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2025 Accomplishments

Andamiiiiiiiiing nangyari sa 2025. This year was so busy. I truly lived. Here are some of the things i'm most proud of this year.

• Put up an exhibit - i'm still so hyped and proud of this one. ang galing talaga. ever since nun i was just thinking about the next one. i'm still looking forward to it, knowing it'll come at the right time. 
• Graduate SHS - about time i did that, and graduated in the best way possible. i had friends, family, my beloved, and finished rank 2 in my school while helping others as much as i could. 
• Get a job - hi there! this is gab from REDACTED, how can I assist you today?
• Study in Australia - biggest plot twist of this year. even after 2 months here i don't know how to feel about everything. I'm forever grateful.
• Get another job - SO WHAT'S THE POINT IN ALL OF THIS KNOWING YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE??? hehe sorry but becoming a cleaner to end the year is very poetic to me. I clean houses now. 
• Become Grezelle's boyfriend - this happened around the time i was still in call center, a couple months before i went to aus. sometimes i still can't believe that she chose me like that. you know how unbelievable life gets sometimes? like you'd anticipate the worst of the worst to happen since you've been given something so significant. Grezelle has taught me so many things in life, and she's my best best friend in the whole world! She's the coolest person ever. 

I went through a lot this year, but it's infinitely better to go through life with my flower.

I want to say thank you sainyo (in no particular order):

grezelle, cheesecake, zye, yssa, arv, gwen, paul, jared, ervin, neri, thea, mor, jerome, engelbert, zy, rhy, yui, seb, madjus, AB1B, ms em, sir dan, ma'am abbey, ken, kuya marlon, dash, hara, rov, yana, kevin, noe, caleb, jb, oliver, mark, quin, nalla, dani, lance, jules, ambi, jean, miss frame, tl ian, miss kat, miss faith, noeh, stm, jannah, ahrang, hai, tema, jolie, dr. sabiha, dr. steffi, ian, ms angie, ms mel, tonetz, tita les, dex, nicole, ck, pao, ate gladies, aling glo, tita janet, tito ramil, mga ate ko janelle at cheska, lola nanay ko, charlie, miel, solara, mom nina, nathan, ate ko ace, and all the people i lost. 

I probably forgot to add some people to this list. If you are one of them, I truly apologize, but know that I'm very grateful for you.

Thank you for all the time and all the memories.

P.S.

Thank you so much for 5,000 website views!! follow na kau hehe

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hello nasa batangas ako

elle and gab vlog #1

 maayos n edit soon. wla lng aq magawa ngayon (marami kailangan gawin)

lia guitarrrr

kasama to sa setlist pag nakapag-busk na ako. baka naman sa 2025 magawa ko na yun. 

walang katapusang anything

pls be safe in this weather.

MERON NA AKONG PANG EXHIBIT

MERON AKONG 7 PICTURE FRAMES NA MAY LAMAN NA AT KULANG NALANG AY PAGSASABITAN. MERON DIN 1 HIDDEN FRAME NA MAKIKITA LAMANG KAPAG ANOOOO BASTA. I'M SO EXCITED AND DUMBFOUNDED KASI NAG-EEXAM DAPAT AKO NGAYON PERO WHOOOOOOOOOO!! PLS KUNG MAY ALAM KAYO NA PADER NA PWEDE PAGSABITAN LET ME KNOW GUSTO KO LANG ISHARE SAINYO ANG LAHAT NG 'TO KASAMA ANG MGA ZINES NA FREE AND I THINK I NOW KNOW SAAN AKO MAGSESETUP NG POP-UP EXHIBIT OK BRB GTG LABLAB

edit ko tong post later pag done na ako sa gawain

ayun na nga ho ano? meron na mga framed works to exhibit. may mga kulang pa para sa pop-up exhibit like yung poster for promotion, free zines (kulang pa copies ko sa bahay), small pieces of art, donation box, feedback form, letter of appreciation to those who will come check out the exhibit, broadcast booth, etc. pero this is a big step to making another dream come true. i really can't wait to be able to share this with you all. although most naman ng laman ng exhibit ay mga napost ko na, i'd like to think kaya ko rin ioffer yung effect na nakakamangha dahil nakikita sila in real life.

nagka-idea na ako sa isang place kung saan pwede itayo ang pop-up, althought it might not be the best in terms of foot traffic and it's quite exposed to the weather. 

happy 100 posts!

lablab hehe. eto oh kanta na walang kwenta

birthday video draft

what i did this summer and boring photos announcement

gala clip

idk if i'll be doing this a lot, but masaya kami sa oras na to.

comment ng kaibigan ko sa profile pic ko sa fb noon

this is supposed to be funny. and idk why the audio is gone but just imagine the very low quality version of hotline bling playing in the background. thank you.

roblock clips

wla lng.

adventure #2: UPD

ang adventure #1 ay yung lakad namin noon papuntang Manila. Kaunting Escolta at magdamagan sa Intramuros. i didn't film though, but thankfully this time i was able to create something more than just photographs (not saying that photographs "aren't good enough.")

the influence of radio and the birth of DJ Gab

i remember having made a video or a post about the whole story of the radio station, but ulitin ko na para may copy yung website. 

earliest memories ko about the radio is from my summer vacations when i was a smol kid. babiyahe kami ng tatay ko papunta kung saan saan. at yung tanging entertainment namin sa mga biyahe na yun ay kung anong radio station ang sagap ng antenna ng sasakyan. minsan kasi lumalayo kami to the point na yung station na pinapakinggan namin ay yung local na ng province. it was a good source of "new" music and i liked listening to the DJs mapa-drama o comedy man yung show. ang naaalala ko, may station pa noon na 12pm yung drama show nila which was strange for me kasi sanay ako na gabi yung drama. then meron yung mga tumatanggap ng callers sa gabi and it would range from drama talaga to very funny conversations between the DJs and the caller. 

pag-uwi mula sa vacation, nadala ko na yung hobby na makinig sa radyo. doon sa bahay ng nanay ko pag weekday ng gabi, mga 9pm siguro, may fav show kami sa MOR ata or YES fm. papakinggan namin at matatawa then matutulog na bago pa matapos yung show. may time pa nga binuksan ko ang radyo tapos nagtataka ako bakit hindi pa nagsimula yung show kasi lagpas 9 na. ayun pala weekend nun and it took me so long to realize. 

nung teenager nako saka ko lang ulit naalala yung mga moments na yun. yung paghiga ko sa sasakyan habang dinadamdam yung pinapatugtog sa radyo habang bumabiyahe. yung tawa ko sa kwarto habang nakikinig sa isang DJ na babae at isang DJ na lalaki. at yung tuwa sa tuwing maririnig yung mga paborito kong kanta na hinihiling ko na ipatugtog nila. at doon na pumasok sa isip ko na tumingin online kung mayroon ba na posibilidad na ako mismo ay maging radio DJ kahit for fun lang, pero nasa isip ko hanggang ngayon, mangyayari lang siguro yung ganung "DJ for a day" kung sumikat ako online at nagkaroon ng maraming clout. so hindi pwede yun unless gawin ko na actual job which my parents wouldn't be happy about. until i saw how people owned their own transmitters. usually for communication, but there were these people called pirates. i looked a bit deeper and found out that i'm going to be one of them.

mahal ang transmitter kahit maliit lang and low powered, so i had to put aside the dream several times throughout the years. until i had an opportunity noong 2022. maybe a month after the lowest point of my life. so i pushed for it to happen like it was life or death (pretty much was.) 

i got the transmitter and it was time to finally put some work into the station. ang pinaka matagal na process ay ang calibration from the antenna to the audio settings to the peripherals. until now i still have a lot to learn and i have to upgrade my antenna to reach the station's full potential. ito ang pinaka nagustuhan ko sa radio ko. it's not that easy. so i have to work hard to make it happen. 

i had a radio show that ran for a few months nung 2023 before ako mag-aral ulit. it was called The Midnight Show with DJ Gab. nagpatugtog kami kada Thursday from 11pm - 1am. natuto ako bumuo ng program and flow ng show with every broadcast. my host voice (?) isn't as good as i'd want it to be nor as it as energetic as it is supposed to be, but i've had the most fun broadcasting and making a fool out of myself just so i can build my hours on air. 

these days i mostly use the transmitter so i can play music from my computer to the amplifier upstairs which has a radio. para todo ingay ako minsan dito sa bahay. though i still have a couple plans for future broadcasts. maybe after i upgrade my antenna. i'll let you know naman.

p.s. don't snitch on me ty

old version of my setup. i had to manually put it all together every thursday evening. kapagod.

the amplifier listening to my broadcast

ito earliest (and only) video i have of testing out the transmitter's output using my tiny radio.

listen to me yap for 30 minutes about the evolution of my workspace which i don't clean as much as i have to

i forgot to tell you a lot of things

i'll be preparing a list of things i have to say so i won't forget anything else next time. 

Julez

i found this recording i made in 2021. this is a very special song to me. i've spent many nights falling asleep listening to it.