A book by its cover
I know I've posted quite a lot of restaurant and food photos but really, it's hard not to when food and social eating are such significant aspects of life in Manila. But not all eating places here are fancy or fastfood restaurants. Early in the life of this blog, I posted a photo of a pares-pares, that ubiquitous Manila streetside eatery with no airconditioning that's open to all the fumes of the city's old and refurbished vehicles. The presumptuously-named Friuli Trattoria is slightly better in...
Source: My Manila
PTK Member advc8pinoy’s Video Review
adv8pinoy, a PTK member, keeps a youtube channel with some action figure reviews, apparently. I've actually had the pleasure of talking with this guy over the forums, and all I know was that he was a big Marvel Universe buff; I never found out about the videos. My regret is that I didn't know about this guy's reviews earlier!He reviews the videos as a MOC collector would, something most reviewers don't talk about so much. He gives good feedback about the value of the fig, how he intends to use it,...
Source: Comicology: The Study of Awesome
How Do You Like Your Burgers?
What follows are the opening and closing lines of a New York Times story two weeks ago:
Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes.
Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew so relentless that doctors had to put her in a coma for nine weeks. When she emerged, she could no longer walk. The affliction had ravaged...
Source: Filipino News Network
13th DSCPI National Championships
A N N O U N C E M E N T
Dear Members, Affiliates and Chapters,
Please be informed that the 13th DSCPI National Championships will now be held on November 29, 2009 at the Rizal Ballroom of the MAKATI Shangri-La Hotel.
We are accepting new entries with full payment on or before October [...]
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Source: Dance Manila
Duck cracklings and Chinese sausage fried rice
In the previous entry, I wrote about simmering the carcass of the roast duck and picking the meat to make soup and fried rice. I also mentioned that while most of the brown meat went into the soup, the bits of skin were reserved for the fried rice. I don’t know how you feel about [...]...
Source: Pinoy Cook: Home cooking rocks!
NFL: Dante Wesley ejected after hit on Clifton Smith (video)
Dante Wesley was ejected on Sunday’s game against the Bucs when the 30-year-old Carolina cornerback illegally hit Clifton Smith with 10 seconds left in the first half.
As you’ll see in the clip below, the hit was senseless that the Tampa Bay bench emptied with many players going after Wesley—resulting in a brawl—with a handful of referees unable to break it up.
Tampa fans chanted, “Throw him out! Throw him out!”
No penalties resulted from the pushing and shoving between the rivals...
Source: Daily Contributor
Dante Wesley Hit Video
Watch this video: Dante Wesley hit Clifton Smith during the second quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009.Carolina Panther Dante Wesley hit Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Smith as he tried to return on a punt.
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Source: The Composed Gentleman
Skechers 5 Video Compilations (10/17/09)
Them videos are all that I could get. Teams in bold are those that got into the finals. Skechers Finals on November 21. 2009!
UP-Diliman
CADs
LSDC-Street
Lyceum-Laguna
UPLB Wyre Underground
FEU Dance Company
TIP-QC Talents Guild
FEU-FERN Crew
ADT
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UP Manila Indayog
LaCo-Manila Synkupado
Mapua Breakers
Letran Dance Crew-Calamba
SSCR de Cavite
Lyceum Wildstyle
AdU CoEDs
Siena College
SSRDT-Manila
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Source: Dance Manila
Essay Writing Contest – Last Call
With the recent flood of articles from new and old authors alike, we now have enough entries for our Essay Writing Contest to close submissions, but for those of you who haven’t polished your prize-winning articles just yet, there’s still hope.
This is the Last Call for anyone who wants a copy of The Greatest Show On Earth, by Richard Dawkins. Write an essay or any print-worthy article and submit to frank@filipinofreethinkers or post it on this website, and if we decide yours is the...
Source: Filipino Freethinkers
WHITE BOARD DISCUSSION
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Mom works with complicated structures of protein. The one I'm showing here, in her office, is the complicated folding of the biomolecule.Baby Koji*Picture taken from an iPhone...
Source: KOJI RYAN
