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Selling my Canon 350d DSLR

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

If you are photography enthusiast who’s looking to get your hands on your first ever digital SLR without burning a hole through your pocket, then this is for you.
I’m selling my Canon 350d SLR for an amazingly low price (because I want to sell it quickly so I can upgrade to a higher model [...]

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Stalking Jihad on History Channel

July 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hope you were able to catch it yesterday.  One of History Channel’s feature for this month of July is Mark Bowden’s (author of Black Hawk Down) Stalking Jihad.
History Channel is one of my favorite channels along with

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Let’s pray for the victims of Typhoon Fengshen aka Frank

June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Typhoon Fengshen left a lot of people dead.  Most of the families of the victims of the sunken MV Princess of the Stars are still yet to be reunited with their lost loved ones.
Let’s pray for the those who lost their lives to the wrath of Fengshen.

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Give the gift of education

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

School season’s here again and with the Philippines’ inflation rate at an all time high, the poor are getting even poorer. This back-to-school season, World Vision Philippines still have 4,500 poor Filipino children who do not have sponsors. But for just P450 a month or P15 a day we can help these families [...]

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Vice Ganda performs for Pinoys in Singapore

June 15th, 2008 · 8 Comments

After going to the PC show yesterday, we found ourselves wandering in the Suntec City mall when we heard someone singing in the mall.  It’s always easy to tell whether a Filipino was singing because it’s almost always generally good.

So we decided to check it out and saw this gay guy singing

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Rudy Fernandez gets a gun salute

June 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

According to an article from Inquirer.net:
The late action star was given full military honors, being a reservist in the Philippine Navy. A 12-gun salute accompanied the actor’s burial. The Philippine flag wrapped around the casket of Fernandez was handed to his widow, who clutched onto it tightly.
Oh, the dramz!  First of all, pardon my ignorance [...]

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The Philippines - Beyond the usual

June 7th, 2008 · No Comments

A country fair dubbed as “The Philippines - Beyond the usual” is going to be held at the Tropics Atrium of the Suntec Mall on June 12 -15.
This country fair has good timing because it coincides with The PC show which means it can take advantage of human traffic from there during those days.  [...]

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Brian Gorrell on ABS CBN

April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Brian Gorrell sure is getting his message out. The object of Brian Gorrell’s wrath is either truly innocent or

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Illac Diaz, Social Entrepreneur

March 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

When I hear the name Illac Diaz, for some reason what comes to mind is his Johnson and Johnson baby oil ad way back when I was high school - probably because he was shirtless.
But now, he’s famous for the many awards he is reaping for

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The Talented Mr. Montano

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m sure by now you’ve heard about Australian Brian Gorrell’s blog about his experience with Manila’s socialites. If you haven’t then you must’ve been very busy.

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Janina San Miguel Bb. Pilipinas World 2008 Interview

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

For those like me who didn’t watch the recent Bb. Pilipinas pageant but is curious as to what the fuss on Janina San Miguel (Bb. Pilipinas World 2008) is all about, watch this:

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