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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but new Weekend writer Cherry Claire Petiluna discovers that there’s more to beauty than just being skin deep.

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Jae Hoon Park whose English name is Jason is a tall bachelor who appears to be quite too young for his 30 years. The

vice-president of LOHAS Cosmetic and Skin Care Clinic in Paseo Saturnino, on the way to Maria Luisa Village in Banilad, Jae hails from South Korea and has been in Cebu for only three months Surprisingly, he is no graduate of either dermatology or cosmetology. He first fell in love with photography and finished a degree in the arts at Jeju Tourism University in Korea. After rendering two years of military service, he had a change of heart. Wanting to be a cabin attendant, he then went to Tamna University for Airline Services. Unable to pursue that dream because according to him, females were more in demand, he decided to join his brother’s company and the rest is beautiful history, if you’ll pardon the pun.

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Jan Cavan is just your average computer geek--or maybe not. That’s because out of the countless web designers based in the Philippines and overseas, only few are worthy of being called diva; fewer, still, can share the stage with design heroes like Doug Bowman—Creative Director of Twitter—in The Future of Web Design, New York.

We have heard many inspiring stories about people and their professional success — some made it big by being assertive and equipped when the opportunities arrive, while some didn’t follow through and ended up settling for mediocrity. In a fast-paced industry like web design and information technology, constant learning is the heart of success. And guess what, everything starts at school.

For Jan, snagging a job that she wanted after graduation was a challenge well met. Back in 2002, she took up the Certified Internet Professional Program (CIPP) in Informatics, Cebu while finishing a degree in a local university.

“I acquired a degree in Computer Engineering. It never had anything to do with web design except that it had this one class that asked us to do a website for our finals, but that’s about it. The core skills that I needed, I learned from the crash courses in web design that I took in Informatics and constant self-study,” she recalls.

She was greeted by success in the form of a dream job offer only three weeks after getting her certificate—this was a job offer she liked.

“I was in a dilemma over two things: pursuing what I wanted to do, or only taking on what seemed available. Prior to graduation, I have already started applying for jobs even if my résumé was practically empty. Most of the time, I knew I wasn’t really going to get the job, and sometimes I had to turn down a full-time position as I was still in school. I still applied and showed up for the interviews anyway just to see how I measured up. Prepping up proved to be really helpful in the end,” said Jan.

Today, Jan works as a web designer—she is a professional blogger, geek, and is the girl behind Dawghouse Design Studio. She is also a User Interface Designer at SendGrid in Los Angeles, California, a cloud-

based Software as a Service (SaaS) that delivers email on behalf of companies to improve the communications with their customers, working on clients like EMI Music, Gowalla, Foursquare, Get Satisfaction, HootSuite, SlideShare and Carbonmade.

Her success started upon completing an online portfolio, which was well received by the design community. It was featured in several online design publications and was later on recognized by magazines and websites overseas.

“I remember walking into Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles and it was so cool to see my name in a magazine where I was featured. Also, my online portfolio doubles as a design blog where I write tutorials and share free resources to the design community, and that definitely helped me establish my name,” she adds.

The web team of US-based Public Broadcasting Service cited her as one of the world’s “Divas of Web Design”. Popular web design blogs such as Indeziner and Line25 have also named her as one of the best female web designers in the world.

When asked if there is a formula to learning the business, as well as graphic and web design techniques, she says that the best way to learn is to teach. “There are lots of talented designers out there, but most of them either excuse themselves as too busy or too afraid to teach what they know.”

After conquering The Future of Web Design in New York, she is now prepping for another international web design conference.

Success is a matter of making the right choices while opportunities abound. Then again, one has to be equipped when the time comes that you are offered a chance to shine.

“Do not lower your goals to the height of your abilities. Instead, heighten your abilities to the level of your goals. Work hard and keep learning new skills. Look for institutions and individuals that could help you in your career, the way Informatics helped me out as I was starting. The web industry is very fast-paced and you can never predict what exactly will happen in the next few years. Just keep on learning. Obsolescence happens the moment you stop learning.”

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“They make me happy,” Jason expresses his filial feelings for the Cebuanos. The seemingly unfading smile on every face of the locals, without a doubt, glued his heart flat out to the place and the people. He has also been especially captivated by the wonderful culture and fascinating dialect, as he incessantly strives to learn everything there is for him to learn. “Gwapa, gwapo” he exclaims, them pointing to our lunch, “Lami,” he says, showing off the few words of Cebuano he has learned.

Asked about LOHAS Cosmetic and Skin Clinic, Jason expounds on their goals:

Redefining beauty.The meaning of beauty has evolved through time.

And so does the mode of its enhancement as it keeps up with the fast pace of technological advancement. What you may think is beautiful now might no longer be, the next time you open your eyes.

The new paradigm of beauty.That is what LOHAS Cosmetic and Skin Care

Clinic aims to bring to the riveting realm of skin care. Giving up the atmosphere of an impersonal and cold medical facility and preferring to present a more relaxing environment for beauty and discovery is their top priority, feeling that good vibes makes for good customers.

What does LOHAS mean? What are the words that best describe the company?

Advocacy. LOHAS stands for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability, adhering to the promotion of healthy living paired with environmental conservation to keep people beautiful, and to uphold life. Treatments are done in the most natural way possible, to lessen the stress one endures when undergoing beauty treatments.

Ahead. It is a foreign branch of LOHAS CheongDam M Skin Clinic, which according to Jason, is known to be one of the finest in Korea. LOHAS is among the first skin clinics in the Philippines that use optimum skin care programs combined with world-class and up-to-date skin technology in the hands of the best professionals.

Dedicated. Excellence is their commitment. LOHAS does not just guarantee ultimate satisfaction with its most effective beauty enhancing treatments, but also promises to constantly bring out what is best from the inside.

Inviting. In May 10, it opened doors to the rather anticipating audience. A step inside LOHAS brings, beyond question, a homey feeling. Every single detail in every corner of the clinic was particularly picked for such welcoming purposes. Wouldn’t you want to come in to a cheerful environment?

Cebu is, indeed, slowly becoming a center for so much beauty-enhancement services. Without question, the warmth of not only the weather, but also it’s folk, and it’s beautiful sights and sounds certainly makes it conducive for everything beautiful. With Jason and LOHAS in the picture, that makes everything twice as attractive.

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At two hours and 16 minutes, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” – the fourth film in the ridiculously successful Disney

franchise – is the shortest in the series. But it still feels overlong and overstuffed: needlessly

convoluted yet, at the same time, phoned-in.And the fact that this one’s in 3-D –

because everything’s in 3-D, silly thing – does nothing to liven up the action. Those three-dimensional digital effects mainly consist of various swords and snakes and such being flung at our faces.

Boo! Did you jump?That’s not to say this summer

behemoth doesn’t have its thrilling moments. Rob Marshall (“Chicago,”

“Nine”) takes over for Gore Verbinski, who directed the first three “Pirates” movies, and his

knack for choreography comes shining through in individual

set pieces. An early chase sequence, in which

Johnny Depp as the randy Capt. Jack Sparrow escapes the clutches of the puffy,

bloviating King George II (Richard Griffiths), is expertly staged. Jack swings from chandeliers and hangs from ropes, straddles moving carriages and steers a cart full of flaming coal, and we’re right there alongside him every breathless step of the way.

Similarly, a nighttime attack by mermaids – beautiful, seductive, deadly mermaids with razor-sharp teeth – provides a jolt. Because what’s hotter than mermaids, except maybe naughty vampire mermaids? And the first time Jack crosses paths (and swords) with his old flame Angelica, played by a spirited Penelope Cruz, it’s in a lengthy, fluid battle across beams and atop barrels. (Oddly, Cruz and Depp, who co-starred together in 2001’s “Blow,” don’t have a whole lot of chemistry once they have to actually stop and talk to each other.)

It’s everything that happens in between, all the chatter and the exposition, that make the latest “Pirates” such a repetitive bore.

Depp’s performance, which seemed like such a free, goofy, inspired bit of work when the first film came out back in 2003, now feels so dialed-down and obvious, it’s as if he could do it in his sleep. With the (unexplained) absence of Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley this time around, Depp’s Sparrow is now front and center – he’s almost the voice of reason – rather than the bejeweled and eyelinered clown riffing in the corner, commenting in the action.

As for the plot – not that it matters, really – this time the script from Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio centers on a search for the fabled Fountain of Youth. Jack has no ship anymore, so when Angelica kidnaps him and drags him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship belonging to the fearsome Blackbeard (a constrained Ian McShane), he’s stuck going along for the ride.

Blackbeard seeks the fountain after receiving a prophecy that he’s going to die in two weeks. But the Spanish are after it, too. And so are the English, led by Jack’s deceitful old nemesis Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush).

Did we mention that there are zombie pirates aboard Blackbeard’s ship? The fact that they’re zombies makes no sense at all – I mean, come on, wouldn’t they be trying to eat the brains of the living pirates at every opportunity? – and feels like yet another attempt to inject arbitrary weirdness in the place of genuine inspiration.

Also on board is a hunky man of faith with just the right amount of facial scruff named Philip (Sam Claflin), who falls for one of the mermaids (Astrid Berges-Frisbey), who’s been taken prisoner because her tears are required to activate the Fountain of Youth waters. (Don’t ask.) Ostensibly, this relationship is intended to replace the young-people-in-love subplot that Bloom and Knightley provided, but it’s so full of banal angst, it feels

a little too much like something you’d see in the “Twilight” series.

But surely that’s coming in the fifth Pirates movie: sexy werewolves. (AP)

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Jumping the Broom“Jumping the Broom” suggests

what it might look like if Nancy Meyers directed a Tyler Perry movie. It’s got all the glossy production values of a Meyers film like “Something’s Gotta Give” or “It’s Complicated”: expensive clothes and expansive houses in the elegantly upscale setting of Martha’s Vineyard. And the ensemble cast, featuring Paula Patton, Laz Alonso and Meagan Good, offers plenty of eye candy. But it also has all the lowbrow humor and high melodrama of a Perry movie, the broad characters and earnest religious fervor, and the same sorts of jarring tonal shifts between those two extremes. (AP)

The Hangover 2It’s hard to imagine a more half-assed

attempt at cashing in a second time than “The Hangover Part II.” Seriously, it feels like the script was pieced together with the help of Mad Libs, with only slightly different and raunchier details replacing those that helped the original “Hangover” from 2009 become the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time (it made more than $467 million worldwide). But so much of the allure of that first film was the novelty of the premise, the unpredictability of the adventures, and the sense that we, too, were wandering in a daze, helping solve the mystery of the debauched night before. (AP)

With the Lady Gaga-market reaching oversaturation, it’s easy to get a sense of fatigue when listening to her latest effort, “Born This Way.”

Delivering her third studio album in just a 3-year span after a nonstop juggernaut that included a seemingly endless tour, hit after hit, countless magazine covers and even social activism, another Gaga offering is a little bit tiring to those who aren’t part of her army of “little monsters.”

It doesn’t help that the standard edition of the album is 17 full-length tracks, clocking in at a little over two hours. A little less than a third of the way through, a “what – there’s more?” feeling starts to sink in, and finishing the album seems to be a daunting task.

But “Born This Way” deserves that listen – again and again and again. Though there are a few songs that miss the mark – the Madonna-rip-off title track, for example – overall, the album, like Gaga, is hard to get out of your conscious.

“I could be girl/ unless you want to be man/ I could be sex/ unless you want to hold hands/ I could be anything/ I could be everything,” coos Gaga on “Government Hooker,” a wicked electro-groove that manages to be more naughty than Rihanna’s

“S&M” without being as explicit. It’s just part of the provocation – both sexual and religious – that Gaga uses to push buttons throughout the album.

Though there are song titles like “Bloody Mary,” “Judas” and “Electric Chapel,” and lyrics tweak conservative mindsets, at its core, “Born This Way” is mostly an album about themes that have been written about from the beginning of pop music – love, lust and acceptance.

“Americano,” with its flamenco-inspired melody, is a love song – it just happens to be about two women. “We can marry, on the West Coast, on a Wednesday,” Gaga sings slyly. “Hair,” like “Born This Way,” is a plea for individual freedom via the follicles – “I don’t want to change, I don’t want to be ashamed, I’m the spirit of my hair ... I am my hair,” she declares on the pop-rock groove, which sounds as if it could have emerged from the soundtrack to a 1980s teen flick.

Much of the music veers from pulsating dance grooves and the retro rock that Gaga showcased on “Fame Monster.” The album’s best track – “You and I” – sounds as if it could be the companion to “Speechless,” another ballad similarly anchored by dominating piano chords.

Lady Gaga, “Born This Way” (Interscope)

CHECK OUT THIS TRACK: Most won’t know what she’s saying, and most won’t care, on “ScheiBe” – the German (or is it gibberish?) that comes out of Gaga’s mouth is still undeniably catchy.

The perfect combination of a mini-PC, media player, and e-reader, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is a powerful entertainment device and business tool. Premium features include a fast processor, a 7-inch touch screen for mobile computing, watching videos, and browsing the Internet, 2 cameras, video chat capabilities, and flexible access to the World Wide Web with 3G or Wi-Fi versions.

Sleek and Beautiful For an ultra rich experience, the Samsung Galaxy Tab

features a 7-inch TFT LCD touchscreen made with scratch- and impact-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass. The stunning 1024 x 600 WSVGA resolution is complemented by greater pixel density, providing a more comfortable reading experience, whether browsing CNN.com or scrolling through your latest e-book.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a true mobile tablet. At only 11.98 millimeters thin, you can put it in your jacket pocket or slip it in your purse, and, weighing in at a feather-light 380 grams, the tablet is suitable for one-handed use. Employing a sleek and clean design, there are only two physical buttons (power button and volume rocker) on the slim tablet. Main functions are accessed via four touch buttons found discretely on the bottom of the front pane, and, apart from a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, mic, speakers, and a MicroSD card slot, the rest of the tablet is rendered smooth.

Power-packed and Feature-rich Powered by Google Android 2.2 (Froyo), the

Samsung Galaxy Tab delivers lightning-fast speed and improved usability. Choose the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3G for anytime, anywhere Internet access through 3G networks. Then, enjoy complete integration with a whole suit of Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google Maps, and access to the Android App Market, which has more than 100,000 useful applications, widgets, and games available to customize your tablet experience. Going beyond mobile computing and entertainment, the Samsung Galaxy 3G supports voice calls, as well.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab supports Adobe Flash Player 10.1, providing an enhanced content experience by allowing access to thousands of websites with complex Flash-based applications and content. In addition, it has flash content support for games, animations, rich Internet

applications (RIAs), data presentations and visualizations, e-commerce, video, music, and more.

For mobile productivity, Samsung Galaxy Tab includes a document creator, editor and viewer for important Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or PDF documents. For all your tablet activities, including watching movies, sharing content, and surfing the Web, there is a super-sized 4,000 mAh Battery that provides ample power.

Connectivity and ultra fun Pick up the Samsung Galaxy Wi-Fi to connect with

friends and family faster and easier. The Samsung Social Hub is a unique application designed to integrate social networking services, messages, personal and business e-mail, calendars, and contacts. Social Hub works with your messaging and contacts to initiate the sending and receiving of information, including e-mail, instant messaging, social network updates, and text messages. Information from web calendars, such as Google Calendar and Facebook, are merged into a single interface for easy organization, too.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab features two cameras: a rear-facing 3MP camera and camcorder and flash, and a front-facing 1.3MP camera and camcorder for video chat. Record vacations, important events, or every day memories. Then, share your videos with other devices through the exclusive AllShare service. AllShare wirelessly shares stored music, pictures, and video to other DLNA home electronics, including HDTVs, monitors, digital cameras, and printers.

For all your homemade videos, photos, files, games, music, and more downloads, the tablet is equipped with 16GB of internal storage, which can be expanded to 32GB of additional storage.

Gaga, who co-wrote every tune on the record and again worked with collaborators such as RedOne and Fernando Garibay, doesn’t show particular musical growth, but establishes a consistency of strong material throughout most of the disc. Lyrically, at times she still perplexes – the whirring “ScheiBe” starts off with German then segues into a female empowerment anthem

– but it’s those bizarre moments that are part of the Gaga-intrigue.

“Born This Way” needs a bit more editing. A smattering of tracks, like “Bad Kids” or “Black Jesus,” could have been left off for a tighter disc. But it doesn’t take away from its strength, and overall, it’s an album that should add to Gaga’s growing status as this generation’s cultural icon. (AP)

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Dozens of top CEOs reveal their candid insights on the keys to effective leadership and the qualities that set high performers apart.

What does it take to reach the top in business and to inspire others? Adam Bryant of The New York Times decided to answer this and other questions by sitting down with more than seventy CEOs and asking them how they do their jobs and the most important lessons they learned as they rose through the ranks. Over the course of extraordinary interviews, they

shared memorable stories and eye-opening insights.

The Corner Office draws together lessons from chief executives such as Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Carol Bartz (Yahoo), Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks), and Alan Mulally (Ford), from which Bryant has crafted an original work that reveals the keys to success in the business world, including the five essential personality traits that all high performers exhibit – qualities that the CEOs themselves value most and that separate the

rising stars from their colleagues. Bryant also demystifies the art of leadership and shows how executives at the top of their game get the most out of others.

Leadership is not a one-size-fits-all skill, and these CEOs offer different perspectives that will help anyone who seeks to be a more effective leader and employee. For aspiring executives – of all ages – The Corner Office offers a path to future success.

by Adam Bryant

The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons froms CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed

One Night Stand with KLKuala Lumpur, also known to many as “KL”, is said to

be the primary go-to place in Malaysia. Not only is it the capital and largest city of this country, it is also home to the tallest twin buildings of the world, The Petronas Towers. For a glimpse of this iconic wonder and more, I rode the 5-hour bus trip from Singapore – anxious yet patiently optimistic like a lover blessed with a small window of time.

Upon first sight, I took KL by the hand and let the conversation flow. I was delighted to find that this huge city is a fascinating mix of the old and new. It’s not so much different from home, really. Well, they’ve got taller buildings and wider spaces, true, but every now and then, you’ll be surprised to hear a familiar word or two, see the same old brands screaming on the streets and malls, even wonder at the same flyovers and wooden houses.

And the people, well, they look just as pretty as us Filipinos, don’t they? In fact, being brown-skinned and no taller than 5’2”, I’m often mistaken for a Malay native. That is, until my half-bemused responses to their “Selamat datang” (Welcome) “Selamat petang” (Good afternoon) or “Terima kasih” (Thank you), give me away as a foreigner.

Strolling along the streets, I took in the sights and malls. From its distinctive cuisine to its towering structures with Moorish, Tudor, Neo-Gothic and Grecian-Spanish architecture, KL has many treasures to offer. For me though, the real gem of KL is a cool, long-haired “TEKSI” driver named Andy, a third generation Malaysian of Indian descent.

You see, I was about ready to brush KL off as just another Manila, when Andy and his spanking “teksi” cruised by, full of tourist brochures, maps and tips on how to experience best his beloved city. With well-

trained drivers like him, no wonder Malaysian tourism is booming. Like a real friend of KL, Andy was only too happy to show off its best side or tourist spots. And so, despite it not being in the itinerary, I found myself taking that 30-minute drive to BATU Caves and more.

Located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves is a limestone hill, said to be around 400 million years old. Rising almost 100 meters above the ground, it has a series of caves and cave temples featuring ornate Hindu shrines, many of which relate to the story of Lord Murugan’s victory over the demon Soorapadam. For the curious, there’s a steep flight of 272 steps leading to the shrine. The site is also well known for its numerous macaque monkeys (scary temple guardians, if you ask me) which visitors feed – sometimes unknowingly too.

The best way to romance the city, Andy says, is atop the famous KL Tower. So there I go on a 52-second elevator ride to what seems like forever. At 276 meters above sea level, the KL Tower Observation Deck makes you fall in love with the city skyline, which you can get to know better via telescope or an audio kit available in 16 languages. You can also purchase a memento at the surrounding souvenir shops.

The KL Tower Terrace features the 1Malaysia Cultural Village, which offers visitors the rare opportunity of a walk-through Malaysia’s unique replicas of traditional ‘kampung’ houses in a village setting. Here, I bonded with ‘My Malaysia’ as it strongly brought back memories of home-- of scenic views, the “Bahay Kubo”, of smooth wooden floors, familiar tools and replicas.

Moving on, no visit is complete – Andy says – without a trip to Bukit Bintang district or Suria KLCC. Apparently, shopping is big in Malaysia, with Kuala Lumpur alone (according to Andy’s handy brochure)

having 66 shopping malls. So, with a familiar Starbucks coffee on hand, I strolled along Suria KLCC, a premier shopping destination in Malaysia due to its location beneath the Petronas Twin Towers. The mouthwatering smell of authentic Malaysian cuisine led me to Madam Kwan’s Café. One of the great pleasures of being in Kuala Lumpur, I find, is being able to savor its local cuisine and delicacies. Their hawker favorites like Curry Laksa (noodles in curry soup with chicken, fresh prawns, bean sprouts); Madam’s specialty of Nasi Bojari (tri-colored rice with assam prawns, beef rendang cooked in exotic herbs and, of course, deep fried chicken); Malaysian Satay with Chinese tea are particularly delicious. Burp away!

Night finally comes and the city dazzles with its fashionable tall buildings partying around town. Designed by what seems like a nice blend of old age colonial and futuristic architects, these skyscrapers strike their best pose in their evening gowns – some with unique skirting, others with layered floors, curves and hats, and mostly decked in glitter and gold. Of course, the most stunning of them all is the Petronas Twin Towers. The sheer size of it is already overwhelming. Add the colors and the lights all the way to its 88th floor, and you could happily stare at it for hours… till dreams take over.

By the break of dawn, I wake up and stand by my hotel room window, watching the sun rise over the towering buildings. They look different, colder somehow, with the new shade of the morning. Sipping on a cup of hot chocolate, I whisper my goodbyes to this sexy city. Dear KL, I can’t promise you I will be back soon as there are more places to see. But definitely, I will remember you fondly, every now and then. (aileen.quijano@gmail.com)

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From the time you carried me in your arms to the times I hold you in mine.

The fulfilling moment I uttered “Pa” to the overwhelming thought that I started calling

you “dad”.Your little girl, I will always be.

Dad, I should let you know I’m growing up faster than you see.

Thank you for being a good parent, strong and wise, this Daddy’s little girl playing with sugar and spice.

Through the times I yell to leave me alone and the times I want to run to you.

I thank God that I have you, and that you’re always there.

I ask you why the skies are blue, or why the moon keeps following me,

I still don’t understand but you explain patiently. I shout “Daddy” when I get a booboo,

you’re my 24/7 doctor.

I asked if you ever cheated in a test when you were in high school

you sang a song, “What do we do when we do not know? Kudigo!

Kudigo!”You’re my no-holiday joker.

To see the faded smiles in your eyes as you go through this pain,

tears fill mine and its not a shame.You can do this,I believe in you.

Ill be with you just as you sit beside me in the dentist’s chair,

ill hold your hand and let’s be fair.I know you’re superman as you always say, but for

nowill just have to be your kryptonite.

Dad, I love you, get well soon.Now I know why the skies are blue, I guess it’s

because I have you.

“Daddy Jing” by Isabella Viktoria Poblete Campos

The world shook with fear when the Malay calendar declared that the world will end on December 21, 2012. Many believed, but most disregarded the statement. But once again, the world shook as Harold Camping, the president of Family Radio, announced that the world will end on May 21, 2011. Has this “prophecy” come true?

According to Harold, the world will receive its judgment on the 21st of May in the year 2011. After making a failed prediction about when the world would end in 1994, which he said was only a miscalculation, you’d think he’d have learned his lesson. But no, he decided to make another prediction, waste thousands of dollars on publicity and earn humiliation. I am writing this article today, May 25, 2011 and it’s obvious the world did not end last May 21. Harold Camping yet again created another bad impression on the masses.

Let me tell you what I was doing on the said Day of the Rapture. I was at home, texting with my friends who were laughing and making jokes about how we would no longer be alive tomorrow, and watching the news. The day ended but still no great

earthquake occurred that broke the ground. On the midnight of May 22, I read that the website of Family Radio was under maintenance which I have not confirmed myself. With this happening, one can ask, “What is this, Harold? Why did it not happen?” Ironically, Family Radio already answered this question long before.

In one of the pages of the website (http://www.familyradio.com/facts/), there were two statements that made me laugh my belly off.

What if May 21 ends and nothing occurs?The Biblical evidence is too overwhelming and

specific to be wrong. Christ’s people can look with great confidence to this date because God promises His “beloved” He will not come upon them as a thief in the night.

God in His mercy has revealed the vital information needed to know the day. Judgment Day on May 21, 2011 will occur because the Bible declares it. Anyone whom God has not saved will arrive at that day with no hope for salvation. God warns simply the “door will be shut.”

Why is there no question now?

In the nineteen years since 1994? was written the biblical evidence for 2011 has greatly solidified. Today there is no longer any question; May 21, 2011 is the day in which Jesus Christ will return.

But it seems now that the said prediction still didn’t happen. And Harold Camping once again declares it to be on the 21st of October. Seriously, what’s up with 21? Expectedly, no one believes him anymore. (Well, maybe his minions from his company who are stupidly running around putting up billboards and doing caravans.)

They are not the only ones that announced specific dates on when the world will end. But simply because of money, this person’s prophecy became widespread. But I can only tell you one thing. No one knows when the world will end. Not a prophet, a millionaire, a priest or a president. We are all just human beings. Only He can tell when he will take what he has given us. Have faith in God, and that’s it.

“However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.”

Matthew 24:36

by Joanne AlbisoRelax, Harold. It’s not the end of the world. LOL.

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1.This narcissistic cartoon character’s catchphrases were “She wants me” and “OOHHhh Mama”, but he was likely more recognizable by his Elvis Presley style voice, his personal attire, and his slicked back blonde hair. He also wears tight black t-shirts, smallish jeans, and sunglasses. Who is he? 2. Which one of Warner Brother’s extremely famous characters once stated, “I shoulda taken that left toin at Albakoykey”? 3. It is a biofilm consisting of large quantities of various bacteria that form on teeth.If not removed regularly, its buildup can lead to dental cavities (caries) or periodontal problems such as gingivitis.

4. “And I don’t know how I knew it/but I knew it somehow/you’re the answer to the questions/no one answered ‘til now.” What is the title of this song that has never been mentioned in the lyrics? 5. The word “avocado” comes from the Spanish word “aguacate” which is derived from the Aztec word “ahuacati” which means what in English? 6. In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband but may only do so with her ______?

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Plymouth Road Runner – Wily E. Coyote had trouble catching up with the cartoon Road Runner, and in real life, racers had the same problem with Plymouth’s version.

American MetalThey’re loud, they’re fast and they’re definitely forces

to be reckoned with, at least in the motoring world. They’re the musclecars, and they’re among the most misunderstood of automobiles everywhere.

Contrary to popular belief, not all American cars are musclecars, and not all musclecars are American. According to Wikipedia, the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “musclecar” as “any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines

designed for high-performance driving”; however, opinions vary on what makes a true musclecar, so we’ll just use the general definition most car guys use: a small or intermediate sized car with a really big V8 engine putting out a lot of horsepower.

The trend started with hot rodders putting big engines into small cars for use in speed-related events, mostly drag racing. Pretty soon, American car companies started producing “turn key” musclecars, with Dodge, Plymouth,

Chrysler, Ford, Chevrolet, Pontiac and American Motors coming up with their own ideas of what musclecars should be. Unlike European performance cars, though, whose designs lean more towards a balance of aesthetics, power and handling, musclecar designers were more concerned with straight-line speed. This was due to the popularity of drag racing among the Americans.

Among the most notable of musclecars are the following:

Oldsmobile Rocket 88 – Cited by most as the original musclecar, the Olds 88 won respect among races for winning most NASCAR races from 1949 to 1951.

Hudson Hornet – It dominated most of the stock car races in the early 1950s, and was immortalized as the Fabulous Hudson Hornet in the movie Cars. Incidentally, the movie Hudson Hornet was actually based on a real Fabulous Hudson Hornet, which raced forom 1951 to 1954.

Chevrolet Chevelle – The first and second generations of the Chevelle proved to be the most popular among hardcore car guys, and with an engine like the 396 cubic-inch Turbo-Jet V8, who wouldn’t fall in love with it?

Ford Torino – Actually an offshoot of the Ford Fairlane, the Ford Torino came into its own when the company gave it the 428-4V Super Cobra Jet (SCJ), a 428 cubic-inch fire-breathing engine, which gave rise to the Ford Cobra (not to be confused with the Cobra produced by Carroll Shelby, which is a totally different car).

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