Low Pressure Area (LPA) will continue until Thursday - PAGASA

Since the shallow low pressure area was formed, large areas in some part of the Philippines is now affected by low pressure area (LPA) last sighted in distance 200 kilometers east of Surigao City.

According to Samuel Duran of PAGASA forecasting center, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) is the reason why it is still rains in the southern part of Luzon, Northern Mindanao, Eastern Visayas, Kabikolan including Metro Manila.

You can see in the PAGASA sattelite image that the huge amount of clouds around the area can cause flooding.

Due to the large concentration of clouds the people will experience moderate to strong rain in Bicol and Eastern Visayas, while in other areas including Metro Manila there are some cloud formation which can cause a possible light to moderate rain.

The said Low Pressure Area (LPA) may continue until Thursday.

NOKIA Lumia 610 now features Wi-Fi Hotspot

The incredible feature in the upcoming Nokia Lumia 610 has been sighted and that is the ability to use the phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot. Amazing isn't it?

This feature is really great but not a new now that it is added on the cart for the specification of Nokia Lumia 610. This is a great feature for a smartphone now that it is a demand for many internet users today.

In fact, the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature is already a functionality in the Windows Phone Mango on its update. You can check the specification for Windows Phone Mango with its Wi-Fi Hotspot.

But the reason the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature is interesting on the Nokia Lumia 610 is because it is the only Lumia phone as of now that can boast of this feature

Neither the Nokia Lumia 800 nor the Nokia Lumia 710 having it on-board, but of course the Nokia Lumia 610 with this feature is more expensive than other Lumia phones.

It makes us wonder why Nokia would want to keep this feature on its cheaper device and away from those who paid more money for its more expensive handsets.

Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) near Mindanao

MARCH 17, 2012 - PAGASA constantly monitored the spotted Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) approaching our country.

According to the report of PAGASA, the spotted Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) based on satellite and surface data at about 810 kilometers East Southeast of General Santos City (5.0 ° N, 133.0 ° E).

Although their is a small possibility that it will be a storm, it is still a possible effect to those living in the Eastern part of Mindanao in the next few days.

It also said in the report that it has the ability to save more clouds and air because it still in the midst of the sea.

It is estimated that the cloudy firmament in large part of our nation will continue until the next two to three days.

Windows Phone Tango is now 7.5 Refresh!

Finally, the Windows Phone (WP) Tango is named. It will be officially named as 7.5 Refresh.

According Stefania Duico, the lead of Windows Phone Italy, the Windows Phone Tango update will be officially called 7.5 Refresh.

As you probably know, currently WP Mango is called just 7.5 and now the WP Tango was 7.5 Refresh.

Adding the Refresh moniker and not changing the OS version actually makes sense. Though WP Tango or WP 7.5 Refresh is just another configuration of the WP Mango which is called the WP 7.5 the feature is that they lowered the Windows Phone specs and this is their major role and that so less-capable devices could run it (without multi-tasking, live tiles, etc.).

The update will become available for every WP-based smartphone out there later this year. The next major release is Apollo a.k.a. Windows Phone 8. It will probably launch in Q3 this year.

NOKIA 808 PureView - Specifications

NOKIA brought us another generation of camera phones as they bring the NOKIA 808 PureView. The main feature of this gorgeous phone is that it has a 41 MP (38MP effective) camera which can optimize a lot in taking photos.

Also known as NOKIA 808 PureView RM-807 the specifications:


GENERAL:
-2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
-Announced: 2012, February
-Status:          Coming soon. Exp. release 2012, May

BODY:
-Dimensions: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc
-Weight:      169 g

DISPLAY:
-Type :               AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
-Size:          360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density)
-Multitouch: Yes
-Protection :       Corning Gorilla Glass
                        Nokia ClearBlack display

SOUND:
-Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
-Loudspeaker: Yes
-3.5mm jack: Yes

MEMORY:
-Card slot:        microSD, up to 32 GB
-Internal:     16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM

DATA:
-GPRS:     Class 33
-EDGE:       Class 33
-Speed:        HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
-WLAN:       Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
-Bluetooth:     Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
-NFC:         Yes
-USB:          Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA:
-Primary:        41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
-Features:  1/1.2'' sensor size, ND filter, up to 3x loseless digital zoom, geo-tagging, face detection
-Video:        Yes, 1080p@30fps, loseless digital zoom, LED light
-Secondary: Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording

FEATURES:
-OS:           Nokia Belle OS
-CPU :               1.3 GHz ARM 11
-Sensors:        Accelerometer, proximity, compass
-Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
-Browser:         HTML5, Adobe Flash Lite
-Radio:          Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
-GPS:           Yes, with A-GPS support
-Java:                Yes, MIDP 2.1
-Colors:      Black, White, Red
                 - SNS integration
                       - Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
                       - HDMI port
                       - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
                       - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
                       - Voice command/dial
                       - Document viewer
                       - Video/photo editor
                       - Predictive text input
BATTERY:
-Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BV-4D)
-Stand-by: Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)
-Talk time: Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G)

Though NOKIA 808 PureView won an award for this feature, they warned the users that photos may size over 10MB each.

Second Hottest Temperature was Recorded - PAGASA

 On the next days, still expect the hot weather across parts of the Philippines this weekend.

According to PAGASA, expect the hot and humid weather that will strike in Northern Luzon due to the existing high pressure area.

Some part of the Visayas will suffer from the good weather due to no visible clouds.

But the good weather does not affected in some part of Mindanao. It will experience scattered rain in parts of Mindanao due to existing easterlies.

There is no unexpected bad weather coming in the Philippines but rather expect the intense heat of the sun now that we enter the summer season.

The record of PAGASA, it reach to 34.2 degrees Celsius of the temperature in Metro Manila yesterday afternoon which is considered to be the second hottest temperature recorded this year.

Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in Projector - Announce!

FEBRUARY 2012 - For all Samsung Phone lovers out there, get excite now that the MWC 2012 is just about to start and Samsung has already announced a new phone.


At first of what we believe is a long list of phones to come for Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Beam, who has a built-in projector will surely hit the crowd.


The projector uses a 15 lumens lamp that is capable of projecting a 50-inch wide high-definition image, although Samsung does not mention the actual resolution but we could expect more from these.


Other specifications of the Galaxy Beam is that it has a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera, 720p video recording, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 2,000mAh battery and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.


The Samsung Galaxy Beam is sexy with its design but its very own built-in projector is the best feature of this phone.

Panagbenga Festival 2012

February 26, 2012 - Even some celebrities will come and watch the grand float parade of the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City.

Because of this, this gives the audience a dominating crowd and rise up the atmosphere especially when they saw each of their favorite artists.

Riding in a single float, the real life couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera was happy to wave at their crowd were Vice Ganda, Kuya Kim, Anne Curtis, Jhong Hilario and Teddy Corpuz are there.

The people can now go to Athletic Bowl where the best floats will be diplayed for the public to take pictures.

But this night, Session Road is closed for Session Road in Bloom.

TAIWAN - Hit by 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake

February 26, 2012 - Taiwan earthquake caused intense fear for the residents of Kaohsiung, the second-largest city of Taiwan for the 6.0-magnitude felt earthquake before noon today.

Based on a local report, several residents ran out into their buildings for their safety.

Meanwhile, they temporarily disabled the service of high-speed railway and their are reports that some buildings have farctured.

The epicenter of the earthquake is reported four kilometers depth with the distance pf 57 kilometers in the eastern part of the city.

The said earthquake was felt around 10: 34 this morning.

From the U.S. Geological Survey, they recorded the strength of earthquake as magnitude 5.9.

Kaohsiung has estimated more than three million population and the earthquake made these people terrified.

Remember that in 1999, over 2400 people were killed after an earthquake happened to the city for about 7.6-magnitude.

EDSA Revolution - People Power Revolution - February 25

 

 

The People Power Revolution or also known as the EDSA Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986 was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines that occurred in 1983-86.

These series shows how Filipino people are united against regime violence and electoral fraud of the government just for freedom.

This long time demonstration of the Filipino was became successful as former President Ferdinand Marcos was departed and lead the Philippines for the restoration of its democracy.

This is also called the Yellow Revolution as many yellow ribbons are present in these days. Former President Cory Aquino and his husband former Senator Benigno Aquino help and encourage the Filipino to free their country and claim its freedom and democracy.

On February 25, 2011 the Philippines celebrated the 25th anniversary of the People Power Revolution.

Kailangan ko ang tulong ninyo - P-NOY

Today, President Aquino urged the Filipino people to participate in the continuation of established patterns against the EDSA People Power Revolution.

The President made ​​the statement in conjunction with the ceremonial turn-over of 21,000 housing for soldiers in Trece Martirez, Cavite that is part of the commemoration of the anniversary of EDSA People Power.

The President said that although many of the established patterns change, the fight is not yet done according to those events around the environment nowadays.

According to the President, the help of the whole Filipino people is needed in order for those scam people to stop in staying and leeching in our government.

In such programs, President Aquino proudly mentioned that his administration made ​​such arrangements especially among the soldiers.

He also strengthened their ability and arranged the transaction system and use of military funds.

From the past three administrations, P33 billion are jsut used for the AFP Modernization Program while in just over 17 months on the spot, under President Aquino's administration, P28 billion were already used.

All said programs was part of the enthusiastic campaign to obliterate the "kawawang cowboy image" of the soldiers.

At the same time, via video conference the President also made some communication and interaction in Cagayan de Oro City particularly the victims of Typhoon Sendong.

There will also be an EDSA celebration in part of Mindanao where it's initiated by EDSA People Power Commissioner Ogie Alcasid.

"Kailangan ko ang tulong ninyo para tapusin ang labang ito," said President Aquino.

PAGASA - Low Pressure Area (LPA) at Mindanao

PAGASA warned the residents of eastern and southern Mindanao for the incoming rains carried by the detected Low Pressure Area (LPA) near their land.

The Low Pressure Area (LPA) was last seen based on satellite records and surface data at a distance of 230 kilometers at East South East of Hinatuan City (7.8 ° N, 128.5 ° E).

According to Pagasa, the residents must expect for a moderate to heavy rainfall that could deliver flashfloods and landslides.

However, the said Low Pressure Area (LPA) might not become a typhoon.

Meanwhile, almost all parts of our country will have a cloudy weather that might cause a little rainfall until tomorrow.

WHITNEY HOUSTON - Dies at 48

LOS ANGELES - The famous international singer Whitney Houston dies today at the age of 48-years old.


This was confirmed by her representative Kristen Foster, but the cause of death of the singer and where did she died is still a question to everyone though it is still in invistigation.


But based on some sources, they say she died at Beverly Hilton Hotel.


In May 2011, we can remember that the international singer seeks help and aid about its problems with drugs and alcohol.


According to its spokesman, the international singer is in an out-patient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment.


Houston deliberately make herself in the program to support her recovery process.


In 2004, the international singer also entered a rehab and in 2005 Whitney Houston undergo treatment for her condition again.


Among the honors of Houston that she clinched at the time of his record-breaking career were two Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards and 22 American Music Awards.


Whitney Elizabeth Houston born on August 9, 1963 and now dies February 12, 2012 (dated here in the Philippines).


Some of her great songs are "I Will Always Love You," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," "I Have Nothing," "Greatest Love of All," "Where Do Broken Hearst Go," "Did not we almost Have It All " and a lot more.

3G products out of German stores - Apple

Apple has been forced to remove some of its 3G products from the German online stores. This includes the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the 3G version of the iPad 2.

The products are only being pulled from Apple's online store in Germany and the brick and mortar stores will still have them in stock. This is because Motorola only sued the German subsidiary of Apple, which is only in charge of handling the online side of the sales.

FOSS Patent's Florian Mueller says this is due to the injunction won in Manheimm by Motorola against Apple related to the FRAND patent. Coincidentally, Motorola won another permanent injunction against Apple related to iCloud in Germany on the same day but that is a completely different case and not related to these products being pulled from the stores.

Apple, meanwhile can still challenge this decision and get it suspended so that it can appeal in a higher court.
Meanwhile, Apple has won a temporary suspension, which means it can go back to selling the previously pulled products on its online store for now. We are not sure what their next step will be but will keep you informed.

Windows Phone Tango at CES, Windows Phone Apollo announced!

Tango is the next Windows Phone version that will be announced and launched at the upcoming CES 2012 in Las Vegas. It will be demonstrated on the still unannounced Nokia Lumia 719 and Lumia 900 on January 13.

The Tango update is supposed to bring LTE support and smaller resolution displays compatibility.

Furthermore, Windows Phone Apollo - the next major Windows release (codenamed Windows Phone 8), will be announced and launched in mid-June 2012 at the Nokia Connection 2012. The Apollo will bring support for dual-core processors, high-res displays and NFC. It might do some changes on the UI, too.

We should be also getting multiple hi-end Nokia gadgets at the Nokia Connection 2012 including the long-rumored successor of the camera-centric N8 and Nokia's first Windows 8-based tablet.

Obama sends his sympathy

December 20, 2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama now extends his sympathy to the Philippines where some areas are affected by the Typhoon Sendong.

According to Obama, he extends his sympathy with all the people of America to the victims of  the disaster.

"On behalf of the American people, I wish to express my deep condolences for the Tremendous loss of life and devastation caused by recent flooding in the Philippines."

Obama said on behalf of the long friendship between America and the Philippine, they are ready to assist us especially in terms of humanitarian assistance and recovery efforts.

"In the spirit of our long history of friendship and cooperation with the Philippines, the United States stands ready to assist the Philippine Government Should people and humanitarian assistance and recovery efforts be needed," said Obama.

What food you would make if you were hungry, but didn’t want to cook?

Sometimes people are so busy that they couldn’t do other chores in their home like cleaning around especially cooking. I know it’s because of their schedule because they are somewhat workaholic.

When a person can’t do other things because of business, they tend to hire some service to other people. For instance in cleaning, they hire a maid for cleaning chores in the house, they hire a driver for faster and safer transportation, they hire a security guard for security, they hire a cook for their food, etc.

There are many more services to be hired but there are also persons who don’t want to hire someone. They are so busy but still they try and fix those to-do lists. In cooking, a busy person might cook or don’t’ if they are really hungry. A hungry person might cook food which are easy prepare and they are:

Sandwich. If you are hungry but don’t want to cook for food, a sandwich is the best choice to eat. Sandwich is the easiest food you can make if you are really hungry just place something in between two bread loaves or slice and you’re done.

A traditional sandwich is just an arrangement of some spreads (it could be catchup, mustard, cheese, etc.) in between a two slice of loaves. Ham, egg, and patty are also common for the sandwich. Lettuce, tomato, and pickles are also another common spreads for a sandwich.

Making a sandwich is very easy and it will only take just a minute to arrange these ingredients. So if you are really hungry but didn’t want to cook for food, making a sandwich is the best choice.

Cereal. For breakfast, the easiest and fastest way to make food without cooking is cereal. Unlike sandwich, a cereal has fewer ingredients. There are many kinds of cereal like those which are flavoured with chocolate and in bigger forms and those who are in size of grains of wheat.

We all know that to prepare or to cook these cereals you just need a liquid. Milk and hot water are the common for this preparation; milk for those chocolate flavoured cereals and in bigger sizes; hot water for the wheat grain kind of cereal. Just add the two ingredients and you are done.

Making cereal for a meal is very easy and needs a fewer preparation and ingredient. This is also a good choice for those hungry persons who didn’t want to cook for food.

Instant Noodles. These foods are like cereals, you just need a hot water to prepare the food. As easy as it is, you just have to pour the hot water to the noodle and wait for just a minute or two and you are done.

Instant noodles can be very useful in times of hunger. It is also comes with different flavours so that people may enjoy the meal. These flavours are spices that you put together with the hot water and the noodles.

Though instant noodles are one of the easiest foods to make, it is not the best choice for a hungry person to eat because eating instant noodles are not that good for the health of our body. It is not advisable to take in oftentimes but I think that can be a good choice to just feel your stomach for a hungry moment.

Which part of your body can be used to flirt?

When you like a person, you might do things to make him/her notice you. It might be in a good way or in a bad way. In good ways, you might talk to him/her, ask for his/her name, be nice and kind to him/her, etc. In bad ways, behaviour is much undesirable.

Flirting is behaviour of a person in a playfully alluring way. This means that it has something to do with persuading moves and attitudes to attract a person’s attention. It might be in contact physically or mentally as long as there is a connection between the two persons that are participating.

There are many ways to flirt with someone using things that are used in communications. Using these things in communication like phones or internet, the person might persuade his/her partner in a manner of text while in personal, it might be physical contact or through a manner of conversation, signs and signals.

There are people who use not just things but their own body to flirt with someone. These parts of our body are the common parts that we used when we flirt with someone else:

Eyes. Eyes can be very attractive, for me it should be an asset of a person. Eyes can speak though not to say words or phrase to tell you something but it can give you a message or a sign or signal through this eye contact.

A person might flirt using his/her eyes by giving a signal like winking, or an eye contact with or without any conversation between the involved persons. Eye contact is very persuasive for to others, this can mean an appreciation that you wanted to hear more from your partner.

Any means of an eye might be termed as flirting but not all movements or signals that it can made. Sometimes eyes might lie to you even if you’re good at these. Eyes don’t control the whole human body but our mind.

Lips. Unlike eyes that can use by a boy or a girl, lips may not be advisable for boys to use for flirting. Boys do attract on lips, I like them too, and that is why girls used to give glamour to them. Girls used to play with their lips when they are flirting because the attractive portrait of it.

Girls used these as to make a lustful moment to attract persons which they like. They tend to play with it, biting it in usual way to persuade someone. In this way of flirting they could actually succeed for it is a very attractive and persuasive for most boys.

Lips together with a good language and speech might be better. With its beauty plus some body movement, any boy can be attracted to it. This is playful for the girls, and some of girls who really know how to flirt loves to play and used it.

Hands. Hands may ne be attractive if you look through it physically. Its cleanliness and skin beauty might be a good factor to attract any person. Though, most boys don’t see that hands are not that attractive, hands are very useful when used in flirting.

Hands may use in a good way in flirting but sometimes it carries the risk to do bad ways. But, if you really want to attract a person, you will use it in a good conduct. Typically, people don’t use their hands while they are flirting I mean what can you do with your hands? I can just say put them inside your pocket and do some confident ways in flirting.

What things are the most listed in a New Year’s Resolution?

We all know what New Year’s Resolution is, it’s a list of things that we changed and we must do throughout the year. It’s more like a to-do list or just a rules and regulations made by ourselves. And because of that, many New Year’s Resolution was not keep in a year. They thought that these rules were made by themselves and they have also the right to obey or abandon these regulations.

And now for another start of the year, we have already made our own New Year’s Resolution. We have our own changes and rules for ourselves and we all hope that we could keep these promises. But what are the most common things which are listed in a New Year’s Resolution?

Go on a Diet. Maybe most of people who made a New Year’s Resolution have these words in their list. Diet, reduce food taking in, don’t eat too much, don’t eat foods with high cholesterol, eat healthy foods, be a vegetarian, take pills, etc. These are just some examples for the phrase “Go on a Diet” which is in many New Year’s Resolution.

I don’t have any statistics for the population who barely needs a diet but I am sure that it could be such part which means many of us all around the world is in diet. Every year we wish to be a healthy person and so the word diet comes in. That is why it is also a popular word in our list in New Year’s Resolution.

Quit Smoking. Well, it is very alarming for us that smoking is a deadly activity but others seem to have no care about the effect of smoking to their health. Smokers knew about this kind of thing, that they could die because of this deadly habit. Smoking is never easy to stop for a smoker. For many smokers around the world, the two words “Quit smoking” might be in their New Year’s Resolution.

There are many smokers around the world, but only few of them have concern about their health. Nor they had it in their New Year’s Resolution it is hard for them to keep it because smoking for smokers can’t stop for a sudden. But other smokers had their own strategies to stop this bad habit and in that way they can keep their words in their New Year’s resolution.

Change Bad Attitude/Habit. This is the most common things that could be written in every New Year’s Resolution. I will not be a hard-headed person anymore, I will woke up early in the morning, I will do the household chores, I will be a good person to my enemies, I will be helpful to my family, I will carry my own responsibilities, I will not be temperamental anymore, I will not be mad at all small things, I will not, I will not, I will, I will, etc. These are just examples that might be listed in our New Year’s Resolution. Over all, it is for our own improvement and purpose.

There are times that we can’t keep these promises to ourselves throughout the year. Just because it is too hard for us, we forgot about it, etc. How can we earn trust to others if we can’t trust ourselves for these simple things? Bad habits/attitudes are meant to be change and meant to improve not to be worst but to be better.

Before Turning Nighty in (19)

December 19, 2011 – This Monday has the meaning of hard work for this was a very busy day for me. Monday morning was such pleasant because of the good weather. These recent days, the weather was not fine because of Typhoon Sendong but I thank God for the very good weather for the start of the day.

Household chores chased me and that my Mom needs some help for it. The changing of the power outlet bought me some time to make some rest after my breakfast. It was easy for me to do this kind of things because of my course. After changing the power outlet, I was tasked to remove some unnecessary thing under the roof (we don’t have a ceiling). It was easy to remove the wood but I noticed something that is needed to change the place in order use so I ask my Mom what to do about that.

It is a hanger for wet clothes. This is a very tiring thing I say, you will hang up yourself to remove each nails that clipped the hanger. It was hard for me because the thing that keeps me tired is the heat that comes to me by staying just inches under the roof. After removing the hanger, I need to replace its position in a place where it can be used. Now the nailing part is easy for I will not hang my self anymore.

After these tiring businesses, I fall asleep and had a late lunch because of it. My afternoon was meant for updating and fixing some things around my blog and it took me hours to finish. Now I forgot the date that tomorrow (December 20) is my birthday because of this busy day. There are thoughts now that comes to my mind, or maybe I was just too excited for tomorrow. But I’m still glad that Lord made me a very useful person this day.

Now is the last day of being an 18 year old man and tomorrow is another journey for me as a teenager.

Age only means a number and just a numerical value,

Being yourself in all times and ages describe only you;

Time will change and test your personality,

But to live with God is to live in eternity