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2011-12-10T20:31:00.001+08:00

I missed blogging... will try to make a post this weekend :D

Nursing Licensure Examination Results for July 2011

2011-08-20T19:34:00.000+08:00

Update: I have to remove the Flash document on the website so everyone can view my blog fast. Clicking the links below will redirect you to the sites Scribd's account.
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Nursing Licensure Examination Results for July 2011
Nursing Board Exam Result, July 2011 - Top Performing Schools

The Gift of Abundance

2011-07-09T09:40:00.007+08:00

I always fancied fruit-bearing plant that produces many of it's fruits...
Someday, when I have my own farm, i'll plant this.

It's actually 2 dippers full of Calamansi. Saves some money there.

The Billboards of EDSA - What's New?

2011-07-08T03:11:00.015+08:00

ALL images posted reserved their rights to their owners

EDSA (Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue) - the highway back then since my high school and college life had been and (i think) will always have been bombarded with over sized billboards, most of them flaunting skins of almost nakedness. From men wearing skimpy briefs and from ladies wearing too tight "comfortable" underwears - from any theme or any genre, name it, it's there. And now I am wondering what is the big fuzz now that most of the elected officials in the metro had been reacting very strange.

Bench have been known for most of their years in the business, advertising their products in EDSA with gargantuan billboards. Some companies like Penshoppe, Folded and Hung, and others also practice the same. But to this date, I think Bench is at the top list where they sell their products in a billboard almost the same height as a building. Is it really distracting?

For a simple answer YES! By definition Distraction is an act of drawing or direct (as one's attention) to a different object or in different directions. [See by definition Distraction and Distracting] In this case, let's say one is riding a bus or driving your own car along EDSA and you came across EDSA-Guadalupe bridge. The driver or the rider is too focused on the highway they are taking, then suddenly a humongous billboard is seen at the corner of their vision. Normally, humans will get curious of what it is, so glancing will be just perfectly fine. but driving along EDSA is perfectly dangerous.

EDSA accounts to most number of vehicular accidents in Metro Manila. If a driver is too focused and pays too much attention on a billboard with models almost to their birthday suits, most certainly an impending accident will happen.

These city mayors of Metro Manila had been always complaining since billboard history in EDSA of the "distracting" issues it has. But is there any solution that have been done? Temporarily, YES by removing the distraction they call. But will this be the same reason every time an overly sized billboard with men and women on their after shower suits? I think it is now time for the legislators to control or limit billboards in EDSA and permanent solutions must be done.

I believe people had enough of TV advertisements of company brands for their target individuals. It is a step further to see billboard ads with people glancing at it.

The conservatives will view this as disgraceful (the issue of seeing models in underwears) as they want to see them covered with full clothing. The modern will just view this as normal and the issue needs to move forward. But the concern here is safety.

It is understandable that companies will market their brands in a manner that people will buy theirs and not their competitors. But certain things need to be accounted for. EDSA is no same as New York Times Square. Their rules and laws are stricter compared to us which has very lax-ed or screwed definition of freedom/democracy.

So billboards... they need to be controlled. There are vast mediums for companies to advertise their products. Posing to an ad with skimpy underwear is perfectly normal - IMHO. To call for a billboard to be disgraceful, lustful, or immoral is a different issue - i rest my case on that.

Mean Nurse = Lateral Violence, How Much Do You Score?

2011-07-03T01:58:00.002+08:00

According to an article I've read there is a proper term for Mean Nurses, Lateral Violence.
Here are some of the exhibiting factors a Mean Nurses may poses, according to American Association of Critical-Care:

Backstab and gossip
Make belittling gestures (deliberate rolling of eyes, folding arms, staring straight ahead or “through” when communication is attempted)
Use constant criticism, scapegoating, fault-finding
Have an elitist attitudes regarding work area, education, experience
Humiliate others
Ignore, isolate, segregate and use the silent treatment
Make inequitable assignments
Have inflammatory angry outbursts, show impatience
Insult, ridicule; patronize, or use condescending language or gestures
Intimidate, threat
Judge a person’s work unjustly or in an offending manner
Make excessive demands
Sabotage, undermine others
Give unfair evaluations of work
Use unwarranted criticism sarcasm
Withhold information or support

Shocking stuff? It happens! How much do you score?
Oh, and before I end this blog post, actions must be done immediately to address this behavior:

Address the behavior immediately with the perpetrator (because some people may not be aware of their behavior).
Employ conflict management strategies such as saying “I feel … when you …”
Repeat your replies if the other person makes excuses, denies, or dismisses the incident. If no positive result occurs, keep records of incidents and communicate these to your supervisor.
Break the silence regarding this problem by identifying it clearly when it happens to you or others and by raising the issue at staff meetings.
Inquire about how to deal with this problem at your workplace.
Raise your own self-awareness of the problem by engaging in reflective practice; keep a journal, if incidents occur.
Take care of yourself via, for example, massage, exercise, peer support, good nutrition, adequate sleep, and time out.

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+1 Your Websites, The Google Way

2011-06-28T20:13:00.000+08:00

Have you ever tried searching the web but never find the right one? Seems hard? Let Google +1 Button guide you.

Imagine Bamboo-Rattan Made Car

2011-04-28T20:01:00.001+08:00

credits to the respective owner

Have you ever imagined riding a car made out of wood? More specifically made out of Bamboo and Rattan? You can imagine that happening in the near future, if manufacturers approve this design.

Kenneth Cobonpue's Phoenix (image on the side) is a concept car made out of Bamboo and Rattan by the mentioned Filipino Furniture Designer.

Dubbed as a "sleek bird posed to take flight." "It has a (vertebra) or spine that runs to the rear where it forms into a splay of rattan bundled with LED (Light Emitting Diode) rods to emit light; that's the tail light. The rear is also the space for the car engine."

The design took month of designing and 10 days of building this sleek automobile. Featured mostly by car enthusiasts, online news agencies, and other tech geeks, surely this will catch the attention of the manufacturers.

A car made out of Bamboo and Rattan, a concept raw in nature but rich in design and sustainability. Surely Filipino will take pride in this piece of art.

Goodbye Friendster, Hello Friendster

2011-04-27T12:23:00.006+08:00

Just this week, it is the talk of most of the Tech News. Friendster will say goodbye... or should I say, Friendster is reformatting it's Social format.

Back in the days where Friendster dominance is obvious, other social networks seems to be eating dusts, until Facebook enters the arena.

Obviously, in the recent developments Friendster is losing its dominance. The social company is making it's move to reformat for the nth time trying to save the company from bancruptcy, of course that is if they admit to that.

Friendster has made an app to back up all of your files under their system. Friendster Exporter (found at: Fun >> Apps , it's somewhere there) downloads all of the files, photos, or blogs that an individual shared thru Friendster. All due before 31 May 2011. So all Friendster users has alot of time downloading it's files, unless you want Friendster to wipe out all your data.

Since it's inception, I've been using Friendster, I might as well back up all the files I uploaded in the said social network where they made popular of Testimonials.

So long Friendster... Can't wait for your rebirth.

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Done with the Test, Back to work, New Area

2011-03-03T00:13:00.003+08:00

I was quite FRUSTRATED when I first tried blogging using my Nokia E90 Communicator's Opera Mobile yesterday. Franticly, I tried managing to post a blog twice and IT JUST FAILED ME! I'm not looking for a cohesive reason why the software did not respond to the things that it should do. But when you expect it to behave in a manner that you expect, it should do what it promises to do. It's just maddening and a waste of time in my part since it's early in the morning and I have work later that day whilst I should be sleeping during that time. But since I am a fan of blogging and a blogger wanna be, I will try to recall all those things using my very own Human Brain while using my ever dependable LAPTOP!

It is a no surprise to everyone that i had objections when they traded my space to a different area in my workplace. I tried convincing myself that that's what it is but a part of me is arguing that I should fight my way to stay in my previous area. As much as I wanted to insist being retained in my previous area, there is a definite fact that the hospital is pretty much being over controlled by the same person since it's conception.

Working here in my country is very much a hassle when you have no choice especially when you are trying to complete your working experience in exchange of living the life you want. Caring for your patients, attending to their needs, keeping them at peace - try doing that on a daily basis, one will easily burn out if they cannot manage to find an entertaining value to it.

February was a Rest Month for me. Being a registered Nurse is a no easy peasy job. Frankly speaking, I am almost at my brink when I finally decided that February is the month where i just put myself in hibernation mode. One will easily lose confidence especially if he or she is receiving a compensation just enough to spend on ones transportation fees. Coincidentally, it is the month where I am taking up my IELTS (International English Language Testing System) too.

During the course of my reviewing, i just spent my time reading online articles, listening to English Podcasts and Tutorials, and as a side dish, Facebook and Twitter is just a tab away when boredom strikes in. I also tried attending a couple of courses I availed in an unlimited English Review Center and that's it. I never tried to go beyond, pushing me to the limits of my grasp in English because as self assessed, I think I can make it.

Everyone knows that it is my second time to take this exam. This time, I have to surpass my previous scores. I am quite pressured because as a second timer, there is this feeling that this should be the second and the last exam that I will be taking, then I am off to a destination I think I should go. I hope I'll make it. GAH! Please HELP ME LORD! A 9 will be a gift tho :D

The first of my four subtest came across 24th of February somewhere in Makati City, Philippines. I was 26 minutes late when I got there. Luckily, it's just the Speaking subtest. If it had been the other subtest, I could have met doomsday! When I got there, I waited around a minute and my name's called by the receptionist. I walk through the hallway and sat on a chair waiting outside the room. My interviewer is a foreigner. He called my name and offered a handshake, I grabbed his hand acknowledging his gestures. The conversation went well (I think). A couple of times Mr. Interviewer signals me to stop talking, sometimes he gestures to continue talking. But here is the dilemma there, the Speaking subtest is one of the test in IELTS that I believe is subjective by nature. Although there are parameters available to gauge an individuals grasp of the English language, I still think it will depend on the interviewers assessment. I am not saying that I am complaining but the way it goes, one cannot eliminate the fact that some things are bound to happen.

The second part of my IELTS experience is the Listening, Reading, and Writing sub tests. Located also in Makati, I also managed to walk along the busy streets of the city blending in with the pedestrians alongside. Walking is I think a habit in Makati because of bus stops strategically located to have an order to the traffic passing by. I had some miss with some of the items in Listening and it's just frustrating. The Reading subtest is brutal! The Writing task is I think the easiest, I hope I am right this time.

And so I wait for 13 days after the exam. 13 excruciating days of waiting for the results. I just hope that they give me the right grade that I deserve. :)

Since I am now back at work, I will just have to burn time while working. Finally, this blog is done :D

Posts outages, Must be deleted

2011-02-21T17:21:00.000+08:00

So it has come into my own conclusion that some of the post that I have previously posted needs to be deleted. It is not because of a personal reason but I have come to learn that some are not acceptable in terms and conditions stated by Blogger and Google itself (since Google is managing Blogger/Blogspot).

So for the readers, deep condolences if you cannot see my earliest post here on my blog.

I promise if I am at my free time to manage things online, I will certainly put Blogger at priority.

New Template for The New Beginning

2011-01-13T09:23:00.001+08:00

New Year has just begun. The new template used symbolizes new hope and new thoughts will be posted and updated here on my blog. Things within my profession, news that bothers each and every citizen of this country, and lots of more. So get a comfortable chair, sit and relax because this will be the start of active blogging.

Have a Nice Day!!!

Christmas - Beyond the Usual

2009-12-24T22:29:00.002+08:00

Most of us celebrate Christmas every year whenever the 25th of December passes by. Most put an effort in thinking what gifts to buy for their loved ones. But is that the real essence of celebrating Christmas?

Every December, we spend an extravagant amount of preparation in decorating our homes with sparkling lights, blinking on different tempo, colors, and design. We buy Christmas balls, garlands, Christmas Tree and place it in an area where it can be easily seen by others. But is this the meaning of Christmas?

Oh, and how can I forget that most of us are giving it an all out effort to buy things for food - lots of food. From simple to complicated, we prepare food and drinks to satisfy our hunger in this once a year celebration. Aren't we suppose to celebrate it as simple as possible?

Some even acknowledge Santa Claus more than Jesus Christ who was born in a simple manger. But do they even know we are celebrating the birth of Christ, and not some chimney-passing legend?

We must always remember that Christmas, celebrated every year on the 25th of December is a celebration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We should celebrate it from our heart and not from the imeldific facade that the world got used to.

A simple meal, a simple decoration, a simple gift, a simple celebration from the heart - a celebration spent with the ones closest to our heart. Let us celebrate it beyond the usual. Jesus Christ's birth...

Have a meaningful Merry Christmas.

Chip Tsao's Article and More

2009-03-31T21:25:00.003+08:00

The War At Home

The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter last month, killing the seven Chinese seamen on board. We can live with that—Lenin and Stalin were once the ideological mentors of all Chinese people. The Japanese planted a flag on Diàoyú Island. That’s no big problem—we Hong Kong Chinese love Japanese cartoons, Hello Kitty, and shopping in Shinjuku, let alone our round-the-clock obsession with karaoke.But hold on—even the Filipinos? Manila has just claimed sovereignty over the scattered rocks in the South China Sea called the Spratly Islands, complete with a blatant threat from its congress to send gunboats to the South China Sea to defend the islands from China if necessary. This is beyond reproach. The reason: there are more than 130,000 Filipina maids working as $3,580-a-month cheap labor in Hong Kong. As a nation of servants, you don’t flex your muscles at your master, from whom you earn most of your bread and butter.As a patriotic Chinese man, the news has made my blood boil. I summoned Louisa, my domestic assistant who holds a degree in international politics from the University of Manila, hung a map on the wall, and gave her a harsh lecture. I sternly warned her that if she wants her wages increased next year, she had better tell every one of her compatriots in Statue Square on Sunday that the entirety of the Spratly Islands belongs to China.Grimly, I told her that if war breaks out between the Philippines and China, I would have to end her employment and send her straight home, because I would not risk the crime of treason for sponsoring an enemy of the state by paying her to wash my toilet and clean my windows 16 hours a day. With that money, she would pay taxes to her government, and they would fund a navy to invade our motherland and deeply hurt my feelings.Oh yes. The government of the Philippines would certainly be wrong if they think we Chinese are prepared to swallow their insult and sit back and lose a Falkland Islands War in the Far East. They may have Barack Obama and the hawkish American military behind them, but we have a hostage in each of our homes in the Mid-Levels or higher. Some of my friends told me they have already declared a state of emergency at home. Their maids have been made to shout “China, Madam/Sir” loudly whenever they hear the word “Spratly.” They say the indoctrination is working as wonderfully as when we used to shout, “Long live Chairman Mao!” at the sight of a portrait of our Great Leader during the Cultural Revolution. I’m not sure if that’s going a bit too far, at least for the time being.

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Later for my personal views

Computer Worm to Evolve on April Fool's Day

2009-03-30T13:31:00.002+08:00

Seen on: CLICK HERE

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - A tenacious computer worm which has wriggled its way onto machines worldwide is set to evolve on April Fool's Day, becoming harder to exterminate but not expected to wreak havoc.

A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out the worm, referred to as Conficker or DownAdUP, and the US software colossus has placed a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of those responsible for the threat.

The worm is programmed to modify itself on Wednesday to become harder to stop, according to Trend Micro threat researcher Paul Ferguson, who is part of the Conficker task force.

"There is no evidence of it going into attack mode or dropping any particular payload on April 1st," Ferguson said in an interview.

"What people controlling the botnet are doing is building in survivability because of efforts by the good guys to lessen the harm of this thing."

The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or computers that haven't kept up to date with security patches for Windows RPC Server Service.

It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory sticks carrying data from one computer to another. Once in a computer it digs deep, setting up defenses that make it hard to extract.

Malware could be triggered to steal data or turn control of infected computers over to hackers amassing "zombie" machines into "botnet" armies.

A troubling aspect of Conficker is that it harnesses computing power of a botnet to crack passwords.

Microsoft has modified its free Malicious Software Removal Tool to detect and get rid of Conficker.

"As this threat continues to evolve, Microsoft and other collaborative companies will continue to identify new ways to disrupt the Conficker threat to give customers more time to update their systems," said Christopher Budd, security response communication lead for Microsoft.

Computer users are advised to stay current on anti-virus tools and Windows updates, and to protect computers and files with strong passwords.

Conficker is programmed to reach out to 250 websites daily to download commands from its masters.

On Wednesday, the worm will begin connecting with 50,000 websites daily to better hide where orders originate, according to Mikko Hypponen of F-Secure computer security firm.

"They basically upped the ante; trying to make our lives more difficult," Ferguson said. "They realized the good guys were starting to intercept their communications."

The infection rate has slowed from a fierce pace earlier this year, but computers that are not updated with a software patch released by Microsoft remain vulnerable, according to security specialists.

Hypponen wrote in a message at F-Secure's website that Conficker is in one to two million computers and that most of those machines are believed to have an early version of the malicious software lacking the April 1 trigger.

Conficker was first detected in November 2008.

Among the ways one can tell if their machine is infected is that the worm will block efforts to connect with websites of security firms such as Trend Micro or Symantec where there are online tools for removing the virus.

"Once a machine is infected, it becomes very hard to clean up," Ferguson said. "There is no indication anywhere of (Conficker) doing anything but just sitting there. We don't know whether another shoe is going to drop, or if there is another shoe at all."

Hackers have taken advantage of Conficker hype by using promises of information or cures to lure Internet users to websites booby trapped with malicious software, according to security specialists.

"It seems that every other day you see some story about the Internet being hobbled together with bubble gum and paper clips," Ferguson said. "Conficker could be the biggest non-story of the year; at least that's what I hope it is."

Know Your Secret Love

2009-02-10T11:28:00.001+08:00

http://www.secret-loves.com/index.php?test=1565316

I recently found out this link on my Friendster account. A friend of mine posted this link.

It somehow made me smile (although i have a hint how this thing works)

Try this one . There's no harm in trying...

An early treat for Valentines Day.

US President Barack Obama's Inaugural Speech

2009-01-21T16:54:00.000+08:00

I just wanted to post the Inaugural Speech of US President Barack Obama for me to save a copy because i wanted to just look into mine for ease of use...

Thanks to CNN for the copy.

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My fellow citizens:

I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath. The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often, the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forebearers, and true to our founding documents.

So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.

That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.

Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.

In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the fainthearted -- for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.

For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life.

For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West; endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.

For us, they fought and died, in places like Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again, these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.

This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed. Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act -- not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together. We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age. All this we can do. And all this we will do.

Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions -- who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.

What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them -- that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works -- whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end. And those of us who manage the public's dollars will be held to account -- to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day -- because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.

Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched, but this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control -- and that a nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous. The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on our ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake. And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions. They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use; our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.

We are the keepers of this legacy. Guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort -- even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We will begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people, and forge a hard-earned peace in Afghanistan. With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet. We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.

For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us today, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages. We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service; a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves. And yet, at this moment -- a moment that will define a generation -- it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.

For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.

This is the source of our confidence -- the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.

This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed -- why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent Mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.

So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:

"Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive... that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet [it]."

America. In the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.

Bill Gates funded Aussie researchers claim breakthrough on Dengue - MSN Philippines News

2009-01-02T14:34:00.001+08:00

[ Original Post ]

Australian researchers funded by US billionaire Bill Gates Friday claimed a breakthrough which could help in the fight against dengue fever by stopping the often deadly disease in its tracks.

University of Queensland researchers said they have successfully infected the mosquito which spreads the tropical disease with a bacterium which halves its 30-day lifespan, thereby reducing its ability to transmit dengue to humans.

Scientists hope their work will help halt the spread of the painful and debilitating disease which affects millions of people each year.

"The key is that really only very old mosquitos are the only ones that are able to transmit the disease," said researcher Professor Scott O'Neill.

"What we've done is put this naturally occurring bacteria into the mosquitos that actually halves their adult lifespan so they don't live long enough to be able to transmit the virus."

The research published Friday in the journal Science is the result of injecting 10,000 mosquito embryos with a bacterium that occurs naturally in fruit flies but has never been detected in dengue-carrying mosquitoes.

O'Neill said the test was designed to see whether the bacterium reduced the lifespan of the insects without killing them or preventing them from breeding and was able to be passed on to offspring.

He said while the laboratory tests, which involved researchers allowing the bacteria-infected mosquitoes to bite their arms because the species needs human blood to breed, had been successful, it would be several years before the technique would be tested in the wild.

"It's really a preventative strategy for preventing dengue fever outbreaks and what we've done is show that it's possible to be done in a laboratory," he told AFP.

"The next stage is now to move it into a more realistic field setting."

There is no known cure or vaccine for dengue fever, which is transmitted by mosquitos and kills more than 20,000 people each year. Also known as "breakbone fever," symptoms include high temperatures and muscle aches.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation donated 10 million dollars to an international research team led by the University of Queensland into a means of defeating dengue fever in 2005.

Condemn-able Behaviors of Philippine Government Officials

2008-12-29T21:45:00.014+08:00

I am a bit drained as of now, editing when i wake up... Later...

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The world has gone crazy. [Original Story Here]

So, I just had the worst day of my life.

At around 1:30 PM today, at Valley Golf and Country Club, Antipolo City, Mayor Nasser Pangandaman, Jr., Mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur, his father, Secretary Nasser Pangandaman of the Department of Agrarian Reform, and company, beat my defenseless 56-year-old dad and my 14-year-old brother to a pulp because of some stupid misunderstanding on the golf course.

This is a golf course. I have been a golfer all my life, and I have never seen anything like this. NOTHING. This is hard to comprehend. And it happened to my own father and my own brother too. Right in front of my eyes.

My brother and I were playing golf at the South Course of Valley. We were on the 3rd hole, and we see two golf carts going past us, overtaking our flight, and setting up to tee off on the next hole. My dad goes up to them and asks them why they would do that, why they would overtake us without even asking for our permission. Golf etiquette 101. One of the guys says that they're with the flight in front of us. (So what? That doesn't give them the right to just pass us WITHOUT asking.) So, we go to the 5th hole. The flight behind us catches up with us, and asks us what caused the hold up. We said that this flight just slipped in front of our flight. So we complained to the marshall. We play the 5th hole and walk towards the next hole, where there is a teehouse, and both the flights in front of us were there, talking with the marshall. The mayor of Masiu City, Lanao del Sur talks with my dad. Things get heated up. Voices were raised. But never, in my wildest dreams, did I ever imagine that someone would pull out a punch. Apparently not. He attacks my father. His flightmates, maybe 2 or 3 of them, rush to his aid and beat up my father. My 56-year-old father. My younger brother and I could not just watch. We rushed to break the fight. My younger brother pleads to the mayor to please stop it. To not hurt my dad. To just stop. His words still ring through my head...
"Sorry na po, sorry na po...tama na...tama na po..." With his hands in front of his chest in a praying position. PLEADING. The mayor socks him in the face. My brother defended himself. My dad is still on the ground getting clobbered. My brother is the same way. I try to stop the fight, but all I can do is stop one person. There were 4 or 5 of them attacking now.

Someone breaks up the fight. I thought it was all over. The mayor shouts to his caddy: "Hindi nila kami kilala! Sabihin mo nga sa kanila kung sino ako!" And believe me, I had no idea who this person was. But now I know. He's the person who, with 4 other men, beat up my 56-year-old father and my 14-year-old brother. He's the person who sacks a pleading 14-year-old kid in the face. He's a person who, I am sure, is gonna rot in hell.

I lash out, but my dad held me back. I was screaming my lungs out, shouting to this mayor, telling him about what he had done. I said: "Nakakahiya kayo. Singkwenta'y sais anyos ang tatay ko. And kapatid ko kakatorse anyos. Anong ilalaban nila sayo?"
The mayor looks at my brother, point to his face, and says,"Tatandaan kita!" And he tells me that my brother has a bad attitude and that I need to watch him. WHAT THE HELL?! So, my brother's bad for defending his father?!

We leave. We walk to the clubhouse to file a complaint. My brother asks for a doctor. My dad could barely walk. Their group comes to the clubhouse, sees my brother. Once again my brother pleads, says sorry, and is crying. He was CRYING, for crissakes. But no. The relentless mayor still punches him in the face, and then sees my dad and goes after my dad again. Him and his friend pull my dad to the ground, pulls at his feet, and steps on him like he's dirt. I run to him and try to hold him back, holding him back by his shirt, while this other guy and this girl tries to stop me. She tells me to just stop it. I scream in her face "they're beating my father up and you want me to stop?!" I pull at his shirt--I don't let go. All I can see was my dad being trampled on. I didn't even see my brother getting beat up.

People pull them away. I get my dad, and I saw my brother. His right ear was bleeding. I freaked out. I told the receptionists to bring my brother to the clinic. I pull my dad away. People were separating us.

My mom and my older brother come. I tell her Bino's right ear is bleeding. They both look like they could kill. My dad holds my brother off, I hold off my mom. When I finally got my mom under control, my older brother gets away and I hold him off. Two of the mayor's bodyguards pull out guns. I embraced my brother from the back, just holding him back, crying. The receptionists came to us, crying, hugging me, my dad, and my mom, whispering to us to just leave. "Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila...Maam...umalis na po kayo please..."

I am pretty sure the Secretary of DAR did not take part in the fight, but he just watched all this happen. He watched two of his sons, as we figured out, the other guy was his son, too, beat up my father and my 14-year-old brother. He didn't do anything to stop it. And this person is what now? A cabinet member. A politician.

Sounds like something out of a movie, doesn't it? But this is what happened. TODAY. The day after Christmas. To my family. And all I ask for is JUSTICE. The people at Valley Golf did not seem to want to help us. None of the security guards even tried to stop the fight. Right in the clubhouse. I came back after the fight was over and talked to the receptionists. They say they did not see anything. The general manager of Valley Golf would not give us the names of the men who made my brother's ear bleed. It took him an hour. Maybe even more than that. He seemed to not want to help us. Because, we were against the SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM and the MAYOR OF MASIU CITY, LANAO DEL SUR. They were all scared.

The world has gone crazy. Two politicians beat up a defenseless 56-year-old father and his 14-year-old son. At a golf course. I swear to God, I thought golfers were decent people. You would think politicians were decent people. I guess not. I guess they gang up on 56-year-old men and beat up pleading 14-year-old kids.

Please pray for my dad, my brother and for my whole family. Please pray that we get JUSTICE. Oh God, please, give these people what they deserve.

Vitamin C and E appears not protecting us against cancer - Studies

2008-12-10T11:20:00.001+08:00

Agence France-Presse - 12/9/2008 9:03 PM GMT - seen on MSN News

Vitamins C and E do not appear to reduce the risk of cancer, according to a pair of new studies which debunk earlier research suggesting supplements might provide some protection against the often deadly ailment.

Some 15,000 men aged 50 and older participated in the study, which included an eight-year follow-up period, but neither vitamin appeared to appreciably reduce their cancer risk, according to the studies appearing in the January 7 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

The findings are disappointing news for the more than half of American adults take vitamin supplements -- many in the hope of warding off illness.

They appear to refute earlier observational studies that linked use of vitamins E and C with reduced risk of certain forms of cancers, including cancer of the prostate.

One of the two studies -- the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) -- found that vitamin E or selenium supplements, whether taken alone or in combination, appear not to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

"It may be time to give up the idea that the protective influence of diet on prostate cancer risk can be emulated by isolated dietary molecules given alone or in combination to middle-aged and older men," Peter Gann of the University of Illinois at Chicago reflected in a JAMA editorial.

SELECT researchers studied the supplements' effects over seven years on some 35,533 men, aged 50 years or older.

The researchers said that "large-scale, randomized trials" still must be conducted on the use of vitamin supplements and cancer.

Until that next generation of trials, "physicians should not recommend selenium or vitamin E or any other antioxidant supplements to their patients for preventing prostate cancer," said Gann.

New 7 Wonders of Nature: Philippine Nominees

2008-10-15T13:49:00.007+08:00

WOW! This is a great improvement!

To date, The Philippines has 7 nominees to the New7Wonders of Nature

Officially Supported:

Chocolate Hills - Current Ranking: 4
Mayon Volcano - Current Ranking: 10
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park - Current Ranking: 1
Tubbataha Reef - Current Ranking: 5

Not Yet Officially Supported:

Mount Pinatubo - Current Ranking: 345
Taal Volcano - Current Ranking: 353
Hundred Islands National Park - Current Ranking: 342

The Department of Tourism - Philippines should be aware of this improvement because another of our national treasure have been acknowledged again by an international organization.

Really, if we have a good standing on this proceedings, it will be another pride again for our country. We will have a chance of making our country known to others who doesn't even know (or doesn't even care.) We can be proud of the natural wonders of our country amids our known problems in our government and in our society. I bet you know what i mean :D

Please support the 7 nominees of the Philippines to the "New 7 Wonders of Nature." Just click on the links to vote.

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

Peace!

Google Chrome Videos

2008-10-08T03:25:00.005+08:00

Google Chrome: The Story Behind

Google Chrome: Announcement

Google Chrome: 10 Features

Google Chrome exceeds Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer

2008-10-08T01:03:00.007+08:00

Hold your breaths! Hold your horses and let me have my words...

You see, i am an internet guy. Most of the time surfing around the web space for stuffs like watching videos, streaming music, listening to music, playing online games, blogging, maintaining my friendster-multiply-myspace-imeem-etc etc, chatting, maintaing websites (yes, i am a webmaster of a certain site), taking up quizzes-test-exams, to stuffs that we can do way beyond our imagination in the internet. Though i am not an engineer for such programs, understanding scripts, and recognizing bots, still the end product is how the people judge the program by performance, speed, reliability, security and being crash-less program. Programs as such must be prepared to be criticized by the public that will hold its success.

As an internet guy, i expect the programs that i am using to be everly dependable. What concerns me is the way web browsers behave from scripts that is not doing what it suppose to do. Other web browsers frustrates me because when i am using multiple tabs in one window, suddenly one tab crashes, BOOM! The entire web browser crashes. It really frustrates me! It is really difficult to retrive your works online, if the websites that you are using is not programmed to auto save what you are doing, when i am in the brink of editing my report that needs to be submitted in no time, and especially when you are downloading a file and in the middle of something, you have to start all over again.

Good thing Google Chrome paid attention to this kind of bugs that is currently NOT being taken cared of by other web browser around.

Update, 21 February 2011: So the Web Browser war takes its toll as they (Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and other Web browsers, and surprisingly the Mobile Web Browsers) challenge each other to out-perform their competitors.

Google Chrome: Website

The Official Google Blog: A Fresh Take on the Browser

Google Chrome: Comic Book

Kate Winslet and Leonardo diCaprio on Revolutionary Road

2008-10-07T17:25:00.004+08:00

The couples of the highest grossing film of all time is back with another interesting movie called "Revolutionary Road"

-Video Courtesy of Yahoo! Movies

Charice Pempengco Sings "I Have Nothing" on Oprah

2008-05-13T18:38:00.007+08:00

WOW! This is the word that came out of my mouth. Though there are similar talents like Charice Pempengco here in the Philippines, this girl at her young age sailed a long way from the ground.

And the latest update, The Episode Oprah Presents World's Smartest Kids, is the latest of her performance. What a performance it is...

Visit the original site from Oprah [HERE]
It contains the summary of the kids who's named as the World's Smartest Kid.

Visit Charice segment of the show [HERE]
It contains the segment of Charice where she performed Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing"

But I suggest that you guys watch the Oprah's version of the video, its pretty much clearer.

Update, 21 February 2011: Due to copyright infringement issues to the videos uploaded on YouTube, the videos were taken out. My apologies, tho the videos weren't mine :D

Internet Junkies: Has Technology Taken Over Your Life?

2008-05-13T09:59:00.001+08:00

Update, 21 February 2011: Surprisingly, up until today, this video is still working... Hahaha!

DJ Montano: Delfin Justiniano Ocampo Montano II and Brian Gorrell

2008-05-13T09:53:00.002+08:00

Original Post [HERE]

DJ Montano and I were lovers for almost a year and for five months of that, I was in Australia making and sending him money for our Portuguese restaurant called Bonza, in the new Greenbelt phase which is yet to becompleted.

The owner Antonio was kept away from me. And now I know why. Any meeting that we were to have have to discuss progress, was cancelled at the last minute due to Antonio's 'schedule'.

Antonio does, not or has never known about me, or the money that is helping to open his establishment. But he will know soon enough. As will every person attached to the money that has been taken from me in the name of their business's, by DJ Montano.

I have found out that DJ actually used part of my money to pay off a debt of his own making that his family was being threatened over.

It was his debt from his previous restaurant that he had shunned responsibility for, for over three years. Finally, the guy got fed up and threatened to sue his family. This made DJ jump like a roo. He begged me for fifty thousand dollars while I was still in Australia preparing to move to Boracay. But I had not sold my house yet and could not raise such lofty sums on such short notice.

He was cross with me. Hung up the phone and would not speak to me until I sent the money. And soon enough, he got his devious little hands directly into my bank account.

I know this debt to be factual as I know the man he owed the money to and eventually paid. He introduced himself to me on Boracay because a mate told him who I was and what I had been through with DJ.

DJ and I shared our time together until our relationship ended at the end of last year due to an altercation we had at the Intercontinental hotel after I demanded to know where all my money had gone.

My mother had become concerned at the amounts I was transferring and triggered my own fears. I still trusted him and loved him at this point. Stupid stupid man I was.

He changed in the hotel room after I demanded to see proof of the bank accounts he said he had opened in both of our names. He transformed within seconds into a person i had never met before.

He threw himself at me and I was stunned. I begged him to calm down, but he knew this was it. Make or break for him. My money was in the balance and he did NOT want or have it to give back to me. It was gone gone gone, not unlike his morals, dignity and self respect. Just plain gone!

At one point, I pushed him off me and he hit the corner of the bed falling to the floor, where he literally screamed like a little girl. It was truly pathetic to watch. I was shocked because he immediately started to scream assault. Evil little creature. I believe in my heart of hearts, he pre-planned the entire thing. He had to get rid of me... but somehow keep my money. Clever little critter.

Post altercation, he tried (with the help of his Celine Lopez's ex-fiance to have me fitted up with anassault charge which was bogus and dismissed by the police without a mention.
When he left my hotel roomafter I left for gym, he stole many things from myroom.

1. Brand new Yogi shoes which I had yet to wear.
2. 2 new Tsubi tops
3. Brand new Tom Ford Sunglasses
4. Three bottles on duty free scent.
5. Teeth whitening kit.
6. Very expensive necklace
7. Plane ticket to Bora
8. 160,000 pesos

He was trying his hardest to revive it and bring a charge against me which has failed.

He is only doing this to counter the truth coming from me and my friends in an attempt to illicit sympathy from his own stable of so called 'friends'.
Panic attacks my ass. Lay off the drugs mate. And cut down your anti d intake mate.

But his reputation is shocking because of what he has done to me and for what he has done to others.

And the majority of the group know it. But some choose to look the other way therefore enabling him to continue along his path of destruction and total disregard for the concern of others.

On Bora, he owes so many people money for cocaine. I know four people he owes a total of about 240,000 pesos to. And they are pissed. They look for him always.

Even the police know he is a liar. I told them on Boracay that he was threatening to have me thrown off the island. They laughed.

Thankfully for me, the ex fiance of Celine is a wonderful guy and was basically duped into doing DJ's dirty work by assisting him in his endeavours to have me fitted up last year with a bogus assault charge.
He deserves so much better then that carnival of sideshow freaks and illusionists he was around for awhile.

Trick mirrors everywhere in their world.

Poor Celine Lopez. The girl needs major rehab. Its why they think they are superior to others. When in fact, they cannot function without coke.

My Yaya runs circles around them all when it comes to honesty and integrity.

DJ wanted me deported so he could just take every penny from me. I am not prepared to tell all until I am out of the country as DJ many times told me his family had the power to make people 'disappear'.
And I plan to tell all and everything.

It really will shock so many people to find out what is really walking amongst them.

Or then again, maybe it won't.

Its all up to the individual. but many people will be blown away when i reveal all.

I am in the final stages of leaving the country mostly due to his immoral and constant attempts to undermine what was once a beautiful dream for me here.

Its dead.

I have tried to recover, but the memories are everywhere, and his lies and lies and lies still rip me apart inside. To bloody shreds.

His 'best' girlfriend told me to be a man about it not that long ago.
This coming from a person who can barely stand upright in the morning without a big fat bump of cocaine. Tragic figure she cuts. But she got hers when her ex fiance dumped her ass because of her shocking addiction to cocaine.
But more about her later.

And Iwill spill the lot!

She thinks I don't know her.

But she us as transparent as a piece of dripping tissue after a nose blow.

Cruelty is his middle name. All very one dimensional and incredibly unforgiving to those whose eye's may not be fully open to the sheer audacity of it all.

He enlisted his mother at one point to fight his battles for him with me. She called me a liar and threatened to have me deported if I went after my money.

I told her her son stole my money but she replied. " my son is a god fearing man".

What a joke.

He has not one Christian bone in his little deformed body. I asked her why she is so concerned about our situation when she really should feel guilty about never having his teeth fixed.

Gnarly little jabberjaw!

The lies that came out of that jagged toothed orface still shocks me. Thousands of lies.

His threats of deportation if I pursue the money have left me a shadow of my former self. I love this country but he has snatched away this particular part of my life journey.
Its just too much now and I need a fresh start. He wanted my money, and now he has it.

Not all of thank the lord.

He almost got me to transfer eighty thousand dollars to him the DAY BEFORE THE BREAK UP WHICH I AM CONVINCED HE PLANNED FOR WEEKS BECAUSE AS SOON AS I QUESTIONED WHERE ALL THE FUNDS HAD GONE, IT WAS ALL OVER FOR US.

My prince turned ack into a frog. A fat slippery poisonious thieving little toad.

The pain has proved to be too much of a hurdle to jumpover... even here on beautiful Boracay.

Although my gorgeous amazing friends have stood beside me through the whole sordid ordeal, its is just not enough.

He has put so much fear into me with regards to the country and its people. Convinced me my Yaya was stealing from me which was a filthy lie. My Yaya ROCKS!!!!
It was him who was going through my wallet pinching a thousand here and there.

Meanwhile, the entire time, its him who was stealing from me. I will provide details regarding items he took from me in my hotel room and other shocking revelations. For a while, I was sure I was going to be bundled away and never heard from again due to the disgusting rumours that reached me through his 'camp'.

I hired two security guards for three weeks because he was telling people he was going to have me thrown outof the Philippines.
His family is actually powerless and poor. They fear me more now then i fear them. All smoke and mirrors. DJ is from a family long littered with corruption and thievery. The grandfather was a crook and the father a mere mercenary. Killed because of his treachery and deception. His uncle is being chased by money people due to his corruption.
You could not even imagine what he and this has done to me. No one could. Unless you have been dragged through the quagmire of 'DJ's makebelieveland' with its razor lined cul de sacs, glass infested playgrounds and transparent hollow suburbs.

This Australian boy has been well and truly fucked over by this disastrous conniving little Pinoy.

From absolute day one, I was being finessed for my cash. I am not an idiot, but after my time with DJ Montano, I have been left embarrassed and humiliated and sixty five thousand dollars poorer.

Not to mention the rest..... which is another fifteen to twenty thousand dollars for our other travel business whichwas to be called Montage Travels, a tourism booking agency for Boracay which i was to operate due to myexperience in this industry back home in Australia.

I gave him this cash hand to hand mostly therefore i can't prove that I gave it to him at all. He knew this and planned it in advance. He knows and uses the system in this country over and over for his corrupt behaviour. DJ knows that going to court is timely and costly to a foreigner and we are unwilling to go through even more torture in a system so foreign to us.
He is the worst type of person. A disgrace to thiscountry. Common criminal. He should be full of shame but he is a unrepentant, psychopathic. Not meek or reserved or genteel. The exact opposite of that. Cruel and actually quite ignorant.

He told me that his connections with the DOT was sure to launch our business on Boracay. He said over and over until i was convinced. I have contacted the DOT and they were stunned by my story.

They did not have any record of DJ being involved with the DOT.

More lies. Lies, lies, lies.

But I was blinded by his deceptive brilliance and unconscionable trickery. He is a master at the sell and the close.

He used my money to fly back and forth to Singapore to be with his other boyfriend who I only found out about because he has one friend in particular who has helped me come to terms with what he turned out to be.
But he told me it was official DOT work.

Rubbish.

My heart is broken because of the deception. I loved him entirely and he did nothing but use and abuse me.
When I am safely out of the Philippines, I plan on telling everything I know about him and his enablers.

"One hundred and one things you did not know about the'Gucci' Group" from an intimate insider.
I would be most pleased if you would post my list and help shed some light on the toxic issue of 'self entitlement' which is so so prevalent in your Manila 'society', not to mention plain old fashion greed, fearof poverty and chronic dishonesty and the lack of truth that plagues certain people in it.

Not to mention the cocaine addiction and abuse.

I had to pay Dj's driver once in Manila because he would not move the car until he had money. DJ owed him three months salary. I gave him eighteen thousand pesos. Never got it back. But that's ok, because I really liked the driver.
Poor thing, working for a wannabee socialite with a crap car with no air con. But that night he had loads of coke. So I paid his bills but he still had coke money.

His close girlfriends (both of them) knew he had another boyfriend in Singapore the entire time we were together.

They have denied it. I know the truth. But I know now, that they are nothing but mold on the stinkiest piece of cheese on this particular platter of faux decadence and privilege.

I have zero empathy for these wild and woolly creatures who will be exposed for what they are. Irrelevant nothings struggling for definition in a world where there is no true place of value for them to rest their swollen over indulged air-heads.

Just a bunch of insecure coke snorting goblins who objectify their entire environment due to their lack of moral compass and directional focus. Poor things and the gift bags they get.

Its the only reason they show up. Amass amass amass. I feel so sorry for them. Therefore I will not only, never forgive them for their callous disregard for my feelings, but I will show them how it feels to be blindsided in such a brutal fashion.

DJ is on so many drugs. Several anti depressants. I battled constantly with his fluctuating moods. Tons of sleeping pills, not to mention the copious amounts of cocaine he does.

When we were together, I begged him to stop snorting drugs. He told me many times he had, but I always knew he was lying because he would sniffle and snort constantly.

When i confronted him about his addiction, he simply denied it and told me i was crazy. But one time I found nine baggies of coke in his bag. I asked his what it was and he told me it was vitamin powder from his 'healer'.

I was so stupid, I believed him.

But that night I caught him and his partner in crime snorting lines at Embassy. I was devastated. If I knew he was a drug addict, I NEVER would have looked at him let alone dated him.

--

Brian Gorrell

Update, 21 February 2011: I lost track following Brian Gorrell. Though I feel sorry for him of the money lost, I hope he finds a way to live his life at optimum. Cheers!

Extreme Measure

2004-09-27T21:11:00.003+08:00

Hey Guys, especially to those who have watched the movie "Extreme Measure," could you help me brain storm ideas on the following queries
1) What are the issues, principles, moral values, and norms that had been affected/mention on the film, please elaborate.and
2)what are the scientific facts that are relevant to the presented problem in the film - the removal of the nerve tissues/fibers on the human spinal cord in order to have some experimentation or to produce a cure to the degenerative disorders of the nervous system especially to the recovery of a stroke or comatose patients
Thanks A Lot in advance for your help!
I would greatly appreciate your help!