MYX Daily Top 10 (July 31, 2009) Featuring Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me”

Today is the last day of July and this is a big month for David Archuleta who continues to dominate the countdown with the hit song “Touch My Hand.” Wonder Girls with “Nobody” is on the second spot. Another Taylor Swift song “You Belong With Me” debuts at number 6 yesterday but jumps to number 4 in today’s countdown.

SpongeCola is the only OPM act in the countdown with “Ayt” at number 5.

Top Ten

01. David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
02. Wonder Girls - Nobody
03. 2NE1 - Fire
04. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
05. SpongeCola f/ Gary Valenciano - Ayt!
06. Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
07. Green Day - 21 Guns
08. Linkin Park - New Divide
09. Jonas Brothers - Paranoid
10. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas

Here is the featured song today, Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me.”






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The SONA and ME

You probably think that I’m neglecting this blog lately. I know that some of you are getting bored with my frequent posts about the MYX Daily Top 10. Nothing new. I admit, I have been very busy lately and my mind was all over the place. I can’t find the inspiration to write new noteworthy posts. I don’t want to start complaining so I’ll stop right here, hehehe.

So what’s the talk of the town? I noticed that when I was blog hopping, every Filipino blogger has something to say about the recent SONA or State of the Nation Address of the Philippine President. Well, last Monday passed by just like any other day except that I needed to take a cab so I can go home in time. I live in Commonwealth Quezon City, a few kilometers from the Batasan Pambansa where the President held her supposedly last SONA so I was one of the many people who were agitated with the severe traffic. That I don’t mind much. What is PhP200 taxi fare compared to the two thousand pesos that I have been paying for my taxes every payday? I really don’t mind; I can not do anything about it, anyway. The government can spend it all they want. But a little honesty would have been appreciated. We deserve it. Would it really hurt to tell the truth? We are not living in a fairy tale world. It’s not hard to assess the condition of the country. Just look around you and you’ll see.

I won’t go into much detail and betray this blog’s advocacy to keep on celebrating Filipino pride… If you’re a Filipino, you should know what I’m talking about.

Let me just share this funny text message that was sent to us about the SONA:

“Ano kaibahan ng fairy tale sa State of the Nation Address?
Ang fairy tale, kwentong di totoo na may duwende. Ang SONA ay may duwende na nagkukuwento ng di totoo!”

I won’t even dare to translate that into English, lol.

Peace!



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MYX Daily Top 10 (July 27, 2009) Featuring Jordin Sparks' "Battlefield"

Top Ten

01. David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
02. 2NE1 - Fire
03. Wonder Girls - Nobody
04. Green Day - 21 Guns
05. Jesse McCartney f/ Ludacris - How Do You Sleep


06. SpongeCola f/ Gary Valenciano - Ayt!
07. Linkin Park - New Divide
08. Taylor Swift - White Horse
09. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
10. Jordin Sparks - Battlefield


Here is the video of Jordin Sparks' "Battlefield" which debuts at number 10 in today's countdown:





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It’s great to be back!

I was MIA (missing-in-action) in the blogosphere for only four days but it seems years. It felt like my life was not complete in these days that I wasn’t blogging. (I’m now holding back my tears, *sniff* hehehe) I really missed dropping EC cards and visiting my favorite blogs. Blogging has been a part of my daily routine and it wasn’t the same in the last four days that I don’t have a computer. I consoled myself by watching TV and some episodes of the TV series “Lost” which I enjoyed immensely.

If you are wondering what happened to my old PC, I am still staring at it, the same Jurassic PC. Yeah, it’s a good thing that it was revived although I know that it is no longer as reliable as it was. The technician didn’t even know that he was able to fix it, hehehe. He did a thorough test of all the computer parts to isolate the problem, swapping them with working parts. I could have done this myself but since I don’t have access to other parts for testing, I deemed it’s best to bring it to a technician. After testing, he concluded that there’s a problem with the motherboard like I suspected. Some of the slots are no longer working that’s why it was not detecting the hard disks and CD-ROM. He also mentioned that one of my hard disk was full of bad sectors. However, he said that the PC is now detecting the hard disks although it is still turning itself off after a few minutes. Apparently, the technician has given up. So we tested it and I suppressed my happiness when I saw that it loaded Windows. That is good enough for me! I can take it from there, hehehe. And I was right, I was able to make it work and it has been working fine since yesterday. By the way, I only paid PhP350 for the technician’s service.

I was prepared for the worst when I brought the PC to a repair shop. I knew that if there’s a problem with the motherboard, all of the other parts will be useless since the memory, processor and even the power supply will not be compatible with a newer motherboard. And that type of motherboard is no longer available. It would be like buying a new computer. I have checked the prices of new computers and a good one will cost about PhP20, 000 to PhP30, 000. I am not prepared to shell out that amount of money during this time.

I know that this is just a temporary relief. Sooner or later, I will need to purchase a new computer. But at least, I was able to buy some time. It’s now time for belt-tightening so I can save for a new computer.

I can only say “Thank you” to all my friends, visitors and EC droppers who kept on visiting this blog even in my absence. A special thanks goes out to those who left their comments, I really appreciate it.

It really feels great to be back!


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MYX Daily Top 10 (July 24, 2009) Featuring Jesse McCartney f/ Ludacris in “How Do You Sleep”

Top Ten

01. David Archuleta - Touch My Hand
02. 2NE1 - Fire
03. Taylor Swift - White Horse
04. SpongeCola f/ Gary Valenciano - Ayt!
05. Wonder Girls - Nobody

06. Green Day - 21 Guns
07. Jesse McCartney f/ Ludacris - How Do You Sleep
08. Jonas Brothers - Paranoid
09. Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas
10. Linkin Park - New Divide







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My computer is busted!

I’m actually writing this post on someone else’s computer and I only have 30 minutes to spare, lol. My beloved computer has gave up on me again. This is not the first time, I’m actually getting use to it. I’ve had this machine 8 years ago, yeah I know it’s Jurassic, but I upgraded the processor and the memory. Lately, it seems like it has a mind of its own, sometimes it works perfectly and sometimes it just doesn’t work. When it was playing up, I only needed to wiggle the IDE cables, swap the ribbons and the hard drives and it will work again. But it has been working seamlessly for the last couple of months until yesterday when it went kaput.

It was working Tuesday morning but when I got home from the office yesterday afternoon, it was not booting up and I can not fix it even after 4 hours of tinkering with the machine. It’s going into a repetitive start up and I later on discovered that it is not detecting the hard drives or the CD-ROM. Sometimes it will detect one of my two hard drives or the CD ROM but then if you will swap the IDE cables; it will not detect anything at all. I suspect that there’s something wrong with the motherboard. I am not an expert or I may have become rusty, but at least I know something about PC troubleshooting. Some of my friends would normally seek my assistance when it comes to their PC problems.

But now I’m clueless on how to fix my computer, hehehe. I guess I will have to buy a new PC or a laptop but that will hurt my savings account nicely. And it’s not a top priority as I’m also saving for my house construction next month.

Well, I’ll see if a local technician can fix this problem with minimal cost. I’m crossing my fingers now.

In the meantime, I will not be able to respond to your comments and reciprocate your visits or EC drops. Please accept my apologies. I'll get back to you when this has been sorted out.

That’s all for now. A wonderful day to all of you!



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Filipino pride: Rhap Salazar bags major awards in the World Championships of Performing Arts

Rhap Salazar, a young Filipino singer is the newest addition to the Philippine's World class talents as he took home two major awards in the recently concluded 13th World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Los Angeles, California.

The young singer who was an alumnus of the ABS-CBN talent show “Little Big Star” bagged the Junior Grand Champion Performer of the World and Junior Grand Champion Solo vocalist of the World titles.

Other winners include The Young Voices of Negros who bagged the Junior Grand Champion Group Vocalists of the World prize and Kimverlie Molina who won the top award in the senior vocals category. The country sent 28 performing artists to this year’s WCOPA many of whom won medals in their respective divisions. At least 20 countries participated in the competition.

The World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) held in Hollywood is an annual competition participated by aspiring performers and entertainers from selected countries.

It follows the Olympic-style competition where in gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded to the winners plus $50,000 in scholarships to the Conservatory for Film and Television in New York.

Here's a video of one of Rhap's performances:




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