Trip to Paradise

Ahhh...today is Sunday of April 13. Tomorrow will be Monday. Next year will be 2009 and we get to celebrate more birthdays. It's an exciting day for me. Just glad to share that Olomwaay is going to be releasing its album this year! The title of this album is "Trip to Paradise." It will feature six (6) original songs, which also include two hits, "She Gave Us Love" and "Ta Baila Na Dos" released back in 1999. We are releasing six this year because that's all we can afford. The more songs added to the album, the more money is required to get it through post production and all. We're hoping that we could get some albums sold before people start burning our CD's. If we sell enough, we would utilize the profit made to release our Christmas album. With the exception of the traditional Christmas songs, Olomwaay will put out all of its original compositions. I'll keep you all posted, so make sure to be checking back and forth on the latest news. Thanks for your patience. For those I promised a long, long time ago, Olomwaay is starting to appear on YouTube. Again, more to come.

I wanted to take a ride down to the beach, but after thinking about the increase in gas prices, I changed my mind. Save fuel for more important things. It's still a good day to stay home. Reed Warblers are seen flying in and out of the outside kitchen. Are they still endangered? They're everywhere. It's fun to see these cute, tiny creatures flying so close to where you sit.

Photo taken from this link (click here).

No fear. They are wild and untamed. They lay their eggs in the nests they built through openings in the ceiling.

The other day, I saw the tail of a stray cat peeking out from one of the openings. There goes the entire colony...I think. Uuuu! I wish I could climb all the way up there to pull that cat away from the nesting area. The problem is, I don't want to end up hard on the ground. Cats can jump and land on all four, so best I keep safe...best to just forget it. I guess birds are intelligent enough to know that when cats are around, the nesting areas should be moved to a different location. I think they have their own survival manual - used by their leaders, or care takers to help keep the Warbler species going. It goes something like the following:

"MORE STRAY CATS (big & small) APPROACHING THE KAIPAT COMPOUND! Build thy nest elsewhere...go to the neighbor's next door...less cats there. If possible, avoid nesting in the ceiling...preserve the ways of the ancestors...pick a tangantangan tree and hang on to it..." Heheh!

On another subject matter -- power will be shutdown today at 12 p.m. here in Koblerville. What does this mean? It means we don't eat in the dark tonight. The previous outages damaged my AC's. We've managed to get one running again, but it's not cooling the house as much as it used. We used to get this cool breeze from the east. Years and years ago, we had never even dreamt about getting the house air conditioned. But, our next door neighbors sold their property and in a year, we lost the breeze. A commercial building has taken up the entire property sealing off the air with its massive structure. It ain't so bad when the sun is above us. But as soon as it passes over towards the west, it heats up this huge wall next to the house.

Everyday, this house sits next to an oven that cools down late in the evening. I wish I lived up in the hills next to hundreds of trees that give off oxygen. Maybe some day, this wish will come true. Maybe I should go to the beach today. :D