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JP

Sakuraba rocks! He's THE man.

About Me

Fanatic about mixed martial arts events (Pride FC, UFC). Big Kazushi Sakuraba fan. Confessed badminton addict. Lover of great rock music (cheers to you, Brandon Flowers!). Outgoing. Friendly. Um, that pretty much sums up everything.......

My Interests

being able to practice my very feeble bass guitar playing skills, playing badminton, reading a bit about tech stuff, watching Pride FC or UFC, viewing good DVDs, having great conversation with friends, making new friends

I'd like to meet:

Any, I guess. Any decent people out there would do. Of course, a badminton addict will get preferred treatment ;)

Music:

I really dig The Automatics. Heard of them? they're this manila-based, up and coming indie rock band. of course, THE KILLERS!!!!!!!!!!, nelly furtado, U2, urbandub, shiela and the insects, sugarfree, TWISTED HALO, ciudad, GANG OF FOUR, proteinshake, fatal posporos, pin-up girls, ALAKPA, cream, led zepplin, DRIP, audioslave, PEDICAB, the darkness, PUMPING PLUTO, toadies, kula shaker, the jerks, New Order, ITCHYWORMS, culture club, the magic numbers, UpDharmaDown, duran duran, REY VALERA, and a whole lot of other stuff. my taste is pretty much eclectic, to say the least.

Movies:

matilda, the professional, wasabi, LOTR series, and kokey

Television:

oh tokyo, the buzz, SNL, UFC and Pride FC, JKX, Rome (HBO), and CSI Vegas

Books:

yellow pages =) FHM Philippines through www.fhm.com.ph

Heroes:

Kazushi Sakuraba, Fedor Emelienenko, Wanderlei Silva, Minotoro Noguera, Ken shamrock, Frank shamrock, bas rutten, royce gracie, chuck liddel, camilla martin of denmark, bata reyes, manny pacquiao, and larry bird

My Blog

awkward seeing myself on tv

twas a lazy sunday afternoon. i was catching up on my usual hibernation mode (i live a sleep-deprived lifestyle from monday to saturday) when dave of protein shake texted me: "pare nasa myx ka." so i ...
Posted by JP on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:14:00 PST

things are looking up

this week has been hectic but happy for me. lots of christmas parties here and there, many errands @ work, and plus plenty of things to do with the new business. inspite of this, i was able to manage ...
Posted by JP on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:11:00 PST

im happy!!!

thanks for making me smile from ear to ear. here's to more endurance races, more last yosi's, and more lazy sunday coffee conversations. i can't wipe this smile off my face. and it's all your fault......
Posted by JP on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:21:00 PST

my my my my my mechanic!

i tried my hand at some karting last night. well not exactly. i will be a part time pit manager for this enduro race (12 hrs) at citykart. the name of our team? the citykart babes. wow. hahaha... the ...
Posted by JP on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 11:53:00 PST

be a player!

when will i ever learn to play the game? nice guys do finish last. i pray that when i wake up, i will be equipped with a ready gameface. how i wish it were that easy.oh well... i guess im just too dam...
Posted by JP on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:15:00 PST

one happy camper

november 11, 2006 will forever be etched in my brain as the day that i lived the rock and roll dream. im sure many of you who do get to read this will accuse me of being a shallow person. but what the...
Posted by JP on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:54:00 PST

FETE FETE FETE

finally we were able to play. whoa! june 30, main stage... the same stage that was shared with the signed commercial acts... wow. astig. it was a great experience. well ok, it was not THAT great but s...
Posted by JP on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:43:00 PST

WHY oh WHY [a newbie bucking under pressure]

we're due to produce this charity rock event on june 21 (wednesday next week). everything's set... or so i thought. well, the bands all confirmed. we're gonna feature 2 signed artists, 2 up and coming...
Posted by JP on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:18:00 PST

another bitching blog entry

saturday, june 10 at the studio: songwriting can be a BITCH. i remember our last practice. we started off jamming to a certain chord progression which sounded great! but when we were putting the piece...
Posted by JP on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:25:00 PST

company outings and alcohol totally mix

we just had our company outing last tuesday and wednesday. man, it was wild. all i can say is that when you put together all these repressed and stressed people on the beach, and spike their day with ...
Posted by JP on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:02:00 PST