Facebook : Like or Unlike

As I turned on my computer, I heard a small voice calling my name, the voice lead me to a familiar place that I love to visit.

In that place, I met a two strange moving signage. The first signage immediately approached me with a smile in his face; he looks like a happy and a good signage. He introduced his self as LIKE, a very friendly and kind signage. The second one is not as good as LIKE; he is sad and naughty signage because he shouted his name to me and leaves immediately. By the way his name is UNLIKE.

LIKE tour me to his cyber world called “Facebook”. I was really amazed because he told me that it is a best place for everyone to relax, to freshen up their mind and to find friends.

He tours me to his favorite spots in the website. There is a place called “Wall”, a space on every user’s profile page that allows friends to post messages for the user’s to see; “Pokes” which allows users to send a virtual poke to each other ; “Photos” where users can upload albums and photos ; and “Status” which allows users to inform their friends of their where about and actions and all of this is free to users.

LIKE is also happy because he has more than 500 million friends coming from different part of the world including Philippines.

When LIKE leaves me for an important reason, I saw UNLIKE crying on the dark corner of the website. I asked him why he is crying. His said it is because he hates their place “Facebook” because according to him it is full of criticism and controversies. It has been blocked intermittently in several countries including China, Vietnam, Iran, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Syrian and Bangladesh on different bases. It was also banned in many workplaces to prevent the wasting of employee’s time. There are also some instances the some people using Facebook in crime and blackmailing. That reason keeps UNLIKE unlinking Facebook.

As I leave that place I leave a message in the box they called “Comment”. I said “LIKE and UNLIKE I have really a great experience with the two of you. Because of the tour I saw the good and bad effects of using facebook. Thank you very much for that wonderful time with you. Hope to see you again.”

And as I logged out of that website a big question keep on roaming in my mind. Facebook LIKE or UNLIKE?

K-pop Invasion

Hallyu, a popularly known as the Korean wave, continues to cast its spell in the Philippines. Not only are Korean dramas being embraced by Filipinos but more teens and young adults are becoming ardent fans of K-pop artist as well.

All the way from South Korea, K-pop was born in the Philippines indirectly through the rise of Koreanovelas in 2003; some of these Koreanovelas that first aired in the Philippines television are Endless Love, My Sassy Girl and Full House which really hooked the Filipino televiewers.

K-pop is a musical genre consisting of electronic, hip-hop, pop, rock, and R&B music originating in South Korea. It is rapidly inching its way to the Philippine Music Industry. As of today there are numerous K-pop performers that are close to the Filipino hearts. Among the most famous are U-kiss, Super Junior, Girls Generation, TVXQ, Shinee, and Wonder Girls. As you noticed almost all of them are idol group. Their songs are really famous now and probably are closing to international artists. Even though most Filipino do not understand Korean it’s really surprising that they even go the extra mile and show effort to learn their language. K-pop started to proliferate the airwaves in the world for the fist time, in the year 2009 when Wonder Girls place in the US Billboard hot 100 for their single Nobody.

Two of the most popular boy group in K-pop is Shinee and TVXQ. Both group captivated the hearts of every Filipina. TVXQ was crowned as the Kings of K-pop while Shinee is Korea’s first boy band lead by Jong hyun.

Aside from K-pop dramas and music, Korean fashion is also in among teenagers and young adults throughout the world resulting in widespread interest in their style and looks.

All I can say is K-pop is so amazing and Sarang Heyo K-pop.

0phiuchus: A Rising Star

Are you aware of the flabbergasting changes happened? Well if not, you have to STOP, LOOK and LISTEN.

STOP reading those old newspapers and magazines featuring daily horoscope and giving you your lucky numbers and colors.

LOOK at the night sky observe the changes happened.

LISTEN to the forecast; you might be astonished of the news that your Zodiac signs are not the one you used to be.

Almost all people really surprised about the changes happened. Some just accepted it but others keep on asking why this happened?

According to Parke Kunkle, an astrologer, the reason behind the Zodiac dates was the Earth wobble around its axis creating a one month bump in the stars alignment.

According to the astrological principles, the sun travels from the constellation Scorpio and goes directly to the sign of Sagittarius but due to the constant motion of the cosmos, the sun enters for a few days of the year, the star constellation “Ophiuchus” before entering Sagittarius from Scorpio, thus creating astrologically the birth of a 13^th sign of the zodiac, which named as Ophiuchus or the Serpent Holder.

The constellation of Ophiuchus is the only sign of the zodiac sign which is linked to a real man. This man is lived in Egypt around 27^th century BC and his mane is Imhotep. He is credited with many accomplishments including the knowledge and use of medicine. He is also brought the art of healing to mankind.

Despite of lack of complete research and observational evidence for astrology, 25% of Filipinos still believe in it.

Here are the real dates of astrological signs according to astronomer.

Capricorn January 21-February 16

Aquarius February 17- March 11

Pisces March 12- April 18

Aries April 19-May 13

Taurus May 14- June 21

Gemini June 22- July 20

Cancer July 21-August 10

Leo August 11- September 16

Virgo September 17-October 30

Libra October 31- November 23

Scorpio November 24- November 29

Ophiuchus November30- December 17

Sagittarius December 18- January 20

So are you flabbergasted of the news? It was only the beginning of searching the reasons why. But for now try to accept your new zodiac signs you didn’t know that time will come that you will also learn to love it. And you will suddenly realize that it is right to STOP for a while LISTEN to the news and LOOK forward to a new you.