New Song Added – First Of May

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Year after year,
on May 1st,
I always have this song in my head.

It’s by the legendary Bee Gees.
One of my favourite music artists of all time.

Their songs are all great.
And this one, I think,
is definitely one of the best songs ever written.

First Of May



Mobile Player here:

Voice, all Instruments and percussion arrangements – Ty Martell

I must apologize on how I sang this one.
I couldn’t stop crying when I was doing this.
Just like what the lyrics said.
“Guess who’ll cry, come first of May.”

Yup. It was me.
I was crying like I was in Labor.

Oh yeah!
It’s Labor Day in the Philippines today.

So this song is perfect.

Isn’t it weird?

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Isn’t it weird when you have something on your mind,
or something that you wanted to do,
every single thing around you seems to give you a constant reminder of whatever it is.
Life seems to either give you encouragement or mock you in the face.

You know what I am talking about?

Par example, mes amis.

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Three Gee!

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For the love of technology AT&T!
All the dropped calls, the crappy reception
and the ridiculous quality of service I have been getting these past few weeks
better be because you are giving me 3G soon.

I am just now starting to enjoy my phone
but how can I fully take advantage of its features when you can’t give me the speed?
Not only the speed but more importantly, “stability.”

Most of Asia and Europe are on 3G.
Even New Zealand Telecom will go live on May 13.
Did you hear that?
They have the decency to give their subscribers a date!

And I am still here, eating the EDGE (GSM) smorgasbord.
Please don’t make me hate you and Apple.

—
On a side note.
I am actually writing this on my phone.
Then I’ll post it here in a minute.

See?

Haha!
I am blogging thru my iPhone!
Isn’t that neat?
I love that.

What?
I told you I was a geek!

Earth Day 2009!

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Happy Earth Day!

In observance of Earth Day,
I wanted to do something to help the environment.

I thought of millions of people driving to work
contributing to all the toxic fumes and smoke
on to our fragile air.

I would have taken the bus if I was still in Ottawa,
but not where I live.
Where a vehicle is a necessity.

So,
to do my part,
I drove to work really, really fast.
I mean, really fast.

Hey!
That minimized my time on the road!

Oh and for good measure.
I turned off the air climate controls.

But not my sounds.
Oh no!
Air pollution first.

Noise pollution?
Some other time.

I am not an environmentalist.
Just doing my part.

Fifteen Years

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Today actually marks my 15th year,
living in North America.

I have lived both in Ontario, Canada and
Florida, USA where I currently reside.

As I look back,
I remembered that I shared what I have learned
while living in Canada.

Now let me tell you what I have learned so far
about the Sunshine State.

These won’t be as long,
because I do not go out much and I don’t have any friends.

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EASTER 2009

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New Song Added.

I guess it’s mandatory for me,
to play a religious song come Easter weekend.

Here’s another one we used to sing in High School.
I am not sure who composed it.
I am going to have to figure that one out.

**UPDATE**
This song is also by Bro. Mike Lapid.
(Thanks TJ!)

Happy Easter to all!
The Lord is risen.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Here’s

The Lord Is My Strength.



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Voice and All Instruments by – Ty Martell

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New Face

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Yup.

New template design.

I’m still testing it out.
You might see more changes from time to time.

And that’s a big emphasis on “Might.”

Let me know what you think.

A New Thank You.

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Yesterday,
after I helped a co-worker with her computer problem,
instead of saying “Thank you.”

She said,
“Blessings upon you, Ty.”

I didn’t know what to say.
Or do.

No one has said that to me before
as a form of thanks.

But you know what?

It made my day.

Earth Hour.

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At 8:30 pm tonight,
Earth Hour will commence on my side of the world.
The campaign is about for all to turn off their lights
and consume less energy.
Just for an hour.

Now I am not going to play the “Holier-than-thou” game.
I am not going to pretend that I follow all the recycling
and energy conserving methods that my fellow scientists
and government officials have implemented.

But with my professional opinion,
I really think this Earth Hour has lots of potential.
And someday it could be more than an Hour.
Probably more like a day.

But I am not writing this as a professional.
I am here,
just as a regular guy,
asking you to give this Earth Hour a try.

Trust me. It’s not that bad.
I have lived in the Philippines.
We are used to not having electricity for hours.
That’s how I learned to play guitar.

Oh, and one more thing.

Please do not print everything you see on your computer screen.
Do you have to have a hard copy of all your emails?
Jeebus, man. Stop Printing every picture too!
Or every forwarded spam mail your friend sent you.

Stop it!
The trees are crying!
You are killing my planet!