Win This Battle

Drug addiction has been a blatant problem in the Philippines and it has been for quite a number of years. Thousands of politicians passed away uttering the same statement for this world wide problem but nobody has eliminated it at all. I don’t want to finger point and tell who is right or wrong but what I can tell you is that it only works if there is political, social and cultural will among the people. This is very hard for a third world country; and it goes the same with the US too. I have been an advocate of organizations against drug and substance abuse, the stories behind it would probably change your mind listening to me. It’s okay though because I would not like to go that far in this story.

Laws have been passed, people got jailed and some were lucky enough to go through rehabilitation. There is still stigma on those who do recover from it no matter what we do and how we handle it because we all could not control the mind set of other people. How fast we recover in the addiction and the elimination of a possibility of recurrence is very important to understand. Without the help of professionals and those that have gone through the same ordeal that they have, they probably would have nobody to believe in.

Good thing there are support groups and online communities from the private sector who voluntary handle these things. In The Rooms for example gets people that have faced the addictions head on and survived from it. There are thousands of people who also went through the same problem of addiction and hearing their stories and how they resolved it would definitely give one hopeless person the chance to renew his life. I recommend you visit the Prism Award winning site if you need help and make it at least a place to start. Remember, change CAN begin with you.

Nicole and the VFA

It's time to put my self on the chopping block again and talk about politics, the government and the infamous VFA deal with Nicole... the so called raped girl who later re canted everything else.

First of all, I was thinking about what this could probably cause with the on going case against Daniel Smith, a GI listed personnel who participated in the VFA exercises. Yeah they went to a bar, drank a couple of rounds of alcohol and went out to a motel to get junked. Well that was not the case when they filed it because she cried foul, and said she was raped and forced to have sex without her consent.

This was all a big issue with womens groups, but from a standpoint she might have only lost confidence with the justice system and broke an out of court settlement with the US government. Now she has a new American boyfriend, and she's even living in the US. After years of spending time with this case, I mean who would not lose hope right?

This would really just hurt the ego of womens group who fought for her in the first place. The re cantation did nothing though because it only crushed the hopes of these other women. The whole case has been decided already and the re cantation is just rubbish if you ask me. It all looks fixed and paid for. At least she got something out of the ordeal than do business with this government who never got Daniel Smith in jail.

Do you think its fair? Of course not... nobody said it was anyway!

Making the Band Again!

I was in a band once in college and we did not get through the music industry that much because we only did it for fun and maybe there were only a couple of friends and band enthusiasts that took notice of us. I know how hard it is to get publicized in this industry because I have been there and done that.

We made amends with ourselves and accepted we could not continue anymore because we had our own lives too. We studied and all graduated in our own Engineering fields, now we have our own folks and families to take care of and we still reminisce what we might have been. Today the Internet has been a boundless medium for aspiring artists and music producers who would like to hear something different. I wonder if we tried one more time and got our act together again. If it happened now, would our dreams of getting the band and our music discovered become reality? It's a long shot I know but if you think about it, everybody deserves a second chance. Maybe someday if the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus allow it, they can let us try once again. There are interesting web sites I'll try out soon like YouMusic.com - Got Music? Find Fans! Love Music? Find Talent! They have Music Video and Audio Charts so everyone can see how you fare in the battle. Musicians can also get their Gig schedules, CD Releases, and services publicized because the connection is already there we just need to seize the opportunity and show the world our brand of music.

If this does not work, then maybe we all would realize that we would all have a happy feeling that we have not wasted out time but have done our best. Maybe get an act together and prove that second time is a charm right?!

I wish the band had a reunion too!

MAX AND IAGO : A LOVE STORY

I watched this Portuguese series in youtube and I am kinda hooked on it right now. As absurd as it sounds this is a story between Max and Iago. Yeah you heard it right, its a love story between two guys. I'm not into telenovelas even in local tv, I just happened to find this randomly in youtube when I was browsing yesterday and now I have not left the PC for a minute.

They have a horrible place to start with because Iago had a long list of offenses from the law. Their parents did not approve of it too and they had to go through various hurdles to get accepted in the society and the people they live with. After all that fiasco at home, Iago could not find a job too. He had to steal so they can have money to get away but he was set up by other bandits. A jewlery heist of sorts. Then his mother died while on their last hit. After all that, they became more aloof with Max's parents. They tried to fix it but they ran into trouble as Max got kidnapped. He almost died.

I hope you also watch this series so you can take part on where I got hooked while going my way through youtube... this is something else and I recommend you watch it!