5/31/2007 8:27PM
Sa mga kaibigan ko na kasama sa barbecue sa Futako Tamagawa….check out this pics by Percival Canlas. Who by the way…was..my former student in Don Bosco!
Yes I am proud of him. Eh tinuruan ko yan eh! He he he!
Check out the link below. Simply amazing! (I can’t stop typing exclamation points!)
http://flickr.com/photos/peejay/sets/72157600287906356/show/
Apr 31, 2007 8:19PM
Yes, I am in official panic mode. My sister Marites’ wedding is a little more than a week to go. Things I need to do:
1. Finish wedding reception program
2. Finalize seating arrangment
3. Practice all songs for the wedding, including special numbers
4. Translate all speeches
5. CLEAN my apartment (yikes!!!)
May 28, 2007 2:25PM
Two days ago, me and my friends joined the FIT Charity run held at the Imperial Palace.
Me and my pals(Kuya Nic, Jun, Kazu, my sister Tes, Ness, Lenlen, Francia) ran the 10k race. Two of my friends, Alma and Chris, ran the 5k race. It was a battle from the start…running against your self ,not against others. Can I do it? Can I finish the race? These were some of the questions that went through my mind as I ran. Ugh…keep pace. Keep pace. Never give up. You can do it. Lord help me finish. And you know what? We all did! Congratulations to all my friends. WE DID IT!
Sana, kahit sa karera ng buhay natin…ganyan din ang ipakita natin na lakas, tyaga at pananampalataya. Sa awa at tulong ng Diyos, mararating din natin ang finish line. Sama sama tayong lahat, mga kaibigan ko. Good times!
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" - 2 Tim 4:7
Bernard Sumner of NEW ORDER, 2007
May 9, 2007 6:47AM
Do you ever notice the powerful effect music has on our lives? For example, I was watching the movie "Napoloeon Dynamite" a few weeks ago, and during the ending credits, the song "The Promise" by WHEN IN ROME, started playing. "When you need a friend…dont look to a stranger…."
Bam! Goose bumps all over the place. That song brought back so many memories for me. High School memories that is. Wow…that i s the reason why I would always think that the 80’s was the best. And not just because Michael Jordan started playing for the NBA in 1984, or that Billy Ray Bates and Crispa ruled the PBA during the 80s. (Yes..I always have to insert a basketball reference in here huh?)
Without further ado, here is a PARTIAL list of the soundtrack of my life, with emphasis to my teenage years (1986-1992)
1. The Promise - When In Rome
2. Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
3. Just Like Heaven - The Cure
4. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
5. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths
6. Love Vigilantes - New Order
7. Sahara Night - FR David
8. In Between Days - The Cure
9. I Melt With You - Modern English
10. Tenderness - General Public
11. Dreaming - OMD
Each of these songs have a story to tell. I um…actually have to go to work.
So I’ll share a few stories on these songs next time.
I promise.
Have a blessed day!
May 8, 2007 8:54PM
A recurring nightmare that I have is waking up, and finding myself all grayed out,balding (just a little), having a big fat gut, waiting for a heart attack at the ripe old age of 72, and STILL here in Japan, working, and trying to earn money to send my grandkids and THEIR kids to college.
I would then receive a video phone call from my grand daughter Tundra(don’t ask me..I did not name her):
Tundra would reply non-chalantly "Ah, Lolo, nakalimutan mo ba? Yung bagong ka-MU ni Lola na foren-ger…May isang buwan na kayo ‘break’ ni Lola di ba?"
Time with the family: A goal worth pursuing
So this morning I went to Shibuya NHK hall to play basketball. Unfortunately when I got there, the courts were closed due to an event. In any case, I went on my way home riding my bike. On my way downhill the Shibuya crossing, I had to stop since there was a red light. Then guess who I saw standing beside me, waiting to cross the street? Marty Friedman!!! Yeah! Simply the most amazing guitar player of my lifetime. Wow, just wow. This was how our conversation went:
me: Um…Marty? Marty Friedman?
Marty: Hai..Konnichiwa
me: Hi, my name is Eddie. Wow! Oh my gosh! Marty! Big Megadeth fan! Very big!
Marty: Nihonggo umae desu ne…
me: Oh no, I am not Japanese. I’m from the Philippines. Wow…
I knew you had a show in Makati Philippines. Wow! My gosh..Um Marty…would you mind if I take a picture with you using my phone camera?
Marty: Um…sure, but better be quick. I have to be somewhere.
me: No problem. This will really be quick. (puts out phone, takes the shot without panicking)
me: Thank you Marty! Thank you! Nice to meet you!
Marty: Yes, see yah. Nice to meet you Eddie!
So, I hoped I did not look like a total dork. Ha ha. Oh well, just to give you a background, I was a big Megadeth fan in college. Megadeth was a heavy metal band that wrote and performed songs which were heavy, fast and technically difficult to do. There messages varied from politics to aliens to the extinction of the species. In any case, the main guitar players, Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman, were the architects of the band. Together they wrote the most melodic and fast guitar solos that are known to man. Marty left Megadeth to form a solo career and has been living in Japan for some time now. So I guess when he saw me at first, he was assuming I was Japanese who spoke english quite well. Wow…its quite a privilege and honor to meet your childhood hero.
May 3, 2007 1:11am
"Uncle Ben wouldn’t want us living with revenge in our hearts, it’s like a poison. It can take you over and turn us into something ugly…"
That quote was from Aunt May from Spiderman 3. I thought it was very memorable and is a good reminder for all of us who, in one way or another, have been offended by someone else. It does not matter if it’s an incident like say, someone giving us the finger when we have been a bit rowdy in the movies or if its an even bigger deal such as a good friend betraying you (insert heart breaking love triangle story in here)…the bottom line is at some point in our lives, we all have been hurt by someone. At the same time, there is probably a good chance that we have hurt someone else too.
Forgiveness is one of the toughest thing to do, but like a good old friend once told me…we better learn how to do it, before our hearts become callous and hardened. Another thing is one must learn to forgive oneself as well, so as to avoid living in guilt and shame for a long time. Whew! A bit heavy today eh? Well I guess all I want to say is: Go watch Spiderman 3. Great great movie. Spectacular action and there is a moral lesson too. Like our great Filipino stars would often say when promoting their OWN movies: "Panoorin nyo po ang pelikula namin. Meron po itong lahat. May action, may drama, may comedy, kantahan at sayawan. Pambuong pamilya itong pelikuka na to"
Goodnight my friends…and God bless
-Toby using Edsel’s PC
