By the time you want to search about Wikileaks, their site might probably be put down by some institutions, and just to be sure you have access on them, go to this site Wikileaks.info for you to get details on where to check on them.

The Wikileaks Scandal : The Documentary

It is true that traveling makes you mature. It gives you the opportunity to meet different people of different interests, beliefs, and preference. If you are not a sociable person then traveling will surely help you develop your skills in interaction. I like to observe and try out new things and I am not the type who get scared right away or backed out on a challenge without even trying and that is why I know for sure that traveling should be my passion (next to being a sucker for romance). Last December (2010) and mid January (2011), I was given a gift to travel with my family to 2 major tourists spots here in the Philippines … the beautiful city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan and Boracay Island in Aklan. I loved the places but what I enjoyed most are the people. I have always enjoyed getting out of my comfort zone and excited meeting new people, it does not matter if they are rich or poor, it is the spirit and personality that I always go for. I think people should not only be traveling by land or water but by their soul as well. The real essence of being able to go to places is not measured by what your eyes had enjoyed to look at but it is how you were able to adapt with the situation and the people for that alone is the learning process. It helps you understand your surrounding. Interaction with people from different places helps you answer one question with different kinds of answers and reasoning because each of the places that you go to have different history and history always create a different kind of human thinking.

Traveling is always an adventure packed with lessons that one should always keep.

I grew up learning about many heroes. There is Jose Rizal, an educated lover boy, who is a mix of Spanish, Chinese and Filipino descendant- known for his rebellious writings against the Spanish regime. He is our national hero because according to the “experts” he represents the true character of Filipinos which happened to be a non-believer of violence. On the other hand, Andres Bonifacio is also a hero but never had the kind of buzz that Rizal had. Now his case is so much different from Rizal because aside from not being eloquent, this guy decided to fight the Spaniards and went up against Emilio Aguinaldo, who was then the very first President of the Republic of the Philippines and was known as an ally of the Spaniards. Among the two great characters of the Philippine history, historians voted for Rizal to be our National Hero not because of the books he has written, not because he was killed in Luneta, but because he was educated, has a good image, and didn’t use a machete to fight for our country.

If I were alive back then, I will be voting for Andres Bonifacio. He truly represented the true character of a Filipino. He stopped schooling at 14 because his parents died and he was left with no money at all. The only way he educated himself was by reading Rizal’s novels, Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and books about the French Revolution. He went out to have war with the Spaniards with nothing but his ideals and principles, love for country and a machete. I am not a violent person, and for sure Bonifacio isn’t too but it is written in our history that the Spaniards has tagged us as “indio” (Mexican slang; dirty, uneducated, poor, dark-skinned… in short, undesirable) just because we cannot speak their language. Many were tortured because no one wanted to bow down to their religion. Bonifacio was called a rebel and was charged with treason and sedition just because he wanted to fight for the Philippines freedom from the Spaniards. Imagine that, the nerve of those Spaniards to accuse Bonifacio of being a traitor to his country when they were the ones who have been violating our rights in our own very land.

Snooty Filipinos will never even dare be associated to a popular but uneducated personality. It is true and let’s all just be honest about this. How many times did we ever made fun of a fellow Filipino because of his/her “carabao English“? Manny Pacquiao and Charice Pempengco were just a few of our homegrown talents that took over the world but were still scrutinized because of their lack of education. These two showed hard work and determination but were still insulted and dragged down by those who thought they were better in speaking the English language and has fairer skin, but has not contributed anything significant for our country.

Historical failure or not. Who is the real Filipino among the two? Who is the real hero? Rizal now, maybe Bonifacio tomorrow. I know who I believe in. For those who does not know the history … will never know what being a hero and a Filipino is all about.

One more week before the election day,  more and more people are becoming intelligent because they are making one of the best decisions of their lives, supporting Gilbert “GIBO” Teodoro. Why I am going to vote for GIBO is something that I enjoy talking about. He is one of the two most competent in the list of Presidential candidates. He never trash talk about the other candidates.  He pushes for academic excellence and a better curriculum, because he feels, the current curriculum is light in technical skills, mathematics, and English. The loan system for the less fortunate, but deserving students in the tertiary level. When a student applies for a loan, he will be given a Social Security System (SSS) number. Immediately after he gets his first paycheck, it will register that he is getting a salary and subsequent deductions could be made.

For governance and economy,  reinforce the capability of the local government units to handle local funds and carry out intended projects. Use the talents and minds of our countrymen as the greatest resource for more innovative ideas to fuel the industry and the economy. GIBO ensures that the farmers will be given the opportunity to grow rich from their endeavours—and that we help farmers, through programs, to increase agricultural productivity so that we will no longer be the largest importer of rice.  The insurgency must be stopped in conflict areas, where the return of peace and stability can turn land into productive endeavors. He believes that if we invest the required amount in the Central Mindanao basin project, hundreds of thousands of very fertile land can be put to good use.

Gilbert Teodoro may not top the surveys, he may not even have the all the hottest celebrities to endorse him but his secret weapon is … “ME” … the Green Team volunteers, some intelligent and gorgeous celebrities, and millions of the secret majority who have been flooding Twitter with GIBO news and updates, Gibo fans on Facebook and Friendster and many others who were never asked by those stupid surveys. We will vote for GIBO because we truly believe in his abilities and goal for our country. For those who are still confused on who to vote for, be one of us. To my fellow country men, prove that Filipinos are intelligent, make the intelligent choice.

Ang pinaka mahalaga at pinaka magaling na endorser ni GIBO ay … ako at ikaw … TAYONG LAHAT !!! kaya wag ng hintayin pa ang endorsement ng iba. TAYO nalang ok na!

Sulong Greenies, Sulong GIBO … susulong ang Pilipinas!

this video is the most talked about and inspiring Gibo speech on May 7 Meeting De Avance — The Filipinos deserves the BEST

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added readings:

Gibo’s Platform

GIBO on eleksyon

Anyways, I want to share with everyone the funny side of the campaign period of the 2010 election. I really hope that you will all enjoy it as much as I did.

here is Baby James video when he says “Villar!”

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I would like to thank the people behind these photos, i just gathered them from the internet so I hope I don’t get sued hehehe.

If there is anything I like about the Manny Villar campaign strategy, it is it’s remarkable campaign strategy. From the big time celebrity endorsers to the catchy campaign jingle ad, Naging Mahirap composed by Merlee Jayme, which is the favorite songs of many kids today, pati mga tambay (even the bums), and has sent an enormous amount of  positive feedback for Villar. His campaign ads are plain and simple, no blah blah, everything is straight to point (just like Gibo). It is only sad that Manny Villar as a good business man cannot be presented to the masses because this will likely be used against him. Apparently, some really prominent and powerful businessmen doesn’t like having Villar around, they aren’t supporting him. This is what I think, these businessmen does not like to have a President who has the same background as them because they don’t want to be controlled, they don’t want Villar to expose the A-B-C of the big companies that slaves the people. For sure, those businessmen have a lot to hide.

I am starting to feel extremely bad for him though, he has become the favorite punching bag of Senator Jamby Madrigal. On television, presidential forums, senate hearing, name it and you will hear the husky toned Madrigal lashing out on the rich and (most probably) upset but composed Villar. She kept on accusing him of corruption and using his power to promote his businesses, and worse is she even started picking on the amount he has spent for his campaign. SO WHAT?! What is your problem Jamby?! Corruption has been going on since the Spanish era, I am not saying that corruption is to be tolerated but, for crying out loud, who in the Philippine government is not corrupt? She should be picking on everybody in the government then, from those lousy Barangay Kagawads to the ones sitting on those high benches at the Supreme Court. Madrigal at one point, used to support one of the most controversial political figure, former President Joseph Estrada, who was imprisoned later on for money laundering. How come she never kick his butt? If you want to get rid off corruption, get a hundred of molotov cocktail and give it to all those sitting on the Senate and Congress, that should do it. What is even more funny? Noynoy Aquino, after outspokenly saying that he won’t be campaigning like a TRAPO (traditional politician) does, he then started criticizing Manny Villar. Aquino’s camp even came up with a story that Villar has paid a generous amount to top the surveys… this kind of tactic from Noynoy is one heck of a TRAPO scheme. Why can’t be like Gilbert Teodoro who has been going around the country with a positive campaigning? Sulong Gibo!

So much has been said about Villar but he clearly became the “big underdog” here. All of those punches being thrown at him by several political figures has given him the sympathy of the Filipino voters. I guess his keeping mum about all the intrigues has finally paid off.   Campaign period officially just started last Tuesday but everything is already heating up. Let’s wait and see what will happen next for Villar, Aquino, and Gilbert Teodoro.

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Perhaps, I was one of those girls who thinks Jason Ivler is a real hottie, but then his killer smile (literally) just scares the crap out of me. Now that he is trying to recover at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center after sustaining gunshot wounds to the right shoulder and left upper abdomen, he will be facing tw0 criminal cases, one  in 2004 which accused him of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and on November 18, 2009, Renato Victor Ebarle Jr., the 27-year-old son of an undersecretary for the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff, was shot dead inside his sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Santolan Road, Quezon City.

Mother’s first to guide the streamlets,

I can’t help but be disgusted with the face of Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.  It is  scary to see that all of the members of their family are somehow look-a-likes, so disturbing. This afternoon when he appeared with his lawyer Atty. Sigfrid Fortun, at the preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to answer the charges of multiple murder filed against him, he was even giving everybody a devilish smile, it is like he is mocking all of the media men who went there to protest the Maguindanao Massacre where 57 people died including 18 media men. If I were there, I’d probably throw him bricks on his face just to stop him from desperately looking like a tamed puppy but instead he came out looking like Satan in shackles and bullet proof vest.

Move over Blair Waldorf!

GMA has done it again. Just when we all thought that her regime is soon to end, she will soon be reaping the grain that she sowed in the Congress. So now we all know why the House of the Representatives has always been the pampered ones … she has invested the country’s money very wisely.

The joke is on us! Check mate!!!

Many Americans believe that the Obama government’s move to pursue the trial in New York of the 9-11 terrorists attack suspects will be putting the whole country in great danger and anxiety. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other suspects detained in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will be facing the federal court instead of a military tribunal. Some believed that this decision to have an open court trial could put NYC in threat of another terrorist act and will give platform for these terrorists to present their Jihad beliefs to recruit more members.

I strongly believe that this is one the best decisions of the Obama government. Everything will be out in the open, public opinion and scrutiny will be welcomed, and information that were not ever publicized will be available for everyone. Americans have put terrorists to federal court repeatedly so this should not be new to them, and this trial will give bittersweet justice to the 3000 people killed in the 9-11 attack . A full view of the trial is the best way to go.

A military tribunal is a kind of military court designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. The judges are military officersand fulfill the role of jurors. Military tribunals are distinct from courts-martial. It is an inquisitorial system based on charges brought by a military authority, prosecuted by a military authority, judged by military officers, and sentenced by military officers against a member of an adversarial force. — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_tribunal