On my phones: Sugarfree LIVE!

Ok.Obviously, I'll ask you guys to buy it, or at least listen to it. I bet you've heard at least one of Sugarfree's great singles. Well, here's one of their hits, with a twist:

Edit: imeem's history now so the clip's gone. It's basically violins playing "King and Queen of Hearts" then the band strikes up their single, "Prom." Got the connection?

While you're listening, you can read on...

Sugarfree is my favorite OPM band right now. It's my favorite band ever next to the Eraserheads and Parokya ni Edgar. We've been playing their latest cd in the car for a while now and I just had a MANCOMM idea. I'll talk about it later on my next post, right now, here's a flashback:

I remember my sister telling me about it and got excited when she bought it the day after. We played it as soon as we got to the car. It's like having my eyes closed while listening to it, although I was quite wide awake since I was the one driving. Next thing I knew, my left feet was stomping with the beat, so did my hands in the steering wheel and my head was just moving with them. It's a perfect combination of modern and classical music. It's like a marriage made in heaven.

I salute Ebe, Jal, Kaka, the Manila Symphony Orchestra, and everyone involved for a job well done.

If you like what you're hearing, you'll love the whole album, complete with 18 of their best songs. Some of my favorites are: Prom, Sablay, Telepono, Kung Ayaw Mo Na, Huling Gabi, and Burnout. But I think the best ones of all are "Kailan ka ba?" and the one that answers it, "Ikaw pala" from the album "Tala-arawan." If you haven't heard of them yet, it's because they haven't been released as singles yet. I kind of hope that they won't be so that I won't hear everybody singing two of my favorite songs all the time. Nakakasawa naman din yun no? Hehe...

Basta. Go buy the Sugarfree LIVE! album. You won't regret it. There's also a bonus disc. I'll talk about it later.

MANACOM Report 2, Palistuhan

Now it's time to post some "thoughts and discoveries about communication strategies being used by practitioners."

It's been going on for a while but since it's still happening, I might as well post it.

Nescafe, I think, made a very great way to promote its product and make their audience enjoy it. I'm talking about the new Nescafe Iced Coffee. I heard on the radio that contestants can actually rap agianst each other, answering each rap until they blank out, just like what they did in the TV ad. And boy what a great commercial it is.

Pairing up master rapper Francis Magalona with funny man Ramon Bautista is I think, very brilliant. As in genious! It made my stomach hurt laughing. If you've watched only the 30 second commercial, you may not be getting what I'm saying. Watch the whole thing right here [under "About the Product"]

You should also try the palistuhan game. It has hard, simple, and even stupid questions whose answers would make you go: "Why didn't I think of that?" It's a very good way to waste time while surfing the net. You'll enjoy the questions, you'll find yourself moving with the beat, you can find out your rapper name [I turned out to be "Kid Nasty Jab"], and you won't even notice that you can win a prize doing it.

Of course, it's all for promoting and selling the product. For 10 pesos, it's actually very small [Just look at my hand on the picture], but I think it's fair for an iced coffee and it definitely won't stop me for buying them again. The guys at nescafe really did a great job promoting it. They are just brilliant. Otherwise, I wont be blogging about it. Hehe...

I'm on my way completing my second set of 100 questions on the palistuhan quiz. You guys should try it. Click the link above. So ano? Listo ka ba?

Edit: R.I.P. Francis Magalona. Saludo ako sa'yo at sa mga pinoy na kagaya mo.

Striding and digesting

Hi! Since I have 2 and a half more hours until my next class and my friends haven't arrived at school yet, I think I'll update my blog.

So. Yesterday night, my sister got home from her 4 day vacation at Macau and Hong Kong. [Hi Ate Lea!] My mom and little brother, Chris, were supposed to pick her up at the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport but we went to SM Clark first. While my mother went shopping and my brother was beating his high score [again] at time crisis 4 , I spent my 200 pesos food tripping while walking around the mall.

I bought a new flavored Plato Wraps [Grilled Cheese and Garlic], a brownie fudge Ice Monster [most of the flavors were out of stock] , and fried noodles from Oi!, while walking around the mall for about three times. We then had dinner at Shakey's. Chris and I devoured the mojos and fried chicken while mom enjoyed her spaghetti. We then ordered 2 more thin crust pizzas for take out and walked around the mall until our legs hurt.

We went to the hypermarket where I saw some Nescafe iced coffee that gave me an MANCOMM idea for my next post. Hehe...

After that, we went to the airport, met with my sister [whose ears are apparently still popping], and drove all the way home and got there at around 1130pm. She brought me home a Macau shirt and 20 patacas, Macau's currency. Collecting foreign currencies is one of my small hobbies. [Haha! Masaya na ko dun!] And that's what happened yesterday. Hehe...

[Still trying to find out kung pwede mag-emoticons dito] Ü

MANACOM Report 1, Orgcom

Dont mind the title, I just like to call them "reports."

So, since this blog is one required for us in school, we were told that it has to contain our "thoughts and discoveries about communication strategies being used by practitioners." As of now, I really can't think of any.

Luckily, we were told that we "might want to share [our] thoughts about why orgcomm practitioners are important in organizations." Haha... it's one of the questions frequently asked to us every term.

Well, organizational practitioners are people who are trained to deal with communications, internally or externally, in an organization. We are trained on different communication theories, methods, and skills for different situations that could arise in an organization. Public relations and organizational change and development are only examples that could give you an idea of what an organizational communication practioner does, and what it is all about.

Of course, other people might think that anybody can do that. I agree. Anyone who knows how to deal with people can do it. That is exactly what we are trained for. We are brought up to specialize in this field, with courses heavily focused on communication and organizational theories and research, and this can assure you that we know what we are doing. Communication is very important in an organization, and if it fails, so does the organization. That's why we are important. Besides, additional courses on photography, video production, graphic design, and other communication tehnologies can never hurt. Right?

The blog is on!

Hellooooooooo world!

Welcome to my blog. I would like to congratulate you for being the one of the first people reading this. Hi Ms. Apolo! [wala bang emoticons dito?]

Haha...

So, anyway, about me: I'm Michael Buen Abueva, a 20 year old, organizational communication student at the De La Salle University, and the only reason I am making this blog is because everyone in our class is required to make one. Hehe.

This is actually my second blog. The first one is also a requirement for my philosophy class 2 years ago. I didn't like how it turned out so I deleted it after the term. Hay nako... I'm obviously not one of those people who enjoy blogging but I'm keeping my fingers crossed so that this blog could survive well after the term. Haha.

I'm not expeting anyone to read this aside from my prof, my classmates, my family, and my friends. [I'll ask you guys later this week kung bumisita kayo at malalaman ko kung hindi. Hehe]

Forgive me if my first post is lame. Like I said, I'm not the blogger type. So join me and let's see if this blog can actually survive. This is Micky, Michael, and Buen's blog. This blog begins and ends with me.