The Misadventures of Penoi

When you made a personal copy of a legally purchased CD is illegal as stated by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA). So it means when you rip your CDs into mp3s or any digital formats, you are violating copyright laws. Oh well, just support the music industry by purchasing original CDs.

Lego Racers

Rachel gave me a Lego toy as her Christmas Gift to me. Actually, when i was a child, I used to play my cousin's huge collection of Lego, and it is my first time to have one. Thanks Rachel!!! your an angel to me.

The finished product

I was happy when Google added Western Union Quick Cash to deliver earnings and speed up Adsense payments. This morning i went to a Western Union Center here in Batangas to get my earnings. I have Social Security System(SSS) id and Tax Identification Number(TIN) card but they said that my TIN card is not a valid government issued ID card.  Ok,  let me enumerate some of Western Union's so called valid government issued card.

Philippine Regulation Commission(PRC) card - not all people take PRC board exams

Government Service Insurance System(GSIS) card - hey not all people are government employees

Land Transportation Office (LTO) Driver's License - not all people know how to drive

Passport - is passport an identification card??? not all people wants to go abroad

I still believe and campaigning that our TIN card to be considered as a valid government issued ID because it is one of the many proofs that you pay your taxes(?).

let's learn some naruto basic hand seals!!!

Tiger

Snake

Rooster

Rat

Ram

Ox

Monkey

Horse

Hare

Dragon

Dog

Boar

I always wanted to have my own Nikon D40X DSLR, but instead, i settled with Ludwig drums equip with 4 piece Sabian Cymbals, a latin percussion jam block and a Gibraltar cymbal stand.  So what will be my birthday wishlist January next year?? A SennHeiser HD-215 and a new Ipod headphone :)

Yep!!! Please Visit my new site www.Penoycentral.net

Oi!!! This is my first post in my new not so ordinary blogsite. After spending two years in my blogger account. I've decided to again have my own domain(after someone squat my first domain).  Yep, first post, not so good news. It seems that crackers find ways to hijack into Google Text Ads which installs TROJ_QHOST.GC trojan. This trojan modifies the HOSTS that prevents users in connecting to page2.googlesyndication.com and redirects the request to gambling and pornography sites.

Company Xmas Party namin at muli naginit ang damdamin namin sa musika. Maaaring hindi ganon kami kagaling tumugtog subalit hanggang nasa puso mo ang bawat musika, mananatiling buhay ang ingay na inyong nililikha.... Ayan ang The Romy Diaz Project

" ikay multo sa paningin" with Dodong Cruise

the romy diaz project

Awww.... what can i say. My 2007 rocks!!! Simula ng taon, medyo hindi siya maganda.. Andyan na biglang nagsarado ang company na kung saan ako nagwork. Bigla tuloy akong nagkalaptop kasi hindi sila nagbayad ng suweldo namin. Buset!!!
Hay, ang hirap talaga ng walang pera, hindi ka magalaw ng maayos. buti na lang at nanalo kami sa SEO contest ng Ituloy AngSulong.. at ilang raket sa isang training center sa Ortigas. kahit paano nakaraos naman
Naemploy ako ng isang Danish company sa makati na kung saan i handle IT Security. Naging maayos naman ang aking pananalapi. hindi kalakihan, ngunit hindi din naman kababaan ang salary. kung baga tama lang.. for the meantime.. hehe...
Last quarter ng taon, muling sumigla ang aking buhay musika... naka-iskor na ako ng sarili kong drumset at muli nakapalo na ulit pagkaraan ng napakahabang panahon...Pero ang pinakamasayang part ng taon at sana maging panghabang buhay na ay ang aking pagkakatagpo sa babaeng mamahalin ko.. muli kong naranasan na magmahal at mahalin din ako... naging masigla muli ang aking mga araw sa tuwing kasama ko siya... salamat po at dumating ka sa buhay ko... sabi mo nga... life is fun!!!! :) looking forward for 2008, 2009, 2010 to infinite para sa ating dalawa....

Incubus Live in Manila
March 9, 2008
Araneta

Rock On!!!

JOURNEY WELCOMES ARNEL PINEDA
WITH “OPEN ARMS” TO THEIR FAMILY
AS THE BAND’S NEW LEAD SINGER

December 5, 2007 -- After much speculation…the wait is finally over.

JOURNEY--Neal Schon (guitar), Jonathan Cain (keyboards), Ross Valory (bass), Deen Castronovo (drums)--is proud to introduce fans all over the world to their new lead singer, Arnel Pineda (“pin-eh-da”). He replaces Jeff Scott Soto, who parted ways with the band earlier this year after stepping in for Steve Augeri, who had to leave the band in 2006 for medical reasons.

Arnel hails from Quezon City in the Philippines and has been singing Journey songs--in addition to original material--with his band, The Zoo, for the past couple of years in clubs all over his homeland. Joining the legendary band is a dream come true for him.
“It’s so exciting to sing with one of the best bands in the world. It’ll be a lot of hard work on my part and I’m actually looking forward to the scrutiny I’ll get from the hardcore JOURNEY fans. I know they’ll expect me to sound exactly like ‘the voice’ (Steve Perry), but that will never happen. I know there's only one Steve Perry in this world.”

When it was time for JOURNEY to look for a new lead singer, the internet came to their rescue. Guitarist Neal Schon wanted someone new to the music business, so he turned to YouTube. After finding Arnel singing “Faithfully,” he knew he had found the perfect frontman.

“I was frustrated about not having a singer,” explains guitarist Neal Schon, “so I went on YouTube for a couple of days and just sat on it for hours. I was starting to think I was never going to find anybody. But then I found The Zoo and I watched a bunch of different video clips that they had posted. After watching the videos over and over again, I had to walk away from the computer and let what I heard sink in because it sounded too good to be true. I thought, ‘he can’t be that good.’ But he is that good, he’s the real deal and so tremendously talented. Arnel doesn’t sound synthetic and he’s not emulating anyone. I tried to get a hold of him through YouTube and I finally heard from him that night, but it took some convincing to get him to believe that it really was me and not an imposter.”

Arnel Pineda picks up the story: “My friend Noel picked up the message on YouTube and told me it was from Neal. I thought it was a hoax so I ignored it. Noel said, ‘what if it really was Neal and he wanted to offer you the chance of a lifetime?’ So I e-mailed Neal back and the rest is history.”

“Arnel brings a soulful and passionate voice to JOURNEY,” continues keyboardist Jonathan Cain. “His personality is very well-suited to our music. He’s a sincere, authentic person with a great smile and a big heart. I think fans are really going to love him. With Arnel’s soaring tenor, Journey returns to our heritage sound.”

Schon agrees, “We feel reborn. I think there’s a lot of chemistry between the five of us. At first we were going to go into the studio and just write 4 songs, but now it’s escalated to a lot of great new and diverse material. The stuff sounds tremendous. Everyone’s so stoked about it. We feel very fortunate to have found Arnel.”
JOURNEY is currently working on a new album with legendary producer Kevin Shirley, which they hope to release by spring/summer 2008. Details will be announced early next year.

Rock the Riles 2007 @ December 9 at MRT stations!

Cubao station: Phil. Violators,Datu's Tribe,The
Wuds,Drip,Toyo,Typecast,FMD,Jeepney Joyride, Nityalila

Shaw Station: Pumping Pluto,Nyko Maca,Noel
Cabangon,Sound,Chicosci,Salindiwa,Area5,

Boni Station: Fig,Analog,Chillitees,Blue Ketchup,Bagetsafonik,Happy
Happy Joy Joy

Ayala Station: Musical O, Swissy, Sugarfree, Paramita, Sleepwalk
Circus,Updharmadown,Giniling Festival,Radioactivesago
project,Ang Bandang Shirley

Christmas and Birthday gift sa sarili ko

The Romy Diaz Project ang official name ng band namin for our Company Xmas Party. Siguradong kuwela ang set namin. For years na hindi ako nakakapagperform, i will give the best sa gig na ito... kating kati na kasi ako na makapagplay ulit.. Oh well, musician will always be musician... malungkot nga lang ako at hindi ko puwedeng isama ang special person ngayon sa buhay ko.. hehehehe.. naks... sorry po :( limitado lang daw ang head count ng venue... kung pede nga lang magdala na lang ako ng pizza para makapasok siya...

....Drama....
hay, maraming bago at nagbago sa akin ngayon... mga bagay na ni sa panaginip hindi ko inaasahang mangyayari sa akin..bakit nakatingin ako sa malayo ngunit matagal na palang andyan. muli mong ibinalik ang ngiti at saya na matagal ng nawala... ibinalik ang sigla sa isang buhay na noon ay nabalot ng kalungkutan.. sana palagi kang nasa tabi ko... ngiti mo pa lang, sapat na siyang lakas sa isang buong araw ng pakikipagsapalaran sa mundong ibabaw... at muli, nanabik akong makita
kang muli... oh syet!!!! :)

2 days Effective supervisory Training @ infotechexchange. Oh my God!!! im a supervisor???

Yes!!! im back to my roots... to one of the many things that i love to do.... to create music and noize... my bandmates are still contemplating on the name of our band... Inday Allstar... NailCutters and the Dead Nails.... Fart Session... Google Dolls.... what yah think??

Added Latin Percussion Jam Blocks on my baby!!! i clamped it on top of my hi-hats.

Last night i tried pluggin my cousin's Electric guitar and applied guitar effects using Guitar FX Box in my laptop. Effects box contains effects like Overdrive/Distortion, Echo, Reverb, Chorus, Wah-wah (AutoWah & EnvelopeWah), Pitch shifter, Tremolo, I/O Bass/Mid/Treble EQ controls, Compression and Phaser. and also it has a guitar tuner. Its a great tool for a home studio but not recommended on a real gig.

Kita kits tayo sa Hataw Hanep 2007!!!!

What: Hataw Hanep Hero 2007
When: December 1 and 2, 2007
Where: SM X Convention Center, Mall of Asia

This service allows you convert a Flash Video / FLV file (YouTube's videos,etc) to MPEG4 (AVI/MOV/MP4/MP3/3GP) file online. It uses a compressed domain transcoder technology (outline in Japanese). It converts FLV to MPEG4 faster and less lossy than a typical transcoder.

When you submit an url, it will download and convert to the video format. Then you can download the converted file.

Now i can have my favorite Live songs in my Ipod. Cool Tool!!!

My new baby!!! she's so cute!!! hehehe...
i will be on vacation this coming Nov 1-5. i dunno where i will be, just want to take a rest. Im planning to climb Mt Maculot(for the nth time) or be in a beach in batangas. oh well, gusto mo bang sumama??? :)

making money thru blogs is not a very bad idea. you must have time to update your blog. but im very busy with my job nowadays and not giving time to optimize my sites :(

Friendster failed uploading new photos. oh well, that's free service for you!!!

Its holiday today!!! Last day of Ramadan. Eventhough there's no office today, we will be in Subic for our company's global conference.

It seems Microsoft is hardening Windows XP security features in their SP3. Good thing Microsoft is still supporting XP. Another feature that i like is their Network Access Protection (NAP) due release in Windows Server 2008. NAP will check for updates and service packs and will disallow failed clients.

[root@localhost NetSNMP-OID-5.0401]# make
cp OID.pm blib/lib/NetSNMP/OID.pm
AutoSplitting blib/lib/NetSNMP/OID.pm (blib/lib/auto/NetSNMP/OID)
/usr/bin/perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/xsubpp -prototypes -typemap /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.5/ExtUtils/typemap OID.xs > OID.xsc && mv OID.xsc OID.c
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make: *** [OID.c] Error 1

Reactions on our new company issued laptops installed with Microsoft Windows Vista Basic Edition

"Vista sucks!!!!"

"i hate Vista!!!"

"VNC does'nt run on Vista!!!"

"who's idea is this???"

"we should use Windows XP instead!!!"

"Vista?? what vista??"

"ohhh cool icons!!!! ooopppsss, i cant install my apps, it does not support Vista"

The best career is in the Philippines nowadays. Blue-chip companies are coming our way. This is the place to become successful. The most comfortable life is here. You leave the country because you feel you cannot make it here. If you cannot make it here, you cannot make it anywhere.

After 12 rounds, only the best wins and it is Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Kudoz again for Manny for bringing a national pride for the Philippines!!!
Will Marco Antonio Barrera make commercials for San Miguel Beer just like Erik Morales??? hehehehe...

“Can I just check those diplomas because I just want to make sure that they are not from some med school in the Philippines.”

Pearl Jam

Disc 1

1. "Tulad Ng Dati "
2. "Alam Ko, Alam N'yo "
3. "Babaeng Mahiwaga "
4. "Love "
5. "Little Paradise"
6. "Abot Kamay "
7. "Beyond the Bend"
8. "Iisang Bangka Tayo "
9. "Salimpusa "
10. "Dreams"
11. "Talaga Naman "
12. "Run Away"
13. "Enveloped Ideas"
14. "Salamat (Thank You)"
15. "I Stand With You"
16. "Ang Iyong Paalam "
17. "Difference"
18. "Kasama sa Tagumpay "

Disc 2

Videos

1. Tulad Ng Dati movie trailer
2. Teddy's Guitar Solo
3. "Iisang Bangka "
4. "Harapin ang Liwanag)"
5. "Tulad ng Dati "
6. "Change"
7. "Laging Narito "

let's learn some naruto basic hand seals!!!

Dog

Boar