Pastor Jun Balasbas is an awesome friend I made while I was looking for photographers in the Philippines to let me use their photos for the "Food For Thought" video. I just asked him about donations and what he thought I should do and this was his reply...


Message #1

:: ondoy

i'll send a few photo that my wife has taken a day after
the typhoon and will try to connect you to some of my
friends who have photos. many are still stranded on the roof
of their houses. And though a lot of donations are coming
in, still not enough for the people. And there are some more
places that are not yet reached by the rescuers and reliefs
and many are worried because another typhoon is on its way
and will hit the philippines this evening. continue to pray
and thank you for the support!

ywap and our church have also mobilized a donation drive to
help our brethrens specifically in Taytay Rizal. We're
planning to go there this Sunday to distribute goods and
cash to those who are affected. Not enough but a small help
will help them survive another day and ease a little of
their pain.

God bless Marq!

Jun


Message #2

:: Re: ondoy


It's so heart breaking to hear that many of the donations
are not getting to where it should go and some are even sold
to the victims!!! I think it's ok to donate in Red Cross but
you can not monitor where your donations are going. But they
constantly helping. Sadly, Gordon is the head of Phil Red
cross and is running for President...:) So he might use it
to gain popularity, etc.

you can donate to ywap if you trust us and we will donate
it directly to families. we will document our distributions
for you to see.

For your info: I think the "other" typhoon i'm talking
about has just arrived and it's raining wild here. According
to PAG-ASA, 'pepeng' is more violent than ondoy.:(

We need your prayers.
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So there you go. Scary isn't it? gave me chills reading that. so now i'm having second thoughts on donating to the phil red cross now. i trust ywap and pastor jun's church. i've donated to their church retreat last year and he updated me as to what my donation went towards, even sent me a picture cd of all the ppl who were saved at the retreat. really great guy. if you want to donate i'll update this note when i get it.

please leave your thoughts and please repost this note if u like. thanks, God bless, and keep the Philippines in your prayers as another storm is on its way.

And don't forget to spread the word and come to our Oct 9 fundraiser!

My Take on Kanye vs Taylor

In the hype of all this Kanye vs Taylor drama, I decided to use the whole debacle for a song writing exercise. I don't think you need to know how I feel on the whole thing, because 99.9% of us seem to be in agreement that he was a total DOUCHE BAG for doing what he did.

I was originally gonna do an auto-tune Kanye diss using his song "Heartless" but felt it would be more of a challenge to do it with Taylor's song that won the VMA, "You Belong WIth Me". I never really knew the words or memorized how the song goes except the part that goes "She wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts" lol. It's a catchy pop tune, which my cheesy self is easily a sucker for. The hard part was trying not to run out of Kanye references and trying to find ways to diss Kanye without repeating the word "douche bag" or "gay fish", which I believe I succeeded in. :) You'll also notice that I kept the chorus as is. I felt it still goes well with the song, but if anyone has suggestions let me know. Plus if any MC's are interested in doing a remix video and pulling a Kanye during the middle of the song and spit a 16, let me know!

It would be cool to make the video go viral that eventually Taylor (or even Kanye) could hear this song. So if you're on Twitter and tweet this, don't forget to add @taylorswift13 to your tweet! :)

You can view the video on the youtube here, in which theres also a link to download the song:


Please let me know what you think!

Thanks!

:: Wonder Marq ::

"You Belong With Me" (Kanye vs Taylor)

You're at the VMA's, it's supposed to be your night
Till Kanye stormed the stage and stole your mic
He doesn't like your music like I do

You're first moon man mama must've been so proud
Someone should've shoved fishsticks into kanye's mouth
He doesn't hold his liquor like I do

He drinks Hennesy, I drink Snapple
He drives a DeLorean and I push a RAV 4
Don't worry girl, the world's on your side
Pink should've gave his face two black eyes

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why, why can't you see
You belong with me
You belong with me

He apologized on the Jay Leno show
Proves no one likes a big e-e-e-ego
Will he strike again, oh no we really don't know
He's just being Kanyeezy

You're a princess he's just a gay old fish
Jealous cuz your new album sold more than his
That's the attidue of a douche bag
Beyonce, that's what I call class

He's a rap superstar, I'm just an amateur
He drives a DeLorean and I push a RAV 4
The "Single Ladies" video was alright
But not one of the best videos of all time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why, why can't you see
You belong with me
You belong With me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know, baby...
You belong with me, you belong with me

Oh, I remember when he gave you back the mic
Looked like you were bout to cry
Soon Twitter fans unite
Team Taylor till we die
So play our favorite songs
Kanye's a drama queen
Best Female Video is
You belong with me

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why, why can't you see
You belong with me
You belong With me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know, baby...
You belong with me, you belong with me

You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me
You belong with me



lyrics except chorus © marq romero 2009

Look what I found in the Warhol Soup vault!

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So as I was rummaging through some old Warhol Soup recordings, I stumbled upon an acoustic version of "Adobophunk" we recorded around a campfire in Lake George in 2007. It's about how we Filipinos love to dance and shake our puwet (tagalog for "butt"). Enjoy and feel free to download. Hope you don't mind some of the talking and laughing going on in the background. I think someone was getting all excited about cooking a fish they caught during the day. Hey, I would be excited too if I caught a fish! Props to Ponti who was playing percussion with a heavy ass log! You can hear him towards the end complaining how he's getting tired. :P

Listen to "Adobophunk" - Warhol Soup (AoustiCampfire Funk Version):

Download - "Adobophunk" (AcoustiCampfire Funk Version)- Warhol Soup

"AdoboPhunk" (© 2009 Warhol Soup)

I smell somthin' funky

but the sound is just so sweet

And The beat is extra chunky

And I just gotta sink my feet in it

The bass supplies the groove

It's like food for the booty to move

A funky chicken mix of some guitar licks

We serving up a musical stew

It's mmm mmm good

It'll feed your soul like yo momma should

It's mmm mmm good

We coming thru to your neighborhood

Cuz Everybody's asking

Yo can I get a little taste of the

Nu-jazzy-jersey-multifunk-rock rappery

Fresh to death yo we represent the Philippines

It's adobophunk, adobophunk

The flavor that you savor is adobophunk

Adobophunk, yea! adobophunk

Sabi ko sayo mag-adobophunk

(x2)

All my filipino bboys, poppers,

lockers, and true school hip-hoppers

My titas and my titos,

mom, and pop, grab your line dancing partner

Whether you line dance or you break dance

I don't give a dang-diggy-dang-di-dang

Just get on the floor and make it happen

If your funky and you know nows the time to show it so let me hear some clapping.

Its mmm mmm good

we'll feed your soul like yo momma should

It's mmm mmm good

Freeze! And thaw it out. Adobophunk leaves a funky flavor in your mouth.(x4)

Give me that funky chicken but make it adobophunk.

(back to chorus)