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         Hello! I've got a lot of cool stuff I want to blog about (Sagada, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro) but this post has been quietly sitting in my Drafts for some time, just waiting to be published, so I'll start with this.          In case you didn't know by now, a lot of colleges in the Philippines are shifting the academic calendar from June-March to August-May. Since Ateneo de Manila is one of those colleges, for the first time ever our year will start in August 2015, and our second semester will end in May 2016. Which means that basically everyone in an Ateneo de Manila school (from grade school to post grad) is going to get a four-month break this year! Well, except for the seniors who graduated this year, because they're headed straight for unemployment (mehehehe).            So if you asked anyone from Ateneo what they've been up to, likely you'll get an answer involving the word "bum." Sometime...

IT'S HERE! It's finally here! It's that Sem-Ender promo vid that Rap, Jules, Dino and I made! Go check it out (and have a look-see at the original too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2iZ0nlpgkM&feature=related). ALSO: "MUSIKERO presents OPM Night"  Last Friday evening, Cheryl and I performed for Musikero's Open Mic Night at the Aerie! We called ourselves "Wine Bottles" (a reference to this video ). We sang "When You're Gone" by Avril Lavigne and "You and I" by Lady Gaga. Well, Cheryl sang, and I was the out-of-tune backup singer/guitarist. I really wish someone had taken a video of our performance, because I heard we weren't all that bad! We are Wiiine Bottles!  Me, Jules, Bel, Cheryl and Andy. Thanks for the support ;_; Jules gave us a nice big hug afterwards and said, "Watch out for these girls because they're gonna make it big!" AWWWWWWWW. ;_; I really love Musikero. It's a non-ac...

Now that college is only three weeks away, I’m going to have to pick a talent and stick to it. I'm sort of a jack of all trades, master of none. I know how to write, draw, take pictures, do graphic design, and play the guitar, keyboards, drums and bass. Problem is, I'm not exceptionally good at any one of those things. (That's what the "master of none" means, in case you didn't know.) But with college just around the bend, I'm going to need one special talent to hone, polish and rub in people's faces. (Kidding, kidding.) Now that I have to start REALLY developing one of my skills, I figure the one I should choose is making music. Playing the guitar, especially. Because out of all the things I know how to do, that's probably the one I know how to do best! Tried and tested during school Foundation Days and music projects. Haha. Which is why I've been setting aside a huge chunk of my time each day to log onto http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ ....

I've just converted the Pink Room into my own little music room. I brought the piano in from downstairs so I could practice "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley (for Rickrolling purposes, of course). I've already got it on the guitar, so I wanna record both into a computer and see what I end up with! Also, I really need something to do other than Facebook. So, music it is :3 P.S. We're gonna go watch the Apo Hiking Society concert this Friday! It's gonna awesome :3