Fact // this is me & Francis's song. =] "we write the same song in a different key"

·· DoubleTreble
get it, get it? Treble? Trouble? lol

So, as ive mentioned before- my twin [Francis] went away this whole summer to Puerto Rico. Well guess what? She’s back! Haha. And today we twinned it out. You can imagine my excitement when iSaw her today. Like at first it was just all squeals and hugs. But as soon as the words “iMissed you!” escaped our lips, yes- iFought back tears. Lol had to fan my eyes cuz iJust* did my makeup.
We went shopping, sang//harmonized walking down the street like old times. Funny, iSay old times like its been years! But that’s exactly what a summer without a best friend feels like. We went to 42nd & went through dress shops. Pretending we were looking for a dress and tried on ugly - cute things, modeling them. We also went to this cool Indian jewelry store. And made our DoubleTreble necklaces, she made an MJ lovers bracelet & iMade a B5 bracelet! that’s a simple update of my day today. But it was just super cool spending the whole day with her. Oh! And we got some more matching clothing and this really cute snake arm bracelet thingy’s. yah, cool day!

In other news! Janelle&StarBoy started school today! -- they live in MD
So I’m excited to hear about their first day of school J



--&ily. x__MG

By the time iPost this, I'm sure it will be really long! but iDont care-- one of the main reasons iHave a blog is so when I'm 25, iCan look back and go "Wow! iWas great!" ^_^ // Enjoyyy *



iRemember... My first real crush. His name was Justin Andujar. When iTell you iWas infatuated with that boy? This is what my away messages looked like sophomore year --
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iCouldnt even speak when iGot around him yo.


iRemember... The second time iSaw B5 live. iWas standing in line [first in line, no joke] and they stepped out the van. Man we went crazy! anyways, iWas checking for Patrick when someone pointed out Carnell was staring at me (^_^) iLooked, &sure enough; he was! So iSmiled and waved. He smiled&waved back. Then he turned to say something to Kelly. In that moment, iGot weak to my knees- literally. It was like one of those realllly dramatic faint scenes. iWas on the floor like "oh em geee ! carnelll! he- he smiled at ME !" -dead-


iRemember... When Janelle and iUsed to hate* each other! There was this one time where we got into this BIG fight over who knows what!
What Now? iLove her to death! Lol and get sad when we don't talk much. Shes one of my true definitions of a real best friend.


iRemember... When B5 fans used to attack me over aim. Fact// a lot of B5 fans hated my guts ! it used to make me cry because iNever knew why. They would aim me mean things about how they hate me and I'm ugly and Carnell would never want me lol.


iRemember... When iDidnt get the part as Dorothy in my school's production of The Wiz. iCried so hard that day. &even days to come! iFelt like iHad failed myself at the one opportunity iWanted to take to display my talents. Fact // once the show started rolling around, a lot of people agreed a mistake was made.
What Now? Well its my senior year, and iDont plan on training EVERYONE ELSE for the solos iKnow iCan do. I'm putting that shyness behind me and taking the stage this year [;


iRemember... My first day volunteering to conduct a chorus. The kids were so excited! And iWas told iDid a wonderful job for my first time teaching. The following weeks, watching them teach new students what iHad previously taught them- made me feel soooooo good omg. iFelt so accomplished!


The sound quality is horrible* but thats aLittle girl teaching a new student what iHad previously taught her. iWish you could hear. Their laughter is priceless yo.


iRemember... As Told By Ginger, Rugrats, Daria, Cat-Dog, Dexters Labratory, Hey Arnold!, Doug.. Omg great shows of my childhood yo !
What Now? watching YouTube clips- the video quality makes me feel old ! Lmao


iRemember... The first song iEVER wrote ! Omg *cheesingg; iWas in the third grade. And iRemember wearing pink when iWrote it . It was called "Something Beautiful. The words were so cute too ^_^
Something beautiful, Something beautiful.
Something beautiful is going on.
And iJust don't know, what it is.
But it's taking all over the world.
I just gotta find out what it is..
But wait- iThink iKnow what it is.
It's love
love from my mom and dad
it's love
love from my friends and teachers
it's love



iRemember... My obsession with the Oscar Myer commercial! *sings;_ 'cuz oscar myer has a way with b-o-l-o-g-n-a!


iRemember... When iWas in daycare, every week for show&tell the teachers would make me sing :)
What Now? iWouldnt sing in front of my class if you payed me!

Labels: iRemember

Fact // After a very long time of thinking iWas “over” B5, this song entered my ears and all my love came rushing back. click here to have a listen ..




·· B5 FAN F0R LIFE !


“I don’t get it.” is probably the first thing many say when they come in contact with my B5syndrom. Honestly, at first- neither did I. Even now- when iGo through you tube videos and squeal, blush, chesse, laugh, etc; iShake my head in disbelief. Its been what- 5 years? 5 years of being a die hard B5 fan. And no matter how much I’m bugged about it; I’ll probably be a B5 fan until iGraduate college. So the big question [that I’ve begun to find answers to] …

WHY

Being a fan of these boys has truly* helped shape the Music Savvy Princess [yes, princess] you know today. Like, ok. I’m obsessed with the idea of banging Carnell one day lol iCan admit that. But its so much more to it.
My life(thus far) has held its dedication to standing up for unappreciated talent. As you all know- my goal in life is to be extremely successful as a leadinglady in the music industry. And not as a singerr -_-. Being B5 fan opened up the opportunity for me to touch bases with the industry at a young age.
iWas 13* learning the importance of a fan base. iWas 14* putting together a street team, and learning the tips to promoting artist. iWas 15* organizing a rally! Like come on, who can really say that? Lol. Being a B5 fan further pushed me to the realization that iDidnt need to be a singer, making millions to donate around the world- to have a major impact. iNeeded to be behind the scenes. Making things happen!

Aside from music though, one of the greatest thing iCould never get if not having been a fan of those Breeding boys- would be the friendships I’ve made.
Karissa. Janelle. Cassie. Socca. Angela. Shantel. Anne. And sooo many others. Some of the greatest people I’ve met in my short lifetime. All because iWas a fan. And iWouldnt trade that for the world.

B5 is a remarkable group. And iReally LOVE them to death. When iListen to their songs, iGet this beautiful feeling. Its like falling in love over and over. iGuess it depends on the kinda person you are- for you to see the beauty in their talent.

keeping this one short. But my point is- iCant stop loving b5 because truly they are apart of my personality. The fan experience has helped shaped who iAm today.

&justbecauseheissosexyandiADOREhislife;




--&ily x_MG.

Labels: b5, bince, fan, geek, music, saika, universe

Fact // this song is a total egoB00STER for me as iGet dressed in the morninggs.

•• Calendar of Events

Aside from busting my ass this senior year, iPlan on making it as fun as possible! But what more fun than hangng out with your friends while enjoying the things you love? So here's a list of activites iHave planned (this blog will be edited often) &iEncourage my ♥lovely`s to join me!


October

nothing yettt

November

Memphis on Broadway (Musical)
$80.00 decent price !!
Show Starts @ 8:00pm
November 27, 2009 (Friday)
Shubert Theatre \\ 225 West 44th Street
(Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
www.broadway.com/Memphis/broadway_show/5026904
www.hopstop.com

*Because I'd need to order tickets together, I'd need to know for sure who's coming by November 6th and the money by then as well iThink.



--&ily. x__MG

Labels: calendar

·· Fact // iGet my day jumpin’ with this song! Its my Runway jam. Haha.

ID0LIZE ME!

“ Dear Rihanna .

When I grow up, I can only hope to have an impact on someone’s life as you have had on mine. Its typical for a celebrity to say, “Yes, I am a role model.” However I don’t think you guys really know the impact you can have on the life of someone else. I’ve always had this image, of how people should live their lives. And that’s just to live it. Growing up I found it hard to explain my carefree attitude and diverse style. Still, I was some what influenced by my surroundings and by society. It wasn’t until I started paying attention to you that I began the journey to truly being whoever it was I wanted to be. In my world, you came in and completely dominated music, fashion, and love. You showed new ways to express these key things in life.

I was always a fan. But never as big of a fan as I am now. It was in 2007 when it really hit me that you were my idol. For a while I had been begging my mom to cut my hair. And of course she refused. My thing was, everyone wanted long hair. Like that was the craze. Light skinned with long hair. I wanted to break free from that cycle. Going into high school was basically when everyone wanted a weave and to have long flowing hair. Because that’s exactly what the media told us was beautiful. And really, who doesn’t want to be considered beautiful. But then, Good Girl Gone Bad promo pictures were released. And you cut your hair. I freaked! Like oh my god! She is bold. And the cut was so cute. Umbrella released and at first a lot of people were skeptical. Because it was a different sound, a different style, and definitely a different image. It takes a lot for people to adjust to different, and them embrace it.

Every year, you come stronger with your newer sound and incredible talent. Its like, where females typically sang about crushing on a dude; you came straight with it. “if its loving that you want, then you should make me your girl.” where R&B songs cried out about being broken hearted, you admitted to being “Unfaithful” and later on requested that he “Take A Bow.” Like, R&B gets sickening sometimes. Simply because its always the same thing. Makeup, breakup. Love him, he doesn’t love me back. Blah, blah, blah. But you’re not afraid to be bold and go for what you want. Or stand up for yourself and send a guy packing when he does you wrong. ”


-- I never got to finish this. Funny, iWrote this about 2 days before my birthday ( February 7th ). My friend Shantel had encouraged me to write a letter to Rihanna [just for writing purposes]. It was an interesting task. And despite the fact that iKnew it wasn’t going to be sent, it still gave me butterflies and iWas nervous as iTyped. But yes, February 7th which happened to be the night [leading into February 8th] that iWould say changed this woman’s life.

The last thing iTyped in my letter was “Or stand up for yourself and send a guy packing when he does you wrong.” it shouldn’t surprise anyone that iTook the Rihanna and Chris Brown ordeal kind of personally. And for a brief moment; disowned her as my idol because of the heavy disappointment left with me after reviewing her choices in the matter. It was like she didn’t reflect anything iThought her to.

But theres a point here- don’t worry!

My best friend Halima once said, “Your idol isn’t someone you want to be like, its some one you hope to achieve more than.” You can set a mark to achieve and imitate the successes of your idols. However- know that is not your limit. Seek to achieve higher and to be greater. Because that is truly how legends are born.

Rihanna is my idol in Fashion and Girl Power ! Her style is truly original and [in my opinion] she is the face of Female Dominance [as well as Beyonce -_-] When it comes to Fashion iToo aspire to be an icon for all those who look up to me and any who’s laid eyes on me. But further than having everyone know my name, the voice iWant to share is that women can do ANYTHING. that’s why I’m Incredible.

Quincy Jones is my idol in music. Man this guy is greatness! But you want to know why I’m going to be better than him? Because iPlan on being a female- accomplishing things in the music industry that no one thought possible. iPlan to defy the standards set for men and open doors for female producers, CEO’s, A&R reps, presidents of labels, COMPOSERS, and so much more. Its my duty to do more than recreate the industry. I’m going to dominate it.

Rih&QDJ are my idols. They set my bar for Greatness. But only iCan* set my bar for Legacy.


&ily. x__MG

Oh! So, this entry’s post question is…. Who is/are your idol/s, why, and how do you plan on being greater?

Labels: bince, geek, idol, jones, music, Quincy, rihanna, saika, universe

Fact // iThink Janelle Monáe is so cool! many moons is the title to her first single. If you haven't heard it, check it out. This is a truely abstract song that conveys so many different messages. iFind something new every time iListen!

•• Freedom of... Life

this is the first of my Freedom of... and Rules of... series.

1 • Truth or Dare "truth- whats the craziest lie you ever told?" Eh? No one cares! Don't be the one who picks truth, it shouldn't even be an option. iDare you to stand in the middle of a mall and sing loud and horribly! iDare you to take a class on pole dancing for your 18th birthday! iDare you to be forward and kiss your crush on the cheek out if the blue.
2 • The 10 Trendy MustHaves look up a list of 10 things that are in style right now. If you own any of these - D0NT PANICk ! There's still hope. Throw that normal stuff out!
3 • Join A Sport one that you know * you can't play. Who said it was bad to suck at stuff? What fun is it to be good at e v e r y t h i n g =?
4 • Pick Up A New Hobby google "Weird Hobbies" and go from there. What's up with everyone wanting to play basketball and rap? Any dude who can knit me a sweater is H0T =]
5 • Weight Control instead of trying to attain that perfect size, focus on getting a healthy mind, body, and soul. That's the first step to being the sexiest Y0U.
6 • Veg Out For A Week it's on every normal persons list to "eat more vegetables" ...eventually! However- freedom of life allows you be a vegetarian for a week. How's that for something new?
7 • Be A Liar morals, values, blah blah. Spend a whole day just lying to people! iThink we forget how fun lying can be! Lol
8 • Rejection is 0K it's completely fun to be your own person. Stop fearing that you'll be rejected! iUsed to say "iDont get in to fit in, iGet in to stand out!"
8 • Go HairCrazy Instead of getting blonde streaks, how about you throw in a red, purple, and pink in there? Or getting a really funky hairstyle created just for you! Everything is about confidence- if you love it; so will the rest of the world. &if the world hates it? Congradulations! You've been successful in standing out.

What are some of your Freedom of Life tips?

--&ily. x__MG
postscript: iWas tired when iWrote this. So the next time iDo it, it'll be better with more stuff :)

Labels: FreedomOf, geek, life, music, originality, RulesOf, universe

Fact // Found on Demi Lavoto's "Dont Forget" Album, this is a beautiful song about a girl seeking the strength to believe in herself. Even those of us who seem to be super sure about ourselves - struggle to believe in what we may be capable of. Sometimes it's just hard to "Believe in Me"

••StarGirl*
iWas in the 4th grade when iRead this iBelieve. Not sure; iKnow it was the late years of elementry though. Anyways, this is the story of an incredibly unique being who enters HS straight from home schooling. Her oblivion to "dangers" of being different, and her neglect to "conform" intrigued all those around her. People dont know whether to hate her or love her. &so they do both! As the story progresses, you witness (through her boyfriends eyes) what a huge impact she holds over all. Only to leave. It's an interesting story.
So, aside from a good read-iBet you're wondering what exactly relates this back to me. Well- lately iDiscovered, in my own Saika way- iAm StarGirl.

StarGirl is presented to be this unique individual who's unintentional purpose is to effect the hearts of all she meets. Her pressence and impact was so strong- that even after she leaves, it's evident she could never be forgotten.
Even after she leaves

Although iNever litterally leave, I've realized a pattern in my lives many relationships (Friends, Asociates, Enemies, Family, Boys). iHave a tendancy of giving people my all. In the early days of our friendship, my bestdriend Janelle and iDebated whether it was right that iTreated everyone exactly the same. Enemy-to-Best Friend; if you need me- you recieve my all. Janelle felt titles where there for a reason (which makes absolute sense)

& maybe that's why iLack forever forfulling friendships. Please, don't take that the wrong way but like, I've noticed a pattern in my friendships where I'm nonexisting unless I'm that "spectacular" girl who's having a major or minor impact on your life. Sure, I'm remembered. But why should a living person only a message away- remain a memory?
this isn't a complaint though. I'm not "upset" (entirely) by this. I'd just like to say (to a few people) that I'd like to know how you're doing without aiming you to go "Hey, just doing my regular checkup on people. How are you" followed by small talk. &I'd also like to applogize to these people about my curt and lifeless resposes that seem to kill conversation quickly. Sometimes I'm angry about being StarGirl to those iThought to be life long friends. I'm angry but I'd still like to know for myself how you are doing . So for that, iAppologize.

T0 Halima. Kenyatta. Shantel. Derek. Chelsea. Mo. Acey. Karissa(somtimes). Cashona. Asha. Monica. Nailah. Cortel. Bri. Patrick. Anne. Socca. Ahmad. Orlando. iGuess that's it? I'll add more names when they come to me.



--&ily. x__MG

Labels: Believe, Demi, friends, friendship, geek, Lovato, music, stargirl, universe

Before I begin, I'd just like to say thanks! to everyone who's been reading my blog &has either left me a comment or personally messages me feedback. iHavent felt this accomplished in a while.
•• Fact // One of my favorite HS teachers [Ms.Sackie - English] commented Passions Significance. Her passion is teaching &iCan personally testify that she's impacted the lives of her students :)

*please excuse me if this post isn't as deeply inspiring as the one before it, but I'd like to share my lifes passion with you and one of the impacts I've discovered it holds.
Measure 3
MUSIC! Well, well, well- what a suprise there! Haha. But yes, for those of you who didnt figure- my passion is Music. iThink everything has a different face to it. The main faces of music are Music Business and Music Entertainment. Although young- simply 17; iHold more insight, more understanding to these faces than many. Simply because it is my passion. iCould never understand someone who complains about working in the studio until 7am or someone who denies the discover of talent.. Just doesn't make any sense!

Up until recently, iFailed to see how my love for music benifited anyone but myself. iWas growing as a singer. iWas expanding my knowledge on the components of music and on music theory. &iWas learning to play all these new instruments. But iFailed to see who else was impacted by my passion. That made me sad. (for those who don't know me- my other bigger passion is having a positive impact on the life of someone else)
iCame home floating on air after that jazz performance. iRambled on and on to my mother about "passion" lol and iWent to bed hunting for ideas and ways to share mine and assure* it's impact.

That evening after, my mom remembered an encounter she forgot to mention.
Mom: some little girl walked up to me the other day. She goes "Are you ms.Saika's mom? You look like her.
Me: oh wow. (failing to see the point of this conversation)
Mom: so iSaid yea. Then she asked "is ms.Saika ever coming back? We miss her." and then iRemembered you left your piano over there.

So I'm smiling really hard because that made me feel AWS0ME! See, around the middle of spring, iHad begun to volunteer at the local Boys&Girls Club. 3 days each week (sometimes accompanied by Kenyatta & Francis) I'd go there to teach basic music theory and conduct a chorus. However, due to a lot going on towards the end of the school year and the loss of the clubs education place person thingy (lol) - my visits had come to a stop.

iHope this entry hasn't gone over too long! But yeah. So, soon after, iWent to go pick up my keyboard and say hi to everyone. It felt amazing to have all those kids swarm around me expressing how much they missed my teaching. Asked if iWas here for singing today & when would iReturn. The program director had then explained to me that the kids asked about me almost everyday =D

See, without realizing it, iHad already taken my passion and shared it with children of my community.


--&ily. x__MG

postscript did yu notice this was the only blog to have one name title ? they usually have two lol

Labels: bince, geek, measure, music, passion, saika, three, universe

Fact // I've used this song to measure my growth as a singer.
Truth // I'm still scared to attempt to hit that note in the bridge >_<

•• Passions Significance
Note : this is one of those things iJust can't stop talking about but bare with me!
July 28th of this summer changed my outlook on this entire summer and where it was headed. Let me give you a basic idea of the loneliness iTrapped myself with which produced the "horrible" summer iDoomed myself to experience --
From the first week of summer • My boyfriend and iHad just broke up. • My 2 bestfriends started dating. • My 'twin' went to Puerto Rico for the summer. • My 'babyBrother' also left for the summer, gone to Trinidad. •& Everyone else (my boys) would be caught up in football practice, or everyone else was preparing their leave for college.
So the great &fun summer iPlanned? Just throw that out the window. iLitterally spent my summer evenings reading books and sleeping in hopes that it would end soon.
[ F A S T F O R W A R D >> ]
It was brought to my attention that Quincy Jones Presents was comong to NYC . Ofcourse I'm like - iHave to go! iWas to attend this event with my bestfriend Janelle who was finally* in town visiting from Maryland. iAlso wanted to invite Kenyatta specifically because iHadnt seen him all summer and this was one of those things iKnew someone else would love more; if not just as much as me. Much to my disappontment, he wasn't coming &iDiscoved QDJthee idol would not be there. But! iDidnt let that stop me from going with Nelle &iAm really greatful for that.

iWill admit . At first iDidnt get it. He was going in! Seeming to barely play the piano, very dramatically at that. Eyes closed, feeling what exactly? iCouldnt tell. So I'm sitting there like "... Uhm okayy???"
Then something happened. The music began to build and my ears took an interest. iWatched his hands work the piano like I've never seen before. His Bassist joined in. Then his Drummer. My eyes darted back and forth. Trying to capture the magic of it all. And then it hit me. What they were working with - the message iWas recieving .

Passion ••

With the way that word hit me, tears began to form in my eyes.
it was just all so beautiful.
It wasn't even as if they were playing something soft, something mellow. It was a full out &spicy jazz performence that hit you hard. This was a tottally new experience for me. The bassist was scatting, it made me blush. The drummer was just rocking out and it made me cheese (especially during his solos). And Alfredo Rodriguez (iForgot to mention his name, but please look him up!) worked the piano to the point that it made my head spin.
iLooked around to find that iWas not the only one recieving this message of Passion, because other people were crying too.

iDont want to tire your eyes with lots of reading so I'll conclude with this::
Its a beautiful thing to be passionate about anything . But magic comes from sharing that passion. Witnessing it's impact on others who may lack a passion in their lives, or seek to experience a new passion.
My question to you is -Whats your* passion, and how have you allowed it to imapct the lives of others?


--&ily. x__MG

Labels: Alfredo, ave, bassist, bince, drummer, geek, jones, maria, music, passion, piano, Quincy, rodriguez, saika, significance, universe

•• Fact // "Songs In The Key of Life" is a Stevie Wonder album title

First Measure
I'm not sure where I'll begin or how this will end. But MGU will just be my official outlet, a primary source to this life's many discoveries. It's not for popularity - whether you read or not; I'll be writing. Because there's nothing more exciting than self discovery!
I named this First Measure simply out of MusicGeek'ness ! It's the first measure to my blog, the very first post. In this blog you will discover many things. I don't plan on limiting my discoveries to just my love for music. However, if you don't love music &have no interest in things like chord construction and why iStill don't get the circle of 5ths - this is not the place for you! But as I said, my blog will explore a selection of things ... Like ?
•• Love even iCant express in simple words what this one thing truely means. iCan only share with you my experiences and hope you get it (cuz iSure don't!)
•• Friendship I've encountered some truely inspiring people in my life &iWant to share them with my readers. iAlso want to express the true meaning if friendship. What it means to me &what iBelieve it should mean to others...
•• Self Creativity perhaps one of my favorite topics! "Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself" -- more on that later!
•• Advice if you know me, you know iLove helping people ! So there will be posts on situations I've assisted . Email : SaikaBince@gmail.com to make the blog ^_^
&Last but def* not least - •• Makeup&Fashion my beauty secrets are your beauty secrets !

iHope you have as much fun reading this blog as iWill have writing it !


--&ily. x__MG

Labels: bince, first, geek, Intro, introduction, key, life, measure, music, saika, songs, universe