After waiting and wondering how I look at the pictures of my Meet and Greet with the Jabbawockeez, I now know the answer. I have receieved a tweet from MMI (Music Management International) that some of the pictures of the meet and greet are already available at the website of Channel V so I immediately visited the link and saw that my picture was already up together with my friends' pictures with their own Meet and Greet.

And here are the results of our most awaited pictures:

 

From left-right: SB, Chris, Kevin, Me, Joe, Ben, Phi, Nick and Rainen

 

Mark and Cory with the Boyce Avenue

We're still waiting for the other pictures that will be posted by MMI on their facebook account.

My picture with the whole gang of Jabbawockeez is really something that I will treasure forever. I was even planning of having it printed on a tarpaulin as a memorabilia.

Here are some pictures that I took during our Ocean Adventure escapade. Almost everyone there is sporting a DSLR camera but sadly, I don't have one. I don't even have a Digital Camera so I just used my handy Nokia N70 cellular phone.

 

 

Brandy the Sea Lion

Inside the Aquarium (look who i found, it's Nemo):

Other Pictures:

 

  

Some pictures are courtesy of Ace Calimag.

 

Ocean Adventure features different sea animals with extraordinary talents. As we entered, there were students having their field trip. We were given schedule for the 4 shows. We ate our late lunch and then went to the first show, the sea lion show. It features Brandy, a really adorable sea lion. He was such an awesome performer, and he can dance!

Next stop was the “In the Wild” show where they show forest survival and present some of the animals that can be seen in the forest which includes the animal that scares me the most, SNAKES!! We skipped the third show and headed to the aquarium where we saw different kinds of fish, corals and little sea creatures. What intrigued us the most was the Stone Fish which is not moving at all, thus the name. It just stays in one place and it looks like just a stone that had been there for years.

The last show is the dolphin’s show. They saved the best for last. We were already seated in the stadium waiting for the dolphin show. There were 5 dolphins that performed with one false killer whale. They were such amazing and adorable mammals. All the people were amazed by their tricks.

I had fun watching the adorable dolphins twist and turn in the air. They all look so cute. It made me realize to care more about our nature, every little step counts.

 

It was so early in the morning when I had to wake up and prepare for a big day that is coming my way, HOT AIR BALLOON FEST! I was invited by my classmates and thinking that it will be a good time to relax, have fun and leave the very stressful city behind, I happily obliged to join them.

It will be held in Clark, Subic. It will be my first time to be there, in Clark I mean. While nearing the venue, we were stuck in traffic because of the big crowd who are also seeing the event. Having seen the cars that were parked in the venue, it was like half of people in Metro Manila are here. After a not much long wait for us to find a parking spot for Shadowfax (my classmate’s car), we walked to the main gate of the venue. We had to fall in a line to purchase our tickets which costs P150. We had planned to go somewhere else first because we weren’t able to be there in time for the hot air balloons to float in the air. But after purchasing our tickets, we have decided to go inside and see what’s happening. The theme of the event was like a fair with different booths. We felt like we were in a school fair that time.

The event does not only feature hot air balloons but everything, as in EVERYTHING that flies, from our (antique) fighter planes to hot air balloons, helicopters, paragliders, sky divers, and even kites. There were different types of people that attended the event, families, couples, friends, classmates. It was a good day to just relax, look up at the sky and appreciate the beauty of life. We were able to watch the exhibition of pilots. Great performance! We were also able to see 3 hot air balloons going up and down in the sky.

We left the venue and we plan to be back in the afternoon to witness the night glow of the hot air balloons. We went to the Treetop Adventure. We traveled for more than an hour. We saw the Subic International Airport. Treetop Adventure features extreme challenges/adventures such as free fall, superman, and many others that I can’t remember. It is a place where you can challenge yourself do something extreme and test your courage in heights. Since I’m afraid of heights, I know that I won’t try to do something like that, in the near future. But it is a good idea to have a bonding with your love one. It is almost like flying in the air, up in the trees. We decided to just try Ocean Adventure.

Scams are everywhere, there are personal scams, scams in the internet and thru SMS. I have experienced some scams myself thru text. This happened months ago wherein I received a text message from an unregistered number in my cellphone telling me this:

“musta na kayo? Eto bago kong roaming number. Miss ko na kayo. Magpapadala ako jan. gusto mo ba sumali sa negosyo ko?” (how are you all doing? This is my new roaming number. I miss you all. I will send you money. Do you want to join me in my business).

My mother is working in Bahrain. I just answered the message “what business?” because it got me curious. I also texted my aunt in Mindoro and asked her if my mother changed her roaming number because someone texted me and I have doubts that it was my mother who texted. My aunt called me that she has not changed her number and it was just a scam. I told her that I was also suspicious because she won’t send us money because all of her earning there goes to her debts here in the country so she also can’t start to have business. The texter texted me that the business she was planning was selling load. I replied him/her with “sorry but I don’t have time for that and he/she should find someone she can scam.”

Just yesterday, I have received another text:

“eto na bago kong roaming number. Paloadan mo muna ako ng 500 kasi tatawag ako jan.” (This is my new number. Please load my number P500 because I will call you.)

I immediately recognized it as a scam text because he/she was asking me to load her. I replied the texter: “How are you doing there in Haiti?” Remember my mother is in Bahrain and I don’t know someone in Haiti. (I’m sorry if I used Haiti, I know they just experienced a bad earthquake there. He/she should know that I already know that he/she’s a scammer because Haiti is in a really bad shape right now.) But guess what, the texter replied:

“ok naman ditto. Paloadan mo na ako ng 500, tatawag ako jan. (everything’s OK here. Load me now the P500, I will call there.)

And then the texter just gave it away, he/she really is a scammer!

Don’t be fooled by these scammers. Here are some tips:

•     If you know that you didn’t joined any contest and someone texted you that you won, don’t believe it.
•     Our loved ones from abroad does not use their roaming numbers on texting us and calling us, it is much more expensive if they use the roaming number. The purpose of the roaming number is to receive messages from the Philippines.
•     If the texter asked money, stop entertaining the text messages. And besides, our loved ones in abroad are there because they want to give us money and not the other way around.
•     If you are suspicious of the message, text back some trick questions just like what I did, I asked the texter how was Haiti when the fact is, my mom is in Bahrain and I don’t know someone in Haiti.
•     Be more alert.

My Lakbayan grade is C-!
How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!
Created by Eugene Villar.

Wow! Now I have come to realize that I have never been to Visayas, anywhere in Visayas. Well, we passed through Visayas while we were on the plane going to Davao but I honestly didn’t know what province or island was on our route so I just didn’t put it here. This site is a good find if you want to grade yourself on how much you visited the country.

I’m hoping to fill more color in my map in the coming years!

Special thanks to Gelo for this site.

Part 2

Part 1

February 3, 2010—The performers of the MusicFest, Boyce Avenue, Jabbawockeez and Kris Allen were scheduled to have a fan’s day/press conference at the Eastwood City. After the presscon, they will head straight to the station of Magic 89.9 to guest in the show Boys Night Out hosted Tony Toni, Slick Rick and Sam YG. We were waiting for the interview on Magic. The first to be interviewed was the Boyce Avenue. As always, the boys are naughty when it comes to their interviews. After the Boyce Avenue, the Jabbawockeez are next. They played the game “Porno or Combo”, a game that they usually play with their guests. The game went so funny. The boys know their porno. They answered 4 out of the 5 questions correctly. Joe actually know the correct answer for the question which they answered wrong. They even learned a new motto from the boys: “YOU CAN’T DENY THE PINAY!!” 

As of today, February 12, 2010, Taylor Lautner a.k.a. Jacob Black from the phenomenon Twilight Saga turned 18. He's no longer the boy that we find cute in Shark Boy and Lava Girl, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. I guess we'll now see him doing more mature roles in the future. Happy Birthday TAYLOR! growl!!!

They say education is the only thing that we can treasure in our lives in the future that's why our parents send us to schools, even to the prestigious schools in order for us to have a good job, to be successful, and a have bright future ahead. But learning in SCHOOL that the great scientists Albert Einstein, and Thomas Alva Edison are school dropouts, we came to a point thinking that, "hey, is education really that important in order to succeed?".

Now we've all heard about all these scientists, and other famous people but to add to this list are some personalities from our generation. While the students are busy doing homeworks, thesis, projects, reports and other school requirements, these famous personalities actually ditched school and started building their fortunes, and look where they are now.

• Jay-Z. Yep, it's Mr. Empire State of Mind in the house! Shawn Carter in real life, Jay-Z dropped out of school and started dealing drugs in Brooklyn where he lives (that's why he loves NY). He found salvation on hip-hop and look where he is right now. He is one of Hollywood's lord of rap, an icon and an idol.He endorses brands such as Dell and Budweiser. And, not leaving the fact that he is Mr. Beyonce Knowles, he really is one fortunate guy.

• Gisele Bundchen. This hot supermodel was discovered when she was 14 in a Brazilian shopping mall. She endorses Ipanema wherein she has her own line of slippers, Dior, Victoria's Secret, Apple, Inc. , Versace, and many other popular brands.

• Simon Cowell. This famous critic/judge in American Idol that we love to hate dropped out of school at the age of 16 and started his own record label at the age of 23. Aside from American Idol, he also is a judge in Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor.

I'm not saying that we should all ditch school, or should I say "you" because I already have my degree, all I'm saying is a person's destiny is a matter of choice, not a matter of chance. These famous people didn't ditched school for nothing or do nothing after leaving school, they worked hard to be where they are right now. Just do what you love and love what you do!

After weeks of wondering whatever happened to Gossip Girl, the show will be back on CW on March 8! i just can't wait to watch the show again. Here are some lines from it's comeback episode that will make us hanging on our seats:

"Tell me you didn't sleep with your ex-husband"

and

"Just so you know, I'm not wearing any underwear."

I am totally intrigued right now. I really wish Nate (Chace Crawford) and Serena (Blake Lively) do end up together.

A recent The Today Show episode featured a 15-year-old girl who can spend days or even weeks asleep. She has a rare neurological disorder which is the Kleine-Levin syndrome. It is know to affect a few thousand people in the world. This syndrome is characterized by an excessive desire to sleep and time spent sleeping or the hypersonomia.

Now I'm thinking if this condition is the inspiration behind the very popular fairytale Sleeping Beauty.

in this photos: Mia Bleza Narvas, Mark Anthony Mina, Ma. Corazon Miclat, Ma. Ara Hernandez.