History teaches us not to dismiss kiddie pop. Stevie Wonder was once Little Stevie Wonder, just as Lil Wayne was once little Lil Wayne, child gangsta rapper. And let's not forget ex-Mouseketeers Britney and Justin. Purists disdain teenybopper music as cynical pap, foisted on the young by Svengalis who lurk in the shadows, counting money. But bubblegum can be a great farm system, honing skills that pay dividends in later life.

Lately, Disney's kiddie pop has been plenty profitable, with High School Musical and Hannah Montana seemingly the only bulwarks against the collapse of the record business. Unlike Britney and her cohorts in the Nineties teen-pop boom, Disney's current stars are G-rated, easing tweeners' transition to adolescence with music that replicates the sounds of the Top 40 while leaving out the sex and complicated emotions. That's the case with Camp Rock, whose soundtrack offers vanilla takes on "Since U Been Gone"-style rock ("Our Time Is Here") and dance pop ("Hasta la Vista"). But the many self-esteem anthems ("Here I Am," "This Is Me," etc.) grade into narcissism — are they really instilling the right values? The bright spots here are Joe Jonas, who delivers pathos on the power ballad "Gotta Find You," and Disney's new ingénue, Demi Lovato, who bears down with a ferocity that suggests, when her inevitable solo album comes out, things could get interesting.

Vanessa Hudgens knows the rocky passage to adult celebrity. The High School Musical star is a tabloid fixture, thanks to viral photos of her sans schoolgirl togs. But on Identified, Hudgens hews to the Disney content code, only occasionally tiptoeing into double-entendre. Hudgens can't really sing, so her producers handle the heavy lifting. Several songs are helmed by pop wizard Dr. Luke — his lovely ballad "Don't Ask Why" is filled with heart-tugging melodic twists — while Hudgens submits to digital doctoring. "Party on the Moon" sets her tiny voice against a baroque swirl of effects. She sounds like a little girl who took a wrong turn and ended up in T-Pain's fun house.

Miley Cyrus is more self-possessed. With Breakout, Disney's queen bee finally has a sophisticated pop record under her own name, and she's venting the frustrations of a teen who's too grown-up to submit to her parents, teachers or anyone else. On the title track, co-written by Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock, she bellows that she's "tired of bein' told what to do." Cyrus, who co-wrote most of these songs, has co-opted Avril Lavigne's pop punk and sweet sneer. (The environmentalist anthem "Wake Up, America" finds Cyrus wagging her finger at the whole damn country.) But the songs feel genuine: What 15-year-old doesn't have a list of "seven things I hate about you," as Cyrus does? She's acting her age.

The Jonas Brothers are acting their dad's age. The boys' fantastic third album is steeped in the fuzzed-up guitars, three-part harmonies and cotton-candy choruses of Big Star and Cheap Trick. Power-pop die-hards awaiting the genre's commercial saviors must reckon with the fact that the messiahs have arrived . . . and they're a Disney boy band. On A Little Bit Longer, the trio dabble in R&B ("Burnin' Up") and balladeer-ing (the terrific "Love Bug"), but mostly stick to up tempo rave-ups with ripping guitar solos and yelps of "yeah-aw." The Jonas' co-wrote every song, and they take advantage of their autonomy, wandering off the Disney reservation in "Video Girl," a rant about wanna-be starlets ("They all want the money/They're all insane"). Overall, it's a blast — as assured as any American rock album released in 2008. Kids, are you ready to share your Jonas CD with the 'rents?

*excerpted from RollingStone.com reviews

Start:	Apr 21, '08 08:00a
End:	Apr 21, '08 4:00p
Location:	RTU-Boni

Yeah, I'm fourth year. Waaah!!!

I wish I knew that things are going to be busier than I have expected. I didn't even feel that I had a holiday vacation. hahahaha. starting from 12.20 up to now, whoo! Trust me when I say it's exhausting. I have been to hmmm? about FOUR places this holiday. From manda to dasma to manda to QC to cainta then back to QC. I'm so annoyed while writing my blog. Why? hmpf! I can't upload pictures from the digi.cam! Maybe something's wrong with the USB cable. Next topic: My 2oo7 Christmas, I slept around 4:3o am (a record) then this time, New Year, I slept around 5:oo am (that broke the record! haha.) because I watched "I Am Legend"" of Will Smith. Another topic: We celebrated this New Year unusual. It's because, we had visitors from The West. It's my tita from my father's mother's side(brother) and my tito from my father's mother's side(sister). ah! and I celebrated with my cousins from Aklan. So,that's It I think. It's very very busy. What A Year-Ender!

 

*Happy Blessed New Year Guys!

Start:	Jan 1, '08 09:00a
End:	Jan 1, '08 9:00p

The reunion of our family and relatives on my father's side.

Start:	Dec 24, '07 6:00p
End:	Dec 25, '07 12:00a
Location:	All around the world!

The night before christmas. Foods, Foods, Foods!!

Start:	Jan 1, '08 12:00a
Location:	All aroun the World!

This would be another blessing to us given by God! I just hope that this would be a better year than any other.

Just recently, me and my friend hosted our "Buwan ng Wika" and I've done it better than i've expected. Many of the audience are saying that I'm quite good at doing EmCees.. (I don't even know how to spell it)..hehe Well anyway, thank God He helped me an. If they haven't cheered me up, i think i'm done. Actually, not to brag, but i'm wasn't actually nervous that day. but as i was saying at my recent blog, it's weird that i'm having the butterflies in my stomach days before the program. Hehehe.

Start:	Oct 10, '07 07:00a
End:	Oct 13, '07 4:00p
Location:	RTU-LHS

The week(days actually) to celebrate our school's becoming of a university. We annually celebrate this together with RTU Pasig which is the only branch of the Main Campus in Mandaluyong. RTU-ians..yes! three days to spend! haha

Start:	Jun 6, '07 05:00a
End:	Jun 16, '07
Location:	(Palms Casino) Las Vegas, Nevada

The 9th annual festival will be held June 6-16th, 2007 at the Palms Casino Resort and will combine the excitement of world premiere films and celebrity tributes with the allure of Vegas nightlife. CineVegas highlights up and coming filmmakers, as well as masters of the craft, and has attracted the likes of Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Dustin Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Stacy Peralta, Ann-Margret, Helen Mirren, Takashi Miike, and David Lynch in years past.

Under the direction of festival president Robin Greenspun, CineVegas has established itself as one of the hottest and fastest growing film festivals in the world, with recent profiles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and TIME Magazine. CineVegas was recently mentioned as one of the top 5 small fests to visit by Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper and was also named one of the top 5 gem festivals in the world by Variety, one of the top 12 film festivals in North America by San Francisco Magazine and one of the top 7 events occurring in Las Vegas in 2007 by LA Weekly.

Start:	May 27, '07 7:00p
Location:	City of Mandaluyong

Sta. Cruzan is a tradition of Filipinos every Month of May.. This event shows different filipina queens.. Beautiful 'dalagas' from the City will be chosen to represent the queens.. and the beautiful Girl that will outstand others will be chosen as the Maria Elena who is the queen of all filipina queens..