KUMAGCOW - The Goodlooking Guy on His Journey : )

In a glass case is one of only seven copies of JK Rowling's 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' book. This was shown in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland December 3, 2008. The copy of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' which Rowling presented to her first editor Edward Cunningham, is valued at over two million pounds ($2.95 million) and is due to go on display at the National Library of Edinburgh from 5th December.

J.K. Rowling wishes that if these few books earn millions of pounds, it will go to children's charities in Eastern Europe. Edinburgh by the way is the birthplace of Rowling. This new book is a collection of five fables mentioned in Rowling's saga about boy wizard Harry Potter. This will only be released in a few countries unlike Harry Potter that even got translated in a few languages. It's not creating that much buzz now but it is equally expensive. If you are a true Harry Potter fan and a collector, then this is your ambrosia. The professors of Hogwartz were even mentioned on one of the stories so do not miss this chance to get the origin of the Harry Potter books.

One half of the most influential and powerful couple in the world just gave away homes for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Lower 9th Ward neighborhood families were preparing to spend their first holidays here. Brad Pitt was sad though because this is only part of it. He would like to rebuild communities and the whole state but funding and labor were just slow. Parts of the project would be put up first quarter of 2009 and late October. "I'm really happy for the families that are going to be here, but I can't help but think about the families that aren't". The Make It Right was launched by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie a year ago. The project is for the construction of 150 energy-efficient homes in a section of New Orleans washed away when Katrina broke levees Aug. 29, 2005. He just said he's not stopping until everything becomes normal and he promises to build thousands of homes in the same neighborhood.

For those of you who would like to donate to the same cause and my friend (we're close yah know! heheh!) Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation, just go to http://www.makeitrightnola.org

C.E.I.V.A. the inventor of digital photo frames just created a website to enjoy this holiday season. It’s all at http://www.sitonsantaslap.com.

The site shows a mini movie like flash presentation that lets me upload my own picture making me a part of it with Santa and his little green elves. C.E.I.V.A. Digital Photo Frames were showcased containing this uploaded file that cracks you up each time you see it. They have the option to send it on your phone too. This happens when you sit on Santa’s lap much like when we were kids!

From the naughty or nice book, he checks out each name on it and lo and behold your own name appears there too. This also would show your own wish with it. The Got a Wish Sweeepstakes makes you also better this yuletide season as they also choose a daily winner of $500 on the site. 29 more winners will have the same fate each day. Please let me win this one now until the end of the month. The 500 bucks would go a long way. The digital frames are awesome and I’ve always wanted one since I watched episodes for Back to the Future and Spider man where these were seen. Digital Photo Frames also can now be fixed for free if you subscribe on their Picture Plan Membership. You won’t have to fear the “you break it you bought it” people when accidents happen. Can you get me this awesome gift for Christmas?

In our part of the world, this is the greatest thing celestial bodies did for this country. It showed up around 6-8PM in the evening smiling at us. This is the best planetary gathering of the year, simply because it involves three of the brightest objects in the sky after the sun. From the eight official planets in the solar system, five are visible at night without the aid of a telescopes or binoculars. Jupiter and Venus are particularly bright (no not the sailor warriors lolz) , partly because both have highly reflective clouds that completely envelop them, but also because Venus is Earth's closest neighbor while Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

What's your gift for me? Is it too much to ask this Christmas season what I should get?! It's funny I know but there are a couple of things I would want to get for that most wonderful time of the year!

I’m a geek and my lifestyle demands I have enough things to support my luxuries in life. I don’t even want to think about that day where I won’t have any access whatsoever with my gadgets and electronic devices. That would just be unbearable and such a nightmare to think about.

An online store I dropped by offered 20% discount on the best things you could buy for me. I have lots of paperwork and I lost 4 years of email at work. I just would not want that to happen again so I implore you to get me storage. Yes my friends, I don’t ask too much so if you plan to buy me something I could use it would be just that. I need personalized holiday gifts and this is the only one I prefer.

Personalized Thumb Drives – I need this handy storage so I can easily plug and play with any computer I have do carry my documents in. The site offers it in 14 colors, 16GB of capacity and custom engraving (which you normally just see in expensive pen brands) all for free.

Personalized Pens – With the same engraving for free, you can get me this one for less than 2 dollars would you believe that?!

Business Card Flash Drives – It’s a unique gift. I remember eating out with my folks and I saw my former boss from SSS. He asked me for a business card after the little chat we had and guess what?! I didn’t have one. I was humiliated and kept thinking about it for months while laughing myself in misery because I did not have something so simple that executives should always carry around. Oh I’m still thinking about that! I’d probably go to my former office and give them this one so I’d look mighty cool.

Wooden USB Flash Drives – Well it’s a statement of course! You can’t find that much nature loving geeks around so if you are the type you can give me this one instead. It’s less than 16 dollars off the site if you want to get me one.

I know I am a little bit demanding but hey it’s Christmas anyway so why should I hold back asking you for what I want right?! Thanks in advance! I’m going to wait for those in the mail so don’t leave me out in the snow. Get me these great holiday gifts!

I watched CNN this morning and just heard horrible news. This is a sad day. 160 people are dead, among them are about 26 foreigners which comprise of Japanese, Australian, British and American guests of the hotel. 2 Filipinos were even among those left in the hotel for 2 days. They were not able to go out on the corridors and locked themselves inside 2 rooms drinking nothing but coffee in the ordeal.

It ended just today, but with the casualties amounting to these few foreigners and a lot of Indian civilians are just a shot in the arm for their government. A few strikes also were seen outside of Mumbai aside from this hotel. I hope people responsible for these attacks would be put to justice.

What if this happened to your country? What would you do huh?!

In this era of unending active lifestyle, we need to wear comfortable clothes to adapt to this existence. I play war games every summer or when my friends from high school/college get together. The terrains for these activities are harsh and of course you can’t wear leather shoes, suits, or your handy dandy coat and tie for it. You must take the chance to gain advantage and win the rounds. This is where I suggest you check out Tactical Pants.

This is very popular in the Philippines if you ask me. These are not just ordinary cargo pants cut off to look fashionable. Each pocket and containment is made to fit every device and apparatus you need to survive the rugged landscape we’re getting into. Yes I know we were there to enjoy but there is always pride in winning. I engaged my so called enemies a few times and have understood that this isn’t "biological and chemical warfare" and "global thermonuclear war" but the bragging rights would be nice. The mountains and ditches we had to go through were ruthless. Not only did we have to scale a couple of kilometers just to reach the summit of a single mountain, we had to pass by 7 of them. It took 5 hours to go up and it was not even easy to go down either. The views were spectacular and I was never better while suited for the occasion. With the rounds we made, we won about 13 out of 20 attempts so in these terms we won them fair and square.


The website where I plan to get more of these garments from not only sold Tactical Pants but there are Saber Jackets, Hawk Glasses, Flashlights, Holsters, Utility Knives and Jumpsuits for more serious players. You won’t regret purchasing each one to gain the advantage that I had when I needed it most.

Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India.
Photo by Associated Press