Showbiz News

The present sequence in television news programs in the Philippines always has this entertainment news portions. Showbiz news seems to be part and parcel of each news program. It seems like news programs cannot go on without them. The frequency of airing these entertainment news also increased and they were slotted in between the whole program. I remembered that previous showbiz news were given the last portion of each television news program but today, they were aired more frequent than before.

I have nothing against showbiz news. After all they are still news to everybody, accounts of recent happenings in a place, or about people, specifically artists, or popular personalities. But sometimes they become repetitive and they dull the mind. I wonder if what they call marketing strategies really necessitates them to put in showbiz bits in between important news about the country and other matters. Why the need when they have put up showbiz entertainment programs repeating all what had been reported in the newscasts?

It maybe interesting to most Filipinos to have more showbiz news. Maybe that is what the surveys tell about Filipino habits on television viewing and what clicks for the masses. Maybe more entertainment, more appeal.

Where do we attribute all these? Maybe the Filipinos became used to the country’s issues on poverty, graft and corruption, useless leaders and politicians, scams, prostitution, bribery, etc, etc. Maybe these unresolved and repetitive issues numbed the minds of most Filipinos that is why they find entertainment news more interesting.

It is a sad reality if that is the case. For us to be laid-back or unconcerned, that poses a more troubling concern. Revolting wickedness of evil in society might prevail.

Photohunt: Book (s)

Photohunt has its theme for today one of my favorites – books. Above is one of the books I have read. It’s been a long time since I have indulged myself with books. There are still many in the book cabinet waiting to be read.

To read about Nicholas Sparks’ The Rescue Flap, visit the author’s page.

Below are some of the reviews about the The Rescue:

“A romantic page-turner. . . Sparks’s fans won’t be disappointed.”
— Glamour magazine

“All of Sparks’s trademark elements — love, loss, and small-town life — are present in this terrific read.”
— Booklist

“Cunningly crafted.”
— Publisher’s Weekly

“Extremely powerful. . . an emotional love story. . . must reading for those fans that cherish a deep-rooted love story like the author’s previous works.”
— Harriet Klausner, Painted Rock Reviews

“Sparks, who is becoming well known as a sophisticated writer. . . has a beautifully natural way of portraying a complicated and intense love story. THE RESCUE is yet another example of his imagination and skill.”
— South China Morning Post

“Nicholas Sparks knows how to tug at a reader’s heartstrings.
— Chicago Sun-Times

“Readers who don’t mind shedding a few tears won’t be disappointed.”
— People

“True-to-life, plentiful dialogue honestly details the family and relationship concerns that almost any reader would identify with. His settings are richly painted and his characters believable. . . Life is full of guilty pleasures. THE RESCUE turns out to be one of them.”
— Anniston Star

Photohunt: Book (s)

Photohunt has its theme for today one of my favorites – books. Above is one of the books I have read. It’s been a long time since I have indulged myself with books. There are still many in the book cabinet waiting to be read.

To read about Nicholas Sparks’ The Rescue Flap, visit the author’s page.

Below are some of the reviews about the The Rescue:

“A romantic page-turner. . . Sparks’s fans won’t be disappointed.”
— Glamour magazine

“All of Sparks’s trademark elements — love, loss, and small-town life — are present in this terrific read.”
— Booklist

“Cunningly crafted.”
— Publisher’s Weekly

“Extremely powerful. . . an emotional love story. . . must reading for those fans that cherish a deep-rooted love story like the author’s previous works.”
— Harriet Klausner, Painted Rock Reviews

“Sparks, who is becoming well known as a sophisticated writer. . . has a beautifully natural way of portraying a complicated and intense love story. THE RESCUE is yet another example of his imagination and skill.”
— South China Morning Post

“Nicholas Sparks knows how to tug at a reader’s heartstrings.
— Chicago Sun-Times

“Readers who don’t mind shedding a few tears won’t be disappointed.”
— People

“True-to-life, plentiful dialogue honestly details the family and relationship concerns that almost any reader would identify with. His settings are richly painted and his characters believable. . . Life is full of guilty pleasures. THE RESCUE turns out to be one of them.”
— Anniston Star

What Will You Tell Your Friend?

The other day, my friends and I were talking about issues on the Kho-Halili video sex scandal. Some of my friends and acquaintances think that Viki Belo has something to do with the spreading of the video. They have their reasons. But the thought that followed was if you are a friend of Viki and has knowledge about Hayden’s infidelity, what will you tell Viki? Or would you tell Viki that Hayden is playing around with other women? My friends find it hard to tell.

Papsie said yes automatically adding that if Viki is a friend, he will right away tell her about the affairs. I asked how will he do that and he replied he will frankly tell her to talk to Hayden about the affairs. Papsie believes that as a friend, he has an obligation to tell.

When I was surfing the net, in one the sites, the said topic about infidelity was discussed and there were comments that state that the issue must be between the partners and friends have no business meddling. They say that let the couple deal and resolve the problem themselves. Nobody should interfere or intervene.

I might as well tell my friend about what I know but I will not do it as Papsie suggested. It is not really that easy to tell a friend serious matters like that. I will probably give hints, and slowly share her or him situations resembling her or his situation and let her or him react. When my friend finished sharing her opinions, I will gradually tell.

Actually, no matter how blunt or careful we tell the matter to a friend, it would still hurt. But I believe, as a friend, I have an obligation to tell. I would not let my friend love so truly and at the same time unsuspecting of what is really happening. I do not want it to happen to me, too. That’s why a friend should not keep from me what my husband is doing behind me. It would really hurt me if she or he does not tell me.

For some, it would be meddling. But I see it as an obligation. I have to tell my friend and my friend has to take it or leave it. The decision on the matter is not on my hands anymore. That’s where it ends.

What Will You Tell Your Friend?

The other day, my friends and I were talking about issues on the Kho-Halili video sex scandal. Some of my friends and acquaintances think that Viki Belo has something to do with the spreading of the video. They have their reasons. But the thought that followed was if you are a friend of Viki and has knowledge about Hayden’s infidelity, what will you tell Viki? Or would you tell Viki that Hayden is playing around with other women? My friends find it hard to tell.

Papsie said yes automatically adding that if Viki is a friend, he will right away tell her about the affairs. I asked how will he do that and he replied he will frankly tell her to talk to Hayden about the affairs. Papsie believes that as a friend, he has an obligation to tell.

When I was surfing the net, in one the sites, the said topic about infidelity was discussed and there were comments that state that the issue must be between the partners and friends have no business meddling. They say that let the couple deal and resolve the problem themselves. Nobody should interfere or intervene.

I might as well tell my friend about what I know but I will not do it as Papsie suggested. It is not really that easy to tell a friend serious matters like that. I will probably give hints, and slowly share her or him situations resembling her or his situation and let her or him react. When my friend finished sharing her opinions, I will gradually tell.

Actually, no matter how blunt or careful we tell the matter to a friend, it would still hurt. But I believe, as a friend, I have an obligation to tell. I would not let my friend love so truly and at the same time unsuspecting of what is really happening. I do not want it to happen to me, too. That’s why a friend should not keep from me what my husband is doing behind me. It would really hurt me if she or he does not tell me.

For some, it would be meddling. But I see it as an obligation. I have to tell my friend and my friend has to take it or leave it. The decision on the matter is not on my hands anymore. That’s where it ends.

Take a Peek

I had just recently wrote a few things about a few topics in the following notable sites:

• Like Changing Clothes at Hubpages – this is a hub about choosing the lesser evil. If given the chance to choose, and that you have to choose one, and you are not allowed not to choose, which would you chose as a partner – one who wanted affairs with many at the same time or one who loves one at a time but frequently changes his mind and like changing clothes, he changes partner as often as he likes, and could not afford to be loveless?
• Katrina Halili and the Hot Issues at Digitaljournal.com – Issues from Katrina Halili- Hayden Kho sex video scandal have evolved. The hot issues are concurrently being diverted to involvement of drugs in the videoed tryst. The issues were even downgraded to Katrina not fit to being a role model.
• Simple Cures at Squidoo – this is a lens that I made for the many simple problems one can encounter and the many simple cures that can be found to make life easy. Do you have one? Would you like to share me these simple cures?

Just click on the blue coded titles and you will be redirected. If you cannot leave a message in those pages, please leave your message here, okay? I would really love to hear from you.

Take a Peek

I had just recently wrote a few things about a few topics in the following notable sites:

• Like Changing Clothes at Hubpages – this is a hub about choosing the lesser evil. If given the chance to choose, and that you have to choose one, and you are not allowed not to choose, which would you chose as a partner – one who wanted affairs with many at the same time or one who loves one at a time but frequently changes his mind and like changing clothes, he changes partner as often as he likes, and could not afford to be loveless?
• Katrina Halili and the Hot Issues at Digitaljournal.com – Issues from Katrina Halili- Hayden Kho sex video scandal have evolved. The hot issues are concurrently being diverted to involvement of drugs in the videoed tryst. The issues were even downgraded to Katrina not fit to being a role model.
• Simple Cures at Squidoo – this is a lens that I made for the many simple problems one can encounter and the many simple cures that can be found to make life easy. Do you have one? Would you like to share me these simple cures?

Just click on the blue coded titles and you will be redirected. If you cannot leave a message in those pages, please leave your message here, okay? I would really love to hear from you.

What Is the Best Photography Subject For You?

For me, the best photography subject is children. In my Squidoo lens, I wrote a page entitled ‘Why Children are the Best Photography Subjects’. This is why:

Little children are among the best photography subjects. In fact, they are number one for me. The innocence and the candidness of each picture of a child makes me want to point and shoot at them continuously to capture what they feel and how they react to their environment. We learn from them unconsciously. And this is the magic of capturing photos of little children. – Why Children are the Best Photography Subjects

What is the best photography subject for you? Please let me know.

What Is the Best Photography Subject For You?

For me, the best photography subject is children. In my Squidoo lens, I wrote a page entitled ‘Why Children are the Best Photography Subjects’. This is why:

Little children are among the best photography subjects. In fact, they are number one for me. The innocence and the candidness of each picture of a child makes me want to point and shoot at them continuously to capture what they feel and how they react to their environment. We learn from them unconsciously. And this is the magic of capturing photos of little children. – Why Children are the Best Photography Subjects

What is the best photography subject for you? Please let me know.

Photohunt: Plastic

These are plastic hangers on on the floor of my son’s room. I was laughing when I saw this because he took pictures of his dirty and unorganized room first before cleaning it. You can see how dusty the floor was and the hangers were all over the floor! After cleaning the room, he again took pictures. The result was satisfactory. Though it’s far from what I expected, the effort was there. 🙂

Photohunt: Plastic

These are plastic hangers on on the floor of my son’s room. I was laughing when I saw this because he took pictures of his dirty and unorganized room first before cleaning it. You can see how dusty the floor was and the hangers were all over the floor! After cleaning the room, he again took pictures. The result was satisfactory. Though it’s far from what I expected, the effort was there. 🙂

Photohunt: Plastic

These are plastic hangers on on the floor of my son’s room. I was laughing when I saw this because he took pictures of his dirty and unorganized room first before cleaning it. You can see how dusty the floor was and the hangers were all over the floor! After cleaning the room, he again took pictures. The result was satisfactory. Though it’s far from what I expected, the effort was there. 🙂

Godlike Persona

The seminar/course was over. It was enjoyable and a valuable tool to clarify what we currently have for the management system and for the procedures. There is a phrase that got stuck in my head and it is the phrase “Godlike persona”. The lecturer used it to describe how some would perceive the auditors under me when performing the audit procedure.

Auditors are not only ones who can have that kind of persona. Anyone can have that persona. Once the feel gets into a system, one may not even be aware that he or she is assuming an aura that of a god’s. Untouchable. All-knowing. High-brow. Holier-than-thou. Better than anybody. Or the best among the best.

In a workplace, for example, a new employee comes in and labor to prove his worth. He makes it and becomes the head of the veterans. Not a welcomed idea. The golden-agers shows their godlike persona by being indifferent, by trying anything to distract or destruct, by not cooperating.

Sounds frustrating. Of course. The newcomer may or may not be affected but proving his worth is a harder task than dealing with the veterans. That is how he should think about the whole scenario. The gods must be crazy not to notice that the newcomer is an asset not someone who will destroy them.

Godlike Persona

The seminar/course was over. It was enjoyable and a valuable tool to clarify what we currently have for the management system and for the procedures. There is a phrase that got stuck in my head and it is the phrase “Godlike persona”. The lecturer used it to describe how some would perceive the auditors under me when performing the audit procedure.

Auditors are not only ones who can have that kind of persona. Anyone can have that persona. Once the feel gets into a system, one may not even be aware that he or she is assuming an aura that of a god’s. Untouchable. All-knowing. High-brow. Holier-than-thou. Better than anybody. Or the best among the best.

In a workplace, for example, a new employee comes in and labor to prove his worth. He makes it and becomes the head of the veterans. Not a welcomed idea. The golden-agers shows their godlike persona by being indifferent, by trying anything to distract or destruct, by not cooperating.

Sounds frustrating. Of course. The newcomer may or may not be affected but proving his worth is a harder task than dealing with the veterans. That is how he should think about the whole scenario. The gods must be crazy not to notice that the newcomer is an asset not someone who will destroy them.

Hayden Kho-Katrina Halili Video

The showbiz buzz about a sex video between Dr. Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili has been the content of news and entertainment shows. The video evoked varied reactions but mostly sympathy was accorded to the young actress Katrina Halili.

It is truly amusing how Filipinos can be affected. Showbiz news are always hot. Filipinos are always ready to give their unsolicited opinions and some being judgmental easily condemned Hayden Kho for the sex video, a different one from the dance video.

First things first. What part of the code of ethics of doctors did he violate? I am not pro-Hayden Kho. I am not a fan. But to hear Senator Ramon Revilla talk about how sick Hayden Kho is, it makes me sick, too. How can he find fault with someone like Kho when he himself also had issues with his co-actresses before? I mean, he is a public servant and I think the moral issues are more his issues than of a doctor’s. The sex video has nothing to do with Hayden Kho’s being a doctor.

It is credible for Gabriela to condemn Hayden Kho. At least the group has a cause. And it is clear. No questions about it. It is the right of a woman that is violated.

But how sure are we that Katrina Halili is not aware? Being in this situation, she is also responsible for the things that happened to her. I mean, she is responsible for her actions, too. It is a causal nexus, a ripple effect of what she did.

As to the individual who allegedly spread the video, who is very mad against Hayden Kho ( the reason why he circulated the video), he has a responsibility and accountability. But who gave him the video? It was Hayden.

My children said it was an act between Kho and Halili and maybe there was no vow that the thing between them has to remain secret. I think it is an awry thought. I asked them, does the situation warrants a vow for Kho not to spread it? I mean, if you are a sane person, in respect to a woman, who was a part of your life, why was it needed to share the private moments to anybody, especially a friend?

The children agreed it is not justifiable. But who knows it was ego boost that prompted Kho to tell a friend about the video that his partner was unaware of? Maybe he is sick? Maybe he was being immature that time?

My children find Senator Revilla funny to be involving himself with the issue when there are more pressing issues about the country like education, poverty, prostitution, graft and corruption, etc. I thought so, too. Perhaps he was doing it for the 2010 elections, who knows?

Let us not forget about Dra. Vicki Belo. Let us open up our minds. Don’t you think she was the one who spread the video? They say, ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.’ But I hope she did not stoop down to the level.