The DJ who's not a DeeJay

For more than three hundred days 
You've been writing the same way 
And now on the verge of turning the leaf 
The last digit is all that makes it unique.

Gift-giving, holiday greetings
Surge of happiness everywhere abounds
Hugs and kisses, laughs and smiles,
If only we were like this all-year round.

a candy cane on our Christmas tree

Keys that don't fit any hole, keys only unlock a melody·

Bunching together side by side 
It doesn't matter if you're tall or wide 
Keep steady, be patient 
And encapsulate a split second moment.

Sniffing to contain, the tears that remain·
The moist that knows behold·
The eyes are dry but squint with might·
For each gush of wind that blows in record time.

Fastfood in a rush  
Line up, pay, sit, grab & munch  
A quick fix for lunch.

Celebrating a milestone, growing old with the one you love·
Thousands of days and millions of minutes since Day 1·
Deep inside each other's hearts, You're still the one.

The earth moving under your feet
The ground cracks wide open and eats you like meat
Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide
Going airborne is the only safe ride.

Within these borders 

First blood goes under the knife 
Then total annihialation of its life 
Disintegrated into liquid, and trapped in a glass  
Taste to appreciate its essence and new mass.

Get it for free, for you to see·

Bathing in aroma·
Brings an overdose of scent·
Bring back my sense of smell·
For your perfrume's odor is like a sea of stench.

This song and video was created almost 2 years ago as an example on how to make a message viral.  I just saw this today, but I'd like to share it cause there is truth to their point.  Telemarketing and direct mail are a thing of the past.   Thank God for the Internet !



Their song "Oughta Know Inbound Marketing", composed by HubSpot's Rebecca Corliss is sung to the tune of Alanis Morissette's "Oughta Know."

Find directions to your essence 
Lead to your sense of purpose 
You know who to report to 
You now know what to do.

A straight path that ceases to exist 
A countdown reaching the end of the list 
Beat the clock and keep in mind 
That you've finished ahead of time.

Jack be nimble Jack be quick 
Jack declaims to the tune of a beat 
Packing more words spoken in a frame 
Words of rhyme is the name of the game.

Congratulations to Gloc 9 and Noel Cabangon for bagging the most number of awards at the recently concluded 23rd Awit Awards held at Centerstage in Mall of Asia last September 30, 2010. You guys well deserve your awards. I'll be posting the entire list of winners soon.

Noel Cabangon won several awards for his album entitled "Byahe" while Gloc 9 won several awards for his song "Upuan" featuring Jeazell Grutas of Zelle.   In his acceptance speech for Song of The Year, he gave thanks to everyone who supported and believed in his talent with a special mention to FrancisM, who he has always considered his idol.  Gloc 9 performed this Song of The Year winner "Upuan" as the finale along with Yeng Constantino and Aiza Seguera.

Over 41 awards in technical & performance categories were given away.    In addition, a new set of awards were given for artist and songs with the most online and mobile downloads.   

Other winners included Charice Pempengco, Sarah Geronimo, Bugoy Drilon, SinoSikat, Joung JV, Rhap Salazar, Kris Lawrence, Yeng Constantino, Toni Gonzaga, Franco, Jaya and Piolo Pascual.  


Here is Gloc 9's awward winning song "Upuan".

A temporary abode, a piece of the pie
A place you call home yet only a phase of your life
No use to spice, it's not for keeps
The day will come that you'll need to leave.

Your body moves to a constant sound
The self makes movements outbound
Precise timing made for a turnaround
And you realize the ecstatic joy your body just found

This was so hilarious that I had to share it ! These guys from the military make their own music video version of Lady Gaga's "Telephone". I couldn't imagine guys in fatigue dancing like this. And the others ? Well, let's just say that they got creative with whatever props they could use to spicen up the video. Oh and the chubby guy ROCKS !

Reflexes slow down like traffic on a busy highwayMay need to jumpstart some skills just to make it through the day

It's moist magic in action
Moisture forms and gravity forces it in motion
Armies are born and escape their base
On the ground they drop and leave a liquid trace.

Never a traffic jam, shoulder rarely used
This is a road that never bends
A dead end won't stop anyone from taking this path
The road is only good for the beginning or end.

Place your nourishment inside my box
You set the time, I'll start the clock
Watch me rotate your container round and round
You'll find me sizzling hot after the clicking sound

Extend my reach, boost my signal
Let me find your path
I'll connect you to a new world
One frequency will bind our patch

May be I'll  keep my old laptop and get this instead.  Looks like a wonderful Christmas gift for myself.

Since its inception, I've been joining the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 Writing Project.  Discovering new blogs is both a joy and to be enjoyed.  Having said that, here's my personal list for the Top 10 Influential Blogs for 2010:

Aileen & I got married the day after Christmas last year.  But months before our wedding and during our numerous wedding planning sessions, we took creative breaks from wedding discussions and talked about one of our favorite passions: blogging.   Aileen already had a wedding blog way back even before we knew each other. So we thought of conceptualizing a joint blog where we could tell our stories as newlyweds and how life is as a newly married couple.  It's not a mushy blog.  It's actually about day to day discoveries of living in a new home.

• Version Mine - http://www.versionmine.com/

I already have a music site but it's catered specifically for Pinoy Music.  Aside from facebook, I didn't have any other site to share my non-OPM interests.  And since, I never had a video blog yet, I thought of putting up Version Mine.   It's a music video blog catered to amateurs who perform their own versions of popular songs, whether it may be an acoustic version, a piano version, an acapella version or a one-man band version.     You'll be amazed at how great these people render their own versions, sometimes even better than the originals.  And this is how the likes of Charice and Arnel Pineda both entered into stardom.

• KumaKain, Food Photography - http://www.kumakain.com/

Having attended several events and gone to so many places and restaurants over the years,  I discovered that I had a huge archive of photos.  And a lot of them are pictures of food.   So I thought of putting them to good use and sharing them to everyone online by creating a photo blog catered to foods.   Hopefully, you'll get hungry while viewing.

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  http://gagongkasabihan.blogspot.com/

• Jejemon World 1.0 - http://www.jejejeje.com

It's not a jejemon blog but a blog about jejemon, sharing jejemon resources online and some jejemon sightings.   Love 'em or hate 'em, they've made noise in their own unique way.

• Paranaque City Life - http://paranaquelife.blogspot.com

Since I got married, I've lived only in Paranaque for 8 months.  I didn't know much about the city and was at a lost at first.  But thanks to this blog, I got some tips and what, who and where on things I needed to know.  It got me to know more about the new city I live in.

• Tea, Completely - http://www.teacompletely.com

I love tea.  And I guess every other tea lover would show interest in reading a tea blog.  The great thing is that they review all kinds of tea: hot, cold, milk, brisk, instant, brewed, powdered... you name it, they've talked about it.  That's why this is one blog I frequent.

• Kusina Maria - http://www.kusinamaria.com/

Aileen & I were newbies at cooking when we got married.  I still am, but Aileen's cooking career is a success story.  And she's been getting a lot of instant cooking tips from our blogger friend Ria.  That's how I know that Ria is a food and cook expert.  And if she could give us goldmine tips outside her blog, what more treasure tips could she share with us.  Her blog is like opening a recipe treasure chest.  Leave it open by bookmarking it for reference.

• The Music Vlogger: Rabsing - http://rabsing.com/

• Fat Girl No More - http://fatgirlnomore.com/

This project is sponsored by Events and Corporate Video, Budget hotel in Makati, Pinoy Party Food, Copyediting Services, PR Agency Philippines, Budget Travel Philippines, Send Gifts to the Philippines, Black Friday Deals, Roomrent - units for rent, Search Profile Index, and Corporate Events Organizer. 

Delicious to taste

No recall of what transpired
No experience to tell
The only thing you'll remember precise
Is the date you started life.

Less rest, too little shut-eye
Longer day, too long awake
What your body can take
Can't go beyond the limit you create

If you've noticed, I haven't been able to publish new posts for the past month.   My main blog has been on hiatus for several reasons.  

• I got a new job and had to adjust to waking up early as opposed to staying up late.  
• I also had to catch up on a lot of book reading to prepare for the new job.  
• My desktop got busted.  I had to replace the motherboard and then suddenly my Windows 7 got amnesia the moment I replaced its motherboard.  And so I had to reinstall Windows.  All my programs aren't complete yet.   
• I also handled 2 clients for their online campaigns and it took some of my blogging time away from me.  
• My car got busted too.  Of all places, it had to fail me on the expressway.  Good thing I was stuck in traffic so it didn't look like I wasn't moving.  I finally got it to start just enough to get it to the repair shop.  Just barely 4 months when it checked out of the Toyota hospital, it's there once again, just in a different branch.
• I had to travel from Paranaque to Marikina City for a couple of times to get some of my mails that are still being sent there and some stuff I needed in preparation for my new job.
• Since I have no car, I commute to and from work, which takes more time on the road instead of in front of my desktop.  Plus all that commute is tiring and I kinda end up too tired to blog when I get home.
• Rainy season.   Somehow, I find it hard to blog when there are heavy rains and lightning.  I guess it's a post-trauma effect of Typhoon Ondoy.

Around the world in an instant 

Several planes have taken aflight
Travelling at breaking speeds
Feet are grounded, nowhere do I go
They are airborne kilometers away, I'm still at ground zero.

Staying awake when you've just taken sleeping pills
Is just as tough as trying to sleep after 5 cups of coffee
Fight the sleep, forego the rest
Zombie you become and alertness is your test.

House away from home 

To secure me, you need no key 

Clear and wide, radiantly bright
Though vision is impaired from the back to the sides
You speak to me, you entertain me
But no matter how much I talk, I can't reply.

macerated fresh fruits with mint gelo from The Stock Market at Bonifacio High Street

Not a thought shared, not a word heard
Only one soul carries the bird
Once it escapes the owner's eye
All can look up to see it fly.

cheese mango tarts and cheese croquets served at the newly opened Cafe 5845 at the Mall of Asia

Reminiscing the past
Proves that time flies fast
Once each detail is remembered
A new one is hammered.

Thousands of books, millions of words
Much to know, much to learn
But only in your mind you must read
Because the archives must live in peace.

The rainy season is here again and there are at least 20 typhoons predicted to hit the Philippines this year.   Common problems that occur during storms are heavy winds and rains, floods, flying debris, traffic jams, lack of transportation and phones, mobile networks, internet, cable and power outages.

Typhoon Basyang did spare Metro Manila from major flooding.  Instead it brought more wind than rain.  And due to the 95kph winds that were felt last Tuesday evening till early Wednesday morning, Meralco's power supply for the entire Luzon area was severely affected causing a major blackout.  Electricity in some areas started restoration after 14 hours.  We got our electricity back in 20 hours.  In some areas such as Sucat, Paranaque, it took 1 to 2 days for their power to be restored causing residents to undergo water rationing measures due to their low water tank supplies.  

Meralco did mention that a series of rotating brownouts will be conducted for further repair and restoration.   To know if your area is due for any repairs and maintenance which would cause power interruptions,  check out the  MERALCO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE UPDATE blog which publishes weekly automated scheduled maintenance updates.  The updates include specific barangays, streets and inclusive times the scheduled maintenance updates are due.  If your area is listed for a scheduled update, you can warn your household and prepare accordingly for the scheduled power outages.  

This is one blog you wish your area won't be listed.

My feet are still
Yet I'm travelling faster than my feet can bare
I'll still get to my destination
Even if I may not know how to get there

Total darkness hovers from above
Everybody scampers to light their path
A miniature spotlight, a fiery wax glow
All stop dead with a battery drain or wind blow.

A constant stream of heavy sprinkles
A fierce force blowing everything in sight
Slowly it approaches, making its presence known
Suddenly central station hits and loses all might.

Bars of chocolate that taste like medicine
Tablets & capsules that taste like candy
Looks don't matter anymore
It's what's hidden inside that you bargain for.

Multitude of information all in one package
Waiting for someone to provide its mileage

Link upon link, page upon page
Click to travel is the trend
As the page loads, the wait unfolds
You've just encountered a dead end

The only time you can move two men
Is when there is no one between them
They switch sides and stand side by side
To protect the highest rank boardwide.

Hard strands of twine
Molds a wind-resistant bind
A mere cannon of water during battle
And all defenses instantly crumble

A top of the line reject
A state of the art eject
If their worst is better than my best
Then my best is nowhere near the rest

Thousands of ears side by side
But the nearest ear is not your child
Listen closely and you shall hear
A voice saying you are near.

For every action, there's an equal reaction
Whether accidentally on purpose or purposely accidental
My mistake, your mistake, everybody's mistake
Somebody is going to be at stake.

The digital virus is one incredible foe.
Immune to humans but to computers, no.
If man became vulnerable to these wrongs.
Our bodies would require updates to make us strong.

Lighting the darkest hour with a pen light
Only my retina acknowledges the source's might
The rest of the world is still pitch black
Yet I'm blinded by a mere spark attack.

Body is asleep, awake in my dreams
Everything is real so it seems
Can my dreams start ahead of my rest
So I know if I look forward to a worst or a best.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
No one told him the wall should be tall
If you break it, consider it sold
You're fragile haven't you been told ?

A surge of info spreads in the room
As a flash drive is plugged into the wall
Corrupt data with a file read error
Transforms the room into walls of terror.

Little giant, oversized midget
Size doesn't matter except in a budget
Showing the world is not the issue
It's when they don't see it, will they miss you.

Push to enter, pull to leave
Door still opens whether you press or heave.
Crawl, walk or run will allow to enter and never fall
But running into a sliding door is like charging a brick wall.

As the word turns, no one gets dizzy
Even if the earth's axis is on a constant spin
My head is on its own rotation
And it feels like a bowling ball striking a ten pin.

Bidding till the end
Panic buying at its best
It's not about how much money you can spend
Winning boils down to a click test.

Chaotic template, organize me
Bring me to a state of stressful serenity
Names with no sense, files that don't exist
Random entries replacing my wishlist.

Low on adrenalin, high on power
Raking in all the nutrients just enough to sleep.
An open-eye nap, a shut-eye walk
And ounces of energy left to sleep talk.

Best noontime show in a midnight slot
A replay refusing to be called a xerox
Live, delayed, recorded, replayed
What's live is the same as what's late.

Frowny clowny makes the kids drowsy
Covered with paint and an inverted smile
Happy to end his shift he'll be.
Looking forward to end a happy misery.

The stone-cold sun chills the outskirts
Icy lava radiance renders it freezing hot
Blazing snow beyond a sub zero desert
What temperature do I feel ?  Nowhere in between it's not.

What's so good about damaged goods
What's so good about expired goods
Good is not enough when there's a better and a best
Goods are inferior when you're not a cut above the rest.

Sala Bistro at Greenbelt 3 herb-roasted lapu-lapu fillet with leek and pancetta risotto topped with pepper salsa