Only in the Philippines...

only in the Philippines, where almost every street has a basketball court...

only in the Philippines, where even doctors, lawyers and engineers are unemployed..

only in the Philippines, where doctors study to become nurses for employment abroad...

only in the Philippines, where a school is considered the second home and the mall considered the third..

only in the Philippines, where call-center employees earn more money than the teachers and nurses...

only in the Philippines, where everyone has his personal ghost story and superstition...

only in the Philippines, where almost everything can be forged..

only in the Philippines, where the personal computer is mainly used for games and FACEBOOK...

only in the Philippines, Where 4 AM. is not yet considered as bedtime yet...

only in the Philippines, where everything and everyone is spoofed...

only in the Philippines, where floodwaters take up more than 90 percent of the streets during rainy season

only in the Philippines, where the definition of traffic is the "non-movement of vehicles"...

only in the Philippines, where everyone wants to leave the country...

only in the Philippines that there’s a Mexican tele-novela on every channel and all of them are named Maria...

only in the Philippines that the sales clerk staples your bag 20 times...

only in the Philippines that when you buy tapes and cd’s, everything is mixed up...

only in the Philippines that when girls dress like guys; jeans and a polo shirt...

only in the Philippines that when balikbayans (Filipinos from abroad) show off...

only in the Philippines that there’s a tagalog version of a popular English song or Chinese song...

only in the Philippines that all action stars wear leather jackets...

only in the Philippines that there are too many sales ladies in a store. 1 sales lady for every fixture...

only in the Philippines that the biggest shoe size for men is 10...

only in the Philippines that when you buy something for P50.25 and the sales lady asks if you have 25 centavos...

only in the Philippines that TV stations don’t put parental guidance on the news when they show dead bodies...

only in the Philippines that a taxi driver has a rosary on the rear view mirror, then tries to rip you off...

only in the Philippines that people are almost always late...

only in the Philippines that an XL shirt fits like a L...

only in the Philippines that when you buy something for P100.05 and the clerk doesn't give you your 5 cents becuase they don't have 5 cents...

only in the Philippines that people think that the whole United States is like Beverly Hills 90210...

only in the Philippines that when your mail gets lost stolen and ****ed up.

only in the Philippines that when you spend 1 hour in traffic, then your teacher doesn’t show up in class...

only in the Philippines that there are too many different sized coins. (Then the government makes them invalid)...

only in the Philippines that sales ladies follow you around the store...

only in the Philippines that when you need a sales lady; she’s busy making chismis (gossip) with her co-workers...

only in the Philippines that people pick their nose in public (oh, in China too. so nevermind)...

only in the Philippines that men lift up their shirts to scratch expose their big belly...

only in the Philippines that a clerk at the counter to stamps your receipt and checks it with a pen...

only in the Philippines that people walk in the middle of the street...

only in the Philippines that it takes forever to fix the road...

only in the Philippines that there are pot holes in the street... actually, there are streets in the potholes...

only in the Philippines that a garbage cans are too small...

only in the Philippines that the bus ticket guy asks you how many tickets you want when it's obvious that your alone...

only in the Philippines that when you own land in a prime spot and 300 squatter families live on it...

First few flashmobs in the Philippines

The first flashmob I saw in the Philippines was in Glorietta. It was done in small-scale but, it was really fun watching the dozens of reactions from people all around.



The other was just done recently and I was fortunate to have watched it first hand! Although I didn't take any videos because I was stunned at that time, I saw the same video uploaded in Youtube just recently too!



..and I am sure, there is more to come! This is a way of getting 100% of the people's attention. In fact, I've read a comment in the video above that they will apply that strategy for their company in Singapore! :)

A Silent Prayer for Cory Aquino

As we all know, A very great political leader and inspiration just left us last August 1,2009. Corazon Cory C. Aquino had her last breath around 3:18am that day in Makati Medical Center.

We were all shocked by the news but, I think that we should be at least happy because she is not suffering anymore. She is in God's gracious good hand.

Please offer even just a minute of prayer.

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The video below is recorded earlier via the Live Streaming on TV. This shows President Cory's arrival honors by the Royale Guard of the Philippines.





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God Bless the Philippines!

Filipino Facts - Part 2 (All about Filipino Movies)

(In Filipino)

Signs That You Are Watching A Filipino Made Movie:

1. Sasayaw ang loveteam sa likod ng puno ng buko kapag nasa beach ang eksena. Alternate na lalabas ang ulo nila from behind the puno.

2. Ang kontrabidang babae yayakap sa bidang lalaki, sabay taas ng kilay at ngingisi.

3. Ang pansit, nagdadala ng malas. Uuwi ang bida na may dalang pansit para sa kanyang nanay na si Anita Linda. Tatawagin ng bida ang mga bata para kumain at kukumustahin niya ang pag-aaral ng mga bata habang kumakain sila. Biglang may titigil na sasakyan sa harap ng bahay at pauulanan ng bala ang pamilya. Mamamatay si Anita Linda at sisigaw ang bida ng “Inaaayyyy!!!” at mangangakong ipaghihigante ito. Moral of the eksena: Ang pansit ay nakakamatay.

4. Kapag may magkaribal na babae, ‘yung mabait derecho ang buhok at may bangs. ‘Yung salbahe, laging kulot.

5. Sa Pinoy action movies, ang bida hindi nauubusan ng bala.

6. Sa Pinoy action movies, kapag tumakbo ang bida, sa lupa lahat ang tama ng bala ng kalaban.

7. Kapag may mob na pupunta sa bahay kubo ng manananggal, si Vangie Labalan ang laging lider.

8. Alam mong moment of truth na kapag sinabi ng bida ang title ng pelikula (sample: Isang Bala Ka Lang or Kapag Puno na Ang Salop).

9. Ang tawag ng kontrabida sa kanyang mga goons, “Mga bata.”

10. ‘Yung nakababatang kapatid ng bida habang naglalaro, mabibitiwan ang bola at mapupunta sa gitna ng kalsada. Pagkatapos, may darating na sasakyan at itutulak ng bida ang bata at ‘yung bida ang papagitna ng kalsada. Naka-cross ang arms ng bida who is covering his face. Sisigaw ang bata ng, “Kuyaaa!” Next scene: Nasa ospital sila. Simula na ng drama.

11. Kapag bakbakan, hindi nasasaktan ang bida pero umaaray siya kapag ginagamot na siya ng leading lady. Next scene: Nagla-love-making na sila.

12. Kapag sinabi ng kontrabida sa bida ang masama niyang plano, sasabibin ng bida, “Hayop ka!”

13. Ang bidang babae, kapag katulong ang role siguradong iri-reveal ng amo na anak siya nito.

14. Ang nanay ng mayaman ay laging may pamaypay na pang-mayaman at ang nanay ng mahirap ay laging naka-duster.

15. Ang hideout ng kontrabida ay parating mansyon na may chicks na naka-hilira sa paligid ng pool.

16. Ang mga bida sa drama, kapag nakatanggap ng masamang balita laging may pinto sa likod nila para puede sila sumandal habang nag-i-slide dahan-dahan pababa, todo iyak at kung minsan with matching uhog.

17. Kapag hindi nahuli ng mga goons ang bida, sasabihin ng boss sa kanila, “Mga inutil!”

18. Laging nakakapulot ng baril na may bala ang bida kapag kinakailangan niya.

19. Laging mas maganda ang yaya ng bida kaysa sa kontrabidang anak ng amo niya.

20. Kapag ang ending ng movie ay song-and-dance number sa beach o sa resort, ang huling frame shows the cast na tumatalon, sabay freeze.

21. Pang-harang ng mga kontrabida ay L300 o kaya ay owner type jeepney.

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Filipino Facts - Part 1

This is not just about Philippine Facts. This is about Filipinos!

There are sure-fire ways to know whether the person is a Filipino or not. Like in Chinese or Japanese, there are ways to distinguish them one from another. Although from the looks, Indonesian, Malaysian and Filipinos are very hard to distinguish, here are several traits Filipinos display and this is one way of differentiating them one from another:

(This list is gathered from several websites.)

List of 10 in no particular order
1. Yelling pssst,huuy! at a gathering of pinoys. (Watch them turn around)
2. We pointing using our lips.
3. Having no worries in eating a Balut!
4. Being stucked in very bad traffic and waist level floods are "normal" rainy days.
5. Rice is a must at meals!
6. Dipping bread in your morning coffee
7. You use Perla soap on your face. (ugh! Everyone needs to know that there is such a thing called "Dove"!!!)
8. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
9. You order a 'soft drink' instead of soda
10. You order breakfast items like tapsilog, longsilog, or tocilog at restaurants. (Reminds me of Binalot! Yummy!)

I will list more tomorrow facts about Filipinos tomorrow :)

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Philippine Wedding Facts

• The bride holding an heirloom rosary with the bridal bouquet during the nuptial mass was a practiced tradition. It is now being revived by some brides to honor our Catholic heritage and respect the solemn occasion.
• Instead of a bouquet toss, some Filipina brides opt to offer the flowers to a favorite Saint or to the image of Virgin Mary at the church. Some even go out of their way to offer the bouquet on the grave of a lost loved one.
• Using rice grains as confetti are discouraged in most churches in keeping with the austere times.
• Marrying couples have a few pairs of ninongs & ninangs (godparents) to stand as principal sponsors/witnesses in the ceremony much like the practice observed during a child\'s baptism.
• Most Catholic churches don't allow a Sunday wedding.
• A Catholic Filipino wedding ceremony is held with a full mass that runs about a hour.
• Aside from the exchange of rings, the giving of the arrhae (earnest money in the form of 13 pieces of gold or silver coins) is a part of Filipino weddings as the groom's pledge of his dedication to the welfare of his wife and children.
• The arrhae (or thirteen coins) is carried by a coin bearer who marches with the ring bearer during the processional and recessional.
• If the couple intends to have their own wedding vows rather than read the standard vows provided by the church, they should inform the officiating priest and ask for his approval.
• Most Filipino brides prefer a custom-made wedding gown than having it ready-made off-the-rack.
• The most popular month for weddings in the Philippines is December (until early January) and not June.
• Filipino grooms also walk down the aisle. Solo or with his parents.
• Proximity of the ceremony and reception venues is a major consideration for guests' convenience taking into account the Manila traffic and parking concerns. (read more about our wedding traffic tips).
• Wedding Invitations usually have an insert/page that includes all the names and roles of each in the bridal party.
• Reception cards are not so popular in the Philippines since it is usually expected that a wedding invitation covers both the ceremony and the reception.
• Aside from the bridesmaids and groomsmen, additional three pairs of wedding attendants stand as secondary sponsors who facilitate in the wedding candle, veil and cord ceremonies held during the nuptial mass.
• The candle sponsors will each light the wedding candles located at each side of couple. The flame from the candles symbolize God's presence within the union. The lighting of unity candle (of Protestant origin) is sometimes integrated as a variation.
• Next, the veil sponsors will drape and pin the veil (a long white tulle) on the groom's shoulder and over the bride's head. This symbolizes the union of two people 'clothed' as one.
• Finally, the cord sponsors stands-up with the cord (a silken rope, a string of flowers or links of coins) in the form of a figure eight and each loops loosely placed around the neck-shoulder area of the couple. This symbolizes the infinite bond of marriage.
• The veil and cord ceremonies have the marrying couple 'tied-up' together while kneeling for almost half the time during the nuptial mass. But don't fret, it isn't as hard as it sounds.
• Filipino brides and grooms do not arrive in the ceremony venue at the same time. The groom is expected to arrive several minutes (an hour even) prior the set time of the wedding to receive guests. The bride on the other hand, usually stays in the bridal car and will only alight the vehicle just in time for her bridal march.
• As part of the ceremonial dance at the reception, some couples incorporate a 'money dance' where guests pin peso (or dollar!) bills on either the bride or groom and in return they get a chance to dance with them.
• Newlyweds release a pair of white doves during the reception to signify a peaceful and harmonious marital relationship. Catchers find themselves going home with a new

Interesting Filipino Facts and History

Here are some more Interesting Filipino Facts and History

Do you know that:

1. In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.

2. Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.

3. The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.

4. The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.

5. Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")

6. Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.

7. "What's still most impressive to me about the Philippines is the friendliness of the people, their sense of humor...," wrote Honolulu journalist John Griffin in a 1998 visit to Manila.

8. Pure Filipinos who made success in minor charts were Jocelyn Enriquez aka Oriental Madonna, Buffy, Pinay and (Ella May) Saison.

9. Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

10. The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.

Those are the things that most of the Filipino youth doesn’t know about the Philippines.

Please check out for the next facts I will post about the Philippines.

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List of some of the Philippine World Record

Here are the list of some of the Philippine World Record

The First Leaf Musician
He became famous around the world for his distinct talent. The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Filipino National Artist Levi Celerio as the only man who could play beautiful music with a leaf.Celerio appeared in "That's Incredible" and the Mel Griffin show where he played music with a leaf. The Guinness Book of World Records said: "The only leaf player in the world is in the Philippines".

The Woman With 3,400 Shoes

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the woman with the largest collection of shoes. Marcos family fled to Hawaii during the People's Power Revolution in 1986, around 3,400 pairs of shoes were discovered in one room at Malacanang Palace. They were the First Lady's collection.

In 1987, Mrs. Marcos denied this and claimed she had only 1,060 pairs of shoes. The former First Lady has an eight-and-a-half inch footwear size. She said her having many shoes is not a symbol of extravagance but an expression of love and appreciation for Filipino-made shoes.

World's Largest Shoes
In December 2002, the Guinness Book of World Records has recognized Marikina City for crafting the world's largest pair of shoes - each measuring 5.5 meters (18.2 feet) long, 2.25 meters (7.4 feet) wide and 1.83 meters (six feet) high. The materials for the P1.2 million pair of shoes could produce 250 pairs of regular shoes.

World's Largest Golf Event
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest amateur golf tournament takes place in Baguio City, Philippines every year. Dubbed as the Fil-Am Golf Championship since 1949, the 72-hole golf tournament attracts close to 1,000 amateur golfers from all over the archipelago. The sites of the prestigious event are the challenging par-69, 5,001-yard Camp John Hay golf course and the par-61, 4,038-yard Baguio Country Club. Among the top contending teams in the event are the Canlubang, Southwoods, Calatagan, and Wack Wack.

World's Largest Synchronized Aerobics Exercises
On February 16, 2003, some 107,000 Filipinos joined a 30-minute aerobics exercise supervised by the Department of Health (DOH) at Rizal Park in Manila, which could be the largest synchronized exercise in the world. Thousands of people also gathered at different venues in Cebu City and Davao City to participate in the exercise simultaneous with the Manila event. The new record broke the previous Guinness Book of World Records set at a park in Guadalajara, Mexico by some 38,633 people who joined the massive aerobics exercises in June 1998.

World's Largest Lantern
On December 24, 2002, the city of San Fernando in Pampanga province switched on the world's largest Christmas lantern - a P5-million structure with 26.8 meters in diameter.

Sili King
The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes Eriberto Gonzales of Camalig, Albay as the fastest chili eater. In the Philippines, he is known as the "Sili King". Gonzales accomplished his feat in the "Sili-Eating Challenge 1999" in Bicol where he ate 350 pieces of sili in three minutes. (Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer)

World Young Business Achievers
In 1995, Joseph Donato Pangilinan, president of Manila Pearl, won the World Young Business Achiever Award (WYBA) in London. In 1997, Renato Pangilinan, chief executive officer of Juventus International won the Entrepreneurship Award in Newfoundland, Canada. In 1998, Andrew James Masigan, founder of Dimsum n' Dumpling won the Award of Excellence in Business Strategy.

World's Sweetest Fruit
What can be considered as the world's sweetest mango is produced in the island province of Guimaras. While other countries have different varieties of the tropical mango (Mangifera indica), none of them tastes like the superbly delicious Guimaras mango, which is a variety of the popular Carabao Mango (Manginera indica).

In 1995, the Guinness Book of World records listed the Carabao Mango as the sweetest fruit in the world. In the Philippines, mango ranks third among fruit crops in production, next to banana and pineapple.

World's Largest Legal Tender
In 1998, during the Philippine Centennial celebration of independence, the Central Bank asked the Guinness Book of World Records to accredit its P100,000 commemorative bills, measuring 8 ½ inches wide and 14 inches long, as the world's largest legal tender. The commemorative bills were called Brobdingnagian bills.

World's Largest Bamboo Organ
The bamboo organ at St. Joseph Church in Las Pinas City is arguably the world's largest bamboo organ. The centuries-old musical instrument was constructed between 1792 and 1819. It has 174 bamboo pipes, 122 horizontal reeds of soft metal, a five-octave keyboard, and 22 stops arranged in vertical rows.

World's Largest City
The residents of Davao City claim they live in the world's largest city. They are talking about the land size of the city that covers 2,212 square kilometers. Most of these areas, however, are distributed as forests, coconut groves and rice fields. In comparison, New York, the largest city in the United States, has an area of only 787 square kilometers while the whole of Metro Manila covers only 636 square kilometers.


World's Largest Volume of Text Messages
Smart Communications, one of the two giant mobile phone networks in the country, claimed that the volume of text messages passing through its network reached 240 million daily as of 2001. This excluded text messages sent via the other networks. Such volume of text messages is said to be larger than those sent in the entire European continent during the same year.

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About The Province of Capiz

Capiz is now known to be the seafood capital of the Philippines and slowly, the scary folklore about Capiz is turning to dust.

An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a mythical creature in Filipino folklore. The aswang is an inherently evil vampire-like creature and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories, the details of which often vary greatly. Spanish colonizers noted that the Aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the Philippines, even in the 16th century.

A type of aswang, the Kikik/Tik-Tik, turns into a enormous, prowling bat or bird at night, looking for pregnant women. As it sucks the blood from the fetus with its long proboscis, it makes a 'kik-kik-kik' sound. Other stories relate the kikik as an aswang's familiar, its sound masking the aswang's proximity from would-be victims.

The term wak-wak or wuk-wuk is frequently used for the same creature in the Cebu region. The legends of the wak-wak and kikik are much the same, but the wak-wak is specifically supposed to change into its birdlike form by leaving behind its lower body, much like the manananggal. The cry of a night bird which makes a "wuk-wuk-wuk" sound is believed to be the call of this monster and is feared by superstitious villagers. As with the call of the kikik, the wak-wak is believed able to make its cry sound distant when the creature is near.

The sigbin or zegben has been known as another type of aswang, and alternately, as the kikik's familiar. One of the most popular legends in the Visayas region is the infamous aswang Tniente Gimo or Lieutenant Gimo from Dueñas, Ilo-ilo. In addition, The most commonly known in terms is something called Tyanak/ Tianak happens to be as the unborn baby's due abortion.

All of this was not true.Its all folk, but because of this Capiz become more popular because they have now Aswang Festival, another way to promote their province.

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