Trill's Cause Here's

Trill's Cause Here's my arts article for AVENUE Magazine entitled "Trill's Cause". Trill is an awesome painter whom I met through the fabulous Filthy Fluno in Artopolis last year while going through his fantastic gallery. Trill Zapatero's paintings are very beautiful and unnique, but for this article I've encountered another side to her, which is discussed in the article. Open publication - Free publishing - More trill zapatero So I hope you all get to read it and enjoy it :) This will be my last article for now, until I find enough time for writing and interviewing people online again. I still manage and look for content for AVENUE Magazine though, but writing needed to be set aside for a while...:(

Population control i

Population control is really a balancing act. Some countries get it right and some countries get it wrong. Countries like Japan struggle with supporting their elderly because there are now too many of them and not many can support them through their taxes. Same with some EU countries, whose elderly are now going back to work to support themselves. There is a reason why some people don't like us to control the population because they are afraid that what is happening to these countries will happen to us, but they are wrong. I really think it's about time that we try to curb our population because there are just too much of us to handle! How can our government at its current state support ALL of us with the kind of taxes they are collecting? The church should keep its distance and let the gov't implement methods to curb the population because firstly, it doesn't contribute to the country in terms of taxes, and secondly, there are more problems that need to be addressed by them. As with everything, there is a season and a reason for everything, and population control has its seasons. It's time we control it so that our government can properly give us the services we need and expect from them. Corruption alone is not the only reason why the gov't is having such a hard time. Our increasing population has a share in it as well.

Virtual Writeups: July

Here is my SL arts feature article on Lollito Larkham:

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Arts has first and foremost been the core of the virtual world of Second Life. The idea of a wide open space where you can just create anything is one of the many allures of the virtual world.

This month's featured artist from AVENUE Magazine saw this and honed his artistry in Second Life. Though not an artist in RL, Lollito Larkham's desire and passion for creating and making evocative 3d art installations shines through inworld.

Read his journey in SL and how the virtual world gave him something to do and thrive in creatively.

Virtual Writeups: June

Open publication - Free publishing - More summer fashion

Here is my monthly writing for AVENUE Magazine, a magazine for the virtual world of Second Life(R). I also manage the magazine's day to day activities, assigning articles, guiding staff, and ensure that they submit on time. Since it's a sideline for most people, including me, we have a wide window of time to do our work and submit them, and I try not to pressure everyone too much. If an assignment has no way of being done in time, it's set for the next issue.

So far, managing a virtual magazine has been a really challenging exercise--managing 40-50 people from all over the globe, emailing them and doing research for content is very rewarding and helpful in getting my feet wet as far as writing and publishing is concerned.

Right now, I'm starting to get ready for our big project: a real life publication of the magazine to be distributed in August at the Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) that will be held in Boston, MA. It's a yearly event where people get to meet up fellow "residents" in the flesh to socialize, network, and discuss business, fashion, fun, and arts in the virtual world. I haven't had a chance to go there yet, but I am very thrilled at the fact that my output is being read by people from all over the world who will be attending the event.

It will be the second time that we will be doing this, the first time was such a success that the organizers decided to have us for another run...wish us all luck that we make it better than the last...:) Here's our first attempt:

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I have a copy of the magazine at home, where I like to look at it once in a while, smiling, and thinking at how a "game" can make me write once again. If only people understand...:)

Amplifying Nature

Took these photos by the lake near our casita in Anvaya and enhanced it in the pc. :)

Jamie Cullum-Don't Stop the Music!!!

Here's my favorite jazz musician doing a cover of Don't Stop the Music originally by Michael Jackson, and also covered by Rihanna. ENJOY!

Election craziness!

The Philippines will be having its national election a month from now, and with both LP and NP parties mudslinging reigning the tri-media and the internet, the two parties are destroying whatever respect we have left for the process called elections. Nobody in the leading parties bother to discuss their platforms and plans for the country. Sure they want to destroy corruption and poverty, but HOW exactly?

Like a house, a candidate aspiring for the highest seat in the country must have a solid foundation, this in the form of a good platform. But their campaigns are built on the sands of intrigue and hate.



All of us should wake up and review every candidate's platform, cover our eyes and ears from all intrigues and not entertain drama. The country's future is at stake here. What we need for this country is someone with a plan, one to UNITE us. Let's use our minds, hearts and faith to help us decide. We have a month to do so.

GMA's endorsements to whoever, traditional politics, surveys, and drama aside, let's look into the heart of what the election is all about: THE BEST MAN FOR THE JOB TO RUN THIS COUNTRY. There are 10 (according to COMELEC's ballot) people running for presidency, and surely there's someone who is BEST equipped to lead the nation.

All me and everybody else supporting Sec. Teodoro are seeing is his clear platform, positive campaigning, and his desire to unite the country to focus on solving problems together. Sec. Teodoro is a nice man with a plan, a vision and a platform--something both neither Noynoy Aquino nor Manny Villar have clearly explained to the nation.

G1BO's campaign had been simple, positive and gentlemanly from the start. Sec. Teodoro may not have played his cards the way ordinary people would expect him to do, but to our eyes and his, he is doing the right thing. That is the most refreshing aspect about him. Nobody else in this election has a campaign as objective and straight to the point as his.

Most networks don't cover what his Green Team has been doing for the past few months for his campaign. Their fervor, respect, enthusiasm, and knowledge on G1BO's platform is admirable. What the media tend to focus on are the campaigns of who happen to be the top two in surveys, and the most creating drama and distraction. Let's not be distracted by DRAMA. Let's not be distracted by issues of GMA wanting to stick to power by choosing to run for Congress, or if she is secretly endorsing Villar, or whatnot. These are smoke and mirrors, meant to distract us from the real scenario at stake here.

The country has deeper issues, and nitpicking on G1BO's perceived wrong decision to stay in the party shouldn't be an issue here. The issue at hand is if he has a good, solid, and realistic plan for the country, and he has. He knows this country well, he wants to make us grow and prosper.

My choice aside, out of the two leading in surveys, there are still 8 people probably worthy for the job. One of them for me is Gilbert Teodoro, but for everybody else who are still undecided, or is doubting their candidate, review all candidate's platforms, what their plans are and choose from there. Your personal discernment and belief in your candidate trumps any survey numbers out there.