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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mainit na mga eksena, umapoy!

SOURCE

dyaryo ba talaga? hehehe... and God, they really have these kind of establishments? and they would investigate on the fire prevention measures of the building? what about their morality?

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Survivor Philippines: Halatang gutom ang Naak. LOL

finally, after 2 Tribal Councils and losing 2 members, snake tribe Naak wins their first immunity challenge. it's time for rival Jarakay to light their torches at the Tribal Council. the challenge was to eat exotic items like scorpions, tarantulas, worms, etc.

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tell me what you wear and i tell you who you are

matuwa, mainis, ma-flatter, mag-feeling man kayo dyan, bahala kayo:

FRIEND ko ang nakaBLUE

BESTFRIEND ko ang nakaRED

SOULMATE ko ang nakaBLACK

LOVE ko ang nakaWHITE

CRUSH ko ang nakaPINK

CUTE lahat ng nakaORANGE

MAHALAGA sakin ang nakaSTRIPES

TRUSTED ko ang nakaBROWN

MISS KO NA ang nakaGREEN

IDOL ko ang nakaYELLOW

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Yes, she's in a pressure right now

sayang, this would be your chance to prove yourself. i'd be supporting you pa naman at the pageant. i understand that you are grieving right now and we cannot stop you with your decision.

from HERE

MANILA, Philippines - Beauty queen Janina San Miguel has resigned as the country’s official representative to the 2008 Miss World beauty pageant.

A statement from the Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. (BPCI) said San Miguel cited as reason for her decision the recent death of his grandfather.

“The untimely demise of her grandfather, among other personal reasons, has caused her undue stress, thus hindering her from fulfilling her duties for the said title," the BPCI statement read.

“BPCI wishes to express its gratitude to Ms. San Miguel for this act of graciousness and concern for the country. They also wish her well in her future endeavors," it added.

In accordance with BCPI’s rules and regulations, 1st Runner-Up Danielle Castaño will replace San Miguel as the official Philippine representative who will vie for the Ms. World 2008 plum in Johannesburg. - GMANews.TV

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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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Ohmski's Blogline: Oktoberfest '08 at TasteAsia MOA

another happy night for me, lex, adie and a set of new friends at the Oktoberfest for Bloggers at TasteAsia at SM Mall of Asia last Sept 26, 2008. i was a bit late kasi nag-enroll pa ako sa Fitness First which costed me another fortune. i have my goals, wag na makialam. lol

by the way, mang-i-inggit muna ako ha. i've been attending to these kind of events kasi, first of all, LIBRE FOOD. thanks to TasteAsia for that wonderful treat always. lagi na lang kayo may plugging after every eveny. but everytime i go to TasteAsia, i really enjoy every experience. i think it's always a different set of buffet. nahihiya lang ako bumalik.

next, ANOTHER EB ito with other bloggers. first time to meet gneth from multiply and she had with her, jhuly. we had a bunch of topics to talk about and that includes other multiply users. malamang, dun kame nagkakila-kilala e. we even dreamt of holding an event for us multiply users pero cguro dpa masyadong bigtime. maybe an invitation to users within the MegaManila area muna. kung may sasama, go lang ha. wanna help with organizing? even saw my sisters officemates at the event. nice meeting you guys. i have also met, vera (aka trinalabandera and halavera) with a couple of Greenpinoy'ers. ang saya nilang tignan.

third, MAY FREEBIES PA! mantakin mo, nagpa-register ka lang, pumunta ka sa MOA on a typical gimik-night, free concert with Moonstar 88, libre kain at nag-uwi pa kame ng gift pack from SMB! aba magkano kaya ang ginastos ng SanMig at TasteAsia para malibre kame lahat? even lex won stuff from the raffle. nakakainis lang nung sunud-sunod na number e number ko ang nasa gitna. ako lang ata hindi natawag. grrr...

sayang sa mga hindi naka-attend. we hope that there's a halloween party. i wanna see guys again IN COSTUME! hahaha.. basta ako prepared na, just waiting for the announcement kung meron mang halloween party.

I FEEL SO SIKAT! (you know, hahaha...)
as always, you see photobloggers lurking in these kind of events showing off their DSLRs to others. (lol joke lang. e camera phone lang kasi meron kame nun kaya low-quality ang mga photos namin.) and then there's this Chinese blogger na biglang lumapit sakin, "Pwede magpa-picture?" i thought na magpapapicture sya kasama ng friends nya at ako ang hahawak ng camera. yun pala ako ang gusto nya kasama sa picture! wahahaha.. blog celebrity? ako? no way! alam kong sumikat at blockbuster ang blog ko minsan pero i never imagined na may magpapapicture kasama ako. hahaha... si Tanggera yun. nice meeting you. kasi ako daw yung nanalo sa Trinoma Blogger Food Tour photo contest. e gusto nya i-document na i was there also. so aminin ko na, na-flatter ako sa ganung approach sakin. next time nga makagawa na ng scandal. hahaha.. (not to mention my jaywalking incident.)

almost 2AM (what?!) nako nakauwi. nag-enjoy talaga ako sobra.

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