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Of Arabs and RnB

I've recently learned of a Lebanese Rnb/Hiphop/Pop singer named Massari. It was surprising. His voice is amazing. :) I thought I was hearing another voice but it was his! Haha!

The wonders of one's name, race and the genre of what you sing. It's very tricky. With that, yes, I admit, I am a judgmental person. Sucks. But I've learned to slowly remove that evil side of me. Or maybe not. Anyway. PEOPLE. Be amazed of Massari! Here's a little background of him.

Source: http://www.urbnet.com/VIBE-feature.asp?ueid=603 and http://www.massari.ws/about-massari/massari-biography.htm

Massari is a pop and hip-hop singer who grew up in Canada.

The 24-year old Sagittarius, born in Beirut, Lebanon, moved to Montreal at the age of 10 and at 13 he moved to Ottawa where he currently resides. The trilingual artist ­ he speaks English, French and Arabic fluently ­ cites Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin as musical influences. However, growing up he has been exposed to various styles of music and because of that his biggest influence is legendary Arabic singer George Wassouf. ³I sing from my heart and George Wassouf taught me to do that", says Massari about how this legendary singer has affected his music.

In 2002, Massari recorded and released "Spitfire" which garnered heavy rotation on Ottawa radio stations. Since then, Massari has been steadily writing and developing his sound. Massari returned in 2005 with his self-titled debut album release on May 31, 2005 through MapleNationWide/Universal, which sold out nationwide in only two days.

This is one of his songs entitled Inta Hayati. The chorus is I think in Arabian. Not so sure. But what the heck. He's good. :)

MISSED

So my block mates are back from the Batangas road trip slash outing. Huhu. It's sad that I wasn't allowed to join them because my dad isn't here right now. Sucks. I'm already 19 and still ...? Haha! I even told my mom awhile ago "Siguro naman papayagan niyo na ko next year, bente (20) na ko nun." Good point, right?

So anyway, I will have my chances and wait for my bathing suit moment. Haha! I'm not quite ready right now since flabs are popping everywhere. I think I've gained weight since last week due to food overload. I basically request my mom to cook for me from time to time.

Be ready world! *Cross fingers, and hopes that I gather the guts to do it*

Happy Easter!

I missed eating meat. Haha. A whole week without it made me crave for more, like a savage beast. Grr. I'm glad that Easter Sunday finally came. Aside of course from the fact that I can eat meat again, (meat dishes specifically, not raw ones, because if that’s the case it would be gross), I’m also happy that the Lord has risen. Cheers to that.

Obviously, I got nothing better to say. Haha. I'm just so happy right now. =)

SOS in MANILA!

Swing Out Sister, an acid-slash-smooth jazz British duo, is coming here in Manila on the 7th of April for their concert at the Big Dome.

Ticket prices are as follows:

Seat Location	Price
Patron VIP (first 10 rows 101 & 103) (Reserved Seating)	4935
Patron (Reserved Seating)	4725
Lower Box (Reserved Seating)	3675
Upper Box A (Reserved Seating)	2625
Upper Box B (Free Seating)	1050
Gen. Admission (Free Seating)	525

-TicketNet Online Reservation

After two decades, they are finally going here! Haha. They were a big hit back in the late 80s. I wasn't even born yet when they became popular. But thanks to my brother, who is 13 years older than me, I've learned to embrace the music of Swing Out Sister. I just informed my brother awhile ago and boy he was pissed. He's in Oman right now so he can't go. Too bad. Judging by our YM conversation, he was pissed alright. Haha.

meng (3/21/2008 9:26:32 PM): may concert swing out dito ah
kuya (3/21/2008 9:27:43 PM): kelan????
meng (3/21/2008 9:27:47 PM): april 7
kuya (3/21/2008 9:27:51 PM): tangna!
kuya (3/21/2008 9:27:57 PM): bat wala ako dyan

meng (3/21/2008 9:28:13 PM): malas

meng (3/21/2008 9:28:40 PM): sa araneta coliseum
meng (3/21/2008 9:28:41 PM): hehe
kuya (3/21/2008 9:28:57 PM): dun ulit
meng (3/21/2008 9:29:21 PM): yeah
kuya (3/21/2008 9:30:01 PM): badtrip yun
kuya (3/21/2008 9:31:38 PM): tangna mahal ng ticket
kuya (3/21/2008 9:31:39 PM): 5k
meng (3/21/2008 9:31:53 PM): eh si beyonce nga tsaka si neyo 10k eh
meng (3/21/2008 9:31:55 PM): haha

---End of Conversation---

It wasn't really the end of conversation... sort of. Haha. But for the benefit of those who don't know the SOS, here are some images that might give you an idea about them. My generation isn't really the Swing Out Sister type, but hey, I'm not picky when it comes to music. :)

My favorite songs are "Break Out", "Am I the Same Girl?" and "Waiting Game". I super love Corinne Drewery's style of singing. It's quite amazing that I got to memorize a lot of their songs by just listening to it whenever my bro's sound tripping way back in my grade school years:)

During the late 1986, the single "Breakout" was released. It reached the number three position on the UK charts, and number six in the United States. This is their only song that reached the US top 10. Cool huh?

Late bloomer

I don’t know or is it just me? I sort of realized that I am a late bloomer. A late bloomer in many ways.

First of all, why is it that I got hooked up with Charmed and CSI just recently when they’ve been around for quite some time now? Charmed started way back in 1998 (which is basically 10 years ago) and CSI, started two years after the debut of Charmed. It all happened last weekend when we had 3 days off from school and finals for the last 3 subjects is fast approaching. Instead of reviewing, I wasted my time by watching these shows all day long. I didn’t have the chance to try watching it for the past decade and since I have all the time in the world today, I found comfort in these two series. And that’s what I’ve been doing since yesterday. What a fine way to start my summer.

Secondly, I’m still on the process of sinking that yes, it is vacation already. Two-month-hibernation period, here I come. I’ve been longing for this since the last week of February and of course, I will miss cramming for papers, studying for quizzes, taking and posing for snapshots and discussing all those issues popping out inside room 113. It’s hard to believe that the 10 months had gone by so quickly and my college sophomore year has already ended. Looking at the school year behind me, tons of things happened. TONS OF IT, I TELL YOU. I laughed, I cried, I judged, I won, I lost and I crammed.

I got the opportunity to take a good look at the people who surrounded me and will surround me for the next 2 more years. Slowly, I’ve gotten to know them a little better and even deeper. There is so much more to them than I could imagine. I thought I knew most of them for a while, but seems that time has proven me wrong. But hey, I too am imperfect. I couldn't really tell how much I know a person or maybe if I paid a more attention; I would have realized it earlier. Oh well, that’s how life is. As I’ve said before, and for that I will quote myself, “…people should embrace changes, deal with them and maybe someday you’ll learn that there’s something you have to fix all by yourself.”

I’m still on the course of discovering why I am a late bloomer. But for now, a lot of stuff is going on inside my mind and there are things that are better left unsaid.

Random thought: I don’t want to be the one who always initiates things. I’m tired of it. Bakit ba kasi nauso ang pride? Maybe it’s better this way. I need more time to think and reflect.

I badly need a summer get away!

Changes and the Past

The past has become part of the past and no matter how much we want to alter or modify what has been done, it’s already impossible. All we have of the past are memories to dredge up and images to look at. In short, Hindi na maibabalik ang nakalipas. What has been done, has been done. Period.

Sad thing, right? Well, that’s how life is. We should just learn how to let go of things and accept the things around us. There comes an end point in every person’s life where we have to learn to let go and move on. Learn to adapt to things that revolutionized through time.

There is also this point where a person gets tired of always fixing things. This time, he or she lets the others figure it out for themselves. It’s about time I guess. No one actually can tell where or when the right time is. The more you prolong the situation, the more awkward the circumstances become. But sooner or later, you have to realize your mistake or whatever is wrong with you or the people surrounding you. Analyze.

I’m not used to play with words. I’m not very good at that and my vocabulary isn’t as wide as you might think it is. All I know is that when it comes to situations like these, I don’t hide and I don’t rely on others to feel what I’m supposed to feel. I don’t care what others might think of me, but that’s how it is. Nothing can change that.

All I know is people should embrace changes, deal with them and maybe someday you’ll learn that there’s something you have to fix all by yourself. In this way, you’ll figure out that there is something wrong after all. The life you seemed you were living wasn’t as perfect as you thought it was. Who knows? This might be a great start to know the real you.

Partly

After weeks of struggle, after the campaign and the papers that needed to be done, it's almost partly over. I thank the power of cramming and Karl Jaspers for his notion Grendzsituationen. It somehow gave me the boost to finish everything that had to be done despite the limited time frame. :)

Debate finals was over. We lost but I was the Best Speaker, so I guess it's just all right. I missed debating. Haha. Way back in high school, we were taught to debate in our early Sophomore year and everyone was required to do it, no buts.

I finished my Philosophy paper, and it was a photo finish. I wrote the whole thing the day before the actual submission. I do hope Dr. Vasco will not reject it because I can't afford to write another 3, 000 word research especially when Finals week is fast approaching.

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But school works isn't my issue right now. I was just wondering why some people can't take hints? I mean seriously, are you really not getting it or just pretending to not get it? I hate people who act like that, acting all innocent when the truth is, they really know what's up and they just couldn't accept the fact that they are the ones to blame. It's very frustrating to deal with these kind of people everyday and they act as if nothing happened. IRITA to the infinite level! I wanted to say more but I'm lost somewhere in the middle. My mood for writing needs to come back soon. This blog deserves an interesting entry.

I'm on the verge of exploding.

Too much stuff to do, so little time. I'll come back when it's all over. Hopefully.