Record student suicides in 2008

We all know that suicide is a problem in Japan, but check out these numbers.
A record 972 students, from elementary school age through university level, took their lives in 2008, the highest number since the government began compiling data in 1978. The figure was an increase of 99 over the previous year.
According to an annual [...]

WOOOOTT

Pacquiao wins fight against Cotto
“Pacquiao is now the WBO welterweight titleholder, the seventh weight class in which he’s won a major title, the first man to ever do that.”
- www.badlefthook.com
“Manny Pacquiao rewrote history by nabbing a seventh world title in a seventh weight class…”
- Espn
HOORAH FOR THE PRIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Jumping Robot

pretty awesome looking robot

The 38-centimeter-high and 1.6-kilogram robot, dubbed “Ropid,” was developed by the company’s president, 34-year-old Tomotaka Takahashi, over two and a half years. Boasting the highest jumping ability among humanoid robots, the Ropid can quickly bend its knees and ankles and jump to a height of eight centimeters using [...]

Estrada says he wants war in Philippines

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MANILA — Former Philippine leader Joseph Estrada vowed Tuesday to launch an all-out war to end decades of deadly Muslim and communist insurgencies should he be re-elected as president next year.
The tough-talking movie action star, who will formally launch his presidential campaign on Wednesday, said the Southeast Asian nation’s economic woes could be cured by [...]

Eldery “Jap” beaten to death in Australia

A 23-year-old man in Australia has been arrested for drunkenly beating to death an Asian whom he believed was Japanese:
James Anthony Dean-Willcocks, of Illawong, was yesterday charged with the murder of Magno Alvarado, 67.
Residents of Elouera Rd, Cronulla, told police of being woken about 5.30am on Saturday by a male yelling: “F … off back [...]

Muddy Aftermath

saw a couple of video on youtube about after the typhoon ondoy…

and the latest news saysan estimate of 90 people were killed from landslides in the northern part of Luzon …..

Continue to pray for the our country..

One-man counter demonstration crushed

On September 27th, about 500 people gathered in Akihabara to hold a protest march against granting voting rights to non-citizens. A lone left-winger tried to join the march, apparently holding up a sign in opposition to their views. This is what happened to him:

jprobe

Typhoon Pepeng (Parma) CNN iDesk Report

New Storm

Typhoon Parma tracked ominously toward heavily populated areas.
Parma was forecast to hit the east coast on Saturday, packing sustained winds of up to 120 mph (195 kph) and gusts up to 140 mph (230 kph) — enough destructive power for officials to fear it may develop into a “super-typhoon,”
INGAT PO KAYO MGA KABABAYAN!!!
STAY TOUGH!!!
hang in [...]

please pray

please pray for the Philippines and the people affected from Ondoy hurricane…………………