drumming blind....

thursday - haha.. classes got suspended because a signal no.3 storm just entered manila. i already finalized my sched for the day - study for my saturday exam, research for my exams on thursday (45 injuries for hk118, then tennis history), design the poster and flyer for the gig, check my email, surf drumming sites, etc...

i first watched steve smith's dvd, "Drumset technique" from 8 til 11am.. when i finally opened the pc, the monitor flickered, and then darkness came.. argh. and i thought it was just a simple-meralco brownout, but i was wrong... it was caused by the storm mileny0, and would last for hours..

and my beautifully arranged sched went with the wind... with nothing yet in mind to do (nothing better than eating, and eating, and eating..), i slept til 3pm. i read a chapter from Philip yancey's "The Jesus I never knew", when i realized that i won't be able to read later when it gets dark... 5pm, the shadows were getting bigger and denser, darkness finally crawling and piercing the struggling presence of light - but electricity still didnt come... i tried to sleep again, but just found myself desperate...

(i also registered to Unlimitext.. but because of my own stupidity, i wasnt able to use it from 1pm til electricity came back -- my phone didnt have enough battery for some adik texting...)

and darkness finally prevailed... i sat on the bed, took my pillow, then started some rudiments, then some rolls, then some other stickings which were strange even to myself, moving my hands randomly just to kill the boredom inflitrating my sytem... drumming in my snare would be too noisy (the strong winds were noisy enough), and then i realized that i got no other use for my books, so i might as well use them for something - and i got an instant drumpad-set... and the darkness wasnt able to stop the sound that i made -and i didnt know if i already crossed the line from making music to making noise, but whats important to me at that time was that was feeling good.. 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm... i didnt notice the time (cant even see the wall clock...), i didnt stop... sadly, i had to eat dinner... oh well..
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friday - we had electricity by 10:30 pm last night - i tried to research but the net servers werent working... friday morning, i finished all 4 cds of steve smith's "drumset technique" and played GT-3 on our PS2... i enjoyed the luxury of electricity while places like makati, manila, quezon city, etc were all sulking in the dark.. haha! (n_n)
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saturday - saturday morning, when i finally put my feet outside the safety of our house after two straight days to go to UP, was when i realized the intensity of the storm.. electric posts and lampposts alike, with trees of varying sizes, and billboards with their own portrayals of the strangeness of these society - they all found their comfortable place along the streets, hi-ways, rooftops, and everywhere, just to obey the strong whips of the storm that passed. and UP still didnt have electricity this morning, so my exam was cancelled - moved to next week with additional topics... (-_-)
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carless oval ngayon sa UP simula kahapon, sept 25 hanggang sabado, sept 30.. hehe, ang saya maglakad sa gitna ng daan.. sarap maglakad sa lane sa gitna.. (n_n)

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im still praying that this day is just a dream - that nothing that happened today is true - that it wasnt my third exam in HK108 this morning... bummer. i still havent completely grasped the thought that i took an exam "surprisingly" (cant think of a better term..). argh.. cant understand how i really feel.. haha, i wasnt even stressed while i was taking the exam, because everything was surreal.. (-_-) oh well.. at least i experienced it.
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and where is God in times like these? where is God when everything seems to fall apart? where would He be tomorrow, in my stat exam?

i get shattered when storms enter my life.. just like despicable and jologs commercials, i just feel like pressing some number on the remote and change the channel. i am constantly looking for Him. To see Him in everything i do is all i want. But its not because He is lost or in hiding.. i get out of focus. i become distracted. just like when peter almost drowned when he walked on water, i remove my eyes from Him and look to the chaos of the sea. He is with me. I want to completely take hold of His promises - to rest in faith. Those whose hope are in the Lord don't just soar on wings like eagles, but also sleeps like a hybernating bear.. you are my redeemer, my savior, my deliverer, and lifter of my head.. make me still, oh Lord, as you calm the storm.

argh... im starting to love Jojo Mayer......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBc2a2IM7yQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQKVd9WUBl4&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ny4aGLLL7U&mode=related&search=

from ate lorah.. hehe ngayon ko lang nagawa, last month pa ata to!! (o_0)

iNsTrUcTiOnS: Name ten (10) of life's simple pleasures that you like the most, then pick ten (10) people to do the same. Try to be original and creative and not to use things that someone else has already used.

10. magdrums ng 5 hours straight..

9. bumiyahe sa isang lugar na first time ko mapuntahan.. ng mag-isa (waah, naic!!)

8. mag-munimuni sa may bintana habang bumabyahe

7. iwanan ang buong mundo para sa isang slice ng pizza..

6. manood ng movie right after ng exam..(pero mas masaya kung before the exam!)

5. lakarin ang buong acad oval sa start or end ng classes, kapag wala pa masyadong tao..

4. magdownload ng drum videos using dial-up..

3. kumain ng potchi, basta lang may manguya

2. play with my snare sa kwarto bago pumasok.. at bulabugin ang mga kapitbahay..

1. see my own weaknesses and incapabilities.. and realize how much God loves me

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