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sheeplane, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

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Blogging with office 2010

I'll record a session on how you can blog using Office 2010 J

5x10 Concert DVD and now I’m right on time…

Being a fangirl, I use to envy those who can afford to buy singles and dvds of their fave unit. When I was in college I'm contented by just reading magazine scans, listening and watching materials that other fangirls uploaded and now, after studying and working hard I can buy and pre-order Arashi's DVD right on sched!
I really feel blessed to have this work, for working hard when I was studying and now here it is… I'm starting to achieve things that I once upon a time only think about. ..
When I was 18 I said to myself I will go to their 10^th anniv. Concert, but since I wasn't able to do that…. I'm gonna enjoy this DVD for now.


Here are some snips this was held in Kokuritsu or better known as the Olympic stadium and yes they filled this up! 50k+ fans!

Milk - Rain, why not?

Been listening to his new album (Back to Basics), I love the new design of his website and decided to grab this and turn it into something like this…

I give a damn do you?

If you do give this site a visit:

http://www.wegiveadamn.org/videos/

Los Hombres de Paco the end?

San Antonio's station will close down…."que lastima pero adios…" from Julieta Venegas' cancion

Luis,a friend from Spain forwarded this link to me and said that my fav. show (before Silvia died) will end and will not be renewed by globalmedia

Here's the link: Aqui.

Here's the translated page:

From http://adn.es/

After they let their main characters go and tried to revamp he show's format it's never the same atmosphere for the viewers of the show.. Including me..

I use to watch this every week and even learned Spanish to understand what their saying but since the last season (where they killed everybody else) I thought they have something in stored (a good one) for all of the avid viewers, but instead the attempt to rebuild the storyline was an epic fail.

The main elements are missing like: Family, comedy, action, and mystery.

Yes, you can revamp the show but never forget the main elements that made it a hit. (A note to all script and story writers from a fan and a writer too.)

Change is not bad, just be careful with it.

 

I guess what triggered the fan's fury is when they paired the recently widowed Pepa to a new comer guy Dekker (for those who are watching the show, I know you know what I mean by this and why this is a very bad move tsk tsk tsk. Even if this is a joke or! A teaser…)

They even posted something in their facebook account that generated 300+ (angry) comments:

Aqui.

 

 

Here's another one from Formutatv.com: ver aqui.

English Trans:

 

*all translated pages are generated by my browser's page translator.

 

As I end this blog, I just want to say that I love this show, I've never been an avid viewer or fan of a series that even get me to learn the language just so I can understand and enjoy the show.

Adios Paco, Mariano, Don Lorenzo, Lola, Sarita, Lucas, Enrique, Povedilla, Silvia, Pepa, Rita, Aitor and to all the cast of los hombres de paco…

Mix 10 Faves- Rapid WordPress Design and Prototyping with Expression Web 3

"I love Expression!" This is what I usually say when people ask me what tools do I use for our websites, and how do I find it? "I love it!" I said, "The navigation is easy and with the new SuperPrieview from Expression 3 you can test your pages in different browsers using only one program!







I got this video from the previous Mix 10 event, this guy is super cool! :D I really like his presentation not so complicated and I love blogging, web, social media stuff, etc... so.. oh, I wish I can attend one someday...

 

 
Other list of videos from the event:

 
http://live.visitmix.com/Videos





More about Morten Rand-Hendriksen -Expression Web MVP
Pinkandyellow.com
Designisphilosophy.com
Twitter.com/mor10

 

Patsy's nikki .053- Day 4 (P365), a surprise visit from mic mic

Patsy's nikki .054- Day 4 (P365), a surprise visit from mic mic, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

I got a surpise call from one of my dearest friend Mic-Mic and we went out to drink some coffee. :D
We shared stories about our holiday break, lovelife, work life. :D I miss talking to her and listering to her stories, we work in the same city and i think just a couple of blocks away but we rarely see each other :D



Earliert today we had lunch with our boss, it was great with him and the team. :D

Patsy’s nikki .052 – Day 3 (P365)

pancakes!, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

we made some pancakes and ate them for dinner! i know how much lalabs wants to eat pancakes (we love pancakes btw) :D

i had a great weekend!

Patsy's nikki .051- Project 365 Day2

las mujeres en mi familia (the women in my family), originally uploaded by patsy_p.

Day 2! love this picture! time flies so fast..

Patsy's nikki .050 - Day 1 (Proj365)

mom and dad, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

A cute pic of my mom and dad... My photo of the day, they will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary this January.

:D

Patsy’s nikki .49- Project 365

Since my bff (pauvilicious) told me about her Project 365, I can't help myself but to get in to the wagon and join them.

So the following blogs will be inspired by it.. if you want to join the Project 365 follow me on twitter and I'll add you in the list

Twitter.com/patsyferrer.

Patsy’s nikki .047 – Christmas, and the effect of watching series

 

Happy Holidays!!! Thanks for the gifts! I love them all, it's the thought that counts and I thank you.

 

Almost everyone from my mom's side came and it was….. hilarious!

Lately I've been eating lot's of onigiri (with seeweeds filling) and lately I;ve been addicted to Uni (sea urchin) sashimi. *drools*

During the break I caved in with my original addiction (watching) hehe. I've watch a couple of series. A Korean drama called You're Beautiful and The Tudors Season 2 &3.

And whenever I watch asian series it makes me wanna eat their food. Like now Im also craving for kimchi and bulgogi :S hehehe yum yum!

I also bought a new dvd player for my dad and I tested it out with my ARASHI DVD… awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Patsy’s nikki .046- Sunday morning and my head is aching

 

"there is nothing like old school music, sunshine, breakfast and warm and cozy feeling Sunday morning gives."

 

I've always had a bad case of migraine and it could be triggered by anything… like not drinking coffee, too much light, eye strain, or it could be from waking up at 6 in the morning to the voice of your dad shouting at your brother. This is the stressful part of my weekend or any night… here's the deal they always fight and every night, one concept my dad can't understand is that my brother is at his teens he want to go out and have some fun and sometimes one forgets about the wee hours of the day... and second thing is that he spends too much time with his boyfriend.

And here I am trying to savor my weekend by getting the much deserving sleep that I need, when I heard my dad shouting at the top of his lungs. I woke up abruptly and the moment I stood up the blood is rushing in my head. Then after that I went to the other room to see my brother packing his clothes and is ready to leave, I guess they just can't agree to disagree.

I talked to them both but hey boys will be boys. I told them that it could be good for both if they get some air and space.

With that throbbing pain in my head I ate and had coffee and went back to bed…

 

 

Looking forward to a great week ahead..

Patsy’s nikki .045 – Optimism, at the end of the day…

The week that was...

The previous week wasn't that good, things happened and bruised emotions are everywhere and one of them was mine.

Then I contemplated the whole weekend and it was a good thing that it was a long one, I thought all the things that had happened to us and what lessons it gave us; after all what we need is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Do you remember the hash tag in twitter #ImThankfulFor ? it reminded me of my old self. Someone thought me something, things happen for a reason, and be thankful for the things that you have right now, appreciate it, love it, savor it, we will only live once.

I appreciate everything that I have right now. My family, My friends who I think are the best in the world ( Now I understand why I lost the ones that I had… ) I have the most amazing person who loves me no matter what (6 months and counting), I have the most amazing job that I love and it makes me happy to go to work every day. I have the most amazing and generous friends in the web (Aj, Fidel, Jes, Lacey). Overall I do have an awesome life… it may not be perfect (who is?) but I love it and I'm living it. I take it day by day, see everything from the ground and experience it all. I'm still living my dream and chasing thunders but that is what life is all about- be optimistic, live ahead, never give up, don't "try" things just do them and if you fail learn from it('cause trying is doing something with an excuse if things go bad). Take each day as an episode and at the end of the day there is a lesson learned, always look at the light at the end of the tunnel and we will make it thru…



We all have our ups and downs, low key and high, we get frustrated, hurt, illogical, emotional and we may fail to see the what we should really be seeing (this happens to me) but I've learned to breathe, think and look back… and up till now I'm trying to be optimistic…

Patsy's nikki .044 - the power of dreaming

my first moleskine plain notebook, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

I've had my eyes on this baby since i first saw it. this is what we call my "dream notebook". I know, as odd as it may seem I've always wanted to buy this.
every time i would check out book stores i would always browse and look for the latest additions.

This black leather plain notebook, has always been my number one choice.


talking about the power of positive thinking and dreams.. :)

Patsy’s nikki .043 – weekend, holiday and endless list of …

This is a very long weekend and it helped me relax a bit, after the launch and everything I think the team needs some well earned rest.

I finished watching Dexter (Season 1) and it's really good, people who know me knows how much I love watching crime-suspense drama and this is just right for me. I've been meaning to watch this but I got lazy to even check it out, then after watching a live v-log of TMZ I heard Levin talk about then I said to myself why not watch it?!

After the first episode.. I'm totally hooked!! Just a warning this is not for those who can't stand blood… and I mean you (Pauvi and Lhez) haha~! I remember this one time where I had them watch this episode of Los hombres de paco that I love the most *drum roll* "the death of Silvia" where this character "Silvia" was swimming in her own blood in her wedding dress and all I got from the two is trauma and that high-pitched sweaking sound… that's why… beware. 
Become a fan in facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dexter

 Moving on… I'm slowly reviving this blog I'm planning to move to wordpress but I have lots of good tools here in blogger and hopefully I can buy my own domain soon. I'll put my Digital Marketing and Social Media skills to the test! Ha-ha! Btw, I changed my twitter username to http://www.twitter.com/patsyferrer



I heard that there will be this Kpop convention and if you want to check it out here is the link: http://kpopcon.info/first-ph-kpop-convention-promotional-materials/ this site is great and very generous to those who wants to promote it. They have diff sizes of invitations, posters, etc. that you can use.



Look-a-likes do you have one? Well I do… (this didn't came from me… just for the record)
                                                                   

 

(L-R: amanda peet, penelope cruz, audrey hepburn, me , anne frank)

a little FYI: me and Anne Frank (RIP) share the same birth date/day? June 12. 

PS. I'm so excited for my date tomorrow~! :)

Patsy's nikki .042

donuts!, originally uploaded by patsy_p.

It's been 2 months and stil.. NO LOS HOMBRES DE PACO!

Another nikki another life…

It's been a while since I last wrote here… I've tried to make it look a bit more appealing and I hope I could finish soon. (Hopefully to cater much better to those who often read this.)

Being a "fangirl" is not as easy as watching clips on YouTube, watching out for subbed jdramas (Japanese dramas) and singles or albums and trying to study their language. But it is as hard as finding a cab every Friday night and holiday season.

 

I've only been hooked with jpop, a little kpop, and Japanese dramas for 4 or 5 years now and along that I've been through every stage there is.

 

The "otaku" cycle:

First: The effect of viral media

Arashi (嵐) is my "ichiban" or number 1 when it comes to artist I've been a fan since I first heard their song "sakura sake" and how did I get to know them? Easy I was watching gokusen at that time and I saw the guy with the gold streaks on and I searched it on YouTube and right then and there I saw that he was part of the group called "Arashi". YouTube back then is just starting to boom and to us fangirls and members of the forum, that video streaming site is really important to us (along with these are youku.com and veo.com) Most of the fans who live near Japan or have satellite TV with "TBS", "NHK", "BS", "TV Tokyo" will record the videos of their guestings, dramas, PVs, and upload it so everyone can watch. And since the videos are as scarce as pepper corn back in the old century, every little video is important and every little detail that was added to Wikipedia was important and every new CD released and magazine pin-up is as good as gold for us. Those videos that were subbed grew and generated more fans than one could imagine (no wonder they booked Kokuritsu).

 

Second: The goodies!

Awww…. This is why I was so frustrated as a fangirl, I can afford to buy this stuff. My family is not well off and I only watch videos from the computer lab of our school and save money so I could rent a computer at a computer shop. I got my first computer when I was in 2^nd year during college and I was a surplus (it only had 128MB or RAM and 5GB of HD capacity.) I waited 20 mins to get my first Arashi song downloaded to my floppy disk and I'll upload It to my PC. I don't have any credit card so I can't order an album or but their concert DVDs.

During concert tour season they would sell "uchiwas"(fan), penlight, towels, posters, cell phone key chains, slippers, notebooks and t-shirts. I would drool over some other fan's blog whenever I see one, I would love to get one.

I was hard you can watch and listen all you want but you can't get the goodies…. Not until now.

 

Third: The crazy fan who always waits for cdjapan's email!

It started when I got my credit card (and someone very dear to me will raise her eyebrow O.o?) I bought my very first concert DVD! "Arashi Live in Tokyo 2008 (in Kokuritsu)"

Then I bought the second one: 5x10 All the best! DVD with all their music videos and commentary from the group.

And the latest buy is the photo book that costs me like a fortune! J

 

That's why Dear Mr. Johnny Kitagawa I'll be waiting for your free uchiwas and towels and also a ticket to their concert of even a backstage pass (crossing fingers). I would also love to be a FC member but I don't live there… but the mere fact that I'm a 2 hr plane ride away and an avid fan, I deserve a treat…. This is an open letter…. I'll be waiting Mr. Kitagawa…… J ja mata ne!