House Music Collection: November Edition

What is House Music?

It's the typical song which makes you move and groove... LoL, but seriously... it's a genre of music heavily base on Bass, Fast beat, electro dance music. It's pretty addictive listening to it, especially when you're feeling down or bored. 'Coz this type of music kinda cheers you up and puts your mood up a notch~

Attached are the New Released House Music released this month:

Sugababes - About You Now (Spencer and Hill Remix)



Funkerman - Speed Up

ELE: Chocolate Edition

ELE simply means Eat, Live and Experience.

We need food to nourish our body, we eat every day of our life and we crave these food. But do you guys ever stop, feel and savor the food that's been prepared for you? Every certain ingredient has it's own distinctive taste and aroma. Take time to observe and enjoy the food you've been indulge.

Think food as an form of art, emotion and experience. You take time to taste and appearance of the food, when you prepare the food you're feeling happy, sad, frustrated, angry and such emotions. And you cook a lot better through experience, every time you cook is always new and sometime adventurous (adding new flavors to the same old recipe that you have thus creating a new flavor.)

I'll tackle chocolate as the topic for this ELE edition.

We all love chocolate! (well, almost all XD) and we can always prepare it in different ways, let your imagination go wild when preparing it. Even Chocolate + Wasabe sounds delicous! seriously.



Be a little artistic when preparing, it will add the gusto appeal to the food up a notch!


Or sometimes we can go for the simple look for the sophisticated appeal.


If you really wanna enjoy the taste of the chocolate, have a cup of coffee beside when biting these delicacies, the bitterness of the coffee will bring out the rich cocoa flavor and making more rich and tasty, by the way don't add any sugar to your coffee it'll destroy the taste of the chocolate....

Dark Chocolate Truffles:
Ingredients needed:
250 grams Dark Chocolate, finely chopped
1/.2 cup Heavy Cream (Nestle All purpose cream would do)
28 grams Butter (Never use margarines)
1 tbsp Coffee liqour (Kahlua and such)
3 tbsps Cocoa Power (Hershey's Dutch style chocolate powder)

Procedure:
1. Put chopped dark chocolate in bowl
2. Heat heavy cream in a sauce pan, bring it to full boil.
3. Pour this over the chocolate. Let it stand for 2 minutes
4. Gently stir the cream into chocolate until smooth.
5. add butter and coffee liqour and cool it in room temperature.
6. Put it in chiller for atleast 3 hours, shape it with a scooper (small ice cream scooper would do)
7. Roll and toss in cocoa poweder.
8. SERVE and Indulge!!

Lack of Inspi.....

I used to have lots of idea for artworks and character designs stored up in my mind when I was still young... But recently I've noticed that all those imaginativeness kinda suddenly disappear .


Whatever happen to my cup of thoughts and ideas? Is it true that the older you get, the less imaginative you'd get?


Or it's just that I'm so tied up to my work and eventually have no more time to imagine stuffs up?

When i thought of the last statement, i said to myself, "NOOOOOO!! I don't wanna be like this!! I want to be the old cartoony self again!! 'Coz it ain't fun being the all ever serious Mikki that I am right now."

Hopefully that I would regain the old habit of mine and could draw and think of my artistic side again. (In short, I'm suffering from artist's block.)

The Chipmunks are...... BACK!

Remember when we were still young.. the time was the 80's and 90's? We used to watch cartoons day and nights, caring nothing but fun and cartoons too? And cartoons such as thunder cats, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, Care Bares and... Alvin and the Chipmunks?

Well........... Alvin and the Chipmunks are coming to a theater near you this Yuletide Season!! you heard me right! A brand new movie from the 20th century fox with our lovable chipmunks! Alvin, Simon and Theodore in all their wacky voices. Although this time, it's not a animated 2d movie... but rather a 3D CG mixed with live action. Just like how they did Garfield the movie (Hopefully it won't end up like Garfield's cheesy storyline). It's worth checking out though, considering how we used to love the cartoon way back! (They're just damn adorable!)

Posted below are the Theater Poster and a Trailer of the Movie.. Just love their new song!

Happy Thoughts: July 31, 2007

Just another funny Vid from Japan.. Although it's kinda blurry and such.. but.. it's still one heck of a funny vid! ( >^-^)>

"Food Fight in Slow Motion"

ENJOY~ !!

Happy Thougts: July 2, 2007

So Bored.... Anyway, here's a clip that I "unearthed" in youtube... 

"Do not Laugh or get spanked...." 

Inconsiderate..

We are Human, we commit mistakes.... but what if they made a mistake that would hurt your feelings? Just like something that blurred out of their mouth accidentally of unintentionally? What if they done something stupid.. like make a fool out of you just 'coz he's bored? 

This is what I call... "Inconsiderate." They just do stuff what would amuse or entertain themselves without thinking the consequences that would happen or would result to. 

Ok, so I was pissed off at work when someone made a fool out of their comrade (This is what i call them between employees). Anyway, considering it was a very childish act... posting a "post" on a back of their comrade that says Gwapo ako (I'm handsome in Tagalog). I'm ok with their act of joke BUT The problem is that he's a waiter that would be exposing his "back" to the customer, which was well... they were laughing or snickering behind him. and which also I would consider that the reputation of the Shop (Which is a coffee shop for pete's sake... it's a class and sorta educated ambiance that surrounds the entire shop!!!) was kinda... inappropriate!

That really pissed me off!! DAMN!! how childish could they get? Do they know that they're hurting their fellow comrade... in a huge crowd? Is he really that inconsiderate of other's feeling? I'm so... out of words describe that incident!! DAMN! (Ok.. so I kinda over-used the term damn... XD) 

Oh yeah, it's so happens that whenever i'm pissed or angry.. it's usually the time that the employees start to act seriously with their work and doing the chores maturly.. watda? Should I act angrily everytime i get to work just to make them work harder? (Just a cent of thought)

Anyway, just  a short shoutout for the day...  

Anime Review: Honey & Clover (1 & 2)

One of my passion for entertainment is anime, i just love watching animes. 

Why? 'Coz it's fun and meaningful! (Well, not all of them actually... some are just plain mindless and stupid)

Honey & Clover is considered as one of my Top 5 anime of all time (as of June 25, 2007 actually). Due to it's storyline and funny antics too. 

Episodes:

Season 1 (26 episodes) aired on  2005-04-14

Season 2 (12 episodes) aired on  2006-06-29

Story:

Season 1 

Second-year art student Yuuta Takemoto lives the typical college life: sleeping, eating, and dealing with troublesome apartment mates like eccentric Morita and ladies' man Mayama. Life gets interesting when Hagumi Hanamoto, the gifted niece of Professor Shuuji Hanamoto, comes to school and surprises everyone with her talents (and unusually young appearance). Takemoto wants to make friends with her, but Morita always seems to make the first move; Hagu-chan, meanwhile, is afraid of the boys and prefers the company of pottery student Ayumi Yamada. Gradually they all warm up to each other, learning the ups and downs of college life and beyond.

Season 2

The sequel and final installment to the highly popular series once again delves into the life stories and love lives of Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi and Morita Shinobu. The story continues where the first season left off, after Takemoto's self-discovery journey around Japan. Of course, the love triangles and tribulations they face will continue, and eventually decide the paths to their future.

Why is it Good?

Well, story of each complicated character is well portrayed. And every character's life is intertwined with each other. It contains comedy, romance and drama... A typical "slice of life" genre anime. and the story sometimes can be related to our real life, 'coz most of the happenings in the story usually happens in real life too! 

Go watch this anime! even if you don't watch one... I'm FORCING you to watch it!!  it's one heck of a best anime 'till now. hehe

Blank....

Ok, it's either my life is so boring that I don't have anything to share about..... or..... I'm running out of ideas to talk about!

Anyway, just having a short update... It seems to be my life's turning to the brighter side as for now.
*Weeee~*

Video of the Day!
that would "kinda" or "sorta" cheer your day up for a few minutes (LoLz):

I Love my Onions!! Vol. 1

Rather... Onionticons! (Onions + Emoticons)

Have you ever want to express you facial expression in your message or in your blog? Then try these adorable onions to express your emotions for you! They come in variety of "faces"!!

Vol. 1

- Watya Lookin' At?

- Pwis?

- OMG!

- *It wasn't me... It wasn't me...*

- That was a good meal...

- R & R

- *Blush*

- Dead man itching...

- *Happy! sha-la-la~!*


More onionticons coming....

by the way, these avatars were taken @ http://blog.roodo.com/onion_club/archives/cat_109038.html

R&R

R&R = Rest & Relaxation

Ok, so yesterday was not the type R&R I've expected to be. Considering that I proposed to myself to have a day off. (Since I was still at work for almost half day long).

After my "escapade" from work, my friends planned a private place to have our private dinner and private chatting session. (See how I stress the word "Private"?). All things were according to plans! we hadn't have this type of gathering for a LONG time! since we were all quite busy with our work, and responsibilities... Hopefully we could do this type of gathering once a week. ( ^-^)v

When all the people came, we ordered our food and chat and chat and CHAT! Right after a few minutes our drinks came and we sip our little hearts out on our beverages and were expecting that the food would be served in a couple of minutes from then....

10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 hour 30 minutes has passed and our food hasn't arrived yet.... (Ok, so I was starving to death then.. I didn't had my lunch that day..), and we finally realized that this is one of those restaurant that we should have pre-order first before coming (the place's know for it's "slower than a speed of crawling snail" food service a.k.a Antonio's Steak House in Pasonanca.). So... since we were having a great yapping away so we decide to let our bratty attitude slip aside. Until the food's finally served in front of our eyes... then it was time that we finally decided to let our talking rest and make our eating do the work for next 3 minutes.

And just wanna make my journal short, I had a great time yesterday! (Well, especially me! This is the kind of talking I want to have... not all the nagging and complaints to receive here at work). In conclusion, I HAD FUN LAST NIGHT!! But it was rather short... wished we leave the place a little later. ( T_T)

Slave of Work?

Before we discuss about the topic, let me explain the meaning of each word

Work:
1. Exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something.
2. One's place of employment.
3. Productive or operative activity.

Slave:
1. A person entirely under the domination of some influence or person.
2. To work very hard or doggedly; toil.

These could be few of meanings that would explain each word accordingly, then When we make a phrase when joining these two words we have Slave of work which can simply means most of the time the slaves had to do the hardest work their boss had for them.

This is actually what I'm experiencing right now, tight up to work which I didn't expect that it would be such a drag! Although I enjoy doing stuffs at work, but not to an extent when it becomes a chain tied to my neck which prevents me from going out or having my own social life! It's always work and no decent social life to have.... When times that you don't even have time to talk with your friends and have a good time.

WORK + WORK + WORK + WORK + STRESS + WORK + WORK = More WORK & STRESS!

It seems the cycle never ends when you become a slave of work. Trust me! Been there and still suffering! ( T-T) anyhow, you become to an extent that you eventually lose the goal and main purpose of life and also getting very depressed due to 0% of social life that you're experiencing... and in the end, you'll end up emotionally down, and sometimes end up crying in the corner (ok, so I shouldn't have said that). It's pretty lonely when you're in my position, so lonely you feel SO sorry for yourselves.

Lesson learned? Always cherish the friends that is around you, when you're down and weary go to them! They'll always there to help you! Although there are times that you have to tell them how you feel, they're not usually super sensitive to detect your mood and feeling ( ^-^) and take time having your rest, and ASK for a appropriate time to have a day off! Rejuvenate those tired bones and muscle, put your brain into hibernate mode and relax. (Which for the 1st time in 2 months that I'll be having my deserved day off tomorrow!)

And lastly, Thanks to my friends! Thank you for helping me out when I'm down!! ( ^3^)/

Hindered Dream

All these years... there's something that i wanna do, is to become a cartoonist/animator/graphic design or in short as an artist. It is something that i really dream to be since i was an innocent child *hehe.*

Why? Hmm, i think it has something to do with Disney! The Magic of Disney to be exact ( ^3^) Almost every Disney animation that was ever produced was so amazingly done and so colorful (except for the few recent ones which is a big disappointment to me especially Atlantis). It kinda makes people feeling good and happy after they watch it. And i wanna be someone who could make people smile and happy for what i drew and paint. But that i could also express whatever i feel for that moment of time, if ever I'm happy or sad. (*o* )

Although it's one dream that's been on hold for now, until i could find the right time. This reminds me of a certain song from Disney and it goes like this.. "A dream is a wish your heart makes" which is one of my most favorite line that motivates me not to give up my dream but to continue to achieve it. Even when things don't go what you planned or people don't appreciate the things you do (^-^(~_~ )

I think this is all I have to talk about for today, and once again Thank you for dropping by.

Snapped!

OK, just recovered from a recent "snap" i had a couple of hours ago...

Why?

WORK + EMPLOYEE + EVERYTHING ANNOYING AND BAD!

it's just that i can't stand people pouring unnecessary stress and problems over me. Especially when it's repetitive and demanding as it is! DAMN! I'm just a living , breathing pile of human flesh! Dammit! what else do want me to be? a Living computer that would do things PERFECTLY and according to your PLANS? THEHECKWITHYOU!

And I'm starting to go NuTs with my employees, they're hard-headed as a diamond (if only there's something harder than diamonds and that would be a perfect thing to describe 'bout them).

So maybe I'm overreacting..... but still, all i ever want is a sympathy and a good rest. Just to unwind and recover my body and my being (which means both spiritually and mentally).......... hopefully that certain someone would read this and soften his unsympathetic heart and feel my pain and agony of all these.

I think is all I have to say for now.. for all who ever read this, thank you and sorry for "forcing" you to read this ( ^-^)v

Welcome~!

Welcome to one of my Blog here at blogger.com! ( ^3^)/

Somehow, I feel the need of a blog to shout out all my problems and stress at certain point of time... which i come to the idea of creating a blog about it.

Although it may not be rants all the time, I would consider some raves and some "happenings" around my life (If ever i could get a social life.) ( T_T)

Just sit back and relax, and enjoy all my outpour of emotions and nonsense.