Now we know where the spotlight will be on for the next couple of weeks.. On Lee DeWyze, after being announced the new American Idol of Season 9.

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This year’s election was obviously more peaceful than the past ones. But, was it more reliable? More honest? I am watching the hearing of the congress on the elections, gives me some doubts about it…. The manual audit was not 100% accurate, tsk tsk..Also, visiting juanvote’s website. Seems a lot of people did not stop on being vigilant after voting. They are still interested on the dependability of the automated elections.

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Every May 15, Lucban Quezon also celebrates its patron saint- San Isidro Labrador, the saint of farmers. Houses have this friendly competition of having the best decoration made of colorful “kiping”- rice flour shaped as leaves, fruits, vegetables, etc. Personally, this is one festival you should not miss. (more…)

A lot of focus has been made on who won the elections. Now that it is done, which candidate do you will have the initiative to take down their huge billboards or remove their pasted posters from our streets? Who do you think would recycle or reuse, and clean up their mess?!  The Comelec was never strict on implementing the rules on postering.  I never heard any single candidate who have been punished because of this. I hope a conscious sector in our government would start disciplining these somehow “nuisance” candidates. (more…)

Every 14th and 15th of May, people from Pulilan, Bulacan parade their work animals, mostly carabaos, are made to parade in honor of their patron saint, San Isidro Labrador- the patron saint of farmers. Carabaos are dressed up with paint, garlands, accessories, etc. paraded, then made to kneel in front of their parish (church).  This is a way of thanking the saint for a bountiful harvest. Visit Pulilan and experience this  yourself! (more…)

A German Shepherd named Buddy was honored for helping policemen & firefighters reach their burning house.  Policemen had a problem reaching the house since their GPS was not working. This video was taken from the police car’s dashboard camera-  showing how Buddy lead the police to the house. After that, he then went back to the main road to get the firemen.

Hope my Chow Chow, Magic,  would do that in case of emergency! (more…)

This video shows how the 7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes a hotel’s swimming pool. Imagine how big the damage could be. One could feel like he is in a washing machine. Wait until the video reach 50 secs.

As I browsed the channels of my television, I came across this advertisement in some home shopping network which interested me. There is this program which teaches your infant (yeah! infant) how to read. It was quite amusing seeing infant read from a cue card and then demonstrating what it says. then eventually reading a paragraph like a toddler.

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In the middle east, many of the Al Qaeda suicide bombers are female. Intelligence reports revealed that they implant explosives inside their breasts similar to how breast implants  are inserted- like breast augmentation.

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Typhoon Ondoy brought one month’s worth of rainfall in six hours. It submerged Metro Manila and almost the whole of Luzon in flood waters, killed hundreds, end injured even more. It also destroyed millions worth of properties.

My mom said it happens almost every decade, that a strong typhoon, bringing huge floods come to the Philippines. Yeah, maybe. But this was the first time that I really experienced it, that it affected our family. Being stranded from the high waters in the highway was not unusual for us back then. But our house, for the first time, was reached by flood waters. It even entered the house and made damage to the flooring, wooden and electrical items, and our cars. (more…)