Happy Halloween

I hope your Halloween is full of treats and less tricks. Enjoy the candy and festivities!

ISIS Desperate, Use condom-bombs to Fight Russian Jets

ISIS has released a video footage showing how they will fight the Russian Jets, using rubber condoms probably supplied by the US. The video is styled like their other propaganda videos with Arabic chanting.

Based on this desperate measures use by ISIS, it seems Russia is having success against ISIS. The video is about 3 minutes  that shows ISIS militants hanging tons of condom bombs onto the ceiling of a room with Arabic graffiti painted on the walls. Then it shows the men sending the balloons into the air hoping it would hit Russian jets. However, it's more than likely to end up blowing their heads up!

Floating City on Clouds in China

Thousands of people in China reported seeing "skyscrapers or city" on the sky. Nope, they are not building artificial land on the sky the people actually experienced a rare type of Mirage called
Fata Morgana. Fata Morgana is an unusual and complex form of superior mirage that is seen in a narrow band right above the horizon.

"Fata Morgana mirages distort the object or objects which they are based on significantly, often such that the object is completely unrecognizable. A Fata Morgana can be seen on land or at sea, in polar regions or in deserts. This kind of mirage can involve almost any kind of distant object, including boats, islands and the coastline." (wikipedia)

"A Fata Morgana is often rapidly changing. The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and erect (right side up) images that are stacked on top of one another. Fata Morgana mirages also show alternating compressed and stretched zones." (wikipedia)

It was captured by a news video and it does look like a huge city with tall skyscrapers floating on the clouds. It was quite amazing.

I hope next time it would look like a scene from the video game Bioshock Infinite.

Miriam Santiago for president 2016

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago announced on Tuesday that she will run for president in the 2016 elections. She said that she will file her certificate of candidacy for the presidency this week.

Santiago said the Philippines will be a better country  if she will become president in the near future.

“If I become president some time in the very near future, this country will be much better than it was before. Today, this country suffers from the malaise of plunder. Plunder is when you look at a person and the person looks at you and you feel like eating each other up. It’s like cancer,” said Santiago, who is currently on medical leave at the Senate for battling Stage 4 lung cancer.

“The one thing bad about cancer is it tends to eat up its neighbor,” she added.

“So we will try to make this country better simply by trusting in the Lord, trusting in yourself—trusting that you yourself may lead in God’s great heaven where we know He loves,” she added.

..... at last someone worth voting for this coming elections.   

NASA: Mars Mystery Solved

NASA to announced a major science finding on Mars. NASA found something on Mars and announced during a scheduled 11:30 a.m. ET press conference at NASA headquarters in Washington.

The participants includes two authors of a paper that claimed images taken from orbit of Mars, they are Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and Alfred McEwen, principal investigator for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

See the picture above, you be the judge on what NASA has discovered.

2015 Forbes 50 Richest in the Philippines

Henry Sy topped the 50 richest person in the Philippines for the 8th straight year. He net worth is at $14.4 billion. Sy also ranked number 73 in Forbes’ “The Richest People in the Planet 2015 list.

The magazine said that his wealth increase because the value of his publicly traded conglomerates has gone up, SM Investments Corporation is up by 17% and SM Prime Holdings is up by 20%.

He also holds a stake in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, a private firm supplying power to the country.

Here are the 10 individuals on top of the “Philippines’ 50 Richest” Forbes’ list with their estimated net worth for 2015:

1. Henry Sy    $14.4 B    90yo    diversified
2. John Gokongwei, Jr.    $5.5 B    88yo    diversified
3. Andrew Tan    $4.5 B    63yo    diversified
4. Lucio Tan    $4.3 B    81yo    diversified
5. Enrique Razon, Jr.    $4.1 B    55yo    ports
6. George Ty    $4 B    82yo    banking
7. Family Aboitiz    $3.6 B    -    Diversified
8. Jaime Zobel de Ayala    $3.5 B    81yo    Diversified
9. David Consunji    $3.2 B    93 yo   construction
10. Tony Tan Caktiong    $2.2 B    62yo    fast food
11. Lucio and Susan Co    $1.7 B    60yo   Retailing
12. Robert Coyiuto, Jr.  $1.6 B 62yo    power
13. Manuel Villar  $1.5 B    $1.5 B    65yo    Real estate   
14. Yap family $1.4 B     $1.4 B    89yo    Banking   
15. Alfredo Yao    $1.3 B    71yo    Diversified
16. Dean Lao    $1.1 B    56yo    chemicals
17. Oscar Lopez    $1 B    85yo    Media
18. Andrew Gotianun    $910 M    87yo    real estate
19. Betty Ang    $905 M    -    Food
20. Roberto Ongpin    $900 M    78yo    Diversified
21. Inigo & Mercedes Zobel    $870 M    59yo    Diversified
22. Vivian Que Azcona    $780 M    -    Retailing
23. Eduardo Cojuangco    $770 M    80yo    Food & drinks
24. Beatrice Campos    $740 M    -    Pharma
25. Ricardo Po family    $640 M    84yo    canned food
26. Jorge Araneta    $560 M    -    Real Estate
27. Carlos Chan    $550 M    74yo    Foods
28. Mariano Tan, Jr.    $520 M    53 yo   Pharmaceuticals
29. Ramon Ang    $510 M    61yo    Diversified
30. Alfonso Yuchengco    $500 M    92yo    Diversified
31. Bienvenido Tantoco, Sr.    $480 M    94 yo   Retailing
32. Manuel Zamora    $450 M    75yo    Mining
33. Concepcion family    $400 M    -    food
34. Edgar Sia    $390 M    38yo    Fast food
35. Frederick Dy    $310 M    60 yo   Banking
36. Jacinto Ng    $275 M    -    Diversified
37. Tomas Alcantara    $270 M    69yo    Diversified
38. Fred Elizalde    $260 M    74yo    media
39. Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, Jr.    $255 M    53yo    Milk
40. Eric Recto    $240 M    52yo    Diversified
41. Philip Ang    $230 M    74yo    Mining
42. Luis Virata    $225 M    61    Mining
43. Jose Antonio    $220 M    68yo    Real estate
44. P.J. Lhuillier    $175 M    -    pawn shops
45. Gilberto Duavit    $170 M    80yo    Media
46. Menardo Jimenez    $165 M    83yo    Media
47. Juliette Romualdez    $160 M    -    Banking
48. Felipe Gozon    $155 M    75 yo   Media
49. Walter Brown    $140 M    76yo    Mining
50. Alfredo Ramos    $120 M    71 yo   Diversified

Source: http://www.forbes.com/philippines-billionaires/list/#tab:overall

OFW Funny Rant on Customs Plan For Strict Checking of Balikbayan Boxes

Dear custom, ito po ay para sa inyo isa po akong ofw na nag travaho sa maliit lang na sahod para lang sa aking pamilya.
Posted by Alpax Enad on Sunday, August 23, 2015

Bureau of Customs Commissioner (BOC) Bert Lina want to implement an stricter measure to check Balikbayan Boxes and tax those package that go above Php10,000. According to BOC, the content in the Balikbayan boxes should be less than P10,000 to be exempted from taxes.

OFWs work for hundred of hours, endure hardship, long hours of work, and abusive bosses just to be able to buy things for their love ones that they put in these boxes. Like Nike shoes for their kids, Spam and sausages, instant noodles, etc. So can understand why the social media light up upon hearing this news from the BOC.

Alpax Enad who is an OFW made a funny video packing goods addressed to the BOC. Check the video above.