how to spice up a boring day

I guess that no one’s had a boring day until they’ve had a tuba blown into their ears.

yes, you can be amazed AND depressed at the same time.

Because of the following kid:

This kid right here, whose age is less than the total number of fingers I have… has written an iPhone application. It doesn’t help that headline from this site reads:

“Nine Year Old Kid writes the iPhone Application”

What does that mean??? THE iPhone Application???

“Nine Year Old Kid writes the iPhone Application”

operating word here is: the

What does this mean? He’s written an iPhone App that has the cure for cancer? Hmm…

Judging from the supplied picture it doesn’t look like the iPhone Application everyone must have by the time summer rolls around; I mean, look at those janky shapes and terrible color schemes *I’m secretly trying to one-up myself, but I’m also crying on the inside*. But I’m sure by the time he’s like… 9 and a half (okay, fine, ten), he would’ve written an iPhone application that can manage the lighting system in the house and remotely operate and maneouver his Dad’s vehicle (btw, this has already been done by a team of programmers).

Let me see, what was I doing when I was nine?

Possibly the following action:

I only got 4 minutes to write a post.

So I got four minutes to write a post. Cue Madonna. Justin Timberlake. What exactly are they singing about. 4 minutes to save the world? ‘Not Exactly’ by Deadmau5 playing on my computer. I have 20 minutes actually to reach my 9am design class. It’s our last day so Ms. Beckley has this tradition of sharing donuts with us. I have to shower soon. Because I was up all night finishing projects for 3 classes, and studying for an exam this Saturday at 9am. Seriously 9am exams on Saturdays should be a-bolished. And another thing I have to talk about… this damn crazy week! I have 3 projects due this Friday…

i) 2000 word essay on impact of media on culture (20% done);
ii) final project for Computers/Music class (70% done);
iii) portfolio for design course (50% done);

and then my exam on Saturday morning… which has 3 essays in it and 50 MCQ.

this week is pretty brutal. ok time to shower cheers.

filipinos eat this. i am a filipino.

Ok so I found this on the Internet, accompanied by a play-by-play review of the Americans who ate this thing. I applaud their bravery. I however think they cooked the duck eggs at the wrong time though. I don’t think you usually eat the egg this far into it’s growth stage. Yes, you eat it.

Do you know what you’re staring at? Balut (not safe if you’re squeamish, but if you’ve already read up to here then I applaud your bravery). Filipinos love this. Most of them.

I haven’t had it in ages. I actually went to back to the Philippines in July this year for 2 weeks. BUT I FORGOT TO GET IT. And now that I’ll be in Canada until next June or July, I doubt I’ll be getting any soon. Balut that is.

I know the thought of eating it is disgusting, but it does taste like 25 eggs packed into one. And since it’s high in cholesterol, eating 5-6 at a time is not advisable. My uncle told me that when he was younger he would eat 5-6 at a time and then sometimes pass out.

If you know how to hook me up with it, lemme’ know.

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Some updates:

• I’m planning to start a small poster-making business with my classmate/friend Jei (also a balut-eater, last time I checked). I was thinking of calling the company ‘J & Jei‘. Sounds pretty catchy.
• Also, I’m hoping to return to the radio waves next year on UNBSJ (my old campus) and UNBF (my current campus) radio with a weekly show that’ll be podcasted on a sister blog linked to here. I’m wondering what to call the new radio show.
  • Electric Picnic (kinda a play on the old show; Eclectic Electric. Amilyn doesn’t really like it. Not that I’m seeking her approval or anything. Actually I am. ALL THE TIME. Haha),
  • Making Moves (sounds like I’m a womanizer),
  • Dualism
• In the winter break of December I’m probably going to be working full time for 2 weeks, and I’ll be away to Saint John to spend time with extended family and my ‘cousins’ Phil and Odin. Haha.
• I want to buy a new camera!

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OK gotta get back to my 7-hour study mode. Cheers!!!

i can’t bother to wax poetic or do a narrative for this post so i’m just going to do point form.

1. Started my part time job at the Corner Post last month. What do I do? I handle mail.
   Co-workers: Earl & Heather (she’s almost crazy).
2. Snowed several inches last Saturday. I was NOT happy about it. I had to walk this afternoon in clunky boots.
3. Found a substitute for Mi-Goreng. I am VERY happy about it.
4. Started wearing my black fedora outside 2 years after I bought it in Toronto. Pictures sometime.
5. I sent 1495 text messages last month. Due to certain complications that number will fall dramatically this month. WHY, JEIKY?!!?! Lol.
6. Somehow re-connecting with an ex the fourth time is pretty cool. I’m still single and ready to mingle (sort of).
7. My friend Marian looks like a cat!!
8. I have 35,000 Aeroplan miles which I can either use to redeem flights or merchandise. Possibly a flight to Miami in March for WMC?
9. One of my aunts was recently re-admitted into the hospital. I am currently depressed about it.
10. Christmas is coming. I’m beginning to hate this season. I miss ma fam, dawg. I am currently depressed about it.
11. Sometimes I think Xiaxue is funny. Sometimes I want to hug her. Then punch her in the hair. She is pretty hot, I’ll admit. But way out of my league. And control.
12. There is a plentiful supply of coffee in my apartment, because Eric’s sister has some sort of ‘unlimited access’ to coffee grounds from working with a coffee store.
13. Lost Season 5 starts in January. My Facebook profile says that “i jump up and down everytime this show goes for commercial”. I jumped up and down when I saw the trailer.
14. Sometimes when I go through my music and I hear something fantastic, I tend to move in my seat and bob my head uncontrollably.
15. When I play for a crowd and there’s plenty of energy, I leave the booth to dance with the crowd for half a minute or so.
16. I hope to get called to play at Last Class Bash at UNBSJ next week! *crosses fingers*crosses fingers*
17. Upon telling my sick aunt at the hospital that I wanted to get married soon, she said “That’s good.” She’s so badass.
18. I’ve been trying to convince my friend Melisa to get a phone; and somehow I got myself into saying I’d be buying her a mouse for Christmas. Computer mouse lol.
19. I’ve been sort of browsing eBay for a new Nokia.
20. Go to this site and MAKE SURE YOU NEVER DO THIS IN YOUR LIFE EVER.

you sent HOW MANY messages last month?

Yep. 1495 messages. Interesting!

Here’s My Mashup!!!!

Here’s my mashup of… Rihanna’s Disturbia and Kaskade’s 4AM (Adam K & Soha Dub).

It’s a rather chill track. But IMO it’s pretty good to end a set to. I tried it out the other day, and will probably do so the next time.

Rihanna’s vocals on this one may sound a little weird, and that’s because it’s a rather low-birate DIY acapella (which was the only acapella I could find; I’ve looked everywhere for an HQ one). You may notice the low quality of the vocal… but on large booming speakers it’s difficult to tell.

Anyway… this is my first actual mashup to date that I’ve put up for ‘distribution’. Hope you all like it or find it useful for your own DJ sets.

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Kaskade vs Rihanna – Disturbia 4AM (The Joshi*Toshi Mashup)

download through mediafire or zippyshare

i made my costume in 3 minutes.

around 1pm on halloween day, i was sitting in the library wrecking my brain with my Media Culture assignment and I hadn’t had the time all week to make my possible costume ideas, let alone think about them cause i had a lot of things to do throughout this week!!!

so around 2pm it just popped in my head that i should just go as a gangster. but i didn’t have any of the regular gangster gear…so i called my friend Asmar up and at the halloween gig this is what i looked like…

more pictures to come….hopefully!

a mix from a while back…

This is from one of my episodes of my radio show, Eclectic Electric. I only have two episodes with me… cause I lost all the others when the server in school I was storing all these mixes in suddenly decided to ‘clean’ up all the student accounts. I would’ve stored the mixes somewhere else but I didn’t have the funds for an external harddisk. And I hadn’t heard about Sendspace or Mediafire or anything else… Maybe I can try to ‘recreate’ the old episodes.

Anyway this mix was geared to be something relaxing…so it’s pretty deep. And there are two ‘Christmas’ novelty tracks at the start and finish.

Here it is.

Eclectic Electric 09

Original air date: somewhere around Christmas 2007.
Genres: Deep House, Jazz House, Chillout, J

1. Nat King Cole Trio – All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (MJ Cole Remix)
2. Late Night Alumni – Nothing Left To Say (Album Mix)
3. Satoshi Tomiie – Glow
4. Kings Of Tomorrow – Another Day
5. Chicane – Autumn Tactics
6. Cesaria Evora – Miss Perfumado (4hero Remix)
7. Bent – Magic Love
8. Defender – Bliss
9. Adam Johnson – Four Squares
10. Chicane – Low Sun
11. Tosca – Suzuki
12. Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix)

Get the mix here. (58mins, 80 MB)

Hope you enjoy. It’s a little early to get Christmas-y, but maybe this will start some holiday fire in you… or something. Haha.

If you have any feedback, do leave a comment.

“maybe she’ll send you her lace hanky with a spritz of her perfume”

HAHA. Nikki you’re too funny, much too funny…

But after talking to you I realized one thing: I don’t blog personal. Ok so if you look at the last post with me talking about missing my Mom and Dad… that’s all you’re getting out of me.

The reason I don’t blog personal is because I don’t talk personal either. Sure I like feelings. Sure I’ll cry at a friend’s funeral. But I like/want YOUR feelings. I don’t want to share mine with you. Feelings. Hate that word. Ok maybe ‘hate’ is abrasive. Feelings. Come to think of it I do share my feelings with you. But just ‘tip-of-the-iceberg’ feelings. I realize that this may offend people I’ve met, am meeting now, and am going to meet.

Sor. E.

Joshua’s Mid-October Update

1. I sent over 1000 texts (because I have unlimited texting) and one letter in the last month.
2. I met 4 Filipinos in Fredericton. Jei, Melisa, Jerome, And Earl. And yet again I am the youngest among them.
3. WTH it’s already October.
4. I recently went swimming with Fadia and I’m completely out of shape. I didn’t gain a tubby belly. But I did lose stamina. So I propose a 3-times-a-week swimming routine. Now I have to invest in proper swimming shorts, which means spending, from my shallow pocket.
5. There are over 35,000+ airmiles in my Aeroplan account. With that I can fly from HongKong to Singapore. Return. Worth it? Well I’ll blog about it in a few days.
6. I brought back Milo with me to Canada, fyi.
7. Elections in the US are coming up. And who do I care about? Obama.
8. Number of years I’ve spent in Canada: 2 and a near half.
   Number of years till I move to HongKong/New York/Singapore/England/Philippines/Miami for further education/marriage: 5-7.

   This is a big personal joke though. But people say that even if you joke, you mean it. I really mean this. As a joke.