Make tusok the fishballs
The CafePress bug bit me hard so I made another shop, this time selling fun household items and apparel carrying playful Pinoy food prints like isaw, bibingka, sago’t gulaman and the like. Hope you can check it out. 
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Do you dig the itchyworms!? (We do!) There’s good news, their much-awaited 2nd album Noontime Show is out. It’s a steal at P250 and is probably the best local rock album Arn and I have listened to in a long time. It still has the itchies’ signature catchy melodies but their music and writing have matured in terms of style and substance. Apart from the early favorites “Buwan” and “Akin Ka Na Lang”, you have to listen closely to the lyrics of “Theme From Noontime Show” (hanggang dito na lang ba ang masa?), “Contestant #1″ (kalahok sa kalokohan, kala mo ay panalo ka) and “Soap o Pera” (sa pangongopya lang ba tayo magaling?) and then say “hooray, it’s about time someone said something about the state of local TV programming!” A must-listen-to is “Production Number”, a 12-minute hodgepodge of snippets spoofing the different characters polluting noontime TV — it’s a riot!
UPDATE:Since I posted this entry, I’ve been receiving tons of hits via “Google Search: itchyworms akin ka na lang lyrics”. The correct link is here, peeps.
And as a bonus, here are really retro pics of them (c.1998 I think) from their early gigging days.
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..and what was just a world is a star. 
... this wonderful feeling? 
Oct 19th 2005
silly and so eng-eng of me! kaw pala may design ng mga ito! I was speed-reading, oggling at the pictures and muttering, aba ang galing naman ng nakaisip na gumagawa ng t-shirts like these. Yun pala ikaw!!!
Oct 19th 2005
Shei!! Thanks ha, so glad you liked them.
Oct 21st 2005
grabe cyn ang retro ng mga pics na yun! kelv, jugs and chino were sooooo skinny (bordering on tubercular, i think!) si jazz..hmm…ganun pa rin!
i cannot tell you what a riot it was when i first listened to a rough demo of production number. as in umiiyak talaga ako sa tawa! their music has matured so much and i’m proud to say we’ve been around since they first started making music. all those years ago…!
oh yeah, nagback up vocals ako sa production number…tingnan ko nga kung mahalata mong ako yun!
Oct 22nd 2005
Jennydear,
Hehee I have a good idea which part you sang — nahula na namin ni Arn the first time we listened to it! Pls extend my congrats (again) to your hunny.
Oct 24th 2005
oh my gosh, this is just perfect for our streetfood-themed Lasang Pinoy!!! this month, deadline tomorrow — cynthia, i just found your blog. i know you didn’t mean this to be an entry but i hope you won’t mind if we include it in the roundup? so ingenious and so pinoy! (if you want more info on the blogging event, please come visit my blog and click on the button on the right that says “lasang pinoy”.
Oct 24th 2005
Hi Stef!
Sure you can include this post in the roundup, how funny! Perfect pa ng timing, and you’re right, I had no idea at all about the event. Thanks so much for the kind words and for letting me know about your food blog. I love your entries! 
Oct 28th 2005
Hi Cyn! I just nabbed my own “tusok-tusok” shirt from your Cafepress store, in grey of course! Galeng naman, I was immediately hooked with the design/theme. I do heart Filipino food.
Oct 29th 2005
Hey Luis! Yay!!! Thanks so much for supporting my little effort
Ayan, you’ll be my shops walking ad hehe. Lemme know if the quality is good ha? Thanks again so much 
Nov 26th 2005
Brando needs lyrics ng Akin Ka Nalang……. O_o Email here, buloy1o1@Yahoo.com… salamat po…. Ternokitz out!!
Nov 27th 2005
Umm, here’s the link Mr Brando: http://www.geocities.com/itchyweb/songhits/akinkanalang.txt
Nov 28th 2005
thanks for the link back, dearie! checked out the pics from your 1995-98 album… as jazz would say, “ang retro!”
Nov 28th 2005
Hey Nix! Oo naman ano, and as for the pic, grabe kilala ko hubby mo nung mumunti pa sya — ang retro nga! Hehe. Regards to Jazz, Keoni and Ninja.
Nov 29th 2005
Hi Cyn!
Really cool products! Ok ito para sa mga friends, lalo na yung mga nasa ibang bansa na. My high school kabarkadas Michelle and Juris will LOVE this!
Nov 29th 2005
Hey Kat! How are you? How nice to see you here!
Thanks talaga for your support. I remember Juris and Michelle (I think), basta Juris is Mrs de Guzman’s daughter diba? Yah I hope they’ll like the stuff too, pls send them my regards 
May 27th 2006
hi, i was wondering how i can purchase the cute t-shirts….i love the one with isaw for my fiancee….can you please e-mail the address of your shop? thanks a lot….
Aug 8th 2006
pwede pakisend naman lyrics ng production number…i really like it
Aug 8th 2006
pwede pakisend naman yung lyrics ng production number…i really like it pare,,…please!!!! pakisend nalang sa email add ko..bluewolves_champ@yahoo.com
matsala!ganda ng mga designs mo pare..
Aug 8th 2006
hintayin ko ngayon ha..
Aug 8th 2006
bluewolves_champ@yahoo.com