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Music Monday: 'GOODBYE HMV' - A Tribute to HMV (Parody of Elton John 'CANDLE IN THE WIND'

                   

Last week I chanced upon (briefly) on the news that British retail giant HMV was going to face the music and went under administration. Soon #HMV was trending in Twitter world.  Hopefully, a middle ground could be found and jobs are kept. Veritably talented, Mark Read of a1 wrote quite succinctly what's been happening with the changing times. Hope this vid shows up before it's taken down.

I thought I take a different route this Monday and feature this one. It was cleverly put together in a given short of time.

Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. Rules are simple. Leave ONLY the ACTUAL LINK POST here and grab the code below and place it at your blog entry. You can grab this code at LadyJava's Lounge Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted without prejudice.   PS: Because of spamming purposes, the linky will be closed on Thursday of each week at midnight, Malaysian Time. Thank you!

Thursday Challenge: Games

I've managed to get back into catching up some weekly photo challenges let's see if I'll be able to keep up.  Check out the other entries. This week it's Games (Chess, video games, card games, children's games...)

 I think Ben's about to lose :D 

With no impending alien invasions, the group relaxes to playing UNO, Harry Potter style.

[Album Review] Rediscovered by A1

Photo by Cecilie Harris Photography

Yay! A copy  (and copies to friends) which I was able to buy when the group visited Cebu in line of their benefit show for YoungLife Foundation Philippines, last November 23, 2012.

Last November 8th, a1 held a web chat with fans through VGG.net site where a fan wondered what was the story behind the title (Rediscovered) on their new album?
It's just about Rediscovering your youth and the things that got us into music in the first place 
Ben, Mark, & Christian

Links to get the album:
CDON.com
iTunes
Amazon - coming soon on January 23, 2013  Get your copies. New stocks available. Not that I was watching it. hahah

The tracks:
Trust Me - the latest single taken from "Rediscovered" has this infectious '60s vibe were as the song rolled out, it looked like we're witnesses to another major meltdown and the guy was doing his best to explain his side of the story. The official video interestingly took a different route which was quite unexpected and a plus. The video presentation has a Fringe-type vibe going on that piqued my interest since it didn't go the cliché route (thank goodness). We've seen those versions for the Nth time of a girl throwing anything breakable to the wall just nearly missing the guy, right. :D

With my aunt

Christopher Columbus - The way the song opened with soft guitar riffs gave such a happy-go-lucky feel and I imagined the sun shining and I'm in a car with a window rolled down.  In fact, it reminded me of my visit to Road to Hana. I honestly don't remember if we were doing the "copy who" day pic since we both wore orange tees too. :D  What I remember was the roar of the surf beating below us and it was so windy! I had to clutch around that misshapen boulder and made sure when I sat I wasn't going to tumble off below. Haha. The view was b-r-e-a-t-h-t-a-k-i-n-g. I wish we could have stayed another hour or so just to take it all in but we had to leave to make it to the next tour attraction. :D


Riot - This song surprised me a lot. At first listen, it reminded me of "We are Young" by FUN yet the song breaks out from that familiarity and the melody powers through with its upbeat vibe which makes one dance. However as one reads the lyrics or listen closely to the words, it was about an impending all-hell-break-lose type of disagreement between a couple. The guy had done wrong only the girl barely gave hints to what made her furious and the guy knows the moment she does say her piece, it's going to be nuclear. It made me thought of a proverb in my country and it goes "Ang tao walang kibo, nasa loob ang kulo" (An individual who is outwardly calm has anger ranging inside). So yeah that's going to be a tricky situation to navigate through all right. Raise the white flag for several days and communicate... :D

Ruby Red Tuesday: Giant Earthenware

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A shot of the earthenware where the little city of Calamba got its name. The short history can be read here and since I was taking a photo hunt over the week, I thought this would be a nice follow up too for Ruby Red Tuesday. :D

View at ground level

Music Monday: Titanium by David Guetta ft Sia

A friend of mine shared this vid on her Facebook wall and I also agreed with her with how cool the effects for each background sound was made.

Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. Rules are simple. Leave ONLY the ACTUAL LINK POST here and grab the code below and place it at your blog entry. You can grab this code at LadyJava's Lounge Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted without prejudice.   PS: Because of spamming purposes, the linky will be closed on Thursday of each week at midnight, Malaysian Time. Thank you!

Saturday Photo Hunt: The city where you live

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I thought of taking some highlights seen around the little city. A little bit of history of where the name Calamba came from.

A statue of the woman carrying the earthen ware at the rotunda

From the city's history, during the Spanish times, a newly transferred Guardia Civil  was making his way around the town proper and chanced upon a woman carrying an earthen pot/stove  (kalan-banga) on her head as she made her way back home. The Guadia Civil asked the woman what was the name of the area in Spanish and unfortunately, due to those moments of getting lost in translation, the woman thought he was asking her what was she carrying so she replied "kalan-banga," and hastily left the man. So in time, kalan-banga became Calamba. I will have to re-shoot this statue from the pedestrian overpass to get more features in.

A panoramic view of Dr. Jose Rizal's house & wide backyard from the old town plaza

Merlin Contest: Gaming dialogue (short)

Before the Christmas hols came in full swing, I followed one of the links from Merlin Game to this site. They listed out the requirements of the dialogue and how short it was going to be. I sent in my dialogue  and I'm eagerly waiting for the announcement. :D It would be cool to be featured in the game, right. :D I'll take it. Hahaha

Music Monday: Rain by Creed

Our local radio station played it during the opening of the New Year and I thought I follow suit. I heard it halfway through and mistook it for another band that I followed but when the DJ said the name, I was put to right. :D

Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. Rules are simple. Leave ONLY the ACTUAL LINK POST here and grab the code below and place it at your blog entry. You can grab this code at LadyJava's Lounge Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted without prejudice.   PS: Because of spamming purposes, the linky will be closed on Thursday of each week at midnight, Malaysian Time. Thank you!

Photo hunt: A glimpse of You

Today's theme was to answer the photo question mentioned above and I selected the last meet and greet session with a1 last November 2012 in Cebu. You can find the other entries here. 

A glimpse of my back. haha

I would have put a red arrow on where I was but my PS application got corrupted and I haven't had a chance to re-install it. Anyway, I had finished my turn on the stage when this was taken by the mall's official photographer. I'm the girl wearing the violet top (looking down at my camera) standing beside the guy in green shirt. :D

Skywatch Friday

I was quite happy that I finally got my own fireworks display shot. It was kind of difficult snapping pictures while at the same time holding a noisemaker. :D

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Happy New Year + Resolution

Shared from ScreenwritingU.com Facebook page.  Yeah, pretty much my goal.  Haha. Happy New Year everyone!