Finally the M. Night Shymalan’s adoptation of Nick TV anime, Avatar - the Last Airbender has a release date. The movie, the first of the trilogy, will be released summer of 2010, July 2, 2010. I can’t wait for this movie and since this is a live action movie not anime the visual effects will be incredible and a thing to watch. M. Night said in an interview:
“Obviously [there will be] some breathtaking visual effects,” the director says. “Just imagine if you saw a little girl bending water out of a glass into the air as an extension of her own personal discipline. It’s three movies about the hero learning three elements. Live action”
I hope M. Night will not disappoint the fans of this TV series. The title of the movie is shortened to The Last Airbender since the word AVATAR has a movie title already that is directed by James Cameron.
I just check the live ranking of the “New 7 Nature Nominees” and I am surprised and delighted that rank # 3-5 are from the Philippines. This goes to show that a lot of us keep on voting for them to be included in the top 7. Not far behind is another one of Philippines best - “Mayon Volcano” now rank # 9. let us keep on voting and don’t forget to tell your family and friends to visit new7wonders.com or (click on the link) and vote. I am proud to say that the three top rank Philippine nature wonders deserve to be seen and be recognized as three of the world’s best. Here are the rank Philippine wonders - # 3. Tabbataha Reef, # 4. Chocolate Hills, # 5. Puerto Princesa’s underground river.
Let us not forget that the ranking is not yet final and it can go down a week from now so let us keep on voting. Here’s the current ranking [link].
It is quite stunning that there is no city in the United States that made the top 10 best cities to live in 2008. What is amazing however is that three cities in switzerland and Germany made the list and the number 1 city is zurich, Switzerland. Consultants of Mercer Consulting rated each city on a variety of factors including the level of traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety reported by expatriates living in more than 600 cities worldwide. If the it were the opposite, Los Angeles will be number one on the list. The highest US rank city is Honolulu, Hawaii which came in at no. 28. Can you imagine that no. 28? I thought Los Angeles is the best that is why I live here. Hmmm I think its time to move to switzerland? Forget it consultants can say whatever they want but Los Angeles is my home. Hey what am I thinking this is not about LA this is about the best places to live, sorry guys. Anyway here’s the top 10 Best Places to Live in 2008.
1. Zurich, Switzerland.
2. tie Vienna, Austria and Geneva, Switzerland
4. Vancouver, Canada
5. Auckland, New Zealand
6. Dusseldorf, Germany
7. tie again between Munich, Germany and Frankfurt, Germany
Yesterday Hillary Clinton supporters received an email, including me, that this coming saturday she will hold an event in Washingon DC ending her bid for the democratic presidential flag bearer. Wow after 16 months its all over now. I am sad that she did not win the primary but on the other hand I feel proud of what she had accomplished. She is undoubtedly one amazing woman and I am proud that I supported her. However, everything must come to an end but to me she will always be a winner.
The question now is, now what? I have co-workers who said that they if Hillary will not win the primary they will vote for John Mccain. I have tried to reason with them that if you do so you will not see any changes in Iraq, economy, healthcare and other issues that matter most. Emotions are high at this time and if a survey is done today I bet that there will be a lot of Hillary Clinton’s supporters will not vote for Barack Obama but when the dust settles and a little time I believe H. Clinton’s supporters will vote for Obama. As we all know “time heals wounds.” We still have months to go before the November election and by then WE, Hillary Clinton supporters, will realize that what really matters most is to have a democrat in the white house to change the course in Iraq, economy, healthcare and other issues that matters most. We will realize that the main reason why we supported Hillary Clinton is what she fights for. We will realize that Barack Obama will take up the fight that she stands for and carry it with him to the White House.
Here’s Hillary Letter,
I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.
I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party’s nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.
When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.
I made you — and everyone who supported me — a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I’m going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.
I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.
I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.
In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.
I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.
I got this from my co-worker. This is quite funny.
On a New York sidewalk, a Filipino is enjoying a hearty breakfast, coffee, croissant, toast, butter and Jam, etc. When an American, chewing gum, sits next to him and starts an unwanted conversation.
American: You Filipinos eat the whole bread?
Filipino: Of Course!
American: (blowing bubbles with his gum) we don’t. In the States we only eat what’s inside. The crust we collect in a container, recycle, rebake them into croissants and sell them to the Philippines.
American: Do ya eat jam with bread?
Filipino: Of Course!
American: (chuckling and crackling his gum between his teeth) we don’t. In the States, we eat fruits at breakfast, put all the peels, seeds and leftovers into containers, recycle them into jam and sell it to the Philippines.
Filipino: Do you have sex in America?
American: Of Course, we!
Filipino: what do you do with the condoms?
American: We throw them away, of course!
Filipino: We don’t. In the Philippines, we put them into containers, recycle them, melt them down into chewing gum and sell it to America.
Now Filipino nurses have more choices to go work abroad not only US, Canada, UK, Australia and now Finland. The DFA has reported that due to the shortage of nurses in Finland it is negotiating with the Philippine Government to have Filipino nurses work there. This is good news to nurses who wants to work abroad. Philippine Ambassador to Sweden Maria Zeneida Collinson said Finnish officials accepted her proposal to send a Philippine labor mission to Finland before the yearend to discuss the possible need for a bilateral labor agreement.
Ambassador Maria Zeneida said the possible entry of Filipino healthcare professionals to Finland was first discussed a year ago and it resulted in the arrival on April 22 of a pilot of a group of eight Filipino nurses in the northern European country. These eight Filipino nurses received initial training and Finnish language lessons in the Philippines. There, they will be given further training so that they can qualify as a practical nurse. If you need further information regarding this matter please contact DFA and please be careful to unscrupulous recruiters. [source]
Have you been watching Avatar the Last Airbender at Nick TV? If not then you are missing the best anime ever, seriously. Forget superman, batman, spiderman and etc. To us, Avatar is a family matter, we watch the episodes together. We forget everything, leave whatever we are doing and just watch. After school our son always watch nickelodeon television network because he loves spongebob squarepants and Avatar and we always tell him, “call us if avatar is next.” When its time for avatar he calls us, “its avatar now,” then we all go up to our bedroom and watch. We are Avatar fanatics.
Since we cannot follow the episodes in sequence due to work and since we really don’t know when the new episode will be shown, we just started watching it late last year, my wife and I decided to buy the box sets. We bought two box sets - book 1 - water and book 2 earth so that we can watch all the episodes at our time and watch it from the very beginning. The third box set fire will be out this year and I think that will be the last set. If you have not watch the TV series here’s the premise,
Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a fantasy world, home to humans, fantastic animals, and supernatural spirits. Human civilization is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation. Each nation has its own natural element, on which it bases its society. The Water Tribes base their society on water, the Earth Kingdom on earth, the Air Nomads on air, and the Fire Nation on fire. Within each nation exists an order called “Benders”, who have the ability to manipulate the element of their nation. The show’s creators assigned each Bending art its own style of martial arts; each Bending art inherited the advantages and weaknesses of the martial arts it was assigned. The Bending types are Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, and Airbending.[20]
In the show, each generation yields one person who is capable of Bending all four elements; this being is referred as the Avatar, the spirit of the planet manifested in human form. When an Avatar dies, they are reincarnated into the next nation in the Avatar Cycle. The Avatar Cycle parallels the seasons: winter for The Water Tribes, spring for the Earth Kingdom, summer for the Fire Nation, and autumn for the Air Nomads.[21] In the show, legend holds the Avatar must master each bending art in order, starting with their native element; this can sometimes be compromised when the situation requires it, as Aang demonstrates in the show. For the Avatar, learning to bend the element opposite their native element can be extremely difficult; this is because opposing Bending arts are based on opposing fighting styles and disciplines. In the show, Firebending and Waterbending are opposites, as are Earthbending and Airbending.[22]
The Avatar possesses a unique power called the Avatar State. It empowers the Avatar with the knowledge and abilities of all past Avatars, and is used as a defense mechanism. When an Avatar enters the Avatar state, their eyes and tattoos begin to glow. If an Avatar is killed in the Avatar State, the reincarnation cycle will be broken, and the Avatar cycle will end.[23]
Through the ages, countless incarnations of Avatar have served to keep the four nations in harmony, and maintain world order.[20] The Avatar serves as the bridge between the physical world and the Spirit World, allowing him or her to solve problems that normal benders cannot. [source]
Excited? you should be . . . now if you want to watch the episodes in your computer just today I found out a good website go to watchavatartv.com you can watch from the first episode to the latest one. Now the big kicker is that M. Night Shymalan, the director of Lady in the water will direct and write the big screen version of the series in a trilogy. The first of the trilogy will be out this year but there is no trailer yet. If you are doubtful just try to watch one of the episodes and tell me if you will not be hooked.
There are nights that it is hard for me to fall asleep and tonight is one of the nights. I tried closing my eyes since 11:30 PM but at 1:30 AM my brain is still busy. Tomorrow will not be a good day for me I just hope I will not have migraine attack again which usually happen when I cannot sleep early. Since I cannot fall asleep, I fired up my macbook and surf the net then I remembered that uncle sam promised to deposit my economic stimulus check on May 9, 2008. So I tried to log on to wamu.com and check my account and to my surprise the money is already there . . . wow. I suspect the government deposited the money on May 8. Am I lucky or what? Nope most of us will receive a check from Uncle Sam as long as you filed your 2007 income tax return. Thank you Uncle Sam. If you did not receive your stimulus check until now go to IRS website for further information or simply click the link [stimulus check] or if you have any questions that you think I can help leave it on the comment section. I think I can go to sleep now or can I?
I just check the ranking of the new 7 nature wonders of the world and unfortunately Chocolate Hills of Bohol dropped to rank 9 (a couple of weeks ago it was rank 6) and the Tabbataha Reef of Palawan now rank 8. The Puerto Princesa Subterranean Underground River National Park of Palawan moved up to rank 19 ( the last time I checked it was rank 77). We could make the ranking of these nature wonders in our country back on top if we kept on voting. Let us support this effort, go to new7wonders.com and vote. All Pinoys Vote!!!
According to Crime Complaint Center (IC3), men lose have a knack of losing cash then women. In 2007, data compiled shows that from the 206,000 complaints men lost $1.67 to every $ 1 lost by women in online fraud. The organization says that buying patterns and human nature play into the findings. Here’s some of the reasons as explained by John Kane, IC3 research manager.
1. Men tend to purchase large ticket items like electronics online. I think this is because we, MEN, likes to go bargain hunting but sometimes, including myself, are victimized by unscrupulous sellers online. Be careful while bargain hunting.
2. Men tend to fall victim to business investment schemes and some other schemes that have a higher dollar loss. Investment fraud complaints, where the average loss is more that $ 3,500, were overwhelmingly men. There are a lot of legit online business investments but there are millions of fraudulent online business too so we need to be careful.
3. Men also tend to be the victims of check fraud (average loss is $ 3,000) and Nigerian letter fraud scams ($2,000). This is the main reason why stop using my yahoo mail because everyday I am receiving two to four emails regarding a prominent politicians needing help in transferring their wealth and if you agree to help you will receive a large amount of money as a gift. Another email fraud scheme is the sweepstakes thingy. You will receive an email stating that you just won something and you need to email your bank account as soon as possible to get your money. Look how in the world will you win something when you did not participate in that contest? I always tell my wife how I wish I could win the California Super Lotto sweepstakes so that my worries about bills will be history my wife just laugh at me and said, “dream on baby, how can you win when you do not buy lotto tickets?” So if you receive something in your email that you win think twice before getting excited. One more thing, if you win a legit sweepstakes they will send you a check not you giving them your bank account.
My rule of thumb is, “if it is too good to be true, then it is too good to be true.”
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Finally the M. Night Shymalan’s adoptation of Nick TV anime, Avatar - the Last Airbender has a release date. The movie, the first of the trilogy, will be released summer of 2010, July 2, 2010. I can’t wait for this movie and since this is a live action movie not anime the visual effects will be incredible and a thing to watch. M. Night said in an interview:
