But wouldn’t it be wonderful if Music Search was made easier? Like there was a search engine that is specifically designed for music search? Hmmm…I think that would be a great idea.

Then again. I saw one–mp3hunting.com. Cool huh? I am still trying out their features and services.

Anyway, back to Ezra Band. My husband can’t help but laugh at the fact that I have become a fanatic of theirs. lol What can I do? They are just so good and they helped bring back memories of my college days–soft music, booze, and brain emptiness. lol

I do hope that Ezra Band will become the Pilipinas Got Talent first champion. Of couse, I know that there are other talents, and I have not seen the contenders, but I am rooting for them. And who knows? Maybe for them, this time, I will send in some text votes to support them. For now, I am hunting for their live videos on You Tube.

Just watch this.

Take the case of Ruffa and Kris. It was said that Kris gave some snide remarks against Ruffa, although Kris, it was just some sort of lambing. We all know that Kris is the pambansang taklesa, so we can really expect it from her. Ruffa is taklesa as well, so why not? But then the stage mama Annabelle Rama came in and told Ruffa to walk out, as she wasn ot being treated nicely. Duh, as if the guys in her life treated her nicely.

Annabelle is such a pa-papel. Oh whatever, just because they are dressed luxuriously and are glittering with jewelry, they have every right to do what they want. And when Annabelle campaigned for people not to vote for Noynoy, I think that is too much. That is like saying, don’t want Richard’s movies because his sister walked out of The Buzz. I am not for Noynoy, but I think that the attack is too personal.

Hay ewan…bahala na nga kayo diyan.

While the rest have really nothing to lose, as all of them are already winners and enjoying careers that became after they were discovered in the show Talentadong Pinoy, but I really would have wanted another winner. He was not even in my Top 3 list. I would have wanted either Wan Lu, Makatatawanan, or the Tribal Dancers. Oh well, but I am not the judge.

Anyway, here are the contenders:

1. The Tribal Dancers
2. Far East Acrobats: The Gutierrez Family
3. Wan Lu the Puppeteer
4. Joshua Yoyo Trickster
5. Singer Leah Patricio
6. Omar the Ladder Balancer
7. Ferdinand Clemente a.k.a. Makatatawanan
8. Wild card, JacquelineExcept for Jacqueline the blind young singer, everyone hurdled five weeks of fierce competitions. As for my husband, he said he was okay with anyone winning except for Leah Patricio.

I heard that the area alone is 400 square meters of blissful space, well designed and arranged to give the utmost relaxation experience in the city. By the way, it is located along Lacson Street, in the new building called San Antonio Park Square, beside the Convergys building in Mandalagan, Bacolod City. From what I gathered, the place is going to have its soft opening anytime this month.

This is the newest spa to open in the city. Many spas have opened last year, like the Grand Royal Spa at the East area and Cataliya Spa (now called Calla Lily Spa), Live Well Spa and a host of other smaller spas.

I love relaxing in the spa and the more of them the merrier, right? Well, I will really watch out for the opening of Spa Natura and check out their services. Will update you.

I remember that in the past, I would have pocket calendars of politicians, Chow King, Prudential Guarantee, The Blade Spa, and Bench. I would really ask for them because aside from my wallet, one can find pocket calendars on my desk, my cork board and even my bag. This is because I want to be able to see a calendar whenever I need to know the date. I do not like looking around too much just to find the date that I need because I get dizzy.

Pocket calendars are just the right size. Too bad though that some people with eye problems do not appreciate these minute calendars because of the font size. But as long as your vision is okay, I believe many people like having pocket calendars, too. That is why companies still continue to have them printed and given out by December every year. Yup! It has to be during December so that people can use them by January, the start of the new year. And you have to be the one to give out so that you get to be the first one on the wallet. hehe

Anyway, I have three pocket calendars now and I love them all!

We have always watched Talentadong Pinoy every Saturday. I even blogged about it one time that they really should give a bigger prize to the Hall of Famer because it is not easy to win for five consecutive weeks. And I am thankful that the seven talents who made it to the Hall of Fame will be able to compete for the Ultimate Talentadong Pinoy title next Saturday for the Talentadong Pinoy Battle of the Champions to be held at the Araneta Coliseum. Up until tonight, they are still looking for the wild card who will join the battle.

Anyway, last week we decided to check Pilipinas Got Talent. I can only describe it in one word–BORING. Talentadong Pinoy is more interesting. I dunno, it is the show itself. Unlike America’s Got Talent or Britain’s Got Talent where the show is already entertaining in itself, I got bored like the judges themselves. I would really like to see Kris as her taray and taklesa self, as it will really make the show more interesting, but I am sure she will not do that and risk losing votes for brother Noynoy Aquino who is running for President. Really, I find the show boring. So sorry, but Pilipinas Got Talent did not tickle our fancy and so after a few minutes, we went back to watching Talentadong Pinoy. We just love this show, the hosts, and the talent scouts.

Additionally, what is with the Pilipinas Got More Talent? At first I did not understand what the show was about. Then I thought it was the auditions, until I got to see that the auditions were hosted by Luis Manzano and Billy Joe Crawford, who, I should say are really good together as hosts. They can really host a show, but sadly, even their hosting prowess could not make me stay glued to the show. Okay, going back to Pilipinas Got More Talent. I hate to say this, but what is this show for? And Mark Abaya? He is OA. He is just overdoing the wacky bit and he is not effective. He is not a funny man and he is just trying to be one. Sorry, I don’t like him at all. Both the show and the host are not effective. Erk! I would rather much have that funny guy on Showtime who is actually a band member? I forgot his name or the name of the band, but I cannot forget the face of that funny guy. Now, I think he should have been host of Pilipinas Got More Talent.

Oh well whatever, I just won’t watch these shows.

By the way, for the Ultimate Talentadong Pinoy, my bets are either Wan Lu, Makatatawanan or the Tribal Fire Dancers. We will see.

I have been to Sea World in Orlando and I have personally witnessed the Shamu show at the Shamu stadium. And I loved it! I adored the whales in this setting because they performed really well. And even if there were glitches, not that there were any, you would understand because these aren’t human. I really loved that show.

That is why I am really saddened to learn that one of them killed a trainer. According to the Orlando Sentinel, “(Trainer Dawn) Brancheau, 40, was petting and otherwise interacting with the killer whale in knee-deep water about 2 p.m. Wednesday when he grabbed her by the ponytail and wouldn’t let go, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office determined.” The trainer’s cause of death was “multiple traumatic injuries and drowning”.

And what I am really concerned about was that it happened during a show where thousands of people are watching. I believe that at any given time, thousands of people of all ages are watching the show. The stadium is always packed, I was told.

When I was in Florida last time, I also heard that Pluto fell off the float during the Disney Parade and the guy inside the costume died. What horror these instances give the kids! But well, I guess accidents can happen in the most unexpected places. There is no one really to blame. I should know!

Hmmmm…I dunno really, I can’t make up my mind about it. I can just hope it is not a medical concern. This issue seems to be surpassing the Brangelina split issue.

The legendary golfer admitted that he was wrong when he committed his indiscretions, saying that he thought being himself made him over and above everything–even the rules of love, fidelity, and marriage. Many people, especially the Golf Writers Association of America, question the sincerity of the public apology, especially that it was not a press conference. They were invited but they could not ask questions, only listen to what Tiger will say. They think that it was an affront to them.

No offense to the GWAA, as I have not really met Tiger in person, not even in my dreams. But I believe, that when a man humbles himself like that in front of the camera like he was talking to the whole world and admitting his faults while his mother looks on, that to me was real manly courage. Maybe he was just not ready yet to answer questions. I believe this was his first official public appearance after the scandal broke out. So I say, let us give him a break. He might have broken our high regard for him, but he admitted his faults and asked forgiveness. I believe that he is sincere when he did that. So maybe, when he is ready, he will come out again and answer questions.

His spirit, ego, etc. were already broken when he humbled himself. I think that subjecting him to more questions, sometimes hard hitting and humiliating, will just serve to further lower his degradation. I think he is already suffering enough and we do not need to punish him more with needless prying. Eventually, but not now.

Tiger, I salute you and what you have done. You are man enough to face the world and apologize. I don’t think your detractors are men enough like you, because I suspect that many of them also have skeletons in the closet and who would not dare come out in the open. Keep your head up!

While for most people, online shopping gives them great prices and convenience, for me, nothing beats shopping for what I need and want in real time. It is different to get to see and feel and smell what you want to buy. At the same time, I appreciate the breather that shopping gives me because I already spend so much time online or just in front of the computer that going away would be also be nice for me.

But I have to admit that there are also advantages to online shopping. For one, you don’t need to go out. You can shop in the comforts of your own home and wait for the package to arrive whenever time was promised. At the same time, if you are scouting around for the best prices,
price comparison online is easier to do because you can just open multiple tabs and visit several sites with your browser. This is so much unlike shopping real time when you need to go from store to store, which are sometimes far from each other and would require much travel.

My husband actually compared prices by looking up a price comparison site when he planned on buying a laptop. There were so many laptops available online and their prices vary greatly. So it is best to shop around. Well, since we also would like a new television set, he is also looking at tvs online.

Price comparison sites are really beneficial to online shoppers. A pushchair is just a pushchair, but you can either pay for it more or less, depending on how much time you spend comparing prices.

Anyway, I brought it up because today I saw the movie trailer of the new Star Cinema movie entitled “Miss you like Crazy”, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, his long-time ka-love team. While I am not really excited with their love team because I am more kilig with the John Lloyd-Sarah Geronimo tandem, nevertheless, I was struck with the trailer of this movie. Hmmmm….I just might watch this film after all. The last Tagalog movie that I watched was Mano Po 6, and would you believe, that was my first? I am not very fond of Tagalog movies except the John Lloyd and Sarah starrer.

Will let you know how I like it.

By the way, speaking of Star Cinema, I just remembered Rubi, the new teleserye in ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. I was really excited to watch this. As in I asked my husband to take care of my baby while I watch the show. But I was disappointed. I could not establish the story at all. Okay, what else is new because Filipinos like to re-do the scripts of foreign soaps. But why adapt them anyway if they are going to change the script. The first part was very dragging. I wanted to see more of Rubi.

I hope things will change in the coming days. As such I have stopped watching Rubi after two episodes. But I think I will resume watching it because I want to see Angelica Panganiban in action.