43 American Idols Booted Out Hollywood!

Hard job for AI judges huh?!
Photo by Associated Press

I watched American Idol eliminations today and boy a lot were given the boot. Among the 147 people who were given the golden ticket to hollywood, 43 were sent home packing as the first day of eliminations commenced. This particular day was pure unadulterated voice in acapella. No music, no backgrounds, just pure voice. There were lots of them filtered because they were plainly inadequate.

The judges so far were keeping it real, I mean you wouldn't want to get the others joining the rest of the batch if they were not qualified. I watched TMZ also yesterday and one of the IDOL hopefuls said she was still in the competition but that really was not allowed for her to tell that. It was a girl, wait let me see if I can get a clip of that. I think this is her, the bikini girl....

Everyone in youtube was comparing her to Catherin McPhee but I don't think that's gonna do justice really. Maybe she got through but it wouldn't be nice to see her in the finals when she did only get attention through her racks right? ^_^ She should show up with the voice!

Take Me Out of the Dark

I've been a fan of third person shooting games. I do very well in them most of the time. Since it started in the late 90's the country has produced some of the world's best gamers. Some of them even were battling it out on the world cyber games representing the Philippines versus the rest of the world. With the reality games kicking in, people have been setting up war games here and outside the metro. I've been to several places in the outskirts of Manila to attend events. Their gears were outstanding. Some of them even carried true to life air powered hand guns and long rifles.

Protective gears were not far because they came complete with chest plates, body armor and helmets. In the dark, some of them used urban warfare devices like night vision goggles. In the heavy forest, it was a little useless because they had to depend on low light. Rich kids had these devices flown from the US or Europe. They now use thermal imaging to compensate for the loss of light and have them detect body heat instead. That was extremely useful for this terrain. If they threw in a flash bang grenade, it would probably have blinded us all. The setting was great, the terrain was nice and the players were having fun. Professional or not, its a great thing to check these devices at http://www.opticsplanet.net if you want to be ahead of the pack. They even offer free UPS postage on orders over $29.95. Can you see me now?!

Iran Launches Own Sattelite

I hope we can launch our own rockets made from Bocaue... hehe
Photo by AP

I like the rest of the world is worried about this recent development. I'm not against it but when Iran launched their own satellite yesterday, it would only mean that they are indeed capable of creating huge rockets that can carry nuclear warheads. That would just be uneasy to the current world powers, the US and its allies.

If you think about it, they can now easily launch their own nuclear missiles to any country in the world. How did it get to this? What if they do it? Would there be anyone that can stop them from doing so? and at what cost? A million lives maybe?

I hope not. I hope it won't happen in my lifetime. It would really be painful to feel radiation and the shockwaves if that would happen in my place. Don't you feel a little bit terrified?

The Importance of Internal Cleansing

I remember the good friend, office mate, seatmate and webmaster I had here in the company I’m working for. In all the years he spent here, we had so much fun together with the Knowledge Management Department he’s in. With a couple of guys and gals, I even grew to know the people in his family. His wife, son and his newborn daughter were all part of his life. They also became part of ours.

We often meet at parties, events and short gatherings here and there. He was a very good man, adventurous and assertive at times. He led a lot of people into doing their best in their jobs specially the team he handles that does graphics design. He knows what to do in times of meeting hard deadlines and outrageous demands from clients that we have. All of these were taken away in one blow.

He passed away last year and left his family widowed; and orphaned. The root and cause of all was colon cancer. He enjoyed eating a lot of things that were a little dangerous for normal consumption. It was street food, grilled meat and a lot of other things that may have contributed to this ailment. It was already late when he knew he was already at stage 4 of this cancer. I learned a lot from him and his legacy. I try everyday to take care of myself too.

We all need to detoxify and cleanse ourselves often. The benefits of having fiber rich foods in our diet definitely struck me because I had the same symptoms that people who have poor digestion have. I was not taking care of myself then, but I realized I need to do it now. I would not want to find out later that I’m going to get sick because I did not watch what I eat now. It is true that you are what you eat but this sad story of a friend made me realize how precious life is. We’ll never know if we are truly clean inside. So we need to take matters in our own hands and start doing it right. Colon Cleansing is a very good way to do it. I’m so glad I also read about it in http://www.drnatura.com/. I’ll start to take care of my self now and make sure he takes care of us too. He was a good man and it wouldn’t be smart to make mistakes if he already showed us the great life he had. We all need to make the right choice now.