make sure I’ll be on that spot where the bouquet toss will be! “


This is me warming up. Doing several facial expressions para I know how to react when I get the bouquet.


This is me explaining to my neighbor that I really want to win.


The bride throws her bouquet.


GAME FACE ON!!!


Obviously I didn’t get it…but hey! No hard feelings diba.?

Paulo Coelho once said – if you want something to bad, the universe will conspire to make it happen. Just like any other girl – I obviously want to get married. So if the day comes I will be able to catch a bouquet – I will definitely spread the joy about it.

Thailand Hangover

Drinking and watching shows in Patpong is an adventure.
Shopping at Chatuchak is an adventure.
Sunbathing with half naked foreigners at Phuket is an adventure.
Eating their spicy food and street food is of course another adventure.

Well it seems that these guys will “redefine” adventure in Thailand this May 26, 2011.





I actually got super excited when I saw the full trailer this afternoon. Click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKacS3nYXdE

It made me reminisce on my first trip to Thailand with my friends. We were only there for a couple of days but I would love to go back. I remember we were buying Johnnie Walker Soda Mix in 7-11 so that we would all pass out in our 12 hour bus ride from Bangkok to Phuket. Don’t worry – it’s not like when we did anything crazy on our there like the movie.

I’d love to go back and stay longer though. I totally understand why Thailand gets around 11 million tourists a year. (I think Philippines can have the same but this deserves a separate blog entry).


When I got back, I made a collage on the highlights of our trip because I still had a hangover.




Net take away? Let’s just watch the film when it’s out, visit Thailand at least once in your life and Bradley Cooper, I hope I marry you someday.

Reviving Charanoid’s Android

Since late last year, a good friend of mine would always encourage me to start a blog. I honestly don’t know what I would write about and what url to use – then I remembered that I had a blogspot account since 2008 (if I’m not mistaken).

I realized I already had more than a 120 entries – most of them are quite personal, quotes from favorite books and movies, photos, etc. My apologies in advanced since I’m still in the process of weeding out the highly emotional stuff.

So what’s Charanoid’s Android all about?

Random Shalahs! A Hodge podge of sorts – anything I want to share, useless info I want you to read, insights I want you to ponder on.

Can be about fashion, travel, photography, movies, music, my line of work, concerts, people, celebrities, sports – name it and let me surprise you if I’ll write about it.

Just allow this Jill of all trades to entertain you. :) Let me introduce myself to you once again. I am Char the Star who works for PR. This is Charanoid’s Android simply because I tend to bring paranoia to a different level. Nice to meet ya!

Let’s see if this will work, eh? Wish me luck!