Sta. Barbara town controls use, sale of plastic bags

ILOILO CITY, Philippines - Officials of Sta. Barbara town in Iloilo has started implementing the newly approved municipal ordinance that regulates the use of plastic bags as packing or bagging material.

Vice Mayor Rodulfo Delgado said Tuesday that the ordinance will be enforced in the town's public market, supermarkets, grocery and retail stores.

Delgado said the ordinance is intended to limit if not totally eliminate the use of plastic bags in the town.

The ordinance requires vendors to use paper or cloth bags, buri bags or bayong and other non-plastic materials like sacks and sturdy reusable shopping bags, and biodegradable plastics and other containers instead of plastic bags as packing and bagging materials.

It also encourages the placing of bulky goods in paper boxes or cartons or other biodegradable bagging materials.

Delgado added that the ordinance intends to prohibit the sale, distribution, or delivery of non-biodegradable plastic bags or similar items in any establishments within the municipality of Sta. Barbara.

However, establishments that have previously printed or acquired volumes of non-biodegradable plastic bags are given three months from effectivity of the measure to utilize or dispose of the materials.

complete story here

-Sunstar Iloilo

Somewhere over Jason's Rainbow

Oh Em Gee! I just heard Jason Castro sang somewhere over the rainbow! Gees, it was melting hot, truly unique and musically incline. I was like lying on a Maui beach sipping lemonade listenin' to it. The last version I heard was I think 20 years ago when all I can understand was just the word "rainbow" in it. Duh, whatever, just listen to Jason's up-down-up-down-pause strumming of the ukulele and he will bring you back to the memory lane. Btw, I already predicted Jason Castro will win in the competition in my previous entries. So, please stop shouting Sanjaya, opps! I mean David Archuleta!



Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can't I? i iiii

Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I...I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I hiii ?

What You Can Do To Stop It?

Five Things We Can All Do

• Join StopGlobalWarming.org. Together our voices will be heard!
• Spread the word, share the learning. Send this link to family, friends, and colleagues. Share why this is so important.
• Change begins at home. (See our Action Items list)
• Put the heat on your elected officials to support legislation to stop global warming.
• The power of the pocketbook; buy green products and donate to environmental organizations.

What is Global Warming?

The Earth as an ecosystem is changing, attributable in great part to the effects of globalization and man. More carbon dioxide is now in the atmosphere than has been in the past 650,000 years. This carbon stays in the atmosphere, acts like a warm blanket, and holds in the heat — hence the name ‘global warming.’

The reason we exist on this planet is because the earth naturally traps just enough heat in the atmosphere to keep the temperature within a very narrow range - this creates the conditions that give us breathable air, clean water, and the weather we depend on to survive. Human beings have begun to tip that balance. We've overloaded the atmosphere with heat-trapping gasses from our cars and factories and power plants. If we don't start fixing the problem now, we’re in for devastating changes to our environment. We will experience extreme temperatures, rises in sea levels, and storms of unimaginable destructive fury. Recently, alarming events that are consistent with scientific predictions about the effects of climate change have become more and more commonplace.

taken here

The Battle Inside of Me

“Where is your generosity, Lord? Why did You do to me what You did to Job? Will I never have another chance in this life? Give me one more opportunity!”

He got up, opened the Bible at random, as he usually did when he was searching for an answer, and he came upon the passage during the Last Supper when Christ tells the traitor to hand Him over to the Roman soldiers looking for him. The priest spent hours thinking what he had just read: why did Jesus ask the traitor to commit a sin? “So that the scriptures would be fulfilled,” the wise men of the church would say. Even so, why was Jesus was asking someone to commit a sin and thus leading him to eternal damnation? Jesus would never do that; in truth, the traitor was merely a victim, as Jesus himself was. Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. If there was no betrayal, there could be no cross, the words of the Scriptures would not be fulfilled, and Jesus sacrifice could not serve as an example. “Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good.”

quoted from Paulo Coelho’s “The Devil and Ms Prym”

The passage really struck me in the face, the same thing I did every time I’m searching for an answer and the same question that never ceases to fascinate me was asked “Why did Jesus ask Judas to do such a thing?” Although I did not totally agree with the answer suggested by the author but he successfully keep my heads up at the ceiling trying to contemplate the necessity of the situation. But one thing I learn, Evil needs to manifest itself, for me to understand the value of Good. For by nature I am evil but by the grace of God I became good. Deep inside my restless heart lays a waging battle between evil and good. I know I can’t flee from the enemy but I can resist it. I know I can’t resist temptation but I can flee from it. No matter how evil I am, the Blood of the Lamb is enough. Now the Light is slowly overshadowing the darkness that I was once where. Now I can confidently smile over temptations and circumstances that threaten my faith. It was all by the grace that God hath spread.

Keep the faith, no matter what. Fight the good fight, it is all worth it.

The Drama Behind Those Pretensions

I’m the melodrama type of person masking in hilarity and mirth. The type that find it easier to grin than explain to people who won’t understand anyway. You know, hiding an emotion is probably the habit that I mastered over the past few years. And trying to infect it on someone at least in this blog is very satisfying even if deep within me is struggling to hide the reality of it. Just call it plain personal diversion or my own version of tequila and nicotine.

As a middle child, I developed the nobody-cares-why-bother mentality, the its-your-lost-not-mine attitude. And if there’s a need to hide my disappointment the happy-mask is always ready in my backpack for it. Ready to play the masquerade that I so reluctantly made to make it looks like I was never affected. But things don’t always go as what they seem. Because the more I hide the more it becomes obvious. To make things even worst I become pretentious trying to be somebody that I’m not.

Last month I also learned something inevitable, something real, and something I need to chew over when my grandma died. I realized it’s hard to pull a smile when your face is pulling down. No mask can hide the melancholy of the tears that is flowing on my cheeks that time. No shame and pretensions can stop me from expressing what I feel inside. And when I woke up the next morning all I can remember were the tears and cries that wipes away those pretensions and turning it to something real.

No more happy-mask, no more melodrama, just a combination of it,haha.

Of Being Wise on "April Fool"

April will always be a special month for me. Boy, there’s a lot of reason for me to summarize in just one entry. And no, it’s not about the woofy goofy puppy love that until now I can’t get over with or any scrapbook worthy experience that I can remember. Neither April is my birth month since I was born one gloomy September afternoon. And it could never be an anniversary of something special since I am not married yet. Although April happens to be the month before my Mom’s birthday which I also consider special but then again it’s something deeper than that.

Incidentally, April was actually the month the world celebrate human foolishness. The “April Fool” month they called. The month I found out how foolish I am and then consider it a wise realization. The month I embrace new perspective and throw away the old one.

The month I consider special.

Okay, it is not what you’re thinking right now. And I’m no April fool or whatever. It’s the month I take Christianity on a whole new level. Consider it foolishness or something to that effect but that’s the way it is.

Hello, I’m not planning to follow Mother Teresa neither aiming for sainthood or whatever. I was just trying to live to its certain expectation. I’m not perfect I admit although I’m trying to be one and sin is still an issue that I’m having a hard time to understand.

April will always remind me of a new life and a new birth, of redemption and deliverance, of His unfailing love and abiding grace. And I will always believe, hope, trust and love because of Him.

Jealous Conversation

I love talking to my cousin through YM during my lazy Saturday afternoon or when I find it a sufficient excuse in not doing my laundry after my Sunday rituals. Yes you heard it right; I do my laundry most of the time. But I don’t want to talk about it. It’s my cousin’s amusing way of conversation. She just makes every boring topic a little interesting. We literally talk about almost everything from her boyfriend’s soiled blue-shirt to her hairy “askal” puppy. It seems every topic is worthy of an Oprah Winfrey show even if it doesn’t make any sense at all. Laughs!

Yesterday we had an interesting conversation turn argument that took almost two hours. This time it wasn’t about her “askal” puppy neither her boyfriend but it was something a little personal and quite alarming. It was about her cat’s jealousy to her puppy. By the way she has a 2-month old cat I teasingly called “hello-kitty”. She found the cat abandoned in front of their gate very dirty so she took care of it. It was so cute and cuddly at first but after few weeks it become so violent that it pushes her puppy away with its sharp fingernail. Maybe animals get jealous too, she told me. Huh? Why would they be jealous and why the hell you’re being bothered by that cat. Weather it’s jealous or not, animals are animals. They are freaking violent in nature, I told her. But she reacts purely absurd which I don’t dare retort back. However the conversation continues with a little argument, a little high-school biology and anything in between.

I remember my mom brought my cousin to our house when I was still in my short pant playing lego that hesitation slowly crawling up my face. Hesitation of something I don’t even understand that time. I felt uncertain the moment she arrive, uncertain of my mom’s attention that she might steal away from me. No, I don’t have attention-deficit-disorder and I was never a “ksp” when I was a child.

I was actually jealous.

As a jealous little brat, I acquired that it-is-all-about-me attitude, the kind that competes for everyone’s attention. The kind that behaves violently when being threatened and cry like a baby to emotionally sabotage someone’s affection.

I became her constant adversary and I made her life miserable. But the more I pushed her the more she gets my mom’s attention, the more I get jealous.

You see, jealousy can bring the worst out of us. We may not be like the cat showing up its sharp fingernail, but our ulterior motives reveals more than that. Unless we take the extra mile to think of others than ourselves; we will still be the same person the rest of our lives. It was so funny how a simple conversation could dig out my past and reminds me today on how to live my future.

Mga Saloobin Ng Isang Gamo Gamong Alipin

Pag minalas ka nga naman, dalawang pares ng kaliwang tsinelas ang sumalubong sayo sa bughaw na langit na umiiyak pakiwari may sinasabing may bukas na naghihintay. Napaisip at namulat sa walang hanggang kalyeng kelangang lakarin patungo sa gusaling bumubuhay sa aking kamalayan bilang manggagawa. Pero isang baso ng sandok at dalawang plato ng kutsara ang nag iwan sa aking kumukulong sikmura para talikuran ang realidad ng kahapon na nagbabadyang may unos pang darating. Kung ano man yun, may pagbabagong kelangan harapin at mga bagay na di maiiwasan para madatnan ang dapat kalagyan sa tamang oras at panahon.

Umaambon, umuulan, tila walang katapusan. Luntian na araw at basang mga dahon tila parang kelan lang. Walang tigil ang unos sa pusong pahapyaw na nasasaktan. Bat' ba to nagkaganito? ito ba ang buhay? bat kba' umiiyak? bat mo ba pinipilit abutin ang mga tala na pilit lumalayo sa'yo. Dapithapon na, unti unting nabubulag ang kapaligiran patungo sa natutulog na gabi, di man lang nakausap.

Ika tatlumpot pitong gabi ng nakatitig sa teleponong walang kable, naghihintay ng sagot. Tatlong araw at isang oras ang lumipas pa, hanggang kelan ba? O maghihintay p ba? Andyan ka p ba? Nauuhaw sa isang dipang balon'g ikaw ang nagbibigay ng liwanag. Para akong isang aninong di mo nakikita't di mo napapansin. parang hangin na pilit dumadampi sa iyong mga pisnging umiiwas. Gusto kung pumasok sa puso mong kinandado ng baluktot at makitid na pag iisip. Pano b kung wala ka? May umaga pa kaya? Di ko ata kaya mabuhay sa mundong di umaaraw ah.

Alipin ka man ng pagkakataon at nakagapos sa kahapon..

Wala ka ng magagawa kundi tanggapin ang kamalasang, minsa'y sumasabay sa ikot ng buhay kaya kanta ka na lang at sumabay,

'waitin tomorrow.. there's a blue sky'

I Kissed Adsense Goodbye

My constant effort to personalize my blog has reached to a higher level. I don’t know what will happen next but I believe there’s still evolution to come. Yesterday was just a regular Blogging day for me, the sun was beaming with inspiration and the wind blows every possible stressful aura there is. I prepare my laptop, compose my mind and check my blog. Wew, another inevitable has yet to come, the changing of my blog. Laughs! How many times will I apply Darwin’s theory of Evolution to it? I think it’s becoming a law already.

After series of insightful debate happening in my mind I finally decided to kiss my adsense goodbye. And before you smack me with your violent reaction let me explain first. I know most of us are mass/volume adsense follower in fact I’m still using adsense in my other blog and desperately milking it to the most of my capacity. But putting ads in a blog that screams naive to mature political opinion, personal views and random thought is the last thing that I would do. But I will still do it, haha. Anyway I still have adsense momentum waiting to happen in my other blog. I just leave this blog a private residence of my personal idiosyncrasies about life without the adsense.

I signed up for PayPerPost

Blogging seems to be one of my positive diversions after I quit my job. So, I think of every possible ways in monetizing it. My friend suggested PayPerPost after she proves it herself and since there’s no harm in trying, why not? I check my blog if it’s worthy of PayPerPost, I change the layout, added some stuff and voila! I submit it. After two days I receive an email from them saying my blog was disapproved. Huh? They must have a very stiff quality evaluation. Laughs! I doubted my blog but I did not lose hope. I follow what they advise me to do and after my second attempt I just got in. But after two hours, yes, in just two hours I realized I don’t need “pay-per-post” for a personal blog like this. Yes I get paid but I probably lose my credibility (as if I have one,haha) I’m not against PPP or anything similar to it I would love to do it probably on a separate blog but not in here, I value my credibility so much than my need for it.

Attention Dave Matthews' Band Fan

BUY A TICKET AND GET A FREE LIVE ALBUM

Tickets for Dave Matthews Bands’ North American tour go on sale this Saturday, March 29th, and fans who purchase theirs through Ticketmaster.com will receive a special bonus: an exclusive, free digital album comprised of highlights from the 40-city tour. Each ticket purchased through Ticketmaster.com will receive a unique code in mid-September that can be redeemed for the digital album on the iTunes Store – a month before it goes on sale to the general public. Offer is valid only for venues ticketed by Ticketmaster.

Dave Matthews Band fan association members who have already purchased tickets through the Warehouse pre-sale will also receive a unique code in mid-September that will enable them to receive a free copy of the digital album via iTunes.


Dave Matthews Band

something for the yosiholic!

how wud you like your smoking lounge ceiling look this way? I didnt notice the photo, until i took a close up look at it-'twas somethin lyk your inside a coffin while puffing your cigar butt out, laughs! i hope you finish one stick while watching on that ceiling mural-showing your love ones staring at you six feet down under,haha..!

Losers and Winners

Jason Castro is "TMTH"

Yes, you heard it right, the soft-spoken Jason Castro is "too much to handle" now. Just when he's starting to bore me then he's becoming a lil' intresting. From the shirtless pics to clean-cut hair photo and on ditching orphans for "what is that organization again?" Today's American Idol elimination episode was even more "TMTH" when he's obviously freaking out. Another reason to watch Jason I guess.

Which is which?


Why making a big deal out of his being shirtless, tsk tsk..



photo courtesy of the hollywood gossip
and the bosh

Earth Hour 2008

Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.

About Earth Hour On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.

In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

from earthhour.org

Incubus at Araneta

Again another late entry, sorry! Just can’t help posting about Brandon's intelligent songwriting demonstrated last March 9 at Araneta. Anyway I do not like Incubus before simply because of their name “incubus” which means demon. But the name itself is too wicked for an artistic band that translates life’s personal experience into rhythm of passionate musicality. Call them demon or whatever you call for that matter but their sagacity is simply irresistible.
I fail to watch it for three personal reasons which I don’t intend to explain here but my friends successive annoying text messages in the wee hours of the morning about the event is enough to put it this way, they’re making some noise literally. Even a respectable office supervisor can’t help shouting “more skin more skin” when Brandon remove his shirt. And my fanatical friend told me she was in a place between reality and fantasy that Araneta made even more magical.

In an interview by By Juana Manahan of PDI

How would you like your music to influence others?

BB: What a lovely question—a really good question! It’s difficult to truly dictate the influence any form of art has on people especially when it’s taken out of context in diff parts of the world. I think the first emotion is gratitude—like wow we are being listened to in the other side of the planet.

But if we were asked for the most basic reaction or influence it would be that it opened somebody’s experience to something new—something they hadn’t heard before certain emotions.

Have your musical influences changed? What are you listening to now?

JOSE: Older music-early 90s classic rock, 80’s Prince, Paul Simon all these records that are timeless—to get ideas and inspiration from the constant growing of that—being influenced by older music—newer music

What’s the best thing about making music?

JOSE: Making and playing music. We started as a hobby and a way to be productive even though we weren’t conscious of that. Get to travel with friends that we love—music moves all us and we just hope to be able to continue to do that.

Entrecard Entry

This is a bit late but that’s ok. I’m not a huge fan of Entrecard or other blog networking website so writing about it would be the last thing I would do. But some of my friend constantly asked me “how to start one?” or “how does it work?” So here it is. Signing up with EntreCard is so easy but getting the most out of it is not a walk in the park.

You should have an existing blog/website in the first place of course. Register your site for free at Entrecard select a category of your site and make a 125 x 125 image that best describe your site. Then select the widget you want to appear in your site and copy-paste the html code.

You’re almost done on your way to Entrecard stardom. But before anything else you need to earn credits first since advertising here is done thru ec(Entrecard credits) and not thru your plastic visa. You can earn credits by dropping other member’s card found somewhere in their blog/site and vise versa. You can also earn ec when someone advertises in your blog.

Lastly, promote your site. The cheapest advertising price is 2ec. Consider checking the site as well before you advertise. Does it have enough traffic and regular reader? Is it related to your blog/site? Those are just few things you need to consider to make the most of Entrecard.

For more info visit Entrecard

Thanks for reading, hope you learn something.

Amanda Overmyer No More

Amanda's rendition of "Back in the U.S.S.R" has prompted the audience to send her home. It was not bad but it was not good at all. Honestly I am constantly annoyed every time she performs. And it's good to know I'm not the only one.

Overmyer a consistent vote-for-the-worst favorite pick has finally kissed her pitchiness goodbye. It seems southern rock flair is working no more. But in an interview she said "No. 11 out of all them people is more than I could expect."

Lindsay Lohan Hollywood’s Most Dumb

Lindsay Lohan’s poor movie choices, delinquent behavior and bad taste in men land her in the list of the most dumb according to Daily News. But the newspaper point out that “dumb doesn’t necessarily correspond to low IQ. There are poor life choices, style slipups and mishaps under the influence to take into account.” I wonder why Jennifer Love Hewitt’s in the list and why Britney didn’t made it in the top spot. Is Paris Hilton dead? Coz she's not in the list. Duh, hell I care.




complete list here: Colored Gossip

How judges scored Pacquiao-Marquez fight?

The Pacquiao victory had cast doubt among both side's followers. A draw could have been a better option but I thought Pacquiao nailed it when he got Marquez down in the third round. So how did they conclude it? Here's the official NSAC master scoresheet:


source: Fightnews.com

Pacman: “This business is over”

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao made history!

Manny Pacquiao is the first Filipino and the first Asian to win three-division championship when he beats Marquez by split-decision for WBC super featherweight title on saturday. Pacquiao is a WBC flyweight champion and IBF Super Bantamweight champion. That means he could be lined-up to Bob Fitzsimmons (160, 175, Heavyweight) Tony Canzoneri (126, 135, 140) Barney Ross (135, 140, 147) Henry Armstrong (126, 135, 147) Emile Griffith (147, 154, 160) Ray Leonard (147, 154, 160) Oscar De La Hoya (140, 147, 154) Floyd Mayweather 130, 135, 147) who all have three-division championship titles. Great feat for a Pinoy, kudos to Manny Pacquiao!

Pacquiao beats Marquez by split-decision.

Pacquiao snatched Marquez’s WBC super featherweight last Saturday night at Mandalay in a breathtaking battle that left both fighters bleeding. Marquez aggressiveness landed more punches at Pacquiao but Pacquiao’s vicious left hook thump him down. Albeit I’m into Pacquiao’s side but I was convinced Marquez fought a good fight. But the judges says it all; it was a split-decision, Manny Pacquiao won!

Judge Duane Ford 115-112 favored Pacquiao
Jerry Roth 115-112 for Marquez
Tom Miller gave a 114-113 to Pacquiao

Marquez in denial?

“I don’t like the decision,” Marquez said. “I still feel I am the champion. It was a bad decision. That first knockdown, he got me cold, but then I adjusted my game plan and I thought from then on, I dictated the whole fight. … The people are the best judge, and the people are booing him. I won.” - AP

click here for photos..

What Went Wrong?

In my futile attempt to write a sensible and child-friendly article I end up not writing anything at all, for three days already. Not that there’s nothing news-worthy to write for a kid. It just that the world is going crazy even children nowadays are getting sick of thinking what is right from wrong. Al Gore in an interview with the British paper the Sun, said; "The Planet is in Destress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here"

It seems that entertainment is a necessity that we don’t give a damn on what’s more important. Violence are everywhere even at the comfort of our home. Some parents allow their kids to watch brutal scene on a PG tv or take part in a role-playing game that promotes nothing but hostility. I’m talking according to surveys, news articles and personal experience here. Nobody can blame anybody; as the world around us evolve we human goes as well. Inevitable? Duh, just plain personal irresponsibility associated with social enigma of adjustment.

Yesterday, the sun vividly shone inside my room that it woke me up turning my PC and go online. I took a sip of my freshly brewed coffee igniting my day for a new start when I saw the headline “kid accidentally pulls the trigger killing some kid”. I don’t want to spend the entire entry ranting about what went wrong. Rather I want to emphasize that we have to do something and ask ourselves what is going on.

10 Birkin bags, 80 classrooms and 4,800 students!

New LA resident Victoria with her custom-made birkin bag in Pink ostrich matching her dress, Lindsay Lohan's blue birkin that was reportedly stolen at Heathrow airport and the paparazzi-allergic Kate Moss hurrying with her green birkin. All are fashionable in their own ways, but hey, it’s not about whose fashionable or not. But who’s sensible enough to think it over.

According to Forbes’s magazine, Hermes custom-made Birkin Bags cost to about $20,000-$40,000. In fact it's the most expensive bag in the list. Are they sure? And an average of 10 Hollywood celebs own at least one of these bags. So that’s about $370,000 or P15, 540,000. Wow, that’s smashing!

Do you know that 1 classroom building here in the Philippines cost P325,000 – P375,000, and can accommodate 60 students (COA), if you do the math, 10 Birkin bags simply equals to 80 classrooms and 4,800 students. Come to think of it.

And not to mention several of those helpless animals they need to slaughter to come up with these bags. But that’s another story. Laughs!

American Idol Top 12: Ramiel's on the top 12!

I'm so hooked to AI that I cant help myself but imagine the whole day who got eliminated. Yesterday was one hell of a performance although I wasn't quite impress with Ramiel's rendition of "against all odds" but at least she nailed it compare to other American Idol hopefuls. Paula even said, "you deserves to be in the top 12". And she really did. But I was shocked when Asia'h Epperson got eliminated, I thought her version of "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" was fantastic. Kady Malloy, Luke Menard and Danny Noriega also didn't made it.

According to host Ryan Seacrest, more than 36 million votes were cast. And for the first time in American Idol history contestant can now sing Beatles's song.

Here's the complete list of AI's top 12:
Chikezie Eze, Amanda Overmyer, David Hernandez, Kristy Lee Cook, Brook White, Carly Smithson, David Archuleta, Ramiel Malubay, David Cook, Jason Castro, Michael Johns, Syesha Mercado

Pacman vs Marquez: The Unfinished Business!

The most anticipated rematch between Manny Pacman Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Dinamita Marquez for the WBC super featherweight title is just 11 days away which will be aired on March 15*, 2008 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.

referee: Kenny Bayless judge: Duane Ford judge: Jerry Roth judge: Dick Flaherty

Marquez:

sex:male
birth date: 1973-08-23
age : 34
division: super featherweight
rating: 2 / 977
nationality : Mexico
alias: Dinamita
residence: Anaheim, California, United States
birth place: Mexico City, DF, Mexico
birth name: Juan Manuel Marquez Mendez
stance: orthodox
height: 5′ 7″ reach: 67“
won 48 (KO 35) + lost 3 (KO 0) + drawn 1 = 52

Pacquiao:

sex: male

birth date: 1978-12-17
age : 29
division: super featherweight
rating: 1 / 977
nationality: Filipino
alias: Pac Man
birth place: Bukidnon, Philippines
birth name: Emmanuel D. Pacquiao
stance: southpaw
height: 5′ 6½″ reach: 67“
won 45 (KO 35) + lost 3 (KO 2) + drawn 2 = 50

here's what manny pacquiao said in his column in philboxing.com:

"Umabot na po ako sa pinakamahirap na yugto ng aking training at gusto ko lang na ipaalam sa lahat na nalampasan ko na ang mga matitinding pagsubok na nasa harapan ko," said Pacquiao."Masaya po ang aking coaching staff na binubuo ni Freddie Roach, Buboy Fernandez at Nonoy Neri at ang conditioning coach ko na si Eric Brown sa ipinakita kong lakas, bilis at stamina. Konti pa, matatamo ko na ang isang perfect condition," the boxing icon added. more..

*pls check your local listing, it's available in the Philippines on March 16, 2008 which will be aired by Solar and GMA.

How to make money online? Part 1

Hey, i dont know why Im posting about this topic even I was amazed by the many ways you can make the most out of your free time online. I had the habit of deleting forwarded emails in my inbox without bothering myself where it came from. But one email gets my attention my friend sent me that says "take the online survey in just 5-10 minute for $6" without bothering myself the $6 interest me (let's not be hypocrite guys we all need money) and so I take the survey, and it's true! In fact right now I already accumulated $27 just by taking those non-sense surveys,hehehe.. here's the link..

http://www.AWSurveys.com/HomeMain.cfm?RefID=jiro81

My days are numbered!

It has been a month now since I first nursed this feeling of uncertainties with in me. I have been very unhappy and unsatisfied since then. I’ve been experiencing last-day-of-your-life syndrome usually acquired by cancer patients. Scary eh? I don’t have cancer but my days are numbered. As of this writing I only have ten days left to complete my thirty-day notice before I gracefully terminate my contract with the company I am working right now. It’s difficult but I believe I made the right decision.

Every waking day was like a bitter pill I need to swallow and everything just kind of took place behind my consciousness. It all started when I went home last Christmas and realized I need my sanity back from the stressful corporate jungle. I had my schedule squeezed to the point of regularly calling in for almost a week. And after few considerations I finally decided to resign from the job. I don’t know what in store for me but I just can’t resist bumming days. Laughs!

Reasonably irrational II

A friend of mine asked me if I'm excited tomorrow...I said 'no', actually, the one thing I feel about tomorrow is indifference. It's just me. I can't exactly recall any scrapbook-worthy experience that happened on the years that preceded. I dont know whats goin on in my mind this few weeks, i cant help myself but isolate. No blog-ups, no friendster, no yahoo, no nothin.

Im sorry I forgot to update you on mah being reasonably irrational--it is actually a perspective not a lifestyle that I nursed since I once read that book. But it help though, living without expecting from anyone nor pleasing anybody kinda liberate me to live life in all its fullness. Being reasonably irrational is being the person that God intends you to be, the world may direct you to live your life according to its standard but its a complete opposite towards what He intends you to be. Living without being pressured to follow the norms, goin with the flow or joining the crowd is what being 'reasonably irrational' is all about-I mean being irrational with a substance and a point.

Life is not all about here on earth, but after it. You decide! Read the Bible.
God bless us all!

Reasonably irrational!

Reasonably irrational? Is there such a statement? It is kinda contradictory and and ironic in the sense that both are polar to each other. But its true, the statement make sense.. and that is how i describe myself. Need to beleive it? You just have to spend 1 whole shift with me on the floor, and you will realize I am reasonably irrational..

On my next blog-up-i will explain to you how to become reasonably irrational-how to live without repressing yourself to follow the crowd and escaping yourself from a society that preconditioned your mind that possesion is synonymous to happiness and success.
Live and let live!--------->do ya really understand the statement?? If you dont, then you need to be reasonably irrational!

Sushi caviar ala-plantation bay!

This is not the unusual japanese sushi where fish underwent horrible experience from fermentation to preservation. It's just the tuna in your village wet market that has a yellow fin on it dip in a wasabi a la plantation bay.

Ingredients:Cooked octopus, Cooked prawns, Raw tuna, Salmon, Salmon caviar, Japanese sticky rice, Lava seaweed, Wasabi, Asparagus, Shiitake mushrooms.

Directions:Pour the cooked rice into a tray. Finely slice the tuna and salmon. Put the seaweed onto a sushi mat and press rice down onto it. Slice the mushrooms and the pieces of asparagus and lay along the rice. Add the wasabi.Roll the sushi and cut into slices. Serve with salmon caviar, wasabi and soy.

My Comfort Zone!

T'was gloomy afternoon when I arrived-Im talking about MSU my constant utopia of soulsearchin. The place is perfect for a wounded soul seeking refuge behind the quite breeze of an undisturb lakeview forest. I dont expect too much for a three weeks retreat here or what I can safely say bumming days, hehe. But one thing Im certain Im here to find myself and feel the breeze snatching my soul to return back to where I truly belong. Right now the sun permeates almost every follicle of my gloomy soul and slowly reviving it.

The Easy Way Out!

its awmost 2:27 pm, nothin much to think about but stare at the pc keepin my hand busy clicking wit no sense of purpose n direction-im just dead bored. there's a lot of things i wanna do but still accomplish nothin.. a lot of plans i laid but all fails. Im tired of senseless diversions just to let go of my frustrations but i dont know where and what to begin. Sometimes i cannot help but fool myself to beleive in stupid fates. I know it's stupid but sometimes stupidity make sense to me. If it will make me beleive and feel everythins alright, why not. But then again i dont wanna end up deceiving myself. So, i just make the most of what i have ryt now, i know life is hard and pretty boring for those people who want the easy way out. There's no easy way out if you want the best out of life.