Big City Dreams: Call it what you want

They say na okay lang daw na paminsan minsan di mo talaga magegets ang ugali ng tao. Minsan nga di mo magets sarili mo ibang tao pa kaya. Di mo rin pwede ibase ang pagkakakilala mo sa tao from sabi-sabi o chismis hanggat ikaw mismo di mo nararanasan o napagdadaanan. Kelangan kasi natin makipaghalubilo before tayo makaka conclude. Na how was it? Mabait kaya? Mapapagkatiwalaan ba sya? May respeto ba sya?

Meron kasi tayong tinatawag na First impression. At di tayo pwedeng dun lang bumase we have to really do the "mingle" thing to be able to experience everything, anything. Ang kulang saten is yung "courage" to do so.

I can't blame other people for saying "ayoko ako ang nauuna, gusto ko ako ang unang nilalapitan". Kasi daw na trauma na sila sa experiences nila sa pagiging super

friendly nila. Pero pano kung di sila ang mauuna? Pano na?

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Way back dati I'm so shy talaga. Pero ngayon wala na ata yun sa Vocabulary ko. Hahahahaha. Na observe ko kasi parang wala naman tayong mapupuntahan sa pagiging mahiyain natin eh. Namemenos lang yung pwede nating matutunan.

Kung mulat ka sa realidad ng buhay,kung naranasan mo nang malugmok ng paulit-ulit at di hinahayaang malunod dito, alam kong may ginawa kang "Big step" para mabago ito kasi posible naman mabago to.

New ways. New goals. Baguhin mismo tayo. Pagdating sa attitudes, sa pakikitungo, pag perceive ng mga bagay. Pagbago sa hindi magandang kaugalian. At sa pagbibigay importansya sa Pamilya, kaibigan at sariling kalusugan. So one thing I have agreed to change it's my "pagkamahiyain".

I get along more and more with other people to be able to get to know them kahit slowly lang, pero alam mo yun, may development. :) Di man maganda ang unang engkwentro atleast diba you can improve it next time.

Base nga sa nabasa kong quote na kahit abo mang good-bad things na mangyare sa buhay natin, magiging malungkot lang tayo o masaya sa kung pano natin haharapin ang problema. In other words proper disposition when it comes to solving problems.

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Less stress kung papagaanin natin ang problema mismo before natin gawan ng paraan. Pero meron talagang mga bagay na "out of our league" na talaga. What I mean is di na tayo ang makakapag bago or makakapagsaayos. Kaya mas mabuti pang ipagdasal nalang natin.

Isang halimbawa ay ang "attitude problems". Wala na tayong hawak dun. Kasi pinag uusapan natin dito ay ang tao na mismo.

Oftentimes wala tayong magagawa dun dahil wala tayo sa lugar. Yung tipong di dapat tayo ang maging daan para ma realize nila yun. Kasi kung ako lang "sarili mo dapat kilala mo eh" di sapat na parating pabaya nalang, dapat we take time to observe ourselves din dilang lahat puro puna sa ibang tao.

Cause if we try to think about it, it's our own life na dapat bigyan nating pansin.

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined".

"Confidently" Big word. Mahirap gawin sometimes. Kasi naman nagiging OA tayo. Minsan we're getting overconfident we feel na antaas-taas na natin. At di na tayo pwedeng ibaba in someway. Matamaan na ang matamaan!. Alam ko kasi minsan na fefeel ko yun mismo sa sarili ko. And I hate it. Kaya bumabalik ako sa pinangalingan ko. Wayback when I was a child hanggang sa paglaki.

Mga experiences with the family taught me soo much. I can still remember everything. This year I wanted to change things, I must for the betterment. For myself and my relationship to other people. Other pokemons. Hahahaha

That's why I did my resolutions to guide me to be more humble, patient when it comes to work and attitudes towards it.

I'm glad for my co-workers cause they're the coolest ones ever. They're all different yet unique in their own ways. We're getting Gors na but still we're one in many things.

Yung pagiging listener. Na enhance ko to in the end of last year. Hanggang ngayon I'm still on it. Doon ko kasi na realize na I won't taste the world and still life whatever it might bring pag naka idle lang ako. I really need to go out there reachin' other people and vice versa.

Life is a classic ride of improvements and dissapointments,a circus with people you love, with strangers you don't have a clue about and realizing the world is a better place for people who are fearless yet humble and kind.

Life is full of potential. It's just a matter of how we use them from time to time. Cause no one else limits what you can do except you. Solely you. Challenge yourself! Crave for adventures! Crave for more :)

Because your future is still "Unwritten". I'm glad if up until now you and I appreciate the Life God has given me and you. <3

Listen to them: Foster the people Torches

Track list:

1. Helena Beat

2. Pumped Up Kicks

3. Call it what you want

4. Color on the walls (Don't Stop)

5. Waste

6. I would do anything for you

7. Houdini

8. Life on the Nickel

9. Miss you

10. Warrant

First formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, indie rock trioFoster the People were a bunch of guys in their mid-twenties who used Foster and the People as their initial moniker. But since people often misheard the name and called it Foster the People instead, members Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius opted the name. Another reason is because the new one has an underlying meaning.

Foster, Fink and Pontius were friends first before bandmates. After hanging out with them separately in Los Angeles, Foster brought them together to pursue their passion in music. "I've been playing music and writing songs on my own for a while. I was happy being a solo artist for a long time, but eventually it reached a point where I was like: 'Man, I'm ready to put a band together again!' And so I did," Foster explained in an interview.

They began by performing at charity shows like Toms Shoes 'Day Without Shoes' as they figure out the band's direction. Their first published creation "Pumped Up the Kicks" then received significant airplay on KRQQ back in 2010. Thanks to the single, the band quickly gained attention online. The song also reached number one on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart and 13 on Billboard Hot 100.

Mark Foster

From there, it was all downhill. The group got into Coachella Music Festival in 2011 and their first album was on the way. Speaking of their first effort which is called "Torches" and was released on May 23, 2011, Foster gushed, "It's super versatile. I think that the one quality that distinguishes it as a body of work is just joy. It's a joyous record. I think there's an underlying joy in all of the songs, even if the lyrics are dark. I'm excited. You haven't heard anything like it yet from us."

"Torches" debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold 33,000 copies in the first week.

FACTS about Foster the People:

Mark Foster is 27, Cubbie Fink is 29 and Mark Pontius is 26.

Mark Foster is the only child.

Mark Pontius's sister and Cubbie Fink's wife share the same first name: Rebecca.

Mark Pontius and his sister, Rebecca Pontius appeared in GSN's Extreme Dodgeball (both were on different teams).

Rebecca Pontius (Mark Pontius's sister) appeared on the Nickelodeon show 'Guts' when she was 12.

Cubbie Fink's wife is Rebecca St. James who is a recording artist and author of 8 (soon to be nine) books.

Rebecca St. James is a Grammy award winner and she sang a song called 'Lion' on the album 'Music inspired by Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe'.

Mark Pontius studied in Lyman High School. It's in Longwood, Florida.

Mark Foster has an Irish grandmother.

Cubbie Fink stated in an interview that Mark Foster wrote 'Pumped up kicks'. He said: "Mark wrote the song and showed it to us and we all kind of agreed that it was a great song. We were stoked about it." Click here to read the original interview.

Cubbie Fink proposed Rebecca St. James on Christmas Day, 2010. They got married on 23^rd April in San Diego, California.

Mark Foster has a tattoo of a duck in plaid in his behind.

As far as I can gather, Mark Pontius has three tattoos- One in his right arm, another one of an apple with two ears and the very famous tattoo of a hand on his tensor fasciae . You can spot it in the video 'The answering machine' of his former band Malbec

Cubbie Fink's birthdate is 4th of October.

Foster the People's very first red carpet (and award show) was Much Music Awards 2011, Canada. They presented an award there.

Mark Pontius' sister Rebecca Pontius is the co-founder of the Do Good Bus. She got the idea of the bus when Mark P threw a birthday party for her at a bus.

Isom Innis was the keyboardist for 3OH!3 (top) That's the crew of 3OH!3 including Isom.

Mark Foster, Mark Pontius, Cubbie Fink and Isom Innis thinks Justin Bieber is one talented kid. Do you?

Cubbie is a local La Costa Canyon high school graduate who grew up in Encinitas

Mark Pontius thinks dunkin doughnuts are the best in the world.

Cubbie Fink worked as a missionary in South Africa.

Mark Pontius' hometown is Orlando.

Mark Foster met Rivers Cuomo (of the band Weezer) at a party in L.A when he was new there, probably nine years ago. He was carrying his guitar so Cuomo taught him 'Say it ain't so' on the guitar

At the age of 22, Mark Foster was on the verge of getting signed by the label of Dr. Dre. But talks came to a dead end. The label thought he was a white crossover soul artist- the new Eminem. But Mark didn't wanted to become a soul artist. He wanted electronic music.

Mark Foster came to know that Cubbie played bass after 4 years of their friendship.

Mark Foster never wanted to become a musician. He wanted to become a lawyer.

Mark Foster was asked to name 5 favourite things. He replied: lobster, 'FIFA 2011' for Xbox, making music obviously, coming up with short comedy sketches and porcupines.

Cubbie had a different hair cut in 2010 when Foster the People were just discovered by the internet. It was longer than his present hair.

Mark Pontius uses Grestch drums.

Mark Pontius sold his house and his car after the record deal. Cubbie Fink bought an apartment in April and spent only 5 nights in it before going for their tour. It was also in April that he got married.

Mark Pontius likes watching romantic-comedy movies.

Foster the People fans are called 'Fosterers'. It's a term invented by a teenager named Keisha Adams residing in London.

"They're not pretentious, they're not alcoholics, they're not crazy, they're not egomaniacs, and that's hard to find."- Mark F on his band.

Mark Foster was addicted to drugs when he was 18. His friends thought he was gonna die.

Mark Foster's good friend Japayork did the cover art of their album Torches. He also designed the shirts and all the apparels and FTP merchandise.

Foster the People recorded 'Call it what you want', 'I would do anything for you' and 'Life on the nickel' in London.

'Life on the nickel' was the last track that made into Torches.

Mark Foster used to do odd jobs before Foster the People happened. He delivered pizzas, painted houses, did telemarketing, an sold cutlery from house to house.

Foster the People's North American tour ended in Miami.

Cubbie Fink is a La Costa Canyon High graduate who was raised up in Encinitas.

Mark Foster, in his first kiss, told his girl not to eat him up.

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