We’re on to the last few days of the month and with February being the Arts Month, we have a local celebration of the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) 2011 to be hosted by the Lipa City Culture and Arts Council in cooperation with the Lipa Actors Company. The festival, …
Read More »Places to Visit in Talisay, Batangas
Talisay, Batangas is famous for its geographical location — having the vast Taal Lake and the magnificent view of Mt. Binintian or what most people think is the Taal Volcano (the small cone-like land form at the center of the lake). And because of this view, there had been a …
Read More »What the Philippines could have been without the EDSA Revolution?
What could the Philippines had become if the first EDSA revolution did not prosper? I was born a few months before the People Power Revolution in EDSA happened. Probably, I was just beginning to grasp things with my tiny hands and started eating semi-solid foods when the whole country unite …
Read More »Sto. Tomas Town Fiesta 2011 Schedule of Activities
Sto. Tomas will celebrate its 345th town fiesta with week-long activities for everyone to enjoy. If you want to be part of this celebration, check out the schedule of activities below. The MAHAGUYOG Festival 2011 is also part of the festivity. MAHAGUYOG was derived from the town’s main products – …
Read More »10-Year-Old Filipina Maria Aragon Moved Lady Gaga to Tears
And then the world gets another YouTube sensation. Maria Aragon, a Filipino-Canadian 10-year-old girl who sang her own rendition of Lady Gaga’s current single Born This Way, will get to sing onstage with the pop superstar. Maria’s Born This Way cover via a video uploaded on YouTube has earned 10,156,696 …
Read More »Some Notes to the Soon-to-Be Graduates
A few days or in a few hours from now, thousands of college students would have to face greater challenges and more complicated situations all summed up and tagged as REAL LIFE. It doesn’t mean that you’re not living a real life when you are in school. The phrase just …
Read More »Mang Tomas! Pabile!
Isang araw sa tindahan ni Mang Tomas… TOTO: (pasigaw) pabili hong SAFEGUARD!!! Mang Tomas: (galit na sumigaw) wag kang sumigaw dyan!!! hindi ako bingi!! anong SIMCARD? Globe o Smart?
Read More »Over the Weekend: Highs and Low
How was your weekend? The weekend brought a couple of highs and lows for us. And since it’s Monday, I’ve browsed quite a number of seemingly ‘manic Monday’ posts on Facebook early this morning but hey, at least you have another week to face. HIGHS Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, …
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