“Gay Marriage is a Threat to Humanity” –Pope

Pope Benedict XVI warned mankind about the gay marriage polluting and deteriorating the world. Gay marriage is one of a number of threats to a family unit that holds the potential to destroy “the future of humanity itself.”

During an address to diplomats from nearly 180 nations, the pope discussed the importance of education and the need to reinforce the traditional man and wife setting. This was one of the strongest comments the pope ever said about gay marriage.

"This is not a simple social convention, but rather the fundamental cell of every society. Consequently, policies which undermine the family threaten human dignity and the future of humanity itself," he said.

The Roman Catholic Church, which has some 1.3 billion members worldwide, teaches that while homosexual tendencies are not sinful, homosexual acts are, and that children should grow up in a traditional family with a mother and a father.

Gay marriage is legal in a number of European countries, including Spain and the Netherlands.

Pope Benedict XVI (from google.com)

Some Churches that have allowed gay marriage, women priests, gay clergy and gay bishops have been losing members to Catholicism, and the Vatican has taken steps to facilitate their conversion.

MY VIEWS.

I’m a single, heterosexual man. If one day I get married and get special rights that would be nice. But why not give those special rights to those who love their own kind?

Married couples support each other, raise their children patiently, help each other financially, clean The house together, stay faithful and of course, love and respect each other. But here’s the thing, don’t gay and lesbian couples that are living together do those things as well? They absolutely do, right?. 

The only difference is that married couples signed a piece of paper making their marriage legal and vows legit. And as married couple, they have special rights.

What the LGBT community want is to have the same rights as well. They are not there to change your beliefs and complicate your life. All they really want is equality. They have no intentions to change your ways.

You never know how many gay and lesbians you talk to everyday. That guy you always see on the bus might be in a long term relationship with another man and living happily. Those couple of women you see on a bar that rejects every man approaching them might be lovers for quite some time now.

You probably view same sex marriage as not a normal thing to do but normal is just a view of one person to the world.  Your view of normal might be abnormal to another. If you take the bible and god out of your argument what do you really have left? Not much really, just your view of normal

References:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/09/us-pope-gay-idUSTRE8081RM20120109

Deb You? Debut! (Nag-debut ka na ba?)

Based on the general tradition, when a girl reached her age of maturity, 18, a formal banquet or "debut" will be thrown for her.

Many of my girl friends dream of having a simple debut party. Most teledramas' kontrabidas always have a bongga debut party. Many simple-living girls do not dream of having any -- they just want their family to be happy, and do bondings during her 18th living year.

PLANNING

Events become a success when planned properly and ahead of time. Whether you're on a bongga budget, or just have enough, you will still be rocking you debut party!

          If you have a heavy budget for your dream debut, the best pick would be hiring your debut planner. He will be coordinating with you to know your wish debut - from the theme, your dress, upto give-aways. You can just relax and monitor what's kicking around the preparation.

           If you just do not want your party to be grande, the best you can do is to plan with your mommy and friends -- bonding na, nakapag-plano pa.

            It actually does not matter whether you will throw a grande one on a hotel, or beach -- it would be the time, effort, fun, and memories that will count! So have a happy planning!

LIGHTS ON! SOUNDS ON! PARTY NA! :)))

 

"May we request everyone to..."

And so the party people now enter the debut. Everyone now enjoys the debut -- whether formal or casual... and the princess comes out wearing her favorite dress (usually in red or pin one).

The ceremony starts.

18 roses

18 wishes

18 gifts

18 candles

18 more crazy unknowns

18 more debuts (kiddin')

Just enjoy the night. This will just happen once on princess' life.:)

DEJA VU   DEBUT

Preserve those memories! Hiring a photographer and videographer is a must! Remember, this will happen only once on every girl's life. Photographs are fun to browse years after - this is where you will smile, laugh or even cry... you will definitely miss this, girls.:)

Strike a difference on your debut. Have crazy "pakulo", different games if you wish... just make it unforgettable and let photographers capture those for you! :)

Of Ondoy and Organizing

Where were you when Ondoy hit Luzon?

September 26, 2009. The place was Filipinas Heritage Library.

From the glass window of former airport tower, one would really hold to dear life and won’t dare stare at the angry raindrops. The chill inside the art deco-inspired architecture walls tots up to the goose bumps factor of the torrent’s torture.

Despite the downpour, we had with us a “mess warrior”, rousing in us the
"It’s time to take charge of the paper clutter! Mantra.
Her name is Kat Ong, a professional organizer.
It was an organizing workshop aptly called Space That Works!

Yes we did a lot of work. Thanks to the F.A.T. System. (File Act Toss)

                    CLUTTER IS a physical manifestation of indecision.
               It’s there because you haven’t decided what to do with it
                                                                                      -         Kat Ong

When you are confronted with piles and piles, get three boxes and sort
according to FAT.

1. File important documents. The ones you can do without. (Not necessarily old love letters, we’ll talk about this later). The ones you’ll need for future use. You get the idea.
2. Act. Paper that need immediate action. Bills! Reimbursable receipts. Lists. Memo. Requests for signature here and there…
3. Toss. Papers you won’t need anymore. The measuring stick here is, as long as you won’t get sued when you toss that paper, toss it. The challenge here is when nostalgia takes over (read: old love letters). That’s why clutter keeps piling up by the way, you know, Filipino way of “sentimental value”. First nail clippings, first haircut, kindergarten report card, Westlife ticket concert… You get the picture. They are lovely but one should be decisive and extra ruthless when dealing with clutters.

 It’s not a “sit back relax and listen” seminar. Participants had to bring bunch of papers to the venue and do the FAT. Paper clips, hanging folders, labels and tote bags were introduced too. Thanks. Some of us almost forgot they do exist! We learned tips from categorizing documents and stuff to buying the right paraphernalia.

Actually, there were organizing tool freebies. Had we took it, it got soaked in the underpass of Ayala.

 
Space That Works! Website

 

Comments from Entrepreneurs, Designers, Moms etc. on the workshop:

“Workshop is practical and it makes something so complicated easy and systematic.”

 "Kat is concise and straight to the point..."

"I like that the class is a small group and intimate."

"Made organizing papers simple and fun!"

"Results oriented - action oriented."

"I like that we did the actual work."

"I'm not as overwhelmed anymore..."

"It can be done!"

A Clutter Warrior's blog

Text 0917-845-2579 or send an email to register!

KAT ONG 

Professional Organizer 

Mobile:+63-917-845-2579 

Email: kat@spacethatworks.com

Website: http://www.spacethatworks.com

See Inquirer Lifestyle article about Kat and Space That Works!

A-Doob-rable Doodle Developer

In the beginning was a line.

Then there were moving cars!

Then there were JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SVG, WebGL libraries 

of cool doodles and experimentation… brought to us by

… dum-dum-dum-dum..MR. DOOB

This is the world of Mr. Doob: 

var QUALITY = 256; var canvas_colors = document.create
Element( 'canvas' );canvas_colors.height = 2; var context_colors =
 canvas_colors.getContext( '2d' );context_colors.fillStyle = '
rgba(0,0,0,1)';context_colors.fillRect( 0, 0, 2, 2 ); var image_colors = 
context_colors.getImageData( 0, 0, 2, 2 );var data = image_colors.data; 
var canvas_render = document.createElement( 'canvas' );canvas_render.width =
 QUALITY;canvas_render.height = QUALITY;document.body.appendChild
( canvas_render ); var context_render = canvas_render.getContext( '2d' );
context_render.translate( - QUALITY / 2, - QUALITY / 2 );context_render.scale
( QUALITY, QUALITY ); data[ 0 ] = 255; // Top-left, red componentdata[ 5 ] = 
255; // Top-right, green componentdata[ 10 ] = 255; // Bottom-left, blue component 
context_colors.putImageData( image_colors, 0, 0 );context_render.drawImage
( canvas_colors, 0, 0 );

 Codes. Codes. Codes.

Behind all animations and computer arts that we see on our screen

are from the codes like this one, painstakingly organized and innovated
just so our surfs and clicks are more visually appealing.

At first, OpenGl, WebGl and the likes are intimidating.

But for gamers and game developers, it could get them cobs
higher to the web success.

As one fanatic said:

 Mr.Doob’s doodling application is really addicting. Hell, its like my coke/vicodin/ecstasy/whatever-addictive-drug-the-is eversince yesterday.

                                                                                           -    A Story of A Girl Blog

Here’s Turning Point’s take (tehehee..heee)

Mr. Doob? What’s in a name?

Brad Neuberg: First things first, the most important question is where the name Mr. Doob comes from?

Mr. Doob: I’ve always been very dependent on wearing headphones in order to get some level of concentration. Because of that I started using combinations like do_ob, dõ_õb, dò_ób, dê_êb, d=_=b, … as IM nicknames. One day a friend greeted me as Mr.doob and the name somehow stuck. It was also easier for my coworkers to pronounce than my real name.

(His real name is Ricardo Cabello) 

On the future of his arena:

Brad Neuberg: Where do you see HTML5, CSS3, SVG, (i.e. the new stuff on the web) going in the next year? How about the next 3 years?

Mr. Doob: They’ll continue evolving at a nice pace. And browsers will have to keep up
to date or they’ll lose their user base. In 3 years I think it’s all going to be WebGL though.
I think it’s easy to imagine videogames moving from native applications to web applications. Windows/MacOS/Linux compatibility comes for free, the downloading/installing process won’t be needed and, if done right, the experience starts instantly. At this point Windows/MacOS/Linux as OS becomes irrelevant for most of the people.

It scares me that people browse the internet more and more from devices that can’t be used for authoring but, on the bright side, I like the fact that with Javascript nothing gets compiled and kids will be able to right click any page and see directly the code.

View the complete Web Ninja Interview:

DOT Should Be Grateful for the Internet

In the first week of January, the Department of Tourism launched its new campaign slogan “Its more fun in the Philippines” months after the old slogan “Pilipinas kay Ganda” was badly criticized by the Filipino people including the president.

Just hours after the DOT launched the campaign, it quickly became the #1 trending topic on twitter with the hashtag #itsmoreinthephilippines

How did the internet made the campaign work worldwide?

The internet did a pretty outstanding job boosting the popularity of the campaign. Its more fun in the Philippines isn’t just a catchy campaign slogan, now it’s also an internet meme.

Filipino 9gaggers, redditors and a bunch of other internet geeks made their own its more fun in the Philippines promotions by putting a photograph of something that Filipinos do  that seems peculiar to some other countries and making it related to the western pop culture.

Stuff like these:

Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said that they "want the world not to watch but to participate" in the new campaign. 
The people with knowledge in photoshop and pop culture and also have internet connection did their own renditions and voila, its worldwide famous.

The Its more fun in the Philippines facebook page has now a fanbase of over 37,000 likes.

The Switzerland Incident

The Philippine Star published an article about the swiss tourism campaign from 1951 that has a slogan that says "Its more fun in Switzerland"

Just when the Filipinos thought the campaign slogan will do a pretty good job for the country, it quickly got a lot of Criticisms and negative reports about how the DOT made another mistake on launching a used vintage swiss slogan.

DOT Secretary quickly responded to this issue:

“The line isn’t a manufactured slogan. It is simply the truth about our country. Don’t be swayed by people who are trying to punch holes in it… No one can own the expression ‘it’s more fun’ but it’s very true for the Philippines so it becomes ours.”

Before the overwhelming negative reviews of Pilipinas Kay Ganda there was “Wow! Philippines” which did pretty well and even has a videoke machine. How cool is that.

References:

click it here 

click it here

Dratini Fanrong: The Water Dragon

The Chinese New Year happened days ago was such a success; From the Kapamilya's ASAP Chinese-inspired stage performances, upto the most-awaited fireworks display at the Quirino Grand Stand in Luneta.

In Binondo, dragon dances are everywhere! There are red dragons, white and blue, and rainbow-colored ones; baby dragons and mommy dragons. These dragon dances make noise along Chinatown. Yes, noises that aren't noise polluting the air actually. Dong-dong-dong!!!

Lucky charms and crystals were populated by people; the shops carrying these items were literally filled with customers that in order for you to be entertained, you have to queue a 15-people line. Maybe it will take you 20mins to talk to shop owner. Not only these shops are filled with customers, but also those alongside.

Yeah, literally dragons are everywhere.

NO dead streets those times... all were alive. all were happy. all were busy. You cannot just lay your feet there and shoot. You should move else you will be forced to be moved by those ultra alive people.:)

As feng shui said, Roosters are lucky this year; but are chicks lucky too? Yes, maybe.:)

 

But despite of all, we still have these... Sad.

Known personalities went there.

Fruits and MEDICENEs. Children sell themselves. :)

Tongue Like Dagger. They Got Tongues Like Dagger. Oh-oh-oh-oh... What's Sulit, Mommy?

After all, in a country where the poor gets poorer by the day, people’s sense of history flies out of the window when hunger comes knocking on the door.

                                                                                                 -  Erwin Tulfo

This too shall pass.

With the passing of Chief Justice Renato Corona impeachment trial days comes stories and figures. Filipinos can only hope that when all these come to halt, truth and justice will be served. In few weeks or months this will become history. Until then we as citizens may participate so we may have collective sense of history. Understand what seems to be a Filipino painful pattern of it. Or just focus our energy to the daily grind so Hunger won’t come knocking on the door. We decide. Or don’t decide. We still decide.

For the meantime, while the 23 senator-judges, the leading man, the media, the haves, the have-nots, and the extras are peering through the forest of information and hearing through the thunders of complaints, agony and whimpers Turning Point dig and did few turnings.

What Is “Sulit”, Mommy? Errrr, I mean, What Is Impeachment in the Philippines, Wiki?

It is an expressed power of the Congress in the Philippines to formally charge a serving government official with an impeachable offense. After being impeached by the House of Representatives, the official is then tried in the Senate. If convicted, the official is either removed from office or censured.

Impeachment followed by conviction is often the only way to forcibly remove a sitting official. While "impeachment" is often used to refer to the entire process of removing an official from office, it only formally refers to the indictment stage in the House of Representatives, not the trial stage in the Senate. Under the current Constitution, an official can be impeached if one third of the House of Representatives votes in favor. Since it takes only a simple majority to set the agenda or to adjourn the House, it can be difficult for a minority of one third to bring a vote and impeach an official.

Who Are the Impeaching officials?

1. Any citizen with an endorsement of a member of the House of Representative may file charges.
2. The House Committee on Justice will decide by majority vote if the complaint has substance.
3. The House Committee on Justice will decide by majority vote if the complaint is sufficient in form.
4. The House Committee on Justice will decide by majority vote if the complaint is sufficient in grounds.
5. The House Committee on Justice will decide by majority vote if there is probable cause in the complaint.
6. The House of Representatives will vote to impeach the official. A one-third vote is needed.
• If the vote passes, the complaint will become the "Articles of Impeachment" and the House will appoint prosecutors who may or may not be members of the House.
• If the vote fails in any part of the procedure, the official accused can't be filed for impeachment for one calendar year.
7. The Senate will then try the impeached official. Conviction requires a two-thirds vote.
8. If convicted, there are two punishments the Senate can mete out:
• Censure or a reprimand, or
• Removal from office and prohibition to hold any governmental office

     In the 1935 constitution, a two-thirds vote was needed to impeach an official by the House   
    of  Representatives, while a three-fourths vote in the Senate was required to convict.

Ahm. So… For A Coronavela, Who Among ‘Em Got the Tongue Like Dagger?

 

  

 To have your info fix:
 
 
Renato Corona - FAQs

Primer on Corona's Impeachment

More Facts and Figures about the Impeachment Trial

Only Chief Tupas can say it the way they entice you to get hook to a soap op:

"Next week's trial would be more exciting. Next week would be an interesting week. We will be releasing documents na hindi pa alam ng publiko."





Resources:
Images from Google . Spacelab.Com . Scribd.Com . PhilStar.Com . Inquirer News . Wikipedia