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A Poem, Dreamland and a Toy Car

Last night, when I went home, my son was telling me he needs to memorize the poem “All Things Bright and Beautiful” which they would recite tomorrow in class one-by-one. After cleaning up and eating dinner, we proceeded to the task.

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Father and Son Pinoy Team Won Reality Cook Show in US

Another good news for Pinoys — a Filipino-American father and son team just won in a popular reality cooking show titled Food Network. shown in the United States of America.

Chef Andrew Dizon teamed up with his father, Ladd Dizon, in facing the challenge called  ”24 Hour Restaurant Battle” where the contestants were asked to put up the restaurant of their dream within 24 hours. The winning menu of the father-and-s0n tandem were popular Filipino dishes consisted of  oxtail kare-kare, lengua (beef tongue), bittermelon or ampalaya with shrimp, spring rolls and banana turon. The stake –  $10,000 or almost half a million pesos. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another Home Technology

This afternoon when I hitched a ride with a friend, we passed by their exclusive village and I asked him if there were incidences of burglary or such in their community since it’s a common occurrence in high-class residences such as theirs. He replied there were attempts.

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Philippine Team Won Memory Championships in UK

Another talented Filipino emerged and bagged the Silver Medal in the recently concluded 2010 UK Open International Memory Championships. Johann Randal Abrina, a 28-year old registered nurse from Mandaluyong City, memorized a deck of cards in 1.20 minutes in the Speed Cards Category that led to his earning a Grand Master (GM) norm and a Silver medal. He would be needing two more GM norms to achieve the Grand Master of Memory status.

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Welcoming the ‘Ber’ Months

The much anticipated ‘ber’ months has started yesterday, September 1. For Pinoys, the ‘ber’ months means celebrations and holidays. This is the start of thinking about parties, food and gift ideas.

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A Pinoy Won the Emmy Creative Arts Category!

After Miss Universe 4th place winner Filipina Venus Raj, another Pinoy emerged as an international talent in animation — Joseph  ”Joe” Mateo who just won an Emmy award for Creative Arts  for one of his works with Disney. He bagged the award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for the television special ‘Prep & Landing’ where he was the toryboard artist.

Mateo received the award during the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards for technical and other achievements in such category in American television, in Los Angeles last August 21.

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Sunday Family Bonding

Thanks to the long weekend, our family had a longer time to bond before another week of work. We chose the mall for our bonding activities since there’s so much to do in malls including playing games in slot machines and riding carnival rides, window shopping (and actual shopping for those with budget), dining, movie watching, and much more. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sale Alert: SM City Taytay 3-Day Sale + 1 Extra Day!

Calling all SM Mall sale fanatics from Rizal, SM City Taytay is holding a “3-day plus 1 Extra Day” sale starting today, August 37 until August 30, 2010.

Selected items will be on sale for up to 50% off its regular prices plus you’ll get a chance to win 1 of 3 Devant LCD TV. It’s another shopaholic day! Happy shopping!

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An Academic Frustration

Right after I took the board exam for teachers, my next plan was to take my masteral, preferably in education or public administration. Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen turn of events, I wasn’t able to enroll last semester which I direly regret.

In a couple of months, the registration for the second semester will start and I am hoping to enroll this time. However, one of my frustrations is that I am having problems with managing my time as my schedule in the last months has been truly hectic. In fact, I even suffered from heart palpitation due to stress and lack of sleep in my effort to finish my work assignments, both from my day and off-office hours job. Read the rest of this entry »

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Miss Philipines is 4th Runner-up, Miss Mexico is Miss Universe 2010!

The wait is over, the newest Miss Universe is 22-year old Jimena (Ximena) Navarrete of Mexico. Our Miss Philippines Venus Raj fought a good fight and managed to bag the fourth place in the pageant.

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