May 28, 2011

Orchids

It’s the onset of the rainy season here in the Philippines and I haven’t been going out of the house these days. Plus, I have cough and colds. I don’t want to miss on blogging, so I tried to look for old pictures here in my hard drive and found these lovely pictures of orchids!

These are the orchids of my relative in Baloy, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija. One of the most remote place in the Philippines. It’s almost near the province of Pangasinan, near the town of Carmen. Once a year, in December, I visit my relatives in this place. Only last year did I noticed that my aunt is growing orchids in the hot place called Barrio Baloy. I wonder how she did it, but it’s beautiful.

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Yup, that’s their humble house. Also, these pictures were taken using my very reliable digital camera, the Canon A495.

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“The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”

By Jaco Benin and Markki Stroem. Ang pogi ni Markki dito sobra! (Markki is very handsome here).

The video currently have only 626 views. Hopefully, fans of Markki will be viewing the video soon.

May 24, 2011

Justin Bieber

It’s 2:42 AM and I just finished watching Justin Bieber’s movie “Never Say Never”. I was actually cleaning my hard disk of disk space and I’ve been looking at my µTorrent list of movies that I’ve downloaded before that I haven’t watched yet.

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“Never Say Never” is actually a good movie. As far as Wikipedia is concern, it’s really a documentary. I have this habit of checking Wikipedia once in a while, when I’m watching a movie. Just to check for facts.

I admire the kid. He has good voice and the people behind him did a great job in promoting him as a teen idol and music icon. It’s not everyday that an artist sold out tickets to New York’s Madison Square Garden. And yes, Justin Bieber was the youngest artist to sold out tickets to this venue.

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The movie documented Justin Bieber’s rise to fame, from an ordinary kid growing up in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, to his current status, as a certified hit-maker.

I came across Justin Bieber via his song “Baby” which became my Last Song Syndrome (LSS) way back in January last year. I’m a fan of pop and Justin Bieber’s song got me. I have his My World 2.0 songs in my iTunes.

It’s sad to know that during his Manila concert last May 10, instead of publishing how his concert was a certified sold-out, or how good his music is, people dwelt with his alleged  snobbish behavior. Well, if it’s true, who cares? He has the right to do so, since he’s not someone’s “pet” or property. The only thing you could do (if you get offended by his behavior) is to stop purchasing his CDs or stop attending his concerts.

It’s true with all artist. If you don’t like an artist’s behavior, then stop patronizing the artist, foreign or local. To Justin Bieber, congratulations on your achievement so far. Again, it’s not everyday that an artist like you could sold-out a concert at The Garden.

May 21, 2011

The End of the World

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Harold Camping, 89, previously made a failed prediction that Jesus Christ would return to Earth in 1994.

But the head of the Christian radio network Family Stations Inc says he is sure an earthquake will shake the Earth on May 21, sweeping true believers to heaven and leaving others behind to be engulfed in the world's destruction over a few months.

That’s from Yahoo! Philippines.

Here’s what the Bible says:

32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

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36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father.

Matthew 24: 32-36.

But one thing is for sure. The false prophets are amongst us. Including Harold Camping. For it is written:

26 “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. 27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Matthew 24: 26-28

I was actually surprised yesterday, when TV Patrol made a survey if we believe the world will end today, 12% of the respondents believed. 12% of the respondents were already deceived.