The only decent pic I took while in Tagaytay since all...

The only decent pic I took while in Tagaytay since all sight’s covered in fog and rain ☕☔ (at Leslie’s Tagaytay)

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Late post: Chamchi Omelette🍴 (at Chef’s Noodles)

Late post: Chamchi Omelette🍴 (at Chef’s Noodles)

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The only decent pic I took while in Tagaytay since all...

The only decent pic I took while in Tagaytay since all sight’s covered in fog and rain ☕☔ (at Leslie’s Tagaytay)

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Late post: Chamchi Omelette🍴 (at Chef’s Noodles)

Late post: Chamchi Omelette🍴 (at Chef’s Noodles)

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Utang na Loob...

"Hindi siya marunong tumanaw ng utang na loob..."

"Wala siyang utang na loob..."

Familiar ba? 'Yan yung usually na naririnig natin sa mga taong medyo imbyerna pag may nagawa silang pabor para sa ibang tao pero hindi ito nasuklian. Pero kung iisipin mong maigi, parang may mali ata? 

"Debt of Gratitude". Para sa akin, isa ito sa utang na pinakamahirap bayaran kasi, para sa iba, pwedeng forever ito. #mayforever :p

Kung sa materyal na bagay sana, kaya itong mabayaran. May exact na halaga. Nangailangan ako ng 1k pambayad ng bill. Pinaheram mo ako. Utang na loob ko yung 1k na yun sa yo. Eventually, babayaran kita ng 1k. Quits na tayo.

Eh paano kung ganito ang scenario?

Nung bata tayo, naglalaro tayo sa may ilog (oo kunwari malinis pa ilog nun :p). Nagka-pulikat ako, malalim na area ng ilog, nalulunod ako, niligtas mo ako. Salamat. Utang na loob ko sa 'yo buhay ko. Fastforward to 20 years. Kunwari judge na ako. Kunwari binalik ang death penalty. Ang nahawakan kong kaso is murder. Sa lupit ng nagawa ng akusado, death penalty dapat ang pataw na kaparusahan. Nakita mo ako. Nagulat ako. Tatay mo pala ang akusado. Eh naalala ko yung ginawa mo dati. Pano na yan?

Paano mo nga ba naman babayaran ang "gratitude" di ba? Hindi naman pwede idaan sa simpleng "Thank You" lahat. Depende ba ang pagbayad sa level ng favor na ginawa ng isang tao? Paano kung life changing ang favor na yun? Forever ka bang tatanaw ng utang na loob? Paano kung wala ka nang maibigay? Bilang isang anak, hanggang saan ang "utang na loob" mo sa iyong magulang? Bilang magulang, masasabi mo ba sa anak mo na "may utang na loob ka sa akin" pag dumating ang panahon na nagkakalabuan na kayo? Kung ikaw ang kaibigan ng magulang na iyon, masasabi mo ba na "walang utang na loob yang anak mo".

Pero kung iisipin mo, di ba ang pagtulong sa kapwa ay "sa sariling kusa"? At pag sinabi mong "sa sariling kusa", wala kang ine-expect na kabayaran. So, saan nanggaling yung litanya na "wala kang utang na loob"?

Mabilis lang kasi sabihin na "wala akong ine-expect na kapalit" pero yan ba talaga ang panghahawakan mo? Pag tinitingnan mo ngayon ang anak mo, hindi ba talaga dumaan sa isip mo na "balang araw, siya na ang bubuhay sa kin"?

Para sa akin, ang "utang na loob" ay isang magandang bagay. Hindi mo kasi makakalimutan ang tao na gumawa ng pabor sa iyo. Maliit man ito o malaki, may naging epekto ito sa iyo. Pero kung maaari, wag sana mag-expect na mababayaran ang utang na loob. Kaya nagkaroon ng utang na loob ang isang tao ay dahil tinulungan mo siya. Sariling kusa ang pagtulong UNLESS may "something" sa pagtulong Na yun :)

LRT/MRT Etiquette 101 for GIRLS/LADIES/WOMEN

Tulad ng isang commuter na Juana, ako ay sumasakay ng LRT araw-araw. Papasok ng trabaho, papunta sa gimikan, pauwi, etc. Kadalasan sa area ako ng babae sumasakay. Alam niyo na, para "safe"-kuno at sa tingin ko, maraming babae ang maga-agree sa akin sa observation ko na to: 

MINSAN TALAGA MAS GARAPAL AT BALASUBAS PA MGA BABAE KESA SA MGA LALAKI PAG NASA LRT. 

Kaya may mga babae na mas gusto sumakay sa unisex area kasi doon kahit papano di sila naha-hassle (shempre di naman sa lahat ng panahon). May mago-offer sa ‘yo ng seat, minsan didistansya sila kasi ayaw nila maisip mo na minamanyak ka nila. Pero di rin maiiwasan na sadyang may mga g@g0 at mapagsamantala sa area na yun.

Sa area ng babae (again, may instances lang naman) dedma sila kung naha-harass ka. Minsan sila pa galit pag ikaw nape-perhuwisyo. Makanti mo lang accidentally, titingnan ka ng masama or magco-comment ng “ano ba naman yan”. Minsan din, may mga babae na di ko alam kung kulang sa edukasyon or sadyang manhid lang lalo na kung may nakikita silang matanda o buntis. Aba. Dedma sila kung nakatayo yung matanda sa harap nila. Minsan comment pa nila na “dapat nasa first cart sila”. Pano naman sila pupunta dun kung sa first cart puno na ng mga bata at “not so senior” na babae? May mga babae din naman na tinalo pa ang megaphone sa lakas ng boses pag nakikipag-kwentuhan. Take note, katapat lang nya kausap nya. Shempre, meron din namang mga babaeng commuters na saludo talaga ako. Sa susunod na post ko na lang yun i-share pag sinipag pa akong magsulat.

Kaya ko ginawa itong post na ito ay para mabigyan ng "wake up call" ang mga babaeng commuters na mejo nakakalimot na sa tamang asal habang nasa tren. Well, mainly it’s some sort of a rant but at the same time, it’s purely COMMON SENSE etiquette when riding the LRT. Baka kasi may mga kabaro tayo na “nakalimot” lang kasi pumupungas-pungas pa tuwing umaga or sadyang “pagod” lang sa work or sa gimik. Hindi ako nagmamarunong or nagmamagaling. Gusto ko lang i-share thoughts ko as a fellow female commuter. Anywayz, tapos na ang mahaba kong into =P Ang post po na ito ay base lamang po sa aking sariling opinion at obeservations.

Let’s get to business!

Pag ikaw ay nasa female only cart:

1. Pag may nakita kang buntis o matanda, paupuin mo naman. Seriously, kelangan ko pa ba i-explain ito? Kahit sa tingin mo hindi nahihirapan si lola/lolo/soon-to-be-mom, sana may decency ka na paupuin sila since kaya mo naman tumayo. Unless may iniinda kang physical and/or health issues, excused ka sa item na ito pero pag nagmamaganda ka lang, aba. Mahiya ka naman.
2. Awat minsan sa volume ng boses pag nakikipagkwentuhan. Isa sa masayang part ng byahe ay yung may kasama ka at may kabiruan, kakwentuhan. Masaya minsan makipagkwentuhan ng walang sense. Pantanggal stress. Pero kung ang boses mo naman ay mala-megaphone sa lakas, ibang usapan na yun. Hindi lahat gusto malaman kung pano kayo nag-away ng BF mo. Hindi lahat naiintindihan inside jokes nyong magkaibigan. At pinaka importante, hindi lahat gusto ma-spoil ang susunod na panonoorin nilang movie. Pero minsan, nakakatuwa rin if may marinig kang funny stories and “quotable quotes”.
3. Pag siksikan sa LRT, pakibaba naman po ng mga bags lalo na kung ito ay nakasukbit sa balikat mo. Keber kung shoulder bag o backpack yan. Ano ba naman ate? Baka di ka aware na yung space na nao-occupy ng bag mo ay para na rin sa isang tao. Pan-isahan lang naman binayaran mong ticket di b? Hindi naman ata hassle na hawakan mo muna yung bag mo sa kamay mo at ibaba mo muna di ba?
4. Kung siksikan sa train at malayo ka sa “safety handles” wag naman po natin piliting i-abot yung handle. Minsan kasi ayaw ng ibang babae na makipagsiksikan sa kili-kili mo. Minsan, hindi rin lahat ng babae ay flexible at contortionist ang side-line. Isipin nyo naman yung kalagayan nung iiwas sa braso mo. Try mo makiusap sa katabi mo if pwede sa kanya ka na lang humawak (balikat or braso, ok? Wag abusado! Hahaha!) Malay mo, magkaroon ka ng new friend =P
5. Pag may nag-“Excuse Me” at bukas ang pinto ng train, malamang sa malamang lalabas yung taong yun. Pag ikaw ay nasa tapat ng pinto, please naman baka pwede bumaba ka ng saglit para makababa yung mga bababa. Hindi naman basta-basta sasara yung pinto ng train at if ever marinig mo yung warning buzzer at hindi pa tapos bumaba lahat, sigaw ka lang ng “WAIT KUYA! MAY BUMABABA PA!” maririnig ka naman ng guard kahit papano since malapit naman female area sa guard stand. Pero bilisan mo rin pagakyat mo at wag ka magpapasingit ng abusado. Baka ikaw naman maiwan. Sa mga natabig naman habang may bababa, konting pasensya naman. Siksikan nga eh. Pero kung ikaw at nasa tapat ng pinto at tinabig ka, ibang usapan na yun. Try mong lumabas ng saglit. Tingnan mo, di ka matatabig. Pasasalamatan ka pa! Di ba amazing?!
6. Bago magalit, alamin muna kung may “K” kang magalit. Ikaw rin, baka ikaw mapahiya. Na-experience ko na yung bababa na ako then nag-excuse me ako ng ilang beses tapos ayaw gumalaw nung tao sa harap ko. Alam kong naririnig nya ako dahil hindi sha naka-earphones or headset. Sorry na lang at pinagsiksikan ko sarili ko (liit ko pa naman. Hahahaha!) para makalabas. Nag-comment sha ng “Ano ba!” sabay ismid. E di sumagot lola mo ng “kung bumaba po kayo ng saglit, di po kayo natulak”. Tumawa yung mga kasama kong bumababa. Nage-explika lang po. Pasensya na po sa mga nakaharang. Nahiya naman ako sa inyo *eyeroll here*
7. Sa mga nagha-high ponytail or high-bun, wag naman po sana magulo ulo nyo pag nasa train. Hindi po lahat gusto makiliti ang ilong sa ponytail nyo. Di rin po lahat kumakain ng buhok kaya iniiwasan po namin hair nyo. Lolz!
8. Ito, for some reason di ko talga matanto bakit ganito ugali ng ibang commuters. Pag may dumating pong skip/escape train, wag naman magtulakan papasok. Naman ate… Wala ngang tao sa loob eh.  And luwang oh... Makakapasok ka rin. Pwede ka pang tumambling. Kalma lang. on the other hand, yung iba rin naman, pag papasok ng train, mejo bilisan naman natin maglakad. Hindi ito fashion show. Actually, mas mabilis pa nga ata maglakad yung mga nasa catwalk kesa sa inyo. Hindi po ba maaari na normal lang ang paglakad at pagpasok natin sa loob ng tren?
9. Commuter din ang mga kasabay mo, hindi pader. Aminin. May mga times na may nakakasabay ka na akala ata ay pader ka. Kung hindi man pader, sofa. Yung tipong wagas kung makasandal. Ikaw nagba-balance at sha naman naka-sandal sa yo para di sha malaglag. Sa mga nasandalan, try niyo biglaang gumalaw habang nakasandal sha. Winner ang expression nyan. Hehehe
10. Utang na loob… WAG MAG-STILETTO SA TRAIN! Jusko Lord hinding-hindi ko makakalimutan yung experience ko na siksikan tapos natapakan ako ni ate na bongga ang stiletto. Dun lang ako nakapagmura ng mas crunchy pa sa bagong chicharon and pringles combined. Di rin ako makalakad ng maayos for almost a week.

As girls, minsan ‘di naman natin maiwasan na sumakay sa ‘unisex’ area. Alam mo yung scenario na tumatakbo ka papasok ng train habang naririnig mo yung warning buzzer? Yung tipong parang action star dating mo sa paghabol bago magsara ang pinto. Usually di ba yung pinakamalapit na area is yung pan-unisex? So, eventually dun ka sasakay. Sa totoo lang, sa experience ko, mas comfortable sumakay dun especially kung babae ka kasi kahit papano may mga “gentleman” pa rin naman sa mga lalaki. Pero, at the same time, mejo nakakahiya din for me kasi tayo pwede sa area ng guys pero sila restricted sa area ng girls (unless, of course, kung LRT official ka or senior citizen).

Kapag ikaw ay nasa ‘unisex’ area tandaan:

1. Protektahan ang dapat protektahan. Hindi naman natin masasabi kung sino ang mga walang hiya sa hindi so dapat i-protect mo dapat i-protect. Kung pinoprotektahan mo sarili mo at na-harass ka pa rin, magsumbong sa kinauukulan. Pero kung hindi ka man lang sumubok, well, malas mo.
2. Isa ito sa pinakaimportanteng observation ko sa LRT/MRT. Hindi porke’t babae ka e RESPONSIBILITY ng mga lalaki na paupuin ka. Aba, nahirapan din silang pumila, sumiksik at nakipagsiksikan noh. Pareho lang kayo na may binayarang fare. If meron nag-offer ng seat nya sa yo, magpasalamat ka ng maayos. Yung naririnig. Hindi pabulong. If hindi naman i-offer say o seat mo, aba wag ka magalit at lalong wag kang magparinig na hindi sila gentleman. Bakit? (1) May sariling area sa LRT na pam-babae. Dapat andun ka. In short, nakikisakay ka lang. (2) Hindi ka naman buntis, matanda o may kapansanan. Bawal maging feelingera. Lolz!

So… Ayun! Again, lahat ito ay base lamang sa akin sariling opinion at observations. Sa mga umabot sa parteng ito ng post ko, salamat sa pagbabasa =) Apir!

Welcome to the house of Tsukemen–Mitsuyado Sei-men

I’ve always been curious as to how tsukemen would taste like. I often see them while watching Japanese movies/shows. All I know is you have this soba (noodles), dip them into sauce, try to look Japanese (ok I made this one up) and eat it. The Japanese seems to be enjoying it and they say that the dip would “depend” on the person’s taste (of course!) and sometimes, the season. Cold soba – hot dip, hot soba – cold dip, etc. I’m sure you get my gist :P

Anyway, I was not in a hurry to know the tsukemen experience but then my co-Arashist friend invited me to try out Mitsuyado Sei-men. As soon as I heard then words “House of Tsukemen”, it was a no-brainer when I agreed. No hail nor storm will stop me from experiencing tsukemen!

Eiga Sai 2013: Movie Line-up

Here are the Eiga Sai 2013 Movie line-up. If I happen to get the wrong movie, please do inform me so I can make the necessary changes =) All movie summaries, descriptions and images are from AsianWiki. All credits to them.

• About Her Brother
  (Sayuri Yoshinaga || Tsurube Shofukutei || Yu Aoi || Ryo Kase || Nenji Kobayashi || Haruko Kato || Yuriko Ishida || Takashi Sasano || Fumiyo Kohinata || Leo Morimoto) 
• Castle Under Fiery Skies
  (Toshiyuki Nishida || Shinobu Otake || Saki Fukuda || Kippei Shiina || Tokuma Nishioka || Ikkei Watanabe || Taro Yamamoto || Takuya Ishida || Renji Ishibashi || Susumu Terajima || Miki Mizuno || Takashi Sasano || Hiromasa Taguchi || Shozo Endo || Isao Natsuyagi || Koichi Ueda || Ken Maeda || Asahi Uchida || Naoto Ogata || Junichi Komoto || Jyonmyon Pe || Mami Kumagaya || Seizo Fukumoto)
  
• Mai Mai Miracle (Anime)
  (Voices: Mayuko Fukuda || Nako Mizusawa || Ei Morisako || Manami Honjou || Miyo Wakita)
  
• ALWAYS-Sunset on Third Street
  (Maki Horikita || Hidetaka Yoshioka || Shinichi Tsutsumi || Koyuki || Hiroko Yakushimaru || Kazuki Koshimizu || Kenta Suga || Masaya Takahashi || Kaga Mochimaru || Toru Masuoka || Takashi Matsuo || Hiroshi Kamido || Hiroshi Kanbe || Magii || Yoichi Nukumizu || Pierre Taki || Kisuke Iida || Motosuke Iida || Yuichi Kimura || Masako Motai || Tomokazu Miura || Kuniko Asagi || Airu Shigemoto || Kaoru Okunuki || Kenjiro Ishimaru || Shigemitsu Ogi || Fumiyo Kohinata || Yasunari Kawabuchi || Hajime Okayama || Kosuke Suzuki || Eru Shigemoto || Taro Iwate || Hiroshi Kanbe)
  
• Parade
  (Tatsuya Fujiwara || Karina || Shihori Kanjiya || Kento Hayashi || Keisuke Koide || Terunosuke Takezai || Maho Nonami || Yuri Nakamura || Misaki Momose || Bokuzo Masana || Midoriko Kimura || Renji Ishibashi || Masaki Miura || Natsumi Seto)
  
• Confessions (Takako Matsu || Masaki Okada || Yoshino Kimura || Mana Ashida || Makiya Yamaguchi || Yukito Nishii || Kaoru Fujiwara || Ai Hashimoto || Naoki Ichii || Kai Inowaki || Ayaka Miyoshi || Moto Hotaruno || Kasumi Yamaya || Ai Kuriki || Rena Nounen || Hiroki Nakajima || Ikuyo Kuroda || Hirofumi Arai || Kinuwo Yamada || Tsutomu Takahashi || Yuko Araki || Manami Hashimoto || Yuiko Kariya || Naoya Shimizu || Takahiro Ono || Ayuri Yoshinaga)
  
• Our Homeland
  (Arata || Sakura Ando || Yang Ik-June || Kotomi Kyono || Tatsushi Omori || Jun Murakami || Shogo || Taro Suwa || Yoshiko Miyazaki || Masane Tsukayama)
  
• Rinco’s Restaurant (Kou Shibasaki || Kimiko Yo || Brother Tom || Tetsushi Tanaka  || Mirai Shida  || Dori Sakurada || Hikari Mitsushima || Yu Tokui || Taro Suwa || Jiro Sato || Hajime Yamazaki || Koichi Ueda || Kyoko Enami || Tomokazu Miura || Reiko Kusamura || Mao Sasaki || Miori Takimoto)
  
• Dear Doctor
  (Eita || Tsurube Shofukutei || Kaoru Yachigusa || Kimiko Yo || Haruka Igawa || Teruyuki Kagawa || Yutaka Matsushige || Ryo Iwamatsu || Takashi Sasano || Midoriko Kimura || Tieko Itikawa || Masaya Takahashi || Kanzaburo Nakamura || Koko Mori || Sabu Kawahara || Kei Iinuma || Takao Kinoshita)
  
• KAMUI
  (Kenichi Matsuyama || Koyuki || Hideaki Ito || Kaoru Kobayashi || Suzuka Ohgo || Ekin Cheng || Yuta Kanai || Sei Ashina || Anna Tsuchiya)
  

Confessions of a certified Chocoholic

I’m a CHOCOHOLIC! To hell with calories as long as I get to taste these sweet flavor in my mouth. Studies show that eating chocolates bring several health benefits like reducing possibilities of stroke, protects your skin, mood booster and might even fight diabetes. Actually, I’m just creating some excuse on WHY people should not ban me from chocolates :P

I’m positively a certified sweet tooth. I love chocolates and anything sweet as long as it's not overly sweet. I don't know about you guys but I'm in a mood of blabbering about chocolates and since you’re in my blog, you don’t have any choice but to read (unless you decided to ignore my post T_T)

My top 5 faves would count Nestle's Crunch (I think we all know this), Ferrero Roacher, Meiji's Porte Hokkaido Whipped Milk, Meiji's Melty Kiss and Kinder Bueno chocolate.

(Photo grabbed over the internet: http://metropotam.ro/)

The "Sir William's Hotel" Horror Experience

So, we had everything ready. Projector, attendees, foods, etc. We're excited. We're not that big of a group but I really miss hanging out with these amazing, amazing people. There's this online deal for PhP4500 and it promises:

• 24 hours use of party room
• 1 case of San Mig Light
• 1 bottle of red wine
• 1 pitcher of juice
• Free use of pool
• No blackout dates
• Perfect for holiday parties

Great for extensive fangirling, right?! I never had one for a long while. We purchased the deal and immediately called the hotel to have the party room reserved.

Everything went well. Or so we thought... It all started with a phone call (which is a really, really good thing).

The wonders of technology

We know how fast-changing technology is and while browsing the web, I happen to see this image on FB. The picture was from the Papal Conclave 2005 and 2013. It just shows how technology change in a short span of time =)

Café Noriter: Not your usual “Playground” in Manila

It’s been ages since the last time I wrote a blog. I know, I know. Blame it on the disease that everyone tend to experience… Laziness :P Anyway, you all know that I love to eat, right? I mean, come on. It’s pretty obvious :P One thing that makes eating fun is that you end up discovering new places which not only fill your eyes but also your stomachs. That’s exactly what Café Noriter offered. As I am writing this, I’ll keep you guys constantly updated since I KNOW I’ll end up coming back to this place :D I’ve been working in the Manila area for 7 years now and I commonly pass by Vito Cruz area. I’m sure most of you are aware of “Tapa King”, right? But did you know that there’s this awesome café just above it?

Coffee Prince in the heart of the Metro

Album Link: Coffee Prince

My friend invited me out to try a café at Vito Cruz. The shop’s name caught my attention “Coffee Prince”. Sounds promising eh? :P

Of course, the shop reminded me of the KDrama “Coffee Prince” (which happens to be one of my most favorite KDramas ever). As soon as we got in, I searched for prince-type waiters. Lolz! Too bad I wasn’t able to find one =(

The ambiance’s cozy but the lighting’s a bit… Off? I had a difficult time trying to find for a good area to take some shots. The place is illuminated with orangey light. Maybe they made it that way to induce some sort of relaxing feel for their clients. If you have enough time to kill, bring a good book in and read. The place is pretty good for that purpose.

What caught my attention was the mural donned along the wall since it reminded me of the “Coffee Prince” novel cover/jacket. In my opinion, the place’s real cozy enough for a coffee date or just chat and hang out with friends =)

Of course, what’s the use of going there if we won’t try out their menu?

We ordered the following: Iced Cappuccino, Princess Caravan Smoothie (tasted like caramel-banana smoothie), Baked Macaroni, Prince Club Sandwich (it’s your usual clubhouse sandwich). The baked mac and sandwich are good enough for 2. We shelled out around PhP235 each. It’s pretty filling and appetizing.

So, if you guys have the time, drop by “Coffee Prince”. It’s located at The Grand Towers, Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ave. (near Taft Ave.), Manila. It’s just a very short walk from LRT Vito Cruz station =)

Cousin Collector?

It’s –ber months and since we’re nearing Christmas, the quiet collection agents are now on prowl for clueless defaulters!

I’ve been absent for some time (5 days or more) since my mom was confined and had to go through a gallbladder operation. I had to drop by our office to get some documents for her bill out and incidentally, someone called. My officemate answered the phone, telling me that my “cousin” who goes by the name of “Henry” called and was looking for me.

I blinked and informed my officemate that he’s just a collector and I don’t have any cousins that goes by that name. As he told him that, “Henry” asked my officemate that “Is Tita <mom’s name> really in the hospital?” At that question, my hunch was confirmed and my officemate told him firmly “You don’t have any idea what’s happening to your aunt?” and with that he hang up.

How’d he get those information you ask?

1. The CA kept calling the office these past few days and my officemates kept telling him that I’m on leave because my mom’s hospitalized.
2. My mom’s name was written on my credit card application form.

It’s amazing how these people can stitch lies together just to get money from defaulters. I won’t even say that they’re “helping” since they kept giving us impossible “amnesty” and “promos”. I don’t have money to pay PhP5,000 and they’re asking me to shell out PhP30,000 payable three days after our conversation.

Try asking for an SOA? They’ll keep sending you balance statements. How can you pay your debt without you knowing how much your debt really is and how it ballooned to that amount? Are you willing to pay your debts without having any idea how much your debt really is? Oh, and let’s not forget those derogatory words, curses, cusses and loud phone banging during and after conversations.

How can you trust these people to help you out (well, they wrote in their letters that they want to help you “ease” your baggage) if they’re the ones harassing you?

To those who are still scared out of their wits because of these collectors, read this article: http://www.kusangpalo.com/2011/how-to-deal-with-credit-card-debt-in-the-philippines.html. It gives a real good impact on what “defaulters” really are.

Maroon 5 to hold concert in Philippines on September

Maroon 5’s newest album “Overexposed” is now available on iTunes and I’m pretty delighted and excited to read that they will be returning to Philippines for another round of concert on September! The concert will be held at SMART Araneta Coliseum on September 18, 2012.

Check out this section for more information:

Maroon 5 returns to Manila in September

Overexposed? That may be the title of Maroon 5’s fourth album, due out on June 26th, but for fans raring to move like Jagger, Maroon 5’s upcoming concert on September 18 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, that overexposure may be welcome.

After all, it will be the band’s third visit to Manila , following shows in 2008 and again, last year in May.

Frontman Adam Levine’s turn as a mentor in the TV reality show “The Voice” was a ratings bonanza and his equally high-profile romances with models of the Victoria ’s Secret variety are gossip site fodder.

Churning out the hits

And, when it comes to slick pop-soul tunes that stick like LSS (Last Song Syndrome), Maroon 5 are masters.

In the 12 years they’ve been together, the band has churned ‘em out with pretty decent regularity. It began in 2005 with “She Will Be Loved” then in 2008 with “Makes Me Wonder,” and in 2009 by “Won't Go Home without You" and “If I Never See Your Face Again,” a collaboration with Rihanna.  Last year, “Misery” and “Moves Like Jagger” with Christina Aguilera took to the stratosphere.

Along the way, the band picked up nine Grammy awards, including Best New Artist in 2005. Maroon 5 also seemed to have broken the curse of the said award. Unlike some of the one-hit wonders who received the award and then sank without a trace after, Maroon 5 has gone from hit to hit.

Most paid downloaded song

In fact, “Moves Like Jagger” went down in history as one the most paid downloaded song, prompting the band to explore the idea of co-writing, which they do in the new album.

“It’s like, ‘We get it—we’re overexposed,’” Levine said, laughing. “We’re just trying to preemptively go where the conversation is headed anyway. We figured we’d get there first.”

While everyone and his grandma know Maroon 5 as a pop hit machine, Levine has been less than forthcoming about it.

Embracing their pop stardom

“I feel like we’ve been standing on the edge of a cliff for a long time. We’re a band that’s always been close to being full-on pop, but that’s rooted in a lot of other things: rock, soul, funk, the list goes on,” he said.

“‘Overexposed’ is the first time we’ve ever completely embraced the idea of making pop music—of making songs for the radio. We just said, ‘Let’s not be afraid to do what we basically are.’”

The singer said that the new album is “both most and least like Maroon 5.”  It’s got the sound people expect from them but it also contains ideas that are “a step beyond whatever feels comfortable,” the singer said.

Not another effing love song

Their single off their new album, “Payphone,” features rapper Wiz Khalifa for the guest verse.

“I love how ‘Payphone’ seems like a such sweet song until the chorus comes in,” Levine said, referring to the part of that tune where he declares, “All those fairy tales are full of s**t / One more f***ing love song, I’ll be sick.”

“It’s totally subverting the song in this way that makes you lean in and listen,” he added.

While that sounds like Levine unwilling to let pop engulf his loftier musical aspirations, he might as well give up. Four-letter words notwithstanding,  Levine and Maroon 5 are pop stars.  And what’s so bad about that?

Maroon 5 performs live in Manila with special guest, The Cab, on September 18, 2012 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. This event is presented by Midas Promotions in cooperation with Dayly Entertainment. Tickets are available online at www.ticketnet.com.ph or call 911-5555 for inquiries.

I love “Payphone” to boot and will definitely would save up to see this concert! We also found out from this site (http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1638740) that tickets might have these amounts:

• PATRON VIP (PT101 & PT103 ROW A-J) - Php 10,600
• PATRON REGULAR (PT101&103 ROW K-T/ PT104-PT115) - Php 7,420
• LOWER BOX VIP (LB200-201) - Php 6,360
• LOWER BOX SIDES (LB202-215) - Php 5,830
• UPPER BOX A (UA) - Php 3,710
• UPPER BOX B (UB) - Php 2,650
• GENERAL ADMISSION (GA) - Php 850