The Way of the Plann

Its been a while that I never posted anything to my blog,
hence this will be my first post for the year 2011,
paying tribute to "MASTAPLANN" the all-Filipino
Hip Hop group that was formed in 1992 in the Philippines,
MC's Butch Velez aka Tracer One, Johnny Luna aka Type Slickk.

My favorite Mastaplann song is "The way of the plann",
inspired me a lot and still listening this song until today.
though I posted this lyrics on www.titikpilipino.com two
years ago, but its of no avail right now, ending on a broken link.

Since there are no lyrics available for this song in the internet,
thus, let me post this on my blog, so here,
the lyrics of "The Way of the Plann" encoded by me,
by listening the mp3, with a couple of rewinds and forwards:

The Way of the Plann

Light the ganja
Thats what you require,
Take you high and higher
to the world you belong

I
Pour yourself a drink, as we take another trip
on a smooth flowing RnB tip, cos the clips getting ready
and punks cant be down with this state of mind
can get it off all my homies check it out loc

Im gonna kick it on another level,
devils gettin' slain, step away
try to fuck with me another day,
yo I pray whack rhymes like a mantis,
it's gettin' people mad,
cuz suckas coudn't stand us

Phat mentadellic, asiatic cool poet,
with a brain full of disses, for damn bitches,
yo i know it gets hard being the T,
but i managed, always comin' up
with something dope causing damage

On the weak, yo I'm freaks the funk
till im flying, puffin' on the lah,
(do you quit?), i aint tryin'
buyin up another 20 bags for my bro,
And you know i keep it going,
till i cant no more, so oh,

heres another for a true fancy hiphop,
the ones living real, check my skills,
when i grab my steel microphone
its gets ill on a quickfast, i got a smaller wrist than
bruce lee kickin' ass.

Light the ganja
Thats what you require,
Take you high and higher
to the world you belong

Light the ganja
Thats what you desire,
high and higher
to the world you belong

II
Back in this G kickin' with the phat dub set,
Sippin' on the genie juice and I always get the love back
To my homies in true asiatic tribe,
Cuz in the hiphop industry, we got enough by,
Straight pinoys, and you'll never catch us slippin'
In the crazy gas phase all suckaz I'd be trippin'

In the house and my partners livin' phat,
Talk to Johnny Krush and do you know where your headset?
(so legalize it, so legalize it, puff,
puff the ragga muffin, the tracer advertising)

So check it out, the T-R-A-C-E-R
down with my homie Type, as illegal both for far
I not down with the cane but i took the mary jane
our rhymes crazy flowin' just like water in the drain

So let me catch you rat, catch you, catch you rat,
With the masterplann crew always commin' correct uh.

Light the ganja
Thats what you require,
Take you high and higher
to the world you belong

Light the ganja
Thats what you desire,
high and higher
to the world you belong

break it down....
smooth....
somethin...

III
So yo chill for a sec,
cuz the type is full of wreck,
so check all the punk fools,
with my mind like a Tech-9

Im spranging minds
all around make you wanna getdown'
and take a buddha for the buddhafide sound,

so let me flip the script, grab the mic real quick,
and kick it one time, cuz the tracer's comin' sic,
on this track, the asiatic tribe's got my back,
livin' straight stack, with the phat buddha stack,

And my asiatic clicks gettin sick,
affix my big quick, no shit because the lights anotha explicit,
kill the riff in the stress as im zonin'
and this is for my homies and the bitches that we bonin' and uh

on the real, we still stay true to the game
everywhere we go people yellin' out our name
the M-A-S-T-A-P-L-A- double N
taking hits from the spliff, all the way to the N

Light the ganja
Thats what you require,
Take you high and higher
to the world you belong

Light the ganja
Thats what you desire,
high and higher
to the world you belong

Light the ganja
Thats what you require,
Take you high and higher
to the world you belong

Light the ganja
Thats what you desire,
high and higher
to the world you belong....

to see mastaplann performing live for this song,
"the way of the plan" see the youtube adress below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ArAuNRZNDQ

Update March 2017:

.... and sir Type Johnny Luna says on his Facebook post reply:

"Pretty close! 👍"

Maligayang Ika-Isang Daan at Labing Dalawampu na taon ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas!

Sa aking mga minamahal na kapwa Pilipino, maligayang Ika-Isang Daan at Labing Dalawampu na taon ng Kalayaan ng Pilipinas! Taas noo ko pong ipinagmamalaki na ako'y Pilipino hanggang magpakailanman! Tuloy pa rin po ang pagmamahal sa inangbayan at malampasan ang kakayahan ng sinumang dayuhan!

d po nkasulat sa ingles, d po cla ksali sa paggunita, mbaba ang tingin nla't wlang pkialam sa atin, my araw dn tayong mga pinoy!

Starcraft II Wings of Liberty Beta demo at License 2 Play 2010, Singapore Expo

Starcraft. A feared name in the line of PC strategy games in history. This game was released 12 years ago by the undisputed game creator of all times, Blizzard Entertainment. After the “like-never-coming-wait” for four years from the official announcement of Starcraft II, Blizzard will be releasing it finally on 27th July this year.

There’s a single player vs. AI beta crack which is available for download on the internet early this year, for all those who have “itching-rotten-fingers” for this new PC game. However, one cannot enjoy the game at full extent because Starcraft II is server based and an internet connection to log in is required.

The crack does not log in but opens a map file, thus starting a single player vs. AI game. A LAN network game and "campaign-storyline-mission" game is unfortunately not possible. This just proves the saying “haste makes waste”.

As a big fan and an avid supporter for the game, I do have the same “burning-can’t-wait-desire” for the game, but I have decided to forget the beta crack and wait. Why? Is it worth for all the patience? Well then, the answer is a big yes. Starcraft is not an ordinary game, it’s a legend and a classic far better than any strategy game known to mankind.

I rushed to try the online beta demo on the first day, 28th of May of the License 2 Play 2010 in Singapore Expo, hoping to partially quench my great thirst of this game. With all of my expectations, Blizzard never failed me. The gameplay and graphics were excellent even up to of breathing muscles of the Zergs, and the animated detail of the mineral crystals. The booth as seen on the photos above is so Terran based, as obvious as the Marine being equipped on an "Ironman-like-suit" on on the “all-already-have-watched” cinematic trailer since 2007. The day ended with hearts fulfilled and stomachs too. Why? Because there’s a Food Fair on the adjacent hall.

















To know and see more of this “Starcrafted Beauty”, please visit: www.starcraft2.com

Passport Renewal at the Philippine Embassy, Singapore

It was on 23rd of May 2010 in 20 Nassim Road when I applied for this Machine-readable passports for renewal since it will expire this august 2010. This is not cheap, it punches an $85 sing dollar in your pocket. Is it worth it?, or we just can go home in our beloved country and process there instead?

Now, I want to share my good and bad experiences, the pro’s & con’s and my drop dead advices.

Pro’s:
Open on Sundays and the convenience of immediate need in Singapore itself without coming home in the Philippines. In which for a fact that most of the Filipinos working more-human-than-human in Singapore, deprived of the breath-catching “TIME”.

Con’s:
Again, not cheap. Processing fee: $85 sing dollars which is about P2720 pesos.

When to go there?:

The embassy location itself is not quite accessible, no public buses will be passing by there and its a 20 minute walk from Orchard MRT.

Embassy services are served in the traditional, classic Filipino way that we grew up and get used to be. I’m not going to elaborate this, I took the photo above at almost 8am there, so just “be early as much as 7am”.

We enjoy holidays right?, so is our beloved embassy. I strongly advice to check both Philippine & Singapore holidays and government events; e.g. election. The embassy takes part of the overseas absentee voting for the recent national elections for all the Sundays last month.

Last month I was broke. I was completely prepared for all the requirements when the security says that the embassy will not serve passport renewals on that day. I was there very early and everything was a waste on the start of my Sunday morning.

What to wear?:

For both ladies and gentlemen please wear something with a collar, It is necessary to have collars in your attire in your passport photo. So I strongly advice to wear such, in case that the embassy don’t want your photo, you can just take it in the photo machine inside. The photo cost $7 sing dollars for a set of four.

I hope this article helps. Please do check their website at: http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg , all the information will be there.

Thanks for reading, Mabuhay po ang Pilipinas!...