We were fortunate enough to be part of the 50 bloggers who were given a chance to witness the Hug-a-Palooza event. Yep, free tickets boys and girls. It’s been a while since we last went to Enchanted Kingdom so it’s really nice to be back. It was actually my kid’s first time in EK so [...]
Haiti Hit by Another Earthquake
I can’t believe it. A few days ago, Haiti was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake and now they were hit AGAIN with a magnitude 6.1
This happend just a few hours ago (Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 11:03:44 UTC.) The distance of the epicenter is about 60 km [...]
Manila,Philippines - Around 3:45pm, the solar eclipse has started and by around 4:30pm I took this photo on my stock Nikon D40 (kit lens). I wish I had those long lens. But anyway, here’s how it looks.
I just mounted my camera on a tripod, put it the settings to “S”, and then placed a couple [...]
Is the facebook application Paypal Wishlist a SCAM?
Get invited to Paypal Wishlist and Earn up to $100
I was trying to figure out if this is a scam or not. Probably you are doing the same thing and investigating if this is really true or not.
Well, for one, the owners of Facebook will not [...]
Shiloh Pepin – Mermail Girl Dies
Shiloh Pepin a young girl born with a rare condition called sirenomelia otherwise known a the “mermaid syndrome” has just died Friday at the Main Medical Center due to pneumonia. Shiloh, popularly know on the internet as the “mermaid girl” has her legs fused together from the [...]
Verizon Droid Does Commercial Video
During the Yankees-Angels Game, Verizon aired this Droid Does commercial by highlighting what features iPhone does not have with messages like
iDon’t have a real keyboard
iDon’t run simultaneous apps
iDon’t allow open development
It was a direct attach at iPhone. I think the Verizon Droid phone for this “Droid Does” campaign is the Motorola [...]
Greenbelt 5 Rolex Store Robbery Incident
Every time there is an upcoming election, It seems like there is an increase in store robbery, Kidnap for ransom, and bank robberies. The recent one is the Rolex store holdup in Greenbelt 5 Makati.
According to news reports, about 6 men got off a van near the Greenbelt [...]
Yesterday Oct 16, 2009, I blogged about an unknown guy jumping off the Prince Plaza tower in Makati (dela rosa).
According to the latest news reports (philstar), the guy’s name is Emmanuel Ventura 27 years old, and an employee of HSBC Bank in Makati. An autopsy is currently conducted to determine if there is foul play [...]
Suicide in Prince Plaza Makati
I just heard some reports that somebody jumped/pushed over at Prince Plaza along dela rosa in Makati. Somebody said the person hit the pavement while other said the person got caught in the Meralco wires and was electrocuted which also resulted in a brownout of the surrounding area.
Anybody in the [...]
US Airforce and some more safety officials were thrilled suspecting that a there was a 6-year old boy in hot air balloon. Surprised, they found the boy just hiding in an attic, a cardboard box in it. This was too late though as the panic was all over the media thinking that the boy was [...]
Michael Brewer, 15, was set on fire by his classmates and made him suffer from 65 percent of burns in his body. His classmates saturated him with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire. These five boys have already been charged for what they’ve violently done.
Valerie Brewer, Michael’s mom, said that what happened to his [...]
US National Soccer team striker Charlie Davies had a car accident on Tuesday leaving another person involved dead. The Charlie Davies accident took place in the Washington area.
Charlie Davies was taken to the hospital and underwent through surgery for hours. Bob Bradley, his coach, is asking for prayers and can not say yet whether he [...]
Joseph Rocha served as a Petty Officer Third Class in Bahrain Military Working Dogs Division. He admits he’s gay and that the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy for gay men entering the military service in United States didn’t seem to have worked for him.
“The irony of “don’t ask, don’t tell” is that it protects bigots [...]
Stephen Gately, Boyzone member, died on Saturday morning after a getting drunk in Majorca, his holiday apartment. His family believes that his death was of a natural cause and not because of drugs nor suicide.
At that night before he died, he was out with his civil partner Andy Cowles. They went to a gay club. [...]
Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge Resort Opens
If you’re familiar with the reality TV show “Biggest Loser”, then you’re probably seen the Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge Resort Spa. They offer a boot camp style program for any individual of any fitness level.
For an overweight person not knowing how to control their weight, this is the final answer [...]
Watch NASA Bombing The Moon
Tomorrow is the scheduled NASA event wherein they will bomb the moon and hopefully detect some water.
Detecting that water is tough. Radar results have been inconclusive, with some people saying there’s lots of water, and others saying there’s none at all. By impacting a probe there, any ice located at the [...]
NASA is scheduled to bomb the moon on October 8, 2009. NASA thinks there’s water down under the lunar surface. The LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite) bombing of the moon mission will be launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. This mission will carry a missile to bomb the lunar surface.
Scientists think that under the [...]