MUSIC: Sheila & The Insects From Cebu
Sheila & The Insects is a Cebu-based new-wave influenced rock band. Here’s an exclusive with the band’s lead guitarist Ian Zafra.
Let’s talk about Flowerfish. Why did you choose to go with that album cover look?
Ian: Orven (vocalist) proposed it to us. He had it in his files. I personally like the idea of its mystery. That blank stare, the red lips, the underwater bubbles strike a very strong impression — ambiguous yet vivid, violent yet calm, dead yet alive. The photo was taken by Orven, by the way.
The album is obviously influenced by layers of experiences that go beyond the idea of just referring to foreign music influences…
Ian: I sensed that we are a group of strong personalities — a band of band leaders. Every now and then we try to remind ourselves that what we’re doing is not about who gets the best part in a song, who gets their suggestions used, or who gets the credits. Some of the songs in the album were written 7 to 9 years ago. “Just In Case” is a piece I wrote as a demo during “Plastic Eyes” and, incidentally, landed in Orven’s car stereo.
Your lyrical sensibilities come off as simple but compelling.
Ian: Thank you. That’s very important because songwriting is a preliminary stage to a medium of communication, and if you put unnecessary words to it, will defeat its purpose.
All Call for LTO Mandaue City, Cebu to clean their office!
Okay, here’s my story about the said office – LTO Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines - spearheaded by Mr. Rolando Bohol. Just a brief information about the complainant, a night walker, nocturnal and blogger. I spend my time at night working for a BPO company located at IT park and residing 10-15 kls away from the City or the place where I work.
Just recently I decided to renew or get a new (SP) Student Privilege because I was planning to purchase a motorcycle since I’m staying away from my workplace. After 8 hours of working on graveyard shift and a few ‘offer’ time because had a lot of deadlines to beat I immediately went to (LTO) Land Transportation Office – Mandaue City, Cebu. I was there around 2:00 pm. The first thing I noticed upon entering the compound was a large tarp was placed in front ‘LABANAN ANG FIXERS’, in red text! That’s quite visible for everyone. Well the add is too good to be true I tell you.
The need for a PSP Game.
My wanted me to find the free psp games download located around the net, then I did but all I found is the psp games download. Well anyway at least I did my cousin a favor to find free psp games for him and I hope he will be happy on his birthday.
Playing with Wolfram|Alpha
Wolfram|Alpha has just been launched today. tagged by some as Google’s killer, i quickly played around and here are some immediate points i have…
- it’s a totally new experience! not so much text, it was clean with nice images
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Wolfram|Alpha Launch
a few months ago i blogged about Wolfram|Alpha, which by some was tagged as the next Google killer, today this much-anticipated (or hyped) tool is launched.
Wolfram|Alpha boasts of a new search algorithm that makes data on the web “computable” via its computational knowledge engine.
watch the LIVE stream @ [http://itpinoy.blogspot.com]
Blessed Virgin mary shrine
This is the picture of the The Blessed Virgin Mary shrine in the city of bogo, cebu. Picture HERE
Top 10 Programming Languages on Twitter
basictweaks yesterday forwarded me this link (thanks dude!), done by doloreslabs where they listed the top 10 programming language with the happiest users.
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Cebu Local Hair Care
“I got my hair highlighted, because I felt some strands were more important than others.” – anonymous
Hair.ph is finally up! And as part of their launching activity, Hair.ph is currently holding an SEO contest. That would end later at 8:00 AM May 15, 2009. Cebu based bloggers are invited to participate in this contest using the keyword cebu local hair care. To know more about the contest click here. Giving you a chance to grab a total hair makeover from the renowned hair stylist – Jonas Borces as your prize.
Isang masamang panaginip.
Lumabas muna siya sa kanyang kwarto, pinag-iisipang mabuti kung saan ang pupuntahan. Takot na takot siya, na waring hindi pa nagigising mula sa isang masamang panaginip.Naglakad siya. Nag-iisip. Hindi niya alam ang dapat gawin. Magulong-magulo ang isip niya. Nababalot ang kanyang mundo ng lagim, na araw-araw...
Source: Ang Pilit na Pag-abot sa Mataas na Kalangitan.
Capture Every Smile!
Take out your camera and Capture Every Smile! Join in Canon’s latest photo contest where smiling is a requisite! Every month, a new theme will be posted on the contest site (Theme for May: Fiesta Galore). There will be 3 monthly winners and one grand prize winner. With such cool Canon prizes at stake, winners will definitely will have something to smile about too!
