Discovering Music Icons.

Are you also one of those who were so into Pinoy Dream Academy (PDA) a few months ago? Personally, I appreciate the idea and objective of this reality tv show since they are uncovering fresh talents and turning them into amazing music icons after rigorous trainings and guidance done with schooling-style where they were given grades, underwent improvement monitoring and graduations and all sorts of that. This was produced by Endemol that has been broadcasted in over 50 countries having the same format but with slight variations and styles. It is a pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements.

On their subsequent seasons, it would be better if they would also include wide variety of music genres and not just concentrate with pop music. There are a lot of Progressive Artists out there like Rock bands, Hip Hop bands and Grunge Bands, etc. waiting to be discovered and would also love to shine with their outrageous talents.  It would be better if they are also given the opportunity.

Scrappa News.

Hmm.. I think the old-digiscrapaholic-me totally rested like for ages already. While it’s true that I did a couple last weekend just to showcase our teambuilding pictures, I don’t think my mojos are totally back. Well for one, I can’t really scrap with incomplete and unorganized kits since STILL, I’m not yet finished categorizing all 15GB digiscrapping stuffs and goodies with ACDSEE into this laptop. And why am still not finished? Hmm let’s just say, aside from work, a lot of moolah opportunities are taking much of my time lately. Why not, if these earnings will also be used to satisfy my digiscrapping “needs” in the future.

At any rate and albeit my mojos are still somewhere, I’m very proud to say that I managed to get away from all those tempting goodies and sales recently. I intended not to scour stores lately to avoid purchases but there will always be exceptions, right? Thus, this one ended up in my shopping cart and ultimately, in my external hard disk:


This is one of the latest releases from Scrapbookbytes.com for this week.  I just totally love these cutie charms.

Love Moves "in Techie" Ways.

Calling all Christian Singles out there, do you want to meet new Christian friends from anywhere in the world? There’s this new online dating site where you can meet your ideal and perfect match. Looking at the testimonials of those successful searchers, I can’t help but marvel how internet paved way to find their soul mates. Who would’ve thought that a simple online “search” that led to online dating and relationship will ultimately lead to marriage? As they say, nowadays: love moves in mysterious and “techie” ways.

Holy Thursday.

I’m quite surprised with the way Catholics observe the Lenten Season nowadays. Way back my childhood years, I can still remember we were not allowed to play and go merrymaking specifically on Holy Thursdays and Good Fridays. We were even strictly hushed to muteness because as they say, Jesus is already suffering. Back then, businesses were closed, no regular TV and radio programming and shown were religious flicks and Lenten mass celebrations. On the roads were faithfuls doing the Bisita Iglesia.

Things seem different now. I turned on the TV this morning and saw that Tagalog flicks were shown. As I currently type now, they’re even showing a live stream of Pinoy Big Brother Season 2. On our way home to Frisco this noon, I noticed that there are some food chains with banners “Open during Holy Week”. FM radio stations seem to be on their normal programming, too.

Even though things may have changed, I just hope that we, Catholics, never forget the true meaning of Lent. That, amidst, our busy lives, may we take time to reflect on how we have been living and may we also acknowledge how Christ has sacrificed and suffered for us.

MOLDing a Healthy Life.

I opened the fridge this morning and saw that the oranges I bought a few days ago are festered with molds.

Molds, mildew and fungi in our homes are frequently unnoticed or if they are sighted, we often ignore them not knowing the harmful effects it may cause to our health. They are potential causes of many health problems such asthma, sinusitis and various infections and allergies.

Before you fall prey to these stubborn molds, better hunt and get rid of them. In US, there’s this New Jersey Mold Inspector, offering full service indoor air quality assessment specializing in mold inspections, mold remediation and mold testing. Have your homes inspected to start a better path to healthy living.