A Letter from My 20-Year Old Self

Sleeping soundly in UP.

This was 5 years ago. It’s amazing what you discover in your old email inbox. Don’t worry, I don’t always write letters to myself. But I totally forgot what made me write this narcissistic note. Could’ve been an English subject requirement or just a random crazy rant. But now, reading through it just gave me a whole new perspective on how to answer the question, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”

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Dear Self,

Hello Coy! How are you? Or should I ask – How are we?

Kwarenta: My 8-Hour Ondoy Experience in 40 Txt Messages

My grueling experience yesterday is incomparable with what’s happening with our fellow Filipinos still waiting to be rescued right now. And I’m praying for my friends and family who are still stuck in their homes and on their roofs.

I know most of us lived through our worries yesterday by texting and calling our loved ones. What I have here is a very small part of the millions of text messages sent on September 26, 2009 that clogged even the biggest communication networks in the country. These messages don’t account the whole riot I (and my office mates) experienced. It’s actually just the tip of the iceberg.

Though my phone got soaking wet, fortunately it did not die on me. Here are the messages in my Sent Items texted to different contacts:

CokskiBlue’s Very First Single (err, Jingle)

Flippish Made Me Sing for the Philippine Blog Awards!

“Jingle” is a really fun song I wrote and composed in the wee nights of the morning. It basically symbolizes the diversity of the Philippine blogging community and the unity most of us are aiming for – hence this year’s PBA theme “One Blogging Nation”. The blogs or names in the song are there to

Philippine Blog Awards Video Plug: “Blogger”

The Countdown Begins
More than 3 weeks left ’til the Philippine Blog Awards 2009 awards night!

Starring:
Ram Orquiza
Coy Caballes
Mic Angel David
and
Khristel Sucaldito

Directed by Kring Elenzano of Flippish.com

CokskiBlue’s Most Loyal Fans (Another Singing Video of Lulz)

This video shows that our family is always gonna be our most loyal fans. They can tolerate almost everything you do (even if you’re not good at it. hehe) . Another Singing Blogger-wannabe video featuring True Faith’s “Huwag Na Lang Kaya”.

Recommend Your Favorite Video Blogs to the Philippine Blog Awards 2009!

The Philippine Blog Awards is back! And this year is looking extra special with more categories including Best Videocast. For two years, podcasts and video blogs are grouped into one batch. So it’s about time video bloggers get their very own niche on PBA.Nominate your blog or recommend your favorite videocasts: Recommend/Accomplish a Nomination form