dang today was phun haha..i don't even know where to start...hmm dang ok i guess i'll start in the morning hahaha..ok..so yeah this morning we had to sing for Tita Beng's wedding..oh yeah haha lemme talk about last night haha..ok so last night we had like choir practice like right after skool but i didn't go there till almost 5 or something even tho it started at 3 on the email but u know we never start when we're supposed to yeah well ne way so i get there and not everyones there yet so i dunno i was kinda hyper and stuff and then Sonny kame hahaha...and Audrey was all showin' him some of her ghetto cheer routines and iw as trying to learn 'em but i was like "blah this is too hard i'll jus dance my ghetto stuff hahaha" yeah so i jus danced that hahah it was phunny i kept on going like "kome one Sonny what do u wanna learn..i'll teach u..hahaha yeah don't b afriad to move things u've never moved b4" hahaha yeah i got tired after that..so i jus sorta kalmed down a lil..then everyone got there..then we practiced...yeah..then after that we went to the church kuz there was rehersal so we were there and we were all thinking "y do u we have to b here when only like 4 of us from the choir r in the ontorauge(blah u know what i mean) thingi..yeah so like the whole time we were jus chillen and like ereone was already tired dang..like Audrey and Ate Jeamille were like ima rest a lil bit...yeah then after that we went to Nodel's mom's office place kuz it was their annual Christmas party thingi...haha i got a ride from Nodel even tho he's not supposed to drive yet haha..he only had his license for like not even a month haaha and we still went w/ him..it was Nodel..Willy...D...Neil..and Me hahaha dang those guyz are all hella phunny hahaha damn well i know they're hella phunny but dang hahahaha talk about phunny like dang oh yeah u know what we saw when we were like getting gas in dwntwn long beach...right like in the neighborhood around SA...yeah there was this lil mamapapa liquor store u know them like whatever ones proally owned by a hispanic or like an asian owner..i think it was hispanic kuz it had like carneceria on the side of the buliding..yeah well neway there were these two lil kids like lil as in LIL..and they were all boxing it out w/ boxing gloves too and like there was a group all watching 'em hahaha..dang and then that one kid got a beat down and hahaha so he took of his gloves and like he was all walkin' slow w/ his head down around the korner into the key koping place thingi..haha damn talk about ghetto..lil kids at night time juz boxin' it out in the streets danggg...haha yeah..well neway we jus took LB BLVD. all the way down to no. LB to Nodel's mom's thing..yeah damn and Nodel didn't put on his defoggers so like half way there it started to fogg up and i was like "dude u should turn ure d foggers on so u kan see" and Willy was like "nah u don't need to see jus follow the kar in front of u" hahaha and like he would turn to the side and jus start kussin out whoever it was but they kan't hear kuz our windows were rolled up and there windows were obviously rolled up but it was phunny he'd go like "yeah u dipsh*t yeah i know ure lookin' at the red light..u better look at that damn red light b4 i go over there and.." hahahaha he kept on doing that the whole way there..oh and when like the windows started foggin' up he started to like make obscene drawrings haha..u know like body parts and that stuff haha...and krakin' jokes and stuff..u know guy stuff..and like Nodel started going like "damn i kan't see ne more the defogger isn't phreakin' working" hahaha so him and Willy were all messin' w/ it and it still wouldn't work right so like Nodel had to like look down jus to see where he was going kuz it wasn't fully defoggering the thing haha yeah so he tried wipping it and that didn't work it jus made it worse haha..well neway we finnally got to the place and they were all eating and Anna was singing karaoke already..so we jus helped ourselves..and like it was almost the same people that were at the wedding rehersal at the kompany party thingi..yeah they had goldilockx katering..talk about food...yeah there wasn't all that much left but still a gooooood amount..so we got some and we went to the office and we were jus chillen there and eating..and yeah we chilled for a while and then tehre was this lil boy i dunno 2 yearz old he said he was and he said his name was Aj and he was pretty kool hahaha he was all playing w/ kuzzin Rey Rey throwing the Apex magnets on the lil kabinet thing..yeah smart lil guy...snappy dresser too..that kid was wearin' phreakin' jordans..and i'm like 17 and i haven't ownded one pair of those..and he was all decked out in jeans and everything damn...kute lil outfit haha...yeah he was pimpin it haha..yeah then we were jus talkin' about whateverz...and like Reggie(Randy's brother...the two brothers who sing in El Shaddai..yeah they're koool theyp lay guitar and they went to poly back inda day haha but yeah) yeah he found this like envelope kutter thingi that wasin the shape of a knife and he was like "hey peter stick this in ure mouth" hahahahaha i was all laughin oh for those who don't kkknow peter's gay..straight up gay gay...yeah and then Reggie also said "yeah or stick it up ure ass" hahahahaha that was phunny" and he started like making a kutting motion and he was like "yeah peter..how bout we kut ure thing off so u kan fully b a girl" hahaha phunny stuff...yeah then they were kallin' out the raffles and none of the OBS people won..cept for Roselle...but Reggie and Randy won like 3 prizes..lucky..but they gave it to that lil kid AJ..kuz they're kool like that and i think kuz Reggie is that lil kids ninong i think..well yeah i kalled up my mom and told her direction to pick us up kuz it was gettin' late and i didn't tell her what time i'd b home...well neway everyone already left and then my dad finally kame..so yeah he parked the kar went inside to say "hi" and stuff and got some food TO GO...haha yeah..then we left..then i went online for awhile but no one was really online and iw as too tired to like blog..but i needed to practice the songs for today..so i put my binder ready for todayz 3 gigs..and like i practiced the songs...then i got tired of that so i logged off then i went to sleep..which brings us to today..ok so i woke up all early like 730ish..yeah kuz we were SUPPOSED to b there at like 830...but no one was..well neway we were all rushing and stuff and we got there at like 900 ish haha and SA is only like 5 min. away so yeah well iw as ready but the buttons on my barong were about to kome off so my mom sewed 'em and reinforced all of 'em..yeah what a kool mom ...yeah then we left..then when i got there the church was empty cept for 2 people praying and well Ate Jeamille and Ate Gissel were there...so like i dunno i started setting up everything..putting the stands..and mike stands..and everything and tuned my guitar..and Neil's bass..and yeah and u know what suckx...Willy said to b there at 830 but guess what time he went there like phreakin' almost 10 min. or 15 b4 10..when it started..so yeah...yeah the three of 'em Nodel..D..and Willy were the ones that kame the latest...outa everyone...yeah so the wedding was kool yeah we sang pretty good..here's the list of the songs for the wedding....

entrance: Canon in D (CD)
bridal march: trumpet voluntary (CD)
Gathering: Praise to the Lord
Response "Forever I will sing the goodness of the lord"
Gospel "Praise to you Lord Jesus Christm, King of all creation"
Offertory: A Gift of Love
Holy: 806
Mem. acc : 807
Great Amen: 809
Our Father : "F-Am-Bb-C" (yeeahh OBS styleey)
Lamb of God: "Bb"
Communion : Ang Tanging Alay (oh yeah we rocked that song)
prsntng. Flwrs: Hail Mary (Roselle and D) and The Prayer ( Roselle and Willy...awwwwwwww)
Recessional: Wedding March(CD)

..yeah that was the set list for the wedding..yeah it went well..iw as even listening to Homily..well yeah i listen but today i listened more...well sides the fact that Fr. Freddie was back jus to do this special mass...yeah he's soo dope hahaa..yeah well i dunno kuz it was all about Love..and yeah i dunno i've always tried to figure it out and put a definition on that word but u jus kan't..yeah and the homily sorta helped kklear up some idears in my head about true Love and all that stuff..yeah mayb i'll talk about that in another blog...yeah hmmm oh yeah that song that Roselle and Willy sang..The Prayer...itz like whoa when they sing it..kuz u know Roselle kan hellllllla sing u know and Willy kan helllllla sing if he wants too..and the guyz parts were in latin i think..or italian or sumtin so it made it krazier and it jus gave u goose bumps and made u go like "Awwwwwwwwwwww" u know kuz yeah kuz the lyrics..and how itz sung..and also kuz they're together and yeah it was kool..i wanna hear that song on my wedding hahahahaha ..seriously i was saying that when iw as listening to it..and like they were singing nex to each other and we sorta moved outa the way so all the peopel in the first few pews who kould see them were ALLLLLLL watching and when they were singing all of the other choir memebers were jus feeling the vibe of it..and yeah we were all giving Willy thumbs up hahaha..oh yeah and in the end the guy goes puuurrrdy high and he was hahaha havin trouble hitting it hahaha and well id unno if he was jus messin or not but he grabbed his crotch hahaha and we were all trying hard not to laugh kuz no one in the pews kould see that but we were standing right nex to him so we all saw it hahahaha seriously tho but yeah they sounded gooood..yeah ..then the wedding mass ended...kleaned up the gear..then we went to the reception at ports 'o' kall restaurant in where..guess where...PORTS 'o' KALL...durrr!! hahaha...yeah unloaded the gear and my mom left..kuz i guess she wanted to do some kleaning and decorating and she felt that she wasn't really invited kuz she enver got an invite..kuz my rents r all oldskool and strict about that noo invite don't go..yeah mayb thatz where i get my thing about no krashing and yeah..well ne way we're there and we put our gear by the dj guy..he was pretty kool too..he had a pony tail and yeah it was jus a cd dj..but yeah..so we like found a table for the OBS people and stuff...and i was jus sitting there talking to Judell(the guy who played piano for us..he plays for the El Shaddai group..he's really good...knows his theory and everything..playing since he was like 5 and now he's like 19 i think) yeah we were jus talkin' and then Mrs. Orbita-Chua(my old music teacher for like St. Anthony Elementary she's kool now) yeah she was like "Noel Hermie and Anthony u kome w/ me" and i'm like "huh what?!" and well u see Nodel..D..and Willy..r in the ontourage thingi and well there weren't there yet so they had to get proxies haha and guess who they got hahaha..yeah guess who i played ...haha i was D..haha i was kuzzin Rey Rey's proxy..yeah i was hoping they wouldn't kall the partners names out but they did so when they were like " Audrey Patricio and Rudolpho Yabut" we were laughing and smiling and the people were like "hey tahtz not D" or "hi D!!" hahaha so i was D for a while...yeah then after that they kalled us and they did the blessing we were standing there and we were like "well i dont' wanna sit w/ them i wanna sit w/ my friends" so we jus didn't even sit at the reserved table we went to our OBS table hahaha..yeah ..hmm what else....it was kinda weird seeing Roselle and Audrey and Joyce all super dressed up..i mean yeah i've seen 'em dressed up but not w/ all that make up krap on..kuz they dont' really wear make up..they're not like hoeing like that hahahahahahahahaa..yeah and there was all done and stuff.....i was like "hey u look nice" and they were like "all this make up blah" hahaha yeah they were like "yeah at first the make up lady make me look korean...her look japanese..and her look chinese" hahaha i guess the lady put a whole messa white powder or i dunno what u kall that krap all up on their face and krap so they took that out hahaha..yeah ...hmm what else..ohhhh!! i aktually ate the SALAD!! haha well not all of it..but yeah if u know me u know i dont' like salad kuz i think itz like goat food..u know..but i was phreakin' hungry and i needed something..so i tried it..and it was bland and no taste..but there were bread rolls so that helped..yeah..then the main korse kaim...this chicken stuff and some potatoes..it was phunny tho ku zi kept on saying like "dang this place is too high klass for me" and stuff like that and iw as like "dang i'm hungry lets go to karls jr. or something" and then like iw as all like i said like "hmm this fork is for the salad and this one is for the main korse" and my kuzzin Audrey was like "huh what?! i thought u said this was all high klass for u?!?!" and i said "yeah jus kuz i think itz all high klass doesn't mean i don't have to know about it u know" and she was like "where'd u learn that from" and i was like " i read it in a book" hahaha yeah" and i told 'em yeah the knife should always b facing in" and stuff like that and yeah..hmm what else..oh the room had a pretty good of the ocean..too bad it was all blocked kuz of the port haha..hmm we saw some birds in the water..oh! and a seagull!! so taht must mean somehting i dunno....yeah hmm what else...oh yeah we finally performed and it started off pretty good...but i dunno we lost momentum...like we didn't get to do all of our set list...we only did

All of me
Can't take my EYE off of you
Beyond the Sea
L-O-V-E
It's Now or Never
Autumn Leaves

..we didn't get to do Badfish...or Sharin' the Night Together(reggae version)...or like D Willy Roselle and Hope didn't get to do their A Capella songs...Dream...In The Still of the Night..yeah so we left like early b4 it even ended but we were already kinda tired...so we all left and parted our wayz..i was like the last of the choir to leave....me and my lil bro had to wait for my mom to get there..yeah everyone was all like "what r u waiting for the bus?!" or "do u have a ride home u guyz?!" or like "y didn't u leave yet?" and stuff like that..how considerate...very thoughtfull indeed..they're truelly my "tito's" and "tita's" kuz u know not by blood but u still kall 'em that u know..yeah so i get home..and i jus chilled..i only had like 30 min. b4 i had to go to Roselle's house to meet up again and practice for caroling...so yeah ju schilled..went online..BUT NO ONE WAS ONNNN!!!!! blah...so yeah didn't feel like blogging yet kuz i knew something kool was gonna happen later on but i'll talk about that later...so well i jus chilled and sang my reggae songs to get my into a singing mood again..but i noticed i was going all out and i needed to conserve my voice tonight...yeah so yeah like my neighborhood was all buzy tonight kuz itz like the annual Daisy Lane Christmas parade..which is jus around the block...so yeah all these people outa town or not from my hood all tryign to fing parkin and krap...damn u jus leave and they take ure phreakin' parking already..gosh..yeah so yeah i think thatz y my dad was kinda ticked kuz he'd loose his parking when he would leave to drop us off..and guess what he did..haha...yeah so i got to practice...and like i walk in and everyone cept for Nodel's therea dn like Willy and D r jus like knocked out in nap mode and everyones jus sitting and watching tv..so i jus walk in and sit down...and then Willy wakes up and D later on follows...and we started warming up..and guess who was there Hermie..Willy's brother..yeah he shows up from time to time..he lives in OC now so yeah he doesn't really hang w/ us all that much but he's kool tho...he's like a freshmen in highskool i think...yeah so we started doing our 10987654321 warm up w/ the shaking of the hands and legs and we all were doing it and Hermie started busting up and going "what the hell ru guyz doing?!?' hahaha yeah that was a good laugh ...then we did the "one one one one X's like 4 then the dayyyyy...niiiiiiiiiiiighhhhhht...higghhhhhh...looww" yeah and he's like what the???! yeah kuz last time he sang w/ us we didn't do warm ups or nething but we have been lately yeah...so we jus went through some songs we needed some work on...then we left for dwntwn LB..at the RIVIERA..yeah that spoooooky lookin' place on ocean and u know by that film storehahaha yeah that big giant tall place..that looks hellllllllllllllla haunted muwahhahaha(evil laugh)
yeah so we got there and we're all lookin for a place to park so we went around in circles like twice haha but we finally found one..then we went in and were like "whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" hahaha nice place...yeah then the guy who works there who goes to our church from time to time who asked us to sing kame out and like welcomed us and stuff and told us to put our stuff down in his office and we jus sat on this comphy chair and was jus talkin aobut whateverz..then like this old kouple that goes to our church for our mass saw us and was like "heyyyyyy my favorite choir!!" and like told us to go upstairs to their house kuz she kooked pansit kuz it was the husbands bday..yeah the lady is Filipina and the husband is puteh...really nice people..so we were all liek "uhh shure lets go!" hahaha so we wennt up to the 15th floor...the top top top....and like we walked to like in front of their door to the house thingi and like it looked likea phrekain' study hahaha..yeah then we walk in the door and i was like "what the krazy?!?! stairz" and we walk up and right when u seee it we were all like "whooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" kraazzzzyy...and i looked outa the window and i was like "whoa we're up high up whoaaa" and there living room is alllllll big and u look up and itz allll big too we were in the PENTHOUSE!!! hahahah krazyyyyyy..i jus kept on going like "Whoaaaa" and like we went in the bathroom and went "whoooaaa" too hahaha phreakin' ooooold skool toilet where u have to pull the lever and everything..krazyyy...im mean like krazzzzyyyyyy...like "Whoaoaa what did i do to ever deserve to go to a place like this?!?!?!" yeah and the guy was all showing us everything and he said we kan go out on the balcony and i was like "whoaa" so i went out and i was like "WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
HAHAHAHA krazzy man itz like "I'M ON TOP OF THE WORRRRRRRRLD!!!" seriously it makes LB look soo much nicer...u don't even know..and ure all looking down and ure liek "whoaa i don't wanna fall" but after a while ure not skared nemore ure jus like "whoa krazy view" and i was all talking to like kuzzn Rey Rey and Ate Jeamille and we were like "dang this is like a place u bring a gurl to like tell her something u know or propose or u know that kidna stuff" and iw as like " i konw damn" hahaha and liek i wanted to kall people..well someone in partikular =) jus so i kould say "guess wehre i am?!......i'm on top OF THE WORRRLDD!!" hahahahaha..phunny stuff...it was soo phreakin' nice and kalm and yeah...krazzy stuff....so i went outside and got some pansit..and boy was that some good yummy pansit...yummy stuff...good stuff..and if u know me i got like picky tastebuds if itz not like the way my mom kooks it then me no like it..but she kooks some good pansit..yeah so he even showed us the master bed room..and guess whatt therez a balcony tehre too..dang and it was a phreakin' OCEAN view...whoaaa as D would say "talagang krazy!!!" hahahaha dope stuff...yeah nice and kalm and yeahh krazy stuff... yeah so i walked back in and was walking around then went out on another balcony and yeah good stuff hahaha...dang i tried kalling Dominic but he wasn't pickin' up his cell or even his house number..oh well...dang thatz how stoked i was...i wasli ke "Dang i need to kall someone and tell them about this phreakin' view itz like krazy" ..yeah then the guy kalled us over kuz he wanted to talk to us all and like he told us a story and he was kinda lecturing us about stuff like spiritual stuff and about treating ure body good and y u shouldn't get piercings and tatoos and stuf but he had REALLY good points and everything i know that he got to ALL of us somehow...it was a wake up kall of some sorts...yeah i really needed something like that..like another veiw on stuff..i guess the whole veiw on the balconies of LB..and stuff it showed me another side of a city i know pretty darn well u know...i mean if u kan learn and view so much about ure own city by jus going up 15 or 16 stories high and looking out into the world komeone now how about a good talk and stories and everything..yeah it was good...dang i was all walking around that place saying to myself "Dang this is krazy..what did we do to deserve this i mean dang this is krazy..this is like once in a lifetime..not jus neone goes to a gig and sees like people that they SORTA know and are asked to go to their penthouse and chill"yeah it made me re think alota stuff about life and not to take stuff for granted u know...yeah well after the talk Willy was like"everyone form a circle" and i was thinking "huh?! whoa...Willy never does this stuff whatz kome over him" and he like said a prayer type thing..no openeing sign of the kross tho but still it was a prayerfull mood and u know God was listneing...and yeah i was like "whoa this is krazy..3 gigs in one day...one of 'em karoling and a niccccce place...being invited to the pent house...getting food left and right..dang what the krazy" yeah so we went downstairs got set up and we sang our phreakin' hearts out...dannggg kuz like when we were up there in the circle Willy even said it " i dunno what we did to deserve this but we need to give back to them and the only way we know how is to sing and tahtz what we do best so sing ure best everyone" and we did!!! hahaha it was kraazzzzyy...kapital K R A Z Y...seriously...we sounded good...like everyone was like singing 200% seriously..and like the room and the dopest akoustic u kould want for the karoling enviornment...itz like "mikes...mikes....we dont' need no mikes we got akoustics" hahahaha yeah krazy stuff well here's our set list of what we sang

Deck The Halls (reggae hawaiian kinda styley good stuff)
Angels we have heard on High
O Come ye old faithful
Blue Christmas (oh yeah!! the king is back!! hahaha Elvis..grrreat stuff{)
We Three Kings(first spanish styley..then all krazy swing happy uptempo oh yeah!)
What Child is This
Jingle Bell Rock(and we did rock them out!! woo hoo!!)
O Holy Night( A Capella styeley)
Silent Night( i did the tenor voices..whoaa thankx D!)
Winter Wonderland(sounded reall good even tho we didn't really practice it all that much)
Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas(barely practiced today..sounded good...i dunno if itz right place)
Go Tell it On The Mountain(oh yeah bluesy styeley)
*bonus...A capella first verse of Lil Drummer Boy

..yeah that was our set list....we rocked it out to the fullest effect....yeah it was kool too..the peopel were aktually vibin' it..and listening..and getting all warm and fuzzy w/ the Christmas spirit..and they were swaying and singing..it was grrrreat..i didnt' even look at my watch once...i was like "must sing..must sing goood" hahaha yeah and i was doing some harmonies that i dunno where they kame from but they blended in soo i'mhappy hahaha..yeah that was like one of the best performances if not THEEE best i've ever had.....we sang ggreeat...we were all into it....the room and the ackoustics perfecto....the audience..grreat ...good energy..very attentive...laughed at the jokes...patient when we had to work some stuff out hahaha...yeah thatz what i'm talkin about u know...u give all ure energy to the audience and they give it to u back but w/ some xtra and thatz what keeps u going...goood stuff i'm telling u....bread to perform hahaha...seriously itz like a whole nother kinda high i dunno how else to kall it..u know when ure jus soo happy and like damn fuzzy feeling u know kuz everyones singing and ure singing good and the audience is singing good too u know...dang good stuff......live to perform hahaha......yeah ...well after that..guess what we did...WE ATE AGAIN!!!...hahahaha..all taht food..good stuff...yeah i jus got some hamm and some bread..yeah not that much..yeah then jus chilled and talked and then the same kouple kame back saying to go upstairs for some Ube kake...yummmmyyy...yeah so we went up stairs wandered around a bit...started playing pool..hahah phun stuff...ate some ube kake..yummy stuff...then well Roselle said she was gonna leave so we all decided to jus leave at the same time..so yeah we said a big humungo thankx for everything..and we left.....that place is haunted i tell ya..the elevator doors jus opening and klosing hahahaha...o0o0o0oo0o0o0oo0o hahahaha..yeah Nodel drove us home...dang i koulda stayed out longer kuz my mom was at work when we got home kuz she gotkalled in early...and like my dad doesn't really kare i jus need to kall..but oh well if i didn't go home early or like at 10 i wouldn't of written this blog and yeah...my fingers hurt like a madman hahaha..soima end this now...yeah b thankfull for what u have..and do good deeds kuz u never know they do pay off..and it makes u realize to not take nething forgranted..ure life...ure famliy..ure friends..whom that u kare about...those that u hold klose to ure heart..yeah tell peopel that u kare about them...tell them how much they mean to u...yeah dont' hold those things back..itz the perfect season too...and i again i don't want ne presents...jus b a good friend...stay truthfull honest..karing daring..xciting phunny etc. etc....u know how u guyz r..thanks for being kool...hehe and thanks for everything...ok i'm tired....lets jus hope that we all have ourselves a merry lil Christmas...hehehe adios...HAPPYDAYZZZZZZ!!!!!
posted by Leon at 12:42 AM