November 29, 2009
Cutest Talk
Girl: I'm always here for you.
Boy: I know.
Girl: What's wrong?
Boy: I like her so much.
Girl: Talk to her.
Boy: I don't know. She won't ever like me.
Girl: Don't say that.. you're amazing.
Boy: I just want her to know how I feel.
Girl: Then tell her.
Boy: She won't like me.
Girl: How do you know that?
Boy: I can just tell her...
Girl: Well just tell her.
Boy: What should I say?
Girl: Tell her how much you like her.
Boy: I tell her daily.
Girl: What do you mean?
Boy: I'm always with her.. I love her.
Girl: I know how you feel. I have the same problem.. but he'll never like me.
Boy: Wait. Who do you like?
Girl: Oh, some boy.
Boy: Oh, she won't like me either.
Girl: She does.
Boy: How do you know?
Girl: Because who wouldn't like you?
Boy: You.
Girl: You're wrong. I love you.
Boy: I love you too.
Girl: So are you going to talk to her?
Boy: I just did.
:) :) :)
Glowing Guitar
Post Turtle
The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle."
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.
The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."
November 28, 2009
Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre Pictures
Read Ampatuan Maguindanao Massacre Story
VICTIMS
Mangudadatu
- Genalyn Tiamson Mangudadatu - Wife of Esmael Mangudadatu.
- Eden Mangudadatu - Municipal Vice Mayor of Mangudadatu, Maguindanao, sister of Esmael Mangudadatu.
- Rowena Mangudadatu
- Manguba Mangudadatu - Aunt of Esmael Mangudadatu.
- Faridah Sabdulah
- Farida Mangudadatu - Youngest sister of Esmael Mangudadatu.
- Farina Mangudadatu - Another sister of Esmael Mangudadatu.
- Concepcion “Connie” Brizuela - 56, Lawyer.
- Cynthia Oquendo, - 36, Lawyer.
- Catalino Oquendo - Cynthia Oquendo's father.
- Rasul Daud - Driver of Pax Mangudadatu.
Journalists
- Alejandro "Bong" Reblando,53 - Manila Bulletin correspondent, a former Associated Press reporter.
- Henry Araneta - DZRH Correspondent based in General Santos City
- Napoleon “Nap” Salaysay - DZRO manager.
- Bartolome “Bart” Maravilla - Bombo Radyo Koronadal, South Cotabato.
- Jhoy Dojay - Goldstar Daily.
- Andy Teodoro - Mindanao Examiner & Central Mindanao Inquirer reporter.
- Ian Subang - Mindanao Focus, a General Santos-based weekly community newspaper.
- Leah Dalmacio - Mindanao Focus reporter.
- Gina Dela Cruz - Mindanao Focus reporter.
- Maritess Cablitas - Mindanao Focus reporter.
- Neneng Montano - Saksi weekly newspaper reporter.
- Victor Nuñez - UNTV reporter.
- Macario "Macmac" Arriola - UNTV cameraman.
- Jolito Evardo - UNTV editor
- Daniel Tiamson - UNTV driver
- Humberto Mumay - Koronadal-based journalist.
- Rey Merisco - Koronadal-based journalist.
- Ronnie Perante - Koronadal-based journalist.
- Jun Legarta -Koronadal-based journalist.
- Val Cachuela - Koronadal-based journalist.
- Joel Parcon - Freelance journalist.
- Noel Decena - Freelance journalist.
- John Caniba - Freelance journalist.
- Art Belia - Freelance journalist.
- Ranie Razon - Freelance journalist.
- Archie Cancel - Freelance journalist.
- Fernanado "Ferdz" Mendoza - Freelance driver
Red Toyota Vios
Number of casualties: 5.
They were supposedly mistaken as part of the convoy.
- Eduardo Lechonsito - Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat government employee.
- Cecille Lechonsito - Wife of Eduardo Lechonsito.
- Mercy Palabrica - Co-worker of Eduardo Lechonsito.
- Daryll delos Reyes - Co-worker of Eduardo Lechonsito.
- Wilhelm Palabrica - Driver
November 27, 2009
November 26, 2009
Nursing Board Exam November 2009 Results
The biggest number of examinees will come from Metro Manila (40,621 first-timers, 33 conditioned); Baguio (14,102 first-timers, 7 conditioned); Cebu (8,899 first-timers, 5 conditioned); Cagayan De Oro (3,045 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Davao (8,143 first-timers, 2 conditioned); Iloilo (6,020); Legaspi (3,070 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Lucena (3,444); Tacloban (1,145); Tuguegarao (2,322 first-timers, 1 conditioned); Zamboanga (1,609); Jolo (166); Pagadian (1,568); Angeles (179); and Butuan (898).
Whoa!!!! "an ALL-TIME HIGH! in the history of exams.", stated by Marco Antonio Sto. Tomas, a member of the Professional Regulation Commission’s Board of Nursing.
I have lots of friends who will take the November '09 Nursing Board Exam, and they keep texting me to pray for them. Well, you can make it guyz!!! Go go go!!!! :)
NOVEMBER 2009 NURSING BOARD EXAM RESULTS
click the link above to view the results.
Ampatuan Massacre Story
The Maguindanao massacre, also known as the Ampatuan massacre (after the town where the mass graves were found), occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of Ampatuan in Maguindanao province, on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The victims were about to file a certificate of candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town. Mangudadatu was challenging Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr., son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr., in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election,[1] part of the national elections in 2010. Those killed included Mangudadatu's wife, his two sisters, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called the Maguindanao massacre the single deadliest event for journalists in history. At least 34 journalists are known to have died in the massacre.In a statement, CPJ executive director Joel Simon noted that the killings, "appears to be single deadliest event for the press since 1992, when CPJ began keeping detailed records on journalist deaths." The CPJ further noted that, "Even as we tally the dead in this horrific massacre, our initial research indicates that this is the deadliest single attack on the press ever documented by CPJ."
Even before the Maguindanao massacre, the CPJ had labeled the Philippines the second most dangerous country for journalists, second only to Iraq.
Background
The Ampatuans had been in control of Maguindanao since 2001. Andal Ampatuan, Sr. came first into prominence when President Corazon Aquino appointed him as officer-in-charge of Maganoy (now Shariff Aquak) in 1986 right after the People Power Revolution. Aquino, having come into power via revolutionary means, replaced every locally-elected official with officers-in-charge, although the town of Maganoy was approached differently; the ageing mayor, Pinagayaw Ampatuan, was replaced by his vice mayor, Andal Sr. He won the 1988 local elections, then served for ten years. In the 1998 elections, Andal Sr. was elected as governor.
Members of Lakas-Kampi-CMD, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lists Andal Sr., as a major ally in Mindanao. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) regional governor Zaldy Ampatuan was the party's regional chairman. Andal Sr., the family patriarch, has been provincial governor since 1998; he has been elected thrice, unopposed. Eighteen of the mayors in Maguindanao belong to the clan. The elder Ampatuan attributed his popularity to "popular support," adding "Because I am so loved by the constituencies of the municipalities, they ask me to have my sons as representatives." In the 2004 presidential elections, Arroyo won 69% of Maguindanao's vote; three years later, the party-backed coalition scored a 12-0 sweep of the senatorial elections in the province. Unable to run for a third term, he is currently grooming his son, Andal, Jr., to succeed him as governor.
With escalating tensions in the province, Arroyo, as head of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD, mediated between the Ampatuans and the Mangudadatus (both are from the same party) to prevent election-related violence. Three meetings were held in mid-2009, with one meeting hosted by then Secretary of National Defense and current party chairman Gilberto Teodoro, who is running to succeed Arroyo as president. Arroyo's adviser for political affairs Gabriel Claudio, disclosed that there was an initial agreement "in principle" that no Mangudadatu would contest Ampatuan Sr.'s gubernatorial post.
Two days before the incident, the mass grave was prepared using a backhoe emblazoned with the name of Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., and apparently owned by the Ampatuan family.
Attack
Location of Buluan, the origin of the convoy, in Maguindanao.
Location of Shariff Aguak, the destination of the convoy, in Maguindanao.
Location of Ampatuan, the location where the massacre took place, in Maguindanao.
Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu invited 37 journalists to cover the scheduled filing of his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections provincial office in Shariff Aguak. He said reports had reached him that his rivals had threatened to chop him into pieces once he filed his COC, and felt the presence of journalists would deter such an attack.
A local report states that at about 9:00 AM, a convoy of six vehicles carrying journalists, lawyers, and relatives of Vice Mayor Mangudadatu leaves Buluan to file his COC at the Comelec office in Shariff Aguak. The convoy is composed of six vehicles: four Toyota Grandia vans (one grey, one green, and two white) owned by the Mangudadatu family; and two media vehicles – a Pajero owned by DZRH broadcast journalist Henry Araneta and a Mitsubishi L-300 van owned by UNTV. There is a seventh vehicle, a Grandia boarded by mediamen. But it lags behind and decides to turn around once the passengers sense what is happening. There are two other vehicles that are not part of the convoy but happen to be traveling on the same highway: a red Toyota Vios and a light blue Toyota Tamaraw FX. The Vios has five passengers: Eduardo Lechonsito, a government employee who is bound for a hospital in Cotabato City after suffering a mild stroke Monday morning. He is with his wife Cecille, co-workers Mercy Palabrica and Daryll delos Reyes, and driver Wilhelm Palabrica. The FX is driven by Anthony Ridao, employee of the National Statistics Coordination Board, and son of Cotabato City councilor Marino Ridao.
Before reaching its destination (about 10 km from Shariff Aguak, four on other versions), the convoy was stopped by 100 armed men, who abducted and later killed most or all of its members. There is evidence that some female victims were tortured and beheaded.
In a text message sent by Mangudadatu's wife to him, she identified the people that blocked their way as the men of Ampatuan Jr, and that he himself slapped her. The female victims were shot in their genitals, according to Secretary of Justice Agnes Devanadera. According to Mangudadatu, his wife's "private parts were slashed four times, after which they fired a bullet into it." In addition, he said that "They speared both of her eyes, shot both her breasts, cut off her feet, fired into her mouth."
A backhoe located in the immediate vicinity of the carnage at Ampatuan town was identified as the instrument that was used to expediently dig the graves of the victims, including the vehicles. The perpetrators weren't able to complete the job when a helicopter was spotted in the area. The backhoe, emblazoned with the name of Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr., was later identified to belong to the Maguindanao provincial government.
As of November 25, the death toll had risen to 57, as confirmed by Chief Superintendent Josefino Cataluna of the Philippine National Police. Reporters Without Borders announced that at least 12 of the victims were journalists, making this the deadliest such incident in the history of news media. The National Union of Journalists in the Philippines originally estimated that a total of 20 journalists were killed, including an undisclosed number of NUJP members. The Philippine Daily Inquirer later updated the number of journalists killed to 34.
On November 24, Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo responded to the news of the massacre by declaring a state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City. Speaker of the House Prospero Nograles called on the police to quickly identify the perpetrators of the massacre and disarm private armies.The Philippine Department of Justice created a panel of special prosecutors to handle cases arising from the massacre.
more photos here.
November 24, 2009
Google Never Fails...hahaha..LOL!
In remembrance of the Maguindanao martyrs
While we are waiting for the respond of our government, please help spread this black ribbon in remembrance of the Maguindanao martyrs.
You may display this black ribbon on your blogsites, facebook, twitters or any social networks.
-shela
Our generations has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. Its in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world.
-dabid
Often, we get impatient and take things into our own hands. But God said, "Be quiet, trust me. I know your needs better than you do. Just wait and give me chance to work it for you.
-mona
All trials are not the reason to give up, but a challenge to improve ourselves. Our pains is not an excuse to back out but an inspiration to move on.
-dabid
God never give us a life without a purpose. He never give us dream without a power to make it come true. Most of all He never give us trial if we don't have an ability to survive.
-shine
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
-dabid
If ever you feel God is taking away something from your hand, don't be sad. He is only emptying your hand so you can receive something better.
-ian
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble - Matthew 6:34
-dwight
November 23, 2009
Donna, girl in the Manny Pacquiao scandal.
November 22, 2009
Sandra Inez Seifert Profile - Miss Philippines Earth 2009
Sandra Inez Seifert (born 1984 in Taipei, Taiwan) is the daughter of Zenaida Suravilla of Bacolod City and Harald Seifert of Germany who are now based in the Philippines.
Seifert took her elementary education in a Montessori and at St. Scholastica’s Academy in Bacolod City and high school at Brent International School, Eurocampus – Philippines, an international, co-educational day and boarding school, where she graduated valedictorian, the highest rank among those who graduated during her time.
She is a “straight A” student at the City University of New York in the United States of America, where she obtained her healthcare nursing degree. She passed the New York nursing board examination in 2008 in the United States.
Miss Philippines-Earth2009 Complete Results
Miss Philippines Earth 2009
Sandra Seifert (Negros Occidental)
Miss Philippines Eco Tourism
Adie Adelantar (Victorias City)
Miss Philippines Fire
Patricia Marie Tumulak (Quezon City)
Miss Philippines Air
Michelle Martha Braun (Aklan)
Miss Philippines Water
Catherine Loyola (Sydney Australia)
Miss Earth 2009 Official Results
Miss Earth 2009 Official Winners
Miss Brazil, Larissa Ramos was crowned as the Miss Earth 2009. The coronation night was held in the Eco Village Resort and Convention Center in Boracay, Aklan last November 22, 2009. Our Miss Philippines, Sandra Seifert was hailed as the Miss Earth-Air 2009. The lists below are the winners and finalist of the pageant.
MISS EARTH
LARISSA RAMOS (Brazil)
Miss Air
Sandra Seifert (Philippines)
Miss Water
Jessica Barboza (Venezuela)
Miss Fire
Alejandra Echeverria (Spain)
Finalists
Alejandra Castillo Munera (Colombia)
Pascale Nelide (Martinique)
Izabela Wilczek (Poland)
Rujinan Phanseethum (Thailand)
Semi-Finalists
Magalie Thierry (France)
Nonna Diakonidze (Georgia)
Shriya Kishore (India)
Yeju Park (Korea)
Kayleigh O'Reilly (Northern Ireland)
Gabriela Rejala (Paraguay)
Valerie Lim (Singapore)
Chanel Grantham (South Africa)
Miss Earth 2009 Winners for Major Awards
* Best in Swimsuit / Best in Long Gown – Miss Earth Philippines, Sandra Seifert
* Best in National Costume – Miss Earth Tanzania, Evelyne Almasi
* Best in Talent – Miss Earth Tahiti, Niuriki Teremate
* Miss Photogenic – Miss Earth Czech Republic, Tereza Budkova
* Miss Congeniality / Miss Friendship – Miss Earth Switzerland, Graziella Rogers
Miss Earth 2009 Winners for Minor/Sponsor Awards
* Miss Jubilee Presidents’ Foundation- Miss Earth Philippines, Sandra Seifert
* Miss Pasigandahan – Miss Guam, Maria Luisa Santos
* Face of New Placenta – Miss Puerto Rico, Dignelis Taymi Jimenez Hernandez
* Best in Eco-Bag Design Wear – Miss Czech Republic, Tereza Budkova
* Miss AVSCOR - Miss Dominican Republic, Mariel Garcia
* Miss HDR Management – Miss Poland, Izabela Wilczek
* Miss Eagle Express / Miss Asei – Miss Korea, Park Ye-ju
* Miss Fontana Resort – Miss China, Yan Xu
* Miss Perwoll Award – Miss Venezuela, Jessica Barboza
* Best in Eco-Design Wear – Jamaica, Jenaae Jackson
* Best in Use of Indigenous Products Wear - Miss Albania, Suada Saliu
* Miss Discovery Suites Award / Miss Gandang Ricky Reyes Award – Miss Spain, Alejandra Echevarria
* Miss Golden Sunset Resort & Spa – Miss Cuba, Jamillette Gaxiola
* Missology.org people choice award – Miss Indonesia, Nadine Zamira Sjarief
November 18, 2009
Green-Yellow-Red
Known as Colors of Rastafarianism.
The significant colors of the Rastafarian religion are red, gold, and green. These colors were taken from the Garvey movement.
The yellow represents the wealth of the homeland.
Green represents the beauty and vegetation of Ethiopia, the Promised Land.
The color red stands for the Church of Triumphant, which is the church of the Rastas. Red also symbolizes the blood that martyrs have shed throughout the history of the Rastas...
and the black struggle for liberation.
Some flags include the black in the Jamaican flag, to represent the color of Africansto whom 98% of the Jamaicans are descended which represents the dominant race.
November 15, 2009
Inbox #11
-dabid
Do you know why car’s windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small? Coz’ your past is not important as your future. Look ahead and move on.
-dabid
If God answers your prayer, He is increasing your faith. If He delays, He is increasing your patience. If He doesn’t answer, He has something better for you.
-shena
I have realized that people learn to lie at some point. Because not everyone deserves to know the truth.
-mary joy
The ay others treat you when you’re there is something to e considered. But the way they respect you when your not aound is much more important.
-tonette
Whatever you confess, won’t make me love you less – GOD
-czarina
Don’t be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.
-ador
No matter how your dreams may seem unreachable, dream them anyway. No matter how e have been hurt by the people we love, love them anyway. No matter how hard life is, live it anyway. No matter how our prayers seem unanswered, pray them anyway. God will make a way. Just believe His promise: Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you. (Heb. 3:5)
-sheen
When you are tired of the world, when times feel like a living hell, when it felt like we have failed and fallen short of our expectations, it doest hurt to believe in a better day. Because even wounds no matter how deep, will fight to heal and eventually, the will.
-arlene
When you fail, you eliminate one option that’s not for you. By then, you’re a step close to what you’re truly made for.
-dabid
La Diva Sings Philippine National Anthem "Lupang Hinirang" in Pacquiao-Cotto clash
The group is composed of “Pinoy Pop Superstar” champions Aicelle Santos, Maricris Garcia and Jonalyn Viray.
Ednita Nazario sang Puerto Rico's national anthem while"American Idol's" Ramiele Malubay sang the United States' "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Willie Revillame was one of the Filipino celebrities who flew to Las Vegas to watch the fight.
International celebrities Mickey Rourke, Will Ferrel, Magic Johnson, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Mark Wahlberg, and Derek Jeter were also spotted in the arena.
Pacquiao personally picked the "La Diva" after he saw the group's performance. He said he believed that the “La Diva” would do justice in singing the national anthem.
It is a dream of many Filipino artists to sing the national anthem in Pacquiao’s fights that always draw millions of viewers around the world. However, it has also been a subject of controversy after some artists chose to alter the rendition of "Lupang Hinirang."
This violates a law prohibiting the changing of the melody of “Lupang Hinirang.” The law states that the rendition of the national anthem, whether played or sung, should be in accordance with the original musical arrangement of Julian Felipe, which follows a marching-type beat.
Violators may be imprisoned for not more than a year and fined at least P20,000.
Early this year, Martin Nievera was at center of the controversy after he incorrectly sang the national anthem during the May 2 fight of Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
>>SOURCE
Pacquiao vs Cotto Fight
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November 6, 2009
Inbox #10
-cathrina
Sometimes if a string get too angled and messed up to solve, its better to cut it out to start a new one and save the untangled part.
-cathrina
Everybody wants happiness, no one wants pain. But how can you make rainbow without a little rain?
-shela
When you fail, you eliminate one option that’s not for you. By then, you’re a step closer to what you’re truly made for.
-dabid
A positive attitude can turn a normal day into a great day. Keep in mind these little sayings and you’ll be happier: You are too anointed to be disappointed, You are too blessed to be stressed, Losers watch things happen, winners makes things happen.
-dabid
Little trials without God can break you. Big trials with Him can make you great. May you always find strength in God’s faithful providence.
-dabid
A stupid past will always be remembered but can never be changed. But a mistake can always be corrected and should never be repeated.
-dabid
What we have for ourselves dies with us. But what we have done for others remains. We make a living by what we get, but we make life by what we give.
-dabid
God will never leave you empty. He will always replace whatever you’ve lost if he asks you to put something down. It’s because He wants you to pick up something better.
-ian
Humor is a sweet condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your own mistakes but learn from them; joke over your troubles but gather strength.
-cathrina
One of the reasons why people hold on to memories to tight is because, memories are the only things that don’t change when everything else does.
-ian
November 4, 2009
CPUMS 20th ANNIVERSARY CLIMB ITERENARY
CPUMS 20th ANNIVERSARY CLIMB ITERENARY
MT. MANAPHAG (Pan de Azucar), BULUBADIANGAN ISLAND Concepcion, Iloilo
October 23 - 25, 2009
Day 1: October 23, 2009
4:00 A.M. Wakeup Call
5:00 A.M. Assembly at Tagbak Terminal
6:00 A.M. E.T.D. to Concepcion
10:00 A.M. E.T.A. Concepcion Proper, Courtesy Call, Final Preparation
10:30 A.M. E.T.D. to Pan de Azucar Island, (Mt. Manaphag)
11:30 A.M. E.T.A. Pan de Azucar Island (Jump off Point), Lunch, Final briefing
12:00 P.M. Start Ascend
3:00 P.M. E.T.A. Mt. Manaphag Peak
4:00 P.M. Start decend
4:30 P.M. E.T.A Jump off Point
5:00 P.M. E.T.D. to Bulubadiangan Island
6:00 P.M. E.T.A. Bulubadiangan Island, Prepare Camp
7:30 P.M. Dinner
9:00 P.M. Socials
12:01 A.M. Lights Off!!! Good Night.
Day 2: October 24, 2009
6:00 A.M. Wakeup Call
7:00 A.M. Prepare Breakfast
8:00 A.M. Breakfast
9:00 A.M. Kung anu lang da ah! Practice for Special Numbers! Swimming
12:00 P.M. Prepare Lunch
1:00 P.M. Lunch
2:00 P.M. Pagusto ka kung ma anu ka.
5:00 P.M. Prepare Dinner
7:00 P.M. Ulala!!! Kaon!
8:00 P.M. Start Program, Socials, etc.
_:_ P.M./A.M. Till Last Man Standing… Haha!
Day 3: October 25, 2009 can change without prior notice
Happy Birthday Dwight and David!!!!!
6:00 A.M. Wakeup Call
7:00 A.M. Prepare Breakfast
8:00 A.M. Breakfast
11:30 A.M. E.T.D. Bulubadiangan Island
12:30 P.M. E.T.A. Conception Town
1:00 P.M. Kung sin-o luyag mag lunch sa banwa!
1:30 P.M. E.T.D. Conception to Iloilo City
3:30 P.M. E.T.A. Iloilo City
4:00 P.M. Home Sweet Home!!!
November 1, 2009
Realistic tattoos
Nowadays, 3D tattoos seem to be a trend, and here are the 10 of the best I’ve found.