My oldest brother Arnel celebrated his 44th birthday last April 3 at his home in LA. Let me share with you something he wrote to us, his brothers and sisters, regarding this milestone and how important it is to not get caught in the trap of failing to enjoy the moment: Dear all, I’m 44. [...]
My mother celebrated her 71st birthday on March 20 in my brother’s home in LA. Here’s a video of the Joaquin brood greeting her as she and her sister, Tiyang Amor, are cooking pansit palabok, kare-kare, and hipon (shrimp). If you’re wondering about the title to this post, it was how our youngest brother Allan [...]
The first baby I babied was Julianne, eldest child of my discipler Philip Tarroja who was the campus director of Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC) in UP Diliman. She was about two or three years old when I first saw her around 1984, and I, along with other CCC movers, were immediately smitten by her [...]
Ladies and gents, I present the 2017 American Idol, my wife’s sister’s son, Miguel Lanzanas! (Take it away Migs…)
This afternoon I received a pickup I had ordered from a guitar player in Cebu (central Philippines). It’s a used neck pickup from a Washburn N2, and I am told it sounds great. Francis, the original owner, sold it for only 400 pesos, which is a steal especially if you live in Davao City like [...]
I made a mistake the last time I bought a set of strings two weeks ago. I had intended to get Martins again, but the store I went to, SoundChaser, did not have them. My instinct told me to leave and go to Victoria Plaza where I bought my Martins in February (the set that [...]
Last Monday night wasn’t exactly the most auspicious of nights in which to hold our second meeting, but the members of Guitar Guild Davao went ahead and jammed at the Elevation bar along Jacinto Extension here in Davao City. It was raining a little heavily that night, and outside the Mindanao Daily Mirror office the [...]
Here’s a shot my wife took of me playing with the Hofner Verithin at our living room. Notice I that I said “playing with” it, not actually playing it, because it’s not complete yet. About the only thing going for it now is that I’ve intonated it, so I can play any chord and any [...]
I should have posted this about two weeks ago because it’s been with me for that long, but I put off writing about the Hofner Verithin I’m restoring because it’s not complete yet. As you can see, I still don’t have pickups and volume/tone controls for it, and the tailpiece leaves something to be desired [...]
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