It’s been a while since I last posted and updated you guys on what’s happening. The past weeks had been very busy for me that’s why I didn’t have the time to sit down and blog. Busy with work, ministry, family and our band Elevate. It’s hard to balance these specially when things and issues come up one after the other (sometimes all at the same time) but thank God he enables me to deal with all of these.

Here’s a list of what ate me the past couple of months:

1. Elevate Acoustic Gigs - Our Christian band had our 1st 3 gigs outside the church in a span of about a month. The first 2 were at CAF Coffee and Ice Cream at BF Pilar, Las Piñas. The venue is nice because it’s small and intimate. The coffee shop is a cool place to hang out. There people can play their game boards, sing videoke and watch movies.

Almost all of the people who watched the gig were our beloved die-hard YAMO friends and supporters. Both times were fun and after playing music, we all played Taboo and Boggle. We also got to know the cool baristas and owner of the shop. Playing at CAF was also a good experience and confidence booster as the band aims to play more outside.

The 3rd was at the Cul de Sac of Westgate, Alabang in a Gymboree Play & Music event just last Saturday. Whole families were there and people from other establishments heard us. We covered 70’s songs but our focus was to send the message of our original songs to people. We believe that God really gave this opportunity for us to play a big crowd this early. To cut the long story short, we got this gig when we were rehearsing at a coffee shop one night. The event coordinator at Gymboree who was a few tables from us heard us practicing. She then approached us and asked us if we could play for their event. Now is that an instant gig or what?!? 

2. Wrote a song - The night when the Gymboree gig was offered to us, I was restless. I can’t believe what just happened. The thought of playing at Westgate in 2 weeks time was running through my head. I was so overwhelmed that I was able to finish the lyrics for a song in 3 hours (that’s quite fast for me). The band will be working for the music in the coming weeks and hopefully the outcome will be great. :)
3. Work - Ahhhh… that never-ending system speedup issue. Client’s been having system slowdown for months now and the team is working hard to improve that. The system has gotten quite big with the modules being added over time. Now were reviewing the design and determining the cause of slowdown. On top of that, a new module is about to be added that might contribute to the problem.

But with all of these I’m not complaining. For me what we’re experiencing is more of a challenge. It’s nice to think of solutions to this kind of problem.

4. Church Ministry Activities - playing drums / percussion, singing backup for praise & worship, yamo VTR, assisting in kids Sunday school, dance number for Pastor and Staff Appreciation… Name it, I’ve probably done it! I’m beginning to think that I’m in the entertainment industry. Hehe! These activities are the ones that keep my life interesting nowadays. It feels like that I’m still in school doing all sorts of extra-curricular activities. I guess these also keep me from being young at heart. :)