Press play...
"Faster than the speeding light she's flying
Trying to remember where it all began"
9:48 pm - I get the green light to arrange travel
11:23 pm - I get first of 2 management approvals
8:28 am - I get second of 2 management approvals
9:07 am - I send approvals to travel desk
10:36 am - Travel desk sends e-ticket for 3:20 pm flight
10:52 am - I make hotel reservations
11:48 am - I leave for the airport
2:43 pm - I am sitting on the gate in NAIA
5:19 pm - I wake up seeing we've landed in my first stop over
9:25 pm - I find myself in a taxi racing from my last stop to Kuala Lumpur
10:37 pm - I am sitting in a hotel room wondering how I got here
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Easy Like... 9:23 PM
An idle man once said, "Doing nothing is so underrated."
I agree.
Sunday Morning - No Doubt
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Sunday Morning - KOS
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
I agree.
Sunday Morning - No Doubt
Sunday Morning - Maroon 5
Sunday Morning - KOS
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Itching causes (red)ness 12:35 AM
iPod + Fatboy
Originally uploaded by runeveerasawmy
Got one!
To those who have one, buy a crystal case!
It is gorgeous!
Monday, January 14, 2008
When the world is not watching... 11:26 PM
I hum a familiar tune. And when I'm sure there's no one around, I sing. I sing on good days. I sing on bad days. My heart speaks to me through song.
Find your inner selves in these 3 indie musicals I dug up this past week. All great. All speak to the heart. Now let me get back to my singing. :)
Colma, The Musical
Three teens contemplate life after high school while singing their hearts out in this fresh musical.
Taking place in the suburban town of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living 1500 to 1, Colma: The Musical takes the music of H.P. Mendoza and weaves it into a fresh personal look into the ups and downs of early adulthood.
Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams.
20 centímetros
Shot through with colorful musical numbers, 20 CENTIMETERS is a delirious romp through the life of transsexual Marieta (Monica Cervera) who longs to become a fully-fledged woman.
It's a self-consciously ''Almodóvarian'' confection, studded with small odes to the glory of self-creation. Marieta is a narcoleptic pre-op transsexual prostitute saving up for an operation to remove eight inches of unwanted manhood. In her blackouts, she lapses into lavish musical fantasies, à la Dancer in the Dark.
Once
A charming, captivating tale of love and music, Once sets the standard for the modern musical.
This is my favorite of the 3.
The Irish romance ONCE may be a musical, but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song. Glen Hansard (frontman for indie rock band The Frames) plays the guy, a street musician who is playing for change when he meets the girl (Marketa Irglova), an immigrant from the Czech Republic. The pair immediately bond over their shared love of music (he is a guitarist, and she plays the piano), and the film chronicles their tentative relationship. Both are weighed down by plenty of baggage: his songs are fueled by a painful breakup, and she is a young mother who left her husband behind in her native country.
The song Falling Slowly sung by Glen and Marketa halfway through is reason enough to watch the film. The perfect blend of sad and beautiful.
* Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com)
Find your inner selves in these 3 indie musicals I dug up this past week. All great. All speak to the heart. Now let me get back to my singing. :)
Colma, The Musical
Three teens contemplate life after high school while singing their hearts out in this fresh musical.
Taking place in the suburban town of Colma, where the dead outnumber the living 1500 to 1, Colma: The Musical takes the music of H.P. Mendoza and weaves it into a fresh personal look into the ups and downs of early adulthood.
Best pals Rodel, Billy, and Maribel find themselves in a state of limbo; fresh out of high school, they are just beginning to explore a new world of part-time mall jobs and crashing college parties. As newfound revelations and romances challenge their relationships with one another and their parents, the trio must assess what to hold onto, and how to best follow their dreams.
20 centímetros
Shot through with colorful musical numbers, 20 CENTIMETERS is a delirious romp through the life of transsexual Marieta (Monica Cervera) who longs to become a fully-fledged woman.
It's a self-consciously ''Almodóvarian'' confection, studded with small odes to the glory of self-creation. Marieta is a narcoleptic pre-op transsexual prostitute saving up for an operation to remove eight inches of unwanted manhood. In her blackouts, she lapses into lavish musical fantasies, à la Dancer in the Dark.
Once
A charming, captivating tale of love and music, Once sets the standard for the modern musical.
This is my favorite of the 3.
The Irish romance ONCE may be a musical, but it is miles away from the traditional Hollywood idea of people bursting into song. Glen Hansard (frontman for indie rock band The Frames) plays the guy, a street musician who is playing for change when he meets the girl (Marketa Irglova), an immigrant from the Czech Republic. The pair immediately bond over their shared love of music (he is a guitarist, and she plays the piano), and the film chronicles their tentative relationship. Both are weighed down by plenty of baggage: his songs are fueled by a painful breakup, and she is a young mother who left her husband behind in her native country.
The song Falling Slowly sung by Glen and Marketa halfway through is reason enough to watch the film. The perfect blend of sad and beautiful.
* Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com)
Feeling (reddest) 7:16 PM
Feeling (redder) 7:09 PM
Love was Black and White
Originally uploaded by powerbooktrance
Geez... that clear case sure looks awesome!
Feeling (red) 7:02 PM
Sunday, January 13, 2008
What ever happened to... the original Power Rangers? 10:04 AM
15 years after they first stormed into our tv screens and imaginations, let's re-visit the 6 actors that made up this colorful band of renegade enforcers.
Austin St. John - Red RangerSt. John wrote a martial arts book since leaving the show. It is entitled Karate Warrior: A Beginner's Guide to Martial Arts. He is currently a paramedic n the Washington DC suburbs of Northern Virginia. And for those who had a big crush on him during his glory days, on the left is a
recent pic!
recent pic!
Walter Emanuel Jones - Black Ranger
Jones has focused on teaching and performing salsa dancing and placed first in the 2004 Mayan International Salsa Championship. He recently appeared in the reality tv show Age of Love providing salsa instructions. He now runs a dance studio in LA.
David Yost - Blue Ranger
Yost continued on acting soon after finishing close to 200 episodes of the show. Of the original 5, he stayed with the show the longest. He has since produced a number of cable tv series. Recently, he starred as a Playboy photographer in the made-for-tv movie After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped.
David Yost - Blue RangerYost continued on acting soon after finishing close to 200 episodes of the show. Of the original 5, he stayed with the show the longest. He has since produced a number of cable tv series. Recently, he starred as a Playboy photographer in the made-for-tv movie After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped.
Thuy Trang - Yellow Ranger
Trang died at the age of 27 in a car accident on September 3, 2001 near San Francisco, California. She and former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, to whom Trang was to be a bridesmaid later that year, were passengers in a car traveling on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles (they were returning from visiting Angela's planned maid of honor) when the driver (another of Angela's bridesmaids) of the vehicle she was riding in lost control. The episode "Circuit Unsure" of Power Rangers: Time Force was dedicated to her memory.
Amy Jo Johnson - Pink Ranger
Johnson was Julie Emrick in the popular tv drama Felicity. She now regularly appears with her band Valhalla, where she is the lead singer as well as a guitarist & has recently contributed guest vocals to Koishii and Hush's cover of The Cars track "Since You're Gone".
Trang died at the age of 27 in a car accident on September 3, 2001 near San Francisco, California. She and former actress/model Angela Rockwood-Nguyen, to whom Trang was to be a bridesmaid later that year, were passengers in a car traveling on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles (they were returning from visiting Angela's planned maid of honor) when the driver (another of Angela's bridesmaids) of the vehicle she was riding in lost control. The episode "Circuit Unsure" of Power Rangers: Time Force was dedicated to her memory.
Amy Jo Johnson - Pink RangerJohnson was Julie Emrick in the popular tv drama Felicity. She now regularly appears with her band Valhalla, where she is the lead singer as well as a guitarist & has recently contributed guest vocals to Koishii and Hush's cover of The Cars track "Since You're Gone".
Jason David Frank - Green Ranger
Frank appeared in the most Power Ranger series & spin-offs. He was in Mighty Morphin (original), Zeo, Turbo, Wild Force and DinoThunder. He also starred in 2 Power Rangers movies! Since then, he has founded of the Toso Kune Do sytem, an American Martial Arts system that follows the concepts of many of the American Martial Art Masters such as Bruce Lee, Ed Parker and the like who blended many martial art techniques, concepts and disciplines to seek truth in self expression. He now teaches this technique in his Rising Sun Karate Academy in Houston.
Frank appeared in the most Power Ranger series & spin-offs. He was in Mighty Morphin (original), Zeo, Turbo, Wild Force and DinoThunder. He also starred in 2 Power Rangers movies! Since then, he has founded of the Toso Kune Do sytem, an American Martial Arts system that follows the concepts of many of the American Martial Art Masters such as Bruce Lee, Ed Parker and the like who blended many martial art techniques, concepts and disciplines to seek truth in self expression. He now teaches this technique in his Rising Sun Karate Academy in Houston.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
The music, movie & tv geek was here 10:20 PM
The music, movie & tv geek was here
Originally uploaded by Mark Ordoñez
I take my daily media dose seriously. If I'm not playing video games, I'm watching tv. And if I'm not watching tv, I'm tripping on sound.
I'm always on the look out for the latest and greatest out there. That's my addiction. It will be the death of me.
Wow! That court is really blue! 12:00 PM
Australian Open '08 this year has a few changes. Not least of which are the blue courts. Blue is a great color but I am on the fence on the contrast. It's bit too bright for me.
This year, we no longer have Hingis or Clijsters. Bummer. I really like those 2, especially Hingis. Hard to imagine they were just contesting for a semifinal spot last year. At least Davenport is still around.
Oh well, go Roger!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Do not stand at my grave and weep 4:00 PM
Originally uploaded by andrewlee1967
I saw the latest episode of Desperate Housewives yesterday ("Welcome to Kanagawa", first airing on the ABC network January 6, 2008). In the episode, the character Mrs. McCluskey recited a modified version of the poem "Do not stand at my grave and weep" by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004) as she was scattering the ashes of her dear friend Ida Greenberg on the baseball field where Ida had executed a triple play as a women's professional ballplayer.
The poem was sad, subtle and nothing short of beautiful.
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I did not die.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
To the Limerent Other 4:04 AM
"I've got some things I'd like to set in pen.
I would have used a pencil, but lead's just not permanent."
- Hellogoodbye - Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me
"Oh it's what you do to me,
Oh it's what you do to me."
- Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
"This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending."
- Mika - Happy Ending
I would have used a pencil, but lead's just not permanent."
- Hellogoodbye - Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me
"Oh it's what you do to me,
Oh it's what you do to me."
- Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
"This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending."
- Mika - Happy Ending
