Favorite Tree - Fire Tree

The Fire Tree or Flame Tree grows up to 40 – 50 feet in height and blooms its bright orange-red flowers during the spring and summer. The tree grows in clusters and its blossom measures 4 – 5 inches across. Its flowers are like four spoon-shaped petals that stand upright with white and yellow markings. Its leaves resemble ferns are 12 – 20 inches long. It can grow on a variety of soil, from alkaline to acidic and rocky to loam. In the Philippines these trees are commonly seen in full color during the early to mid-summer season.

Three Women and A Baby!

Edeva, Charisse and I loves it during Ramadan because the shoppng hours in the evening is extended up to the wee hours...like 2am. So, we decided to grab our abayas and headed to Al Rashid Mall. 

Best Friend For Life

At the last day of my so called “rest” days, I am so glad to have a long chat with my best friend for life. For almost 18 years of being friends, it’s just so easy to tell him anything and everything under the sun, the moon and stars! I can sing, laugh, cry, dance and do anything with him. Our friendship may not be perfect and we may not talk everyday but every time we get the opportunity, we make the most of it.

Kahit Kailan by South Border (cover song)

After 2 weeks of being sick, I am much BETTER now! I guess I just needed lots of rest huh! It's been awhile that I haven't done a music video, so, I decided to put on a little make up and recorded this song. It's an OPM in Tagalog language as I don't have much songs in tagalog, and besides it has very meaningful lyrics.  

Ave Maria

photo from www.thesplendorofthechurch.blogspot.com 

It was almost 20 years ago that "Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish" at New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines was kind to allow our family to hold the wake of my mother Estela A. Roxas, and this is also the parish where we used to go to hear mass with the whole family.I felt that my Mama was so special because she was inside the church (left side of the church) and had mass everyday. It was the saddest moment of the family but was blessed and secured by our Father God and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Ancheta Family Reunion

I am now locked up at my studio pad, for a complete rest! I hate being sick and the worst part is, you have to take care of yourself alone most of the time. Because friends are working and they also have their own lives and families to look after to. But anyway, I am still blessed to have my friend's support, concern and prayers most importantly. 

please be careful with my HEART

5 days ago something alarming happened to my health that really scared me. At 830am I had nose bleeding, felt dizzy and vomited, not knowing the real reason behind it. I actually thought that, I felt dizzy because I saw blood.  I even joked around that “I’m not pregnant!” I was fighting back what I was feeling then, otherwise I might have fainted. I went to the Clinic and BOOM! My blood pressure hit to 152/76, well actually that was the second BP reading, I could not remember the first one but it was much higher. The physician ordered for a 24-hour blood pressure monitor and sent me home.

Day 100: Thank you for the Music LORD

Finally, my 100 Days Singing Challenge has come to an end.  To be honest, in the middle of the challenge I wanted to give up, there were just tiring days that all I want to do is to rest. But seeing the growing number of viewers and hearing feedbacks from friends just kept me going!

Day 99: . . .She will be loved . . .

She Will Be Loved 

by Maroon 5

In the list of song description for the 100 Days Challenge, it really says that Day 99 is a line from a song that you want to tell yourself and only post the line.... 

Day 98: First song in mind today

When You Say Nothing At All

by Alison Krauss 

I was uploading my picture in Instagram this morning, and it took me time to think of what would be the title of my photo. Then, I thought of 'D' smile on my face ...  then this song just popped into my mind, started to hum it and was singing it till the end of the day. 

Day 97: - A song you would sing at a karaoke night

Babe 

by Styx 

My BFF actually sang this song last night at her BIRTHDAY BEACH PARTY and the song title is how she and her husband call each other. Well, the lyrics is meaningful too ... especially the chorus which makes me wanna sing it over and over again ^_^

Day 96: A song from The Carpenters

We've Only Just Begun

by The Carpenters 

A vocal and instrumental duo, Karen and Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters was formed in the 1970s. They have a distinctive soft musical style and most of their songs were on the number one spot of different charts such as the Billboard and American Top 40. The duo had a total of 11 albums in their 14 years career. Karen passed away in 1983 due to cardiac arrest and complications of anorexia nervosa. 

Day 95: A song in the 1930's

The Nearness of You

By Norah Jones 

Nearness of You is a revival song by Norah Jones on her album Come Away With Me. Originally the song was written in 1938 and was featured in the film Romance in the Dark starring John Barrymore and John Boles. It was originally sung by Ray Eberle in the same year it was composed.  Norah Jones sang it live on October 2011 at the Steve Jobs Memorial/Celebration of Life at the Apple, Inc. corporate headquarters.

click the link and enjoy listening..

http://soundcloud.com/ohmigoodness2/THE NEARNESS OF YOU

It's not the pale moon that excites me

That thrills and delights me

Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

It isn't your sweet conversation

That brings this sensation

Oh no, it's just the nearness of you

When you're in my arms

And I feel you so close to me

All my wildest dreams came true

I need no soft lights to enchant me

If you will only grant me

The right to hold you ever so tight

And to feel in the night 

The nearness of you

Day 94: A song about break-up

My Immortal

by Evanescence

My Immortal is a piano rock ballad written in slow and free tempo with 80 beats per minute. Ben Moody was inspired to write it by a previous story that happened to him. Lyrically, it talks about a spirit staying with you after its death and haunting you until you actually wish that the spirit were gone because it won't leave you alone. The song became Evanescence's second highest charting single, peaking within the top ten of more than ten countries. It topped the charts in Canada, Greece and Billboard's Adult Pop Songs. 

Talking about the composition and the meaning of the song, Tom Reynolds of The Guarding said, My Immortal is A whimpering post-breakup tune in which lead singer Amy Lee pitifully mourns the end of a relationship over a piano accompaniment that sounds like Pachelbel after the Prozac wore off. My Immortal closely follows the "quantum tragedy paradigm" the shorter the time two people spent together as a couple, the more overwrought the song is that describes their break-up. Judging by the lorry-load of anguish Lee spews out, she split from someone she dated for about an hour (if her lyrics are to be believed, the guy was a real freak, too). 
source: www.wikipedia.org

click the link and enjoy listening ...

http://soundcloud.com/ohmigoodness2/MY IMMORTAL

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Day 93: A song you like that makes you daydream and want to escape to a very far away place

Wherever You Will Go

by The Calling 

Listening to this song makes me feel going to the place wherever my love one will go .... 

If I could ... 

then I would ... 

I'll go wherever you will go .... 

Run away with my heart ... 

Run away with my hope ... 

Run away with my love ...

http://soundcloud.com/ohmigoodness2/WHEREVER YOU WILL GO

Day 92: A song by an artist beginning with the letter "F"

How To Save a Life 

by the Fray 

How to Save a Life is the debut album by The Fray. Released on September 13, 2005 through Epic Records, the record charted in the top 15 on the Billboard 200 and was a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. The first two singles from the album, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life" helped the album become a commercial success and brought the band mainstream popularity.

Critical reception to the album was mixed. The piano-rock style of the album drew comparisons with British piano-driven bands likeKeane and Coldplay. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, and was also certified platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in the UK. The album went on to become the best-selling digital album of all time, breaking the record held previously byColdplay's X&Y. It was ranked #21 on Billboard's list of the Best Digital Albums of the Decade. source: www.wikipedia.org

http://soundcloud.com/musikalaya/HOW TO SAVE A LIFE

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Day 91:A song by an artist beginning with the letter "L"

Stay (I Missed You) 

By Lisa Loeb 

It is  the debut single by American singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb, which became her breakthrough song in 1994. It was included on the Reality Bites soundtrack, as well as her debut album, Tails. The song ultimately went on to become a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, earning her the distinction of being the only artist to top the U.S. chart before being signed to any record label. The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and was even performed on Top of the Pops. it also peaked at number 14 on the New Zealand RIANZ Top 40. source:www.wikipedia.org


Here's Musikalaya's rendition of the song STAY! 

http://soundcloud.com/musikalaya/STAY

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