It All Ends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Happy 28th Anniversary to my Parents!

Today, my parents will celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary! I just edited their picture using http://picnik.com and here it is. 

Also, when I was reading my book, 365 Moments to Cherish, I was able to read a list of ten commandments and I better share it to everyone. It was an article written by Abigail Van Burren, here it is. 

Ten Commandments for a Successful Marriage

1. Put your mate before your mother, your father, your son and your daughter, for your mate is your lifelong companion.

2. Do not abuse your body with excessive food, tobacco or drink, so that your life may be long and healthy, in the presence of those you love.

3. Do not permit your business or your hobby to make you a stranger to your children, for the most precious gift a parent can give his or her family is time.

4. Do not forget that cleanliness is a virtue.

5. Do not make your mate a beggar, but willingly share with him or her your worldly goods.

6. Remember to say, ``I love you.`` For even though your love may be constant, your mate yearns to hear those words.

7. Remember always that the approval of your mate is worth more than the admiring glances of a hundred strangers, so remain faithful and loyal to your mate, and forsake all others.

8. Keep your home in good repair, for out of it come the joys of old age. 

9. Forgive with grace. For who among us does not need to be forgiven?

10. Honor the Lord your God all the days of your life, and your children will grow up and bless you.

I hope you had some insights and was able to get some advices from Abigail on her list of the ten commandments. 

Again, HAPPY 28TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TO MY PARENTS!

Earth Hour 2011: Going Beyond the Hour

At 8:30 PM on Saturday, 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit actions that go beyond the hour. 

Last year, I was able to participate not only here in my blog but also in our house. Sadly this year, I will not be able to. I have my own reasons and I can only name two of them: 

1. There is a party that is going to happen on Saturday, my parents' 28th wedding anniversary and they want to celebrate it with our relatives and friends. 

2. I have work from 6:30PM up to 4AM of 27th March 2011. 

Visit their website, Earth Hour, for more information.

Follow them, @earthhour.

Ricky Martin Accepts the Vito Russo Award

Ricky Martin accepts the Vito Russo award
during the GLAAD Media Awards in
Times Square.

"I've been through an intense spiritual process for the last five years, especially the last two years," the "Livin' La Vida Loca" singer, Ricky Martin, said after being presented the Vito Russo Award during the annual ceremony at New York last March 20.


The Vito Russo Award is presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards. It is named in memory of Vito Russo, a founding member of GLAAD and author of The Celluloid Closet. The award is presented at the GLAAD New York annual event to an openly lesbian or gay member of the entertainment or media community for outstanding contributions toward eliminating homophobia.


Openness, compassion, peace and harmony are what we need right now. We say NO to inequality and hypocrisy. 

Happy Birthday, MOM!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

I really can't wait for July 15 so I can watch the last installment for the Harry Potter franchise. Here is the teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2!

“Your heart’s going to race. It’s a really very intense ending,” co-star Emma Watson says while Daniel Radcliffe promises “it’s going to be fantastic.”

Alexandra Wallace, UCLA Student, with her Anti-Asian Rant

In the clip, called "Asians in the Library," made by Alexandra Wallace, UCLA student, in her 3-minute long tirade against Asian Students.

Wallace says the "hordes of Asians" at UCLA lack American manners. She also mocks their speech and faults them for calling family in the wake of the tsunami. "I swear they're going through their whole families just checking on everybody from the tsunami thing," she said.

Asian people that live in all the apartments around me...and everybody that they know that they brought along from Asia with them comes here on the weekends to do their laundry, buy their groceries, and cook their food for the week. 

It's seriously without fail, you will always see old Asian people running around this apartment complex every weekend. That's what they do. They don't teach their kids to fend for themselves...

Hi. In America we do not talk on our cell phones in the library...I'll be typing away furiously, blah blah blah, and then all of the sudden, when I'm about to, like, reach an epiphany, over here from somewhere, 'OHH Ching chong ling long ting tong? OHH' 

Although Alexandra already apologized for her video in the wake of the negative reaction it spawned, it is now all over the internet. Even though she tried to remove it, it will be posted again and again. She has now gone into hiding as she told that she is receiving death threats and her family can't sleep about the issue. In the first place, who started the video, it was Alexandra's idea at all. 

Asians like ME will fight back about the viral video and here it is!

Wonder Woman's New Look!

NBC has released its first image of "Friday Night Lights" star Adrianne Palicki in costume as Wonder Woman...and here she is!

Kurt and Blaine's 10 Seconds Kiss!

This is the moment I have been waiting! And finally, it did happen!, Kurt and Blaine really did kiss and not only for a second, but for 10 seconds!

Thanks #GLEE!

Firework - A Capella Cover by Mike Tompkins

I so love this cover by Mike Tompkins! Kudos to you!

I Am Number FOUR.

Why is it Alex Pettyfer is so HOT than his other film, Stormbreaker? Oh well, I just watched the film a while ago and can't wait to buy the novel.

Give for JAPAN!

You can DONATE to the following sites: 

Philippine Red Cross

2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Relief Fund

Tsunami Devastates Japan

March 11, 2011, around 2:46PM (JST). A massive 8.9/9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan causing damage with blackouts, fire and tsunami. This large earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for countries all around the Pacific Ocean. My country, Philippines, was alerted as well regarding the said incident.

When I watched the news from March 11 up to now and read some articles in the internet, the incident is so devastating and the impact was so great. Everybody is afraid to leave their homes.

I remember when I was still studying for the Civil Engineering board exams last 2007, I had the chance of watching the movie, Nihon Chinbotsu, also known as The Sinking of Japan. It's like part of the movie has happened to Japan. But of course, what happened in the movie must not happen in the real life. The movie is so heavy and devastating. Here is the clip of the movie:

Every people in the world are already sending prayers and donations for the Japan. For donations, visit 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami.

#PrayForJapan

UST's Largest Human Cross

UST's Largest Human Cross captured by the lens of Paul Quiambao, Photo Editor of the Varsitarian, aboard the helicopter courtesy of Dr. Lucio Tan.

The History and Meaning of Ash Wednesday

"Ash Wednesday" by Carl Spitzweg:
the end of Carnival.

By Dr. Richard P. Bucher

Ash Wednesday is the name given to the first day of the season of Lent, in which the Pastor applies ashes to the foreheads of Christians to signify an inner repentance. But what is the history and the meaning of this Christian holy day?

Ash Wednesday, originally called dies cinerum (day of ashes) is mentioned in the earliest copies of the Gregorian Sacramentary, and probably dates from at least the 8th Century. One of the earliest descriptions of Ash Wednesday is found in the writings of the Anglo-Saxon abbot Aelfric (955-1020). In his Lives of the Saints, he writes, "We read in the books both in the Old Law and in the New that the men who repented of their sins bestrewed themselves with ashes and clothed their bodies with sackcloth. Now let us do this little at the beginning of our Lent that we strew ashes upon our heads to signify that we ought to repent of our sins during the Lenten fast." Aelfric then proceeds to tell the tale of a man who refused to go to church for the ashes and was accidentally killed several days later in a boar hunt! This quotation confirms what we know from other sources, that throughout the Middle Ages ashes were sprinkled on the head, rather than anointed on the forehead as in our day.

As Aelfric suggests, the pouring of ashes on one's body (and dressing in sackcloth, a very rough material) as an outer manifestation of inner repentance or mourning is an ancient practice. It is mentioned several times in the Old Testament. What is probably the earliest occurrence is found at the very end of the book of Job. Job, having been rebuked by God, confesses, "Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:6). Other examples are found in 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1,3, Isaiah 61:3, Jeremiah 6:26, Ezekiel 27:30, and Daniel 9:3. In the New Testament, Jesus alludes to the practice in Matthew 11:21: "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes."

In the typical Ash Wednesday observance, Christians are invited to the altar to receive the imposition of ashes, prior to receiving the holy Supper. The Pastor applies ashes in the shape of the cross on the forehead of each, while speaking the words, "For dust you are and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19). This is of course what God spoke to Adam and Eve after they eaten of the forbidden fruit and fallen into sin. These words indicated to our first parents the bitterest fruit of their sin, namely death. In the context of the Ash Wednesday imposition of ashes, they remind each penitent of their sinfulness and mortality, and, thus, their need to repent and get right with God before it is too late. The cross reminds each penitent of the good news that through Jesus Christ crucified there is forgiveness for all sins, all guilt, and all punishment.

Many Christians choose to leave the ashes on their forehead for the remainder of the day, not to be showy and boastful (see Matthew 6:16-18). Rather, they do it as a witness that all people are sinners in need of repentance AND that through Jesus all sins are forgiven through faith.

Ash Wednesday, like the season of Lent, is never mentioned in Scripture and is not commanded by God. Christians are free to either observe or not observe it. It also should be obvious that the imposition of ashes, like similar external practices, are meaningless, even hypocritical, unless there is a corresponding inner repentance and change of behavior. This is made clear in Isaiah 58:5-7 when God says,

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes ? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD? 6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

With this in mind, however, the rite of ashes on Ash Wednesday is heartily recommended to the Christian as a grand opportunity for repentance and spiritual renewal within the framework of confession and absolution. A blessed Ash Wednesday observance to all.

Thia Megia is "Out Here On My Own"

When I heard that Thia Megia made it to the Top 24 of American Idol, I was really waiting for her turn to wow the judges. She even sang my favorite song in the 1980  Dance / Music movie, FAME, which is Out Here On My Own, made famous by Irene Cara. 

Thia Megia, one of the two youngest performers that the American Idol has seen. Her voice is so powerful and to think that she is only 15 years old. She never failed when chose this song.

Steve Tyler tells Thia that her pitch is so perfect it didn't matter what song she sang. 

Jennifer found it a please quiet moment in the midst of the big performances. "It was really, really special."

Randy loves the quality of the tone of her voice -- she reminds him of a young Michael Jackson. "This is what hot singing is about!"

Japan's new TV tower becomes world's tallest

The "Tokyo Sky Tree" tower. Japan can boast 

the world's tallest free-standing television 

tower as of Tuesday, when the under-construction 

Tokyo Sky Tree rose to a height 

of 601 metres (1,971 feet).

TOKYO (AFP) - – Japan can boast the world's tallest free-standing television tower as of Tuesday, when the under-construction Tokyo Sky Tree rose to a height of 601 metres (1,971 feet).

The steel structure eclipsed China's 600-metre Canton Tower, which opened in Guangzhou in September -- although both are shorter than the world's tallest building, Dubai's 828-metre Burj Khalifa skyscraper.

The Tokyo Sky Tree rose to 601 metres at 1:29 pm (0429 GMT), when workers lifted part of its antenna section into place, said Tobu Railway, the main investor in the 65-billion-yen (790-million-dollar) project.

Already a popular landmark in eastern Tokyo, the broadcast tower is scheduled to reach its top height of 634 metres this month and be completed by the end of the year.

"We are delighted to see the tower become the world number one," said Tobu Railway spokesman Shota Mitsui. "But we still have more work to do, and we will continue enforcing safety first in completing the project."

To keep the structure safe during Japan's frequent earthquakes, the tower boasts a cutting-edge anti-seismic design, including pilings that fan out underground like the branches of a tree.

The tower consists of two parts, an outer steel frame and an inner shaft of reinforced concrete, which can move separately to cancel out their seismic energies -- a design idea borrowed from ancient Japanese pagodas.

A year ago, the tower surpassed the current television and radio transmission tower -- the 333-metre red-and-white Tokyo Tower, a symbol of Japan's post-war "economic miracle" -- as the country's tallest structure.

In early 2012, after Japanese television networks switch entirely to digital transmissions, Tokyo Sky Tree will take over television broadcasts to beam signals across the city's ever-rising skyline.

With two observation decks, the tower aims to attract an average 2.7 million visitors every year, Mitsui said.

He added that some 25 million people a year are expected to use commercial facilities inside the tower compound, including 300 shops and restaurants as well as an aquarium, a planetarium and a dome theatre.

Happy 5th Birthday, Frances Gabrielle!

My Second Flu Vaccine Shot!

A lot of my officemates are talking about the free flu vaccine shot. Others said it was until 1am only. So I decided not to have a shot cause I was busy burning my lungs. You know what I mean. Lol.


Every time my team mates took their break, they used to ask me if I had taken the shot already. I just said, "Not yet!" So I was really curious but I was busy with the calls. Haha! So while I was avail, I was having chit-chats with my teammates and I even hit my teammate's shoulder and I really didn't know that he had a flu vaccine shot. I just said sorry immediately. 


Shift ended and my officemates were still talking about it. I asked Donna, my officemate, if the flu vaccine shot is still available. Good thing, it was still available. Before I went home, I just had some flu vaccine shot. This is my second time having a flu vaccine. My first time was in 2009.