Mary Jane's Niche

This is what I’ve been listening to in the past few days. So what do you think am I feeling?

The happiest people in the world are those who have a hard time recalling their worries..

and an easy time remembering their blessings.

–Alin Austin

Here’s what I’ve been up to lately..

I have been busy with:

• Work.
• Studying Module 1 of Sociology 1 – Anthropology (interesting read!).
• Tim’s problem at work.
• Plurk
• Pacman (the Flash Pacman)
• Facebook
• Reading “Bakit Baliktad Magbasa ng Libro ang mga Pilipino” by Bob Ong
• The Eclipse yesterday.

I will attend:

• Bloggers Event at SM City – Iloilo on July 31^st (so if you’re a blogger or an IT person you can attend the event too by commenting here)
• The first Iloilo Bloggers meet-up on the 1^st week of August.

I want to attend:

• Wordcamp Philippines 2009 on the 19^th of September.

I watched:

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• And still watching House MD – Season 1

I want to watch:

• Up
• The Lake House

I have been listening to:

• Waking Up in Vegas by Katy Perry
• 21 Guns by Greenday
• One Love by Bob Marley
• Kristy, Are You Doing Okay by The Offspring (Tim introduced me to this song)
• Straight from the Heart by Bryan Adams

I am fascinated with:

• 2NE1 – They’re the first Kpop band that I actually liked! And it’s not only because of Sandara Park mind you, it’s because their songs are addicting.
• Nobody by the Wondergirls – major LSS (last song syndrome)

First of all let me get one thing straight – I am not in any way affiliated with DLSU. I did not study in any of their schools – period.

I am just blogging about their hymn – the reggae version of their hymn.

If you’re a frequent visitor of my blog you’ll know that I am an avid listener of reggae music and I am one of  Bob Marley’s millions of fans. Reggae music makes my head bob up and down. Reggae music helps me chill and relax. So when Tim shared with me a reggae song from his phone I was immediately curious as to who sang it and what the title of the song is. The beat is great and only after I listened to the lyrics well and after Tim told me did I knew that it was the reggae version of the  Lasallian Alma Mater Hymn. Tim by the way is a graduate of the University of St. La Salle – Bacolod. Tim doesn’t usually talk of his alma mater but he shared with me the hymn. I think because he also finds it cool. I don’t know about the other stuffs he doesn’t talk about though.

So after I transferred the song to my phone via bluetooth I made it my ring tone. It really is cool and to those who haven’t heard it yet I have the video below. I tried to look for the name of the group who sang this but Google is not cooperating with me. So if you any of you know who the cool guys on the video are please share it with me by leaving a comment  so I can properly thank and attribute the song to them.

And this post is for Tim. Wala lang beh, trip ko lang..hehehe..wala bal-an obrahon.

By the way, I was also looking for my high school alma mater’s hymn but I couldn’t find anything about it online. Do any of you have an audio copy of Colegio de San Jose’s  college hymn? I have the lyrics (Spanish and English) but I also would like to have an audio copy.

Back to the topic, here’s the Lasallian Alma Mater Hymn – Reggae Version.

“Lasallian Alma Mater Hymn”

Hail, Hail

Alma Mater,

Hail to De La Salle!

We’ll hold your banner high and bright,

A shield of green and white,

We’ll fight to keep your glory bright,

And never shall we fail,

Hail to thee our Alma Mater!

Hail! Hail! Hail!

So there I was working my arse off last night, actually it was very early this morning around 5:49AM Philippine Time, multi-tasking and plurking with my plurky friends when one friend plurked that Michael Jackson has passed away. I couldn’t believe the shocking news at first so I googled it and I read that he had suffered a cardiac arrest. He collapsed at the mansion that he was renting at the exclusive neighborhood of Holmby Hills in Los Angeles. He was rushed by paramedics to UCLA Medical Center where physicians battled for more than an hour to revive the King of Pop before he was pronounced dead.

Well before the bad news was confirmed me and my Plurk friends were actually not very sure if Michael Jackson really did passed away (I’m using these words for Heather *hugs*) because TMZ was the only site online that’s actually reporting it while CNN and Reuters were all mum about it and were just reporting that Michael was just in a state of coma. We were all hoping that he was only just in a coma and not dead. But our hopes were crushed when CNN and Reuters did report that the King of Pop has actually passed away.

This was a very unexpected and shocking news to all of Michael Jackson’s fans. Before this day he was scheduled to have a long-awaited series of comeback concerts. Nobody expected this to happen but he was after all very sick and I won’t elaborate on this note. But we are all only human and death is a certainty. So what we can do now is pray for him and hope that he rests in peace. The King of Pop’s music will live on forever!

Here’s my favorite Michael Jackson song – “Heal The World”

I don’t know if you guys have seen this video yet but if you haven’t well now you will. Lol. I am a huge fan of Taylor Swift since I heard the song “Teardrops On My Guitar” and I have followed her online everywhere since then. She really sings very well – even live! And she composes her own songs which is rare with artists nowadays. She also has a very bubbly personality which is what attracted me to her the most. I love people with bubbly personalities – not paranoid, schizophrenic, pathetic people who got nothing else to do but waste their time on spreading stupid rumors about other people’s happy lives. Right JonhaR! Lol. Sorry I got sidetracked there, hehe. Back to the topic. On an episode of CMT Crossroads, Great Britain’s popular rock band Def Leppard collaborated with American country superstar Taylor Swift. They collaborated on each others’ hits in front of an invitation-only audience! Oh how I wish I was there! Bet you didn’t see this happening didn’t you? Def Leppard and Taylor Swift! Rock band and country music superstar! They performed Taylor’s chart toppers – “Our Song” and “Love Story.” Also featured were Def Leppard’s classics including “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and “Photograph.”

Here are 2 of my favorite songs on that CMT Crossroads episode – Love Story and Photograph. Enjoy! And if you want more I have MORE on my YouTube Channel!

Love Story

Photograph

I made this video a couple of weeks ago. Just want to share it with everyone.

Last night when I have finished all my tasks for the day I decided to watch Grey’s Anatomy online again. I reward myself by watching Grey’s Anatomy every time I finish my work. Even though I have practically watched all the episodes already I still don’t get tired of that soap. And I never will. Back to the topic, not many people know that I am also a fan of Miley Cyrus a.k.a. Hannah Montana. I think only Tim, my brothers and Monica knows that I have watched all Hannah Montana episodes. Yes I did. People think it’s kinda weird that a girl my age still watches these kind of sitcoms. Even my friends in Plurk laugh at me and says I’m a weird lady. LOL. But it’s really not that hard to believe, I’m a sucker for feel good movies and any show, sitcom or soap that makes me feel good. And Disney has a lot of those. Although I don’t like the Jonas Brothers, High School Musical or Camp Rock. They’re too “ugh” and “duh!”

So last night I was supposed to watch Grey’s Anatomy but when I opened the site where I watch all my shows online I saw a link of Hannah Montana: The Movie! It’s finally available online. So instead of watching Grey’s Anatomy I watched the movie instead. I started being curious with Hannah Montana when I heard Miley Cyrus’s single “7 Things“. I saw the music video on MYX and it made me want to find out about her and why Hannah Montana is such a big hit with youngsters and well, some girl’s my age. LOL. When I started watching the first episode I was hooked! It wasn’t so bad after all. It’s not cheesy and ugh and duh like the other Disney shows. It made me think of Two of a Kind . I loved that show too. So yeah, I watched all Hannah Montana episodes until I got to finish them all and I still wait for the latest episodes to be available online so I could watch them as well.

Hannah Montana: The Movie as we Hannah fans know is the film adaptation of the popular sitcom and it stars Miley Cyrus as Miley Stuart with her alter-ego Hannah Montana, Billy Ray Cyrus as Robby Ray Stuart,  Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott/Lola Luftnagle, Mitchel Musso as Oliver Oken/Mike Standley III, Moises Arias as Rico, Margo Martindale as Ruby (Robby Ray’s Mom), Melora Hardin as Lorelei (Robby Ray’s love interest), Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart (I love his antics!), Barry Bostwick as himself (he’s the owner of the company intent in developing Crowley Corners which is Hannah’s hometown), Peter Gunn as Oswald (the slimey reporter/paparrazzi), Lucas Till as Travis Brody (Miley’s love interest, he has a crush on Miley since their childhood), Beau Billingslea as the Town Mayor and Vanessa Williams as Hannah’s publicist. There were also cameo roles by Tyra Banks, Steve Rushton, the Rascall Flatts, Marcel, Bucky Covington, William Gentner and Taylor Swift who sang “Crazier” at the charity concert to save Crowley Corners.

I won’t tell you guys what the movie is all about because I don’t want to spoil it for you. I want you to watch it so you’ll understand why I love this movie and why I’m thinking of watching it again. I’ll tell you a secret — I was teary-eyed when Miley decided to give up Hannah Montana forever and she thanked everyone for letting her live her dream. The movie soundtrack is also bursting with a lot of cool new songs from Hannah Montana and other artists. I have downloaded them all! LOL. You will surely dance to “Hoedown Throwdown” sang by Miley Cyrus, be touched by “Butterly Fly Away” by Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus and many more songs.

So now that I have written this blog post I know some of my Plurker friends will laugh at me and tease me but I really don’t care. LOL. But I know they understand that I’m really a kid at heart and I just love being happy. Hannah Montana makes me happy.  This is just me being optimistic. Connect the dots. Watch Hannah Montana: The Movie now and tell me what you think.