Video of the Week: Split Second Crew

I'll just post it again! Just like what I said in my previous blog post

"Another competition, another opportunity."

This group for me is really special. We treat each other like real brothers! Looking forward to each time we can meet up together even though not dance but just to hang out!

We're on board! We'll be flying soon! ;)



Enjoy!

MONG

Another competition, another opportunity.

Last Sunday, got a text message from Edward at 5am. So I was like, "WTH man so early in the morning!". I really didn't mind it at first but when I was slowly ready the message. It got me. A clothing line from the UK saw our dance crew's (Split Second Crew) video on YouTube (Poreotics Dance Off)

"You guys are great! You should enter our competition :)"

---magicstreetwear

Of course later that morning on our group on Facebook, we were all shocked! A UK clothing line (MagicStreet Wear) saw our video and invited us to join their competition! I saw this as another opportunity to showcase our talent. Our biggest exposure then was the Poreotics Dance Off that earned us an opportunity to dance for Poreotics Dance Crew when they came here in the Philippines. So for us, we grabbed this right away!

I just realized now, our crew before the Poreotics gig and this. We haven't tried to dance for any talent searches or outside competitions like in Showtime or Talentatond Pinoy and the like.

So the Poreotics Dance Off exposure and this international competition is a big leap for our group!

Here is the video that we sent to the competition! As of now, we're the only Filipino crew!



for our entry. Here btw is the complete details for the competition...

As of last Sunday (June 26,2011) after uploading the video, we already got 150+ likes! Awesome right? Exceeded the minimum number of likes at 100! Then Monday (June 27, 2011) we're officially entering round 2! Now we'll be waiting what will happen after the judging.

I thank you all the people who LIKED our video! We'll take this as an inspiration to keep on striving hard!

Split Second Crew is a Filipino Crew composed of college students from different Universities and Colleges. Originated at Caritas Don Bosco School, SS is now composed of Ramon Agbisit, Dom Patiño, Dann Mark Del Mundo, Nikko Lardizabal, Edward Rustria, Kevin Ramarama, Ysh Vergara, Ryan Termoso, Afa Dayo, Henry Marquez, Earl Roxas.

Photo by Ryan Termoso


Keep suppoting us! Hope we could pass 2nd round!

MONG

The different faces of Albert Hubo

Albert Hubo is a humanoid robot based on HUBO, but with Einstein’s face on top of it. It was developed by South Korean scientistsand professor Joon Ho oh. The face is built by Hanson Robotics, a company specialized in making robot faces. Hubo became the main brand and is called as 'DYNAMIC KOREA'. Other country say that Albert hubo is one of the best robot, with high techniques. IT can make 30 or more facial expression with Einstein's face. It can communicate with people and understands the words.

Main specifications

• Height 1.37m.
• Weight 57 kg.
• Running on Windows XP
• device driver DC motor, RC servo moter
• speed 1.25km per hour

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Albert Hubo's advancement to have facial expression and communicate and understand words is a milestone for technology's development. If it can further more enhance Albert's gesture it can be a great help to humanity. For me, if robots can be developed in the future. It can be a great help especially on having an assistant or helper at work or at our homes. So that we won't be hiring other.

One of the features that I'm fascinated about is it understand words and have facial expression. But I wonder, can it think outside the "calculated" expression?

MONG

Kiss me. Infect me with your love and fill me with your poison!

Today and hopefully I could sustain it is that I'll be posting my featured video of the week!

So for this weeks video... E.T. / Waiting for the End Cover - Michael Henry & Justin Robinett

I've been playing this video for the past week and I'm on Last Song Syndrome! This dudes are so awesome! Mashing up the songs of Katy Perry's ET and Linkin' Parks' Waiting for the End! And wait for the surprise! SPOILER: Some popping rapper dudes!

What I did here is I've gathered the lyrics so that we could follow on singing while watching! Enjoy!

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Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strenght to stand
This is not what I had planned
It’s out of my control

Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It’s hard to let you go

*** I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

You're from a whole 'nother world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I'm ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, kiss me
Infect me with your love and
Fill me with your poison

Take me, take me
Wanna be a victim
Ready for abduction

You're an alien
Your touch so foreign
It's supernatural
Extraterrestrial


Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn’t so

(Repeat ***)

This is not the end
This is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot
Rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone
And the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady
Something emptys within em

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Subscribe to their channel and also try to listen to their other covers too! Superb! :-bd

MONG

They're so cute!

As DLSC celebrates the 100 years of La Sallian Presence in the Philippines. Our school featured the ONLY La Sallian Preschool Pep Squad!!! How's that for 100 years?! :-bd

They're so cute and adorable! Especially when they're chanting "Retikano!". I borrowed Hannah's SLR for taking these pictures. But almost for the whole routine I was just watching and forgot that I was taking pictures. :">

Photo by Hannah Pascual

D-LS-C ANIMO LA SALLE!

MONG

ANIMO LA SALLE! 100 years of La Sallian Presence in the Philippines!

Last June 16, 2011 marked the 100 years of La Sallian Presence in the Philippines! I was fortunate enough to be part of it at our school at De La Salle Canlubang. Though most of the activities are on DLSU-M. Sad that I wasn't able to go to DLSU that day because of other commitments. But I'm getting over it.

With that we can finally show you guys our Centennial Dance Video, Live It Up! Featuring Lucid Dance Troupe of DLSC, Ms. Maleth and volunteers from DLSC! Also check the comments in youtube. Awesome! Makes me more proud of being a La Sallian!




Yesterday, June 17.

The 1st event of the term: aNEON La Salle!

Awesome bands performing from the FROSH then PRIVADO and Abbey, Gerard, Martin, Fred, AC, Allan... Woooohhhh! Also Lucid performed! Manila paper game, speed dating and their surprise gig! AHAHAHAHAHA! Job well done Student Council! Really exceeded my expectations!

Looking forward for your next event! This year will be meaning full.

WALANG KJ!

Another party later! Happy birthday Marianne and Neo!!!

Photo by Keisha Garcia, Video by Cat Triviño

MONG

Wood, earth and stones. -Thoreau

The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. They are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, etc. In most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Others, as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders, serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the devil, without intending it, as God. A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated as enemies by it. -Henry David Thoreau

My point of view (in here also includes the people in society)

1) People tend to be dictated like what Thoreau said in "The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines". The ones in the military that follows orders is an example. Maybe another is a boss and employer relationship when the employed follows what the boss says because he/she needs to.

2)There are some that only care about themselves. Think what will benefit them and not the many. Here comes greed, corruption that is why more people are in poverty.

3)And there is the people who fight for what they believe is right. People who cares about the society because they know that what is happening to their community isn't right. They stand up for what they believe in and mostly becomes the enemy of the public.

I'd rather be Green!

Minsan lang ang 100 years!

I'm really excited for June 16! 2 more days to go! And La Sallian presence here in the Philippines will mark its 100th year! Awesome right? Few only reaches that feat. I have to tell you, I'm really having fun now at Canlubang. When I joined the Leadership Training last weekend, it was God's perfect time for me to realize that I'm luck to be a Canlubanger! That time it was all sinking in to me. How awesome the school is! I'm blessed that I was able to attend that. How I just wish others would also experience it!

As we celebrate our 100th year, may all La Sallian bear in their hearts that we are ONE LA SALLE. We may have different names, but our goal is one!

The Art of Tutting

Egyptian hieroglyphs were a formal writing system used by the ancient Egyptians that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements. Egyptians used cursive hieroglyphs for religious literature on papyrus and wood. Less formal variations of the script, called hieratic and demotic, are technically not hieroglyphs.

A hieroglyph used as a logogram defines the object of which it is an image.

In dancing Tutting is

• is a contemporary abstract interpretive street dance style modeled after Egyptian hieroglyphics. Tutting is performed with attention to the musics' rhythm by altering the position of the body and limbs in a synchronized, robotic manner.
• is a style of dance that consists of making geometric positions and movements. Its style mostly deals with 90 degree angles.
• is said to have originated from the Egyptian culture because the dance mimics the way an Egyptian would walk and move.

I'm really not sure who did tutting in dancing or created the style and when it arrived. But as what I've seen Tutting has been evolving through time. As what I watch from other dance crews. The creativity and imagination and putting it and incorporating it with dance.

Here is a video of Moon and Hok doing Tutting.



SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutting ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_hieroglyphs#Uniliteral_signs; http://www.urbanhint.com/tutting/

Live it up! 6-3-11

It's already the 2nd week of the 1st term and I'm already occupied with so many things to do! It either school work, or having meetings here and there, leadership trainings for student leaders and officers. But what I'm excited is to be part (La Salle Canlubang) of dancing to the The Lasallian Centennial Dance Anthem "Live it Up!"

Minsan lang ang 100 years.

So why not be active with school activities and try the best to let this year be different among the rest. Not just this year is the 100 years of La Sallian presence.

I'm really excited for the centennial celebration even though I still don't know what we'll be doing.

BOTTOM LINE is whether you're from DLS-CSB, La Salle Dasma (to name a few) or La Salle Canlubang. We're all LA SALLE SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE ONE.

ANIMO!

How you express yourself is art.

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.

I see art everywhere. Natural art through nature, art as fashion on how they'll express themselves, art through singing, and also through dancing. As a dancer I can say that dancing is an art. Dancing for me relieves me from my stress as a college student. Sometimes when I'm depressed its dancing I look forward too. Inline with the definition I chose, dancing (art) makes me realize that as I look forward to dancing its because I'm stressed and that there is problem. with dancing little by little somehow I forget the stress and just have fun. Like in the quote, "makes us aware of their existence (problems)" With the problems and stress I can come up with step and choreographies to my dance. It helps me become more relieved.

"Who/What determines whether a work/product/object is a work of art? Or, who determines whether a person is an artist?"

For me whatever you put effort on with inspiration and that has a final product is art. Being an artist is what society labels you. And having this National Artist award is just a recognition for what you've contributed to your art. I think it depends on how serious you'll be on your art, it can be that you study your art more like the people in universities or do what you do (like painting, performing arts, literature etc.) more as a hobby.

Like what Carlo Caparas is pointing out, he's an artist. Maybe also by profession but he's works has a huge impact on television, film, and on literature. As what CCP and NCCA are saying that he wasn't included in the cut off, my say there is just interrogate representatives from Malacañang and not him. It's not his fault that former President appointed him, but she's the one to be asked why he's included.

I can be an artist without me knowing it. You could be an artist. It's just a label. Anyone can be artistic it's just how you'll present it and how people would understand what you're trying to say.