yehey Chanel Madrigal of the Philippines won 2nd Runner up!! 
Ice is a good and pretty friend...She competed in several pageants and ended up always winning...She is fun, bubbly, and intelligent...definitely a fab...just recently she is one of the babes on tv in "Shoot that Babe Season 1"...
October 11, 2007 Thursday - Me and my cousin Mary went to Cagayan De Oro City together with both our moms to meet and welcome Mary's American boyfriend, Steve. That was their first meeting after months of chatting and sending emails through the internet and so my cousin was a little nervous that time. We arrived at the airport almost 2:00 in the afternoon but the airplane landed at 3:00 o'clock pm. When Steve finally came out in the arrival area, they exchanged smiles and hugs and it seems there is already a chemistry between them.
to let Steve have a glimpse of what The City of Golden Friendship looks like. We passed Xavier University, Divisoria, and of course, the malls. First stop, gasoline station...hahahaha..do i need to say this? Well, maybe yes, because so close to it is the Lim Ket Kai Mall where we took sometime to look around for something interesting. But of course just like any other mall, there is nothing so great about it when you are not there for shopping. So after few minutes of window shopping, our stomachs leaded us to KFC for a fried chicken festival. Mmmm...i like the hot and spicy chicken, makes me hungry thinking about it now.
The streets of Cagayan De Oro are busy and noisy and so it is tiring but fun. It is almost 7:00 pm when we headed back to Iligan and arrived around 9:00 pm. And even tired, they still went to introduce each members of the family and relatives. Everyone likes Steve because he is absolutely fantastic. He is religious and serious in life but funny and humorous as well. He have a good singing voice and everyone sang long with him in his gospel songs with a keyboard or a guitar. He gets along with our family so well. So he gets my vote for being the man of my cousin...hahahahaha...September 29, 2007 - Senior San Miguel De Archangel Iligan City Fiesta Diyandi Festival 2007!!!
Nancy R. Nangeroni, for the International Foundation of Gender Education, defines Transgender person as "someone whose gender display, at least sometimes, runs contrary to what other people in the same culture would normally expect." Transgender people come in several flavors:
Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual identity are independent of each other. A person may express any variation of each of these in any combination. To discourage the free expression of identity and orientation by an individual to impose a damaging burden of conformity. Sexual orientation is which sex you find erotically attractive: opposite (hetero), same (homo), or both (bi). Sexual identity is how you see yourself physically: male, female, or in between. If someone is born male, but wishes to see their body as a female in all respects, their sexual identity is female. Gender identity is how you see yourself socially: man, woman, or a combination of both. One may have a penis but prefer to relate socially as a woman, or one may gave a vagina but prefer to relate as a man. One might prefer to be fluid, relating sometimes as a man and sometimes as a woman. Or one might not identify either as one, relating androgynously.
People tend to categorize themselves. This identification can be helpful in finding like-minded others with whom to make friends, but it can be hurtful if impose on an individual on others, well-intentioned or not. In relating to transgender people, it is best to avoid pushing an individual to choose a category for themselves. Some folks prefer to explore the fringes of category, and such push for identification works against personal exploration and fulfillment. Transgender people have self-identified as:
It is a new day and everything seems so quite. The place is greener than yesterday and the flowers are blooming beautifully. I am happy to see all the things at peace. I can feel the wind as it touches my face and it gives me a warm embrace. The butterflies that hop from flower to flower give me a glimpse of hello. They have never been so colorful. The birds that are showing off their wings sing and dance to the bluest sky. And the melody of the river fills the finishing touch.
Now, i am sad again...
