It's stupid not to react about this one. What the hell is happening with our country? Are we gonna rot like crazy? What happened in Maguindanao is awful, beyond human reasoning. All because of politics can mankind just blast off another life. There are innocents who were victimized too. In case you don't know, a massacre just happened in Maguindanao, a province in Mindanao, the third poorest province in the country. Politics.

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Look, our country was just branded as the most dangerous place for journalists. And we have just went beyond Iraq and Somalia's reputation. It won't just scare international journalists too but everyone (business investors, tourists, etc.) too! Bull.

There's no need naming names for now. That is until justice will be served. And I believe it will be. The criminals shall be caught soon I suppose because of their "failed" (for me) operation. I don't either blame the government. I just hope they'd do better in coping up with situations like this.



Let not our country become a barbaric one. Though that's far from possible yet nationwide.

JUSTICE WILL BE GIVEN TO THE VICTIMS OF THE MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE.

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Are you proud of being a Pinoy? We got some of the best voices and musical artists in the whole world. We mention the names of Lea Salonga, Arnel Pineda, Charice Pempengco, Billy Crawford and Apl.de.Ap and we got a wow. But we need more. Apl.de.Ap opens a big door for Philippines' music industry through Jeepney Music, a platform for emerging artists and DJs. It provides promotional and collaborative opportunities to work with Grammy award-winning artist and producer Apl.de.Ap himself. An artist’s song might be featured on Jeepney Radio or they might be invited to collaborate on a Jeepney Project.

Jeepney Music, together with MTV Channel and the Department of Tourism* brings us the newest way to liven up fresh musical talents... MTV Emerge. MTV Emerge is a platform for unsigned music talent in the Philippines to showcase their work and to be given an opportunity to win a one-year recording contract with Jeepney Music. MTV Emerge is altogether an MTV, Jeepney Music, and Department of Tourism collaboration. MTV Emerge is a venue for scouting the hottest unsigned music talents from all genres of music like rock, pop, indie, hip-hop, R&B, metal, ballad, solo artists, DJs and a lot more. It is also considered as an online community where Pinoy listeners can discover fresh local music artists.

Participants can register and upload their profiles, photos and original music on the MTV Emerge website to get discovered. And there are big prizes at stake. After a public voting process, seven grand winners will be selected on November 20, 2009. Selection of winners will be made by a panel of judges which includes our very own and Black Eyed Peas member Apl.de.Ap, founder of Jeepney Music.

The grand prize winners of MTV Emerge will get a one-year recording contract with Jeepney Music under the mentorship of Apl.de.Ap. They will get the following:

• artist management and promotion
• digital distribution of 3-6 songs
• strategic marketing plan for the signed artists to break into both the local and international markets

The winners will also be invited and introduced by Apl.de.Ap at the live showcase event on November 27.

As a Pinoy, here's what you can do:

Simply go to the MTV Emerge website, listen to the selection of original fresh music and vote. For example, I choose the song Broken by the NewModern. Then I'll vote for them. That easy. And I see the votes getting high everyday. It's time you make a musical contribution. ;]

Enjoy our very own music! Support MTV Emerge!

* Department of Tourism - Philippine government agency responsible for encouraging, promoting and developing tourism as a major socio-economic activity, spreading its benefits to sectors of society.

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Do you want to join a video contest? This time, it'd be about your eyes. It's an iLASIK Video Contest!

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) recently launched the “You Gotta See This” Video Contest. AMO is a global leader in laser vision correction. And now, they want to hear feedback on how better vision has helped improve people's lives. The “You Gotta See This” Video Contest invites everyone to create a video showing the impact of improved vision.

As of writing, original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming (sports that need a clear vision) and videos that show how better vision improved even the minutest details of life are swarming up the contest entries. But it's never too late to join! Before you start preparing your video camera and your script, here are the contest details, steps and mechanics:

Steps to winning:

1 Make a video that fall under any of the three categories:

• “My contacts are getting in the way of my good time” 
• “My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision” 
• “You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

2 Ask help from your friends, let them vote for you!

• Votes are very important in winning the prize. Go on, beg your friends to vote for you.
  

3 After all the fun shooting yourself, think of the prizes

• One Grand Prize winner will win $5,000 — selected from all submitted videos
• Three First Prize winners will win an HDTV package(a $2,500 value) — one per video category
• Three Second Prize winners will win the Flip UltraHD camcorder (a $199.99 value) — one per video category

Users can submit videos, view and vote on all entries at www.GottaSeeThisNow.com.

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I'm bored, pissed off and bored. Ever since Mikyu and I put up Glee TV Show Guide last week, we've been overly busy and happy with our nighttime. Two reasons! One, we get to do some happy things with our site - add posts, see stats, etcetera etcetera. Two, nighttime is daytime in the USA. And most of our readers are from there. Sigh.

As of writing, my poor blogs hosted at iRock Web Hosting are down. Don't give me the 'I told you so' look as that won't take effect. Probably I'm just unlucky when it comes to hosting - been there done that might as well learn. Host owner said there are problems in the data center. I don't quite get this data center thing though. All I know is that he is also pissed off with what's happening. He's 'transferring' accounts and I don't what that means. I'm not angry with him. I don't blame him. And put me in his shoe and I'd stumble. The least I could do is bug him (and let Mikyu help me bug him), so I'll just shut up and wait for 12 sad hours (ETA for the server to be up again) in agony.

I'm bored because I'm supposed to do a lot of things in the Glee site and all are put on hold. And also on my The Extraordinary Kiddo blog - supposed to write something to fill my wallet. But GOOD NEWS! My lost domain BryanKarl.net is now returned to its rightful owner... me! Thanks Jon Towns for giving me my domain back. Sorry for calling you a loser before but you're less a loser now with what you did. Forward, forward to a currently dead blog, rarr.

Amf, with the 24+ hours Glee site is dead, we're losing a big amount of visitors. Huhu, we're supposed to get 100/200+ a day and we just missed them now. Hope hope that everything's well soon.

I'm bored. Sorry with bugging you with this rant. I'm just bored.

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Do you watch Fox's newest TV series Glee? Glee is a musical comedy-drama that revolves around high school students and a determined teacher. I'm just dropping by this short message here for you to check out Glee TV Show Guide. And if you want to exchange links with that site, e-mail contact[at]gleetvguide.com. Thanks! And don't forget to visit my main blog The Extraordinary Kiddo. :)

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