TAR 8 SpOiLeRs...

the two time emmy award winning reality show is back and this time, instead of the usual teams of two it will be a team compose of four family members... the theme of this season is like a once in a lifetime family vacation and an educational tour combined...

because this season includes young participants (the youngest is an 8 year old boy), the course of the race was rumored to be shortened... instead of treking the whole world, the race is set only in some parts of North America... here are the rumored locations: US (New York, New Jersery, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, Montana, Florida) Canada, Panama and Belize... it was also rumored that the race occured last july and lasted approximately 30 days...

the amzaing race 8: family edition is scheduled to air on September 28 (Wednesday) Philippine Time at 9:00 am (live) and at 7:00 p.m. (primetime) on studio 23... visit The Amazing Race 8 official site for news and updates about the race...

rOcKsTaR INXS...

after nearly 3 months of competition... a new rockstar was born... after his stellar performance yesterday... J.D. Fortune (right) was chosen as the new lead vocalist of the world renowed Australian rock band... INXS...

it's just so sad that my bet Mig Ayesha (bottom pic, left), an Australian music artist with a Filipino blood, lost... although he consistently won the votes of the "Rockstar INXS" viewers for the past episodes, he just couldn't pull it off in the finale... in fact, he was the first one to be eliminated among the three finalists... surprising? not really... because both Marty (bottom pic, middle) and J.D. (bottom pic, right) performed magnificently and with a lot of style unlike Mig, who opted to sing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody to prove INXS that he has already moved on from his theatrical past, unfortunately came up with a performance that sounded like it was too practiced...

well i guess, just like other people think, Mig is better off in broadway acts... maybe he's just not destined to become an instant rockstar...

sUrViVoR gUaTeMaLa...

torches had bin lit... the immunity idol is up for grabs again... the game is on... 18 new castaways are forced to uncover and utilize the mysterious culture of the once great Mayans for them to outwit, outplay, and outlast the treacherous jungle of Guatemala...

this season promises to be much tougher and much harder as compared to the past 10 seasons... and to prove it once and for all... the very first challenge of the castaways is a grueling 11 mile hike through the dangerous jungle of Guatemala going to their camp...

one of the surprises this season is the participation of two past Survivor contestants... Stephenie and Bobby Jon, both coming from Survivor Palau... although both of them came from the loosing tribe of Ulong, they have proven to be one of the fiercest survivor ever played the game... they are assigned to separate tribes, Stephenie to Yaxha and Bobby Jon to Nakum, both are expected to become a great asset to their respective tribes not only because of their experience but mainly because of the strength and determination they posses...

gAiN aFtEr LoSs...

as expected... our team lost the Toyota Vios IMC Challenge... hehehe... i guess, the 5 teams who advanced to the finals did a hell of a job to make their respective IMC plans a very unique and a very creative one...

athough we lost this contest, still, it really benefited me a lot because... (1) it served as my simulation for my future career, because i've experienced working and teaming up with people whom i barely even know... (2) i've experienced working under time pressure... imagine, working straight from 12 nn - 7 am just to meet the deadline... and of course (3) i've met new friends of which i consider the best reward i got from this competition...

mYsTeRiOuS oRb...

This photo was taken before our Interview with our Dean... It was shot in front of the Deans Office and behind us is a stairway... Notice the mysterious orb in this picture (top-middle)??? What does it signify??? Is it some sort of an unknown element or entity??? Some websites like SFOGS (Singapore First Online Ghost Stories) posts more pictures that have this kind of orb... they say that these orbs are lost souls who roam around us...

I suddenly remembered a ghost story about this location (NRH building)... some say that a ghost of a student is frequently seen roaming around the 2nd floor corridor of this building and sometimes in the stairway heading to the library... Does this orb represent the ghost of that student?