A Thousand Goodbyes

The typhoon that passed through the Philippine islands left many devastated. Loved ones are missing from one sunken vessel, others had their belongings and homes swamped in murky flood waters that reached way above their own statures. It was a sad sight. It was as if the rain was an outlet of emotion for those people mentioned above.

It was an outlet for me as well, as I just found out that my friend had already gone far away. That person was very close to my heart, helping me through some of the most difficult times of my life by making me laugh. That person is now gone from my side, though not too far that I could never really reach. But the fact that if I want to see that person, it would be an incredible wait because of various reasons makes me sad. There was no indication from that person that this would happen, though I already had some inclination to think just so some years back. I just hoped that if this would happen, that person would contact me somehow before it happened...

Funny Man on TV

Now I know that there's a lot (and I mean A LOT) of guys who are very funny and entertaining on the tube nowadays. For me, a great way to spend my recreational time is to watch celebrity news and comedies. Fortunately, Joel McHale's "The Soup" is a combination of both! I really crack up watching his summary of the events for this week. He (or his writers) should really be commended. It's like Perez Hilton with a straight man and moving people. Hahaha. Watch this clip from "The Soup"...




For more brain-numbing celebrity news, go to WWW.EONLINE.COM/THESOUP or type CONDENSED SOUP on your Yahoo Homepage...


Post Script: "The Soup" blog was changed to this address: www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_soup

New Blog Edict

Having found a lot (and when I say a lot, I mean enormous amount) of songs that are quite timeless, for me at least, I decided to create a new blog dedicated only to those songs. The songs are going to be mainly from the 80's and 90's that are standards in the music industry. These are the songs that are usually revived by modern artists for their albums (These are the hit songs when I was still a kid ~ tee hee!)

http://decadesofsongs.blogspot.com/

So far, I have not yet posted anything on this blog. Hopefully, I'll get it up and running for your viewing pleasure! I'll be posting the artists and their songs, as well as put up a music box that will be changed monthly for you to sample the songs of those artists.

I am also inviting you to check out my other blogs:
Anime and Asian Drama Lyrics : http://dramalyrics.blogspot.com/
Random Ramblings: http://transcielazure.blogspot.com/

Uber - Cheese Journey...

A certain friend of mine saw my blog and asked to be mentioned here (you know who you are!) and although I do not really mention names here, I'll just compromise by creating this article. That certain person visited my home early this week and persuaded me to listen to... well... songs from a by-gone era (I'm not sure if they already had MTV then)! They're not really too old, for that matter, but these songs seem to be immortalized in prom nights where they are usually played. Anyhow, a long time after my friend departed, I sat in front of my computer thinking about the damn songs! It's actually infectious! Hehe.

Anyhow, I have finally picked (because my friend gave me a whole bunch of songs to choose from!) my favorites amongst these very memorable songs.
> Atlantic Starr - Always
> Fra Lippo Lippi - Stitches and Burns
> Heart - Alone
> Lauren Christy - Steep
> Martina McBride - My Valentine
> Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love
> Rupert Holmes - Terminal
> Southern Sons - You Were There
> Stevie B - When I Dream About You

The songs are in the music box if you want to listen to them... Hope you like my selection!

ME-time once again!

Finally able to fix this blog after a 10-day (much needed ~ by the way) vacation... as well as getting my confounded braces out! My dentist finally decided to relieve my mouth of the metal wires that have held my teeth together for almost 7 years (4 years from the first dentist and 2+years from the second dentist). I have been using up most of my time fixing; my papers for employment, my cellphone theme, and my mp4 player.

I found this great site where people could create their own cellphone theme ~ if only all of us had enough time to do so! It's "OWNSKIN.COM" (see Addicted to Blogger links). It's very easy to use and great for those who want to have their own private themes for their mobile phones.

By the way, I had a GREAT time vacationing in CEBU!!! Had lots of fun! We even had a side-trip to Bohol and saw lots nice views and all that. Here's an itenerary of my 10-day stay...
May 10: Arrived in Mactan airport at around 8:30pm.
May 11: Visited my aunts homes in Minglanilla
May 12: Went to a comedy bar and coffee shop with my uncles and aunts *
May 13: Went karaoke-ing with my cousin and aunt
May 14: Arrived in my mother's hometown **
May 15: My gradmother's birthday!!!
May 16: Swimming in the only resort in Alegria ~ Batong Malunhaw Resort!
May 17: Back to the city!
May 18: Side-trip to Bohol!!! ~ man-made forest, Chocolate Hills, Butterfly Sanctuary, Hanging Bridge, Tarsier Sanctuary, Loboc River boating experience***, Baclayon Church, bought souvenirs, Blood Compact site
May 19: Souvenir shopping with my cousin
May 20: Back to Manila at around 9:30pm!!!

Notes:

* Me and my sister were the only ones from the younger generation! Hehe!

** My dad drove us to my mom's hometown of Alegria, near the southern tip of Cebu

*** This boating experience had a free meal while touring the river and seeing the falls...

Post Script:
After the braces were removed, I only had a week of reprieve and am now wearing retainers... :(