Rouge magazine had made their name in the magazine world, but a negative publicity. Their cover model (Joey Mead) is wearing a Philippine flag body paint. The editor, I forgot to take note of his name, said that he is aware that the flag should not be worn and he also said that the law never states that the flag should not be (body) painted. Palusot!
I agree that its an insult to our flag and it deserve to be pulled out from the market plus they should pay the penalty for doing it.
About Rouge Media Inc: As a new general-interest literary lifestyle magazine for the modern Filipino man, ROGUE introduces itself this month as the very definition, reflection, and celebration of modern Philippine life and culture. Balancing image and intellect, ROGUE is designed to stoke the diverse passions of intellectually curious and socially aware men by telling stories full of energy, insight, style, and humor. It aims to maintain a strong literary tradition by featuring thoughtful essays, sharp prose, revealing profiles, and in-depth investigative articles on a wide range of topics written by some of the finest journalists and authors working in the Philippines today.
ROGUE’s long-term mission is to accurately tell the story of our times, our people, and our culture one month at a time; and to capture the people, places, and ideas that define our modern culture. if anything, ROGUE will make a strong statement about who we are, what we do, and why we do it.
They already did. Obviously, its a man’s magazine and its their initial monthly magazine. Well, after being shown on national TV, the readers will be intrigued of what kind of magazine it is. Let’s see what will happen next.
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At my age, I’ve experienced many Friday the 13THs. It was during my high school days when I got to know the bad luck, that day brings. Filipinos by nature are superstitious, there are also other nationalities have the same superstitious belief.
The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (meaning fear). The term is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a simple phobia (fear) of the number thirteen appearing in any case.
Determining the origin and history of Friday the 13th bad luck is very hard since it is known that Jesus Christ died on Friday and the last supper consists of 13 persons where one of them died. Other than the movie, Friday the 13th, numerology states that number 13 is bad luck. This is the reason why buildings doesn’t have 13th floor.
When I first got to know Friday the 13th, of course from the movie and from my high school classmates, there are many things considered as bad luck happened to me. At first, I thought there are merely coincidence but when every time that day comes, unlucky days were always there. I guess, there were time that I suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia when I fear of leaving home for that day.
Fear factor? There was a time that I had a scheduled long awaited appointment that was impossible to cancel. Although, I have doubt on myself on my presentation, I started to keep in mind that Friday the 13th is just like any other day. That day, everything came out right just as I wanted, I’ve closed the deal and with a bonus that I overcome my fear.
Everyone has to overcome the fear of the unlucky day. How can we do that if we stay at home on that day? From the time I’ve experienced the good luck of Friday the 13th… fear was gone already. There’s no such thing as Friday the 13th bad luck. The belief resides within ourselves. Be positive always.
Friday The 13th
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I was very busy yesterday in preparation of school opening today, I did forgot to buy some things in the supermarket so I went to a nearby mini grocery where I chance to see our association’s president. Aside from being an entrepreneur, he is also a reporter. Aside from the association topic, he informed me that Ces Drilon and two of her crew were missing in Sulu. That was yesterday and I didn’t watch TV Patrol last night.
Upon checking on the web the “kidnapping” status of ABS CBN reporter Ces Drilon with Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama allegedly, here’s the official statement of ABS CBN:
Three members of our ABS-CBN news team, Ces Drilon, Jimmy Encarnacion, and Angelo Valderama, are in Sulu to pursue a story. As they have been out of communication with our Desk for some time, we are now trying to determine their exact location.
The safety of our team is our utmost concern and we appeal to the public to avoid speculation until we ascertain the facts.
I don’t want to speculate but I’ve read some website that it is really kidnapping. Allegedly Abu Sayyaf are asking for 20 million. From another site, it says there that it is 10 million. Let’s just wait for ABS CBN official report, I’m hoping for Ces Drilon’s together with her collegues their safe release from Abu Sayyaf.
Pinoy Big Brother Teen Plus, “plus” in the title because of the many twists prepared by Big Brother like when the parents and guardians joined the teen housemates inside the house. A big plus indeed because we saw the characters behind every housemates’ personalities. Tatay Erning won the Guardian Big Winner.
The Big Four are Ejay (Hottie Promdi of Mindoro), Nicole (In-chick Of Cebu), Beauty (The Rebellious Beauty Of Dumaguete) and Robi (True Blue Atenista). The second season of teen edition of Pinoy Big Brother Big Night was held at Araneta Coliseum. I don’t like the idea of animated characters cheering for each four housemates, I expected for impersonators, they’re a lot better.
- 4th Place goes to Beauty with 10.91% votes. She received Php 200,000, Whirlpool kitchen showcase and Vaio laptop.
- 3rd Place goes to Nicole with 18.39% votes. She received Php 300,000, Whirlpool kitchen showcase and Vaio laptop.
- 2nd Place goes to Robi with 34.39%. He received Php 500,000, Whirlpool kitchen showcase
- And the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Plus Big Winner is no other than Ejay with 36.31% votes. He received Php 1,000,000 plus Php 1.5 million business package from the Crystal Clear water purifiying company, a laptop, a kitchen showcase, a 46-inch LCD television set, a condo unit.
Congratulations, Ejay!
