The Pinoy Blogosphere Year End Recap 2007
The year of 2007, dubbed as the year of blog events and controversies of the Pinoy blogosphere. A round where Filipinos extended the activity of blogging from the simple act of blog posting to the establishment of proper community relationships – all thanks to the number of offline and online blog events which has encouraged such interactions.
It is evident that 2007 has been a good year for the growth of the Pinoy blogosphere. Every event, no matter how big or small, controversial or not, is an important milestone which marks every step of the pinoy blogging community.
Let us take a look at these important milestones and see how far the Pinoy blogosphere has grown in the year 2007.
RACE TO THE FUTURE – The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon
Clark Development Corporation (CDC) proudly announces the launch of RACE TO THE FUTURE – The 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon. This major sporting event has been in the planning stage for several months and CDC is proud to say that all the hard work is now coming to fruition. To attract participants from all over the world, CDC is providing a track route that meets international standards and is offering world-class prizes totaling to 1.8 million pesos. International marathon runners from Singapore. Malaysia, China, and Korea will also be joining the event.
International Marathons have gained great popularity all over the world, involving runners from all walks of life. It is high time the Philippines gets involved in the international marathon circuit, a Clark Development official reveals. Also, this is now the chance for every Filipino to win great prizes and international recognition.
Determined to comply with international standards and regulations, CDC has been conferred the sanction of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and the endorsement of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). Recently, CDC held a contract signing with ActivAsia, Inc., a frontrunner in corporate events and product activation. The contract signing officially launches the event and is headed by Mr. Liberato P. Laus, the President and CEO of CDC. With the involvement of Locators at the Clark International Freeport, the event is expected to be a resounding success.
The marathon is set on January 13, 2008, Sunday. It is expected to draw in spectators from all over the country. For more information, everyone is invited to log on and register online at http://www.clarkmarathon.com.
The side of a choosy Taxi driver (who refuses to take passengers for a ride)
We see them on the streets 24/7. They have one of the riskiest jobs as they are likely to encounter merciless bad elements lurking everywhere. There are sure fateful scenarios they might end up aside from being involved in a vehicular accident. Its either they’ll be held up by people pretending to be commuter, receive multiple jabs from an intoxicated Mr. Excitement (Bong Alvarez, that is) who accuses them of being led to the wrong direction, or worst, be left inside their cab dead bathed with blood all over the body.
Familiar scene?
First Stiradors 9-Ball Cup!
Here’s a special picture essay on first 9-ball Cup of the Stiradors billiards club! Looking forward for the next one in 2008!
Much thanks for looking! Happy new year, everyone!
Banoffee pie of Red Ribbon
Its funny how a lot of people mistake “banoffee” as being made up of banana and coffee. I can only say that it is primarily due to how the word banoffee is pronounced that is causing this confusion.
Banoffee is actually a dessert made of bananas, cream and toffee on a base made of pastry or crumbs of graham or biscuits. That is the foundation of the delicious dessert but can be enhanced to contain nuts, chocolate, or yes, even coffee. So the term Banoffee is really a word combined from “banana” and “toffee”. If only people here pronounced it correctly as banofi rather than banowfi. Even the Red Ribbon commercial says it incorrectly.
Bubba Gump
“Run Forrest run!”
They have shrimps, pasta and barbecues… but we didn’t really go there because of the food. We chose to have our dinner at Bubba Gump because of our (my?) love for Forrest Gump (and Tom Hanks).
Oh. But the food is great as well. =)
Read about my Bubba Gump experience here .
(Advance) Happy new year to everybody!
