The "PACKING"

When God gives, he gives A LOT. He gave me blessings, and one of which I'm talking about is the opportunity for me to join iLearners inc. I've heard about this organization last year and I was so interested that time because helping unfortunate kids is one of my endeavors in life. Joining this made me realize that iLearners opens a lot of doors for me. I've met new peeps, most of them are young professionals and it just fascinates me that they still have the time to lend a helping hand, be of greater service for humanity. (TSAR)

Last June 4,2011 was the traditional "day before" packing for "brighter future". Brighter Future is an annual outreach project of iLearners inc, its purpose is to give out school supplies for the kids in Lunas Elementary School (Car Car) and Kaluangan (Asturias). These schools are considered to be the poorest in terms of facilities, number of enrollees and availability of teachers according to DepEd.

The packing was held at Nayki Cagulada's residence (A BOTof iLearners inc. and a great friend of mine). We started at 2 in the afternoon and ended around 8:25 in the evening. A total of 121 bags were packed, ready for Sunday's outreach.

Season 10 American Idol is...

So as predicted, SCOTTY MCCREERY is the 10th proclaimed American Idol. I have to say the finale was awesome, it didn't bore me to death compared to last year's. I'm still disappointed but I know AMERICA made the wrong choice. I'm pretty sure they'd hate McCreery in the later years because no one would even dare to like country music, especially his old-school/ hat-act like style. He would turn out like Taylor Hicks, and Lauren would sell more albums because her pop-country style is more favorable.

This goes to show that AI isn't a TALENT SHOW but more on a POPULARITY CONTEST. How about they change the show's style, like instead of having only the viewer's vote, the judges would also participate because I just despise the fact that whoever has the charisma, whether it'll be the looks or the appeal, wins the show even though there are some who're more deserving and who work their ass's off but fail because of young obsess teenage girls who don't give a damn about talent and how much this thing means to the contestant. (PFFFTTT.)

I'm amazed how dialidol never failed to prove how credible they are. I just found out about dial idol during Cook's batch (season 7) and I thought it was rubbish but it definitely stayed in its spot as my top 1 spoiler.

Season 4

Season 5

Season 7 (I've no idea why season 6's results weren't there in their website)

Season 8

Season 9

Am I the only country genre hater?

The answer would be no but after what happened last thursday's results show of AI, it's either the show is scripted or it's the year of the country-ish losers. Scotty is the reason why I despise country genre, and I don't know if I should be happy that he's the one chosen for the "votefortheworst". I have no idea why he's not yet eliminated, I thought he wouldn't make it pass top 11.

This season's panel of judges is the worst, worse than Paula Abdul and Ellen Degeneres. Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are great singers but when it's time for them to comment on a contestant's rendition, loads of crap is spitting right off their own mouths. I never heard J-lo or Steven giving a harsh comment, constructive criticism to be exact that can possibly help the other contestants other than their usual "ego boost", but these ego boosts can either make or break them which I think is the main reason why James and Pia got eliminated in the first place. Don't get me started with Randy who kept on saying "SCOTTY IS IN IT TO WIN IT, LAUREN IS IN IT TO WIN IT!" This fat douche bag is supposed to be the acting 'Simon Cowell' but nah, he just blasted his own self to oblivion because of his predictable comments like "it's a lil bit pitchy" or "I don't know mannn", is 'pitchy' even a word in the music industry?, hey retard, it's called "OUT OF TUNE". I miss Kara DioGuardi. She was (IMO) the girl version of Simon Cowell, who gave a tough time for the contestants in the past couple of seasons.

So my bet goes to Lauren Alaina. Sad to say I find her overrated, but she's a million times better than Scotty who nailed the votes of the Grand nannies and young teenage girls. Hopefully Lauren gets Haley's votes. LAUREN FTW!

Old Cul-De-Sac

This is probably the gayest place I've ever visited (lewls) but it's classy and cozy so I'll rate this a 9 out of 10. Old Cul-De-Sac is located at Sto. Nino Village near USC Talamban Campus, an hour away from my crib. We were supposed to have our iLearners school campaign at USC but the 5:30 schedule ended early so Nayki, Shimmer and I decided to eat Kwek2x and just chill for a while.

The place is not crowded so it's an ideal place for lovers to have a date. The music is what I love in this cafe because it's romantic-ish, no RnBs, Rock, or hiphop, just pure love songs.

The food was OH-SO-YUMMEYYY. I had aromatic fish and it's worth only 180 php so it's pretty much affordable for students also. The best thing about it is that it's already a set dish so you'll have a pre-course meal and dessert that suits your taste.

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Noob/Novice

Just last Saturday, my mom bought us a Canon EOS 500D DSLR. I took some amateur shots and after taking 50 photos, I finally decided to take it to another level (lewls). From a kid's perspective, I can definitely say I have the innovative mind to be a promising photographer but skills wise, (o_o) I just suck at it. I can't recall already what my computer teacher discussed about adobe photoshop. I was not interested with gadgets, computer works and whatnot during that time. I'm regretting it and now I'm having a difficult time contacting photographers to teach me how to use a simple lasso tool!

Back when I was still daydreaming about having a DSLR camera, I used to look at pictures of my friends writing their names using a flashlight or what they call "graffiti lights". I envied them a lot, and now that I already own one... learning how to do graffiti lights was my first objective as a NOOBISH photographer. I was carried away. I even wrote down iLearners inc. members' names and tagged them in facebook. I was so glad some of them appreciated my suckISH handwriting and even made the picture as their display photo. I'll improve this and hopefully I'll join CDP (in my dreams, LEWLS).

top 4 = JINX?

The shocking elimination last night was definitely an outrage! James Durbin was booted off the competition after delivering two great performances last Wednesday. This happened before back in season 5. Chris Daughtry was also booted off in the top 4 week, which was a jaw dropper also knowing that he was THE crowd's favorite. Simon Cowell quoted before "Usually, the early favorite doesn't win", and now it's a fact already. James was an early favorite, he was never in the bottom 3, and was the judge's bet. My two favorites didn't even make it to the top 3. I thought it was a Pia vs. James finale but definitely I'M WRONG. So the competition boils down to 2 country genre singers, and 1 Jazzy soul vibe contestant.

Both Lauren Alaina and Scotty Mccreery are country singers. Country IS (IMO) the WORST genre in the music industry. I like Lauren, but I think she's just a 6 out of 10. Scotty is overrated. I seriously don't like his performances, his voice, and his FACE! I know I'm being harsh but I just think he doesn't deserve the top 3 spot, and I also know that I'm taking this personally already, but Idol means so much to me (LOLS) and I always bet the wrong one.

I can't imagine what it would be like in the finale if it's a Scotty vs. Lauren. My ears would probably bleed. What's wrong with America?, and what's with SCOTTY??? I've been asking that since top 13. So my bet goes to Haley Reinhart.

This jazzy, soul vibe singer is probably the 'dark horse' in the competition. She was in the bottom 3 for many times, but she survived and was given the chance to showcase 3 songs next week. I like her voice and personality. Her only problem is her song choices. The judges were harsh on her, especially Randy. He thinks that Haley is still confused with the kind of artist she is. If I were her, I'd say "Back-off n@$*#". I mean, can they just have a week without worrying about 'what kind of artist they are' and just sing 'what they think is good for them'? Haley is my American Idol, and I just wish it would be a Haley vs. Lauren finale. I hope I'll be right this time... HALEY FTW!

GECCOGETHER

GECCOS or Gathering of Enthusiastic Cebuano Cosplayers in cooperation with iLearners inc. organized a cosplay event last May 7,2011 at Family Park, Talamaban Cebu.

It was actually my first time to witness a cosplay event, too bad I'm not wearing an attire, otherwise you'd see me flaunting an Ash, or Aang, or L costume. The iLearners inc. members were assigned for the registration booth. I was amazed because there were so many of them (cosplayers). There was even a Lady Gaga inspired cosplayer (IKR, LMAO). I arrived there at 7 in the morning because Faith texted me to come early because as "staffs", we're supposed to take care of things and to be oriented already but as usual, 7 is never 7, but 8. I met a lot of cool peeps like Mich, Faith, Dave, Zanjo, Florida, Angeli, Garry (GECCOS founder) and etc. They were so fun to hang out with but unfortunately, I went home early because I had to do some errands and my headache was killing me already.