Who wants to FUERZA BRUTA?

Okay, now tell me if this isn't anything but exciting?  It is known to be the likes of STOMP and Cirque du Soleil, difference is -- FUERZA BRUTA is more of  an interactive party with a much welcome scene for audience/party people participation.

Fuerza Bruta, which means "Brute Force" in Spanish has an on-going show here in the country from February 14 to March 26, 2012 at Manila Hotel Tent City. For table reservations and after party details, available online information says you can call 320-111.

So, are we watching? Calling on my party loves! :) 



http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/theater/reviews/25fuer.html

SHOW DATES AND SCHEDULES:Feb 14, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Feb 15, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Feb 16, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Feb 17, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Feb 18, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Feb 20, 2012 | MON | 8PM
Feb 21, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Feb 22, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Feb 23, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Feb 24, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Feb 25, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Feb 27, 2012 | MON | 8PM
Feb 28, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Feb 29, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Mar 01, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Mar 02, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 03, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 05, 2012 | MON | 8PM
Mar 06, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Mar 07, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Mar 08, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Mar 09, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 10, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 12, 2012 | MON | 8PM
Mar 13, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Mar 14, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Mar 15, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Mar 16, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 17, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 19, 2012 | MON | 8PM
Mar 20, 2012 | TUE | 8PM
Mar 21, 2012 | WED | 8PM
Mar 22, 2012 | THU | 8PM
Mar 23, 2012 | FRI | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 24, 2012 | SAT | 8PM & 11PM
Mar 26, 2012 | MON | 8PM

DRINK (Parody/Spoof of Ryan Gosling's DRIVE)

This is a good one from Atomic Productions uploaded in Funny or Die :)

Drink (Drive Parody/Spoof) - watch more funny videos

Word of the Week: RESVERATROL

res·ver·a·trol 

n.

A natural compound found in grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and other plants or food products, especially red wine, that may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease by acting as an antioxidant, antimutagen, and anti-inflammatory.

The red wine compound that's famous for protecting the heart may also shrink your waist. An animal study found that taking a daily supplement led to a 13 percent decrease in calorie consumption and a 29 percent increase in resting metabolic rate.

FACTSOURCE: -BMC Psychology, Women'sHealth 042011

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/resveratrol

That VODKA Drink

So whats your choice of poison? What do you prefer to buzz your night out drinking? Long Island Ice Tea, Bloody Mary or a Screwdriver?

Believe it or not, these vodka-based preference are actually based on science. Essentially, vodka is 40% ethanol and 60% water, a combination that produces clusters of molecules called ethanol hydrates. Low structures of these can taste more watered-down which you will like to swill.

Take note of the calorie count though; Long Island Ice Tea -138, Bloody Mary - 120 and Screwdriver - 181. Now, will we go back to our Beer first love?

Fact Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry/Womens'Health 032011

Charisma's Crazy Beautiful 2011

I have always wanted to do a year-ender-photo-blog, but I though was a writer since college and a photografreak from the longest time imaginable - I was never really able to to do and publish one. Well, today, when I am actually doing one, I have come to realize that 2011 is the best year to start with.. True that reflection happens every end of each year, and as we turn in the calendar we always say that the year we are about to bid good bye to is by far the best year -- however, for Charisma Torres; 2011 is truly one heck of a Memorable, Perpetually Pinned to my Life's Timeline, Crazy Beautiful Year. 

To call it a roller-coaster is an understatement, its more a Yin-Yang-ish kind of year; I had the worst first half and an awesome year's end; truly a manifestation of the Big Man Up Above's Promise of Love, Favor, Restoration and that He can turn one's mourning into dancing. 

My dad having a heart problem, a deeply broken heart, and my best friend leaving for SG to take on a permanent job sprayed my January 2011 with dark shades of grey. It was then followed by scares and an accident that almost cut my life's journey to an untimely ending.

But just when I thought that my year is directed towards a dooms-day fail, it did a sudden somersault which geared me to face the sky over troubled waters, where a perfectly painted rainbow was there waiting to greet me.

My career went heading the direction I've wanted and signed conformes from clients when shooing in, my family was graciously blessed with our property dealings, participated in the MVP Olympics and Ms. PLDT & won 1st runner up, my dad was completely healed, and my heart has been freed from hate and hurting; it is once again ready to truly love and freely live. I was able to write again and read my verses out loud. Also, I have been blessed with the opportunity to relax and travel, meet and gain a few real friends, re-unite old friendships and just spend time with the family + our latest added member, Sushi; my 2 month old baby ShiTzu. Oh, and I have two tattoos; on my back inked in black is the Hebrew of Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven and  inked in white, place on my right arm to remind me that truly, one must Live the Life you Love ♥

Here are my 2011 highlights -- to all those who have faithfully stayed come sunny days or rock bottom; you guys are the best and am truly blessed to have you in my life, to the new friendships; with no doubt you guys have brought color and bliss to my year -- here is to the year that was and to the year that God is about to bless us with - cheers! :)



Mi Familia + Sushi = Perfect Love ♥



Scuba Diving Trips + Awesomes



My PLDT Family



MVP Olympics, Best Muse 1st Runner Up

 

The Girl Who Got INKED
Black: Thy Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven
White: live the life you love <3



Good Old Friends + Brand New Additions

  

Boracay Hits x2 in 2011



 SPONTANEITY at its BEST
Impromptu SINGAPORE Flights and TAGAYTAY Roadtrips

 

My Most Love Girls Since High School



OPEN SPOKEN: Was able to read out load the verses I have written
First Shot at it is with TAKIP SILIM



My Baby Girl Sushi

Charisma Ending her 2011 with Lots of  Love for the People she has been Blessed to Have in her Life, with More Passion for Music, Poetry, Arts and Tattoo ++ Loads of Faith and Hope ♥



Why do smart kids grow up to be heavier drinkers?

Yes, Smart and Heavy Drinkers all in one sentence. The article going around facebook hit the right spot and made me want to do some online tinkering.

A pair of new studies suggests a correlation between intelligence and a thirst for alcohol. What's the connection? According to two long-term studies — one American, one British —  there's a correlation between smarts and a thirst for alcohol. The "more intelligent children in both studies grew up to drink alcohol more frequently and in greater quantities than less intelligent children,"

It's all about evolution: Drinking alcohol was "unintentional, accidental, and haphazard until about 10,000 years ago," says Satoshi Kanazawaat at Psychology Today. Smart people are generally early adopters and, in the context of human history, "the substance [alcohol] and the method of consumption are both evolutionarily novel." The Hypothesis would therefore predict that more intelligent individuals may be more likely to prefer drinking modern alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and distilled spirits) than less intelligent individuals.

Consistent with the prediction of the Hypothesis, more intelligent children, both in the United Kingdom and the United States, grow up to consume alcohol more frequently and in greater quantities than less intelligent children.  Controlling for a large number of demographic variables, such as sex, race, ethnicity, religion, marital status, number of children, education, earnings, depression, satisfaction with life, frequency of socialization with friends, number of recent sex partners, childhood social class, mother's education, and father's education, more intelligent children grow up to drink more alcohol in the UK and the US.

Though studies were done and tested in the American and British environment, I think the above articles taken from the below acknowledged web links are heavily applicable to us here in the Philippines. I have been a self-confessed drinker for 10 years now and still, I have manage to make a career for my self in the Telco industry, having said that: with proper control, choice of drinks and the people you would do it over with plus the doesn't get drunk mastery - I believe to be one of the Smart ones and I have some good friends from that bunch as well.

Cheers to all the Drinks and Good Times this Holiday Season! :)

http://theweek.com/article/index/208561/why-do-smart-kids-grow-up-to-be-heavier-drinkers

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201010/why-intelligent-people-drink-more-alcohol

Word of the Week: DIPSOMANIA

dip.so.ma.ni.a --> [dip-suh-mey-nee-uh, -soh-]

is an irresistible, typically periodic craving for alcoholic drink.

Dipsomania??☺ 

Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. It was used in the 19th century to describe a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are most commonly conceptualized today as alcoholism, but it is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake. The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek δίψα thirst and μανία mania.

from: dictionary.com & wikipedia.com

☼Boracay Virgin, No More!

Yes, I haven't set foot to the the Party Island of the Philippines until this year. Finally, here goes the Photo-Blog of my First Encounter with La Isla Boracay last April 2011.

Cheers to the time-stamps of Uunforgettable Sunsets, "Oh there is the Sunrise Morning", All Night Partyiiiing and "Whatever happened in Boracay never happened at all" Escapades. 





Shark Attack, Boom! With Nathan Roy. Partey Ladies; Pauline Charisma Francesca.
At Summer Place :)

EPIC Night-Oouut with Roy Carlos Cheska and ++ People we met along the night. At Epic :)

 

From GOOFING around at BOM BOM's to LADIES Mode at WHITE HOUSE.
Cheska and Charisma, from Station 2 Wacky-ness to Station 1 Classy-ness :)



Cheska & Ian. Me & the Nice Boracay Beachfront. Party People at the BIGFISH Party. JONA's Crepe &Fruit Shake. Brian & Pauline.

Las Isla Bonita: Francesa and Charisma, Crystal Sands :)

Heard that there's going to be a Boracay Round 2 before 2011 ends. Is this true Team Boracay? Now, Heartbeat of Enrique Iglesias is playing on my mindPOD.