Nowadays the Supreme Court has been made the center of attention in the headlines because of the impeachment trial of Chief  Justice Renato Coroina.  But recently another member of the Supreme Court has made headlines, not connected to the impeachment trial but because the video became and instant hit and became viral in a matter of days and has been feasted upon by Netizens. Atty. Midas Marquez, spokesperson of the Supreme Court has a popular video circling around the internet.  No, Midas is clearly not gay, he is married and has two kids. As to why his reaction in the video was somewhat "gay" well only he can explain that. Some say he is quite a funny a guy and constantly makes faces off cam, so most probably he was just making fun of the situation. Some people say that you will know somebody is gay the way they react to abrupt situations. I really don't buy that argument. I'd say somebody is clearly gay if they wear equestrian boots and dress like a woman or if they have … [Read more...]

Tropical storm Sendong has become the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines in the last 12 years. To date the death toll has reached more than a thousand surpassing that of 2004’s typhoon Wennie, considered to be the deadliest before Sendong with causalities of only 893. The worst hi were the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities in Mindanao. Other areas hit are some parts of the Visayas especially the southern part of Negros. Flood waters washed away houses with families inside in coastal villages in these areas. The typhoon has affected and displaced more than 65,000 families. Infrastructure was wiped out, big businesses and small business with small business equipment lease and others really lost a lot. This is such a sad event for all of us as a nation especially considering that its Christmas time and it will be a very sad Christmas indeed for families who have lost loved ones or who lost their homes. Christmas is after all a time for giving so for those who haven’t … [Read more...]

All work with no play makes John a dumb boy, all play no work makes John dumber. This is what our parents and their parents taught them and all throughout the decades and centuries, the traditional view of playing games is that its childish, useless and done just for fun and that nothing good will ever come out of it except that it is done by children as part of growing up. Enter the 20th and 21st century with the advent of the internet, personal computers, mobile devices and gaming consoles, playing games has now evolved online. Parents frequently lament that their children are addicted to video games online and majority of psychologist say that it is not healthy for a child to play video games for long periods of time. Just recently there was a news item that a teenager died because of playing on a game console for more than 20 hours straight. So is playing games, especially sitting whole day on a hickory furniture and playing online games completely useless? If this is the … [Read more...]

I just discovered that a guy named Christopher Lao has become an online sensation. The event that made him famous online happened sometime in July or August 2011. I'm an active netizen but it seems that his popularity has skipped my almost 10 hours a day online. If you haven't heard about him, what happened is best summarized in this youtube video: Because of this Christopher Lao has been the subject of so much ridicule and has been lambasted online for his response to the interview. I can't blame the guy, if it was me I'd be so pissed and I'd be running around amok ! Imagine if it were to happen to your car ! I'm sure you would rave and rant. I don't know Christoper Lao personally but I sympathize with the guy. Look at all the negative and hurtful comments he is getting. Type his name in Google and you get a deluge of nasty comments made against him. Some people even went to the extent of making youtube videos against him such as this: Well admittedly the above … [Read more...]