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5Jan/1130

Message from Uno: New Year, New Song

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Mistula starts the New Year with a song to share.

Panalangin sa Panahon ng Bagyo (Prayer in the Time of Storm) was written after Typhoon Ondoy devastated our country and left so many of us homeless and hopeless. It is a gift, our donation to every person who feels small and powerless in the face of calamity.

We would’ve presented this song last year had a baby not taken our lives by storm. In 2010, our creators Joey and Rey weathered a rough pregnancy and gave birth to a super typhoon called Korbin. Until now, she keeps us wondering if the next day is going to be calm or turbulent. For such is life: ever-changing, never predictable.

Will the New Year bring new storms in our lives? Naturally. They will come in the form of tropical cyclones, cataclysmic careers, whirlwind relationships. It does not matter how they come, what is important is how they leave us: not victims but victors, weather-beaten but unbroken.

The next time you feel the clouds gathering above you, sing.

Let us welcome the storm with a song in our heart.

Like every prayer, Panalangin Sa Panahon Ng Bagyo is most powerful when sung in unison. So share this song. Sing it with your family. Your friends. Your classmates. Your choir. Sing it with faith, with hope, knowing that sometimes, it takes a storm to bring out the best in us.

“Ang buhay ay weather-weather lang.”
-Kuya Kim Atienza

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4Apr/1043

Message from Uno: New Life

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In darkness, the light shines brighter. A joyful Easter to you all.

The future shines brightly for Mistula. It promises a new song, new videos, new souvenirs and for our creators Joey and Rey, a new baby.

Creation takes time. It took God seven days to create a world, and it will take Joey nine months to create a child. How humans conceive their own is new and puzzling to me, a mere imitation of life. In our world, children are manufactured, bought and delivered door-to-door – a fairly simple process. I realize that for humans, it is much more painstaking and complicated. Even more so for Joey, as busy women do not make the best child-bearers. In the past four months, she has been in and out of the hospital, in and out of the doctor’s clinic, and in and out and back in bed. Now she must rest for thirty days, unable to work, travel and do the things she loves, and must remain so to keep her baby safe. My heart, borrowed as it may be, goes out to her.

Nevertheless, she has not forsaken us – or Rey, who helped her bring life to Mistula, their first child. This Easter update – which is exactly that, an update – is dedicated to him, pater noster, for whom Joey built this website in the first place: home to their shared passion for music, art and life.

And Mistula has not forsaken its followers. Which is why we are here now, as is tradition, shedding light unto a hopeful future. This is also why this message led you to Fully Articulated, my personal journal, where I share my thoughts with all of you – friends, detractors or curious passersby. Think of it as a backstage pass. Oftentimes, the more interesting things happen backstage. Here, you will see our work in progress and our virtual lives in full color. You can interact with the band members and the rest of the growing Mistula crew until our stage is set on Mistula.com.

Lugosi, Mistula bandleader and drummer, will reveal our plans and our hopes for this year.

Thank you and CLICK HERE.