Friday, March 30, 2007

S.H.E. MV



i miss last year's winter
the night when snow fell
the tenderness and warmth you gave me, when you held my hands
kept me warm the chilling winter

i lost what i used to have
when you left me
you took away the smile, leaving behind only the lonliness
cant remember what happiness is anymore.

the nights without you , is so much darker
i can only close my eyes, to feel

the nights without me, who is with you, replacing the old us?

can i hear you say you love me once more?
back to when i was still at your side
can you let me have what i once had?
the tenderness and warmth that once belongs for me...

SMALLVILLE MV

S.H.E.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

What I've Learned About Friendship


What I've Learned About Friendship
* I've learned that there are many good friends around, but true best friends are hard to come by.
* I've learned that sometimes you love a best friend more than a boyfriend.
* I've learned that a best friend is more important than a boyfriend.
* I've learned that you can do something or nothing with a best friend and still have the best time.
* I've learned that a true friendship has many memories, both good and bad, but all important.
* I've learned that sometimes the most used part of a best friend is the shoulder you cry on, and the shoulder you are willing to lend.
* I've learned that when a best friend is happy, you find yourself happy too, even when it has nothing to do with you.
* I've learned that a best friend's family soon feels like your own.
* I've learned that the only one who truly understands is a true friend.
* I've learned that nothing ever sounds stupid, funny, or unbelievable to a best friend, and you never feel stupid saying whatever it is.
* I've learned that sometimes it feels like a best friend is the only one who will ever care about you and think you are beautiful in your own way.
* I've learned that you always have that something extra to give to a best friend in need, and can count on that in return.
* I've learned that your heart is forever touched by a true friend, no matter how things end up.
* I've learned that when your heart has been broken, a best friend is the best band-aid for it.
* I've learned that a best friend will call you in the middle of the night to talk without thinking, and it's OK.
* I've learned that in many cases, a hug and a kind word from a best friend is the only thing that helps get you through the day.
* I've learned that a best friend would stick up for you no matter what the consequences are.
* I've learned that best friends can sing at the top of their lungs and not worry about singing the wrong words or being out of tune.
* I've learned that best friends stay up all night and on the phone for hours talking without even realizing it.
* I've learned that a best friend can tell the difference between a silly crush, and more than that.
* I've learned that sometimes a best friend is all you have.
* I've learned that sometimes you wonder how she knew, but then you realize that's just how close you are.
* I've learned that when you are true best friends, everyone else knows it.
* I've learned that, most importantly of all, best friends will always be best friends, no matter what is happening in their lives, where they are, or what they are doing. A best friend is irreplaceable. This is the most important thing I could have ever been taught by a best friend.

Fear of Failure




It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt

Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
Thomas Hood

Go back a little to leap further.
John Clarke

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.
Sarah J. Hale

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
George Herman "Babe" Ruth

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
Washington Irving

Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Oliver Goldsmith

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Nelson A. Rockefeller

It is the want of diligence, rather than the want of means, that causes most failures.
Alfred Mercier

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard.
The fearful are the failing.
Sarah J. Hale

Disappointments are to the soul what thunderstorms are to the air.
Johann C. F. von Schiller

Failure teaches success.
Japanese Saying

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

BAMBOO (BAND)



Bamboo is a Filipino alternative rock band founded in 2002 by the former vocalist of Rivermaya, Bamboo Mañalac. The band is named after its frontman, Bamboo Mañalac. According to Ira Cruz, the guitarist, the word bamboo also relates to strength and durability with an island feel to it. Two of its members were former members of Rivermaya, Bamboo Mañalac and Nathan Azarcon. Four years after their departure from Rivermaya, Mañalac and Azarcon caught up again with each other, where Azarcon introduced him to Ira Cruz and Vic Mercado who were then members of Pop Ballad band Passage. Bamboo released their debut album As the Music Plays in February 2004 where it got positive response from fans and critics alike. The album also won numerous awards at AWIT Awards, NU107 Rock Awards, and MTV Pilipinas 2004. Their second album, Light Peace Love, which was released in 2005, consisted of ten songs of differing moods and subjects, which took only 3 months to record. This album has a softer sound with both its lyrics and delivery. For this album they added more strings and variety of other instruments, including a trumpet. The band experimented with several new styles that may please new listeners, at the risk of disappointing fans of the more conventional rock of their first album. Their third album, We Stand Alone Together, was released in 2007. It contains revived local and international songs from different generations. Singles * Noypi (As the Music Plays) * Mr. Clay (As the Music Plays) * Masaya (As the Music Plays) * These days (As the Music Plays) * Hallelujah (Light Peace Love) * F.U. (Light Peace Love) * Much Has Been Said (Light Peace Love) * Peace Man (Light Peace Love) * Tatsulok (We Stand Alone Together) * Probinsyana (We Stand Alone Together) Awards * SOP Music Awards 2005 Strictly Alternative Category Winner: "Hallelujah" - Bamboo * SOP Pasiklaband 2006 Best Rock Band - Bamboo Vocalist of the Year - Bamboo Manalac * MTV Pilipinas 2004 Music Awards Favorite New Artist/Group: Bamboo, for "Noypi" Favorite Song: "Noypi" - Bamboo Favorite Group: Bamboo, for "Noypi" * MTV Pilipinas 2005 Music Awards Favorite Media Soundtrack: "Fiesta Amazing"(Smart) - Bamboo * MTV Pilipinas 2006 Music Awards Best Cinematography in a Video - Bamboo for "Much Has Been Said" * 18th Awit Awards 2005 Best Performance by a New Group Recording Artist: "Noypi" -Bamboo Best Rock: "Noypi" -Bamboo People's choice Favorite Song: "Noypi" - Bamboo * 19th Awit Awards 2006 Album of the Year - Light, Peace, Love Best Performance by a Group - bamboo Song of the Year - Hallelujah Best Ballad - Much Has Been Said Best Rock Song - Hallelujah Peoples Choice Award - Bamboo * NU Rock Awards 2004 Vocalist of the year: Bamboo Manalac Song of the Year: "Noypi" - Bamboo Drummer of the year: Vic Mercado of Bamboo Listeners' Choice Award: Bamboo Band of the Year: Bamboo * NU Rock Awards 2005 Vocalist of the year: Bamboo Manalac Album of the year: Light, Peace, Love - Bamboo Listeners' Choice Award: Bamboo