Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Are You Paid For WORK?

Don't ask for deadline or do not put pressure on somebody else's work and service when you don't PAY for their work or service.

Freelance writer? Work for PAY? Are you the boss? Are you the boss who never pays the workers? Then you are a BAD BOSS!

Do you owned a business with profit? Do you have workers and put them on pressure without paying their wages? They are not workers but slaves. There's a difference in the word WORKERS and the word SLAVES.

WORKERS are working for the wages and benefit and gratuity. Workers pay their taxes provided that the employers pay for the service rendered by workers. You know writers are not dumb.

SLAVES are workers without any benefit, no wages, and no gratuity. They are to work based on forced labor, applying too much pressure and stress that will cause them to bleed, get sick or worst of all die from the kind of forced labor implemented on them without consent. They can't do anything but follow and obeyed what's being asked of them by the leader of the forced labor. Slaves are mostly those who were captured in war and they were tortured. They were tormented and tortured physically and mentally and psychologically. Human rights advocates are against this inhumanities. It's no longer the kind of imposed slavery in modern civilization.

How are we to differentiate our work in blogging community?

It's unlimited. It's limitless. It's up to you. It's your own blog. Just pay for your internet connection. My blog is mine alone. If you want to blog, use your own blog. Just because I mentioned your name here, you think it's your own blog? NO! If that's the case that everyone thought that somebody can steal the blog because you are mentioned here, then blogs would end up having "BLIND ITEMS" when a blogger will just use anonymous names. For God sake! We are in the Year 2018. We are not in the Dark Ages. We are not in Medieval period when you cannot see, differentiate, cure  and unable to describe a leper from a zombie.


Sunday, August 26, 2018

Greatest Showman

Growing in 1800's P.T.Barnum displayed natural talent for publicity and promotion selling lottery tickets at age 12 and continued to indulge in "showbizness" by employing many talented circus performers who were called freaks by normal humans. They are exceptional and extraordinary people with incredible talent for trapeze, singing and dancing and taming and training  wild animals to perform on stage for spectacular exercises of  games and plays. P.T. Barnum 's talent extent to managing a famous celebrity singer whom made him lost track of what is reality and almost forgot his own business and almost lost his family. The movie is not just a so-so mediocre drama with all the singing and dancing ala Bollywood style. It's Hollywood! It's the beginning of Hollywood in 1800's.

It's the best entertaining movie in 2017. I should have watched this movie that year. Anyway, I was entertained. I love the songs they had chosen from the beginning to end. I first thought a "sing-song dialogue" sounds corny but it's not with this movie. Hugh Jackman is really an incredible wolverine who transformed himself into THE GREATEST SHOWMAN. I didn't know he can sing and tap dance because who would believe when Hugh Jackman is known as the WOLVERINE with strong hands and sharp blade fingers that can slash  the super freaks in X MEN. Bravo!



Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Continuation of the Nirvana In Fire

What happened if the traditional HUNTING is put on hold in Nirvana Empire? With hundred thousands of  hungry soldiers then what to have for everyday food?

For the vegetarians and the monks who were happy with leafy vegetables,  hot tea and hot soup that's probably good enough but for soldiers who are to guard the imperial palace and it's kingdom and how you want robust and strong soldiers, it's generals and men in rank you must provide them with nutritious foods, more meaty ingredients in their kind of food for their works are heavier. Can you understand? Can you understand if you are a human who is a carnivorous and not a vegetarian?

However, the Dowager's  stubborn policy must be obeyed. The hunting is put to a ban because the uncle of Anru died and they are mourning for the loss of the highest Cabinet member.  Xiao Yuangqui personally asked the Dowager to at least sway in to what is proper and just since the "hunting" was traditional for them to continue and not to be put on hold. Yuangqui even told her that with the result of the hunting they could offer some sacrifices for the loss and for their gods (whoever they worshiped in that period of time). The Dowager can't be swayed and Yuangqui finally decided it's best to do something drastic or else...they'll be eating each other when winter comes.

Whoever is at the wrong side or who is in the right side? That's for you to find out in the next episode tonight at 10 pm on OMNI Channel. For those who can't wait watch it on You Tube.

I know you'll be shocked at the turn of events and their POWER PLAY.

Yuangqui could have been a better leader because he is smart and has martial arts expertise. He is fast and meticulous. However, Pingjing is the man he would have problem with. If he is not that aggressive but knowing the people inside the Empire were also corrupt and the young emperor doesn't know much in running the empire because his own mother is also suffering from power greed and probably from the pressures of so many concubines inside the palace. I don't know why the Dowager and consorts are not equipped with their own swords or have no fighting skills (unlike those movies with emperors and dowager with skills in martial arts).

Yuangqui didn't battle with the young emperor because he had no skills and he fought with Xiao Pingjing instead.  Wrong move for Yuanqui? IsYuangqui a vampire or aswang? Or he's just well experienced in so many battles? He eats good food, being the Crown Prince. He belongs to the Royal family.  He is not a vegetarian. lol. The best sword-fighting ever!  TRAGIC. It needs the music of BeeGees TRAGEDY. Yuangqui saved the young emperor's butt  but the young emperor ordered Yuangqui's death. Wow! Now you know why young emperor's never ascend to the throne that long. Too many mistakes in decision making. That's why in real time EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER. Decision making should be ruled by the most intelligent humans with enough knowledge wisdom, fair judgment with evidence, and justice prevails. The emperor, young as he is doesn't know that the judicial system needs trials. You just don't follow somebody because somebody has a crown because you know the guava fruit also has a crown.

Darn! I don't want this epic drama-action to end. I started with Episode I. I haven't seen the Episode 1. You'll find out that From Episode I to Episode 7 that the problem or conflict had something o do with the elders at the Imperial palace. The High ranking Minister Song who was asked to implement the order to "slow down the 3 ships that will bring the supply of food, military supply of medicine and doctors. At the time of WAR? However the order was changed into something drastic. The ships sank! Only 3 doctors were saved and the captain of the ship. All what's inside the ships were gone and drowned  together with all the people inside the ships.  The slow process or slow movements of resources and supply almost defeated the older brother of Pingjing (although he was saved by modern medicine thanks to Dr. Lin Xi)  and caused the lives of many soldiers. Not only the order from the Empire is slow that turned to into tragedy and too much conflict and ambushes but truth is there is scarcity of resources due to massive drought, famine and pestilence. In other words, war and epidemic in this tragic drama series represent a control of population, it seems awful and inhumane but there's no other way because no family planning that time. It's survival of the fittest. If you survive from war and epidemic, consider that a huge miracle. The dowager knew all the plots and the order of annihilation but she cannot do anything but to protect her son the new emperor and offered herself as the ultimate sacrifice. She killed herself! She killed herself!! She admitted her wrongdoing. The knife was given to her by Yuanqui's general to kill herself. The general didn't stab her. If she is innocent she could take the knife and kill the general but she didn't. But is that fair? Is Pingjin not a good friend to Yuangqui? Why his allegiance is to the young emperor? Because they are cousins! Pingjing doesn't care about the Empire, he is not that ambitious and besides, he will survive outside the emperor's lair and the information he can control and gather outside together with the medicine woman.

End? Maybe there is another NIRVANA IN FIRE part 3


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

REVENGE is the main plot of this television series NIRVANA IN FIRE

Why I like watching the NIRVANA IN FIRE? I told you before , it's like a HISTORY, what happened in the past during the Emperor's time. When humans cannot fathom the cause of epidemic, pandemic and the many deceptions caused by evil humans who were greedy about power takeover an empire ruled by evil emperors and emperor who was not strong enough to govern because no experience and most of all only followed the whims and wishes of the maternal mother and elders whose ancient laws are not up to the standard of what's happening in reality outside the empire. There are more experienced leaders who by lineage were not close to the royalty or the people inside the empire.

Who should rule the empire? The weakest link in NIRVANA in FIRE was the young emperor or young prince whose only console when he doesn't know what was happening in the court just cried most of the time or asked the help of the most oldest cabinet members or asked Pingjing for help. (assumed power before age 20) who is not really experienced to do the work in court of mostly elderly cabinet members. He was not even trained to use swords because he was asked to learn calligraphy and read old manuscripts only. Too young for the position of being an emperor.  That the young emperor was not even aware of those people around his own domain as not to be trusted because truth is his own father emperor was poisoned regularly by feeding him with poisonous soup and medicines that only made him weak and ailing, unable to stand up on day to day procedures in the court house. Really? Or because he, the father emperor  had hundreds of concubines and that was the reason for his ailment without cure? The older brothers of the emperor were stronger than him physically for no apparent reason that somehow there are servants feeding him with something that made him weak and sick. The emperor died and the young emperor inherited the throne. Then Xiao Yuangqui who was ambitious and won so many wars came to ask favor from the young emperor. He was not  asking for anything of metallic value, not of gold and silver but the hands of Anru who worked for his mother, the Dowager. The young emperor allowed the marriage of Anru to the warrior Yuanqui and they lived happily ever after, until the lady in waiting named Pei discovered that Yuanqui was hiding a secret and was the perpetrator of the war, epidemic and slaughters of the villagers in Pei's native province. To shorten the story, Pei cannot hide the secret to her employer and revealed it to Anru. However, Anru's loyalty was to her husband and when Pei was about to beheaded, Anru asked not inside their vacation house and Pei was just asked to jump on the lake to make it appear it was a suicide. She didn't die however, and was discovered along the grassy shore of the lake on another side of the province and was taken care of by General _______? and his assistant. Yuanqui continued to be the menace asked somebody (the lady warrior in blue robe) to help him get rid of Anru's uncle. However, the blue lady can't escape that she asked Yuangqui to hide her inside his own palace. But then Anru found out their secret and Yuangqui caught off guard that he did what he needs to do but to have his loyalty to his wife Anru and burned the blue lady alive while enclosed in the black wooden box with mysterious red marking or logos. Such a tragic revenge, vengeance and betrayal of a demonic Yuangqui who was actually the mastermind of evil deeds within the empire since after the death of his own mother.

Xiao Yuangqui was really ambitious (can you blame him if he wants to avenge the murder of his mother and how she was treated like nobody by the emperor and his clan who happened to be his relatives). The unfair treatment of his mother was a factor for his revenge and besides the young emperor is weak, inexperienced and only jeopardize the whole empire of so many mistakes of his own making.

What happened to Xiao Pingjing & Lin Xi? Both of them are in love and asked the Shifu for the blessings. Although Pingjing was a noble warrior and from the Changling clan of nobility his leadership quality was tarnished when the young emperor didn't take sides with him during the most incredible battle at the time of the solar eclipse. Pingjing just silently obeyed the elders and away from the empire's and emperor's lair, his beloved father died and their mansion was taken and uphold by a stronger leader. It wont happen if his brother was alive and if his father didn't die early. I think the elders thought that Pingjin was a threat to the young emperor because of his martial arts skills and he is not dumb witted either. Instead Pingjing concentrate on reading old manuscripts side by side with the medicine woman Lin Xi.

If you like the whole story of  NIRVANA IN FIRE II you should watch it on YOU TUBE or watch the remaining suspenseful episodes until the very last end on OMNI Channel. However, watching it on TV offers no English subtitles. You can understand it by reading their lips and their actions. Perhaps you are a Chinese and can understand their language then much easier for you.




Tuesday, August 14, 2018

FEAR The Walking Dead

FTWD has returned last Sunday on AMC Channel. Episode: People Like Us

Story: After the escape from the Stadium in Mexico, away from the burning of the hundred thousands of zombies, away from Madison Clark who acted out in being the heroine to help her daughter Alicia, Nick. Luciana, Strand and the rest of survivors from being attack by zombies. Is she really dead? I doubt it.

Life without Nick and Madison Clark and  with new casts:  the news reporter, former policeman, Charlie, and Naomi (June? Laura? what's really her name in this series?) Nobody likes Charlie after she killed Nick Clark. Nobody likes Morgan?

Without the original lead characters or replaced by some odd players don't know really what the script is going on. There was a heavy storm and because those zombies are light as plywood they were being swept away by strong winds. Charlie felt alienated in the group of new "friends" and decided to escape but re-appeared at Luciana's doorstep only to just coldly been kicked out but when she saw what Charlie left behind on the table, the book she gave to Charlie before the incident. Well, who is in her right mind will forgive Charlie after she killed Nick? Crazy girl! Crazy script! Yeah probably she is in her bout of insanity. Who wont be strong enough in the apocalyptic situation where dead people roamed the earth? And rotten flesh is what you breathe? And no food to eat and no fresh water to drink. Charlie is probably in the situation of not trusting anybody. She cannot trust the living because they are also murderers and men are what? Molesters? She probably would choose the zombies!

Luciana is at the brink of insanity because of depression because of Nick's death. She's deeply hurt and in mourning for the loss of a loved one. The lead character Alicia is trying to help somebody who left  those trails of HELP notes and that led her and Morgan to find, seek and tried to help whoever that person through the logging camp. It was too late though. The man was consumed by zombies. Then Morgan's plan was to go back home, dunno if Morgan's home is Rick's home.

John Dorie asked Strand to help find Charlie. Although Charlie killed Nick, Strand decided to went along with John Dorie since Alicia happened to shoot John Dorie that almost killed him. Is John Dorie recuperated already or will he bleed to death in the next encounter? Whatever! The importance of one's character strenghtened the story or weakens, just make it impossible to believe the story of this apocalyptic series? Or women's issues are sort of being raised as the foundation for this action drama and what will make this series a story of women and girls trapped in male dominated environment where zombies are just second to be fear of.

I don't know who their scriptwriters. maybe it's time to listen to the fans.

Monday, August 6, 2018

Too Much Pressure

It's good to know that the famous singer DEMI LOVATO is out of danger and is now recuperating from drug overdose as what we've been hearing in the news on TV. Is that true real news or fake news?

Demi Lovato started her career as young as those kids you saw on TV show BARNEY the purple dinosaur which was my children's favorite show on TV in the 90's. She was one of those kids around Barney.

Demi is a very talented singer/songwriter and what happened to her is one of those cases that happened to some of the talented singers/movie stars and showbiz personalities hooked on forbidden drugs used for depression and drugs for losing weight. But whatever case that is applied for Demi is not our business but I hope her case will open up everyone's eyes that everyone has problems and for every problem there is certain solution.

Demi's talent rating if you will ask me is superbly high that maybe is the critical factor. However, there are many talented singers in the U.S. and Canada. It is highly competitive, too many competitors.

If  Demi is a Filipina and was born in the Philippines, her talent is that of a "superstar category." She could be bankable.  Demi has to compete with other talents of high calibre such as Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Adele, Beyonce, Rihanna, and other highly competitive singers and there are much younger singers/artists being helped, developed and improved to catapult into the highest level. The pressure and stress is suffocating and maybe that's the reason why.

That's one of the example of being in a HIGHLY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT and when you cannot take the pressure it's a bygone era.