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just because

friedreich rommel delos santos — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:30:00 +0000

almost halfway through the year, sing along time!

Pride can stand a thousand trials,
The strong will never fall
But watching stars without you,
My soul cries.
Heaving heart is full of pain,
Oh, oh, the aching.
‘Cause I’m kissing you, oh.
I’m kissing you, oh.
Touch me deep, pure and true,
Gift to me forever
‘Cause I’m kissing you, oh.
I’m kissing you, oh.
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
‘Cause I’m kissing you.
I’m kissing you, oh.

self

friedreich rommel delos santos — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:26:19 +0000

songs have always been my emotional outlet. from the peaks and valleys of my emotional roller coaster, there’s a song ready to be played as if it was written to be the soundtrack of my life. i take comfort in that, that whatever is happening, a song can eloquently convey whatever i can’t verbalize at the moment.

to my surprise, i have grown a liking to one of the songs from the new album doll domination. and when i say like, i don’t mean dance-like (e.g. magic where i see myself in a contemporary duet with a girl doing all these technical routines). what i mean like is lifestory-like. kantahanlly they’ve grown, but of course they still need the customary shake your ass tracks for commercial viability. sharing a few lines, hope you find this song as meaningful as it does to me.

Take a look in the mirror, you’re beautiful
Take a moment to love the one you are
Learn to accept yourself, coz it’s the truth
Can’t love nobody else, until you love you
(download link)

mr. a-z

friedreich rommel delos santos — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:01:01 +0000

very rarely do one listens to an album from the first track to its last. honestly, even the most emo-esque rob thomas have that so so tracks, otherwise known as filler tracks in his solo debut album (something to be). though i love the unreleased last track, now comes the night. i fondly remember those early years that artists releases 6-8 tracks from their album. however times have change, with the exception of the debut album of pussycat dolls (PCD) , let’s pray for the old times. in hindsight, i now appreciate itunes‘ 99cent song.

i’ve been a fan of jason mraz from the day i got myself a copy of his waiting for my rocket to come. from the new releases section of tower records, i picked his cd having been intrigued by the album title. since i promised myself 2 new cds a month and to explore new sounds, i bought a copy. to date, this is the only cd i listen end to end religiously. i like how the tracks are arranged, progressing and slowing down like the emotional wreck that i am. immediately i got a liking to the song no stopping us. lately i’ve listening heavily to you and i both listed as my most listened track in itunes. i think it’s my need to connect to other people and share my life. beside from those 2 songs, the entire album simply hugs your ear and give your that warm fuzzy feeling, i enjoy his songs tremendously.

i just bought his 3rd album, we sing, we dance, we steal things. yes, it’s really good as it claims to be. the carrier single i’m yours have this island feel from the ukulele accompaniment and from the way he sang it. it’s as if he was whispering to my ear, telling me to surrender to love. i’m yours! i give up! he is one of those underrated artists. he deserve more hurrah compared to britney spears but in today’s fanaticism, sensationalism and false glamour, we put more premium to the person rather than the talent. i really hope that he does well so i can listen to more beautiful music and cool lyrics.

click here to download the discography of mraz.

listening to:
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things – Jason Mraz: I’m Yours

chillout, have a fruit

friedreich rommel delos santos — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:01:57 +0000

aturday night, wasn’t really feeling well earlier. i skipped gym and just stayed in, ordered 8-mcdo, slept, played with rocky who has grown now and slept some more. it feels like sunday less my usual dinner at morato. i wanted to give myself a little more me time with all the work i have been doing. a long, luxurious bath, a tub of ice cream, and a dose of 6 feet under dvd marathon.

am not a wine person with the exception sparkling wine and shiraz, so with a glass of apple flavored tropicana, lulling the night with some chillout music. i’m trying to attract positive aura.

too freaking wholesome. click more to download.

radio goo goo

friedreich rommel delos santos — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:20:46 +0000

i feel so techy and inspired at the same time that i put up a radio. here’s the beta release, playing il postino tracks.

if you have any request, leave a comment and i’ll put up a playlist for you. i’ll even give you the code for your site. for now, do enjoy the poetry…

nostalgia

friedreich rommel delos santos — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:13:30 +0000

i would never admit having their album; i even hid it when i bought it at machida for yen200(it’s a used cd shop). during their hey days i was elbow deep into grunge and punk rock having been honed at the old mapua institute of technology. when i say the old mapua, i mean the torn jeans, chucks/flip-flop (spartan, not havainas), greasy hair type. think alamid, the dawn, eraserheads, rivermaya-esque songs. i think not even a single soul knows i own this album, but dahon does tease me of owning one.

so why admit now? well they have great songs, makes you feel giddy and jiggy, makes you wanna sing along but not burst into song and dance like hairspray. and walking along espana to the nearest mcdo, ipod on shuffle, i heard the song, and brought back memories and faint smile.

i hope this puts a smile on your face. [download here]

life ain’t bad

friedreich rommel delos santos — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:23:15 +0000

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
Don’t grumble, give a whistle
And this’ll help things turn out for the best…

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

If life seems jolly rotten
There’s something you’ve forgotten
And that’s to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you’re feeling in the dumps
Don’t be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle – that’s the thing.

And…always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the light side of life…

For life is quite absurd
And death’s the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin – give the audience a grin
Enjoy it – it’s your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life’s a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke, it’s true.
You’ll see it’s all a show
Keep ‘em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the right side of life…
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life…
Always look on the bright side of life…
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life…
(I mean – what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing – you’re going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life…

on a friday

friedreich rommel delos santos — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:53:15 +0000

according to kate monster… [download here]

I’m kinda pretty
And pretty damn smart.
I like romantic things
Like music and art.
And as you know
I have a gigantic heart
So why don’t I have
A boyfriend?
Fuck!
It sucks to be me!

It sucks to be me.
It sucks to be Brian…
And Kate…
To not have a job!
To not have a date!

digital sound

friedreich rommel delos santos — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:40:33 +0000

last weekend amidst the torrential rain/storm, i sat in front of my laptop and decided to to a late spring cleaning of my own. i forced myself to go over 5,000+ of mp3s, sort them, put album cover, create playlist and burn my other cds to mp3. it’s a tiring process, specially the opms that i just can’t do a right click » download album cover on using itunes. i need to do a manual search on google images for most of the album covers, specially the indie and world genre. my guess is that itunes only have an image database of popular music.

i have almost have all genre of music excluding 1, the heavy metal. i have classical, indie, pop, r&b, world, grunge, jazz, pop, acid, and other kinds of music but i can’t really stand heavy metal music. the closest i have is the soundtrack of queen of the damned. i can’t stand shouting and squealing guitars mimicking the violin’s range.

i realized i’ve amassed so much house/trance/techno/chillout music through the years, like 35 cds worth. mostly dj tiesto, hed kandi and paul van dyk. i don’t listen to them that much except for the chillout and lounge when i want to just hang out in my room and lay flat on my bed. the oldest artist i have in my songbook is ella fitzgerald and judy garland. i love the old sound, the jazz throwback, soulful voices. though i appreciate contemporary jazz of harry connick jr., julia fordham and diana krall but nothing beats the oldies, the brat pack era. but what i am most proud of is my collection of broadway and kantahanl soundtracks, specially rodger and hammerstein’s south pacific and a chorus line, original cast of course!

it took me the whole 2 days to somewhat get my itunes and ipod organized. i’m having difficulty with the genre and duplicate songs; soundtracks and compilations are hell and creates duplicates of songs. hopefully next generation of itunes will allow users to assign a song to multiple albums.

listening to:
A Chorus Line : Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love

friday generosity

friedreich rommel delos santos — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:26:42 +0000

it’s friday the 13th and i’m feeling generous. having finished seasons 3 and 4 of will and grace in dvd, i heeded to jack’s advice, gay it forward.

so here’s the quintesential gay icon, barbra streisand, with her essentials collection.

Disk 1

A Sleepin’ Bee

Cry Me A River

I Stayed Too Long At The Fair

Lover Come Back To Me

People

My Man

Second Hand Rose

He Touched Me

Don’t Rain On My Parade

Happy Days Are Here Again

On A Clear Day

Stoney End

Since I Fell For You

What Are You Doing The Rest Of

The Way We Were

All In Love Is Fair

Lazy Afternoon

Evergreen

My Heart Belongs To Me

You Don’t Bring Me Flowers

The Main Event_Fight

No More Tears

Disk 2

Woman In Love

Guilty

Comin’ In And Out Of Your Life

Memory

Papa, Can You Hear Me_

A Piece Of Sky

Putting It Together

Not While I’m Around

Somewhere

All I Ask Of You

Children Will Listen

As If We Never Said Goodbye

I Finally Found Someone

Tell Him

I’ve Dreamed Of You

Someday My Prince Will Come

You’ll Never Walk Alone

can you get any gayer than barbra? abangan!

p.s. after checking the layout of this entry in my site, it suddenly dawned on me that my links on the random thoughts section are all practicing alternative lifestyles. though i didn’t setup my link category that way, it came out like so. life has a funny way of organizing.

playing favorites

friedreich rommel delos santos — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:45:38 +0000

by now i guess you’ve guessed that my #1 addiction is shoes. nice italian leather shoes. i have a lot of shoes and i figured that though people usually invest in houses or cars, i invest on good shoes. there’s this feeling that one gets on donning on a finely crafted, well designed, beautiful shoes that best even sex. yes, i’ll trade hot sex with a good pair of pradas anytime.

i don’t want to play favorites with my shoes because they do have feelings and tend to be jealous of my usual shoes, but, between you and me, i love and gaga over my croc skin shoes. i love how it looks like, never mind that it stings like hell after an hour of wearing it. going over my shoe racks, i noticed a a black pair i bought in the u.s., 2 years ago. and i haven’t worn it, not once, except when i tried it on. it’s a stacy adams that i fell in love with while in new york. i actually bought 2 pairs of stacys but this one happened to be not worn. i think i decided to wear it on special occasions, but i never did had that special occasion. so, she was silently tucked away in my shoe rack. cleaning her up real good, buff and shine to its window display moment.

a tip, when traveling, bring with you 2 leather shoes, a brown and a black pair. make sure that it’s not a brown-brown, in the first place why would you wear/own brown shoes in the shade of earth? you don’t want to do that, trust me. earth shade brown is a nightmare when it comes to matching it with your wardrobe. don’t stuff your shoes on your overstuffed luggage, love your shoes so it would love you back. shoes should be either in your carry-on or in your check-luggage provided you’ve secured it and it won’t get squished. on the plane, wear your most comfortable kicks, but please no flip-flops on international flights. a nice sneakers or trainers would do. if you need to exercise your foot specially in long haul fight, remove your shoes and try flexing your foot and stand on the balls of your foot. this would not only improve blood circulation and give you instant relief, it would also improve your foot arch to get the high-arch shape that you’ve wanted so dearly.

it’s september 3 here, labor day holiday. might as well get some sun and explore my new home for 3 months, zip code 45202.

friedreich-san (猛将政見)

friedreich rommel delos santos — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:51:09 +0000

let’s play pictionary… these were taken ages ago, some 5-6 years ago. when i was in japan for a business trip. i miss my long tresses. my long, straight tresses. i think i’ll grow my hair long again.

i’m a nerd, so what

friedreich rommel delos santos — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:32:31 +0000

i want to be happy…

friedreich rommel delos santos — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:04:00 +0000

sick. that’s one word that will surmise how i am, how i am feeling today. i caught this virus from tonette who had the flu earlier. i wasn’t feeling up since yesterday but since it’s the tms party i can’t be sick. i was hosting the event and as well as choreographing and dancing for the java group presentation. i was coughing the whole day, rolling on the floor (yes, the choreography requires people to squat, flip, cross legs, bend and a whole lotta attitude), making sure people are having fun and making a fool of myself that i can pull it all off…

now i’m bed ridden. good thing that i had our house wireless, i’m blogging on my bed with mom’s laptop. mine’s at the office. too heavy (or uncool) to bring to the party.

-oOo-

i have a new favorite person to hate. he’s arrogant and feels as if it’s ok to make a mockery of people.