FGNHS stands for the Francisco G. Nepomuceno High School, a public high school located in Pandan, Angeles City where my son is in his third year under the SPA section (Special Program for the Arts) So, what’s so special about the FGNHS Choir anyway? Well, aside from my son, Edgar Allan being a member of [...]
Tags: champion, Choir, Chorale competition, Edgar Allan, FGNHS, Himig Pasko, Pandan, Pasko sa Clark, Robinson's Place - Angeles City, SPA
Last month, I joined the whole nation in its campaign to help Efren Peñaflorida win in the search for the CNN Hero of Year. This time, I join the whole nation in celebrating because Efren won the CNN Hero of Year award! In a headline entitled “Pushcart educator named CNN Hero of the Year,” the [...]
Tags: 2009 Hero of the Year, CNN, CNN Hero of the Year, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Kariton Klassroom, Philippines, Pinoy, Pushcart Educator, YouTube
I’m sure that by now you know that Manny Pacquiao has won against (now former welterweight champion) Miguel Cotto by technical knock out before the end of the 12th round. The victory has won for Pacquiao his seventh world title in as many weight division, a feat that no boxer in history has achieved before [...]
Tags: Chavo Guerrero, Erik Morales, Filipino, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Monday Night Raw, Oscar dela Hoya, Philippines, pound-for-pound king, Ricky Hatton, wrestling, WWE
Yes! You can indeed say that I am one proud father, seeing my daughter’s Cinderella story in the same list as Zorlone, Justin and Jennifer. Her story was picked as one of the winners in WOOF Writing Contest for October 23, 2009! Angel is in the winners’ circle along with these great writers! In my [...]
Tags: angel, cinderella story, modern-day, proud father, Script, winner, woof writing contest, young writer
He was featured last March as a modern-day hero by CNN because of his simple act of teaching poor children how to read and write. His trademark ‘kariton‘ (push cart) always goes with him wherever he goes on a mission. That recognition has brought Efren Peñaflorida to the Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year [...]
Tags: CNN, Dynamic Teen Company, Efren Peñaflorida, Filipino, Global, Hero of the Year, heroes, Kariton, online voting, Philippines, Pinoy, Raymundo Gonzalo, Top 10 Heroes of the Year
The online world is a fun and dynamic environment. You get to meet a lot of interesting characters who all seem to be friendly as well. Of course, there are the ‘not-so-friendly’ online personalities, but they’re not really that many to dampen one’s beautiful online experience. It’s easy to fake a good personality online, it’s [...]
Tags: Angeles City, bloggers, bloggers meet-up, Bonnie, CC bloggers, Clin Chem Bloggers, friends, influenza bloggers, Jan, jedi bloggers, Jena, Lyle, Metrogate, Novz, online friendship, real friendship, Roy, September 5, Zorlone
More than a month after I received my first blogging award, I still ask myself the same question I was asking as I was on my way home on that evening of August 8. As my certificate would say, my blog was one of the top 10 emerging influential blogs for 2009. But really, do [...]
Tags: angel, EIB 2009. Top 10, emerging influential blogs, Janette Toral, The Struggling Blogger, what is influential, Winners
Being true to their words (finally!) that they will announce the winners on September 7, 2009 (a day earlier even), the organizers of the Gig Book Story Writing Contest has released the winners of the writing contest. Receiving in my email (just now), the winners of the Gig Book Writing contest are (listed here in [...]
It’s official! It will be Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto on November 14 at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas. Pacquiao officially accepted the challenge of Cotto although he is taking his sweet time to be with his family longer. But we know that once he sets his mind on his training, he will be [...]
Tags: contest winner, Fatherlyours, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, November 14, Pambansang Kamao, Sports
I have already submitted my final list of Top 10 for Janette’s Writing Project. Making the final list is not easy, as most bloggers would agree. There’s just too many worthy blogs to consider. Earthlingorgeous admits she’s having a tough time choosing. So she is holding a contest for it. You can join the contest [...]
Tags: contest, earthlingorgeous, emerging influential blogs, sure bet, top 10, top 5 picks, Winners, writing project
