India!

amritstar!

Places visited as of now in order:
- Amristar
- New Delhi
- Jaipur
- Agra
- Goa

will be visiting more cities as our tour progress..
chilling here in goa for a week to rest and get some sun..

It takes Faith to ENJOY

To all fellow workaholics and small spenders this entry is for you!

I am about to embark on a journey to the unknown.. I am going on Vacation!

Yes! I dont really go on vacations.. most of my trips are family organized, school activities, and of course work related! Meaning i dont really spend for it. These free vacations end up being fun but i guess it starts off as an obligation..

My travel starts off with a gig in the following places:
1. Hong Kong on December 16-18. Kitchie Nadal was booked to sing for Globe Telecom along with True Faith and Cesar Montano.
2. Leaving for Singapore Dec 18. I have 2 hours to arrive and get my new luggage for Singapore.
3. Dec 19 we play in Singapore for our Every Nation Church in 12 Riffles Bldg. This gig is fun because it will be our first time to perform with our Singaporean family.
4. Dec 20 fly to India Amistrar.. here comes my faith to enjoy..

As i have mentioned i go to organized paid by others vacation.. from December 20 2006 -January 8, 2006 it is all my personal spending and whats worst we'l be back packing in India. (Don't worry we have indian friends to be with us during our trip).. but our itenerary is very open to interpretation.. my travel partners namely kitchie nadal, corinne ching, and andrea go are spontaneous people and this is the best time to be one.

Our Skeleton Itenerary:
Fly in to amistrar.. then stay new delhi 3 days.. christmas in in agra stay 2 days (taj mahal among other beautiful places)then fly to goa (attending a music festival), spend new year in mumbai ... then leave for manila january 8.

Yes this is super exciting! and it takes true Faith for me to embark on this journey.. I expect to grow up in this trip! Become open to new experiences. There is nothing free in this life we need to pay a price to get to our full potencial.. I surrender to the Grace of God.. He's the author of my vacation and He will protect me! I want to thank X magnaye's friend Hemant and Akshai who will take us around in India.. i will thank the others as i post during this trip!

I believe there are people reading this able to relate with me... my message to you is if you can't really be sure with work, with love, what more with your vacation?!.. nothing is for sure in our finite life and we can only live it if we have Faith to just surrender and go with God's purpose!

In a few days here i go.. hey guys please cover me with your prayers.. i feel that i am going to ride a roller coaster.. Yipee!

movie watching

i have been watching movies lately.. trying to get inspiration.

Prestige.. great movie! wow! the complex story amazed me.. the editing and direction amazed me even more! past, present, plots then whoa.. that's the story.
the story spoke to me regarding obsession and the blind spot it creates. i checked my heart if i am obssesed and i found that i was'nt i am just bored.. the movie inspired me! excellent!

Happy feet.. sad movie! great songs and singing! cool arrangement supprising! but i was expecting to be entertained.. i was not, it was heavy! i felt green peace and PETA made this movie. i even cried and felt guilty... i wonder if kids felt the same? maybe if the trailer showed the serious part and not only the singing and dancing i wouldn't feel i have been had! after the movie i felt i was fooled.. all in all the movie was long and delayed to get to the point. there was even religous overtones, excumunication, etc. i still wonder what the impact to kids will be? i remember a sad movie i watched when i was a kid.. lost in the sahara dessert.. i felt sad and i enjoyed it because it was up front from begining to end..

did i get my inspiration? yeah.. be upfront and dont put up a front!

Back from the US Tour

been back a few weeks now from our US tour and i finally adjusted to waking up early and sleeping early.. being up in the morning at 6:30 am is a joy and sleeping at 10pm is an extra joy... God gives sleep to His people.. feels good to be able to do a lot of things in the morning.

our tour was so much fun! kitchie and the band were great to be with. they are excellent musicians and so humble.. there is not a tinge of star complex when we were out..

i appreciate the people involved and the producer who took care of us..

i have learned that filipinos are the same everywhere.. truly we are a hospitable race and love feeding our guest!

picture from melot samonte a long time friend! it was such a great show of love for her to drive 6 hours from detroit to meet us. melot thank you!

i am going to india this christmas season until january 8, 2007. Corinne Ching of i love you store, Kitchie Nadal and Andrea Go will be with us. We will be visiting agora, goa, mumbai and new delhi.. what an exciting journey!!

one of my dreams is to be able to see new cultures and experience facets of life. this is not a business trip (a first) but a soul searching trip.. i dont know what i will find but i know i will find a new self and be a fuller person.. a time to re-align myself to what God's purpose is for the coming 2007!

Soul Ties 2 a super great show

pictures will speak! original songs break out and bring the house down!!

akafellas

Top Suzara

Kitchie sang "Walk on Water," a new song created with DJ Akshai Sarin

Soul Ties 2 First Night!

Soul Ties 2 first night!

Last night Oct 5, 2006 was my first real attempt to support real original Filipino music.. What is “real Filipino” music? Duh? But I believe it’s a Filipino singing what real in their hearts… I felt the energy of Lana J., Joax and Quest sing their hearts out and it made me listen to their message. The message was who they are and their experiences.. and you know what?! I was not bored at all!! It was so interesting, so much fun!

The guests also sang their originals! Aiza Siguerra sang 2 beautiful songs in Filipino while Migs Esguerra sang 3 of his originals. The all-star dancers danced their hearts out and night was a feast of different elements of song, dance, rap, rnb, ballad, jazz, theater.. It’s the salad of the artists influence.

My end goal is for this event is to showcase the talents and create a platform for the Filipino audience to appreciate and see that we have real artists.

So for those who miss the show we still have 4 nights, 4 Thursdays this to catch Soul Ties2! It’s worth watching!

Over promise Under deliver

I friend of mine commented while she was reading my blog that I :
“Over-promise and under deliver.” I believe that was the “word” that I needed to hear and it clinches what I felt I needed to learn at this stage of my life… “Manage people’s expectations.

Personally I…
1. Love to speak my dreams and my vision in life and when I share my vision I forget that it is so attractive that I draw people to the myself and the vision. There is a tendency that people feel that I will bring them to the vision but what I need to learn is to draw out their dreams and inspire them to dream themselves. I know that only one Person can fulfill the desires of our hearts with no strings attached and complications involved.

2. Love to think and write random thoughts and keeps people hanging.. Yikes! Maybe it’s the attention deficit in me that forget the entries. I will remember to finish what I promise especially when I write them out. I am learning to always make written contracts and to work on the contract. I can not get into a verbal commitment because I forget!

I have only 2 points for now that I over promise and under deliver. These are big points! I can learn them step by step and keep learning until I can grow and discover more as I continue to walk step by step!

oh i forget! Let my yes be yes and no be no!