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Totally shocked me & drove me to fear when I opened the CNN website this afternoon.  A young & healthy Brazilian model that had urinary tract infection initially now is dead. According to CNN;

Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa was a healthy 20-year-old when doctors told her she had a urinary tract infection, her family says. The infection spread, and after amputating her feet, doctors thought they had the situation under control, according to a blog run by a family friend. (more…)

Another Filipino-American hit the American Idol show. Jenisis Samoranos, from San Francisco Bay Area, California missed the San Francisco audition of the Season 8 of American Idol. But this didn’t stop her on showing her talent, so she took her chance in Kansas City audition. This time she got the golden ticket for Hollywood. Truly the Fil-Am community will be watching Jenisis on her Idol journey.

There’s already buzz in the blog world that Jenisis made it to the top 50. Other than this, no confirmation yet since Idol is still showing the auditions in the various cities. (more…)

Oprah is one of the people I know in the showbiz industry that doesn’t have TV in her room. When I first heard this, I was shocked considering that her work is in television. Then I realized where she finds time to read books.

I mentioned this to my husband & he just smiled at me. He’s a person who can’t live without TV. It’s been a relaxing gadget for him, after the busy days in his work. (more…)

Yesterday – January 20, 2009, USA marked another historical event. It was the inauguration of America’s 44^th & very first African -American President. Surely that people all over the world was watching this. (more…)

I & my husband are still in this “digital-widescreen-tv” syndrome. Since the day Arizona started on switching to Digital system, we started to check these fabulous TV sets every time we’re in the mall or in Navy Exchange store. There were already two instances wherein we’re almost in the point of purchasing one. What holding us, is the hope that prices could possibly go down more as USA will totally shift to digital system by next month.

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A friend of mine whom I used to work with when I was in Bahrain posted a comment in my personal profile in Friendster.com. She & her husband were amazed when they got our family holiday postcard. Amazed because of the weight loss I had after the recent pregnancy to my second child. They’re asking me about these weight loss pills that work perfectly to loose pregnancy fats.

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Today, Jan 15, 2009 – US Airways confirmed that flight 1549 has been involved in an accident. Instead of landing into the airport, the plane landed in a very cold water of Hudson River, NYC.

Flight 1549 was en route to Charlotte from LaGuardia carrying 155 people. It was reported that the plane was airborne less than three minutes, according to FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown. Flight 1549 was operated with a crew of two pilots & three flight attendants. Pilot was identified as Chelsey B. “Sully” Sullenberger and was being praised by the passengers for a job well done. (more…)

Last night, American Idol Season 8 kicked off & it started here in Arizona. As usual, many hopefuls wanna-be singer lined up their selves in Phoenix & wished for golden ticket to Hollywood.

Auditions of American Idol have been already a much awaited TV show because of those “not-so-good” applicants. You will surely be entertained on those applicants’ unique strategies, believing that judges will give them the magic “yes”.

Last night Arizona audition was indeed another memorable on the show because of this “Bikini Girl” name Katrina Darrell. (more…)

USA will be changing to Digital TV system by next month. Here in Arizona alone, we already experienced four tests if residents are ready for Digital system.

We have this strong feeling that plasma TV will lower their price by next month. Simply because of the possibly high demand once the changes to Digital TV will take place. So, instead buying a plasma TV last (more…)

Please take note that the following schedules were being cancel by Emirates Airline. You can check further details here – What happen to Emirates’ schedule?

Here’s the complete list of Emirates Airline Global Assessment & Open Days. Posts under the 5^th category of this blog might be a great help on such application.

Check when will be the schedule in your country. You may notice that venue for Open Days on some countries are still in further notice. So, I recommend to check EmiratesCareer.com to follow-up for venue details.

Below information is from EmiratesCareer.com. Countries are arranged alphabetically; (more…)