On family abandonment in the Philippines
What is now a topic in several articles, of several public speakers in the past months has always been a known fact by the Filipino people. Family abandonment is not new to you and me. It should not be and if it is to you, then you must have been in a cave for the past years or are too young to be reading this post.
I was in Singapore on vacation in 2001 when my eyes were first opened to this alarming statistic…
10 safety tips you should know about
1 . Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!
2. Learned this from a tourist guide in New Orleans: If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,
DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you. Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.
4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.) DON’T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.
Additional tips here.
Election season…bull…t time….
I really just have to vent out my feelings about what have been and still is happening to our country at this time… Election season has a way of really making me feel so angry, frustrated, helpless and hopeless! This is the time wherein the two most exploited word – God and people are used by almost anyone who’s got certain selfish agenda to promote.
Religious sectors would use their influence by letting everyone believe that whomever they endorse is God’s choice ( though they’re into semantics now by saying choose wisely but really suggesting their chosen ones, thats why politicians seek their blessings. Religion and politics are symbiotic- one cannot exist w/out the other.) while politicians would tell everyone that they represent the voice of the people and that they are running for a position so as to be able to help people! BULLSHIT!!! Religious sectors need to engage in politics so as to protect their interest – continued existence of their business w/c is basically religion, hospitals, schools -power, influence and tax free properties while politicians want power, wealth, influence and recognition! These are just their main agendas but what irks me truly the most is the fact that those intellectual delinquents, unqualified celebrities and personalities are elected by the very PEOPLE who supposedly have the power to choose their leaders in a democratic society!
Million Dollar Avatar – Get Hits or Die Tryin’
A while ago, I received a notification about my link being featured in the Million Dollar Avatar homepage. It was not unusual though because they feature 100 random member avatars in their homepage every 24 hours. I was just glad that my link was already featured a day after I signed up. This project is another addition to the previously made efforts for blog promotion like MyBlogLog, 2000 Bloggers, blog networks, content aggregators, and several directories, and many other ways.
Four ways that your site gets promoted at Million Dollar Avatar
- Every 24 hours, they display 100 random member avatars on the homepage so your link will be displayed at their homepage for 24 hours.
Love Surpasses Death: A Review of “The Fountain” Movie
Love and the Quest For Immortality must have been the most overused themes in the history of movie-making. Anyone could have ticked off on his fingers and toes and his friends’ fingers and toes the number of love stories he has watched in his lifetime. But never love and death had been so beautifully and spiritually rendered in one movie as it has been in the movie, “The Fountain”.
What if you could live forever?
The Fountain is an odyssey of one man’s eternal struggle to save the woman he loves from inevitable death.
U.S. Congressman Claims No Belief In God
“Mythology is where all gods go to die, and it seems that Stark has secured a place in American History simply by admitting that a fresh grave should be dug for the God of Abraham – the jealous, genocidal, priggish, and self-contradictory tyrant of the Bible and Koran.”
And so says Sam Harris in his opinion article in the Los Angeles Times last March 15. He even went further by saying Stark is the first of the U.S. leaders (Pete Stark is a California Democrat) to “display a level of intellectual honesty befitting a consul of ancient Rome.”
I do congratulate Mr. Pete Stark for having the courage to come up and speak his stand about something as controversial and debatable as the existence of God. United States is not a wholly Christian country, but still, a big majority of its people believe in one God. It is expected that not so few Americans would be reacting negatively to Stark’s statement of disbelief in a divinity. It is no mean feat to stand up and claim your belief on one thing when everyone expect that such a belief is evil or unacceptable. But, at least, Mr. Stark has been true to himself and responsible enough to make his stand known in an issue where most politicians would rather content themselves to choosing the more popular sentiment for the sake of their political careers.
Read the rest of this entry here.
300… the must see Movie of the Quarter!
I watched 300 with Jhann and our friends on the first day of its showing at Greenbelt 3. We were going for the 1030 showing but seats were full even before 8pm. We ended up with a later screening. We got 2nd row seat which isn’t bad for Greenbelt cinemas.
What If?
I saw her back in college when I was a freshman. When I first laid my eyes on her I was lovestruck. I never believed in love at first sight until after that moment. Seeing her wearing a radiant smile, I was dumbfounded. Stupid Cupid just probably came off from an archery tourney that time.
Save the streetchildren (?)
I often pass Makati Ave on my way to work or going home to our house. I already know the time when traffic is heavy or when its not. I also know what lane to stay in or how to find the right one so I can avoid the jeepneys, taxis and cars going into Mandarin. The faces of the street kids selling “sampaguita” were already familiar to me. I can always feel when they are about to approach my car window to beg for some change.
Free Load for Globe Users
I waited for people to blog about this but no one seems to be blogging so let me do the honor.
I waited for people to blog about this but no one seems to be blogging so let me do the honor.
Auction.ph launched Barkada Text 2 last March 1st 2007. It gives Auction.ph members a Php 30.00 worth of free load whenever they refer a new member to join Auction.ph. (Read more…)
