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Father and Son Pinoy Team Won Reality Cook Show in US
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on September 2nd, 2010
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 »
Philippine Team Won Memory Championships in UK
Posted by mhel in famous people on September 2nd, 2010
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.
A Pinoy Won the Emmy Creative Arts Category!
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on August 31st, 2010
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.
Miss Philipines is 4th Runner-up, Miss Mexico is Miss Universe 2010!
Posted by mhel in famous people, the Filipina on August 24th, 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.
Binibining Pilipinas Venus Raj May Become Miss Universe 2010!
Posted by mhel in famous people, the Filipina on August 24th, 2010
The much hyped and followed beauty and wit battle for today’s Miss Universe 2010 Pageant is turning to be very exciting for Filipinos as our very own Binibining Pilipinas Universe titlist Venus Raj just made it to the top 10 Finalists!
Tally of score for the evening gown and swimsuit categories revealed that Venus Raj may make it to the top five (5) after all! Now all we need to do is wait and see how our smart Pinay bet will perform in the much-awaited question and answer portion which will determine highly the ranking of the top 10 finalists. Read the rest of this entry »
President Elect Noynoy Aquino Named Cabinet Members
Posted by mhel in famous people on June 29th, 2010
While the whole country awaits the historical inauguration of the new President of the Philippines tomorrow, June 30, 2010, President-Elect Benigno Aquino III already named the composition of his Cabinet:
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A Year After Michael Jackson’s Death
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on June 24th, 2010
Yesterday morning, Unang Hirit of GMA7 featured a tribute for the international pop superstar Michael Jackson by having a dance-showdown segment hosted by Drew Arellano and Regine Tolentino featuring dancers mimicking the popular moves of the MJ.
This morning in the news, a group of Michael’s supporters are commemorating their idol by holding a show in his name. I looked at the date and yelped, “how time flies!” Tomorrow is the first year of Michael Jackson’s death anniversary. MJ was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m of June 25, 2009 shocking the world and left millions fans in grief including me and my husband.
Charice Pempengco is Joining Glee for Real!
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on June 22nd, 2010
What started as a welcome rumor to Pinoys is finally set to happen — its final, its real, Charice Pempengco is joining the hit musical TV show in the US “Glee.”
Charice, the young Filipina who became an international singing sensation and was recently baptized with the ultimately rich and famous Oprah Winfrey as Godmother, is set to join Glee’s second season. Charice confirmed this on his twitter message (see photo above).
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American Idol Season 9 Winner is Lee Dewyze!
Posted by mhel in famous people on May 27th, 2010
American Idol Season 9 just ended with Lee Dewyze as its ultimate winner. Shown live in the Philippines via GMA7 this morning, Lee won over his toughest opponent, Crsytal Bowersox. The face-off of the two last night was intense and while Lee’s performances were really good, Crystal’s hit the best comments from the judges.
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Cartoon Heroes for the Whole Family
Posted by mhel in famous people, general on May 24th, 2010
For our 8th year anniversary, my husband and I decided to celebrate it by watching the Ironman 2 at SM Marikina with our only son. Just like any other small boys, our baby is gaga over robots and heroes. This time, he fancy and idol the man clad with steel, Ironman.
Our celebration was indeed fun because our family enjoyed the Ironman 2 movie we even decided to stay even after the movie is over. We also looked for some Ironman collectibles from its toy store at SM where we found Ironman himself patiently standing for photo opps with moviegoers.
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