Joey Ayala Sings The Philippine National Anthem

Though our nation today suffers from the great destruction and devastation brought about by recent terrorism and calamities, we are hopeful that one day we can get back to our feet especially to our fellow countrymen who have truly suffered from these sorrows. From the Zambaonga City crisis in Mindanao, floods in Luzon to the earthquake and the recent super typhoon Yolanda in Visayas, we as a nation hopes that one day the eight-rays sun at daytime and the triple stars at night will shine and smile for our country.

Let's take a little of our time singing our country's song, the anthem of our beloved land. Making rounds in the facebook and as of writing around 700 thousand views on Youtube, Joey Ayala sings for us a nice way (for me) of singing our national anthem as he sang it at the TEDxDiliman. He is a Filipino singer, songwriter and former chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.

"So gusto kong ituro sa inyo 'yong (So I want to teach you) possibly the correct way", says Joey Ayala in the video.

Here's the video:

May this inspires us to be strong and continue living as a nation, helping and loving each other. 

God bless Philippines! God bless the Filipino people!

Pacquiao, Rios Camps Get Into Confrontation

The Venetian Macao (Macau) - Few days before the big Pacquaio - Rios bout in Macau, things started to heat up between the two camps and it seems fight has started with the trainers. Pacquaio's trainer, Freddie Roach, got into a heated confrontation against Rios' trainer Robert Garcia and Alex Ariza. It all started when Roach approached Garcia regarding training time schedule asking them to leave.  They shared the same training gym a week before the fight with Rios' schedule 9-11 am and Pacquiao at 11am-4pm.

                    

Then things started to heat up between both sides when Roach and Garcia exchanging "not good" words. Ariza, Pacquio's former strength and conditioning coach, who's now transferred at Rios camp after being fired, shouted at Roach to leave. Then Roach shouted back at Ariza to "make me". Then Roach tried to approach Ariza when the latter kicked Roach in the chest. Then another man from Rios' camp got involved when he started shouting at Roach. Then he exchanged heated words with Roach when the security preventing another physical confrontation.

The fight started with Roach telling Garcia to leave because it is their training time already.

Watch the video:

The two boxers weren't involved in the altercation. Rios was on the background continuing his training and work out while Pacquiao was not there.

It all will go down in the ring on November 23 between Pacquiao versus Rios.

Word Of The Year for 2013 - "Selfie"

The Oxford Dictionaries announced that the word "selfie" won through a unanimous decision as the "Word of the Year for 2013". As defined in Oxford's online dictionary, the word "selfie" is an informal noun which means "a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website".

"Selfie" is not a new word as it was first used back in September 13 2002 as the earliest known usage of the word. It was a forum posting in ABC Online (Australia) which stated "Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.".
Its usage has truly risen that it is a usual thing everyone can see in the social media sites like facebook and photo-sharing sites like flickr. Although self-portrait is truly not new but through the incredible and widespread social media usage nowadays and with the help of the current technology through mobile phones and gadgets, it has been so easy and fast for people to take self-portraits and share it through the internet.

It has been added in the Oxford Dictionary Online but not yet in Oxford English Dictionary.

"Selfie" beats some of the words like the famous "twerk", "showrooming", "bitcoin", "olinguito", "bedroom tax", "binge-watch" and "schmeat".