Thursday, October 16, 2008

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has issued an apology for airing a comedy sketch that portrayed a Filipina in a very demeaning manner.

This is from BBC’s Complaints Division:

“Firstly, we’re sorry if you were in any way offended by the program as this wasn’t our intention,”

“It in no way represents real people and was never intended to offend or demean any viewer,”

“We recognize that you were personally offended by the sketch and would like to assure you that your complaint has been registered on our audience log,”

The complaints division of the network described “Harry & Paul” as a “post-watershed comedy sketch show well-known for its exaggerated humour and absurd characters.”

This is an interesting post you can check on your Yahoo browser. From an article of the same title, “10 (More) Reasons You’re Not Rich” is written by Jeffrey Strain for TheStreet.com.

Becoming a millionaire has less to do with how much you make, it’s how you treat money in your daily life.

According to the writer, here are 10 more possible reasons you aren’t rich:

1. You care what your car looks like: A car is a means of transportation to get from one place to another, but many people don’t view it that way. Instead, they consider it a reflection of themselves and spend money every two years or so to impress others instead of driving the car for its entire useful life and investing the money saved.

2. You feel entitlement: If you believe you deserve to live a certain lifestyle, have certain things and spend a certain amount before you have earned to live that way, you will have to borrow money. That large chunk of debt will keep you from building wealth.

3. You lack diversification: There is a reason one of the oldest pieces of financial advice is to not keep all your eggs in a single basket. Having a diversified investment portfolio makes it much less likely that wealth will suddenly disappear.

4. You started too late: The magic of compound interest works best over long periods of time. If you find you’re always saying there will be time to save and invest in a couple more years, you’ll wake up one day to find retirement is just around the corner and there is still nothing in your retirement account.

5. You don’t do what you enjoy: While your job doesn’t necessarily need to be your dream job, you need to enjoy it. If you choose a job you don’t like just for the money, you’ll likely spend all that extra cash trying to relieve the stress of doing work you hate.

More on this article after the jump! Click read more below.

6. You don’t like to learn: You may have assumed that once you graduated from college, there was no need to study or learn. That attitude might be enough to get you your first job or keep you employed, but it will never make you rich. A willingness to learn to improve your career and finances are essential if you want to eventually become wealthy.

7. You buy things you don’t use: Take a look around your house, in the closets, basement, attic and garage and see if there are a lot of things you haven’t used in the past year. If there are, chances are that all those things you purchased were wasted money that could have been used to increase your net worth.

8. You don’t understand value: You buy things for any number of reasons besides the value that the purchase brings to you. This is not limited to those who feel the need to buy the most expensive items, but can also apply to those who always purchase the cheapest goods. Rarely are either the best value, and it’s only when you learn to purchase good value that you have money left over to invest for your future.

9. Your house is too big: When you buy a house that is bigger than you can afford or need, you end up spending extra money on longer debt payments, increased taxes, higher upkeep and more things to fill it. Some people will try to argue that the increased value of the house makes it a good investment, but the truth is that unless you are willing to downgrade your living standards, which most people are not, it will never be a liquid asset or money that you can ever use and enjoy.

10. You fail to take advantage of opportunities: There has probably been more than one occasion where you heard about someone who has made it big and thought to yourself, “I could have thought of that.” There are plenty of opportunities if you have the will and determination to keep your eyes open.

See the full article on 10 (More) Reasons You’re Not Rich.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Looking for a local job? Want to seek greener pastures! There is a new jobsite that will make searching for employment opportunities easier, faster and more convenient for you!Start your job hunting by creating an account at http://www.jobopenings.ph/ now! Registration is free. All you need is a valid email address. Being a member allows you to create an online résumé that you can use to apply to various job openings.

Visit JobOpenings.ph now! Your dream job is just a click away!

12 year old Thailander Wuthinan Krichkumchorn, or simply Harry is a promising magician of Asia. He won the Peoples Choice Awrd in the recently concluded International Festival of Magic in Malaysia. You must watch him perform, he is so small that he looks like a 6 year old.

He and several other topnotch Asian magicians will be in Davao City for the three-day 2nd International Magic Festival this weekend. A competition, open to all Filipino magicians, will start on Friday at the atrium of Gaisano Mall of Davao, and the finals will be held on Saturday, also at the same venue. The Friday and Saturday shows are for free. On Sunday evening is the grand show at CAP Auditorium featuring Asia’s Harry Potter.

For tickets on Sunday’s show, contact 225-8399/297-6776/(0920)9148297/(0921)9757789.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

American television host and actress Ellen DeGeneres who invited Charice Pempengco on her show is reportedly invited another Little Star Dreamer Alumni the 6-year-old 2nd Little Star Dreamer Amy Nobleza (real name: Ana Mae Libot) to also appear on her show.

This after Ellen saw Amy’s rendition of Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To do With It” on YouTube.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Again Charice is a hit in Las Vegas, this time at Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit Concert!

The girl is really going places!

Video courtesy of FalseVoice

One of the most visited park s in Davao City which is situated at the center of the city. Just across Casa Leticia Hotel and at the back of Apo View Hotel. This is very crowded during weekends and especially at night when the weather it at its mildest.

If you come and visit Davao City, don’t forget to drop by People’s Park, It will cost you nothing to visit the park.

Below are some images taken at the park by my digital camera.

This is the walkway at the park at the entrance and exit way.

There are colorful and ethnic sculptures surrounding the park.

More images after the jump, just click on read more below!

This is a favorite place for those who are into fitness.

Jogging around the park early in the morning.

The famous eagle sculpture.

The fountain and Mandaya Hotel in the background.

The park is surrounded with fire trees and some are in bloom.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Electric tricycles are now plying the streets of Taguig City, Philippines. For just 8 hours of charging from any electrical outlet the electric tricycles can be use for 2 days. Electric tricycles are environmental friendly, smokeless and noise pollution free. It does costs more than an ordinary tricycle that uses gasoline but more income will be generated in the long run.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A new impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was filed Monday morning by Jose ‘Joey’ de Venecia III, Iloilo Vice-Governor Rolex Suplico, and public interest lawyer Harry Roque.

The complaint, accusing her, among others, of betrayal of public trust was endorsed by Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo, Teddy Casino, and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza.

Grounds included in the complaint are:

- betrayal of public trust after she approved the National Broadband Network (NBN) telecommunications deal with China’s ZTE Corp., saying that the deal was overpriced by at least $130M
- culpable violation of the Constitution for approving the Northrail rehabilitation project;
- numerous human rights violations;
- graft and corruption for her administration’s involvement in various irregularities including the P728M fertilizer scam, P2B swine scam; and,
- alleged ballot-switching in the 2004 presidential election.

Monday, October 13, 2008

It’s a never-ending story of dreams coming true!

The country’s pride, Charice, again marked another personal milestone – she met one of her music idols, Mariah Carey.

Almost a month after her performance with Celine Dion, Charice was again in cloud nine after she got the chance to talk and to hug Carey who has been described as one of the best-selling female pop artists of the millennium.

Charice met Carey at Wynn’s Hotel for the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation’s Grand Slam for Children benefit concert last Saturday, October 11 in Las Vegas.

Source