This is the part where Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives gave a line of demeaning remark on the Filipino Medical Institution. And for that the producer of the show apologized today for that line on the latest episode of the show aired last Sept.30 saying that it was not their intention to disparage the integrity of any aspect of the medical community in the Philippines.
But in my point of view, Teri herself and the writer of the show should apologize also. Teri because she's the one giving the line and she is old enough to know what is racial slur or not. To the writer because he is the one who did the script and the thoughts it generate came from what he thought of us, Filipino.
They both should know that Filipino Medical Professional all over the world are well-respected and highly regarded.
Racial slur is always on the everyday life. We just sometimes not aware that we have offended our fellow human being through our statements in one way or the other. Why can't we just say kind statements rather than those insulting ones? So that everything will be at peace.
I watched last sunday ASAP where beautiful KC Concepcion sang the softer version of "Umbrella" of Rihanna. From that moment on, I am so ecstatic to have it downloaded to my phone and make it as my ringing tone and add it on my playlist to listen just to doze-off in bed and unwind with.
I know that Rihanna's version of Umbrella is kinda hardcore or hip-hop and suddenly i heard it played in my Yahoo Launchcast New Release version the same slower and stripped down version sang by KC. Gosh! It is the version of Mandy Moore who chose to cover Rihanna's 'Umbrella' as part of a recent Pepsi Smash promotion. I love the song. Rihanne did a great job with it but I like Mandy's more.
here's the video:
Yahoo Music has featured a video of Mandy Moore singing "Umbrella," a song originated by Rihanna. You can watch Mandy's version of the song right here:
I think it was last year I read this book and now they made it a movie starring Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer to name a few. I just hope that the movie really complement to the story because its very nice. If you are a reader of Jude Deveraux, Judith McKnight, Barbara Cartland then you will surely fall in love with this book.
Stardust written by Neil Gaiman.Some says that Gaiman translated the japanese version of Princess Mononoke of Miyazaki Hayao into english which is the Stardust. And that Gaiman himself is a fan of Miyazaki. Anyway, Stardust is a fairy tale, adventure-love story not only for kids but also for adults who still have a small child within. A story between a mortal and an ethereal Star and its adventures. Gaiman works it in dazzling ways that will capture you until you flip its final page. 
From the back cover:
Our story begins in Wall, a village at the crossroads bordering Faerie, where the mortal and magical mingle once every nine years in an enchanted meadow to exchange goods and services. When Dunstan Thorn goes to the Faerie market to find a token for his love, a chance encounter with one of the Fair folk changes his life and love...forever.
Eighteen years later when Dunstan's son, Tristran, rashly swears to fetch a fallen star for the village beauty, he embarks on a lover's quest that takes him into the deepest corners of Faerie, where he will find unexpected dangers and temptations, and where he will discover the truth about love...and about his own true nature.
Stardust - list of characters:
Dunstan Thorn, a practical young man
Daisy Hempstock, the girl Dunstan is courting
Mister Bromios, owner of the inn the Seventh Magpie
Bridget Comfrey and Tommy Forester
A flower girl at the Faerie Market, bound with a silver chain
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Tristran Thorn, a odd young man
Louisa Thorn, Tristran's little sister
Victoria Forester, the beautiful girl Tristran is infatuated with
The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold, who throws a topaz-stone
The fighting, living heirs of Stormhold, Lords Primus, Tertius, and Septimus
Three aging women, the Lilim, the witch-queen, seeking to become young
The Star, who breaks her leg, Yvaine
A little hairy man
Mistress Semele, Ditchwater Sal, a harridan traveling in a gypsy wagon
A unicorn
Mister Robert Monday, of the shop Monday and Brown's
What are you waiting for? Grab a copy now! or better yet watch the movie in movie house near you.
fastfact: I love the name of the falling star Yvaine because it is my name also.
Wouldn't it be great if Philippines will have the same service wherein international calls will be charge same as local or domestic long distance? How I wish that private stakeholders will realize to make this happen to our country. what a wishful thinking....but we'll never know right?
For now, only Canada, Mexico and Russia have offered for these kind of services. It was a Vancouver-based company, Eqo Communication who developed a software that can uses the Internet to make cheap calls, locally or abroad.
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