Spot Fakes Using Fakes

I want to throw a party with fake alcohol and see how many people act wasted. #mfo
— JenniferNguyen (@cozmodiva) April 9, 2012

Interesting idea.

Unbelievable !

I think the driver forgot to wear a snorkel.

Positive Attitude for a Positive 2011

This is my longest-living blog and unfortunately, it's been the least updated last year.  So, to usher in the New Year with a new post, here's some words of wisdom a colleague of mine sent me which I'd like to share.

It's somewhat similar to my personal New Year's Resolution, just in a broader sense.  I leave you with this and greet you all a Happy New Year !

 

10 Ways To Maintain a Positive Attitude all year round:

 

1. Learn healthy ways to manage your stress.
2. Think of challenges as opportunities to shine.
3. Look for the best in others, and yourself.
4. Eat right and get plenty of rest (sleep 6-8 hours daily).
5. Exercise for 60 minutes or more five days a week.
6. Seek out the joys in life and remember to laugh.
7. Do something nice for someone.
8. Make time each day to relax.
9. Surround yourself with upbeat people.
10. Take pride in your work and your achievements.

Merry Christmas !

a candy cane on our Christmas tree

Just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

I leave you with this Christmas song courtesy of versionmine.com

To my family, relatives, colleagues, and all my friends on social media, enjoy the holiday season !

Food Fight

This is a food fight in its literal sense.  I hope no food of mine becomes this brutal while I'm eating them.

Who wins ?  Check out the ending to find out.

New Inbound Marketing Keywords MTV

This song and video was created almost 2 years ago as an example on how to make a message viral.  I just saw this today, but I'd like to share it cause there is truth to their point.  Telemarketing and direct mail are a thing of the past.   Thank God for the Internet !



Their song "Oughta Know Inbound Marketing", composed by HubSpot's Rebecca Corliss is sung to the tune of Alanis Morissette's "Oughta Know."

Noel Cabangon & Gloc 9 Top The 23rd Awit Awards

Congratulations to Gloc 9 and Noel Cabangon for bagging the most number of awards at the recently concluded 23rd Awit Awards held at Centerstage in Mall of Asia last September 30, 2010. You guys well deserve your awards. I'll be posting the entire list of winners soon.

Noel Cabangon won several awards for his album entitled "Byahe" while Gloc 9 won several awards for his song "Upuan" featuring Jeazell Grutas of Zelle.   In his acceptance speech for Song of The Year, he gave thanks to everyone who supported and believed in his talent with a special mention to FrancisM, who he has always considered his idol.  Gloc 9 performed this Song of The Year winner "Upuan" as the finale along with Yeng Constantino and Aiza Seguera.

Over 41 awards in technical & performance categories were given away.    In addition, a new set of awards were given for artist and songs with the most online and mobile downloads.   

Other winners included Charice Pempengco, Sarah Geronimo, Bugoy Drilon, SinoSikat, Joung JV, Rhap Salazar, Kris Lawrence, Yeng Constantino, Toni Gonzaga, Franco, Jaya and Piolo Pascual.  

As always, superb musical numbers were performed as the great talents from the music industry collaborated and jammed together.   Ogie Alcasid teamed up with Gloc 9, Kean of Callalily, Ney of 6cyclemind & Tutti of Soapdish in a patriotic musical number that started out as a ballad and turned into a rock-rap tune.    Acoustic sensations Princess, Sabrina, Top Suzara, Toto Sorioso, Aiza Seguera teamed up with harpist/singer/songwriter Noelle Cassandra in a medley of OPM songs.   Other musical numbers included Aria Clemente, Sam Concepcion, SinoSikat, General Luna, Skabeche, Six Part Invention and more.

Congratulations to all the winners !  Mabuhay ang OPM !

Here is Gloc 9's awward winning song "Upuan".

Millitary Goes Gaga With Lady Gaga's Telephone

This was so hilarious that I had to share it ! These guys from the military make their own music video version of Lady Gaga's "Telephone". I couldn't imagine guys in fatigue dancing like this. And the others ? Well, let's just say that they got creative with whatever props they could use to spicen up the video. Oh and the chubby guy ROCKS !

Samsung + Tablet + Android = I WANT !!!

May be I'll  keep my old laptop and get this instead.  Looks like a wonderful Christmas gift for myself.

Top 10 Influential Blogs for 2010

Since its inception, I've been joining the Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010 Writing Project.  Discovering new blogs is both a joy and to be enjoyed.  Having said that, here's my personal list for the Top 10 Influential Blogs for 2010:

• Mabuhay ang Bagong Kasal - http://mabuhayangbagongkasal.blogspot.com/

Aileen & I got married the day after Christmas last year.  But months before our wedding and during our numerous wedding planning sessions, we took creative breaks from wedding discussions and talked about one of our favorite passions: blogging.   Aileen already had a wedding blog way back even before we knew each other. So we thought of conceptualizing a joint blog where we could tell our stories as newlyweds and how life is as a newly married couple.  It's not a mushy blog.  It's actually about day to day discoveries of living in a new home.

• Version Mine - http://www.versionmine.com/

I already have a music site but it's catered specifically for Pinoy Music.  Aside from facebook, I didn't have any other site to share my non-OPM interests.  And since, I never had a video blog yet, I thought of putting up Version Mine.   It's a music video blog catered to amateurs who perform their own versions of popular songs, whether it may be an acoustic version, a piano version, an acapella version or a one-man band version.     You'll be amazed at how great these people render their own versions, sometimes even better than the originals.  And this is how the likes of Charice and Arnel Pineda both entered into stardom.

• KumaKain, Food Photography - http://www.kumakain.com/

Having attended several events and gone to so many places and restaurants over the years,  I discovered that I had a huge archive of photos.  And a lot of them are pictures of food.   So I thought of putting them to good use and sharing them to everyone online by creating a photo blog catered to foods.   Hopefully, you'll get hungry while viewing.

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  http://gagongkasabihan.blogspot.com/

I visit this blog when I don't want to think. Whether it's witty, funny, corny, silly or downright mind-boggling, 

it's an easy laugh when reading these silly quotes. I learned about this here

"Kung ang malaking langaw ay bangaw... ang malaking longganisa ay bongganisa."

• Jejemon World 1.0 - http://www.jejejeje.com

It's not a jejemon blog but a blog about jejemon, sharing jejemon resources online and some jejemon sightings.   Love 'em or hate 'em, they've made noise in their own unique way.

• Paranaque City Life - http://paranaquelife.blogspot.com

Since I got married, I've lived only in Paranaque for 8 months.  I didn't know much about the city and was at a lost at first.  But thanks to this blog, I got some tips and what, who and where on things I needed to know.  It got me to know more about the new city I live in.

• Tea, Completely - http://www.teacompletely.com

I love tea.  And I guess every other tea lover would show interest in reading a tea blog.  The great thing is that they review all kinds of tea: hot, cold, milk, brisk, instant, brewed, powdered... you name it, they've talked about it.  That's why this is one blog I frequent.

• Kusina Maria - http://www.kusinamaria.com/

Aileen & I were newbies at cooking when we got married.  I still am, but Aileen's cooking career is a success story.  And she's been getting a lot of instant cooking tips from our blogger friend Ria.  That's how I know that Ria is a food and cook expert.  And if she could give us goldmine tips outside her blog, what more treasure tips could she share with us.  Her blog is like opening a recipe treasure chest.  Leave it open by bookmarking it for reference.

• The Music Vlogger: Rabsing - http://rabsing.com/

I always make it a point to be on the lookout for breakout music blogs, meaning, music blogs that have huge potential of growing.  I discovered this blog through the creator himself Rab who told us about it when we were in Cebu.  As soon as I got back to Manila, I visited his blog and fell in love with it.   His efforts to choose a song request, study the song, record his own rendition and finally uploading it on youtube for all to watch is truly a self-expression.  And pouring your soul into each song whether you hit each note perfectly or not is a sign of courage and serves merit in my book.   I hope to hear more songs from Rab and who knows, he may even be discovered one day !

• Fat Girl No More - http://fatgirlnomore.com/

Admitting you're fat is the first step.  Doing something about it comes next.  Telling the world about it is optional, but this girl blogs about every step and thing she does to lose weight.   You can check out her progress as she documents each day by describing what she did or what happened to reach her goal of shedding pound after pound.   Not only is it interesting, but it's an inspiration to see someone like her achieve her goal.

This project is sponsored by Events and Corporate Video, Budget hotel in Makati, Pinoy Party Food, Copyediting Services, PR Agency Philippines, Budget Travel Philippines, Send Gifts to the Philippines, Black Friday Deals, Roomrent - units for rent, Search Profile Index, and Corporate Events Organizer. 

I'm Back !

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If you've noticed, I haven't been able to publish new posts for the past month.   My main blog has been on hiatus for several reasons.  

• I got a new job and had to adjust to waking up early as opposed to staying up late.  
• I also had to catch up on a lot of book reading to prepare for the new job.  
• My desktop got busted.  I had to replace the motherboard and then suddenly my Windows 7 got amnesia the moment I replaced its motherboard.  And so I had to reinstall Windows.  All my programs aren't complete yet.   
• I also handled 2 clients for their online campaigns and it took some of my blogging time away from me.  
• My car got busted too.  Of all places, it had to fail me on the expressway.  Good thing I was stuck in traffic so it didn't look like I wasn't moving.  I finally got it to start just enough to get it to the repair shop.  Just barely 4 months when it checked out of the Toyota hospital, it's there once again, just in a different branch.
• I had to travel from Paranaque to Marikina City for a couple of times to get some of my mails that are still being sent there and some stuff I needed in preparation for my new job.
• Since I have no car, I commute to and from work, which takes more time on the road instead of in front of my desktop.  Plus all that commute is tiring and I kinda end up too tired to blog when I get home.
• Rainy season.   Somehow, I find it hard to blog when there are heavy rains and lightning.  I guess it's a post-trauma effect of Typhoon Ondoy.

All this caused the following:

• tremendous e-mail backlog
• tremendous blog backlog
• tremendous website update backlog
• tremendous book reading backlog

But a blogger is always a blogger and if haven't heard from me, it's just that I haven't posted the stories I wanted to share.  Check back and I'll keep you guys posted.

In the meantime, you can also check out a couple of my other blogs.

• Kumakain.com - Food Photography Blog
• VersionMine.com - Music Video Blog
• Illogicalpoet.blogspot.com - My Poetry Blog
• MarikinaLife.com - Marikina City Blog

And you can follow me on Twiter at twitter.com/jaydj

Cya everywhere else online !

Meralco Maintenance Updates

The rainy season is here again and there are at least 20 typhoons predicted to hit the Philippines this year.   Common problems that occur during storms are heavy winds and rains, floods, flying debris, traffic jams, lack of transportation and phones, mobile networks, internet, cable and power outages.

Typhoon Basyang did spare Metro Manila from major flooding.  Instead it brought more wind than rain.  And due to the 95kph winds that were felt last Tuesday evening till early Wednesday morning, Meralco's power supply for the entire Luzon area was severely affected causing a major blackout.  Electricity in some areas started restoration after 14 hours.  We got our electricity back in 20 hours.  In some areas such as Sucat, Paranaque, it took 1 to 2 days for their power to be restored causing residents to undergo water rationing measures due to their low water tank supplies.  

Meralco did mention that a series of rotating brownouts will be conducted for further repair and restoration.   To know if your area is due for any repairs and maintenance which would cause power interruptions,  check out the  MERALCO SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE UPDATE blog which publishes weekly automated scheduled maintenance updates.  The updates include specific barangays, streets and inclusive times the scheduled maintenance updates are due.  If your area is listed for a scheduled update, you can warn your household and prepare accordingly for the scheduled power outages.  

This is one blog you wish your area won't be listed.