Jessica Watson was just an ordinary girl seven months ago. But last Saturday, she was given a heroes welcome as the 16-year old sailor completed her global sail in her 34-foot yacht, the Pink Lady.

After 210 days of sailing around the world — SOLO,  Jessica Watson’s voyage ended in a dramatic fashion as tens of thousands of cheering spectators and hundreds of boats turned out to welcome her home to Australia’s Sydney Harbor.

Overwhelmed by the turn out of people all eager to welcome her home, Jessica said “I haven’t seen a person for almost seven months and suddenly there’s just people everywhere — you know, faces, so much color, so much noise, so much everything,” she told a news conference. “All I’ve seen for so long is empty waves, so it was amazing and very overwhelming. At the same time, I achieved what I set out to.”

Included in those who welcomed her home was Prime Minister Kevin Rudd who called her “our newest Australian hero” minutes after she stepped onto the pink carpet that well-wishers rolled out for her -- her legs still wobbly after so long at sea.

But Jessica was modest, in spite of her achievement, and boldly said she disagreed with what the Prime Minister said, referring to her as a hero.

“I’m an ordinary girl who believed in her dream,” she said

Here’s a video clip from CNN of Jessica Watson’s arrival and the boats and crowd, who all came to welcome her home.

and here’s another one, a complete interview of her from YouTube uploaded by nonameisacat.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN-OVocSm4E

Unfortunately, her achievement is not without controversy, and it is being contested. But controversy or not, her feat is definitely noteworthy and has inspired a lot of people to work hard in achieving their dream.

I just found this video. It’s hot, cute, funny, sexy, smart, creative… oh well, why not see for yourself. It’s totally and not just because there naked women in the video, but because of the art involved.

Truly and amazing concept. Here’s the Censor Bar Art video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6RsJY3HzMw

And the invasion of K-pop continues, and getting hot on top of the list now is the Girls’ Generation who are also known as the SNSD which is an acronym of their Korean name So Nyeo Shi Dae or So Nyuh Shi Dae.

The Girls’ Generation or SNSD is 9-member all female group from South Korea which was formed in 2007. The group’s members ae Yoona, Tiffany, Yuri, Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Seohyun, Taeyeon, Jessica and Sunny

Their biggest hit was the song Gee which was the longest running number 1 in Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Music Bank. Currently they are on the top of upper part of the chart in music countdowns with their latest hit Oh!

Just like most typical K-pop songs, their repertoire includes danceable tunes with choreography that young girls love to dance to.

Here are the some their music videos.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQQi5WRwH80
Oh!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ
Gee

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2NkGHkqDZk
Chocolate

I don’t really think that K-pop fever is about to end soon. But hey, with pretty girls like the SNSD, who’s complaining?!

Beautiful star of Harry Potter series, Emma Watson is decade’s most profitable actress.

19-year old British actress Emma Watson took the most profitable actress of the decade and overtook big name actresses like Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie or even Meryl Streep.

The young actress film credits were only the Harry Potter movies and voicing a character in an animated film. But all films the she has appeared in have made more money than any other Hollywood startlet.

Films that Watson was involved in over the course of the decade made $5.4 billion worldwide which is the highest average box office earnings, with an estimated $900 million per film.

The list was conducted by the Guinness Book of World Records, where Watson also beat other actresses like Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.

Meanwhile, the highest grossing actor of the decade was Orlando Bloom, who earned more than $7 billion for his role in movies like “Lord of the Rings” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

Saw it first on my twitter timeline. Many were sad, and shocked, on the news that Oprah will end soon.

Yes, the popular talk show Oprah will end in 2011, according to the report in the CNN website.

The report further said the Oprah Winfrey will formally announce this on the Friday’s edition of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

“Oprah will be ending her talk show,” said Don Halcombe, spokesman of Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. “She will be speaking about in on tomorrow’s live show.”

The show was said to end on September 9, 2011, as its 25th season draws to a close, according to a letter from Harpo Inc.

Many were surprised and saddened by this news because Oprah has a lot of televiewers all over the world, this author included. It has been a consistent top-rating talk show for 23 consecutive seasons.

According to the Oprah.com site, it is seen by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the United States and is broadcast to 145 countries.

I am guessing, that perhaps this could be just temporary (I hope), and that a new show (perhaps with a similar format) will air soon… of course, I could be wrong.

Maybe this won’t be a surprising news to those in the field of medicine, but I was surprised when I read that sex can cause amnesia.

This was reported in the CNN website, what happened was that a couple had sex and after that, the woman seems to be disoriented.

It was one August morning in 2008, as Scott and Alice lay on the bed, the woman turned on the TV and was surprised to find the Olympics. She asked her husband if there is indeed an Olympics going on.

The husband noticed something was wrong, and he asked her questions, like who is their president, to which Alice replied “Bill Clinton.”

Convinced that something indeed was wrong, Scott jumped out of bed and called 911. Alice was rushed to the emergency room.

In the hospital it was diagnosed that Alice had the medical condition called transient global amnesia (TGA) in which  patients lose their ability to retain immediate memory.

It was described as a rare neurological condition that usually occured in patients over age 50. Neurologist noted that patients knew their identities, but they couldn’t retain recent memory, like where they were and how they got there.

In the hospital, Alice repeatedly asked how he got there, and he couldn’t believe when Scott told her what happened.

“Let me get this straight. We had sex. I wind up in the hospital and I can’t remember anything?” Alice said. There was a slight pause.

“You owe me a 30-carat diamond!” Alice quipped, laughing. Within minutes, she repeated the same questions in order, delivering the punch line in the exact tone and inflection. It was always a 30-carat diamond

Although it isn’t always sex which causes TGA. It usually occurs after the person engages in strenuous activity — sex being one of them, vigorously exercising, suddenly immersing into icy or hot water, straining to dig a stuck car or even bumping the head.

Patients who have a history of migraines and headaches are more likely to get TGA as some people report getting terrible head pains related to orgasms, called coital headaches

“I remember the previous night going to sleep with a subtle headache and not taking anything for it,” Alice recalled. “And apparently, the next morning, my husband and I had intercourse. From what I found out, there was an orgasm.”

Experts say TGA usually occurs once, however,  in some cases, it could become recurrent.

Although she has recovered fully, Alice still cannot remember what happened that morning. The last thing she remembered was going to bed the night before with a slight pain in the right, rear area of her head.

“I was lucky because nothing bad came of it,” said Alice, now 60. “I wasn’t frightened. My husband and family were frightened. I was totally out to lunch.”

But the amnesia incidence, Alice said, had not deterred her sex life, but now, she avoids having intercourse when she has  headache. She tells her husband, “So sorry, you can wait.” Until now though, she has yet to receive a 30-carat diamond from Scott.

So what happened then to sex as the best for a woman’s headache?

It looks like guys aren’t the only ones who are on the offensive these days… these two commercials from Axe deodorant can show you how girls can be creative at times

Now, is that creative or what?!

I don’t think I have ever seen a powerful breastfeeding campaign as the QTV breastfeeding campaign for the month of August.

The message is clearly brought across, using modern and professional Moms at that.

We all know that breast milk is still the best for babies and also provides benefit for the mother as well.

The benefits of breastfeeding are: (as seen in the TV ad)

1. Nutritious
2. Fortified with vitamins and minerals
3. Rich in anti-bodies
4. Easy to digest
5. Improves bonding, and
6. Full of love

Breastfeeding is indeed beneficial both to the mother and baby alike. This campaign by QTV 11 is being done in cooperation with Latch.

Here’s the TV ad campaign for the breastfeeding month of August.

I haven’t really watched Transformer 2: Revenge of the Fallen yet, though I swear I’ll do once I get the chance. Friends who already watched it swear it’s awesome!

But what’s this? Critics didn’t like it?!

CNN said in its report that ‘critics were not impressed,’ can you believe that?! Ben Lyons of E! Online said the movie is All Bots and Bods, referring of course to Megan Fox and the rest of the Transformers robots overloaded, yet… no story?

I haven’t watched it yet, and I admit I am partial so I am not inclined to believe those now.

But whether it’s true or not, I won’t be watching it to be impressed by a great heartwarming and inspiring storyline, but to see some kick-ass transforming robots in action!

And of course, Megan Fox, who by the way is only No. 2 on FHM’s Sexiest list.

Speaking of poll, sexiest and all, there is this poll ongoing at Examiner on Who is the hotter Transformer star? Megan Fox or Bumblebee Camaro?

Do we really have to choose?!

Some wives complain that their husbands spend a lot of time with their Wii games… in fact, it has even become a great substitute for Saturday football game and beer.

But these two guys understand the sentiments of their wives, that’s why they bought them Shii, the Wii for women!

Now, is that thoughtful or what?

And since we’re in the subject of women playing Wii, how about watching this?

I really don’t understand why women love to play Wii in bikini, but hey! Who’s complaining?

hmmm… I really need to get me a Wii