I can’t believe it’s more than halfway through spring break already. Why the hell does time move so fast here in Canada even though you’re just chillin out. If I was vacationing in my hometown of Cebu right now, time would be slowing down to a crawl. No kidding, it really does! And I wouldn’t have it any other way. Ah, island life… damn how I miss it. I dunno, lately I’ve been really homesick. It seems like everything reminds me of Cebu. Been listening to a lot of tunes that remind me of all my past trips there. I’ve even been looking through photos of last year’s trip, which just makes it worse (and pathetic at the same time). Yeah, it’s only been a year since I last saw the homeland, and I’m already crazy homesick. And the fact that a lot of my Vancouverite friends are actually there in Cebu right now to attend our buddy’s wedding rubs in the homesickness like salt on a wound. They must be having so much drunken fun right now…damn them all!!! Man, I need a real vacation. A week off from school to stay home and do homework just doesn’t cut it, if ya know what I mean. A nice lil’ trip after I finish school, or next year, is definitely on the agenda.

To fuel my homesickness, I tend to surf the internet for Philippine music charts to check out what’s new and bangin’ over on the Flip side of the world. In one of my recent visits to the www.y101fm.com Top 20 chart (btw, Y101 is arguably the most popular radio station in Cebu), I came across an ill, speaker-rippin’ track called “Memory Kill”. From the limited information I could find, the band that performed this track doesn’t have an official name yet. What I do know is that the members come from some of the more prominent bands in Cebu. Vocalist Franco comes from the band Frank. Gabby (guitars) and Janjan (drums) are from Urbandub (one of the most popular bands to rep the Philippine southside). Not quite sure which bands Eight and Buwi are from though. Bottom line is, this is one killer track. Damn catchy right from the start. And it’s more melodic than heavy, which is how I prefer to rock. The fact that they rep my hometown of Cebu makes me damn proud of my roots too, and how the indie rock capital of the Philippines continues to crank out some quality tunes. All biased opinions aside, give it a listen and judge for yourself.