Recording Again....

So here we are at Brandon Metcalf's studio in Monroe, WA. He's
actually putting out a compilation record called "Rock And Romance".
The artists featured on the album areThe Scene Astheric, Moneta, and
and a few others that you night know. We'll hook you guys up with a
link as soon as we get one!

Beths

So I know that it's been a while since I've blogged, but the past
couple weeks has been a very trying time, personally. I am glad to say
that we are super excited for tour, which is only a couple of weeks
away! There still is a lot to do but we are determined to get it all
done before we head out. One of those things is our Tour Kick Off Show
on March 9th! if you're available to make it out on that Monday,
please do! It's going to be the last time you see us in a couple of
months, so make sure you are there!

Anyways, I would like to end today conversation with a beautiful
picture of my dinner this past Saturday night at the wonderful Seattle
dive, Beths. (it's a 6 egg omelet, there's no way I could do the
12...)

update and new song

not sure that many of you read this..but chris here..my first time posting. haha.

anyways, we have a ton of stuff going on...we're getting ready for our first ever US tour. we head out march 9th. i think all of us are getting antsy and getting ready to leave. tour is a funny thing. i think death cab put it the right way(by no means am i saying we have had as much tour experience as them...but still) when they said...when you're home..you wanna be on the road and touring..when youre on tour..you wanna be back home. this tour will test us in many ways as it will be the longest tour we've yet to do. about 7 weeks worth. i'm sure we'll be blogging a lot with many pictures for those of you who read this thing haha.

but yeah..we have a couple new songs and we haven't really talked about what we're going to really do with them and how we're going to put it on the net. for sure on our kick off show for the tour we're going to be giving them away for free on burned cds for anyone that comes to the show..kind of as the incentive to pay 10 dollars to see us..especially to our friends and family who have seen us..way too many times. haha.

but what i probably forsee happening is that after the kick off show, we'll probably put one of the new ones on our myspace to get some more traffic on our page. so expect to hear a new song in about a month!

stay fresh.
chris

Today

So today is my birthday. This is my official announcement. Today is my birthday. Today I have the flu, and I am going through a lot right now. I probably will not be blogging for a bit.

Also, please keep me in your prayers. God is working, I know He is, but it never feels good when He breaks us. And I am completely broken right now. It sucks because honestly, I will remember this birthday for a long time, and I really don't want to.

Time leads us

So today is actually a very important day to me. Today is my Grandma Cecilia's bday. She would have been 73 today. She passed away a few years back. We were very close. A lot of times I think back and say, "I should have spent more time with her", and, "I should have done more with her". The spirit of regret pours into me a lot, leaving me feeling broken. Now we can do that all we want, or we can change our thoughts and think of all of the great experiences we had with her.

If I know my grandma right, she would hate me for regretting and always bringing myself down in that manner. I know for a fact that she would want me to think of the great times that she and I had together. The time that she brought me my first guitar from the Philippines, and taught me how to tune it. The many Christmases that we sat by the tree and sang carols (i.e. Silver Bells). The times when I would make her mad and she would swear at me in Filipino, haha, but I never knew it. The times when I would sing at church and would make her proud. The times that she would make my brothers and I breakfast and we would never eat the stinky fish she always brought with the garlic fried rice and fried eggs and spam. The time that I was singing 112's song, "Cupid" in my room, dancing, and spinning like I was performing like Usher, and I turned around and she had been watching me.

I know that she would want me to remember her this way. Since I wasn't able to go to her funeral in the Philippines, it was hard for me to find closure. I feel terrible because the day the last day I saw her, I didn't even say goodbye. I had the chance and I just told myself, "I'll see her next time". Even now sometimes I feel like she's still there, hanging out, and she hasn't come to the states to visit in a while. Some day I will go there and visit her grave. But for now, whenever I play the guitar, i'll always remember her. And I know that's what she would have most wanted. Happy birthday grandma.

RIP Uncle Jimmy. I pray that you don't have to miss her anymore, but you're together now.

Sight Seeing

So yesterday we brought out a good friend of ours from Indiana. It
sure was a lot of fun becoming a tourist in our own city of Seattle.
This was the view from one of the best places to see Seattle...

Spammisubi, froyo, and bubble tea

Yes, this is what Seattle does best. We're here with a friend from
Indiana, and this is his first time having these three.