I know that I’ve promised you all a happy life… a life of short and sweet blog posts made by Tiff K but due to my too convoluted mind and my inability to cut things short… I have given you some sort of newspaper type headlines for the mass content of my blog post. Because of the vast number of topics, you are free to comment on any one of them and skip and throw the others away. Open those snippets of my life that you are interested in but I will FEATURE A WINNER whoever comments on EVERY SINGLE TOPIC on my post.

I’ll be having a contest soon *sometime in October, okay not that soon then* and you can read more about it in the topic Blogging Success. Who knows, I might give something to the winner here :P So please choose whatever topic you want now and start the presses!

*I’m really sorry to those who hate long blog posts. I could have broken these down to one post a day but I can’t bear to have others miss out commenting on my posts if ever they weren’t given the chance to visit my site. I’ll try to do better :(*

I watched the late former President Cory Aquino’s funeral procession last August 5, 2009. It lasted for 9 hours with the 4 honor guards escorting her casket not moving during the whole period. Discipline at its best. Let me tell you what’s all the hulabaloo about when most of us were just babies during her term.

I was born on June 5, 1990, the 4th year of her term as president and I had no ability to create lasting memories yet so I didn’t understand what was happening. I only had to confide with my parents who for some reason weren’t sharing the same enthusiasm as the others. Why didn’t they want to go to the burial of Corazon Aquino despite the weather? Surely it would have been great to have been a part of history and march along with the hundreds and thousands (est 200thousand people but I think it’s close to 500 thousand) of people. But I realized that during her term, 7 coup attempts were made, blackouts were prominent (VERY they stressed) and investors backed away from our country during her term. It wasn’t even that good then, so WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?

Thank you for the images!

Freedom. That’s what. and humility and faith.

For those who are not familiar with Philippines history, Ferdinand Marcos was the president before Aquino and his reign of 21 years (1965-1986) of presidency brought economic success but corruption at the same time. The Marcoses (especially his wife Imelda) were notorious for spending the national treasury (our frigging MONEY!) for their own use and they used this to excel in arts thus the many concerts and theatres here. When Martial Law was declared on 1972, the dark ages for the Philippines occurred because of the lack of democracy and human rights. People were scared… people died… people got killed… Who was to step up and fight against this corrupt family?

Benigno Aquino became the symbol of hope for the people when he decided to fight the Marcoses but alas, he was soon assassinated (by Imelada they say!) and the nation was in uproar. Corazon *Cory* Aquino, the widow was then looked up to by the people as the next successor. Doubt formulated in her heart and she sought faith and guidance in the Lord. It took 20+ hours of praying when she finally decided to run against Marcos.

Thus the famous 1986 EDSA Revolution began. It was the first successful peaceful revolt the whole world has seen. Hundreds of Thousands of men and women and children, nuns and priests, soldiers, marched into the streets to EDSA and fought the government not with sticks and stones, but armed with rosaries and prayers and blessings. Mrs. Aquino led this huge revolt to a victory that the Filipinos had not tasted ever since the revolution against the Spaniards in 1898. FREEDOM WAS REGAINED! Yellow was the Aquinos color and the L-shape hand signal stood for Liberty.

She was a symbol of hope for the people. She became a sort of ‘Mother’ for the country and even after her term, she continued being present in politics with her moral guidance and faith. She was there when EDSA Revoltion II happened. She immortalized the Philippines in the textbooks of the world. With her unwavering faith, she survived the 7 coup attempts and never backed down from her position as president. She did not become a Marcos.

We owe our freedom to the one who stepped up and that is the late President. It is so important to know the meaning and significance of the procession and death of Cory because I am sure that young ones would not understand it. Why, they would also ask, is she so important. We have lost someone great to us and we might not see another one like her in our generation. As I watched the rites last August 5, I couldn’t help but feel gratitude for even just a moment. It was a very heartfelt funeral and procession. I leave you guys now with a endearing Filipino song ‘Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo’ (The Gift of the Filipinos to the World) sung by the Apo Hiking and Leah Salonga and other Filipino artists. My favorite song of the day….

You will be forever remembered Tita (Aunt in Filipino) Cory… (she died due to cardiac arrest and suffered colon cancer, a similar fate of my grade school friend )Thank you for reading, you may stop now and comment or read the other parts

I FINALLY GOT TO EAT KRISPY KREME!! :P Now that I’m offically a hundred percent well, I could finally dig in to my favorite doughnuts and further eat bad and fatty foods! Oh how wonderful life is right? But sadly dad got gout in his knee and he couldn’t do my Krispy Kreme photo shoot entry now…

I was supposed to blog this last Sunday but I couldn’t conjure the right words for this event. Last Sunday, I was able to attend the exposure trip to Bilibid Prison.

Why did I go? I received letter from a US inmate around 2 years ago. I received a letter addressed to me (HOW THE HECK DID HE GET MY ADDRESS AND NAME????!!!) and how he wanted me to write back and that he wanted a friend. He paid dearly for his sins and other things I forgot. Dad wanted me to write back but mum refused. I wasn’t able to…. so.. I sort of thought that this would be a help.. in some way

So now I could do something. Do one of the beatitudes of the Lord “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” I took this opportunity and had the most unique experiences of my life!

I never knew that Bilibid prison…looked more like a village than anything else. They had tennis courts, classrooms, library room, recreational centers (of course the conditions aof these are not that good..) Inmates are required to retake or take high school and college degrees (they only teach Marketing Management). They are actually quite talented people as they have a band with AWESOME vocals (they sang Bohemian Rhapsody for crying out loud), and they have a College Guild Choir and acting chops too!

These people may seem happy though… but once I got to interact with them one on one… you realize that spending 15 years here isn’t exactly what they want… as the speaker said, nobody ever wished to do something end up in prison bars. They’re trying to reform and they’re finding new ways of livelihood through crafts. I bouhgt a handmade scented candle with an image of Mother Mary and a shirt! Love it! There are plenty more, like ships in the bottle, plastic bottle-made decorations and plants, paintings and more!

These people cry… almost every night and ask pardon for their wrongdoings. I do hope that they are really sincere… that they have changed. I actually believe that people living outside bars are scarier than those inside. Or maybe an average Joe is the most likely person who can become a wrongdoer but I hope not… i hope not…

No pics allowed inside the prison (actually no gadgets allowed) so I leave you with a funny segment of a Filipino comedian (he speaks that way for effect and comedy. lolz) and his tour in Bilibid. It’s in English so you guys can all watch it! :P

I also saw a dude doing a suicide attempt on the way home that day… He was climbing and already at the top of a 20 meter high lamp post at the bridge and firefighters were trying to convince him to go down. Ambulances were there too… I sincerely hope he didn’t push through with it…

I’m so happy with my blogging advertisements! I have earned over 1/3 of my 222$ in paypal in the last 3 months! Take note that I have started earning money through mylot and smorty in the beginning way back in 2007 I think so earning money online is no laughing matter. It’s hardwork and dedication so you really got to mean it when you want to earn.

I’m saving this for a rainy day and for my junior term abroad which I hope to be in Europe! By this time next year, I hope that I could be in France or wherever. Japan is my second option I hope that all goes well!

I also reactivated my Tumblr account! It’s got a new and cleaner layout and comments have been enabled once again! This is actually sort of a collection of the quirky things I find in the internet. Maybe I’d scrap Around the Web-iverse with Tiff K and just place them all here. I will also include my dream journals here. This will hopefully be updated everyday. Pls visit and comment!

I’d like to feature a post about my dream 2 days ago. Really…. it was… breathtaking and horrifying at the SAME time!

I also have new updates for my MOVIE BLOG! Check out the New Lovely Bones trailer and Where the Wild Things Are Trailer! Both are visually breath-taking and have great story telling. Definitely my must see movies!

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I told you a few posts ago about my obsession with Harry Potter right? Well I took that to new heights and I spent one half day browsing over ebay and etsy looking for the cutest and most interesting charms, apparel, accessories. And was I successful in my finds? Well since I do have a bit money to spare (check my money part of the blog post), check these awesome finds that I plan to add to my wishlist or buy :P *click image to go to shop*

This is what I have been lusting after the most and then somebody had to push the BUY NOW button and bought it for 38$! I had it at 11$ already and was going to get a bargain. This absolutely sucks. Does anybody know where I can get one like this?

I also ordered some stuff from Eryn who did Kym’s super cute bee charm!! Guess what I ordered lolz hehe Can’t wait to get it! :P Here’s are her charms. Kawaii!