Jason Mraz

I finally saw him perform live (and intimately, albeit in front of a very huge crowd).

Awesome. Just awesome.

He sang his new song, I Won't Give Up, and everyone just kept quiet and took it all in. Perfect.

Late Monday jeezy

... uhh, yeah. Whatever that means.

Anyhoo, just saw this tonight. It's flooded my Facebook wall. My love affair with Bruno Mars' music started last year when I heard Marry You.

This, The Lazy Song, is my second most favorite track. I was bumming at my mom's room in Dumaguete doing absolutely nothing and just listening to this when I fell in love with the track. So first this song. Then this video. Purrfect!

just a feel good song!

ciao!

Today

Today is a well of all things viral, virtual, and videos.

Yeah, I know. From THAT annoyinglyhorrible music video I'm not even gonna mention.

This sorta looks like my ideal food pyramid.

Now, here's a set of FREAKISHLY AMAZING AND ENTERTAINING cheering videos from Japan. God I love them, I swear.

THEY'RE ALL GIRLS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JUST HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE.

OH. MY. GOD.

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On a more serious note, I just did something new yesterday. Check this out. Can you guess?

So refreshing!

dormant. bohol. and some random $#!+

i have been dormant, i know.

there's too many things that happened in the last two to three weeks and i won't even try to be specific about it. chief of which is our barkada's adventure to bohol! yay!! first time!

also, there have been a lot of blessings that came my way mid-march. thank you to all those who prayed for me. thanks anton! siya kasi ang isa sa lagi kong napagre-request-an na ipag-pray ako. and the only thing that i ask of him in his prayers is that He gives me whatever is best for me, that's all.

as much as the answered prayers inspire me, of course, there has also been a lot of emotional stress for me. BUT i won't write it down anymore. i feel it's best to leave it in the past. it's quite hard to relive those experiences and write about them. aside from the fact that once i write it all down here, it becomes more real =s

anyway... sorry for that downer. haha. if your my friend on facebook, i'm sure nasuya na kayo sa mga pictures and videos :) but for the sake of my blog, here they are :)

the things we did:

rio verde lunch, butterfly sanctuary, chocolate hills, baclayon church, balicasag island, dolphin watching, balicasag snorkeling and fish feeding, bohol beach club dinner, E.A.T. danao (suislide, plunge), beach volleyball, panglao beach swimming. (i think i missed some hehe)

lol! look who i found in bohol!

THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO COOOOL!!!

you gotta try this when you go there, i swear!

this is THE PLUNGE: a canyon swing adventure attraction mounted over a 200 meter high and 300 meter wide gorge. A person would have to do a 45 meters free fall before being launched on a pendulum swing measuring to a hundred meter diameter. Cable has a maximum working load of 5 tons.

“The Plunge” is the best “fear factor” experience among other adventure activities on offer. One has to literally plunge to an open air where about two seconds, the plunger will all be defenseless, feel nothing and left all alone.

This experience is one great way to de-stress and even make one appreciate life the more.

It can accommodate 50 pax in a day. Total experience will just take around 10min.

For P700, it is sure worth the experience!

ciao!

diversion

dahil naiinis ako tonight, i'll just think about this.

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feeling nostalgic

nostalgic.

this has nothing to do with me.

ciao!

of britney and the self

the onslaught of mental/emotional stress that manifested physically lately aroused my interest in reading things about it. i think i have it.

or maybe i'm just being a hypochondriac

in other news, i found these.

this is the original just in case.

this was the first cover i came across.

i think this is old already. but i find the mood so enchanting and amusing. galeng galeng!

and this one's the second.

eto naman, define kulot talaga! haha. it was okay na sana kaso ang dami lang naging acrobatics na parang OA na ang dating. gusto ko yung tunog niya though, may pagka amy winehouse.

that's all.

ciao!

ondoy

first off, i want to thank the lord for keeping me safe. thank you, thank you, thank you lord.

yesterday, i woke up to the sound of rains outside my window and i thought it's gonna be another long cool day. but i was not prepared to see the flooded street in front of our house. our street virtually never flooded before except for those super strong typhoons. still after a few minutes, it will be gone.

but the water kept rising. tita madette, JR, and tito jojie started moving their cars to the garage. lolo was already shouting to everyone at the house because the antiques in the shop are being flooded.

less than 30 minutes later, the water rose to waist-deep. a friend who's stuck in edsa called and i needed to bring food already. i packed my things and waited a little to see if the flood would go down a little. it's still going up and i had to leave already because i might not be able to make it if i waited a little longer.

what normally takes less than 5 minutes to jollibee edsa took me over 15 minutes to reach. i can't begin to imagine how much courage it took me to tread the waters with cockroaches, rats, garbage, animal feces, and engine oil floating and swimming around me. at one point i had to stop to look for my slippers because the current swept it off. i knew then, the weather was turning for the worse.

i eventually made it to the car, kawawa naman in the middle of edsa with hazzards on. we ate and drove a while -- looking for places where we can park. we found ourselves on edsa-magallanes flyover and stayed there until 6 or 7 pm. edsa soutbound was not moving but the north bound lane was light. we headed to the gas station along edsa-dasmariñas village and we had dinner there.

we were just waiting for the flood to subside in our house so we can go home. after much waiting and texting to my cousin for flood news, we headed home. i got home at a little earlier than 1am. though the streets were still flooded, it was just ankle-deep that time.

i thought it was bad. and it was bad. but i never thought it was THIS bad.

*found this on youtube, this is a few meters away from our house.

thank you lord for keeping me and my family safe. i heard my relatives in antipolo are not doing well and i'm praying for them. keep them safe. keep all of us safe.

can i have this dance

i can't decide which version is better. i have not heard the original version (thank god... and partly because i want to have their version as my lss haha) and i have not seen the movie. but the song i think is nice.

this is singingdork and esnathesinger's version

i like the girl's voice here - full and powerful but with just the right amount of softness and fragility. parang sarah bareilles meets demi lovato ang dating.
yung sa guy naman, buong buo yung tunog. his voice is like michael buble singing the blues. ewan ko lang.
solid din yung harmony nila, mejo malakas lang yung sa girl pero maganda pa rin ang labas.

this is jenniferjchung and gabebondoc's version

ganda ng harmony nila dito - parehong napaka-delicate ng atake. it's as if they're just talking here na may harmony.
both their voices are pang acoustic talaga. their voices are the type that you'd just want to hear on a long drive home on a lazy sunday afternoon. define mushy and light-hearted haha.

o well, yun lang. na inspire lang ulit nanaman ako. bow. don't worry, i won't be posting any singing videos of myself here (though really tempted to do so haha).
pero come to think of it, wala namang nagbabasa nito (i know :) ) so i just might hahahaha.

ciao!

LSS

sobrang LSS. found this:

kainis! LOL!

"for you, a thousand times over!"

hassan: "have i ever lied to you?"

amir: "how should i know?"

hassan: "i'd rather eat dirt."

amir: "would you really do that?"

hassan: "do what?"

amir: "eat dirt if i told you to."

hassan: "if you asked, i would."
"but would you really ask me to do such a thing?"

amir: "are you crazy?"

"you know i wouldn't."

hassan: "i know."

this is a story of two young friends who got lost and eventually found their way back to each other despite being worlds away. this is such a moving story and you should watch it.

ciao.

<3

just watch please.

^.^

i miss my friends

i don't wanna get married yet. i just want their exuberance and lightheartedness. for an occasion that many people take too seriously and with much fanfare, they chose to be themselves and be the best of friends as they are. it shows.

nakakainggit, pag pinapanood mo, alam mong bukod sa mahal nila ang isa't isa, magkakaibigan silang tunay. at ang song na napili --- naman! hahaha.

i just can't stop smiling the whole time. btw, this is not an original upload by the couple, they disabled embedding so i'm left with this link. it's the same video though.

enjoy!

"it's like i waited my whole life, for this one night..."

i miss my friends!

ciao!

our adventure

i will come home

Why do you weep?
What are these tears upon your face?
Soon you will see.
All of your fears will pass away.

somewhere only we know

Oh, simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when, you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?

(somewhere only we know cover by natasha bedingfield)

haayy... nakakaiyak ang complicated. oh simple thing, where have you gone?

rediscovery

If tomorrow is judgment day
And I'm standing on the front line
And the Lord asks me what I did with my life
I will say I spent it with you...
Your love is my love and my love is your love
it would take an eternity to break us up
And no matter what the people say
I'll be waiting for you after the judgment day...

i remember i loved everything about this song -- lyrics, tempo, melody, and oh THE singerdiva.

next one, another rediscovery of an old 80's song. this one is just hilarious. made me laugh until i cried. i admire the person who did this, he must've been really bored and decided to do this. hope you enjoyed it as much as i did. =D


ciao!

ads that make you go awwww....

i love these two latest advertisements. pinoy na pinoy! ang galing galing ng gumawa, sapul sa puso, sapul sa emotions, sapul din sa casting. galing ng execution!

lucky me - magnifico

"... nay, 12 lang ang kinuha, pang 13 ako... pano yan? may uniform na ko?!"
hahahaha panalo!! ang cute lang! naaalala ko yung pinsan kong si ashley, parang ganito kasi siya haha.

camella homes - sikip

haang kyot ng bata! waaah!!
trivia: batang babae pala to! haha!

hope it made your day like it did mine! =)

ciao!

how do you feel?

i feel:

I'm trying to change to make the best, for us
But I'm just the same same as I ever was

Oh and if you stay with me honestly it's what I want
But if you stay with me I know I'll hurt you more

So won't you save, save yourself
by leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out don't listen to it
It's only my heart save yourself
it's only my heart
Oh no

So tell me I'm wrong please won't you change, my mind
This loves so intense sometimes it can lead, you blind

Oh and if you stay with me honestly it's what I want
But if you stay with me I know I'll hurt you more

So won't you save, save yourself
by leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out don't listen to it
It's only my heart save yourself
It's only my heart save yourself

And I don't want to let you go
But I know that it's the right thing to do baby
And I don't think I'm that strong
to say goodbye I don't wanna see you cry

So won't you save, save yourself
by leaving me now for someone else
If I'm crying out don't listen to it
It's only my heart save yourself

but still:

There's so much craziness surrounding me
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
You make it real for me
Well I'm not sure of my priorities
I've lost sight of where I'm meant to be
Like holy water washing over me
You make it real for me

And I'm running to you baby
You are the only one who save me
That's why I've been missing you lately
Cause you make it real for me

When my head is strong but my heart is weak
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
You make it real for me

Everybody's talking in words I don't understand
You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
And you shine in the distance I hope I can make it through
'Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you

I guess there's so much more I have to learn
But if you're here with me I know which way to turn
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can learn
You make it real for me

And I'm running to you baby
'Cause you are the only one who'll save me
That's why I've been missing you lately
Cause you make it real for me
You make it real for me

hindi pa lasing to!

bwahahahahaha *this* never fails to put a smile on my face!

ciao!