I have every reason to be drop-dead devastated right now. If I were a full-time geek or a motor vehicle lover, I would have killed myself already. Either way, I am horrified by the unfortunate events that have been crossing my way lately.
A week back, my car started dripping off gasoline while running so I wasn't able to use it until now unless our mechanic shows up (which is not happening). A few days ago, I dropped one of my external hard drives making it hardly usable anymore, thank God it was my smallest one which was an 80GB Philips. This morning, my motorbike decided that it will no longer start. It probably needs to be tuned up and oil changed. I'm still thinking of a fucking way how to bring that shit all the way to the motor shop. Good Lord. I don't have any wheels as of the moment.
To make things worse, earlier when I came home, I found out that the installed hard drive of my computer wasn't being read. Imagine the stress and distraught. I was completely shattered. I reformatted my computer just to see if it was the problem but unfortunately, it wasn't. I then prayed for a glorifying moment when the hard drive suddenly gets read so I have the chance to salvage the files in that dying 500GB.
I have a 1TB external hard drive but the transfer rate is kind of slow so I decided to use my cousin's 1TB instead which had a fairly faster transfer rate. When I went to her house to borrow it, I found out she used a different plug to power it and when I came back home, the drive was as good as crap. It wasn't working anymore. Not even a small hint of life. Lastly, my mouse's scroll key is not working anymore.
So there, I think I'll cry my ass off when I sleep tonight.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Those Moments
Do you have those moments when you just roll around the internet and bump into a random photo and fall in love with it?
Saturday, March 2, 2013
First Audition
I had my very first audition for a singing competition last 23 February for The Voice of the Philippines. I never joined any singing competition prior that date mainly because I am not the competing kind and I do my own music. I do not like being judged by it.
The few strong reasons I auditioned were: I am a huge fan of The Voice since the beginning, Bamboo Mañalac will be one of the judges/coaches (I'd also say Miss Lea Salonga but every Filipino is already her fan), and a number of my friends and other supporters encouraged me to audition. Well, they always do. I just don't try. I also had the time so why not give it a shot.
Whenever I perform in front of people, the nerves never fail to kick in and they always hold me back for the first few minutes of my performances. After a short while, they leave and I'd be comfortable with my stage presence. That's the time I execute the best of what I got. Otherwise, everything is half-baked.
I knew even before that I will never pass an audition because of my nerves. I'd probably pass if they'd let me perform for a good 30 minutes. It's like I need to warm up as to doing an arduous activity. There are also times that my voice is really good compared to my regular one. Whenever I feel like that, I myself am impressed with my vocal ability. Like, "WTF did I just do?" or "I can't believe I can actually do that."
The auditions went smooth. I expected thousands of auditionees but only hundreds came. There were a few signs that led me to think that I'd actually get in but judging from the first few people who have been told to stay, I don't think I'll make an effort anymore.
Almost everyone sang ballad and pop. I was like, WTF. So I sang a chill one - Sunday Morning by Maroon 5. Luckily, I was told to stay a bit longer. I guess the judges liked the break of trend. The few of us who stayed were interviewed shortly after. I guess it gets a bit bumpy at that point because they were obviously looking for a dramatic life story. My life is okay - a bit interesting but not "Oh God, what a life" kind of life. In all honesty, I didn't really want to get in for the blind auditions anymore because the feel wasn't what I was expecting.
I am a fan of The Voice because of the cool people it had in the US and the UK. I realized that the Philippines was hugely different. I was never a fan of singing competitions in the Philippines because of how poor the versatility they possessed. To me, everyone sang ballad or Filipino alternative. They make everything ballad. I hate that. Filipinos are great singers but I want to hear all other good genres like what the other The Voice editions had - country, hip-hop, reggae, ska, world, new age, alternative. Filipinos do not like that. We only want ballad/soul, tunog kalye and pop.
After the interviews, they let us go but only about 4 people passed the interview. I wasn't one of them. I guess my life isn't inspiring yet. Hehe. It was totally fine. Winning a talent competition wasn't a dream in the first place, more so being a part of it. I do music for myself, my friends and my supporters. That's just about enough for me.
The few strong reasons I auditioned were: I am a huge fan of The Voice since the beginning, Bamboo Mañalac will be one of the judges/coaches (I'd also say Miss Lea Salonga but every Filipino is already her fan), and a number of my friends and other supporters encouraged me to audition. Well, they always do. I just don't try. I also had the time so why not give it a shot.
Whenever I perform in front of people, the nerves never fail to kick in and they always hold me back for the first few minutes of my performances. After a short while, they leave and I'd be comfortable with my stage presence. That's the time I execute the best of what I got. Otherwise, everything is half-baked.
I knew even before that I will never pass an audition because of my nerves. I'd probably pass if they'd let me perform for a good 30 minutes. It's like I need to warm up as to doing an arduous activity. There are also times that my voice is really good compared to my regular one. Whenever I feel like that, I myself am impressed with my vocal ability. Like, "WTF did I just do?" or "I can't believe I can actually do that."
The auditions went smooth. I expected thousands of auditionees but only hundreds came. There were a few signs that led me to think that I'd actually get in but judging from the first few people who have been told to stay, I don't think I'll make an effort anymore.
Almost everyone sang ballad and pop. I was like, WTF. So I sang a chill one - Sunday Morning by Maroon 5. Luckily, I was told to stay a bit longer. I guess the judges liked the break of trend. The few of us who stayed were interviewed shortly after. I guess it gets a bit bumpy at that point because they were obviously looking for a dramatic life story. My life is okay - a bit interesting but not "Oh God, what a life" kind of life. In all honesty, I didn't really want to get in for the blind auditions anymore because the feel wasn't what I was expecting.
I am a fan of The Voice because of the cool people it had in the US and the UK. I realized that the Philippines was hugely different. I was never a fan of singing competitions in the Philippines because of how poor the versatility they possessed. To me, everyone sang ballad or Filipino alternative. They make everything ballad. I hate that. Filipinos are great singers but I want to hear all other good genres like what the other The Voice editions had - country, hip-hop, reggae, ska, world, new age, alternative. Filipinos do not like that. We only want ballad/soul, tunog kalye and pop.
After the interviews, they let us go but only about 4 people passed the interview. I wasn't one of them. I guess my life isn't inspiring yet. Hehe. It was totally fine. Winning a talent competition wasn't a dream in the first place, more so being a part of it. I do music for myself, my friends and my supporters. That's just about enough for me.
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