Congratulations, Cresfel for winning the limited edition San Miguel Beer Frozen Mug! To the others who have joined, hope you join my other contests.

Saosin (pronounced as Seyosin) is a band from Newport Beach, California that is categorized under the screamo (scream + emo) genre of music. The band came here to Manila last January 22 and performed at the A. Venue Hall in Makati. Read the rest of this entry »

Drip has become one of my favorite local acts in Manila because of their distinct electronica sound and the soothing voice of Beng. It’s exciting to know that the band will be launching 3 music videos for their songs “Turning Grey”, “Blind” and “Bloodletting”. All of these 3 videos took 2 years in the making so I am quite excited to finally see those songs as music videos. Another good news is that they will be performing some of their new songs from their Spanish album which they collaborated with Instituto Cervantes as a tribute to a Spanish poet Miguel Hernandez. The event is free so anybody can come and join us. By the way, this event is sponsored by Puma. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s the first month of the year so I decided to give away a limited San Miguel Beer Frozen Mug. I got this from the Pale Pilsen Time Na Press Launch and since I already have mine, I want one of my readers to have it too! Read the rest of this entry »

In 1984, San Miguel Beer released a TV ad entitled, “Isang Platitong Mani” which featured popular Filipino icons such as “Flash” Elorde, pop icon Rico J. Puno, billiards champion Amang Parica and legendary jockey Eduardo Domingo. The ad became very popular and in 2009, San Miguel Beer made a remake of that famous TV ad which featured the newest endorsers from showbiz and sports industries such are Michael V. , Derek Ramsey, Efren “Bata” Reyes and Manny Pacquiao. This was where we heard the phrase “roasted highland legumes”, the English translation of the common finger foods that we Filipinos (and other beer-drinking nationalities) love to nibble whenever we have a round of beer. Read the rest of this entry »

I must say that the Pinoy Rock Scene rocked in 2009. Here are some of the highlights:

• Album releases from both indie and signed local bands such as Archipelago, The Dawn, Techyromantics, Peryodiko, Duster, Silent Sanctuary, Kjwan, Paramita, Musical O, Us-2-Evil-O and many more. Some of the must-listen to’s that I would recommend are Peryodiko, Us-2-Evil-O, Techyromantics and Archipelago. Read the rest of this entry »

2:31 am, 1st of January 2010. Happy new year and thanks for being a part of my 2009!

Generally, 2009 has been good to me. My career and personal life is doing well and so far I haven’t encountered any big problems yet. Hopefully this will be a refreshing start in my career.

Days before 2009 year ended, I was fortunate to have spent it with my different sets of friends. First is the wedding of my blogger friends, Jay De Jesus and Aileen Apollo-De Jesus last 26th December. This is the official merging of Google Philippines and Titikpilipino.com. (not in the business sense, ok? hehe). Congratulations to the both of you and may you have beautiful children! Although your bridal car did not arrive on your wedding day, what’s important is that you were able to say your “I do’s”. Sue them afterwards so that they’ll have a dose of their bitter medicine. Read the rest of this entry »