Whitney Houston (1963-2012)

Whitney Houston was found dead yesterday and at first, I couldn't believe that this actually happened. I thought it was one of those Twitter fake death scams or something but from the news articles I've read about this, Whitney's publicist has confirmed it. I'm not really a fan of Whitney but her music has been a part of my life, though not majorly but still, I still find her music significant to my life. I remember back in 2008 when we had this CD that had tracks from Disney movie soundtracks and When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey was one of the songs there. The first time I heard that song, I instantly fell in love with it. I also catch myself singing to the chorus of Whitney's songs like One Moment in Time and I Will Always Love You when no one's looking. (although I'm not really a good singer) I also remember hearing her song Greatest Love of All a couple of times. We also had this one CD that were composed of cover versions of famous songs and Whitney's Saving All My Love For You was one of the tracks and it also happened to be one of my favorite tracks. 

Whitney is truly a legend. She is an inspiration to all of us and in one way or another, she and her music plays a role in our life . My prayers and thoughts are with her family. You will be missed but never forgotten.

Goo Goo Dolls - I'm Still Here (Lyrics Video)

Back in grade school, I used to hear the song called "I'm Still Here" by Goo Goo Dolls on Disney Channel (and I've also seen Treasure Planet, the movie where this song was included in the soundtrack) and I liked the song and the first thing that caught me was it's music video. I searched for it a few years back on Youtube but I never downloaded the MP3 of that song and I searched it again on Youtube today and I have downloaded the MP3 of that song. I can relate to it's lyrics in some way and the song has a positive message, a lot like Born This Way or Who Says? (but this song is more like the lyrics of Who Says? but I'm not saying that Selena is ripping off Goo Goo Dolls and vice versa) Anyway, here's the lyric video for I'm Still Here:

Blog Post #88

I don't really know what to call this post so I'm calling it Blog Post #88. It's been like a month since I last posted here. Belated Happy New Year to all my readers out there! 

Anyway...a lot has been happening this days. Our teacher just gave us our grades and well, some were satisfied and some were not. As for me, my grades are just fine, it's just that some grades decreased but don't worry, I didn't get any failing grade. 

Right now, we're supposed to have classes but since the teacher for the subject we're supposed to have today is not present, there's no classes for that subject and this period also happens to be the last one so yeah, we have a freetime today!

Two weeks from now, we're going to share something to our class in Speech and since our teacher told us that we get to pick any topic. The topic we chose is the culture of Hawaii. I'm excited about it, well kinda, I mean there's nothing wrong with the topic, really. It's just that we might end up doing something awkward in the middle of the presentation and well...our Speech teacher is particular of how our grammar should go (like any Speech teacher would do) and if we mess up, it's going to be really awkward so yeah, I got my fingers crossed for this.

Pray for Mindanao

We've all heard of the tropical storm that hit CDO and Iligan yesterday. Families living near the riverbanks were misplaced from their homes due to this calamity and some people died from this calamity. People even labeled this calamity (Tropical Storm Sendong) as Mindanao's Typhoon Ondoy. 

Cagayan de Oro is like my second home, even though I didn't study or live there but I used to visit that place as a child and I have relatives living there. When I heard the news about this typhoon (which also hit my hometown, although it was only Signal #1) and found out that CDO was greatly affected by this typhoon, I was shocked because it would be impossible for CDO to be hit by a typhoon that strong. That was the first typhoon in the history of Cagayan de Oro and even Mindanao that came out to be as strong as Typhoon Ondoy or something. Mindanao is rarely visited by typhoons. 

My heart goes out for the people in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan as well as other places that were greatly affected by this typhoon. May God keep them safe from any more harm. Condolences to the families of the people who died from Typhoon Sendong and may the souls of the people who died from this calamity rest in peace. 

Let us Pray for those who were affected by this calamity.

My reaction to the badmouthing of Miss Earth USA to the Philippines

I have just heard of this on the news a while ago that Miss Earth USA, Nicole Kelley just badmouthed the Philippines specifically about our local shows where Filipino is frequently used as it's first language. Miss Earth USA also made an apology via Youtube stating that her Facebook account was hacked thus this was the reason why her account contained a racist wall post but for some reason, I still doubt it. 

Here's a screenshot of her alleged badmouthing on Facebook:

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For my reaction: First of all, to Miss Earth USA, if you really posted the racist remark yourself on Facebook and you just used your account being hacked as an excuse, badmouthing any country including your own makes you a disgrace of your country. What if you were in our place Miss Earth USA? You would probably react and defend your country as well so you better forget about complaining or stop complaining if you already did if you already found out about this. Second, just because you represent Miss Earth in your country doesn't mean you are above the law. Racism is a punishable crime. Third, in a country, it's local TV shows are usually broadcasted using the certain country's national language. Here in the Philippines, our local TV shows are usually broadcasted in Filipino which is our national language. You better deal with the fact that we use our national language in broadcasting our local TV shows. Not everything in this world revolves around you. 

Before I end this post, to Miss Earth USA, you are to face two things: we can either forgive you or give you the persona non grata treatment and if your account on Facebook really got hacked, I advice you to send your explanation video to media outlets and maybe people will be able to forgive you with less doubts. 

To the hacker of her account: you are still to the face two things I previously mentioned but if her account really got hacked by you, whoever you are, expect your conscience to bother you and get ready to face the music!

Britney Spears - Love 2 Love U [LEAKED SONG]

Britney Spears' Love 2 Love U, one of her unreleased songs has been leaked and it's not just a snippet, but the whole song. The song samples Madonna's La Isla Bonita and while some might accuse Britney of plagiarism on this track but the truth is, Britney is just sampling La Isla Bonita just like Beyonce sampled Pon de Floor on Run The World (Girls), will.i.am and Nicki Minaj sampled Video Killed the Radio star on Check It Out and the sampling of Lambada in Jennifer Lopez's On The Floor. This is an entirely different story from those plagiarism claims against Lady Gaga when Born This Way was released because it sounded like Express Yourself which is still a Madonna song. It's also coincidental that Love 2 Love You was leaked on her birthday (if based on the GMT +8 timezone which is the timezone of the Philippines)/before her Birthday. (if based on the timezones used in the USA and nearby places) For me, the song is definitely awesome and it sounds like Britney from the Britney/In The Zone era. I wonder why this wasn't released on Brit in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2. Anyway, here's the song. Enjoy!

Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You [VIDEO PREMIERE]

The video for Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey's duet, All I Want For Christmas Is You is now out! See it for yourself:

First of all, congratulations to Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey and everyone behind this video. This was a truly spectacular video. I don't get why people make a big fuss about this, must be a bunch of ridiculous people who got lost on Youtube. Anyway, sure Mariah Carey wore a barely-there outfit but if you see the original video for All I Want For Christmas is you, she also wears an outfit similar to what she wore in this video only that her outfit from the original video is a bit more decent. I mean both dresses (from the original and the 2011 versions of the video) are short and yet you give a fuss about it. In fact, this video isn't even raunchy so why make a malice about it? Sure there is product placement but come on? The videos for Telephone and Hold It Against Me also had those yet those videos turned out to be awesome and beyond our expectations. I mean this video isn't meant to be some raunchy music video even though Mariah Carey does a bit of flirty moves in this video but still, this video isn't meant to be raunchy and so is the song. Again, stop being perverted and malicious minded. If you can't appreciate this video and the hard work that was put into it, you might as well stay away from it if you don't want a fight to be started.

Rating for this video: 9.5 out of 10 stars. This video is fantastic!