MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

yes, this is me and my fiance when we were kids. i think i was 2 years old here and he, 3. we just want to spread the LOVE kiddy style. coz u know how kids are during christmas.. they're all so happy and excited and we just want it to be that way even if were adults now. 

but its really different. no matter how hard you try to get in touch with that kid in you, there will always be things you'd miss, things that would still make you worry and sad.

but then again, we tried. as you know, we're in a ldr with a 12 hour difference. he was able to spend the christmas night with me through skype and im waiting for him right now to wake up and watch him open his presents.

there will always be a way to spend time with someone you love. there will always be a way to be all happy and thankful even if you feel so alone.

to you reading this, i hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

spreading the MISTLETOE BIEBER LURVE!

okay.. did he just made it on my blog? what just happened? oh well.. MISTLETOE did. im no JB fan. i don't hate him but i don't like him either. no offense to the fans coz he is really talented. im just not a fan. PERIOD. but i actually have one of his songs on my phone (NEXT TO YOU). anyway, i first heard this song from my bestie Ken.

check out his mash up cover of Mistletoe, How To Love, The One That Got Away and Someone Like You:

i dig Mistletoe so i went to youtube and looked for it. Lo and behold, JB was like staring right at my face. oh well..  DEFEATED! anyway, i wanted to do another song while im alone in the apt and no ones hearing and seeing my stupid face so i decided, why not some christmas song? you might be thinking, if you're not a JB fan, why this? well, i said im DEFEATED! ok. i like the song.. its easy to jam with, its fun and there's an available instrumental music on youtube and yesssss....... i like it. happy now? OK.

so there's my version. it's so obvious that i just learned the song this afternoon. messing it all up. im sorry BIEBER fans please don't go hating on me.. i just want to sing his song. that's not a crime, right? and besides, its Christmas! lez all be happy and spread the Bieber LURVE! :)

The Kwarto Sessions - Jared Uy

so yesterday, saw a friend's tweet:

My 'Kwarto Sessions', a 20 track indie release LP will be sent out to all my close friends who believed in my music since day 1. :) email.:)

and i was like, ME ME ME! Jared and i are not close but we got to know each other through twitter and blogging (why'd u kill it???) and we were classmates in a couple of subjects in college. so i got all FC (feeling close) to him when i saw that tweet. eversince i've heard him sing (im not sure where.. could be youtube or some website, i think-- not facebook), i've believed in his talent right then and there. and whenever he sings in school for a program, i make sure i was there. yes! some fan, eh? im like that when i see someone who GOT IT. i don't stop. i bug them. in Jared's case, i invited him to perform during a forum we had in school that my class organized, i asked him to put music on 2 of the nursery songs i need to make for a project and invited him to sing on my brother's wedding (but that didn't happen coz he had to go somewhere).

anyway, when i got this tweet:

@chinobrooke ikaw nga una pumasok sa isip ko na bibigyan ko. :))

imagine me smiling so BIG! we're not close but for some reason, he remembered how i believed in his music since day 1. so just a few hours ago, i got an email from him with a link of his self-released LP. yay! im listening to it now and i just can't help but feel proud. i really wish that this guy would go far. with his talent in music and writing, it's such a shame if it will just go unnoticed.

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PS:

if you're reading this Jared, THANK YOU for including me on ur list. i do enjoy music a lot especially when it comes to someone who is struggling and is not yet touched by some music company who ends up being fake and lost. i hope you'll continue doing music and not kill it (like what u did to ur blog). coz, i know im not the only one smiling upon hearing your music.

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Jared Uy's TWITTER

The One You Say Goodnight Too (cover)

so, here's my attempt to sing a Kina Grannis song called The One You Say Goodnight To. i don't have THE voice but hey! its a free country, right? and besides, i made this for my fiance. it's his birthday 2 days from now (3 if you're on his timezone), and im doin some lil gifts for him since uh December 16, i think? this is worth 2 days so this makes it 5th and 6th. coz i sang and uploaded it on youtube. i don't normally do this. but I LOVE the guy. what can i say? i just want to surprise him from this side of the world. 

so don't be harsh on me. this cover is not my attempt to take over youtube and be a singing sensation. it's just me, a normal girl, who loves music and wants to put a smile on her fiance's face. 

a smile that turned into tears

so my fiance posted this on my wall... Christmas songs used to make me happy.. but its bringing tears to my eyes more than it makes me smile these days... it feels so different already. don't get me wrong though, i love Christmas and its such a nice time to reflect and share our blessings.. i just wish my parents are still here to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with us. IM HAPPY.. just being nostalgic? idk. songs like this brings back lotsa memories that i surely miss..