In what is called a grand slam year for Filipino beauty queens, we were happy to learn last night that Bea Rose Santiago was crowned Miss International in Tokyo. It seemed only a few weeks ago that I met Bea Rose again at the Rexona Do More awards (the first was at the Bb. Pilipinas 2013 presentation where she wasn't a title holder yet). Here's a photo I took of her and Pia Wurtzbach in (of all places!) the women's restroom of the Makati Shang-ri La. Another photo (rather blurred) of Bea and Miss Universe 2013 3rd runner-up Ariella "Ara" Arida. ... Continue Reading...
Harina Artisan Bakery Cafe, White Plains
That Saturday had me driving from Parañaque to Quezon City but thankfully there was no traffic on EDSA. The lengths I travel to eat in a new place! Harina Artisan Bakery Cafe used to be Monsee's but I never even got to try Monsee's. Since my whole family loves bread, I like the whole Harina idea of baking bread in a traditional way, lovingly handrolled and using no chemical additives. Anyway, good that I was famished when I arrived at the place. This pretty Breakfast Tart (P290) immediately enticed me at the table- .... it's a rectangular slab of puff ... Continue Reading...
Willie Nep in show for UP fund-raising
If you have something to do this weekend, let it be for a good cause: The UP Alumni Association (UPAA) is sponsoring comedian Willie Nepomuceno in “COMIC RELIEF: It’s more fund in the Philippines” on December 14, 2013, Saturday, 8 p.m., at the Music Museum in Greenhills, San Juan City. The show is for the benefit of UP students, faculty and staff deprived of facilities and resources by Super Typhoon Yolanda, specifically those in the devastated UPV Tacloban College and UPM School of Health Sciences in Palo, Leyte. In photo: Willie Nep impersonates the Philippine ... Continue Reading...
Justin Bieber in Manila & visits Tacloban
19-year old Canadian superstar Justin Bieber just became the most active Hollywood celebrity to help the victims of super typhoon Haiyan by personally going to the Philippines to oversee his own aid efforts. The Facebook post from ABS-CBN's airport reporter Raoul Esperas said: "JUSTIN BIEBER ARRIVED 7:10 AM ON BOARD A US REGISTERED PRIVATE PLANE WITH REGISTRY # N 726RW WITH FLIGHT # PEG 26" Fans have posted a photo of him in Tacloban City (primary site of the Haiyan calamity) where he's seen singing to the kids there. Twitter photo via ... Continue Reading...
Spotted: Torque’s 2000-peso tablet!
I've followed the progress of the mass market mobile brand TORQUE since it was launched in 2009 and in fact, we've conducted a couple of phone giveaways for our readers. Now that they're entering their fifth year, Torque now claims to be No. 3 in total unit sales after Samsung and Cherry Mobile.... way to go! Spotted at a recent gathering: Torque's new 7-inch Android tablet, Droidz Edge, which barely crosses the 2000-peso price range...or P1,999 to be exact. The thing runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.2 GHz CPU, with 1.3 mp camera and 4GB ROM. We ... Continue Reading...
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