gameshogun.ws’ Game Focus this week is the Free/Libre Open-Source Software or FLOSS game “Secret Maryo Chronicles”. It is a 2D Side-Scroller game inspired by the ever popular “Super Mario Bros.” by Nintendo.

Learn more about SMC just by reading this Game Focus.

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Kosovo declared its independence early this year with the backing of the EU and the US to the objection and consternation of Serbia and Russia.

Yesterday, Russia supported the independence of not one but two breakaway regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and South Ossetia – to the objection and condemnation of the EU and US.

Russia had its tits for EU’s and US’s tat.

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The 37-year-old Grammy-nominated successful songwriter, record producer and singer who has written or co-written many hit songs Kara DioGuardi will be joining Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson as a fourth judge on American Idol Season 8.

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FilipinoWriter.Com is one such enclave that I’ve been regularly visiting since its inception a few years back. A community of wordsmiths both professional and amateur, this niche in cyberspace is a hotbed of talent waiting to erupt, threatening to engulf the mainstream scene and give established writers a run for their money. Consider one of the most popular novellas published in that site:

Judas Priest on a burning bicycle! Okay, so the proposed cover art leaves a lot of room for improvement. In fact, I think it’s about as abominable as an aging, washed-up Thai prostitute getting boned by a mangy Doberman named Rex on streaming video for a few grams of meth. Jeebus, but less excretable artwork have led wretches to the guillotine!

IT GETS WORSE

I received an overseas call from my friend Claire in Manila.  Upset and almost crying, she asked me if I know how she could reach her husband who’s working in the same company with my brother here in Riyadh.  I told her that I will send her a message later with her husband’s company contact number.

That was yesterday.  Until this time, I still don’t know if I should give his number or not.

Mike and Claire have been married for 8 years with 2 kids.  When Mike left to work here in Riyadh almost a year ago, Claire stopped working to personally take care of their kids.  With Mike’s promise of a bulky monthly remittance from this oil- rich country as a Civil Engineer, Claire didn’t hesitate to leave her job to become a full time mom.

But two ago months, I was shocked to hear that Mike wanted to marry another girl.  Later on, he invited me, my husband and my brother to attend their wedding reception in a restaurant near the Phil. Embassy where their wedding took place.  I was not sure how they managed to get “married”. I heard that the “bride” also has a family in Cebu with 4 kids but she’s still proud to “marry” Mike who’s a well known family man too.

Sadly, the Philippine government has been focusing on a massive labor deployment abroad as a major economic strategy of the Philippines, despite the negative social impact to Filipino families.

Several support groups who are helping families of OFW’s have noted an increasing number of complaints against immigrants abandoning their brood- mostly because several OFW’s have gotten involved in illicit affairs with other OFW’s and already have formed new families in their host countries.

Meanwhile, what happens when the OFW family back home stops receiving support from their overseas-based breadwinners for a reason that their parent has engaged with another affair abroad? How many Claire’s, who dream of a better life for her kids, wake up from a nightmare when the man he loves who promised good life for their family abandon them for another woman?

Here in Saudi Arabia, adultery is punishable by death.  Still, countless Filipinos involve themselves with the obscenity.  I hear stories of “couples” who use fake marriage licenses- most of them have their own families in the Philippines.  Some of them admit connivance from some crook Embassy staff forging marriage documents for money.  Other Filipino men convert to Islam to “legalize” their desire to marry other women. Many of these men are convinced with the assumption that Islam is a religion that has introduced polygamy by allowing man to marry more than one wife.  However, they do not follow the rule of Islam which pertains to the religious side of holy matrimony as well as the financial and the social sides. Islam organizes all aspects of life for its followers and not limited only to religious aspect. Thus, full consent is a major corner of the marriage contract in Islam where a wife has full right to refuse a polygamous marriage.

Claire’s story is not new.  Since more than 10 percent of Philippines’ populations are overseas workers, the absence of one parent or both has always created an impact to Filipino children left behind.  Some grandparents become surrogate parents for these children.

Still, some are left among themselves, being forced to early responsibility of “parenting” to their younger siblings. It is a usual case that when an overseas worker acquires a new family in the host country or engages in extramarital affairs, the spouse left behind becomes unfaithful.  In either case, their children suffer from the family’s collapse.  Children become rebellious.  They abhor the idea of their parents’ mere irresponsibility- parents who deprived them of their basic right to a home where their biological parents are united in marriage and in a commitment to support them. In turn, they become socially tormented, and may further become social problems themselves.

The breakup of families and the problems associated with marital discord because of immigration should not be left without a response from the same government who encourages Filipinos to work abroad in order to keep the Philippine economy afloat.  There should be more advocacy efforts from our government to look after the families left behind by OFW’s.  Philippine embassies in host countries should take necessary steps to stop the growing number of illicit affairs among Filipino expatriates.  It is enough for Filipinos to be renowned worldwide for skills, talents, and professionalism.  We should not let some “kabayans” tarnish our image of Filipinos with good family values and strong family ties.

A family is considered the most basic social entity.  How could we expect our society to uphold its dignity if the very basic unit is already disintegrated?

Finally, I’ve decided to send a message to Claire about his husband, Mike.

…what if:

• The event pushes through in the hands of another organizer?
• What if the original organizers had decided to throw in the towel?
• What if the private event now becomes, gasp, public?
• What if your chances of seeing the band you’ve listened to in your youth were given to you at arms reach if only you were to pay for admission?

Sounds impossible? Read the rest of this article at fritzified.com.

I’ve been defying my limit of comic book purchases per week for the last 3 weeks, and it feels so good. I do expect to cut down on some of the titles after Secret Invasion and Final Crisis. I’m starting to really despise big “events”. Bah. Now, onto the reviews!

X-Factor Special: Layla Miller – This one-shot made me regret not picking up the Quicksilver special, thinking that it was just as awesome as this one. Peter David gives us a depressing but oftentimes funny peek into one possible future where Layla has been trapped since Messiah Complex, and it’s a very good read.

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I swear, condom-buying is already as stressful as it is: you have to walk around the store pretending to be buying something totally unrelated, hence you have to pick up random shit like deodorants and paper clips and toenail clippers and toothpaste and merely pretend to stumble upon the condom by accident in case that hot girl you’ve been eying the moment you walked into the store has been looking at you and think that you’re a perv.

Then you have to lug around your totally unnecessary stuff which you will have to shell out a few hundred bucks for, and when the clerk scans your stuff and gets to the condom, she’d guffaw like crazy, point at you, and with her loud loud voice, announce to the entire shop that you just bought a condom, and unbelievable as it sounds because you look a little like John Candy with a creepy pedo-beard, you’re going to get laid. Finally. More »

My hubby is extremely addicted to Kate Perry and her new song entitled I Kissed A Girl. Like any full blooded and straight man, the concept of two women kissing brings him into a frenzy.

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It seems the ordinary round watermelon is getting boring these days. Not satisfied with the square-shaped watermelons that are in the news every summer since several years ago, a few enterprising watermelon growers are out with some weirdly shaped inventions.

(If you’re wondering how it’s done, molds are put around the growing fruits for it to assume whatever shape they want it to be.)

Read more at Nihonzaru.

There is a difference between knowing something about God and knowing God. (20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

A cute mate (my crush before) invited me one saturday night to “chill” at Brews Café in Mango Avenue. He is showing me the place that he used to go and meddled with the live acoustic and/or reggae performance of the band that is a regular in that cafe. Definitely, I gave a thought of coming back on weekends to be one with music of my soul. I find it cool than skinny-dripping wet with party animals in clubhouses.

Lurking around while fantasy-drooled by the lead singer of the acoustic band, came the apple of my eye that night, “Mr. Lonely” ! Yeah, I don’t know his name and don’t have that effort of confidence to ask! He might give his Pseudoname so I’d rather be ready with my Canon cam and wait for some perfect time to capture the “apple”. Click, click, click… I finally hit the spot! Find out who he is at
http://www.obnoxiousqueer.com

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This is entry is like dominated by the male specie as the rants are directed to their wives. So let’s take this in a man’s point of view:

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her. – Sacha Guitry

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can’t face each other, but still they stay together. – Hemant Joshi

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. -Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them. -Dumas

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The great question… which I have not been able to answer… is, “What does a woman want? -Sigmund Freud

Earn cash! Search More Efficiently and Intelligently! Get the Results You Want!

Before you scream, “not another search engine?!” Scour, the months old search engine is really something that you must take notice and even capitalize on just because it offers something NO OTHER search engine does- REWARD its readers! It sounds banal I know but that’s just the best way to put it, you earn points every time you use Scour.

After garnering enough points for doing what you already do daily, Scour will send you a VISA Gift card anywhere you are in the world!

Search + Points= CASH Gift Card. No brainer.

Think Google is the coolest thing ever to come in the Internet? Think again!

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It’s only a 2 minute video I captured and edited but it tells a lot on how the supposed highlight of the event went.

You may view it at http://fritzified.com/2008/08/23/countdown-to-midnight-video-from-the-iphone-3g-philippines-launch/

The Secret Recipe is an award winning global cafe that was first formed more than ten years ago. Although several of its awards include Best Restaurant or Best Casual Dining establishment, the place is more popular for their selection of desserts especially their famous cheesecakes.

Their chosen name makes me think of a homey place that serves comfort food that will make you keep coming back. This thought though stops with the restaurant’s name.

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Below listed are some great songs from Holy Ground Album.

O BROKEN LAMB

ONE TRUE LIVING GOD

RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW

HOLY GROUND (Standing On)

TOUCH OF GRACE

DEEPER, HIGHER, WIDER

MADE UP MIND

I WILL SING

MERCY SAW ME

JOY IN MY HEART

IN HIS PRESENCE

IN THE PRESENCE OF JEHOVAH

SEND IT ON DOWN

 

God Bless you All and Ip ray that you will be blessed thru this songs

Miguel Escueta and his band have  been in the studio working on a repackaged version of his debut album, which he and MCA Music Inc. have decided to call “I AM ME: AMPLIFIED.” It is a double disc series — the new CD contains 5 new songs and 6 videos. It features the carrier track “HANDA”, Miguel’s own rendition of the rock hits “Mr Brightside”,  “Just Like Heaven” and Blue Monday, and his original Balik Simula (Reloaded), plus videos of I AM M.E Amplified Sessions: I AM M.E Launch Video, Falling Away, Isipin, Isipin (Acoustic) and Take Me There.

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Name of Establishment: Gerry’s Grill
Location: Ayala Center Cebu
Types of Food: Grilled and other Filipino dishes
Over-all place: Very Spacious
Ratings (1-5): 5
Other Branch: The Northwing SM City Cebu
Contact: 415-8284 (For delivery service)
E-mail: smcebu@gerrysgrill.com

Cebu has lots of good restaurants to fill my open mouth and hungry stomach. With friends around or just on my own, having access to these food haven is a perfect dome to eat and

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