Mixtape: These Past Few Days

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I’m still in that never-ending process of learning the right way to make a proper mixtape, so bear with me if this is terrible. I know the mix isn’t consistent, or of the same genre. Probably no one will like this.

How dare I call myself a “music aficionado” if I can’t even put up a decent mix, right?! Well, I’m not. And I certainly have no future as a DJ now (..how ironic, I love DJ Kilmore of Incubus but I suck at DJing). But I do listen to a lot of music. Won’t bother listing the genres because I will get in trouble for it. :))

Anyhoo, my goal for my mixtapes is to capture the moment in them. If that makes any sense. Since at the end of the day, I’ll be mostly the only one listening to it. Haha.

This mixtape contains a few songs that were of some importance from what happened these past three days. During some of those moments, these were the following songs that.. started playing in my head, or what I was listening to in the background. Lol.

It’s a very weird mix, I’d like to think it is. But I’m hoping you discover a new song or two from it. Enjoy(?)!

Yeah I know, the album art is so original (not!). What can you do.. it’s the middle of the night! Hahaha. I edited the photo in LINE app, lol. Yes that is my handwriting, it’s not normally like that. It only looks like that because I’m writing on good paper and using a nice pen.

OH and if anyone is curious (LOL), that notepad I got it for P50 at SM’s stationery department. Most of the letters of the alphabet were available except for the ones I wanted (like the letter A, X, I, N)… or some letters looked nice but not nicely designed. So I had to make do and pick a design w/ a nicely designed monogram. The L was the only one that looked up to par w/ my design standards ….hahahaha just kidding.

PS: May I just say that Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories album is so soothing and chill to listen to? o_O I’m close to saying that this is their best album yet. Then again I do not have an extended knowledge of their music other than the stuff from their Greatest Hits album hahaha.

March is for Graduates

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Everyone (at least people around where I’m from) knows that this month is for one thing only: GRADUATION. The month itself is for graduates. Well, high school graduates I can speak for. I personally did not graduate on the month of March, but on October (long story, hehe).

I’m sure students who are in their last year of schooling (whether it be pre-school, elementary, high school, college), are just as ecstatic as the next graduating kid to think about the next chapter in their life. In the middle of their final month preparations in school, they have also sorted their graduation outfit, vacation plans, and probably have somewhere to go for college in the next 2 month/s!

Check out this fun Infographic w/ facts on graduation AND other interesting stuff. Haven’t heard some of these tbh.. haha. So helpful (isn’t that the post of an infographic anyway?).

March Graduation Trivia

After prom, graduation is what these students usually prepare for next. Before that were probably college examination reviews and the like. Sigh, how I miss school (a bit! And only college, the last few years of it!!)… but no, that chapter in my life is closed and I have to deal w/ the “real world” now. :) College was fun and I’d like to think I made the most of it.

So if you’re one of the graduating kids for this month, whether you are in elementary, high school, or college: Congratulations! May your future be as bright, and successful as you had planned it out. You have reached the end of a chapter in your life and you are about to enter a new one. Make the most out of it and don’t lose sight of your goals.

My Unpopular Not Really 7107-Related Night

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Everyone has their share of opinions about the recently concluded 7107 music festival last weekend. No, I didn’t go. (#brokeassblogger problems) But would it count for anything that I did go to one of the mall shows w/ a couple of their artists headlining it?

Well I did, and it was ‘nice’. I am not a fan nor do I know a handful of songs from both performers, but it’s still something. At the end of the day I’d have my own story related to 7107 to tell people about. Hahahaha. Not close, not quite, but still somehow connected.

Yeah, keep telling yourself that. 

So what really happened was that I accompanied a friend (who’s already going to the festival itself the next day, w/ tickets and hotel accommodation already set, by the way) to the 2nd mall show featuring The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and The Astroid Galaxy Tour. It was in the Venice Piazza mall in the McKinley Hill, BGC. Far from where I usually go. Show’s venue was at the open area location.

Venice Piazza Mall, McKinley Hill BGC

It was my 2nd time to go to that mall and we even got lost on our way there. That’s what happens when you try to save up money by taking multiple public transports even though you have no concrete idea how to go there instead of saving time (but not money) and getting a cab in the first place that’ll take you there. Luckily when we arrived, the show hasn’t started yet.  Continue reading →

Of Catching Up With a Friend and Trying a New Resto

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Last month, while I was organizing my photos from the MaD show, I suddenly had this idea of having some of them printed. Not my shots from the show itself, but the spontaneous photo-ops w/ the artists after the show. And I also thought of compiling everything, like a small album for my own — that sort of thing. When you have been doing this for a while, it’s kind of hard to keep track, cuz they’re growing in numbers over the years. In the end, I thought that wouldn’t be a bad idea at all.

Shortly after that, I thought about the means of having these photos printed. It would be very costly if I go out every time to have them printed and done professionally at a photo developing studio. Then I remembered those portable Canon Selphy printers. My friend has one of those, and they were fun to use last time I remember. Thought about its practicality and cost of the paper and inks, realized that it’s not that bad.. especially for the quality of the photos which cannot be beat by the regular print quality of home printers (inkjet type).

I texted her and within a few hours, we have agreed to meet up the next day cuz she’ll lend me her printer. T’was the right time because she isn’t using it now because she doesn’t have any photography classes requiring it. :)

I headed to the Mall of Asia maybe two hours earlier than her and while I was waiting to hear from her.. I took these random photos whenever I stopped by a random corner around the mall.

Mall of Asia

Mall of Asia

Nothing special, just paying attention to the geometric shapes they formed. Probably not a big deal to you but I like the contrast of the photos. Continue reading →

Valentines Day Window Shopping

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….because I can!

Okay so it’ll be Valentines day in twenty-four hours, and some people even made it as far as making up an “eve” celebration for it (like Christmas eve, only it’s for Valentines).. I guess this is a legit celebration/holiday(?)/thing now? In the past years, I never noticed it to be that celebrated.. now it’s all over the news. Or maybe I’m just more aware of things?

With that said.. I should look for something positive about it since it’s gonna be a big deal in the next couple of years. I realized that there is something to start loving about this supposedly important day (am I starting to sound bitter now?) afterall… That would be the flash sales, discounted items for sale, and promo packages (not just for couples, but for singles~ too)!

Anyway, I was browsing online for good deals on the things I wanna buy.. and stumbled upon Lazada‘s website yet again. I can only do so much.. window shopping (perhaps “E-Shopping” is the more appropriate term), because I’m a #brokeassblogger, LOL. I like to canvas for prices around the internet, if I’m not busy wasting time on Twitter and Tumblr. I think the prices online are more justifiable than the mallprice of the item I’m researching for.

1. Apple iPad Mini Retina 32GB Wifi

iPad Mini RetinaDon’t think I’d be able to use this as much as I use my laptop because it is, infact, more capable to handling simultaneous activities than a tablet.. But as a web designer, I think I need to have one at some point to test how the website looks/functions in a tablet device. Also, I miss having an iOS device. I love my Nexus but there are just some apps in Apple that are way better than their Android counterpart, if there’s one One of them would be the Paper by FiftyOne sketchbook app. Oh, eBooks would definitely be better read here than on my phone’s small display!

2. Fujifilm Instax Mini 25

Fujifilm Instax Mini 25Never thought I’d become interested in instant photography again until I won an Instax (my first) from a blogger’s giveaway contest. I became hooked when I tried it out! At the same time, I have to be very careful of taking photos because the films for instant cameras are so expensive. You can’t just spontaneously take photos of things like how you would w/ a digital camera. This would be a very big leap from the model I won, though I personally prefer the Mini 90. But this model is what’s available now. Continue reading →