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I don't want this blog to be known as another fan-worship fan site of David Cook BUT I just can't help but blog about him and his fantabulous music!



Here's my li'l gift to all Cookies who supported David!

"The Time of My Life", otherwise known as David Cook's first single, is current #1 over-all song at iTunes followed by his other Finale Songs.

For those who can, please, please BUY Cookie's songs from iTunes and let us continue to support our David! :)



THE TIME OF MY LIFE
David Cook

I’ve been waiting for my dreams
To turn into something
I could believe in
And looking for that
Magic rainbow
On the horizon
I couldn’t see it
Until I let go
Gave into love and watched all the bitterness burn
Now I’m coming alive
Body and soul
And feelin’ my world start to turn

And I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time
To be more than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life
Time of my life

Holding onto things that vanished
Into the air
Left me in pieces
But now I’m rising from the ashes
Finding my wings
And all that I needed
Was there all along
Within my reach
As close as the beat of my heart

So I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time to be
More than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life
Time of my life

And I’m out on the edge of forever
Ready to run
I’m keeping my feet on the ground
My arms open wide
My face to the sun

I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time,
This is the time to be
More than a name
Or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life
Time of my life
More than a name
Or a face in the crowd
This is the time
This is the time of my life.
This is the time of my life.

Need I say more? :D

I would like to say THANK YOU, AMERICA...for the votes! You finally got it right and the results were not even close.

OUR DAVID undeniably won the competition with 12 million more votes than Little David. Makes you want to think if Simon's "you're-a-knock-out-Archuleta!" last night was just a ploy to encourage Cookey voters to vote like they've never voted before! Woohoo!




Celebration starts NOW! I am buying a bunch of COOKIES for everyone here at work! Thanks also to David Archuleta who did an equally amazing performance and for making this Cook victory a challenging BUT sweet one.

Click this link for my David Cook Music Page. Credits to Rickey.org for the picture and for hosting the best blog live ever!

DAVID COOK IS TEH BOMB!

I was in Vigan, Ilocos Sur with my friends last weekend and we had so much fun. Not even Typhoon Cosme can bring down the high spirits we were in.



Photos and stories to follow.

It all came down to this.

David vs. David. Cook vs. Archuleta. Bartender vs. Student.

This is the first all-male American Idol Finale since Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken (Season 2) and one of the most exciting in recent memory. Any of the two can win this. No front runner, no underdog, winner takes all.



FINALE SPOILERS (AND MORE)

1. There will be three (3) songs for each of the Davids on Performance Night on Tuesday. First will be Clive Davis' song choice, Contestant's choice and the winning American Idol Songwriters Competition song.

2. They can choose to reprise a song or sing a new one for the Contestant's Choice. If Cookie will do a reprise, I bet (and hope) that he'll choose one of his wow-songs like "Hello", "Billie Jean", or "Always Be My Baby". Archey will probably choose his safe-but-effective "Imagine".

3. There are rumors that they can make new arrangements for the American Idol Songwriters Competition Song unlike last year.

4. Top AI All-Star Bloggers like Rickey.org and MJ's Big Blog already made their bets and predictions. Most of them will vote for Cook but are predicting an Archuleta win. Weird.

5. Everyone knows that whoever David will win on Wednesday, Cook will STILL REMAIN as the most successful Season 7 IDOL.

[EDIT - May 20, 7:30 PM - additional finale spoilers from MJ's Big Blog on Tuesday's song choices. 9 hours to go before the curtains!]

6. Archey will reprise Lennon's "Imagine" (See? I Told you, guys!) which he sang during the Top 20/70's Night. This was confirmed by Nigel on Ryan Seacrest's KISS radio show last week. David Cook will sing U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For". Cookie is the first-ever Idol who got a clearance to sing a U2 song. Wow! This was reported by FOX News.

7. The Davids picked their own Coronation Song from the Top 10 Most Popular Songs from the American Idol Songwriters Competition from the 20 that were available for voting weeks ago. No idea which song they chose.

8. Simon in the Tonight Show With Jay Leno said that he doesn't care who wins Season 7 but if he will pick somebody it has to be David Cook. He said that "he's been around for awhile, he's paid his dues". Listen to Simon, America! :D

DAVID COOK FOR THE WIN!

I might as well kiss the iPhone goodbye.

I learned today that iPhone will finally reach Philippine shores LEGALLY this year courtesy of the other company. Singtel is the one who made the deal so it is but natural to have its Philippine affiliate distribute it.



Even if I am not TOO happy about the news, it's still a great score for the Philippines to finally get hold of one of the most coveted gadgets ever (even if it is more than a year late and not 3G-capable...YET). I hope that this introduction will also usher the launch of iTunes Music & App Store in the Philippines! THAT I am excited about!

Read all the iPhone Philippines hoopla here.

I give up. I need help. This blog is best viewed through Mozilla Firefox. Screw Internet Explorer! I attempted to change the pixels and measurements of this blog the other day so it can be a one-size-fits-all whatever your display or pixel size may be. It worked for a day but when I checked it via Internet Explorer - it was all smashed up! My sidebar is now at the bottom of all my posts and I cannot do anything about it. I tried bringing back the old template (where it used to work on whatever browser you may have) but it is NOW broken and cannot be fixed no matter what pixel value I use. It's frustrating and I am contemplating on changing skins and templates BUT I really don't want to since I love the fresh and pure look of this one.

So, PLEASE...web techies out there...please, please HELP ME! :)

While most people I know are buying the latest and fastest laptops, I've gone old school and bought a new monitor for my four year old PC. The last one I had broke almost a year ago but I delayed buying a new one since the flicker problem was then tolerable and I have my work laptop anyway.

I was blog-hopping the other day when the monitor almost "died" on me. The resolution went from orange to dark green to super super dark green so I decided then and there that it is high-time to buy a new one. I've been canvassing since last year and I am happy that the monitor prices went down since last I checked (thanks to all the people who are shifting to laptops!).

To cut the story short, here's my new kick-ass 17" LCD Flat Screen Monitor from Samsung:



I was supposed to buy the 19" one but it turned out too bright and wide for me so I stuck with the 17" like my old CRT monitor. I am so so so happy with my new toy. It has MagicBright setting where you can control the resolutions depending on what you are doing (gaming, Internet, text, etc.) and the controls are all touch screen-enabled. The product name and code is Samsung SyncMaster 743NX in case you are interested.

My laptop is okay and is always reliable especially if I am mobile but its mainly for work and serious stuff. My desktop PC is where I stash "my life". It's where I store my numerous photos, gazillion iTunes songs, my thoughts in paper and where I can do all these neat blogging and graphic stuff. I've always been a desktop PC person and even if I'll buy and get a MacBook (hah!), I know that I will always keep my 'almost wireless' PC and it's glossy sexy monitor. :)

P.S.
Can someone please help me fix my blog page? Since I am using 1280 x 1024 resolution now, the display I see on my blog is quite uneven because I made it on a different monitor resolution. Can someone teach me how to make it "universal" and centered? Thanks!

*Imagine A Magnificent View is Samsung's tagline for their AV products.

It may be "Bye Bye Brooke" but this week's American Idol was centered on Paula Abdul's major booboo last Tuesday night! Yeah, we know that she's a little dim at times and is a rumored alcoholic with her Coke glass containing scotch, but I never expected that she will be this careless. People are now accusing American Idol to be rigged and scripted because of her flub.



The Story
The Top 5 American Idols were asked to sing twice at the Neil Diamond week last Tuesday. The new set-up was the judges' critique will come collectively after the second song instead of their usual after each song.

So the Idols all sang their songs with Jason as the first singer and Syesha at the Pimp Spot. After Syesha's "Hello Again" (which I think was good), Ryan Seacrest called everyone on stage and asked the judges to quickly say what they think of the first round of performance. Randy said his piece first which were all quick one-liners. When it was Paula's time, she immediately complained that it was not easy since they now have to write their comments which they never had before. She started reading her notes on Jason Castro's first song, "Forever in Blue Jeans", saying that it's not good blah, blah THEN SHE STARTED COMMENTING ON HIS SECOND SONG WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN PERFORMED YET. All the people were shocked and you can see Simon rolling his eyes! So what happened? Is the show scripted all this time? Ryan, Simon and Randy had to pitch in and cover for her mistake with excuses! Terrible, terrible mistake! Her alibi? She was reading David Cook's critique and mistook it for Jason's 2nd song!

Watch it all here.