White

Bench got it right!!!!!!!





We're In for white Pants!!!!!!

(and Red for Tops!)

Velma and the Cowboys

She Bangs!

Look who's sporting the Velma hairstyle now.

Cristina Ricci in Speed Racer
Kate Bosworth in 21
and Rihanna (5 minutes ago)!

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Cute Cowboys:

We love the cowboy hat on James Dean in Giant. Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise. Matt Damon in All The Pretty Horses. Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon. And of course, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain.

But look who's wearing it now.....


It's Ryan Philippe in Stop-Loss

Lyka's Tragedy

May bagong hobby ngayon ang yours trulala! Siyeeet!

Inspired by Kablog's Politik Kills, ang Lyka feeling editor na! Chos! Matagal ko ng gustong gawin to and i thought mahirap sya. Di naman pala (masyado). Ilang oras din ang pagawa ko nito ha. Ilang sticks rin ng yosi ang naubos. Buti na lang di nagka pressure ulcers ang pwet ko. Kaya panoorin nyo naman.

Lyka's Tragedy. Six of my favorite movies ever. Eto sya:


Can you name the six films feautured? Di ko nga alam kung bakit gustong gusto kong manood ng mga pelikulang katulad ng mga toh!

First ever editing project ng Lyka toh, kaya mga critics dyan, wag mashadong mag-expect. Tse!

Salamat Jake! Sa tulong!

A Moment Lyk This

A scene from The Bubble by Eytan Fox (Yossi and Jagger)



Ang Kaba. Ang Tensyon. Ang Reaction. Diva moment talaga toh? .... Naranasan nyo na ba toh? Go kwento! Here's for even-better more-kilig moment.

Dear Lyka

I didnt expect na maka-receive ako ng letter from my biological sister na si Maria. Matagal na rin kasi kaming di nagkita o mag-usap man lang ni Ate. Di ko nga alam kung nasaan na sya.

Eto ang letter ng Sister ko para sa kin:

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Dear Lyka,

Won't you come out to play? Dear Lyka, greet the brand new day! The sun is up, the sky is blue. It's beautiful, and so are you! Dear Lyka, wont you come out to play?

Dear Lyka, open up your eyes! Dear Lyka, see the sunny skies. The wind is low. The birds all sing... that you are part of everything. Dear Lyka, won't you open up your eyes.

Look around! Look around! Look around!

Won't you come OUT to play?

Nagmamahal ng lubos,
-Bergen, Maria

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Anovayan Ate Maria?! Pina-cry mo naman akoh. Pero tama ka! Ilang buwan din akong ayaw lumabas. Ilang buwan ding nakasara lang ang aking mga bintana. Ilang buwan din akong walang gana sa lahat. Tama na toh! Sobra na! I need to open up my eyes na! I have to come OUT and play na! Salamat Ate Maria! Isa kang tunay na Bergen! Salamat!

(Pero 'day! Wiz originality naman yang letter mo sa ketch. Gaya-gaya ka talagah ever. Kinopya ba naman sa Dear Prudence ng The Beatles. Tse!)

Oo na! Alam ko Maria na drama mo lang yan para gawin ang Dear Prudence as Lyka's Song of the Week! Sige na nga. Yan! listen mo na ang version ng Across the Universe cast below at version naman ng Siouxsie and The Banshees sa youtube video sa sidebar. (or ni Alanis Morissette's here). Vavoooo and pray for me!


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Bye Buy Boy!

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Pathetic Ang Pagbabate!

Ala-una ng umaga. Mahirap mag-isa. Malungkot. Walang magawa. Kaya naisip ko na magbate na lang.... magbate ng itlog.

After pagbabate. Ano ngayon?

Gumisa ng onions at lagyan ng sliced sweet ham.


Add ang binateng itlog at lagyan ng salt and Pa-mhin-ta.


Ang ending..... ayan pwedeng pwede na!


Go! At lafang na!

Sabi nila papayat ka raw sa pagbabate. Pero ako, lalong tumataba. Mahirap ngang mag-isa. Malungkot. Walang kausap. Walang kwenta. Sana, nandito ka.

When Lyka Meets Kablog!

Nakipag-inuman si yours trulala ke Jake, of Kablog blog! Una itong pagtatagpo ng dalawa. Blogger to Blogger kung baga. Nanood ng "God Only Knows" ni Mark V. Reyes starring Angel Aquino sa San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival dyan lang sa malapit. Nauwi sa usapang film sa bahay until malashing. Yun lang po. Period.



Isa lang ang masasabi ko about Jake, matindi ang sex appeal nitoh! Kakainis. Tse!


Buti pa si Norah, nahalikan. Chos!

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Teresa Victoria 'TV' Carpio's 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' is Lyka's Song of the Week from the film Across The Universe.

Suave ang boses ng bruhang Pinay na toh! Galing! Lyk ko! Listen (or watch sa sidebar) at baka lyk nyo rin ang Lola.

DEAR CHARO(T)

Dear Charo,

Hello.

Ako'y isang loyal na maninira ng iyong palabas sa TV (for 10 years na!) pero dahil wala na akong mapuntahan, at di kami talo ni Joe di Mango, naisipan kong magpakumbaba at sumulat sa iyo for some advice. My name is Ekra. Ekra Tan. Isang simpleng ngunit bonggang bading ba o pa mhin ang tawag na nilalang dito sa gay mecca ng San Francisco.

Pause or Pose?

Pose.
...

...

...

Still posing.

Hikbi. Sa tinagal ng buhay kabadingan, at sa mabibilang kong posibleng maging jowa na nakilala dito sa America, ngayon lang ako nakakita ng isang lalakeng mukhang may potential na tatagal at di ako iiwan o vice versa. Karamihan kasi sa mga serious dating guys ko eh taga ibang bansa o temporary lang dito sa America. At hindi ko sila sa Campo Crame o Olongapo Naval Base na meet ha!!! Si ano yon. You know. Chot! Sia ay isang 26 anyos na maputing Americano, 6'2" ang tangkad (nagmumukha akong mail order bride from Asia sa mga pics namin), at guapo din naman. Di ba Lyks?

Mga dalawang buwan na kaming nag da date. I think my issue is, I'm kinda not used to someone who stays and might commit so I'm kinda scared about Intimacy. Hindi yan brand ng panty Indian Mermaid tanga! Ahehehhehe.. Joke lang, isang frutas yan. Bili ka mamaya k? Hindi ko pa sia sinasagot although willing na ang papa mong maging jowa ko ever. Ba yun!

Pose uli. Please???

Punyetah!! Maling pic!! Neighbor namin yan sa Ghana na mangkukulam!!! Si Mama O pinakialaman na naman ang photo catalogue ko!! Ignore that pic please. Pero in fairness sikat yan si Mebeke Sahita sa Ghana. Sa pangalan pa lang eh disturbing na. Permanent yata ang beke nia since childbirth at yan daw ang source ng healing or killing powers nia. So mag bigay pugay. For Donations call 1-800-MEBEKE.

Back to my lovelife. So ano na Charo? Ano na? Natatakot ako. I'm not used to being with someone this young and committed. Paano kung iwan nia ako sa isang ka age nia? Paano kung makakita ako ng mas guapo? Paano kung I won't be able to say I love you even in sign language? Paano kung gumaling na ang beke ni Mebeke? Paano na???? Tulungan nio naman ako please!!!

Paano kung mag pose kaya ako one more time!

So yun po ang kuwento ng aking simple ngunit makapagbagbag dyugdyugang buhay dito sa jamerica. I think ako ang may problema at hindi ang jowa. Ano ang dapat kong gawin? How much time should I give him or myself?

This is so hard. So long. So thick. So rough. Ba yun! I mean, nahihirapan ako!!!!! Sorry gurls kung ang come back posting ko eh dramalou blanco ng buhay ko. I'm sure sisikat din ang araw. At palaki ng palaki ang beke ni Mebeke. Yung juice daw nun eh sold out na, binili lahat ni Oprah. Mas powerful daw keysa Noni Juice. May limang nipples sa beke nia so squirt lang ng squirt ito as needed. Mag bigay galang mga bakla!! Di kaya ng mga hemmorrhoids nio ang powers ng beke ni Mebeke. Unless may bunganga ito at nagsasalita!!

Salamat Charo. I hope you can shed light and hope into my situation. At please lang, puedeng paki basa ng sulat ko on TV using a one angle one camera shot lang. Ang laki kasi ng cheekbones mo. Iisang angle lang ang OKAY, halos di pa kagandahan masyado. Get advice from Juday! Anyway, before I go back to my photo shoot, I leave you with this hopeful performance on you tube. Sana naman ay marating natin lahat ang lugar na tinatawag na SOMEWHERE....




Nagmamahal,

Ekra

Dear Bb. Pilipinas

Dear Tita Stella and Pitoy!

Pls lang. Send the Runners-Up to the World and the Universe. Mas may nakikitang ibang liz alindogan aketch sa mga muratz na itets.

Ang Lola Nacuspag for Universe. Sa name pa lang exotica na. Ala Techie ang datets. Papansinin ng mga German Judgie-belles. Chos! Magaling pang sumagot compared sa ipapadala nyong si Janina Boba for Miss World. Tough Ten material for Miss U itong si Tita Eli! Tse!

At si Tita Dani naman for Miss World. Ala Justine Gabionza ang beutah nitets. Papansinin sa Tsina. Fresh at mukhang expensive naman compared ke Janina Boba. I am pretty.... (Yes i am pretty!) I am pretty sure Tita Julia will lyk her.

Pwede pa bang palitan mga Lola? Kasi alam nyo, Tita Stella at Pitoy, parang gusto kung ibato tong PC ko sa inyo! Pwe!

Study Hard,
Lyka

AI's Top or Bottom: Week 1

This week on American Idol.....

My Top 3:


I loved Chikezie's She's A Woman! The best this week.

My Bottom 3:


I am sorry David H. You overdid it!

My Bottom 3 Prediction:


.... with David Hernandez leaving. Bye bye Stripper... but you can Top me anytime! Choz!

Haaay! Ewan. Kahit sino na kina David, Syesha, at Kristy ang matanggal, wa kong paki basta pasok lang ang David Archuleta. Tse! Mag Madonna na nga lang tayo. Madonna Decena....... pasok!

Kabaklaan Blues

I am tired of being gay.

I had a good talk with Mama O last Saturday about being gay and getting old. It was at a deck of a cabin along the river, away from the city. There, we celebrated our birthday with sister Ekra and his BF and of course, Indian Mermaid.

Besides sharing the same birth date, Mama O and I have the same strong compulsion for cigs. Every time I see him going out at the deck to smoke, my drive would lead me out to do the same.

It was a nice early afternoon. The sun was out and the river scene was spectacular. I grabbed a couple bottles of Corona and had a quiet moment with Mama O outside.

Our silence made the chirping sound of the birds more audible. It was calming. Worries gone. I enjoyed it with a stick of Marlboro Lights, a beer, and a best-friend around whom I thought, harmonized his thoughts with mine without saying anything. The still moment remained.... until a red kayak came into sight down the river. There was man on board.

"Gwapo ba?", me interrupting the silence. "Gurang!(Matanda!)" ang sagot ng the O. "Leche!" accompanied by a mahjongerra laugh to overshadow the birds chirping.

I thought of how old is old. Since we just added another year to our age that day, I thought we were laughing to ourselves.
"So we'd lived half of our lives already..." , conveyed to Mama O. " are you bothered?"

"We are fucking 35! I am fucking 35!" the exact words that came out from his mouth. When it comes to career, Mama O is quite satisfied. He thought of being financially stable with a nice house in the city and some good investments here and back home. Quite an accomplishment for his 35 years on earth. I asked him of how happy he is on a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is super happy. He gave me 4.

4 bends toward the sad side, I told him. He told me, it's not all career. So, then what is lacking? "I need love for inspiration" is what I got next. I honestly thought that I am not bothered of me having no special someone right now but when I heard those words from Mama O, I started to think.

I am 35, getting older and have nobody to share life with. Moreover, into hiding still. Hmmm, That's me getting old and gay and alone. Yicks! If I were straight, I thought, I might already have a wife and kids at this age. No closet to hide and no thoughts of what others may say. I may be happier. I felt tired of being gay.

Achoooooo! Ano raw? Tired of being Gay? Hello? EtChos lang yun!

Seriously, (natauhan bigla!) having no BF at this age doesnt mean that we're lonely. It was just a shoddy moment for us thinking about being gay and getting old. We have each other naman (not in an incestuous way, mga gagah!), we have friends around us, families to support us, nephews and nieces who adore us. And of course, a stable career. It is not all kalandian alone!

I say, we're no lonesome aging gays at all. I believe that the low Happiness Level of 4 Mama O gave me was due to that moving scenery by the river. The still moment with the waving trees and the slow flowing waters made him rate himself that. It was sooo Brokeback Moment for him. Thus, the low score.

He has everything except the love life. (though Sex, in Mama O's part is abundant. Which in my case, is not that important at this time). A Love Life is just a part of Happiness. I told him. It doesnt score a 6 against everything. You are single, but not lonely.

Sometimes, we are preoccupied with the things we dont have and desire too much to own them and forget about the beautiful things we already possess.

Yes! We are fucking 35. I am fucking 35! It is just a number. I love it that now I am more wise and have a lot of beautiful memories to think of. And my Happiness is not measured by having a BF alone. It is more than that. I may not be COMPLETE right now but who is anyway?

End of conversation. We went back inside the Cabin. Ekra is with his BF. Indian Mermaid's sending an E-Mail to his. I smiled. I am happy for them. I thought of some beautiful things that I have that they may not have. I look at Mama O. He was smiling too.

I am happy for all of us! Oh diva? Kaya inuman na!

A toast for being Gay and 35!!!!! Yahooo!

Aging and Being Gay: It doesnt matter as long as we continue to exist, to go on and discover some more hidden beauties in life. To breathe is wonderful!

Happy Birthday Cake

The same day, the same year, pinanganak ang dalawang bading ng LTE. Habang inuluwa ng nanay ni Mama O ang anak nyang bading, ang Nanay naman ni Lyka ay nasa transistion stage 0f Labor na rin, handa na ring mag-push para ilabas ang beautiful Lyka.

Therefore, I conclude, mas matanda ang Mama O ke sa kin. Tse!

(BTW, ang cake na yan ay bigay ng crush ko. Kaya kahit mali ang color combination, lyk ko pa rin sya. Vavoooo!)

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How old na ba kamo? Hayaang sagutin ng O.M.D. ang tanong na yan. Secret is our Song of the week. HS Freshmen kami ng Mama O ng sumikat ang kantang toh!

Ayoko na! Ayoko na ng tanong tungkol sa edad. Makinig na lang kayo at baka masabunutan ko pa kayo. Chos!

Project: Indian Mermaid

The Lyka Bergen Project Presents.........

Indian Mermaid (also known as Dyesebel Patel) is half-Indian and half-Pinoy. Yet 100% Gay. A house-mate at Mama O's, Mermaid and I met through blogging. Ang landi pala ng bruha! Taking over Ekra's former room, Mama O and I enjoy having her for his kalandian all over.

Now, here she is.....presenting, Miss Indian Mermaid!!!!!!


"Her beauty lies over the ocean, Her beauty lies over the sea".



(Click photos to enlarge) Location: Our Garage. Asan kayo? Sa motorsiklo or sa sumasakay dito?


Indian Mermaid in one of her pa-demure effects. Effective naman trulala. Tatlong Papa ang pinagpipilian ngayon. Davu? Azan ka dyan?


O di ba? Tinalo si Sush and Ash ditets! Tse!



Indian Mermaid stands 5'11". Pang model talaga ang lokah! But her greatest dream is to do Theater. She's busy doing auditions lately. No callbacks yet, but who knows?

The beauty of the Mermaid is very much available for grabs. But sorry guys, she's not into Pinoys very much. Chos!

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Maybe you've seen her from this YouTube video before. She's one of The Kikis from Myx. Mermaid was once malusog ha. Pero effective ang diet kaya sexy na ngayon. Watch below to prove. She's the one wearing the pink wig.

Thanks to Indian Mermaid for the photo shoot and the support for The Lyka Bergen Show. You'll definetely see more of her soon.

Project: Indian Mermaid
Location: Mama O's Garage
Styled by: Dulce and Dabiana
Fcuked by: Steve, Mike, and Chad (Chos!)

(Indian Mermaid no longer blogs).

Previously: Project:Nicole