Alter Ego

I visited Tenchu's website and I found this entry about superheroes. I took the test and check out the results here.

Why Green Lantern? Is it because I came from Benilde? [Laugh-laugh-laugh!] Click here to take the quiz. ¿?

Embrace Summer

Yup.

This is the new layout. "The!" (as in "DUH" with "th") It's not actually a new layout. It's just a new header. LOL!

Anyways. I just posted this entry just to test if it's really working. After laying it out, I found out that the header has spaces in between rows in Mozilla. Darn it! I tried adjusting the style of the <td> but I still can't figure out how to make it appear like there's no space, well in fact wala naman talaga! Hehe...

Why "Embrace Summer?" Hmm... First of all, I got the idea of embrace from Urbandub's album. And I thought of why not "Embrace Summer" - it's fun and exciting, so let's enjoy the season. It's so simple but I kinda like the idea of embracing summer. It makes me feel like I'm still a student who's having a vacation break.

Uhm...

What's new? We have PBB 24/7 already after a 3 day delay of its installation. I'm happy with it tough it sucks when they're only showing one boring shot in the PBB house. Makes me fall asleep. I'm planning to subscribe for another 24/7 here in my room. Maybe next week. My sister paid for this one, which is installed in our parent's room. This time, I'll pay P1k+ for my own entertainment (since my brother [slash] roomate is a certified Kapuso).

My college friends and I had plans of eating out on May 1 since it's Leeohra's birthday the following day. However, there's a conflict with our skeds so we can't push through with that.

This is one boring entry. I wanna watch a DVD. Maybe later. ¿?

My Music Chop Suey

Most of the time, I enjoy pop music more than any other music genres since I was a kid. My first music idol was Gary V. though (to be honest) I can't recall myself at 3 years old singing "Di Bale Na Lang" in the 80's as my parents would tell me whenever we backtrack my childhood.

In the early 90's, I started to become a Mariah fan as influenced by my brother. Aside from playing songs like "Emotions", "Without You" and "Hero", I also liked Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" album. Gerard, my childhood playmate and I would play Jackson's tape while eating our afternoon snacks.

In my high school days in San Beda, pop was still my favorite with an introduction to RnB as Mariah launches her "Butterfly" album. I must admit, I'm a BSB fan too - even up to now!

My Glee Club days were pretty stuffed with choral music. We sang songs in a cappela, which taught me the basics in music appreciation. In our annual concerts, we performed 15 songs like "Carmina Burana", "Back to the USSR", "Larger Than Life", "Ikaw", "Humanap Ka Ng Panget", "Man In The Mirror" and "One Day More". Glee Club was more than just a choral group. It gave me a bigger picture of art per se.

Now that I'm older, I'm beginning to like different genres. I enjoyed listening to soundtracks of "Titanic", "Pearl Harbor" and "The Lord of the Rings" as it trully captured my senses, teaching my emotions expressed by a brilliant orchestration of thoughts. In 2002, Mabel, a college blockmate and Blithe-ster introduced me to Eminem. For someone like me, who's very much into pop, classical and choral music, I never thought I'd be playing rap music in my CD player.

But I was hooked. I liked Eminem's "Without Me" that I spent hours figuring out how the whole rap thing goes.

Just recently, with the popularity of American Idol, my sister bought Carrie Underwood's CD. It's a new genre to us and for me, I really have to have an open heart (and ears) to feel the beat and the groove of this new sound. "Jesus Take the Wheel" is a great song and I beleive everyone can relate to it 'cos in one way or another, we all come to a point where we need assistance and guidance. And thru this song, it tells us we can surrender everything to God and that we'll just follow His will.

Bucky Covington and Kellie Picker are two of the southerners in American Idol 5. Their type of song is usually "odd" to the ears of many. I won't deny the fact the sometimes I don't like the sound but I think slowly but surely, I'm starting to like it (selectively liking it).

Now, here's a plug.

A couple of years ago, I remeber Jamie Cullum's "All At Sea" was being played at RX. It was one of the requested songs and I liked it. It's about being one with yourself. It's about giving time for yourself to compose and reflect, which was one of my thing then. I bought his "Twentysomething" CD and I was not wrong at all about my early review about his music. It's fun and hip with the feel of Starbucks coffee as Jamie hits the high notes with his soulful (husky) vocal.

He has a new CD out now entitled, "Catching Tales." Again, it's fun to listen 'cos it talks about mid-life issues. I personally like "London Skies" and "Photograph." The melody's so easy to follow and Jamie's vocal rage is not that high so I can easily sing with him in the car!

"21st Century Kid" and "Oh God" also caught my attention while driving as I was playing it for the first time. If you feel like listening to a Starbucks kind of music, buy this album and I hope you'll love it.

Alright. I now have a wider range of music genres. I can go from pop to rnb, from rap to soundtracks and from OPM to jazz. So far, I'm not yet a a big fan of hip hop (e.g. Nelly), dance (e.g. Billy Crawford) and chillhouse (ang dami nun). I'm not closing my doors 'cos who knows, I might be playing Hed Kandi soon (as introduced by Ricky and cousin PJ)! ¿?

Lost in Space

I Reflect

I didn't go to work since 'twas my sister's MBA graduation in San Beda.

It felt good to be back on a summer day when the yellow flowers 'er scattered on the grounds of the school. But 'twas sad to realise that I had no friends to talk to since there's no Glee Club anymore in the campus. I went to the quadrangle thinking that they may be somewhere but when I checked the Music Room, it was locked.

The plywood stage set up for the College graduation was still there. Our names were still displayed at the back then I started to bring back those wonderful high school days. We used to get some chalk and proudly display our names thinking that we're making history and that people would see this in year to come. I searched the place for a small piece of chalk. I was lucky to got one somewhere. I wrote "Raimon Gonzales" below my name that I wrote 5 years ago. Most of the names were already faded, telling me that things are different these days and that there's a life ahead but there's still something to look back for a time of laughter.

I also bought a bottled water at the canteen, now known as the Snack Bar. To protect my voice I used to request and say, "Mineral... di malamig." But now, I just picked one from the tray.

Of course, I was the photographer of the day for my sister. I tried taking some good shots but I realised that I wasn't really in the good mood to experiment. There was the attempt buy I simply lacked the feel of doing it.

We stuffed ourselves with seafood at Crustasia in Power Plant.

I didn't want the day to end. I wanted to have more time to experience so many things. I wanted to extend the day. I wasnted to prolong the time since I feeling like I'l being deprived by circumstances to enjoy time per se.

I Pause

Right now, I feel like I need some time to do my own stuff. I feel like dealing first with my issues before I could entertain other people's cries. Uh! I have so many issues lately. I'm encountering another thing to ponder all day long that may result to a week-long of self-pity, a month-long of anxiety attacks... Time will tell when this will end.

I see things that I admire. I admire 'cos I apprecite. I appreciate 'cos I know what I lack. I idolize 'cos I know my limitations. I do all these things because I want to be somebody else. I like a part of me but I want to change a part for me as well. I want to revamp myself but time is always my concern with regards to my issues. Time defines the possibilities of things and I'm worried about it. I don't know why.

Before I end this entry, let me share this to you. Some paranormal experts say that those who think too much about so many things are those who are most likely be a target of entities from the other dimension. That's according to them. On the other hand, I don't know if I'm categorized to this. These days, my peripheral view's getting more and more active. Last time I saw the pants of a man beside me but no one's around.

As I'm writing this blog, maybe someone's at my back. Uh! I'm too sleepy to add more here. Ciao! ZZzz... ¿?

Last Weekend

Ths blog is becoming glommier each day! Black background - so bare! It lacks pictures and color.

I'm now designing a new template for my blog. I wish I'll be able to finish before the month ends since it's going to be my summer layout. I figured that it's really hard to do the layout using Notepad. Hmp! Naman! Back to basics ba ito? Since last month, I've been planning to go to UM to buy a bunch of installers. Hopefully, there are new ones.

Yeah, I've been chatting (thru email) lately with Ven and Doe after we ate out last Saturday. Thing's changed already. We have different views about the future, our carrers and our ways on how we plan to achieve our goals. Before, our talk was purely based on our group reports, our school activities and our thesis defense! Now we talk about our lives after school, which is kinda off sometimes 'cos I'm blindly making my way out to a better carrer.

Of course, love life has always been an issue to talk about. We've been meeting people we potentially hoped to be "the one" and I have my own stories to tell about it. I just hope we mainatin the communication 'cos there's really a possiblity of finding an end in friendship when there's a sudden stop in the "kumustahan sessions" with each other. Yes, distance makes friendship more meaningful and it brings you closer but still, I'd like to stay close with them once in a while. (Blithe 'kada's worth keeping...)

It's summer and I'm also hoping for a long vacation at the beach. Everybody's going back and fourth to Puerto Gallera and Boracay these days. In my case, I'm going back and fourth to the house and the office everyday! I wish we (Blithe) could still meet up next month in time for Leeohra's birthday. Gosh! We're turning 22 this year. ¿?