A Star is Born-My Niles Boy

November 25, 2007

On the last day of the school year, my boy Niles gave me two complimentary tickets for the Musicale Annie Jr. All I know was that he was in the back stage staff . But I didnt know why I was almost teary eyed when the curtain began playing the tune "Tomorrow".

I was very proud of my son even if he is just in the back stage .But imagine to my surprise when suddenly out of nowhere my son just came out onstage with his arms around another boy and suddenly he was dancing on stage.

 Even his eldest brother Nygel was laughing.We both didnt know he was going to dance in the musicale.

Happy Birthday Ate Nette

November 15, 2007

Happy Birthday to our dearest Ate Nette, my alalay, a dear aunt to my two sons.

She has been with us in Singapore since my two sons arrived in 2000. Every year that we go home she goes back with us to the Philippines to visit her daughter and husband. She has devoted practically 7 years of her life to rearing my two sons.

Sometimes I think my sons have caught their sociability  from her since she has a lot of friends and whoever her friends are are also my sons friends.My two sons are quite good talkers maybe because of her. I am quite the opposite since I hardly talk and would take time to approach people.

Thanks Ate Nette and Happy 34th Birthday to you.

Arnel Pineda Who? Watch Out for Him

November 4, 2007

Arnel Pineda, of a band called The Zoo, has been chosen to become the next lead singer of American 80's glam rock band, Journey starting in November.

To Refresh your memory, Journey  is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California.

The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana. The band's greatest commercial success came in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with a series of power ballads and soaring classics such as "Don't Stop Believing", "Any Way You Want It", "Faithfully", "Open Arms", "Separate Ways" and "Wheel in the Sky".

Here is the original version of the Journeys Open Arms 

 

This is from the latest news about the band…

As of November, 2007, a new lead singer had yet to be named. Longtime friend of the band and former Storm frontman, Kevin Chalfant, had been considered a strong candidate for the position. The band briefly gave serious consideration to 36-year-old Jeremey Hunsicker of Roanoke, Virginia, the frontman for the Journey tribute band Frontiers, but Hunsicker soon turned down the position.^[3] Other conjectures included Hugo Valenti, the frontman for the New York-based Journey tribute band Evolution. In September, a picture surfaced of the band with little-known Filipino singer Arnel Pineda, from the former cover band Zoo (now performing original material).^[4] Accompanying articles stated that Pineda had been invited to the United States to audition for the position of lead singer, and that MelodicRock.Com's Andrew McNiece, who had been the first to accurately predict the departures of Steve Perry and Jeff Scott Soto, was now predicting Pineda's having been hired by the band.^[

and here is Arnel's Version of Open Arms  and Faithfully both Journey songs

(MABUHAY ANG MUSIKERONG PILIPINO…..galing Olongapo yan!!!!

SINGAPORE ECONOMY IS THRIVING AND MY RENT IS SOARING

November 1, 2007

The good news these days in Singapore is that unemployment hits the lowest record in a decade.

Salaries of employees have risen and this end of the year a lot of people are anticipating record breaking bonuses. My business is thriving which is good for my bank account.

 Housing prices have recorded its highest increase in years. Flats are selling almost 50-90% over and above previous prices.

BAD NEWS however is that I am renewing my 2 year office lease and my landlord is increasing my rent by 100%.That means I have to work harder. So much for good times