Call to bar Filipino workers from going to Gulf - The National Newspaper

Call to bar Filipino workers from going to Gulf - The National Newspaper

My heart goes out to all of them who brave the unknown to feed hungry mouths back home.
Every day I thank the Lord for being in a position that allows me to help them in my own little way.
I know that a lot more must be done, and individuals driving down to the labor office to drop off old clothes and other old items for them to make use of just won't change things significantly.
But it is a big help, because it gives them immediate help and their plight is getting more attention.
Sometimes it is very frustrating to think that you can only help to an extent, and you cannot really go to the heart of the issue because you are just one person, also an employee, also helpless in a sense.
If I had the power to change things I would.
But the power I have now is important, and I shall not lose it.
I will keep on paying them a visit until I can do more.

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - Acoustic Cover - Lucas Silveira of The Cliks

In the first month of this year, I must have achieved so much more than in the last quarter of 2009. I have faith in 2010 that, even though it is just a number assigned by genuises centuries ago to give humans a sense of accomplishment and order, it will usher me into a whole new way of living and eventually lead me to fulfillment.
I have managed to beat my self-imposed deadlines, whether they are small errands or life-changing decisions. Every year does not come without challenges, but I believe I have gone through the worst and there is nothing more important right now but for me to own the moment.
I'm going to make this year mine.
And because I am not selfish at all, you might as well make it yours.
Everybody happy.

I would like an extra hand to....

...assist me in the toilet.

...type my scripts.

...slap the other ones when I feel like a cigarette.

...answer my phone while the two others are on the wheel.

...reach my back when scrubbing in the bath.

...give bigger hugs to the people I love.

...carry grocery bags.

...go through the mysteries of the Holy Rosary with accuracy.

...edit a story in no time.

...slap up a nice healthy meal in the morning in speed lightning.

...turn off all the lights and the A/C before rushing out the door.

...to learn never-been-seen dance moves.

...to feak people out.

Absolutely unfounded, although true for some people.

Bad Romance Lady Gaga Beat Box

This is the coolest thing anyone has ever done to a Lady Gaga song. Glee-ish.

Funny. Not if it happened to me.

Two Evil Girls

I love scary movies. It seems to me that children are the new face of horror films these days. The Exorcist and The Oman raked millions of dollars back in the days, and I loved them both, which is why it's not hard to understand why kids are back on the big screen to give us grown-ups goosebumps.

I recently watched Case 39 and Orphan with Fifi, and I am now freaked out at the prospect of interacting with bright young girls who wear shabby Sunday dresses and have an IQ they could not have acquired in the environment where they were raised. Not that there are many here in Dubai. Not that there are any here in Dubai.

In Case 39, the child turned out to be the devil, and she can kill people just by having bad thoughts about them.

In Orphan, the adopted girl is actually a dwarf with a mental disability that causes her to kill her adoptive father if he does not reciprocate her romantic intentions for him.

Both girls are utterly convincingly disgusting.

They weakened my spine and made me want to watch The Office episodes to forget.

And though I did not entirely erase the image of Lilith and Esther from my head, Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute did help.

My favorite hang out in International City is closing down at the end of the month. I was deeply saddened by the news. The walls of The Crepes Bar have absorbed all my sentiments for the past year: the secrets, the gossip, and unfounded rants about anything and everything in my life. Mimi was very passionate about the creperie, thinking up ways to make the place more fun and cozy. But I guess like all good things, those days at the creperie had to end. I am sure that new place will sprout in the area. And I'll have more things to talk about with my friends when I take them there.

iheartradio: Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind, Part II" (live)

Manila with the Gigolos, From Day 1 - 21

Airport Duty: Mama Becky and Zoe, Tito Mel and Pao, and of course the stunning Kath! Haha!

Last night out with Terri before she walked down the aisle :)

Almost complete.

Our first time at Foodstreet in Ortigas. Not a bad tambayan!

Spren is to Cruiser as Zin is to San Mig Light.

Cookie: shots shots shots!

Dinner at the new Greek restaurant Cyma.

Cris and Terri playing a little game with game master Ate Nikki.

The four Js.

Kathrynne and Cifra.

Chiara and Randy. Team Randy!

Charmlius. Tambalang Kimerald boohoo!

Dancing with the 'rents.

Here's a toast to Mr and Mrs Mora!

The after-party dance showdown.

Fifi chatting with Andrew in Tagalog.

If I took another shot it's straight to the toilet, face first.

The bride outdid the groom in a Bacardi 151 head to head.

Wyson and Wong - the culprits

Change outfit???

The morning after

Off we go

The super early breakfast at Banapple

Fifi poses with the parking boy - magdress ba kasi na kakulay ng Banapple?

Pancake House

No drama in 2010!

Starbucks with the Moras

Titser kath's masterpiece

Walang ligo ligo sa meeting place

In front of the perpetual meeting place - McDo Katipunan

At the resort

Gatorade and GSM

Kayaking

Karaoke - bayaran na!

Jack's Loft with Spren and the rest of the J and Cookie

Airport Duty - time to go back!