Even in his earlier works as a member of the Makiling Ensemble – that later became simply Makiling – in the latter days of its existence, Diwa de Leon has always shown a beguiling quality in his musicality that has made his approach to music seem very unconventional and against the grain for those who are not used to the whole “world music” scene. In the two albums that Makiling as set forth, de Leon has explored various musical styles and influences as he and the rest of his band straddled and blurred the line between the sound that sounds indigenous and ethnic and the modern and electronic. The result is always novel – an experience that may seem strange at first but is something that would eventually feel very workable and innately appealing to the inner recesses of your musical soul. read more
The Amateur Cook
My family has always been in the food business so it just makes sense that I’ll also be into cooking, right? I’ve tried to cook for a couple of years now but I really want to take it to the next level. I started a new website called The Amateur Cook to force to cook [...][...]
Running Rexona: The Rexona Run Results
Before anything else, here’s the link to the official Rexona Run results. I signed up late for the Rexona Run but I have actually been at the peak of my running in the past few weeks. I’ve been really trying my best to run at least 6 kilometers three to four times a week and [...][...]
Tadhana – The new single from Up Dharma Down
Up Dharma Down has been arguably the one band who was able to somehow buttress the state of the music scene as we came out of the 90s that was replete with great bands and awesome albums. Ironically, most of these bands retooled or either disappeared completely during the turn of the millennium. Vie[...]
Advertising drugs
Call me old school but somehow, seeing drugs advertised on television is a bit strange for me. Unlike a bar of soap or shampoo, the effects that a medicinal product is supposed to yield are something that are of immense consequence to the person who would use it. It’s a bit strange that the ef[...]
Resorts World Manila Texas Hold Em Tournament: August 7, 2010 Buy in of just 500 pesos!
I received a very interesting SMS from Resorts World Manila today informing me of an upcoming Texas Hold Em Poker tournament on August 7,2010 at 2PM. I’m not much of a poker player but the casino is absolutely making joining very hard to resist. The buy in for the tournament is as low as it [.[...]
What the hell is Saridon?
I first heard of the term “saridon” on Janette Toral’s blog. Apparently it’s a drug that is very well known in the Visayas and Mindanao area. A new reformulated version of the drug had to be made when the US Food And Drug Administration found that the product was potentiall[...]
