Urbandub – First of Summer

Less than 4 weeks na lang, finals na. Less than 5 weeks na rin, it’s summer vacation for us. In less than 5 weeks, start na ng summer class ko for BMAT.

Just so we could prepare ourselves on welcoming summer vacation, here’s a treat for the summer lover in you. I know you see yourselves in those people, partying after classes are over…wipee!

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Swiss Model Typing While There’s Sunog Outside

Sori, naghahanap nang magandang pose kung sakaling pumasok ako sa pagmomodelo sa damit. Next, you’ll see how I work using my mom’s laptop (Taken this afternoon March16, 3.30pm) Last two are pics of the fire that occured last Friday morning around 2 am near our place. Gising ako non kasi brownout the whole night. Turns out, nasunog ung generator ng may-ari na gusto mag-air con dahil sa brownout, yun tuloy ang napala.

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Blumentritt hanggang Bahay, Yes I Know She Is Tattooed On My Mind

Pahabol: 1)Nagstart ako kagabi pa kaso naudlot nung nagbrownout sa buong barangay Arkong Bato, 2) Pinilit kong matulog kahit walang bentilador kasi brownout kaso imbes na mahimbing ako natulog, pawisin akong natulog, 3)Nakarinig ako ng wang wang ng isang sirena ng bumbero, alas dos ng madaling araw iyon, umakyat ako sa roofdeck ng bahay namin, may sunog sa katabing kanto, laki ng usok-laki ng apoy!, 4)Bumalik ako sa pagkatulog at gamit ang isang pamaypay bilang pampalamig sa katawan ko, at 5)Alas kuwatro lagpas, nagkailaw na uli at nakapagbukas na rin ako ng bentilador para mahimbing na ako matulog.

    And I can’t get you out of my dreams
Now I know that you’re the dangerous kind
And your face is tattooed on my mind
Coz I can’t get you out of my dreams

    It’s kind of funny when you now if someone makes a mark on you you can’t stop thinking about it. I am no different. I got hooked on my Sitti songs being played on my I-pod. Now, I thought of a way on how I could be able to listen to it on the way home nonstop until the last song from my playlist.

    I tried this experiment on knowing on when and where should I start playing my Sitti playlist. From the point I step inside a jeep on my way to school, I would start playing nonstop until I find out which LRT station (for which I will be riding on a train by that time), will it stop. It happens that last song stopped in Blumentritt Station. Now for phase 2.

    Pahsed 2 require me to estime my timing on when should I start my playlist once I get myself to Blumentritt. It’s not an easy task after all, a lot of factors makes it difficult for me to play all the song until the moment I step out of the jeep.

    There are instances that I would succeed but most of the time, it ends too early or too late.  But nevertheless, I’m getting warmer. Next, phase 3.

    For pahse three, I’d be able to know when I first played the playlist by knowing how actually long is the entire playlist and by knwoing the time it ended. So far, I could still remember that my playlist ended at 7:05 pm, the time I got home. Once I knew how long is the Sitti playlist, I would have achieved 100% success.

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FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ (Taken from Antonio)

You have to type the 1st thing that
comes to mind whenever you hear these
35 things.

You can’t think and go back and change
your answers.

TIP: erase all of the other persons’
anwers first.. that way u can think in
blank

Here we go:

1. Beer: atay

2. McDonalds: burger

3. (romantic)Relationships: Sweet

4. Purple: violet

5. Power Rangers: SPD

6. Weed: -le

7. Steroids: Arnold

8. Cartoons: Dexter

9. The President: Gloria

10. tupperware : lady han

11. Florida: JB

12. Santa Claus: Miracle in 33rd St

13. Halloween : Patay

14. Alice: …Gakuen

15. Grammar: Spelling

16: Myspace: sosyal

17. Clowns: Redford White

18. Marriage: Kasal

19. Paris: Gilmore girl

20. Pussy: cat Dolls

21. Redheads : Lindsay

22. Blondes: Britney Spears

23. Pass the: finals

24. one night stand: only

25. Donald Trump: apprentice
26. Neverland: Michael Jackson

27. dixie: land  

28. Vanilla ice cream: Chocolate boy

29. Hooters: ??

30. High school musical : Zac Efron

31. Pjamas: Bananas

32. WoodY: Woodpecker

33. Wet Socks: Behu

34. love: hurts

35. sex: love

Repost as “FIRST REACTIONS QUIZ”

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Teorya ng Panitikan (di lahat)

Deconstruction – a strategy of close reading that elicits the ways that key terms and concepts may be paradoxical or self-undermining, rendering their meaning undecidable

Tagalog: isang estratehiya ng pagbababsa na nagpapalabas ng mga paraan na ang mga mahahalagang termino’t konsepto ay maaring kabalintunaan (balintuna-pahayag na lumalabag sa sa umiiral na paniniwala), na nagpapapawalang palagay sa kanilang ibig sabihin.

from angie: naniniwalang ang kahulugan ng isang teksto ay nasa kamalayan ng gumagamit sa teksto at hindi sa teksto mismo..

Halimbawa: Tata Selo ni Rogelio Sukat (iyung huling bahagi ng teksto ang nagpapapalagay sa mambabasa kung naging sawi ang pangunhaing tauhan).

Structuralism and semiotics (see semiotic literary criticism) – examine the underlying structures in a text, the linguistic units in a text and how the author conveys meaning through any structures

Tagalog: sinusuri ang mga nakatagong istruktura sa isang teksto, ang mga lingwistikong unit sa isang teksto at kung papaano isinisiwalat ng may akda ang ibig sabihin sa pamamagitan ng kahit anong istruktura.

halimbawa. Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa (Andres Bonifacio)-Ipnaliwanag ng may-akda mabuti ang pangangailangan ng pagmamamhal sa sariling bansa para makamit ang pagbabago sa lahat ng saknong nito. Ito ay may panimula (unang saknong) katawan (Saknong 2-9) at katapusan (saknong 10)

Historikal – ang teoryang ito ay patungkol sa pinagmulan at pag-unlad ng wikang ginamit sa mga akdang pampanitikan. Kakikitaan ang mga akda ng mga pagbabago sa paggamit ng mga salitang naaayon sa panahon at sa kultura na may kinalaman sa mga pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating bayan, kasama rito ang mga pagbabagong nagaganap sa ating lipunan, ekonomiya, edukasyon, agrikultura at higit sa lahat ang ating pananampalataya.

Halimbawa. Urbana’t Feliza ni P. Modesto de Castro-(estilo nang pagsusulat, tagpuan, panahon, paniniwalang makaluma)

Florante at Laura-madalas na Paggamit ng mga malalalim na salita na maaring sabihin na sila’y madalas gamitin nung panahong yon (ika-18 siglo)

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Sitti in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes

Rating: ★★★★★
Category: Music
Genre: Dance & DJ
Artist: Sitti Featuring Dense MOdesto

from wiki
Sitti in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes is the first remix album of Philippine bossa nova singer Sitti. Instead of a bossa nova sound, Sitti collaborated with Myx Philippines DJ Dense Modesto to make her songs into dance tracks.

From me:

I like the way the songs were remixed. The beat is very catchy and danceable. Most of the songs are upbeat and exciting while others are mellow yet the beat’s still there. There are also interludes in between some songs. It amkes a good transition from one song to another.

Have I mentioned that the tracks play nonstop without the listener knowing it? Just like in track 1-Ipanema Drums, the drums played as if there are actually drums, by the time it gets to Track 2, the drumbeat changes into techy-beats.

It continues to do so until the end. The Cd’s run ends with an outro of a guiatr playing continously until it finally ends.

Here are the tracks of the CD:
1. “Ipanema Drums” [Intro] (Moraes, Gimbel, Jobim – 0:28
2. “Mas Que Nada” [Baile Del Sol Remix] (Jorge Ben) – 5:37
3. “I Didn’t Know I Was Looking For Love” [Morning After Remix] (Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt) – 3:41
4. “Wave” [Blue Coast Remix] (Jobim) – 4:06
5. “Tattooed On My Mind” [Beach Avenue Remix] (D’Sound) – 7:13
6. “You On My Mind” [Modesto Beep Remix] (Connell, Drewery, O’Duffy) – 4:05
7. “The Girl From Ipanema” [Fastrack 2030 Remix] [Interlude] – 1:33
8. “At 17” [Prom Night Remix] (Janis Ian) – 4:34
9. “Lady Wants To Know” [Trip Lounge Remix] (Franks) – 3:18
10. “One Note Samba” [Outtake Remix] [Interlude] (Hendricks, Jobim, Mendonca) – 1:15
11. “Para Sa Akin” [Paso Dulce Remix] (Emil Pama) – 3:18
12. “Para Sa Akin” [Reprise] [Interlude] – 0:19
13. “Hey Look At The Sun” [Fieldday Remix] (Nelson Angelo) – 5:25
14. “Invisible War” [Empty Hallway Remix] (Julia Fordham) – 4:54
15. “Perfume Guitarra” [Outro] – 0:30

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Napapasayaw sa Nakakaindak na Awitin ni Sitti sa I-Pod ko

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     Last Sunday, I bought myself a copy of Sitti In The Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes. It’s a compilation album of selected remixed songs from Sitti’s previous albums prior to 2007. The remixing is done by DJ Dense Modesto.

    I thought the CD was expensive so I told a saleslady how much does it cost (I was at Astroplus, The Block). She said it costs around Php 250. Too bad since it doesn;t bear a price tag so I can’t be sure of what she siad. I went to the cashier to buy the CD, and much to my relief, it is 100 pesos cheaper, Php150.00!

    Well anyway, I had the songs from the CD ripped to I-tunes a couple of days later and had it placed inside my iPod. Next thying I knew, I was no longer shffling my 147 songs but dancing to the beat of 15 danceable songs sang by Sitti. I just couldn’t help myself but dance as I go (siyempre, hindi obvious).

   

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