Secret Garden on GMA7

This Korean Drama Series has made its debut on GMA7 last week. As with all dubbed series of foreign origin, I always prefer the original voices of the characters with subtitles below.

Changing the character’s voice, for me, actually changes the feel of the story. I have originally watched this series on line and in Korean with english subtitles only. Despite the fact that reading the subtitles may be tiring and the words there aren’t perfect translations, I still prefer that over dubbed voices.

I don’t have anything against the actual translation of the conversation in the series to Tagalog. What bothers me is the choice of voice that they got for the dubbed voice and the delivery of the lines. It really makes a whole lot of difference and changes the feel of the show entirely.

Secret Garden

I though that it was about time to start talking about shows that are from the East end of the world for a change.

Secret Garden is a Korean love story drama which spans only 20 episodes. The main plot of the story revolves around a rich man and a poor stunt woman who exchanged souls.

Their paths crossed when the rich man’s cousin finds trouble with an actress ex-lover threatening to expose a scandal and asks his cousin to hold the woman in exchange for his contract renewal in the rich man’s department store. Instead of getting hold of the actress, he mistakenly retrieves the stunt woman. The man falls in love at first sight and thus began their love story.

Back from Break and not

The shows that I often watch that were previously on break are airing again! They include the following shows:

1. How I Met your Mother

2. Chuck

3. The Vampire Diaries

4. Gossip Girl

Although it’s sad to note that some other shows like Glee, White Collar, and The Big Bang Theory have not started airing new episodes yet. I can’t wait for the latest episode of these shows that are still on break. I hope it would be soon though. Right now I’m only streaming gag reels of the shows on Youtube and occasionally watching a re-run. Gag reels are blooper outtakes from the shows and watching them are really fun because you get to see other sides from the actors.

Vampire Diaries Season 2 Ep. 17

The Vampire Diaries is back! And they enter with a new twist.

Isobel, Elena’s birth mother visits her and comes allegedly in peace to help protect her daughter. Elena doesn’t believe her despite John, her birth dad’s trust in her vampire mother. Later in the episode however, we find out that Isobel and Katherine happens to be close friends and Isobel claims that her real intent in coming back is to save Katherine from Klaus. But everything changes as soon it was revealed that Isobel came back to aid Klaus; give him Katherine, the moonstone, and Elena!

The real twist here is that Alaric or Ric has been somehow possessed by Klaus. No one knew this could happen and that was totally unexpected!

It would be worth noting however that Klaus will be appearing later in the series in a corporeal form that is not Ric.

Episodes about Summer

One of the things I always looked out for when watching TV are episodes of shows that are themed according to what currently is. Now that it’s Summer, I look forward to watching shows where everyone is on a vacation setting; local shows in the Philippines only of course.

At this time of the year, most shows in the Philippines feature a Summer feel of fun and bright colors and simply soaking up under the sun. Most especially Sunday shows like ASAP and Party Pilipinas where actors and actresses perform to entertain the audience, the crew and production team usually go out of their way to conduct the show on a Summer setting. The typical summer setting in the Philippines is always somewhere one could easily have access to a cool body of water.

Watching these shows help me enjoy the summer without actually leaving for a similar destination myself. And now I await the coming episodes from these shows.

American Idol Season 10 Episode 3 – Audition Day 3!

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Yeah, I already saw the first 3 episode of the newest season of one of the best reality tv series in the United States – American Idol.

I am pretty excited since I already know that one of the folks that will be going to Hollywood is another Filipina or half Filipina.

Anyway, to recap.. Day One or the first episode of Audition is in New Jersey! Also the cast is also done in the home town of Randy Jackson – New Orleans

Now, episode 3 will be in.. let’s see and wait. while we download the torrent of the episode 3.

House’s Photos – “Carrot or Stick” airing 1/24 at 8/7c

House (Hugh Laurie) secretly prepares to help Cuddy’s daughter, Rachel, win the approval of a prestigious preschool in the “Carrot or Stick” episode of HOUSE airing MON 1/24 at 8/7c.

House (Hugh Laurie) accepts flowers delivered for Chase in the”Carrot or Stick” episode of HOUSE airing MON 1/24 at 8/7c.

Masters (Amber Tamblyn) searches for clues that link the symptoms of a teenage military trainee and his drill sergeant in the “Carrot or Stick” episode of HOUSE airing MON 1/24 at 8/7c

Chase (Jesse Spencer) tries to figure out who posted a disparaging photo of him on a social-networking site in the “Carrot or Stick” episode of HOUSE airing MON 1/24 at 8/7c.

House (Hugh Laurie) and the team search for clues that link the symptoms of a teenage military trainee and his drill sergeant (guest star Sasha Roiz) in the “Carrot or Stick” episode of HOUSE

Singer’s Vocal Coach

When you take singing lessons, a voice coach will listen to you sing and watch you while you sing. The coach will be able to tell you what you’re doing right and, more importantly, what you’re doing wrong. A coach can also teach you to listen to yourself while you sing. That way you can “self-correct” your voice if you hear yourself begin to go sharp or flat in your pitch.

However, you can learn how to sing better only if you practice the techniques you’ve learned. Anyone who does anything well practices daily. That’s why they’re so good! The repetition of practice perfects your vocal technique. You emphasize your strong points and strengthen your weak points. In short, you get better vocally. Practice allows you to work out your voice just as you would any muscle. When it comes to singing on key , practice does indeed make perfect.

The Different Style of Singing

There are various types of singing styles that also have various types of techniques to improve singing voice used in order to produce the sound. It would help to know what kind/type of singing that you want to do in order to help you in that regard.

Some styles of singing, such as those that are done almost exclusively by singing into a microphone, don’t necessarily require you to be utilizing your vocal instrument to it’s fullest potential. However, because of the styles of some of those types of music, if a person were to be singing in such a way as to utilize their vocal instrument to it’s fullest potential, then it would ruin the style in which the music is sung.

Importance of Proper Breathing

Learning to sing could be fun, exciting and difficult as well. If you want to improve your singing voice, then you should have the patience and eagerness to learn. Either you will hire someone to teach you, or you could do it by yourself alone. You may use the internet for more information and tips to sing better.

One good tip that i can share with you guys is the proper breathing. Breath from the diaphragm, not the lungs. You need to really control the air that you’re expelling when you sing, and breathing from the diaphragm gives you more air to work with. To do this, breath so that your stomach goes out rather than your chest when you inhale. When you practice, try to focus on using the same amount of air for low notes and high notes. This will help erase the break between your registers and give you more steady tone.

In Front of the TV… Always