MercyMe, "The Hurt & The Healer" [OPC10 August 2012]

Plumb is this month's overall top plum with "Need You Now (How Many Times)", and Quest's quest still hasn't ended as "Sige Lang" spends its second month at #1. Meanwhile, last month's #10 entry jumps to #3 this August. Here's our featured track of the month, MercyMe's "The Hurt and the Healer".

OPC10 Overall Picks

August 2012

1. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
2. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
3. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
4. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain
5. Owl City - Good Time (with Carly Rae Jepsen)
6. Quest - Sige Lang
7. Dara Maclean - Yours Forever
8. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
9. Abandon Kansas - Turn It to Gold
10. Cody Simpson - Wish U Were Here (feat. Becky G)

OPC10 Pinoy Picks

August 2012

1. Quest - Sige Lang
2. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
3. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
4. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
5. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia
6. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
7. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky
8. Parokya ni Edgar - OK Lang Ako
9. Bamboo - Basta't May Plano, Kaya Mo 'Yan
10. Circa - Huling Pag-Ibig

Mr. Lovewell Plus Other Monophonic Ringtones

Here's another batch of monophonic ringtone keypresses. If you missed the first one, you may check it out here (it includes the new "Payphone" by Maroon 5 and some other songs of not-so-distant past). This second batch features MercyMe's "The Generous Mr. Lovewell" which I tabbed just recently on my Nokia X1-01's composer, and other ringtones that have been published before on my defunct Talkthrough blog. So here they are, enjoy!

MercyMe, "The Generous Mr. Lovewell"

Tempo: 80 BPM

8e3 16b1 16#f2 16#d3 16b1 8#f2

8b2 16b1 16#f2 16b2 16#c3 8#d3

8#g2 16e1 8b2 16e1 8b2 8b2

16e1 16b2 16b2 16#c3 16#d3 16e3

8e3 16#g1 16#d2 16#d3 16#g1 8#d2

8b2 16#g1 16#d2 16b2 16#c3 8#d3

8#f2 16#f1 8#c2 16#f1 8#c2 8.#c2

Woku: The Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a dedicated music player. Since my GoGear broke, I have been using my Nokia X1-01 to listen to songs on the radio or in my library. Though it does give me my fill of sound, it proves lacking in features that I think are essential to enjoy music the way I want to. It can’t even shuffle songs correctly and chances are, one or two songs get to be played twice in a span of an hour (and to think it had more than 120 songs to choose from).

Well, big thanks to my Godsend Debbie, I now have a Sony Walkman NWZ-B172F, which I just officially named Woku. It’s a 2GB portable music player that meets my needs and even more. Here are some of its remarkable features that got me raising my two thumbs up:

Kyle Patrick, "Go for Gold" [OPC10 2012.8.26]

In the overall chart, Meredith Andrews is still at #1 with "Not for a Moment (After All)" for the third straight week; but Kris Lawrence dethrones Quest in the Pinoy chart, "It's Not the End" spends its first week on top to close out the August weeklies. New this week are J Rice with "Thank You for the Broken Heart" at #9, and Kyle Patrick whose song "Go for Gold" is featured as it debuts at #4.

OPC10 Overall Picks
August 26-September 1, 2012

1. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
2. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain
3. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
4. Kyle Patrick - Go for Gold
5. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
6. Abandon Kansas - Turn It to Gold
7. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
8. Planetshakers - Nothing Is Impossible (feat. Israel Houghton)
9. J Rice - Thank You for the Broken Heart
10. Alphabeat - Love Sea

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
August 26-September 1, 2012

1. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
2. Quest - Sige Lang
3. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
4. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
5. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
6. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky
7. Skankin Brews - Give a Little Aloha
8. Circa - Huling Pag-Ibig
9. Ice Bergg - Run Away (feat. Hi-C)
10. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia

Kris Lawrence, "It's Not the End" [OPC10 2012.8.19]

Meredith Andrews spends her second week on top with "Not for a Moment (After All)" on the overall chart, while Quest spends his sixth week at #1 with "Sige Lang" on the Pinoy chart.

Taylor Swift leads all new entries with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" at #4. Foreign acts Abandon Kansas and Alphabeat also debut, together with Cebuanos Ice Bergg, Hi-C and Skankin Brews.

One of Kris Lawrence's songs, "Sabihin Mo Naman", is up for free download on his website (click here), but this week's featured track is another song which, according to this blog entry, "reminds us to stick together during hard times, help one another and think that It's Not the End." Here's the highest-charting new entry on the local tally, which lands at #2:

OPC10 Overall Picks
August 19-25, 2012

1. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
2. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain
3. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
4. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
5. Abandon Kansas - Turn It to Gold
6. Owl City - Good Time (with Carly Rae Jepsen)
7. Quest - Sige Lang
8. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
9. Alphabeat - Love Sea
10. Dara Maclean - Yours Forever

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
August 19-25, 2012

1. Quest - Sige Lang
2. Kris Lawrence - It's Not the End
3. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
4. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
5. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky
6. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
7. Skankin Brews - Give a Little Aloha
8. Circa - Huling Pag-Ibig
9. Ice Bergg - Run Away (feat. Hi-C)
10. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia

Meredith Andrews, "Not for a Moment" [OPC10 8.12.12]

Jason Castro, the singer who previously gave us "Let's Just Fall in Love Again" and not the basketball player from Talk 'N Text, enters the OPC10 with "Only a Mountain" at #2. Rearranging the Pinoy list are three debuts from Jhomajikero, Johnoy Danao and Circa. And our new overall top pick this week, is a new entry that reminds us that no matter how heavy the rains may come, never at any point in our lives will God forsake us. Meredith Andrews is on the spotlight with "Not for a Moment (After All)":

OPC10 Overall Picks
August 12-18, 2012

1. Meredith Andrews - Not for a Moment (After All)
2. Jason Castro - Only a Mountain
3. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
4. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
5. Owl City - Good Time (with Carly Rae Jepsen)
6. Quest - Sige Lang
7. Dara Maclean - Yours Forever
8. Cody Simpson - Wish U Were Here (feat. Becky G)
9. David Archuleta - Broken
10. Karmin - Hello

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
August 12-18, 2012

1. Quest - Sige Lang
2. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
3. Jhomajikero - Namimiss na Kita
4. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
5. Johnoy Danao - Northern Sky
6. Circa - Huling Pag-Ibig
7. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia
8. Parokya ni Edgar - OK Lang Ako
9. Bamboo - Basta't May Plano, Kaya Mo 'Yan
10. Emmanuelle - Sandali Lang

The Jobseeker and the Coffee

A jobseeker applied for work at Company A and Company B. He passed the interviews of both companies, and soon, he was given their respective job offers. The offers were almost identical – salary, perks and privileges. But in one minor difference, Company A revealed that a small benefit that their employees can avail of is the discounted price of drinks from their vending machine – coffee costs only P1 per cup. Company B, on the other hand, allowed their employees to have unlimited drinks from their vending machine, for free!

Being the coffee lover that he is, not to mention he also loves everything that's free, he decided to take the job at Company B. On his first day, he learned some good news and bad news. The good news: The unlimited coffee is true. The bad news: On the vending machine, is a glaring notice, mentioning the bad effects of having too much coffee. As he also cared for his health, he made an effort to only consume two to three cups per day, which was still within the normal intake. It was far less than the unlimited cups he imagined, but at least he is able to save P2.00 to P3.00 daily.

Cellphone (Cebuano Parody of Payphone)

CELLPHONE
Cebuano parody of "Payphone" by Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
New lyrics by JP Cabrales
[Download MP3]

Wa na koy cellphone
Gikawat gahapon
Kay nagtinanga man gud ko
Wa ko kabantay
Karon nagmahay
Mabawi pa kaha ko to

Wala na koy pangtawag o pang-text
Hurot pug kawala akong pics
Bag-ong phone wa koy ikapalit
Di na ko ma-contact, kapait
Wa na koy cellphone

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Neverending Weekend, "Say It All Now" [OPC10 8.5.12]

I actually discovered a lot of new songs this week, but only six are able to make it to the Top 10 lists. Overall, Cody Simpson, Karmin and Example debut with their respective tracks from #6 to #8, while on the OPM tally, Krissy & Ericka and Tweens of Pop debut at #2 and #3.

The 8th Pinoy pick is our 6th new entry, from a band called Neverending Weekend. This song is not really new (it was released in December 2010 and went to #1 on Killer Bee Cebu's Indie Weekly Top 20 for five straight weeks), but it's just now that I stumbled upon it. Watch "Say It All Now" and check out the latest charts below, then visit the Facebook page of this Cebuano talent for more weekends that (you wish) would never end.

OPC10 Overall Picks
August 5-11, 2012

1. Plumb - Need You Now (How Many Times)
2. MercyMe - The Hurt and the Healer
3. Dara Maclean - Yours Forever
4. Owl City - Good Time (with Carly Rae Jepsen)
5. Quest - Sige Lang
6. Cody Simpson - Wish U Were Here (feat. Becky G)
7. Karmin - Hello
8. Example - Say Nothing
9. Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean
10. Kerrie Roberts - Finally Home

OPC10 Pinoy Picks
August 5-11, 2012

1. Quest - Sige Lang
2. Krissy & Ericka - In Your Arms
3. Tweens of Pop - Best Friend 4ever
4. Segatron - Hey Hey Alodia
5. Parokya ni Edgar - OK Lang Ako
6. Bamboo - Basta't May Plano, Kaya Mo 'Yan
7. Emmanuelle - Sandali Lang
8. Neverending Weekend - Say It All Now
9. Christian Bautista - Unphotographable (Remix)
10. Acel - Hello to Heaven

Monophonic Ringtones: "Payphone" and More

Way back the days of the Nokia 3210 and 3310, creating monophonic ringtones via the phone's Composer function was quite popular. If a ringtone to a tune I liked was not available, I tabbed them on my own. Fast forward to today, and that feature is back on my Nokia X1-01. I then tabbed "Payphone" and made it my ringtone. Here is the said ringtone plus some older monotones I was able to tab before, and as published on my now defunct Talkthrough blog:

Maroon 5, "Payphone" featuring Wiz Khalifa

Tempo: 112 BPM

8#d2 8e2 8#f2 4.#c3 4b2 8b2 8#a2 8#f2 4.e2 4e2

8e2 8#d2 8b1 4e2 4#d2 4#c2 8b1 8#d2 4#c2 4.#d2

8#d2 8e2 8#f2 4.#c3 4b2 8b2 8#a2 8#f2 4.e2 4e2

8e2 8#d2 8b1 4e2 4#d2 4#c2 8b1 8#d2 4#c2 4#d2

8b1 8#d2 8e2 8#d2 4#c2 4.b1