a letter to myself

you're in a lot of trouble. living beyond your means. how many times have you promised that you'll get away from debt? you did right, but it only lasted for a period. so what are you going to do now? you can't just sit there and cry. you have to do something. i am waiting for that moment that you do something. you got to pray. life is a lot of fun if you know how to use it. and be sure that you love what you do. don't waste time. the Lord provides. d0n't strangle yourself with luxury. you decide on what you need and not what you want. resources are everywhere. take risks. you can do it. you really can. again, don't forget to pray.

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Photoshop Tutorial: Grungy Beer

another Photoshopping technique i've just learned. i used this technique to create a background for my Blogspot header.

1. create a new file. i am using a flat black background with a 600 x 600 px resolution for the image. and i'm using a cropped image from my Oktoberfest pics.
   
   
2. load your grunge brushes. if you only have the default brushes on your Photoshop, there's a lot of vector brushes found at deviantart.com. keyword is Grunge. in a new layer, play with the different brushes with black or white overlapping each print from the brushes.
   
   
3. place your image on a new layer.
   
   
   
4. with your image, now in place, duplicate it as many as you can and flatten them out. be sure to hide your original image after duplicating it.
   
   
   
5. filter that layer using Filter >> Motion Blur >> (any setting). repeat the filter if you like.
   
   
   
6. change the layer setting of the filtered layer from Normal to Overlay to blend it with the grunge background. unhide your image.
   
   
   

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Blockbuster!

I have written lots of blogs and found out that I have blockbuster ones! Well, those blogs that have more than 10 comments or more (yung iba, ako na lang nagparami ng comment, hehe). Most of them have the funniest topics at sabi nga, "napapanahon." Going back to my blogs amused me and realized that in some things, hey, I really have something to say. I won't compare this to those big-time bloggers as Bryanboy or Happy Slip. And here is a list of what I call "blockbusters" and this don't come in a particular order. Check them out again if you like:

1. Pakornihan Effect - 37 comments
   a collection of text jokes/ pick-up lines.
   
2. My Chowking Experience - 15 comments
   I just narrated a not-so-pleasant experience from a food chain
   
3. Spreading the Love - 15 comments
   this is about the edited photo of Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby that once spread thru the net
   
4. Globe Celfone Scam - 19 comments
   actually, djmyke posted this conversation of him and an agent from a cellular phone network. I transcribed it and I got opinions from other people who happen to receive the same call.
   
5. Nanggagala-iti ako - 13 comments
   a story of a consumer who wasn't paying attention to the product he bought. well, lesson learned. nainis pa nga ako sa ibang nag-comments dyan na kala mo kung sinong perfect. hmp!
   
6. Ederlyn Series Season 2 - 14 comments
   the continuation of the story of an SMS star.
   
7. Inday the Series - 23 comments
   the yaya who is so smart
   
8. Filipino American demand for apology from ABC and Desperate Housewives - 29 comments
   Filipino medical practitioners being slapped on national TV.
   
9. Paalam Inday - 15 comments
   nagpaparty si Inday. find out how "bongga" it was.
   
10. BREAKING NEWS: Desperate Housewives apology over Philippines slur - 13 comments
    the action of a TV series which discriminated a race where they also benefit to.
    
11. top ten nakakairitang tao sa mundo - 14 comments
12. I hate Filipinos errr... FILIPINOS ARE STUPID - 73 comments
    a citizen who disrespected a national symbol.
    
13. Ukay pa rin talaga - 17 comments
    I just bought an item and found the best at Ukay!
    
14. What's happening to me? - 12 comments
    worried about my health
    
15. PUP: Tsinelas Capital of the World - 19 comments
    looking on appropriate get-up in an institution
    
16. abangan... - 24 comments
    I confess I tried Hip-Hop Abs. ngayon wala pa ring effect. natigil kasi e. hehehe.
    
17. buhayin natin ang mga kabaduyan - 16 comments
    pick-up lines to the max!
    
18. kinarma nga ba si Chris Tsuper - 14 comments
    on a radio DJ's confession
    
19. OMG I WON - 42 comments
    winning a contest from an event I joined from reading blogs and announcements. Some were not happy for me, I DON'T CARE!
    
20. shoes i choose you - 16 comments
    enjoying the prizes I won from the topic above
    
21. I've commited a crime - 65 comments
    tuktukan sa ulo si omar! nag-jaywalking kasi!
    
22. bakit kasi kelangan naka-block - 14 comments
    complaining in the office
    
23. Photoshop Tutorial: Image on Text - 23 comments
    getting techie and squeezing the creative juice.
    
24. if i join Survivor Philippines - 14
    some pointers if I join the reality show.
    

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blogspot new look

in Photoshop mode to change my header on Blogspot. love to play on text and backgrounds. now I really love my new header! before it was "Ohmski is the Law" and now I confess that I'm an Austin Powers fan (lol) and a little bit of being eco-friendly too. ;)


btw, i have the same blogs in multiply.

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what's happening to me?!

recently hindi ko maintindihan ang mga nangyayari sa akin. just like yesterday, i was rushing to meet my friends at greenbelt 2 to watch a movie. the whole day was just fine, also ung pagpunta ko sa greenbelt was also okay. but nung pagbaba ko ng jeep and after ilang meter walk, there was this pain that i felt from my left thigh down. totally excruciating. then i still managed to walk to fuzion cafe where i will meet my friends. but the feeling was just so abnormal. i tried to hide it and take it lightly but i couldn't stand it. until we reached the ticket counter. i put out some money pero i got weaker and weaker. then i realize my friends transferred to another counter so i followed them. they asked my to decide on our seats and all i can say is, "kayo bahala." then it got dark and slowly i couldn't hear a thing. blurry. my sight and hearing. i was going to collapse i think. they said that i looked so pale and sweaty. i can feel the cold sweat running through my body but i couldn't feel anything. again, all i can see is darkness. we were assisted to go outside so i can get into conciousness. thank God i did. i was drawn to the nearest seat until i get to my senses. my friend gave me something to drink and i felt okay. i got up and said to them that i am okay. i wasn't acting or anything cause im not a good actor. and all of the pranks that i would think, this would be the least. i even insisted that we'd better hurry before the show starts. and during the whole night i was okay.

this not only happened once. it happened during 5th grade when we are busy with gardening and a tool bumped and almost squeezed my ring finger. i fainted and rushed to the clinic. and the second one was when i was in college and i tried to contain my urine and then i got pale again. i knew it was bad to stop it but i couldn't get down to an extablishment because we are along the road. then the last instance was what i just narrated.

i thought of it like, was it because of the weather? the food that i've been taking? or maybe i just need to sweat more. i pray that nothing severe or dangerous will happen to me. pray for me please?

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we are OMAR

The boy's name Omar \o-mar\ is pronounced OH-mar. It is of Arabic and Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "speaker; flourishing, long-lived". Biblical: a sheik of Edom and son of Esau. Omar Khayyam (12th century) was a Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician. Caliph Omar II made Islam an imperial power. Poet Omar Khayyam; General Omar Bradley; actor Omar Sharif.

Omar has 2 variant forms: Omarr and Omer.

For more information, see also the related name Umar.

Baby names that sound like Omar are Omari, Amir, Emir, Amer, Ammar, Amr, Amor, Omero, Jamar, Jimar, Jemar, Jomar, Omri, Umer and Ymir.

Omar is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
these are some of the Omars that i found on Google.

1. Omar Al Bashir
   A top-100 list gives Omar al-Bashir too much company. In a number of ignominious post-World War II categories, Sudan's dictator ranks in the top five: most deaths as a result of war strategies (2.5 million in Darfur and southern Sudan), most people rendered homeless by scorched-earth policies (7 million), most villages burned to the ground (at least 1,500 in Darfur alone). Bashir's one goal is to maintain power. He has sown discord in Darfur with a classic divide-and-conquer strategy. As a result, interethnic conflict is tearing the region apart, and attacks on aid agencies by government and rebel militias have left a million people beyond the reach of humanitarian aid. Bashir, 63, has blocked the deployment of a larger U.N.-led peacekeeping operation that would protect Darfur's civilians.
   And yet something good may come from Bashir's bloody legacy. In universities, synagogues, churches and town halls across the U.S., Americans are writing letters and raising hell about Washington's inaction in response to Darfur. Citizen groups around the world are following suit. In a David-vs.-Goliath scenario, only the activism of ordinary people will galvanize the action necessary to stop Bashir and future war criminals.
   
   
2. Omar Bradley
   * born in Clark, Missouri, on 12 February 1893
   * graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1915, was commissioned a second lieutenant, and assigned to the 14th Infantry, June 1915
   * married Mary Quayle, 1916 (deceased 1965)
   * performed troop duty in the west, 1915-1919
   * was promoted to first lieutenant, July 1916, to captain, May 1917, and to temporary major, June 1918
   * was on Reserve Officer Training Corps duty in Minnesota and South Dakota, 1919-1920
   * was instructor in mathematics at West Point, 1920-1924
   * reverted to grade of captain, 1920 and 1922, and was returned to major, 1922 and 1924
   * graduated from the advanced course at the Infantry School at Fort Benning, 1925
   * served in Hawaii with both the 19th and 27th Infantry, 1925-1927, and was in charge of National Guard and Reserve affairs for the Hawaiian Islands, 1927-1928
   * graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, 1929
   * was instructor in tactics and weapons at the Infantry School, 1929-1933
   * graduated from the Army war College, 1934
   * was instructor in tactics and plans and training officer at the United States Military Academy, 1934-1938
   * was promoted to lieutenant colonel, June 1936
   * was chief of the Operations Branch, G-1, war Department headquarters, 1938-1940
   * was assistant secretary of the General Staff, 1940-1941
   * was promoted to temporary brigadier general, February 1941
   * was commandant of the Infantry School and set up the Infantry Officer Candidate Program, 1941-1942
   * was promoted to the temporary ranks of major general, February 1942, and lieutenant general, June 1943
   * successively commanded the 82d and 28th Infantry Divisions, 1942-1943
   * was personal representative in the field for the commander of the North African Theater of Operations, 1943
   * commanded II Corps in operations against Axis forces in North Africa and Sicily, 1943
   * was promoted to permanent ranks of brigadier general September 1943 and major general, September 1944
   * commanded the First Army and the 12th Army Group in the invasion and final campaigns of western Europe, 1944-1945
   * was promoted to temporary general, March 1945, a rank and date made permanent in January 1949
   * was temporary administrator of veterans affairs, 19451947
   * was chief of staff of the United States Army, 7 February 1948-16 August 1949
   * responded to the National Security Act of 1947 by initiating a study of Army organization that led to appointment of a vice chief of staff and two deputies and to consolidation of technical services under the director of logistics, administrative services under the director of personnel and administration and financial and management functions under the comptroller of the Army
   * was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 16 August 1949-16 August 1953. was promoted to General of the Army, September 1950
   * was first chairman of the Military Staff Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949-1950
   * married Esther Dora Buhler, 1966 while attending an Army Association meeting in New York City, died on 8 April 1981.
   
   
3. Omar Epps
   Age: 33
   Status: Married to singer Keisha Spivey
   See Him On: FOX'S House
   Why He's Sexy: He's generous. Very generous. "I like catching [my wife] off guard. Last year for her birthday I gave her a five-figure shopping spree."
   Born Omar Hashim Epps in Brooklyn, New York, on May 16, 1973, Epps was raised by his mother, an elementary school principal. He nurtured his interest in acting at both the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and the New York High School for the Performing Arts. After his breakthrough in Juice, Epps ran the risk of being typecast, playing athletes in a series of films. However, his performances were consistently solid, and he earned particular acclaim for his portrayal of a young man attending college on an athletic scholarship in John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995). Around this same time, Epps also excelled in a brief recurring role as an emotionally stressed intern on E.R.; he would later identify that role as the one that made it possible for audiences to finally put a name to his face. Omar has starred in two HBO Original movies, First-Time Felon, directed by Charles Roc Dutton, and Deadly Voyage, produced by Danny Glover. In First-Time Felon, Omar plays Greg Yance, a street-wise drug dealer and gang member in Chicago. Following his conviction, Yance is given the choice to remain in prison or finish his time in boot camp. Choosing boot camp, he quickly realizes that his sense of courage and desire to succeed will allow him to triumph. In Deadly Voyage, Epps stars as Kingsley Ofusu, the sole survivor of a group of nine African stowaways who fled Ghana on a Ukraine cargo ship. John J. O'Connor of The New York Times noted that Epps played superbly in the lead role as Ofusu, whom he was honored to meet prior to filming. Both are based on true stories.
   Epps also portrayed Dr. Dennis Gant on the Emmy Award-winning drama ER As a surgical resident, he teamed up with Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle) and Dr. Benton (Eriq La Salle). In one of the most talked-about departures, Omar left audiences wondering whether his character committed suicide or not. No stranger to the big screen, Epps has appeared in lead roles in feature films such as The Wood, In Too Deep, John Singleton's Higher Learning, Juice and Daybreak. His supporting roles include Breakfast of Champions, opposite Bruce Willis and Nick Nolte, Major League 2, opposite Charlie Sheen, and The Program, with Craig Sheffer. Omar was also seen in Hollywood's best-kept secret, Scream 2, The Mod Squad, with Claire Danes, DK2 and Love and Basketball. He was also seen in Takeshi Kitano's Brother, the story of a displaced Yakuza gangster (Kitano) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a black hustler (Epps). Together they embark on a violent struggle to take over the drug turf of East LA. He was recently seen in Barry Sonnenfeld's Big Trouble, in which he played an FBI agent, starring alongside Tim Allen, Rene Russo, Tom Sizemore and Jason Lee.
   
   
4. Omar Ghattas
   Omar Ghattas is the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Computational Geosciences and Professor of Geological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin; Research Professor in the Institute for Geophysics; Director of the Center for Computational Geosciences in the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences; Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Sciences (by courtesy); and Chief Applications Scientist for Ranger, the NSF Track 2 supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center. Prior to September 2005, he was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his BS, MS, and PhD from Duke University in
   1984, 1986, and 1988, respectively. He has been a visiting professor at the Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE) at NASA-Langley Research Center, the Center for Applied Scientific Computing (CASC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) at Sandia National Laboratories.
   Dr. Ghattas has general research interests in large-scale forward and inverse modeling and simulation on parallel supercomputers. His specific research focuses on optimization, parameter estimation, and uncertainty quantification for problems in the geological, mechanical, and biomedical engineering sciences. He received the 1998 Allen Newell Medal for Research Excellence, the 2003 Gordon Bell Prize for Special Accomplishment in Supercomputing, the 2004/2005 CMU College of Engineering Outstanding Research Prize, and the SC2006 HPC Analytics Challenge Award, with members of the Quake research project at CMU. His paper on inverse wave propagation with former students
   V. Akcelik and G. Biros received the SC2002 Best Technical Paper award.
   
   
5. Omar Khayyam
   Ghiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī (Persian: غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) or Omar Khayyam (Nishapur, Persia, May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131) was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia. His name is also given as Omar al-Khayyami[1].
   He is best known for his poetry, and outside Iran, for the quatrains (rubaiyaas) in Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, popularized through Edward Fitzgerald's re-created translation. His substantial mathematical contributions include his Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra, which gives a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle[2]. He also contributed to calendar reform and may have proposed a heliocentric theory well before Copernicus.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khayy%C3%A1m
   
   
6. Omar Koury
   Writer: A Few Good Arabs (short promo) (2006); Actor: "Recruiter" in A Few Good Arabs (short promo) (2006), "He" in Significant Romance in Compressed Time (2004), "Omar" in Browntown (2003), "Dr. Brown" in Live! With Pascale and Chantal (2003), Sajjil (2003)
   Omar returns to the NYAACF this year as a co-writer and actor. He has been actively involved with the festival since it’s inception in 2003 with various roles to include the award winning play Browntown, which later played at the Lucille Lortel Theater for the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival. He was recently featured in Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom at Washington DC’s Studio Theater and is also a founding member of Nibras, an Arab American Theater Collective. Omar’s television sketch comedy work includes appearances on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Late Show with David Letterman. Other credits include recurring roles on All My Children and One Life to Live. Film credits include Devil’s Advocate and Jesus’ Son.
   
   
7. Omar Martinez
   23-year old Omar Martinez , Mr. Puerto Rico, will represent the island in this year's Mister Continentes del Mundo 2005 competition. The event features male models between the ages of 17 and 25. The competition will occur on June 25 in Lima.
   
   
8. Omar Metwally
   Omar Metwally has been a participant in the first two New York Arab-American Comedy Festivals, as an actor and then as the director of With Love From Ramallah. As an actor he was seen most recently off-Broadway as "Aram" in Beast on the Moon.
   Omar received a Tony Award nomination for his work in Sixteen Wounded (Best Actor: Featured Role-Play), and has appeared at theaters around the country, as well as with many fine companies here in New York. Film/TV credits include The Unit, Nash Bridges, and Life on the Ledge, among others. He recently completed work on a role in Steven Spielberg's latest film.
   
   
9. Omar Minaya
   Teodoro Antonio Minaya y Sanchez nickname O (born November 10, 1958), best known as Omar Minaya, is a baseball executive who is currently the general manager of the New York Mets. The first Hispanic to hold a general manager position in Major League Baseball, Minaya is known for aggressive management of player trades and free agent signings.
   Born in the Dominican Republic, he moved to Elmhurst, in Queens, New York City at the age of eight.[1] A star baseball player at Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Minaya had a short-lived career in the minor leagues as well as stints in leagues in both the Dominican Republic and Italy. After injuries ended his playing career, Minaya joined the Texas Rangers' scouting team in 1985, where he helped in the signing of players such as Sammy Sosa and Juan González.
   In the mid-1990s, Minaya left Texas and returned home to join the staff of the New York Mets, working his way to Assistant General Manager behind Steve Phillips and being partly responsible for that team's late-1990s success. Minaya would leave the Mets in early 2002 when he joined the Montréal Expos as General Manager.
   
   
10. Omar Narvaez
    Omar Andres Narvaez (born July 10, 1975 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina) is a southpaw professional boxer in the flyweight (112 lb) division.
    Amateur
    He won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.
    Pro
    His record is 24-0-2 (15 KOs). He is the current WBO world flyweight champion. In 2007 he defeated Olympic champ Brahim Asloum in France.
    
    
11. Omar Ricks
    actor, The Shield
    
    
12. Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif also known as Omar El-Sharif (born April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian born actor who has starred in several Hollywood films. He graduated from Cairo's Victory College with a math and physics major. At start he worked with his father in the lumber business. In 1953 he started his acting career. He married the Egyptian star Faten Hamama which rocketed his popularity in the Arab World. The marriage ended in 1974. His first English language film was Lawrence of Arabia in 1962.
    He appeared in (English language films):
    * Hidalgo (2003)
    * The 13th Warrior (1999)
    * Lie Down With Lions (1999)
    * The Mysteries of Egypt (1998)
    * Funny Girl/Funny Lady (1997)
    * Heaven Before I Die (1997)
    * Lebanon - Imprisoned Splendour (1997)
    * The Possessed (1996)
    * Catherine the Great (1995)
    * Beyond Justice (1992)
    * Grand Larceny (1992)
    * Memories of Midnight (1991)
    * The Baltimore Bullet (1990)
    * The Opium Connection (1990)
    * Ashanti: Land of No Mercy (1989)
    * Peter the Great (1986)
    * Top Secret (1984)
    * Green Ice (1981)
    * Oh! Heavenly Dog (1980)
    * Pleasure Palace (1980)
    * Bloodline (1979)
    * S-H-E (1979)
    * Crime and Passion (1975)
    * Funny Lady (1975)
    * Juggernaut (1974)
    * The Tamarind Seed (1974)
    * The Horsemen (1971)
    * The Last Valley (1971)
    * Mackenna's Gold (1969)
    * Funny Girl (1968)
    * Mayerling (1968)
    * Night of the Generals (1967)
    * Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    * The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)
    * Behold a Pale Horse (1964)
    * The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
    * Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    Bridge
    Sharif is also one of the world's best known contract bridge players. He writes a regular bridge column for newspaper syndication, and there is even a bridge computer game and tutorial that carries his name.

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