Which Tarot Card are You?

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You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

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The Superhero in Me

Your results:
You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 95% Iron Man 75% Hulk 70% Spider-Man 65% The Flash 65% Supergirl 63% Superman 60% Wonder Woman 58% Batman 50% Catwoman 45% Robin 42%

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what's in a name?

What Hecktor Means

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life. You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip. People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them. You are a seeker. You often find yourself restless - and you have a lot of questions about life. You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home. You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

A Source of Pride and Jubilation?

It has almost been public knowledge that I have not finished college. Though I tried, it seems to have the penultimate power to free itself from my grasps.

Just last May 30, I graduated with a degree in Nursing. I thought to myself, finally, i can escape the premises of the classroom; my mama - as melodramatic as most moms are - can have her day to shed bucketfuls of tears and do her own little drama moment; and I can finally, look for work and be self-sufficient.

However, I tried to resist the idea of my family having a big celebration in honor of this graduation day. Trust me, I did all my best for it not to push through. I do not have to go through the details of it - I'm a theatre person and you know what we do. Hehe.

As you can see, my efforts were futile - so futile that our quaint little home has been swarmed with relatives, friends and neighbors eager to extend me their congratulations. Lots of kisses landed on my cheeks, lots of hand were offered to shake and lots of smiles and even, laughter thrown around the place on my behalf.

If I were 21 years old, I would have felt okay with it. However, I am years past the age of graduation. It can be a little awkward.

Through it all, I sported the best persona I can, smiling without any care in the world. Of course, who would not be happy of having a () GPA and a medal to boot.

After the smoke has subsided, the real task is finding the best job. I've been searching and constantly looking. There were sure shots; there were uncertainties. I am just waiting for my options to present themselves and choose the best career path.

Graduations are really surreal and ironic. Now, I know it.

Are Singing Contests in Doom?

Being a frustrated singer myself, I have constantly weighed in my mind whether to audition in the various TV shows offering to jump start anybody's career in singing. Aside from nationwide fame it brings, the pride of having to sing to wider audience showcasing the best vocal talent you currently have is in itself a great honor.

That is why, the Pinoy Dream Academy has always been lingering at the back of my mind. If not for the very hectic nursing schedule during the days of auditions, I would have mustered enough resolve and storm to the nearest audition venue possible. However, I did not because I did not have the luxury of time.

Of the recent developments, two scholars from Cebu have made it to the school for singers. Trust me, I am equally proud of them to have gotten that far.

But there are some questions I have long to ask about this talent search cum reality show.

I would have to put it off for some more days though. My mind is in a daze and I need to carefully collect my thoughts.

To be Continued...

Ang Pamumundok at Ang ZTE

Noon pa man, itinatanong ko sa aking sarili kung bakit ang iilan sa atin ay mas piniling iwanan ang umuusbong na buhay sa kabihasnan at ipagpalit sa mas delikadong pakikibaka sa bundok? Bakit mas gugustuhin nilang sa maya’tmayay tumakbo mula sa tumutugis na pwersa ng pamahalaan? Bakit itataya nila ang kanilang mga hiram na buhay para sa isang kawsang tila yata hindi sineseryoso ng ating pamahalaan? Ngayon, unti-unti nang nagkakahubog ang mga sagot sa mga tanong na bumagabag minsan sa aking kamalayan.

Sa kasagsagan ng tila hindi mamatay-matay na NBN-ZTE scandal, hindi ko lubos maisip na ang isang pamahalaang tinagurian pa naman sanang isang demokrasya ay papayagang sanang mangyari o tila yata makalusot ang isang kasunduang sa simula pa lang ang pinutakti na ng butas. Totoo man o hindi, ang lumulobong bilang ng mga saksi ay hindi maitatawa. Ang kumakapal na pahina ng mga ebidensiya ay magsisilbing patunay na marahil ang kaunting nakakaalam ay tinatamasa sana ngayon ang matatawag nilang komisyon. Ang diretsong o hindi tuwid na pag-amin ng mga nasasangkot ay hindi sana mangyayri kung hindi nagkaroon ng aberya ang plinanong kasunduan.

Ako’y nanalangin na ang isang malaking panloloko sa tao at paglulustay sana sa pera ng bayan ay hindi nangyari sa nakaraan, nangyayari sa kasalukuyan o mangyari sa hinaharap. Sa dinamirami nang kabulastugang napatunayan, anong kasiguruhan na hindi ito mangyayaring muli? Tila yata wala na itong patutunguhan..

Sa gitna ng pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin, hindi isang ZTE scandal ang ating kailangan. Isang pagbabago sa gobyerno, pag-iiba ng pagkatao ng mga nakaupo, at pagpapadami sa diretsong ginagampamnan ang kanilang tungkulin inihabilin sa kanila ng mamayan. Kung hindi, dadami at dadami parin ang mamumundok! Madaragdagan ang magiging kalaban ng gobyerno sa bundok man o sa patag.

Sana naman ang pagbabago’y mangyari sa lalong madaling panahon.

P.S. Salamat kay JCBATAN para sa imahe.

My Lakbayan Score and I utterly failed.....

My Lakbayan grade is D!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

I have always wanted to travel around Philippines but due to certain constraints, this is what I can afford....

Have You Ever

Have you ever felt trapped in a world once so familiar?

Have you ever lost touch of something once within reach?

Have you ever felt nude even with clothes on?

Have you ever been blinded by a bright ray in the dimmest of nights?

Have you ever been a stranger to your family and friends?

Have you ever felt the current on still and silent waters?

Have you ever seen yourself perpetuated in others?

Have you ever looked at the mirror and saw no one?

Have you ever felt alone in a crowd?

Have you ever held on to something beyond your grasp?

Have you ever appreciated the taste of something bland?

Have you ever felt ashamed of a convincing achievement?

Have you ever tracked an invisible person?

Have you ever dreamed of bright stars walking on earth?

Have you ever felt the powers-that-be conniving for your exultation?

Have you ever stared blankly with much intent?

Have you ever heard dogs hiccup in the dead of the night?

Have you ever felt swirling on a never-ending line?

Have you ever thought of a million things in split second?

Have you ever had your senses lie to you blatantly?

Have you ever felt your mind play tricks on you?

It has just begun.

Good Things Come in Small Packages

I have only been aware of Britain's Got Talent just recently when our very own, Madonna Decena, graced their stage and literally blew the judges away. Now, from a looks of it, the Filipina Diva has got herself a competition in the person of Charlie Green.

Charlie is a 10 year old boy and would you believe he likes the genre of Frank Sinatra and the likes. He is a product of a multicultural love between a Filipina who hails from my hometown CEBU and a Brit. Charlie is infectiously likeable more than his American Idol counterparts. Hopefully, he'll finish good in the competition if not win it all the way.

Looks like good things are bound to happen for Filipino talents abroad.

Thanks Starmometer for never failing to update us with wonderful news about Pinoys.

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Watch out for the Next Pinoy Breakout Star?

Britain's Got Talent made Simon Cowell a household name even before American Idol. Many have tried to get past him but failed. Some wept gallons of tears, some fell to their knees, some tried to smart talk him but all their efforts seemed a little futile.

In the newest edition of the show, a brave single mom named Madonna ( ironic isn't it?) Decena, who by the way is a Filipina, not only wowed him but also the unforgiving British crowd. Are we ready for the next FIlipina Breakout International Star? See for yourself. She could very well be very big as in humongous in the future.

Why Carly?

I admit I am not a big fan of her, but honestly, she sure got the most powerful voice in the competetion. She can belt out any note like nobody's business. She can take on any song as if it were her own. Sure, he may shriek like an angry banshee at times but she has delivered most of the times.

It just makes me really wonder why she was booted out of American Idol today?

Was it because of her lack of charisma with the viewing public?

Was it because of her released album that may have irked some fans deeming her overqualified to compete?

Was it a means of eliminating possible traps and competetions for the sure winner Archuleta?

Well, I could only surmise as much as anybody would. Needless to say, another plant in the competetion has been unrooted leaving us with limited choices.

What do you think?

Whatever Happened to Dawn and Angel?

Looks like Pantene is gearing towards younger but nonetheless, equally famous models. As of late, I have seen the new commercial and it now stars Judy Ann Santos and Claudine Barretto.

For me, nothing much has changed really. Except for the changes in the actors, Pantene has lived up to their advocacy towards celebrating beautiful Filipina women.

(Request po to ng kaibigan....Gotta give in...hehehe)

Could This be the Next Big Hit?

I do not necessarily watch tv. I could only do every so often especially when I am not really tired from all my nursing duties.

Yesterday was the start of a beutiful long weekend ahead. Of course, I took the most out of it and watched as much TV as I can. The newest season of the reality singing competition, Pinoy Dream Academy, is up and coming. I think it is due to start this June or much later.

They were in the middle of ointroducing some possible contenders when this guy sang this song: Mukha Kang Sofa.

Could this be another invasion of a literally unknown into mainstream pop culture of the Philippines? Is this going to be the next big novelty hit?

You be the judge.

New Coke Commercial

This is another beautiful concept from our advertising friends. Although some may disagree with as it may be a bit blasphemous, I find the cinematography and the execution well done.

I hope a lot of commercials of this caliber would be seen on the boob tube in the days, months and years to come.

Ang Arte ng MUMU

Welcome Back to me! Hehehe.

Took me months of souls searching para lang gambalain ng commercial na 'to. Ang resulta - di ko mapigilan magpost about it.

The concept was so ingenuine. Never expected something like this to come out from the great minds of advertising guys. Kudos to you!

Now watch at your own expense! To those who have shared my luck of having watched this, were you spooked out?

Ako hindi pero kung ako yung babae surely I would be!

Life in All its Splendid Glory

Before I even start ranting about how messed up my life is right now, I thank those who have sincerely missed me and my posts among many other things.

Just when I thought I had a blast in Manila, I had this very awful realization and revelation of some sorts that hit me so hard like magma slowly eating up my dry skin.

Due to the rarity of its occurence, I , quite hastily, took the earliest flight to Manila last Feb. 7. I had solid 5 days of non stop fun that even I have not recovered from fully just yet.

When I came back to Cebu, life seemed normal.

UNTIL.....

1. Being absent for my duty in a special area of psychiatric nursing would deem me up for a repeat rotation. This is due to the fact that I haven't been able to attend the orientation and next week would be the last week of the schedule.

Fuck 'em. Just when did this effing school follow rules and since when did they realize that nursing students would need to develop discipline? Not until today. Not until I had to be the victim of their inconsistencies and at most incompetence. I am a victim of circumstance and it's so effing unfair that a generally good student like me would end up suffering the consequences of some other student's misdemeanor.

And beat this, my boarlike RLE coordinator said to me, " I am a coordinator. I make schedules for everyone not personal schedules. I am nobody's personal secretary!".

Beat that! The nerve of her. Biatch!

But again I have to put up with that because after all, I am still in her crooked supervision. Dammit!

Bloopers or Famous Quotes of 2007

I am in no writing mood but I read this over the net. Makes me watch my pronunciation and English some more....Hehehehehe...As they say, be acreful with whatever that comes out of your mouth, you might end up regretting it or worse, have the whole world make a fool out of you....

By Arthur Spiegelman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Don't Tase Me, Bro," a phrase that swept the nation after a U.S. college student used it seeking to stop campus police from throwing him out of a speech by Sen. John Kerry, was named on Wednesday as the most memorable quote of 2007.

Fred R. Shapiro, the editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, said the plea made by University of Florida student Andrew Meyer on September 17, accompanied by Meyer's screams as he was tased, beat out the racial slur that cost shock jock Don Imus his job and the Iranian president's declaration that his country does not have homosexuals.

Shapiro said Meyer's quote was a symbol of pop culture success. Within two days it was one of the most popular phrases on Google and one of the most viewed videos. It also showed up on ringtones and T-shirts.

Second on Shapiro's list was this tortuous answer by Lauren Upton, the South Carolina contestant in the Miss Teen America contest in August:

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S. or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for us."

Upton had been asked why one-fifth of Americans are unable to locate the United States on a map and later apologized for her answer not making a lot of sense.

Third was Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's October comment at Columbia University in New York, "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country."

Shock jock Don Imus comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team: "That's some nappy-headed hos there," was fourth.

Imus created a national outcry and lost his job at CBS radio in April, but returned to the airwaves in December with Citadel Broadcasting.

Other phrases on the list:

5. "I don't recall." -- Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' repeated response to questioning at a congressional hearing about the firing of U.S. attorneys.

6. "There's only three things he (Republican presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani) mentions in a sentence: a noun and a verb and 9/11." -- Sen. Joseph Biden, speaking at a Democratic presidential debate.

7. "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody (Vice President Dick Cheney) who has a 9 percent approval rating." -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat.

8. "(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom." -- Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's explanation of why his foot touched that of an undercover policeman in a men's room.

9. "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." -- Biden describing rival Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

10. "I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history." -- Former President Jimmy Carter in an interview in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper.

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Eric Beech)

Art of Lying Part 2

It has been a while since my last post. I admit I have neglected my blog for a couple of weeks. Now, now that I am finally free from all the burdens of school, I am back to what I love doing when I am free - apart from contemplating over trivial or life-changing things.

To lighten up the mood of my blog, I would like to share this video I got via youtube. It is so freaking hilarious!

Enjoy. See you around!

Saved!

I do not find this commercial hilarious - not the type that would have me rolling on the floor laughing. Yet, it is endearingly cute that I thought of sharing it through my blog. The genius behind this would be lauded for a well thought-of commercial that exudes ingenuity and utter uniqueness. It is a very rare gem!

Without much ado as I have a lot of catching up to do with my posts, enjoy the commercial.

Marriage, Will I Ever Be Ready?

Time flies without us knowing. One day you are in high school - youthful, vibrant, innocent and unadulterated - the next thing you know, you are not as pure as you thought you were. The world has bruised you, flipped you over, turned your world upside down and changed you into a completely different person.

At 23, what have I accomplished? Is there more to me than what meets the eye? Am I ready to traverse deeper into the dark abyss called life? Am I emotionally mature?

Honestly, I do not know. But when news of my high school friends marriage reaches me, I can't help but ponder on things. Why so soon? Why them? Married life has taken its toll on my former classmates. We were 31 then and last check showed four about to have and having kids already, two more planning, and almost all of the others in a serious and committed relationship.

Today, news just came that someone very dear to me - one of my closest friends in fact - is going to get married at least within next year. She, quite impulsively, has succumbed to whirlwind of romance and resorts to get married.

But I ask you, is marriage really an answer to constantly bugging problem of singlehood? Is it a way out? Is it a way in? is it a way to make things better? IS twenty-three a good age? And the questions go on.

To my blogging friends, my wisdom has yet again failed me. I would love and appreciate your comments.