Manila is drowning again

When Maring typhoon hit Manila it drowned againt he capital city of the Philippines. It caused havoc and flooded all areas of Manila were in thousands of residents suffered. It rained hard and water from river banks immediately overflowed.

Residents from nearby canals and living near bridges were easily flushed away. Some of them manage to survive because some of them evacuated when the water was still rising. People lost their homes and shelter while others stood their ground trying to hope that the rain would stop.

The floods covered a large scale of Manila that if you look at it from an aerial view you are witnessing a drowning city. Homeless people are shivering from cold and suffering from hunger. As some of them are seeking temporary shelter were water would soon claim where they are standing.

 It was last 2009 when ONDOY caused a very destructive flood. It was one of the worse and most disturbing scene that happened.  click here to view the ONDOY tragedy.

And now it happened again after 4 years were in the city of Manila is back on that same scenario.

People lost their houses. Some of their cars and vehicles parked along the street are now submerged and filled with dirty flood. Some of them are even covered with mud and have garbage's inside.

A lot of classes and work are suspended. And volunteers and rescuers try to help others by giving them food and helping them evacuate their current location that are being harassed by flood.

I hope the government of the Philippines would do something about this. Since calamity like this would soon be experienced if their are no actions that are seriously implemented to solve it.

Mayweather chickened out???

Recently, Mayweather recorded a videotape stating that he will take a year or two off boxing to concentrate on his boxing gym.

Could this mean that Mayweather chickened out against the pound-for-pound boxing king Manny Pacquiao? That's a possibility and he might just be making an excuse to avoid that great fight everyone has been waiting, and the proving grounds of who really is the best pound-for-pound boxer of the world.

Mayweather - Pacquiao fight has been a talked ever since Pacquiao beat Miguel Cotto in the Dallas Stadium. Since then, the talks has been so intensive and during the first result, Mayweather end up wanting Pacquiao to undergo Olympic style drug testing in which the pound-for-pound king did not accept because of the reason that the process might affect his performance during the fight. Hence, the fight did not push through, instead, Pacquiao fought Ghanian Joshua Clottey wherein Pacquiao dominated the fight and destroyed the ultimate defense of Clottey. And in the other end, Mayweather fought Shane Mosley. Mayweather won the fight via unanimous decision.

After the Pacquiao - Clottey bout, the Mayweather - Pacquiao ultimate fight floats again. The team Pacquiao agreed to give what Mayweather is requiring but now Mayweather is telling that he wants to retire for a while in boxing.

Now, big names are emerging in line to fight Manny Pacquiao which includes Antonio Margarito, Juan Manuel Marquez and the to-be-negotiated rematch of Miguel Cotto and Pacquiao. "-the weight is too heavy-" according to one of the Team Pacquiao members when asked if they would also consider Yuri Foreman in the 154lbs. division. As for Mayweather, there is nothing waiting for him if he keeps on evading the megafight everyone wants to see. "it will not happen because of mayweather" - as one boxing commentator stated during the match of Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto.

Lame excuses are just for losers.

3.5-inch floppy disk bids goodbye!!!

The 3.5-inch floppy disk finally come to its end as internationally known company SONY announced the stoppage of its production to give way to its memory card products availability. It hasn’t been long since the memory cards appeared and it has been increasingly in demand all over the world as many digital gadgets embraces its use.

The floppy disk began to their what so called beginning-of-the-end tenure when the USB arrived in the market and when DELL computers stopped manufacturing floppy disk drives to their computers in the year 2003. We can’t deny the fact that USB stores more of our data than the bulky and wide flatted floppy disk during those times (I’m talking about the long past). Since then, floppy disk never stopped going downwards as USB and Memory sticks continue to invade the floppy empire.

As we can recall, there were also a time when the 5.25-inch disk has had its limelight not until it was replaced by smaller 3.5inch floppy disk, and now, the time finally comes for the 3.5-inch floppy to bid its goodbye to the portable storage world.

Goodbye 3.5-inch floppy disk, you been useful to us, but you have reached your toll.

Welcome Terabyte storage devices.

Edwin Valero dies!!!

Venezuelan boxing superstar Edwin Valero hanged himself after he was arrested by authorities for the death of his wife. His wife was found dead in a hotel room last Sunday and reportedly, Valero told the hotel's security guard that he killed his wife.

A day after his wife's death, Valero took off his own life by hanging himself in his prison cell. Another inmate alarmed the on duty guards of the prison and immediately put him down. Valero were still breathing when he was put down but the personnel couldn't do enough to save him.

Valero has been struggling from drugs and alcohol according to his manager and has been into lots of troubles concerning his vices. He was also having troubles with authorities due to assault of his wife who is 24 years old and was charged last March for harassing hospital personnel where his wife was being treated.

Valero holds an excellent record of 27-0-0 all won by knockout. He was rumored to fight Philippines Manny Pacquiao right after MP defeated Miguel Cotto. Valero is famous about his tattoo which features the Valenzuelan flag and President Hugo Chavez.

The loss of Valero has been a shocking event to all the boxing enthusiast around the world. They were stunned and couldn't believe that it has ended like the report said. They were expecting so much and a lot from Valero whom record were never stained.

Rest in peace, Edwin Valero.

First Tropical Depression - Agaton!!

In the start of year 2010, the Philippines were struck by a massive drought brought about by the natural calamity called El Niño. Up until now it is still a problem in the country which causes water dams to lose water supply for the people and later then affected the energy supply and stability of major places in the country.

Finally, the year’s first tropical depression, after 3 months of waiting for rains, has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). It was reported that as of 10am of March 25, 2010, the tropical depression, which they call AGATON, was last spotted at around 1,000 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar, Philippines.

According to PAGASA, Agaton is too far to affect any regions of the country and is possible that it might take a detour and will no longer hit the lands which will mean that there will still no rainfalls.

Al Gore's Asian Version of An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore will be presenting in Manila, Philippines his great masterpiece that earned him lots of box-office acclaims entitled, "An Inconvenient Truth".

This convention will be entitled: "Al Gore: The Leader As Environment Steward." It will be held on April 30, 2010 at the SMX Convention Center in the SM Mall of Asia Complex.

"We have always been committed to environmental preservation. Beyond our many environmental programs, we feel that we can further spread the advocacy by having more people learn about this global problem and how it impacts each and every one of us. This is why we are bringing in the world's most influential authority on climate change. We want the urgency of his message to be heard by Filipino leaders, as well as by Filipinos in general," SM Prime Holdings President Hans Sy said in a statement.

Gore and his team was recently awarded the Noble Peace Prize in 2007 for the famous "An Inconvenient Truth." This made Gore a runner-up in the Time Magazine Person of the Year 2007.

Last year(2009), Gore won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for his book "An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It."

Steven Seagal to have Manny Pacquiao in a movie?

Famous actor Steven Seagal visited the home of Manny Pacquiao in Los Angeles to discuss about making a movie with the boxing superstar.

Seagal have had his glory in the early 90's with great movies like "Out for Justice(1991)" and "Under Siege(1992)" and reportedly had a movie earning of more than $900 million worldwide. That was before when his latest movies flopped the movie industries.

Seagal confessed that he was a huge fan of the boxing superstar and have always followed his fights ever since. Pacquiao also admits that back in the Philippines, he idolized Seagal for his great movies back then.

Manny Pacquiao said that he is pumped for the planned movie if it will come true and is very much excited about how the story would go. Seagal stated that they may shoot the movie in the Philippines to make it more working-friendly to the boxing superstar.

After the meeting between Seagal and Pacquiao, they both left each other with presents. Seagal gave a signed poster to Pacquiao and Manny gave Seagal a signed glove too.

We can recall last year(2009), Sylvester Stallone also visited Manny Pacquiao and also discussed about being both in a movie.

Land Trembled

MANILA, Philippines -- A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Baguio City early this morning(Feb. 02, 2010), a radio report said today.

According to a science specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the weak tremor happened around 5:20 a.m., with the center traced in San Manuel, Pangasinan, northeast of Dagupan City.

The quake, which was tectonic in origin, was also felt in Clark in Pampanga, the report added.

The Phivolcs, however, said it recorded no aftershocks or significant damaged caused by the quake.

Lately, lots of earthquake are happening and the most devastating one was in Haiti. It recorded a 7+ magnitude and killed many people during the incident, some of which are foreigners including Filipinos. There was also report about the breaking of grounds in San Francisco.

I don't know how the movie 2012 and todays happening intertwined together.

What could this mean to us?