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Synched the Anthology album today to iTunes and iPhone

It’s musically jampacked in the Philippines this August.  Doing concerts/shows are Rick Astley, Simple Plan, Spandau Ballet, Randy Santiago, Raymond Lauchengo, Gino Padilla and Louie Heredia in Greatest Hits of the 80s (catched them in PDA tonight), Earth, Wind and Fire (EWF, yay!), Panic at the Disco, Sonic Flood, Sharon’s Mega 30 concert (ho-hum) and other local artists.  Oh well, would you believe even Gabby Concepcion is holding a show with Faith Cuneta in PAGCOR Tagaytay?

And of course, the reunion concert of Eraserheads on August 30.

I’m such a fan of Eraserheads.  Though I’m not at par with the other fanatics.  What I know is I like them since college even if my closest buds then were into Rivermaya, then after college my friend (you know who you are!) and I spent a day talking about them and their music, and that I prayed hard for Ely Buendia when he had a heart attack, etc.

If I happened to be there, I’d definitely be torn between Eheads and EWF.  Which holds true, I even brought with me Eraserheads Anthology and EWF Ultimate Collection.  Because I like them, ey.  The others I was comfortable to have saved in my portable hard drive.

You probably know what’s in my playlist for this month. :)

To listen to Anthology album, click here: CD1, 15 tracks and CD 2, 18 tracks.

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The Firm held its annual party in Al Sahra Dessert in Dubailand (they started calling it that way instead of plain Dubai) the other night.  I came in with so little preparations, a summery top, a vintage necklace and eyebags on the side… and yeo, ready to go!   Jumana Show:  The Secret of the Dessert was the highlight of the annual party.  It aired for 65 minutes.  More photos here and video here.

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The dinner was set in an arabic ambience and food was more of a combination of a little oriental and persian.

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I enjoyed exploring the sweets that I met the first time in my life, except for the fruit salad (which I explored too, since it got a twist of strong wine in it, tasted great!).

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The dance floor was throroughly occupied and while the DJ mixed 80% of indian songs that night with reggae on the side, other nationalities have blended so well.  It is quite interesting to discover other moves in the dance floor, with a Mc Donald’s step, hulabaloo and such that Filipinos are mostly influenced by western moves.

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We were back home at 3am.  While the highlight of the party is the Jumana show, for me it was each minute spent with all the Filipinos as those from Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai offices gathered.  It felt so much like home.

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