Uncategorized by danDAmanApr 27, 20152:53 pm

On The Mic

A little over than 11 years ago, I worked for PAGCOR with the hopes that it will be able to support my other aspirations and passion. It’s a low stress, low reward, and decent paying job that only requires you to show up. I wanted to be a DJ because I thought I was good at it. I had listened to Hill-Billy Willy, Koji Morales, Boom Gonzales, Gaucho, Louie D., Chico Garcia, Little David, The Mouth (Francis M. to the world) Sgt. Pepper and the Mole, thought to myself ‘that would be a sweet gig!’.

As the first (and still the only one, I think) Bulacan State University student to get into the Radio1 program of DWRX 93.1, the exposure gave me lots to be proud of, and a lot to prove. I was there everyday for over 10 months and began to pinch-hit for regular DJs. I was 24 and I thought that time was running out, for some dumb reason… There are a lot of things running through my head which made me ripe for some bad decisions… or maybe I slept with the wrong person… or maybe I did not believe that I could do it despite the fact that I was already doing it… Or I thought my band Jobit Moya and the SP01s were gonna make it big. Although I did not fail at it, I did not push for it to know how far I’ll succeed.

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanApr 10, 201511:31 pm

Offense Will Win It This Year

Dan Aguilar, playoffs 2015 — This must be the west finals.

Steph Curry is the favorite for the MVP race, mainly on the basis that his performance translated into wins, most than any other team in the NBA this year. More importantly he has improved his performance from last year’s numbers, particularly the TurnOvers department resulting to where GSW landed on the road to the playoffs. Harden is able to showcase the peak of his individual talent, almost Kobe-esque. But those type of numbers no longer translate to championships and some voters are persuaded by the individual’s fighting chance to lead his team to the finals.

This is where LeBron comes in, whose consistency is as boring as the Spurs

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanApr 2, 20156:45 pm

Trust

I walk the stretch of Edsa extension from the corner Roxas Boulevard to MRT Taft at 10p.m. whenever I opt to leave my car and take the train instead. The sidewalk depicts the threat of decay Pasay City seems to suffer from within, similar to a shiny teeth enamel that is rotten from the inside.

It is not a secure walk and I’m pretty sure the city will use that fact that I, along with the daily mob who traverse this dirty street, walk there unharmed. The whole stretch is commercially developed but

Fiction by danDAmanMar 24, 20152:07 pm

Laos

A work of fiction / Kathang isip lamang…

Mas mahirap malaos kesa sumikat. Mas matinding pagsubok sa katinuan ang pulutin ang sarili sa pagkakatulak sa putikang pilapil matapos ka ring itulak para iakyat sa pedestal.

“Sino ka nga ulit?!?” bulong ng boses sa mikropono.

“Si Damian…” marahan at may nginig na sumagot pero pinutol ito agad ng mala-balong boses na pumupuno sa entablado.

“Ahh, ikaw yung singer dati! Yung parang mas korning bersyon ng Eraserheads!”

Si Damian nga ang naging animong pamasak sa butas na iniwan ng banda ng 2002,

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanMar 21, 201510:38 pm

Teaching Cinderella and Spider-Man

Dan Aguilar, Spidey and Cindy — photo courtesy of reddit.com

Perhaps the most difficult role a parent has to do is to create an elaborate tent of myth to sustain the growth of your children’s imagination. Sure, I’d want to tell my kids the truth and teach them the value of being true and sincere with whatever and whoever they choose to be. But handling the truth about Santa, princesses, and heroes require, you know, kids’ gloves. Are they gonna be better off if we let them crash into the ground until they learn the concept of balance or are they gonna learn better with training wheels? The answer is much much more complex and if it’s gonna be aided only by odds (something like 80% of kids without training wheels perform better…) and not by something absolute, then it means you’d have to find things out for yourself and hope that the result followed the trend.

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanMar 6, 20159:52 pm

A Prayer

A prayer is a form of a hopeful song sung to the universe. It means absolutely nothing to a disengaged listener. It doesn’t heal the sick, it doesn’t feed the needy, it does nothing without action. If you believe it will lead you to proseperity, you got the whole prayer figured wrong.

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanFeb 1, 20157:11 pm

The Battles We Choose To Fight

Michael V. sketch — Michael V.’s sketch of a fallen SAF 44

Friday… Payday… Driving… Enduring a two-hour hell. Finding solace with the 80’s music spun by Boom Gonzales of Magic 89.9. There’s no need to check the social networks about how terrible this monstrous Manila madness is. I’m in it, part of it, seemingly woven into it. Maybe I’ll check

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanJan 22, 201510:01 pm

For Never Nor… Not

Love Triangle, Dan Aguilar — Love can be a heart shaped triangle…

Rated M for Mature

This is a story about a love triangle. I’m sorry the title don’t make sense but that’s because most love triangle stories don’t. If you’ve noticed the trend, most love triangles now consists of 2 females and a male. Even the last big hit about two males, one was just biologically male. The Ton Ton Gutierrez vs. Goma to win Sharon or Edu Manzano vs. Christopher de Leon to win Vilma is so 80s. (The 90s was about Robin Padilla blasting a syndicate to win a Sharon/Vina, or Andrew E. kissing all the girls you can only fantasize about. Although on 90s TV, there always seem to be two guys fighting over Thalia.)

So back to my observation about the male centric triangle… Why?

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanJan 22, 201512:40 pm

Cake Planet: An Out of this World Cake Experience

Choco Macadamia by Cake Planet — This Cake’s got seconds to live

My favorite vegetable since I was a child is Ampalaya. I never outgrew it. The bitterness that presses the brain down as the juice from crunchy gourd escapes and triggers the back side sensor of the tongue. I like it maybe because I have an insatiable sweet tooth. It either makes the sugar I devour sweeter or it lessens my guilt for eating too much cake. Cake is one of mankind’s greatest food invention. I mean it’s not a derivative of something that naturally exists in the world like salad. It’s like when we invented the simple bread, we knew that there must be something more to this! Cake is a proof of creativity, like music. Cake makers are like alchemist to a fan like me.

An Opinion On Anything by danDAmanJan 11, 20157:54 am

In The Name

I confessed my sin one time on the Morning show of Mo Twister and Sam Oh. Their topic of discussion was about that hint of regret in naming a child. It’s a tricky task that has a lifetime of ramifications. Mo named his youngest daughter ”Amsterdam”,