Archive for October 26th, 2008

Transizlation Friday: The Best Hits of Freestyle

Transizlation Friday: The Best Hits of Freestyle

Hmmm… do you honestly think that I’m going to allow some online debate (or what passes for it) to take control of my life?  Well, no.  I’m not going to deprive my people of their weekly dose of lyrics translations.

This week, I stocked my iPod with the songs of one of my favorite Filipino bands, Freestyle.  See, I can’t listen to rock every hour, on the hour: as much as I love Metallica’s new Death Magnetic album and I enjoy listening to Slipknot, Saliva, Motorhead, Slayer, and the occasional ATREYU single, I like the occasional hint of senti and music the populace could understand and have an affinity with.

Am I still bitter about some unresolved romantic episode in my life?

No, I’m bored.  AGAIN.

Anyway, for the better part of an hour, here’s what I came up with for this week.  I could have included the Ilocano version of “Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang,” but I’m afraid my Ilocano is very rusty.

Here we go!

October 26, 2008 4 comments Read More
The Fine Line Between Thrill and Nausea

The Fine Line Between Thrill and Nausea

If you’ve known me for quite a while now, I have the reputation of being a spoilsport.

Under normal circumstances, I am not a thrill-seeker or an adventurer.  My idea of cheap thrills is to smoke at a gasoline station: it’s safe, but you never know when you’ll be in the middle of a disastrous explosion a’la Zoolander.

My life is boring, redundant, and has no surprises: just the way (a-ha, a-ha) I like it.

Not when you’re with your workmates at Enchanted Kingdom and almost everyone wants to go to this ride:

Oh yes.  Maestro, play Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

October 26, 2008 1 comment Read More