I've always loved to travel and I'm pretty sure most of us would like to experience a new place to explore. I envied by those rich people that can afford to spend time by going to one place and another instantly. How I wish and pray I'm one among them!... I indeed would like to see historical places in Europe, USA and the rest of the seven continents! However I surely was stucked on my ambition so therefore my desire to see and live in those places considered as a fantasy in some movies that I've been started watching and only wait till it ends. If I couldn't fall asleep I can see it as whole. The truth is - I ain't lose hope yet in getting in those places and I'm hoping for that magical day will come someday... Furthermore, I'm lucky, I am grateful and I am happy because I've reached Qatar last year, one portion in the universe that is well known for a crime-free-country due to its very strict rules and will likely to suck the living life out of me. It's been a long dreamed when I decided to leave my beloved country and find my luck abroad. And luck (I can say) finally knocked one day November, 2010. It's a job offer fr0m LML agency in Ermita, Manila after I've signed up an acc0unt @ www.workabroad.com.ph ... This time I wasn't afraid or had a doubt that it might be fake as most of our Kababayan have been through and I experienced it myself as well. So I grabbed the chance!... With full of enthusiasm and excitement I go through a final interview on November 17, 2010. I've passed and been chosen so they began pr0cessing my papers. My visa has arrived in 2 weeks. After 60 days of waiting I finally left Philippines, on the 28th day of January last year. Up until very recently, it was on the 29th of January at around 2:00 o'clock dawn when I stepped my feet down on the land of Qatar. It's been the sec0nd country (Hong Kong in 2004) I've been actually reached in my whole life through. I left my country and I came to Qatar and been at A La Mode Style Studio - Qatar as hairstylist for 8 months and basically I hate it so I again moved in Bahrain on October 02, 2011. With God's grace I'm very lucky that I landed in a more liberal country in the Middle East (Kingdom of Bahrain). My journey starts 2nd of October 2011 which I feel more conductive - the working environment as well as my accommodation which I enjoy my privacy. In my first week I didn't feel any homesickness dealing with new friends and colleagues. And of course with my childhood friend, Joseph is here in Bahrain, also that made me more confident. So far I already visited the good places and few distance of each malls in the Seef business district and the capital Manama areas. I frequently attend mass during Sundays to give respect the Sabbath Day!...
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
Madonna opens 'Sticky and Sweet' world tour in Britain
U.S. singer Madonna performs with a video of Kanye West behind on the opening night of her "Sticky & Sweet" tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff August 23, 2008. Madonna kicks off her "Sticky & Sweet" world tour at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the latest test of her enduring appeal just a week after her 50th birthday. The US star played hits including "Like A Prayer", "Into The Groove" and "Hung Up" at the giant Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales on the first night of the 49-date tour. The show, promoting her latest album "Hard Candy" which has hit number one in 27 countries, was watched by her British film director husband Guy Ritchie and three children and split into four sections. To screams from fans, Madonna took the stage in a one-piece black sequinned outfit by French fashion house Givenchy for the first part, known as "pimp", a homage to gangster chic from the 1920s to now. She then revisited New York in the early 1980s -- where she arrived aged 20 with just 35 dollars in her pocket before hitting the big time -- for the "old school" section of the show featuring songs including "Music" and a dance-off on stage.
Next came "gypsy", inspired by Romanian folk music and dance, and the finale, "rave", influenced by far eastern culture. The show featured eight costume changes, 16 dancers, a 12-piece band and a million pounds (1.3 million euros, 1.9 million dollars) worth of Swarovski crystals. The tour continues in Nice, southern France on August 26 before heading to the rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. It wraps up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 18. Madonna's last tour, 2006's "Confessions", was reportedly the top earning show ever by a female artist, grossing nearly 200 million dollars. The star, who spends much of her time in Britain, celebrated her 50th birthday in low-key style on August 16.
Her eight-year marriage to Ritchie has come under heavy press scrutiny in recent months amid rumours they are about to split, denied by the singer's representatives.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
James Lavelle moves into film with "X-Files" credit, and new album
British DJ James Lavelle, creator of hit electro act UNKLE, has set his sights on silver screen success with a cinematically-inspired new album as well as a contribution to the just-released "X-Files"- the movie. Lavelle has worked with some of the top names in music, from Radiohead's Thom Yorke to The Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft, and is also known as creator of the seminal record label Mo'Wax.
Now the DJ is set to reach a new audience with his reworking of the theme for "X-Files", the hit TV-series turned into a film. The latest direction for the 33-year-old, whose commercial success has never matched the respect he commands among his peers, came after a personal request from "X-Files" creator Chris Carter.
"Film has always been quite influential for me but I won't work with a film just for the sake of doing it," the Oxford-born artist told AFP.
As a self-confessed sci-fi geek, Lavelle claims to have seen every episode of the show and was more than keen to provide the remixed theme and an old UNKLE track, "Broken," for the end credits. The film, which opened in Europe at the end of July, stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in the roles of FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they continue their investigations into the paranormal.
Its release coincides with the release of Lavelle's new album "End Titles..Stories for Films," which features Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and includes tracks written for "Odyssey in Rome," a documentary about cult Hollywood director Abel Ferrera, who also appears on the album.
Lavelle says however that he has no plans to focus full-time on writing cinematic scores, but stresses he enjoys the challenge of composing.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Brad Pitt joins Tarantino's 'bastards'
Brad Pitt has enlisted to play an American resistance fighter battling Nazis in German-occupied France in Quentin Tarantino's latest film "Inglorious Bastards," report said Friday.
Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter said Pitt's character is a Tennessee hillbilly who leads a group of Jewish-American soldiers in Tarantino's long-awaited WWII drama. The movie, which is being made by the Weinstein Co. and Universal, will begin filming in Germany in October.
It is the first time that Hollywood icon Pitt has worked with Tarantino, the acclaimed "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction" director. Tarantino, whose last film was 2007's "Death Proof", has also acquired the services of German actress Natassja Kinski for "Inglorious Bastards" as well as British comedian Simon Pegg.
Courtesy of MSN News - Entertainment
Friday, August 8, 2008
Yao carrying China flag at Olympics opener again
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BEIJING - Olympic host China has selected Houston Rockets star Yao Ming to be its flag-bearer at the opening ceremony. Again. Yao first carried the flag at the 2004 Games in Athens. As China's highest profile athlete, he had long been a front runner to receive the honor for a second time.
The criteria ... is that the bearer should be a skilled sportsman, with excellent sporting ethics and a positive public image," China's deputy chef de mission Cui Dalin said at a news conference on Thursday.
"There are many in the Chinese delegation who fill the bill. What to do? After careful consideration, the delegation decided that the flag bearer for the Chinese delegation should be Yao Ming," Cui said.
Since leaving for the NBA in 2002, Yao has loyally returned for national team duties, anchoring the team in major tournaments and taking China to eighth in the last Olympics. That has helped make him a household name in his homeland, earning him millions of dollars annually in endorsements and placing him consistently near the top on lists of the most popular and marketable celebrities. Exempted as hosts from qualifying, China is fielding its largest ever Olympic team; 639 athletes competing in all 28 sports. The team is slightly older than that of four years ago, with an average age of 24.4. Among them, 73 percent are Olympic first-timers, while 165 competed previously in Athens and 37 in Sydney. Three athletes: 10 meter diving champion Guo Jingjing, shooter Tan Zongliang and men's basketball veteran Li Nan, are three-time Olympians. While China is believed to be aiming to top the medal tallies for the first time, Cui said organizers had never set a target, although he noted Chinese athletes had been steadily improving their results.
"A lot of other countries have also been improving this Olympic cycle," Cui said.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Three-peat for Dizzee Rascal atop British singles charts
London rapper Dizzee Rascal sat atop the British singles charts for a third week running Sunday, while McFly's latest song entered the rankings at number two.
"Dance Wiv Me" by Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris took the top spot, followed by McFly's "One For The Radio" and Kid Rock's "All Summer Long" in second and third respectively.
Basshunter's "All I Ever Wanted" and "No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown rounded out the top five.
In the album charts, meanwhile, Coldplay was finally knocked out of the top spot after five weeks by Basshunter's "Now You're Gone", which entered the charts in the number one position.
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" dropped to second, followed by Sharleen Spiteri's "Melody" in third.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
"Pregnant man" gives birth to girl: Reports
Thomas Beatie, who is legally male but decided to keep his female sex organs during chest reconstruction surgery and testosterone therapy, attracted worldwide attention in April after revealing his pregnancy. The 34-year-old gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Bend, Oregon, on June 29, People Magazine reported Thursday.
"The only thing different about me is that I can't breastfeed my baby. But a lot of mothers don't," the magazine quoted him as saying.
It said the girl is Beatie's first child, and he had given birth naturally, not by Caesarean section. Beatie, who sports a beard, was dubbed the 'pregnant man' after appearing on Oprah Winfrey's television talkshow to discuss his pregnancy.
"I feel it's not a male or female desire to have a child. It's a human need. I'm a person and I have the right to have a biological child," he told the chat show queen.
Beatie's unusual situation first became public when he wrote an article in the leading US gay magazine The Advocate in March, entitled "Labor of Love."
"To our neighbors, my wife, Nancy, and I don't appear in the least unusual," he wrote, explaining that his wife was unable to have a child after undergoing a hysterectomy.
So he chose to become pregnant by artificial insemination, he said.
"Our situation sparks legal, political, and social unknowns," Beatie wrote, adding the couple had experienced opposition from health care professionals, friends and family.
One doctor refused to treat the couple, after consulting an ethics board.
"How does it feel to be a pregnant man? Incredible. Despite the fact that my belly is growing with a new life inside me, I am stable and confident being the man that I am," Beatie wrote.
Courtesy of Agence France-Presse - MSN News/Lifestyle
