– All systems are now in order as the country's premier R and B band launches an international music career.
Multi-awarded Filipino band South Border's bid for international stardom started April this year in the United States of America when they performed before stand up crowds at the Viper Room (Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood), the Armory (San Diego, South San Francisco Auditorium), The Gig (Melrose Avenue, Hollywood), the Rhythm Lounge (Downtown Long Beach), the Knitting Factory (Hollywood), the Roxy Club (New York), the Lisner Auditorium (Washington, D.C.), the Pickwick Theater (Park Ridge, Illinois) and at the Maydenbauer Center. (Bellevue, Washington)
All performances were very well-received that the management of the highly popular B.B. King's clubs has offered them to become headliners. In fact, B.B. King's Universal City Walk owner and general manager Dimarkco Chandler was quoted as defining South Border as “the best band that has ever played in B.B. King's”. The band is to perform at BB Kings in Universal City Walk on September 30, October 28, November 18 and December 9.
The band, recently in the United Kingdom had a successful show at the Lampton Park (Hounslow, London, July 16), will be back in the U.S.A. in September to fulfill the coveted offer. B.B. King's clubs are located all over the U.S.A. The said offer has truly emphasized the band's highly promising future as “the next Asian invasion”.
“South Border is just the group to bring it in”, underscored Gian Fiero, Senior Music Reviewer for Musesmuse.com and music licensing specialist whose professional opinion is sought after by music artists around the world. Fiero, whose insightful reviewers have garnered the attention and respect of the music industry's moves and shakers, also added that Jay Durias’ and the group's “fine musicianship...is enough to make it happen”.
Such perspective was also reiterated by Bruce Penn of BAP Media (New York). Penn, the former manager of vocal group Allure, said that South Border “doesn't sound Filipino”.
“They sound like true musicians. This means their music has nothing to do with color and race. They're all about good quality music”, he said.
The band, best known for monster hits “Rainbow” (recognized as the most downloaded song and is also available on AOL Music Now, Daiki in Japan, Vodaphone in Europe, Rhapsody and on iTunes to name a few), “Kahit Kailan”, “Ikaw Nga”, “Wherever You Are” and “Sweet” (the very first Filipino song to be featured in 93.5 KDAY radio station) is composed of Jay Oliver Durias (musical director, keyboards), Duncan Ramos (vocals), Vince Alaras (vocals), Paul Benitez (drums), Ric Junasa (saxophone), Butch Victoriano (lead guitar) and Tata Balane (bass).
In September, the group will fly to Australia for a show on the 9th after which they will proceed directly to the U.S.A.
Sharon Inductivo and Lucy Slattery co-manage South Border. The former is also a gifted lyricist of several well-loved South Border songs while the latter is the former Sony Music Marketing Manager in the Philippines for Local Repertoire. Together, Sharon and Lucy are working with international promoters, press and record distribution companies to exploit the band’s international potential.
Fans all over the world can also now interact with one another online via South Border's Message Board. South Border Street Teams have also been organized. Composed of volunteer fans who help promote South Border all over the world, the teams already exist in Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, London, Australia, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Dubai, Canada, the U.S.A. and the Philippines. Log on to www.thesbstreetteam.com for further details.
-MARIA IRENE S. ASERIOS
SHOWS:
Sept. 09, 2006 at Hills Centre, Australia. "-_SOUTH BORDER LIVE IN AUSTRALIA!_-" Reserve your tickets now at www.merque.com.au
Sept. 15, 2006 "-_MYMP MEETS SOUTH BORDER_-" SOUTH BORDER with MYMP will be at The Grove in Anaheim on Sept. 15 (9 pm) . Tickets available at Ticket Master.com
INVITE FRIENDS & FAMILY MEMBERS TO JOIN THE SB STREET TEAM. if you worry 'bout giving your contact nos. just type in "0". thanks!
ta-ta everyone! have a great weekend! remember to have fun and always be safe!
P.S. Congratulations to the newly wed Razel Q. and to her husband (yes, i forgot his name). I wish you a happy and blessed life together. Catch up with you later.
P.P.S. Happy Birthday to Tita ROSE! and to everyone celebrating their Birthday!
Why "din-din" goes gaga over football and The Pearl of the Orient Seas.
originally written with pen on paper, on July 11, 2006 while the kids i'm babysitting were taking their siesta. (mas tama bang having or taking their siesta? i'm confuse.) edited yesterday and posted today. hehehe.
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober." -G. K. Chesterton
sa totoo lang, it was never about the football game (and no, it wasn't for the abs either). pedeng naging basketball, volleyball or patintero yung laro, walang magbabago.. mega-obsess pa rin sigurado ako doon sa event.
you see, i was born, lived my first 4 years and been living the last 5 years of my life, here in my beloved italia. as i see it, italy is my biological mother while philippines is my adoptive mum.
i obsessed myself with football, not for the love of the game (or the players) but for the love of italy. yes, i love italy. and italy loves me back. i love italy for so many reasons and for no reason at all.. it's complicated... i love italia just because.
and i love pilipinas too.. but on a different level, it's more like i love pilipinas because of the people who live there rather than pilipinas itself. i'm not saying that if by any chance, everyone i know would migrate to somewhere else (and i'm pretty sure that this would NEVER happen), i'd stop caring for pilipinas anymore, no.. it's not like that. but i have my reasons why i can't love pilipinas, just like that.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. -Sir Winston Churchill
i am proud of saying that i am a filipina. no problems. no hesitations. unlike most (not all) filipinos, who'll pretend to be from somewhere else. i am not humiliated by my pilipinas. in spite of it all, i am not ashamed.
napapansin ko kasi, karamihan ng mga pinoy dito, masingkit lang ng konti ang mata, feeling instik na, mag-mukhang mestiza lang ng konti, spanish na agad ang drama. tama bang ikahiya ang sariling lupang sinilangan? tama bang ikahiya ang sariling bansa? karamihan naman ng mga nakilala ko sa tate eh nagiging proud lang na pilipino sila kung kelan wala na sila sa pilipinas. (better late than never?) i am somewhat guilty of this too. almost. not because i abnegate my being a filipino. but because i used to prefer imported goods. not the food. not the music. mostly just clothes and stuffs. hehehe.
yan ang kaibahan ng mga italiano sa mga pilipino. ang mga italiano kahit nasaang lupalop ng mundo sila, sa kabila ng "mafia" at mga eskandalo (gaya ng eskandalo sa football), proud sila to say na italiano sila. mas una nilang sinu-suportahan ang made in italy bago yung sa ibang bansa.
ang mga pinoy, nag-aaral ng ingles para daw maki-pag-usap sa mga turistang bibisita sa pilipinas, ang mga italiano (pwera lang kay monica bellucci na kahit italiano na ang nag-iinterview mega-french pa din ang pag-sagot) ang motto pupunta sila ng italia matuto silang mag-italiano, kung pupunta kami sa londra (london) mag-aaral kaming mag-ingles. gaya nga ng madalas ulit-ulitin ni papà "if you're in rome dance like a roman".
ang mga italiano "priorities" nila ang mga fellow italians nila, -tipong kung nasa bus sila at sitting pretty sila, tapos may 2 sumakay na babaeng parehong buntis, isang italiana at isang amerikana, una nilang i-aalok ang upuan nila sa italiana bago sa amerikana. sa pila sa kung saan man (sa commune/municipio, sa restaurant/fast food, sa ospital, sa eskwela, or sa taxi) first come, first serve sila... compared sa karamihan (hindi ulit lahat) ng mga pilipino sa pilipinas makitang "puti" lang yung nasa pila inuuna na agad o kaya may special treatment.
bihira lang ang discrimination dito, syempre kahit naman yata saan hindi nawawala yun eh. pero once in a blue moon lang yan nangyayare dito. dito kung ano yung kina-kain ng mga mayayaman kaya din kainin ng mga "normal" na mag-tratrabaho. kung anong kayang gawin at kayang puntahan ng mga mayayaman kaya din ng mga "normal" na tao. basta yung normal na tao eh masipag at may trabaho. dito pag-pumasok ka sa isang supermarket kahit naka-pambahay ka lang hindi ka palalabasin. kahit mukha kang hindi naliligo ng 13 araw hindi ka palalayasin ng basta-basta, ma-pwera may mag-reklamo na isang maarteng customer, pero kahit pina-lalabas ka, hindi ka palalabasin ng bastusan, palaging andun yung respeto. dito, or atleast dun sa esselungga, pag-pulubi ka at huminggi ka ng makaka-kain bibigyan ka, hindi ka sasabihan ng "lumayas ka nga dyan, nambwibwisit ka eh!".
<<-off-topic.->> naaalala ko nung minsang dumalaw kami sa pilipinas, sa restaurant (hindi naman sya yung talagang class, parang rose & grace, yung sa batangas, parang ganun) meron inorder si papà tapos sabi nung waitress hindi daw pede yun kasi sa totoo lang daw sira na yung food na yun (oh di baparang may utang na loob pa kami sa kanya??), tapos nung tapos na kami mag-order at nag-pahabol si papà ng mineral water, nakita nya na binigay nung babae yung food sa isang kano, eh hot-tempered si papà sabi dun sa waitress, "ano bang pinag-kaiba ng pera nya sa perang dala ko? baka mas marami pa akong dalang pera kesa dyan sa amerikanong yan eh." malakas pa naman ang boses ni papà, yun bang parang naka-lunok ng megaphone. ang ending ng story? 40% off our check. nyahahaha! <<-end of off-topic.->>
never pa yan nangyari samin dito... sa kahit saang resto. kahit saang fast food. ang hirap kasi dito kadalasan (hindi palage) kapwa pinoy (madalas yung mga teenager) mo ang nag-di-discriminate sa'yo. nakaka-bad-trip. ang sarap pag-babatukan.
<<-off-topic.->> i was once told by a group of filipinos, who at that time i thought could actually be my group of friends, that i cannot be one of them because i was too italian for their taste, using the fact that i was born here as an excuse. after a few days, i found out it was because i wasn't "white" enough for them, i was white enough to be mistaken for a spanish but not as an italian. But this, deserves a new post. <<-end of off-topic.->>
i hated the feeling. i hate it still. and i still hate them.
i think the problem is, that most filipinos suffer from inferiority complex, (and yes, me too. sometimes.) we bring ourselves down. most times, we think that other people are always better than us. that we are not as good as they are and what others do is always better. kaya madalas kahit mismong filipino mas prefer pa nya yung taga-ibang bansa kesa sa kapwa nya pinoy. paki-ramdam nila na kapag ang nga barkada nila puro puti they're better compared to those who only have fellow pinoys as ka-barkadas.
<<-off-topic.->> my father hated going to the philippine embassy, kasi lahat na lang may bayad, mag-papa-authenticate, mag-papa-pirma ng kung ano, hihingi ng application, lahat may bayad. hindi sana bale kung mura lang.. eh sus, kakainin mo na nang isang buong linggo yung sinisingil sayo eh. at hindi din sana bale kung mabait yung mga tao dun sa embassy, kung wala kang kilala dun, ang trato sayo para kang bata na walang alam sa mundo. (Oo, nakaka-gago.) nung una, pini-pilit ko pa si papà na normal lang na may bayad, (pwera lang yung application form) kasi halos lahat naman talaga may bayad na. pero ngayon, naiintindihan ko na kung bakit sya nag-rereklamo, kasi pag-ako ang kumukuha ng mga dokumento, tipong yung birth certificate, wala akong binabayaran. ikaw ba naman ang 30 taon na kung may kailangang dokumento ang anak mo walang binabayaran. kaya pala madalas na bukang bibig ni papà kapag may mag-re-renew na ng passport, na "ang embassy nandyan para tulungan ang mga kapwa pilipino hindi para gawing negosyo ang kapwa pilipino". <<-end of off-topic.->>
i say it again, it was never the football, it was is the feeling it gave me, the sense of belongingness, the feeling of knowing that i am a part of something big, something great, something honest.
i am proud to be a filipina. but i am also happy to live here. i am not a sporty-person but i cheer for both filipino & italian athletes. i support great artists, no matter what the nationality is.
i still think most filipinos are better than italians.
and no, i am not living "la dolce vita". yet.
speaking of supporting great artists. let's support our fellow filipino artists, the South Border (friendster profile).
i'm finally done with the part-time summer job. no more baby sitting chuva. will be posting a LONG post tomorrow. i'll also be moving the webjay player (the one posted below) on the right side of this blog. and there will probably be a new tag-board, like the one that i saw on trish's blog, the neoboard thinggy.
Yes, thou most people would call me a blog-addict (and I AM not), i still have the right to go on leave, right? Right. But I will continue visiting them blog links.
meanwhile, mega-emote muna kayo.. hehehe.
The webjay player is moved on the right side of this blog. thank you.
I love to see the ocean's beauty And the moon that shines above Alone in the sand lookin at the stars Wishing someday I would find true love
Wouldn't be nice to see the morning With the one you love the most Wouldn't be nice to say goodnight To the one you hold so close To your heart, to your heart...
The wind that blows the dove Is the wind that blows my love Hoping to find its way to you Wherever you are
I love to sit in fields of green Looking deeply thru the sky Watching birds as they flap by Hoping someday faith will bring me true love
Wouldn't be nice to hold someone So dear, n near your heart Wouldn't be nice to hear those words I love you, from the one That you love, that you love
The wind that blows the dove Is the wind that blows my love Hoping to find its way to you Wherever you are
The wind that blows the dove Is the wind that blows my love Hoping to find its way to you Wherever you are
I love to see myself one day In the arms of someone Who will share her life with me Selflessly, someday you will find your way, To me . . .
The wind that blows the dove Is the wind that blows my love Hoping to find its way to you Wherever you are
The wind that blows the dove Is the wind that blows my love Hoping to find its way to you Wherever you are, Wherever you are
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
kanina ko lang nalaman na noong linggo pala bandang alas-5 ng umaga, 3 lasing na mga german ang bumugbog at gumulpi sumira sa ilong ni jarrette habang sumisigaw ng "amerkano ka! amerkano ka!", at habang sinusubukan nyang umilag ay sabay syang sumisigaw ng "italiano ako, italiano ako!". makalipas ang 5 minutong bugbugan, tinigilan din sya at sabay na nag-si-takbuhan ang mga lasing.
hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin alam kung bakit galit ang mga german sa mga amerikano at kung bakit sya ang napag-initan.
lesson learned:
kapag umaga ka nang uuwi galing sa diskuhan at nag-iisa ka, mas okei ang mag-taxi kahit medyo mahal.
kapag habang nag-lalakad, nakasalubong ka ng mga lasing at mas marami sila kesa sa'yo (o inyo), umiwas na at pumunta sa kabilang direksyon.
kapag ang mga lasing ay galit sa mga kano, ipag-pilitang italiano ka; kapag sila ay galit sa mga italiano, ipag-pilitang kano ka.
kapag mag-iinom sa tyan ang diretso ng alak at huwag sa ulo.
kapag hindi na kaya, tumigil sa pag-tagay.
kapag nag-iisa at wala ng ligtas sa mga mangbubugbog, sumigaw ng "pulis! pulis!" at habang distracted sila ay tumakbo ng mabilis palayo sa kanila.
at higit sa lahat, 'wag mag-pa-umaga sa kalsada ng dahil lang sa pag-didisko.
Silvio Gazzaniga, sculptor, born in Milan, in 1921, is the artist who designed and created the 2006 FIFA World Cup Trophy said "I want the World Cup to come home".
It's Written in the Sand Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik adds the finishing touches to his sand sculptures of Italian captain Fabio Cannavaro (R) and French captain, Zinedine Zidane at the Golden beach in Puri, east of the Indian city of Orissa, July 8, 2006. Copyright: Reuters
Italy's Alessandro Del Piero, right, kisses the trophy after defeating France 5-3 in a penalty shootout in the final of the soccer World Cup between Italy and France in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Italy's Fabio Cannavaro, center, holds up the World Cup trophy as he celebrates after winning the final of the soccer World Cup.
German dreams of reaching the FIFA World Cup™ Final died in Dortmund as two goals in the final moments of extra time carried Italy into the Final as 2-0 semi-final winners on Tuesday, 4 July 2006.
Italy now advance to their first FIFA World Cup Final since 1994 and their sixth overall. They will face the winners of Wednesday's Portugal-France semi-final in Berlin's Olympiastadion on Sunday, 24 hours after Germany have contested third place with the losers of that match in Stuttgart.
Only a couple of superbly-executed Italian goals could separate these two very evenly-matched teams on a night of high drama in Dortmund. Once again, Marcello Lippi’s side defended magnificently and the superb Gianluigi Buffon has still to concede a goal at Germany 2006 from an opposition player. However, while it is the Azzurri who march on to the Final, Germany - beaten in Dortmund for the first time ever - can reflect on their FIFA World Cup™ campaign with pride, having played throughout with spirit and skill in abundance.
next game, July 9,2006, the final game. _____________ source: FIFAworldcup.com
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anyway, bukas ay isa sa aking mga araw na tinatawag ng marami na "the big day" at para wag akong ma-bad luck, hindi ko muna sasabihin kung anong meron bukas pero wish me luck.. para siguradong maganda ang magiging resulta.
_____________ yur super iro's words of wishdoom:
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Italy cruised into the semi-finals of Germany 2006 with a convincing 3-0 victory over Ukraine in Dortmund on Friday, 30 June 2006.
A sixth-minute strike from Gianluca Zambrotta set the tone for the evening and a second-half brace from Luca Toni merely compounded the misery for Oleg Blokhin’s side. Oleg Gusev, Andriy Gusin and Maksym Kalinichenko all went close for Ukraine, but were denied by a combination of the woodwork and some excellent goalkeeping by Gianluigi Buffon.
Italy now turn their attentions to a semi-final tie with the hosts in Dortmund on Tuesday, 4 July, while FIFA World Cup™ debutants Ukraine will return home justifiably proud of their efforts.
the game started 'round 9 in the evening so, i watched the game "at the comfort of my bed", plus the duomo place was already crowded as early as 5 in the afternoon. so, i wasn't able to watch it from the mega-tv located at the (public) square and take pictures of the post-partita.
anyway, i asked a friend to e-mail me some pictures. and here it is the pictures, after the game..
_____________ yur supir iro's words of wishdoom:
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that. -Bill Shankly, In Sunday Times (UK)
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