My Music Group plays Jingle Bells as a way to greet one and all a merry christmas!

si filemon, si filimon

My Orchestral band for which I play the piano, the Asian Troubadours have recently released its Timeless Visayan and Russian Classics CD.  The CD contains 7 enduring Cebuano/Visayan folk Classics, and details of its release can be found in their site.

In addition to promoting Cebuano folk songs in music, we will be releasing a series of MTV featuring their music and performances.

Si Filemon, si Filimon is the first of the series. It is a lighthearted song about a fisherman’s travels to catch the bounty of the sea and returned emptyhanded.  It is a folk song popularized in the 60s and 70s by Yoyoy villame, and is mostly sang in parties and celebrations, as well as festivities.   comments are welcome!

It looks like Harvard may be set to lose about a third of their money, or over 10 billion dollars.

Bad times…

How Harvard’s Investing Superstars Crashed - Forbes.com

The lavish spending was made possible by the earnings from Harvard’s $36.9 billion endowment, the world’s largest. That pot was supposed to be good for $1.4 billion in annual earnings.

Behind the scenes, though, a different story was unfolding.

America’s New Frugality - Forbes.com

Playing sports rather than attending sporting events;

Discount retailers rather than high-end retailers;

Lower- and mid-priced restaurants instead of high-end restaurants;

Eating at home instead of eating out;

Going on a picnic instead of eating out;

Watching movies at home instead of going to the movies;

Reading a book instead of going to the movies;;

Fixing my car instead of buying a new one;

Fixing up my house instead of moving;

Playing games or watching TV instead of going out;

Clipping coupons when I shop;

Shopping more for sale items;

Buying generic or store brands instead of name brands;

Buying used stuff instead of new stuff;

Selling stuff I no longer need;

Drinking water instead of soda;

Negotiated rates on hotel and travel, vs. full price,

Free online news and information instead of magazines, newspapers, etc.

If this is true, not by telling them that smoking is dangerous to their health.

Not by telling them that smoking is dangerous to their family’s health.

It is by telling them that smoking is dangerous to your pets!

This is the ultimate Valentine Love Story!

One in three smokers would kick habit to protect pet - CNN.com

Pet owners will often go to any length to protect the health of their furry and feathered friends. Now a new survey suggests that one in three smokers would consider kicking the habit after learning that smoking poses a danger to pets.

Secondhand smoke causes almost 50,000 deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, and there’s a mountain of evidence that secondhand smoke can affect a pet’s health as well.

Vegas magician, family see their income disappear - CNN.com

Las Vegas magician David Shimshi used to work as house magician at the famous Mirage hotel and performed with the World’s Greatest Magicians show at the Greek Isles Casino.

Now Shimshi, as he’s known to everyone, including his wife Janelle, has seen his gigs disappear, a victim of the struggling economy.

London theaters reportedly sold 9 million tickets for musicals and 2.9 milion tickets for plays.  Total revenues were $652 million in 2008 which was an increase from about $635 million in 2007.

The sector overall contributes over $2 billion to the London economy.

Broadway on the otherhand had total attendances of 12.3 million, and the gross was $940.9 million in 2008.

Zimbabwe just printed a 100 trillion zim dollar note. Wow! Its worth 300 US dollars as of this reading, but may be worth less than 100 USD soon…. and soon, may be worth a dollar…

Then maybe soon, there will be a 1 quadrillion zim dollar note….

I think what zimbabwe should do is to try to sell these notes on E-Bay. I’m sure scores would be willing to pay for these notes, and even better, they won’t spend it, but will probably frame it…. So that becomes a good business.

After all, it is not often that you see a million bucks note… much less a million multiplied by another hundred million .

It is:

United States, $13.8 trillion
Japan  $4.4 trilion
China  $3.5 trillion
Germany $3.3 trillion

Plotting hitlers death- according to author joachim fest in his book the story of german resistance, there were perhaps 15 attempts to kill hitler
Wilson Ng
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