Juseleeno Nobulega DaRoose

My cousin in Manila just called me over Skype and we chatted for a bit until it was time for him to go have lunch. One of the things we talked about was a file that he sent me - It was a Word document full of Nostradamus-esque predictions. One of the predictions was highlighted - 18th July, Philippine(s) will get 8.1 earthquake, thousands people will die (sic). Apparently, this emailed document has been making the rounds - it just hasn't made it to my neck of the woods yet because this is the first time I've heard about it - and it's causing quite a stir.

I told my cousin not to worry about it because: 1. If this guy was so good, why couldn't he predict an exact time for the earthquake? He supposedly writes letters to heads of state and warns them of all of the impending dangers that he sees and is very detailed about his visions, why can't he say what time this earthquake is supposed to happen? 2. Okay so he may not be able to tell the exact time. Can he be a little more specific about the date though? I told my cousin that the 18th is a couple of days from now and my cousin replied that it was tomorrow - he's in Manila and I'm in San Diego, CA. Couldn't this character at least tell the world in his email if he meant July 18th in the Eastern hemisphere or in the Western hemisphere of the globe?

A quick trip to google produces many hits on blog posts that mention this guy BUT many of these posts come from Pinoy bloggers in the Philippines. There is nothing that I would consider credible - for all we know, all of his so-called predictions could simply have been fabricated by him lifting them from current events, pasting them onto an email, writing a bogus story about how he predicted them, and then adding his own "predictions" to the mix. This just goes to show you that we all really need to take everything that we see or read on the web or anywhere for that matter with a grain of salt. I'm thankful that my cousin didn't send this to me in an email, thereby clogging my already busy inbox but instead asked for permission to send me this file over skype. I pity those that received this email and are now busily preparing for the end times simply because of a silly email that has no basis whatsoever. Besides, if this email were real, an earthquake in the Philippines cannot happen yet because I'm still waiting for the 3 days of darkness! I still have a bunch of candles that my mom made me buy at Ikea that need to get used and I still have huge roles of aluminum foil to cover my windows with...