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I have always been interested to know more about the son-meets-father-19-years-later kind of life story of Juanito Furruganan, A.K.A. Juan Ponce-Enrile, the Senate President of the Philippines. Wikipedia doesn't have it but the link that I found does (see below). This is perhaps the most complete write-up I can find. Actually, I think it's the only one that exists online. And now that I'm looking at it again, I think it's an excerpt from the book entitled "Make My Day" by Hilarion M. Henares, Jr. This is an excerpt from that excerpt:    "In a small barrio in the sleepy coastal town of Gonzaga in the province of Cagayan, he was born and baptized Juanito Furruganan, son of a peasant woman called Petra Furruganan.      Juanito went to Aparri for his high school. He was good in math, wanted to be a scientist, and earned extra money by tutoring the daughter of one of the richest men in town. Rich bullies, consumed by jealousy, beat him ...

These are my shots for out portrait shooting assignment. There were 9 of us in the workshop and we were grouped into 3 = 1 group per portrait concept. Our assignment was to take a portrait of the model as a beauty queen . My groupmates and I formulated stories so that we can justify the lighting we want for our beauty queen. Here were my initial ideas plus the pegs, which I emailed to my groupmates: 1. Smallest Beauty Queen to Win a Pageant. I know i know, matangkad yung model. haha - pero pwede siguro ma-achieve ito pag yung angle ng camera ay medyo nasa taas looking down.  Tapos if meron siyang mahabang dress, hindi natin siya pagsusuotin ng heels. hayaan lang yung dress magspread sa baba na parang oversized or something. 2. Wasted o adik na beauty queen. Nuff said. haha 3. Depressed beauty queen. Depressed siya because of failure. Mataas kasi ang expectations sakanya na makuha nya ang Ms Universe crown pero nabigo siya. 4. Sleeping Beauty queen. Eto...

I went to a Portrait Lighting workshop by my old boss and really enjoyed the experience. Unlike the one I attended years back, this workshop had more heart and gave us two of the most important things we needed to know - the business and creative side of photography. I worked for Heidi for about 2 years when she ventured into SEO and this was during bad economic times. We mass produced articles stuffed with keywords and dealed with clients who knew better than pay the company on time. Since she is a photographer by profession and a manager at her family's business, she seldom stayed in the office for long hours. But when she had photo shoots, she would invite me to tag along and I would take in all the things I could learn from her. She also gave me some event coverage gigs, from which I earned a bit more to save up for a DSLR, even though the pay was kind of "sulit" -- P 2,500 to P 3,000 for photography PLUS a press release! Black Ink Communications did not fare well...

There are many loopers out there but why is Jarle Bernhoft my favorite? Because he makes music with technology and not THROUGH it. The musicality of his works is not dependent on his loop station but is based on pure talent and artistry. Just watch this video to find out what I really mean. And sing along if you want to as well: Jarle Berhnoft  "CHOICES" (Lyrics) I Choices It's always what you make it But then you and I are the same Choices Peculiar how you throw them in my face While you abstain This is all about equality I'm sure you've heard of the term somewhere No less, you've made your own reality No need to deal with me, yeah yeah yeah Chorus: Why don't you shout out my name? Show my face so there's someone to aim for And I won't even try to disclaim Though I shat on the fan I did what I had to Why don't you shout out my name? Why won't you look me in the eye? no more. . . It's just going to be y...

Last week, I watched the first season of 2 Broke Girls non-stop and as I saw more episodes, the more I loved their kind of humor - scant yet reality-bashing and witty. A coffee shop may be a common setting for a sitcom but adding two girls whose long-term goal is to earn thousands of dollars to build a cupcake business is a creamy icing on top of the cupcake. The last frame of each episode shows how much the two girls have added to or taken from their savings. I just watched a Filipino sitcom a while ago called " Tweets for My Sweet " and what do you know? It almost has the same characters as the foreign series!  In 2 Broke Girls , one of the 2 characters was once rich but became broke when her father was jailed for practicing a Ponzi scheme in his business. The formula: RICHES to RAGS. The other waitress on the other hand was broke from the start. It was revealed however that she went to college as an Art student but could not afford to pay off her student loan...

Melee (play /ˈmeɪleɪ/, French: mêlée [mɛle], the French spelling is also quite frequent in English writing), generally refers to disorganized close combat involving a group of fighters. A melee ensues when groups become locked together in combat with no regard to group tactics or fighting as an organized unit; each participant fights as an individual. For further comprehension: But this could be a wrong example though because Mon Tulfo was alone in this catfight. People ganging up on an old man is just wrong.