26 post-natal years (The post-natal shout-outs list)

Ahhh… August 31. It has been 26 years… Yes that’s how old enough i am. While im past mid-20’s, i look up the coming years as a challenging and learning one for me. Thanks to all the people who greeted me on my birthday. Sa mga hindi nakabati, ok lang din.

Here’s the list of people who greeted me on this special day:

Family and loved ones:
Pancake - Who has been greeting me long before anyone has greeted me. Thank you so much for making my birthday special. mwah! mnmkbp999 love you so much.

My tito’s and tita’s – Many to mention, Actually the whole Gonzales and Bañas clans. Thanks for guiding me all these years.

My family (Mami, Dadi, 2 little sisters) – Thanks

Friends (either by text or ym or any form of communication)
Luna, Tony, Squared, Marlo, Jei, Renz, Gon - I miss you guys at the office.

Mykol, Divine, Xtian, Popo Diaz, Gracie, George – Thanks guys. Let’s hang-out again someday

Hypermike, Tien, Andy, Rog, Wenna - My officemates. Thanks guys

Paul and Dante – The yale housemates. Thaks for the greetings guys.

Adrian Arcega, Joon Guillen, Carlos Magno - Friends from the music industry. Keep on rockin’ guys.

Mayanne, Arvin, Erwin, Jhelai, Jeff, Michael Rapuet - Long-time friends. Thanks for the greeting.

Boy, this 26 years has been full of surprises for me. Thank you guys for being a part of it. As for a present for myself, i could not ask for more. This year has been the best so far (and the coming years would be awesome i tell you) Another year, Another exciting chapter in my life. Thank you everyone…..

As for a gift to myself, i was looking for owel’s band (Ang Bandang Shirley’s Themesongs album) on recordbars and unfortunately, i haven’t found any. Still i got me a good gift for myself this year. What is it you ask?

Yup, It’s the Sugarfree Live! album. One of my favorite bands. Got it at dencio’s restaurant where me and my family ate lunch. The best thing about it, the album is not yet available at the record stores. Sweet!

Cuteness galore…..

Come on sing with me guys:

You’re my Honeybunch, Sugarplum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You’re my Sweetie Pie You’re my Cuppycake, Gumdrop Snoogums-Boogums, You’re the Apple of my Eye

And I love you so and I want you to know That I’ll always be right here And I love to sing sweet songs to you Because you are so dear

Moving on…

Yes, im back with a new post. Moving on with life.

- Bought John Mayer’s new DVD (Where the light is: Live in los angeles) and i have to admit, he is one awesome artist. This release is different from his previous work (Any given Thursday) Where there are 3 sets (Acoustic, John Mayer Trio, and simply John Mayer with his band) I highly recommend you guys get the CD and DVD.

- Also bought Rico Blanco’s solo debut album (Your Universe) and i have to admit. Rico Blanco is the sound of Rivermaya (that proves his songwriting skills and musical arrangement) on this album. I can’t help but imagine “Is this the new material from rivermaya? oh wait, it’s rico blanco” One album to pick up guys while waiting for shirley’s debut album.

- Been to the PSP modding scene as of the moment. Next project: Creating those fancy videos while you load the game.

- I want to buy a personal portable hard drive (my 1gig flashdrive is slowly dying as we speak) and i better find a replacement for this one.

- Recently, i discovered this new game (actually i cant describe as to what genre would this belong) It turns your Nintendo DS into an electronic synthesizer (how cool is that) This game is called the Korg DS-10. Perfect, i can now place synthesizing sounds on my recordings. This will be my new project (don’t get m wrong, i have also been in the home recording process for quite sometime now) As soon as i can record samples, i’ll upload it here. Perfect while waiting for my new musical journey to start.

- I have been browsing youtube videos lately and as the dark knight fever is slowly going down, there are a lot of spoof videos available for you to watch. Recently, complains about the voice of the dark knight has been an issue. you know, whenever you hear him talk, you want to give him a lozenge so that he can clear his throat. hehehe! I have here one of my personal favorites that i would like to share to you guys as i end this post.

Without further introductions, Here it is:

Everything happens for a reason…

Yes, pardon me for this personal post. Im sure you have already heard about this certain saying which is the title of this post. And for the past 25 years of my life, this has been my principle in life. I live with it cause basically that’s how things work. I have been in that same situations in the past and hopefully with the things going on with my life, i can pass this phase and move on.

Don’t get me wrong, i have a good job, a wonderful love life (mwah!)and a very supportive family at my back to be there for me. So if they are all cool and rockin, how come you are emoting like this? well, let’s just say that there will be at one point wherein you will feel the urge that something is still missing in your life. Sure a stable job is a requirement, A very supportive person whom you promised to spend your whole life with and also very supportive family members with you.

Some might say personal growth in terms of career, others might say a change in their lifestyle, while some are willing to learn for the best. Or maybe a step up in their so-called life. Personal and probably for the good of others.

I can’t say where i will fall on the mentioned reasons but here’s a hint: It’s somewhere there. You just have to find out where it is.

Meanwhile, Enjoy this music video of John Mayer entitled:

“Something’s Missing”

How not to design a level

Right…. My officemate and good friend Tien (yup, that’s how we call him) gave me this video link from youtube. Remember the Super Mario video game we loved to play on our NES (or in the Philippines, we call it family computer) ahh… the good ol’ 8-bit days…

Now this level on the video is considered one of the hardest level ever for the game (this is not hidden whatsoever, why would the developers put out a nasty level layout like this.) and i swear, this is one frustrating level (also fun) Im trying to get a copy of that mod so that i personally can try it. I was laughing so hard not because of the level, but the player playing it (listen carefully and by the way, alot of swearing) The video is 23 minutes long so i suggest you get a pop corn and watch it!

Without further adieu, i present to you…

“The worlds hardest level”

*Parental discretion is advised*