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House decors

We don’t have much decors on our home. Most of the art here comes from the music and movies that emanate from our computers. Although we do have a few – like some paintings and handicrafts from Tagaytay that hangs on our wall – we have not really spent much money and effort on putting eye candies on our walls. But I might consider getting a beautiful ceiling fan probably something from Minka Aire or from the malls. My father has one on his house and with the hot summer that we are experiencing right now – this artsy fan will be nice to look at and be very useful. I have been telling him to stop buying random decors – because he seems to be filling up his house with it! But that fan was something else, hmm… something to think about.

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Stewardship of Life

Last Sunday’s sermon was about us being stewards – stewards of our lives. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior – we also give him our lives and everything that we have. Ofcourse everything belongs to God – but this is a gesture of choice, that we are giving our life and everything we have by choice to God. God then responded by giving them all back to us – but this time with a command to take care of our lives and everything that is entrusted to us, we are reminded that we are now His. This is a simple and yet profound reminder of where we stand. Are we still doing things as if we are in control? The message is clear – we have to be good stewards or managers of this life. So what have we done to honor the real Owner of our lives?

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Busy Weekend

This will be the start of a very busy weekend for me. Tonight I will be attending a practice / jam session with JJ and her band. I’ll be sitting in as her guitar player for Monday night’s gig. In fact while writing this blog post, I am listening to the songs that is on her lineup. After that practice, I will go straight to work until morning, and that won’t be a walk in the park either because Fridays are hectically toxic in the office. After that I’ll be going home to have a few hours of sleep and hop on my Time works for some excercise – which reminds me to look for a treadmill, and then right after that I’ll be on my way to another jam in the afternoon – this time with highschool friends who lives in the far south. That reminds me that I still have to practice the songs they want to jam on! When you think Sunday is gonna be free – you are definitely wrong, 3 major activities still await. We will go to church in the morning as we regularly do, and in the afternoon, we will have a “street jam” at a popular park. After that street jam, we will probably be attending Gospel Jam as well… Yep, there goes my weekend – so much for my restday. I’ll probably start my work week really tired, and yeah I have a gig on Monday night, right before my shift .

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Naruto Shippuden Movie – “Inheritors of the Will of Fire”

Naruto Shippuden Movie – “Inheritors of the Will of Fire” is the 3rd movie that was released for the Naruto Franchise. I just finished watching it with Z and I have to say it was really good. I was not able to enjoy it fully because my son wants me to translate each line to him so I end up reading the subtitles and simultaneously explaining to him the lines and whatever is happening. We also have to pause whenever a “jutsu” is performed, because Z wants me to teach him the “hand seals”. He was excited all the time, because there were a lot of actions in the movie. Another plus is that almost all of Naruto’s contemporaries are there. The downside I should say is that the enemies are too weak, and took only a few minutes for the different teams to finish off. Anyway the story is pretty straightforward, some old guy wants to assimilate 5 bloodline limit skills and the 5th one happens to be Kakashi. Without giving out too many spoilers, let me just say that the Moral of the story was really good. Bottom line is that the true way of success is not by doing it on your own – but by “bonding” with others – quite deep for a cartoon huh? No need to take out your box cutter to scavenge for the video online, you can watch it here.

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eBay Experience

I spent almost 2 days reading reviews and scouring through the countless items on eBay. I had to swim through an ocean of unrelated items at first, like the no extenze side effects products and cars, kitchenware and many more before I was finally able to narrow it down to the guitars I wanted. Even then eBay has a funny way of not recognizing priority in key words, so when I searched for Martin Acoustic Guitar, the first results were pages and pages of Martin Acoustic Guitar “Strings”. So when I finally found the right models, I was thrilled. I always encourage people to try guitars FIRST before buying, so this will be against my philosophy. This is my first time to buy a guitar based on reviews, impression, word of mouth, brand and pictures alone. Made a lot of mistakes and was really surprised at the last minute bidding that is common. Prices even double in the last 2 minutes! Anyway with the help of my friend, I was finally able to decide on what Martin I will buy, and I will review it on my other site once it gets here. Can’t wait!

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Hunting for a Martin & Co. guitar

I have been spending a lot of time researching and looking for a good Martin Guitar that I can finally call my own. After a lot of research, checking supplement reviews, and with budget limitation in mind, I have come up with a list of Martin guitars that I will have my friend bid on. I mostly based it off on reviews and on the sound that I heard on Youtube. The downside of doing this type of purchase is you’ll never know what you’ll get till you get it. That is why I hope and pray that God will guide that guitar with the perfect wood and construction to this humble home. Anyway here are the models I liked:

- Martin OMC-1E
- Martin DCX-1E
- Martin 000C-16GTE
- MARTIN XC1T Ellipse

My first priority would be the OMC and then the XC1T. I sincerely hope and pray that on May 12, I’ll have my new Martin!!! If it’s for me, it’s for me!

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Iceland Volcano Eruption

The people near the volcano are probably just going about doing their regular business, probably applying a day cream or brushing their teeth not knowing that a few minutes later their lives will be changed with a big bang. And blast it did, tt came as a surprise to most because the last time the volcano erupted was 1821. This sudden eruption of a long time dormant volcano reminds me of Mount Pinatubo. It was far from where I lived but we experienced heavy ash fall and the sky was dark for days. It was not a good experience. I hope and pray that the people were able to properly evacuate and that everyone on that area is safe.

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John Mayer in Manila – Rescheduled

Sadly, our most awaited event for this summer has been rescheduled for the first of October. While looking at 7-dfbx reviews, I was surprised to see an announcement from the organizer of John Mayer’s concert here in Manila. Let me quote the official announcement below:

“Dear all,

Channel V and Fearless have just sent me their official statement on the postponement of Mayer’s concert from May 16 to Oct. 1. I have uploaded it in the photos section. But here’s the text of the statement, in full:

As conveyed by our agent, Music Management International (MMI) through Ms. Rhiza Pascua, John Mayer will be rescheduling his Manila concert slated on May 16 to October 1 of this year due to undisclosed reasons. As advised by MMI, John Mayer’s Management will provide Fearless Productions and Channel [V] Philippines with the official documentation. As of Press time, fearless Productions and Channel [V] Philippines are still awaiting for such.

We wish to inform the General Public that all tickets purchased for the John Mayer Live in Manila concert tour shall be honored on the new concert date or returned to the respective outlet where the ticket was purchased for a full refund. Kindly wait for future event detail announcements through Channel [V].

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.”

So now, I have to worry about refunding the tickets. I highly doubt that John Mayer will come here on October, because looking at his tour page, he is somewhere in the United States in September, far from Asia. It’s sad but we have to move on. Anyway this gives me an opportunity to get a new acoustic guitar. A friend is coming back from the states, so might as well have him buy me that guitar that I’ve been scouting for and pay for it when he gets here.

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