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I was excited to attend the ToyCon after attending the Mangaholix a few weeks ago. I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about it especially from Azrael and my boys were set on going. Miguel and I tried to find something we could wear, but lost time since school started already. Anyway, as Miguel and I approached the Megatrade Hall we saw a looooot of people lined up dressed up for the cosplay event. There were even boys dressed up as girls (too bad I got shy to take a photo).

Anyway, here are the photos I took yesterday -

Photos available for download in my Multiply site.

I met Nyoy about 15 summers ago. We were kids having fun in a theater workshop in our community and that’s where we became tinikling partners! LOL. I’d never forget that day because my foot got caught in the bamboo while we were performing. A painful experience I’d never forget, but I smiled through that since we were, uh, performers that night. Even then Nyoy had a golden voice. He was the rave in the community and nearby communities.

After that summer most of us went our own way. Went through college. Started working. Some went abroad. One thing though for those who stuck together - we surely were Nyoy’s fans. He doesn’t know it but we’ve watched some of his concerts, but were too shy to say hi. I bumped into him a couple of times through the years, but I never expected to come face-to-face again with him since we’re obviously in two different worlds.

Sweetie surprised me with a copy of “Heartstrings” a couple of weeks ago. We both didn’t expect that there would be an album launch, but I made an album review anyway for Titikpilipino.com. Another surprise, Sweetie got invited to attend the album launch and guess who tagged along? Me! Too bad my best friend’s in Cebu, he would’ve wanted to go as well.

I felt quite sheepish when Nyoy suddenly waved at me while he was being interviewed on-cam. Entertainment media icon Mario Dumaul even looked back to check who Nyoy saw. Meeh. Hehe (covers head with a paper bag). Anyway, I must say that Nyoy is still very much the same guy I met when we were kids and I’m so proud that he continues to produce great music. In this video he talks about his new album “Heartstrings”.

And below is the carrier single of his album, “Because”. I asked Nyoy if he were to choose one song from the album that would describe his life now what would it be. He chose “Because” coz he thinks that’s what one should do, “to love and just make someone happy”. In love? Yihee. Anyway, he knows where I live, so before he comes and bonks my head for that quip here’s the video:

For more info about Heartstrings and to order online please go here. My album review can be found here.

A couple more songs I got during the launch:

No More Lonely Nights
more coming!

When I was about to wrap a gift for my niece, Kuya Andrew had the brilliant idea of filming me and making me give some instructions ala Martha Stewart.

Here’s a video of me wrapping a book for my one-year old niece:

Some Gift-Wrapping Tips and Notes:

1. Work on a clean, flat surface.
2. Use sharp scissors
3. Use magic tape (Scotch brand) because it looks cleaner.
4. When wrapping a gift for kids, choose a wrapper with a character or design they would like and stick with their favorite colors.
5. Don’t tape or stick the wrapper to the item itself. Either wrap the item in plastic first or wrap in such a way that would require you to tape the wrapper to the item.
6. Note that I was wrapping a gift for a one-year-old, and her mother or father would be opening it for her. If I was wrapping a gift for an older kid, I’d make the wrapping less complicated, and with less tape so the kid would have an easy time opening it.

Have fun!

{Pardon the constipated, “I’m shy,” mood because it was in the middle of a cafe and… a cousin was there, and I really wasn’t in a camwhoring mood. :P}