Death Cab For Cutie Live In Manila On March 5, 2012

I literally screamed when this Twitter update popped on my feed:

OH YEAAAH!

It was just a rumor yesterday and now it is really happening! Washington-based band Death Cab For Cutie will be in Manila on March 5, 2012!

Rico Blanco's twitter post said that the concert will be held at the NBC Tent in Taguig. The update was cut but the rest of it read that ticket details will also be posted today.

I still am all smiles while writing this entry because a lot of the bands I like will be coming this 2012. And I never expected that Death Cab For Cutie will be one of them.

I'd be in tears and will definitely have my moment if they play We Laugh Indoors that day.♥

 

Flu

For the third time in a row, I spent my Christmas in bed because of flu.

Christmas here at home was turned into a videoke party with all of my cousins, aunts, and uncles from my mother side spent their afternoon here at home. I have been feeling a bit uneasy when I woke up that morning. I am a bit light-headed and not really up to whatever it is that's in store for that day. I remember spending a few minutes browsing northface backpacks to rest a bit after cleaning the whole house before going to bed the night before.

I was ok for a few hours, but I cannot stop sneezing come lunch time that I asked my aunts to take over and entertain our guests.

Christmas preps

Waking up to an uncomfortable body pain is not good. Not today.

For 27 years, I am used to watching my mother getting really excited with getting the whole house its Christmas make-over. The holiday preparations normally starts as early as Halloween. It had been a tradition that we put up our Christmas tree come November 1st. Then me and my mother would start crossing out the names on our Christmas list and start buying and wrapping gifts (from huge ones like maybe a tea set for her sister or as small as lapel pins for her high school friend). Our tree will be filled with gifts come first week of December.

This year is different though. I cannot do the usual thing I have been used to doing every holidays, which is to admire my mother and do her usual Christmas prep traditions. You may have read an entry or two here on my blog about my mother loosing her sight last year. My aunts and my mother's friends were present and helped my mother last year, but this year everything will be up to me. Well, not really since I have been talking to my mother and taking all her notes to heart on how she wanted things done this year.

I went to the mall yesterday and bought almost all the things that my mother mentioned she wanted on our table tonight for Noche Buena. I will be wrapping gifts in a bit after writing this entry, and this body pain is not helping at all. Good thing I have the right medicine to ease the pain to get me through today.

After wrapping gifts, cleaning the entire house and putting some more decorations will be my next agenda. White curtains and blue seat covers are the ones requested by mother to be put on our living room.

This is going to be a long day for me.  

The Dark Knight and The Hobbit

Trailers of two of the most anticipated films of 2012 debuted this week.

I have been reading great things about Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises trailer. Fans and critics had a lot of doubts that Nolan will satisfy what they were expecting. But the mood of the tweets and the blog posts changed when a 6-minute prologue of the movie shown exclusively on IMAX before Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (MI:GP) and this trailer came out a couple of days ago:

Upon watching the trailer, and hopefully watching the prologue when I watch MI:GP on IMAX within the week, I can see why fans and critics have become an instant fan of Nolan. The trailer has a sneak peek of Bane (and his mysterious voice, audiences will really pay attention to what he's saying while watching the film), Cat Woman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt whom I still am confused what really is that character that he plays on the film, Alfred, the bat cave...everything a Batman fan would want to see in a Batman film. There is no official date for the release, but everyone is I think wishing the Summer of 2012 come as fast as opening ones presents and searching for online college degree. 

Another anticipated film that had its trailer debuted I think today is Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. I am not really a fan of the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) book series, but I thought the movie adaptations are fantastic and a must-see. The LOTR trilogy is done and is now considered a classic, and now Peter Jackson will be releasing a new film, a prologue to the trilogy, billed as The Hobbit. Here's the trailer:

How We Can Help The Victims Of Typhoon Sendong

I just had to stop noting address plaques online for a client upon reading the stream of information about how we can help the victims of typhoon Sendong. The people from Iligan and Cagayan De Oro are the most affected. I have been hearing reporters on the radio all day noting that for donations, water and food are a must.

I also found this page on Facebook where one can find information on How to donate and volunteer for Sendong victims.

PayPal account holders can also send their donation via PayPal page.

LBC branches are accepting donations that they will ship for free to Iligan and Cagayan de Oro.

Been reading blogs all morning and found these information:

 

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