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Honestly, I never thought that a woman could actually compete with big late night show names like David Letterman, Jay Leno and Conan O’ Brien. Well, there is the former Rosie O’ Donnell, but then Chelsea Handler of Chealsea Lately is different. Or at least, I think so. She’s so opinionated just like a guy. I always believe that men make late night shows so successful, because men actually talk a lot than women. I’m not being gender bias in anyway. But, there is a huge difference when he said and she said.

The New Lady Who Talks A Lot

I just happen to love Chelsea Lately, just like how I adore those institutional late night hosts. I think she becomes lovelier by being witty and funny. She’s mocking most of the people, especially celebrities. I love the fuzz in Tinsel town, and I love how Chelsea makes a sense of it all. Perhaps she and I are in the same frequency.

I also appreciate her whole team who chips in ideas and additional mockery. I’m really glad that there is a woman to watch late at night. I don’t know why women rules the daytime TV while the guys reign the nigh. It’s just a thought.

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Tom Cruise : I will be god!

With Tom Cruise heading the list of Hollywood scientology trend, I can’t keep from thinking that there is a conspiracy going on in between. I even think that the reason why he has divorced Nicole Kidman is because she can’t keep up with his cult belief. I mean, everybody knows that Nicole is a hardcore Catholic. Well, marrying Katie Holmes does him all good. Katie seems like a puppy to say yes to anything, even parading herself on high heels after a marathon. I wonder if that whole no-bra stint is part of the scientology ideology. It really got me wondering why these celebrities resort to such a religion, if it could be called as one:

1. Scientology hoards the press. It’s a publicity stunt for the celebrities. It’s not Catholicism that obviously has swept the globe since almost the beginning of time, but being in a new age spiritual belief can get those media-hungry celebrities the cover of the magazine. It keeps the Paparazzi on their feet.
2. Scientology supports their celebrities. I think the spiritual organization offers a good lifetime benefits to its famous members, like an assurance of their career or something like it that keeps celebrities on their pedestal status quo.
3. Scientology makes celebrities higher beings. I mean seriously, perhaps Tom Cruise wants to be worshiped rather just than merely adored.

Whatever reasons, I really find it weird. If scientology means changing the face of the Earth through the same tenets that have been advocated for centuries, why not stick with the old school and make the positive change sooner? All I could hear of Tom is all talk. Well, he has done something but it’s still weird. Why can’t he represent the United Nation instead?

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The news will not be complete without seeing a little of them. It’s like a reality soap opera that has been incorporated with the daily updates of everyday life. We watch them make a fool out of themselves. We say that they are disgusting and giving everybody else the wrong impression of a healthy life. If we only have the power to get rid of them….

1. Lindsay Lohan – We always think that she will be as sweet as she has been in her roles as a little child star. We have loved her freckles and smiles. We know somehow that she will become one of the most successful Hollywood stars. However, all we see of her now is a repeating trip to rehab, not to mention her appropriate partying.

Lindsay Lohan

2. Paris Hilton – It’s not an excuse to be an heiress. Not all elites have been brought up with a sense of righteousness. We always think that rich people have to behave because they have kept their honor. Too bad, not this girl. We have enough of her sex tape, haven’t we?

Paris Hilton

3. Amy Winehouse – We watch her become more and more of an addict everyday. We are definitely beyond words on how she has managed to make it okay to screw life with cocaine. We even seen her doing it for real. We also feel sorry for her because she really has an exceptional musical talent. We want to see her clean her act and get on stage and sing again without the drugs.

Amy Winehouse

4. Pete Doherty – The person we think that could beat Amy Winehouse at being a drug addict. It makes us very scared when he hangs out with some other celebrities, because we know that they are going into a drug party or whatever it’s called these days.

Pete Doherty

5. Britney Spears – We have loved her. We have hated her. And then, we have started to be sorry for her. We want her to resurrect her career, because we always love her performing on stage. We even believe that she will be the next Madonna. But eventually, she has managed to fail us all by putting on a crazy act.

Britney Spears

Somehow we think that it is just a publicity stunt for all of them. We have enough. It’s really hard to make the media stop showing how screwed up they are. I guess it is up to us. We just have to turn off the television.

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Traveling a little farther than you have originally planned might require you to be safer health-wise. There are many vaccines that your country’s health department recommends before you get somewhere else. However, Malaria is the most common especially traveling to destinations such as South America and Southeast Asia.

Malaria is often transmitted to humans through a bite by an infected mosquito, particularly the female Anopheles mosquito, known as a dusk-to-dawn biter. The infection is also transmitted through blood transfusion with an infected blood, or with a shared needle. A mother could also pass the infection to her unborn child.

Malaria is considered an endemic or constantly present throughout the sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, Haiti, Central and South America, some parts of Dominican Republic, Mexico, and North Africa. Within these areas, Malaria cases can increase significantly depending on the epidemic level. The thing is that, most of the wonderful and new resorts are often prone to Malaria.

Mosquito Alarm

How to prevent Malaria during travel?

1. Get vaccinated before traveling to endemic areas. Antimalarial drugs are only prescribed; consult your health provider so you could get your vaccine base on your travel itinerary and medical history. Common antimalarial drugs include atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline and mefloquine.

2. Avoid mosquito bites. Malaria is always transmitted between dusk and dawn. Take precautions like staying inside as much as possible during those times. If staying outdoor, make sure that you wear a long-sleeve shirt, pants and even a hat. Always apply insect repellant to the exposed skin.
 
3. If you get sick during the travel, consult a medical professional immediately. Malaria can be very fatal. If you develop a fever or flu-like and professional help is impossible within 24 hours, take some self-treatment drugs. However, you still have to get to the doctor as soon as possible.

4. Traveling with kids to Malaria-risk places. Get your children vaccinated 4-6 weeks before the travel. Each age has a specific dosage, so take time to let the pharmacy fill your children’s prescription.

Take note that the symptoms of such an illness are non-specific. It requires a blood test to have an accurate diagnosis. When travelers with a fever are coming from a luxurious destination or not (within three months from their departure), they are considered a medical emergency. They should be investigated as soon as possible. Hence, the tests have to be repeated within 12 to 24 hours if the symptoms persist.

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Have you ever run into somebody that you met before but eventually you forget his or her name? I do and it happens to me all the time. I mean, I’m not bad with names. Let me spell it clear here – I don’t forget people, I just choose to forget. Of course, I have a little requirement to remember a person. First, he or she has to tell me his or her real, if not complete, name. Second, if I only know of somebody by his or her nickname, consider it a short term memory data, which I often erase once in awhile.

So when I bump into someone I previously met or know him or her by nickname or worse yet by his or her face, I smile. Yes, I just smile it all away. I often play safe in a conversation that does not include name-calling. If I’m interested to know the name, well I might ask outright with another smile. This time, it has to be a cute smile. But if I’m not interested, I still smile and make a good excuse to get going.

I don’t want to be rude, which is why many smiles are my many excuses. Nobody can resist a nice and kind smile.

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Penelope. A modern interpretation of Beauty and the Beast. However, the beauty is the beast and she needs to marry someone royal to break the curse. Penelope is the beauty with a pig nose and ears. Frankly, she doesn’t really look that bad as those blue blood bachelors appear to be so afraid of her. Although it’s a twist of the classic story, the movie has a modern feel of love’s status quo – giving up and letting go and then eventually finding love again as fate’s declaration.

Enchanted

Enchanted. Lots of colors, dancing and finding prince charming. This film is a combination of two or more fairy tales. You’ll figure out Cinderella, Snow White and somehow Sleeping Beauty. There is also a crossover between reality and cartoons. Although there is the whole usual love story hullabaloo, there is a impressive comparison of the stepmother character. While the princess is being destroyed by her stepmother, she actually becomes a stepmother herself, but of course, the good kind.

A Cinderella Story

Cinderella Story. No doubt about this movie being a new version of Cinderella. However, it is teenage Cinderella. It does not lose the elements of the original story, but it has some teenage dilemmas like going to college and crushing on a boy and definitely the prom.

What a Girl Wants. A Cinderella-ish story, or as far as the stepmother and stepsister are concerned. Generally, it does not have most of the original story. The emphasis is more on the father-daughter relationship – reconnecting or something like that. It’s not really about being with prince charming, but it is about being with daddy.

Aquamarine. Love and fish tails. Another version of the Little Mermaid. Same old, same old except the princess has found true love in a different way. Not with a prince charming, but with friends who take care of her while she has to prove to her father that love exists indeed. A quiet teeny bopping wet film, but it’s all worth it.

The Prince and Me

Prince and Me. Not really based on some old fairy tale stories, but there is the prince charming and the girl who has swept him away. The movie has real possibilities. Anybody could still continue to hope that “someday her prince will come.”

Princess Diaries. The fairy godmother in this film is actually the grandmother. Don’t you just wish that somehow an unknown relative will give you everything you could imagine in a great life? This movie shows the complete picture of how to be a royalty, which is not all dress-up and tea parties. It literally shows the social graces and processes of becoming and being a princess.

Ella Enchanted. Another knitted story from classic pieces. This movie is more on Sleeping Beauty and being lucky enough to be gifted with goodness. However, that certain spark of goodness has made everything a little challenging. It’s story of a funny and honest misadventure of a princess.

Sidney White. A breakthrough and almost literal story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This time, it is about a girl who conquers college with her seven geeky friends. It’s actually about college Greek system and its divide. Another title that would fit this movie is “Snow White goes to College.”

Ever After. This is the most enchanting modern interpretation of Cinderella. It is almost the classic. Perhaps the story is modified a little, especially with the great costumes and music.

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Miley Cyrus is slowly becoming Britney Spears

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The U.S. Election is the new Sunday Night Football. Everybody is giving the whole fuzz on it and anticipating the results. Couldn't blame such a fact since the elected president will be the one responsible for the whole country. Even the Hollywood stars are making statements on who are they supporting. Somehow they become huge fans of their presidential bets.

Obviously, the election is a battle between democrats, although the republicans are still holding on to their presidential candidate. It's Hillary Clinton against Barack Obama. So, who are the ones backing which U.S. presidential wannabe (at least between the two)?

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The lady presidential candidate has garnered more than enough support. If only the stars could donate more than $4,200 (allowed donation amount), they’d be more than willing to shell out portion of their fat bank accounts. She gets the support and endorsement of:

1.    Owen Wilson
2.    Chris Rock
3.    Bette Midler
4.    James Caan
5.    Billy Crystal
6.    Candice Bergen
7.    Christie Brinkley
8.    Chevy Chase
9.    Hugh Hefner
10.    Marla Maples

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On the other hand, Barack Obama, who is vying to be the first African American president, is backed up by:

1.    Michael Douglas
2.    Steve Martin
3.    Lorne Michaels
4.    Paul Newman
5.    Elisabeth Shue
6.    Jennifer Aniston
7.    Jackson Browne
8.    Morgan Freeman
9.    Tom Hanks
10.    Dennis Haysbert

Of course, both of their lists still run long until the final countdown.

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Queen Latifah's Bronze

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