...Music is the one thing that is universal.
Everyone knows music.
People gather around music.
I know a song; a person in Switzerland knows the same song.
People fail to recognize music's total power.
Especially with the passing of Michael Jackson, one can finally realize the impact music has on life itself.
I recently actually started tuning into AJ Rafael (www.myspace.com/ajrafael), and although I've heard of him before, I never knew how in tune with music this kid really is. Definitely, one of the most genuine artists I've come across. This video almost made ME, as a musician, cry. Definitely made me smile and all warm inside. Haha.
You know, for so much of our lives, we label and judge and organize. Yet, simply put, I think too much of our lives are spent closed and depreciated.
...
...
Man, I have so much to say, but I really can't materialize it. Gahhh. I think that video should sum a fraction of it up. That video is REAL. I love it.
Also, while that is up there...Here's a couple of my friends who covered this song and coined the name Kuya Bil for me. Presenting Monette and Cheska aka Sidesweep:
www.myspace.com/sidesweep
Do work little ones.
-rob
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
It's Easy to be Easy and Free
Lots o' news today folks.
I won't be attending Ateneo de Manila University this year, but I will be on my way next year. I'll leave the United States early February in order for me to settle in, enroll, get acquainted, you know the deal. School would start there first week of June.
And I decided, I won't go to USF this semester so that I can work and make money. I gotta keep up my knowledge/learning though somehow, so I guess I'll be reading a lot or something. Suggestions? This also means I do not have to miss my brother's wedding, and I can still be the Best Man. Good shit.
What I do have to keep in mind: I'm going to the Philippines, first, to get a degree, then to play basketball. Which is totally cool with me. This is the best school in the Philippines, in one of the largest cities in Asia. So, there shouldn't be a downgrade in education.
With my time left here (officially numbered now), I have to make enough to money to buy me my Macbook (1000) so I can be the only dude in the Philippines with a Macbook. I also have to get my Canon HG20 Camcorder (700) to make sweet docs while I'm there for you guys :]. I also get tons of new (blue) ballin' shoes. Huaraches, Hypersdunks, Powers, Forces. The Lot, baby.
What I've been up to (aside from the courtwork/workout):
First: I practiced in that gym with the team when I was 16. I was ballin' too. I was all over that campus. HAHA. That's my parent's hometown.
Second: Damn, I want a voice.
Third: Damn, I wish I was Craig David. Or his guitar player... ahaha
'ppreciate it,
-rob
you guys should see my workout schedule and courtwork stuff. its intense - i wonder how long i can keep it up...
I won't be attending Ateneo de Manila University this year, but I will be on my way next year. I'll leave the United States early February in order for me to settle in, enroll, get acquainted, you know the deal. School would start there first week of June.
And I decided, I won't go to USF this semester so that I can work and make money. I gotta keep up my knowledge/learning though somehow, so I guess I'll be reading a lot or something. Suggestions? This also means I do not have to miss my brother's wedding, and I can still be the Best Man. Good shit.
What I do have to keep in mind: I'm going to the Philippines, first, to get a degree, then to play basketball. Which is totally cool with me. This is the best school in the Philippines, in one of the largest cities in Asia. So, there shouldn't be a downgrade in education.
With my time left here (officially numbered now), I have to make enough to money to buy me my Macbook (1000) so I can be the only dude in the Philippines with a Macbook. I also have to get my Canon HG20 Camcorder (700) to make sweet docs while I'm there for you guys :]. I also get tons of new (blue) ballin' shoes. Huaraches, Hypersdunks, Powers, Forces. The Lot, baby.
What I've been up to (aside from the courtwork/workout):
First: I practiced in that gym with the team when I was 16. I was ballin' too. I was all over that campus. HAHA. That's my parent's hometown.
Second: Damn, I want a voice.
Third: Damn, I wish I was Craig David. Or his guitar player... ahaha
'ppreciate it,
-rob
you guys should see my workout schedule and courtwork stuff. its intense - i wonder how long i can keep it up...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Day 2 - Suprises and Dilemmas
Update to you people out there:
A couple things; I can go to Ateneo de Manila University (which is 254th in the world in undergrad education - 100 behind UF and 50 ahead - YES, AHEAD - of FSU) next semester, which begins November 9. So that means I'll be gone sometime early October/late September.
WAIT! My brother's kasal, which means wedding in Bisaya, is December 12th. Remember, this is the first wedding of my family. I may not be here to celebrate, unless i scrape up 2000 US dollars to come back for a couple days. This would be my only chance to see my brother get married, and I might miss it to be playing basketball across the globe. Worth it? Probs not.
But WAIT! Both my brother and Danielle want me to go to the Philippines to play basketball, but would they be okay with me missing their only wedding (I am the "best man", you know)? And they probably thought that I could be back by December, considering that I went for the first semester.
I love both of them dearly; they have been going out since my sister graduated four years ago. They have been integeral parts my life. But basketball is something I love even more. And it is the sole thing in my life that I can trust completely. Is it worth it? Is the trade worth it? Is there common ground?
Anyway, in the meantime. I'm gonna be working out like nuts, and playing basketball like nuts. Train, train, train, train! Working at the bistro with my brother, possibly and doing work in general. We shall see.
In the meantime, I better get more aquainted with my guitar...
While I still have time with it...
Thanks! - and if you actually read it, THANKS!
-rob
A couple things; I can go to Ateneo de Manila University (which is 254th in the world in undergrad education - 100 behind UF and 50 ahead - YES, AHEAD - of FSU) next semester, which begins November 9. So that means I'll be gone sometime early October/late September.
WAIT! My brother's kasal, which means wedding in Bisaya, is December 12th. Remember, this is the first wedding of my family. I may not be here to celebrate, unless i scrape up 2000 US dollars to come back for a couple days. This would be my only chance to see my brother get married, and I might miss it to be playing basketball across the globe. Worth it? Probs not.
But WAIT! Both my brother and Danielle want me to go to the Philippines to play basketball, but would they be okay with me missing their only wedding (I am the "best man", you know)? And they probably thought that I could be back by December, considering that I went for the first semester.
I love both of them dearly; they have been going out since my sister graduated four years ago. They have been integeral parts my life. But basketball is something I love even more. And it is the sole thing in my life that I can trust completely. Is it worth it? Is the trade worth it? Is there common ground?
Anyway, in the meantime. I'm gonna be working out like nuts, and playing basketball like nuts. Train, train, train, train! Working at the bistro with my brother, possibly and doing work in general. We shall see.
In the meantime, I better get more aquainted with my guitar...
While I still have time with it...
Thanks! - and if you actually read it, THANKS!
-rob
Monday, June 8, 2009
Day 1 - This is no Joke
Today we shall call upon the name of Father Tony Moreno. The brother of one of my closest uncles. He's the president of Ateneo de Zambuanga University, a campus under the Loyola Schools in the Philippines. He has said Holy Mass at my house. We're calling him tonight for a littler favor.
Get me into Ateneo de Manila Univ.
If I do get in, I will be leaving "the states" sometime between now and the 26th of June.
If I do get in, I will be pursuing a Biology Degree at the best University in the Philippines, and I will be vying for a spot on the Atenean Basketball Team.
I'm not sure if I'm already too late to register, and I am not sure how the whole H1N1 thing is going to work with me there (quarantine of all travelers, 10 days), but I am willing to go abroad and do work. Aside from "the Philippines", I definitely don't understand anything that I am about to get into. Yet, that excites me. And scares me.
What an experience this could be. I'm not even sure if it will pull through, but I hope it does. I'm so excited, I'm planning for it. Bad idea? Probably. But hope is always fun - and sometimes hope works in these situations, right?
I feel like I need to start preparing already: Get a Video Camera, Macbook, Phone, Clothes, Journal, Money. Whatever. Etc. I just feel the urge to go already. See what's ahead of me. I'm already ahead of myself, so let's push it up a bit. Pedal to the Metal kind of stuff.
Might as well prepare you guys as well:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rmroa*
Blog: www.rmroa.blogspot.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/rmroa111
Facebook: Rob Roa
Email: rmroa111@gmail.com
AIM: robmroa
Robot.to: robo.to/rmroa
*as for Twitter, I don't know how texting works there, so I may have to get a smarter phone.
Thanks y'all for support and such.
-rob
Get me into Ateneo de Manila Univ.
If I do get in, I will be leaving "the states" sometime between now and the 26th of June.
If I do get in, I will be pursuing a Biology Degree at the best University in the Philippines, and I will be vying for a spot on the Atenean Basketball Team.
I'm not sure if I'm already too late to register, and I am not sure how the whole H1N1 thing is going to work with me there (quarantine of all travelers, 10 days), but I am willing to go abroad and do work. Aside from "the Philippines", I definitely don't understand anything that I am about to get into. Yet, that excites me. And scares me.
What an experience this could be. I'm not even sure if it will pull through, but I hope it does. I'm so excited, I'm planning for it. Bad idea? Probably. But hope is always fun - and sometimes hope works in these situations, right?
I feel like I need to start preparing already: Get a Video Camera, Macbook, Phone, Clothes, Journal, Money. Whatever. Etc. I just feel the urge to go already. See what's ahead of me. I'm already ahead of myself, so let's push it up a bit. Pedal to the Metal kind of stuff.
Might as well prepare you guys as well:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rmroa*
Blog: www.rmroa.blogspot.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/rmroa111
Facebook: Rob Roa
Email: rmroa111@gmail.com
AIM: robmroa
Robot.to: robo.to/rmroa
*as for Twitter, I don't know how texting works there, so I may have to get a smarter phone.
Thanks y'all for support and such.
-rob
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