Life with Music, Art, Beer and an awesome DJ!

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I party hard. That's where the girls are at and when I say we're going to rule the clubs and pubs at night I make sure I leave a mark. I love to get drunk but don't get me wrong; I do it for the right things. After a hard week of sitting in front of the computer dealing with clients here and in the UK I know how to relax and unwind. I grab every opportunity to get the best tasting, ice cold beer when I get the chance. The crisp feeling you get every time you get a sip out of this cold beverage is something that I always look forward to every day of the week. I also love house and trance music. Hearing that beat pound, plus the cold beer, and the little talks with the ladies; make me a happy boy indeed. It makes me realize that it pays to be a single guy in this day and age. I get the chance to party with the best crowd, listen to the best music and bands. That is what DJ CHEEBA can do with beer taps and a couple of hundred of LED lit bottles. If there was a DJ to be idolized in the club circuits, this guy takes art and music into a whole new level! I am really impressed!

BECK'S VIER is special. They take their Music Inspires Art Program to unparalleled heights. Imagine the talent and technology that has gone into each configured beer tap just to produce immeasurable awesome sound that would be the delight of anyone watching the spectacle. I am just at awe! Take a look at it and you'll know why I love the concept. All the things I go out in the clubs for were right in front of me. I think I'll try getting a DJ as excellent as that when my birthday comes. I would also get the best, great tasting beer that comes with it too! I would get that beer below zero and have a really good time with my friends and that old BECKS VIER! Let's drink to that!

Craving for Irish Breakfast!

I miss the things I used to eat when my brother was here preparing my favorite Irish breakfast. I love those slightly fried potatoes that are pre boiled and those oh scrumptious sausages. I wonder how my Mum would be able to recreate this simple meal for me on occasions that I crave for it. I have to go there late this year so I could see the sights and drop by those pubs I frequent before. I have to also do landscapes and I'm sure those green hills and cliffs won't disappoint me. My brother will be coming home too. As soon as he gets his chef hat parked on our door I'll force him to make one for me! Or else! Ha-ha!

A variety of side dishes are on my mind right now like cherry tomatoes and mushrooms. I bet it will work greatly with tea and a spritz of milk. I won't hold back on chutney or jam made from apricots and heaping slices of butter on hot toast. I really wonder where that famine went when Ireland is so full of these. I'll prepare a big amount so I can fix that vacation soon. He invited me anyway so I'm gonna be really gunning for that! When can I start wearing my tap shoes so I can do it with those dancers that fire up on riverdance! ^_^ I'm sure it'll be a blast!

It's a Man's meal!

Party Preparations Start Now!

I know how to throw parties and as a matter of fact I have hosted a lot of them over the year. The pain of preparing for something out of the ordinary is the one that makes or breaks it. If there are some instances of craziness you can always say it is excusable. I love the part where we often dress up in costumes. I throw that twice a year either on Halloween or another holiday I can think of. Everyone complies too and it would not be such a phenomenon to see someone in Scooby Doo Costumes or Shaggy for that matter. I also put in some mystery games when I do it in large houses. It makes the event extra special!

I would not stop my friends from coming over, get drunk or dress up whatever they want just as long as they have fun. I don't let the drivers drink of course! Believe me I have actually hooked up a lot of friends in parties that I host and I'm not in the mood to stop now. I have one next month and preparations start as early as now. Do you know how I can integrate Toga's in the next one? I need a lot of white sheets too so its going to cost me a lot. If I am lucky I can get my former classmates to join in too. It has been twenty years since we met so if that isn't reason enough to get this party started; I just don't know what else is! It is also going to be extra special because of the costumes! Let's get this party started!

KUMAGCOW's Blogging Tools

I know a bunch of my friends ask me the same question; on what particular tools I use for blogging. It's pretty simple and I don't have that much weird content on my site. If I had something weird posted you probably caught me on a bad day ha-ha! I'll share some of the things I used to stay in this on line doppelganger since 2006. I hope you don't mind...

Publishing: Blogger

I have been using Blogger for the longest time. I find it very user friendly and simple. It's all good too that it works with Google and I don't have to worry about hosting and it does the payment automatically too so I don't have to go through all the fuzz about renewals. It made renaming my site a cinch. There are also thousands of templates to choose from on the Internet. It takes a lot of time organizing how you get the site to look like and they made it easy for me. I don't have anything bad to say about Wordpress or Typepad so don't badmouth Blogger ok? Hehehe..

Photography: Nikon D60, 70-300 Sigma Telephoto Lens, 35mm Nikkor Prime Lens, 18-55 Nikkor Kit Lens, Nokia Phones, Blackberry Curve 8320

I use the DSLR cam mostly for fashion shoots and food photography. For the quick unannounced trips to restaurants and what not the common cellphone cameras does the job. Daylight provides ample amount of lighting. Updates in Twitter gets most of my Blackberry shots and even with measly megapixels it works. I don't steal images; and I have them linked on original URL's if I need some for reference. I'm a photographer so I know how it feels to use someone's photos without their permission. I should get a carved bust soon, this is getting me heroic!

Videos: Flip Ultra 120 Minutes

I won tons of prizes from Olay to say the least with Ms. Daphne Osena's site. I guess I am lucky. Though just this last week, I volunteered to have my Flip Cam be taken to the UN General Assembly as my Aunt was speaking on Civil Society Hearings. To make the story short, the glass lens cracked in transit rendering my Flip on retirement mode unless there are some people who want to be shot with cracks on their faces. Hence the need for a NEW ONE to continue this streak of luck this year. You must be blind by now if you haven't noticed I'm giving you a hint! LOL!

Subscription: Globe

I have been with Globe since Day 1 of my mobile phone usage. I had never changed numbers up until this year when I got into post paid. Not really a fan of the other one (no offense) but I had so much unscrupulously charged things on my account which were never returned, Globe provided me better service and that made a huge difference. I also use their service to post blog entries even if there are no Blogger blackberry applications. I use the browser straight away and had no glitches even on WIFI. I love my phone until now because of this!

Laptop: ASUS X80N

With large tasks on gaming and editing I needed a laptop computer that would be able to perform above and beyond normal ones hence this one. I needed to test out several games and download others for my PSP. Photo and video editing was also a chore so I do that every now and then. If I don't get a new one in the near future, I'd stick with this one since it is doing what I need as of now. Anything smaller than its screen and I'd be squinting. I wouldn't want netbooks because it won't do on editing. If there's a free one I'd be happy but it won't get my laptop replaced. I'm taking it hostage!



Software: Adobe Photoshop, Premier and Lightroom 2.3 Flipshare

All my watermarks are made via Photoshop no matter how simple it is.Color Management is done via Lightroom. Premier handles the videos and effects. Flipshare does the cutting and editing before I do render them back in Premier. Nothing complicated for my level but hey I'm a Computer Engineer and I had to do videography and photography altogether. If I had something simpler that would not deteriorate quality of images then that would be better, but not now since the Adobe stuff are doing good! I won photography contests and had them printed already; so go figure! I also use a lot of image hosting sites like Flickr, Photobucket, imageshack and Imageboo. Flickr does the best in showing images since it does not deteriorate compared to the original file.

Enjoy what you are doing

You won't survive years of blogging if you don't enjoy and love what you are doing. It's hard to write everyday. It's hard to please everyone. If you love what you are doing then you can be contented with what you publish in your blog. It's your blog after all!

I just got you to take a look at how I do things in this side of the globe so if you (in some stroke of luck) would want to get into this hobby too; you know what to do and when to use it alright?!

Go get your writing itches and do the deed, go get your blog out for the world to see!

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