b.o.r.e.d.

after three weeks of isolation in the province, i'm dying to get my city life back. but no go, says the chief. my doctor said i'm not contagious anymore, but so as not to take chances, my boss advised me to work from the house for another week. i need to grab more junk food.

is she amazing or what?

kt tunstall...black horse and a cherry tree

a follow up on kt's stunning guitar

wala akong masabi. $3000-$4000 lang naman...sweet!


MODEL NAME G7593, White FalconTM I
MODEL NUMBER 240-1406-(805)
SERIES Professional Collection
COLORS (805) White
CATEGORY Hollow Body Guitars
BODY STYLE Single Cutaway
SCALE LENGTH 25.5" (648mm)
TOP Arched Laminated Maple
BRACING N/A
BACK AND SIDES Laminated Maple Body, 17" Wide, 2.75" Deep
NECK 3-Piece Maple
PICKUPS 2 High Sensitive Filter'TronTM Pickups
PICKUP SWITCHING 3-Position Toggle:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups
Position 3. Neck Pickup
CONTROLS Volume 1. (Neck Pickup),
Volume 2. (Bridge Pickup),
Master Volume,
3-Position Toggle Master Tone Switch:
Position 1. Medium Level, High Frequency Roll Off
Position 2. Switch Out of the Circuit, Pickup is Wide Open (That Great Gretsch Sound!)
Position 3. Slight Level, High Frequency Roll Off
WIDTH AT NUT 1-11/16" (43mm)
FRETBOARD Ebony, 12" Radius (305mm)
BRIDGE Ebony-Based Adjusto-MaticTM Bridge
TAILPIECE Gretsch Bigsby¨ B6GW Vibrato Tailpiece with Wire Handle
HARDWARE Gold-Plated
FINISH Gloss Urethane
CASE Includes G6242L Deluxe Hardshell Case, US MSRP $220.00
NO. OF FRETS 22
MACHINE HEADS Grover¨ ImperialTM Gold-Plated Die-cast Tuners
UNIQUE FEATURES V-Shaped Falcon Headstock,
Block Pearloid Inlay Position Markers,
Gold-Sparkle Fingerboard and Headstock Bindings,
Gold-Sparkle Bound F-Holes,
Multiple Gold-Sparkle Body Bindings,
Gold-Sparkle Inlaid Gretsch Logo on Headstock,
Gold Plexi Pickguard with Falcon Detail,
Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs,
Adjustable Truss

suddenly i see a.k.a. me getting addicted to posting videos

kt tunstall singing the song i love to play in the morning while getting ready to face the world. check out her guitar, i wouldn't mind getting something like it for christmas! :D

tell him (colbie caillat)

one of my favorite songs of all time. not as good as lauryn hill's version, pero pwede na rin :)

heart of the matter (india arie)

a really beautiful cover by a really talented artist

bangkok dangerous

just an amusing thing.

my thai friend somphon, bade and i were driving in the streets of bangkok from a night out late last year when we ran into a detour. somphon opened the window to ask a bystander what was happening, and when he turned to us dear foreigners to explain what was causing the delay, he said that a hollywood film was being shot right ahead of us.

"ask him who's the actor in the film," bade told somphon.

"arrgh," protested somphon, but he knew the most painless way out of it was to do as he was told.

"i swear if it's colin farrell, i'm getting out of this car," i told bade.

"nicolas cage," somphon reported.

and we drove happily ever after.

a few months later, it was somphon's turn to visit. while he, bade and i were killing time at mall of asia waiting for his flight back to thailand, we passed by the cinema to check out movie posters.

"hey look, somphon," bade said. "bangkok dangerous."

starring nicolas cage.

life's a bitch and then you...get chicken pox

this is, no doubt, the most horrendous feeling EVERRRR.

after years of eluding chicken pox, it finally caught up with me last weekend. now i wonder how all those classmates in gradeschool who disappeared one by one in class managed to nurse these itchy bumps.the discomfort is just too much, even for a grownup!

now i'm stuck at home.until i don't know when.can't even look at the mirror.bet my work's piling up as i type this. people around me can't stand my whining anymore.and everyone's worried the kids might get infected too. geez. there is only one person i know who will be happy about this misfortune: my dermatologist.

Lucky

woke up this morning to his call. he just came out of a 24-hour duty on, ironically, Labor Day...i competely understood why he sounded so down and tired. then he just poured his heart out, and we were both reminded why this is worth all the waiting, the worrying and the crying.

Lucky
by Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair

though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh