Faces of the Moon

The New Blog-Ranking Site For Pinoys

perryv — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:58:00 +0000

Hi! Topblogs is now alive! :-)

Actually, it's been active for a few days now.

See ya there!

My new blog for music.

perryv — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:24:00 +0000

Hi, I now have a new blog dedicated to music. It's called muzic.i.ph.

Feel free to visit my new blog. Enjoy! :)

You can now withdraw money from PayPal!

perryv — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:08:00 +0000

I've just received an email from PayPal saying that the Withdrawing and Receiving features are now available! So I checked my PayPal account and clicked the Request Money tab. And lo! PayPal indeed allowed me to receive money!

So PayPal users in the Philippines can now receive money!

Previously, Philippine users can only do Send Money.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li together in one movie

perryv — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:11:00 +0000

Maybe you've heard this before, but I'll add some fresh details.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li are teaming up for the movie The Forbidden Kingdom, which is scheduled to be released next year. This is the first time the two kung fu superstars are paired on the big screen.

(Update: The movie's title in Chinese is Gong Fu Zhi Wang (功夫之王), which means King of Kung Fu.)

It's been around a couple of months now since they started filming in the Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang, China. Hengdian Studios is also where another Jet Li movie Hero was filmed.

(Oops, some pronunciation tips. "Hengdian" is pronounced HUNG-TYEN, where HUNG sounds like the English word "hung", and TYEN (one syllable) rhymes with "yen", the Japanese currency. "Zhejiang" is pronounced CHUH-CHYANG, where CHUH ryhmes with "duh" and CHYANG (again, one syllable) rhymes with "young". Back to the main story.)

The movie is basically about an American teenager (played by Michael Angarano, Jack's son in the TV series Will and Grace) that got transported back into ancient China. The story is inspired by a Chinese legend about the Monkey King. This same legend is also the inspiration for the Dragon Ball anime/manga series.

The movie is directed by Rob Minkoff, the same guy who directed Lion King and Stuart Little.

The action director is Yuen Woo-Ping, the one who also directed the action sequences in The Matrix, Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Yuen Woo-Ping was also Jackie Chan's movie director in Jackie's 1978 movies Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master. (Trivia: In both movies, the funny old drunken kung-fu master was played by Yuen Woo-Ping's own father, Simon Yuen Siu-Tien).

The movie also casts Collin Chou, who played the kung fu guy Seraph in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and who also played Hayate in Dead Or Alive (DOA).

In addition, the movie also stars Crystal Liu Yi-Fei, the girl who played the enchanting Xiao Long Nü ("Dada") in the Chinese TV series Return of the Condor Heroes (aka "Love of the Condor Heroes").

Lastly, yet another Hollywood newcomer is on the cast list. She's Li Bing-Bing, a popular Chinese drama actress. Those people who are fans of Ken Zhu and the rest of F4 might be already familiar with Li Bing-Bing, for they both co-starred in the movie City of Sky.

Test post only

perryv — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:35:00 +0000

Sorry for my long absence.

I.PH Users EB!

perryv — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:47:00 +0000

Peter Juan is going to assemble a grand EB on March 31, Saturday. Meet all the babe-licious I.PH users at the Congo Grill in Ortigas! Yeehah!! :-D

Check out Peter's post for details ;-)

Lyrics and Chords: Sundo by Imago

perryv — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:34:00 +0000

Here's my favorite song from the Blush album, Sundo by Imago.

Chord chart in compact ASCII notation:

      EADGBe
AM7   x02120
A7    x02020
Em9   020032

Sundo
By Imago

(Intro)
A   AM7   A7   D
A   AM7   A7   D

(Stanza 1)
        A                      AM7
Kay tagal kong sinusuyod ang buong mundo

         A7            D
Para hanapin, para hanapin ka

    A                     AM7
Nilibot ang distrito ng iyong lumbay

      A7         D
Pupulutin, pupulutin ka

(Refrain)
E
Sinusundo kita

E
Sinusundo...

(Chorus)
A          Em9
Asahan mo

Bm             D
Mula ngayon pag-ibig ko'y sa 'yo

A          Em9
Asahan mo

Bm             D
Mula ngayon pag-ibig ko'y sa 'yo

(Interlude)
A   AM7   A   AM7 (hold)

(Stanza 2)

    A                    AM7
Sa akin mo isabit ang pangarap mo

         A7          D
Di kukulangin ang ibibigay

   A                    AM7
Isuko ang kaba tuluyan kang bumitaw

         A7       D
Kaya manalig, manalig ka

(Repeat refrain)
(Repeat chorus 2X)

(Coda)

A               Em9
Asahan mo... (inaasam ang sandali)

   Bm
(Sinuyod ang buong mundo)

     D
(Maghihintay sa 'yong sundo)

A               Em9
Asahan mo... (inaasam ang sandali)

   Bm
(Sinuyod ang buong mundo)

     D
(Maghihintay sa 'yong sundo)

A              Em9
Asahan mo...(inaasam ang sandali)

Bm             D
Mula ngayon pag-ibig ko'y sa 'yo

A          Em9
Asahan mo...(asahan mo)

Bm             D
Mula ngayon pag-ibig ko'y sa 'yo

A          Em9
Asahan mo...

    Bm (hold)
Ooh...ooh

Lyrics and Chords: Last Dance by Imago

perryv — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:24:00 +0000

Here's the song Last Dance by Imago. From their latest album Blush.

Chart of "broken chords" in compact ASCII notation:

           EADGBe
DM7        xx0222
DM7/A      x04222
GM7        3x0032
Bbadd9     x13311

Last Dance

By Imago

(Intro)
A   DM7/A
A   DM7/A

(Stanza 1)
A              DM7
I fall down again

A                    DM7
I tripped on your story

   A                       DM7
I fade into another crazy fault

      A                                DM7
Pride on my heel, I've held up one before

(Refrain)
GM7                                           DM7
I wouldn't win if I try to do it all on my own

GM7                                       DM7
Stop me before I begin to believe that I can

(Interlude)
Bbadd9

(Chorus)
        A
If the world divides us now

         DM7
and I'm busy running frightened

     A
Take all I have broken

       DM7
as I fall tracing your steps

         A
So the challenge is this,

            DM7
Would they find what they've been missing?

A
Fate of the world resides...

DM7
(Fate of the world resides...)

(Interlude - plucking)
A    DM7/A

(Stanza 2)
A                  DM7
Waiting for your lead

A                  DM7
I spin for your glory

    A                                      DM7
I couldn't count the times I broke your heart

     A                       DM7 (pause)
But in the end I find myself     starting over

(Repeat refrain)

(Interlude)
Bbadd9

(Repeat chorus 2X)

A
In the heart that bled for...

A
In the heart that bled for this madness...

(Interlude - plucking)
A   ...
A   DM7/A

(Coda)
A       DM7/A
Oh...      Oh...

A       DM7/A
Oh...      Oh...

A                                   DM7/A
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it

A                                   DM7/A
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it

A                                   DM7/A
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it, giving up my pride

A                                   DM7/A
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it, giving up my pride

A                                   DM7/A
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it, giving up my pride

A                                   DM7/A     A (hold)
   Sooner or later, someone's gonna get it...

Eraserheads book launch this coming Wednesday

perryv — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:14:00 +0000

There will be a launching of a book called Tikman Ang Langit: An Anthology on the Eraserheads on Wednesday, February 28 at Powerbooks Live!, 2nd Level Greenbelt 4, Makati City from 3:00 to 6:00 PM. There will be bands performing at the event: Cambio (Raimund Marasigan and Buddy Zabala's band) and Markus Hiway (Marcus Adoro's band).

Tikman Ang Langit is a collection of essays about the Eraserheads. The book also has an official blog. It features a foreword by UP professor Robin Rivera, the producer of the Eraserheads' albums from Circus onwards.

The Eraserheads consisted of Ely Buendia (now with the band Pupil), Raimund Marasigan (whose main band is Sandwich), Buddy Zabala (now the bassist of The Dawn) and Marcus Adoro (now with Markus Hiway).

Election Candidates Polluting the Wikipedia?

perryv — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:29:00 +0000

Wikipedia is supposed to be a neutral, objective and comprehensive source of information on all branches of knowledge, freely contributed by volunteers around the world. But some election candidates are likely going to destroy that...

I was shocked when I heard nearly a week ago that some senatoriables were posting their own entries in the Wikipedia as part of their election campaign. In short, they're turning the Wikipedia into a political campaign platform. Talk about poisoning the well...

As I read their articles one by one, I found that many of them violated Wikipedia's Verifiability and No Original Research policies by not citing credible sources such as newspapers and official documents for their claims. Some even blatantly hurled uncited negative statements bordering on libel. Others also violated Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View (NPOV) by using phrases that expressed their own grandeur and by narrating events that are biased in their favor. Phrases such as "highly-acclaimed" and "championed human rights" read like marketing ads. And phrases such as "successfully staged a political comeback" and "even challenging a more popular bet..." read like an underdog protagonist doing something spectacular in a story.

But in fairness, a few political aspirant entries did manage to cite their sources and write in a neutral point of view.

Admittedly, this is one weakness of Wikipedia. Anyone can edit it. Anyone can add any article to it. That is why Wikipedia is prone to abuse, specifically vandalism. But on the other hand, its weakness is also its strength. Wikipedia is arguably one of the most updated online encyclopedias to date and has a tight quality control. Everyone can police the Wikipedia for abuse and check the articles for violations against objectivity and verifiability. As of this writing, many of the political aspirants' articles are tagged with a "Uncited references" box by Wikipedia editors. Wikipedia editors are also on the watch for incoming election candidate articles.

Here are the election candidates who have their own Wikipedia entries as of this writing: