It is not my first time to write a song, but this one is special for me, since this would be my first time to enter a song writing contest.
The theme is "Youth: Heroes of Today." And again, this is my first time to write a song about us, youth. (Yes, I still belong to the youth sector) My lyrics is in Filipino, the structure of the song is simpler than my other compositions, and it's not jazzy (read: I didn't play with chords that much). I will submit this composition tomorrow afternoon, and hopefully win the songwriting title on Friday. And oh, I'll be performing this on the same day.
I'll be posting the lyrics after the competition. May my song win.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Lord Erni's Sayings (Part II)
Hey guys, this is the last part of Lord Erni's sayings... I wasn't able to post it last week since it was the "Ginebra" week...
ON LIFE
“Be yourself, as an example of trust, kindness, and patience. Suffering is always with us. Pray to God always.”
“The family is the centers of heart and the heart is the commander of love.”
“Experiences makes man witty, poets and wise, and or sometimes timid.”
“Love all, trust a few”
“Don’t let loose the dogs of war…”
“Beauty is like a flower,
but the flower that dies when first it begins to bud,
is like a faithful love that died within an hour.”
“My cares today are seldom cares of tomorrow.”
“Once care entered into your heart, the whole possession ere.”
“Sweets are the uses of adversity.”
“The worst men often give the best advice.”
“The good are better made by ill, as odors crushed are sweeter still.”
“Run, if you like, but try to keep your breath.”
“Work like a man, but don’t be worked to death.”
“Sometimes adversity can give best advice.”
“Communication is the transference and understanding of meaning from one person to another.”
“Your actions will not lead us to our common goal.”
“Judgment should be based on the ability to acquire and process inputs, channel out the outputs, and maintain stability and balance.”
“Put equal weight on the means and the ends.”
“Prevent anticipated problems.”
“All the water flow into the sea and yet until now the sea is not fuel.”
“Accept your destiny, as you do your duty. Be satisfied with your position and obey whatever the decision.”
“He who reads history knows the affairs of the ancient.”
“To have done a thing oneself is better than watching others do it;
To have done many mistakes in doing it is better than simply doing it once.”
ON LIFE
“Be yourself, as an example of trust, kindness, and patience. Suffering is always with us. Pray to God always.”
“The family is the centers of heart and the heart is the commander of love.”
“Experiences makes man witty, poets and wise, and or sometimes timid.”
“Love all, trust a few”
“Don’t let loose the dogs of war…”
“Beauty is like a flower,
but the flower that dies when first it begins to bud,
is like a faithful love that died within an hour.”
“My cares today are seldom cares of tomorrow.”
“Once care entered into your heart, the whole possession ere.”
“Sweets are the uses of adversity.”
“The worst men often give the best advice.”
“The good are better made by ill, as odors crushed are sweeter still.”
“Run, if you like, but try to keep your breath.”
“Work like a man, but don’t be worked to death.”
“Sometimes adversity can give best advice.”
“Communication is the transference and understanding of meaning from one person to another.”
“Your actions will not lead us to our common goal.”
“Judgment should be based on the ability to acquire and process inputs, channel out the outputs, and maintain stability and balance.”
“Put equal weight on the means and the ends.”
“Prevent anticipated problems.”
“All the water flow into the sea and yet until now the sea is not fuel.”
“Accept your destiny, as you do your duty. Be satisfied with your position and obey whatever the decision.”
“He who reads history knows the affairs of the ancient.”
“To have done a thing oneself is better than watching others do it;
To have done many mistakes in doing it is better than simply doing it once.”
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Game 7 Mini-Recap (Ginebra versus Air21, PBA Fiesta Conference Finals)
After a grueling series, Barangay Ginebra Kings won the championship against a worthy opponent in Air21 Express in the Game 7 of the PBA Fiesta Conference Finals. With key players not playing or playing injured, the Ginkings put a lot of heart to finally pull it off.
At the start of the game, Ginebra blasted off the Express, 6-0, until the opponents had solved the mini-scoring drought. The Ginkings also lived on second chance opportunities with Chris Alexander and Alex Crisano scoring on putbacks.
Second quarter came, and the Express found a solution to have the game within reach. However, they gave up a lot of fouls, including two flagrant fouls from Homer Se and Wynne Arboleda. Fortunately for them, the Ginkings' freethrow shooting was sour, especially when Paul Artadi and Chris Alexander were on the line.
During the first half, the key players for the Ginkings were the guards; Junthy Valenzuela, Ronald Tubid, and Artadi doing a lot of scoring and energizing the whole team. Commendable performance also from Alexander and Crisano for those rebounds. The score is 46-49 in favor of Ginebra.
Third quarter was the "Eric Menk Show." Major Pain was a monster; his playing reminiscent of his MVP performance. The Express put different looks on him to no avail. Menk was rested for sometime, and Ginebra didn't score (even with Mark Caguioa is on the floor). Then it was Thomas' turn with his three-point plays. Then Valenzuela was injured while committing a turnover, never to play again. Alexander suffered from cramps but managed to return. Menk had 8 points and 5 rebounds in that quarter alone.
Finally, the fourth quarter. Ginebra committed a lot of turnovers, which the Express translated into turnover points. Also, Air21 managed to set up their offense better than the Ginkings, thanks to guys like Arwind Santos and Egay Billiones. To add up Ginebra's woes, Alexander committed his fifth personal foul off Thomas. A Gary David drive grabbed the lead for the Express, and an Arwind Santos dunk put an emphasis on it.
Then it was a seesaw battle for the two teams.
However, Chris Alexander increased Ginebra's lead to three, and never turned back. Aside from scoring crucial points, Alexander's defensive prowess intimidated Air21 offense. Air21 forced their shots and never grabbed any offensive rebound unlike in the early goings of the quarter. It was a freethrow shooting practice for Ginebra as Air21 resorted to fouling players, and they made almost all of it.
At the end of the series, Eric Menk and Ronald Tubid were proclaimed co-Finals MVP, and Menk was the Best Player of the game.
At the start of the game, Ginebra blasted off the Express, 6-0, until the opponents had solved the mini-scoring drought. The Ginkings also lived on second chance opportunities with Chris Alexander and Alex Crisano scoring on putbacks.
Second quarter came, and the Express found a solution to have the game within reach. However, they gave up a lot of fouls, including two flagrant fouls from Homer Se and Wynne Arboleda. Fortunately for them, the Ginkings' freethrow shooting was sour, especially when Paul Artadi and Chris Alexander were on the line.
During the first half, the key players for the Ginkings were the guards; Junthy Valenzuela, Ronald Tubid, and Artadi doing a lot of scoring and energizing the whole team. Commendable performance also from Alexander and Crisano for those rebounds. The score is 46-49 in favor of Ginebra.
Third quarter was the "Eric Menk Show." Major Pain was a monster; his playing reminiscent of his MVP performance. The Express put different looks on him to no avail. Menk was rested for sometime, and Ginebra didn't score (even with Mark Caguioa is on the floor). Then it was Thomas' turn with his three-point plays. Then Valenzuela was injured while committing a turnover, never to play again. Alexander suffered from cramps but managed to return. Menk had 8 points and 5 rebounds in that quarter alone.
Finally, the fourth quarter. Ginebra committed a lot of turnovers, which the Express translated into turnover points. Also, Air21 managed to set up their offense better than the Ginkings, thanks to guys like Arwind Santos and Egay Billiones. To add up Ginebra's woes, Alexander committed his fifth personal foul off Thomas. A Gary David drive grabbed the lead for the Express, and an Arwind Santos dunk put an emphasis on it.
Then it was a seesaw battle for the two teams.
However, Chris Alexander increased Ginebra's lead to three, and never turned back. Aside from scoring crucial points, Alexander's defensive prowess intimidated Air21 offense. Air21 forced their shots and never grabbed any offensive rebound unlike in the early goings of the quarter. It was a freethrow shooting practice for Ginebra as Air21 resorted to fouling players, and they made almost all of it.
At the end of the series, Eric Menk and Ronald Tubid were proclaimed co-Finals MVP, and Menk was the Best Player of the game.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Lord Erni's Sayings (Part I)
As I do typing jobs for Lord Erni’s book, I stumbled upon some of his quotations and sayings… (Some of these were with sources unknown, but most of these came from him) He might not be Confucius or Mahatma Gandhi, but I find these useful. Let me share some to you.
LORD ERNI
ON LEADERS AND STAFFS
“The ‘path’ has to be laid by the leaders; and the staff has to be assisted in searching the ‘goal’.”
“No orientation to develop a sense of pride and loyalty on the parts of the new staff.”
ON OFFICE PROCEDURES
“Improve your abilities as way of preparing for bigger responsibilities in the future. Would you? Why should you say no?”
“No orientation to avoid future misunderstanding about the office policies, rules, procedures and the like.”
“Description should be from the top to down, rather than the reverse.”
“Programs and specific tasks must carried out effectively and efficiently.”
ON LAW AND GOVERNANCE
“Go to friends for advice; to woman for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.”
“The good needs fear no law.”
“The laws can discover sin, but not remove.”
“Corrupt government is like beer; it tastes good if it’s for free;
An innocent employee is like bread; sometimes expired, but it tastes good.”
ON GOOD BOOKS
“A good book is a precious treasure on purpose to live beyond life.”
“Good books are like men who speak aloud for future times to hear.”
(P.S. I'm going to post his sayings on an installment basis, since this might be too long and tedious to read.)
LORD ERNI
ON LEADERS AND STAFFS
“The ‘path’ has to be laid by the leaders; and the staff has to be assisted in searching the ‘goal’.”
“No orientation to develop a sense of pride and loyalty on the parts of the new staff.”
ON OFFICE PROCEDURES
“Improve your abilities as way of preparing for bigger responsibilities in the future. Would you? Why should you say no?”
“No orientation to avoid future misunderstanding about the office policies, rules, procedures and the like.”
“Description should be from the top to down, rather than the reverse.”
“Programs and specific tasks must carried out effectively and efficiently.”
ON LAW AND GOVERNANCE
“Go to friends for advice; to woman for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.”
“The good needs fear no law.”
“The laws can discover sin, but not remove.”
“Corrupt government is like beer; it tastes good if it’s for free;
An innocent employee is like bread; sometimes expired, but it tastes good.”
ON GOOD BOOKS
“A good book is a precious treasure on purpose to live beyond life.”
“Good books are like men who speak aloud for future times to hear.”
(P.S. I'm going to post his sayings on an installment basis, since this might be too long and tedious to read.)
Monday, August 11, 2008
Chocnut Delight
Today, as I prepare for the Midterm Departmental Exams tomorrow, I bought a whole pack of Chocnut. You know, I always eat this as I review to keep myself awake.
Aside from being a review companion and perennial favorite, I ate Chocnut whenever I feel depressed. Or maybe for whatever reason. Yes, it's delicious, because of the combination of chocolate and peanut. And a piece costs me only PhP1.50 at most. (A whole pack of 24 pieces costs PhP28.25)
And it keeps you awake, since both chocolate and peanut (or any nut in that concern) releases stimulants.
There are many chocolates in the world. But for me, nothing beats the Filipino's Chocnut.
Aside from being a review companion and perennial favorite, I ate Chocnut whenever I feel depressed. Or maybe for whatever reason. Yes, it's delicious, because of the combination of chocolate and peanut. And a piece costs me only PhP1.50 at most. (A whole pack of 24 pieces costs PhP28.25)
And it keeps you awake, since both chocolate and peanut (or any nut in that concern) releases stimulants.
There are many chocolates in the world. But for me, nothing beats the Filipino's Chocnut.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
A Gentle Jazz Afternoon with Olivia
Last Saturday, I was in SM Southmall to follow-up my OJT documents. After I got all these documents, I was like, I don't want to go back there because of my traumatic OJT experience.
I was roaming the mall, presumably for the last time, then I saw Gentle Jazz by Olivia album tour on the Events Center. I was hesitant to wait. First because the album tour was scheduled at 5 pm and it was 5:30 already. Second, and the most probable reason, because I thought that no one can enter the seating area without buying the album. Then a woman was calling everybody to come in, so I went in.
Though the album itself only has one original song (composed by Olivia herself) out of fifteen songs, the first thing that popped on my mind is that I have this chance to hear jazz live for free!
After waiting for another 15-20 minutes, Olivia finally arrived, and the show began with her rendition of "Sway". It was marred by feedbacks, and I find her very stiff and having difficulty in breathing (maybe because she was fresh from travel; Las Piñas is where traffic jam never ends). But as the program progressed, she became comfortable already.
Olivia's such a joy to watch. She has tremendous energy on the stage. And I believe that she might jump on and off the stage had she not wearing a short dress. (Kung nagtatatalon siya, makikita ng sambayanang Pilipino ang hindi dapat makita... bwahahahahaha!). What I can't understand is that the audience is not appreciative enough. Maybe because they don't listen to Jazz that often, and they don't have the chance to listen to Jazz (compared to music from Cueshe, Spongecola, and all of these rock and pogi rock bands, anyway it's another story) The show started with all seats occupied, the show ended half-full. But at least people watching from 2nd and 3rd floors, and from the sidelines are still there. (baka nahiyang pumasok)
Another thing, she loves to interact with the audience. She even come off the stage and gave the mic to some audience to sing with her. However, she kept on going to her right side. I was seating on her left side, kaya parang nag-tampo ako...
All in all, she sang 16 songs. I cannot recall the titles of all of these, especially the foreign titled ones (because she sang French, Portuguese, and Chinese songs that night). She has also sang Portuguese (?) versions of I Will Survive and Unbreak My Heart. But the songs that really stuck to my mind are Sweet Baby and Oh Lori.
Her version of Sweet Baby is nice. Although the arrangement still sounds like the original, her rendition was nice, very sweet indeed, and I feel joy in that song. Anyway, it is a happy love song and it's a good thing that she gave justice to the song.
Oh Lori, oh Lori... I never imagined Oh Lori to be that funky, and she (and her band) made it oh so funky and oh so groovy.
After the show, I approached her PR to ask for her pictures. She gave Olivia's Friendster and Multiply accounts (sorry guys, these are not her personal accounts) and told me that they will upload it there. She even introduced me to Olivia. Bwahahahahaha! Olivia gave me a whole pizza and signed it. What can I say, she's nice!
Evidences?
Me, Olivia, and her staff
Me and Olivia
I was roaming the mall, presumably for the last time, then I saw Gentle Jazz by Olivia album tour on the Events Center. I was hesitant to wait. First because the album tour was scheduled at 5 pm and it was 5:30 already. Second, and the most probable reason, because I thought that no one can enter the seating area without buying the album. Then a woman was calling everybody to come in, so I went in.
Though the album itself only has one original song (composed by Olivia herself) out of fifteen songs, the first thing that popped on my mind is that I have this chance to hear jazz live for free!After waiting for another 15-20 minutes, Olivia finally arrived, and the show began with her rendition of "Sway". It was marred by feedbacks, and I find her very stiff and having difficulty in breathing (maybe because she was fresh from travel; Las Piñas is where traffic jam never ends). But as the program progressed, she became comfortable already.
Olivia's such a joy to watch. She has tremendous energy on the stage. And I believe that she might jump on and off the stage had she not wearing a short dress. (Kung nagtatatalon siya, makikita ng sambayanang Pilipino ang hindi dapat makita... bwahahahahaha!). What I can't understand is that the audience is not appreciative enough. Maybe because they don't listen to Jazz that often, and they don't have the chance to listen to Jazz (compared to music from Cueshe, Spongecola, and all of these rock and pogi rock bands, anyway it's another story) The show started with all seats occupied, the show ended half-full. But at least people watching from 2nd and 3rd floors, and from the sidelines are still there. (baka nahiyang pumasok)
Another thing, she loves to interact with the audience. She even come off the stage and gave the mic to some audience to sing with her. However, she kept on going to her right side. I was seating on her left side, kaya parang nag-tampo ako...All in all, she sang 16 songs. I cannot recall the titles of all of these, especially the foreign titled ones (because she sang French, Portuguese, and Chinese songs that night). She has also sang Portuguese (?) versions of I Will Survive and Unbreak My Heart. But the songs that really stuck to my mind are Sweet Baby and Oh Lori.
Her version of Sweet Baby is nice. Although the arrangement still sounds like the original, her rendition was nice, very sweet indeed, and I feel joy in that song. Anyway, it is a happy love song and it's a good thing that she gave justice to the song.Oh Lori, oh Lori... I never imagined Oh Lori to be that funky, and she (and her band) made it oh so funky and oh so groovy.
After the show, I approached her PR to ask for her pictures. She gave Olivia's Friendster and Multiply accounts (sorry guys, these are not her personal accounts) and told me that they will upload it there. She even introduced me to Olivia. Bwahahahahaha! Olivia gave me a whole pizza and signed it. What can I say, she's nice!
Evidences?
Me, Olivia, and her staff
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