Episode 22: Generations
Nov 19The Season 2 Premiere.
We are taking you back to school to teach you a few lessons on dental care and life in general.
Credits:
Photos: Chris, Coy, Chingy, Jet, Em, Kuya Arne, Osang (Edgar’s Graduation Party), Mom, Joe, UP Engineering Society, UP Mathematic Clubs, UP Block G-13 Batch 2003, Summer Kindergarten Program 2007, UP Inhinyero
Music: Beverly Hills 90210 Theme
SEASON FINALE! Episode 21: Ulap-paap
Sep 08
Ever had the feeling of being so lost?Ever found yourself wandering aimlessly with nowhere to go?
I was stuck – trapped inside the pits of confusion and self-doubt. Retarded. Thoughts of negativity and depression ruled my mind as every opportunity passed before my eyes – untouched. I was shouting inside. Nobody heard me. Or maybe I did not want to be heard.
It was difficult – finding that voice. And finding someone to share it with. But as days passed, I saw that what paths I might’ve chosen, what mistakes I might’ve made – I learned.
And now, I may still be wandering, but not lost as before. Not only did I find someone, but I discovered an audience.
I now have my voice. I’m stepping out. I’m not stuck anymore.
About the Video: I shot part of this video 2 years ago at the Quezon City Circle, helping out some Mass Communication students. Although I did not direct and write this short, it’s still pretty special to me for it is the FIRST film I edited (in Windows Movie Maker). The moment I laid music on this piece, I knew I was made to do this. I saw things differently – how silly or simple or corny stuff maybe. So watch out for the obvious glitches in editing; plot holes are not my fault. Haha.
Sometimes, we don’t need to speak to be heard. I may not say this that much but thank you very much for hearing Coy out for the past 5 months.
And now it’s time to take an indefinite leave.
That’s a wrap!
Photo by: Chris Lagman
Music by: Bamboo
Not A Vlog: The Thank You Post
Sep 06Although I’m awfully down these days because I practically went blind broke my eye glasses in half just in time for 2 exams and a major thesis presentation AND I’ve been turning into this solitary creature/hermit I don’t have a phone for five, straight days now, I know I still got a lot of things to be thankful for since I started vlogging about 5 months ago. I’m not going to bore you with a very long post; I’m just looking back at all the good stuff I’ve had before I end this season’s run of CokskiBlue tonight:UPDATE!
1. Winning FREE DOMAIN AND HOSTING at PinoyBlogosphere.com’s BratyFly B-Day Post! I just had to post a comment on what I feel about PinoyBlogosphere.com and added some suggestions for the site and I got the prize! JM Tuazon also won a surprise prize from the birthday girl herself.
Congratulations to CokskiBlue for the comment number 23, you’ll get a domain, and I can also host your domain but for a wordpress installation only. I like the Video Blog idea. Hope you could give me tips so I can start one as well.
- BratyFly
Thank you very much BratyFly! This gift just came on the best time possible. You really made my day.
Now, the first name I thought of was CokskiBlue.Net (now I’m more leaning towards .com) but I’m worried about name-recall and people always misspelling my vlog’s name to COKSIblue. Should I change it to HiGuysThisIsCoy.com? CoyCaballes.com? Any suggestions? Help me out. Please.
2. Winning Third Place at the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2007
3. My Malu Fernandez vlog, a Wika 2007 entry, opening the first segment of Media in Focus on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) last August 30, 2007. (Lookie! I start at 6:45.)
4. Winning a Reporter Moleskine Notebook on Pinoy Centric’s PETA Party of 10 for being one of the three best posts about the theater experience. The prize is now being shipped from Chicago. Yey!
5. Being a runner-up to HAPPYSLIP at the Pinoy Evil Blog Awards by Paolo Mendoza in the Coolest Pinoy Video Blogger category; To be nominated with her is already an honor. And oh, speaking of HappySlip, she mentioned my vlog’s name, or was it “COKSIblue”, about 10 TIMES on one of her live chats! And she knows my videos! Thanks Ron, for making her say all that stuff. Hehe.
6. Being able to join the DigitalFilipino.com Club. Thank you Ma’am Janette Toral! This is indeed a wonderful prize.
7. This slot is reserved for whoever has the heart to sponsor a domain and hosting for me, which would make CokskiBlue.Net a reality. Haha! No, really. Kung gusto nyo talaga, wala akong magagawa. Just e-mail me and maybe we can arrange a special video for you. Hehe. Slot taken! Haha.
Of course, thank you for all the new experiences, online and offline — excellent plays, blogger events, contests, writing projects, educational tours, etc. that many bloggers have shared with me. I’m very grateful for the opportunity and of course, the friendship.Uh, did it just sound like a goodbye speech? Haha. Nah. Looking forward to more upcoming events and oh, free goodies!
Hope to see you guys for the last episode tonight. Thanks and goodbye for now.
Episode 19: Sessions with Jet
Aug 26
I’ve been vlogging for 4 months now and you might have noticed a constant face in all of my videos and photos. He’s got more exposure than I do in most of my episodes. I’ve featured my Mom and Dad here in CokskiBlue; it’s about time to give (part of) the spotlight to the fourth and last member of the family. Yup. He’s Jet – my (not so) little brother. He’ll kill me once he sees this. Ha!It’s not really hard to have fun with this guy. He thinks of the corniest jokes and belches out very funny stories every now and then about his friends, misadventures and UP. He’s a very shy and laid-back person but he comes up with the quirkiest comments that everybody loves.
Kids (?) our age usually bond over basketball or over bottles of beer and pulutan. We bond over this:
Oh, did I mention I sang in this video? 
Episode 18: Paglipas
Aug 18
Someone had asked me this week if my english-dominant script on my last vidcast, The Hit List, was intentional. Well, yeah, kinda. Because I’m about to drown you in serious Tagalog this week. Haha.Ehem.
Ayan. Narinig niyo na ba ang balita tungkol kay Malu Fernandez – ang manunulat mula sa Manila Standard Today at People Asia Magazine na sumulat ng mga pagmamatang salita laban sa ating mga OFWs? Alay ko sa kanya ang bidyo na inyong mapapanood sa ibaba. At sapagkat hindi ko pa kayang gumawa ng sanaysay ukol sa Wika at Sex dahil sa aking inaalagaang imahe (ano kamo?), narito muna ang aking inihandang talumpati para sa Wika 2007 ng PinoyBlogosphere.com. At hulaan ninyo kung anong taon ko ito sinimulan (Clue: Hindi 2007) :
Akin itong isinulat ilang taon na ang nakalipas. May pinagbago ba?Pilipinas…Philippines — ano ang pagkakaiba? Ano ang mas kaaya-aya sa ating pandinig? Katulad nga ng nakasaad sa kasabihan, “Ang rosas sa kahit anong pangalan ay patuloy pa ring hahalimuyak.” Iyan din ang ating bayan. Iyan ang tinaguriang Perlas ng Silanganan. Bawat Pilipino’y taas-noo sa harap ng mga dayuhan…
Ngunit bakit? Bakit parang ang laki na ng pinagbago? Ating pagsasalita’y linigaw na ng ating dila. Parang nawala na sa ating mga puso ang ating pagka-Pilipino. Ang iba diyan ay pasosyal-sosyal pa. Halatang ikinahihiya ang kayumangging balat sa iba. Minsan ay hindi ka na talaga makapaniwala sa mga naririnig. Wala nang paggalang ang lumalabas sa kanilang mga bibig. Mapapatanong ka na lamang: Ano na nga ba ang mga nangyayari? Wala na ba tayong ibang maisip kung hindi ang sarili? Paano na ang bansa nagluwal sa atin? Huwag ninyong sabihing ang Pilipinas ay palubog na kasama natin.
Paggising pa lamang sa umaga ay bubungad na agad ang banyagang tinig sa radyo. Kung mapapakinggan mong magsalita, tila mas magaling pa sa Amerikano. Pati mga awitin, patuloy nang nag-iiba. – ‘tunog-puti at negro’ na lamang ang laging nasa tema. Oo nga may sumisikat ngang taga-Asya. Ngunit saan ba iyon nanggaling – hindi ba at sa Taiwan pa? Mas napupusuan pa ng mga pinoy ang mga awiting hindi nila maunawaan. Kung tutuusin, sa garbo at pagwapuhan lamang ang pinapakitang labanan. Ngunit bakit nga ba nalunod na ang tunog-pinoy at hindi na alintana? Pati mga mang-aawit natin ay tila dinala na ng agos — mga kantang purong Pilipino, parang isa-isa nang nawawala.Nakalulungkot man ngunit nakakatawa rin minsang isipin ang mga nangyayari. Isipin mo ba namang higit sa isandaan ang wikang tatak Pilipino at ni isa’y di man lang linangin at pagtalagahan? Ni sa mga pamantasan ay hindi man lang maikampanya nang lubusang mapag-aralan. Ngunit, nakakatawa pa ba talaga? Parang ang ating kultura ay unti-unti nang nawawala. Mga Tagalog nais mag-Hapon. Mga Bikolano nagpapakahirap matuto ng Pranses. Mga Bisaya, mas gusto pang mag-Ingles. Ano na ang nangyayari sa wikang Pilipino? Unti-unti na itong tinatabas ng mga mamamayan – lalung lalo na ng mga kabataan.Ito ba ang bansa na puno ng kultural na yaman? Ni wika nga natin hindi natin maalagaan! Mga taong hindi gamay ang wikang banyaga ating pinagtatawanan. Yun pala, lahat tayo’y dahan-dahan na ring nabubulok ang isipan. Ano pa kaya ang matitira sa atin kung pati ito ay napapawi na? Tayo kaya’y mga Pilipino pa?Ang wika natin ay hindi dapat maging parang ibong kapag pinakawalan ay di na bumabalik. Dapat itong linilinang at ipinagbubuti. Sa ganitong paraan pa lamang ay ipinapakita na natin ang ating pagmamahal sa inang bayan. Ito’y tatak ng isang Pilipinong tunay ang kahalalan.
Oo nga’t may mga wikang banyaga na lubos nating kailangan. Para sa kaunlaran ng bansa, ito’y dapat ring matutunan. Ngunit kung ito’y lubusan nang ipapalit sa ating maraming wika, mas maganda nang maghirap kaysa dangal ang mawala. Ipakita naman natin ang ating pagpapahalaga… upang ang kinabukasan ng Pilipinas ay tingalain ng ibang bansa.
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Episode 16: High School Musical
Jul 30
The movie sucked. Yep, it did. And even with all the buzz, the songs weren’t that good either.
Until this happened.
Yeah, the movie still blows. But there’s something about High School Musical On Stage that saved Disney’s sorry excuse for a movie. This even got me to download (illegally) the whole damn soundtrack album! What has got into me? Or maybe the question is, what mojo has Stages and Trumpets Playshop conjured that’s making all this noise(LSS in my head)?
Oh, it was just pure talent then. That works.
Photos from: Click The City, Super Bong, Gibbs Cadiz, Coy, Pinoy Centric
Music from: High School Music OST
Youth Leader. Social Media Manager. Video Blogger. Developer. Isko. Mensan. Mascian. Filipino.
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