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!

My Reaction to CGMA's TRO Issue

We all know about the issue regarding CGMA and the TRO that was issued to her. We all know that the Supreme Court and the Government had conflicts because of this issue and recently, CGMA was placed under Hospital Arrest. What you are about to read is my reaction to this issue.

First of all, CGMA has a condition and this is not just your pangkaraniwang condition. I forgot what this condition was called but this is a condition which according to experts, needs surgery to be corrected. For me, since the government didn't sue CGMA right away and also since her TRO was issued before she was sued, she should have been allowed to travel instead. She might have done something wrong to our country but we shouldn't be too hard on her especially na may medical condition na siya that can only be cured by surgery at hindi lang basta basta na surgery. I mean she has the right to choose her doctors pa naman, eh. Can't they just let her have her surgery abroad and have people from the NBI or Interpol or something like that look after her while she's at it to make sure that she doesn't escape and then let her return to the country after the surgery or something. We all know that she made mistakes during her administration but that doesn't mean that we can just go out there and hurt her then leave her to suffer. Remember the punching incident in Davao, we all know that the Mayor of Davao punched him and that she also made the mistake of doing it but you know what, Mayor Duterte sent the Sheriff to the hospital to be treated after the incident even though she is aware that the Sheriff disobeyed her orders. Sure that was a small incident compared to CGMA's TRO issue but that also dosen't mean that we should just deprive CGMA of her rights to choose where to seek treatment. 

My final verdict: The government should allow her to seek medical treatment abroad but there should be people from the NBI or Interpol for example to look after her during the duration of her surgery to make sure that she does not attempt escaping from the hands of the government.

Happy 11/11/11!

Happy 11/11/11 to everyone!

What to remember about wishing:

1. Do not share your wish! Keep it to yourself. There are

 chances that it won't come true by that. :D

2. The most epic wish is on 11:11:11. But any second of

 11:11 would do.

3. BOTH MORNING AND EVENING, so if you miss the

 morning, you could always wish at night. :)

The POINT OF TRAVELING--an ode to a lot less than nothing that is Jasmine Vestil|My take on this issue

The POINT OF TRAVELING--an ode to a lot less than nothing that is Jasmine Vestil

by Jessica Ann Mancao Magno on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 3:48am

Source: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/notes/jessica-ann-mancao-magno/the-point-of-traveling-an-ode-to-a-lot-less-than-nothing-that-is-jasmine-vestil/10150426703925932

I have seen her posts at 3 this morning, and I can be very blunt in saying she has a right to be that way. So let me issue her and everyone a dignified response by a bred Butuanon as I was born in Cebu. the point of traveling is to explore what is out of your comfort zone. If you plan on insulting a place that is not as perfect as the gilded surroundings as to which you were blessedly placed, then by all means buy a golden box with all the money that you have and stay there. The point of travel is to experience what you do not everyday. Why pack your bags and depart from your city only to expect the same kind of aura and experience as your destination? You live in an urbanized metropolitan city, do you not? then why travel 5-6 hours and expect the same kind of parties and booming infrastructure? Not that I condone what you said about MY city, but seriously you wasted everyone's good vibes today because of the blasphemy you put on your wall, and for what? So you can be CYBER BULLIED into oblivion?  If attention is what you wanted from people you were trying to warn about how much our city sucks, then by all means write all your friends a LETTER and keep EVERYONE ELSE out of the LOOP. No one wants to see their CITY being trashed in public. If you are not as patriotic about your city as we are about ours, then let me issue you my 5 cents. Don't insult our apparently partyless, cheap, old, useless city just because you live in a city that was BOMBED more than once, have a really boring silent NEW YEARS and the best fruit you can offer smells as much as the insults you issued on your Facebook page about a CITY you visited for only 48 hours. Do not blame us for your SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. We are not a City of clowns. We're a CITY that do not take shit sitting down. Need I remind you that the CITY as to which you bludgeoned was issued that state by people who I am very sure spent more than 48 hours there. And how praytell do you define a city? By the number of Goldilocks and party places? The point of travel is to veer away from what you HAVE on an everyday basis. If it was a waste of your time. DO NOT BLAME US FOR YOUR FOILED EXPECTATION. If you LOOK on to your CITY as a lot better than ours, then why the heck did you even visit a place which CLEARLY you did not PLAN about in the first place? The point of travel is to go from point A to point B and learn about it. You're boredom is not the fault of a City that cannot talk you out of your own preference. If cities could talk, then my dear you will literally be swallowed whole by the mere land you now tread. And need I also remind you that you do not deserve an 8600, you do not deserve the violent reactions by peaceful people that go about their lives living and loving a city they've known all their lives.  The point of travel is to enjoy what you can despite all the obstacles, nothing untoward happened to you right? would it have been understandable to call our city names because you were stabbed or robbed? Then do us all a favor and post that instead. Warn people about how cities should be insulted. Seeing that you are very wordy and adamant about it. ARE YOU THAT WORLDLY and OUTGOING that it is a merit for you to call a city useless just because we only have one mall and it is outdated? Shall I now be morally obliged to pity such a urbancity-centric person like you? You are a lot less than nothing to me Jasmine Vestil but your opinion struck a cord even to me who haven't been home in a while. I do not appreciate you calling our ladies cheap and our food bland as I am sure as hell you weren't invited to any of our homes for even something as small as a light snack that consisted of Margie's Chocolate cake, or the local Palagsing.  And seeing that you have dissuaded your friends from visiting Butuan, then I should offer you my sincerest thanks, for we do not need bad vibes coming from hapless tourists coming into our boundaries, were far to busy being happy and frankly we do not need you. I love Butuan. I do not expect you to, but please. RESPECT IT BY NEVER COMING BACK.  Thanks and Have a great life after being cyber bullied today.

I know, this was like last week and I've heard of this issue too, in fact, I reacted to it on Facebook. Jessica Ann (the writer of the article above) has a point, if Jasmine Vestil isn't interested with Butuan, she can always get her ass out of here. Butuan City is my hometown, by the way and even though It's laidback here in the sense na walang mga flyovers at maraming malls dito. In fact, hindi rin marami ang mga bar namin dito. We dont even have Starbucks or Missy Bon Bon here, but still, I love my hometown. Sure na hindi kami ganon ka-progressive as you expected but you know what, mabait ang mga tao dito Ms. Vestil. If you ask us why we treated you badly after you let go a bad remark towards our city, that is because that is our way of defending our city. How about nung nagbitaw ng mga bad remarks ang mga tao sa mayor n'yo diyan sa Davao after the punching incident, did you take it sitting down? I don't think so. It's just the same story here, people throwing insults towards our city and us defending our city from whoever tries to destroy it.

By the way Ms. Vestil, calling the ladies here in Butuan cheap makes you look insecure which you already are and our food ain't bland. Take Margie's Kitchen for example, a homegrown cake shop here in Butuan is not just popular among the locals but also to the tourists dropping by Butuan and this restaurant also has a Davao City branch, ask anyone you know who have eaten there and pretty much, they'll tell you the food there tastes good because if it didn't, then the Davao branch of Margie's Kitchen could have closed a long time ago. Isa pa, perhaps you haven't tasted our local palagsing which is raved by not just the locals but the tourists as well. In fact, we have our own version of Lechon which is called Lechon Butuan and even though it's underrated, people actually like to eat it, just as they like to eat Lechon Cebu. Lastly, you can't stop us from reaching the top. Instead of trying to downgrade us with your insults, you just made us better people. Nice try, but you can't destroy the name of our city. Sorry, but that's the truth.

And before I end this message, I would like to dedicate this song to you:

And to my readers, pasensya na lang sa post ko, that's just what people get for trying to destroy someone else's lawn.