The S.T.I.C.K.Y. Blog

Well, it was a really blessed 2007 for me, I had my share of ups and downs, but in the end, I got everything that I really wanted and more. God helped me through a lot this year. Hopefully the coming year would be more prosperous…

JANUARY

- Easter coaster was born. Me and Kittie formed an acoustic band with JK exclusively for a Conspiracy Garden gig for white ink productions…
- Farewell Asura Nina. Nina had a sendoff party to leave the country for Canada…

FEBRUARY

- First Easter Coaster gig at Conspiracy Garden. with Kittie and JK coming from school, Easter Coaster performed well on stage for the first time on an acoustic cover set with great indie bands Triangle Trauma, 5th Sister and Jeff Pagaduan

MARCH

- Kittie’s feasib. I helped kittie on her almost-never-ending feasibility study. of a cake stall.
- Easter coaster welcomes Silverchair and Tony. Yeah, EC got a lead guitarist and percussionist.
- Ryan was on a leash. Ryan took a whole night attempt to leave home on a rebellious act. eheh. I successfully convinced him to go back home…

APRIL

- The Banana Leaf incident. Kittie spent her birthday at work. I had a surprise gift ready and was waiting to surprise her outside “D Block” I still dont know how it happened, but she got past me and head home alone. sad to say… my stupid plan for a birthday surprise got ruined. (tsktsk. bat kase kelangan pa mag work pag birthday. ehehe.)

MAY

- Kittie was out… pakking issues.
- Putipot I”s Company Outing. Yep the fun was monumental, the “TEAM” headed to Putipot Island at Sunbloom Resort, Iba, Zambales.
- Casimiro, Novaliches welcomes Neutral Caliber. The gig somewhat caused the band to lose faith in one another… we sucked!
- Kittie’s replacement. Easter Coaster’s first gig with Silverchair and Tony… and the new vocalist Jill!
- Independence. I moved my family to Novaliches and led a peaceful life.

JUNE

- I”s blackout incident. Sparkplug… yeap it was a definite turning point.
- Ungaz and I living together. Me and Ungaz rented with Hikari, Nic, Ann and Renee an apartment in Guadalupe.
- My day. My birthday sucks this year. eheh.
- Invictuz session. sessioned for Invictuz at Parang Paranaque gig… Black Sabbath Rules!

JULY

- Lily resigns. Some scary shit, thank god her projects was not turned over to me… eheh. lily was like I”s Jose Rizal… Umbrella, Batgirl and Dj Tummy was welcomed to the I”s “TEAM”.
- Calibra’s Valenzuela adventure at Hellacious bar. it sucked…

AUGUST

- Calibra gig at purple haze with 18th issue and The Chongkees. a memmorable gig with some of the best funk bands in manila… there had been a fight with Chongkees and 18th issue’s guitarists that night but still, it was a good gig. eheh.
- Guest church singer. Capitana sang a Corrs song on a Conspiracy Garden gig with Easter Coaster
– Invictuz birthday gig. happy chogchog Vince and the fat lady. eheh.

SEPTEMBER

- Graphika Manila 2007. yea… the eye opener. eheh
- I friggin resign. Passed my resignation due to unresolved issues and tried my luck applying for a better job on different IT company.
- Salinlahi(salinlaway) was born. Onin goes to Singapore and tupe called it quits so the band was dead. eheh. Vince the prince took the cousins Gie and Allen and we formed Salinlahi.
- Got a new job at Ipay. Ipay hired me as a true blue, genuine, no conditions, no compromise, no promises, no false hopes Project Manager.
- Neutral Caliber and Calibra was disbanded. tsktsk.

OCTOBER

- The band Gijena was reunited. Geelene, Jamai, May and Aiza perfomed again as Gijena at Fairview only without Kittie…
- The chugi incident. Yep, some stupid misunderstanding could really get somebody fired…
- We moved out of Guadalupe Bliss. Hair issues, irresponsibility issues, bills popping from everywhere… if you can’t leave with it, might as well move out. and so we did.
- Glorietta goes kaboom! Clars and Meobears… thats a close one. tsktsk


NOVEMBER

- Company outing at Sabangan Batangas. yeabah! super fun outing with my new “TEAM”
- I”s reunion. Old and new I”sers met up for a reunion of some sort sponsored by the father of logically senseless arguements, the great Inkong. eheh.
- A confession was made. I really couldn’t tell if its a shocker, but it was fulfilling.
- Tanks near the office? Trillanes is such a sucker!

DECEMBER

- Xmas Party. Ipay and R+ xmas chorva. We performed 2 sets of showband goodness and 80’s pinoy rock! eheh.
- Alakpah Band was formed. Marlon, Atemimi, Me, Marvyn, Magz’ James and Ms Ethel was indeed, a show band. eheh.
- Jill’s walang-tulugan-birthday-Deathnote-marathon-kainang-malufet party. haiz.
- Kittie’s Back! missed her to death, but thank God shes back…

The coming year would be a tough one. I could barely predict whats gonna happen… and well, I dont give a sharks fin siomai about it. just keep the challenges coming! I’m madderpakking ready for 2008!

Oyash, T’was a really long weekend indeed. Tsktsk…but it was fun. only tiring though.

Friday Night Movie and TimeZoning! | Approx. 8:00pm
After work, I went out with friends and ate dinner at Shelby’s. Me, Clars, DJ Tummy, Umbrella, Komiks, Navarro and Bubbles finished dinner fast since Inkong was waiting at Glorietta alone. eheh. We then arrived at Glorietta and Bubbles detatched from the group to catch up with mrt and went home. I felt a bit guilty having left the cd she requested me to burn ASIN songs with. I recommended her to Izza as Gijena’s new keyboardist so she needed mp3’s of asin to practice… oh well… (bawi next time.. eheh.)

Movie Commentary of “Armored Care Bears a.k.a. The Golden Compass” Bwehehe. courtesy of Clars and DJ Tummy

We catched up with Inkong and quickly bought the tickets for the movie “The Golden Compass” we were minutes late but we had no choice but to watch it since we cant afford to wait for the next movie. We had fun watching the movie eeven if it really SUCKED! eheh. I simply like how they did the Polar Care Bears… they rule!. (and did I mention Komiks fell asleep watching the movie? ehehe.) After the movie, we did a bit of Timezoning and had fun (mejo bitin lang talaga… tsktsk).

I was showing something to DJ Tummy…. then she said, “Oh my.. that looks so yummy…”

…I showed her the menu.

Chismisan with Icecreams | Saturday Approx. 12:30am
After the movie, We went back to Glorietta tand tried getting back to unfinished Timezoning businesses! bwehehe (adiik) but since we couldn’t get back in, we tried looking for a coffee shop instead but somehow ended up at Icebergs… were looking for beer on the menu… but there weren’t any… wierd… bwehehehehe. we talked stuff and then went home.

Conference with the Bajulas | Saturday Approx. 3:30am
I got home at around 3:00am and quickly went online to set up my torrents. bwehehe. Asura buzzed me. I told her I was about to sleep but we ended up into a conference chat that lasted 30 minutes. eheh. then… I fell asleep..

Sis and the Cramps! | Saturday Approx. 5:00am
My silent slumber was ruined wthen my sister sunddenly screams and everybody was in panic. she was having cramps that usually wakes up the entire neighborhood in the morning… tsktsk. I really need to have her check up soon.

Solo Practice | Saturday Approx. 10:00am
I then woke up far off the wrong side of the bed. A bit moody to talk with family issues and had everyone do their stuff and leave me alone. ehehe. I got online and checked on my mails and saw Atemimi’s line up… alist of songs that we were to perform at the company christmas party… shit… it was so damn long… bwehehe. I then went practicing a bit and decided to contact them.

Jill Store | Saturday Approx. 3:00pm
I then went to Jill’s store and found both Vahn and Jill playing with their faces. bwehehe. They were wearing make up in a market for crying out loud! tsktsk. anyways I had a bit of a chat and went off to Roan’s place.

Silverchair and the Calendar Module | Saturday Approx. 4:00pm
I then went to Silverchair’s place and thought her how to make her own calendar module… She also invited me to go to Claren’s place for her birthday party but I told her that I was coming at Jill’s so can’t come. I then hurried to makati and tried to look for a studio to practice at… tsktsk. I’m out of time…

Studio Hunting | Saturday Approx. 5:00pm
I arrived Glorietta (again) and met with the band. after eating hotdogs we asked around a studio and found nothing. Pipeline had been closed, Perfect pitch no longer has studios for rehearsals, Lazer too was out of studios. We ended up going as far as Kamuning to practice at the Greyhounds’  Blues Family Studio which we practice with Easter. we havent got a good sked so we descided to call it a day and try again the next day… sheesh.

To be Continued…

Chillin at Jill’s Birthday Fartie! | Saturday Approx.11:00pm
I arrived at Jill’s place around 11:00pm and saw a bunch of new faces. However, the typical bunch were there…Vahn, Jigs, Ana, and ofcourse… Kittie. Izza was absent but I think I know why… bwehehe. and MayMay was at a company christmas party… Mai came soon after to join the fun, she had just came from an audition for band performers in Korea and well… the subject of debate for the band’s issues was exactly THAT… and… The hell do I care with their issues! bwehehe. I’m just here to support. ehehe.

We ate a lot, drank some booze, and talk like theres no tomorrow. bwehehe. everyone was tired, Vahn was the first to sleep at Jill’s room then Mai followed… then, I was showing Kittie some pics when all of a sudden, there was this picture of her way back last year that I took while she was sleeping, She saw it and said… “Akala ko binura mo na to…” honestly, I thought I have already did delete the picture but luckily though, she didn’t went berserk and beaten me up with a stick! eheh. Kittie then followed Mai upstairs and started getting some sleep. Jill and I had stood up for until 8:00am without sleep while watching my DVD and some talking…  after that… Kittie was on my mind… shit. I knew meeting her again after so long wouldn’t make much effect but it did. so now, I’m into a lot of confusion yet again. I slept around 8:30am when I arrived home. and PAKKIT! my head hurts.

IPS Band Practice | Sunday Approx. 11:00am
I then woke up a bit later and contacted the Band, eheh. Jumong has an urgent task (on a sunday) so we agreed over ym to reschedule our practice to 6pm. I then called ameng to confirm and then we were all set. I took a quick sleep and went to GMA Kamuning MRT Station to Meet up with Kimpee. Atemimi and Jumong arrived soonafter then we went to Blues on a cab.

I had to admit. we were slow paced on the learning curve since our guitarists had no experience performing on stage and at least… performing. but for a newly formed band… we did great. Kimpee was steady on guitars and Atemimi was able to take on the lead guitars. We also tried shuffling instruments, I worked the drums and jumong did the lead guitars. We would be scheduling practice again tomorrow at lunch break to clean up what we finished. The next time we practice though. we need the vocalists to be with us!

Sleepblogging | 3:00am
Err… I came home from band practice at 11:30 pm and had a quick sleep and so here I am somewhat Sleep Blogging (since i woke up I couldn’t get myself to sleep again) to finish this 2 part blog of yet another hectic weekend…. if this goes on though… I might grow old fast. bwehehe. good thing though, is that I enjoy growing old like this….