Happy Kaarawan!!

Ipinagdiriwang ko ngayon ang aking XXth kaarawan.
Isang ordinaryong araw lamang. Kapag talaga tumatanda na, hindi na exciting ang birthday. hahaha.
Nais ko lamang ibahagi ang mga pangyayari/nangyari sa araw na ito mula wa Wikipedia

Events
* 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
* 1497 – Battle of Deptford Bridge – forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
* 1565 – Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.
* 1579 – Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
* 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal.
* 1773 – Cúcuta, Colombia is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar
* 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill
* 1789 – In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
* 1839 – In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii Catholic Church and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is later established as a result.
* 1863 – Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
* 1876 – Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud – 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory.
* 1877 – Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon – the Nez Perce defeat the US Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
* 1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
* 1898 – The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
* 1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
* 1930 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
* 1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
* 1933 – Union Station Massacre: in Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash were gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
* 1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
* 1940 – World War II: Operation Ariel begins – Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
* 1940 – World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
* 1940 – World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
* 1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
* 1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic
* 1948 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Airlines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
* 1953 – Workers Uprising: in East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
* 1958 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing being built connecting Vancouver and North Vancouver, Canada, collapses into the Burrard Inlet, killing many of the ironworkers and injuring others.
* 1958 – The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opened, and is still open to this day
* 1961 – The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
* 1963 – The United States Supreme Court rules 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
* 1972 – Watergate scandal: five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
* 1987 – With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
* 1991 – Apartheid: the South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
* 1992 – A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
* 1994 – Following a televised low-speed highway chase , O.J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Births
* 1239 – Edward Longshanks, English king (d. 1307)
* 1603 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint (d. 1663)
* 1682 – King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
* 1691 – Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (d. 1765)
* 1693 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d. 1775)
* 1704 – John Kay, English inventor (d. 1780)
* 1714 – Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (d. 1762)
* 1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (d. 1784)
* 1718 – George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796)
* 1742 – William Hooper, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1790)
* 1808 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
* 1810 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German writer (d. 1876)
* 1811 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic independence fighter (d. 1879)
* 1818 – Charles Gounod, French composer (d. 1893)
* 1818 – Sophie of Württemberg, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1877)
* 1832 – Sir William Crookes, English physicist and chemist (d. 1919)
* 1839 – Arthur Tooth, English Anglican Clergyman (d. 1931)
* 1858 – Ebenezer Sumner Draper, 44th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1914)
* 1861 – Pete Browning, American baseball player (d. 1905)
* 1861 – Omar Bundy, American army general (d. 1940)
* 1863 – Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1934)
* 1867 – John Robert Gregg, American inventor (d. 1948)
* 1867 – Henry Lawson, Australian poet (d. 1922)
* 1880 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (d. 1964)
* 1881 – Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer (d. 1955)
* 1882 – Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1918)
* 1882 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (d. 1971)
* 1888 – Heinz Guderian, German general (d. 1954)
* 1898 – M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (d. 1972)
* 1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist (d. 1961)
* 1900 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
* 1902 – Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (d. 1989)
* 1902 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
* 1903 – Ruth Wakefield, American cook and hotelier (d. 1977)
* 1904 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (d. 1991)
* 1907 – Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
* 1907 – Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
* 1909 – Elmer Lee Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (d. 2004)
* 1909 – Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor (d. 2004)
* 1910 – Red Foley, American musician (d. 1968)
* 1910 – George Hees, Canadian politician (d. 1996)
* 1914 – John Hersey, American author (d. 1993)
* 1915 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, American musician and actor (d. 1973)
* 1915 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (d. 1996)
* 1916 – Terry Gilkyson, American singer, lyricist and composer (d. 1999)
* 1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
* 1918 – Ajahn Chah, Buddhist meditation master (d. 1992)
* 1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (d. 1981)
* 1920 – François Jacob, French biologist, Nobel laureate
* 1923 – Elroy Hirsch, American football player (d. 2004)
* 1927 – Martin Böttcher, German conductor
* 1929 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (d. 1984)
* 1930 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
* 1931 – John Baldessari, American artist
* 1932 – Peter Lupus, American actor
* 1932 – John Murtha, American politician
* 1933 – Harry Browne, American writer and investment analyst (d. 2006)
* 1933 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (d. 1982)
* 1933 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (d. 1970)
* 1936 – Ken Loach, British film director
* 1940 – George Akerlof, American economist, Nobel laureate
* 1942 – Mohamed ElBaradei, Egyptian IAEA director, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
* 1943 – Newt Gingrich, American politician
* 1943 – Barry Manilow, American musician
* 1943 – Burt Rutan, American aerospace engineer
* 1944 – Randy Johnson, American football player
* 1945 – Frank Ashmore, American actor
* 1945 – Tommy Franks, American General
* 1945 – Ken Livingstone, English politician
* 1945 – Eddy Merckx, Belgian cyclist
* 1946 – Peter Rosei, Austrian writer
* 1947 – Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
* 1947 – George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
* 1947 – Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000)
* 1947 – Linda Chavez, American author
* 1948 – Dave Concepción, Venezuelan baseball player
* 1948 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (d. 1992)
* 1949 – Snakefinger, British-born musician (d. 1987)
* 1950 – Lee Tamahori, New Zealand film director
* 1951 – Joe Piscopo, American actor
* 1952 – Mike Milbury, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
* 1955 – Gail Jones, Australian author
* 1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish musician (The Pogues, The Radiators From Space)
* 1957 – Martin Dillon, American opera singer (d. 2005)
* 1957 – Jon Gries, American actor
* 1957 – Jack Wouterse, Dutch actor
* 1958 – Jello Biafra, American musician and activist
* 1958 – Bobby Farrelly, American film director
* 1958 – Sam Hamad, Syrian-born Canadian politician
* 1958 – Derek Lee Ragin, American countertenor
* 1960 – Adrián Campos, Spanish racing driver
* 1960 – Thomas Haden Church, American actor
* 1961 – Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese seiyū, actor and tarento
* 1962 – Michael Monroe, Finnish singer (Hanoi Rocks)
* 1963 – Greg Kinnear, American actor
* 1964 – Rinaldo Capello, Italian racing driver
* 1964 – Michael Gross, German swimmer
* 1964 – Erin Murphy, American actress
* 1965 – Dermontti Dawson, American football player
* 1965 – Dan Jansen, American speed skater
* 1965 – Dara O'Kearney, Irish ultra runner and professional poker player
* 1966 – Jason Patric, American actor
* 1967 – Eric Stefani, American musician
* 1968 – Julie Miller, Hawaii Ironman Triathlon Finisher
* 1968 – Minoru Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
* 1969 – Paul Tergat, Kenyan athlete
* 1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1970 – Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian
* 1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player
* 1970 – Michael Showalter, American comedian
* 1970 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer and actress
* 1970 – Popeye Jones, American basketball player
* 1971 – Mildred Fox, Irish politician
* 1971 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
* 1972 – Sebastian White, English musician
* 1973 – Krayzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
* 1973 – Louis Leterrier, French film director
* 1973 – Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
* 1973 – Christian Claudio, Puerto Rican Business Consultant
* 1974 – Evangelia Psarra, Greek archer
* 1975 – Jennifer Irwin, Canadian actress
* 1975 – Chloe Jones, American pornographic actress (d. 2005)
* 1975 – Joshua Leonard, American actor
* 1976 – Sven Nys, Belgian mountainbiker
* 1977 – Roger Manganelli, American bassist (Less Than Jake)
* 1977 – Mark Tauscher, American football player
* 1977 – Branko Tomovic, Serbian actor
* 1978 – Kumiko Aso, Japanese actress
* 1978 – Isabelle Delobel, French European ice dancer
* 1978 – Matthew Bellamy, Lead vocal, guitarist and pianist in the world famous british band Muse
* 1978 – James Corden, English actor and comedian
* 1979 – Nick Rimando, American soccer player
* 1980 – Kimeru, Japanese singer
* 1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player
* 1981 – Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
* 1981 – Amrita Rao, Bollywood actress
* 1981 – Shane Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder
* 1982 – Marek Svatoš, Slovakian ice hockey player
* 1983 – Connie Fisher, English stage actress
* 1983 – Kazunari Ninomiya, Japanese singer and actor
* 1983 – Lee Ryan, British singer (Blue)
* 1984 – John Gallagher Jr., American stage actor
* 1985 – Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot professional tennis player
* 1985 – Rafael Sóbis, Brazilian footballer
* 1988 – Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player

Deaths
* 900 – Fulk the Venerable, Archbishop of Rheims (assassinated by Count Baldwin II of Flanders)
* 1025 – Bolesław I the Brave, first king of Poland
* 1091 – Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052)
* 1463 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436)
* 1565 – Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536)
* 1694 – Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629)
* 1696 – John III Sobieski, King of Poland (b. 1629)
* 1719 – Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672)
* 1734 – Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
* 1740 – Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
* 1762 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674)
* 1775 – Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722)
* 1797 – Agha Muhammad Khan, Shah of Persia (b. 1742)
* 1813 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726)
* 1821 – Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
* 1858 – Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
* 1898 – Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)
* 1904 – Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839)
* 1939 – Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893)
* 1940 – Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
* 1941 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1862)
* 1942 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853)
* 1952 – Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914)
* 1956 – Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
* 1956 – Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
* 1957 – Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873)
* 1961 – Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
* 1963 – Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician and nationalist (b. 1882)
* 1968 – José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1901)
* 1974 – Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923)
* 1979 – Duffy Lewis, baseball player (b. 1888)
* 1981 – Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
* 1981 – Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (b. 1889)
* 1982 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
* 1983 – Peter Mennin, American composer and teacher (b. 1923)
* 1986 – Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America) (b. 1907)
* 1987 – Dick Howser, American baseball player and manager (b. 1936)
* 1996 – Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922)
* 1999 – Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (b. 1923)
* 2000 – Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice (d. 1931)
* 2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1919)
* 2001 – Thomas Joseph Winning, Cardinal Archbishop of Glasgow, Scotland (b. 1925)
* 2002 – Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943)
* 2002 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
* 2004 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
* 2005 – Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962)
* 2005 – Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
* 2006 – Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
* 2006 – Arthur Franz, American actor (b. 1920)
* 2007 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
* 2007 – Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
* 2008 – Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
* 2008 – Cyd Charisse, American dancer and actress (b. 1922)

Holidays and observances
* World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
* El Salvador, Guatemala: Father's Day
* Iceland: National Day, celebrating independence from Denmark in 1944
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Zemla Intifada Day
* Suffolk County, Massachusetts: Bunker Hill Day
* National holiday of West Germany until 1990, see Workers' Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
* Saint Albert Chmielowski
* Saint Gondulf
* Saint Hervé patron of the blind
* Saint Hypatius of Bithynia
* Saint Rainier
* Saint Botolph, Abbot (d. c. 680)

Anthony Bourdain's 13 Places to Eat Before You Die

I am a BIG fan of Anthony Bourdain.  Have I told you that?  But lately I haven't been watching his show - No Reservations - as our TV is always on Playhouse Disney.

Even if the Philippines episode in his latest season is not yet shown here in South East Asia, I have already seen it.  And absolutely love it.

I follow his blog, and a fan of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain in Facebook.  The latest post in FB is a link of his article for Men's Health - Anthony Bourdain's 13 Places to Eat Before You Die.  I still haven't been in any of those places. But I am glad that one of them is just here in Singapore.  As for the others, I will keep them in my list.  =)

Here is the list (courtesy of Slashfood.com):

1. St. John (London)

2. elBulli (Girona, Spain)

3. The French Laundry (Napa Valley, Calif.)

4. Per Se (New York)

5. Sin Huat Eating House (Singapore)

6. Le Bernardin (New York)

7. Salumi (Seattle)

8. Russ & Daughters (New York)

9. Katz's Delicatessen (New York)

10. Etxebarri (Axpe, Spain)

11. Sukiyabashi Jiro (Tokyo)

12. Hot Doug's (Chicago)

13. Oklahoma Joe's Barbecue (Kansas City)

I want this Barbie

I saw this at Toys R Us in Vivo City yesterday. I used to have a rockstar Barbie just like this. I wonder where my old barbies are now...

EDIT
This post was from my mobile. Yey! I can now mobile blog the pictures I take. =)

2pt lead, 1sec left, 3pt shot - FTW!!

This is why LEBRON JAMES is the MVP.

Who will be the American Idol Season 8 Winner?

Just finished watching the finale performances.
It was awesome!! It is true that there are many good talents this season. I think the Top 5 are all good singers. But Adam and Kris are just exceptional.

From the beginning, we all know that Adam will be in the Finale. He just sings his songs so well. Very good interpretation and very good arrangement. And he can definitely sing!

Kris is a late bloomer. Looking at the past performances and results, he was just average. But in the last weeks, we all see that he is a good singer and musician. He can play the piano or guitar and even sing well. And his own rendition of Heartless was awesome!

Well, I know you've all seen the shows and finale. But I am just sharing their past performances. (Videos from AmericanIdol.com)

Motown week
Kris Allen - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)


Adam Lambert - The Tracks of My Tears


Popular iTunes Downloads week
Adam Lambert - Play That Funky Music


Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine


Year They Were Born week
Kris Allen - All She Wants to Do Is Dance


Adam Lambert - Mad World


Idol at the Movies week
Adam Lambert - Born to Be Wild


Kris Allen - Falling Slowly


Disco week
Kris Allen - She Works Hard for the Money


Adam Lambert - If I Can't Have You


Rat Pack week
Kris Allen -The Way You Look Tonight


Adam Lambert - Feeling Good


Rock Music week
Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love


Kris Allen - Come Together


Judge's choice / Contestant's choice week
Kris Allen - Apologize


Adam Lambert - One


Kris Allen - Heartless


Adam Lambert - Cryin


FINALE
Adam Lambert - Mad World


Kris Allen - Aint't No Sunshine


Adam Lambert - A Change Is Gonna Come


Kris Allen - What's Going On


Adam Lambert - No Boundaries


Kris Allen - No Boundaries



This is the season I followed from start to end. Blame on me being a stay at home mom now. :P Who do I like the be the Season 8 winner?

KRIS ALLEN !!!

They are both very good. Especially in the finale. But personally, I like Kris' music more. If both of them will release their album at the same time and I only have money to buy only one CD, I will buy Kris' album and probably just download Adam's in torrent. lol

But whoever wins, we are sure that we will be hearing them in the airwaves soon.

WifeSpeaks - Memoir Monday - Commitment

Good day, mga misis!! And welcome back, WifeSpeaks.com. =)
The theme this week is COMMITMENT. And Monday's are for Memoir Monday where we share our favorite photos for the week's theme.

My First... / ...And Last
Photo by Smart Shot Studio

This is a picture of the inside of our rings. Our commitment to each other - to be our first and last.

I also want to share with you the what our priest advised us:
T-iwala
U-nawa
K-alinga
O-bligasyon
D-iyos

Happy Monday, mga misis! =)

QC Condo For Sale

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Swine Flu

* I am updating the map 1May*

It is everywhere in the news: Swine Flu Outbreak.

And the news is getting scarier everyday. Death is already at 149 with 20 confirmed swine flu related. Close to 2000 people are sickened and it not only in Mexico. There are already reported cases in the US, Canada, Scotland, Spain, New Zealand, France and Israel. WHO already raised the alert level to 4 as they have determined that the virus is capable of significant human-to-human transmission.

There is also a Google Map of the current outbreak:

View 2009 H1N1 Flu Outbreak Map in a larger map

One good thing to know that most countries are taking precautionary measures to prevent the virus from entering non-affected countries. I hope they can stop the spread of this virus as soon as possible...

American Idol is now down to 7

This week is definitely the most interesting week of American Idol Season 8.
Last night the contestants sang songs from the year they were born. Many sang really good renditions of their song choice. But as usual there were others that really massacred their songs. :P
As always Adam Lambert did GREAT! Hubby and I loved his version of Mad World. It even reminded us of this CSI episode where this song was played. I think many were not able to watch his performance as their DVR cut it off (like our friends Raf & Arnel). You can watch it here free. He was so good, Simon said : "... and i think words are unnecessary but I want to give you a standing ovation." and he was on his feet and applauding Adam. I'm sure his fellow contestants are envious! Simon rarely, if not never, done that. If he keeps on doing this, he can clearly be the run-away winner in Season 8.
Based on last night's performance, my bottom 3 are: Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai and Allison Iraheta. I used to be a fan of Lil but her performances in the last few weeks were blah! The judges kept on telling her to be more of an artist than a singer but she still cannot do it. Maybe there is not much creativity in her. Anoop is also a darling. I'm sure he has a lot of fans too (especially teenagers). But his performances are not solid - some are good some are not. It is a roller coaster ride with him. It is also clear that some of the judges are not a fan. As for Allison, sorry I simply do not like her. :( Yes, she has very good vocals especially for a 16 year old. But I think she is immature and still needs more dedication in her craft. *this is my blog and this is just my opinion!*
The biggest shocker this week is the eliminations! I still haven't seen the show as it will be shown here at 6 and 8PM on StarWorld. But being a net surfing junkie, it is inevitable that I will see a news article about the eliminations. Even if I do not click on the whole article, the title is already a give away. It is sad to see Scott MacIntyre go. He is just so adorable. I know he will not win AI, but I think it is still early in the competition for him to be eliminated. I still want to see what he can do. It was only this week that we saw him playing the guitar. I was hoping that he will try an acoustic guitar next time as Paula hinted. His performance last night was average. Unlike Anoop, I think Scott had more good performances than him. And as LA Times said, he was an inspiration. It was also a difficult decision for the 4 judges as 2 of them wants him to be saved and 2 votes for him to leave. For him to be saved, it should be a unanimous decision.
We will miss Scott. We are glad American Idol gave him the opportunity to show his talent even if he is visually impaired. He is trully an inspiration to all. Good luck, Scott!

LP: Paboritong Litrato

Ito ang pinakapaborito kong litrato ng prinsesa sa kasalukuyan. Kuha ito pagkatapos niyang kumain ng chocolate mini ice cream. Napakahilig nya sa sorbetes! Buti na lang at may nabibili ditong mini ice cream on cone. Mga 3 pulgada lamang ang taas. Ayos na ito para mapagbigyan lamang ang kanyang craving sa sorbetes.
Tuwing nakikita ko din ito, naiisip ko ding hindi na beybi ang aking prinsesa. Little girl na sya. Hay... ang bilis lumaki ng mga bata.

Maligayang anibersayo mga ka-LP!! =)