Nicole Andersson

Last night I decided to check out Saabmarine TeleRadyo (via Ustream) hosted by Saab Magalona and RA Rivera just because I have nothing better to do on a late Monday night. One of the guests they had was Nicole Andersson, daughter of local actress and beauty queen, Jean Saburit. She left showbiz to study in the States and now she's back in the country after graduating from college last year.

I had no idea that she has such a great personality!! She's so full of stories, which I like. After telling one of her funny encounters, Saab said something like the reason she liked hanging out with Nicole was because she always has these amazing stories/experiences that seem to happen only to her. Of course, that fascinated me. I immediately wanted to be friends with her. What I like about her the most, though, is that she stays true to herself, being the kwela girl that she is. I enjoyed watching her and Saab rap songs by Nicki Minaj and Drake. She even sung "What's My Name" including Drake's rap and because of that, I hit it off with her instantly haha. Highlight of the night was when she retweeted me on Twitter and then read my message on Skype. :)

Now I'm here friending her on Facebook and backreading her blogspot after backreading her tumblr blog. Yeah, I stalk people I like on the internet, that's how I roll. Hahaha! No, I just want to get to know them, maybe find out if we like the same music, those kinds of things. Besides, there's nothing that interests me more than a person who blogs since I love reading about people's different experiences.

You should check out her blog at nicoleandersson.tumblr.com and read about her escapades and whatnot. Follow her on Twitter, too: @nicoleandersson.

Bus rides to work

One time I was meeting friends in UST and I caught myself saying how I enjoy riding the bus when I go to work. It's not in the sense that I haven't ridden a bus prior to having my OJT in Makati but more on enjoying the bus ride because of the people I get to ride with. See, I like people watching. It's relaxing for me, and more recently it's actually quite become a hobby of mine whenever I go out. Not that I mind their business, it's just figuring out the who, what, where, when, why and how of a certain thing about people that catches my eye. For example, whenever I see someone with their headphones on, I always wonder to myself what kind of music or which artists are they listening to.

This one time I got lucky because I found out what the person I was seated next to (she was a girl) was listening to. From P. Noval to Ayala Ave. I was listening in on her playlist (because the volume on her headphones was that loud). It was personally entertaining because I was playing a game of "guess the song" with myself. Hahaha. So you can imagine that I never really get bored during bus rides to work.

Here's the playlist:

1. Rebecca Black - Friday (What a nice way to start the day, I thought then. NOT.)
2. Rihanna - Hatin' On The Club
3. P!nk - Raise Your Glass
4. Katy Perry - Firework
5. Usher feat. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
6. Glee - I Feel Pretty/Unpretty
7. The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved
8. Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me
9. The Script - Breakeven
10. Rihanna feat. Drake - What's My Name

I missed maybe a couple songs because I couldn't hear them very well. Anyway, I shared this with my friend and he said that it's like the girl and I shared the same music library haha. I agree, I do listen regularly to those artists, with the blatant exception of Rebecca Black.

If there's one thing I'm gonna miss once I'm done with my OJT, it's definitely the riding the bus to work. What with the [unintentional] sharing of music, as well as sharing laughs when I ride with my co-OJT's, it helps play down the tiresome hours I spend on a desk job everyday.