A "Floodgates" Set

Here was the Floodgates band's set when we were invited to play for a fundraising concert of a local church. click here for more vid...

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On Washing the Dishes

The number one chore of mine in our home is washing the dishes and other utensils. And there is one particular thing about this chore… I get a feeling of particular annoyance and irritation when I have to do it. I do not want to say that I hate the work. Yeah, I am lazy. But I don’t mind working at all. But I have this annoyance when I do the chore of washing the dishes. It’s almost the same kind of irritation when my mother nags, or my sister torments me, or someone who has no right or authority raises his voice at me, or when, while I am...

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Pacman's Big Win

It had never been the slugfest that I expected.Before the fight, I disagreed with the experts that it was going to be a mismatch. Yes, the Golden Boy has the advantage of height, bulk, and reach. But they were wrong to exaggerate the advantage of GB. I agree about GB’s advantage; I do not agree of their projected mismatch. I was confident Pacman would hold his ground. And I know he had speed, power, and age as his advantages. No mismatches, I analyzed, both have equal chances; a slugfest until someone get knocks down.But then, my projection was...

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Last Jam

This is one of the songs of the last performance, an acoustic set, of the YCFC "Chosen Ones" Band. click here for more vid...

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First Concert

These are some vintage footages of the first concert of YCFC "Chosen Ones" Band. This was on the early days of the band, when we were starting out as musicians. click here for more vid...

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Living in Legazpi

I was born in Legazpi City.The “gateway” boundary that the Lion’s Club erected is misleading – if not wrong. It should have been built about many meters more to the west, or it should have been made horizontally. Because not all of the ground that the “gateway” borders exactly divides where Legazpi City starts and Daraga ends, or vice versa, depends on how you look at it. Southward from the “gateway” is part of Daraga, thus dividing the Bicol University main campus into two, and the barangays behind that are Daraga’s. However, the north from the...

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And so, Obama won

Barack Obama won. The most dramatic win in US Presidential Elections history. Most of the world rooted for him. And America did, too, as proven by the election.I myself wanted Obama to win over McCain, though I consider myself a “Republican” because I had liked more Republican presidents than Democrat ones in US history. I don’t pretend that I support Obama because of his platform of government, no, I do not know much of his policies. I am a Filipino after all, and what appeals to us is not a candidate’s policies, but his drawing power, or “star...

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Getting 100 Out of 100 In Both My Two Major Exams (Thoughts on Analysis, Prediction, and Evaluation)

The past semester, I got a hundred out of a hundred in the final exams of both my two major subjects. This was my first. Sure, I had another perfect last year, but that was a twenty-five item short quiz-turned-final exam. And that was a minor, and this time I aced my two majors’ final exams! It feels good.But the reason of perfecting both exams was not that I know all the answers of the questions in it. I do not know all the answers. It is because through analysis of the test, the behavior of my teacher’s style of tests in the past, and using logic,...

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Missing Those Days...

Looking back...I miss the days when I dominated every PC game available.I miss the days when Funny Komiks and Culture Crash Comics were still in circulation.I miss the days when I could lie in the sofa and watch cable all day.I miss the days when The Rock was still on WWE performing.I miss the days when the LA Lakers were NBA Champions.I miss the days when I played in my first band with the Dawals.I miss the days when Bamboo Manalac and Rico Blanco were both in Rivermaya.I miss the days when I have the best cat in the world, Blackie.I miss the...

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Time Travel

Time travel had been an interesting topic and possibility. Sci-fi had been the number one interpreter on its potential. H.G. Well’s “The Time Machine”, Dean Koontz’s “Lightning”, countless novels, been used in TV shows, and several movies like “Déjà vu” and the classic “Back to the Future” trilogy. All imaginative conceptions. Some have scientific reality in them and intelligent facts. But nonetheless, the stories are fiction. So far, time travel is not yet possible (unless the number one conspiracy country in the world, USA,...

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MORE Favorite Fiction Characters

I already mentioned in the past my favorite characters in fiction. Here are some more characters that I like:Most Fave Creative/Inventive Funny Character – Mr. BeanThis Rowan Atkinson character had made me laugh hard many times. The situations he got into are as hilarious as his character. The best thing about him is that he solves these dilemmas and challenges by outrageous and stupid contraptions and methods. Then again, if a method or invention is stupid but it works and gets the job done, it’s not stupid at all.Most Fave Adventurer - Indiana...

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Mexican Standoff

I don’t mind a Mexican standoff. This is the ultimate deadlock or stalemate. Romantic impasse.Tension is thick.Each opponent is threatened and cannot move without endangering his life. Being nervous is normal.But keeping your cool and good concentration are the best weapons you have.The first move would destroy the unstable equilibrium of multiple deterrence. Aims would be shifted or taken away. The emotions that were building up will erupt.All hell would break lose.Until then, before the first move/s, there is still no winner, no loser, nor the...

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MORALITY

Morality is one of the most difficult topics to discuss in this world. Everyone has different definitions and conceptions on what is good, what is ethical, and what is right. Professions, politics, religions, education, philosophy and others all had trouble in dealing with morality. And there are many questions regarding morality, when moral or immoral, or when is it right or wrong. Of course basic good and bad can be easily seen, but what of the complicated moral issues?An argument on morality I don’t agree on is “the majority gives the definition...

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Loving The Lakers (Even When They Lose)

When you get to attach yourself emotionally with someone or something in this world too much, it will be very painful and heartbreaking when you lose them… or see them lose. I, being a loyal fan, had already been attached too much with the Los Angeles Lakers. I like the franchise, the team, the players and coaches – past and present – and the Laker girls. They are winners, and project their being winners. The Lakers is associated with Hollywood, glitz and glamour, prestige, entertainment, and Showtime. They are the most entertaining and most hyped...

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Why I want to be rich

I don’t really like to be rich. Not at all. But I daydream about being one. It should be nice to have enough money to have the things that you want. There are a few reasons why I want to be rich. To extend my collection I mainly collect literature and toys. Expansion of those collections is dependent of my allowance which is not much. But if I’m rich, wow, the potential of expansion would be cool. I also want to extend my minor collections like DVDs and records. It would also be nice to start new collections like stamps, guns and weaponry,...

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My Typical April Day This Year

This was my typical day in this month. Of course, it is not always so, like during weekends when there’s church, band practice, and the different TV schedule and programming. But it not so much different from this narration of my typical April day. In May, it’s going to be a little different, but not so much. My usual April day starts between 4:00 am and 4:30 am, as my mother turns on the light of my room to wake me up; with a mug of hot mocha already made by my mother for me. I wash my face and hair, and brush my teeth....

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Failing BS Accountancy

“Nobody passed the remedial exam.”Those were the words of our Financial Accounting teacher. And with those words, I was out of the Accountancy Department. I was not able to make the cut-off grade in the subject, and among the others who took the remedial exam, failed. A major part of me didn’t give a damn, while some small part was disappointed since all I had gone through past semesters seemed to be worthless – it could had been better if I was cut-off much much much earlier. I never wanted to take the remedial exam anyway. I didn’t like...

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Global Warming

These days, there is a certain phenomenon that is so popular called Global Warming. Let me define it first. Global warming, in a not too technical term, is the heating up of our world due to the increased levels of carbon dioxide and other gasses. And because of this heating up, there are certain changes – dramatic changes – in world weather. It causes extreme storms, melting of glaciers and ices in the world (particularly in the Artic and the Antarctic), wiping out in the map of islands (even small island nations) due in sea levels, and other...

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Me, My Mind, and My Multiple Personalities

The MindNo exact science can really explain itFreud and Jung and others, in some degree, made some worthwhile observations and theories about itMany philosophers, did, tooBut Science and Philosophy failed to grasp the Mind’s entiretyThe Mind is complexOne of God’s many mysteries in CreationThe Human Mind is one of the major things that separate us from animalsIt can createIt can destroyIt can be trained to (or can automatically) ignore emotion and painThe possibilities are endlessSince imagination has no boundariesMy Mind has no boundariesMy Mind...

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CHAIN OF THOUGHTS: February

Here are some February scribblesSpider-ManHere’s what recently significantly happened to Spider-Man/Peter Parker. This is taken from a Wikipedia article.The story begins in Amazing Spider-Man #544. With Aunt May slowly dying after being shot by a sniper during the closing hours of the Superhero Civil War, Peter Parker is forced to ask Tony Stark for financial assistance. Iron Man first attempts to bring Peter in for opposing the Superhero Registration Act, but stops when he learns of May's situation. He listens to Peter, but tells him he can't...

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Late Night

I am at my peak when it’s nightI’m no vampireI am just at my peak when it’s nightWhere I have the most energy and “life”Late nightAh, the best time of the dayThere are two kinds in which I spent itOut or inside the houseI like bothLate night out usually means partiesI like partiesI like the food most about itBut, honestly, I like late nights inside the house betterThere are a lot of things to doNow, inside the house I will be either:Asleep or awakeSleeping is one of my interestsBut I usually sleep late(And I enjoy sleeping in the afternoon more...

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NAMES

Names are always fascinating. Why is someone name as such? Can a person’s name reflect his personality? Can a person’s name describe him? Can a name break or make a person? Such questions arise about names.There are a lot of funny things and inconveniences regarding names. Like name-calling and teasing, where a person gets hurt when being branded with insults and insulting names. Or when your name got misspelled in your birth certificate; either you adopt the misspelled name in the certificate, or use the name you supposed to have by having...

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