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Maria Corazon “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino (January 25, 1933 – August 1, 2009)

Please allow me to reserve this post to join the whole Filipino nation and fellow countrymen in grief, as the former Philippine president Cory Aquino passed away this morning due to cardio-respiratory arrest at exactly 3:18 a.m. at the Makati Medical Center according to news report from GMA 7 and ABS CBN Channel 2.

Although this is a very sad news, I will take this opportunity to share my experience as a Filipino who lived under her legacy. She may not be the best president to some, but it cannot be denied that her time was a remarkable one considering that she had a great influence to a peaceful and bloodless revolution which was called the EDSA 1 People Power . Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, while I was watching my favorite and the longest running daily noontime show in the world Eat Bulaga, I was shocked by a bad news announced by Vic Sotto. One of their co-hosts and long time friend (dabarkads) Francis Magalona has just passed away. In case you don’t know him, he is a Filipino music artist who took the nation by storm in 1990 with his new breed of music, Filipino rap music. Although rap music already exists in other countries that time, he was the first one to make a recording album here in the Philippines.

After that giant hit Mga Kababayan Ko (My Fellow Countrymen), a lot of local rap artists followed him. Since most of his songs talk about being nationalistic, it influenced a lot of people especially the youth to love the Philippines more. This eventually started the acceptance of the Filipino audience to local rap music. Read the rest of this entry »

“Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident.”

This was the humble statement of Dong Yun Yoon for the pilot who accidentally crashed his F/A-18D jet on Yoon’s house at San Diego, California last December 8, 2008. Unfortunately, the accident caused Yoon’s family to die while they were inside the burning house.

The family includes Yoon’s wife, two daughters (Grace, 15 months old; and Rachel who is less than 2 months old), and his 60-year old mother in-law.

The family just moved in to the neighborhood less than 2 months ago. Yoon however, is a Korean migrate since 1989, as told to reporters by Daniel Shin, Yoon’s minister.

Witnesses say they saw the jet flying on a low altitude and turning around just like in the movie Top Gun. Read the rest of this entry »

Just recently, a 19-year old MySpace member committed suicide during a live self-broadcast on a certain forum. He even left a suicide note, which is now being posted on forums such as here and here. This news was confirmed true, and the case is now considered close. But for us who are still living, the tendency of a similar case is always possible.

Any family member can commit suicide anytime, and this phenomenon is somehow unpredictable. The decision does not consider age, sex, race and religion. People commit suicide is because of untreated depression. This depression has many causes and the most common ones are horrible disappointments, great loss and hopelessness in life. However, there are signs that can make us conclude that committing suicide will be his next option. Here are some of them and hopefully, you will not take them for granted. Read the rest of this entry »