What if Your Name is Unique?

Paisi/Pasintabi: Nonesense nnman po ito. Mayong katuturan.

What if your name is Unique? Early this afternoon, we were distinguishing names as to its gender in order for Ching to write down the salutation. We encountered a lot of weird names and poof..!! unique names. So we said, what if your name is "Unique" as in Unique as how the letters U-N-I-Q-U-and E are looking at you. So there, this is somehow nonesense to blabber about. I just want to release some negative energies before I go to sleep.

Pano nga ba? What would be the gender if that is the name? Pwede ata sa guy and sa girl eh.. di ba? What will be the nickname? Unique options are:
1. Nique - pronounced as Nick or Nik. Quite cute though lalo na if it's for a girl.
2. Niq - pronounced as Nik or Nick din for boys. Hiniwalay ko to kc for me the first one is still appropriate for a girl lalao na with the spelling.
3. Nique -pronounced as Nikki. Again it's for a girl. pangit naman kc if its Nikke.
4. Niqu - pronounced as Nicu - haha ang tigas! parang Nico kc eh. hehe okay this one's for a boy
5. Uni - pronounced as Yuni - for a boy too. Kaso parag Uni ballpen. hehe at parang U-ni You-ni or sa bicol Ika Ini. LOL
6. Ique - pronounced as "ayk" pero pinaarte lng. pano kayang naging ayk yang ique hehe hmm this one's for a boy ata
7. Q or Que - as in parang banana cue. woahh.. parang kang Ben-Q na brandname hehe
8. Any more suggestions?

Napag isip ko tuloy.. I'll name one of Bambi's pupps to be "Unique" hehe pwede rin ano?
So yan po, i'll go to sleep na kc later i should be at the terminal at 6am. Good luck to me!

Pahabol: Dai ko kaya aram kung ano Filipino kang P.S. eh. haha..
hmmm dikit nlng ma Bicol naman daa akong blog. hehe enjoy din naman.

Ciao!

81st Oscar Nominee and Winners List

Too bad.. I haven't watch yet the 81st Oscar Awards, but I'm still looking forward to watch the replay tomorrow night. In the meantime, here's the list of nominees per category with the highlighted entry in red as the winner. I got them from www.academyawards.com

Slumdog Millionaire bagged 8 Oscars and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button got 3 Oscars.
Now I have to do some catching up to watch some of these films mentioned, especially the movie who bagged 8 Oscars.
Congratulations!

Best Picture

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Actor in a Leading Role

• Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
• Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn in Milk
• Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
  

Actress in a Leading Role

• Anne Hatthaway in Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie in Changeling
• Melissa Leo in Frozen River
• Meryl Streep in Doubt
• Kate Winslet in The Reader

Directing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign Language Film

• The Baader Meinh of Complex
• The Class
• Departures
• Revanche
• Waltz With Bashir

Music (Song)

• Down to Earth from Wall-E
• Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
• O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire

Music (Score)

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Defiance
  
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E

Film Editing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
  
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Mixing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
  
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E
• Wanted

Sound Editing

• The Dark Knight
  
• Iron Man
  
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Wall-E
• Wanted

Visual Effects

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Iron Man

Documentary Short

• The Conscience of Nhem En
• The Final Inch
• Smile Pinki
• The Witness from the Balcony of the Room 306

Documentary Feature

• The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
• Encounters At The End Of The World
• The Garden
• Man on Wire
• Trouble the Water

Actor in Supporting Role

• Josh Brolin in Milk
• Robert Downey Jr. in The Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
• Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
• Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

Short Film (Live Action)

• Auf Der Strecke (On the Line)
• Manon on the Asphalt
• New Boy
• The Pig
• Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Cinematography

• Changeling
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire
  

Makeup

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Costume Design

• Australia
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Duchess
• Milk
• Revolutionary Road

Art Direction

• Changeling
  
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• The Duchess
• Revolutionary Road

Short Film (Animated)

• La Maison En Petits Cubes
• Lavatory - Lovestory
• Oktapodi
• Presto
• This Way Up

Animated Feature Film

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• Wall-E

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Frost/Nixon
  
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• Frozen River
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• In Bruges
• Milk
• Wall-E

Actress in Supporting Role

• Amy Adams in Doubt
• Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis in Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marissa Tomei in The Wrestler

Top 10 Nursing Board Topnotchers

Top 10 Nursing Board Topnotchers
from November 2008 Exam

Baguio Central University, Jovie Ann Alawas Decoyna topped the recent 2008 Nurse Licensure Examination with passing rate of 89.00%.

Nursing Board Exam Topnotchers
1) Jovie Ann Alawas Decoyna, Baguio Central University, 89.00%

2) John Patrick Morales Dimarucot , Central Luzon Doctor's Hospital Educational Institute, 88.40%

3) Gian Karlo Timog Cusi, Baguio Central University 88%;Erycar Del Mundo Manaois-Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 88%

4) Florina Conde Corpuz, Saint Dominic Savio College 87.60%;Angelica Aubrey Pantig Morla, Far Eastern University Manila 87.60%;Jamie Anne Tolentino Tinio, Angeles University Foundation 87.60%

5) Roberto Madrona Asuncion, Arellano University, Pasay City, 87.40;Irisa Kriya Turaja Biag, San Pedro College, Davao City, 87.40;Miguela Macuto Gabisan, Cebu Normal University, 87.40%;Edita Te Lim-Arriesgado College Foundation, Inc, 87.40%;Rosario Lei Mosqueda Pasimio, Xavier University, 87.40%;Elaine Grace Esperancilla Praile Saint Paul University, Iloilo 87.40%;Catherine Duran Reyes, Our Lady of Fatima College QC, 87.40%

6) Geronimo Carillo Burce Jr., Mabini College, 87.20%;Joanna Mae Francisco Evangelista, San Beda College, 87.20%;Christopher Alvarez Irorita, San Pedro College, Davao City, 87.20%,Paul Delfin Reyes Jamero, Father Saturnino Urios University (Urios College), 87.20%;Hazel Joy Amarillo Jimenez, University of Batangas, 87.20%;Ma. Concepcion Ashley Delizo Mapagu, Saint Louis University, 87.20%;Maria Cecilia Castillo Navata, Canossa College, 87.20%;Francis Ian Sabanal Pascual, Universidad de Zamboanga (ZAEC), 87.20%;George Garcia Vega Jr., University of Saint Louis, Tuguegarao, 87.20%

7)Katrina Andrea Pagdanganan Arceo, Nueva Ecija College, 87.00%;Rose Jean Dumaboc Capidlac, Silliman University, 87.00;Carla Mae Tenorio Cuisia, Silliman University, 87.00;Mary Ann Alvarez Garing, Lyceum of Batangas, 87.00;Ma. Joya Jimenea Genzola, Colegio de San Agustin, Bacolod City, 87.00%;Rose Anne Miranda Mungcal, Angeles University Foundation, 87.00%;Pretzel Estremos Vicencio, (Butuan Doctors College (Butuan Dr. HSP. Sch. of Nursing), 87.00%;Faye Stephanie Yao Yu, Remedios T. Romualdez Medical Foundation, 87.00%

8) Lylani Mutya Balote, University of Makati, 86.80;Jamaicca Rabulan Banting, Davao Doctors College, Inc., 86.80%;Garey Jay Avelino Delfin, Iloilo Doctors’ College, 86.80%;Josephine Celoso Elvas, 86.80%;Vanito Diocson Ilanga Jr., Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution, 86.80%;Maria Edna Charise Godoy Java, Misamis University, Ozamiz City, 86.80%;Hannah Lee Alde Padilla, University of San Agustin, 86.80%;Bryan Morella Peralta, Univesity of Makati, 86.80%;Robinson Uy Kaw Sing, Iloilo Doctors’ College, 86.80%

9) Maria Jurem Quilar Alcarde, Central Philippine University, 86.60%;Ruel Bobadilla Arzadon, Saint Louis University, 86.60%;Karina Genciane Banayat, Our Lady of Fatima College, Quezon City, 86.60%;Ryan Daniel Rivera Dablo, University of San Carlos, 86.60%;Matthew Wayne Real Chang, Silliman University, 86.60%;Fritzie Quiatzon Dela Raga, Fellowhip Baptist College, 86.60%;Hiromi Balaguer Fernandez, Saint Paul University, Iloilo, 86.60%;Josephine Franz Pagulayan Gammad, Saint Paul University, Tuguegarao, 86.60%;Paul Fabian Robosa Gumabao, Arellano University, Manila, 86.60%;Maila Carl Majam Morantte, Colegio De Sta. Lourdes of Leyte Foundation Inc., 86.60%;Michael Dorothy Frances Gaer Montojo, Ateneo de Davao University, 86.60%;Cindy Mae Alvarez Nañoz, Ateneo de Zamboanga, 86.60%;Glenda Mae Macapal Omaña, Riverside College, 86.60%;Rhea Jhoy Padinay Pantaleon, Saint Louis University, 86.60%;Rolly Mendoza Policarpio, Angeles University Foundation, 86.60%;Arlette Castillo Quinan, University of St. Louis, Tuguegarao, 86.60%;Crystal Mae Abejuela Sabela, Xavier University, 86.60%;Katrina Isabel Hugo Santos, Philippine Women’s University, Quezon City, 86.60%;Shiella Marie Gamboa Simplina, Saint Louis University, 86.60%

10) James Altura Baguio, Saint Mary’s University, 86.40%;Miljoyce Daligdig Cabat, Lyceum Northwestern, 86.40%;Sarah Mae Clemente Capulong, Angeles University Foundation, 86.40%;Johcy Angeleme Fausto De La Fuente, Central Philippine University, 86.40;Renante Lazarte Dig-Aoan, Baguio Central University, 86.40%;Jake Desor Diputado, Silliman University, 86.40%;Marjory Boquia Emperio, Misamis University , Ozamiz City, 86.40%,Marissa Raposas Ferrer, Lyceum Northwestern, 86.40%;Erika Bautista Galang, Central Luzon Doctor’s Hospital Educational Institute, 86.40%;Francis Gerwin Uy Jalipa, San Pedro College, Davao City, 86.40%;Angela Gilda Baltazar Mencias, Unciano Colleges & General Hospital, Manila, 86.40%;Carina Yabut Pacete, Our Lady of Fatima University, Valenzuela, 86.40%;Joy Jenelynn Chua Tan, University of Sto. Tomas, 86.40%;Francis Dollente Villanueva, Saint Paul University, Tuguegarao, 86.40%

OMG

WTH sinasabi ko na nga ba eh. Everything went to different directions. Nagkaroon ng paa at sa iba ibang lugar napunta. Ibang klase tlga! Kakaibang nilalang. Pati ako kakaibang nilalang din. Nsa baba ni inapakan pa ulit haggang sa putik. *Sigh*

Marami na nag ssabi na Bambi could possibly undergo CS! waaaaaaaaaa wag poh.. Kahit ung Vets na kakilala namin or ung mga students ng DVM ganun din ang snasabi. Wag nyo naman sanag pagkakitaan si Bambi. wakeke Sya na nga palang ang baby ko sa bahay, ipapa CS nyo pa?! Please noooooooooooooooooooo alam kong dami ng dogs namin ang ginawa nyo ng guinea pig para lng makapag practice kayo ng pagigign veterinarian. pero plssssss wag si Bambi

TSK TSK TSK

huhuhu

Bambi is Halfway of Her Pregnancy

Dogs carry their pups in their womb for 60 days. Our Bambi is on her 35th day of her pregnancy.
She had underwent a lot of changes already.

1. Her tummy is getting bigger despite her size and despite the number of days. What more if it will be on her 2nd month. Waaa poor Bambi.
2. Her tits are forming already
3. Her appetite suddenly changed. I tell you, she's so choosy nowadays!
4. Her temperature is always warm.
4. She moves so slow already, as if her tummy is very very heavy. Yes of course she's a miniature pinscher.
5. She lays on her tummy now. Dapa na kung matulog

We have a feeling that the number of puppies will be a little more.
We are excited and at the same time scared.
Excited as to how many pups is she carrying and
Scared because there is a possibility for mini pins to undergo CS method. Huhu I hope not. It's expensive and at the same time dangerous =(

That's why we always tell Bambi that as much as possible "Please have a normal delivery"
Be strong Bambi!

All New City

Early this year, the All New Honda City was launched here in the Philippines. Even before I got to drive our own Honda, I loved all of their four-wheeled line ups.. I like better the new look of this years Honda rather than the one that was released before this present model came out. I was reminded to blog about this, when I saw this new model on the road with the color Habanero Red. The front grille is quite overemphasized but still it looks great. The price runs from Php 676k from the 1.3 engine to Php 806k for the 1.5 engine. Here's the complete price guide.

What's intriguing about this car with the 1.5 E Variant is the Paddle Shift: Manual Convenience "Fingertip gearshift control on the steering wheel gives a sporty driving enjoyment". How nice could it be?? I'd love to try one someday. For a complete detail about the All New Honda City JUST CLICK HERE

Here's the advertisement of the All New Honda City Who says power and playfulness can't mix? And that comfort has to give way to style? Who says that luxury is only for a few? And that beauty is a privilege?

Here are some wallpapers that I saw from netcarshow.com

The End of Broken Strings

Notice to the Public:
This entry isn't about love but is about friendship.
This entry isn't pride but it's for the better.
No boundaries and limits of friendship were crossovered, just plain minds not meeting on the same road.
I have come to the most intelligible decisions that I have made
which will make me feel a little important
which I should have done for myself a long time ago.

At first I thought everything will be alright, everything will be back to normal and everything will be plainly smooth flowing. It has been more than a month when something valuable changed in my life. This change, I must admit, was something that was not that agreed upon well or something that was left hanging. But people decide on their own and eventually follows his/her own will. When one person decides, the others might as well follow the unsaid and more or less made-up agreement. This agreement doesn't exist but it's more of an "unexpressed thought but shown explicitly". The friendship that each and everyone is always wishing for the best to come will have to go through different trials in order to find the real one. You know what? I'd rather have the real or true friend rather than the best friend. I'd rather be the imperfect friend so that no one will expect too much for me. I'd rather be the normal friend so that even if I fail, I'm still the ordinary person who will not be the focus of everyone's attention on stage.

I screwed up myself and I don't like to add another. They may think that everything can be okay now, forgive who has to be forgiven and forget what's supposed to be forgotten and start a new. This idea is effin' untrue for me. It's something that is unauthentic and defiant because there are things that cannot be put back together even though how much effort you give not unless you buy an exact replica. But here's another argument: There are no two 100% alike/the same things, but rather 99% difference and 1% similarity for its existence in this world. The polarity, molecular composition, color, shape etc. will always have its differences because even scientifically cloned organisms has its glitches. I may sound that I am beating around the bush, but I am not, cause this is exactly the reason why this has got to stop because I can't stop and I can't treat this exact sickness that I am feeling. I rarely give out the true point of every personal entry that I put in this blog. Others may think that I have made everything worse and made it even a bigger deal than a big deal.

I promised I will not write a lengthy blog about this. I just want to have a rundown of all the things that I should not and should be doing.

Enough hoping and waiting for realizations, because we can't force people to realize something that they can't and don't like realize.
Enough thinking that some people are really the best. The word Best either exemplifies all what it takes to be or rather disappointment.
Enough of the things which I wasn't able to understand because they shouldn't be understood because they have to be accepted.
Enough wishing that everything will be the same because there are things which has to be left behind.
Enough clamoring that there are things which are not present now because we cannot bring back what was lost, brought to fire and turned to ashes.
Enough of Enough! =(

For my other friends, i need a diversion and I'm thankful it all started during the night of the Heat's Day. I experienced and witnessed something new in my midst. I just hope this would be the start of a different experience where I can grow even maturely and independently.

I had to release this because I can't focus on helping others when I myself is not in good shape and thought. I cannot do my work as a GC if i have this irking and screaming thoughts inside me.
I don't want to be rusty and all just to compensate what was valuable before. I have been doubtful with a lot things before, and now I am not that doubtful but I am now careful.

No sound, no voice, no shadow and no radiance of them can cure these uncertainties.
No recollections, no reviews, no looking backs related to them can cure this hopelessness.
And most importantly, no you, who made me feel so worthless.
Remember what I said before? We win some and we lose some. There might be deductions, but there might be something even greater than what we had before. Without the usual people involved might be even greater replacements.

P.S.
I'm gonna end this with a song entitled Broken String by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado. Nice lyrics but minus the love thing in it perfectly suits this entry. Put the song in perspective of friendship.
(For readers, if you don't have anything to say something good other than make fun of this? Better not write any comment. Okay? I'm not in the mood to joke about this. Thank you)

SM City Naga: Half Way There?

These pictures are just updates of the on-going construction of the mall. As you can see the fence was cut half and the signs are now very visible. The colors of the front wall just doesn't knock on my perspective on creativity and art. Well, maybe those colors represent something or its just their means of expressing their abstract ideas about color combination or whatever you wanna call it. I have spoken to some HR employees of SM and they said they still need a lot of experienced people for their supervisory positions. There are still a lot of vacancies so try to check out their list in their office or you can check at our office in UNC because I do have a copy.

For those planning to visit SM? You have to wait for some more weeks. Soonest possible opening according to them will be by May of this year.

Red Ribbon Now Open in Naga City

Red Ribbon Naga

SM City Naga Ground Level

Contact No. (63 54) 871-0034

Untitled

This is my first time to blog without enough words coming out from me. It's like I'm speechless in some way, but the negative energy inside me is drowning me already. Blogging is cathartic for me.. kaya here it goes. Yesterday was not a good day. The morning was good, coz i was able to rest but the afternoon gave me headache. AND today, specifically this afternoon is one of the heaviest days of my life. Not that I am personally related to Jem, but because I know there is someone close to me who will get hurt. I don't like to reiterate and re-tell one by one what specifically happened inside my office when I, kuya squall and kuya jett were preparing ourselves on how to spill the grave news to my sissy. Yes, it's true. Jem is now with Him. I just can't imagine how Jaja told kuya squall as he was already crying on the phone as he was sharing the info. I just hope Jem will be the key for their family to be together once more. I do not know much about Jem's family, because we haven't met. We were already anticpating to meet him on the 14th but sad to say, he didn't reach that date. We were even hoping last night and we were saying that it was just a simple allergy, i even said that, "if he cannot come on the 14th, then he can still come the following week". Everybody was excited to finally meet him and Jem was too. I know for the fact that Jem has told kuya squall that he also like to meet Ching's friends. But.

Darn, it's so difficult to write about sudden and unexpected deaths. :(

2009 Grammy winners / 51st Grammy Awards winners list (2009)

I've been through a frantic schedule. I know that the 51st Grammy Awards was to be aired on the television, but I guess, time was not able to allow me to watch it together with the whole world. Got me so eager to check out who won the awards this year. Check out the list of nominees and corresponding winners per category. The highlighted song/artist in lavander is the winner.

2009 Grammy Awards winners list / 2009 Grammy winners

Record of the Year
Chasing Pavements, Adele
Viva La Vida, Coldplay
Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis
Paper Planes, M.I.A.
Please Read the Letter, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Album of the Year
Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo
Raising Sand, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
In Rainbows, Radiohead

Song of the Year
American Boy, Estelle feat. Kanye West
Chasing Pavements, Adele
I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
Love Song, Sarah Bareilles
Viva La Vida, Coldplay

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Kid Rock, All Summer Long,
John Mayer, Say
Paul McCartney, That Was Me
Jason Mraz, I'm Yours
Ne-Yo, Closer
James Taylor, Wichita Lineman

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Adele, Chasing Pavements
Sara Bareilles, Love Song
Duffy, Mercy
Leona Lewis, Bleeding Love
Katy Perry, I Kissed a Girl
Pink, So What

Best New Artist
Adele
Duffy
Jonas Brothers
Lady Antebellum
Jazmine Sullivan

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Coldplay, Viva La Vida
Eagles, Waiting in the Weeds
Gnarls Barkley, Going On
Maroon 5, Won't Go Home Without You
One Republic, Apologize

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Alicia Keys & John Mayer, Lesson Learned
Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland, Four Minutes
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Rich Woman
Rihanna & Maroon 5, If I Never See Your Face Again
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown, No Air

Best Pop Instrumental Album
Sax For Stax, Gerald Albright
Greatest Hits Rerecorded Volume One, Larry Carlton
Jingle All The Way, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
The Spice Of Life, Earl Klugh
A Night Before Christmas, Spyro Gyra

Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere, Love Appetite
Eagles, I Dreamed There Was No War
Fourplay, Fortune Teller
Stanley Jordan, Steppin' Out
Marcus Miller, Blast!

Best Pop Vocal Album
Detours, Sheryl Crow
Rockferry, Duffy
Long Road Out Of Eden, Eagles
Spirit, Leona Lewis
Covers, James Taylor

Best Dance Recording
Harder Better Faster Stronger, Daft Punk
Ready for the Flow, Hot Chip
Just Dance, Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
Give It 2 Me, Madonna
Disturbia, Rihanna
Black & Gold, Sam Sparro

Best Electronic or Dance Album
New York City, Brazilian Girls
Alive 2007, Daft Punk
Bring Ya to the Brink, Cyndi Lauper
X, Kylie Minogue
Last Night, Moby
Robyn, Robyn

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Still Unforgettable, Natalie Cole
The Sinatra Project, Michael Feinstein
Noël, Josh Groban
In The Swing Of Christmas, Barry Manilow
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall, Rufus Wainwright

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
John Mayer, Gravity
Paul McCartney, I Saw Her Standing There
Bruce Springsteen, Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Eddie Vedder, Rise
Neil Young, No Hidden Path

Best Metal Performance
DragonForce, Heroes Of Our Time
Judas Priest, Nostradamus
Metallica, My Apocalypse
Ministry, Under My Thumb
Slipknot, Psychosocial

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
AC/DC, Rock N Roll Train
Coldplay, Violet Hill
Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire
Radiohead, House of Cards

Best Hard Rock Performance
Disturbed, Inside The Fire
Judas Priest, Visions
The Mars Volta, Wax Simulacra
Mötley Crüe, Saints of Los Angeles
Rob Zombie, Lords of Salem

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
David Gilmour, Castellorizon
Metallica, Suicide & Redemption
Nine Inch Nails, 34 Ghosts I-IV
Rush, Hope (Live For The Art Of Peace)
Zappa Plays Zappa, Peaches En Regalia

Best Rock Song
Girls in Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen
House Of Cards, Radiohead
I Will Possess Your Heart, Death Cab For Cutie
Sex On Fire, Kings of Leon
Violet Hill, Coldplay

Best Rock Album
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, Coldplay
Rock N Roll Jesus, Kid Rock
Only By The Night, Kings of Leon
Death Magnetic, Metallica
Consolers Of The Lonely, The Raconteurs

Best Alternative Music Album
Modern Guilt, Beck
Narrow Stairs, Death Cab for Cutie
The Odd Couple, Gnarls Barkley
Evil Urges, My Morning Jacket
In Rainbows, Radiohead

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
Kenna, Say Goodbye to Love
Maiysha, Wanna Be
Chrisette Michele feat. will.i.am, Be OK
Janelle Monae, Many Moons
Wayna feat. Kokayi, Lovin You (Music)

Best R&B Song
Bust Your Windows, Jazmine Sullivan
Customer, Raheem DeVaughn
Heaven Sent, Keyshia Cole
Miss Independent, Ne-Yo
Spotlight, Jennifer Hudson

Best R&B Album
Love & Life, Eric Benet
Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, Boyz II Men
Lay It Down, Al Green
Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Hudson
The Way I See It, Raphael Saadiq

Best Contemporary R&B Album
Growing Pains, Mary J. Blige
Back Of My Lac', J. Holiday
First Love, Karina
Year Of The Gentleman, Ne-Yo
Fearless, Jazmine Sullivan

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Eric Benét, You're The Only One
Chris Brown, Take You Down
Ne-Yo, Miss Independent
Trey Songz, Can't Help But Wait
Usher, Here I Stand

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Beyoncé, Me, Myself And I
Keyshia Cole, Heaven Sent
Jennifer Hudson, Spotlight
Alicia Keys, Superwoman
Jazmine Sullivan, Need U Bad

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
Boyz II Men, Ribbon In The Sky
Anthony David feat. India.Arie, Wordsl
Al Green feat. John Legend, Stay With Me (By The Sea)
Jennifer Hudson feat. Fantasia, I'm His Only Woman
Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton, Never Give You Up

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
Wayne Brady, A Change Is Gonna Come
Al Green feat. Anthony Hamilton, You've Got The Love I Need
(Linda Jones) With Helen Bruner & Terry Jones, Baby I Know
Raphael Saadiq, Love That Girl
Jazmine Sullivan, In Love With Another Man

Best Rap Solo Performance
Jay-Z, Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
Lil Wayne, A Milli
Lupe Fiasco, Paris, Tokyo
Nas, N.i.-.-.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Snoop Dogg, Sexual Eruption

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Big Boi feat. Raekwon And Andre 3000, Royal Flush
Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne, Swagga Like Us
Lil Wayne feat. Jay-Z, Mr. Carter
Ludacris feat. T.I., Wish You Would
Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, Put On

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Estelle feat. Kanye West, American Boy
Flo Rida feat. T-Pain, Low
John Legend & Andre 3000, Green Light
Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, Got Money
Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos, Superstar

Best Rap Song
Lollipop, Lil Wayne feat. Static Major
Low, Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
Sexual Eruption, Snoop Dogg
Superstar, Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos
Swagga Like Us, Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne

Best Rap Album
American Gangster, Jay-Z
Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne
The Cool, Lupe Fiasco
Nas, Nas
Paper Trail, T.I.

Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Martina McBride, For These Times
LeAnn Rimes, What I Cannot Change
Carrie Underwood, Last Name
Lee Ann Womack, Last Call
Trisha Yearwood, This Is Me You're Talking To

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
Trace Adkins, You're Gonna Miss This
Jamey Johnson, In Color
James Otto, Just Got Started Lovin' You
Brad Paisley, Letter To Me
George Strait, Troubadour

Best Country Song
Dig Two Graves, Randy Travis
I Saw God Today, George Strait
In Color, Jamey Johnson
Stay, Sugarland
You're Gonna Miss This, Trace Adkins

Best Country Album
That Lonesome Song, Jamey Johnson
Sleepless Nights, Patty Loveless
Troubadour, George Strait
Around The Bend, Randy Travis
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, Trisha Yearwood

Credits to: http://seasonsandepisodes.com/2009/02/2009-grammy-awards-winners-grammys.html for the source of the list

Sabi ko Oo!

Sabi ko Oo! Oo ang sagot ko sbi eh.
OO for Two Round Cakes! :P
Well after the two days of stress and hardwork plus all the difficult challenges given to us by the admin (as in major challenges), I bought myself two round cakes for the two days of hard work. As usual, nobody dares or cares enough to buy me a cake. First fact, i'm a cake addict. Second fact, other than my family, there would be no other special someone to buy me one. The act of buying myself a cake was just a way of giving myself a pat on the back for doing at least a good job even though there were a few glitches. Of course these few glitches will never be avoided if you are conducting an activity which involves the public.

Cake No. 1. Blueberry Cheesecake
Cake No. 2. Choco Uno (the Best Seller of Michelle Lim's Cakes and Pastries) (umm according to them)

I haven't eaten the Choco Uno yet.. I have tried their Sansrival a few days ago and it was not far from the version of Goldilocks. The Blueberry Cheesecake was fine and it suits well with a cup of hot coffee.

Thank you Lord for the two days of strength that you have given me. Even though I earned headaches and bodyaches, still I got the chance to prove to myself that I was able to conduct the activity with pure heart and dedication.

Cake anyone?

Designated Motorcycle Parking Areas

Yahooo!! Grievances answered! haha It's a good thing the Public Safety Office and Naga City Police Office has come up with designated motorcycle parking areas. I just hope this rule or city ordinance is being implemented well. But I was observing just a few days after I saw the signage, there are still motorcylist who parks not on the designated areas. Maybe they haven't read the notice yet. Beware! Or else P300 will be out from your pocket. I just hope sooner or later there would be lanes for the motorcycle too on the road here in Naga City.

Sunshine

I'm praying for sunshine Dear God... 2 days of sunshine is all that we are praying for.
THank You so much. :(

Ordinarily Unusual

There are ordinary things on the road but are unusually presented. The following pictures are of two different days.

1. January 29, 2009. After work, i was off to Pili. How would you feel if you're alone in the car, then suddenly the car in front of you has a coffin in it? I know it's a coffin, ordinarily used for dead people. What's the unusual thing about it? We rarely see coffins at night, am i not right? hehe
2. January 31, 2009. I was checking on the streamers of our Job Fair it was already hanged coz i like to see for myself that my work is up there. Thanks to City Engineer/Dean Palmiano. I saw this Mercedes Benz in front of me, this is an exemption to the description ordinary, because MB's are not ordinary but rather extraordinarily expensive because it is one of the cars that you are paying for it's name (car maker). But yes ordinarily it's a car. But see the red lights?? The left red light is busted. Too bad, even MB's have its glitches! haha
3. January 31, 2009. After a few minutes of picture number 2, i saw this "pedicab" with a dog. An ordinary dog known as Mongrel (askal)whose feet was through the "grills/floor" of the pedicab. We don't normally see dogs on a pedicab right? It's cute though, but i was a bit worried about the legs of the dog that what if it gets stucked. hehe

Sometimes we don't normally notice what we see on the road whenever we travel from one point to another. There are some things that are unimportant but still interesting, weird but still normal, and ordinary but unusual.

Paper Anniversary

It's my Paper Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to me.
Feb 1, 2008 was may first day of service in UNC.
It's been a year now and I'm loving every minute of stay with my GC family.
I can still remember the very first day I entered the Guidance Center.
I was so shy back then that i can hold back what I would like to say for a few hours.
Time really flies so fast, I am so thankful that i have a very good boss and officemates and SA's.

My big Thanks and appreciation to the heartwarming love that you have shared to me:
Ma'am shie our director, ma'am angie (one of the college guidance counselors), ma'am gaile our psychometrician, ate princess, ate joni and ate janine our pretty SA's plus ate jazz our former SA who is now Ma'am Jazz of LCC hr department. The PCO members and ma'am bebz as well. Ma'am Nel and Ma'am lani from the high school guidance office and teacher regie, our elementary guidance counselor.

My sincerest gratitude can never be put into words and cannot accommodate how i really am thanful to have you as my GC Family.

Thank you very much po sa inyong lahat!