What about "California Gurls?"

I’m supposed to blog about the realities of plastic surgery, the way this procedure impair one’s natural beauty of any age. Evidences are repulsive particularly among celebrities and plastic surgery addicts. I was going to start with Katy Perry’s recent hit “California Gurls.” Apparently, after having viewed the whole video of the song, it hit me that the song itself takes up another issue that may be discussed in depth. In my view, this is not just another record made by a provocative young female making use of her lovely physique to get attention and be able to hit the top charts.

Superficially, the video depicts Katy and a bunch of good-looking young women with shapely curves as plain fixtures to prettify an interesting board game known as Candyland. The lead singer is presented in various settings like licking an ice cream cone, displaying cupcakes on her chest and hovering on a cotton cloud made of candy. She finds herself entrapped within a realm that is dominated by the all-seeing Snoop Dogg.
In the video, he actually controls the dice. As Kate traverses within its walls, she immediately discerned that underneath the sugary, soft, and nice facade, an ominous peril is hidden from view. Cute gummi bears obviously loyal to Snoop Dogg gave her the bad hand sign as candy cane creepers become gliding serpents in sight. In the meantime, Katy frees a number of women from bondage, trapped in different Candyland panache deceptions. In the end, she was able to organize an all-female mercenary armed with aerosolized whipped cream tucked on their breasts. This had wiped out Snoop Dogg and his fallen cohorts. In the process, a lowly credulous gingerbread man got chomped on and ruined by the same females who attempted to salvage him with their hearts and beautiful smiles. Anyway he is a male gingerbread character.

All these illustrate that definitely, the setting in the video is a man’s domain; however, it shows that the girls ought to unite and make use of their brainpower, their assets as well as their sexuality to facilitate success and triumph. With the song alone, it delves on the reality that surviving within a civilization dominated by males, a woman with a lovely physique and charming personality, with a distinctive expression on her face is primarily only perceived as an insignificant sexual toy by the males, who endeavor in enticing the young women by way of sugar-coated misrepresentations. The girls she had to emancipate from entrapment kept in touch with the other young girls who had fallen into the trick and are struggling to escape.

Releasing them, may possibly be seen as a demonstration of the way a woman lends a hand to friends so they too can get out of the trap represented by the emotional agony caused by men. With the organization of female candy fighters, the girls were able to retaliate, at the same time appearing attractive and vulnerable to ensnare the man in, so as to educate them that being an attractive female is not akin to being dim-witted, and may have the capacity to settle scores, which sequentially makes the women in California a remarkable bunch of gorgeous people with perfect tan, locks, and curves, thanks to the breakthroughs in cosmetic surgery.

Rest in peace, Facebook friend...

A friend of a friend in Facebook just died. Checked out the profile and read on the wall, lots of comments saying, “Rest in peace, my friend,” “you’ll be missed,” “this is so sudden,” “our condolences to your family.”…..How weird is that. A popular plastic surgeon in California dies tweeting as his jeep drove off a cliff. What happens to his twitter account then? By the way, just to insert an idea, many people think twitters are self-absorbed and self-centered individuals in need of acceptance, attention, and oh yeah, money. Well, probably; to each his own. Soulja Boy and Kim Kardashian cash in every tweet, raking in ten thousand dollars per tweet. Big deal, anyways that is another matter to focus on.


So, I got this question lingering in mind, will the profiles of the diseased stay on? Usually, all passwords and means to access the profiles are kept in confidentiality known only to the user. However, there are ways for all social network website administrators to have these things kept in their databases. They can retrieve necessary details in order to either delete the account or memorialize the loved one, as the next of kin or lawful representative would wish.

Out of curiosity, I inquired from the FB administrators, since they have been so helpful and keen on addressing a friend’s dilemma when her business profile was hacked recently and had problems accessing her own account. Apart from the fact that they can easily delete the account, they came back with a response that somehow there is a course of action referred to as “memorializing” profiles of people who have passed on. The website administrator would require a documented proof of this bereavement then the profile of the diseased gets cut out of the ‘public search’ results and will cease to turn up in Facebook suggestions. In addition, they seal them off from any imminent log-in efforts of others. However, they may leave the wall open only for family members and friends to pay their respects to a dear friend or family. Morbid? Not necessarily. This is reality.

5,000 Facebook friends? Couldn’t even keep up with one relationship!

Hundreds of people in real life may be difficult for an individual to recall all names even more so in managing this number of personalities. “Dunbar’s Number” by Robin Dunbar, may attest this theory. It asserts that the measurement of that part of the human brain called neocortex, being utilized for thinking and verbalization restricts a person to be able to manage social affiliations of approximately a hundred and fifty friends only, regardless of how outgoing or friendly a person may be. Dunbar was able to come up with this number after accomplishing on his own how many persons he was able to make contact with in a year excluding networking social sites in the Internet. This was followed by an application of the theory by exploring various websites such as Facebook and MySpace. His book regarding this study is on release this year. Based on his findings, the Facebook phenomenon has barely had an effect on the volume of social alliances. As Dunbar is quoted, he said that "the interesting thing is that you can have one thousand five hundred friends but when you actually look at traffic on sites, you see people maintain the same inner circle of around one hundred fifty people that we observe in the real world…" In my observation, people evidently like the status of having hundreds or even thousands of friends but the truth is that they are not likely to be more than any other person’s. Apparently, when it comes to gender, there is a huge dissimilarity. The females are much better at sustaining relations merely by having chitchat with one another, while the males necessitate physical activities to bond together.

#sentisabado ?

What's the #sentisabado phenomenon? Popularized by tonyocruz.com, the most excellent and sharp-witted geeks, techies, professionals and contemporary media dwellers had met via twitter. These tweeps among others had bonded online to come up with a lingering and unsullied reminiscence of the past. Crediting the ingenuity of Pinoys, it is quite realistic to assume that #sentisabado would just be the opening Twitter phenomenon for the twitter world may look ahead to more hashtags and Twitter trends from the Philippines sometime soon. Pinoy punters of Twitter in the Philippines and other places had marked the 4th of September to be #sentisabado Day, with thousands and more of tweets in retrospect to their early days from the seventies to the early part of the nineties. A blogger wrote that Filipinos in the U.S. had made #sentisabado number one in no less than two major cities in the United States. It may be referred to as anything you like, could be a breather, a transitory diversion, but whether #sentisabado is able to quieten Pinoys into disregarding what ought to be done with the existing realities of unpleasant actual events, are greatly mistaken. If anything had been demonstrated, what tweeps had accomplished during the events of Aughust 28 and September 4 was that Pinoys could come together in cyberspace and have a great global chat about anything under the sun.

On "Reaching out: The three movements of spiritual life" by Nouwen

“Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life” by Henri Nouwen, published by Image Books in 1986 is the latest book I read. It offers a modern-day direction towards Christian spiritual quality that provides inspirational articulation to the conventional concepts about love of oneself, of one’s neighbor, and love for God. For the author, genuine spiritual quality entails a regimented progression of extending and then allowing within. This may be applied in the shift from lonesomeness to isolation, finding out the individual’s inner self. In terms of the movement from antagonism to generosity, makes it possible for others to become complete themselves and from illusion to prayer, rising above the sense of conclusiveness in the limited lives of people to discover God in unconditional waiting.
The book conveys much conventional and modern-day insight. However, since no writing is perfect, the unevenness of the text where the external cohesion is inadequate and the overly sentimental usage of diary extractions about his personal experiences mar the entirety of the literature’s valuable parts.
As a concrete response, the daily responsibilities to sustain the lifestyle we choose, sometimes we tend to forget what are most essential. I am not excluded, because I too have become so involved of the demands of life and the daily tasks that need to be accomplished. I am aware that I belong to a society of people and that there is an interaction that occurs on a daily basis, but there comes a point in one’s life when you feel lonely and isolated. This gave me the opportunity to make some introspection about my life, particularly my spirit and Christian faith. In some degree, I have turned out to be a slave of modernism and the capacity to maintain the lifestyle I take pleasure in. I have neglected the Bible as I took notice of it one day in my bookshelf. I wondered when was the last time I had the chance to read a chapter of it. It seemed like long ago when I felt I was veering away from the conventions of my faith. I had opened it again while I was questioning my faith in the midst of loneliness. It was a trying time where things in my life seemed not to work out in so many aspects. I turned the page and landed in the Book of Deuteronomy. I read the passage that said “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not fail you or forsake you, Do not fear or be dismayed. (Deuteronomy 13:8) Like a bolt of lightning I was struck by these words. I knew then, that God was communicating with me and pacifying my spirit and questions of faith.
In my reflection all through reading the book of Nouwen, I felt he was no ordinary man. I have not read about him from the New York Times review nor have I heard of his name among the most popular and affluent preachers, with powerful strings of influence and reach in various levels of society. However, he has written a compelling literature which more positively I acknowledge more than criticize. He may not have the most excellent articulation and writing may not earn him a Nobel Peace Prize, but there is something compelling and sincere beyond the syrupy words. I am just wondering if someone as a firm believer and scholar like him would encounter fits of doubts, what more inexperienced individuals like me. Will Christianity put my life together? Will it give me the grace of satisfaction in my life, which seems to be evading me? If I do not make my life any better and if I will not be able to put it together, does that mean I am not fit to be a Christian? Does this denote the fact that despite any effort I will do, I am not a good Christian?
There is something behind the articulations of the author that seem to answer my queries and doubts. Although I have not met him, his words appear to jump out of the text and speak to me directly that nobody’s life is perfect, not even a devout and scholar. If let’s say my life does not get better or it does not come together as it should be, does not mean I am not a Christian. I have to start thinking selflessly and think of others who are less fortunate than I am. I have to get out of the world and find those who need my help. I will not find the gratification I seek if I concentrate on only myself. I have to begin opening to the world and get out of my comfort zone. Yes, I have been available for family and friends and I have extended for a few people I do not even know personally. But I guess, that should not be enough if I want to seek the essence of my humanity. I believe now that there is so much I still can do for the world and for other people. It would actually be a mutual endeavor where I will find the answers to my quests as well as fulfil my life’s purpose and be able to act as facilitator for other people’s discovery of themselves and their purpose in life. Christianity is not the absolute answer to life’s predicaments. It is a way of life and through it the answers to life’s most significant questions may be recognized.

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