Eliel and Yza

When you read an article on a Friday morning saying that Baguio is experiencing the coldest temperature in the past ~50 years, the only logical thing to do is to spontaneously go to Baguio on that same weekend – which was also perfect as a getaway for Yza’s birthday. No preps, no plans because planning is for the weak. =)

Baguio Birthday

"Can't count the years on one hand, that we've been together..."

First line pa lang, jackpot na. This song just perfectly describes where our relationship is now so we decided to cover this for our 6th anniversary post.

And yes, we are still into each other. Even after all this time. <3

Our anniversary was a month long celebration -- there was a treat for the eyes (travel), the ears (music) and the tummy (food).

We went to Davao during the first weekend of September (Pearl Farm Beach Resort and around Davao City) and Pangasinan last weekend. Watch out for the photos!

Today, a day before our anniversary, we started with recording our music cover above (yes, go ahead, scroll up and watch it again. hehe).

And to cap it all off, we indulged with food! First stop was Apartment 1B, One Rockwell.

Six. Still a Perfect Mix. Nothing to Fix.

A lot has changed since our last cover 10 months ago (I can't believe it has been that long, what happened to U.S.??). I had my long hair finally cut (8 months ago) after almost 2 years of not going to a barber shop or a salon while Yza also started sporting bangs for more than 6 months now. Also, Yza transferred to a new apartment which made her really happy -- she now has the luxury to design and decorate her own room as she pleases.

Little Talks

For the past few years, there's always a sure-win solution for boring weekends - a jamming session with Chino, or "Rakenrol" / "Rock en roll" as we often call it.

It always starts with a :

"Tsong!"
"Sup?"
"May lakad ba kayo?"
"Wala naman."
"Rakenrol?"
"Game!"

...or something to that effect.

Most of the time, it doesn't always turn out to be a jamming session - just purely catching up on things about life, law school and whatnot. But during those few times when a jamming session actually happens, we are just Intro-boys (a word play with reference to the '90s Pinoy pop rock band Introvoys) - we seldom finish a song, just until the intro / first parts, then move on to another song. We get bored quickly like that! Haha!

This is one of those very, very, very few moments that we actually finish a song, and what better way to immortalize it than to capture it on video!

The red theme was purely coincidental. The nerdy glasses, though, were last-minute additions to the overall theme.

Here's our take on Karmin's Brokenhearted featuring one of our No. 1 fans (yes, we have more than one. haha.. just kidding).

P.S. This is also the debut video of my new glow-in-the-dark egg shaker. Yey! Maybe next time, we'll shoot a video in a dark room to showcase its glow-in-the-dark features. Hmm, okay, I'll look into that.

Come on, that's right, cheerio! =)

Cheers,
Eliel

Brokenhearted

We're turning 59 months in 3 days, hence this somewhat sweet/cheesy video of us trying to be all Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Not sure if you can see the resemblance, but you will if you look closely. No rolling of eyeballs, please. We're currently in the middle of a very long weekend (4 days!) and we obviously have a lot of time in our hands. :)

Anyway, speaking of our sweet 59th, here are some recent photos of our literal sweet escapes.
Yesterday, we dropped by J.CO Donuts and Coffee and lined up to see what the fuss was about. In the end, regretted not buying a whole dozen because the doughnuts are really good. Oh well, guess we'll have to wait until the hype dies down before we return.

Discovered the nearby branch of Mochiko at Malugay Street. Now, we can drop by anytime we get a mochi ice cream craving. Yey:)

One of our afternoon meryenda food trips at a nearby stall that sells the yummiest, softest bananacues. As in, the best I've ever had in my whole life.

So that's about it for now. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend! :)

xoxo,

Sweet 59

WE ARE BACK! It's been 8 long months since our last music cover (yes, we know, it's a long drought). We have been meaning to come up with our next video the last few weeks but just never had the opportunity to do so... until now.

This is our own rendition of Gavin DeGraw's Not Over You. Hope you enjoy watching the video as much as we enjoyed making it (especially the bloopers. hihi).

Cheers,

Not Over You

Disclaimer: This is a very delayed post. We wanted to do this earlier, but December was not a good month for singing because the cough and colds just moved from E to me and before we knew it, it was New Year's Eve and we had to do it, ready or not. (Like it would actually make a difference!lol) But better late than never. And it's the thought that counts, anyway. Besides, we promised Ago of K.I.D.S. Foundation that we'd blog about this.hihi ;)

The photos in the video below are from our P6 (Pasko ng Pagbabahagi 6) outreach with the Dumagats, an indigenous tribe from the Antipolo area. This is organized by the FEU Tamaraw Volunteers and participated in by various student groups, as well as the K.I.D.S. (Kabataang Inyong Dapat Suportahan) Foundation. The experience was truly amazing because of all the people who were there to help. Hundreds of Dumagats arrived for the medical and dental mission, gift-giving and games. And while we'd like to think that we, the volunteers, touched the lives of the indigenous tribe, we know that the Dumagats touched our hearts more.

I won't be saying a lot here because (hopefully) the video says it all. There's just this amazing feeling that comes with sharing your blessings and making the less fortunate feel the spirit of Christmas. With everything we've received the whole year round, it's great to make others feel that it's Christmas time again. :)

Happy New Year, everyone!

Cheers,

Let Them Know It's Christmas Time Again

Last month, I was on business trip during the week of our 4th anniversary. Today, I am in Costa Rica for business and will be missing again our monthsary in a couple of days. With the 14-hour time difference, it is definitely hard to stay in touch.

We agreed, then, to cover a song that best describes our current situation. With videos from Yza in Makati and videos from me in transit airports and in the hotel, we placed together a video for Simple Plan's and Natasha Bedingfield's song called Jet Lag. Aside from the appropriateness of the song, we just really like it (Proof: this song has already been used twice in this blog) so it's a win-win. =)

...and the spending-monthsaries-and-anniversaries-away-from-each-other streak will continue next month, Yza leaving this time. =( But what matters is we still keep in touch and we always look forward to seeing each other afterwards.

I just hope December will be a different story.

Cheers,

Jet Lag

Inspired by the youtube covers of Tyler Ward / Heather Janssen and Olivia Mitchell / Landon Austin, we took a shot at creating our own rendition of One Republic's Good Life.

♪♫ please tell me-e-e-e what there is to complain about. ♬♩

Cheers,

Good Life

Yza went home to Cebu this weekend for work. It may not seem obvious but an Yza-free weekend is a boring and lazy weekend for me.

So I looked for something to do and stumbled upon Bruno Mars' Lazy Song music video. This wasn't the first time I saw that video but when I watched it again, it gave me an idea! Why don't I make my own music video out of that song patterned after the same concept?

And so I did.

Recorded my voice. Rearranged the room. Improvised a tripod. Shot the scenes. Take 2. Take 3. Wrapped the shoot. Migrated the files. Edited the video. Uploaded....

My best effort as a one-man production team, all in 6 hours.