Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Just another day in paradise

July 29,2009 Wednesday
My birthday meme. Spazzin' and flailin' over my blessings.Thank you Lord.
Today was just another day in paradise and I turned a year older. Started the day with meditation then mass at the Stella Orientes.Logged into my online Kabbalah class for an hour. This time the broadcast was from St, Louis with Mike Kellog.There is none else beside Him-Shamati 1. 
Thanked Mama,Cosette, Ching and Cynch for the gifts.Got a kiss from Miguel,the only male in my life now aside from Jin Akanishi who is virtual and Jo In Sung who is not only virtual but in the army for two years.:( I love you sweetie, Miguel, try not to grow up too fast. Got an email from Lala , its only July 28 in Toronto so tomorrow she will call.Got text messages and calls from friends,family and a personal note.Chatted on YM with Agnes from Jakarta.Got a surprise call from my first arnis instructor Guro Maning Borza who said he has a website arnisrapado.com Remind to tell Guru Dedy about it.
Finally opened a Twitter account and it took me a while to figure out how to embed that widget in this blog. Posting on twitter is like having a conversation with myself! *Wicked!* Followed Nick Perlas and shenbrood(Dave) on Twitter.
Cynch treated me to buffet at the Heat at Shang Edsa Hotel. Today was about food.That shrimp cuddled in a fillet of sole and simmered in a melange of tomato sauce with fresh cream and hollandaise was too yummy for words.Edam and brie cheese, smoked salmon and salmon sushi, fresh green salads,spinach seafood soup (too salty), ebi tempura, shrimp siomai,yorkshire pudding, buttery bread pudding and vanilla ice cream(childhood comfort food),white chocolates.But gingerale was out of stock. I was in foodie heaven. Visited the Health Club at Shang with Cynch and saw Paolo Contis, Dingdong Dantes (Cynch stared and stared and stared), Mr. Smith the husband of Mrs.Smith (no kiddding), I talked to Mr.Smith too. Spoke to James Yap the basketball player who also jogs at the Ultra Oval where we first met.Cynch stared again and asked him his family name. Only then did she realize who he was. *lol*
Stared at Jin Akanishi's picture, the sexy one from the Break the record summer tour 2009 and drooled on my keyboard.That's my lappy's wallie now. Hey, I may be a year older physically but my brain is stuck in adolescence. 
Listened to Daughtry's new album,Leave this town. Love the track No surprise and You don't belong. Listened to my favs from Daughtry's 2006 album-Feels like tonight,It's over and What about now. Listened to Jin Akanishi's Wonder in english featuring Crystal Kaye and Jin's solo Care,Murasaki and Hesitate.Can't get enough of his voice, its awesome. He really should have his own album and solo concert soon. Are you listening Johnny sama? Listened to my collection of the classics from the anime La Corda d'Oro. *Floated* Remind self to listen to my classic collection from the anime Nodame Cantibile.*bliss*
Did other important but boring stuff.Multitasked.
Daydreamed I was on the beach in Marbella, Bali, Boracay, Bohol,Maldives.I swear it was so real, I got a sunburned nose from it. *evil laughter*
Left messages for my online friends in reply to messages they left for me. Hahahaha, secret!!!!
Read highlighted passages from one of my favorite books,God in all worlds -an anthology of contemporary spiritual writing. Here are two of those passages.
"When he discovers and finally accepts that earthly things are transient and contradictory,that the pleasurable are tied to the painful, and thereupon makes this search a conscious one, he is said to have entered on the Quest."-Paul Brunton-The Spiritual Crisis of Man.
"And when I intensely enjoy any experience, it is because I am simultaneously in two worlds at once:the reality around me and the reality inside me."
The deeper he can retreat into that inner world,the more he can enjoy his experience of the outer world." -Colin Wilson-The Essential Collin Wilson.
From Caroline Myss,Healing cards, I picked out today -"The soul is on Earth for its own delight.Consider this amazing possibility. You incarnated on this earth just to experience the joy of being alive."

My thoughts after reading Pope Benedict XVI first encyclical Deus Caritas Est-God is Love."The love that God lavishes upon us we must in turn share with others."
Happy birthday to me and to everyone else who shares this wonderful day!

Daughtry-What about now
Daughtry- No surprises

D

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Michael Jackson- You Rock My World

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop defined a generation of music lovers. Let his music live on forever in our hearts.

DJ Ayres The Rub, Michael Jackson Mix[2008] is a chronological compilation of the King of Pop's songs featured on Brooklyn radio. Fans have rated this as one of the best MJ mix so far. 

Download it here:http://oh-death.blogspot.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-rip.html

More MJ mix here:http://parlourmagazine.com/2009/06/the-best-mj-mix-so-far-its-the-rub/

Lyrics:You Rock My World 

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Michael-Jackson/You-Rock-My-World.html

Ho...oh...

My life will never be the same
'Cause girl, you came and changed
The way I walk
The way I talk

I cannot explain the things I feel for you
But girl, you know it's true
Stay with me, fulfill my dreams
And I'll be all you'll need

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, it feels so right (Girl)
I've searched for the perfect love all my life (All my
life)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, it feels like I (Like I)
Have finally found her perfect love is mine (See, I
finally found, come on, girl)

You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give (You rocked my world)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine (You rocked my world)

You rocked my world, you know you did (Girl)
And everything I own I give (I want you, girl)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine

In time I knew that love would bring
This happiness to me
I tried to keep my sanity
I waited patiently

Girl, you know it seems
My life is so complete
A love that's true because of you
Keep doing what you do

Oh, oh, oh, oh, who'd think that I (Oh)
Have finally found the perfect love I searched for all
my life (Searched for all my life)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, who'd think I'd find
(Whoa...oh...oh...)
Such a perfect love that's so right (Whoa, girl)

You rocked my world, you know you did (Come on, come
on, come on, come on)
And everything I own I give
The rarest love who'd think I'd find (Girl)
Someone like you to call mine (You rocked my world)

You rocked my world (You rocked my world), you know
you did
And everything I own I give (Girl, girl, girl)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine (Girl)

You rocked my world, you know you did (Oh)
And everything I own I give (You rocked my world)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine

You rocked my world (Oh...), you know you did
And everything I own I give (To rock my world)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine

Girl, I know that this is love
I felt the magic all in the air
And girl, I'll never get enough
That's why I always have to have you here, hoo

You rocked my world (You rocked my world), you know
you did
And everything I own I give (Look what you did to
me, baby, yeah)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine (You rocked my world)

You rocked my world, you know you did (Know you did,
baby)
And everything I own I give ('Cause you rocked my
world)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find (Hoo, hoo)
Someone like you to call mine

(You rocked my world)
You rocked my world, you know you did
(The way you talk to me, the way you're lovin' me)
(The way you give it to me)

You rocked my world, you know you did
(Give it to me)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah...ooh)
You rocked my world (You rocked my world), you know
you did
(You rocked my world, you rocked my world)

(Come on, girl) You rocked my world (Come on, girl),
you know you did
(Baby, baby, baby)
And everything I own I give
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine

You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give
The rarest love who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine

Lyrics; Butterflies

http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Michael-Jackson/Butterflies.html

All you gotta do is just walk away and pass me by
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all you gotta do is not answer my calls when
I'm trying to get through
To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch you

[Chorus]
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I

All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel you near me
I caress you, let you taste us, just so blissful listen
I would give you anything baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh baby you give me butterflies

[Chorus]
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I

If you would take my hand, baby I would show you
Guide you to the light babe
If you would be my love, baby I will love you, love you
'Til the end of time

[Chorus]
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I
I just wanna touch and kiss
And I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside, inside and I
Listen and download:
Michael Jackson-ButterfliesMichael Jackson-You Rock My World

Friday, July 3, 2009

Happy 25th Birthday Jin Akanishi-O tanjoubi omedetou GACKT

Jin Akanishi born July 4,1984. Japanese idol( yes, that's his job description), actor, singer, voice actor, one of the lead vocalist of Kat-tun, the japanese pop band,songwriter and composer. Happy Birthday to the King of Sexy,beautiful,talented,free spirit,man of substance. Here are some of my favorite Jin icons and photos from An an 2008 where he was featured as second sexiet man in Japan and With magazine 2009. Jin has one of the best voices in Johnny Jimusho, the agency that has guided his career since he was 14 years old. The talents managed by this agency are collectively called Johnnys after Johnny Kitagawa who established Johnny Jimusho in 1963.  He hit the high notes while harmonizing for the ballad version of the song Gold during Kat-tun's Kaizokouban pre- debut concert in 2005 that totally rocked the concert audience that night.  Jin's fandom is awaiting with excitement his on screen debut in the movie Bandage where he plays Natsu a 90's indie rocker. The producers had him specifically in mind when casting for the lead actor.The movie opens in January 2010. Enjoy the video of Jin singing Murasaki[Purple] and some of his solo songs Murasaki, Hesitate and Care. And a fancam rip of his new [2009]solo in english Wonder featuring Crystal Kaye. All these songs,including a 2008 solo Lovejuice in english  were written by Akanishi.And yes, Akanishi kun speaks english or rather engrisch with a homeboy california accent. Go here for Kissing Akanishi meme with Lovejuice video and download-http://kenshingurl.multiply.com/journal/item/4/Kissing_Akanishi_Jin


Happy birthday to  GACKT my favorite japanese rocker and first jrock love.Ageless, intuitive,singer, actor, composer and lyricist, Gackt celebrates his tenth year this year as performer in the Japanese entertainment industry. Enjoy his music  video Mizerable when he was lead singer of Malice Mizer  and listen to Mizerable and Vanilla.

O tanjoubi omedetou, bon anniversaire, buon compleanno, glueckliche geburstag,feliz cumpleaños.

Jin Akanishi-MurasakiJin Akanishi-CareJin Akanishi-HesitateJin Akanishi featuring Crystal Kaye-Wonder[fancam rip]Gackt-VanillaGackt-Mizerable Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

Thursday, June 4, 2009

If Today Was Your Last Day By Nickelback Official Music Video In HQ.avi




Nickelback the Canadian band's latest hit single If today was your last day from the album Darkhorse.This indie canadian rock band is now mainstream and is the no.2 best selling foreign act in the USA next to the Beatles in the 2000's.
More songs to listen to and download with some lyrics from their albums in my Music Box
http://kenshingurl.multiply.com/music/item/89/Nickelback-Canada_rocks
Remember each day is a gift and not a given right. I really love this music video! So what are you gonna do, if today were really the last day! I'm gonna go and party!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Love at First Sight

 

Love at First Sight
Wislawa Szymborska




Both are convinced
that a sudden surge of emotion bound them together.
Beautiful is such a certainty,
but uncertainty is more beautiful.

Because they didn't know each other earlier, they suppose that
nothing was happening between them.
What of the streets, stairways and corridors
where they could have passed each other long ago?

I'd like to ask them
whether they remember-- perhaps in a revolving door
ever being face to face?
an "excuse me" in a crowd
or a voice "wrong number" in the receiver.
But I know their answer:
no, they don't remember.

They'd be greatly astonished
to learn that for a long time
chance had been playing with them.

Not yet wholly ready
to transform into fate for them
it approached them, then backed off,
stood in their way
and, suppressing a giggle,
jumped to the side.

There were signs, signals:
but what of it if they were illegible.
Perhaps three years ago,
or last Tuesday
did a certain leaflet fly
from shoulder to shoulder?
There was something lost and picked up.
Who knows but what it was a ball
in the bushes of childhood.

There were doorknobs and bells
on which earlier
touch piled on touch.
Bags beside each other in the luggage room.
Perhaps they had the same dream on a certain night,
suddenly erased after waking.
 

Every beginning
is but a continuation,
and the book of events
is never more than half open.

-translated by Walter Whipple

 I love this poem by the Polish poet, essayist,translator and 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, Wisława Szymborska, immortalized by the Hong Kong filmmaking team of Johnny To and Wai Ka-fai in the movie Turn Left, Turn Right. Mere words are inadequate to describe how I love the Hongkong Singaporean movie even more than the poem, though I kept putting off watching it. This 2003 romantic drama  filmed in picturesque Taipei is based on the book A Chance of Sunshine by Jimmy Liao.  The film, about a lonely man and woman seemingly  perfect for each other, but who always seem to just miss meeting each other , embodied the essence of this poem. Asian screen god Takeshi Kaneshiro, the Japanese Taiwanese star, plays John Liu, a fumbling yet aspiring concert violinist. He spends his days playing the violin for the birds in the park , attending auditions for orchestras , and escaping the clutches of predatory women who only want his body.The adorable singer actress Gigi Leung is Eve Choi, a book translator who prefers poetry to the scary horror novels, her editor assigns to her. She recites Love at First Sight to her cat. The couple live out their identical, lonely, parallel lives, oblivious that they occupy apartments next to each other in the same building. When destiny finally allows them to cross each other's path, past and present collide in a collage of love. But even then, fate can be a cruel mistress and the couple is separated and they struggle to reunite. The movie like life is slow and melodramatic with comedic gaps provided by the suitor who pursue John and Eva.  Edward Elgar's violin solos waft in the air thoughout the movie and Gigi sings a couple of sweet love songs.  Gigi and Takeshi's on screen chemistry is undeniable. They likewise lit up the screen in another favorite film, Tempting Heart where they play a couple in a love triangle. I can't imagine any other actor in their roles for Turn Left, Turn Right, unless of course its a Hollywood remake with  the irresistible Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves tandem.  The title, Xiang Zuo Zuo, Xiang You Zou translates to Turn Left Turn Right. If you still believe in love at first sight, even if its only in the movies, take a leap of faith and watch this movie.Click here to order the DVD:  http://www.yesasia.com/global/1002885865-0-0-0-en/info.html

 





Sir Edward Elgar-Serenade for Strings in E minor,Opus 20,Allegretto Page copy protected against web site content infringement by Copyscape

Friday, February 27, 2009

Bataan Nuclear Power Plant has 40,000 defects! NO to BNPP

Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: February 27, 2009

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has thrown its
weight behind the opposition to rehabilitating the mothballed Bataan Nuclear
Power Plant
(BNPP).

In a pastoral statement, the CBCP urged Congress to “completely and
irrevocably reject the opening of the nuclear plant as the most dangerous
and expensive way to generate electricity.”

The statement was issued by the CBCP president, Jaro Archbishop Angel
Lagdameo
.

“Multiple risks and the possibility of corruption outweigh dreamed benefits.
We recommend with other anti-BNPP congressmen and the Greenpeace Forum that
the mothballed facility in Morong, Bataan, be dismantled as its revival will
be most hazardous to health and life of the people,” read the CBCP
statement.

The power plant was built by the Marcos regime in response to the Middle
East oil embargo in the 1970s.

The $2.3-billion project, designed to generate 621 megawatts of electricity,
was scrapped by the Aquino administration in 1986.

The Diocese of Balanga headed by Bishop Socrates Villegas earlier in the
week staged a prayer rally against plans by some congressmen led by
Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco to rehabilitate the nuclear plant to stave
off an energy crisis.

The CBCP also strongly opposed the use of a coal-fired power plant as source
of energy in Iloilo province and other parts of the country.

“We recommend the implementation of the approved bill on the use of
renewable energy, such as solar, wind and water as safe sources of
electricity
,” the CBCP said.

*No rush*

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is in no rush to reactivate the nuclear
power plant
.

Malacañang Thursday said it would first await the study and series of
consultations being done by the Department of Energy (DOE) before coming up
with a firm position on whether to reopen the country’s only nuclear
facility.

“The President will never compromise safety over speed,” Anthony Golez,
deputy presidential spokesperson, told reporters in a briefing.

But Golez said that should the DOE study and consultations recommend
reactivating the power plant, “then we would find no reason why we would
have to delay.”

Asked if reopening the BNPP was a priority of Ms Arroyo, he said: “We know
that her priority is that we should be energy-sufficient in the next few
years.”

Golez said the government had “a lot of programs” to achieve this goal and
that the BNPP was just one of them.

Last year, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said the government was seriously
considering reopening the BNPP, noting that it had spent $2.3 billion to
build the facility, which had generated not a kilowatt of electricity.

*Rehabilitation cost*

Reyes said a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had
checked the facility and had pegged rehabilitation cost at $800 million for
at least five years.

If it becomes operational, the BNPP will be one of the most dangerous
nuclear power plants in the world, Greenpeace said Thursday.

The group said the BNPP, which has a light water reactor made by
Westinghouse, did not conform to the current safety standards of the IAEA.

*Outdated*

Beau Baconguis, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Campaigns Manager for the
Philippines, said the design of the BNPP was not only outdated but also
faulty.

The BNPP’s compliance to IAEA nuclear plant construction and site selection
protocols were already in doubt even before the BNPP was finished, Baconguis
said.

Tessa de Ryck, Greenpeace Southeast Asia Nuclear campaigner, also said the
BNPP was never evaluated according to standards of the IAEA which were
raised after the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown.

The standard for nuclear reactors is “Generation 3,” which has double
containment for its reactor and passive safety systems, according to De
Ryck. The BNPP has a “Generation 2” reactor.

“We cannot be sure whether the BNPP can be upgraded to meet current reactor
standards,” De Ryck said.

She said Westinghouse reactors were “breaking down with alarming
regularity”
because of design defects, including cracks in the main steam turbines,
deterioration of the steam generator tube, and the reactor pressure valve
turning brittle.

De Ryck also cited problems of other nuclear plants designed by Westinghouse
and similar to the BNPP in Brazil and South Korea, which were plagued by
outages and leakages of radioactive water.

*Study by experts*

A study commissioned by the Senate ad hoc committee on the BNPP and the
Presidential Commission on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant found the
nuclear plant defective.

Environmentalist Nicanor Perlas, a technical consultant to the study, said
that the study showed that the BNPP could not be operated safely because of
the defective quality assurance program.

Perlas, who was not allowed to discuss the study’s contents at the hearing
in the House appropriations committee on Wednesday, said in a statement that
the study was completed during the term of President Corazon Aquino. It cost
$9.5 million and was conducted by 50 nuclear experts.

*40,000 defects*

Perlas said the team found 40,000 defects and that it would cost $1.2
billion to $1.54 billion in 1990 rates to repair the plant. The repairs
would take six and a half years.

Should the repairs be conducted, there was no guarantee that the BNPP would
be safely operated because the quality assurance program was so problematic
that the plant’s safety may never be established, Perlas said.

He also said James Keppler, a former official of the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
, said the review team found “pervasive and significant” defects
in the plant’s design, construction, quality assurance and start-up testing.

“The identified deficiencies are so pervasive and severe that the plant
cannot be expected to operate safely and without undue risk to public health
and safety,” he quoted Keppler as saying.

Where’s the study?

Walden Bello, president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition, said he was
appalled that those pushing for the reopening of the BNPP seemed to be
unaware of studies that thumbed down the facility’s operation.

Cojuangco said he had made several attempts to get hold of the study that
Perlas was referring to, but added no one had so far been able to produce
one.

He asked Perlas to give the title of the study and inform the committee
where it could be obtained. *Reports from Dona Pazzibugan, Alcuin Papa
Christian V. Esguerra and Leila B. Salaverria*


Sunday, February 22, 2009

The Longest Night in Shanghai- Firefly -DAKOTA STAR feat nangi -(Movie Ver)




Firefly is a lovely song by the jpop jrock band Dakota Star featuring Nangi from my movie of the moment The Longest Night in Shanghai a.k.a Yoru no Shanghai a 2007 joint chinese and japanese production.Breathe by Frally Hines is the other song on the soundtrack that was memorable. Masahiro Motoki plays a Japanese celebrity stylist on an assignment in Shanghai. He gets lost and cross paths with Vicky Zhao as the tomboyish taxi cab driver Lin Xi and what follows is actually lost in translation. LMAO and cried at this urban romantic comedy of finding love in the most unusual places.the language of love is truly universal, no translation needed. Masahiro is also the actor of the moment in Japan starring in the hit 2008 movie Okuribito or Departures.Its freaky but he seems not to have aged at all since his 1991 movie Sumo Do Sumo Don't where he essayed the role of a student who joined the sumo club to get university credits.That movie was hilarious too. You can watch the movie at aznv.tv. Support the artiste and buy the original DVD here - http://www.yesasia.com/us/the-longest-night-in-shanghai-dvd-english-subtitled-hong-kong-version/1012994545-0-0-0-en/info.html