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Gosh! time flies so fast... and now its already SUMMER!
But the weather is really erratic.. the day would start a bright sunny morning that gets soo intolerably HOT during midday then suddenly.. the you'll be surprised to see dark sky and in the blink of an eye, here come raindrops falling.

Last holy week, our family didn't spend it elsewhere but home.

Uhmm i am not earning much from serving the ads in the sidebar but just this week I got hired for a new job. Ahh all those grueling past weeks applying for jobs and waiting for phone calls has been worth it. Last Monday i was called for an interview (written and oral) i felt like a student having a thesis defense in front of the panel of judges, there were 6 others aside from me vying for the position.

I am really excited, it's past midnight yet i can't sleep. Im kind of scared i might not wake up early. Have to travel at 4AM so i can reach the office by 9AM . Yup! its far from where we live. I have to ride a bus and then a ferry boat for 30min to get to the other island and then transfer to another bus again. I will have my job orientation at 9Am today.

With this new turn of events, I would have to relocate and for the time being i won't have an internet connection unless they would give me a wi-fi laptop.ü
I know, i will have an internet withdrawal syndrome big time!
No more overnight watching videos at Youtube, gawking (and drooling ..) over cute Korean and other cute asian boiz!
=(

No more Super Junior, DBSK, Fei lun hai... for sometime.

I just finished watching Hana-Kimi Taiwanese version and i can say Wu Chun is love! :-]
Me and my youngest sister are gong gaga over him now! Hana-Kimi is soo funny.. hard not to love him there.



Currently listening to Sungmin's Chunji Radio.. Thanks LoLa for the how -to tips =)



Hunky Wu Chun!

Join Earth's Day 1 hour Lights Out

On 29 March 2008 the Philippines will join countries around the world as we literally "turn the lights out" for Earth Hour - an event that will fuel awareness on climate change and prove that when the people of the world work together, they can make a difference in the fight against global warming.

Earth Hour will take place throughout the Philippines from 8 to 9 in the evening on Saturday, 29 March 2008. WWF invites you to participate by shutting off lights for 60 minutes, organizing your own "lights-out" event or by disseminating this info to your friends, workmates and family.

Launched in Australia on the 31st of March 2007, Earth Hour moved 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. This massive collective effort reduced the city's energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour. With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning their lights off and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

YOUR participation will go a long way in spreading the message that we, as individual droplets working collectively – can create an impetus far more powerful than the mightiest of rivers. For more information, log on to the WWF Earth Hour page at: www.earthhour.org.

Britney Spears Returns

Britney Spears returns after rehab - in animated form - with 'Break The Ice'.
From her Blackout album.

Here is the video: i think it's cooL!

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Google Privacy Policy Required

Recently Google updated theirAdsense Terms and Conditions, when you log in to your Adsense account you have to agree to a new TOS before you can access your account. It seems that sites serving Adsense must post a Privacy Policy notification.

So to adhere to the new requirements set by Google i hereby notify all readers/visitors of my blog, that Google "use cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process". This is to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use Google services in order to improve the quality of their services. Furthermore, "Google's servers automatically record server logs information when you visit our website or use some of our products". These information includes, but not limited to, the URL, your IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.

Google adheres to the US safe harbor privacy principles thus whatever information it may gather from you will not cause you harm or be use against you.

If you serve adsense in your blog(s), have you made your "privacy policy"? In case you haven't read Google's full privacy policy, check it out here. I posted my policy in the footer section of my other blog, you can copy it here but change some info pertaining to this site to suit your own site.

For now, i do not serve adsense here because i am experimenting with other advertising program.

Got Tagged by Gracie

I got tagged by Gracie over her blog "My Thoughts Freely Written" .. thanks sis!

so here is some tidbits about me... (if you're interested to know..ü)

1. Song that always makes you sad? Hate U, Love U by Super Junior

2. Last thing you bought (food?)? Spicy Ramen!

3. Last person you argued with? my mom (...as usual)

4. Do you put Butter before putting the jelly on? ewww!

5. One of your stuffed animals' names as a kid? kitty

6. Did you ever own at one time a Nysnc Cd? nope, but I like 'em

7. Favorite day of the week? Friday

8. Favorite Sundae topping?: chocolate, vanilla

9. Did you take Piano lessons? not formally

10. Most frequent song played? Marry U - Super Junior

11. T.V. show you secretly enjoy? i enjoy almost all TV shows openly

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey? neither

13. Date someone older or younger? haven't gone on dates.. but if ever, i wouldn't mind if he is 2 years younger or 10 years older than me.

14. One place you would wish to travel right now? Seoul, S. Korea

15. Do you use umbrellas? not so much

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem? No idea.. sorry. I am a Filipino

17. Favorite Cheese? cheddar cheese

18. Disturbed or My Chemical Romance? i only heard of My Chemical Romance but im more into Asian music right now.

19. Do you prefer Blondes or Brunettes? brunettes.. but i like the purplish hair better

20. Best job you ever had? it is yet to come...

21. did you go to your high school prom? oh yes but i don't remember much

22. perfect time to wake up? 6 am ( but usually i wake up at 9 or 11 am)

23. perfect time to go to bed? 9pm ( but i usually sleep at 5am)

24. do you use your queen right away in chess? I don't play chess.

25. Ever been in a car accident? no, i don't have a car. but bus accident.. almost

26. closer to mom or dad...or neither? neither.. im closer to my siblings

27. what age is this exciting life over for you? can't say for now

28. what decade during the 20th century would you have chosen to be a teenager? 80's that's when I was born.

29. Favorite shoes you have EVER owned? i like sneakers better than high heeled shoes

30. Do you have an article of clothing you have had since you were in high school? shorts and mini skirt. hahaha lots of them.. my youngest sis sometimes puts them on.

31. Were you in track and field?: Slightly yes. That was in grade school.

32. Were you ever in a school talent show? yes! in grade school i was in a choral group

33. Have you ever written in a library book? can't remeber but i did have a book i forgot to return.. lol

34. Allergic to? arrogant people..

35. Favorite fruit? banana

36. Have you watched sex and the city? yes, only a couple episodes. thought it was R-rated at first but it was actually quite a comedy show. i love it!

37. Baseball hat or toque? Baseball hat

38. Do you shampoo first in the shower or soap? soap

39. Wet the toothbrush or brush dry with the toothpaste? wet the toothbrush of course

40. Pen or pencil? pen

41. Have you ever gambled at a casino? never

42. Have you thrown up on a plane? yes, when i was 8

43. Have you thrown up in a car? got no car, remember

44. Have you thrown up at work? never

Im passing this meme to my new blog friend exotic Malyn!

My friday with no electricity

Yay! its 3AM here now..I just got over 18 hours with no electricity today. Looked like all residence in our district wasn't able to pay their electric bills :lol: It was sooo dark! No moon , not even a single stars in the sky. I missed my favorite soap on TV. Wasn't able to cook because we use electric stove which is useless in moment like this. Had only canned goods for dinner, good thing there was a left over rice from this morning. Had no choice but get in bed at 7PM, but wasn't able to sleep comfortably thru the night since it's so dark i was quite paranoid about burglars. I have only my youngest sister with me. Our electricity was restored just an hour ago (2AM), I was itching to get online immediately but 10 minutes after, the lights went out again.

Why am i still up at 3am? The light is back (obviously that's why im online.. ü) and I am cooking breakfast already. My sister will have school practice this morning and i don't like to be forced to wake up early just to cook. So while i'm still wide awake i better make her breakfast. My cooking isn't that good when i am doing it half-hearted. You wanna see what i made?
My sister and I will be having this for breakfast.. yummy chicken adobo! (oh, i just grabbed that pic over the net but it sure looks like the one i have in my cookingpot)

This morning, after 4 weeks of waiting, i received Google Adsense post mail. Gosh! our post office is sure slow in delivering letters .. and as usual it's already been opened (and taped again..) :shocks: Every time i get a mail from overseas, it's very rare that it would reach me untouched. Why would someone pry open a letter not for them? Grrr.. hello! there's no money in there!
Anyway, with this letter is the PIN i have to enter in my adsense account to be able to receive my ads earnings. Oh, i better remember to make that "privacy policy" tomorrow to comply with Google's new terms with regards to adsense. For now, i better go back to sleep before nasty breakouts appear on my face again. I'll see you folks when i wake up!

Customize Your Blog Icon

Yesterday i was able to change my layout to look the way i want and wrote about how i wanted to get rid of the default Blogger icon in the address bar. Today, with the help of DJYano's great tips on changing favicons, i was able to customize it.
No more

My address bar now looks like this! with the pink laptop icon.. yay! i'm soo happy =)

I went to DJYano's suggested Favicon Maker and uploaded the image i want. After i downloaded the the generated favicon, i can't upload it to Imageshack right away because it has an ico file extension which is not supported. I changed image file extension by opening Paint and saving it as jpeg. After uploading and getting the url provided by Imageshack, i edited by html to look for this tag (You can use Ctrl+F and type the words you wanna find to make it easier )

and to insert this one below

(your icon URL is link imageshack will provide for your icon).

Preview your template first before saving to see if all is OK.
It was so easy as eating peanuts! I finished it in no time, unlike yesterday it took me hours (6hours i think.. :LoL:) to change layout. :p

Thank heavens DJYano left me a message in the tagboard to check out his post after reading my last blog entry.

~ until then...(*goes to YouTube and watch Super Junior Shows :) *


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Fabulous Blog Award

Yay! got my first Blog Award from a fellow fab blogger at Nicotine's World.

Thank you, Maria Justine!

I am now giving this Fab Blog Award to Chele, Malyn and Oz_Gurl! who are not just fab bloggers but definitely all fabulous girls!

A new layout .. and MAROON5 rocking the night

I like my new header! I want to own a notebook like this. My new layout is quite pink c",) so girly.ü

Finally i manage to make a 3 column layout after grueling hours of tweaking xhtml codes which i am really not familiar. If you have blog hopped to this page much earlier, you might have found it a mess :lol:

I've always wanted to have a 3-column blogger layout for sometime now and i just can't seem to make all the templates i've downloaded work. Good thing i was blog hopping earlier today and found this turkish blog with simple tips how to add another sidebar to a Minima template. The site has tool to automatically translate in English. I'm so sorry, i want to credit him but i forgot his website URL. x:bad:x I will try to find him. My next project is to find out how to get rid of blogger icon and have it change to a personalized one.

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Maroon 5 (Adam Levine (vocals, guitar), James Valentine (guitar, vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar) and Matt Flynn (drums, percussion), the Grammy Award winning rock band originating from Los Angeles, California had their first Philippine concert and was rocking Araneta Coliseum earlier at 8PM. They are best known for hit songs "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", and "She Will Be Loved". Gosh! Adam is so handsome!

The cheapest ticket cost about P1575 (these seats are too far from the stage), most expensive seat/ticket cost 10,500 pesos with the current exchange rate that is $258.. wow! so expensive!

It's past midnight now.. i must sleep and think how can i earn and save more money to buy myself a ticket to the Super Junior 1st Asian Tour in Malaysia this May2008. This is going to be my birthday gift to my self. Hope the ticket isn't that expensive cause i would still have to spend for plane ticket to fly to Malaysia.. aahhh im soo excited already. Zzzzzzzzzz

How To Read Music

I am a music enthusiast (i believe so..) but somehow musical instruments are not so fond of me. So i settled to just singing and not learn how to play a single instrument. I remember when i was in my 2nd year in high school, our music class required us to have a piano recital. I reading musical notes was not that hard but my fingers were just so stiff that geez! i can't play music smoothly. Ah i remembered i was practicing on my paper piano back then.. you know i stapled 2 long bond paper and drew white and black piano keys. I was practicing with the music playing only in my head. hahaha!

The day before the recital, my parents finally was able to buy me a Sharp Keyboard to practice but with the short time left to practice it didn't help much. I think my fingers when more used to the paper piano.ü

Anyways, after that i get to play the keyboard only occasionally. Maybe i was not really determined to learn since i didn't pursue it later on. 10 years forward, the keyboard is still with me, slightly used and just sitting around the corner waiting for someone to give her the attention she deserves.

Earlier today, i was watching clips of my Super Junior in YouTube, saw Teukie playing the piano and he looked soo handsome and romantic at the same time *giggles* and i feel like wanting to learn again but i've played in 10 years! What a good timing it must have been because just now i stumbled this really, really helpful article on how to read musical notes. So thankful that the site allow others to blog it without having to face copyright infringement.

Here it is, let's learn together! Complete with illustrations.

How To Read Music - wikiHow

1. Study the staff. There are five lines and four spaces, each of which represents a single note. The space above or below any given line corresponds to the note above or below it on the scale.
2. Identify the clef. The first symbol written on a staff (the five lines on which the notes are written) is the clef, and it tells you which lines and spaces on the staff correspond with which notes. The two most common clefs are the treble clef and the bass clef.
   
   
   

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     Treble or G clef with G note
     Treble clef: The treble clef, also known as the G-clef because it circles the line for the G note) is used in writing music for most musical voices (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and tenor), most woodwind instruments, stringed instruments (violin, guitar) and high brass instruments such as the trumpet. It also typically corresponds to the notes played with the right hand on the piano. The notes played on the lines of the treble clef staff are, from bottom to top, E, G, B, D, F. The order of these notes can be remembered with the use of mnemonic phrases such as Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. The spaces between the lines, from bottom to top, correspond to the notes F, A, C, E, a sequence which, obviously, spells "FACE."
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     Bass clef or F-clef with F note
     Bass clef: The bass clef, also known as the F-clef because it defines the line for the F note between two dots, is used for lower-pitched instruments such as the bassoon, the bass, and low brass instruments such as the trombone and tuba. The piano part played by the left hand is also usually written with a bass clef. The notes played on the lines of the treble clef staff are, from bottom to top, G, B, D, F, A. This order can be remembered with the aid of phrases such as Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart. The spaces between the lines, from bottom to top, correspond to the notes A, C, E, G. The mnemonic device All Cows Eat Grass may help you remember the order of these notes.
3. Determine the key signature. Directly to the right of the clef there may be one or more flat or sharp symbols before the notes begin. This group of symbols is called the key signature. If there are no so such symbols, then the key signature is "natural" (neither sharp nor flat).
   
   
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     Key signature in A-flat-major and f-minor
   • A flat symbol on a line or a space tells you that all notes on that line or space should be played flat (one semitone lower than they would otherwise be played.) Thus a flat symbol on the line of the staff that corresponds to "B" would indicate that all "B" notes in the piece should be played as "B-flats," which are halfway between "A" and "B". The symbols that look like lowercase letter "b"s are flats.
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     Key signature in B-major and g-sharp-minor
     A sharp symbol tells you that all notes on that line or space should be played a semitone higher than they would otherwise be played. The symbols that look like number or pound symbols are sharps.
   • Notes can also be designated flats or sharps by flat or sharp symbols placed right before them within the piece of music. In this case, only the corresponding notes in that measure (see next step) are modified.
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     Natural sign cancel a flat or a sharp
     If the key signature tells you that all "B" notes, for example, should be played as "B-flats," a natural sign can be used before a single "B" note to indicate that that particular note and other "B" notes in that measure should be played as "B," not as "B-flat."
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   Time signature highlighted in blue
   Observe the time signature. To the right of the key signature, if a key signature is present, will be the time signature (also known as the meter signature). The time signature typically consists of two numbers, and it looks like a fraction. It may stay constant throughout a piece of music, or it may change from time to time throughout a piece.
   
   
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     A bar line
     The top number determines how many beats are in a measure or bar (a measure is defined by vertical lines, or bar lines, that run perpendicular to the staff). For instance, if the time signature is 3/4, there are three beats in a measure.
   • The bottom number in the time signature determines what kind of note gets one beat. This number is most commonly 4, which means that a quarter note (see next step) gets one beat. It may also be 2, which means that a half note gets one beat.
   • 4/4 time is so common that it is sometimes designated with the letter "C" ("common") in the time signature instead of with a fraction. Likewise, 2/2 time is sometimes designated by the letter "C" with a line running down through it. More complex time signatures may have an 8 or some other number on the bottom, but these are beyond the scope of this article.
5. Play the notes and rests in relation to the time signature. Now that you know which lines and spaces correspond to which notes (thanks to the clef), you can read the piece from left to right. The symbols will either represent notes or rests. Rests indicate silence, so they do not designate any pitch; they are typically always placed in the same position on the staff. A variety of symbols are used to indicate the duration of a note or rest relative to other notes or rests.
   
   Notes:
   
   
   Rests:
   
   
   
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     A whole note or semibreve appears as a circle on the staff in a measure and generally is worth as many beats as the measure contains. Thus when there are 4 beats per measure (as in 4/4 time) the whole note is worth 4 beats, while in 3/4 time, which has 3 beats per measure, the whole note is worth 3 beats. You will notice when you read the sheet music that generally if there is a whole note in a measure, there aren't any other notes, because the whole note takes up all of the beats available in that measure. An exception may occur in irregular time signatures, such as 5/4, where a whole note may designate five beats unless it is accompanied by another note or notes--typically a quarter note--in the same measure, in which case it would be worth 4 beats.
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     Whole rests look like dark rectangles hanging down off the second line from the top of the staff and are worth the same duration as whole notes. You can remember that whole rests come DOWN from the line because it's like a hole was dug.
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     Half notes or minim are worth 1/2 the duration of whole notes. They appear as an empty circle with a straight line dropping down off the left side or going up off the right side. In 4/4 time, a half-note receives two beats.
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     Half rests look like dark rectangles sitting on top of the third line from the top of the staff and are worth the same duration as half notes. These can be differentiated from whole notes because the half note looks like a top hat--hat and half sound similar.
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     Quarter notes or crotchet are worth 1/4 the duration of whole notes. They look like solid circles with a straight line coming off of them (as in the half notes). In 4/4 time, quarter notes are worth 1 beat.
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     Quarter rests are designated by a unique symbol that looks something like a bird flying sideways. They are worth the same amount of time as quarter notes. Sometimes they are represented by a symbol that is the mirror image of an eighth rest, shown later.
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     Eighth notes or quaver are worth 1/8 the duration of whole notes. In 4/4 time, they are worth half a beat, so two eighth notes equal 1 beat, the equivalent of a quarter note. A single eighth note looks like the quarter note, but has a single "tail" that drops straight down or straight up and then curves back up or down toward the solid circle.
     
     
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       Two or more eighth notes together are connected by a single bar at the bottom or top, instead of having "tails."
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     Eighth rests look a little like a leaning stick figure person cut in half vertically and holding his head in his outstretched hand. Or like a stylized number 7 with some kind of growth--hopefully it's benign--on its top left end. They are worth the same duration as an eighth note. The one in this picture is actually a sixteenth note, therefore having two bars on the top.
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     Sixteenth notes or semiquaver are worth 1/16 the duration of whole notes.In 4/4 time, they are worth a quarter of a beat (four of them together make a single beat). A single sixteenth note looks like the eight note, but with two "tails" instead of one.
     
     
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       When they're connected, it's be two bars, not one.
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     A dot next to the note or rest means that it should be lengthened half of the note's duration. A dot next to a whole note means that the note should be played for the duration of a note and a half (depending on the time signature; if the whole note is four beats, then a whole note with a dot next to it is held for six beats). A dot next to a half note means that the note should be held for the duration of 3/4 of a note.^[1]
   • There are notes and rests of shorter durations than eighth notes and eighth rests, and these are designated by other symbols. Rests longer than whole rests may also be designated by a bar running through more than one measure with a number on top. The number indicates the number of measures of silence and does not necessarily correspond to the number of measures through which the symbol actually runs.
6. Pay attention to how the notes are played together or in succession.
   
   
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     D-minor triad
     Frequently you will see two or more notes "stacked" on top of each other on the staff. This is a chord, and indicates that all the notes should be played at the same time. Chords may only be played on polyphonic instruments (instruments on which you can play two or more notes independently or as a chord) such as the piano and guitar.
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     If there is an arc connecting one note's circle to another note's circle, this is a slur or a phrase mark. This means that you phrase them continuously without articulation or silences for the duration that is the sum of all notes included in the slur. This is referred to as legato.^[2]
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     If you see a note with a dot over or under it (not next to it) play or sing the note as shortly as possible. This is referred to as staccato.^[2]

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