the domokun invasion

come thursday and i will be getting my much awaited domokun necklace from kelly. weee!!
i thought a flight to japan is the only way for me to get this kind of bling bling. thanks to binky, i didn't have to wait that long.


binky is an online fashionista seller. i was actually interested in buying a guitar necklace from her multiply site and just wondered if she can make a domokun one. fortunately, and amazingly, she can!


in case you're wondering, domokun is the mascot of japan's nhk television station, appearing in several 30 second stop-motion sketches shown as station identification during shows. he is described on the english-language official website as "a strange creature that hatched from an egg." the name "domo" was acquired during the second episode of his show in which a tv announcer said, "doumo, konnichiwa" which is a formal greeting meaning something along the lines of, "well, hello there!", or "hello, domo!", and thus is a convenient dajare. the kun suffix on "domo-kun" is a friendly title often used with young males. oh and that's kelly's hand modelling her domokun ring. another dream come true for me.

thanks kelly! domokun buddies! ^_^

the donkey attitude

got this from ebeng:
one day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.
the animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

he invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.
they all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
at first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.


a few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well.
he was astonished at what he saw.
with each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
he would shake it off and take a step up.

as the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal,
he would shake it off and take a step up.
pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up
over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

moral:
life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.
the trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
each of our troubles is a steppingstone.
we can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!
shake it off and take a step up.

remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. free your heart from hatred - forgive.
2. free your mind from worries - most never happens.
3. live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. give more.
5. expect less from people but more from God.

breathtaking...

stumbled upon this photo while browsing skyscrapercity.com.


at first i thought that it was just a picture of another city somewhere in the us or europe but i was surprised to know that it was actually the city where i'm at. i never knew that i was living in such a beautiful place. breathtaking...

goodbye multiply, hello wtm

just found out that multiply has removed the download link for music files. here's what i found about it:

multiply inc. sued by major label
capitol records, and a host of other entities owned and/or controlled by label giant emi music, sued the company multiply inc. in the united states district court, southern district of new york. plaintiffs allege copyright infringement arising from unauthorized use and exploitation of original sound and video recordings by encouraging and enabling users of multiply to upload and share performances of well-known musical groups.

awww, so much for free mp3's. so i tried looking for alternatives and i stumbled upon a discussion at yahoo answers that there's this site that has a huge collection of mp3's. the site is wheresthatmusic.com

so i gave it a try and oh boy, they do have lots of mp3's. name it and chances are, they have it! and they even have opm's! (that's short for original pilipino music in case you don't know).

so it's goodbye multiply and hello wtm! ^_^

update: got this from jepoy. you can still download music from multiply. you just have to play the music at your windows media player and click save media as at the file tab. hoorah! so it's totally not goodbye multiply! thanks bro! ^_^