AUGUST 15, 2011 - i am not asking for your "LIKES", i just want to be your friend :) but if you feel the need to "LIKE" me, please like the beautiful, charming, and gorgeous PAULA DRAVIGNY! check her page out, im sure you'll agree!! she's beautiful! <3................. i am a love warrior..even though i've been hurt so many times, i refuse to give up on love. a wise man once said that, truth is, everybody is going to hurt you. you just have to know the ones worth suffering for. and id rather suffer and fight till my last breath, than give up on that which makes me feel alive........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ MARCH 11, 2011....sending a prayer and a wish to our brothers and sisters in japan... MARCH 9, 2011....its that time of the year when the whales are around ;p brings back memories! it was this same time last year when i found out i won in benettons first IMT competition <3 feeling nostalgic right now...sigh...missing my benetton family dearly <3 i think a reunion is in order!!! anyway, wishing everyone well! if you have facebook, add me!! .......................................................................................................................................DECEMBER 1, 2010: its Christmas time, and the nights are getting colder ;p here's wishing you all warmth and love this holiday season! and i hope this christmas wont be so lonely for all of us :) peace, love, and respect everybody!!! :) OCTOBER 6, 2010: I JUST GOT BACK FROM ANOTHER ADVENTURE!! sorry if i have not been in touch! how is everybody??? wow, im so excited for the next batch of winners! nad my frien coralie is there!!! <3 i will reply to all your messages soon, i just need to settle down a bit! I MISSED YOU ALL!!!! I MISSED IMT! <3 SEPTEMBER 14, 2010: hey everybody! im backkkkk!!!!!! :) its time to re connect with the IMT world :) so nice to see olld friends, and excited to make new ones! message me!!! :) :) :) i just want you to know that i believe in you all! peace, love, and respect!!!! :) MAY 13,2010 !! DO YOU HAVE FACEBOOK? !! THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY!!! m still on assignment right now and i apologize if i have to make this quick bacause my laptop is running on fumes and our generator wont be operational till 8pm ( 5hours from now, and we only run it for two! ) but i just had to find a way to thank you all for believing!!! you guys know me by now, and i normally answer each one personally, but forgive me this time, i hope you understand :( again, thank you so much. i owe it all to you guys. i couldnt have done it without each and everyone of you!!! i promise to write properly when i get the chance! peace love and respect!!! CHECK OUT A SURPRISE VIDEO ON THE TOPMOST LEVEL! We love you, our IMT FRIENDS! BELOVED IMT FRIENDS -- Rizza here, Kiko's sister, posting for him. He's already away for his Humpback Whale Expedition but he prepared a little something for those who have continuously supported him. :) Check out the newest upload on his profile, topmost right. For those who weren't included, rest assured that our hearts are immensely thankful for the months, weeks and days passed. We would love to have included your pictures but we weren't able to save them due to technical problems and yes, we were pressed for time as the competition is about to close. Please accept our sincerest apology. Hope to make everyone smile with this little presentation we've prepared. Much love and gratitude, The Rustias( ----- guys, im leaving today for the humpback whale expedition i was talking about...and i may not be able to say goodbye later, but then again, there are no goodbyes between us! only see you soons :) i just want you all to know that i will be forever grateful for the love and support, you have given me. no reward or prize can ever amount to the friendship we now all share. we have really proven to the world that no country is too far and no culture too different. what makes our relationship special is the fact we may not know one another, but we have faith in each other. and my heart goes all to you, and remember that no matter what - I BELIEVE IN YOU! keep in touch my friends, because our adventure together had just begun!!! :) :) :) TRUST AND FAITH!!! READ MY EXIT SPEECH :) first, a moments silence and a prayer for chile, taiwan, and turkey...may this tragedy bring out the best in its people, and may this strengthen the bond and faith of a nation. statues may crumble, and walls may fall, but may their spirit transcend the disaster and inspire a better future. let this time be a call for all of us.. a worldwide challenge for unity and peace. in their sorrow let us find strength, let their darkest hour be our guiding light. i ask everyone to whisper a prayer...so that the winds may take it to those who need it most...spiritual strength that brings with it a warm promise of a better tomorrow, and hope that no cold can ever extinguish.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXIT SPEECH the recent events that shook the IMT world has put us all in a state of paranoia, fear, and confusion. emotions are high, and our guards even higher. accusations are thrown, fingers pointed, and doubt being sown. the light mood that started with us has turned into a dark cloud. and it seems to most that this is slowly becoming a madhouse. and yet when you look more closely, as you pick the details from the dirt, you start to see a different light. when optimism is chosen over criticism, a better realization begins to emerge. the chaos that threatened to consume everyone proved to be a catalyst of unification for individuals.from what started as a widely dispersed mass, differences are slowly being filtered and similarities are pooled together. ties and bonds are strengthened with each test of faith. as we are tested, we are inspired. the will to hold on becomes greater. those close, become closer. and the hands we used to held, we now hold tighter. this journey has been both nurturing and trying.and it is amazing how fate plays us. we often play safe by expecting the unexpected, but isnt it ironic when the unexpected was just lurking in the corner, waiting for us? i encounterd so many things in this whole experience. and i learned just as much. from how quiet starts end up in loud bangs...how reason easily turns into question..where trust is made and broken in a blink of an eye...and how faith ultimately finds its way. i started this journey with other hopefuls. along the way, many fell. but some managed to hold on. to their beliefs. to each other. and though we were tested in ways we never imagined, where we were pushed to the brink of trust and sanity - we managed to make it this far. with our beliefs. and with each other. though the journey of this episode ends here, our ties will continue to grow. for we know now that no border can seperate us. no difference beyond understanding. and no question above reason. we live in that knowledge that everything we shared here..the laughter, the pain, joys, and tears - forged that unseverable bond that now binds us. we regret nothing...we cherish everything. thank you people. life is an occasion. rise to it!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- we did it guys!!! WE DID IT! justice prevails!!! we got our votes back and i owe it all to you who never stopped believing!!! to juleika ( now WINNER ;p ) - i love you. i love you from the bottom of my heart. you are a good person, and an even greater friend. all this would have not been possible if not for the time and effort you have given. thank you. to fernanda, who will always be wonderful and beautiful...gracias senorita. to kattie - for standing firm with juleika and believing what we stood for, and believing i was actually a glowing fungus..thank you. to melanie alexander, my beautiful melanie alexander, who remained humble and supportive even when she was already on top- you are my sunshine <3 ...thank you.to touty, coralie, and lola who stood by me..thank you! my new sisters freckles and kristine, much love!! :) to my mom, mama neness, and beatrice - for being the strong, amazing, and loving women you are...thank you. to yeoh and the pinoys who believed ( much love! )..salamat. to tina, maria, xian, kevin, melissa, and the rest who never ever stopped believing...thank you! i can go on with the list, but you guys know who you are :) besides, my 'about me' might win the longest 'about me' award already! ;p most importantly...to my family and the big guy up there...thank you! i love you all!!! :) and oh, of course, IMT team..thank you. you gave me a fair review and a just response, and for that i will be grateful. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- whats makes me special? its the fact that even after my previous account got erroneously deleted, i still came back to show my support to the friends i made here. forget voting for me. VOTE FOR MY FRIENDS NAMELY FERNANDA, MELANIE ALEXANDER, KEVIN, YEOH, JULEIKA, KATTIE - they know me personally more than most, and they believed in me. i believe in them. to my family who still continues to support me and those i support, you are the world to me. you are my strength and light. and to the others who connected with me, i just want to thank you for the faith. you guys deserve votes too. you all are winners in my book. mighty proud to have met all of you --------------------------------------------------------------------- i never asked for any votes, i never begged for any either. i never even wrote a single message with any hint of self publicity. all that i had (before), were given to me by people who wholeheartedly appreciated who i was, and what i represented. and from friends who believed in me. as the contest slowly mutated from its humble and friendly beginnings into the jungle that it is, i stood by with what i believed in from the start. connection is more important than competition. i didnt cheat or do anything foul, as what benetton made it seem by suspending my account and sending me that unfounded message. if only they would give time to read my interactions with the people i came across with, they would see that they are wrong. i may have lost faith in the system, but i did not lose faith in my friends. i wont give up on you guys. i promised to support you till the end, and i plan to keep that promise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ so i'm still getting votes ( which is cool ) and you guys keep cheering me on and pushing me to continue the fight. SO I WILL! thank you all for believing in me! for the love, trust, and faith you continue to bless me, i will forever be grateful! but remember this my friends, the votes are not for winning, but rather, for fighting the system and upholding what we all believe in - a just, fair, and most of all, a friendly competition..full of equality and camaraderie...and free from any discrimination or favoritism. something that the united colors of benetton stands for. so hold my hand and stay beside me my friends! fear not, for we are not here to fight, we are just making a stand against the system. because i believe, for all of us, ITS OUR TIME. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- to those who just joined recently...break free from the system! vote from your heart! believe in yourself and remember, votes will not define who you are! you define the votes! fight CPA ( copy paste ask ) votes!!! true appreciation is unconditional! --------------------------------------------------------------------- I STILL BELIEVE THAT CONNECTION IS WORTH MORE THAN COMPETITION. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- KEEP SPREADING THE 'KIKO LOVE' EVERYONE!!! :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS WHAT I WROTE IN MY PREVIOUS PAGE ( my about me ) ......... i embrace change. i am not afraid to be different. i choose to stand out so that i can be heard. my individuality makes me unique. how i look is not because of fashion, but born from expression. i am an artist, and i am my own art. i love adventure. i love the great outdoors. i believe the world is my playground. so i explore. in my travels i meet people. and i learn from them. the more i know from them, the more i know of myself. i appreciate nature in all its forms. and i respect it. i know that i am just a single grain of sand. i am a nomad. i live where life takes me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ after much reflection and long walks down the sandy beach of this island...after beautiful sunsets and wishful thinking...im done. the experiment is over. its:now:time to get real consider what im actually starting to feel. ...question now is...does she love... SUN AND ADVENTURE? NATURE? SUNSETS? STARGAZING? CANDLE LIT DINNER FOR TWO WITH JAZZ MUSIC? CHILL OUT MUSIC BY THE BEACH? DANCING TO HOUSE, TECHNO, RAVE? BOOKS? TRAVEL? GOOD SENSE OF HUMOR? HEALTH LIVING AND OUTDOOR SPORTS? NICE TALKS ABOUT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING? is she....WILLING TO ACCEPT A CRAZY LOOKING GUY LIKE ME? DREADS AND ALL? WHAT IF I FOUND HER ALREADY? WHAT NEXT? HOW AM I GONNA MAKE IT WORK? --------------------------------------------------------------------- ITS TIME TO BE DIFFERENT. LETS GET CRAZY AND CHANGE THE WORLD!!! :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- join me in my adventures! search me in you tube and lets help save our planet! well, im starting with my country first...but ill get to the rest of the world soon enough! because we are all BORN TO BE WILD!!! :) btw, translations are available upon request....just message me what you need translated ;p probably the entire thing! sorry ;p -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DEDICATED TO MELANIE ALEXANDER ( SUNSHINE! ) and BEATRICE ( BEAUTIFUL SUN! )------------------------------------------------------------- Stand still, for the world moves around you. Hush, listen to the music that life plays. Close your eyes, and see beauty with your heart. Smile, because the world smiles with you. Pray, it is the only language that matters. Sing, and let your soul speak. Love, for this is our true purpose. Look up, and know you are never alone. Share, because there is always enough for everybody. Be humble, and know you are just a single grain of sand. Be proud, because your individuality makes you unique. Feel, it is the best way to learn. Live, because life is the greatest gift given to you. love ya both! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DAILY UPDATE------DAILY UPDATE----------- why is benetton allowing those cheat votes to get through? literally overnight, some so called contestants got hundreds or thousands of votes and overtook those who have been fairly playing this contest? and if you look at their profile, they have either gray votes who votes just for them, gray 'vote bots' that automatically votes others contestants without order to avoid system detection, they never voted for anyone or left a comment, and their comment count is far to low to indicate enough interaction with the appreciating public versus their votes.. some admit they are victims,and i challenge them to personally do something about the situation by deleting their accounts and prove to us they are supporters of equality and fairness, not breeders of contempt and deceit. i challenge benetton and IMT to solve this matter immediately and efficiently, if they still want to save whats left of this contest's tarnished reputation. all those truly deserving worked hard to get to the top 100, and are now ,ON THE LAST DAY OF THE CONTEST, being pushed off the competition cliff by unfair individuals whom you are allowing to rule your flawed game. you are not just mocking us benetton, you are mocking the entire world that is watching the last few hours of this contest and see how you play your cards. do you actually plan to allow this mockery of truth, equality, fairness and justice to happen in full view of the entire globe, under your watch??? WE ARE NOT STUPID. and us who fight for equality and fairness are UNITED unlike those unfair players. WE WILL MAKE A STAND AND MAKE SOME NOISE IF YOU DONT SO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. ACT ON THIS NOW. IS THIS THE FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY YOUR BRAND STANDS FOR?! it may also be true that those accused are really victims of some hacker's plan to sabotage you. your system is flawed and they got through. all the more you should solve this, because it is not just your big company's reputation at stake, but the dignity of those people caught in this web madness. can your conscience live with it? -------------- i wrote that message above about just a few minutes ago. i still mean what i said, every word. but at the back my head, something tells me somethings theres something else.... i was a bit furious earlier, i admit, and i still am a bit flustered. thats why i didnt delete the message i wrote above. but after some careful thinking....i decide to calm myself down and just see where this will all lead to. what all this is trying to teach us. this game has been a test of faith for everyone. and faith, as we all know, is an important foundation of every physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual structure. in a society where chaos threatens to consume everything, faith is the fire that burns bright during the darkest hours, fueling the drive and hope that ultimately saves. it is faith that guides us through the night, and it is faith that lights our brighter tomorrow. we should not let the turn of events devour the humanity and sanity in us. instead, it should serve as a catalyst that will strengthen our bonds and ties. it is during these times that we should rise up to the occasion and be strong. and let faith be our strength. i apologize for my earlier call for so-called victims to delete their accounts. i am in no position to demand or order anything. nor do i have any right to accuse anybody. i said those things out of frustration, because i feel the pain of those who worked so hard just to make it to the top 100. to that i am sorry. the decision is really in your hands. but if you believe in equality and fairness like most of us, you would understand where we are coming from. again, my sincerest apologies. hold on everyone. theres always a rainbow after the rain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- leaving today for the humpback whale expedition. and im not happy to be leaving like this. i wont be able to see all of you off, but i hope all of you my friends look out for each other and stand united. do not let the flawed system break the bond we forged. STAND UNITED MY FRIENDS! FIGHT FOR TRUTH, EQUALITY, AND FAIRNESS! A PRIZE CAN BE WON, BUT HONOR CAN ONLY BE EARNED. A PRETTY FACE IS TEMPORARY, BUT A SEXY MIND IS TIMELESS!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ did i mention im a big X-FILES nut? :) dana scully and fox mulder rules!! ;p ------------------------------------------------------------------------ im into sunset photography :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ....i think the benetton babies will be cute too <3 and the thought of walking hand in hand in NY, with the empire state building as background is priceless.... :) now im hoping to win because of that! ;p