If you’re driving at 80 kilometers per hour on the streets and you’re 24 years old, you’re holding on for dear life. If you’re driving at 120 kph on a four-laned road, then you could be caught for street racing.

“Racing around any street without a race track is street racing. Unless you have a race track, then that’s drag racing.” Mike Padero, part owner of Prodrive Racing shop in Camamanan, and of Cagayan de Oro descent, explained the difference. He was referring to the number of cars that line up every weekend at Gusa highway whose drivers are challenging each other on who’s the fastest at street racing.

But any racer always has to start with street racing because that is when he will test his skills, the speed capabilities of his vehicle, and the endurance of both. When your car has turbo charged engines, seatbelts and the steering wheel’s laid bare plus a dashboard that has been stripped out to reduce weight and make the cars more aerodynamic, then you can take drag racing to the next level.

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YouTube, the video-sharing website owned by Google has been banned in Thailand because it had a video of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyade in a very disrespectful image. The 44 second clip shows the monarch under a picture of a woman’s feet dancing to Thailand’s national anthem [story here]. Thailand government then took offense and over the helm of blocking the popular website for the second time thinking that the block will lessen the sting of the insult. Although right now the video can no longer be viewed online at YouTube, Thailand still refuses to lift the ban.

King Bhumibol Adulyade

Thais scoffed at free speech claiming that the video is an open subject for discrimination considering that criticizing royalty is in turn a crime punishable by up to 15 years in jail. The internet is vulnerable in Thailand .. yet so it is also vulnerable to everybody especially when ridicule is the subject. Any public figure is always the subject for ridicule. It goes along with the whole package of being a public figurine. Blocking won’t stop people from googling the video and reproducing copies. They even created Delutube, another website that allows you to view deleted YouTube files. Why the government stripped Thailand of a mise-en-scène that can offer them an alternate voice is beyond me. Globalization. Accept it.

Thailand might just as well throw in the towel. The online community is bigger than her. And some communities just don’t care shit about religion, reverence to a demi-God slash King, and propriety. If they censor the internet because of that, what do you call the anathema of political websites or insurgencies or even anything related to the military junta by them? Respect for Thailand’s stance on deleting the video because of a very high regard to royalty drew some flak because of that.

The fulcrum is that even if free speech entails responsbility and respect, it is mightier than any blockage held by a powerful monarch. Kill a journalist and his story will live.

Mashable has had people guessing which country will block YouTube next. Our Third World Philly will not be on that list.

a screenshot of YouTube from yahoo photos

He could just have had any sexual relationship with anyone. Any woman could just have claimed James Yap as the father of her baby or deny it.

Would you deny having sex with him?

Poor Kris. Listen to Oprah and read this. Idol ko pa naman siya. I recently found out my teammate is pregnant. When asked who’s the daddy – without hesitation, “James Yap!”

I’ve searched the internet for this. FINALLY. The search was tedious. The toil worth it.

KINGDOM OF PRETTY

Bonnie Bailey  

STROLLIN THROUGH ELYSIAN FIELDS WITH YOU
OUR LUSH FIRST HYPNOTIC PHASE COOING WORDS
MELTIN ICE GLACIERS KEEP ME TURNING TO THE NEXT PAGE
YOU FEEL FAMILIAR A COMFORT THAT COMES WITH YEAR
SPARKLES FLUSH MY SKIN EYES SWELL UP IN TEARS
AS I TRACE YOUR FOOTSTEPS AROUND THE WORLD CRUSHIN OVER YOU LIKE A LITTLE GIRL
I FLUTTER AMONG THE BUTTERFLIES  CHORUS

EVERDAY IS OUR FIRST TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW
AS COMPELLING AS YOU ARE TO ME I AM TO YOU
CURIOSITY HAS ME PEEKING THROUGH YOUR KINGDOM OF PRETTY
A FORMLESS FLOW A MAGICAL SYMPHONY CONSUMED BY THE FRAGRANT POSSIBILITIES
CURIOSITY HAS ME PEEKING THROUGH YOUR KINGDOM OF PRETTY

YOU’RE SO PRETTY   YOU’RE SO PRETTY

Heighten Pinoy pride by wearing the Yabang Pinoy braided band.

By buying, you are actually giving away to the Children’s Environmental Awareness and Action Foundation (CEAAF).

In Cebu, these bands are for sale in:

ISLANDS SOUVENIRS – AYALA CENTER CEBU

Second Floor

ISLANDS SOUVENIRS – ROBINSONS PLACE CEBU

Ground Floor

ISLANDS SOUVENIRS – SM CITY CEBU

Ground Floor

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To all women in the world, we have everrry chance to be on ANY cover of any CALENDAR or MAGAZINE. They’d just crop our sides to whittle the waist, smooth color to even out skin tone, brighten our teeth and make us look like the Goddesses that we are.

Take Angelica Panganiban, for example. (aww… sweet face)

Her pictures elicited violent reactions nationwide and the ruckus was entirely due to the obvious niceties of digital enhancement done to the pictures themselves. Observe the actual pictures and compare them with the dressing room pics.

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My apartment is situated at the heart of the city. To be specific, it is near the red light district cause that’s where the Cebuanos’ heart is. Ü At past midnight, it is normal to see the streets filled with cars from the number of strip clubs that are lined up near the highway and the numerous pimps and call girls stationed at their designated posts.

Since my work is at 1am, and I am referring to my normal job in PS, I leave the house at 12am and hail a cab outside.

In a span of 10-30 minutes waiting, a lot can happen. Everyday.

A car usually stops by, a window is rolled down and a face that is hardly discernible goes, “Hi, babe.” I smirk, walk a few steps and turn away.

Or a car was persistent and followed me where I went. I shook my head and politely said, “No,” while muttering “Go away,” under my breath.

Or a black Crosswind turned around in circles and the driver shouted ‘psst’ until I gave him the finger and he stopped and asked, “Where can I take you?” between ragged breaths. Even if I’m running late, there is no way I’d be tempted to go. If he has the face of Steven Strait ,  I’d happily hop on without questions. Haha.

Or a car full of men drove by and waved and I waved back, and to my horror they stopped the car, turned around and asked me to hop on. I was late already at that time and doing 8 men in 30 minutes will make me later so no, I shook my head again.

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