COMMUNICATION INTOXICATION

Remember the time when MSC used to walk around the neighborhood just to convey messages with one another? Even the town of Maysan hasn't had any telephone lines yet. What a drag right? Come to think of it, the other members who were willing to do the task of going from house to house just to announce something before, is very much admirable.

Thanks to the birth of the CELLPHONE, communication has gotten a lot easier, by a mile! No more enduring the hot sun, the rain and other hard stuff that our first members used to experience. Only a few presses on the keypad and you're good to go!

This photo was taken using a camera phone. When MSC was still going "gaga" about the cellphone and it's perks and features! And while the cellphones have gone a long way from its first models, MSC is right there to adjust and conform with it!

NHEY + GUITAR = GOOD MUSIC

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but 4, 7, 8,10, 11,12, 13 and 18 string guitars so exist.

Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in jazz, blue, country, flamenco, rock music etc.and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone.

For MSC, after Jeanette Cruz, MSC member and organist left for the US for a more promising career in the field of nursing, MSC would have to depend on Kuya Arnel alone for musical accompaniment. And he gladly took the challenge now, without an organist by his side. He has been doing it for MSC for years long after Jeanette had gone. His ever-reliable guitar never fails to come into the scene during jammings, engagements and parties too.

TRIP TO BATAAN

SCTEX to Dinalupihan, Bataan exit

Last March 15, Tatay Boyet, Tita Melody and I went to Balanga, Bataan. It was to attend a christening of Nelda (Lucas)'s youngest kid Andrei Chino. Nelda MSC alumni, after she got married, her family needed to transfer to Bataan. But her heart still remains with MSC that she even chose me and Tatay Boyet to be Godfathers of her child. MSC alumni couple, Larry and Cherie de Guzman were also present there as Godparents as well.

We got to use the SCTEX route for the first time to get there. And it was an experience indeed! It felt like being in a different country.

Another first for us was seeing a bonsai tamarind tree with fruits ripe for the picking!
We enjoyed a sumptuous feast at a local Restaurant following the baptismal rites at the Holy Cross Church. Parlor games also livened up the occasion which are not only intended for the kids but for the adult attendees as well!!!

After a nice banquet and the socializing with the hosts and other guests, we went home grateful for the honor to be chosen as Godfathers and happy for the opportunity to be reunited with old, close friends.

March 15 was also Ate Lulu's Birthday. But celebration will be next Sunday. Weekly rehearsals will resume on that day too.

MSC IDOL

If Fox TV gave us the ever-famous American Idol, MSC came up with our very own MSC IDOL!

It started during our Christmas Party in 2007 when the "elders (?)"of MSC thought of showcasing the individual member's singing abilities in the form of a healthy competition. Each member chooses a song and delivers it! After all, one can never be MSC without the talent! Judges were picked to decide who wins and the winner takes home a "katuwaan" cash prize! The very first one to bring home the title of MSC Idol was Annalyn Amorin in 2007.

In the year after, there was yet again another MSC Idol, judged by our Kuya Alex dela Cruz, an alumnus/adviser/fan and ex-president of MSC. The current title holder was out-going president Gerry Laforteza replacing president-elect, Cocoy. Looks like a conspiracy to me...ahaha...

Unfortunately, the 2008 photos were erased during my most recent PC disaster. Bear with this one for now.

A TIME TO GET SERIOUS

I'm having trouble finding pictures showing the serious side of MSC following my PC mishap a few months back. Yes, we go for gimmicks, we party, we laugh our lungs out but there is also a side of us when we use our lungs for a different purpose, the sole reason why we were bounded together as a group! WE SING!

Yes, we may be rowdy and wild at times, yet, we deliver good music ALL THE TIME!

This was taken during Ate Josie's wedding at the OLRP church. And I'm calling all members who may have saved other photos of MSC actually singing. Because that is really what the choir is all about...