BANGON PILIPINAS!




Countless Filipinos have heroically gone out of their way to help our brothers and sisters in this time of need. This is just my humble contribution as a singer and musician. I hope, in my own little way, I can help raise additional funds for our countrymen affected by the typhoons, and perhaps give a little boost to their morale to help them get back on their feet again.

I am offering a completely new song, 'Bangon' as a free download here - rico blanco's official website

Hopefully it will also raise some badly needed funds through your donations. Suggestions for how you can help are also on the site posted above.

Thank you for your kindness. God bless. Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

-Rico Blanco

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i am so proud of Rico Blanco :) he never fail his fans and his fellow countrymen - as in never.. he and superbianca are two of the reasons why i am still a proud pinoy.. their love for the country is so positive and infectious you can't help but be "patriotic" too! :) sana bawat pilipino katulad nila. :) for sure babangon talaga ang pilipinas ..

Let's do this!!

the birthday :)
10-15-09

Fifteen

Taylor Swift

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody's way

It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
"You know, I haven't seen you around before"

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be
Fifteen

You sit in class next to a redhead named Abigail
And soon enough you're best friends
Laughing at the other girls who think they're so cool
We'll be outta here as soon as we can

And then you're on your very first date and he's got a car
And you're feeling like flying
And you're momma's waiting up and you're thinking he's the one
And you're dancing 'round your room when the night ends
When the night ends

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen

When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now

Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine
And Abigail gave everything she had to a boy
Who changed his mind and we both cried

'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen

Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors

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- my newest find & treasure :) i know taylor has written this song a long time ago but i only hear this now and i loved it instantly.. i can totally relate to it - and to tell you, "being 15" is one of the best years of my life :) the message tells almost all the things i felt and experienced when i was fifteen :)

so today, 5 years later, i think it's just fitting that i post in here something i am fond of remembering again and it's being fifteen :)


for the fifteeners out there, let's study this song and learn from it.. here we go! :p

"'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them" - true :) but... taylor also warns you...

"And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be" - yes, as fifteeners, you can experience series of pains and heartaches because the world is too ideal for you, you are just starting to spread your wings and discover the world and it's okay but make sure that at the end of it all, you'll learn from the experience..

"When you're fifteen and your first kiss
Makes your head spin 'round
But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team
But I didn't know it at fifteen" - yes again! you may feel that that someone special you gushingly talk and dream right now is really the ONE.. well, think again. you can have greater experiences than that.. don't just settle for anything less right now because i tell you, it is not final yet - just wait :)

"When all you wanted was to be wanted
Wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now" - i experienced this feeling too! every teeners (or in out topic fifteeners), this feeling of being always wanted is normal.. you go through this phase of your life because it has something to teach you in facing life.

"And when you're fifteen, don't forget to look before you fall
I've found time can heal most anything
And you just might find who you're supposed to be
I didn't know who I was supposed to be at fifteen" - this is one of the reasons why i love Taylor! we're of the same age and what she's writing, i can really relate to it! such a brilliant and wonderful artist :) anyway, another "YES, i've experienced it all" statement from me :) i never look before i fall so i got my heart broken when i was fifteen but it's ok because of these heartbreaks, i learned how to really be strong and guard my heart from more pain or if i'm in pain, i can already know how to handle my heart and my self too well.. :) at fifteen, it's the start of unveiling new discoveries in your life so make sure you know how to get a hold of yourself so you won't easily be thrown away by happenings and circumstances :)

"Your very first day
Take a deep breath girl
Take a deep breath as you walk through the doors" - what matters most is that you will know yourself better going through these phases of being a fifteener.


at the end of the day, what i can truly advise to all of you out there is that just enjoy the ride, take time to laugh, to love and just let things happen step by step in your life.. life is a game, play it fair and square.

LIFE IS GOOD!

sana once a month na lang din birthday natin para mas masaya :) but since once a year nga lang, i have to live this “special” day to the fullest! paano? by giving my thank you’s :) by praying & by sharing..THANK YOU, LORD for everything! :)

- happy birthday to me :)) awww..

VIRGINITY SUCKS!
It could make you lose your boyfriend or a possible marriage.

Lj T. Salceda

Hey, let me explain first. Don’t let the title fool you ok?

Virginity sucks (so it seems) for this ex-engaged couple, especially for this unnamed young actress in this article I read from a tabloid. I know I shouldn’t be wasting my time reading tabloids, but hey, I need to know what’s going on in local showbiz (lame excuse) being in the media at kung gusto kong makipagbalitaktakan sa mga friend ko na showbiz-oriented.

Anyway, yesterday afternoon after my on-air duty I decided to finish my meryenda while browsing through the broadsheets, then the tabloids. In between sipping my coffee and leafing through some articles, I came across this piece by a showbiz-writer (I have nothing against the writer) and it bothered me so much I had to write something about it. It really broke my heart, it upsets me and it challenged me to do more.

Imagine, a guy called off his marriage to his fiancée dahil hindi pumayag ang girl na ibigay ang sarili n’ya and she wants to keep her virginity before marriage since may petsa na ang kasal nila? My goodness! I applaud the girl of her strong stance, but man, oh man! What is wrong with people today? Goodness gracious! Kala ko pa man din marami pang Pinoy ang conservative.

Do they even know how difficult it is to be a virgin (how much more being pure/blameless/holy) nowadays? Ang dami kayang tukso ngayon, lalo na kung nasa showbiz ka. (Feeling!) Endangered species na nga yata mga virgin ngayon! (Hayan, kumukulo na naman dugo ko.)

I know this happens in real life, pero when I read this article it became even more real to me. Although I couldn’t verify and assure the veracity of this story, but whether it is true or not, nakaka-sad and sometimes nakaka-discourage pa rin na hindi na pinahahalagahan ngayon ang virginity or purity (by the way, there’s a BIG difference between the two).

Buti na lang, we’re not doing it (keeping our virginity) for men or for ourselves or else madidispoint lang talaga tayo. Personally, it's my way of honoring God and idagdag ko na rin, making my Ma proud. Kahit sa aspect man lang na ito maipagmalaki ako ng mother dear ko.

Hay, masasabi ko lang dun sa girl (if she’ll ever read my blog) you go girl! It’s his loss and you’re doing the right thing. Save it for THE right guy and within the bounds of marriage.

At dun sa guy, buti na lang di kita kilala kundi puputulan talaga kita! (O nagrere-act ka na naman!) What I mean is, puputulan ko s'ya ng support sa kanyang mga movie, TV guesting at endorsement. (Ang taray ng beauty ko!) Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! (Maki-baka ba ito?)

Hay naku, dismayado lang talaga ako kasi maraming kids and youth ang nag-e-emulate at nag-i-idolize sa mga showbiz personality. Whether it be good or bad, ginagaya ng mga audience and fan nila ang kanilang actions. Sana they’ll make use of their “kasikatan” and their talent/medium to be good role models and to teach positive values to the younger and even older generation.

O sa mga teenager and youth d’yan, check-out True Love Waits' site if you want to know more about keeping yourself pure and making the most of your life while you’re still young and single, or visit my friends' (Kevin Sanders or Thess Flores) blogsites.

Mabuhay ang mga virgin! Mabuhay! :)

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yes, totally agree!

20 Happy Thoughts :) :)



1. going to jollibee with all my pamangkins, dancing with our butt out and high-five-ing with the whole gang and jollibee himself!

2. picnic at a hill (with green, vast pasture) in a very windy yet sunny weather. whooow. :)

3. spending some cozy yet lazy moments with friends in a coffee shop/bookstore talking about life... and love :)

4. spending my sunday afternoons in church, or doing charity works, or volunteering in any purpose-driven organizations

5. spending my saturday evening with my grandparents, making "kwentuhan" about life.:)

6. having a "me-time", alone in baker's hill, staring at stars and moon, musing again about life :)

7. a surprise bouquet of your favorite flowers with chocolate/cake in your worst day, in your best day, in your most "wala-lang" moments and in your most special day. :) (hayy cheesy but really cute!)

8. spending some quiet time in a bookstore-cum-moviehouse , reading all the books i want and watching all the movies i love:)

9. waking up in the morning with your mom's cooked meal after such a long time of busyness and eating at fastfood restos

10. being mesmerized in a beautiful photography that totally captured beautiful things in vivid colors :)

11. biking around while singing at the top of your lungs, and laughing out loud like there's no tomorrow!

12. receiving a warm hug to congratulate, to keep you warm, to show you you're loved, to console you or wala lang din :)

13. receiving a genuine smile from a baby or from a child because they find you cute. :p

14. sleeping in a very comfortable bed, surrounding you with lots of huggable pillows in a rainy night. with someone who watch you sleep :)

15. experiencing living in the airport, hopping from one place to another because of travel leisure :)

16. entering the disney/pixar animation studio and watching the artist's works for real! exciting! :)

17. receiving a "model youth of the year" onstage with my whole family smiling proudly at me in their seats.

18. having the best of all bests in both worlds on your BIG day! :) and what is thay day? your birthday! :)

19. having a one-on-one talk with SUPER BIANCA GONZALEZ, CHRIS TIU, RICO BLANCO and SEN. CHIZ ESCUDERO.. what's the topic? anything and everything - showbiz, music, movies, LIFE, LOVE, politics! i know i will learn so much from the experience :) :)

20. hearing GOD saying "Well done, thy good and faithful kid.." someday at the golden gate of Thy Kingdom.. yeey! :)

PS: written yesterday, designed at midnight, and posted now.. :)) ang tagal bago ko na-post! ayus! anyway, upon writing this, i get giddy too! just thinking about these 20 happy thoughts made me just smile vividly and genuinely. :)

share din kayo mga happy thoughts niyo para good vibes palagi! :)