Pardon me, but I am really one lousy excuse for a stage father. After all it is not everyday that my son would sing in a choir in a competition and my Angel dances in her school at the same day. When she’s not writing short stories, my Angel is just like any ordinary kid [...]
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
Today is the 26th death anniversary of Ninoy Aquino, the man who fought against Ferdinand Marcos… whose death was responsible for bringing back democracy in the Philippines. But do we really know him? Senator Nene Pimentel remembers him as a man of destiny and hero of the people. The youth of today, unfortunately doesn’t know [...]
Tags: August 21, Benigno Aquino, Filipino, hero, Kapampangan, Ninoy Aquino, Philippines
The APO Hiking Society and nd various artists sing “Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo,” an EDSA song, after Cory’s funeral mass on August 5, 2009.
Tags: APO Hiking Society, August 5, Cory Aquino, Cory's funeral, Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo
Of course we know they’re not real… but they’re cute and the concept is really creative… the roller babies will definitely be a Youtube sensation. I love watching them again and again…. Here they are ain’t they cute?
Tags: commercial, creative, cute, evian, roller babies, tvc, YouTbue sensation, YouTube
They after all gained international fame and recognition, when they’re performance of Thriller was uploaded on YouTube in 2007. It has since reached more that 25 million hits, with their performance even reported at CNN, BBC and other international media outlets. Last Saturday, the dancing inmates from Cebu gave tribute to Michael Jackson by performing [...]
Tags: Cebu's dancing inmates, dancing inmates, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Thriller, tribute
Susan Boyle maybe an early favorite to win the finals in “Britain’s Got Talent!” being an overnight internet sensation and all, but it was the 10-men troupe of street dancers from Essex that bagged the first place, with Boyle settling for the second place. Diversity won over Susan Boyle, and even the group was shocked [...]
Tags: BGT, Britain's Got Talents!, champion, Diversity, Finals, internet sensation, Simon Cowell, Susan Boyle, upset, Winners, YouTube
I am a fan of Comics Sans font, in fact I used it often when I still have my personalized items business. You can’t go wrong with the children’s giveaways. But what did an innocent font do to merit a movement calling for its eradication? Yes, there is a Ban Comic Sans movement (and a [...]
Tags: ban comics sans movement, comics sans, font, font conference, fonts, Holly Sliger, Vincent Connare, walt disney, YouTube
