Vera: Couture to bring out the best in me
source: Dennis Gasgonia | abs-cbnnews.comFilipino-American Brandon Vera believes he will have to bring out his very best when he battles Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) legend Randy "The Natural" Couture inside the Octagon on November 14.“People always wanted to know what Brandon Vera's at his full potential would look like,” Vera said in a UFC promotional video. “I tell you, me fighting Randy Couture, he's gonna bring out every ounce of everything I got.”Vera will be facing Couture for the main...
Source: TeamPilipinas.info
Be the Change! Participate in Youth Engagement Summit 2009!
Each one of us is capable to make a change in our country and in this world. SEAChange, South East Asia’s largest youth movement for personal change wants you to voice out your opinion on how can you make a change and do some difference in this world.
SEACHANGE is an ongoing movement connecting Southeast Asian Youths to projects, organizations, businesses, and leaders who can help them with the change they want to see!
In line with this, there will be a Youth Engagement Summit 2009 to be...
Source: Millionaire Acts
Stop Motion
There’s just that one moment that Makati doesn’t seem so congested, where you won’t run across random strangers or tired office workers. The underpasses offer that very short moment of silence and solitude… until someone from Ayala Avenue or Makati Avenue makes his or her way down the overpass and disturbs your peace.
Maybe an office worker without a long weekend. Maybe a tourist exploring the maze that is the Makati pedestrian system. Or maybe someone from maintenance,...
Source: The Marocharim Experiment
PBA takes three-day Halloween break
source: Frank C. Calapre | sunstar.com.phThe Philippine Basketball Association will take a brief respite in observance of All-Souls Day and will resume on Wednesday with the traditional double-header at the Araneta Coliseum.Alaska will stake its unblemished record when it takes on Sta. Lucia on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m, while San Miguel Beer seeks its third straight win when it faces cellar-dweller Rain or Shine at 5 p.m.The Realtors, fresh from their 101-93 triumph over Burger King last Friday, will...
Source: TeamPilipinas.info
UV releases Slaughter
source: sunstar.com.phAfter plucking its ninth straight title of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi), the University of the Visayas is now ready to let go of its prized center, Greg Slaughter, to find better opportunities in Manila, where he will suit up for the national team.However, UV head coach Elmer “Boy” Cabahug will still be closely monitoring Slaughter and vowed he will pull him out if the RP Gilas team benches him.“He wants to play in Manila so we let him especially...
Source: TeamPilipinas.info
US NFL star proud of Filipino roots
source: Joaquin Henson | philstar.comRegular Philstar blogger Ronald Castilan, a Filipino living in Tucson, Arizona, recently sent an alert that Houston Texans running back Steve Slaton of the National Football League (NFL) is a Fil-Am whose maternal grandmother Rosalina is a full-blooded Filipina born in the Philippines.“After Teddy Lacap Bruschi’s recent retirement, I decided to look for another active Fil-Am NFL player,” wrote Ronald. “I got a surprise when my brother, who lives in Houston,...
Source: TeamPilipinas.info
SMM and SMO: Is there a difference?
The terms SMM and SMO are frequently used together, and there is a little confusion around the net as to the difference between the two. SMO, standing for social media optimisation, is a term that has been getting increasing mentions since it was coined in 2006. The term is often used in conjunction with SMM; so much so that you could be forgiven in thinking the two are interchangeable. This is not so. While there is a little debate about where the two concepts cross over each other, social media...
Source: Filipino Bloggers
Saudis and their departed
Saudi's burial rites are straight, simple and austere.Today in the Philippines, all feet lead to cemeteries.Not in Saudi.A Saudi colleague said that they never revisit the graves of the dead. I tend to believe him because I've seen a Saudi cemetery and the grounds are unmarked. (He even said that they never keep a picture of their dearly departed).When it comes to burying the dead, Saudis have the simplest rites and the shortest mourning period. When King Fahd bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud died in 2005,...
Source: Isla de Nebz
Cotto is Too Strong For Pacquiao, says Chavez
source: Mark Vester | boxingscene.comJoe Chavez, the veteran cutman who worked in the past with Manny Pacquiao, and is now working with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, predicts the Puerto Rican star will be too big and too strong for Manny on November 14. He says Pacquiao is a very talented fighter but not big or strong enough to overcome the physical disadvantages in the fight.Pacquiao is a terrific small fighter who beat some bigger fighters who weren't as talented [as Cotto] like [Ricky]...
Source: TeamPilipinas.info
Lyrics Freakin’ Translations
I haven’t done this in a while, so I’m probably very rusty.
For this long overdue attempt in lyrics translations, I’m looking over some songs in my iTunes music library that could probably be translated. Not that translated songs are more awesome than the original, but you never know what the outcome will be until you finally translate it, and “proofread” it by actually singing it. However, that is something that I will never do again, except in closed-door videoke...
Source: The Marocharim Experiment
