• Celebrated our first year together as Donut-Pancake. (This is on top of my list)
• Was looking for a new job. Almost came back to my roots as a video editor.
• Acquired my own domain for this blog
• Was hired by Gameloft Philippines as a Game Producer.
• Didn’t swam in any pool nor beach (too busy)
• Started on my first project (Hero of Sparta PSP)
• Was able to finish it on time for release on the Minis format
• Handled the finishing end of Oregon Trail DSiware (was recently released); that makes 2 game titles finished under a year
• Currently starting on a new project
• Went on a blogging hiatus (again, busy man)
• Won the Redmobile Redretro entry (contest that was full of controversy but in the end, the truth prevailed)
• Upgraded my PC (woot)
• Techie year for 2009 (Cookiephone, Laptop, Ipod touch, PS3)
• Still saving up money for the grand plan
• Most of my friends got married
• Was a stressful year (nevertheless, still can make it)
• Composed some songs but doesn’t have the time recording it (again, busy)
• Just like last year, been getting better, stronger and happier

I would assess the 2009  a  year of challenges, happiness, stress, personal achievements and had me setting up my bar a notch in terms of personal abilities. Even though there were times that i was reaching my limits, there’s this special person who keeps me encouraged and gives me the reason to hang in there and she makes sure that everything is alright and well. Thank you so much and i love you! MNMKBP999. Cheers to forever for the both of us!

Thank you also god for all the blessings you have given us and making us strong and looking forward for more years to come.

I don’t know what 2010 holds for us, but rest assured, this will be a year of new challenges and a brighter future ahead.

To keep in tradition with my year-end posts, I’m making a mixtape available and on it is the list of songs that kept playing on my ipod, winamp and stereo over the past year. I shall call it, “Popo’s Rockin’ music for 2009″

10. Zach Lucero Feat. Sarah Marco of Taken By Cars – Matina Town Square

- Simply put one amazing drummer and songwriter plus one infectious voice like Sarah and you get this song. Classic indeed.

9. Hawthorne Heights – Somewhere in between

- Call them emo but this song is catchy especially upon reaching the chorus.

8. The Fray – You found me

- First heard it on television and was used as the theme song for the new season of Lost. These guys haven’t lost their touched at all just like their previous singles.

7. Spazzkid feat. Owel of Ang Bandang Shirley – Blinding Lights

- I believe this song was done a long time ago, and after acquiring Spazzkid EP’s over his site and listening to this song, i can’t help but miss my mini-keyboard. Go take a listen to this track. Perfect track to listen while driving the highway or just simply on a trip going somewhere else.

6. Plus/Minus – Snowblind

- Another track that makes me want to play the drums again. Take a listen

5. The Stolen Cars – Abbey and Audrey

- Discovered this track while playing Jam Legend online. More on the pop-ish side but a notable track listening to.

4. Coldrain – 8am

- One of 2 Japanese rock bands on my list. Used in the anime series “Hajime No Ippo: The new challenger” There was a second version though featured on the band’s debut album but i prefer this version that can be found on their EP.

3. Asian Kung-Fu Generation – Yoru no Call

- This band never fails to impress me. Year after year, they keep on releasing new tracks. I prefer this one over their latest one and im looking forward to their next one which would be featured on the movie Solanin.

2. Archipelago – Meteor

- Sadly, the only OPM band that made my list this year,. It was a tough call between peryodiko, kjwan, urbandub and pupil just to name a few but only one can stand out. Like a meteor… a hundred thousand years in the speed of light…. pure lyrical genius.

1. Foo Fighters – Everlong

- Breathe out… so i can breathe you in… hold you in… Dave Grohl and the rest of the band never fails to impress me. Heck, i even play this song on rockband and will not get tired of listening to it.

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And so with that, i present you this mixtape entitled

*Emo kids of today..... demmet!

“Stab, Stab, Stab: The definitive emo collection vol.1″

All emo readers of my blog, this is one heck of a mixtape that will surely make you say “i hate myself and i want to die.”  Heheh! Please do note that i counted them not because of their style of dressing up nor the grungy sound of their music. Listen well to the lyrics and you’ll see

This mixtape includes the following artists (in no particular order, i like my mixtapes like that)

• Hawthorne Heights – Ohio is for lovers
• The Used – Buried myself alive
• Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness
• Taking Back Sunday – Make damn sure
• My Chemical Romance – I’m not okay (i promise)
• Yellowcard – Only one
• Dashboard Confessional – Screaming Infidelities
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Your Guardian Angel
• Death Cab for Cutie – I will follow you into the dark
• Chicosci – Seven black roses
• Typecast – Another minute until ten
• 13 needles – Cab one
• Faspitch – All under heaven
• Menaya – What if?

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Photo credit goes to cjcabasal

~Cheers!

You can get the mixtape by clicking here. This will last for only one week, so enjoy downloading. Buy the original albums of the artists mentioned in the list. Note that the songs in the mixtape are not in order, that is how i prefer to play it.

1. Adam Sandler – “Grow old with you”
2. Hawthorne Heights – “Saying Sorry”
3. Eraserheads – “Minsan”
4. Asian Kung-Fu Generation – “Siren”
5. Ang Bandang Shirley -”Patintero / Habulan / Larong kalye”
6. Splender – “I think god can explain”
7. Bloc Party – “This modern love”
8. Twisted Halo – “Brad”
9. Sugarfree – “Telepono”
10. U2 – “Where the streets have no name”
11. Angels and Airwaves – “Siren”
12. Smashing Pumpkins – “1979″
13. Switchfoot – “Dare you to move”
14. John Mayer – “No Such Thing”
15. Rage Against The Machine – “Killing in the name”
16. Death Cab For Cutie – “Blacking out the friction”
17. Sandwich – “Butterfly Carnival”
18. Wolgang – “Cast of Clowns”
19. Dashboard Confessional – “Screaming Infidelities”
20. Joy Division / New Order – “Ceremony”
21. Eraserheads – “LightYears”
22. Taken By Cars – “December 2, Chapter 7″
23. Incubus – “Wish you were here”
24. Aerosmith – “Amazing”
25. Audioslave – “Cochise”

And so i present to you my 90′s mixtape (this is for the foreign bands) and my list includes the following:

• Nirvana
• Fuel
• Cake
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Rancid
• Green Day
• Oasis
• Korn
• Deftones
• Limpbizkit
• Incubus
• Foo Fighters
• Duncan Sheik
• Alien Ant Farm
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Counting Crows
• Rage Against The Machine
• Splender

You can get the mixtape here.

Be warned though that this will only be available for a limited time only. Sorry, no katrina halili scandal download link on this post. hehehe!

~Cheers!