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theurbanhistorian: The mighty once dwelt here. Before it became...

bubblygum — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:50:38 +0800

The mighty once dwelt here.

Before it became F. R. Hidalgo, it was once Calle San Sebastian, because it leads to San Sebastian Church. If today it is an odd agglomeration of slum shacks, worn out 19th century houses and thugerry, before it was the home of Quiapo’s local aristocracies. Today only the Bautista-Nakpil house remains strong.

followandreblog: congrats, jessica. you get the better music...

bubblygum — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:24:23 +0800

followandreblog:

congrats, jessica. you get the better music producer!

misteravid: Filipino TimeI hate hearing/reading the word...

bubblygum — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:55:25 +0800

misteravid:

Filipino Time

I hate hearing/reading the word “around” in the context of schedules.

“I will be there AROUND 5pm” this pretty much means the person saying this will arrive past 5. We are so used to this system that we actually feel a one hour window is acceptable since technically 5:55 is still within the realm of “around 5pm”.

This is so stupid & inconsiderate but most everyone I know does this so it’s not much of a big deal.

What we need to do is remove giving estimates when it comes to schedules & simply give the exact time one prefers. Yes, we are not trains with calculated trajectories that can always arrive exactly on time but we can always be early. If you estimate that you would arrive at 5, give it a buffer & say “I will be there at 5:30”.

Also, traffic is a universal constant around here so remove that from the acceptable excuses of being late. Always plan with traffic in mind. Saying you are late because of traffic is like saying that you are late because our president has no hair on the top of his head. It’s ridiculous.

Digs?

Blogger to blame for Manny Pacquiao LGBT brouhaha

thoughtmover — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:02:10 +0800

Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV · Wednesday, May 16, 2012 · 11:26 pm

Manny Pacquiao was misquoted.

It sounds like a trite excuse for any athlete, something we’ve heard a million times before, but in Pacquiao’s case, this time, it’s true.

The Filipino champion has found himself in hot water over an interview with blogger Granville Ampong in Examiner.com. The interview dealt with Pacquiao’s opposition to United States president Barack Obama’s professed support for gay marriage.

Opposition to gay marriage is a perfectly valid position depending on one’s personal beliefs — presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Obama’s likely opponent in November’s US elections, already voiced his opposition to it.

What drew the ire of most of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual community, however, was Pacquiao’s quote of a Bible passage Leviticus 20:13 that promoted violence on members of their members, which read: “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.”

Because of that, LGBT groups are hitting Pacquiao where it would hurt most — his wallet. Gay Marriage USA has launched an online petition telling Nike to cease its sponsorship of Pacquiao. In its petition page, the group wrote: “Nike is a multi-billion dollar industry and LGBT people contribute billions to this company. It is completely unacceptable that such a high-profile company should be sponsoring a boxer who is encouraging violence towards LGBT people. Tell Nike to drop its sponsorship!”

Note that the group is taking issue not with Pacquiao’s opposition to gay marriage, but with his supposed encouragement of violence against members of the LGBT community.

lopeziana: Cartography of Disputed Seas: Competing territorial...

nursejack — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:37:52 +0800

lopeziana:

Cartography of Disputed Seas: Competing territorial claims have led to maritime disputes off the coast of Asia. —The Wall Street Journal

thecreativedork: Halo-halo About a week ago, I was brought to a...

nursejack — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:27:36 +0800

thecreativedork:

Halo-halo

About a week ago, I was brought to a province somewhere in the Philippines and in one of the restaurants we dined in for lunch, we were given this popular Filipino dessert to end our meal. Served inside a buko, it was the damn best halo-halo I’ve ever tasted. I enjoyed it so much that my travel buddies found humor in me eating 2 servings.

The Creative Dork | The Travelling Dork

The 'clean slate' generation

bubblygum — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:12:21 +0800

pepediokno:

This week, we learned from CNN that the median age of Filipinos is 22.9 years old. 22.9. We’ve just passed puberty.

Now, a median number is a midpoint — meaning, half of our population is older than 22.9, and the other half is younger. This is a really surprising statistic. It means that most Filipinos today were born after the EDSA Revolution. This fact signals a sea change in our country — one that will affect us for centuries to come.

See, a 22.9-year-old Filipino part of a generation unlike anything this country has seen before — an age group that has never been at war, has never been colonized, and has never lived under a dictatorship — a “clean slate” generation, bred and brought up in self-rule.

But “clean slate” kids have also always lived in a Philippines that is poor. They’ve been in debt from the time they were born, and have grown up with an image ingrained in their heads, of the Philippines as the “sick man of Asia”.

That there, though, is a cocktail for greatness.

We’ve always been hobbled by the past. Last Sunday, the New York Times published an op-ed by Gina Apostol, entitled, “In the Philippines, Haunted by History.” Apostol wrote about how we’ve never been able to shake off the colonial mentality the Americans left behind, or the oligarchy we inherited from Spain.

But imagine a population without those emotional scars? That’s what we have now. It’s why we blame ourselves for our problems — as in, “Pinoy kasi” and “Only in the Philippines”, and why we look to ourselves for the solutions — as in, “Ako ang simula,” and “Ako mismo.”

Now, in three elections, the “clean slate” generation will be eligible to run for President. They will make up a majority of the voting population and will have complete say over the direction of this country.

We aren’t too sure how this is going to pan out. The educational system isn’t producing the sharpest students, and we aren’t doing enough to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among young people.

But we know this: What we were shouldn’t dictate what we can be, and kids today possess an unprecedented opportunity to tread the Philippines a new path.

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Wrote this for Supreme, in The Philippine STAR’s April 21 issue.

theglassballoon: I have been volunteering for an animal rights group here in Cebu for more than a...

invisiboy — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:11:16 +0800

theglassballoon:

I have been volunteering for an animal rights group here in Cebu for more than a year already. The group is called Island Rescue Organization(IRO). I can say that I have been with them in their starting days as I witnessed the transition of the organization from fostering to having a mini shelter to having a rescue center that can accomodate more than 20 dogs and to taking care of some 60 pit bulls rescued from a dog fighting ring.

Most non-governmental organizations I know have a steady amount of money that they use for their monthly needs and this is usually being fund by international organizations. Now, IRO do not have this kind of privilege as it is a fairly new organization. Where do we get all the money to sustain the dogs and cats we have? We are actually very dependent and thankful on people who donate with us but these donations are not as consistent we want it to be. So, we go to other means by selling stuff like shirts, mugs, and pins. Then, we have this membership fees. Before, we do not charge anyone who wants to become a member but the need came when there was a time that we almost do not have anything to feed our dogs and cats. It is almost always that the officers shell out money from their own pockets just so we can get by for a month. Clearly, we are quite in need of money.

Recently, we are quite thankful of the charity challenge being conducted by Mental clothing through Carlos Celdran because it gives us the opportunity to win 100,00 Php (rough US $2, 400) in cash that can go a long way in terms of sustaining for our dogs’s and cat’s need.

Now, I am hoping that you can support the organization by clicking on the photo below. The link is attached to a Facebook photo that you need to like.

Anyway, here is a little something to let you know what we have done and what we are doing.

Pit bulls rescued from a dog fighting ring.

You may want to read this article just so you have an idea what really happened on these rescued pit bulls.

Things actually got a little crazy because more than 50 pit bulls are quite overwhelming considering PAWS has to take care of the dogs they have which may be the reason why they proposed putting these dogs to sleep. The president of IRO together with some animal rights advocate from Manila decided to take over the dogs and send them to Cebu.

I am sorry for being graphic but this is was one of the dogs rescued. PAWS named him Pepsi. You can click the photo to see the rest of them. Check this video to see how Pepsi looks like right now. By the way, these pit bulls are going through a training to rehabilitate them to see if they can go to a forever home.

And here is a photo of some of our native dogs in Danao.

Click on the link and you’ll land on IRO’s facebook page and see what we have done and what we are currently doing.

In case you want to donate, IRO’s paypal account is helpiro@gmail.com.

Please help. Thank you!

Hail to Thee

aldrin — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:15:13 +0800

In March of this year, five high school seniors were banned from marching in the graduation rites of St. Theresa’s College, Cebu for “engaging in immoral, indecent, obscene or lewd acts.” The indecency, it was later explained, included photos of the girls wearing bikinis posted on the social network site Facebook. The outrage over what appeared to be overreaction on the part of the school forced it to defend itself.

“It’s not about teenagers wearing bikinis in the poolside,” the school said in a statement. “It’s wearing skimpy clothing, acting suggestively, provocatively and sexually.”

It would be a waste of time to argue that bikinis are skimpy and swimming demands swimsuits. The girls, who were with parents celebrating a birthday party at the beach, were asked to apologize to the school and participate in a one-day retreat, punishment that the parents accepted. The school also demanded that the children absent themselves from the graduation ceremonies, and claimed it was being “merciful” by allowing the girls to graduate in spite of “revolting” behavior. It was this last demand that led one family to file a case against the school at the Cebu Regional Trial Court, asking for the law to intervene in what parents have called grievous humiliation. The family’s lawyer, Enrique Lacerna, said the girl was not given due process when she was given notice last March.

The court of Judge Wilfredo Navarro ruled in favor of the students. “I will have my own standards on whether or not it is lewd,” he said. In an act of what Navarro called “buffoonery,” the school ignored the restraining order, barred the gates against the parents and their children, and ordered its guards to stand against even the sheriff of the court.

In the most ridiculous twist to what is becoming an issue of the state of national morality, St. Theresa’s College filed criminal charges against three parents and a guardian for child abuse. They claimed the parents were guilty for “failing to supervise their minor children/ward” and allowing their daughters to “lead an immoral and dissolute life.”

This is what St. Theresa’s College, Cebu did. It called the girls immoral and dissolute. It insinuated that what could be seen as natural childish behavior were actually manifestations of lewdness and sexual provocation. It publicly humiliated five minors, announced their evils to their peers, and then followed with an act of monumental disrespect against the ruling of the courts. It perpetuated the same sort of discrimination that decades of its graduates have fought to destroy. And when the stories of attempted suicide and depression and psychological trauma began circulating, instead of some attempt at Christian compassion, the school locked its gates to the parents who attempted to defend their children. Five 16-year-olds are bullied and insulted before the public, called the worst names that young girls can be called, and this vanguard of Christianity has the gall to call the parents abusive.

Continue reading…

© Patricia Evangelista (viacarlxy)

angbandangshirley: IT’S ANG BANDANG SHIRLEY’S ANNIVERSARY / 2ND...

aldrin — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:57:17 +0800

angbandangshirley:

IT’S ANG BANDANG SHIRLEY’S ANNIVERSARY / 2ND ALBUM LISTENING PARTY / AWESOME T-SHIRT LAUNCH / GRAND FANS NIGHT ON MAY 12 @ ROUTE 196!!!

Invite your friends and family and bring money hehe!

There will be poignant video projections, stirring poetry readings, assorted ukay-ukay of old and new Ang Bandang Shirley goods™ and masterful performances by the band and it’s respective side projects.

Be a part of Ang Bandang Shirley history, buy a limited edition shirt (Designed by IDKIDS) for P300-350 only!

P 150 entrance + free drink and we’ll be giving away limited “Tama Na Ang Drama” stickers and postcards by Everywhere We Shoot, Tof Zapanta and Yasmin Sison

https://www.facebook.com/events/311902868885279/

pananaghoy: Nessun Dorma Tired of chasing Ken, Paul meets him...

incuboring — Sat, 05 May 2012 08:01:25 +0800

pananaghoy:

Nessun Dorma

Tired of chasing Ken, Paul meets him one last time before leaving on a journey to Europe in search for a better place to dream and love. “Nessun Dorma” is a Filipino entry to the Asia-Europe Foundation Short Film Contest.

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“Nessun Dorma” is a Filipino entry to the Short Film Contest organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), in partnership with the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia and National Library Board Singapore. Creators are invited to express in 3 minute films their views about Asia and Europe’s relations and interactions through cultures, the arts, environment, education or individual relationships.

5 winners selected by the Jury and special online public voting will compete for the awards: a 2-day filmmaking international workshop at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore, and SGD5,000.

Vote for it here by liking it, adding a G +1 to it and tweeting it.

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Please visit http://asef.org/index.php/short-film-gallery. Share it!

iconclinic: We’re finally open! On May 19, 2012, ASP iCON...

incuboring — Fri, 04 May 2012 21:10:34 +0800

iconclinic:

We’re finally open!

On May 19, 2012, ASP iCON Clinic will be open to help you with your concerns about your sexual health. We offer to provide you quality clinical service, keeping in mind your need for confidentiality and comfort. Where else would you want to know about the status of your sexual health but with the experts in the field?

The clinic is at G/F OTM Building, 71 Scout Tuason St., Brgy. South Triangle, Quezon City. We are open every Friday, 5PM - 9PM and Saturdays from 10AM - 9PM. Contact us at (+63) 376-2541 or email us at asp.iconclinic@gmail.com for any of your inquiries.

Now, there’s a safe place for you.

ellobofilipino: So CNN has decided to feature the country. And...

bubblygum — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:21:46 +0800

ellobofilipino:

So CNN has decided to feature the country. And this infographic caught my eye. The sources by the way are the World Bank and the CIA World Factbook.

I never thought our GDP per capita was that big (ah kids, that’s the amount of money which estimates the standard of living of the average Filipino).

And I also didn’t expect that the percentage living below the poverty line has decreased. That used to be more than half of our population in my younger years. Still, we have to admit though that 33 million Filipinos living on less than a dollar a day, is a huge number.

But these figures show some improvement.

In my childhood days, we were always told apocalyptic tales about the country; about the national debt which we (and our future sons) owe to the IMF-World Bank even before we were born; about the systemic flaws in our political system, economy and even people; about how the country was a lost cause.

This time, it seems there’s a bit of a turn-around.

I was never into Pinoy pride things. And this does not also make me feel that. There’s still a long way to go and much still needs to be done in this country. And we still need to help out the 33%. But for now, this is a sign that we are bouncing back.

Bangon Pilipinas! Sulong!

vivafilipinas: Manila Cityscape

bubblygum — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:19:02 +0800

vivafilipinas:

Manila Cityscape

amateurdreamer: Curtis models Libiran on “America’s Next Top...

bubblygum — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:51:33 +0800

amateurdreamer:

Curtis models Libiran on “America’s Next Top Model”

ABS-CBN star Anne Curtis will be seen modelling the creations of Filipino fashion designer Francis Libiran on the hit US reality show “America’s Next Top Model.” Curtis recently had a photo shoot wearing four Libiran gowns with ace lensman Marc Nicdao, which will be shown on the popular show hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks.

“The cat is out of the bag. I can finally announce it! Yes, I will be on ‘America’s Next Top Model’ wearing the beautiful gowns of Francis Libiran. Congratulations Francis Libiran! You deserve the recognition,” Curtis said on her official Twitter account on Sunday. The episode will be shown in the US on April 25 and in the Philippines on April 30, according to the actress.

“I’m super duper nervous that Tyra is going to be able to see the pictures. I’m excited to find out what she has to say,” Curtis said in a video posted on YouTube.

According to Curtis, Libiran was chosen as a featured designer on the show “and he chose me to wear his creations here in the Philippines.”

“What we really appreciate with Francis is that he really took the time to invest and create looks specifically for the show,” said Fil-American Michael Carandang, a producer on “America’s Next Top Model.”

For his part, Libiran said: “As a Filipino designer I’m very privileged that I was chosen to be part of ‘America’s Next Top Model’ to create a collection for an episode there.”

Read More »

zerothreetwo: Talking To Jimmy Sieczka, The 20 Reasons I...

dre — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:44:01 +0800

zerothreetwo:

Talking To Jimmy Sieczka, The 20 Reasons I Dislike The Philippines Guy

Remember the “20 Reasons I Dislike _____. (the Philippines)” video? Many of you who saw the video will be familiar with the face of Jimmy Sieczka, the sarcastic curse barrage American with the aviators. Although we did not particularly enjoy the video (Obviously), we felt that he had every right to voice out whatever it was he wanted. In fact, many of his points were valid and clearly in jest.

In light of the media storm and negative press he received, (A Cebu City councillor was even compelled to declare Jimmy Sieczka “persona non grata”) we decided to seek out Jimmy and hear what he had to say. (Read More)

24 of the graduating students of De La Salle - College of Saint...

lifetickets — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:30:00 +0800

24 of the graduating students of De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde are breaking through the system by coming up with a unique and exciting concept: What if for a day, you get to have no obligations at all… so “It’s time to ____?”

Check out the exhibit’s Facebook page.

See you there!

nursejack: Save The Date, Save The World! April 29, 2012...

nursejack — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0800

nursejack:

Save The Date, Save The World!

April 29, 2012 (Sunday) - 10am to 3pm at Queeriosity 1946 F.B. Harrison Road, Pasay City.

Pre-Registration Form→ | Map to Venue→

See you there :)

wallflowerparty: ATTRACTION! REACTION! presents:A LEAGUE OF...

incuboring — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:14:52 +0800

wallflowerparty:

ATTRACTION! REACTION! presents:

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN

with:
THE STRANGENESS
SANS SABOTEUR
BAGETSAFONIK
CHILD/REN OF THE PILGRIMAGE
LOVE NEVER DIES
CIUDAD

April 21, Route 196, 9PM
150+ drink!

See you there!!

https://www.facebook.com/events/154884044637052/

Poster design by: Diana Jacinto

juanrepublic: Headline of the Day After a tension-filled week...

bubblygum — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:08:31 +0800

juanrepublic:

Headline of the Day

After a tension-filled week worrying about the rocket launch of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and their young, new leader Kim Jong Un, the whole world (especially the Philippines) breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the rocket (suspected of being a ballistic missile) disintegrated on the atmosphere and fell on the Yellow Sea.

And laughed their asses off.

It appears that the massive launch of memes and heckling yesterday on the internet across the globe was more successful than the launch of the Unha-3 rocket.

And the meme-loving country like ours was not left behind on giving a good laugh about that failure. Various pictures spread yesterday, with some being creative and funny on giving the reason why the rocket disintegrated (It was stopped by our beloved Mars, Twitter’s Superstar Marian, the rocket was from CD-R King, etc.).

And one of our tabloids was not to be left behind on giving us a good laugh. On today’s issue of Abante, it has a funny headline ‘Supot’, describing the failure of the North Korean rocket.

Supot, for my non-Filipino readers, is a Filipino slang which literally means ‘uncircumcised’. It has an unfavorable and derogatory manner which means ‘not man enough’, or ‘not strong enough’. (Circumcision is a right of passage among young boys here. You will not be considered a true man or strong enough if you haven’t been ‘cut’.)

North Korea has been bragging about this rocket for some time now so why fail? Analysts are saying that being a hermit nation, their technology was 50 years behind. I have this theory that this rocket was just a decoy, a planned failure, a part of the grand plan to showcase the young leader’s power.

Will the world be in danger against this little nation? We don’t know yet. But for now, just enjoy the good laugh.

Read more and view more memes here: Netizens laugh off failure of North Korean rocket launch