(Disc0) Hall of Justice

Saw this at my hearing today:

A disco ball inside the trial court! I’m pretty sure this oddity could only be seen in the Philippines:D

Home recording setup!

I cleaned up my room and set-up my mixer, reference monitors and keyboards to record a few tunes I’ve been writing for several months. With my schedule, I realized that I only a few hours after work to do tracking! Yes, my room needs serious acoustic treatment but I don’t have the budget for that right now.

 

Shown above is my Roland RD-700GX and Juno-D, and my bubbly curtain!

Upper left: an Ensoniq SQ-1 Plus. It’s been decommissioned by my church a few years ago. It sounds a bit dated but there are patches that still sound amazing! Lower right: a UMX61 USB/MIDI controller keyboard. Top center: my panda.

Mixer’s a Behringer Xenyx X1832USB and the monitors are Behringer Truth 3030As mounted on On-Stage Stands SM6000-P. That black thing is the coat I wore today

Online Shopping

I finally got my package from Brando!

 

Last month, I bought an HTC HD7 from Hong Kong on the cheap. After reading a lot of tourists’ horror stories, I staunchly resisted the store owner’s upsell—extra batteries, chargers and screen protectors—only to find out, upon returning here, that local electronic shops don’t carry HD7 accessories yet.

As with previous HTC devices I owned, the HD7’s battery life is pretty bad. So I ordered a 1500mAh battery (the stock HTC battery is only 1230mAh) and a device dock with a slot for the second battery. Total bill is about PHP2,300.00 (shipping is free).

I finally got the notice from the post office last week that my order has already arrived. Included with the notice is a pamphlet about “duties and taxes” which I may be required to pay. A quick perusal of the same, however, shows that the information contained therein is pretty inaccurate.

To cut the long story short, I was able to claim my parcel without any hassle and without paying  “duties and taxes.”

On another note, I want to go back to Hong Kong.

Post-Sambo Kojin Coffee

We absolutely have no space for dessert anymore. Diane ordered a dozen donuts to go. I ordered a caramel latte to wash everything down. Man, we’re so full!