Up Dharma Down at the 2010 CAMA Festival in Vietnam

Up Dharma Down and DJ Toti Dalmacion will be representing the Philippines at the 2010 CAMA Festival in Vietnam.

Armi, Ean, Pol and Carlos, along with bands from the US, France, China, Japan, and Australia, will be rocking Vietnam for the Fourth Hanoi International Music Festival.,  The festival is set to start on May 8th, at Hai Bang Trung Street in Hanoi. CAMA Festival is also known as the annual Hanoi International Music Festival. This year will be their 4th year hosting the event. I bet this event will have photographers and photography enthusiast setting their exterior shutters at their best condition to capture this rocking event!

Here is the complete lineup of the 2010 CAMA Festival:

Bands

• Dengue Fever (USA)
• Molice (Japan)
• Queen Sea Big Shark (China)
• Red Bantoo (Australia)
• Up Dharma Down (Philippines)
• Charly B (France)
• KIM (Việt Nam)
• Ngu Cung (Vietnam)

DJs

• Spikey Tee (Australia)
• Tri Minh (Vietnam)
• DJ Toti (Philippines)
• DJ Jase (Australia and HCMC)
• Vu Nhat Tan (Vietnam)
• CAMA Sound System (Hanoi)
• Petit Party People

At Home: Day 03

It's 31 degrees. The temperature is much better yesterday. I feel like I am inside a huge furnace. The electric fan is in its usual number 3 on my right but I can still feel the heat on my left cheek. My father just asked me for the copy of Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack and is now playing it loudly at the veranda. My mother, on the other hand, is now talking on the phone and telling someone to settle her credit card bill as soon as possible. My two brothers is sleeping soundly in the room right next to where I am. Thought of inviting my cousins over and maybe suggest that we should go to a nearby swimming pool and enjoy the sun.

Manic Monday #204

What do you value most in other people?

The thing that I value the most in other people is their trust. That, I think, is the hardest thing to get from other people. Earning other people’s trust is as hard as quitting fuente cigars. As the famous cliché goes, “Trust is earned, not given”.

If you could only see black and white except for one color, what color would you choose to see?

I would pick black.

You have a 10 minute speech to give at a high school, what is it about?

If I will be given a chance to give a 10-minute speech at a high school, I will talk about how real life is a bigger, meaner, more realistic high school classroom. Bullies are at their harshest, teachers are everyday experiences and friends are the most honest.

Closing Time

How fun it is to close one Thursday beating myself on the right facts about life insurance. This is a last minute request from a regular client and he needs the article early tomorrow. He specifically asked me to find success stories about people enjoying their insurance benefits. Not most of the article I read were happy stories, but others are devastating. Anyways, I better start working with this assignment…good night, world. 

Almost Over

9 days remaining and March will soon be over. And then there comes…

 

APRIL means GLEE!!

The show's been on hiatus for the past four-or-so months. I cannot remember how many times I have exchanged weight loss stories with Cosmic in between chatting about what would the remaining episodes of Glee would be. Gleeks were left hanging with that first kiss between Mr. Schuester and Ms. Pillsburry, the fate of the Finn-Quinn-Puck-Rachel love square (that sounded weird, haha) and what would be the next devious plan of the suspended Cheerios adviser, Sue Sylvester. Here’s a preview of what’s to come as Glee returns on April 14:

Wednesday Is The New Friday

Yep. I treat every Wednesday a Friday. It's the midweek and there are certain things that I love about it. Silly to say but one of the reasons I love the third day of the week is because this days bear the same name of that infamous member of the Adam's Family. One blogger says its the best day to hunt for the cheapest car insurance. Wednesdays is either crunch time or idle time at work. Traffic is somewhat unpredictable on Wednesdays. Wednesdays mean new movies opens at nearby cinemas. Wednesdays mean mid-week specials at a local restaurant; everything that one anticipates on an ideal Friday.

How about you? What do you love about Wednesdays?

*photo source

Internet is for…

Yesterday, one of our big bosses, Ms. Mimi, sent an e-mail offering a pair of tickets to Avenue Q, a theatre play currently being shown at the RCBC Plaza. The place was four blocks away from the office so I thought a lot of my officemates would be eager to reply to the e-mal.  An hour or two passed and nobody from the office responded to the offer. I won’t elaborate what happened but I was the one who ended up with the tickets. When I got them, it says LODGE. Ms. Mimi quipped when I passed by her office,

If nobody gets the tickets, I would just throw them away.

I didn’t bother asking why she was giving it away. Maybe something came up that night that she cancelled her plans. Or maybe not.

My friend Ina was the one who quickly responded to my “Send to All” SMS and joined me at this impromptu event. I am not entirely sure, but I think she took Theatre as her major back in college (Yes, she will kill me because I am not sure about this…enough of the Atom talk and random eye cream for dark circles banter next time, bwahaha). We decided to meet at the coffee shop where the RCBC Plaza is right across the street. Oh, I forgot to mention that it had been two years the last time I saw Ina at the Eraserheads: The Reunion concert.

We were outside the theatre for Avenue Q around 7:30PM. We bumped into her friend Leng. I was surprised that her friend was actually former Ang TV star, Paula Peralejo. Leng introduced her boyfriend Charlie who was her date.

The great thing about theatre plays is that they start the show on time. As in the show started at 8PM on the dot. The theatre had three levels. Ina’s friend Leng and company had Orchestra seats, which was level with the stage; while our seats was on the second level.

Ina asked me if I was able to do a research about the show. I said no so she shared what she was able to review online. She said the play is an adult-themed semi-puppet show. Topics from sex and sexuality, religion, racism among others are the ones highlighted by the play. She remembered her two friends whom she called “Avenue Q addicts” because they know all the words to the songs from the play.

The show started. I cannot remember how many times we applauded and laughed really hard. We were surprised how great Aiza Seguerra and Rachel Alejandro were as actresses. But Frenchie Dy was definitely the show’s star.

Friday night was fun.

Help

*yawns.

Calling it a day today. It was a long one for me. There are a ton of things that I still kept thinking and need to think about. Believe it or not, men's vitamins is on the list. Ridiculous as it sounds, I am doing the thinking for most part here at home. ALWAYS. I myself is trying to make sense of things. A lot of it is still confusing to me that I most of the time find myself giving up.

John Mayer in Manila: Where To Buy Tickets

This is an update to my series of posts about John Mayer’s first concert in Manila on May 16, 2010.

As expected, the John Mayer concert here in Manila costs a fortune. The VIP is more than what an outdoor furniture would cost. But I should not even be surprised about this.

It’s John Mayer.

The tickets to John Mayer’s Concert at the SM Mall Of Asia Concert Grounds on May 16 are now available at the Channel [V] Philippines Office. Their office is located at 89 Timog Avenue, Quezon City. For inquiries, you may call them at (02) 929-2151. John Mayer fans in Manila can choose from the following tickets:

• VIP – Php12,000
• Gold – Php8,000
• Silver – Php5,000
• Bronze – Php2,000
• General Admission – Php600

Early ticket buyers can get discounted ticket rates for VIP, Gold, Silver and Bronze until April 15, 2010.

Tickets will also be available at Ticketnet and Ticketworld outlets.

Notes To Blog

What a week! It's only Wednesday, but this week has a lot of blog-worthy events; plus my inbox is filled with assignments to write about. Better take down the points that I need to write before it slipped my mind:

• updates on the John Mayer concert
• thoughts about the bad news I got through text
• a review on carinsurancelist.com
• plans for the weekend

I Want My PoGo

I would definitely trade any Orlando vacation package to one of this:

Polaroid was photographer’s taste of instant photographs. With its innovative shot-and-print technology, this classic point-and-shoot camera is a must-have for enthusiast. I remember being so awed the first time I saw a Polaroid camera and a the print that comes out after taking the picture. The fun thing about it is shaking the Polaroid print while waiting for the pictures to appear on the iconic white photo paper. Now Polaroid adapted the digital photography phenomenon and released their very own digital version of the Polaroid camera: the Polaroid PoGo! I read on a blog that it costs $200. Not bad, eh?

The World Stops and Pacquiao Wins!

Decided to subscribe to JustinTV for my Papa to be able to watch the Pacquiao-Clottey fight live. I was chatting with a friend and helping him sort out his problem with his unlocked phone while looking for a free live stream of the fight earlier this morning. Found three working links and everything was going smoothly while the three wildcard fights were on. But as the third event of the night was over, the websites where the streams are coming from began blocking the source and asking the for a subscription code. JustinTV charged $9.99 for a month’s subscription.That’s Php457 for an uninterrupted live stream of the actual fight.

Arnel Pineda sang the Philippine National Anthem. We were not able to catch it since I was still fixing our subscription.

Papa quipped, while watching the fight, that Clottey is always in his defense mode and not giving Pacman the equal punches that he was giving him. He added that the challenger was trying to get defending champion a hard time letting the punches through.

Generally, it was a boring fight since almost all Clottey did was put his both arms in front of his face in defense. But of course, all these tactics didn’t work with the champ. After 12 rounds, Pacquiao wins over Clottey via unanimous descision.

Congratulations, Mr. Pacquiao!

Living Room Time

Watching American Idol reruns right now with my mother on my left and my brother on the other end of the living room. I could hear that familiar clanking noise from the kitchen from where I am. My father have been busy preparing our favorite adobo for lunch. Been busy organizing my blogging schedule since I logged in. There were a couple of promotional items sent via e-mail for the past two days and I need to start working on them before I get swarmed with other tasks in the coming days. Simon is doing his usual banter with the contestants with his distinct British accent. Katie Stevens is up…

Poker Night

Played Poker once. Card games are not really my thing and I cannot remember any single rule of this game. Decided to start writing my sleeping aid review tonight since I won't be having that much time to finish it on Friday. The temperature widget reads 27 degrees Celcius. But it doesn't feel 27...I am betting it is on the 30s. My mouth is dry and my head is starting to hurt because of the heat.

Better eat my dinner now before I pass out.

The Rabbit Hole: In 3D

Last Friday, I went to see Tim Burton’s take on Alice In Wonderland. Been planning to see it on 3D. The 3D theatres I am aware of were the ones in SM Mall Of Asia and SM North EDSA. I found out that the nearby Greenbelt cinema now has a 3D Theatre. Thought going to a movie is way better than doing excise spending time in treadmills like my friend did; not in this El Niño heat. Here are some memorable points I’ve had on my first 3D experience:

• I was expecting a 3D cinema was three times wider than the normal cinema. The one in Greenbelt was like the normal theatre screens. Maybe the huge ones where the IMAX versions.
• It took a while for my eyes to adjust to the screen. Well, I’ve been putting my glasses on and off and was a bit silly comparing how the picture will look with and without glasses. Hee.
• The difference with 3D is you’ll have a depth perception while watching the film. The characters and the elements around them seemed to pop out of the screen. There are moments on the film that I thought I would be hit by the spears thrown by the Red Queen’s army of cards. LOL.

My review of the film, next…

Pinch Me

I was writing an article about a fat burner review when a friend of mine tweeted this:

John Mayer in Manila on May 16. It has got to be true since it's on his website.

OH. MY. GAWD.

A few weeks ago, I wrote something about it and was really apprehensive about the reality that is John Mayer having a concert here. Most people I shared this news with have all said there was a minute chance of it happening.

And now I have the screenshot of his website to prove that it is not.

Sleepwalk Circus' Great Secret Show Album Launch

Before I start working on anti wrinkle cream research, I want to invite all of you guys to this event:

Sleepwalk Circus is finally launching their debut album, Great Secret Show, on March 27. The launch party will be ay the Hexagon Lounge, RCBC Plaza (corner of Ayala and Buendia) Makati, City. Show starts 8:30 PM sharp. Php150 gets you in with a free drink.

Project 365 Kicks Off July (Hopefully)

So I was doing my daily blog-hoping earlier today. Well, sort of since today I decided to check out photosets in Flickr instead of the usual blogs. The online photo database is filled with the good stuff of course. But what I particularly explore pictures of people who paricipated in Project 365. It's a popular internet meme where you take a photo of yourself or anything around you everyday from the January 1 to December 31. Most of the photosets I saw were self-portraits. And I must say, most of the sets I've seen were pretty impressive, the account owners won't be needing the best acne treatment. Their entries are really inspiring especially the ones who makes the mundane scenes into something really interesting.

Thinking of starting my own Project 365 in a different way; Day 1 will be on my 27th birthday.

Helloooooo Panda!

Have you ever seen anything as cute as this?

No, this is not a stuffed toy. I found this photo while writing a proposal for the nordictrack audiostrider 990 pro PowerPoint presentation for a client. How lucky are the owners of this uber cute canine. I could stay all day, lounge with Panda Dog sitting on my tummy. Of course, I have no idea how heavy the dog is. It must weigh a ton, hehe. But look at those fluffy furr. Wah.