(May 2008) Civil Engineer Licensure Exam Results - Philippines
May 13, 2008
Here’s the complete list of successful examinees of the 2008 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination.
(Video) ‘Deal or No Deal Around the World’ - Manila, Philippines
May 8, 2008
The top rated US game show Deal or No Deal and host Howie Mandel are going around the world as it showcases three countries in its Deal or No Deal Around the World special edition.
Mandel and the contestants stopped by the Philippines, Estonia, and South Africa and taped episodes of the highly rated US game show.
In the Philippines, Mandel’s counterpart Kris Aquino graced the show and exchanged banter with Mandel and the contestants. Here’s a video of the first part featuring Mandel welcoming American televiewers to the show taped in the Philippines and Aquino explaining the differences between the Filipino and American versions of Deal or No Deal.
Seen this week: Car stuck in street hole
May 6, 2008
Today we start a brand-new section in the blog, the “Seen This Week” section where we share interesting, weird or funny things we’ve seen that we’d like you to see. Armed with our digital cameras and camera phones, we take snapshots of anything we think you ought to see.
For our first edition, here are two photos of a car stuck in a street hole.
More pics of the PBB Teen Edition Plus housemates
May 4, 2008
You asked for it, you got it.
Here’s for those who previously requested that we put more pictures of the 14 housemates of ABS-CBN’s reality show Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus. Aside from adding more photos, we also updated each individual profile and it now contains a short bio of that housemate.
Click on the name of the PBB Teen housemate to see more of his or her photos!
Penis snatching in Africa
April 25, 2008
Forget FrancSwiss. Forget Royal Manchester Five. Forget Nigerian scam emails.
“Penis snatching” in Congo in Africa is, for me, the craziest scam I’ve seen in years.
Nude Miley Cyrus in photo scandal?
April 20, 2008
The star of Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana said she felt “so embarrassed” after pictures showing her naked back suggesting she was topless were released to the public.
In an interview with People, Miley said: “I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed.”
“I never intended for any of this to happen, and I apologize to my fans, who I care so deeply about. My goal in my music and my acting is always to make people happy,” she added.
0.15% Documentary Stamp Tax in Western Union
April 20, 2008
Western Union will start charging 0.15% tax on all incoming remittances from abroad “sometime this June 2008.”
Overseas Filipino Workers and their families will surely be affected by this.
Read it here: Western Union to charge 0.15% tax on remittances soon
The announcement from Western Union below.
(Video) Andrew Johnston of Britain’s Got Talent
April 19, 2008
A 13-year-old boy bullied at school over his love for opera is being tipped to become this season’s winner of the UK reality talent show Britain’s Got Talent.
Andrew Johnston last week sang an emotional rendition of Pie Jesu , a performance which moved judges and the audience to tears.
Charice Pempengco featured on Oprah as one of ‘World’s Smartest Kids’
April 14, 2008
New! Video of Charice Pempengco’s performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show: Oprah tells Charice: Fantastic! Wow, wow, wow!
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Fourteen-year-old Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco will appear on the US show Oprah as one of “The World’s Smartest Kids.”
A short video of the episode which shows some of the world’s most talented kids, including Charice Pempengco, was released by the show last week. Taping has been concluded early this month but the episode is scheduled to air in May.
Pics from Manila Ocean Park - not!
April 7, 2008
Our initial plan to enjoy and cap off this 3-day weekend was to go today to the newly-opened Manila Ocean Park behind the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta, Manila. What better way to relax and unwind, we thought, than to view the magnificent aquatic resources of the Philippines as displayed in this P1-billion oceaniarium.
But the Inquirer ran a story last week enumerating complaints of some visitors of Ocean Park. Apparently, around 3,000 people are visiting it everyday and the park simply cannot handle all of them. Visitors are supposedly queuing up for hours under the direct heat of the sun. The place is also said to have poor ventilation and some staff are allegedly discourteous.
Some visitors even felt short-changed with the P400 fee (P350 for children) because they couldn’t take good pictures due to many people blocking the displays and the feeling of being rushed to complete the visit.
Not very good. So we decided to just postpone our visit and reschedule it to a non-peak schedule.
Since I don’t have pics of Manila Ocean Park to share, for the meantime, I’ll just show pictures of a similar oceanarium we visited in South Korea last year. Although the COEX Aquarium in Seoul boasts of an efficient queuing system and good facilities, I don’t think they have a diverse collection of aquatic resources to offer. The range of fishes shown were just so-so but what I liked the most was the idea of being just a glass wall away from a dozen deadly sharks. Take a look at the pics below.
I look forward to visiting the Philippines’ Manila Ocean Park to see which of the two underwater displays offer a better experience.
How about you, have you been to the Manila Ocean Park? How was it?
