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Showing posts with label chronicles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chronicles. Show all posts

16 February 2015

(Re)Welcome To the World Six Feet Below the Ground

2/7/2015 8:06:05 PM


“Dear Nightlife,
It’s been four years, seven months and almost twenty-seven days since the last time I had a time with you.

And now, I do really miss you so much. Hope to bump fists with you soon!

Your long-time friend,
SlickMaster”


Okay, let’s move on.

22 November 2014

Chasing Revenge and Justice (A Personal Story)

11/22/2014 3:56:20 PM 

For all of my followers, I apologized for being too quiet lately (I mean, I haven’t made more new postings recently). Aside from having a bunch of stress, burnouts, and breakdowns on several aspects of our daily lives, I just encountered something that is really horrifying, yet at the same time was really, really wonderful encounter. 

Yes, I have no idea why and how it happened. Though I hope you will have something to ponder on as you read this story.

18 November 2014

Missing The Disenchanted Kingdom

9/21/2014 4:47:24 PM

I have been a huge fan of Philippine radio for almost half my age already, especially during my college years when some of the stations turned backs on the Contemporary Hit (CHR) type. There’s no more Campus Radio on 97.1 WLS FM; it’s been a very long while since 93.9 KC FM switched letters to a single I; and Magic 89.9, though still remained as the one of the top cliché FM stations aside from RX 93.1 and 99.5 RT, still made a big switch in their programming during the mid-2000s.

Since then, most of us listeners have our ears glued in to the likes of The Morning Rush and Good Times with Mo in the morning (plus, Sam vs. Sam as then-third alternative), and Boys Night Out, other RX radio specials, and The Brewrats during nighttime. Well, during the the latter part of the decade, before NU107 bade goodbye after being the premier rock music station for almost three decades—plus The Brewrats on their stay at U92, another primetime program ushered by the name of The Disenchanted Kingdom.

19 April 2014

The Road to Antipolo

4/19/2014 11:04:45 AM

Around 10:10 PM at Marcos Bridge Marikina City.
I think I just had the most grueling challenge in my 23 years and almost 7 months of existence.

It’s been a very long while since I personally have thought of doing this – and I’m talking about ‘sacrifice’ for Holy Week. Yes, the one they called “Alay-Lakad.”

28 November 2013

Alaala Ng Cubao

11/2/2013 4:18:02 PM

Sabihin na natin na medieval akong mag-isip. Pero nakakamiss talaga ang lumang Cubao, no?

Oo, sinasabi ko ‘to dahil malamang, maraming ipinagbago ang lugar na kinalakihan ko. Dati-rati ay nadadaanana at napupuntahan ko ‘to. Hindi na mabilang sa listahan o pahina ng encyclopedia kung ilang beses. Basta, halos bawat araw ay napapadpad ako sa Cubao, estudyante man, tambay, o nagtatrabahong nilalang.

21 November 2013

Chronicles Of A Radio Kid – Life and Death (November 8, 2010)

11/8/2013 9:35:53 PM

Sa nakalipas na labing-isang taon, isa akong bata na tagasubaybay na sa buhay at pakikipagsapalaran ng mga istasyon ng radio sa ating kamalayan. Oo, walang halong biro.

At sa isang pambhirang pagkakataon, eksaktong tatlong taon mula sa panahon na isinusulat ko ito, may mga pangyayari na nagbigay-signipikasyon sa kasalukuyang kultura ng mga Pinoy. Ang isa ay pagkamatay, at ang isa naman ang pagkapanganak, o pagkakaroon ng buhay (hindi siya resurrection o rebirth eh).

13 March 2013

Missing the Old Campus Radio

03/13/2013 01:00 PM 

For people who’d been aging at somewhere between my generations, a student’s life will never be complete without being hooked up on the FM radio station which is known as Campus Radio. Yes, even for once on their respective lives.

Well, I’m actually a late-bloomer when it comes to things like this, and in fact, it was during the 2000s when I only managed to listen to cliché radio stations, and I mean by the radio stations that caters to the youth (and this was the real “young, wild and free” deal). Magic 89.9 was one, RX was also an epic one (thanks to the likes of The Morning Rush), KC FM was also an urban legend before it was reformatted into iFM, 99.5 RT was the real music authority to the mainstream pop fans. And so were 103.5 K-Lite for the alternative genre and NU 107 for rock. But among them all, there is one station that was already stamped on the listeners’ ears and minds: it was the Campus Radio.

13 August 2012

1 A.M.

08/07/2012 01:22 AM 

Ika-unang tika ng oras sa madaling-araw. Ang dating panahon na tulog ang aking isipan at kamalayan ay nagising bigla nang dahil sa hindi malamang kadahilanan.