Archive for the ‘Features’ category

Miss Universe 2008

July 14th, 2008

Latina beauties conquered the Miss Universe pageant once again.
The top 5 are:

Miss Colombia
Miss Venezuela
Miss Dominican Republic
Miss Mexico
Miss Russia.

Miss Philippines failed to make it on top 10. Vietnam hosted this year’s Miss Universe. Miss Universe 2008 is

Camp Rock

June 24th, 2008

Camp Rock is Disney’s TV second highest rated of all time after High School Musical 2. Starring the Jonas brothers: Kevin, Joe, and Nick with hits: “Hold On” and “SOS”. The tv movie introduces Demi Lovato who plays as Mitchi Torres.

Camp Rock had its premiere on June 20, 2008 on Disney Channel. The story is […]

Marie Digby

June 20th, 2008

Marie Digby’s Say It Again is topping the Myx chart. I love the song! Marie became popular with her acoustic cover of Umbrella by Rihanna when it was broadcast on You Tube. One can easily notice this girl because she is pretty and she can play piano and guitar.
I thought she has Filipino blood […]

Urduja

June 4th, 2008

According to Wikipedia: Urduja (ca. 1350 C.E - 1400 C.E.), is a legendary warrior-princess who is recognized as a heroine in Pangasinan. The name Urduja appears to be Sanskrit in origin, and a variation of the Sanskrit name “Urja,” meaning “Breath.”
Urduja is the fist animated film produced and made by Filipinos for local viewers. It […]

New 7 Wonders of the World

May 25th, 2008

Honestly, I only find out about this on Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus when the teens went to Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park for their island adventure. PPSRNP is currently on the top 10 list of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Tubattaha Reef and Chocolate Hills landed on top 6 and […]

How to work in Singapore

April 28th, 2008

Today, Singapore is one of the hot spot destinations for Pinoys who want to work abroad. All degree holders have better chance of getting hired and salary starts from SGD1,800. IT professionals have the highest salary for it is more on demand in Singapore. The weather is basically just the same in our country […]

Ramiele is on Ellen DeGenere’s Show!

April 9th, 2008

It’s good to see Ramiele Malubay performs once again, though not in American Idol Season 7, but on Ellen DeGeneres’ show! :) I appreciate Ellen’s enthusiasm with Filipino talents. She requested Charisse Pempengco to sing live on her show and praised Arnel Pineda (a Filipino singer who is now the lead vocalist of international band, […]

Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2

April 4th, 2008

ABS-CBN’s reality singing contest, Pinoy Dream Academy will soon launch its season 2. From the reality show that paved the way to stardom for Ronnie Liang, Jay-r Siaboc, and Yeng Constantino, the following are some of the hopefuls:

Ramiele Malubay is Out of American Idol Season 7

April 3rd, 2008

She’s tagged as the next Jasmine Trias though she sounds better than the American Idol season three’s third placer. What with her petite physique, she can belt out a tune as high as Aretha Franklin’s Natural Woman on which she chose for her August 2007 audition. But Ramiele Malubay sadly bid farewell last night […]

Beach Resorts

February 18th, 2008

It’s summer time once again, and one of the best place to stay is to have a refreshing vacation over at a beach resort.
One of the good directory that I came across when searching for resort in Batangas is www.beachresortfinder.com. It has good listings of beach resorts from different locations, and I find it useful […]

Coffee Prince

February 16th, 2008

Yoon Eun-hye has come back, and she’s funnier than ever! In Coffee Prince, she portrays a very cute and funny role as a tomboyish girl, far different from her role in Princess Hours wherein she was a Crowned Princess. In Princess Hours, she was very cute with her uniform and very girly with her long […]

Renaldo Lapuz (I am your brother, American Idol Season 7)

January 20th, 2008

“I am your brother, your best friend forever…” Bet this will going to be a hit song and you have heard it first on American Idol Season 7. The man who sang this song came to the audition in Texas with white cape and white hat and belt out a tune which he originally composed […]

Duyan ni Maria Orphanage

January 13th, 2008

December 29, 2007… St. Peter Batch 2000 of University of the Assumption, San Fernando Pampanga held its annual charity program at Duyan ni Maria (Mary’s Cradle) Orphanage in Hensonville, Angeles City. For three consecutive years, our class visited and distributed goods to Bahay Pag-ibig foundation at Holy Angel Village, City of San Fernando Pampanga. We […]

Amazing Race Asia Season 2

November 24th, 2007

The Amazing Race Asia Season 2 had its premiere on Nov. 22, Thursday on AXN. Teams are consist of best friends, ex-housemates, couples, and siblings from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and for the first time – from Japan. I can say that Season 2 is more exciting as with its addition of […]