To begin with, my mind was battling whether I post something about the devastating and the biggest typhoon as of this time or just let other people publish or post stories about it. What made me contemplate about this issue is that I don't want to post situations like these on my blog because not only does it remind me of the said calamity but I do not want to remember it. Yes, I have a hard time in dealing with stuff like that especially death and now that they brought the death rate of an estimate of 10,000 Filipinos, it's what made it a tad harder.

However, since a lot of our kababayans need every bit of help from those who were lucky enough to not experience such devastation, the only help I can extend are my prayers. I think that Filipinos are stereotyped as happy-go-lucky, can weather any storm and still be able to find an inkling of happiness in the worst of the worst. That's the kind of stereotype that I can agree upon and glad to be a part of.

God listens to each of our prayers. Now, I don't know how He does that but like what they say, nothing is impossible with God - and I believe that. Whenever there are situations wherein we prayed but the thing we prayed for did not happen, rest assured that God has other plans that are better.

Pretty sure you've read and heard of iconic Filipino folk singer Freddie Aguilar's new girlfriend because it's literally everywhere. I bet your grandma even knows it.


Apparently, his Lifetime Achievement Award isn't the only one creating a lot of noise. Many people, including the Press, at the Star Awards for Music were eager to know who Freddy Aguilar brought as a date. On that day, he confirmed his relationship with a 16-year-old whom he prefers not to give out the name just yet.

Okay.. I give up! The man is 60-years-old and he's "adopting" this naive little girl to be his girlfriend. She's not even legal to date yet! I mean, who does that? I don't have a problem with May-December relationships because I thought they'd only limit to an age gap of 20. But 44 years? That's like dating your youngest daughter.

While being interviewed, he certainly made a good point by saying:

"The dictionary is not defining love as looking for someone of the same age, religion, lifestyle and race."

But when I realized it was an old man saying that to make his prepubescent girlfriend feel butterflies in her stomach, I cringed the whole time while reading the entire article about it.