Today marks another historical event in the Philippines, this is the day that the 15th President of the Philippines takes his oath in front of the Filipinos at the Quirino Grandstand. Early this morning an estimated crowd of 500,000 people gathered to witness the historical Inauguration of President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Simeon Aquino III and Vice President-elect Jejomar "Jojo" Cabautan Binay. The event was attended by invited foreign and local dignitaries including President Jose Ramos Horta of East Timor, U.S. Trade secretary Ron Kirk as head of the US delegation sent by President Barrack Obama. There are also more or less 100 joint foreign and local media groups who were given invitation to witness the inauguration. Selected individuals from Makati City served as ushers and usherettes in the event.
HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT:
9:45 AM - President-elect Noynoy Aquino left Times Street.
10:00 AM - P-Noy arrive at Malacanang Palace and waited at the Bonifacio Hall formerly
known as the Premiere Guest House.
10:05 AM - President Arroyo comes out of the Music Room (Rizal Hall) after her arrival to
Malacanang Palace. She then take some moment to pose for some pictorials
with some of Malacanang employees.
10:23 AM - PGMA and P-Noy met at the hallway (where they shake their hands 4 times)
10:26 AM - PGMA and P-Noy board the presidential car (a new Mercedez Benz 500) on
their way to Qurino Grandstand.
10:35 AM - The presidential convoy arrived at the Quirino Grandstand.
10:37 AM - PGMA receives honors from the AFP where she serves as the
head of the state for 9 years 5 months and 10 days.
10:42 AM - P-Noy escorted GMA to her private vehicle which will then proceed
to her hometown, Pampanga where she will also take oath as Congresswoman
of the 2nd district of Pampanga.
10:43 AM - President-elect Aquino takes his place on the stage followed by the arrival
of VP elect Jejomar Binay who was onboard by BJEEP (Binay Jeep or
Battery operated jeepneys) which was driven by Mr. Red Constantino.
10:47 AM - Charice Pempengco sings the Philippine National Anthem.
10:49 AM - Ecumenical Invocation by Roman Catholic Archbishop, an Imam and a
Protestant priest.
10:52 AM - Madrigal Singers sings "Bayan Ko", APo Hiking Society sings " Minamahal
kong Pilipinas", Christian Bautista performs acapella version of " You
raise me up", Ogie Alcasid "Si Noynoy" and Regine Velasques sings Aquino's
campaign jingle " Hindi Ka Nag-iisa" .
11:15 AM - Performers from both giant stations including Gary Valenciano sings the
Inaugural song entitled " Bagong Pilipinas" which was composed by
Ogie Alcasid and Noel Cabangon.
11:24 AM - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile read the joint resolution of the 14th
congress which declares Aquino and Binay as the duly elected President and
Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines.
11:27 AM - P-Noy and V-nay were serenated by Mr. Noel Cabangon
11:50 AM - Vice President Jejomar Binay took his oath to Associate Justice Conchita
Carpio Morales, his wife Mrs. Elenita Binay held the bible.
11:53 AM - President Noynoy Aquino took his oath before SC Associate Justice Conchita
Carpio Morales, Jesuit priest Fr. Catalino Arevalo held the bible.
11:54 AM - President Noynoy Aquino was honored by the AFP with yellow confetties
dropped 2 choppers followed by a 21 gun salute as a welcome to the new
head of the state.
11:56 AM - President Aquino delivers his inaugural address.
12:23 PM - President Noynoy Aquino descends the stage to review the Ceremonial troops.
12:30 PM - President Aquino now left Quirino Grandstand onboard with the presidential
car together with his new Presidential Security Group commander. The
President's car was accompanied by PSGs proceeding to Malacanang for the
Last June 25, the world pays tribute to the king of pop music, Michael Jackson. It was his first death anniversary. It is on June 25, 2009 when MJ was found dead due to unknown reason on his rented mansion in Los Angeles, California. Many speculations came out on the cause of his death, others claim it was due to sedative overdose and some says it was cause by a heart attack. Fans all over the world commemorate his one year death anniversary, some prays and light candles in front of the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale. Several TV networks also pays tribute by featuring programs dedicated for the king of pop. People also took pictures in the Madame Tussauds where a wax image of the pop icon was displayed.
This morning, the sequined glove of Michael Jackson was sold at an auction at the whooping price of $192,000. Winning the bid was Wanda Kelley of Los Angeles.
Chris Brown also pays tribute to the late king of pop at the BET Awards held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. He danced with MJ's signature moves. When Brown was singing the "Man In the Mirror" he became very emotional he broke down in tears, cracked his voice and couldn't even sing, he came back to stage later to apologize to his fans saying the words: " I let you all down before, but I won't do it again. I promise you,". His performance is said to made him being love again by his fans who let him down when he pleaded guilty for beating his then-girlfriend Rihanna on February 2009.
For those who love watching movies, here are the official trailers of upcoming movies this July 2010. I also added their synopsis. ENJOY!!
THE LAST AIRBENDER (3D)
M. Night Shyamalan is back with his new masterpiece!
SYNOPSIS:
Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz) , water bender and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) to restore balance to their war-torn world.
Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series , the live-action feature film "THE LAST AIRBENDER" is the opening chapter in Aang's struggle to survive.
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
SYNOPSIS:
Walt Disney Studios, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub, the creators of the “National Treasure” franchise, present The Sorcerer's Apprentice -- an innovative and epic comedy adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.
Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The screenplay is by Matt Lopez and Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard from a screen story by Matt Lopez and Larry Konner & Mark Rosenthal.
PREDATORS
SYNOPSIS:
A group of hardened killers are hunted on an alien planet in producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal's entry into the popular sci-fi action franchise. Mercenaries, murderers, gangsters, and convicts, they were the most feared men on Earth. But now they're a long way from home, and when the predators become the prey, fearless mercenary Royce (Adrien Brody) prepares for the fight of his life. And he's not alone, because Mexican gangster Cuchillo (Danny Trejo), Israeli Defense Forces veteran Isabelle (Alice Braga), notorious mass murderer Stans (Walton Goggins), Russian Special Forces operative Nikolai (Oleg Taktarov), RUF death squad member Mombasa (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), and sword-wielding Yakuza Hanzo (Louis Ozawa Changchien) are all armed to the teeth, and out for blood. The odd man out is Edwin (Topher Grace), a once-prominent physician whose career came to an end following a big scandal. When the motley crew encounters Noland (Lawrence Fishburne), a resourceful human who has somehow managed to survive on the alien's hunting grounds for some time, they prepare to take the ultimate stand against the most powerful Predators yet. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
DESPICABLE ME
SYNOPSIS:
In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me.
Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.
The world’s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.
SALT
SYNOPSIS:
Director Phillip Noyce teams with screenwriters Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) and Brian Helgeland (Mystic River) to craft this thriller starring Angelina Jolie as dedicated CIA officer Evelyn Salt, who is accused by a defector of being a Russian spy. With each attempt Salt makes to prove her innocence, her mentor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), only grows more suspicious of her true motivations. The longer she eludes capture by ambitious CIA agent Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the higher the stakes get. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
INCEPTION
SYNOPSIS:
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in an original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate and infinite world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible—inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. This summer, your mind is the scene of the crime.
CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE
SYNOPSIS:
In the age-old battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore, formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their humans - in "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," a comedy that blends live action with state-of-the-art puppetry and computer animation. It's time for the fur to fly.
RAMONA AND BEEZUS
SYNOPSIS:
The adventures of young Ramona Quimby come to life in this all new film based on the best-selling books (over 30 million…and counting) by Beverly Cleary. Ramona’s vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics are put to the test when she helps her family face its biggest challenge. Along the way, Ramona must deal with her over-achieving older sister Beezus and the on-again, off-again romance between her Aunt Bea and Bea’s former beau.
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Today, the city of Manila celebrates its 439th foundation day since on this day in the year 1571, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi of Spain founded Manila. It was also the day of nativity of St. John the baptist, the cousin of Jesus Christ. St. John's birthday was celebrated in the Philippines yearly by towns and cities that bears his name and those whose patron saint is San Juan. It has been a tradition to residents of this places to have water fights and even splashes water on whoever is passing by which symbolizes St. John's work of cleansing the original sin. Today, surely the City of Manila and residents of San Juan City in Metro Manila will surely have their fireworks, outdoor salu-salo, street parties even amateur contest and not to forget the parade of lechon in Batangas. (Oh my! i miss watching the evening show in Mulawin st. San Juan City which is the hometown of my lovely spouse). Every streets probably would have their drinking spree on both celebrations but let's just hope that this would end up peaceful without those "pasaways" looking for trouble.
Mabuhay ang mga taga Maynila at San Juan!!!
For those of you who are nicotine addicts who cannot quit smoking here's a new generation cigarettes that would help you get rid of those dangerous side effects of smoking. I am in no way connected with those companies that made this Electronic Cigarettes or the E-Cigars or sell this products but i am a heavy smoker too who has long been longing to quit smoking. There are a lot of reason to quit smoking this includes health problems, it causes bad breath,and it also unnoticeably adds up to your monthly expense and besides you are also risking the health of your loved ones specially those children who can develop lung diseases. Just imagine those smoking pregnant women who doesn't seem to realize that may have a miscarriage or will have a stillborn baby when they don't quit. Cigarette smoking removes oxygen from the blood and does replace it with carbon monoxide which kills cells and those cells will not be able to regenerate again. Cigarette smoke contains 4000 different toxic chemicals. Chain smokers are probably asking how to stop or would love to but afraid of getting a cold turkey, I think this E-Cigars would help.
Electronic Cigarettes or E-cigars are battery operated device that produces smoke just like the real ones but this smoke is a result of vaporized solution. This smoke also produces flavor that resembles your favorite cigarette taste but it has no tar, no flames, no carcinogens, and no unpleasant odors. Most E-Cigars are divided into 3 parts the atomizer or the heating element, the battery and the liquid cartridge which is refillable.
So its up for you to decide, the real one or the E-cigar? Watch this videos about electronic cigarettes that i have seen on youtube.
It was indeed a thrilling day for all those basketball fanatics out there who watch the NBA championship game between L.A Lakers and Boston Celtics. The game finale made an enormous effect on the internet. excited fans making comments on who will reign as the 2010 NBA Champion. Oh yes! it was team LA Lakers who rock the world of their supporters. According to their official website they will have their victory parade on June 21 that would start on Staples Center.
This was not the first time that this teams met on the finals of the NBA. Boston Celtics won over the LA Lakers on 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1984 and 2008 while Lakers won over Celtics in the year 1985 and 1987. NBA records shows that Celtics have been championship for 17 times and Lakers have been champion 15 times. Well, today's victory was the 16th. According to some comments it was a home court advantage for L.A. Lakers. Whatever they say it was indeed an excellent season for the Lakers for winning over their arch rival Celtics. Congratulations L.A. Lakers!!!
In Columbia Pictures' The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts "the karate kid" on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
TOY STORY 3
Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.
THE A-TEAM
THE A-TEAM follows the daring exploits of a colorful team of former Special Forces soldiers who were set up for a crime they did not commit. Going "rogue," they utilize their unique talents to try and clear their names and find the true culprit. Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, mixed martial arts champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Sharlto Copley are "The A-Team."
KNIGHT AND DAY
An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one - even themselves - are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.
EMIR
Emir is a full-feature Filipino movie musical set in a fictional emirate in the Middle East with 70% of principal photography shot in Morocco. It tells the story of a Filipina yaya (nanny), Amelia, who decides to work abroad to help her family. She takes care of the Sheik’s wife who is about to give birth, and later acts as the yaya to the newly born – Ahmed, the Sheik’s eldest son.
I'LL BE THERE
JONAH HEX
The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.
GROWN UPS
Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they've all grown up and started families doesn't mean that they've lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang.
I have already given some information on the 2 biggest social networking site that has dominated the Philippines, now it's time to put some credits on other social networking site which were commonly used by fellow Filipinos.
Twitter is both a social networking and microblogging service site. It is known as a rich source of instant information. It enables users to send and receive messages thru text messages otherwise known as "tweets". Created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey who came up with an idea to put an sms service by an individual to small groups via the internet partially inspired by the sms group messaging service TXTMob. Its original name was twttr which was inspired by Flickr. It was first used for Odeo employees which later on introduced publicly on July of 2006. As of today twitter gained 1,500 percent growth in its registered users with almost 500 percent growth on its employees.
Software Engineer Jack Dorsey, born on November 19, 1976 (33) Creator, Co-founder and Chairman of twitter. CEO of square and Advisor of UStream. Dorsey studied at New York University where he dropped out of to and left his job at a bike courier service as programmer in 1999 to move to San Francisco.
tumblr is a blogging site that allows user to post images, text, links, videos, quotes, and audio. Like twitter, users are allowed to follow other users and see their post on their dashboards and can click on the "like" button. Lately, tumblr has been accessible by way of an application for Blackberry mobile phone created by Mobelux. Tumblr is now averaging 15,000 new registered users daily.
Born on July 6, 1986, young multimillionaire David Karp (23), founder of tumblr, grew up in Manhattan. He studied in Calhoun School where his mother is a Science teacher. He dropped out at the age of 15. He then continue his studies by homeschooling. He is now known as the "wonder boy of the internet".
Plurk is now popular in the Philippines, like twitter it is a social networking and micro-blogging site that allows users to send short messages also known as "plurks". It also uses timeline which list the updates received in chronological order. Plurk was developed as a way of communication medium meant to form a balance between blogs and social networking. Plurk was developed and launched on the second quarter of 2008. It is created by a team called "The A-Team".
Here's another reason why Philippines was tagged as the social networking capital of the world. Well, I have discussed about friendster on my previous post. Now, let me show you some information about the top social networking site FACEBOOK. Well, it is pretty obvious that Facebook is now a part of the Filipino's cyberculture.
ABOUT FACEBOOK
Facebook was launched in February 2004 and operated and privately owned by Facebook Inc.This site got its name from an annual book of Harvard University given students at the start of each school year to help them know each other better. Facebook's idea started when it's founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote facemash on October 28, 2003 while attending Harvard University as a sophomore. He wrote it to represent Harvard's version of "HOT or NOT" and to made this possible he had to hacked into the university's computer network.
On January of 2004, Zuckerberg began writing new codes for a new website 'thefacebook" which he then launched on February 4, 2004.Upon finishing the site he immediately put it on Kirkland's mailing list with the help of his friend Dustin Moskovitz, and at the end of the day they already got around 1200 to 1500 registrants.After 6 days from its launch, Zuckerberg faced accusations from fellow Harvard students who filed lawsuit against him but was later dismissed due to technicality.
Today, facebook has about 9 million users from the Philippines alone. Gone are the days when you would probably hear your friends asking you to add them on friendster. There are a lot of reasons why people left friendster for facebook. It is obvious that that the latter has a nice and clean interface, it offers different applications from zynga like farmville, yoville, poker, nightclub city and many more that suits different ages, quizzes, status box where you can let your friends know what is on your mind on a particular time, comments for your friends activities, post and status, chatbox where you can directly talk to your online friends without having to sign in to your instant messengers, you can also leave messages to your friend without having to log in to your e-mail and it also becomes an ideal site for those who has an organizations to update their members about their new projects and meetings and lately a place for politicians to gain support for their campaigns. Facebook also has its mobile version and not to forget the unlimited photo storage.
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (26), the man behind the famous social networking site "facebook" . Born on May 14, 1984 in White Plains, New York and was raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He is also the CEO and President of facebook. His net worth? $ 4.0 billion.
Friendster is one of the 1st networking site in the internet. It was first introduced in 2002 and was launched on March 2003. It slowly gained popularity in the Southeast Asia through the Philippines. Friendster's Engineering Director Chris Lunt who was by then curious of the web traffic that usually happens at night who noticed that it was coming from the Philippines, and did you know that he trailed that it was Fil-Am marketing consultant Carmen Leilanie de Jesus as the first user who introduced Friendster to the Philppines.
Friendster was once the most visited website by Filipinos with almost 7 Million users. Their VP for global marketing David Jones said that the biggest percentage of their users is from the Philippines. Unfortunately, many Filipinos who loved Friendster left their account and are now on Facebook and their reason is that Friendster has a lot of technical problem and server delays. It was also been commented that it was a source of malwares such as "Koobface" worm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_in_the_Philippines
ABOUT FRIENDSTER
Founded on March 22, 2002 by computer programmers Jonathan Abrams and Cris Emmanuel in Mountain View, California. It was officially launched on March 2003 with $12 million investment by Kleiner, Caufield, Byers, Benchmark Capital and private investigators and was quickly adopted by 3 million users.
PURPOSE To offer a safe and enjoyable environment for users to interact with friends as well as to meet new individuals.
Jonathan Abrams, now aged 40 was the founder of friendster. Abrams received a proposal from Goggle offering $30million for the site but turned it down and instead went the venture route taking $13million from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Benchmark Capital. He now owns a bar and started a new networking site Socialzr.
In the late 19th century somewhere in Virignia, USA, a doctor named Pepper who owns a drugstore, employed in his soda fountain a young diligent man who eventually fell in love with her beautiful daughter.
When love blossomed over the soda fountain, however, Dr. Pepper fired his creative, passionate and smart employee, who went to Waco, Texas and took up residency at the Old Corner Drugstore. One day while in grief for his lost love and whipping up various soft-drink flavors, he hit upon a couple of ingredients that seemed to please his customers. The drink was dubbed as " Dr. Pepper" in tribute to the girl he love. Eventually, the young inventor returned to Virginia to win the heart and hand of his sweetheart.
Meanwhile, back at Waco, one of the top customer of Old Corner Drugstore, R.S. Lazenby, who was also a beverage chemist, experimented with the new drink and in 1885 put "Dr. Pepper" on sale at a number of local soda fountains. Both the young inventor and Mr. Lazenby didn't have a hint that one day American's would be consuming over a million of bottles and cans of "Dr. Pepper" annually. A year after Mr. Lazenby sold his "Dr. Pepper", a pharmacist from Atlanta who is renowned for his patent medicines concocted an elixir for the aid of the nervous and for those who drinks too much. The mixture caught so well at the local soda fountain, with that Pemberton soon started to manufacture his own creation...."COCA-COLA". It's ingredients include caramel, cola nuts, coca leaves, phosphoric acid, caffeine, fruit flavors and various spices. It was originally known as 7X. The secrets in making 7X was so precious. Only two or three employees were permitted to know the contents of 7X and they were not allowed to travel together.
In 1898, Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist from North Carolina came up with a new recipe for soft-drink Six years later he was bottling his new drink. "PEPSI-COLA".
Hyman Kirsch of Brooklyn, in 1952 introduced the sugar-free soft drinks with his "NO-CAL" sodas.
Isn't it a fascinating fact?
Balitang idadagdag na ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon (DEPED) ang sex education sa basic education curriculum kabilang ang na ang kinder at elementarya simula ngayong pasukan. Isasama ito sa araling Music, Arts, Physical Education at Health (MAPEH). Ito raw ay makatutulong upang ang maimulat ang isip ng mga kabataan sa pugsugpo ng lumalalang problema sa populasyon, upang maging mga responsableng magulang, at ang mga maaring idulot ng pakikipagtalik. Diumano'y mas mainam na ito kaysa kung saan saan lamang matutunan ang mga bagay na ito gaya ng internet.
Ano kaya ang masasabi ng simbahan sa usaping ito? Matatandaang nating minsan nang tinutulan ng simbahan ang isinulong ng Department of Health (DOH) ang pag-gamit ng mga kontraseptibo upang masugpo ang paglago ng populasyon at paglaganap ng sakit sa ating sa ating bansa.Ako po ay isang sagradong katoliko ngunit sa usaping kontraseptibo ay sang ayon ako sa DOH. Bakit? Di naman lingid sa atin ang pagdami ng mga batang lansangan na makikita mong nasasangkot sa pagnanakaw dahil sa kahirapan, ginagamit ng mga magulang upang mamalimos, nanguumit at kung minsa'y makikita mo pang sumisinghot ng solvent. Di lang yan idagdag pa natin ang paglaganap ng sakit na nakukuha sa unsafe sex.
Ngunit sa usaping sex education di pa ba sapat ang itinuturo sa mga nasa ikalimang baitang sa araling agham patungkol sa ating reproductive system? kailangan pa nga bang palawigin ito ay ituro sa mga murang isipan ng musmos pa lamang? Nakakasiguro ba tayo na may sapat na kaalaman ang guro na tatalakay dito at hindi ang mga sariling opinion lamang ang marinig sa kanila ng mga mag-aaral dahilan upang lalong mabuhay ang kanilang kuryosidad patungkol sa sex? Hindi ba dapat ang usaping ito ay para lamang sa mga batang ang edad ay may kakayanan nang makabuntis at mabuntis? Bakit hindi na lamang ipaubaya sa mga magulang ang pagtalakay nito, di ba't ang mga magulang ang mas nakakaalam kung ano ang nakabubuti para sa kanilang mga anak? Bakit kailangang imulat dito ang mga bata pati na ang mga nasa kinder pa lamang? Ito po ay mga pansariling kong opinyon lamang... kayo ba ay sang ayon na maituro na ito sa mga bata sa kanilang paaralan?
Di pa man opisyal na naihahayag, nasa 90 porsyento na ng bilang ng boto ng pinoy ang pabor kay Sen. Noynoy bilang Pangulo ng Pilipinas. Ilan na rin sa kanyang mga katunggali ang umatras upang bigyan siya ng daan. Ayon kay Manong Johnny, maaring opisyal na itong ihayag sa pagitan ng Hunyo 4 hanggang 15 pero sabi nga nila e virtually confirmed na ito mula pa noong Mayo 11 sa tulong ng "automated election". Maliwanag na sa Hunyo 30, sa pagbaba ng kasalukuyang pangulo ay may bago na naman na mamumuno ng ating bansa.
Ngunit may aasahan kaya tayong pagbabago sa ating bansa ngayon na may bago nang manunugkulan sa pinakamataas na posisyon ng gobyerno? Sana nga!!!! marahil sambit ng halos ng nakakaraming pinoy. Mula pa noon ay marami na ang umaasa ng pagbabago, umaasang makakaahon sa kahirapan ang masa, umaasang ang mga mauupo sa puwesto sa gobyerno ay may malasakit sa bansa at sa kapwa. Sana matapos na maiproklama ang mga nanalo sa nagdaang halalan ay magkaisa't magkasundo ang lahat ng pulitko anuman ang partido nila upang malabanan ang corruption sa ating bansa na isang malaking sanhi ng kahirapan. nawa'y maibigay sa tao ang dapat ay kanilang benepisyo mula sa gobyerno. bawat proyekto nawa ng mga bagong halal na manunungkulan sa ating bansa ay pabor sa ating mga mahihirap at hindi sa mga pansariling interes lamang. nawa'y masolusyunan ang lumalalang krisis at patuloy na pagtaas ng mga bilihin. Di nga ba't lahat sila'y ay nangakong gagawa ng paraan upang mabigyan ng disenteng hanapbuhay ang bawat pilipino. Hindi ba't kay ganda kung lahat ay may trabaho, maaring mabawasan ang lumalalang krimen dahil sa kagutuman at makakaiwas ang mga lulong sa droga kung sila ay may pagkakaabalahan na at ang bawat matatanda ay makatanggap ng sapat na benepisyo mula sa pamahalaan. Sana nga!, sana nga! makaasa tayo ng malaking pagbabago sa ating bansa.
Ever wonder where the term "June Bride" comes from?
According to researchers in early 1500's most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, (yes, you read that right! ...YEARLY!) and still smells good by June, however, they were starting to smell so they carried a bouquet of flowers with them to conceal their unwanted odor.(LOL!!)
Month of June was named after Juno, (Roman goddess of marriage, heart and home) the wife of Jupiter. Every couple of course would want to start their life together under her protection.
June is also the month were many flowers bloom. Roses are abundant during this time of the year which is the most loved flower by women.
It's school time again!!!! A few weeks left and it is the start of a new school year. I'm pretty sure that lot of students are excited to go back to school after a long summer vacation specially those in grade school and high school. Well, everything is shiny and new! hahaha!!! Almost all of them are eager to meet their new teacher, classmates and be reunited with their old pals. On their first week of class, every student will have their own contribution of their summer vacation experiences, their souvenirs from places they visited, new friends they've met during the long vacation, new bags, new shoes, new high tech gadgets and for those high school students....their new crush. well, that's a typical back to school scenario...Agree??
