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Name: Rony Location: Hong Kong My life is a musical and I love applause... if even just from the both of you.
Nowadays
successout of reach... chasing pavements... Impossible We can be kind Jamming with the NOAH cast... the climb... All things just keep getting better... Letting things just happen Were we ever that young?
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Some People's Lives
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
I'd like to believe I done good with my life so far. That I've rounded myself a nice list of accomplishments at 32. I've grown a lot, and flaws and all, am quite happy with who I've become since I entered the entertainment scene 10 years.Recently though, I was reminded that I should also be happy with who I have not become. A lot of successful people out there who are successful and crazy. Or who are successful but unhappy. Successful and arrogant. Even worse, blind to the fact. A recent dinner in Manila, someone said a prayer for me and said, "thank you God that Rony hasn't changed at heart after all these years." I thought that was quite sweet. I say, spend your time with good people. And don't just change the world, change someone's life.. for good. rhapsody [
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Friday, November 06, 2009
So... Here's to giving up.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
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Monday, October 05, 2009
Ugly Betty, season 3. An episode called Crush'd. Betty has a crush on her neighbor and goes out of her way to throw a party where his band can play. At the same party, she finds him with someone else. Here she talks to Daniel, her boss...Betty: I should have known that when he said I was beautiful, he meant on the inside. Daniel: You are. Betty: You don't have to say that Daniel. I'm fine with who I am, but I'm not beautiful. That kinda hit hard. Ouch. Some crazy, impossible things have happened in my life. And when crazy, impossible things happen in one's life, one starts believing that one can make more crazy, impossible things happen. Happiness when they do. And when they don't, or they take their lovely time coming to reality, it can get, well, frustrating. But believe I shall continue. Perhaps, I gotta BE crazy, impossible first. "I believe in Disneyland, Come with me to Disneyland, And when we get to Disneyland, let's stay..." rhapsody [
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
I was in Manila earlier this week and wanted to help out with relief efforts. Monday, I went grocery shopping for goods that could be useful. Then Tuesday, being a DLSU graduate, I went to La Salle Greenhills to see if I could volunteer over there. I signed up and stood among 50 other people who were waiting for an assignment. A man with a megaphone came out and said they had too many volunteers and told us that if we wanted to help, we should text our friends to bring more goods. How incredible is that? THERE WERE TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS! There's hope. =) But it being my last day in town, I was still determined to do more than just donate goods. So I went to Ateneo to see if I could help out over there. I was lucky, they weren't turning anyone away. I signed up, stood among 50 other people who were waiting for an assignment. For the most part, I was one of an assembly line, passing relief bags. Small, but still. A little later on, I joined some Blue Rep friends and took a trip to San Mateo to help out. Once again, assembly line to transfer a thousand relief bags from the van to an office. Small but still. What I thought was really inspiring was getting back to Ateneo at 1030 pm, to see their relief bags area STILL covered with bags... which meant one thing: DONATIONS MUST'VE KEPT POURING IN! Cause relief bags were going out by the thousands. So clearly, relief bags were also coming in by the thousands. It was an amazing sight... So many relief centers. So many good Filipinos. So many countries pulling together to help the Philippines get through this. Do good. Feel good. Times likes these: Keep your Facebook posts smart. Don't post to anger people. Post to motivate, post to inspire. And maybe it's just me, but if at the end of the day, more mouths are fed, more folks sleep well, more people are helped, then if you want to, stamp your name on everything you do. And people, move on. Every little bit helps. This song says it all. "How can we make it better? How can we make it through? What can we do when there's nothing we can do? We can be kind..." And sing along we must, another storm is heading towards Manila. As I was writing this, a text came in from a good friend. It had this prayer... Dear Lord, we fervently pray for your intercession so that our nation will be spared from another threatening typhoon. Our suffering people have not recovered from Ondoy's wrath. Please prevent Pepeng from hitting any of our islands. Save us from further calamities by embracing our country with your protective grace & merciful blessings. Amen. rhapsody [
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Here I am jamming with the cast of N.O.A.H. The song is Now We Vow, the finale. In the show, the cast sings to minus one, and since I live in Hong Kong, I never got to accompany a rehearsal. So I wrote them all a facebook message and asked if they would oblige me the pleasure of accompanying them on the piano as they sang. They did. Sang in full force. No rehearsal (which isn't always easy if you're used to singing with minus one). They were amazing. Trumpets N.O.A.H. runs at the Meralco theater for one more weekend. 4 more shows. Watch it.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Fine. It's a cheesy song. But I seriously like it. Especially the way it's sung here by Gary V. and his daughter Kiana.I love a good song that lends itself to an easy harmony. I love that Gary harmonizes below her in the first chorus, then harmonizes above her in the subsequent choruses. I love her obvious rawness and his obvious experience. I love that she gains confidence towards the end of the song. I love that Ryan Cayabyab is on the piano, and that's all they need. gotta keep mah head held high... | |||||||||||||