A friend mentioned this girl to me two weeks ago.  I couldn’t relate to what she said for I never heard of Maddi Jane.  While fixing my article of Price Tag of Jessie J (which until this moment, I haven’t really fixed) I ran into a video of Maddi Jane doing a rendition of Price Tag.  Well, the kid can really sing and she has a beautiful voice but I think she still needs to find her genre and her identity.  There is not doubt that this girl can sing and her voice is beautiful but while listening to her, I feel that her singing still lacks the emotion that these songs has in them. See, what makes a song a beautiful song is when the listener gets to connect to that song.  And for a singer to make that connection, he or she must add the correct emotion to capture the attention of the listener.  But nevertheless, Maddi Jane will be one of the artists that I would want to watch and see as she grows into the artist that she can be.  In short, an artist that we should watch out for.  Here is one of her rendition of one of my favorites songs: Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri.  For me, this is her best performance out of the 8 videos that she has on Youtube.

What if everybody really did come with a price tag? How much do you think you’re worth?

Seems like everybody’s got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night.
When the sale comes first,
And the truth comes second,
Just stop, for a minute and
Smile

Been busy these last 2 weeks for iLearners and SWC. Truth is, I feel guilty for I wasn’t paying much attention to my team recently. But I sure hope they’d understand that these organizations is as important to me as my team members. For what we did with these organizations these past 2 weekends is to help out kids who are in need and I hope we will be able to help more kids in the future.

Will try to grab some pics and post more details on our experience on these outreach here.

Haaaaa… Nothing beats a good bath to soothe one’s tired muscles. And then follow it up with a good meal! Good thing Sr. San Pedro in Lahug was still open when I passed by. I was on my way home from Nayki’s place. Nayki is one of the members of iLearners Inc. We packed the bags at their place. Packing the bags for tomorrow started at 2PM today and ended at 8PM. Whoaah!!! And we thought it will only take us until 6PM to finish everything. Never been this tired for a long while.

Good thing there were other iLearners who helped with the packing (imagine filling out more than a hundred bags for the kids of Lunas). If they weren’t there to help out, we might still be packing the bags until now. And thannk goodness that the ever so chatty Bikoy and the other members of the F4, Dave and Shimmer were there. They made the packing fun. Hahaha… Bikoy’s comments on his group mates are so funny that they would laugh at it themselves.

Tomorrow is a big day for the iLearners. We will be going to Lunas to distribute the bags. Do pray for us to have a safe trip going there and back to our homes. Good night!!!

We will be packing the school supplies that we have collected for the kids in Carcar today! It’s another busy day for me but I don’t mind. What really matters is I get to do something for the kids in need.

This packing activity is in preparation for tomorrow’s Brighter Future 2011 Project of iLearners Inc. I really can’t wait to see the kids from Lunas Elementary School again. The last time I saw them was in December 2010. I hope everyone’s well.

My friends Mark, Drake and I went to pick up the kids from Bantay Bata at 9AM today for them to get a haircut and have their uniforms made for Monday. It was one tiring day. I left the house a couple of minutes before 9AM and then returned at half past 3PM. I felt sorry for these kids for we had to walk a lot to get everything done. If only I had a car for them to not walk that much or have enough money to help these kids out.

I just hope they liked the chicken joy from Jollibee and the Coke float that we got them for lunch, the shoes and the stuff that we got them for school.

One of the songs that I love listening to which I couldn’t understand for everytime I hear this song, it reminds me of the feeling of longing that can never be filled.  You know that kind of song that reminds of something but you just can’t figure out what.  That’s how this song makes me feel. Guess that’s how emos feel huh?

May 28th, 2011 was one busy day for me. Edd of iLuvCebu woke me up at 10:30AM today (yes, I slept late for reasons that I am not aware of) to ask why am I not in the Cebu Blog Camp venue. I reminded him that I can’t go for I am not a volunteer and I did not register for the event (truth of the matter is, I didn’t really have a plan of going). And then Eds of SoloFlightEd came on the line and told me he’ll take care of it. And so, after 10 minutes of talking on the phone, off I went. I took a bath, got dressed and was on my way to Sacred Heart Center of Cebu. While on the jeep though, I contemplated if I really want to go and thought about changing routes and go to Ayala instead and wait until 2PM and leave for ABS-CBN in Mandaue City since I need to see the kids from Bantay Bata 163. But then curiosity got the best of me. I mean, what’s the worst thing that could happen, right? Anyway, if I don’t like it, I can always leave.  So after 15 minutes, I was standing in front of the door of the St. Joseph Hall where the Cebu Blog camp was being held. I took a deep breath and opened the door. And there they were, bloggers from the different parts of the Philippines. Wow, the feeling was just like the first time that I actually met the cosplayers of Cebu. I was wondering, heck, why didn’t I ever join any of the Camps in the last 3 years? But, unlike the cosplaying event though, I saw a lot of familiar faces in the camp.  Angeli Bas, who is always gracious when she sees me, greeted me with a hug. Edwin of Lakbay Diva who came in a few minutes before me was there. Ethy, Sinjin, Rabs, Doi and my other co-iLearners were there too. I also saw my long lost friend Xyza of XyzaSpeaks! Boy! Who would have thought that I will be seeing her there.  So we chatted for a while and since I was late and needed to leave at 2pm, I was only able to hear the presentation of Estan Cabigas who talked about Travel Blogging.  How I envy his stories.  So why do I envy him?  Well it’s because, I can never go and hunt with the local hunters or speak to the locals (I can’t even speak Cebuano without being laughed at by my Bisaya friends when I’ve been in Cebu for 5 years now for crying out loud!). Hays…

I reached ABS-CBN at 3PM and met the kids from Bantay Bata.  This is in line with our project for the Social Welfare Club of my company.  The meet up gave me a better understanding of what the foundation is about.  After talking with the kids, Drake, who is a blogger and a fellow iLearner, and I decided to go back to the Blog Camp in the hope of hearing another speaker and some photo opps.  When we arrived, we heard about Mozilla 4 (a browser that I never used after I left college) and it’s new features which made me consider using the browser once I install my Win 7 OS. 

And to end the day, I had dinner with the Blogs4Review folks.  But that will be a story for another day.

May 29th, 2011 6:15AM: Again I was reminded of the importance of the Save Draft button today… Whoooaaaahhh!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!! I was working on an article and I, the brilliant Michy, clicked on an add-on on my browser which made led me to losing the article that I was woking on!!! Whoaaahhhhh!!! Ahhhh!!!! T___T