catching up with friends

my friend and former bandmate rico sobrevinas (oour former sax player) and his wife marj came to our show at off the grill last night. its nice to catch up with friends. we get to share our lives once again. sa sobrang busy kasi namin wala na kaming time to even text man lang. isa sa mga close friend ko c rix. hes fun to be with and marami na rin kasi kaming pinagdaanan na hirap at saya. its good to know hes okay with life. mejo maganda ang work ni marj, hes waiting for a bhaye na hopefully would come by next month. anyways, usap lang kami about my tindahan, and new work. kulitan. nag jam siya with us on most of our 2nd and 3rd sets. hopefully magkita ulet kami after his bday! hehe sa aug6. paslamat ka rix, di ko sinabi lapit na bday mo kundi ikaw sumagot ng pagkain namin. hahahaha. went home so tired but its all good. finally nag okay na yung proposal ni faye sa laundry consignment namn with poshnails. so meron na naman kaming pagkakapuyatan. blessings always come.thats why were always thankful and grateful to Him!

update sites

 July 26, i spent the whole day updating my friendster, sulit.com.ph, multiply, fairground.ph. dami ko kasi in-upload na pix, vids and music. anyways, il try to be prompt sa pag post ng pics. faye wasnt feeling very well. she stayed home to rest. its rare nowadays na maka stay lang kami sa house dahil sobra daming activities. 

July 27, we went to church at 1030am. The Brown Raise Seminar, i thought i was going to hear coach noel tan speak. inintroduce nya lang si pastor anne pala. i had hoped to attend the seminar after the service but i had too many things to do pa. sayang. nagkita nila criss, ate at reyes barbecue. siyempre c pia… pusit order. pareho kami mahilig sa seafood. nag ikot sandali sa greenbelt. finally nakahanap si faye ng rubber cover para sa steering wheel nya. cyempre mura. tuwang tuwa. hihihi. ako bumili ng celfone holder. gamit ko na nga ngayon sa opis e. sobra lakas ng ulan. nag black-out sandali. then, we all went to mega mall. ksama c criss. dun cya nag gym. visit namin jayvee(color it red) before going to globelines. ako naman natuwa kasi, i had my subscription with them terminated kasi ilipat ko na yung tindahan sa antipolo. the great thing about it was, the girl there waived my pre-termination charges. sobrang thankful ako sa kanya. talagang a lot of good things happen to you if you just know how to communicate with other people noh. basta maganda lang ang pagkausap mo.. after that, we went to adidas. faye bought me shoes. black sneakers. ganda-ganda. umikot kami sa toy kingdom. hehe. natuwa ako dun. sarap bumalik sa pagkabata at maglaro. kami ni faye kwentuhan lang dun. after nun, uwi na. hatid lang namin c pia sa house and then diretso ke may sa bagong barrio. namatay kasi yung brother nya. rheumatic heart. parang sakit ng bestfriend ko namatay din when we were in grade5. c juven. we stayed there. kinumusta c may and alis din after an hour and a half. went home. tired but altogether happy. sa mga simple miracles na nangyari within the day. we watched The Incredible Hulk before going to sleep.

busy 2 weeks

My boss gave me  a task last week. challenging. thats why i dint get the chance to post up. but its all good. mas masaya pag maraming ginagawa sa work kesa naka prente ka lang diba? for the longest time, hindi na kami nakakapag rehearse ng banda. finally JULY 17 naka pag rehearse din. but its not for us. its for a show with christian bautista. hehe. may na discover ako.. galing pala kumanta ng bass player namin na si clarence garcia aka gabby c. hehe. pero rock gusto niya kantahin. were talking about incorporating some classic tunes nung glam rock era with our sets sa gigs. just for laughs. tingnan natin. 

JULY 19, we left for Cagayan De Oroat 4:15am via cebu pacific. ahh the beautiful sunrise, i could see from 32,000feet. sarap talaga mag nature trip. hehe. we got there by 5:45am. it was a cold morning. ewan ko bakit ang lamig dun. cguro dahil maraming bundok pa. and trees and plants. at 7am went straight to the hotel. ordered some breakfast before taking an hour hour nap. 930am we were on our way to theconcert hall <gymansium> hehe. sa corpus christi school. something something.nag dunkin nga pala muna kami. sponsor kasi. sarap icy choco! 

We got there. set up gamit, anotk pa. init. sound check muna. dumating c christian. run thru ng mga medleys. cguro around an hour. may picture pa kami habang nagpapraktis. post ko na lang. after run thru, we dropped by a pasalubong store somewhere near chris’ hotel. bought some roasted peanuts, butterscotch, and yung bread na may sobrang tamis na filling sa loob. grabe yun. eeepppp! tamis.

We ate lunch after that. sponsored pa rin. not so good food so i wont talk about it na lang. whew finally makakatulog na ko. kasama ko cymepre c faye. hay sarap matulog. woke up around 5pm coz we had to prep up for the show. 7pm call time. we were ready by 7pm. they picked us up at 8pm. pagdating dun, took a 10min break then show time na. as always, pag ke christian, ang maririnig mo lang is yung hiyawan ng mga tao kesa sa kanta niya. iba talaga. hehe. we finished around 10pm. whew. kapagod, but its all good. we went straight back to the hotel, nag order ng mcdonalds… hehehe. mga pare SKY IS THE LIMIT, ika nga ni clarence! bwahahaha. we talked, bonded up til 2am, we all had to sleep coz tomorrow may mga kanya kanyang gawain na naman.

JULY20, flight was at 620am, no delays naman thank god. we got back to manila 715am. went straight to greenbelt. dun na kami naghiwalay nila hannche and clarence. magkasam kami ni faye, attended service 8am. after that we ate breakfast at jollibee. before going home. then we slept na ulet. meeting with jean re: angkol leo that night. shewent home at 1am the ff. day.

thanx STAGES for the accomodation and sa pag alaga samin. Jeff of Stages salamat po.

heart of the matter

i first heard this song when i was on vacation sa cebu last 1995. i came across a cassette tape of my brother, neil. i listened to it. i listened and i loved it since then. this song was sung by don henley from the eagles. you know. yung kumanta ng hotel california. kaso he sang this for his last solo album. when i read the lyrics, it struck me hard. kasi in essence, it was all about forgiveness. cno ba sa atin ang madaling magpatawad? mahirap diba? almost always, the bitterness eats you up inside. and youve got nothing except your pride…

Heart Of The Matter- Live

not her day

faye lost her wallet in the office. somebody took it while they were in the pantry having their lunch break. so sad. kasi ang hirap ng nananakawan. daming hassle. anyways, im treating her dinner or nuod sine tonight. para naman malibang bbe ko. wawa naman. but theres always something good in every bad situation diba. hay. and im listening to beethovens “moonlight sonata” while writing this. nakak depress. try it.

Moonlight Sonata

Good Morning Cubao

I had a very busy weekend with my family. We watched BIG(Tom Hanks) when i got home from work last friday. Gusto ko talaga mapanuod ni pia yun  kc it has a moral lesson na bagay for kids. Baliktad, tayong mga adults naman, trying hard magpaka bata. Kasi ang sarap maging bata. Well at least from my experience. Lots of good memories. Last saturday we had a small gathering sa compound kasi bday ni andy. Happy Bday Andy! We ate and talked. after the celebration we got back sa house and stayed there. practice cila ng “my girl”. On Sunday, we went to Bread in the am. We ate lunch with Criss sa TokyoTokyo. Punta ng landmark, looked for pias dress and shoes. wala naman kami nahanap. Globelines, inquired abt the transfer. Went home for a while. We went to trinoma naman. Then went to SM The Block. Launch ng album ni tintin. Then ikot ulet dun. finally nakahanap kami  ng damit. pati c faye naka buy na din. Wow na Wow yung dress nya. elegant black. ganda. we went home. so tired. i just ate dinner and we all went to bed. 11pm 

guess how much?

Tapos na maliligayang araw ko sa mrt. balik sa dati. siksikan at unahan. last night i had to wait for the 4th train para lang makasiksik sa maliit na space sa pinaka bukana ng pintuan. lalim nun a! nkakaawa lang talaga yung mga kasabay kong mga babae. kasama sa mga tinutulak. went straight to shopwise for  some groceries. i met up with faye there. darn she was so beautiful. still fresh from the hair relax she had, the other night with tanta. guess what, i bought sneakers. guess how much? haha.. ang ganda. ipost ko asap. 

Pasig Day

  Got up at 9am coz i slept so late. (Had to look for pictures na gamitin ni pia for her reporting. nag sort ako sa napakadaming jaryo looking for a picture of any mining activity dito sa pinas. Grade 3   pa lang cya pero may reporting  na.) Anyway, Paku Herrera, my former bandmate dropped by. Sobra kulet ng taong to. Yun ang na miss ko sa kanya. Medyo matagal kasi nawala sa kabihasnan. Nasa mas magandang lugar siya. hehehe. On my way to work, a miracle happened. Yung MRT hindi  puno. To think na 9:50am pa lang. Usually sobrang siksikan pa din dun. How i wish laging ganito sa MRT. May pix ako pero i upload ko na lang next time. Ganda ni faye tonight. Nagpa hair relax and nagpa trim. Hmm… Ganda ganda! She came home late also kasi kasma niya si tata pumunta kay nina.