Elysian Square Dark Fest will be a quarterly held dark music festival. I'll be an event that caters both local and international bands.

For this quarter's lineup we have:
ROUGH HAUSEN
WYNKEN DELIRIUM
OREMUZ
ANHURA
SANCTUS
SERENUS
SWITCH
HIGH IN MIST

The blood feast will be held at Inggo's Grill, Bay Cruise Terminal CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Malate, Philippines. 

Hell's gates will open from 7:00 PM to 4:00 AM.

Tickets will be at 250PHP with a free beer.

More details of the event as follows:

Medias & Supporters:
Presonus.com, GigsManila.com, Sharon Production, Manila Bloggers Network, Rakista.com, Live, Pulp, DB Radio365, Shinto Records, Beat & Riffs, Onlypinoy.com, Inggos Grill, Rakista Radio, Mingi Ltd., TFHM Production. http://www.dbra dio365.com/

Sounds & Lights:
Professional sounds and lights system provided by Mingi Label Group Ltd.

Posters, Flyers & Tickets Offset Printing:
Flyerfish GmbH, Max-Born-Straße 2, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany

For further information, TICKET RESERVATION and street team for flyers/posters, please contact:
label@mingi.co.uk
0927-4512468
http://www.crysella.tv/

This exclusive production © 2012 by Crysella Records, a division of Mingi Label Group Ltd., incorporated and registered in England & Wales (EU No.# 06743287)

I've known this event for a while. I'm just too lazy to blog about it. Anyway, bands in the first lineup are good. Oremuz, Sanctus and Anhura are great, to name a few of my favorites. This will be the second time I'll be hearing Rough Housen play since EDW 6. I couldn't always attend EDW due to the fact that it's held during Hallow's Eve and I could only skip a few times from visiting our family's graves. Elysian Square Dark Fest will give me more chance to attend dark gatherings, listen to more alluring dark music and hangout with old friends.

Friends, you know who you are, if anyone of you will be attending, growl over my mailbox will you?

Submit the following information to admin@ongaku-society.org:

• Group/Band Name
• Member Line-Up*
• Musical Influences
• Contact Information (mobile phone number and e-mail address)
• Official Website / Mailing List / Forums
• Video Link to Band’s Previous Performance/s*

*The video submission will serve as your audition piece.

Only the given and last names of the individual members plus known aliases or online handles will be accepted. Bands who fail to declare all the members of their line-ups or use only aliases in their application form will be disqualified from the auditions.

If accepted, bands must prepare at most three (3) songs: one X-Japan song and two songs of their choice (original compositions are allowed).

For musicians with multiple bands, you are allowed to audition as members of two different bands, under several conditions:

• The musician is a member of a maximum of two bands auditioning/performing for OngakuSociety.
• These two bands should not feature identical member line-ups.
• These two bands should not feature identical song lists.

Lastly, we’d like to congratulate several bands who have been pre-selected for performance slots at the October gig! Look out for e-mail notifications direct from the OS mods. If your band has been pre-selected, kindly send a return e-mail to us to confirm your performance.

For further inquiries, you may also e-mail us at admin@ongaku-society.org. Deadline for submission of applications is on September 12, 2011.

Think you got what it takes?! Prove it! We are OngakuSociety—rocking the scene since 2003!

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Info, leeched from here, word for word. Haha! xD

Chef Rose Bud was our host for the event and she taught us a lot of new recipes of appreciating the greatness of tea. Yes! I'm not a food blogger, but as everyone knows, I'm a super fan of tea.

There were tons of cookies, cupcakes, tarts and stuff in the tea party.

The tea pots were also very cute! I was trying to resist the urge of stealing one of these teapots and take them home. I'm even risking the fact that I could get banned for it.

We had a tea making contest wherein we were ask to make out own tea and have the chef judge on whose combinations were the best and she gets to win a price.

Jepoy and RJ were a riot and made some disgusting looking tea, on which, I was the taste tester. When I tasted their tea, I realized how much it really sucks to have them as friends.

And at the end of the mixing of this and that, I arrived an a lame tasting Honey Apple Tea in a cute blue mug, on which I got to take home after, for the effort of making tea. See? I had a picture with Chef Rosebud before she tasted my lame tea mix. (I stole this blurred picture here).

Bea won the tea she never tasted, but I got to taste that super yummy tea! Now I have gained back my confidence! I thought I would lose my sense of taste when I tasted Jepoy and RJ's tea. I do not know what she mixed in there. The ingredients were too many to remember.

At the end of the day, I got freebies! An entire box of Lipton tea, a sugar stirrer, almond and vanilla syrups.

Thanks Lipton Philippines to the yummy and fun experience!

PS: You can find the rest of the photos I took of this event in my Lipton Thoughts and Teas set.

I can shamelessly say that my singing voice doesn't sound bad. And it doesn't sound good either. =S Though my ability to pick up a song's melody is as fast as merely hearing a certain song 3x, my ability to memorize songs that aren't either English or Tagalog suck. The only Japanese song I can actually sing in complete correct lyrics is Utada Hikaru's First Love. X Japan's Tears doesn't count since half of it's lyrics are English. XD

But if you got all those stuff, adding the fact that you can pronounce Japanese words/lyrics right, go join the J-pop Anime Singing Contest! I think it's an amateur singing contest, so you don't have to worry about competing with top class singers or something. It'll be worth while.

If you're joining, hurry your ass up to the Japanese Embassy of the Philippines website to sign up, because the registration will end May 20th, 2011.

Information was leeched from magnetic-rose.net, and image stolen from the same site without permission. XD But! I'll be forgiven, because I'm nice . :3

PS: I haven't blogged for a while, because I'm too lazy. XD

After that, we went to the Blog and Soul Forum which was held at Meralco Case Room inside the Asian Institute of Management in Paseo de Roxas.

To be honest, I'm not really sure what Blog and Soul Forum really is, when I got there. Achie Rochelle invited us to go and I was a bit curious of what I might find, when I go there.

So, inside the Blog and Soul forum, they discussed about the blogger's experiences, past issues, how they started and eventually gained popularity and/or credibility online, through blogging and other social media. This one's the first of it's series. They'll have different topics and forums will be held every 2 weeks, as I heard. Hey, though I seem like I do a lot of things and is totally not listening at all (from the background), I actually do listen. I'm just the type who's weak at conferences, meetings and such and that I easily get bored (hopefully, not sleepy that time, even when it's after lunch and we really ate a lot). XD

This forum, I think is a great idea, but I'm afraid, is not exactly something that I would find interest in. As you know, I've been blogging since like the ancient times, and I've been this way ever since. I don't think I've gained popularity over blogging nor I'm particularly interested in it either. And I care less of what the public may think of me or what I write, I just blog things I want to blog. I simply just want to blog for self-expression or whatever.

But this is only me, there'll probably be tons of people out there who would find this interesting so I'll share it, just in case.

Oh, btw! I finally met Ade in person, after like what? 5 years? Ahahaha!

And I've met/saw a lot of other bloggers I know too, like Adam and Benj.

PS: Images stolen from Jepoy.

MONSTER FEST

Zombies and monsters, RISE!

It's time to rise from our graves and let loose! Hail all zombie fans and enthusiast, it's time for The Monster Fest 2010 brought to you by Dead Zone.

Event Details:

Date: October 30th, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Moonflower Bar, Timog Avenue, Quezon City
Entrance: PHP 100.00 free 2 bottles of Pale Pilsen or any equivalent beer

Programme:

1. Zombie video screening (6:00 pm sharp).
2. 13 awesome band performances starting at 7pm. (band line up: to follow)
3. Horror literature and graphic materials.
4. Micro Gallery of Horrors.
5. Event souvenirs and band merchandises.
6. Beerrrrrains (8_*)=mm (P100 for gate entrance)
7. And our first ZOMBIETHON. We'll be attempting to set a national record for the most zombies in a public assembly.

Bands Performing:

• Abomination (Danak - Krafty)
• X-9
• Ode to Laluna
• Lavos Beckon
• The Discoball
• Scarlet Tears
• Sanctus
• Tey's Revenge
• Gonzo Army
• Oremuz
• Glitterbyte
• Narcotic Venus
• Names are for Tombstones
• Firefly Logic

More info and updates on Monster Fest 2010, please visit Dead Zone's facebook page.

ZOMBIETHON 2010

Zombiethon is the highlight of Monster Fest 2010. This is the first Zombiethon in the Philippines! It's an assembly of zombie fans and enthusiast in zombie costumes and they're going to roam around EDSA with it too. Zombiethon will start at 10:00PM to 11:00 PM. At the same date and place where Monster Fest 2010 is, of course – October 30, 1010 (Saturday) at Moonflower Bar, Timog Avenue, Quezon City.

If you feel like walking like an undead, then join the horde! More info on Zombiethon 2010, on the facebook page!

Eternal Death Wake VIII, the annual grand Gothic/Industrial Ball is here!

Welcome to the 8th installment of Eternal Death Wake. Come one, come all in your most kinkiest, darkest outfit. Let your spirits loose and only your imagination will restrict you. Performances by the Darkest Dj's on Philippine soil bringing you the finest in gothic, industrial, EBM, neoclassical music and beyond the spheres. Also live performances by dark electronic and band acts. And a surprise performance by Psydoll from Japan!

Brought to you by Subkulture Philippines, the purveyor of the gothic/industrial underground culture in the country.

Event Details:

Location: Crowbar, Malate, Manila
Date: October 30th, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 PM to dawn
Entrance: PHP 200.00  with free beer *

* Extra PHP 50.00 fee charge for Malate Entrance Fee and original Gates Fee lowered to PHP 150.00 . Detailed info here.

Crowbar Malate
620 Julio Nakpil cor. Maria Orosa Sts., Malate, Manila

Map:

Performances By:

PSYDOLL - Gothic Electro Industrial Ensemble  from Japan.
Special appearance of Joelen Mingi from Angina Pectoris, one of Germany's bastion of goth.

Undergrounds Bands Performing:

• Names Are For Tombstones
• Switch
• Lintech
• Skies of Ember
• Anhura
• Sanctus
• Gonzo Army
• Funeral Frost
• Deepsleep

Bat Spinning DJs headed by:

• DJ Wapbamm
• DJ Maggs
• DJ Lestat
• DJ Lance

FREE CDs from Lintech and S3 Records and Roughausen CDs
Raffle Prizes: Shirts, CDs, Tattoo and more

Gothic CD Shopping List:

• Skies of Ember
• Switch
• Psydoll
• DOPE STARS INC. - 21st Century Slave
• GRENDEL - Chemicals + Circuitry
• AESTHETIC PERFECTION - A Violent Emotion
• DOPE STARS INC. - Criminal Intents/Morning Star
• DJ TAIKI - Infacted Asia
• NOISUF-X - Excessive Exposure
• SAM - Brainwasher
• SHIV-R - Hold My Hand
• FREAKANGEL - The Faults Of Humanity (2CD)
• DJ TAIKI - Asia-Matrix (2CD)
• MENSCHDEFEKT - The Human Parasite
• SUICIDAL ROMANCE - Shattered Heart Reflections
• XP8 - Drop The Mask (2CD)

For more info about Subkulture, you may visit the official website and facebook page.

[Updated: 2010.10.26@14.21]

My friends from the Light Crystal Publishing House are going to celebrate their first anniversary in November. They are going to publish a book compilation of short stories. The book's theme is "stories from your heart." If you are interested to be a part of that book, you may send in your short stories -- no longer than 4 pages of Arial font, size 12, single space -- through email at lightcrystalpublishing@gmail .com with your name, website (optional), and home address.

If you prefer to use a pseudonym or a nick name for the story, please specify it in the email, but your real name and address are required for the book shipping. Yes, you also get a copy of the book for free if your short story is chosen to be a part of the book. Pretty good deal, no?

Now, start writing!

Being an enthusiast of goth, punk, grunge and other street fashion, this is not the first time I've heard of BUM. In fact, I like BUM. Especially that series where Kuya Orly (one of our IT guys in my company) wears. I love that shirt with a skull in it. I always notice it when he wears that shirt. But, this is actually my first time being in an actual event (not exactly, because we arrived late). The event got my attention because BUM Equipment is supposedly a fashion brand with gothic and emo as a theme. Although it's not quite in line with my opinion of what "gothic" is, being a goth myself, I do understand the concept of how it came to be branded as goth. As I was looking through the clothing designs via their newly launched website, I think their designs would fall more on the grunge and emo style more than goth. Though there are goths that uses bright colors, mostly industrial goths, the overall feeling just doesn't fit right. And the mere idea of  it just doesn't sit well with me. Probably the preppy feeling to it. But this is just me – the me who is very particular with these things. But then again, that's the main point of it. It's supposed to have that preppy looking, college feel to it.

This is what the fashion show is all about (this is the actual press release. I just copied and pasted it. =P):

BUM, one of the country's leading brands in apparel, once again takes to center stage its newest collection, sure to reflect the youth's unpredictable flair for fashion. Presenting Bum's Collar-Ups Collections. Inspired by the fun eccentricity of fashion and the many possibilities one ca create, Bum's Collar-Ups Collection celebrates color and innovation. Now out on racks for back to school season, it speaks of a whole new fashion statement: wearing collared shirts with a twist.

The colored collars come with a special design or logo at the back where it is usually left blank. A mix of fashionable designs give the collection a character all its own. Plaids, houndstooth, and a wide selection of prints scream a distinct mark that Bum's modern, Goth feel exudes.

Mixing function and fashion, Bum's creation have always been inspired by the youth who personify curiosity and non-conformity in style and in self-expression. Created for highly receptive and reactive individuals, Bum is supposed to be seen – and more importantly, heard by everyone else. Personal empowerment is sewn in every collection, hence, the "he wore/ she wore" character embedded in every piece of apparel.

This school season, Collar-Ups collection make a great conversation piece. So Bum around in style and be the campus fashion upper – Only with Bum's Collar-Ups collections

BUM is available at all leading department stores nationwide.

Anyway, fashion show images are below. I'm not quite the photographer, so the lighting and the shot might be too noobish for a pro photographer's opinion, so please let me slide. XD

Over all, I enjoyed this event.

And of course, special thanks to a lot of people – Azrael for the invite; the ultra nice PR, Judy, eventhough we were extremely late; Jepoy and Lalaine for the ride; Rocky for sending me to the Fort, despite me saying he doesn't need to get down, he still did anyway; and Dos for getting me from Red Kimono to Pier 1, he got totally wet, gomen nasai! m(-_-)m. That's it!

9th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2010
in celebration of DC Comics 75th anniversary
June 19-20, 2010
Megatrade Hall 2-3, SM Megamall, 5th level, Bldg. B.

PS: GameOPS will be having a booth there. Please visit our booth! x3

PPS: For those who are asking, I'll only be at the said event on June 19, 2010, Saturday.

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Here are the pictures I took from our booth. See the ToyCon 2010 in the eyes of Euri. Please excuse the other pictures as they are taken with my own interests in mind (e.g. lots of lolita pictures and a few pictures of me stalking. =D) The album is viewable by public. Feel free to comment and tag people if you know them. x3