Archive for July, 2008

PDA 6TH gala night 7.26.08

Wow!  This was a very good night!  It was the first time I really enjoyed watching PDA, all of them gave a good performance, but there were a lot who gave a verryyy good show.  Inaki shows what he got with his song, but his voice is not as powerful as Josh Groban, he may have shown his passion for singing but sadly he lacks power.  What he should do is to choose a song na maghahighlight ng voice nya. But honestly nagtataka ako bakit siya nasama don, di naman kasi talaga kagandahan ang voice nya.  Nagtataka pa din ako na nakakasama siya sa theater, is it acting lang or with singing.  Kasi alam ko pag sa theater ka kumakanta dapat powerful ang voice mo.  I still like Lambert’s voice pa din.  Well his duet with Christian went well naman, though my mga notes si Christian na iniba, and di na siya nagmumukhang second voice tuloy.  So next week, wala na akong aabangan na kakanta na mauuna sa music.  I guess si Christian pag kumakanta, di nya pinakikinggan whatever the background music is.  He would just go on singing and singing even if he is out of tune.  Though it’s so sad that he has to go, he is such a nice person.  Then the trio of Bugoy, Van and Sen perform their acapella.  Wow! As in Wow! It was soooo nice.  So nice to hear, so pleasant to listen to and boy, there were so nice to see.  I like their getup, so cutey! J  Even their fast number was so hot!  The next boy band in the making!  I think it helps that they are friends in the academy that they are really familiar and at home with each other.  With the trio of Zel, Cris and Bunny naman, I cant hear Cris voice, natatabunan ni Zel at Bunny.  Kung wala siyang solo lines don, di mo akalain na andon siya.  I like bunny sa fast number nila kesa sa acapella, it seems kasi that she was tired na and it shows in her voice.  I think that’s also one of the reasons why they didn’t get a perfect score na on their 2nd performance.  With the 3rd trio naman, Apple was sobrang out of tune.  Her voice is too low, with Laarni and Miguel’s note.  I think they still lack the practice, because it showed that though their moves are nice, they still lack the coordination compare with the other teams.  Miguel was good that night, far from the Miguel we saw last week.  I guess we can attribute it na wala na si Bea.  He don’t have anything to think of, kasi nga wala na si Bea.  He can act na whatever he wanted.  And he and Apple are getting close.  Kasi nga they have one thing in common which is music.  Si Bea don’t really have any musicality in her nerves.  Magluto na lang siya, I guess don siya magaling.  Overall, it was a nice show!  I enjoyed it, I felt all the songs.  And it’s also nice that teacher Kitchy was there na.  I guess the scholars really perform their best when they are in a group, duet or trio or whatever. 

 

Of course, there’s some announcements like no one would be expelled next week and that there is a challenger that is coming.  It was Puy, teacher Kitchy like her during the eliminations, because she really has a good voice.  But then nasupalpal siya ng judges.  She has this pinoy mentality kasi na bibirit ng bibirit ng kanta, kahit na di naman magandang pakinggan.  And obviously, di na kelangan ng isang Regine V.  Tama na yung 1 singer na sigaw ng sigaw sa atin pag pinakinggan mo yung cd nya.  It’s not really a gauge of a good singer.  But someone who makes you feel the song, who makes you connect to the song as well as understand the message the singer is conveying.  Di naman kelangan na bumirit ng bumirit, because it is really out of tune na.  Well I hope Puy would be a challenge to the scholars, kasi pag pumalpak siya eh where is the challenge there.  I hope teacher Kitchy would give her extra voice lessons, kasi as it is, ilang weeks na ang scholars na nag-aaral so they have an advantage with Puy.  Well, let’s see on the next gala night.  Till then..

 

PDA –07.19.08 gala night

Oh my! I’ve been reallllly bussssssyyyyyyyyy with work nowadays that I don’t get the chance to do my blog.  Hey many things have happen with PDA, there’s already the Little dreamers, but then what am I doing about it? Nada! And I’m frustrated, for each gala night I have so many thoughts about their performances, but then again! Boom! Work took again my time..

 

Anyways, I’m just glad that Bea finally is out of PDA.  Hey, she has a nice voice, but the problem is her attitude.  If she just stayed humble, work on her homeworks and assignments, she would have improved.  But then no, during her duet with Miguel, it was really the worst.  They deserve that nomination.  I guess that was the turning point for her, because on her last gala night, she outdid Miguel.  Her performance was the best among all her past performances.  And Miguel was at her worst, as well as Inaki.  Honestly, I don’t think he has a good voice.  How did he end up with PDA in the first place?  Christian has a nice voice, but he has a tendency to be OA. I think he don’t know that his voice is very irritating if he hits his high notes.  And boy?  Bakit ba siya lagi nagmamadali.  I guess for Christian to slow down eh dapat love song or mellow song ang kantahin nya.  Laarni was very good that night, she really has a very nice voice.  But then again her attitude is the problem.  I just hope she realizes that she should also do her part na makisama sa ibang dreamers.  Liezel as always is good, but then there is still something lacking.  Kulang sa emotion, but I guess her voice is her weapon.  Hansen is good but he is so uncomfortable.  Apple is also good but sometimes nagiging OA na siya lalo sa pagbuka buka ng labi nya, and she should choose a good song to highlight her good voice.  Bunny was very different from her performance sa duet nila ni Christian, wala siyang energy and it shows on her voice.  Wala din siyang ginawa kundi hawakan ang dress nya.  All the other performances, as Simon Cowell said is forgettable.

 

I’m looking forward to the next gala night this Saturday.  I wonder how they would perform since it would be a trio.

MY FIRST PHOTOSHOOT!!

Aha!!! Me? A member of a photography club? Hehe, yah I am.  Well the company put up interest clubs in the office.  Actually, Amor and I would just be a part of the list so we could fill the top 10 slots easily since there is a deadline.  My camera was one of Kodak’s old digital camera releases. And boy, do I pity myself every time we would have a meeting, because the members who had advanced knowledge would discuss about the features that is not in my camera.  L  Sigh.. sigh.. sigh.. It’s not in my budget to buy a new camera, more a DSLR. Even if the battery cover of my camera is broken and just have a screw so it would closed.  Thanks to my brother who fixed it.  But hey, I love my camera.  I love the pictures when it was developed; I love the color and how the pictures seem so real.  That’s why I always had the pictures developed in Kodak at Glorietta.   Anyways, so our club decided to have a photoshoot at Manila Bay/Luneta as part of our activity for Q3.  We had our photoshoot last Saturday, June 26.  We met around 3pm at Aristocrat in Malate.  Order a halo halo first, ang init sa labas eh.  =P 

 

Then we crossed the street to go to Baywalk.  And boy! It was so windy.. as in windy, even at my 130lbs figure, I felt that nadadala ako ng hangin.  And the waves was so strong that is splashes over the walls.  Getting us wet at once when you get near the walls.  Being a very amateur photographer that I am (Confession: I’m not really good at visual arts!)  I don’t know what picture to take.  I seem to forgot the basic lessons we had like the composition, subject and everything.  L  And of we go, walking along the very long baywalk, taking shots of everything we saw.  Since I don’t really know what to take, I would just go to a certain spot and would just pose.  Hehe, feeling model.  And my co-members would take a shot of me.  Oh my, I wonder how those pictures turn out.  What was the difficult part of it, aside from finding a good subject and coming up with a nice shot?  The walking part.  Imagine, we went as far as Luneta, just to have a picture with Rizal at the background and then go back to Baywalk to get a glimpse of the sunset.  But hey! When we were at Luneta, there were a group of Japanese tourist with their tourist guide explaining about Rizal.  The funny thing is when they pose for a picture, they asked the security guard to pose with them and do the finger pose thing they always had.  Hahahaha… Well, the guard tasks to be with Rizal monument was not there, the security guard said that it was the Navy who does that, but then they had to go to Fort Bonifacio so Rizal was left alone that day.  Good thing it was not scourging heat!  Another funny thing that happen on our way to Rizal park, Amor was pointing that there was a bird flying, more like an eagle.  It turn out it was a kite!  Hehe! We realize that when we got nearer!  What a nice idea!

 

Well the sad part was that the sun didn’t let us saw her.  She just showed a glimpse of her side for a few minutes then went back to hiding in the clouds! Sigh!  That was the ultimate scene and subject we wanted!  But then she didn’t want to be pictured in her full glory.  What’s a sunset without seeing the sun setting down. L  Oh well, overall the photoshoot turn out to be fun.  It’s fun to be doing something new, going to a place you don’t frequently go to.  Even if I miss my beau since there was a lot of couples in the park. Sigh! L But it’s something I need to take my mind off something.  Hey, I took around 70 pictures, and I hope I have at least one picture worth taking!  J  Keeping my fingers crossed!!

Pinoy Dream Academy

PDA is back!!! We’ll I’ve been a big fan of the season 1.  Of course I root for Chad, not only because he is good looking but I really like his voice and his singing. Rocker! Hehe.. and I like to watch before because I get to see that they don’t only have a good voice but talents as well.  Well PDA Season 2 is very much different.  I read somewhere that Ryan C. wanted the show to produce great singers.  So the show would show how would they develop the scholars to become great singers.  And yes, I like this show, especially Ms Kitchie.  Where else would I know that just the position and action of your jaw and opening of mouth would produce a different sound and would help your singing.  O di ba! I like all the mentors, Teacher Monet is ever so patient and ever so gentle.  Even if galit na siya, it wouldn’t show on this voice.  Grabe! Para siyang magulang na napakadaming anak.

 

I don’t like Bea, she so B-I-A-T-C-H.  She should know that everybody is not a student of culinary arts, and not all people are blessed like her.  And Inaki???? Grabe! They have through a great deal para lang makapasok sa academy, for him to just sleep during the lessons??? And especially, sa lessons pa ni Mr. C, the Maestro himself?  Ay naku, pag ganyan yan eh baka pinalabas na yan ng professor ko nung college.  Bubuka pa lang ang bibig mo para maghikab eh makikinig ka na ng lesson sa labas, nakatingin sa bintana, standing all throughout the class!   I don’t like Laarni as well, don’t get me wrong, I really like her voice, sobrang sarap pakinggan, ang lamig kumbaga, ang kaso walang feelings.  And lagi siya sa isang sulok, di talaga siya magugustuhan ng ibang scholars pag ganon.  Sayang ang ganda ng voice nya, parehas sila ni Liezel, sobrang sarap pakinggan ng boses pag kumakanta, parang si Carol Banawa.  I like Liezel’s voice as well as Sheng and Sen’s voice (he’s cute!).  I don’t like Cris, sobrang makadikit kay Van (guapo siya!) and to think she has a bf outside.  Miguel’s voice is sobrang common na, and ang pangit ng face nya parang laging galit kumanta. I like Bugoy’s voice din, ang ganda sobra, kaso parang bading siya minsan sa academy. Hehe.. I like Jet’s voice din, but he’s personality is too strong for some housemates, might start a conflict with others one day.  Ross voice is like Gino Padilla, as in try to close your eyes while he is singing and you might mistake him for Gino.  As for the couple, Chavis and Bunny, I like Chavis voice more, Bunny’s voice is more of an ordinary na for most pinoys.  Christian’s voice is so matining naman, sobrang taas na ang sakit na sa tenga.   Apple’s voice is sobrang pangopera but I like her extended gay family! J

 

More updates in the coming days…