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Pagerank lost due to neglect

2010-01-26T17:36:00.002+08:00

Last month I know I still had a pagerank, and I've became confident that it will not go away even if I neglected this site for all I care. But now, things are just different, my poor old site totally plummeted down the drain of the pagerank ladder, despite still having some good quality old backlinks.

I really don't know why for some reason I lost my pagerank again in google's last update, for I had abandoned all means of creating post that doesn't meet their webmasters guidelines. Nor do I have the inclination on doing the same again after my re-inclusion to google's indexes. But what had caused this dilemma?

I'm still searching the reason as why I lost my precious pagerank, but I end up really not knowing what had caused it. Maybe neglect on this site? Maybe some of my backlinks are gone? Maybe I'm penalized again? I really don't know. I'm just going to wait next update to see whether some of these instances are deemed correct so as for me to see what to do next.

Windows 7 Beta Availiable to All

2009-01-13T13:47:00.004+08:00

Microsoft had lift its expected limit to the beta release of its the new windows operating system, Windows 7, after a surge of visitors wanting to download it for testing. The said beta file will be available up to the 24th of January, after which Microsoft will reinstate its limit.

To read the full article about windows 7 please click here

Kerchoonz: A New Social Network

2008-12-18T23:56:00.006+08:00

Piracy, if not the worst, is the most rampant cause of intellectual property rights violation across the globe which leads to loss of investment and income to artists, composers and recording labels alike. Suffice to say downloading free pirated music and or video over the internet through torrents and or warez sites, cripples not only a portion of a certain business establishment but the entire music and movie industry itself. Despite drastic measures enacted by different law enforcing agencies around the world, it is still not enough to eradicate the free sharing and or trading of files over and across the vast network called the internet.

For the past few years, everyone, including I had downloaded a large sum of music and or video files freely uploaded and shared over the internet. Let us face it, who would not want to get free merchandise with just a click of your mouse? However, as technology improves things, it also complicates everything as a result, hence giving birth to what everyone now knows as the Digital Rights Management (DRM). With DRM as an obstruction to free music, sources for it appeared to be scarcer than the usual.

But luckily, there’s a certain company out there that had envisioned a goal to share a DRM free music to its users or members at the expense of paying recording labels with the revenue generated through the advertisements they had embedded within their site. The company that I’m talking about is no other than Kerchoonz, a new social networking site that was developed for musicians and artists a like so as for them to share to the whole community their piece of work. Of course, the site is still in beta phase, but even though, it really appears to be a promising site since there is this cool feature for artists with which they will be paid appropriately for every music the members had downloaded from the site. More so, if the said artist referred another colleague to the site, he will also be paid for the said sign-up.

Imagine, free DRM music for all and at the same time being paid for your work, where in the world could you get that except for Kerchoonz. So what are you waiting for, join now and be a part of a wonderful community that offers only the best.

Twlight the Movie: An Honest Review.

2008-12-18T23:24:00.007+08:00

Twilight the Movie. An Honest Review from the Eyes of a Viewer.

To make my long narrative short, the only thing that I can say with regard to this movie is that it s-u-c-k-s! Forgive my ~~word~~, vulgar and vile word, but that's what I've felt after I had watched it weeks ago.

I know, I know, you don't agree with me for you have come to like that "vampire", and sad to say that if you're driven by desire (i.e. like and love) you tend and intend to accept everything that is associated with that kind of feeling. But let's face the truth. The movie really isn't even satisfying, and not even worth a watch!

Okay, let me get straight to my points, and see if I can dissuade you from your views of the said movie.

Cinematography. Poor.

Special Effects. Lacking.

Story. Not even catchy.

it's predictable

No touch of a slightest romance. Despite that its "major theme" purports romance.

With all that said and done, now you know why I truly hated this movie. I was expecting more from it. More! As in more! But sad to say, I expected too much.

Blog Update

2008-12-17T23:08:00.001+08:00

It's like what?!, almost months since I decided to stop over here to update this antiquated site, and I'm too sad to say that it will remain the same old b-o-r-i-n-g site that you had come to know of. :(

Well, not so much, just to lighten up the mood, since I had decided that I may from time to time update it. Again. Not particularly the same-old-usual-habit of splurge posting, but just enough to keep it from being indexed by search engines.

I know, I need a lot of explaining to do as to how and why I ended up forgetting that I had a blog. But as time passes by, and the fad grows accustomed and acclimated to one's system then it's easier to just leave it all behind and begin a new and fresh start. I don't mean that I intend to leave this site, but I think I need to reinvent it all again to soothe my mood as of the moment.

Anyway, this is the first step. to update this site, and I hope I can still manage to keep it and my thoughts coming. :) So long... and wait for the next update. :) That is if I had the time. :(

Laarni: New Grand Star Dreamer

2008-09-15T12:33:00.003+08:00

Laarni Losala (a.k.a Laarni Lozada as Director Joey Reyes had dubbed), an aspirant singer from Sultan Kudarat, was hailed as the top scholar of this year's season of the Dream Academy, Philippine Edition. Laarni, who was blessed with such superb vocal quality and prowess had impressed almost a million Filipino viewers, hence secured her their votes and support up unitl the last night's awards show where she was given the title Grand Star Dreamer.

A dreamer from the troubled province of Mindanao, Philippines, she now had fulfilled her dreams of becoming a singer and her longing desire to alleviate her family from their impoverished condition. Still she has a long way to go and a lot of obstacles to face in the harsh world of the music industry, but with the people's support I know she can conquer it all, just the way she had conquered it on the night of her proclamation as the next Grand Star Dreamer.

Congratulation to this years winners of the Philippine Edition of the Dream Academy, may all your career blossom.

Remember Me?: An Insight.

2008-08-20T13:56:00.003+08:00

This is the first book that I had read from Sophie Kinsella, a chic lit novelist; and since it's my first time to read one of her works, I actually didn't expect much because I had no idea of her writing style and technique. But with all honesty, I was taken aback with my wrong expectations; I had never quite imagined that I would end up so endowed on her writing style and technique to a point that I'm craving for more of what she has to offer. She is such a good novelist that I wouldn't mind recommending all her works to all book lovers out there. However, since this is the first book ever that I had read from such brilliant author, expect that I would one day make another review or insight about her works that I had come across with.

Anyway, what's in store for readers if they had come to open the book Remember Me? Well they'll just end up being struck by the quality and richness of the story about a young adult that had suffered from an illness and her will to redeem herself. As it's title header states, I believe you all have a vague idea of what might have transpired in the life of the protagonists but you all wanted to be sure if the novel is worth a read. I assure you all that this book is better and you all might even associate your feelings and experiences to the protagonists experiences itself. I assure you all that you will love it much as I do.

Nevertheless, the story of the book itself is light and pleasurable to read, more so, it's easily understandable despite some highfalutin words that might had come across as you skim and read the rest of the pages. But I'm assuming that you will like the book still despite it all.

To be honest, I really don't like to spoil people of the book's content, but hey, I'm also a reader and I can't help but to give people basic thoughts on what they're about to read. Anyway, do any of you mind to help me out on visualizing a Mont Blanc? If you might had read this book, I know you had come across to what this is, but still I haven't seen this happened in real life situations hence an image of something similar will be beneficial to help me visualize it clearly.

Nonetheless, if you haven't read this book I suggest you go immediately to your local library to read it. However if it isn't available you can actually buy it here or even download it here so you can read it as well.

Happy reading!

View on Pre-electioneering campaign

2008-07-22T23:39:00.003+08:00

There are a lot of things that I really hated about Philippine Politics, and I think enumerating it here would do me no good at all since it would be a waste of time to talk about. More so a lot of people who surfs the internet hated politics as the main topic so I'd just make this post nice and sweet (in irony of course).

What to say about this country's political domain? If I say that this country had a lot of unqualified political aspirants on highly coveted public positions would it mean that I'm generalizing or am I just seeing the transparent fact? If I say that almost all unqualified political aspirants are power-hungry corrupt tyrants, would I be lying if I said that indeed it's true and irrevocable otherwise? More so, if I also state that most of those good politicians this country had were easy tempted by anything provided there is money, power and influence involved would you believe me?

Well, I can't honestly prove these accusations right now despite this is already a known fact, but I can somehow provide concrete examples of these instances. However, let me get to my point straight first before this goes off topic. Right now "pre-electioneering" is starting to occur in this country despite the next national elections that would happen two (2) years from now. It seems that their wasting their money or better yet placed as people's money from taxes just for their faces to be seen on television commercials giving greetings for successful graduates, endorsing products so that their name and faces may be seen in print and billboard etcetera, etcetera. This is already happening and it's really quite disturbing. Why wouldn't these politicians start acting and do their basic jobs in making and enacting laws rather than showing their faces on television screens endorsing detergents and whitening pills! Would that help in improving the impoverished condition of the country or would that help them boost their public appearance to gather enough votes in the position that they’re aspiring?

Next point that I need to holler out is really the most nut-cracking news that I ever heard this week. Manny Pacquiao again is running for congress next elections! My God, didn't he learned that a lot of his Gen San constituents and a lot of Filipinos doesn't want him to be seated in any public office. What in the world would a non-lawyer or a non-degree holder in legal management and similar courses do in congress? Sit? Stare? Doodle? Yes, provided he now bears the high school equivalent diploma, that is not even enough to make and pass a bill that is highly written in English.

Okay, I understand his ideology on helping a lot of people, and he can do that without even being elected as congressman, but please never run in a corrupt and filthy position that the government offers. Being a congressional representative isn't a sign of stature in life in this country, it's a sign of corruption and I don't want to see your good name being bastardized and scandalized by it!

Filipinos wants reform, and I think reformation of the government would only happen if all the masses would vote for qualified nominees and not artists, athletes, singers, etcetera, etcetera, that doesn't have any degree and background on any pre-law courses, nor not even a lawyer. What will happen if these popular people again would be elected? Who would run the government? They're leech advisers? For heaven sake, I can't bear another one president seated for only two years, deposed, and now a convict for a crime everyone knows that he might have participated in but doesn't have full knowledge about it. More so, I can't bear another usurper to be the next president.

Activists against Oil Price Hike: Opinion

2008-07-18T18:47:00.003+08:00

Okay, this would be a super small rant post. I just need to voice out my opinion on this topic to soothe my annoyed nerves.

First and foremost issue to spare, a small (in)famous third world country like the Philippines, naturally doesn't produce oil for its consumption. Everybody knows this, this is a fact! Philippines doesn't have oil for consumption that is why it commissioned foreign explorer and discoverer to check whether there are oil reservoir in this country. Since this country doesn't have oil to use, ALL OIL COMPANIES STATIONED IN THIS COUNTRY IMPORTS ITS PRODUCTS for their consumers to use. So why do these activists force these companies to cut their prices down? Are these activists thinking or what? FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, THESE COMPANIES ARE ONLY BUYING THEIR COMMODITY ON THE WORLD MARKET, SO WHY PUT THE BLAME ON THEM!

If you activists wished that these oil prices would go down GO ON THE OIL PRODUCING COUNTRIES AND RALLY THERE. They're the one's imposing the price so GO THERE! Release all your grievances there. Period.

Second issue, if you activists hoped that these oil prices would somehow go down, demand the usurper's government TO REMOVE THE TAXES AND THE ROYALTIES IT TAKES FROM THESE PRODUCTS and see its effects on the whole economy as well.

Now I rest my case. You all make proper conclusions on this world problem.

Manny: Champion Again?!

2008-07-01T06:31:00.005+08:00

Manny Pacquiao Won Again? Urgh! I just hate it! I honestly really do hate it if he won any boxing competition!

I hate him to win not because I hate him personally or what, but because every time he won all the necessary issues that needs addressing and answers are always set aside for the euphoria brought about by his success!

I as well do like him to win his bouts against his adversaries, but after that it's over. I don't want him to be treated like a hero that most Filipinos would think of; the kind of hero that would help them through all their ups and downs and alleviate their sufferings, when in fact every time he wins his bouts every national issues are forgotten and eclipsed by his triumph, until it is well forgotten by most Filipinos themselves.

Now what, will the issues pertaining to national problems be resolved? For example, the food shortage? Will his winning in the said sport bring about as many foods as before to the platters of the poor? Another thing, will this triumph against his adversary make the oil prices drop until each and every Filipinos suffering from it would be free from their burden? Will his success cause all those missing bodies in the sea to be found? No right.

Hence, I just hope that the euphoria would not extend to become like a festivities again that spanned for more than months covered by each national televisions. I just hope that Filipinos would wake up and snap to it early and go out and find the solutions to their own problems with their own hands.

Product Currently Available

2008-06-03T11:32:00.006+08:00

Below is a preview of a product currently available on the market. I do hope you find time to check it out and it would be best if you would acquire a piece or two of the said product I currently will host on here every now and then.

Thanks for your patience in my endeavor. Please buy from here to help me out.

Universal Studios Burned!

2008-06-03T11:02:00.004+08:00

Universal Studios found in California State, famous for its world renowned movies and theme park, met some catastrophic accident early yesterday at around 4:43 am. The theme park which hosted replicas of some famous places like New York streetscape, the Wisteria Lane of the Desperate Housewives, the King Kong theme park attraction, Jurrasic Park and other areas including some studios where most Hollywood filmmakers shoot their creations was burned to ashes. Official report from the company itself suggests that the unfortunate event that had occurred to the Universal Studio was caused by accident and it was not intentional. According to them it would take days to assess the damage that was caused by the blaze, but it’s still business as usual.

The fire that had engulfed most of the studios, replicas, theme parks, and video and film reserves took about 12 hours before it was declared fire out. However since the fire was contained only on the back lot of the 400 acres area of the Hollywood’s famous studios, it hadn’t affected the 30 sound stages that according to the management of the Universal Studios would be too expensive to be rebuilt.

It’s really sad not just for the whole movie industry but the viewing fans itself who would love to come one day to the said studio to see for real the place where most movie makers film their creations. Let’s just hope that a thorough inquiry will be done to assess who had caused the fire and file proper legal action to him or her, and that the incident would never happen the third time.

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Government takeover of Meralco

2008-06-01T23:31:00.002+08:00

Why does Meralco had to be blamed for the government mismanagement when it comes to high electric bill? This appears to be a fact now, rather than a question. To be honest, every Filipino knows that in this corrupt country someone has to be blamed for the mismanagement concocted by the government itself, and the blame resides not on the energy department or any other departments of this stinking country, but rather on the huge power distributor, known to many, as the Meralco.

How did Meralco surface in the big picture is another story, but as you would view it in simpler terms, the said company was used as an escape goat to avoid further humiliation from the ever-boiling-and-pent-up-scandals brought about by the ZTE NBN (National Broadband Deal) deal, the swine scam, the agricultural scam a.k.a. fertilizer fund scam and the deceit and fraud brought about by the last presidential elections that was never resolved and never will be resolved until the current president exist in the seat of power.

It wasn’t a secret to the Filipino public that Meralco is partly owned and controlled by the Lopez family; and its sister company, the largest television network in the Philippines, ABS-CBN, has had released several exposes against the current administration ranging from minute evidence of fraud up to providing sufficient ones that can topple the incumbent corrupt president out of palace of Malacañang, provided the people empower themselves again. Hence, it’s no wonder why the current administration, a power leech for that, is trying to get even with the said family because of what they had done – to tell the truth to the unknowing Filipino people.

But why blame one of the Lopezs’ companies for high electric bills? The answer is quite too simple and logical, it’s more like putting pieces in a jigsaw puzzle; the current administration is trying to win back people into trusting their flawed system of governance so that they can plunder the national treasury for the nth time. The government had used Meralco as a pawn to let the uneducated people of this country to believe that they were being deceived by the said company into paying high electric bills when in fact Meralco is duly and rightfully charging its consumers what they had used based on the set of laws and guidelines provided to them by the government per se. The government used their connections inside the company to throw malicious and never ending accusations and tirade on the management of Meralco by the name of GSIS president Winston Garcia to point out that indeed the company is doing something wrong and unethical with regards to charging its consumers, when in fact it doesn’t. The government used the issue of the country’s inflation and increasing prices of basic necessities and commodities including the electricity consumption as a leverage to shift the attention of the public from the scrupulous deeds that they had done and might have done that was already starting to surface.

But was the jigsaw puzzle near completion? If ever the change of management happened in Meralco, which God forbids, never happened as of the moment, then the farcical scheme of fooling the public might had come to light. Electrical bills will never decrease its current price but instead will sky-rocket because the government puppy will never manage to eradicate the government royalties and extended value added tax placed on the consumption of electricity, but instead the puppy might double the royalties the government earns for future funding for the next electoral fraud. The new management if ever the change will take effect will never help those poor Filipino people who were suffering from paying high electric bills but instead they will try to bankrupt them up to the last penny that they can muster. Imagine that if this takeover occurred, a repeat of what had happened in the dictatorship era will transpire, and the puppies associated to all those companies and corporations taken over will end up as the next cronies to amass and plunder the wealth of the national treasury.

But why do the Philippines had high electrical bill per household? Before the enactment of the EPIRA law and development of the independent power producers, this country was stuck by a massive problem of lack of electricity. To arrest such situation the former president had decided to let independent power producers to create their own source of electricity and to sell the rest of the electricity produced to the now bankrupted government corporation, the NAPOCOR, with which all electricity received by NAPOCOR, will be sold to Meralco, the largest power distributor to date, at a slightly higher price than that of the independent power producers. Since the government allowed the independent power producers to make their own electrical source, more than 20-50 percent of electricity distributed by Meralco came directly to their own independent power producers, rather than NAPOCOR, since it’s cheaper compared to the ones being sold to them by NAPOCOR. But according to the law passed in the Philippines that all produced electricity to date, be it used or unused, will still be paid and shouldered by the consumers. Meaning, with a lot of independent power producers creating their source of electricity, the Philippines has had surplus of electricity, and that surplus will be deemed sold by the IPPS with which the payment to that produced electricity will come to pockets of the people. Now add EVAT and the government royalties to that of what will be sold to Meralco, as compared to Meralco’s own IPPS, where will the power distributor buy the electricity, of course to where the distributor can save money but deliver the goods on time. But since the consumers pay all electricity that was generated then most likely the electric bill that comes every month is really high per household. Will change of management in Meralco change the fact that there is a surplus of unused electricity? Definitely it wouldn’t. No matter who sits on the board of Meralco, the same problem will exist because the government already had a bad managerial style.

blog things...

2008-05-23T05:49:00.001+08:00

You Are in the Genital Stage of Development

According to Dr. Freud, you've reached the genital stage of development.

Whatever issues you may have had in your childhood have been resolved.

You don't have any hang ups, and you are able to function as a stable adult.

You are the model of being well-adjusted, and you are able to balance your life beautifully.

What Freudian Stage Are You In?

Birth of a New Site: Social Spark

2008-05-20T17:22:00.000+08:00

I don't know whether I could earn a fortune while surfing the internet. I know I've been skeptical enough on believing a lot of post claiming that they had earned a bunch while just writing something over their websites, and believe me they had provided proofs that would ascertain that they were not bluffing about what they had written. Some of their proofs would either be a screenshot of the earnings they had accumulated or the checks they had received, and to be honest it's quite convincing even for beginners and novices.

I, for once, had tried and succeeded to earn a decent amount of money over the internet, and I feel elated after the first payment came. Hence, I became a believer of the power of internet marketing, because I've realized that those people claiming that indeed they had earned money wasn't lying when they said they did. I continued to write a few more posts about different products thay I had reviewed and give my opinion over with, and to be honest I was happy with they I earn. But as soon as I was starting to like the idea of writing reviews I ended up waking to the worst nightmare I had never expected to be coming - Google had penalized me.

Google, the internet giant had slammed my and the rest of the other bloggers' page ranks to oblivion. Not for once did I curse on something that harsh. I had cursed the internet giant for taking away my page rank, the most precious page rank I had kept and worked on for more than a year. I had been hoping that it was just a serious flaw on their algorithm but later did I know that it was a serious penalty for selling links over the internet to screw the page rank system. I, been selling links, but when? Then I realized that it was because of the reviews that I had managed to write and maintain over my website. It was the the stated reason under their guidelines, a new one to be exact.

I had never dreamt that my online escapade to earn money will soon meet its demise so early. Hence in exchange for returning my precious page rank I had stopped writing reviews and had the inkling feeling of abandoning blogging altogether. But I never did. I had still waited for the parent company of the advertising firm I'm writing with to make a move and to comply to the demands of internet giant, which they did eventually giving birth to a new company called SocialSpark.

SocialSpark is very similar with the previous internet company that I had been working on, however it's much better than the previous one. SocialSpark had incorporated the "nofollow" tag which will protect its users from further debunkment from the page rank sytem. They also had a new improvised look for their website, giving both advertisers and bloggers an opportunity to meet up and socialize with each other, which is quite similar to social networking available over the internet. More so they had new tools for accountable analytics that the advertisers will use to check out your site.

There are a lot of few goods things that are also available and it's not easy to discuss it in few words, hence I'll make a new post detailing all of the new stuffs they had included. For now, just take a peep into the new site and feel free to join, and you'll love it.

20 Pesos Wage Hike Approved

2008-05-19T16:28:00.003+08:00

20 Philippine Peso Wage Hike was approved by the government this month, however with all honestly is it enough to support people belonging to the poverty line? According to the church officials it's better than nothing at all, so why waste the blessing that was given. However to those who had been suffering entirely it's not even enough to sustain a living with all the inflation that is occurring in the country. To most of them a 125 Philippine peso across the wage board increase is highly adoptable to support a family belonging to the poverty line, with which most companies declines because of fear of closing their businesses.

It may be best to actually do a comprise between most of the companies and workers themselves to have a definite solution on the crisis that is existing in the industrial section. Both parties should not turn a blind eye or deaf ear to the needs of each other that should be addressed accordingly. It may be the only way to make things work. So if a 20 pesos increase in the minimum wage is the only thing that is viable at the moment, just accept it even if you perceive that it is not enough, and just hope that things would have improve the next wage increase when all other extraneous factors had been ruled out.

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A fight...

2008-02-13T16:53:00.002+08:00

A fight that I will have to bear till the end.

Those thoughts race through my mind as the same scenario unfolds within my sight. For the fourth time, the same symptoms appeared, and again without any given warning. I don't know when or how these poor little fellows ever acquired the same illness that had risked their lives; two of them are now beside the omnipotent one.

It all started with a murky shade of mahogany puke, the same symptoms that keeps dreading me as I associated it with the impeding death of the victim. A slow death... a very slow painful death that causes you to keep on holding on, yet you feel helpless with each passing day even when you seek professional medical help and cure.

Prior the this latest incident, I had promised myself that I would not let let go of the third casualty, when the second one passed away, and God permitted that he stay with me up until today. But why repeat it the fourth time on another victim? I thought it ended when I had miraculously saved, with all my will, the third male casualty, but why again do I have to endure the same fright and tension on another one? Will this burden continue on? The burden of seeing someone special to you suffer and yet you feel helpless to the situation?

Seeking professional help seemed to be the viable option, however as I had observed it, instead of alleviating the pain, it aggravates it. I thought we made the wrong decision before on seeking advice on a practicing professional, which gave us the impression that he isn't qualified to any of such things. However changing doctors proved least about the said assumption, it happened again. I just hope and pray that it doesn't end the same way as the two of the victims I had witnessed.

Care Home Search at Better Caring

2007-11-15T02:48:00.000+08:00

Finding a registered health practitioner this day, is not as easy as what others perceives it to be. Yes, there may be a surplus of supply for health care practitioners in the far east Asia, but how about in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom? With all due respect, as I had seen it in the news lately, most health care practitioners in the United Kingdom who migrated there just to serve a lot of individuals needing help, weren't allowed anymore by the government to continue their working visas after their contract expires. So this clearly states that even if there were high supply of health care practitioners who can and willing to serve on care homes only few can serve up to the demand needed by Great Britain itself, more so other European countries. Hence, where can a person in need of practical help for their loved ones find what their looking for?

If I weren't mistaken, there were only few nursing homes and care homes left now to serve the people that were already out of the working bracket of the population. Meaning that these people, that clearly needs professional help, were the ones who can't take care of themselves anymore (i.e. the elderly), therefore they tend to seek out trained professionals for the said job (i.e. nurses, care givers, and therapist). However it isn't easy to look for a trained professional, more so it isn't advisable to just pick up someone from the neighborhood and ask them to look over your precious loved one. Thus here comes a solution for the said problem; head out to Better Caring and check it out to see if it can help you in answering the practical problems you encounter while taking care of your precious loved ones.

But what is Better Caring, and how can it help an individual seeking for professional help?

Better Caring is a website designed to help ease people in finding the necessary care that they needed for their loved ones. Better Caring incorporates in their easy to navigate website tips on how you can necessary take care of your loved ones without seeking for a trained professional. More over, they provide useful links if ever you encounter a grave problem while taking care of you precious loved ones. In addition to these, the said site also offers arrangement in finding a good and registered trained professional if ever you really needed one. They store in their website a database of registered nursing and caring homes available, hence minimizing your doubts whether the professional you had employed really can took proper care to your loved ones. You can also log-in to their community and share your thoughts and experiences with other fellow members who opted to use the services provided by the said site.

This easy to use website can clearly cut out the irksome and tedious process of searching over the yellow pages for a nursing home with a good reputation. More so can ease out your problem of going through your local social service, with which you needed to file the necessary documents the said agency needed prior to help you out.

Philippine Congress Explosion

2007-11-13T22:24:00.001+08:00

Breaking news today. According to ABS-CBN News, an explosion happened in the Philippine Congress sending about more than 8 individuals, inclusive of which were 3 congressmen, to the nearest hospital (Malvar Hospital). The said explosion, according to the news, happened around 8:00 p.m. GMT.

Initial reports says that the explosion is still under investigation, and that the National Police hadn't released yet their official statement for the said incident. However, reports claims that Rep. Luz Ilagan of party-list group Gabriela was one of the casualties of the said incident. The said representative according to the breaking news might had suffered shrapnel injuries in the legs, while Congressman Ilagan's driver Marcial Talbo, died in the said blast.

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Garage flooring

2007-11-07T01:22:00.000+08:00

The garage flooring in our house, to be honest, is just plain simple concrete, and there's actually no reason to brag about it. My parents, so wished to make the entire flooring made of tiles but unfortunately tiles are quite costly to the extent that buying it will cause the monthly budget suffer, hence they just let it as it is.

By looking at all the available garage flooring here, I'm quite shocked to see that they sell cheap tiles and flooring, good enough not to bruise the monthly budget our family have. So if there will be time I'm going to suggest this to my parents so as they can decide whether our garage needs a new look or better yet improvement from its current state, and while they're deciding on it, we might also include professional epoxies so as to protect them

Where does the 500,000 Philippine pesos really came from?

2007-11-07T01:02:00.000+08:00

Deputy Speaker Amelita Villarosa, the party's regional head, said that the P500,000 individually distributed to administration allies were sourced from KAMPI’s assistance fund.

I really don't understand why these so-called elected politicians brag about the 500,000 Philippine pesos cash gift to them. Truth be told, accepting cash gift or any another form of tangible gifts are prohibited in this country, and up to now their still arguing about its origin. This is really such a shame since, its been publicly done under the Malacañang Palace, the place where the highest official resides. So definitely what goes inside the said place, that person (the president) knows, right?

How ridiculous it would be if the public officials that you had elected play around with words, and state that no, the president doesn't know anything about it, just to cover her up on another scandal boiling up. So what happened if you received the said cash gift and you're just an independent candidate and not affiliated with KAMPI? Where does this money originated from? From KAMPI or the League of Governors or from another source?

She said that the funds were intended for medical missions and funerals. She also said that the amounts given varied. She said some congressmen receiving amounts as low as P5,000.

So again, politician do intend to fool a lot of their constituents right? Funds can only be given, if I wasn't mistaken to treasurers of the different municipalities, and not the governing congressman and governors themselves. And frankly speaking, it's quite dubious since the money was dissimenated prior to baranggay elections? So do you think we're going to catch your lousy explanations?

Read news here

Christmas shopping...

2007-11-06T23:57:00.000+08:00

Tired of the usual Christmas rush where you run after certain store to another store just to get a good deal on the items that you specifically need? Have you just wished that Black Friday retail was also available through online shopping so that you won't worry too much of waking up early in the morning just to drag yourself on a store but unfortunately found out that you were too late and ended up at rear end of a line? Too stressing right? Or what if you'd prepared yourself in advance and brought the items you needed to complete your Christmas list on a normal, regular day, with which, prices of a certain item were still at its original price? Too costly for your tight budget right?

Actually, only few people that I know does their shopping early prior the Black Friday. Most of the time they wait till some thanksgiving ads be advertised prior to computing their budget to acquire the item they need. However most of the time these kinds of advertisements tend to appear the day before Black Friday. Quite too late actually, thus, most people that I know tend to be a part of the so-called "Christmas Rush", where a lot of people gather together on a certain retailed store or establishment just to buy the item that they need for their Christmas list.

Even I myself does that, and you can just imagine the stress that I'm going through when I need to go to a certain mall where a lot of people had been tightly squeezing themselves just to grab the necessary thing that we need for the occasion. Truth be told, I still doesn't have a certain item for the said season up to now, and I'm wishing that may be I could just shop them online. But prices are still high up to this very moment, and chances are, that after the said season, I'll end up broke if I brought them, hence I'm waiting for the Black Friday (last week of November) to come so as for me to buy all the things that I want.

Actually, by just browsing over at Google, I ended up on a site named Black Friday, a site that gives out information on the retailed prices available on Black Friday. The said site is quite handy since, I don't need to rush over to different stores just to check out the prices available. The said site is really quite convenient, and I thank God, for discovering it.

Headlines...

2007-11-05T18:51:00.000+08:00

I'm a Spice Girls fan, to be honest, and I so love listening to their songs before when they released their first and second albums, Spice and Spice World. I, more so, enjoyed watching their videos. But when they disbanded as a group I felt saddened, because one of my all time favorite girl group will never be back, yet I'm still hopeful that they will reunite.

And that day had been fulfilled; they reformed as a group, all five of them (Mel B, Mel C, Geri, Emma, and Victoria), and had released their latest video, Headlines (Friendship Never Ends), which will be included in their much awaited greatest hits album. All the proceeds for the latest single, if I wasn't mistaken will be for the benefit of BBC Children in Need, according to BBC Press Office.

Listen and watch the new single of Spice Girls, Headlines (Friendship Never Ends), and I wish you'll all like it, as much as I do. Though, this song isn't comparable to the previous songs of the Spice Girls, it's still pleasurable to listen to.

Just Blog Thing

2007-11-05T11:19:00.000+08:00

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct.

It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs. As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human. And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

Rosetta Stone: Insight

2007-10-30T04:09:00.000+08:00

I had actually been to this site before, when I was trying to find resource materials for the 3rd language I'm previously studying. The said site offers Rosetta Stone, which, I believe was a resource educational tool that would help individuals who yearn to learn not just English as a primary language but other language as well.

If I wasn't mistaken, Rosetta Stone software incorporates different learning techniques in order for an individual to master the language he or she had chosen to study. The concept of including in the software the right pronunciation, intonation, and diction of a certain word or phrase really could help a certain individual to fully grasp the dynamic language he or she had picked to acquire. The concept really, no offense, to the developers, was great, however, I cannot say that it would become an effective tool for comprehension, since it's just a software there's no personal interaction involved in it. Yes, it may help facilitate faster learning on a certain language, however using the said software as a means of replacement for qualified instructors, I don't think it can help that much, since users might just end up memorizing the contents of the entire software.

This software would be beneficial to an individual, despite it's high cost, only if this was used side by side with a professional instructor more so, in an environment with personal interaction involved. All I'm saying is this is a good product definitely to be acquired and used as a resource or reference material for those who really wanted to learn faster in a modular way.

Mark Cortez reveals his long time secret.

2007-10-28T22:09:00.000+08:00

Every actor in this country, as we all know reaches a point where they were intrigued of being a female-hearted male, and we all know most of them just shrugs them of, deny them or just let the issue die; just like what this actor now gracing this page did previously. This actor, a product of a television reality search, TV Idols, aired previously on the now dissolved show MTB, was accused of being a gay, and he vehemently denied such accusations causing the said issue to die. However, table turns and the issue resurfaces, hence, yesterday the said actor became true to himself and revealed his long time secret; that indeed he was gay. Read news here

There is no harm actually in being true to yourself, more so, admitting that you're indeed gay. However, the next question that should be address here was: Will he be accepted whole-heartedly by the same people he had previously be-friend with? We all know, that once you're out of your comfort zone, and revealed to all your darkest secrets, you'll end up being rejected, more so type casted, due to the double standard norms that our society have. The society sees you as something different, hence you're not easily accepted back to the community that you belong with. A thorough screen process will be subjected to you in order to see that you're not contagious.

The double standard norm of society exist in order to restrain people from being true to themselves and be happy with what sexuality they choose. If you know, to yourself, for sure that that you're not doing anything wrong, more so you're not stepping on others to attain your goal, then go live your life, the way you wanted it to be.

Magic Loans

2007-10-26T03:11:00.000+08:00

Looking for a site that offers loan like Secured Home Equity Loans or any other loans like secured loans, and consolidation loans? Well, here is a link that you can check out in order to available for the specific loan you are looking.

Magic Loans

Honestly, by just browsing their web page I can say that they seem to be a decent site that helps out individuals that needed funding for their businesses or for emergency purposes. However, I just don't know whether they can deliver what they are promising in their web site, since the site seem to be totally new, more so the people behind it seems like also new in the business. I'm quite skeptical, actually, when it comes to seeking for loans, since loans promises an easy avenue for easy money, but at the end, you'll going to pay doubled of what you actually borrowed. I just don't know with this new site.

But if you're really interested with finding someone offering you to lend money up to 250,000 pounds, then check out the link that I had provided you. Their site also offers actual computation of the monthly payment, based on APR (10.9%), you're about to be paying once you had tried to seek for loan with them. More over, their site is easy to navigate with, so you won't find it hard to look around and check for the specific loan you are trying to inquire.

Former President Estrada: Free at last?

2007-10-26T03:02:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, at around 4-5 in the afternoon an abrupt, and important announcement was made in the Palace of Malacañang where the president of the Republic of the Philippines resides. The sudden announcement aired in national television states that the former president, Joseph Ejercito Estrada, convicted of the crime plunder, was now given presidential clemency and hereby restores his civil status and his right to vote again given the fact that he will not run anymore to any electoral public office. Read news here

Presidential Clemency? Where in the so-called constitution can an ordinary citizen find that? As far as I know, the former disgraced president was removed from office by the people due to plundering the national treasury, was convicted by the court, and now what? He was free again, like an ordinary citizen! I just don't know if the executive branch really do have that absolute authority to rule over the judiciary system of the country. I'm now quite convinced that if you're a VIP in this country you can go away with anything.

I'm really not sure what to think of in this country. I just can't imagine they can do this, just to cover up the scandal brought about by the ZTE deal and the bribery of local government officials. Filthy politics rules here!

(Photo Courtesy of Hinduonet)

Beds at Time4sleep

2007-10-24T03:12:00.000+08:00

I had just check out French Beds UK or more appropriately Time4Sleep, an online company that offers different luxurious beds ever to be sold in the market. Imagine, I had never seen such luxurious beds ever sold in my country, and I had never even seen such a superb design and style when it comes to just a single bed!

Their beds, according to their site, was well designed, heavily ornate and luxuriously upholstered to fit anyones liking, and such nice comfortable beds graced on their site would really fit to anyone. Their beds were made up of different woods, either rattans, mahogany, oak, ash, teak, rosewood, walnut, pine, cedar and redwood that were designed beautifully and artistically to bring out that wonderful effect of captivating people looking at it. Moreover, if you're home had different themes on it (i.e. Victorian style theme, Native theme and the like), those beds available would not end up as problem to you, since most of their beds are inspired with popular home interior decorating style.

If you're still not convinced just head out to their site at Time4Sleep and you, yourself judge whether or not they offer the bed you most likely wished you had. More so, you can also check their site to see the pricing of each bed that would fit your budget.

J.K. Rowling reveals Dumbledore's sexuality

2007-10-24T02:26:00.001+08:00

Upon reading this article from Yahoo! that Albus Dumbledore, one of the main characters of the well acclaimed book Harry Potter series, was gay, caused distress to me, more so caught me off ground as shock sinks in within my line of thought. I never had the slight idea that what the fictional character, Albus Dumbledore's famous line about love refers no other than his own sexuality, his repressed feelings towards Gellert Grindewald! I never thought that, that was the reason why Dumbledore never had any partner in life towards the progression of the book. Now I feel irritated with J.K. Rowling since she ruined the fatherly image I view about on of her fictional character, Dumbledore. A thorough follow-up to the Deathly Hallows is really needed now.

(Photo courtesy of Yahoo!)

Blackpool Theme Park

2007-10-24T02:09:00.000+08:00

Theme Parks, I so love to go on a theme park! Even if I'm already in my early adult years I still want to go to any theme park. If given the time, and money I would definitely go to any theme park that caters rides that would boost my adrenalin and excitement, rides that I had never seen before, just like the rides available in Pleasure Beach.

As far as I view it, Pleasure Beach theme park offers rides not accessible to my home grown country. Hence, like I state previously, I will definitely try that out, even if it means going out of the country! I really can't miss such opportunity. If someone would offer me to going him or her in their vacation for the holidays going to Pleasure Beach, I really wouldn't decline such offer!

Head out to their site today at Blackpoolpleasurebeach to check out the latest rides and deals that every theme park lover shouldn't miss! Their site offers you everything of what you're going to expect prior to visiting the Pleasure Beach. More so, you can also apply for an early accommodation at the said site.

baranggay elections

2007-10-20T06:48:00.000+08:00

Ang inyo pong nakikita ay isang sample ng campaign material ng tumatakbong kagawad sa barangay eleksyon. Napakagandang slogan di po ba? Ako po ay lubos na natatawa sapagkat sa tingin ko po ay nahawa na sa pagiisip ng mga lokal na politiko ang mga pobreng baranggay kagawad na ito. Sa tingin po ba ninyo may kakayahan ang mga simpleng baranggay kagawad na ito na mag-pagawa ng imprastraktura upang makapagpahikayat ng trabaho sa mga mamamayang nakakasakop dito? Magkano nga ba ang sweldo ng isang pobreng kawani ng baranggay? Kaya po ba ng pananalapi ng isang baranggay na pantayan ang kanilang mga pangako? Nawa'y tayo po ay maging mapagmatiyag at maging alisto sa mga pangloloko sa atin ng mga tumatakbong kawani ng baranggay ngayong eleksyon. Huwag po tayong magpaloko na naman sa mga pangakong palagi naman napapako. Magisip po tayo ng mabuti ng hindi na maulit pa ang pambababoy sa ating sariling gobyerno ng mga taong ating dati nang naihalal.

Translation:

What you are seeing here is a sample of a campaign material of a baranggay councilor running for public office. The slogan's seems catchy right? I never thought that most baranggay councilors and chairman would use the same traditional tactics used by most local government officials (i.e. congressmen, mayors, ect.). It's really funny for me to use these slogans, though, I think they did their best just to be known through and by their constituents, however, why use the same slogans previously used by the traditional politicians? Don't they have any creative team to think of a better way to let your constituents know that they're running for a public office? It's such a shame, since I think such slogans can't even be fulfilled by just a mere baranggay official; just another toll to those promises made to be broken by a lot of politicians! More so, I've been wondering, how much does an elected baranggay official earns for serving the public? Can the baranggay treasury be able to met the promises made by these running councilors and chairman once they were elected? I do hope, we voters become more critical on how we chose the ones who will serve us, because I cannot bear anymore if they're going to be added to the list of politicians that tarnishes the system of government this country have.

P.S. I'm really sleepy upon writing this post, so if you found any grammatical error, typographical error, more so wrong translation, and the like please feel free to leave me a comment stating where you have found such error, and I'm willingly going to fix them.

Loans

2007-10-20T01:41:00.002+08:00

A lot of businessmen, as far as I'm concerned, really needs huge capitals in order to finance their businesses. Most of them seek for loans in different banks in order to maintain their businesses, more so some even seeks for financial aid from lending companies. What so similar with regards to banks and lending firms was that they only offer loans in exchange for a collateral, meaning secured loans, an example of which is a homeowner loans that is most likely used for mortgages.

In a secured loan you provide them with something that is so valuable to you (i.e. land title) in exchange for the loan you were asking. Most of the banks and lending firms differs from the percentage of interest in the loan, hence, businessmen compare loans that to them seem viable and feasible with which wouldn't cause them trouble in the end.

However, there were also what every one call unsecured loans that were available in some lending firms. Meaning, they won't take away anything from you in exchange for the loan you were asking. Most of the time these kinds of loans were given to those businessmen with established businesses (i.e. Microsoft, SM Malls etcetera etcetera). As far as I know, lending firms based their actions on handing out unsecured loans through personal credit profile. If they knew that you're a good payor, then most likely they would hand out the loan you're asking immediately, not questions asked.

If your a businessman badly in need of a capital to maintain your business, I suggest you head through your local bank and ask a representative there in what type of loan can they give you. More so, I also suggest to check this site Nations Finance, they tackle most about loan and how can a simple businessman acquire one. One caution of advice though, loans are made in order to finance something that is severely important likewise necessary (i.e. a business). Don't acquire a loan if it's not necessary, for example using the said loan not to finance a business but to buy something that is completely not necessary.

Glorietta 2 explosion: was it caused by islamic extremist act or just a freak accident?

2007-10-20T01:41:00.001+08:00

Today at aound 1:40 pm (+8:00 GMT) the business district of the Republic of the Philippines, Makati City, had experienced yet again another explosive blast on the same ground of the previous explosion - the Glorietta Mall, owned by the Ayala Corp. According to ABS-CBN news the explosion happened in the storage room of one of the restaurants the said mall caters. Up to today, authorities are not sure whether the cause of the explosion was made by a leak on the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) or was made by an improvised explosive planted inside the mall.

"This was a bomb. But beyond that we can't say anything else yet because we are still investigating. What I can say is it was not LPG that caused this," Razon told reporters.

However, there is still no clear evidence to rule out what was first thought of about the explosion that it was caused by the leak on an LPG tank, until the authorities had finished their investigation on the said site.

Due to the said explosion, 8 were killed while more than 56 were injured having different degrees of flesh cuts and burns. Moreover, according to the news 2 individuals were still in a critical condition confined in Makati Medical Center. I just pray that God may spare them and let them live to testify to the public on how horrendous the situation they had been if it was caused by extremist bombing.

One thing is for sure about what had happened today, that people should be more vigilant on the places they are going to since no one have any idea on whether the same explosion in the Glorietta 2 mall will be repeated on another place or another mall.

Edit: Sen. Trillianes states on the news that it was the Arroyo government that should be blamed for the said explosion. Instead of blaming the government Mr. Trillianes, why not find the real culprit if the said explosion was caused by a bomb? Instead of blabbering about nonsensical things that are baseless more so factless why not work as a senator and use your connections to get to the bottom of this incident?

Related links:
ABS-CBN news
BBC News
Inquirer News

Credit Cards: Are they really Necessary?

2007-10-20T01:30:00.000+08:00

Credit cards: are they really necessary?

If you're an online shopper it's a must to have a credit card in order to purchase your goods. However since there are a lot of phishing scams out there that tries to steal your credit card information, you try to use other services like Paypal which allows balance transfers from your credit card to your Paypal account in order to avoid giving out personal credit information that is viable to being stolen and used by others in their crime. With that in hand, you are sure that no one will be able to use your credit card for their personal gain.

However, if you're not an online shopper, more so you're just an ordinary person who despised the word "shopping", then credit cards are just a piece of plastic chip for you. What do I mean when I say piece of plastic chip? Simple, since the term "credit" is attached as the first word for the compound word "credit card", it means that you're just borrowing an imaginary cash from a certain bank that offers you that piece of plastic chip. You were borrowing money in order for you to luxuriate or buy the things that you normally don't need using credit cards, and every month you are obliged to pay for the sum amount you had spent. Isn't this why credit cards were made in the first place?

So was it necessary? If you feel that it's a need for you, then go check out the interest free credit cards where you can borrow money using credits cards and pay it afterwards like normally borrowing money from your parents. But if you feel that the said credit cards just traps you in buying the things that you want but it's not a need, then I suggest don't ever try to acquire one. Credit cards were made as a piece of temptation! If you already had credit cards, well the most likely advise I can hand out to you is set your priorities, and ask yourself: "Do I really need this thing?"

Mariel Rodriguez: Big Brother Philippines Housemate!

2007-10-17T18:42:00.001+08:00

Mariel Rodriguez, the host of the Big Brother Philippines Celebrity Edition show Uber, is now an official house mate! The said twist in the show was really unexpected, not just for the viewing public but for the host herself, since she wasn't notified early on that she would be included as a house mate. Poor Mariel, she had the intuition already that she might be forcefully be included as one of the house mates but she still worked as the Uber host up to today not knowing that it's her last day as its host and the start of being a house mate. By looking at her reaction, she really didn't expect it and least to say made her cry. I pity her for being so unprepared, imagine she doesn't even had any clothes with her as she entered through the confession room, since she was coerced. Well this is a new and exciting chapter on the said show, so I'm going to stick my eyes glued on the said show up until it's end.

Go! Go! Mariel! We, the viewers of your show since season 1 up late will miss you.

P.S. Do your best, whether you're going to be a temporary house mate for a while, or a permanent house mate.

coupons, coupons... delight

2007-10-16T09:08:00.000+08:00

Christmas is just around the corner and it's really fast approaching! Ever wonder what to give to your special someone this season? Well I do! But definitely I would try to buy something that seems special and necessary but that won't hurt my budget. More so, if there's a way to lessen the cost of the item by a fraction then I would grab it.

Thanks to Edealfinder who offers discount coupons on different items available on the market, I will be able to avail a Mondera jewerly, using a Mondera coupons or a laptop from HP or Dell using their respective coupons (e.g. HP coupons and
Dell coupons), for the gifts I'm going to give away.

If I were you, I would stop by their site and look at the different coupons available for the different items out in the market, to be able to prepare for your own Christmas list. Who knows you might even save a lot of money by just using the said coupons!

Traffic Hazard: Jake Cuenca

2007-10-14T16:13:00.000+08:00

Jake Cuenca's Bench billboards along EDSA or even in Rotonda are really hazardous to female and female-hearted male motorists alike. For my opinion, it would really insinuate a lot of traffic on the said roads, hence it's advisable if motorists just re-route and leave the said roads to be blocked by the aforementioned people. *insert grin here* It's not always that you can see a luscious body of a sassy young male wearing skimpy undergarments being exposed for you to salivate, right? *insert high pitched laugh here*

But does the said billboard matter? Of course it does! As a country "living in billboard hell", as Sen. Santiago once said, it does promote advertiser's products to the consumers even at the extent of selling sex as a commodity and much worse even causing eye strain and traffic to viewers looking at it; it really does matter. Imagine seeing Jake Cuenca wearing those skimpy undergarments, a lot of fans of the said actor would and definitely would buy the same type of products being endorsed.by him, even if the said viewer of the billboard is a female.

Anyway, what's the main reason why I'm blogging this about? My simple answer, I've seen the said billboard both at North Edsa, and another one near Guadalupe or Makati, and I can't help but stare at it. Just imagine if most motorist would stop by and stare at the said billboards, it would cause commotion and traffic that would entail a lot of distress to our poor traffic enforcers. More over I just don't see the point why advertisers makes huge billboards with sex as its theme background on it! Does sex themed things really produces a lot of money? (Edit: Just pondering over; how can you even sell undergarments without using it as a theme? Lol)

No offense to Jake Cuenca, but having that luscious and yummy body to die for being exposed on a billboard really causes a lot of eye strain.

Monet's Le Pont d'Argenteuil: Damaged

2007-10-10T09:21:00.001+08:00

Honestly speaking, I had never seen a work of art most revered by the world with my own eyes, so close as to even touching it. That's is why I'm so heart-fallen when I had read from BBC News that one of the paintings of Claude Monet, a renowned painter of the Le Pont d'Argenteuil, had been damaged at the museum it had been placed under custody with.

It's such a shame that instead of looking at the paintings with admiration and fascination, five unknown people who had broke in the Musee d'Orsay gallery had managed to put a four (4) inch hole on the said painting. How in the world could the possible destroy a cultural artifact that was known not just in France, but in the whole world? I'm so saddened by the fact that I haven't even seen a real Monet painting, and then now I would read that It's now damaged! Those people were blessed to see such a work of art but why vandalize it?

Read full story here.

(Photo Courtesy of: Interagir.com)

Dial A Flight

2007-10-10T08:12:00.000+08:00

Holidays are again around the corner and of course a lot of you are planning to spend some quality time in some nice place with your relatives or special someone, wherein you can relax and have fun until the season ends. Of course, it's already a known fact that once you wanted to luxuriate on your holidays, you needed to prepare for it for months, or ask some decent travel agent to arrange your business class flights, or even cheap flights going towards the destination you wanted to go, like for example flights to Canada wherein you can spend your city break with.

So why not ask an agent on Dial A Flight to help you get there to the destination you really wanted to go? Imagine they can help you in making one of your holidays truly memorable! So I suggest don't waste time preparing all by yourself selecting and browsing through different magazines on where you ought to go to experience the best, just head out to Dial A Flight web site, and of you go to the place where you can luxuriate for the best.

Manny Pacquiao Won

2007-10-08T03:58:00.001+08:00

The much awaited second fight of Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Barrera has finally ended, and for the second time it's still Manny Pacquiao who had won! So what will happen to Marco Antonio Barrera after he had eaten what he had said in the pre-fight? According to the GMA 7 news, he might be forced to retire due to his failure to win for the second time against Pacquiao, more so due to his consecutive loses against other boxers. Ain't I hearing the same escape goat of an alibi again? As I recalled promptly and correctly, Erik Morales also had said the same thing when he lost to Manny Pacquiao before.

Anyway, the Filipino's Boxing Champ won in a unanimous decision from the 12 round fight, and the score cards were as follows:

Judge Tom Schreck scored it 115-112 for Pacquiao, while Jerry Roth and Glenn Trowbridge both favoured Pacquiao 118-109. The Associated Press also gave it to Pacquiao, 116-111.
(Chronicle journal)

Isn't that what boxing analyst had viewed prior to the fight, that Manny Pacquiao had the upper hand against his opponent? True to what they'd all been blabber about, it does end up the same as what they had expected, but the turning point of the fight was not about who had won, but instead who was the one who had shown the will to win. Both players had remained standing up to the very last round, which is of course very unexpected since both refused to be knocked-out, and this is, I think the best part of it.

But the question still remains the same anyway, am I going to be proud for him? Well, part of me wanted to go and rejoice since another Filipino had made a name in the field of sports, but at the end of the day, it's still just Manny Pacquiao achievement, and not the rest of the community.

P.S. Don't get me wrong, but this is what I'm feeling right now. I'm feeling kind of indifferent.

Gifts for him this season

2007-10-08T03:29:00.000+08:00

Father's or even teenage guys really loves to play around with their stuffs, baseball gloves here, bats there, and a lot of things that usually ends up cluttering the place. Not all the time these guys would pick up their stuffs and place it a box in an organize manner. Most of the time it would be the mother who would tend to pick up the cluttered pieces of things and arrange them accordingly.

What if you make a time to pick up a cabinet, a storage, or a work bench and give it to them as gifts for him in this coming season? Isn't that a nice idea? You can ask them to organize their things properly in their new cabinet, storage, or work bench hence minimizing your workload as a mother to pick up, stock in a box and organize things either your son, or husband had left scattering on the floor.

Having those beautifully crafted cabinets and storages in your homes helps makes a nice ambiance, since your homes or even your garage wouldn't tend to appear like a total mess with a lot of piled metals, bolts, nuts, simple machines, and spare tires, since their properly organized and stored in a cabinet made of aluminum steel.

can moths be really messenger from the dead?

2007-10-05T18:42:00.001+08:00

Last time I had included in my post something about a moth as a messenger from the dead. Though again, I reiterate that the said notion doesn't have validity nor sources to back it up, since it's purely a Philippine folklore superstition passed on from word of mouth, I find it really weird since just two days ago another moth just flew inside the house.

The moth that flew inside the house was same as the picture above. I really don't know much about the said superstition but so far as I recalled it from past experiences, my mother used to tell me that somebody might be missing someone in the house, or that somebody might want to be remembered by someone that's why the moth had flew in.

However, I'm pondering whether it has some connection with people nearly or almost near in his or her death bed, just like the cat in the hospital as what Rich had written in her blog. Since, prior to the moth's appearance in our house, our family had already received a dreaded message stating that a relative had been hospitalized and in his critical stage, and when it (the moth) flew inside the house and stayed there for almost two days another message was received stating that one of my grandfathers, from my father's side had passed away already already, and just the same time I had found that the moth that had arrived in the house was also dead.

Quite shocking though, that the said message woke us up early in the morning. However, is it really coincidence that the moth's existence in our house suggests that somebody had been wished to be remembered before his or her death?

(Photo Courtesy of Teachernet and Wikipedia)

coupon chief

2007-10-05T17:03:00.000+08:00

It's -BER months again and just a month from now there will be national holidays. The hype, the fashion, the designs, the rush, the excitement and the anticipation will be there again to be felt up until the next year. Since, I'm talking about the upcoming holidays (i.e. Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas, and new year) I had found a nice site, coupon chief that offers coupons which served of course as discount from items you will buy online.

Though, I'm not used to buying stuffs online, I do wish my parents would buy me something really nice this season, like a personal laptop of course *insert laugh here*. They can make purchase online to reduce the irksome time, and of course they can use dell coupons or hp coupons to have some nice cut-off or discounts. Or maybe just maybe buy me a new phone and also use a cellphone shop coupon for that.

Anyway as for me, I'm going to try to purchase something good online using buycostumes coupons to have some nice costumes for my little nieces and nephews who will, i hope so, participate in the upcoming trick or treat, and I might as well find the time to luxuriate on buying my mother a bag from ebags using ebags coupons of course.

teri hatcher's derogatory remark

2007-10-03T08:28:00.000+08:00

Transcript: “Okay, before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Cause I would just like to make sure they are not from some med school in the Philippines.”

Uhm... like what is this? Is this an acceptable desperate housewives script aired over the US and a few select countries airing the said show? Is there such a moderating body in the US that check every DISCRIMINATORY remarks made by the said show?

I think there isn't, because you all know what? It reached the news of the country that the said show discriminates! How dare the producers and writers of that show to include that demeaning and derogatory line Teri Hatcher had said? Are they too stupid enough to not even think that most of their health care workers are Filipinos! First and foremost can they present valid evidence that Filipino Medical Doctors are way too incompetent as compared to their doctors?

The Philippines may be a third world country that faces a lot of global issues, but how dare them (the script writers) think that they're far too superior than the rest of the world combined! Not all the time, a first world country produces the best of the crop, sometimes even third world countries does and it's far better!

Garage Cabinets

2007-10-03T07:31:00.000+08:00

Do you have like a messy garage or something similar to that?

Then diamond plate cabinets from CarGuyGarage.com is here to help you out on your garage problems. The said diamond plate cabinets are extremely exquisite when it comes to its designs, and definitely a must have in either your home or office!

Though most people and garage owners would prefer wooden cabinets in their garage since it may "sometimes" last long and doesn't rust out, diamond plate cabinets might change your point of view on having a metal cabinet that fit perfectly onto your garage.

How is it so? According to their online shopping site the said cabinets are made up of aluminum that never rust out nor corrode with time, hence a very valuable commodity that everyone should have in their own homes and offices, since it can replace wooden cabinets that were destroyed by the length of time and frequent use. More so metal cabinets can endure heavy weights that cannot be placed on wooden ones. However, it should be noted that, the said cabinets also entails some very high price tags ranging from almost a hundred dollars to even a thousand dollars. But if your into quality rather than the price, then I suggest you stop over their site, have a look what will suit your taste and purchase it, since not all the time you can find something that is sturdy and with added features.

slipping moment

2007-10-01T03:15:00.001+08:00

BLAG!

It's the only thing that I heard after I slipped directly to the floor, and now...

OUCH!

It hurts! It really hurts. I do hope nothing is fractured or damaged within my right arm, specifically my elbow, because I think it endured most of my weight as I slipped directly into the shiny floor.

Lesson learned: Never walk on shiny floors with damp feet, and better wear rubber slippers. Hay, why did I forget to wear my slippers at night while traversing the living room going directly to the scary spot the washroom, toilet or comfort room, whatever it is called!

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opportunity missed again!

2007-09-26T20:01:00.000+08:00

Why do I find it hard to grab the opportunities being posted for Tuesday in the affiliate program that I belong to? Even if I tried my best to fearlessly be online for almost the entire day I always finds most of them taken and reserved by other members. Does that mean that better luck next time again?

Gosh... next week will be another week and another set of opportunities will be held up for grabs, and I hope that maybe I will be lucky enough to be one of the few who will have the said opportunity! I really needed to try my best from now on...

shoe sole damaged by cockroach!

2007-09-25T15:03:00.000+08:00

I don't know if you're going to believe it or not, but the soles of my shoes, instead of the usual being worn out due to excessive friction to the ground, was eaten by hungry little creatures called cockroach! I never thought that cockroaches could eat synthetic rubber, but I know they feed most of the time in the crayons lying somewhere in the ground if it was left there by my beloved young brother. Since, once I pick them up after a day or so of finding the said crayons there were like little bites somewhere in the exposed parts of it. But to synthetic rubber used as soles of the shoes? It's really unbelievable.

Just imagine how shocked I was when I had already worn the shoes and was briskly walking inside the house to gather most of the things I needed when all of a sudden the right sole of the shoes was left lying in the spot I had walked on! What's really weird was that the damage cannot be seen from the outside of the soles, but instead from the inside.

Yes, I know we do have a lot of cockroaches coming from the outside of the house. Even if you cleaned the house fervently and used a lot of insecticides that really doesn't seem to kill foreign, neighborhood cockroaches, that scampers away exiting the house, they just keeps on coming back. So now, the collateral damage it brought - just eaten out the soles of my shoes. Wait till you see the damage it caused to it even if I really took care of it properly!

Now I'm thinking of buying another pair because the shoes are really unwearable, and I'm guessing that even Mr. Quickie has no option yet on how it will fix the said soles instead it might just say that I need to buy a new one.

ZTE Broadband; what's the deal?

2007-09-21T15:35:00.000+08:00

This had been the issue since the past weeks and I can't help myself from stating my opinion here. It seemed that the infamous country, the Republic of the Philippines, is yet again dragged into another catastrophic situation by the officials that was governing it. How come I said so? As the senate inquiry of the infamous country progresses, it was found out that the said broadband deal that would connect all of the major government firms was over-priced by more than a hundred million dollars!

Where in God's grace would the Philippine government get a huge amount of money amounting to more than 300 million dollars (read news here) for the said project, when it's still under fiscal crisis for the debts made previously were still unpaid up to now! You can just imagine that even the unborn residents of the infamous country, the one's still in the process of being sperminated, already had huge amount of debt on their shoulders. Even if the country exports more domestic helpers, it isn't enough to satisfy the GNP (Gross National Product) and GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the said infamous country because half of the entire national budget would just end up in paying off national debts previously incurred, and one-fourth of the said budget will end up in the pockets of the so-called corrupt officials. So how in the world are they going to facilitate the country with a tight budget? Pass all of the expenses to the poor majority?

Gosh! Why in the world does Philippine Government officials so corrupt? Didn't they know that instead of making the lives of the whole community better they're making it even worst! I just can't comprehend why they need to over-price the said project, and ask a broadband company, that had prevalent criminal issues, according to Sen. Lacson in other countries, instead of choosing capable local companies that had also expertise in the said project at a cheaper cost.

Beautiful Girls: National Craze?

2007-09-21T13:17:00.000+08:00

I have no idea when this song was released internationally, but it appeared that it became a wide hit already in this infamous country. The said song, Beautiful Girls sang by no other than Sean Kingston and with a remake by singer Jojo became an instant craze that every one have both versions in either their websites, cellphones or even Ipods.

But what's with the song anyway? The song just emphasizes that "cool girls" are not compatible with not so-cool guys.

You're way too beautiful girl
That's why it'll never work
You'll have me suicidal, suicidal
When you say it's over

Isn't that what is called discrimination in a slight sense? What I mean is that, people can have their free choice on whom to love and give their affection to, and that it's their prerogative. However isn't that so lame if someone you really like just makes a fool of you and play around with your feelings? And isn't that what the whole song was about, a no so-cool guy played around until he lost his own sanity?

It's just so weird because I can't comprehend why a lot of people enjoys listening to the said song when it fact it doesn't reflect any social issue, instead it just reflects how some stupid guy fell in love with girl that would not reciprocate the feelings he's expressing.

Knights of Columbus: HOME WRECKERS!

2007-09-04T17:17:00.001+08:00

Yes, read it right - HOME WRECKERS!

Much to my dismay but that is true. Instead of the spiritual formation that should be promulgated within and outside of the said group, lies, hearsay and addiction are the ones being evangelized!

What do you expect if that became the core of your familial affairs? Definitely instead of a strong communal bond within your family and the community you belong, disintegration occurs. It's like your family is a fragile thing easily breakable or better yet a hollowed wood too brittle to last to long enough to hold foundation.

I just don't know why our family ended up in this state. Who ever recruited my father to that rotten group; curse him for ruining our placid and harmonious lives! I shall never forget all this things, never in my entire living life!

I shall never forget how each and every ROTTEN member of the said organization who had influenced my father so badly, to ever tell lies to us their own family. I shall never forget how they influenced him to act against his will without thinking that his own family is at stake. I shall never forget how they all became HYPOCRITES who wears facades in order to hide their ROTTEN, and FILTHY state. I shall never forget how they learned to teach my father to blame us their family, instead of blaming those who had influenced him wrongly!

I shall never forget ALL THESE... NEVER!!!

lunia: online game

2007-09-04T13:50:00.000+08:00

Are you looking for a new online-role playing game to satisfy your taste for adventure? Well search no more, Lunia is here to satisfy your taste! But what is Lunia? And what's its difference to the rest of the role-playing games available?

Basically, Lunia is a new launch online game developed by a Korean Company that offers a new style of gameplay with which, it mixed both the elements of RPG action games in one, which is definitely a lot better than those already out. If I mean a lot better, I mean it so, because usually the only device that most online role-playing uses for its navigation is the mouse pointer, where you tediously click on an area to let your character move from the desired location that you wanted. However in Lunia, you can use your old dear keyboards as a means to navigate, and even attack virtual enemies or rivals that's on your path. Of course, words aren't enough to hold your attention, hence, I will provide you a useful link that offers much to said new game if you ought to play it as a replacement from the other online role-playing games you're currently playing.

Okay, here it is: Lunia Fansite. They offer a lot of things that could help you out if you're just starting the game. Of course you need to register first to their forums, which is found here Lunia Forum in order to be a part of the community that offers the help and guide from simple things to strategic guides that might help you in becoming an experienced player of the said game. More so, once you became a member of the said community, and gain a lot of experience, you can also share your thoughts and perceptions, and even help those who like you were once beginners. Moreover, their forums are the best way to make new friends online, who share the same thoughts and ideas about the said game, Lunia.

opportunity missed

2007-08-31T00:48:00.000+08:00

gosh... i just so hate it... i missed a huge damn opportunity in the affiliate network that i belong with. maybe i'll try and wait again some other time, but honestly i'm really disappointed!

i mean i should have reserved it, but i just can't understand the sequence of the codes to be placed for its reservation. oh damn i need eye glasses!

was life harsh on me?

2007-08-26T06:08:00.000+08:00

Sometimes I think, was life harsh on me? Or I just missed a lot of opportunities it offered?

I just don't know; maybe both had occurred. Now I'm at lost, don't know where to start or where to begin. A direction-less human being that doesn't know what road to take!

But I still believe that this feeling would end, it just takes a matter of time though. I just need to know where I really should be heading, and from there I know I would grow and blossom to become a productive person.

Displayed here is my feelings of emptiness, psychologically what is called existential vacuum in Gestalt theory, I think. So far, my aim is to eradicate this type of feelings so as to live peacefully and sanely.

nightmares yet again: no interpretation?!

2007-08-25T16:09:00.000+08:00

Well, its sick to be enduring all your fears alone, right? And so far, you can't even express it towards anyone. What would they do? What will they say? Would they comfort you or would they just stare at you blankly as if trying to say you're insane?

Yet, again I'm on to this sort, just blogging my fears aways...

I just couldn't comprehend why in the world it always have to occur every single waking and sleeping moments of my life. I know it's kind of an odd thing to just rant about all my fears including my nightmares, in this blog, but it's my only option. So please just bear with me.

Again, for the nth time in a row, I had dreamt of the same nightmare, same content, but different setting. I just hate it. I really do. Someone was really desperate enough to hunt me down in all of my dreams. I just simply hate it, cause all I can do was either hide, run and scream, and that person is always there following me.

Paranoia, yeah it may sound true, but I haven't had the slightest idea why it always recurred. I'll dig it out later on, try to focus and explain it psychologically, so that I can share it with you.

Anyway, I know a lot of psychologists (4C-Psy) who are reading this, friends, I need to talk to you now.

I signed with a PPP!

2007-08-25T04:59:00.000+08:00

I was kind of a bit skeptical at first when I heard about a sponsored post from a co-blogger, specifically with a blog network called Payperpost.com. I thought was it real? Do they really pay for a single post made by bloggers? Of course, at first, you cannot erase the fact about a person being skeptical. What if it's just the so-called fly-by-night companies? Or maybe just a grand scheme of a scam that lurks over the internet to grab innocent young naive ones?

But I made my mind, there isn't anything harm in trying. Besides its free! So I don't have anything to worry about.

Just then did I try. I signed up for a membership with them and learned that indeed they do pay bloggers, which somehow eradicated my skepticism about the said program. Imagine not all internet based companies are willing to pay that kind of amount just to buzz around their products, and not every one is willing to accept bloggers to become an affiliate - except for Payperpost.com

Indeed this is a new and nice experience for me. I will write something up, and then within a few days I'll get paid for it, and it's not so much of a hassle. I can earn and keep the money for something nice to splurge when I really had the urge.

So far, if this is a race game, I'm just on the starting point, with maybe some or fellow bloggers unknown-to-me yet, and are on the same race to catch up with the rest of bloggers ahead. Maybe someday, I can catch up with the rest and maybe even have the opportunity to chat with them or even mingle with them.

inspiration needed!

2007-08-07T14:46:00.000+08:00

scars
jaycee bien

Caught in a past love, whining, wishing, pleading.
Left in the current, washed away by the flow.
Tears trickling, looking beyond the sky, needing.
Am I not worth your love? Asking the stars aglow.
Am I just that silly pretending or just too naive?
Let alone tricked by your selfish intent!
Cursed by your ways; broken by your lies in an eve
full of false hopes and desires; all invent!
Still, I'm here, struggling with the pain you'd left,
hoping that someday these wounds would heal,
and the scars' the only ones left,
to be reminisced, devoid of emotion to feel.

This is my final attempt (yet hopefully not the last) to make a poem after all the inspirations flew away with the wind, as Mr. Roda words continued to resound in my head. I felt so scared of holding a pen and paper just to pour out all my thoughts on it; just to prove myself that I will never end up like him. And cruel him, he even affected my sketching skills! Now, I think, my skills are all rusting out. Thanks to him!

Anyway, I think, I just needed a new space, a new life, and a new inspiration, all for the benefit of improving myself. The poem in the right helped me so well before, but now its magic spell had finally ceased hold of my emotions. Though still I had no idea whoever wrote it, I would like to personally thank him/her for giving this to me, for it brought about fruitful years of penning poems that now I lost my touch with.

Anyway the poem above is dedicated to a friend. This is the only thing that I can give her to emphasize with her sufferings, cause I'm not physically present with her to grieve with all her hardships, and be one of the so called "crying shoulders".

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2007-08-06T01:45:00.000+08:00

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Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-07-26T20:36:00.001+08:00

"A master of death..." is what Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is all about. Who would have thought the it would end the same way as it had started - a backfired curse!

This is a very dark and scary novel, yet at the same time, portrays a deep sense of
courage and bravery, that no one can muster. To stand at the face of death, on your own, just for the rest to survive is an act of courage that is ineffable in its greater sense. This is a highly recommendable book for those book lovers out there.

What is in store for you while reading the book?

Many! All unresolved problems left by the six other books are answered in this
final book; from the prophecy of Trelawney, to Snape's loyalty, and so much more
including the life of Lily Evans, and the Howler sent to Petunia.

What is the Deathly Hallows and why is it called such?

The Deathly Hallows is considered a tale of the three brothers who have all surpassed
Death. It came from the book of Beedle the Bard, an ancient rune book, written by
Beedle himself. Why is it so important? It's important because all the necessary objects told in story are the key objects that helped the protagonist, Harry, to sum up all the courage to face Voldemort in the end, and it said that who ever collected all the three objects can be a master of death.

What are these objects told in the story of the Deathly Hallows?

The objects are as follows:

1. The Elder Wand - given to the eldest Peverell by death

2. The Resurrection Stone - given to the second Peverell Brother

3. The Invisibilty Cloak - given to Ignotius Peverell

Was the prophecy fulfilled?

Yes, it was fulfilled, and Harry was the one to survive. How? The true master of the
Elder wand won its allegiance and the curse brought about it backfired on Voldemort.

Who are the two main chracters that died?

That I cannot tell exactly. It's either Fred Weasly, Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks,
or Remus Lupin.

Who is the reprieve?

Severus Snape

What are the Horcruxes and how was it destroyed?

The Horcruxes are the following:

1. The Diary of Tom Riddle - destroyed by Harry in using the Basilisk's fang

2. The Ring of Marvolo Gaunt - destroyed by Albus Dumbledore using the Gryffindor Sword

3. The Locket of Tom Riddle's mother - destroyed by Ron using the Gryffindor Sword

4. The Golden Cup of Helga Hufflepuff - destroyed by Hermione

5. The Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw - destroyed by Crabbe using fiendfyre

6. The snake, Nagini - killed by Neville using the Gryffindor Sword

7. Harry Potter, himself - destroyed by Voldemort using a killing curse.

How did Harry survived if Voldemort used a killing curse?

This one is hard to explain, though it is said that Harry survived because of the enchanted blood forcefully taken to him by Voldemort, in the Goblet of Fire.

“He took your blood believing it would strengthen him. He took into his body a tiny part of the enchantment your mother laid upon you when she died for
you. His body keeps her sacrifice alive, and while that enchantment survives,
so do you and so does Voldemort’s one last hope for himself.”

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-07-20T18:42:00.000+08:00

A lot of leaks have been circulating around the internet for the past few days prior the release of the last installment of the much-awaited book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, stating that the said leaks were real, genuine and authentic. However, there were no given proofs, whatsoever on its authenticity, except for the fact that it was a photographed copy of the book.

A photographed copy, and yes there are two different copies circulating over; both of which have minor discrepancies over their plot. So which of which was real? A reader could never tell unless the real book was released tomorrow. So far, all were speculations that the one was fake and the other was genuine, or vice versa.

How come there was a leak of the photographed book, though its tight security measures? Simple, because according to the news some retailers in the US had breached the strict rules and delivered the books early as expected, hence the the said leak occurred.

Which was the genuine book? Although, Scholastic and J.K. Rowling had not spilled anything on the authenticity of the leak, a popular journal in the US broke the never ending saga of the debate. According to the New York Times

... it turns out that they were, in fact, the genuine article. The New York Times bought a copy of the book in a New York store on Wednesday and compared it with the images posted on the Web.

The amateurish photos showed each pair of facing pages of the book laid out on a beige red-and-green-flecked looped carpet and held open by somebody’s fingers. Some of the photos made the pages difficult to read, but the ending, upon which fervent speculation has centered for months, was completely decipherable.

Hence, now spoilers are everywhere...

Related Links:

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BBC News

Wikipedia

the celestine prophecy

2007-06-25T16:37:00.000+08:00

What is in store if you watch the DVD release of this said movie? Well if you haven't read the book with the same title, then of course you wouldn't understand what this movie is portraying. Hence, this would be my first impression - movie screen play is vague.

Though I've enjoyed reading the book itself, and had come to understand the different insights it depicts, I never imagined that the movie creators would be so lame on adapting the said book to screen play. Why? Well you will learn if you have read the book. But anyway here are some reasons why I find it such a poor movie:

1. Story was changed from the beginning to the end.

2. Some characters were missing, even if they were vital in the said story.

3. The insights were poorly explained in the movie. (This was the most important thing in the said movie, but why explain it in such a haste manner!)

4. Some characters presumed to be dead (e.g. Fr. Jose) ended up alive up to the very end. More so, John and Fr. Jose never actually met each other.

5. Why did Julia wanted to adopt a child? It should not be in the story!

6. Flashbacks? Visions from the past? Visions from the future? It's not in the book. The only thing involved was finding for answers based on hidden messages brought about by the people you encounter and not by seeing the actual thing that is going to happen.

7. Marjorie never reached the Ninth insight, she is more preoccupied in the third insight that is why she never learned the rest.

8. The chase for the Ninth insight, it's not in a craved stone but on a scroll hidden by Cardinal Sebastian.

So, I think, I've given enough points for you to wonder why IMDB's rating is 4.9 in this movie. Besides, I've spilled a lot of spoilers for both book and movie.

Anyway, there is only one thing that would let you stick on your chairs while watching this movie, it would be Matthew Settle (John).

wala lang...

2007-06-18T15:45:00.000+08:00

pangarap...

ang sarap mangarap...

yung bang feeling mo umaalis ka sa realidad at pumupunta sa ibang mundo, kung saan lahat ng nais mo ay natutupad at walang humahadlang; kung saan lahat ng gusto mong gawin, makita, at kung anu-ano pa ay pwede.

pangarap...

ang sarap mangarap...

pero hanggang saan mo kaya maabot yang mga pangarap na yan? hanggang kailan kaya mangangarap ng gising...

hay buhay...

dinaya ako!!!

2007-05-17T18:51:00.000+08:00

dinaya ako!

A usual battle cry of the sour-grapers after elections. Why can't they accept the fact that they lose? Just thinking?

I doubt they will ever learn. In the first place why run for a government position if you knew you'd be cheated?

So if i were you, I'd quit babbling nonsense, it won't go anywhere! You're just wasting your money.

Oh I forgot, that's the main reason why politicians run for a government position - MONEY. This is a fact, care of Sen. Defensor-Santiago's statement!

concerned?

2007-04-27T04:34:00.000+08:00

everytime i got reminded of that phone call (last post), all unexpressed emotions just push through my consciousness, and i couldn't fight it.

anyway, the person who initiated that, never even called back. no wonder, i felt the same kind of feeling towards him. to be honest, if someone reminded me of that past i've been trying to erase, escape or hide (exclusive of my college years), i felt some kind of irritation.

Ewan ko, pero feeling ko i'm just being used like a commodity, na pag wala ng halaga, eh, it's just being discarded like a garbage. the truth is, prior my college years, i felt, i don't have a true friend. what i got, was the so-called friendly-users. they're there with you because you are a "priced possession"; not because you are a dear friend, but rather they want something that you have. in other words, using someone to gain the upper hand.

kaya nga ako iritang-irita, na i just don't like being reminded of it. kasi nga feeling ko i was so stupid not to realize that i was being used, to the certain extent na they're trying to ruin my personal schema. anyway, if someone would dare retort me, that what i'm saying was mere ballyhoes, i don't think he or she could persuade me to change my perceptions. honestly it's so clear right from the very start that all i ever had were friendly-users!

PS: At kung nababasa mo ito, i wouldn't mind apologizing to you, dahil totoo naman. kaya wag na tayong magplastikan okay. plus the fact, that i'm so damn tired of listening to your complaints regarding my status in life. eh ano ngayon sa iyo kung nahuhuli ako, or i'm left behind. hindi naman ikaw ang standard "model" ko sa buhay. so quit being like a concerned fellow.

phone call

2007-04-22T02:57:00.001+08:00

a phone call, a threatening phone call, being bitter as a conclusion.
yet when did i sulk into this bitterness?

is bitterness the right term for my emotional state? or would it be fit to be called a walking corpse?

when did it all began? the answer lies in my pre-conscious mind. and i think it's not the proper time to divulge or uncover my dark past. for all i know, i've just learned to tolerate every negative remarks hurled at me. however instead of the usual "enters-the-left-ear-exits-the-right-ear", i'd absorbed everything, even if i can't endure it. a very negative coping style, that buried me even if i'm alive. an action with no point of return, was what i did.

bitterness against being happy? what is happiness? i don't mean to point the dictionary meaning, but the connotation of it. could happiness be sacrified all at once? if so, then it ends here. i'd sacrified my happiness all this years just to keep me alive. so now don't mind asking me when did it all began? when did i felt the pain? and why did i sulked into this state? because you and me never had the same experience. because you and me were raised into different ends of the spectrum.

achievements affected by bitterness? if there were any scientific explation on this, then i haven't read it. but for all i know, an emotionally dead person can no longer achieve anything. and an emotionally dead person doesn't care enough whether he lags behind the rest, whether he exerts much effort or not, or whether he expects much or not at all. because you know what runs in the head of all those emotionally dead person; it is to know how to manage to surpass the dark ages he's into and proceed into the light where he can become free and lively again.

unknown-to-me relations

2007-04-21T04:34:00.000+08:00

a curser, very typical of me, as i would describe myself, yet i ain't no witch to put you on trance to make you obey all my demands. i like cursing people, period, so that i can vent out the stress, frustration, or anger that i might be feeling for that given moment or situation.

i'm such a meanie evil person, and i know it all along. if i'm angry at you, expect something evil coming to haunt you. you might as well cover your ears with ear muffs so as not to be bombarded with harsh words you never thought might be spared directly infront of you. you might as well evade from me because i wont stop if i know you reached my patience threshold. this my friends really happened, and i wont deny it, that i became so mean with my own unknown-to-me relatives.

to start it all of, a contagious "anger" negative vibe exploded right before i lost my self-control. it began with my father when everyone had decided to go to san miguel, albay. EVERYONE had already left, except me, my mom, my dad, my bro, my auntie, and my grandparents. Since, my grandfather's health condition is failing, due to carelessness of my auntie and her family, he can't come, even if you reinforced it with a lot of motivation. right infront of me, my father's authoritative voice thundered like hell which changed my positive outlook that day. he decided to stay because no one will take care of them. yet at the very back of his mind, and his whispered curses, that he really wanted to take my grandparents away to that place. that changed everyone's situation, my auntie had tried her best to find a substitute for the work my father had taken - to look and tend for my grandparents needs.

it's quite unexplainable but the rage was definitely passed to me and my mother like a contagious disease that we as well became too damn hot-headed. Indeed we all went to san miguel, albay with my father, and proceeded with to the pier. in there, the unknown-to-me relative started acting like a bullsh*t, saying nonsensical phrases that definitely offended me and my mother. I whispered to my mom that i'm already annoyed, and that one more word from that unknown-to-me relative would put her in a grave situation. and then it goes, and like a volcano, i exploded, for this simple reason: she asked my mom to hold the watermelon even if it's already neatly placed down. she asked that twice in a demanding tone like she's bullying a kid, that i already intervened and told her in a commanding voice that if she don't stop, i'm going to definitely throw that watermelon right before her eyes to the sea with her as well!

It's so irritating, yes, for me, but it didn't stopped there. the last and final thread of my patience broke off when another unknown-to-me relative had accused my brother of spilling the so damn barbeque marinade, with which she was assuming to be taking care of. Without any a do, she just accused my brother of spilling it without any valid proofs to support her allegation. And what did your old meanie friend do, i retorted her, that it was definitely her fault because in the first place she was the one looking after it, and why accuse someone who has nothing to do with it. I never stopped, and my mother never dared stop me, she as well released her annoyance. I continued telling her that if she didn't just placed it there and let her eyes and attention go wandering off that would never even happen. After that, total silence, and no one dared to look at me, and look at my direction. i felt they're scared of me, because a another word from me would take their precious peace of mind away.

my holy week experience

2007-04-19T02:17:00.000+08:00

yeah right, tama kama, delayed masyado... wala kasing connection last week eh...

anyway, after 9 years of not going back to that place i despised alot, i had trotted it again. I realized, that despite the disaster that happened, i felt that the place didn't even had a slight progress. so to speak it's still the same old province devoid of any urban activity.

hindi ko alam ang rason kung bakit ako napasama sa pag-uwi sa probinsya, pero ang alam ko noon eh magupupgrade kami ng internet connection at saktong after ng holy week pa yun, at ayokong maiwan sa bahay para utusan ng kapatid ko. siguro i felt obliged to go dahil ilang taon ko na ring hindi nakikita yung mga lolo at lola ko.
Though, i promised myself na babalik lang ako dun if something worst happen to them, pero i put that aside and went still dahil i think it would be the last time na makikitang ko silang buhay pa.

Though not very old, i think lalo silang humuhina if they were placed in that poor situation; poor lighting condition, poor ventilation, and lack of affection and familial care. sobra hindi ko matake. kung hindi lang nasira yung bahay ng lolo at lola ko, i think they would be better off, than staying at my uncle's house. I mean sobra ang effort ko, not to show any negative emotions, dahil alam niyo na masakit akong magsalita.

Ito pa ang isang problema na nakita ko mismo, they don't have time to take care my grandparents, plus the fact na sinasabihan nila ito ng masasakit na salita. No wonder, from what i heard that they wished to go away from that filthy house. Ito pa ang sobrang malala, yung auntie ko, kapatid ng tatay ko, nung nagkasakit yung lolo ko, imbis na tulungan ang uncle ko na dalhin sa ospital at magambag sa gastusin, eh ang sinabi lang eh magpatawag ng pari dahil mamamatay na raw siya. F*ck her, for being such an ingrateful, cold-hearted bitch! Ang habol lang naman niya eh yung part niya sa mamanahin na land area... humph! It's no big deal, why my dad wants to get my grandparents out there as soon as possible.

Pero, you know what hindi ko rin napigilan ang emotions ko... i never call that "ingrata" auntie anymore, plus the fact na ako na ang nagsuggest sa father ko na itakwil na lang siya sa pamilya, tutal naman ingrata nga naman siya. Thank goodness hindi siya nagpakita nung araw na nanduon kami kung hindi naingudngud ko yung pagmumukha niya sa sahig.

confronting dilemma

2007-03-16T05:38:00.000+08:00

[sorry for the vagueness]

I'm facing a very difficult situation that needs an exact resolution and decision, with which I think, I'm not capable of giving. This was the hardest that I've been through all my life, and honestly speaking, I don’t know how am I, going to untangle myself from it.

I have been standing long enough on the convergence of three different roads, and I really needed to choose which one I should take. I have been weighing possible advantages and disadvantages long enough that I'm too afraid of pin-pointing what avenue, am I going to trot for the rest of my life.

For some, I know it would be too easy; choose the best, and choose where your heart will lead you to, but I'm not even sure if that would apply to me. All my life I tried to follow what's best, and sure enough I did so, but why am I not feeling contented nor satisfied, and the worst of all, I am not happy.

I already had that little freedom on my grasps; to choose where my heart would be happy, yet I cannot afford to gamble it, because I know that I'm not the only one affected. I may choose one road, end up being happy with it, but to what expense? Putting someone on the other end of the spectrum? I may choose the other road, be satisfied with it, and yet sacrifice my happiness? Or choose the last option, be contented with it, and lose, shun, or discard even my dreams; and just take life as it is in that road.

I know there's more in life that I need to explore, and there are more obstacles that I need to confront. However, I'm thinking why can’t there be another road where happiness, contentment, and satisfaction prevailed? Why can't there be another road wherein no one would get affected if you decided to take it?

This is really not easy. I'm afraid to sacrifice my dreams, and I'm also afraid to sacrifice somebody just for me to reach those dreams. I understand that I should move on now, and take a stand for myself, but I still need a lot of time; time to give-up something in pursuit of another thing. As the saying goes "happiness is a choice" and I'm going to do my best to find and choose it, no matter what road am I going to take and no matter what things am I going to give up, because I don't want to end up as a hollow object.

grieve

2007-03-02T12:45:00.000+08:00

I'm lost of words to spare, yet full of thoughts to ponder about. I never thought that investing emotionally on something or someone could give so much pain, unbearable pain. I just don't know now how to move on. I don't know how to forget those memorable times, I don't.

This is the reason why I don't want any relationship, given the fact that I need to invest on it emotionally. Pero, ginawa ko pa rin. Nagmahal pa rin ako ng mga alaga kong aso na mamamatay lang dahil sa bulate. Nakakaasar yang mga bulate na yan. Bwisit, bakit pa kasi may bulate! Kahit na dinala mo na sa isang beterinaryo wala pa rin silang nagawa dahil sa mga pesteng bulate na yan. Bakit pa kasi sila ginawa!

Today, my pet carl died. I don't know whether piggy piggy would end the same way as carl.

philippine politics

2007-02-14T00:25:00.000+08:00

I'm pittung aside this season's blissfulness, I mean, valentine's, to ponder on a
more logical and practical issue - political campaign. As I do recalled, I said
that I despised our country's politics, and true to my words, I still hate it!
Yet, how come reflect on it? For a simple reason, political campaign season started.

The (in)famous president of the Philippines once said in her speech, the country
should have a new set of law-makers able to make the country progressive instead
of the old one's doing nothing but to distract the country's development. I do
agree with her, yet only to a certain extent. I can vote, and recycle some
old politicians, if I know he/she is credible enough to follow his/her own
conscience, act on his/her will and with no tarnish on his/her track record.
This is definitely not a discrimination by age, but a eye opener to some
few individuals who doesn't know how to exercise their vote wisely.

Would you like to elect a so-called politician even if he/she didn't graduated
from any reputable law school? Would you like to vote for a popular celebrity even
if you know he/she is not capable enough to become a law-maker? Would you waste
your vote to some old traditional politician who haven't done anything? Would
you wished to elect a law-maker even if you know a relative of that said politician
is already in the position that he/she is aspiring to? Would you like to vote
for an ex-mutineer who wished to distabilize the so-called peace and order?
Would you wished to waste your time on voting some politicians crossing over
political borders? Lastly, would you vote a politician with a stained track
record, and doesn't stand by his/her conscience? Of course, No would be your answer, and same as mine. However, uneducated one's, from the marginalized
population area, definitely don't think that way, instead the opposite.

Okay, given that scenario, which is definitely happening in our country, I say if
the said politicians win the coming national elections, then no progress would
occur. What would an elementary graduate do as a law-maker? To the Filipinos out
there you know who I'm taking about - Manny Pacquiao! Yes, he running for congress!
What would he do? For heaven sake. Aside from him, there are these celebrities,
graduates of arts and all, not law; how would they manipulate the country to
progress. Shocks... such a waste of vote for some trustworthy individuals!
More so, political dynasty of the few elites.

But why do they force themselves in such positions (e.g. congress and senate), not because they wanted to help the country, not because they wanted development, but because of the prestige being added to their name - honorable senator, honorable congressman. Aside from that, the unauditable millions they can have from being in that position - the pork barrel. Such a wonderful country where you pay such a huge amount of taxes that goes only to the pockets of these corrupt individuals. (Okay, some may not be corrupt, but can be influenced to become one).

And this is always what, we, the few educated ones wanted to from the very beginning
we voiced out our grievances. We wanted reforms from capable individuals, and not from idiots and puppets of the few elites and power hungry individuals. We wanted
progress to occur and not regression. Now, it's not big deal, why most of us
wanted to flee from this waste-of-a-country to go to a more civilized one!

daniel radcliffe goes oh my...

2007-01-31T18:39:00.000+08:00

Is it career move or what? The little boy wizard we all know as "harry potter" now shows off some skin. Oh wait not just some skin... ehmm... you all know what I mean.

Oh my gosh... the truth is, he's definitely sizzling hot for a 17 years old boy. Let's wait some more years and see if he would do some more of this kind of flicks.

I think the title of this post should be: boy wonder turns sex symbol... Harry Potter won't be the same again in my view.

Here are the some of the photos in http://danradcliffe.us

Anyway, I'm not from UK so I don't know what this Equus stage play is all about. Though we (harry potter fans) all know that this is a career move done by Daniel, it doesn't necessarily mean that we need to type-cast him (Daniel) as the living counterpart of Harry Potter. More so, it doesn't necessarily mean that we need to feel terribly disgusted on it, and speculate that he's running out for more money. The Harry Potter series will end, but Daniel's life would still continue on. Let's just respect his own decisions for that matter, and if you're really his fan: support him in whatever endeavor he might take in the near future.

middle child syndrome

2007-01-31T01:20:00.000+08:00

I've been thinking lately about what was wrong with my psychological make-up.
I don't even know why I feel terribly empty, lonely, and unhappy. I know something
is wrong, yet even if I'd been conferred with a psychological degree I still can't
determine what is it. And for some reason, I misdiagnose myself to be having a depressed
state, or even having anorexia nervosa, for most of the symptoms are prevalently
prominent. More so, most of the time, I think there's something that is missing in
my life, and that I wanted to search for it.

Before a clinical psychologist told me, that I looked more as a patient and not
as a junior practinioner in the field. And you know what? I feel that it is true.
Conflicts that are more likely unresolved surges back
which caughts me off ground. If these things could just be explained by a single
syndrome then more likely it is "Middle Child Syndrome".

Middle child syndrome from the traditional psychological point of view, does not exist.
No such theory in psychology dealt with such syndrome. Only characteristics of being
a middle child, be it positive or negative characteristics or traits, and a middle
child's constant struggles to gain attention. Yet no one ever described that being a
middle child you need to become a loner, an underachiever, and have an unhappy view
about life.

Of course, I say so all these, because I'm a middle child. And being in my position
is not as good as it seems. Yes, I can have both worlds, both of the extremes, yet
the truth is, I can only earn or grab a part of it and not the entirety of both extremes. And most of the time, I feel that I am neglected. Why? Because my big brother is my father's favorite, and my younger brother being my mother's favorite. So where am I going to place myself? I just can't push my way through to get their attention. So my possible escape from such thing is to go away, shut myself from their existence.

It's not nice, but it's the only way for me not to feel the pain. Yet by doing so
many psychological problems arise covering up the main root. By moving away, I feel more secure, but with no outlet what so ever, to pour out all my feelings. By moving away, I learn not to trust people, for some simple reason, they're just like my parents - untrustful. By moving away, my life changed and now the emptiness that I described fills me in. With such action that I did, i felt unhappy.

Now may be that explains it; why I can't find anything that would make me happy and contented. May be it can also explain why I can't achieve something worth it, even though for some it's already a great achievement.

grand alumni homecoming

2007-01-30T17:45:00.000+08:00

Dear UST Psychology Alumnus,

The College of Science will have a Grand Alumni Homecoming this February 2007 as it celebrates its 80th year of continuous pursuit of Excellence (Please see details of the event on the attached Formal Invitation).

I would like to invite all alumni (BS Psychology Graduates from 1925-2006!) to this event. Please invite your classmates too and make it a wonderful and fruitful reunion for BS Psych graduates!

Let us go back to our HOME and reunite with our friends and mentors!

Halina't mag-BALIK AGHAM!

REUBEN D.R. NUVAL

Board Member, Association of Thomasian Psychology Alumni

University of Santo Tomas

I've received this email and it excites me to hear that there will be an alumni homecoming in the college that I once belong. However, what i don't like about it was the fact that I need to reunite with my former ehem... mentors. (are they?) I still can't forget about how some so called "mentors" treated us grimly and ruefully, especially with the department that I once been under. I just like to meet with my former classmates and friends not them (mentors)... hay...

unresolved thoughts...

2007-01-30T16:59:00.000+08:00

I've got so much to say, yet i'm devoid of words to spare. I just don't know how am I
going to make a concise compilation of all the experiences that I had these past days. Anyway to start of:

Do you believe in ghosts?
Do you believe in visions?

Well, what if I said I believe on them? Would you think it's absurd? Or would you think that I'm out of my mind? It depends, right? It depends if you believe in supernatural phenomenon or not. But why am I inserting such thoughts in my blog? Because, for some reason I've now seen the whole image of the ghost or poltergeist that roams around the house. It's not just the ordinary fast movement of an unknown white matter, but an exact figure of a female standing.

The truth is, it's so scary, for she appeared in my dreams. She's fair in complexion and tall. She stands right behind the closed door. She has a wavy hair, similar with
sadako/samara in The Ring, yet she doesn't go out of the television screen. She just
stands there. I walked towards her to ask what she's been doing there and to my surprise a pair of scary eyes appeared and a skeletal hands started reaching me... That's until my father woke me up.

The next thought that I'm pondering about was the so called "middle child" syndrome.
Yet my ideas are not yet finalized about it.

The last thought the passed through my mind... my future... medicine or nursing what or what?

Am I still making sense? Hay...

a song for the broken hearted...

2007-01-12T22:29:00.000+08:00

Just take a while to listen and watch this song by Nina (a local singer from our country). If you have been deeply in-love with a person and suddenly been left alone, this song is for you.

Lyrics and content wise, this song mirrors the entirety of a person been left alone, and that person's struggle to move on after such a heart-breaking experience.

If you wish to read first the lyrics, just continue reading this post. For a snippet
here's the chorus:

Someday someone’s gonna love me
The way I wanted you to need me
Someday someone’s gonna take your place
One day I’ll forget about you
You'll see, I won't even miss you
Someday someday

"Someday"
by nina

Someday you’re gonna realize
One day you’ll see this through my eyes
By then I won’t even be there
I’ll be happy somewhere
Even if I cared

I know you don’t really see my worth
You think you’re the best guy on earth
Well I’ve got news for you
I know I’m not that strong
But it won’t take long
Won’t take long

Someday someone’s gonna love me
The way I wanted you to need me
Someday someone’s gonna take your place
One day I’ll forget about you
You'll see, i won't even miss you
Someday someday

Right now I know you can tell
I’m down and I’m not doing well
But one day these tears they will all run dry
I won’t have to cry, sweet goodbye

at a blank state

2007-01-10T00:07:00.000+08:00

Since I'm stil devoid of thoughts to post for this year, I just surfed around the internet (though still very slow due to the damaged fiber optics in Taiwan) to find some interesting stuffs to post, and luckily i found some stuffs that i can post. Please bear with it for i do feel that some people might be offended because it's a crap thing. Just click the permalink to see what it is.

Anyway, a month had already passed after I took the NMAT exams, and now I'm still hoping that I can surpass my previous percentile rank. Upto now I'm still waiting for it so wish me luck, and pray for me for this is yet another turning point in my life.

So here are the blog things...

Who is your famous boyfriend? (for gurlz and gay guys only.)
Jesse McCartney he's young, innocent, blonde and sexy... dang, wat else is there to be said? nothing except, he can sing, he can act... hes just AWESOME
Take The Quiz Now!	Quizzes by myYearbook.com

Isn't it sweet... haha... It's jesse mccartney!!!

And here is the other one:

what type of guy are you?
Normal Guy your just your avrage joe going threw life normal and dont notice your hottness.
Take The Quiz Now!	Quizzes by myYearbook.com

mirror of erised

2006-12-24T18:35:00.000+08:00

If you were in front of the "Mirror of Erised" what would be your heart's deepest desires? I'm just leaving you all something to think about.

Remember only "those who wished to find something, but not use it, shall have it" and those who were "searching to use it, shall only see themselves in the mirror having it."

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Maybe for my imaginative self, I shall see myself to have some magical powers and all that, and would conjure all things nice, but I cannot have it, and honestly it would never be.

But truth be told, having magical powers was not even one of my deepest desires. My
deepest heart's desires would be so simple that may be even the "Mirror or Erised" cannot contain or even magnify it. It would be as simple as having a remedy for a broken and empty soul, a remedy for a distraught heart, and a remedy for a troubled mind.

These were my deepest desires that not anyone have touched, felt, nor reached, if they do try to reach out.

Again "have yourself a merry little Christmas...", and think what might be your deepest heart's desires.

experience is the best teacher?

2006-12-17T14:43:00.000+08:00

"Experience is the best teacher"

But upto when? I do understand and I do believe that "experience is the best teacher" if and only if, you had made a decision impulsively. For some point in your life you will realize that the path you had taken was somehow different to what you had expected. Because you had acted impulsively, then definitely the experience you had will serve as a teacher to guide you.

However, objectively speaking, in the very begining you should have anticipated what the outcomes were if you chose any of the options laid down to you. You should have anticipated the consequences and prior to deciding you already had learned what you should have learnt in the said experience before you were caught up in that situation.

I do understand that not all people can comprehend what you are feeling and what you have experienced. Individual differences play a major role in life, some uses their brains first rather than their hearts. If you're asking for sympathy, or empathy on your experience, then think again on who you're talking with! Some people were not as stupid as you, who based their decisions on fate, superstitions and sheer luck. Use your brain, if you do have one!

To think, you can't even fool somebody by stating that you wanted warmth and attention on your special someone, with which he can't provide. You can't fool someone with that annoying, old fashioned escapegoat most individuals do to get out of their relationships. You can't even fool someone by stating that there was never a third party involved, when in fact there was! You won't dare ask for someone to change their behavior abruptly, if you knew some intervening factors had affected your perception!

Now are you still going to shout to the whole world that "Experience is the best teacher" when in fact you haven't learnt anything from it except that had it blurred your perception.

On a psychologist point of view this is what I'm going to spare to you: don't deny certain facts, and don't even displace and project your stupidity on others. Coping styles works best if you employed the positve ones, not the negative ones! More so, stop pretending that you're so above the rest, your behavior does not complement your own schema.

warning: invectives ahead. pls. proceed to the next post

2006-12-15T19:41:00.000+08:00

I hate it!!!!
F*ck the shit of it!!!
F*ck those bastards!!!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Try to call again and I'll see to it that you'll feel the f*cking wrath of me!!!
I hate it!!!
I just hate it!!!
I just hate it!!!
I just hate it!!!
I jusssttttttttt so hatttttttttteeeee it!!!

Grrrrrr!!!!!

Anyway, sorry, I just can't contain the f*cking anger inside me. I just need an outlet. I just need some sort of absorber, so as this shit-of-an-anger be released!

Business hours is over, but f*ck those f*cking callers trying to gain access over the
internet line!
I hate them!!!!!!!!!!
I just do!!!!!
And if they tried to call again, I'll see to it that their ears would rang out of pain, for I shall slam the f*cking handset/headset very hard!

Sorry again for my misbehavior... Don't worry I will cool down a little bit, before I'll smash something very hard in front of someone.

torture's over...

2006-12-10T16:33:00.000+08:00

Now, I can breathe easily. The NMAT exams were finished, though, I need not to be complacent about the results. Eight types of test covering 50 items each, was now over. I can now sleep. Yes...

Anyway, as a recap, I had taken the same test twice now. I took it before, but I'm not satisfied with a so-so result, just above the cut off score. Though, I promised myself after taking that, that I'm not going to repeat it, hell I ate all what I said. I retook the said exams.

You know, I felt so over-confident that I knew most of what is in-stored in the said battery of test, but I was wrong, they had changed most of the contents of the test. The inductive reasoning part changed as well. There were reindeer and flowers reversed and you need to determine the exact mirror image. Grrr... I just don't like that part. More so, computation for math exams seemed more difficult as of that of April's exams.

Well the truth, I'm afraid for the first 4 parts of the exams. I had not finished the last part due to lack of time (last 3 items, I guessed, were not answered). And I skipped some items in math, because I can't figure out how to derive the answer from a polynomial, and mixed fractions. For the last four parts, Oh, forget it! I forgot to the computation for molarity and molality same as velocity of sound waves, etcetera... etcetera!

But God, will not forsake me I know, He will sure spare me again from this burden!

Oh by the way, the little cutie (with which the picture was attached: just scan my previous post about impolite security guards), also retook the exams. I just don't know whether, he knew i was attracted to him or not, because he always keep on smirking every time our paths crossed. So, I'm really curious... whahaha... illusionada!

Lo siento mucho, para mi lenguaje. Just can't help being so multilingual...

sleep deprivation!

2006-12-10T03:27:00.000+08:00

Sleep deprivation! Yes, on the day of the exams. Not that I'm willing to fall asleep in difficult problems later, but because I really don't feel sleepy. My eyes are tired of rotating, yet my mind still over-thinks about what will happen later.

Why deprive myself to sleep? I know you'll ask that question.

Because, my best friend called me up at around 11 in the evening for one simple reason: to persuade me of lending him my Harry Potter books (3 and 4)! Yes, yes, I know what you're thinking, he's a late reader of the said series, because he had no time to read such (he's a nursing student by the way), blah, blah, blah. Since, now he had the time, and he had finished his own board exams, he will read them.

I just didn't realized that I was so attached in talking to him, that it was already passed 12 that we hung up the phone. Almost an hour of debating and persuading just for him to grab a hold of the said books. Hell, he distracted me on my skimming process on my old notes for the aptitude battery exams later!

Anyway, prior to that, I had agreed to lend it to him, for only one condition: he'll wait for me till 7 in the evening in a bookstore, since exams will end by 5 in the afternoon, and journey home takes about an hour from La Salle Taft to Caloocan City Upper. And we end our conversation there.

After which, I asked my mom, and you know what? My ever dear mother started acting the selfish one telling me why on earth would i lend the book to him, and so on and so forth; and the books were costly... etcetera etcetera... The only escape goat I said was this: there is a collateral, so as to stop her from nagging me.

But since he knew me quite well, he verified the deal. You know what I said: "I lied! Hahaha! (Quoted from the famous female senator of the Philippines when she dared another politician, that if his allegations were indeed true she'll jump out of the plane without parachute, and later on found to be indeed true. But she never did jump out of the plane, she just made it appear as pun and said the exact words. (dunno what was that allegations))

Now, it's morning and I'm preparing for my exams around 7. Okay, I need to go. Just wish me luck on the said exams.

follow up on reming's disaster

2006-12-06T12:09:00.000+08:00

Last night my father called our relatives in Albay; Tabacco, Albay to be exact and not Ginobatan, Albay. Since there was a partial communication restoration in the area he had managed to get some first hand information of what had happened in the Region. Hence, I've learned that my grandparents' house was totally destroyed, due to the trees that had fallen in it. Thank God, that my grandparents were not there! Unfortunately, my grandparents were staying at my uncle's house where flash floods reached upto the head. So upto now, I still don't know whether all my relatives were safe. My immediate relatives I say the least may have been saved by God, but what about the rest of my clan living in the said devastated region!

That was the worst scenario that my relatives had experienced. I don't know how water level reached upto the head, but I do recall that my uncle's house was kilometers near the sea shore line, so maybe the water level in the sea added up to the floods caused by Reming.

With regards to my other relatives living in the said region, I still don't know. The fact is I haven't even met all of my relatives. The only key on tracing them was through my grandfather.

Now, the question still remains the same for me. Would I celebrate this yultide season or just drop it out of my life's existence, just for now?

fellow christians...

2006-12-02T18:33:00.000+08:00

Photos: Courtesy of Manila Bulletin, and The Philippine Daily Inquirer

Fellow Christians all over the world, please have time to pray for the victims of the super-typhoon in the Philippines. Typhoon Reming (international code name: Durian), struck the Philippine regions, which caused massive destruction to properties and lives of our fellow Christians. The super-typhoon, more so, triggered the mudslide in Albay, which killed people already amounting to 468, and hopefully would not increase by the following days to come.

To know more of what is happening check out this News link.

Please don't stop praying. Even if you're busy right now or what, just say a little prayer, even just the The Lord's Prayer. It would count the most if done in multitude.

nmat exams...

2006-12-02T18:03:00.000+08:00

My examination for admission to post-graduate studies will be held on the 10th of the month. I'm scared! What if I get a not so good score or flunk the said examination? Where will I go to study medicine then? I'm so afraid of what lies ahead of me. Wish me luck and pray for me.

To tell you all, I had wasted most of my time at home helping the family business, yet I don't feel satisfied and I don't feel like I'm growing and developing intellectually. My stagnation (as my best-friend states), just to follow my dream to study medicine, sure caused panic to my parents' will. I just knew that they wanted me to pursue industrial psychology and be employed after graduating, but I disobeyed their will. Why? For a simple reason: I feel, I will not become happy with industrial psychology (being an HR assistant to be exact). My heart belongs to clinical area where I know I'll be a lot happier.

But now I'm really thinking hard; If I can still cling on to my desire, and if I can still hold that dream that someday my name will have two additional letters in the end, M.D. If God, permits it, so be it. If not then either try again or proceed with the road I had disregarded for more than eight months now, industrial setting.

Anyway, I should live on the saying that:

Don't look for happiness, but learn to become happy with what you do, be it routinary or not.

But you know what, I can't apply that in my life. I just can't. My insecuries and my fears sure are the heaviest luggages that I still carry on today. They make me ponder a lot on whether I'll be happier with the decisions I had to face.

hotmail turned 1GB

2006-11-30T15:58:00.000+08:00

I've checked my Hotmail account today, and guess what? My email storage capacity turned upto 1000 megabytes, roughly about 1 gigabyte like my Yahoo! account. I'm so, so blessed... yipeee... I remember before that microsoft only offers 2.5 megabytes of storage to free users and if you wanted to have extremely bigger storage capacity you need to acquire it by paying to microsoft a monthly due. But now, they're offering 1 gigabyte of storage to free accounts! Such a good move to the team of microsoft, keep it up!

Anyway to compare different free web-based e-mail services available, here are the list of my currently working e-mail service providers:

1. Kittymail - storage capacity: 10 MB

2. Hotmail - storage capacity: 1000 MB / 1 GB

3. Yahoo! Mail - storage capacity: 1 GB

4. Gmail - storage capacity: 2.7 GB (and counting!)

5. Lycos Mail - storage capacity: 3 GB

There's the list... if you have problems on storage capacity then I suggest Gmail from the choice, for they're currently still increasing their storage capacities. Or better yet choose lycos instead. By the way I've heard that there was an email service provider that offers terrabyte (don't know the spelling, sorry) storage capacity, you also need to check it out.

sleeping problem

2006-11-29T01:35:00.000+08:00

I can’t sleep tonight, not that I’m suffering from another insomnia attack, but because I’m always barking… ehem… barking wildly, like a mad dog. I’m so sick of it. I’ve been suffering for 3 days already from it. Hay, it started just last Sunday after I felt an itching sensation in my throat. Aside from this, another reason was when I try to sleep sideways (which normally is my sleeping position), I can’t breathe normally. I feel that my swollen sinus blocks my nostrils leading to lack of oxygen intake in my body. Even if I take a lot of medications and employ water therapy it’s still not effective.

I have contracted a virus! But where did I get it? Where? Where? Wherreeeeeee? In a computer shop, Netopia to be exact, the internet café in Dapitan. I had recalled that when I rented a computer (since I was not at home, and home is too far away from school), I was stationed in between two high school students, and one of them was always sniffing and apologizing even though the sniffing sound he makes was inaudible. I thought, though that it was his mannerism but nooooooo, he was already spreading the virus in a closed air-conditioned room. And since I’m in close proximity to him I easy contracted the virus.

Damn, now I’m always sniffing, because of a runny nose, always barking because of an inflamed tonsil straining my vocal muscles, and I’m always sneezing, every two to five minutes interval. Make a cure for cough and colds please… not just some medications that treat them and after which you’re going to have them again.

By the way, I've watched a photosession of an aspiring male model (can't include pictures though sorry), and an absurd idea struck me on why some masculine male ends up looking gay-ish in such photosessions. What was prominent and visible in it was that, some inexperienced make-up artist, wardrobe consultant and hair stylist appeared to imbue their concept in the model; hence the adulteration of the masculine persona. So it ends here. Good night everyone.

view on impoliteness of security guards

2006-11-28T19:09:00.000+08:00

Have you ever been accused of the silliest thing in your life? Well, I just do! I just can't understand why some security guards meddle into people's businesses, as if I'm one sort of a terrorist trying to find some civilian victims for my quest to kill them. I just hated the feeling. I know you will all disagree with me, and think that I'm just over-reacting, but no I'm not over-reacting to the situation. I do understand that it's their work to protect the people inside the premises their stationed to, and it's their obligation to ask people why they are there and for what business matter. However, why can't some security guards be more polite and humble in asking questions? Just imagine the situation that I've been: "Ba't palagi kang nandito? Saan ka pupunta? Anong gagawin mo?" In English, why are you always here? Where are you going? What's the purpose of your visit? I, always there everyday of the week! That's the most ridiculous accusation I've got from a security guard in a university, especially in the university where I have taken my under-graduate course, University of Santo Tomas!

I just don't know if I'm going to laugh at him, or exhibit my rage at his impoliteness. But I took the former action and inhibit my rage, even if I really wanted to. But his question still lingered in my head, on how did he say that I'm always there everyday. I recalled that I've been there only 3 times including now. The first was on November 6, 2006, when I went to the College of Science and asked for the signatory of the dean for my application form for NMAT (National Medical Admissions Test). The second time was supposed to be the following day, to get my good moral certification from the said college, but I skipped on their schedule, and instead I took it on November 24, 2006. (That day, I've also encountered another impolite security guard on the same location and same spot. I just don’t know if it was the same person.) And now, was my third time to be back, so why accuse me of always being there!

If this situation occurred again, (because I believe in the saying that if a certain thing happened the second time, it will likely to happen the third time) I will be more assertive on my right as an alumnus, and report any of the security guards that's impolite, and imprudent, and have them to be dismissed of their duty. I may be harsh, but that's just the right thing to do. Being compassionate doesn't entail that they would change for the better and be polite, and respectful to anybody, whether a student, a staff, or an alumnus of the university.

Anyway, as I promised on my previous post, I'll attach the picture of the cutie I've seen, so here it is:

One Stop Health Shop

2006-11-28T18:01:00.000+08:00

N101 Nutrition is a one stop health shop for everyone. In their site you can find various medicines for different ailments that you have, be it multi-vitamins, or herbal medicines, they got it!

If you're looking for the best beauty products available in the market, search and worry no more. They have a wide variety of products available even the best of products for your skin regimen. Whether you're looking for acne removal cream, or facial washes, you can find it here. You don't even need to go to a certain shopping mall to find what you're looking for. Just visit their site, order what you're looking for, and viola, it will be delivered to you guaranteed with no shipping fee or extra cost!

Moreover if you're a sports enthusiast and wanted to search for the best supplemental drinks available to improve your stamina or health, you can also check their site, they also offer such drinks only found in the drug stores.

If you're wondering if they offer discounts, they do! Order a volume of merchandise from them and they'll give you discounts, exactly as what you're looking for.

back again...

2006-11-24T16:28:00.000+08:00

photos: courtesy of roxancorpuz.multiply.com

I'm back at my alma mater. The truth is I'm so excited of going back so as to finish the processing of my fucking application form for medicine. (Guess what I'm already delayed for a year!) I said fucking because it's so tiring to go from one building to another just to pay, file, and process it. I just couldn't comprehend on whether why the attendant can't accept payment and that she directed me to the accounting office a building away from them. (The building attached is where they house the accounting office, and the college that I belong.)

Anyway, I could have enjoyed my stay if the pest-of-a-guard didn't asked me why am I going back and forth to the said building. Imagine he said: Bro, anong bang ginagawa mo sa loob?" (In english: Bro, what are you doing inside?) Duh, I'm so tired and so pissed off then someone would ask me such a question in a no-so-humble way that I felt that I'm-one-sort-of-a-terrorist plotting my way on how am I going to put some explosives in the said building. Grrr.... Hence, I didn't answer back, I just showed him the papers that I was holding and never said a fucking word, for I might spill out my rage over him.

Just as I finished paying and I went back to the medicine building, that I found out that a meeting was held after I went out to pay. The urgency of the said meeting was not disclosed; hence I need to wait for sometime just to get my papers done. Hello... I'm just so tired of walking and climbing stairs then now what wait... wait... wait... (oh, students are not allowed to use the elevators. such a cruelty!)

At least I've seen some cutie also waiting. same college that I belong to, but in a lower batch. (I'm going to attach his picture some other time... without him knowing of course!) Well, I understand that he was looking over me, trying to refresh his memory on who-the-hell-was I. But me, oh well, the still haggared me trying to fan my way to get some refreshement. He didn't asked of course because for all I know, lower batches believe that I'm sort of a not so friendly person. Oh, forget it. Facial features can deceive sometimes right? Anyway, I cannot continue anymore... that's the end I think...

950 billion dollars richer!

2006-11-23T19:30:00.000+08:00

950 Billion dollars! Is it true, the Marcos’ were even richer than the richest man the whole world has ever produced, Bill Gates? If the news here in the Philippines was true, that a German Bank account was found under the Marcos Family, then whoa, I just don’t know what to say. It can pay the country’s debt in the World Bank!

For those who don’t know the Marcos Family, then I may give a little background on them. Mr. Marcos (Ferdinand) was the former president of the Philippines. He was married to Imelda Marcos, a lady who overly spends a lot of money for shoes, bags, jewelry, and clothes embedded with precious stones. (She was called the “steel butterfly” out of extravagance). Mr. Marcos headed the country and promised to make Philippines a great country, while Mrs. Marcos headed the cultural prosperity of the country. Their family ruled more than the rightful term a president of the Philippines should have. Being a chief of staff, Mr. Marcos gained control of the country through a military junta; hence his term reached 20 long years. Under the said dictatorship era of the Philippines, it was alleged that they took most of what the treasury has to offer. Luxurious trips here and there, whilst killing over there, and human rights violations all around the place.

When the time came that Sen. Aquino, father of Ms. Kris Aquino, decided to go back to the Philippines for good, and was assassinated, the Marcos’ rule ended, and with them mostly all the riches that the Philippines had ever produced (mostly taxes). Hence, now the race for the money started.

3 presidents already left their post but still the money uncovered were not as half as what they believed the Marcos’ had taken. Million dollar account were found to be deposited in the Swiss Bank and was believed to have been laundered already to their heirs’ accounts. Unfortunately there was no evidence whatsoever that it was laundered or ever a Swiss account existed. The Swiss Account itself was billions of dollars, and now another account found – could they verify that such thing exist? You be the judge and rate the truth of the said matter.

Check ABS-CBN’s website for the said news.

For now, I state my opinion if there really were different accounts under the Marcos’ present proofs for it’s not nice to accuse somebody of these and that but the said allegations were not true.

Christmas is here again!

2006-11-22T13:20:00.000+08:00

Do you feel it the Christmas spirit? For this year, again, I think, I’m going to get away with it without even celebrating the season. I say so because I cannot feel the spirit, I cannot feel the same spirit as before when I was a child.

I’m not being materialistic and all, when it comes to celebrating the season. I do recall before that my family used to place some Christmas decorations like Snow Globesall over the house, just to brighten up the household, and for us to feel that the season is really coming. But now, that I’m old enough, do I still need to set-up the trees and place some good-old wrapped presents under it? Do I still need to place some Christmas lights over the linings of the house just to say to the passer-bys that Hey, where on Christmas season, we need to be jolly! Do I still need to buy the some Christmas balls, Angels, Cane Sticks and all, just to place all over the place? Do I still need to place some Christmas Socks on the wall (since we don’t have chimney) and pretend that Santa would fall down from the sky and place some presents in it?

I’m not being pathetic and all, but I know for now that the season only survives because of the materialism involved in it. Is it the real meaning of the season? Or the real reason of commemorating Christ birth was covered up by giving lots of presents and placing some decorations all over the place? I say, I still enjoy the past, where I pretend that Santa will come. And the truth was, I still enjoy decorating, but I think in a practical way now, and it’s not worth it.

My plans for Christmas this year, is just go to the church. I haven’t been back for some time for distrust on the leaders leading it, for the scandals involved and done by the priest, but I had not lost my faith. I need first to re-establish my connection with the omnipotent one, and maybe with that I can feel again the season that others now are craving to come.

funny video

2006-11-21T19:24:00.000+08:00

http://veryfunnyads.com/ads/24911.html

this is the only thing i'm going to post. just check it out. it's really funny!

on being open

2006-11-21T00:46:00.000+08:00

What if you knew you were a part of a certain group, but you felt you don't belong to it? How would you respond to such surge of emotion? What if you knew it all along and just ignore the reality, that indeed it was happening, that you're just one of "out of place? What if the group you considered was a group of social ties but to them the opposite? What if your the only one thinking that it was a group you can find refuge but to them it was just nothing?

All these questions comes in to my mind everytime of the day. I just don't know why am I reflecting too much. I just don't bother all these kinds of questions before, but now its payback time, and every single opinion left unsaid makes it way out. My realizations seems bitter, and indeed really happening, people will only need me if I can give something that they need or want, after which, the end of the conversation. Nothing. Non-existent. I'm again left in that little corner that I have. My best friends will only call me if they need some thing from me, if they believe I have what they urgently needed. But what if it's the other way around? Would they be there? The answer: I'm busy right now. I'm tired, I'll just call you up. I'm sorry, I have not time for this. Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. Alibi. Nothing but Alibi was the only thing I could get.

The only thing that I'm thinking right now, they just don't know what I really feel. They believe that it was okay. They believe that I will remain gullible for them because I wanted to maintain that so-called bonding; that so-called friendship that was really non-existent in the begining. I just hate the crap and the idea of it all. I just hate it! Don't they realize that I'm not not blind to see what they really want from me. I'm not an idiot! So please, stop making me one!

This is the reality that I need to confront, being lonely and alone with best friends that was just a call a way but doesn't serve as an outlet to pour out my pent emotions.

on victor basa

2006-11-20T14:58:00.000+08:00

after seeing this heavenly-crafted piece of art (i mean human) in the pages of some magazines, it came to my attention that this guy had what it takes to be one of the hottest teen/hunk stars in the industry. he got the looks, the style and the groove of not just a matinee idol but also as a good leading man

However, after surfing the net (and reading blogs) for almost seemingly an entire day, i had ended up in a blog where they claim that he is gay. I cannot stress however the accuracy of the context since the author quoted the text on another blog. If it is so, ooohhhh my gooollliieeee goooosshhh.... that can't be. That yummy hunk in the magazine is gay.... (uhmmm... i'm sorry i should rejoice more, yesss... : the first reaction should pertain to straight peeps out there...).

Moreover there where issues raised by the critique/writer dolly carvajal on her blind item that there was a hunk caught smooching another guy in bora. The author of the blog that i link here states so that it was him, yet he left a hanging question whether it's true or not. It's just for viewers and readers to decide on the issue until he, himself, victor basa makes his statement on his sexuality.

Anyway, still on the subject matter of gayness. There was a site dedicated in ranking filipino male celebrities who people perceived as faking their man-hood, macho type, heterosexual image. The site gets the ranking by votes made by its' visitors. At least victor basa was not included.

apologies for not commenting back

2006-11-20T11:08:00.001+08:00

Hello readers...

I'm sorry if I can't comment back using my own tagboard. I just hate it when it says "cookies deactivated". I don't even know how it occured, but I know it happened when our computer changed it's motherboard for malfunctions, and reformated all the existing windows operating systems.

I do appreciate your comments, and all, yet how in the world could I tell you that indeed I appreciate it when I can't respond to it. Ooooh, if only I know how it would be fixed. Grrr... for myshoutbox.com, that's their major problem with the codes they give to the users. Anyway, enough of my such ridiculous rants, I need to finalize my layout on this blog, so just wait up until I get all the codes that I needed.

For some boxing fans out there, Manny Pacquiao won over Morales on their third bout on Las Vegas yesterday. I just don't know what to say whether I'm going to applaud for his success or be dismissive about it. Hey I'm not a boxing sports fan you know! However, the half of my blood-line says be proud of him, yet the other half, uh, never mind.... :)

Flash Drives as gifts?

2006-11-16T15:51:00.000+08:00

I was wondering what on the face of planet am I going to give away for this coming season. I was hoping not to waste a lot of money because I’m still dependent you know. Hence, I browsed the net for some potential gifts and found an interesting one – A flash drive.

Yet I’m still wondering if it would be worth it. I own a flash drive myself, and some of my friends own one as well. However, my flash drive and theirs were just the usual removable drives bought else where, the ordinary drive, with the producer’s name on it, and that’s it.

Nonetheless Pexagontech.com offers a flash drive wherein you can actually have your name or the person’s name you’re going to give it engraved. Engraved, and that is cool you know. No other store would do that to a certain removable drive for fear of damaging it, except for this one. I would like to imagine when it will be available in the Philippines. Hay, I hope they make it just in time.

This is what it looks like on their site:

thumb drives

Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sound

2006-11-16T11:23:00.000+08:00

The thought of acquiring this second album thrilled me. However, when I heard all of the tracks in it, I felt that it doesn’t suit my personality and that I just don’t like the beat. It’s more of a club or disco sound having a slow beat, and accelerating at times. (I say it doesn’t fit my style because I’m not accustomed to hearing disco music).

On a lighter note, I enjoyed playing the carrier single of the album, “sexy back”, hence there is still a positive view on the album. More so, it’s great for Justin Timberlake to avert from the usual “pop-ish” (pop side of his songs) to a more mature kind of beat. Maybe that’s the reason for the album title.

If you also like the album, please acquire a copy at Amazon.com now.

Ipod for grabs

2006-11-13T13:13:00.000+08:00

People now a days wants to get freebies over the internet in example an Ipod. Some may either go to online marketing by refering, others may buy it over the internet using their credit cards. But what if you don't have a credit card or no one has accepted your referral? That's really annoying right?

However, don't worry there is still a solution for owning an Ipod. See the link below, they give away free Ipod. Yes, free and all you need to do is sign-up or take a survey. That's it! It's simple. Try it now.

Get a Free iPod from iPodSweepstakes.com Now!

today's feeling

2006-11-06T18:31:00.000+08:00

i shall quote this one...

"...Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside..."