To Bands: Some Pointers During Gigs

Band members as well as the gig goers have different reasons why they attend gigs. Some would want to just chill and drink with friends. Some would really attend the gig just to make sure that they got to see their favorite band perform.

One thing is for sure, we are all there to enjoy.

Last week when I went to a gig, I suddenly thought of making an article regarding performing bands/artists.

These are just simple pointers for band members while on stage playing during a gig:

1. Before you start playing or singing, mention the name of your band first.
2. Don't speak too fast or too loud that the audience can hardly understand what you guys are saying.
3. Make sure that you promote your album, t-shirt, gig skeds, if you have.
4. Connect with the audience.
5. If there are requests that you don't know, make sure to thank the one who requested it and say that you'll try playing it next time so they should watch you guys again.
6.Don't forget to thank the sponsors and the audience.
7.Promote the venue where you are playing.
8. And for me, the most important, IF YOU HAVE ANY ORIGINAL SONG, BEFORE PLAYING IT, MENTION THAT IT'S YOUR ORIGINAL SONG. Sometimes, it's important to gig goers to know that a band do have a compo.


And there it goes, people. :)

I wrote this one based on my observations while attending gigs. :P

This is what I'm craving for..

Photo by Stonefish.Co

 It's quite a long time since I've crashed a gig like this. Woah.. And now, here comes the date! See yah folks! December 4 event yung peg ko! :P

Number 4 at Charlie's Grind and Grill. :P

This photo was taken at Charlie's Grind and Grill, Greenhills on August 3, 2012 when I am celebrating my birthday with my closest law school friends Jam, Kish, and Sny. 

So lucky to have gotten this number sign!! Ang saya ko nung binigay ito sa counter. Haha. I miss them so muchie.. :/

Bye for now?!

Law school, minahal kita, nag enjoy ako kasi ang dami kong natutunan, ang dami kong naging kaibigan pero sadyang mapaglaro ang tadhana, pasensya na, hindi muna kita kayang ipaglaban ngayon. My health plus my passion are both below 100%. Unfair yun para sa akin kapag nilaban kita ngayon. Basta, magpapahinga muna ako. Gagawin ko muna yung mga bagay na gusto kong gawin. I love you and I will always do! :)

Papa, sorry po for disappointing you, I know you want me to be a lawyer as soon as possible. I love you so much and I want to make you happy pero this is my decision for now. I love you so much pa! I hope that I can make you happy in my own little ways. Thank you for being there for me pati po si mama. Salamat po sa suporta, pagkalinga at pag-intindi.

Sulong pa rin! :)

Habang ang lahat ay online ant nanggagalaiyi kasi hindi ma-access ang FEU portal for the online grades, ako, for the first time ay hindi kinakabahan. Hindi dahil sa alam kong pasado ako sa lahat ng subjects ko kung hindi dahil alam ko na ang dapat kong gawin bago matapos ang taon na ito.

Lalaban pa sana ako kung nakikisama ang kalusugan ko pero tama na, ayoko ng abusuhin ang brain cells ko, baka maubos ng sobrang aga,

Oo, sinusumpa ko ang migraine ko kasi ang dami kong hindi nagagawa dahil dito. Lalo na nung umatake pa ito nung finals week, mas nawalan na talaga ako ng gana. My seizures were so disturbing and I feel like bursting in pain. 

Noong highschool hanggang college ako, I was under medication. My neurologist, after almost 5 years of treatment finally told me and my mom, "graduate ka na!". Tuwang tuwa si mama noon hindi tulad noong sinabi sa kanya ng doctor ko nung na-diagnose pa lang ako ng sakit ko. Nakita ko siyang umiiyak, bakit daw pati ako (kasi unang na-diagnose yung pangatlo kong kapatid), the doctor said maybe the genes of mama and papa are not compatible. 

At yun na nga, nung grumaduate na ako sa sakit ko, pati yung kapatid ko, tuwang tuwa kaming lahat. Pero bakit recently sunod-sunod na naman ang seizures ko? Ayoko na magpa ECG at MRI. Natatakot akong malaman na baka bumalik na naman yung sakit ko. It's a curse for me. 

I was an epileptic patient before pero it's not what you imagine na nanginginig at nagba-bubbles yung bibig. Sa akin is mild epilepsy, ang seizure ko is super duper to the highest level na sakit ng ulo. My sister naman is epileptic din, yung sa kanya mas malala pero magaling na rin siya. Bigla na lang siyang hihimatayin then nagvaviolet yung color ng skin pero no bubbles in the mouth pa rin.

So ayun, FYI na rin, hindi lahat ng epileptic ay nagbabubbles ang bibig o nanginginig ang katawa.

As for my next path? Bahala na po si Batman. Chos. Seriously, this time, sana wala ng pressure sa family ko. I want to do things without pressure. Yung kaya lang ng katawan at kalusugan ko. 

Lord, please guide me. To my family, please be patient. <3

I need to be strong!

I can hardly breathe and my feet feels weak.

I cried. I stumbled. I've been so down for quite a while. Silently weeping at night and my heart feels like bursting. Got no one to talk to because I don't feel like doing so. I just wanted to be alone and figure things out. I want to figure out how to move forward despite my feet stucked in the ground.

Mama, Papa, I'm sorry if I'm feeling this way. I shouldn't have felt even a single sign of giving up because of you guys because this is your dream too but I failed. Mama, Papa, I'm not a perfect daughter, I'm hard-headed and stubborn but God knows that I love you so much. Please forgive me if I'll soon make a decision that might hurt you.

I'm just counting the days and I'll condition myself to face my fears. God, please guide me. I've been away from you for quite a time. Hindi ko na ginagawa yung mga dating ginagawa ko para mapakita na mahal ko kayo. Sorry God. Nasaktan lang po ako. This time, I really need you. Please help me to be strong.

I WANNA SHOUT!!!!! :'(

My Dilemna

More than anything else, I would want to see my family happy and proud of me. Now, what am I doing? Maybe, just following what my heart wants.

Malapit na matapos anf sem na ito. Malapit na rin akong magbukas ng bagong pahina sa buhay ko. To be a lawyer--- that's my dream when I was in elementary till highschool. Everyone in my family supported me. Nasa heaven na si lolo at lola, believing that I'm going to pursue that dream. Pero nung grumaduate ako ng college, I want to pursue my degree. Guasto ko na mag work nun. Mom and I fought because of that. So, what I did was to say na lang na "Sige, pag pumasa ako sa law exam, gora, pag hindi, hindi na." Eh, sadyang swerte ako sa mga entrance exams, I passed the law exams in UST, San Beda, and PUP. Nag UST ako, was debarred then I transferred to FEU.

Sabi ko sa parents ko, gusto ko mag law sa Baguio. Siguro kung andun ako, I won't feel this way. Ang sarap g buhay ko dun eh. I graduated on time, without dropped subjects nor failed subjects. No pressure indeed. Eh ngayon, super pressured. I'm 24 and there are so many things that I wanted to do na hindi ko pa nagagawa. :(

I'm quite excited and scared of my  next step. I dunno how to tell my parents and the whole family (who are expecting na I'm gonna be a lawyer) na ayoko na, na I wanna follow what my heart wants.

Wish me luck!!!! I need lots of them!!!

Succession exam was *no comment*!!!

Oh my! Bahala na si Batman- eto yung laging sinasabi ng mga Pilipino whenever they are not sure of what they are doing or they are expecting to fail. Eto ang sinabi ko kanina after my 4-unit exam in Succession.

Law school is not that easy as you think. We fail- it's normal. This time it's different, I'm going to fail without even fighting. Hindi kasi ako nakapag-aral because of my migraine. Ang problema ko since college.

I am willing to give up a dream that was built since I was a kid. My family( not just my immediate family) is expecting a lot from me. Ang hirap ng may expectations. What now? I don't know. For sure, I'm going to fail. That is a 4-unit subject and if I fail that one, I'm outta law school!!

Penge ng chocolates, ice cream, pizza, pasta, SB coffee, lahat ng comfort food!!! :'(

Well, anyway. Recently, I've been depressed. Iyak dito, iyak doon. Gusto ko na kasi mag work. I don't know how to tell my parents that I wanna stop law school and be fully independent. They invested quite a lot in my law career and I can't imagine their anger and disappointment if I already spill what I really want.

Oh well, wish me luck.

Bullying. Who's the victim?!

Who are the bullies?

1. Yung may broken family

2. Yung kulang sa pansin

3. Yung insecure

4. Yung kulang sa pagmamahal at pagkalinga

Who are being bullied?

1. Yung super talino

2. Yung may physical ant mental infirmities

3. Yung sobrang mabait

4. Yung mahina

Konti lang yan sa mga nabanggit sa napanood ko. I forgot the others. surriii naman.

Sabi doon, hindi lang biktima yung binu-bully kundi pati yung nambubully kasi may rason kung bakit nila ginagawa yun. Marahil problema sa pamilya, etc. Andyan ang DSWD para sa mga proyekto o training para sa psychological growth nila. Just saying.. :) DAmi ko kasing kilalang bullies! Lol! :P

Ang Santa-Santitang Bitch...

Mukha niya ay ala santa. Maamo.Di makabasag-pinggan kung tingnan. Ngunit nagkakamali ka. Ugali niya'y mapanuklaw na parang ahas. Kalandian niya'y daig pa ang p*kp*k sa tabi-tabi. In short, mapanglinlang.

Akala mo tagos sa buto ang kabaitan ngunit umiwas ka, baka ka masagasaan. Asawa o jowa mo, pwede ring maagaw ng wala sa oras.

Nakakalungkot at nakakainis lang isipin, bakit may mga ganyang nilalang. Sana wala na lang sila sa earth. Magtayo na lang sila ng bagong community sa outer space. Dun sila nababagay. Mapanira ng buhay. Nakakairita. Sarap lang jombagin at sipain ng malakas palabas ng earth o di kaya'y kung pwede lang i-flush sa toilet tas dun na lang sila sa septic tank forever!

Woah! Kaya no to EPAL all over the world!

JUNK RA 10175!!

A stupid law indeed!Marami pang mga dapat pagtuunan ng pansin. Ang batas na ito ay para lamang sa interes ng mga makapangyarihan. Ipinasa nila ito para maprotektahan ang kanilang pansariling kapakanan at posisyon. Sila lang naman ang makikinabang nito! Mga leche!!

Selective amnesia please

It's been quite a while since I've posted here in my blog. Maybe I'm busy being happy or busy making myself busy. Haha.

What's new? Change stat my friends. Single-----> In a relationship. Yes, trualala etechiwa! And who's the guy? JC it is!! :) HE's so kind, sweet and loving. 

How's our relationship so far? Ups and downs are normal and who initiated the downs? Oftentimes, it's me. I can't help going back to those days when we're not yet together. I still brought up things that wasn't supposed to be brought up like why did you do that with that girl, and why do you treat her like that if you don't like her.

Am i wrong? Does it matter anymore? Hmmm... My fault I guess but I can't help it.

Ang hirap kalimutan ang isang memory na andun ka nung naganap yun. Selective amnesia--- OO!! Pinapangarap ko na sana mangyari ito sa akin at makalimutan ko na yun.

This memory is ruining our relationship. It complicates things!


Haaay.. Sana makalimot na ako. Please, Papa God. 

My Unlucky Day

Boston Celtics lost the game.

Pacquiao lost the game.

Now what? Don't try to test my patience, I'll burst.

Plus what? I don't have to mention it. :'(

Ang Aking Luha

Hinigpitan ko ang lubid na nakapulupot sa aking puso. Nagtago, lumayo, umiwas sa mga sakit na maaaring maramdaman nito. Sa huli, nabigo ako. 


Hanggang kailan ako tatapak sa linyang iginuhit ko?
Hanggang kailan ako magtatago at mangangarap na lang?
Takot ang pumipigil sa akin? O hindi kaya'y mga tao rin na nakapaligid sa akin?


Paano ako lalabas sa kulungan na binuo ko kung wala namang kasiguraduhan ang mundong lalabasan ko?


Heto nanaman ako, nagugulhan, nasasaktan, nagtatanong, nag-iisip, nagmamahal....


Hanggang kailan papatak ang aking mga luha?
Maaaring hindi sapagkat may papatak na luha hangga't nagmamahal ka...

New Dilemna

My 25 pages final paper in Human Rights law was submitted as of 8:40am. Quite proud. lol. It's been three years since I haven't made those kind of papers. My college days were bombarded with paper requirements and I'm so used to it.


Anyway, enough for my acads issues. Love life? Still zero I think? It's been..hmmm... 8 months.. and I'm a proud single lady!! haha.


So lazy to say yes to dates. I just go to events that I don't wanna miss, especially if it's with my good friends.


Social responsibility? Nah. I think many friends of mine don't wanna invite me anymore because I always say no. It's either I'm busy with school, I don't have money, or I just can't go out because my parents won't let me go out! 


Happy Sunday everyone!

Love month done, welcome March!

Done with the hearts, flowers, and chocolates everywhere! Woohoo! I'm not bitter, I just don't know why I have this odd feeling about it. Lol.

Anyway, Final exams will start on March 5 until March 15 so I better kick my ass off and eat my cases, codals, and books. Haha. The result of the bar exams was released yesterday. My mom texted and informed me that two sons of her office mates passed the bar. The other one was a second taker though. I said they were lucky because only 1, 913 out of 6,200 nailed it! So here I go, getting scared but I need to strive more and work harder.

Kudos to me!

Congratulations to the new members of the Philippine Bar! :)

tummy aching+hard breathing+tantrums=dead meat!

This feeling when my tummy is aching and I can hardly breathe because I want to finish what I'm doing as soon as possible. What the heck?! It's more than tantrums.

Okay, there I go. I can now breathe normally. I finished digesting nine cases in four hours (with fb checking/stalking) lol!

At mainit talaga, sobrang init. Gusto kong pumunta ng UP at maupo sa sunken, maglabas ng ballpen at papel, gaya ng ginagawa ko dati. Then what's stopping me? I don't know. The heat maybe or the lack of time.

my unspoken words: Sick

my unspoken words: Sick: I hate getting sick. I miss my mom more. :( Cough, colds, headache... Please go away. I can't focus. This is the time when I am hoping th...

Sick

I hate getting sick. I miss my mom more. :(

Cough, colds, headache... Please go away. I can't focus.
This is the time when I am hoping that somebody is here at my side and is taking care of me.
Nada... Just hoping. Haha.

Rain Rain Rain

I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own... lalalala.. (singing..)


Got three cases to read, got to attend the 2pm MDA at school, haven't taken a bath. haha.


I hate getting my umbrella and shoes wet so I'll just wait until the rain stop. Oh well, thinking what time it will stop pisses me off.


Don't get me wrong, I love the rain. I love having a cup of coffee plus the puff while listening to the rain.I also love watching the rain. It stops my time.

love.hate.life.

I don't hesitate in leaving a mark in someone's life especially if i love that person.. at least when everything's done, I've done my part and I'm happy I've touched his/her life...

I love and I love deeply and truly..

I cry and I cry not for hollow reasons..

I laugh and I laugh wholeheartedly..

I smile and I smile sincerely..

I've got my life messed up again.

I've got my heart hurt again..

When can I feel really loved..

When can I feel really secured..

I guess it will just be a dream..

I wanna vanish right now..

07mar2011

SSShhhh

Just a look in your eyes, i know it was you

You don't have to say anything because the feeling is not new

Let me speak my words and feel what I feel

So you'll know that this heart beats for real

Sshhh.. Don't say anything

Because I'm not expecting from you a bit of a thing

Let me finish my thing

And let me go as if I've said nothing

Maybe this is my own song

And to  no one it really belongs

I'll continue singing

Even if the stars stop shining

Ssshhh....Don't say anything

Let me finish what I need to speak

I never intended to finish this for you to peek

I just want to let my song grow

Even if I am about to go

Don't miss me and

Don't say a word before I take my bag with me

Because I might stay and just stick like a clay

Forgive me if I can't look at you in the eyes

Because what I felt before should be as cold as an ice

Should be forgotten...

Because it's just all sudden...

29October2011

06:16am

YOU

I don’t know what to say but I’m trying anyway.

Words are spinning in my head, and I don’t know why I’m holding back.

Maybe I don’t want to face questions or those judging eyes.

Sometimes my mind tells me  to just tell you what im feeling.

But something is stopping me.

Maybe I just want things the way that they should be.

If i let you know about the way i feel,

I don’t know  what you’re gonna do.

You are near yet so far.

You hold the key to my heart,

And without you, it can never be opened.

Now, I’ll just keep my heart locked.

This romance that's calling me from afar is such a conflict.

I don’t know where to start or maybe it just have to end.

I’ll just look at you behind that glass.

I’ll just keep watching you forever and imagine that you are mine .

Because i know that you’ll never be mine.

This time it's for real..

I ought to stand when standing seems to be not so easy.

I pretend that I’m tough enough so that people around me can lean on me.

It was never easy.

Crying alone... Standing alone... Fighting alone...

Now, I want to be a real tough girl.

The one who can strongly face the challenges and never back down.

The one who can stand alone and know how to handle things logically.

I’m now preparing myself to be that girl.

That girl that I always dream to be.

I hate the word LOVE

I am supposed to be happy. I should be. That's what I commanded myself to be.

But lately, I'm distracted. 

And this force is killing me.

I want to fight it.

I want to win the battle.

But slowly it's consuming me.

That' why I hate the word "love".

Don't judge me easily because you don't know me.

I prasied the word "love" before, now I'm cursing it.

Spare my family and my religion because real love binds me with them.

Alright. I rest my case. Love makes the world go round but not for me. Not now. 

cramming!!

got more than 50 cases to read for tomorrow and it's making my head and stomach spin. there's no one to blame but myself for not reading it ahead of time.

so there, good luck to me tomorrow. a one hell of a recit.. oh please, thought it's impossible, all i wish is a ceasefire.

law school is really............ sssh...haha..