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!!

They Cause Scenes... Yet Entertaining!

Improv Everywhere is a group of top-secret talented agents who makes unexpected scenes in front of the innocent and busy pub. Normally, this wacky group is based in New York City, where thousands of workaholics are found. Their mission is to... uhh... mainly entertain - make people smile in the midst of their serious work. Or else if not, you just consider them as "a group of weird people who needs attention."

This is my favorite among their other missions. I pretty enjoy their musical.



Other missions include MP3 experiments, suicide jumper, surprise wedding reception, slo-mo home depot, and a lot of surprising missions you will surely react, positively or negatively.

Love 'em? Visit their site: improveverywhere.com and watch their mind-bending and ridiculous videos.

My Photo Awarding Sharlene San Pedro At The Guillermo Mendoza Awards, Revealed!

My very good friend, Pauleene, texted my mom last Sunday afternoon saying that she saw me in one of the photos in the Team Kapamilya Multiply site presenting the Most Popular Child Actress award to Sharlene San Pedro at the 40th Annual Guillermo Mendoza Foundation Awards Night last June 21. When I got home, my mom hurriedly and excitedly shared to me Pauleene's SMS message. I searched the Web, and grab it. Well, here it is:


Oh God, my first time to attend an awards night felt sooooooo good! Got this from teamkapamilya.multiply.com. Lol.

See You Soon, King of Pop!

He is more than just a music icon, or a pop artist. For a big fan like me, he is the all-time greatest performer in the world's music industry. The only one, King of Pop.

Paris Jackson's message for his late father, Michael Jackson, which brought a lot of fans bursting into mourning tears, including me.



Thanks, MJ, for being such a music influence not just for me, but for millions and millions of people who embrace his music a lot. We'll see you soon.

Anime Stuffs at Divisoria. Yay!

I really had a very... (zillion times) fun time buying some of my favorite anime stuffs at 168 Mall, Divisoria, Manila yesterday! I mean, there were so many cheap anime stuffs you could purchase for a very cheap price. Duh, Divisoria, what do you expect? Lol.


This is the one I've been looking for since long, long time ago - Kurapika chain. It was actually consists of 5 rings connected together by a chain, and a pointed weapon-like on its end. Each ring is worn on each finger, obviously. I bought this one for only PhP 130. Really cheap. Looks like a Visual Kei, or a desperate rockstar.

I bought this Naruto head protector for only PhP 50, and I was like, "what the..." It was not really in my plan to buy this. Oh well, where the heck you will find a Naruto head protector so affordable like this? I found one at a famous mall around the Metro, and it costs PhP 200. No way.

Before going back to Tutuban where my companions were patiently waiting for me, I passed by a stall selling this Death Note necklace ring. I suddenly thought that I still haven't bought a neck accessory, so I unhesitantly purchase this for PhP 80 (from PhP 100). Still practicing my tawad ability. Lol.

I, actually, had a Death Note notebook that I bought last year for (darn it...) PhP 250, but now it's running out of pages so when I saw this Death Note set, I bought it too. A set has a regular-sized notebook (really similar with the one I bought for PhP 200), a Death Note DVD, and a feather pen with blue ink. All those for only PhP 160. Yeah, now I regret how I bought a single regular-sized notebook for PhP 250. Loser me.

Beside this things, I bought for myself a black polo I'll use for our acquaintance party, but never mind it. *laughs*

I wish I could go back to Divisoria after a month and buy lots of anime stuffs.