Parlor Games We Play

Chilly season’s Greetings!  No kidding, if you are living in the north eastern part of America, you are currently enduring the brutal chill of the season.  And to all our kababayans in the Philippines, bask in that temperate weather.  It is freaking cold out here and it is nothing to envy about.

So much for the weather, I have thought of sharing some of the most successful and fun parlour games i have played with my tennis friends and families here over in Northern Virginia.   For three years running, i have been hosting our traditional christmas parties and have been trying to come up with some fun and crazy Read more

Sweeter than Corn

Some delightful surprises from a travel also arise alongside the road when you least expect it. I was taking pictures of the corns being sold at the road side stands in Silang Tagaytay when i noticed a little girl peeping through the pile of corns. She was hiding from the back. She looked shy, but she was smiling and looked oh so cute. Read more

Vacation in P.I.

Wondering where to go while visiting your loved ones in P.I.?
Here some hints and let me share to you my recent escapades from our native land.
I arrived in NAIA 16th of Nov.2009 with fear na baha pa ang dadatnan ko,but to all my surprised I was wrong.Unang sumalubong sa akin ay mga kababayan natin na parang di nakaranas ng devastation ng baha at malinis na kalye na fully decorated pa para sa pagsalubong ng pasko..As always mga excited at masasayang mukha ang makikita mo at very lively ang paligid.Sila yong mga taong they always make peace Read more

Cruise Boat at Taal Lake

Planning a cruise vacation? Try one of the colorful boat outriggers at Taal Lake that will get you from point A to point B, you’ve never taken a cruise quite like this before. The experience is anything but ordinary!

LOVE SET GAME To Support the Victims of Typhoon ‘Ondoy’

A group of Filipino-American tennis enthusiasts in Springfield, VA (USA) held a tennis game socials to raise in-kind donations to support the victims of typhoon ‘Ondoy’ that has inundated most areas of Metro Manila and nearby provinces in the Phillipines.
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Miracles at San Miguel by the Bay

First, it was Jesus Christ. And then St Peter…and then the kids at San Miguel by the Bay trying to perform miraculous walk on the water. Apparently, these miracles can be performed with the help of Wow Balls which cost P50 for a good ten minutes. It’s a wonder how these kids survive inside the Wow Ball for more than 3 to 4 minutes – the average time a regular human body can last without an oxygen.”

“Himala” Revisited – Nora Aunor in Vienna Virginia for the Special Screening of the Film

by: Dino Dela Rosa
(Dino Dela Rosa writes for the entertainment section of the Virginia-based The Manila Mail)

The one and only Superstar Nora Aunor was here to attend the special screening of her film “Himala,” the 1982 Ishmael Bernal classic in which she won the best actress award at the Metro Manila Filmfest.  She played the faith healer Elsa and her riveting performance is considered one of her best performances. This film was sponsored by the Filipino Ministry of Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church and MOWELFUND Philippines where Boots Anson-Roa is the Executive Director.  Boots and Nora both starred in the memorable drama, “Paru-parong Itim.”(1973). Read more

Boots Anson-Roa Graces Special Screening of Himala in Washington, DC

by: Dino Dela Rosa
(Dino Dela Rosa writes for the entertainment section of the Virginia-based The Manila Mail)

Boots Anson-Roa was Metro Washington DC last week to attend a two-night special screening of the classic Ishmael Bernal film “Himala” which was hailed by CNN(U.K.) as the top ten foreign films of all time. MOWELFUND(Movie Workers Foundation) of which Tita Boots is Executive Director was one of the sponsors of “Himala,” which starred the one and only Superstar was also in attendance which was Read more

Para kay Tita Cory

Freedom loving Filipinos around the world mourn the death of a beloved icon, Cory Aquino. Tita Cory, as most people fondly call her, was instrumental in restoring democracy, political order, honesty and integrity in the Philippine government.

I remember the tumultuous times of the 80s and I was also on my freshman year in college. I would join rallies and demonstrations on the streets. I would also join the barricades at the gate of PUP, Read more

For Science Lovers: Spectacular Video of Solar Eclipse as Viewed in Japan (no english translation)

Amazing!  Just spectacular!

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