Headlines these two days are all about Japanese.

I've been tagged by Rhey! Ok. Hmm... So 7 random things about me.

1. I'm a devout catholic. I never thought of changing my religion. I am not always one with the church in some issues, but I would never abandon my faith.

2. I earn my own money. I have no plans to wait until I finish my schooling or wait until I'm in my 30's to stop leeching on my parents. I am not inutile and helpless like others to let my parents carry me when I can walk by myself.

3. I like history and geography. There's always about these two subjects that fascinate me.

4. Because of number 3, I like travelling. I'm a globetrotter.

5. Not to sound immodest, but I'm actually good in Math, Chemistry and Physics. These subjects are very easy to me.

6. I am very loyal. Loyal to my friends, loyal to my favorite restaurants, loyal to my favorite airline, anything else I consider my favorite.

7. I like eating out. I judge the restaurant based on service and ambiance, the food based on presentation, taste, aroma and texture.

Here are my Top 10 favorite queens of all time:

10. Empress Genmei and Gensho (707-724)
Two of the few Japanese empress who ruled in their own right. It was only in 1889 that women were prohibited from ascending on the Chrysanthemum Throne.

9. Can't decide. Hehe. Suggest some.

8. Wu Zetian-Empress of China (665-705)
Her regime was characterized by Machiavellian cleverness and brutal despotism. During her reign, she formed her own Secret Police to deal with any opposition that might arise. She gained popular support by advocating Buddhism but ruthlessly persecuted her opponents within the royal family and the nobility.

7. Mary I of England-Queen of England
Mary, the fifth monarch of the Tudor dynasty, after Jane Grey and before Elizabeth I, is remembered for briefly returning England to Roman Catholicism. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as a consequence, she is often known as Bloody Mary.

6. Marie Antoinette-Queen of France (1774-1791)
Ever glamorous and graceful queen of France. She was graceful until the end. Legend states that her last words were, "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur," (Pardon me, monsieur) spoken after she had accidentally stepped on the executioner's foot.

5. Cleopatra-Queen of Egypt
Cleopatra was a direct descendant of Alexander's general, Ptolemy I Soter, son of Arsinoe and Lacus, both of Macedon. She loved her people and refused that her people be treated as subjects to the Roman Empire.

4. Maria Theresa-Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
Maria Theresa helped initiate financial and educational reforms, promoted commerce and the development of agriculture, and reorganized the army, all of which strengthened Austria's resources. She brought unity to the Habsburg Monarchy and was considered one of its most capable rulers.

3. Queen Rania Al-Abdullah-Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (1999-present)
Queen Rania has been an outspoken advocate of women's right and is renowned for her philanthropic work. She is active in fields of national concern, as well microfinance, the protection of children from violence, the promotion of early childhood development, and the incorporation of technology into schools.

2. Victoria of United Kingdom-Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Empress of India and South Africa (1837-1901)
The Victorian era was at the height of the Industrial Revolution, a period of significant social, economic, and technological progress in the United Kingdom. Victoria's reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire; during this period it reached its zenith, becoming the foremost Global Power of the time.

1. Catherine the Great-Empress of Russia (1762-1796)
Also referred to as an epitome of the "enlightened despot". During her reign Catherine extended the borders of the Russian Empire southward and westward adding 200,000 miles² to Russian territory, and she further shaped the Russian destiny to a greater extent than almost anyone before.

*Pictures from Wikipedia.
Reference: Wikipedia

Just watched Shrek 3. Not worth it. Just watch it in 8 in 1 DVD.

Speaking of DVD, I bought one with Pirates 2 and Pursuit of Happyness. Equally great films.

So I'll assume that I was tagged by Sho. Hehe. So I will have something to write about.

15 things/people/etc I hate. Yup. I'm a hater.

1. Call me a racist. But I hate Koreans, British people and Muslims.

2. I hate sudden changes. Especially changes I am not anticipating.

3. I hate dust. I'm allergic to dust.

4. I hate mustard. Tastes like poison.

5. I hate Italian food, especially Pasta.

6. I hate cheap things. Don't get me wrong. Good bargains are different from cheap.

7. I hate dancing. I think it's a waste of time.

8. I hate the beach.

9. I hate summer.

10. I do not like men who have piercings. Indecent.

11. I hate classmates who are incompetent and dumb.

12. I hate philosophers. Ancient and modern. Tell me the achievement of communists.

13. I hate smoke belching cars, buses or jeeps. Why don't they flatten these things??

14. I hate squatters, slums. Land grabbers. 1 word: Bulldoze!!

15. I do not like people who smoke. I know you want to have lung cancer, but please spare the non-smoker beside you.

Ooops may sumobra. I hate hip-hoppers. Is this the right spelling?

May tatamaan nanaman diyan. It's not like I hate you so we can't be friends. Of course we can!

Next in "The 15" list, 15 things I like. :)

So I can't think of a topic. Maybe my dearest readers can suggest some. I'll discuss them. It can be anything under the sun. :)

Today was the busiest day of all. Dozens of applicants from the job fair flocked to the main office for their final interview.

After the busy day, we tallied the numbers:

Yesterday: 49 applicants, 24 passed
Today: 124 applicants, 24 passed

Such a waste of time!!

I always pity people who brag just because they have a blog and some coins in their pocket they earned from their mediocre job.

I'm not a know-it-all but I do know many things and atleast I do not live a low class lifestyle.

No wonder so many people experience midlife crisis. Oh come on, half your life already and you're still at that level? Ahaha. Now that's something to laugh about.

AUDI - Another Ugly Deutche Invention

BMW - Brings Me Women but Broke My Wallet

FIAT - Failure in Italian Automotive Technology

FORD - Fast Only Rolling Downhill

SAAB - Shape Appears Ass Backwards

SUBARU - Screwed Up Beyond Any Repair Usually

VOLVO - Very Odd Looking Vehicular Object

PORSCHE - Proof Of Rich Spoiled Children Having Everything

HYUNDAI - Hope You Understand Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive

I can't believe people still believe they are better than other people just because they live in high rise condominiums in Makati. If you look closely, they are no more than mediocre employees. Such know-it-alls.

Cofibean is right. They are rip-off of the baho masa. Yuppie dw. Pweh.

My younger sister and I were talking yesterday about development in Malabon.

Me: If all of Malabon will be bulldozed and developed into a buzzling city like the Makati business district or Ortigas center, then I would be more than happy to give up my house.

She: Malabon is a buzzling city.

Me: It's buzzling the wrong way.

She: Malabon has only one beautiful house and that's ours. How can they bulldoze it?

Me: I would agree if instead of bulldozing our house, it will be turned into a tourist center just like in Kuala Lumpur. It will be the landmark for the Old Malabon. Another condition is that, the tallest building in the world should be built in the new city. It should be authentically Filipino in design.

Me and she: *Laughters*

Just voted and got my index finger nail inked.

I believe that the corruption in the government today is the fault of those who does not vote, especially those who are educated. The reason why the illiterate and uneducated are the majority, is because people who are educated, are not voting. The high and middle class' votes will always be the majority.

In the 2010 presidential elections, it would be best if Manuel Villar becames president and Miriam Defensor Santiago for vice. She's not really crazy. She's in fact really good. Seriously.

As for the partlist, I cannot stand anymore the blabbering communists. They are always in the opposition whoever is in Malacanang. Talk about balimbing.

So since I'm an on-the-job trainee at Human Resource of one of the biggest call centers in the Philippines, I had probably screened around hundreds of resumes already. And I had a lot of fun browsing through them.

Fun part #1: Look at the picture. Just by looking at the picture, we may guess who will make it through the initial interview and who will not. But I can say that that will only be 50% accurate. Most of the time, I am surprised to see him/her again for the final interview.

Fun part #2: Look at the school where they came from and their course. I am most surprised to see nursing graduates applying for the CSR job. Isn't being a nurse abroad more fulfilling? (Financially that is.) Most of the schools are vocational schools while some are "what's that" schools.

Fun part #3: Initial interview! You get to assess their communication skills. Good command of the English language is a must. Sometimes group interviews are funny but I try to keep my giggle in. You'll be hearing grammar lapses, mispronunciations and poor sentence constructions.

Fun part #4: You get to see applicants from all ages. As young as 17 and as old as 50+.

But I find this part not fun at all: Telling the applicants they were not accepted. Or they failed. Either in interview or in the tests. Ack. I can only feel the exhaustion and frustration in them. I mean, we do not let them go back home after an interview or test. It's all one-day process. Some applicants came as early as 10 and go home as late as 5 or 6. If they passed it all, they will have a final interview with operations at around 10pm. Imagine if you failed the last interview. Shocks.

Here are some movies I am so excited to watch in 2007:

I can't believe that some people are so optimistic they are delusional. There is a very thin line between optimism and delusion. Human beings are called such because they are rational. They use their brain to weigh every situation.

We do not just say that everything is good and OK. We have our brains so we can decide which can be helped and which cannot be helped. The reality is, not everything will be fine. Optimists are liars. They want to lie straight to your face just to make you feel good. They hide the truth because truth hurts.

In fact, research shows that optimistic people are more prone to depression and suicide. Most of the things and events here in our world is not really the things in the optimist's mind. They live in their own puny little world. That is why in the end of the day, the first to die out are the frail optimists.

Of course I am not saying that we all turn pessimists. We should always use our brain to assess our environment. A little optimism won't hurt, just like pessimism on some things is not bad either. Be careful my friend.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning In Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It does not matter whether you area lion or gazelle: WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU BETTER BE RUNNING

The traffic jam during Fridays is just unbelievable. The usual 1 hour drive becomes a 3-hour drive. The gas tank was at 1/4 when I was going to the office, I was already late as I reached Ortigas and decided to gas-up on the way home.

On the way home, I was stuck in traffic for 30 minutes and the light warning me that the gas tank is nearly empty was lit. It scared the hell out of me. Luckily, I made it to the nearest gas station before it dries up.

Sheess. Talk about the embarassment I will be put through if my car died right in the middle of a traffic jam in Ortigas. The worst part is that my phone's battery had only bar left.

If you've seen a video game-related story on network television, chances are it wasn't exactly peachy. Despite rising revenue that makes film executives green with envy, the video game industry is often portrayed as conventional entertainment's raucous, hyperactive kid brother. The list of gaming's negative side-effects is seemingly inexhaustible: games are addictive, games ruin relationships, games make kids fat, and of course, games train mass murderers. Pretty scary stuff for a pastime who's most enduring mascot is a jovial plumber.

To point out the factual inaccuracies of such grim claims is a tempting proposition, but rather than simply fan the fires of the argument, we'd like to present a new one altogether.

Believe it or not, games can be good for you. And we can prove it. Here are five ways in which video games can make the world a better place for you, me, and Mario.

1. They can improve your eyesight.

Your mother might have had good intentions when she told you not to sit too close to the television screen, but it turns out that staring at certain digitized images can present notable visual benefits.

A March 2007 research study at the University of Rochester put a group of college-aged non-gamers through the paces of such high-caliber action fare as Gears of War, Lost Planet and Halo. After 30 hours of gameplay, the subjects outperformed the control group in their ability to accurately pick out objects in a cluttered space.

Research author Daphne Bevelier explained, "First-person action games helped study subjects improve their spatial resolution, meaning their ability to clearly see small, closely packed together objects, such as letters... the present study highlights the potential of action-video game training for rehabilitation of visual deficits."

In laymen terms, that means years of fragging might actually sharpen your vision by training your brain to quickly process information. This also has therapeutic ramifications, potentially aiding in the treatment of a variety of ocular disorders including vision loss from aging and lazy eye.

Would we recommend playing Half-Life 2 for 8 hours before taking an eye exam? Not on our remaining lives, but it's good to know that all those headshots might help our heads after all.

2. They can help you focus.

We know, it sounds crazy. After all, how many homework assignments were left unfinished due to late nights spent searching for the Triforce?

Too many, to be sure, but for kids suffering from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), the inability to focus and finish a task goes beyond a love of Link.

Though in its infancy, the burgeoning field of gaming as a means to contend with the negative effects of ADHD was bolstered by a Cornell study demonstrating the positive effects of video game training in ADHD-afflicted youth. Even at an early age, kids seemed to respond well to games as a treatment method, showing significant improvement over their non-gaming peers.
This comes on the heels of an emerging effort aimed at directly contending with focus issues by tapping into brainwaves themselves. Expanding upon technology first created by NASA, the whimsically-named Play Attention system allows ADHD children to control customized video games simply using their minds.

Via a red bicycle helmet lined with sophisticated sensors, children are rewarded for focusing on certain gameplay elements, watching their scores rise as they maintain focus on a moving onscreen object. Over time, they begin to understand that paying attention produces higher and higher scores, equating focus with success. It might sound far-fetched, but as of 2006 Play Attention has been adopted in over 450 school systems nationwide.
And you thought helmets were for the slow kids.

3. They can help you lose weight.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of marketing reps, the image of the overweight, undernourished gamer is, at last, slowly fading. Still, there's no question that gluing your butt to a couch for six hours a day doesn't do anything good for that spare tire, not to mention your proclivity for high cholesterol and heart disease.

So how do you get a gamer to work out? Simple: build exercise into the game.
And in the case of West Virginia, build it into your curriculum.
Anyone who has been to a mall in the past five years has seen Konami's Dance Dance Revolution work its cardiovascular magic on unsuspecting teens, but state and school officials in the Appalachian state have upped the ante by partnering with Konami to put DDR machines in all 765 of its schools. School officials see it as an innovative way to engage kids in physical education, while the kids see it as, well, video games in school. Not exactly a hard sell.

For those of us no longer stuck in classrooms all day, there's certainly no shortage of excer-games designed to fit in the living room. From the myriad home versions of DDR to Sony's Eyetoy Kinetic, consoles have certainly tried helping you shed a pound or two without boring yourself into a stupor. Just watch what they did to one of our own in Yahoo's infamous Project Gutbuster (Mike has kept the weight off, by the way).
And of course, anyone with a copy of Wii Sports knows that an evening of virtual tennis has real-world ramifications, particularly in the triceps and back muscles. Is anyone working on Wii Masseuse?

4. They can help you understand classic literature.

It's no secret that games draw inspiration from books, but one enterprising teacher has turned the tables by using Halo to help his students understand the complexities of Homeric epics.
Roger Travis, associate professor of modern and classical languages at the University of Connecticut, claims that the trials and tribulations of Trojan hero Aeneas chronicled in Virgil's Aeneid mirror those of Halo's Master Chief.

Travis elucidates, "Both Halo and the Aeneid tell a story about a more-than-human hero defeating enemies who would be too much for ordinary people like us - enemies who nevertheless bear an important resemblance to the ones we and the Romans face in our respective presents."

He likens the interactivity found in contemporary gaming to the oral tradition that prompted ancient audiences to connect with their plays, going so far as to actually haul an Xbox to class to help prove his point.

Best...homeroom...ever.

5. They can literally save your life.

There's nothing particularly pleasant about going under the knife, especially if you're wary of the surgeon's skills. That's why before making the first incision, Dr. James Clarence Rosser, Jr. of New York's Beth Israel Medical Center lets his patients know that he's awesome at Super Monkey Ball.

You read correctly. Years of honing his hand-eye coordination with video games have led the good doctor to believe that they can have a significant impact as training tools for laparoscopic surgeons at every level.

He takes his theory quite seriously, and after co-authoring a study proving that surgeons who played video games three times a week were faster and made fewer mistakes than those who preferred to avoid the toys, the rest of the medical community is, too.

*Lifted from Yahoo! Games

So I have questions for my regular readers.

Kuro: Ano ba talaga ang ginagawa ng Executive Producer? Ikaw ba ang may-ari ng I-witness? At pwede ka rin ba magproduce ng films?

Scarlett: Meron din ba kayong honey pot just like in Metro? And what branch ka? Bat nga pala meron pang mga I-bank?

Hitori: Programmer ka ba?

Sho: What can you say of media today? Do you have job already?

Hmm... Sinu pa ba?

Gone are the days when the middle class life is acceptable. The life the middle class nowadays are living is cheap. It is time for the Class A and B people to raise the standard of the Luxelife to a higher level.

Common cheap tourist destinations are now a no-no to visit. Boracay, Hongkong and Bangkok are nice for weekend trips but not for vacation. Luckily for us, there is still Amanpulo, Tokyo and of course the US and Europe. I can't imagine if these places will also be infested.

How come Gateway let the infestation get this worse? I thought this will be a Class A mall? And I just hope Trinoma does not turn up to be another SM north. I have friends who hates it there. Puro katulong daw. Fortunately, Rockwell Powerplant and The Shang can still provide some pleasure in shopping and integrity in malling.

So many other forms of lifestyle that only the high class used to enjoy, are now mediocre. In fairness to the Burgis, they should be congratulated for catching up.

tinanong ko ang lolo ko,

"Masakit po ba talaga ang magmahal ng lubos?"

Ang sabi ni lolo,

"Apo.... Rich tayo, ayos lang kahit magmahal ang pulbos."

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Kid: I know the truth mom!
Mom: Huh? Eto 500, wag ka lang maingay sa dad mo ha?

Kid: Dad, I know the truth!
Dad: Huh? Eto 1000, wag ka lang maingay sa mom mo ha.

Kid: (Hmm... Effective to' ah! Ang maid masubukan) Inday alam ko na ang katotohanan!
Inday: Sa wakas! Yakapin mo ko anak!

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Woman charged in court for death of her husband because she's feeding her dogfood for a year.

Woman: It's not the dogfood that caused it! He broke his neck trying to lick his balls."

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Do you believe in Destiny?

Ako hindi...

Konti lang magandang channels. Mas believe ako sa Sky Cable.

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"23 million Filipinos have no toilets"
- Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 8,2007

25 million Filipinos have nothing to eat!
No need for toilets.

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Wahahahahaha.

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