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Nicholas Sparks has yet again touched my mushy heart with this book. Though this book isn't comparable with his other creations (i.e. Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember), nonetheless it's still a good book to read.

The Rescue, as its title and theme overtly expresses, talks basically about a rescue, not just in its physical meaning but also in its deeper emotional meaning. The story's plot branches into two different rescue missions, first saving a lost child after a tragic road accident, and second, salvaging an emotionally troubled man into finding the right way to forgive himself into an irreparable mistake he had committed years ago that haunts him up to the present.

The story is really simple, yet it's emotional loaded, thus it left readers (like me) in awe. Moreover, what happened in the story might even represent a manifestation of what probably can occur on everyday life situations. Hence, you wouldn't know if the story is related to your life until you find time to grab the book and read it.

Nonetheless, all I can say is that Nicholas Sparks has yet again captured the true essence of the words unconditional love, forgiveness and salvation, and had made a beautiful novel with which I'm giving out my insights. If you find yourself a time and wanted to spend it by reading a quality book, I suggest you read this book, and I'm sure your going to like it.

For easy access to the book, you can download it here, or you can buy a paper back edition here which is discounted of course. Read More......

Deception Point When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy.

N.A.S.A., at its failure to produce outcomes and results on the millions of funds allocated by the United States government, is at risks on being privatized, with which, the only option out is for it to give concrete results on the existence of extraterrestial beings. Since, there's no given proof that those being exists, presidential candidate, Sen. Sedgewick Sexton escalated the issue claiming that re-electionist president Zachary Herney is a devout N.A.S.A. supporter and that the president himself allocated more government funds to the space organization rather than using the funds to improve the internal affairs of the country. Hence it marked the start of two political figures vying for the top position on the land, doing whatever it takes for them to secure hold of the oval office even up to the extent on deceiving people and receiving unlawful campaign funds.

Deception Point is a story about an organized crime headed by the NRO head, upon which his sole objective is to save the space organization N.A.S.A., despite his own personal grudge to it. But little does he know that his own plan to deceive the president and the whole world would be thwarted by his own employee, the estranged daughter of the senator, and the rest of the experts hired to evaluate the said discovery made by N.A.S.A.

This is one good story that you shouldn't miss reading for it would give you profound insights on the ins and outs of dirty politics. Moreover, the story, though a work of fiction, in a way presents how government organizations works, up to the extent of committing a crime without the knowledge of their superiors.

For more information about this book, you can grab your copy here, or you can download it here. Read More......

A simple heart-felt message enclosed in a washed bottle can lead a curious mind into its origins that could change two lives all at the same time.

Theresa Osborne, had been searching all her life for the meaning of unconditional love she hadn't experienced with her previous husband who had cheated on her. Despite being married for quite some time, she hadn't realized that her trust to her husband would soon shatter into pieces leaving her in a deadlock situation she knew she couldn't face at once; upon which it would give her the presumption that there isn't a male specie that is not polygamous in nature. But not until a washed bottle crossed her path that would change everything she thought she knew.

The Message in a Bottle is a testament that even a man could deeply fall in love just like a woman does, and that even a man can deeply be hurt by a lost loved one. This is really worth a read if you hadn't read it, and I'm sure it would touch your heart just as it does to me.

By the way, you can grab your paper back or hard copy here, or you can download a digital copy here. Read More......

Since Halloween Season is nearing again and that scary stories, videos and images are yet again surfacing over to heighten fear on the hearts of everyone. Let me share some of the pictures that I find myself scary. Of course these are the photos that I had taken with my camera, and unfortunately they appeared in a way that I had never expected.



Above are the photos of the two cute dogs that our family have, however, since I had made a mistake in capturing photos of them, especially with the yellow glowing eyes of the puppy it ended up scary to look at. What do you think?

Anyway, advance Happy Halloween to all... and may this global financial crisis end sooner than expected. Read More......

Mario Tennis Power Tour, if I'm not mistaken, is already a classic game for gameboy advance users. However, since this is the first time that I get my hands on the said game, I think and hope that you can bear with me as I write my insights about this game.

As its title suggests, Mario Tennis Power Tour, is a game particularly about two aspirant novices that hopes to someday be able to play with the legendary Mario Bros. in a tennis competition. However, the catch of the game is this: since legendary players from the fictional Mario World doesn't compete entirely to novices their dream can't turn into reality unless they've became the top player and proven themselves worthy onto meeting the Mario Bros. From this objective the adventure of Clay (or any name you choose) and his partner, Ace, starts. Likewise, your game starts as well, as you direct the main character into fulfilling his desire to play a match with the Mario Bros.

The story line of the game is too simple, become the single and doubles tennis champion on the inter-school competition and Mario will be the one to fetch you on your school to compete with you on Mario World. Sounds easy right? Wait till you hear what's more there in stored for you!

To be hailed as the inter-school champion, you need to compete on four different categories with four tennis matches each namely, Junior, Senior, Varsity and Academy Representative. All of which consists of four different ranks, which represents the four tennis matches. Really sounds easy? Well, it appears to look so, not until you need to train your character to be able to beat the ace players of the academy, Elroy and Tori, and training in this game is the saddest part of it.

Honestly speaking, this game isn't the type of gameboy advance game that you could cheat, just like the pokemon games around. In this game, you need to blister your hands in order to make your character worthy of defeating the highly conceited ace players. You can get frustrated and just decide to stop playing it, since gaining experience points is way too long, or nonetheless you continue your game, numb your hands and damage your console for continuously and simultaneously pressing the A and B buttons for you to receive a meager 30-50 experience points. What a way to play the game right?

The latter statement, of course, is what I did. I had numbed not just my thumbs but also my entire arms just to unlock all those techniques called power shots to match the powerful shots of the number one player of the academy. Too bad for me, since it almost took me two long months to finish it.

However, there is always this final question that needs to be answered: am I satisfied after finishing the said game? With all honesty, I think the game is good for it teaches you basic tennis even if you haven't played one. But with regards to enjoying the game and being satisfied after you completed it, then all I can say is I'm not satisfied. The Mario Bros. seems to lack exposure to the game, more so, it is not worth the effort that I had exerted just to be able to face them in a one tennis match.

If, however, you wanted to play this game, you can buy it here for you to check it out. Read More......

Well, come to think of it, the Britney Spears that I had come to admire, like and love, seemed to have snapped off from her trance from her previous marriage failure and decided it's time for her to move forward. A good job, more so, a good video for her come back. I loved it! I can't wait for the official release of her latest album.

By the way, the above video is the director's cut (available over you tube), which shows scantily dressed Britney with a Calvin Klein model named Brandon Stoughton, who likewise is almost naked as her.

What a way to shut critics mouth about Britney losing her curves that had attracted millions of male fans around the world? Read More......

Was it a good news or another bad news?

If an ordinary Filipino citizen will be told that the Philippines has now discovered crude oil within its territorial boundaries, then it would really appear to be good news amid the current world crisis. And yes, I must admit, I was happy enough to have watched the news yesterday, that indeed the commissioned explorer (a.k.a. exploiter) had discovered an oil reservoir in the island of Palawan. However, I was dismayed, when I realized that the Philippine Government had almost ceded its authority and control over the said oil field to different corporations that had explored it. Read equity division here.

As I quite remember broadly, the Philippine Government headed by our illustrious and in(famous) president, had made different contracts to different corporations around the world that permits exploitation of the said place to find oil. Now that these (Vitol Group and Otto Energy Ltd, Nido Petroleum Pty Ltd., Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp., Philodrill Corp., Forum Energy Philippines Corp., Alcorn Gold Resources Corp. and PetroEnergy Resources Corp.) companies had discovered what they had wanted, now what? Will it lower down oil prices in this country?

The answer to that according to ABS-CBN is simple it wouldn't lessen the current prices of the oil despite the oil field found in Galoc, since the oil prices will be based on the current price on the world market. The government can earn, yes, from royalties that will come from selling this oil, but the government will have no control whatsoever on its selling.

Now, imagine the scenario, your country own the raw product, but it will be sold to you by other countries at relatively high price. What an irony right?

Sources:

1. ABS-CBN


2. Galoc

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This is going to be a little haphazard note that I'm going to publish, for I don't know up to when will my internet connection be available, since it's too sluggish after the power interruption.

Anyway, prior to the power outage, I was browsing through the windows automatic update queue (the yellow shield located at the task bar), and yet again I've seen another WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) file (KB 905474) that needs to be downloaded. How many times will Microsoft require its users to download another genuine tool when your operating system had been validated several times already and was found to be genuine indeed? What's the purpose of snooping over our computers like google does with its cookies?

By the way, since, it's like the nth time that I had seen it over and again, I decided not to anymore download it and let it stay on that damn queue with the rest of the KB.... that needs to as well to downloaded. Besides, I can't bear to download more than a gig file from Microsoft since my hard drive can no longer take reach that much file (low disk space). More so, my Internet Service Provider (PLDT mydsl) is damn too sluggish again, like I'm back to the primitive world of using a dial-up internet connection. :( Read More......