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I first knew Michael Jackson when i was 7 or 8 years old. I am a passive admirer of his talent. If you rate me as a fan, I would probably be a 3 out of 10. His dancing just floored me.

When he died I felt a bit of sadness. Tears was in the back of my eyelids, but it did not fall.

Reactions about his death spread around the internet like wildfire. Most of them accolades and sadness, and a number hate and disgust. Saying he was a kiddie fiddler (pedophile). That negative label of him from anti-MJs makes me say my piece.

I don’t believe MJ was a pedophile.

Although, there are a lot of rumors about his sexual orientation, that he is gay. But he is not a pedophile.

He had a deprived childhood. Never fully experienced like normal children do - play, eat, run around. The Neverland Ranch was a testament that he was to continue his childhood as an adult.

The accuser’s father was just intent on milking money from MJ. The father was was allegedly in debt in the thousands of dollars at that time. The media exaggerated headlines that altered people’s assessment of Michael Jackson.

I have a soccer club mate who plays two games, and he is good at both. First, of course is football and other is infidelity.

He is somewhat an asset to the club, football wise that is. Always a first pick when there are soccer games. But i will be talking more of his prowess in infidelity.

There are Sundays when he brings his first girl, and other random Sunday - the second girl.

We also do some futsal (indoor soccer) scrimmages on Fridays. He usually brings the girl number two on that day. Girl number two fully knows her position in his life, and that is number two. But last Friday, on came Girl number one!

Another club mate and I just secretly laugh at the sight.

Right after the game, we saw him and girl number one at an area, both of them had serious look on their faces.

I was thinking, “That would probably be the end of their relationship.”

Then Sunday came for an another futsal game. I saw both the player and girl number one - together!

Boy, he is indeed a good player!

A man thought to have died of a heart attack in a busy street in New York. What’s so sad was nobody noticed him, even the officer who booked the car everyday for parking violation.

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Diversity, the winner of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent. I was impressed by their dancing prowess, but when i saw their act in the finals, i saw something similar steps and moves from another winning dance group called Philippine All Stars.

Copied or inspired?

Diversity’s performance in the finals of BGT:

See the video of Philippine All Stars
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The Filipinos are at it again. I should rephrase that:  “some of the Filipinos” are at it again. Another complaining attitude. This time against Alec Baldwin.

Before Baldwin, there were Teri Hatcher of Desperate Housewives and Chip Tsao, just to name a few.

Filipinos complained after Alec Baldwin said that he will buy a Filipina wife since he is now 51 years old. Filipinos were insulted with his words.

I believe  Americans are more visible targets to insults than Filipinos, and i still have to hear them filing an official complaint.

I hope the Filipinos will learn to eschew the “victim” mentality.

Some people often wonder why the wealthy seem to get wealthier while the poor people gets poorer especially in times of financial crisis.

Poor ones should not always complain about this inevitable truth. Because there are two types of rich people, the good ones and the bad ones.

The bad ones uses connections in the government, giving bribes, selling drugs, doing corruptions, extortion. You could find them a lot in the government and police force. Hahaha!

While the good millionaires just attract money just by using their own wits and wisdom. Economic recession for them is an opportunity to invest or create another business.

This is not to poke fun at these unusual individuals with international caliber talents. But hopefully, you’ll be inspired by them, as i am.

Susan Boyle
Gained instant international fame after appearing in Britain’s Got Talent audition. Although this 47 year old already had her song included in a compilation album back in 1999, but her career never really took off.

During the introduction part in Britain’s Got Talent, the audience laughed at her when she mentioned her age. She even got smirks when she replied, “I’m trying to be a professional singer” at Simon’s “dream” question. But those are really nothing compared to what appeared to be a humiliation done to her in an audition that happened 14 years ago.

Let’s hear her sing:

Mau Marcelo
She is Philippine Idol’s first winner. She received a lot of negative comments because of her looks and her weight. In the Philippine entertainment scene, the ugly talents are good only for comedy shows. But Mau Marcelo’s talent in singing deserves to be known internationally.

Paul Potts
Also a product of Britain’s Got Talent fame. This unassuming man makes me shed bucket of tears every time i watch his videos. He went on to win the 100,000 pound first prize.

This is a guide on how you react when there’s a new insulting article or tv program, movie or show.

I believe there are two types of complaining, the negative and constructive. I will be dealing with the negative one. No person is free from complaining, but minimizing it will do good to one’s physical health and future aspirations.

Be Confident. It’s hard to be confident when you don’t have something to be confident about. Just think of the Americans. They are perhaps the most hated nationality in this planet. You could find hate videos in Youtube, write ups, comments, and all the hate. I still have to hear of Americans asking for help in human rights groups. I still have to find the Americans complaining about a hate article.

Just simply be confident.

Carrie Prejean versus Perez Hilton in a new twist:

Perez Hilton was mad as hell against Miss California for her opinions regarding same sex marriage. Perez Hilton is probably the most popular showbiz blogger, who labeled himself as the “queen of all media.”

Carrie Prejean, the Miss USA candidate was actually hoping that she would not be asked about “gay marriage” issues. But it was like everyone and everything around her was conniving and the question she was trying to avoid was asked by Perez.

In Perez’s blog, she called Prejean as “dumb bitch” and “half a brain” and even said “would have stormed onto the stage and ripped off her tiara if she had won.”

She gave out her opinion, and that’s about it. But not to Perez Hilton.

Perez’s recent entries on his blog were almost about the issue. Either he is really mad or just trying to stir up further controversy to gather more visits to his blog.

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There are three types of Filipinos when it comes to reacting to an insult from a foreigner.

1. The Slave. Filipinos got this attitude during the colonial times of Spain. A slave tend to just absorb verbal insults. They don’t have the will to retaliate or to protest.

2. The Complainers. These are the noisy type of Filipinos. When they feel insulted, they shout back with another invectives to that certain foreigner. You hear or see them in internet forums, out in the streets, or literally filing a formal protest.

3. The Confident. I like these group of Filipinos. They may initially feel insulted when they first hear or read of an offending words. But they just dismiss the insult thereafter. In their mindset is that the insulter could be just envious of the Filipinos skills and achievements.

A guest coordinator of a current events talkshow Media in Focus (ABS-CBN News Channel) contacted me through this blog to invite me to guest on the show. The invite email was sent on April 6, 2009 which also happens to be the day of the taping, but i just opened the email on April 9, the day of the showing. I have about four emals that i use regularly, but i just simply overlooked the email for this Gwapito.com site.

The topic to be discussed on the show was about the “Chip Tsao” issue.

It was a great opportunity missed. There are four things i missed:
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