Manila Bay After Storm

After typhoon Pedring leaves Philippines, Manila Bay was a disaster. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) clean up the debris along Manila Bay, a day after the typhoon whipped Luzon with its furious winds and rains.

Bamboos were scattered along Manila Bay that were washed from Cavity fishpens. Sixteen (16) people were killed in the storm that causes flash floods, mudslides and high level of water in rivers. 

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Plane Crashes in Nepal

In Katmandu, Nepal, a plane carrying tourists to view the highest peak mountain, Mount Everest, crashed while on the attempt to land on Sunday. Nineteen (19) people on board were killed according to the officials.

Ten Indian nationals, two U.S. citizens and a Japenese are among the victims. Furthermore, the plane was also carrying three Nepalese passengers and three crew members when it crashed in a village just a few miles south of Katmandu.

Eighteen bodies were pulled out from the plane's wreckage and another victim died after being rushed to the hospital. An eyewitness said that the plane hit the roof of a house in the village. In addition to that, it was foggy and the visibility was very low.

The plane, Hawker Beechcraft, had taken passengers to view the Mount Everest and other high peaks and was returning to Katmandu. It is a one-hour flight that takes tourists over the Everest and can view the mountain from the airplane windows.

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Storm Pedring Signal no.1 in 3 Provinces

No wonder why the weather today is so gloomy here in Cebu City. I haven't thought that there was a storm in Philippines and now it raised signal no.1 in three provinces in Northern Luzon namely Catanduanes, Albay, and Camarines Sur according by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration.

Pagasa said that Pedring continues to move west at 22 kilometers per hour (kph). It is spotted at 11 a.m. Sunday, 25th of September 2011.

Pedring may hit in Cagayan Valley on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.

People who lived in mountainous areas and low-lying areas under signal no.1 are alerted for landslides and flash-floods. 

As of 2p.m., September 25 2011
Source: PAGASA

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Penshoppe's Fan Conference for Mario Maurer is set!

Everyone here in the Philippines waited the lead male actor of the hit Thai movie "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" to visit here. With some exclusive interviews of Mario Maurer on The Buzz last August 7, Mario Maurer said that he'll going to visit Philippines soon. Now, it's not just a talk but it is really set.

The official website of Penshoppe has finally set the Fan Conference of Mario Maurer this coming 28th of October, 1PM at PICC Plenary Hall in Manila. Furthermore, the conference will be hosted by VJ Utt who is also a Thai with a special performance of pop Asian girl group "Blush" and co-presented by the media partner ABS-CBN.

For the die hard fans out there, including me, here is how to qualify for the Fan Conference:

To avail entry or access, one must complete a stamp card promo available at any Penshoppe & Teen Lab boutiques nationwide. Every P500 entitles, the bearer will earn one stamp. Complete 10 stamps entitles to access the Fan Event and the bearer must submit the original stamp card in any Penshoppe to exchange for the final entry pass.

To know more of the mechanics, visit the official Penshoppe's Facbook Page and Twitter.

Facebook Fan Page: Penshoppe (OFFICIAL)

Twitter: Penshoppe

I'm on this and shop for one day! I need to see him at the Fan Conference and have the Meet & Greet!

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The Anti-Planking Act of 2011

I heard this new bill that was filed by the Quezon Representative Winnie Castelo seeks to ban "planking" or an act of lying down with hands on the side and legs together after student protesters disrupted the traffic last Monday during the Transport Strike.

According to Castelo:

Parents and teachers have reason to be alarmed if these similar protest actions will have as a scheme and scene otherwise warm and living bodies laid down across street highways as though they were offerings to the gods. 

The parent in me tells me that this precedent in the case of the this massive transport strike where militant street protesters who are students of various schools have to lie down or serve as ‘planks’ across the road to disrupt what should be normal traffic could just be very dangerous in the future. Life and limb are pretty much at risks here were unbelieving bus drivers or law enforcement authorities might just ram through these warm and living bodies rolled out on highways

As what Castelo said, it is a true that parents and teachers need to be alarmed with this. However, does submitting the bill is making good for our country?

We are on a democratic country so every people has the right to express things in a way that they can get the attention of the people such as protesters who want to get the attention of the government. At least those protesters didn't do anything harm to other people but only disrupting the traffic. It's their way to express their thoughts which we ignore sometimes.

Submitting this Anti-planking Act of 2011 Bill is just an act of negligence. Instead of submitting this bill, better focus on sensible things that needs to be fix such as those chaotic place in Quezon where there are people who walked along the road because of plenty of vendors occupying the sidewalk. Or, do some fruitful act to the people who needs help and etcetera. This bill is only provoking the people.

Anyway, this bill can't solve any problems of our country. For me, it only makes a big fuzz to get an attention too.

--- Source: Sunstar

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Charice Sings for Final Fantasy XIII-2 Video

Charice conquers the TV, music, movies and now on video games. She's conquering the all media and hitting the spot for the upcoming game sequel of the popular game Final Fantasy XIII on PS3. Charice's song "New World" will be the English version theme song for Final Fantasy XIII-2. Her fans and fans of Final Fantasy are excited for this one.

The popular Japanese singer Mai Fukui will sing the Japanese version theme song for the Japanese game sequel.

Charice's "New World" will be heard worldwide and be available on her upcoming album "Infinity" which will be release this coming October in Japan.

According to Final Fantasy Network, the release dates of the game sequels "Final Fantasy XIII-2" are as follows:

Japan: December 15, 2011

North America: January 31, 2012

Europe: February 3, 2012

The dates are coming and Final Fantasy fans/addicts are waiting for the game sequel and ready to hit the buttons on the game console to play this one.

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Miss Angola, Leila Lopes Crowned Miss Universe 2011; Shamcey Supsup is 3rd Runner Up

Miss Angola, Leila Lopes, was crowned Miss Universe 2011 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as she stood out 88 other candidates.

Ximena Navarrete, last year's winner, handed her crown to Angola, 25 year-old Lopes, who was also crowned as Miss Angola UK 2010, Miss Fotogenia 2011 and Miss Angola 2011.

Lea Salonga asked Lopes the final question that helped her win the pageant.

She asked: "If you could change one of your personal characteristics, which one would it be and why?"

Lopes replied

Thank God, I’m very well satisfied with the way God created me and I would not change a thing. I consider myself a woman with inner beauty. I have my principles. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I plan to follow this through the rest of my life

Meanwhile, our very own, Miss Philippines, Shamcey Supsup, was third-runner up in the pageant that was aired live.

She was asked by one of the judges, "Would you change your religious belief to marry the person that you love?"

Shamcey Supsup was the only top 5 candidate without a translator.

I would not marry the person because the first person I love is my God and the person loves me, he should also love my God.

Shamcey Supsup ranked as 1st by the fans among the top 5 and 2nd on swimsuit and evening gown competitions.

Even though she didn't win the title, I am so proud that she compete with confidence on that pageant. Even she won as third-runner up, still she won the pageant with full support and brought the country to the top 5 of this competition. Congratulations, Shamcey Supsup.

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Tablets Replacing Notebooks?

Android is one of Google's OS which is popular nowadays. It has different versions and now they're getting into TABLETS. The newest updated tablet is the Asus' Eee Pad Transformer which is almost exactly the same as the PC notebooks.

Tablets are intended to be PC devices that offers interface for multimedia, entertainment, social networking and internet functions. Tablets can recognize external storage such as Flash-drives USB Storage and Hard Drive and, as well as the mouse. With this, it is easy to access your photos, music, videos, documents and other Windows files. The device can also be control with the use of a keyboard.

The Eee Pad Transformer features a music player such as UI which is similar to iTunes. Skype can also be installed in tablet where it allows the user to contact iPhone or iPad users but with no video application. 

Asus is still on the progress before the Eee Pad Transformer becomes a notebook.

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Prayers for the 9/11

I know that everyone is busy and also not into date. But today, I remembered that thousands of people died because of the terrorists attack ten years ago in US. People left and people mourned on that day with just one selfish act that killed thousands of people in a plane crash.

The world's leaders and citizens paused to reflect this very day. We can no longer turn back the time so all we can do is to offer our prayers for those people who died on that attack.

Read one of the articels: 9/11 is marked Worldwide with Reflection, Prayers via Inquirer

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BlackBerry Email and Messenger Disabled

For those who are Blackberry mobile users here in the Philippines will have no internal for four hours starting on Saturday, Sept. 10 2011. There is a maintenance activity that will affect some mobile users in the Asia Pacific region. 

Rest assured mobile users because Globe services such as calls, text and internet browsing are still on the track to keep the users on the pace of communicating. The scheduled maintenance starts at 11pm, Saturday, Sept 10 2011, until 3am, Sunday, Sept 11 2011.

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Holiday in Cebu

Ever since I was a child, September 09 is always a holiday for Cebu. It's Osmeña Day today so no classes for all schools in Cebu. However, I do have an exam this afternoon at 1pm as one of the department in Medicine requested for this day. There's no time for delays as they said and we only have one month left for the subject matter. The subject is a semestral subject so they need to cope with the number of days and number of exams to be given to the students before the semester ends.

Anyway, for those who have no classes or exams, enjoy your Friday and party party!

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