The War In Gaza Strip and Israel

Thousands of people suffering from wars, why wouldn't they just STOP!

Okay, so here I go now telling you what I think about the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip. Some of my fellow bloggers would not probably discuss this on their site because they’re like 1.) Don’t know much about it or 2.) There are other things to worry about that war in this world… I dare now since I’ve been itching to speak about it since I’ve heard it over CNN.

The Gaza Strip, tanks are already going through towns!

I am no war crime expert, but I’ve weighed the pros and cons of this particular war and why it happened. As a background, let me tell you what happened to my Aunt a few months back as she was part of MAJOR HEADLINES. If you are a follower of my blog, you know that my Aunt Milet was kidnapped by armed men from world renowned terrorists/kidnappers Abu Sayyaf. My Aunt was doing preparations to work for an NGO from Malaysia to help the people of Sulu, Tawi Tawi and Basilan. The surrounding areas and provinces included. She however is Christian in a Muslim centrifuged community so she was treated a little differently (I think) in that part of the world. I hated them (Abu Sayyaf) for doing that to the few people who make life better in the southern Philippines because of the fact that there are only a few of them left. How I wish I could just bomb these terrorists so she could be set free because it was just a BIG nightmare for me and my family. We were merely spectators in this case because we knew how dangerous these men were to start with. People were talked to and arrangements were made so she could be released. Yes ladies and gentlemen, she was weak and suffered a horrible ordeal in the treacherous jungles of Mindanao. She was released on a Friday, November 14, 2008 so thank God! Thank Allah for that! (article about it here)


Now, with that horrible experience from terrorists you should wonder what I would feel about this WHOLE WAR between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. First of all, I hate terrorists because of obvious reasons. Hamas has been launching 30-40 rockets into Israel these past few weeks before these whole ruckus began. The Palestinian authority has a few people working with this group and some who only purely work for the people and the government. They say they are a different entity in the beginning but they never denied that some of them are from Hamas. They were all part of the fight before as we all know. If we want to point an accusing finger WHO IS TO BLAME for this war, it’s a HEADLESS chicken and egg hunt! These factions have been fighting since B.C. and A.D and the 21st century for crying out loud! Now it’s blowing out of proportion because you know both sides could not be handled by the so called super powers of the world and the UN.


Palestinian Authorities were blaming Israel for killing women and children…making them hungry and isolating them. Israel on the other hand blamed Hamas for launching an unending barrage of rockets to southern cities so they have ongoing operations and plans to stop Hamas permanently. Israel was looking like sitting ducks there for a while since they did not do anything in earlier attacks of the same nature. Hamas in this case was just doing too much.

Israel had to defend itself and its people from the terrorists. If the Palestinian authorities could not do anything about their own internal arrangements with these groups that some even call heroes at their homes, then Israel had to go fight them back to make sure their people are safe. The same case would be done here; we need to also get rid of our own terrorists to eliminate this problem. When do you think this would stop though? Israel is also hurting civilians but they are treating them as “needed casualties” for their own concerns. Who is right or wrong in this case? Who is to blame for the hundreds and thousands of people dying and suffering? Something has got to be done because it is just not enough to ask them to stop fighting. You need to weigh both sides before you can put an end to this. First, Palestinian Authorities must take control of their own territory and Hamas. Police their own borders first and stop whatever radical Hamas militants are doing to hurt people in Israel. Then Israel, after making sure that Hamas would stop what they are doing, should also stop their military offensive. They already have their own marked territories, the only thing both sides should do is work the land they are in and get on improving the lives of their people. Israel is getting alienated in that part of the world not just because they are “Christians and Jewish people” but because they are Israelis. Look at the countries around them… they are all super powers too if you ask me. This is just unending, what do you think both sides should do to stop this war and keep it from escalating? Comments are welcome! So go ahead and click the comment box! This is just my opinion, I need to hear what you think.

Bargain Basement Priced UK Domains

You sometimes wonder how expensive it is to maintain a website. You thought everything is free in this cyber world; a statement which you hear from everybody else, but no. Economies have downsized and a lot of corporations are showing their wares so the general public may benefit the low priced services in these hard times. It’s just the rightful thing to do.

I was presented with this problem when I was in college building websites for people and companies. The fact is, domain name registration is very expensive. For a single lad who only had enough money to get within the day, I had to do extra work for other people so I can finance my own projects. I didn’t know much where to get the services because initially I thought these things were provided by local companies. As books came in and the Internet booming in the region, I have harnessed information that there are several options. One of them is http://www.uk-cheapest.co.uk which even provides the domain for free over 2 years if you purchase hosting services from them. Unlike other companies that inconsiderately grabs your money at the first bite; they only charge a few pounds and even register your name with the domain. This proves ownership of the site and is not provided by most third party companies, so if it’s your turn to renew for the service they hold on to you forever. Single click management of your Domain Name Server is also available weather you are with Google.com, Mobile Me or others. Setting up email is a cinch and they even provide this for free. I know a lot of my friends will surely be excited to know about that! Imagine they’ll have their own email addresses spelling my own domain on it!

If I only knew this was available at the time when I was hooking up 4 companies online then I would have recommended their company instead. I’m sure if they’d ask me again, I’ll tell them of someone who doesn’t have hidden charges and not sugarcoat anything just to buy a domain name. If you want true people that tell you they offer no extras to purchase, if they priced correctly and give you the figures upfront; then this site is the best one you can get pound for pound. I strongly recommend their services so you won’t get the feeling I had when I read about them in the web, regret!

Eastern Visayas threatened by Tropical Depression Auring

Ooops! This is the wrong Auring! Hahaha!

It's typhoon time again and the first one to grab the letter "A" this year was "Auring". Definitely the best one for fortune tellers (since they are in a crisis too because the Church said not to believe them) and she is not the one in the picture, she's a typhoon that stood still in Eastern Visayas... it's spinning but not moving! Since Auring is not moving at all it is threatening a couple of provinces in the Visayas region. Millions worth of crops will be affected.

At around 10 PM PAGASA said it's center is around 130KM east of Surigao City.It has sustained winds of around 55 kilometers per hour and moving east-north east in around 7KM per hour...that is just too slow for a typhoon. It is expected to be around 70KM north of Surigao City or south east of Guian, Eastern Samar which I'm worried about because it is prone of landslides.

It's under signal number one in public storm signals together with Northern Samar, Western Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Biliran Island, Camotes Island, Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island and Dinagat Island which mostly have some of the best tourist spots in the country.

I hope everyone get's through this. I pray they would be fine.

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite!

Don't let the bed bugs bite!
Photo by Argonaut

When I was in college, there are times where I had to go to other houses and sleep over because I had a thesis or project I need to finish in a week. I hate doing that because first, I can't sleep because it's not my bed. Aside from that, you'll sometimes get disappointed when you wake up; because something just bit you. For the years that you have been taking care of your skin, it'll just get a big bump that'll get surely infected in a couple of hours. No cream, no medicine would be able to make that subside. I know someone who'll get ugly after that.

You often wonder how people get it. I don't even know but that just made my day when I slept over a friend’s house. Is it because they didn't clean the mattresses too often? Is it because they are not that keen on getting their house fogged? I know for a fact that this friend of mine was a cleaning freak. If I wasn't aware of it, I'm sure I could've thought that he had a disorder of some sort. No matter how clean he was with everything in his house, the fact is; I got bitten.

I actually told them about it too. This friend of mine just got out of bed; and learning about the ordeal I went, he immediately rushed to the room to look at it. Actually, he did not just look at it but he was lifting things and preparing to burn it to the stake. I was surprised about what he wanted to even do at that time; I had to stop him from his impulsive ways. I just can't let him do that to a 12,000 peso bed; throwing it away was not even part of my wildest dreams. It is just too expensive and his mom would probably be the second person to freak out in that same day. I'm not a psychology graduate so it would be difficult to handle really.

If you've got bed bugs in your bed, I read about a simple solution that can take these annoying things away from you. There's a mattress cover made of plastic, which are 100% bug proof that can zip around the outside of it and eliminate the bugs in about 6 months. This has been proven to work in a lot of homes, so why shouldn't we try this one ourselves right? You’ll surely get thanked for saving that expensive major part of the bed, I know I was. Make sure you know this so you’ll get to be the hero too.