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Sunday, August 30

Beautiful Boxer


Synopsis:

Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transgender kickboxer, Parinya Charoenphol. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal of total femininity. Nong Toom life goes from his teenage years as a traveling monk, to grueling days in boxing camps, to explosive matches where he knocks out most of his opponents across Thailand and Japan.

source: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808607923/details

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Just had the chance of watching this film yesterday even though it was shown in Thailand way back in 2003. And I was intrigued with this film since then.

Being a woman like Parinya trapped in a man's body is so hard. She needed to fight like a man in order for her take good care of her family and will do the sex change if she still has money left. I really admire her for being a family-oriented and still seeking her parent's blessing before she will undergo the sex change operation.

Also, the first song of the film really struck me. This is the song that made Parniya decided to become a woman in the future. Here's the part of the song:

"Even though I was born a gentle girl
I will never let anyone intimidate me

I will fight like a man without fear

Until my last breath"


This is really indeed a beautiful film, an eye-opener to those people who still discriminate transvetites/transgenders like Parinya. You should watch it.


Friday, August 28

Madonna booed in Bucharest for defending Gypsies

Madonna booed in Bucharest for defending Gypsies
Associated Press
- August 27, 2009 1:13 PM PDT


(PHOTO: U.S. singer Madonna, center, performs during her concert in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. The concert is part of Madonna's Sticky and Sweet Tour. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Associated Press)

BUCHAREST, Romania - At first, fans politely applauded the Roma performers sharing a stage with Madonna. Then the pop star condemned widespread discrimination against Roma, or Gypsies — and the cheers gave way to jeers.

The sharp mood change that swept the crowd of 60,000, who had packed a park for Wednesday night's concert, underscores how prejudice against Gypsies remains deeply entrenched across Eastern Europe.

Despite long-standing efforts to stamp out rampant bias, human rights advocates say Roma probably suffer more humiliation and endure more discrimination than any other people group on the continent.

Sometimes, it can be deadly: In neighboring Hungary, six Roma have been killed and several wounded in a recent series of apparently racially motivated attacks targeting small countryside villages predominantly settled by Gypsies.

"There is generally widespread resentment against Gypsies in Eastern Europe. They have historically been the underdog," Radu Motoc, an official with the Soros Foundation Romania, said Thursday.

Roma, or Gypsies, are a nomadic ethnic group believed to have their roots in the Indian subcontinent. They live mostly in southern and eastern Europe, but hundreds of thousands have migrated west over the past few decades in search of jobs and better living conditions.

Romania has the largest number of Roma in the region. Some say the population could be as high as 2 million, although official data put it at 500,000.

Until the 19th century, Romanian Gypsies were slaves, and they've gotten a mixed response ever since: While discrimination is widespread, many East Europeans are enthusiastic about Gypsy music and dance, which they embrace as part of the region's cultural heritage.

That explains why the Roma musicians and a dancer who had briefly joined Madonna onstage got enthusiastic applause. And it also may explain why some in the crowd turned on Madonna when she paused during the two-hour show — a stop on her worldwide "Sticky and Sweet" tour — to touch on their plight.

"It has been brought to my attention ... that there is a lot of discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe," she said. "It made me feel very sad."

Thousands booed and jeered her.

A few cheered when she added: "We don't believe in discrimination ... we believe in freedom and equal rights for everyone." But she got more boos when she mentioned discrimination against homosexuals and others.

"I jeered her because it seemed false what she was telling us. What business does she have telling us these things?" said Ionut Dinu, 23.

Madonna did not react and carried on with her concert, held near the hulking palace of the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Her publicist, Liz Rosenberg, said Madonna and other had told her there were cheers as well as jeers.

"Madonna has been touring with a phenomenal troupe of Roma musicians who made her aware of the discrimination toward them in several countries so she felt compelled to make a brief statement," Rosenberg said in an e-mail. "She will not be issuing a further statement."

One Roma musician said the attitude toward Gypsies is contradictory.

"Romanians watch Gypsy soap operas, they like Gypsy music and go to Gypsy concerts," said Damian Draghici, a Grammy Award-winner who has performed with James Brown and Joe Cocker.

"But there has been a wave of aggression against Roma people in Italy, Hungary and Romania, which shows me something is not OK," he told the AP in an interview. "The politicians have to do something about it. People have to be educated not to be prejudiced. All people are equal, and that is the message politicians must give."

Nearly one in two of Europe's estimated 12 million Roma claimed to have suffered an act of discrimination over the past 12 months, according to a recent report by the Vienna-based EU Fundamental Rights Agency. The group says Roma face "overt discrimination" in housing, health care and education.

Many do not have official identification, which means they cannot get social benefits, are undereducated and struggle to find decent jobs.

Roma children are more likely to drop out of school than their peers from other ethnic groups. Many Romanians label Gypsies as thieves, and many are outraged by those who beg or commit petty crimes in Western Europe, believing they spoil Romania's image abroad.

In May 2007, Romanian President Traian Basescu was heard to call a Romanian journalist a "stinky Gypsy" during a conversation with his wife. Romania's anti-discrimination board criticized Basescu, who later apologized.

Human rights activists say the attacks in Hungary, which began in July 2008, may be tied to that country's economic crisis and the rising popularity of far-right vigilantes angered by a rash of petty thefts and other so-called "Gypsy crime." Last week, police arrested four suspects in a nightclub in the eastern city of Debrecen.

Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia also have been criticized for widespread bias against Roma.

Madonna's outrage touched a nerve in Romania, but it seems doubtful it will change anything, said the Soros Foundation's Motoc.

"Madonna is a pop star. She is not an expert on interethnic relations," he said.

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AP Writers Alison Mutler in Bucharest, William J. Kole in Vienna and Nekesa Mumbi Moody in New York contributed to this report.


Source: http://omg.yahoo.com/news/madonna-booed-in-bucharest-for-defending-gypsies/26947?nc


Monday, August 24

Jollibee and Hetty's Version of NOBODY

I attended a Jolly Kiddie Party of my friend's daughter last August 23, 2009 at Jollibee Blue Wave Marquinton in Marikina City. I thought it will be a boring one like the previous Jolly Kiddie Party that I have attended. No need to mention whose birthday party it belongs. Lol.

After we ate our food, Jollibee decided to give us a dance number. First, it was the Jollibee's theme song, "BIDA ANG SAYA!" Here's the video of Jollibee:



All of were laughing and how aggressive Jollibee is to become a dancer. He didn't fail to make us laugh. Yet, there was another surprise from this kiddie party. Another surprise visitor arrived and it was Hetty. Together, they had prepared another dance number and it was the famous dance song of Wonder Girls, "NOBODY!"



It was really fun watching Jollibee and Hetty danced and they did it right. I mean, the dance steps of Nobody specially Jollibee. It was really fun having a Jolly Kiddie Party.

Wish I can celebrate my birthday there but I'm too old to have a Jolly Kiddie Party.

Monday, August 17

I Am Not Like Katy Perry!

Last Thursday night, August 13, 2009, my colleagues from work went for a night drinking of beers because one of our colleague passed the Architectural Board Exam last June 2009. We celebrated his passing of the board exams and went to Obeertime located in Pasong Tamo Rd cor Dela Rosa St. in Makati City even though our construction site was located in New Manila, QC.

Although we haven't ate our dinner yet, we started drinking beers at around 8PM. Different kinds of beer were flowing: Red Horse, Colt 45 and San Mig Light; and the night will be incomplete without the "pulutan." Lol. So we end up at around 11Pm and I thought we were about to go home. I was wrong. I has 6 bottles of Colt 45 already.

My colleagues decided to go to strip club where girls dancing. It was a five minute drive from Obeertime. Still in Pasong Tamo but need not to say the name of the club. They didn't know that I am gay so I just played the straight role again. I know it's so hard but I need to please them, to make them believe that I am not gay. Geeesh...

So where already inside the strip club and girls were dancing and drinking another round of beer, this time, it was San Mig Light. After 10 to 15 minutes, one of my colleagues gave me a girl and this girl sat beside me. In my mind, I want to puke and want to go out of the club immediately. But I couldn't because they will suspect me if I went out. Just stayed inside the bar and I knew at that time I was already drunk, still I knew what's happening around me.

And then it happened, I kissed a girl. She kissed me back. We kissed for almost five minutes. Not only a kiss but a torrid kiss I could say. By the way, her name was Ashley and I doubt if it was her real name. I guess not. I didn't like what happened. The last time I kissed a girl was way back when I was in high school. When I still had a girlfriend. But now, things have changed. I liked guys already.

So it was like that there was a background music playing with the tune of

I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it

For me, I really don't like it. Maybe I am not like Katy Perry after all.

Sunday, August 2

BRINGAS means in Basque (Bilboa), "Big Splinter"

HERALDIC MEANING

The Heraldry, full of simbología, had the function to show the elements of identity, diferenciadores of the others, of that one that was carrying it. Of this form, in the shield of weapon we meet several symbols and enamels. The shield of weapon stops being, fundamentally, the defensive piece, to turn into a description of the qualities of
the gentlemen who carry it. Each of the components that they it form(train) has a meaning and a porqué of being there. This section will try to give a bit of light to the comprehension of the shields of weapon or heraldries.



Those of the Basque Country: in field of silver, seven ermines of saber put in band, in three rows, three in that of the center and two in each of the wings. Bordura of gold with the motto: ' It (He,She) Fights ez pa baquea guztia enea gives ' in letters of saber.


In field of azure, three towers of silver, tidy well, surmontada each one, of a star of silver, damaged the three, of a greyhound of the same metal. Mordura of gules, with eight ermines of silver.

Those of the Encartaciones: in field of gold, a tree of sinople and a wolf of saber assistant at the foot of the trunk. Bordura of gules, with eight golden arms.




BRINGAS ________________________________________ general Information Lineage of Castilian origin, taken root in Villasuso, in the province of Burgos.
Another lineage of this surname took root in Madrid and Argentina.
Another lineage of this surname has a Basque origin taken root in the province of Biscay, in I make concrete in Carranza's valley, as well as in Valmaseda, Galdames and Bilbao. It(he,she) spread over Cantabria.
Of Santecilla's house in Carranza, it was 1.-Juan Bringas of the Tower, husband of Andrea de Bollain, father of 2.-Antonio Bringas of the Tower and Bollain, baptized on December 15, 1616 in Santecilla, married dona Maria de la Texera and Bringas, the one who had 3.-Domingo Bringas of the Tower and Texera, who married dona, Isabel Muñoz of Grassy and Blackish(Compressed), being parents of 4.-Francisco Bringas of the Tower and Muñoz of Grassy, husband of dona Isabel Ruiz de Haedo and Bringas of the Tower, with whom it(he,she) had to5.-Juan Antonio Bringas of the Tower and Ruiz de Haedo baptized in Santecilla on March 21, 1712.
Shield of weapon
Those of Villasuso: In field of gules, three panelas of silver and three panelas of gules, fileteadas of gold, puttings in two strips of to three.
Those of Madrid, Argentina and some of Burgos: in field of azure, a tower of silver, on golden rocks. Bordura of gules, with eight golden arms.
Those of the Basque Country: in field of silver, seven ermines of saber put in band, in three rows, three in that of the center and two in each of the wings. Bordura of gold with the motto: ' It(He,She) Fights ez pa baquea guztia enea gives ' in letters of saber.
Those of Santecilla: in field of azure, a tower of silver, on golden rocks.
Others of the Basque Country: in field of gold, a tree of sinople and a wolf of saber assistant at the foot of the trunk. Bordura of gules, with eight golden arms.


In Carranza's valley one finds a multitude of megalithic monuments as dolmens or tombs. In 1904 there were discovered the engravings of Ventalaperra's cave, in Molinar's neighborhood, besides other archaeological remains in enclaves of the same environment studied at the beginning of the 20th century by J. M. Barandiarán.
Carranza turns out to be already named as Carrantia in the Chronicle of Alfonso III as place populated during the reign of Alfonso I (8th century).
In several ancient documents, Carranza is called Carrantia and also Carrandia. Though the term(end) seems clearly of Latin origin, consensus does not exist on his(her,your) meaning.
Along the last millenium the historians have gathered different lineages in the valley, which names still(yet) perviven in toponyms of neighborhoods and in current surnames of carranzanos, as Ahedo, Bringas, Shell, Aldeacueva, Gil or Negrete.








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