le choeur, le football et français

today was pretty interesting. my day started like usual. however i wasnt late in class. however i was late in choir rehearsal. just for a few minutes though. i have a feeling that some of the guys from the bass section doesnt like me. or maybe im just imagining things. oh well.

in the afternoon, i went to my soccer class. earlier though i told myself that im gonna stay longer so i could play more. but our session has been shortened because of some issues that happened last week. its funny coz i am usually the first one to leave the class and now that i wanna play more, we cant play more. well, thats life!

but on the good side of it, i got to play a good game today even if its short. i guess im learning and getting better. one of my teammates told me that we had a goal because of me. he was very nice and encouraging. i think that was the best part of the game today and it made me just ignore some players who think that theyre better than the rest of us and commands me to do stuff like im a robot. LOL. but yeah, i cant wait to play soccer on friday. yay!

and finally, i finished my french homework. thanks to this site online. it really helped me a lot. but honestly i felt like i cheated. but maybe its not really cheating. oh well. im just glad that its done. its gonna be an oral presentation. i still need to practice so i could speak french correctly. :)

qui il pour aujourd'hui,
Jusqu' à la prochaine fois !

day dreamer

tired. played soccer. but it was fun. i finally got new soccer shoes, yay! i think im getting "better" with the sport (wishful thinking) hah!

oh earlier today, we had a choir rehearsal then i stayed for a while waiting for my friend yuko. i waited in the hall and i could hear the music students singing and playing their instruments. i think it was the recital class. it good, i want to be in that class. it made me want to be a music major. its tempting but i guess i should stick to nursing and finish it soon. but yeah, music will always be my first love. :)

so i come to this point of admiring someone again. i dont like it, its distracting and makes me daydream a lot. not good. hah!

message to that person: i hate you coz you wont stop running in my mind. see you on monday :P

choir fest pics

from yesterday's event :)

choir fest

today we went to a choir fest at cal state fullerton. my first performance and trip with the glendale college choir. i just joined last friday. its a non-auditioned choir. i had fun actually. i heard a lot of wrong notes though buts its ok. im one of the "older" people in the choir. its ok though. its nice singing with people around my age. ever since i moved here in the US, most of the choirs i joined have semi pro members and im usually the youngest. its a great learning experience though. singing with the college choir made me realized how much ive matured, chorale singing wise. other than that, im still immature. LOL!!!

oh and i got to meet joshua himes :)

paraiso

Return to a land called Paraiso,
a place where a dying river ends.
No birds there fly over Paraiso,
no space allows them to endure.
The smoke that screens the air,
the grass that's never there.
And if I could see a single bird, what a joy.
I try to write some words and create
a simple song to be heard
by the rest of the world.
I live in this land called Paraiso,
in a house made of cardboard floors and walls.

I learned to be free in Paraiso,
free to claim anything I see.
Matching rags for my clothes,
plastic bags for the cold.
And if empty cans were all I have, what a joy.
I never fight to take someone
else's coins and live with fear
like the rest of the boys.
Paraiso, help me make a stand.
Paraiso, take me by the hand
Paraiso, make the world understand
that if I could see a single bird, what a joy.
This tired and hungry land could expect
some truth and hope and respect
from the rest of the world







one of my favorite song by ryan cayabyab. i like the san beda college chorale's version :)

choir boy

Choirs are like magnet to me. where ever i go, i always end up in one. im actually part of four active choirs right now. crazy eh? well, you can say that but im enjoying it. i think singing is really my passion. but i can say that im a late bloomer though when it comes to singing. i grew up in choirs, its like a normal thing, especially in AUP, the place where i grew up.

in my teenage years, singing comes only second to violin playing. i was some kind of addicted to playing the violin and chamber music. but now, when i joined the orchestra i remembered falling asleep in one of our rehearsals. there was this one performance when there where bellerinas dancing to our music, i forgot to play coz i was so focused watching them. LOL.so yeah, i guess being an orchestra player is not working so well for me. lol.

so yeah, i enjoy choirs so much. and i wanna enjoy it as much as i can, while i still can. :)

warhol-ish pop art

i made this using the online generator. however the site has been deleted. sad :(

will you love JESUS more?


I feel quite sure if I did my best
I could maybe impress you
With tender words and a harmony
A clever rhyme or two

But if all I've done in the time we've shared
Is turn your eyes on me
Then I've failed at what I've been called to do
There's someone else I want you to see

[CHORUS]
Will you love Jesus more
When we go our different ways
When this moment is a memory
Will you remember His face
Will you look back and realize
You sensed His love more than you did before
I'd pray for nothing less
Than for you to love Jesus more



I'd like to keep these memories
In frames of gold and silver
And reminisce a year from now
About the smiles we've shared
But above all else I hope you will come
To know the Father's love
When you see the Lord face to face

You'll hear Him say "well done"

[REPEAT CHORUS TWICE]

I'd pray for nothing less
Than for you to love Jesus more

cette semaine

last night: went to americana to watch "shutter island" with kester, then went to universal city walk. man, that movie bothers me, i mean, it made me think about whats reality or not. i dunno, if im bein slow or whatever. LOL. after universal, went to kester's and spent the night.

today: first day in college choir, i got in at exactly 12pm. it was traffic but good thing i still made it. its nice that anna called me to check about my whereabouts. i had to ran super fast and got to the choir room on time with a thumbs up from the director (^_^). i tried to catch my breath as quickly as i can so i could join the vocalization. LOL.

this week: i got and invitation from dr. green to sing the faure requiem with other singers, unfortunately, i have no ride to go to the rehearsal. i feel so bad. hmm, then on tuesday after harana rehearsal i went to some chinese restaurant by k-box with kuya mike, kuya don and kuya dennis. it was fun hangin out with them, we did the barbecue thing on the table. dunno what its called :P then i just realized that it was late and i forgot my house keys! my roommate wont answer my call, i thought she was sleeping already so i tried getting in the apartment through the window. to make the story short, i fell and got wounded. still hurts. waaaaaahhh!!!

and oh yeah, on wednesday i did penalty kick in soccer class. and i scored. LOL!!! :P

cela me rend triste.

today i missed french tutorial and i really feel bad about it. alice had to stay for an hour and i bet she's really upset about it. i know its my fault and there's no excuse for that. i did say sorry but i still feel so bad.

earthquake today

today i was awaken by the earthquake. i wasnt sure at first if i was just dreaming or its reality. but when i checked facebook, it was confirmed. fortunately it happened less than a minute. this is the first time in years that ive felt an earthquake. i could hear my neighbor screaming while she's in the shower. i think my bedroom wall is by her bathroom. i think i was 5 or 6 when i first experience an earthquake. i can still recall the images that i saw. it was early 90's, i was in the living room with my mom and my brother. i felt the couch moving and i remember the water from the aquarium began to spill. i was just holding on to my mom, i thought it was fun, i wasnt scared after all. prollie coz my mom is there, i felt safe. i miss her...

after the earthquake we went out. i dunno if it was safe but my mom told me that we should go to an open space, like a field with no buildings or any other structues. i saw the ground were cracked already and saw a lot of earthworms and some electric cords or whatever you call it on the ground. i also remembered us watching the news later. i saw some of the clips from the earthquake and it was very tragic, however in my young mind it dint really sink in to me.

no that i am of age, after the earthquake, it made me ponder on a lot of things. why is there an earthquake? why is this happening? could there be more than just a scientific explanation? could it be God's wake up call?

the flower duet


Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin

Doucement glissons De son flot charmant
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord,
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.

Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!

Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
A la rose s'assemble
Sur la rive en fleurs riant au matin
Viens, descendons ensemble

Doucement glissons de son flot charmant,
Suivons le courant fuyant
Dans l'onde frémissante
D'une main nonchalante
Viens, gagnons le bord
Où la source dort et
L'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.

Sous le dôme épais ou le blanc jasmin,
Ah! descendons
Ensemble!

Translation

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning

Gently floating on it's charming risings
On the river's current
On the shining waves
One hand reaches
Reaches for the bank
Where the spring sleeps and
The birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

Under a dome of white jasmine
With the roses entwined together
On a river bank covered with flowers laughing in the morning
Let us descend together
Gently floating on it's charming risings,
On the river's current
On the shining waves,
One hand reaches,
Reaches for the bank,
Where the spring sleeps,
And the birds, the birds sing.

Under a dome of white jasmine
Ah! calling us
Together!

lundi

its monday again, i was in school earlier and i realized that i havent done my french composition yet and it was due today. im gonna turn in mine tomorrow. im so dissappointed with myself from not bein able to submit it on time. today students from the student government came to our class and theyre kind of recruiting new students for candidacy or to be part of them whatsoever. im was considering that thought for a while now since i talked to one of them in their booth last time. but im not sure if thats practical since i already have a lot of things goin on ( choirs etc). but it would be nice to get to do that while im still in college. we'll see.

i think im just over compensating. there's a lot of things that i wish to do but dint really get the chance to. or prollie i just really dint do them. hmm. i dunno :P

Mises à jour

yay! i get to stay up late tonight. i finally met my tutor Alice. she was really of great help to me in learning french. i still have a lot of memorization to do but im finally getting the rules and the proper conjugation and pronunciation. learning french is really tough for me but im enjoying it.

wow, this week went by so fast. oh yeah, on monday i got in the concert singers. thank God for the fine audition. so yup, now i have 3 active chorale groups. hows that? LOL. its ok, i love to sing. its never a burden to me. i want to enjoy my hobby while i still can and while im still young. bein a youth is just a short time, so i better enjoy it :P

OMGSHHHH!!! i just realized that i have overdue books!!! nooooooo!!!! oh well, i'll return them tomorrow. yikes!

J'irai au biblioteque demain (hope i said it right. LOL)

fun @ barnes and nobles

my recent facebook profile pic. LOL :P




There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written. ~Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

photo credit: russiel

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