Papa Joe...

Papa Joe is a local DJ here in Cebu who has a radio program called “Talk to Papa” where the listeners can share their problems (mostly love problems) on the air and seek advices from other listeners.

Two weeks ago I received an MSN message from an old friend saying “Hi!” At that moment I already think that there must be something behind that simple “Hi!”, because we go directly to the point every time we send instant messages. I replied with a “Hello” and my assumption is correct, there goes her marathon of questions regarding love and problems in life.

Then on that the same day, another friend of mine approaches me and we had a little talk. And again it’s about personal problem.

On that day, I feel like I am Papa Joe giving advices to my friends, the only difference is that the problems being shared are major and big problems that can change the life and future of my friends, so I was very cautious in every word I say.

I am not a good problem adviser; I am only good at solving problems of my own. But I am thankful that they trusted me even though we are not that close and still they chooses me to be the person to share their problems with.

Good luck to my friends above. Thanks for trusting me. =)

God bless us all.

Salonga School of Music 18th Annual Recital

I was able to attend the Salonga 18th Annual Recital last November 26, 2006 because my twin brother was one of the recitalists of the said event. It was held at Parklane Hotel 3 blocks away from our home.

As we arrive at the venue, I was having a hard time finding a seat coz the venue was full of proud parents and family members who are waiting for there recitalist to perform on stage. After sometime, I was able to get a seat together with a family of four.

The first sets of performers are the Preparatory students. These are the students who are newbie in their chosen musical instrument that they want to learn and, my twin brother was one of them. Even though this is not the first time my twin brother played the drums but he was enrolled at the Preparatory Level. I was amazed watching all the preparatory students playing coz most of them are 5-6 years old. One recital that caught my attention was a duet made by twin sisters, they performed a Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song “Tell Him”, and for me it was a nice performance coz they hit their high notes very well. I asked myself what these girls would be 10-15 years from now.

After all preparatory students have made there recitals, its time for the Primary 1 students to perform but my twin brother has still not perform on stage. He made a query and his instructor told him that he is going to perform in the legendary level ha ha ha. There is no legendary level in Salonga maybe what his instructor is trying to say that he is going to perform with the more experienced students in the school.

After dinner, it’s my twin brother’s turn to go up on stage and made his piece. He performed one of my favorite songs from Plumb titled “Here with me”. This song reminds me of my band during college, Bang2x and the Crocodiles; we performed this as an opening number during the 2001 U.P. Cebu Promenade held at Cebu Plaza Hotel. Watching my twin brother performed also reminds me of my uncle who is a drums guru during his younger years.

I never expected that his performance would be as great as it was considering that it was his first public performance as a drummer. Everyone was stunned including the school supervisor because he did a nice job on his rendition of that song. After he performed the emcee praised him and called his name twice reminding him to take bow for the audience. :)

It was a memorable day for me because I saw my twin brother harvesting the fruit that he sows. After all those sessions and preparation, now he is somehow ready and has confidence in playing drums in public. Ayos!

Hello world!!!

okay... this is it... i finally decided to get a blog space for myself... this will be my place where i can speak out all the ideas inside my head and a place where i can record the good and bad things that is happening to me so that i will be able to remember and share the lessons to the visitors of this blog.

God bless us all.