Good Love Gone Bad (The Rihanna-Chris Brown teleserye)

Looks like we will never hear the end of Rihanna & Chris Brown's tumultuous love affair. Their story is like a teleserye unravelling the twists and turns of it's plot. I just hope that this issue gets resolved, and Rihanna should've learned her lesson by now: Since she's older than Chris, she should be the one to "take a bow" from their relationship, like her famous hit song.

Rihanna's hell ride through Hollywood began when she intercepted a booty call to her boyfriend from a rival.

"A three page text message" from a woman Chris Brown had "a previous sexual relationship with" popped up on his cell phone as the singer drove home with Rihanna by his side from a pre-Grammy Awards party.

"A verbal argument ensued" that quickly escalated out of control, with Brown delivering a brutal and bloody beatdown of Rihanna as they hurtled through L.A. in a silver Lamborghini, according to a shocking affidavit.

"Now I'm really going to kill you," Brown screamed as he socked the sultry, 21-year-old singer with his right hand while he kept his left hand on the wheel, prosecutors allege.

"The assault caused [Rihanna's] mouth to fill with blood and blood to spatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle," the papers state.

When Rihanna tried to use his phone to call for help, Brown pulled over and put her in a headlock "and she began to lose consciousness," the court affidavit filed yesterday states.

Desperate to survive, Rihanna fought back and she "began attempting to gouge his eyes in an attempt to free herself."

Brown was quicker.

"Brown bit her left ring and middle fingers and then released her," the papers state. "While Brown continued to punch her, she turned around and placed her back against the passenger door. She brought her knees to her chest, placing her feet against Brown's body and began pushing him away."

Rihanna's ordeal didn't end until she "began screaming for help and Brown exited the vehicle" in the city's tony Hancock Park neighborhood.

By then, Rihanna's face was covered with bruises that would shock and sicken her fans when the police photo leaked out. And the reputation of Brown, a 19-year-old pretty boy crooner, was about to be ruined.

Brown's fists began flying just after 12:25 a.m. on Feb. 8, when Rihanna spotted the flirty text message on Brown's cell from a woman prosecutors did not I.D.

R&B royalty, they were dressed to the nines - he in black leather, she in a strapless gown - and they were heading back from music mogul Clive Davis' bash.

Angry accusations turned into shouts and then screams until Brown had enough and pulled over and tried to kick Rihanna out of the car.

Rihanna was wearing a seat belt, so Brown "shoved her head against the passenger window of the vehicle causing an approximate one inch raised circular contusion," the papers say.

Then it got really ugly.

Rihanna, who court papers identified as Robyn F. - her real name is Robyn Fenty - "turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand.

"I'm going to beat the s--t out of you when we get home," Brown screamed. "You wait and see!"

But he didn't wait to get home and rained down blows on the Barbados-born beauty as he drove.

Trapped, Rihanna grabbed her cell phone and called her personal assistant Jennifer Rosales for help.

"Rosales did not answer the telephone but while her voicemail greeting was playing" Rihanna pretended she was on the line, the affidavit states.

"I'm on my way home," Rihanna said. "Make sure the cops are there when I get there."

Those words were like pouring gasoline on a fire.

"You just did the stupidist thing ever!" Brown exploded. "Now I'm really going to kill you."

Brown, the papers state, "resumed punching Robyn F. and she interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows forward to protect her face."

Still driving, Brown delivered a "barrage of punches" that bruised her arms.

When Rihanna tried to text message another assistant, Melissa Forde, Brown grabbed her cell phone and "threw it out of the window onto an unknown street."

Rihanna then spied Brown's cell phone "sitting in his lap."

"She picked up the cellular phone" but Brown again was quicker.

"Before she could make a call he placed her in a headlock with his right hand," the papers revealed. "Brown pulled Robyn F. close to him and bit her on the left ear. She was able to feel the vehicle swerving from right to left as Brown sped away."

Suddenly, Brown stopped the Lamborghini, turned off the engine, "removed the key from the ignition and sat on it," the papers state. "He then placed her in a headlock positioning the front of her throat between his biceps and forearm."

Then, Brown "began applying pressure."

The alleged attack lasted just minutes and by 12:55 a.m., police - alerted by neighbors who heard her screams - were questioning Rihanna.

Forde told cops that Brown called her at 1 a.m. "as if nothing had happened." She said he hung up after she told him that Rihanna was talking to cops.

Eighteen hours later, Brown finally surrendered.

Chico and Delamar's Daily Top 10: August 26, 2008 → The Top Ten Traffic Moments

Here's another interesting Top 10 topic from Chico and Delamar:


Traffic is the bane of every driver in Metro Manila. From my end of the city, it’s now C5 at any time of the day. The thingamajig they’re constructing at the Kalayaan intersection is driving every driver nuts! And we don’t even know if that monstrosity will even help the traffic situation when it finally gets built. I’ve always said I hated driving. But I guess upon closer inspection, it’s really the traffic that I hate.
August 26, 2008 → The Top Ten Traffic Moments
1. Homer - My lolo was one lucky person. He was stuck in traffic in the northbound lane on the SLEX. Right next to the airport, an airplane overshot the runway and settled on the highway. He was the last car missed by the plane.
2. Kirei - During traffic along EDSA, my best friend and I found ourselves behind a military truck. I waved at the soldiers, smiled, and blew them a kiss. A couple of soldiers waved back while the others smiled. Sobrang hiya ng best friend ko. So I told her, kahit sa ganung paraan man lang, mapabaunan ko sila ng konting saya bago sila sumabak sa digmaan.
3. Specialist - I was along c5 on my way to the office. After the Katipunan flyover, I saw a plastic bag thrown from the shanties. It almost hit the car in front of me. It splattered and I saw that it was filled with human poop.
4. Riverbanks - Our car and the car in front of us were flagged down by an MMDA person each. The car in front sped off after talking to the MMDA, then that guy talked to our MMDA. Apparently, the girl in front was Kris Aquino, and she told the MMDA that we were with her. If that was really her, then thanks, Ms. Kris!
5. Dru - I was listening to my ipod as I crossed the street. Then this truck almost ran me over. When I looked up, it was a truck of condoms!
6. XtraRice - As I was making sabit sa likod ng jeep (I’m a girl), the car right behind me started honking. When I looked, who should it be? My crush.
7. SC - I was stuck in trafic 0n a jeep somewhere in Blumentritt, when a w0man suddenly screamed, her ear bleeding. Apparently may humabl0t ng earrings niya, a guy 0n a bike.
8. Astroboy - I saw this car sticker on a car in fr0nt of me in traffic: "WARNING: children playng outside the car can cause accidents and adults playing inside the car can cause children!"
9. Carlo - When we were stuck in traffic in Cavite, we decided to ask a jeepney driver what was causing the congestion. The driver replied,"Kasi may umano sa ano diyan sa may ano eh."
10. Marcus - One rainy August afternoon in 1998, I left the office in Pasig at 4:30pm and reached Alabang at 5am the next. We spent the whole night crawling in traffic along SLEX.
11. Racer - An MMDA flagged down a friend who was on a motorcycle. My friend said, "Ano pong violation?" The MMDA answered, "Wala naman, pa-angkas lang. Trafik eh."
12. SC - While stuck in traffic in a taxi who happened to be listening to RX, I texted you guys to tell manong driver na pakilakasan ang aircon kasi nagmamantika na ko sa likod. Without talking, he did.
13. SPY Shadow - Our military vicar was apprehended by a highway patrol for beating the red light. But the officer, who was a Catholic, let him go when he recognized the priest, and said "Father, ingat na lang kayo doon sa next intersection kasi hindi po mga Katoliko ang mga assigned doon!"
14. Astroboy - One night, my sister had to take a taxi h0me. Nung malapit na siya, she tapped the driver’s sh0ulder then he screamed! He said after, "Pasensiya na po, 25 years kasi ak0ng driver sa punerarya. Di ako sanay na kinakalabit ng pasahero."
15. Na name - While stuck in traffic on a bridge, may dad suddenly screamed, "May tumalon!" Apparently a lady committed suicide by jumping off.
16. Sayuri - We were not moving along Roxas blvd, when suddenly a motorcade on the other lane stopped right alongside of us. My son rolled down his window to see the commotion, then the limo that the police were escorting rolled down the windows, and who should peek out - Michael Jackson! He handed his sampaguita necklace to my son.
17. Jose de vengenge - One time in a bus, the conductor shouted, "O sige, pasok lang, maluwag yan kasi laging ginagamit!"

Fans stunned by Rihanna-Chris Brown reconciliation

By ReutersFebruary 28, 2009 1:00 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna expressed dismay on Saturday at reports the couple had reunited just three weeks after Brown was alleged to have assaulted her.

Celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly said that the R&B stars were spending time together at the Miami home of hip hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs -- and that Rihanna 's father was supporting her decision.

"I love my daughter with whatever road she takes. I'm behind her win or lose. I will be supportive. If that's the road she wants to choose, I'm behind her," Rihanna 's dad Ronald Fenty told Us Weekly from his Barbados home.

Fans could scarcely believe the news that came a week after a picture, showing the 21-year-old "Umbrella" singer with bruises to her face and swollen lips, was leaked on the Internet.

"All the abusive men are celebrating," Highroller33138 wrote in a posting on the MTV.com website. "It sets a terrible example for women everywhere. Rihanna really disappointed me."

"Stupid, really stupid. ... I hate women like this," wrote ladyofthelake in a posting on TVGuide.com.

On Friday People quoted an unidentified source saying the couple, who had been dating for about a year, were back together.

"They care for each other. While Chris is reflective and saddened about what happened, he is really happy to be with the woman he loves," the source told People.

Representatives of Brown, 19, a clean-cut teen idol whose hits include "Run It!", declined comment on the reports. Rihanna 's publicist did not return calls seeking comment.

Los Angeles prosecutors have yet to decide whether to file charges against Brown after his arrest on February 8 on suspicion of making criminal threats against a woman.

The alleged assault on the eve of the Grammy Awards caused both stars to cancel their scheduled appearances. Brown issued a statement a week after the incident saying he was "sorry and saddened" and seeking counseling.

Hooray for Kate Winslet!

The Top Ten Church Moments Or Quotes (from Chico and Delamar's Daily Top 10)

I love Chico and Delamar! My mornings are not complete if I don't get to listen to their morning radio show Morning Rush on RX93.1. I would like to share with you the best of their Daily top 10, which they always do every morning. Catch Chico and Del every morning 6-10am on RX93.1

The Top Ten Church Moments Or Quotes
1. Em-em Unggoy - A small girl felt sick during mass and felt like throwing up. Her mom told her to go outside. She did and was back feeling better. Mom asked: "Saan ka sumuka?" Girl: "Dun sa gilid, sa box na nakalagay ‘For The Sick’."

2 Ian024 - We had a company anniversary mass. My officemate called me to go down and see the mass because there was an attendance sheet. I got offended by it and stayed in the office.

3. Marcus - Man was praying in church for God to give him P1000. The town mayor who was also in church overheard him and was so moved with pity that he gave the man P500 only which was all he had in his pocket. When the mayor left the man went back to praying: "Lord Salamat po. Pero next time pag bibigyan niyo ko ng pera, wag niyo na po padaanin kay Mayor."

4. Daryl - One time our priest was giving a passionate serm0n about how God doesn’t appr0ve of gays and cohab. Tinginan kami ng mga kabarkada ko (we’re 4 gays and 1 lesbo).

5. Maynman - One time when I was a kid, I insisted on eating candy during mass despite my parents telling me not to. The homily’s message was fittingly about obeying one’s parents. The candy got stuck in my throat and I began to choke. We had to go to the hospital and never finished the mass. Needless to say, I learned my lesson.

6. Astroboy - I read this in our church prayer b0x: "Dear G0d, thanks for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy."

7. Lara - During consecration, when all was quiet after the bell was rang, my 2-year-old sister said loudly, "Hello?"

8. Astroboy - During Sunday school, the kids were asked if there’s a c0mmandment that teaches how to treat their siblings. A little girl answered, "Th0u shall n0t kill?"

9. Dru - When it stopped raining as they left church, my inaanak said, "Naubusan ng tubig si Jesus…"

10. Padpaper - One time the priest made everyone jump in their seats when he said, "Ano ba nangyayari sa society ngayon, puro na lang SECTS, SECTS, SECTS!"

11. Nikki - My dad was in our parish when he noticed an elderly lay minister praying the Stations of the Cross backwards, i.e., from 14th Station to the 1st. My dad said: "Brod, mukhang paatras po ang dasal natin ah?" The lay minister said: "Ay sus! Kaya pala palakas ng palakas si Kristo!"

12. Strangelybeauty - When I was small, I was wondering why a lot of people get sleepy in church. My yaya said that whenever we go to church, there are small devils that pull on our eyelashes.

13. Jose de vengenge - Our pastor said in a sermon that the Olympics sign is satanic & that Christians should not join or even watch it. I walked out.

14. YñaKi- A reminder posted in a church said: "Please don’t leave your valuables unattended. The ones who find it might think its the answer to their prayers!"

15. Astroboy - During a church event, a sign was put near the basket of apples: "1 per person only. God is watching." Someone posted another sign near the basket of pears: "Get as much as you want. God is watching the apples."

16. Alle - At the end of his sermon, our pastor said in closing: "Let us all CLOSE our eyes, and sing the song, ‘OPEN MY EYES LORD’."

17. RhachaeL_Leigh - During the homily, the priest said: "Sige nga, sino dito ang wlang kagalit?" Obviously, everyone kept their hands down except for a 95-year-old lady, who raised her hand. The priest said, "Aba! Gayahin niyo si lola, siya lang ang walang kagalit. Lola, sabihin niyo sa lahat kung bakit wala kayong kagalit?" The lola answered: "Patay na kasi ang mga walanghiya!"

A Stirring Viewpoint on the current economic crisis (taken from Chris Tiu's blog)

One of the few celebrity blogsites I never fail to visit is that of Chris Tiu. Oh boy, the guy can write! I love it when he posts his daily activities, how his day or week went and how appreciative he is of the adulation and the fame that precedes him, and the way he's taking all of that. I also like the fact that he also gives his two cents worth on certain issues, and he also posts very significant articles in his blogs. I really admire Chris because aside from having the 4 B's (brains, beauty, body, breeding) and the money, he is a very down to earth, boy-next-door kind of guy. I would like to share with you his blog post, something that is very significant, especially in today's trying times. Please do visit http://chris-tiu.blogspot.com to read Chris' blogs.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Lee Wei Ling's Thoughts on the current crisis

Here is an article written by Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore leader Lee Kuan Yew, in the Sunday Times in Singapore. Some beautiful insights about the economic crisis and giving it a different perspective. I totally agree with her sentiments.

In 2007, in an end-of-year message to the staff of the National Neuroscience
Institute, I wrote: 'Whilst boom time in the public sector is never as
booming as in the private sector, let us not forget that boom time is
eventually followed by slump time. Slump time in the public sector is always
less painful compared to the private sector.'

Slump time has arrived with a bang.

While I worry about the poorer Singaporeans who will be hit hard, perhaps
this recession has come at an opportune time for many of us. It will give us
an incentive to reconsider our priorities in life.

Decades of the good life have made us soft. The wealthy especially, but also
the middle class in Singapore, have had it so good for so long, what they
once considered luxuries, they now think of as necessities.

A mobile phone, for instance, is now a statement about who you are, not just
a piece of equipment for communication. Hence many people buy the latest
model though their existing mobile phones are still in perfect working
order.

A Mercedes-Benz is no longer adequate as a status symbol. For millionaires
who wish to show the world they have taste, a Ferrari or a Porsche is deemed
more appropriate. The same attitude influences the choice of attire and accessories. I still
find it hard to believe that there are people carrying handbags that cost
more than thrice the monthly income of a bus driver, and many more times
that of the foreign worker labouring in the hot sun, risking his life to
construct luxury condominiums he will never have a chance to live in.
The media encourages and amplifies this ostentatious consumption. Perhaps it
is good to encourage people to spend more because this will prevent the
recession from getting worse. I am not an economist, but wasn't that the
root cause of the current crisis - Americans spending more than they could
afford to?

I am not a particularly spiritual person. I don't believe in the
supernatural and I don't think I have a soul that will survive my death. But
as I view the crass materialism around me, I am reminded of what my mother
once told me: 'Suffering and deprivation is good for the soul.'

My family is not poor, but we have been brought up to be frugal. My parents
and I live in the same house that my paternal grandparents and their
children moved into after World War II in 1945. It is a big house by today's
standards, but it is simple - in fact, almost to the point of being shabby.
Those who see it for the first time are astonished that Minister Mentor Lee
Kuan Yew's home is so humble. But it is a comfortable house, a home we have
got used to. Though it does look shabby compared to the new mansions on our
street, we are not bothered by the comparison.

Most of the world and much of Singapore will lament the economic downturn.
We have been told to tighten our belts. There will undoubtedly be suffering,
which we must try our best to ameliorate.

But I personally think the hard times will hold a timely lesson for many
Singaporeans, especially those born after 1970 who have never lived through
difficult times.
No matter how poor you are in Singapore , the authorities and social groups
do try to ensure you have shelter and food. Nobody starves in Singapore .
Many of those who are currently living in mansions and enjoying a luxurious
lifestyle will probably still be able to do so, even if they might have to
downgrade from wines costing $20,000 a bottle to $10,000 a bottle. They
would hardly notice the difference.
Being wealthy is not a sin. It cannot be in a capitalist market economy.
Enjoying the fruits of one's own labour is one's prerogative and I have no
right to chastise those who choose to live luxuriously.
But if one is blinded by materialism, there would be no end to wanting and
hankering. After the Ferrari, what next? An Aston Martin? After the Hermes
Birkin handbag, what can one upgrade to?

Neither an Aston Martin nor an Hermes Birkin can make us truly happy or
contented. They are like dust, a fog obscuring the true meaning of life, and
can be blown away in the twinkling of an eye.
When the end approaches and we look back on our lives, will we regret the
latest mobile phone or luxury car that we did not acquire? Or would we
prefer to die at peace with ourselves, knowing that we have lived lives
filled with love, friendship and goodwill, that we have helped some of our
fellow voyagers along the way and that we have tried our best to leave this
world a slightly better place than how we found it?
We know which is the correct choice - and it is within our power to make
that choice.

In this new year, burdened as it is with the problems of the year that has
just ended, let us again try to choose wisely.
To a considerable degree, our happiness is within our own control, and we
should not follow the herd blindly.

Frugalista

The global financial crisis is definitely in our midst. Each and every newscast and news articles there is available have nothing to tell us but news about downsizing of companies left and right, mass layoffs happening in every corner of the world, even our own OFW's being sent home from their jobs abroad because of the current crisis. I am so happy that even before the crisis started late last year, I was able to get back into the corporate world (Thank God!) without any hitch, that way I was able to beat the crisis. I was reading the January-February 2009 issue of Preview magazine and it's editor-in-chief Pauline Suaco-Juan discussed about being fashion forward eventhough there is a crisis, and she used the word "frugalista". A frugalista, according to the New York Times, is defined as “a person who lives a frugal lifestyle but stays fashionable and healthy by swapping clothes, buying secondhand, growing own produce, etc.”. And, this term has been certified and is already included in the newer editions of the 2009 Oxford American Dictionary. Wow! A new word to describe people who are still fasyon during times of crisis. I think I should adapt the attitude of being a frugalista. It is an irony for me who loves shopping for clothes, but since we are experiencing uncertain times, I have to tighten my belt a bit. I have been trying, for the longest time, to scour ukay-ukay stores around our dear Metro Manila, but I haven't found the time to go to one. This year will just be the perfect time for me to hit the ukay ukay stores, since I know there are alot of hiden fashion treasures available for me there, all I need is patience and a sense of intuition. I would so love to grow my own veggies and fruits, but the place I live in doesn't give me the luxury of having a lawn for me to do so. In place of that, I'll include vegetables in my daily diet. Frugalista is such a positive word! I do not find the word offensive or something, and I think it's just best that we have to be frugal (after all, it is the root word of frugalista) during these trying times. I encourage everyone to live a frugalista lifestyle! There are just a lot of ways to become one, and we have to start TODAY!