To my dearest high school friends,

I was organizing my iTunes playlists this morning when I suddenly came upon one of them that I have totally been neglecting! It's entitled "Ash's Faves", and I found out it still contains all the songs that somehow encapsulated everything I was feeling all throughout high school. When I started listening to one of the songs, I swear I felt the most nostalgic I've ever been in months. My chest tightened itself to the point that I couldn't breathe right as I recalled everything I ever went through during those four years, and how all of you have been there to go through all of it with me. *aww sniff sniff* HAHA

Anyway. This playlist has songs by:
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Dave Matthews Band (2nd year ♥)
- Foo Fighters
- Hoobastank
- Imago (The Bestidas!!!)
- Itchyworms (buwan. OMG nostalgia.)
- Jack Johnson (awww acoustic sessions with Teki!)
- Lisa Loeb (3 frets higher AHAH!!! MY FIRST BAND EVER!!!)
- Mojofly (Hex29?!? HAHA)
- Paramita (Tutuband!!!)
- Paramore (those were the times when nobody really knew of them, and we were already playing their songs!)
- Robbers on High Street
- Rooney
- Sixpence None The Richer (KEYS ME!!! HAHAH!!! Alyssa Alano!!!)
- Straylight Run (volleyband! :'c)
- Yellowcard (ouch. everything about this is just...ouch.)

Oh! It still even has Bestidas and Tansan Ni Gaston songs in it. Ahaha aww memories!

I was about to delete this playlist, but what the heck. I'm keeping it here forever. ♥

I'm writing a journal entry for Summer Scream 'cause I forgot to bring the camera! I left it sa van. Grrr. So, no SSS elims pictures from me. :(

Ahh wait, before going on to that...

We had a Deathnote photoshoot earlier yesterday. Me and the other ID people. Naks! Feeling ID na ako ah LOL! Wala pa, 1 month pa before college. Anyway, that was from around 8AM to 4PM. It was super hot! And to think most of us had to wear black! And I had leather pants on!!! And there were times when we had to stay under the sun!!! Yup, Deathnote talaga. WE WERE WEARING OUR DEATH COSTUMES!! Yeah. Wanna see some pics? 1. 2. 3. Click on those. :)

Gosh was I really exhausted after that. So after all of it, the gang went to Starbucks Rockwell to give ourselves a break. I also dressed up there na rin for the gig. After Starbucks, at around 5:30PM, they dropped me off at Pier 1. Then the battle was brought on! =))

Battle of the bands ah. Heheh. :) Met up with the girls there. We kind of had the butterflies 'cause we didn't practice for this. We didn't even know what to play! Hahah pasaway Bestidas. Tsk tsk. Anyway, we decided to play Carousel and Lady Marmalade. And we sucked. For me ah. It's my honest opinion, so don't think I'm really fishing for compliments. =)) LESSON LEARNED: Practice right before a gig. As in before going to the gig itself. Or the day before. Especially if the members suffer from short term memory loss. LOL.

The other bands were great too. I especially liked the performance of Saving Ashley. As always. Naks. And shempre, kapangalan ko. Haha just kidding. :)) I liked their original song, na LSS ako. Haha!

Then there was this band called Keno turns Pink. Kenosis and Pink Salad Days put together I think. They were good. They had a violinist as sexy as her S-shaped violin! Hahaha LOL pero astig astig. :p

There. Those were a few of the many memorable things that happened. :p

Okay, then the announcement came:

5th place: Fill in the Blanks
4th place: Lightning Fast Reflexes
3rd place: The Bestidas
2nd place: Keno Turns Pink
1st place: Saving Ashley

Which turned out wrong. One of the judges made a mistake in computing the scores. Nabawasan kami ng 10 points! Haha!! So yeah, here's the revised list of winners:

5th place: Fill in the Blanks
4th place: Lightning Fast Reflexes
3rd place: Keno Turns Pink
2nd place: The Bestidas
1st place: Saving Ashley

We won 2nd. :) so, off to the finals on June 8. And Hymn of Siren might be playing as a guest band on the 2nd elims which is on May 26. Catch us whenever? :)

Start:	May 10, '07 7:00p
Location:	Katips, Katipunan

HEATWAVE
Bands making waves in the music scene

Featuring:
♥ Switchback
♥ Vinnie and the Hello Kitties
♥ Messy Road Trip
♥ THE BESTIDAS
♥ Surface Tension
♥ The Apes
♥ Miko's Apartment

It will be held at Katips, Katipunan on May 10, this Thursday! Show
starts at 7pm and tickets are sold at 150 pesos each with free
beer/icetea and an open buffet.

Guys, please support The Bestidas. The battle has a voting system I think, so we'll need a lot of support 'cause I think the other bands are bringing a lot of audience. Tapos kami wala. Haha! Oh well. :)) Hope to see you there. :)

April 30, 2007

Shot at: my house

Using: my digicam

By: Teki Diaz

"Directed" by: Andrea Tatad (actually siya lang yung nagsabi ng "Lights, camera, action!" na line. :))

Edited by: Ashley Gosiengfiao, Aziel Ocampo, Andrea Tatad, and Max Casaclang

BG Song: Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne

Hahahaha!! Enjoy. :))

[EDIT]
Ang tunay na direktor pala ay si ginoong Timothy John Mallillin. HAHA!
[/EDIT]

We were supposed to practice today for some live demo, but only Dreps and Max came. Lol. So we recorded instead. Hahah we got bored. :p

This is a song by Paramita by the way. :)

Vocals: Maxine Casaclang
Vocals (2nd): Andrea Tatad
Guitars: Ashley Gosiengfiao

These are mp3s of live performances of The Bestidas:

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The Bestidas at Aftershock
(July 29, 2006)
AGH. All I could say is...kadiri. Hahahah! We were so bano!!! And the quality of this file is crap. But for those who want to listen to it, it's up fer grabs right here. :)) The songs we played were:

♥ "Here We Go Again" by Paramore
♥ "Love Fool" by The Cardigans (but in our own version)
♥ "Carousel" by Paramita

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The Bestidas at Urband Battle
(March 27, 2007)
A much better Bestidas. Better quality too, thanks to Erving. I converted his video to an mp3. :) The songs we played here were:

♥ "Suspension" by Mae
♥ "A Little More" by The Bestidas ;)

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A LITTLE MORE
The Bestidas

Hear my song
It has been waiting for so long
Finally, playing our melody
Wanting to let it out
This is destined to be

Hold my hand
Feel my heart
Hear it beating for you

Hold on this time
Let's plan on forever
I see, I see tomorrow
When your eyes look into mine
Dream away with me forever
Tell me that you'll leave me never
Hold on
A little more

Captivated
You've got me both mind and soul
(This sounds different)
We've got no more time for questions
You have made me whole
(You have made me whole)
Finally, you've answered my song

Hold my hand
Feel my heart
This time beating with yours

A little more

March 27, 2007
Zirkoh

This video makes me wonder why we won first place. Hahahah. :)) daming mali grr...

Thanks Erving for shooting this video!! :D

Pictures coming soon. Mp3 could be downloaded here. :)

MEMBERS:
Maxine Casaclang - Vocals
Andrea Tatad - Vocals
Ashley Gosiengfiao - Lead guitar/vocals
Abee Mena - Rhythm guitar
Sam Mena - Keyboard
Teki Diaz - Bass
Maya Apeles - Drums

SONGS:
1. Suspension by Mae
2. A Little More (original)

February 17, 2007

This is my band, The Bestidas, playing Carousel by Paramita in the LSGH fair. :)

Sorry kung putol hahahaha...

Thanks Cris for shooting the video. :D

I just discovered that ants have taken over my waterjug. There's this really tiny space where they store their food. And yes, that includes dead bugs. Lots. And you know how anthills look like? Those little lumps made out of soil? Yup. They filled that space with soil.

Agh. I hate ants. They should all burn in hell!! Or I could burn them myself! MWAHAHAH.

Remind me to dispose of that waterjug, please.


Oooon a lighter note, a number of good things happened to me today. I was elected as one of the class peacekeepers. The other one was Maya. :) Not that I want to be one, but it'll add to the things I could write in my ACET application form. ;) I also received a letter offering me Math enrichment classes. For P8000. NO WAY. Besides, I have to attend volleyball training after class. Errm, it's a great opportunity though.


As some of you have probably seen already, I've set up a poll regarding Hex29's bandname. Please vote for what you think sounds the nicest. Thanks. :)

EDIT!!!
Please vote for my sister. :) She's cosplayer #1. CLICK!

March 24, 2006 (madaling araw)

We had nowhere else to go, so we stayed in my friends' room. Nakakabaliw tong video na ito. Just watch it. ;) It's kind of dark...but bearable.

Featuring:
Cris and Drew on guitars
Dreps as stuntman
Max and EJ as the main couple

Hahaha....