The Real Story of Christmas

Have it always been snowing, laughter, bells ringing and Santa Claus or even Jesus being born into such a happy environment? Think again..

I was at a Christian fellowship with my other fellow students on campus listening to the talk about repentance given by Rev. Pax Tan.

What caught my attention and thoughts for the night was merely about the life of Jesus and how He came as God and also as man to identify with people lower than u and I. When I say this, it has to show the humility in all of this and it ain't just about having no money but more negative that the world would normally have rejected "it" among them.

What I was referring to were the poor, the rejects, those who don't smell the same as everyone else, the bastards, prostitutes, loan sharks, prisoners, refugees, those have are different and ain't accepted in general by the community. Jesus came to live among us, that's y He was known as Immanuel, which meant God with us, man of this world.

He was born in such an environment where u would not ever believe how scandalous the situation was. I never thought of this story in that manner, I have always thought that Jesus was born in such and such a place but things like sleeping around and getting impregnated, smell like animals, being a true disgrace, and the whole story was a fraud. It was so saddening and there's much negative emotions revolving around His birth. And yet many failed to see this and still sings "Joy to the World" approaching Christmas when all it truly was on earth was anger, disappointment, sadness, betrayal, jealousy, lies, gossips and things as such rather than what everyone thought it is, let's see, happiness, laughter, joy, magic, comfy, warm, 5 star hotel, a luxurious place of birth for the little king.

We were challenge to ask is this an accident or was it all planned that he will be given birth to in a manger (place where animals have their meals). Being the King of kings, the only begotten Son of God, I can't imagine someone like that to even be born in a place of such as the manger. Any earthly parents would never have done something like that to their children, don't u think so?

Nevertheless, for that have been spoken, i have really been very blessed by the message he has to share with the students of our Christian fellowship. It is always important to have revelations of then Word every now and then and I believed that night, we did! Praise unto God

I hope all of you are blessed or inspired by this sharing.

P. S. Sorry for the profanity used in the context.

World War Z on MY Smart Stay Samsung Galaxy Note 2!

World War Z trailer thru the screen of my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 was despicably great for its continuous  

display using Smart Stay mode, it's one great feature that both Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 2 have that gives 

the user a sense of comfort when watching great scenes through the phone without being interrupted or cut 

off especially thru the jammed pack action scenes of zombies flowing thru each scene of the movie, the 

horror and thrill that each scene has to offer there 

Being selected to attend the Samsung GALAXY S4 roadshow!

That evening right after class was announced to be canceled at COE, Uniten, I got this phone call from Samsung Mobilers at MYC.

As always that call gives me a sense of an overwhelming excitement. I was right to be so excited about the call, this is because I was selected to be one of the Samsung Mobiler Writers that rides in the pilot team, or also known as the pilot test group. I am grateful for being selected again as part of another pilot team in Samsung Mobilers under MYC. 

This has given me a head start in being expose to a smaller group working on a similar project as well as having the opportunity to be familiar with the system before the system is open up to the public. 

OK, back to my story. After being brief about this pilot test group, we were given our first assignment which was at Taylors Lakeside Campus the next day. 

A roadshow for Samsung devices took place at the campus that morning and among the 5 that were present during the briefing, me and Summer decided to go for the roadshow to carry out the first part of the assignment (there's part 1 and 2 in it). Part 1 was to get ourselves a video shoot session with our pro videographer Gary! While part 2 was an assignment for those who couldn't make it to the roadshow that morning. 

Made it to the roadshow that morning almost afternoon in a hurry due to bad transportation schedule. 

Devices on the table (Samsung Galaxy 8.0 and Samsung Galaxy S4)

The Samsung Galaxy S4 was left on the table waiting to be tested out by curious passer by. I was just as excited to be able to find myself playing the phone in front of the camera. Took some time figuring out the features and everything on the phone should be at. 

Samsung Galaxy S4 has some cool features:

• Drama Shot
• Sound and Shot
• Dual Camera
• Group Play

So I got to try every new feature that the phone has to offer on the spot with the widest grin on my face. I could never stop smiling from the time Samsung Galaxy S4 was shown and explained to me by an ambassador at the roadshow that morning. 

The first feature that I tried out was Drama Shot. It was a new feature that allows the object to be shot at different times during an act. I shot a few pictures of mine while playing around with the phone. Mind you, it was an exercise program needing to jump all over the place just to test how good the feature really was. 

Exercise program for Drama Shot

A good sample shot from one of the ambassadors

As for the Sound and Shot feature, me and Summer decided to take each other's shots and then comment into it. Too bad I wasn't able to catch the sound part that came together with the shot. Though I would imagine this feature to be a great one especially for keeping memories of travelers traveling to different parts of the world catching wonderful sound with beautiful pictures too. I seem to also believed that having sound together with the pictures, it seem to make the pictures more lively and not just something plain to look at. 

As for the Dual Camera, I should believed that the pictures can say much for itself. Its like having 2 cameras working at the same time. the smaller frame will normally represent the secondary camera, while the whole picture will be for the primary camera to capture its shots. I would really so love to have this particular feature integrated into my Samsung Galaxy Note 2. The frame that covers the side of the mini pictures that have taken thru the secondary camera can be changed to different designs too.

There is the heart shape design, fading circular design, fish eye design, and i think side by side design, and a few others. This feature makes it easier to get a full view of what needs to be taken as well as placing the photographer within the frame of the picture. I wonder what can be anymore better than having such a handy feature in various situations such as traveling, or any shots that the photographer wants to be part of as well such as gatherings, outings, or being part of a family portrait. There are other creative methods of using this feature too. 

Group Play gives a whole new definition to the term sharing the smart phone world. This feature enables its user to have a very rare style of sharing information, and media such as music, games and pictures. So far I have not found any style of sharing in the market enabling the user to connect wireless to other devices and being able to synchronize the devices to either have a slide show for pictures or being able to play songs at the same time. Group Play also enables the users to have 2 or more devices being enabled to challenge one another in multi player games making it so much exciting, and it is done wirelessly. 

We finally ended the whole thing by doing a small commentaries by both me and Summer. I took a few times trying to sound natural in my words and I finally did it. Not too perfect like some advertisers on TV but it should do for now being a newbie at this. 

So after covering every part of the features that were key parts of the phone. Summer and I narrowed down our discovery to other features that are pretty new in the market and also an exciting feature to behold. They are known as Air Gesture and Air View. There are some demos that I could share thru the pictures that I have about this features. Hopefully you guys get to understand better what is this all about :)

Air view (pictures popping out in gallery with finger hovering above the phone)

Message preview pops up with finger hovering above it (air view activated)

An overall summary is that I personally felt that I wouldn't get to enjoy all this benefits, being in front of the camera and getting to play around with gadgets, traveling and doing stuff people rarely do. It gets possible by being a Samsung Mobiler and I am very glad that I am one right now. I can't speculate how much more I would get to participate in the future. I am really excited and this is only the BEGINNING! :D