timeshift

…aaaand im back! sorta.

not to baguio, unfortunately..

but still. it’s good to be back in the dorm… i think…

so, updates.

i’m currently employed as an intern by Implication (see what I did there). i’m also doing work on a thesis with Redwire. and it’s summer. so its 32 degrees. way too hot for comfort. which makes being home seem that much better. but i have to make do.

internship is going pretty well. in fact it’s fun. i actually like what i’m working on. which is good, because it means i don’t even have to work, or so they say. i just do what i do and enjoy.

the thesis is a challenge. procrastination is too tough an enemy. so i make it my friend. but then the thesis will never get done. huh. :|

as for my music, i suppose that will have to wait. no gigs soon. no jam sessions with the band yet. im not even in baguio. and i’m far too busy. but at least i get to have a guitar in the office for fun. and i have a ton of songs on my player to keep me company.

but… huh…

sorry. totally unrelated thought.

oh well.

i’m going to need a lot of luck. and willpower. and luck.

well. good night everyone. time for me to sleep. another workday ahead.

Step 4. It’s coming back.

I can feel my music coming back. And it sounds better than ever.

Yes ser. I feel great.

Kasi after a long long LONG time, nakapagjam na ulit. Yung as in FULL BLOWN na jam. With all the headbanging, the rocking, the rolling, and apparently, all the funk and the  beat… Which is old, and at the same time, new..

You should have been there i swear.

Para kaming nawawala sa loob ng tunog.

May mga old songs kami na tinugtog na nakakamiss. May mga bago rin na sobrang astig it will blow your mind into pieces, put it back into your head, and melt it. “It has the power to block out the sun, but then it gets too cold, so it makes another sun. Double sun power!”

Kaya ayos.

In other news:

Nakuha ko na grades ko for the sem. 0.o bumaba kaya nakakainis. pero ok lang. ngayon lang to. babawi rin.

huh.

its great being back home tho. pero marami pa rin akong gustong gawin na di ko pa nagagawa. kaya yun. hahanap ako ng paraan at oras.

yun lang po.

ps. watch out for Dyan (pronounced with one syllable, like “jan”, NOT “dee-yan”) and sa mga gigs na up and coming. sana meron.

rakenrol…+funk.

UWIAN NA.

Antagal Na.

Since last akong tumugtog. Na may audience. Na may sense.

So anyway, kapapanood ko lang ng WOLFGANG sa UP FAIR last week. At nang makita ko sila, gusto ko na ulit tumugtog. Talaga.

So ngayong summer meron akong internship starting April, kaya may 1 week siguro ako sa Baguio. Susulitin ko yun.

Hay!

Daming gagawin this week. At sa mga susunod na week. Ayoko sabihing stress, kasi baka ma-stress ako. Relax lang at lilipas din.

Orange, Fireworks, Cars, and Old Pink

happy new year everyone. its over a week already, and although nothing seems to have changed, i promised myself to be happy this year. since the start of the year, nothing special seems to have happened. its been a long while since the last time i posted, and so far, here’s what we’ve missed:

i returned to baguio on the evening of the 18th of December for the Christmas break. i spent the entire duration of the trip sleeping, listening to music. i sleep with my earphones on, most of the time. other times, i sleep like this. when i arrived home, i felt much ease from schoolwork, but there was still much to be done.

we had another gig on the 22nd at orange cafe, so we had to set a date to practice. which we did on the 21st. quite a short time for practice, but we did pretty well. i also got to meet the new vocalist/guitarist of the band. cool guy.

so about 2 hours before the actual gig, we took time to jam a bit again to warm up and get the feel for the thing. i also heard some pretty bad news which i am not about to disclose. it sucked tho. so anyway, we went to the place at around 7 and we were pretty early so we waited around a bit. but then our time slot for playing moved and moved later and later into the night and it was annoying. i know we were the younger band there but it wasn’t fair to push us around that much. i guess the only good thing that came from it was that a friend who came late was able to watch. it went well. one of the best gigs i played.

so we went to pasay for christmas (i got to drive on sctex and nlex for the first time!). i like being there for christmas. there’s always a lot of food and we get presents. i like the feeling i get before christmas, before opening gifts, waiting for the noche buena to be served. its the best with family too.

we went home to baguio soon after and i met up with friends. had a good talk. good music.

and for new year’s, we spent it in baguio. we didn’t have fireworks this year, but it was as fun to watch those of the neighbours’. the food my parents cooked were amazing (pasta and steak!)

so that was the break. i returned to manila for school. we had a super amazing room exchange gift thing, and i received music cd’s (awesome!). now we have a lava lamp in the room (awesome!) and i stare at it a lot.

i also listened to this podcast and it encouraged me to get 5 whole music albums from pink floyd and radiohead. it got me to thinking how music is no longer the art it was years ago. today you see artists releasing albums which are just basically compilations of some songs they came up with, which aren’t that good to begin with. albums used to be a piece of art, with each song falling into place like a puzzle (or pizza slices). take The Dark Side of the Moon for example. you can enjoy each song as it is, but you can totally listen to the entire album as a single piece. its amazing.

and finally, i think i found what i am afraid of. pain. i dislike feeling pain, or seeing people in pain. when i see programmes with people being cut open or things like that, its okay when they don’t depict pain, but if the actor screams or something like that, it makes me flinch.

whew. that’s a lot. until next time. i’m sleepy. good night.