Guatemala's Second 'Hole'

I was shocked and frightened at the same time after seeing this photo of a massive sinkhole created last May in Guatemala City that swallowed a factory and killed 3 people.

Yeah, it's odd but it's real. This deadly hole is approximately 18 meters (60 ft) wide and 60 meters (200 ft) deep. It was said to be developed after a typhoon.

Scary. But this ain't the first time unlucky Guatemala City had this kind of sinkhole. It was three years ago (2007), a deeper hole was created due to the fluid from a sewer that dissolves the rock beneath the surface. It is said to be 100 meters (330 ft) deep, too deep that it can swallow the whole Statue of Liberty, or even two of its kind.

Pepsi Ripoff?

Did Pepsi really carbon copied the idea from a Japanese music video?

Team Bryant and Team Pierce Once Again

After numerous weeks of hard court actions and bitter eliminations, NBA Playoffs 2010 has narrowed down the choice between two strong teams for the finals. Well, the heat of the competition stays after Los Angeles Lakers swept off Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semi-finals in a 4 - 2 series victory. On the other hand, Boston Celtics grabbed a spot in the finals ahead of Lakers having a 4 non-consecutive win over Orlando Magic who struggled in the first three semi-final games. Yeah, it's all down to a Lakers-Celtics game... again.

We already saw both teams face-to-face in the 2008 NBA Playoffs Finals. Now, it feels like I'm getting a deja vu for this season. Celts won the race-to-7 championship, leaving Lakers an embarrassing loss. Which team will emerge this year? Game 1 starts live on June 3 (US), June 4 (PHL).

Let's Get Restarted!

Well, due to unexplainable reasons, I was totally off since July last year (I think). Maybe I was a bit lazy updating my blog regularly. But now I assume that I got the ultimate guts again to go back to where I should be doing before. This is where I'm comfortable at. I have bunch of stories to tell and heaps of ideas to convey. I'm pretty excited to bring my blog back! Gotta tell this to the world. Buddies, let's be heard!

The Longest Daytime Darkness of The 21st Century

Image from Y! News of the total solar eclipse seen in India

I heard on the news last night about this total solar eclipse that will occur in some parts of Asia, so I browse the web and got some information about this incredible celestial phenomenon. Then, I just found out that this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience because this roughly 6 1/2-minute eclipse is (they say) the longest occurrence among all solar eclipses of this century, and it will never be as long as this until year 2132. So last night before going to bed, I set my mind that I really ought to see this!

The total darkness will occur mostly in central Asian countries like India and China, and here in the Philippines, it will only be partial. This will be my first time to witness a solar eclipse, and I eagerly want to see the moon covering the sun, though sadly, it's only partial so I'm only expecting just about 1/4 of the sun will be covered. The early morning news announced that the covering of the moon will be clearly seen at 8:33 am and will last for about 3 hours.

It's 8 am and I feel like celebrating, with a bit of cold feet. I keep on checking the sun, but it was past 8:45 am when looked at it with a piece of camera film, and I saw the moon covering about 30% of the sun's bottom-right part. It's intensely and definitely cool! And so I got the whole family with me to see it, too.

It maybe fascinate us, but in other countries like in India and Thailand, people, especially the pregnant women, tend to hide themselves inside their home or pray inside the temples for believing that the sudden daytime darkness carries bad omen.

On the other hand, China synchronized the eclipse with simultaneous wonderful fireworks display. While in Japan, many had to take themselves in a safe place due to a tornado warning. But here's the funny thing:

Some villagers reported that their cows gathered at a feeding station, apparently mistaking the eclipse as a signal that it was dinner time, he said.

Others may have some impressions about the said eclipse, but appreciating this special happening makes me truly believe about His wonderful works.

K-Pop Music, Anyone?

Since last month, I've been dying to download and listen to Korean pop songs everyday. I think I should blame my classmate Sanet for getting me hooked into the Korean music, like her *laughs*. Actually, I have been hearing backgrounds about some well-known Korean pop group but I never heard their music before... not until now. Some music channels are playing their videos, some shows are dancing to their rhythm, I mean, it's everywhere. That's how fast K-pop (shortcut for Korean pop) corrupt our music streamline.



"I want nobody, nobody but you..." *humming* I've been singing this zillion of times every time I heard the song Nobody. I bet, you can't resist the pretty and wonderful WONDER GIRLS! The group consists of really young and talented Yubin, Ye-Eun, Sohee, Sunmi, and my crush, Sunye. Last year, the MNet KM Music Festival Awards hailed the group as the "Best Female Group", and received the awards "Song of The Year" and "Best Music Video" for their single, Nobody. They had already released 4 albums namely The Wonder Begins, The Wonder Years, So Hot, and The Wonder Years Trilogy. Better watch the video, and imitate the moves!



How do you pronounce their group name? "two-and-e-one?" "two-ne-one?" Err. I think you must listen to their songs first. Philippines, I present you 2NE1. There are two ways to pronounce their name, it's "twenty-one" (say it with more slang, twe-nee-one) or "to anyone". Either of those, fine. Wait a second, take a look at the faces above. The girl in yellow looks familiar? Yeah, it's Sandara Park (a.k.a Dara), the runner-up of the artista search reality show Star Circle Quest Season 1. How did she get into the group? IDK. Together with Bom, CL, and Minzy, the all-girl group has been booming the charts with their first single Fire. They had also released their first self-entitled album, including the song Lollipop, a collaboration with the all-male hiphop group, Big Bang. And so, the so-called "Krung-Krung" before, is now a big Korean pride!

How do I love K-Pop? A LOT. <3<3<3

Pinoy... Henyo?

I was browsing my old notes back in high school when I found this really really funny game. Actually, my best buddy, Jojo, wrote this one. I remember when we were in high school, we're very fond of playing Pinoy Henyo, a thrilling guess game played by partners in which one will try to guess what's the word, either English or Tagalog, posted in his forehead by asking some categories to his partner, while the other one must answer him with only three words: yes/oo, no/hindi, or maybe/pwede, until they arrive on the word.

Jojo had made this one for our project in Electronics, and me and my classmate executed the game itself.


ROUND 1
Word: MAYNILA

A: Tao?
B: Hindi!
A: Bagay?
B: Hindi!
A: Hayop?
B: Hindi!
A: Palabas sa TV?
B: (thinking) Oo! Oo!
A: Channel 7?
B: Oo! Oo!
A: Tuwing Sabado?
B: Oo!
A: Si Lito Atienza ba ang host?
B: Oo!
A: Letter 'M' simula ng program?
B: Oo! (shouting)
A: MOJACKO?!
B: (disguted) HINDI!
A: (thinks) Lugar?
B: Uhmm... Oo!
A: Sa NCR?
B: Oo!
A: May zoo?
B: Oo!
A: MANILA ZOO?!
B: (sighs) Hindi! Malapit na!
A: MALABON ZOO?!
B: What the... Hindi!

TIME'S UP!


ROUND 2
Word: HUDAS

A: Hayop?
B: Hindi!
A: Bagay?
B: Hindi!
A: Tao?
B: Oo!
A: Lalaki?
B: Oo! (hands in circular motion)
A: Nasa Bible?
B: Oo! Oo!
A: SATANAS?!
B: Hindi! Grrr...
A: (thinks) May sinturon ba 'to?
B: Oo! Oo! (shouts)
A: SINTURON NI HUDAS?!
B: Hindi! Hindi! Malapit na!
A: PLA-PLA?!
B: Hindi!
A: Tao?
B: Oo nga!
A: AKO?!
B: Oo!
A: HUDAS!!