the university of the philippines pep squad once again emerged victorious in the 2011 uaap cheerdance competition. now back to back champions, the up pep squad impressed the judges with their flawless routine and their blonde hair. the whole team colored their hair since their performance is inspired by pop icon madonna.
here is the complete video of the state universities' winning routine:
this is UP's 7th title, 1 title away from ust salingawi dance troupe's 8 titles. this is also UP's 4th titkle in 5 years. de la salle university captured the 2nd place and the feu tamaraws got third place. based on a tweet from abscbnsports, the complete rankings is as follows: 1 -up, 2- dlsu, 3- feu, 4- ust, 5- adamson, 6- nu, 7 - ateneo and 8 - ue.
in the side events, UP still place first in the inaugural staging of the uaap group stunts compettion, where only 5 team members each performed several stunts. 2nd place went to feu and 3rd place went to nu. nesza salvador of UP also garnered the samsung stunner award, besting 3 other girls and completing the sweep for UP.
congratulations to the UP pep squad for another great performance! UP FIGHT!
here is how to cheer for defending champions university of the philippines at the 2011 uaap cheerdance competition tomorrow.
4 snare
(1,2,3) Let's Go!
(1,2) UP
(1,2) State U
(1,2,3) Let's Move
*(1,2,3,4,5) Hey Hey Hey
*(1,2,3,4) Cmon cmon cmon cmon UP
*(1,2,3,4,5) Hey Hey Hey
(1,2,3,4) Move to the Music
(1,2,3,4,5,6) Strike a Pose
(1,2,3,4,5,6) UP
(1,2,3,4,5) Let's Fight
(1,2,3) Move (1) Groove (1,2) UP
*(1,2,3,4,5) Hey Hey Hey
*(1,2,3,4) Cmon cmon cmon cmon UP
*(1,2,3,4,5) Hey Hey Hey
(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
All the people in the crowd
Come together, keep it loud
Everybody scream and shout
Let's go UP, Make us proud
(1,2,3,4,5) Hey Hey Hey
(1,2,3) UP
(1,2,3) UP
(1,2,3) UP Fight
in a yahoo article, the up pep squad is said to be performing a madonna inspired routine, with all the members having their hair colored to be blonde. another sure must win routine from the defending champs!
philippines' own shamcey supsup won 3rd runner up in this year's miss universe contest held in sao paulo, brazil. shamcey is one of the 89 contestants from all over the world that competed in the 60th edition of the annual beauty contest.
shamcey was definitely a frontrunner in the competition after her good showing in the preliminary judging. she has participated in most of the contest's major activities, was chosen to be one of the candidates in the press conference and has been loved by the brazilians during the three weeks duration of the competition.
she also got high scores in the fan scoring through the nbc website. she did a good job at the swimsuit and evening gown rounds and gave an amazing answer at the q&a. she was asked if she was willing to change her religious beliefs for the man he loved. she answered that she will not change her beliefs because god is the first person that she loves and her faith and principles are with god. i quote, "if the man truly loves me, he will love my god too."
but in the end, the beauty from general santos city only got 3rd runner. i really think she deserves a higher placing, if not the crown.
this comes after philippines' venus raj placed fourth runner up in the 2010 edition of the pageant.
miss angola, leila lopes captured the miss universe 2011 title.
the department of tourism recently launched its newest tourism campaign: choose philippines. the campaign aims to encourage everyone to tour the philippines and document their experiences in a website so others can read and be inspired to visit these places and experience what the philippines has to offer.
last wednesday, my marketing officemates brought up the idea of watching a movie on friday. they were clamoring for us to watch the cinemalaya film zombadings 1: patayin sa shokot si remington. so we checked the schedule and decided to watch in megamall at the last full show.
unfortunately, due to the changes in meeting schedules, we were left with no choice but to watch the movie at glorietta still at the last full show. we were surprised that the earlier screenings were already sold out and only a few seats were available for the last screening. we did not anticipate the popularity of the movie.
the movie revolved around remington, who as a child has teased gay people. because of this, a gay man he teased in the cementery cursed him to turn gay when he grows up. 15 years later, a string of hate crimes against gays has been happening in remington's town. having a policewoman as a mother, he was fully aware of the events that are taking place. at the same time, the curse on him is taking effect and he is slowly being "feminized" day after day.
how would remington deal with his attraction to a new girl in town? how will he deal with his new found attraction to his best friend? how will he escape the gay killer in his town? and how will the curse be reversed?
the film is being topbilled by mart escudero, a starstruck alumnus; lauren young and kerbie zamora. support cast includes eugene domingo, janice de belen, john regala, daniel fernando, leandro baldemor, odette khan and roderick paulate. iy is written by raymond lee and directed by jade castro.
the movie was executed well, especially on the build up of how remington slowly turned gay. great performances from mart, kerbie and lauren made the story very believable. the comedic timing of eugene domingo was really great and the support veteran stars was really great, special mention to john regala. but i was quite bored when the zombadings appeared and i think it could have been executed better. the surprise twists was also unpredictable and was really funny.
here is the trailer of the movie:
i am giving the movie a 4 out of 5 stars. so for those who have not watched it, please do so and still catch the movie. it is really worth watching.
three new videos has been uploaded in youtube.com. these are the new viral campaign of andok's dorito. it is kinda funny and very catchy. the three videos are "perfect breasts", "wings" and "palong" - which revolves around weird parts growing on the each lead character's body after his addiction to the product.
here is another awesome video tutorial from mikey bustos: the filipino coffee tutorial. please note the cameo appearance of the infamous red mug and nescafe 3-in-1 sachets!
7pm - bailamos: the nationwide dance contest (paciano rizal park)
september 15, 2011
7pm - himigsikan battle of the bands (paciano rizal park)
september 16, 2011
6am - civic parade (trace college to paciano rizal park)
10am - 396th foundation day anniversary (paciano rizal park)
2pm - musikohan exhibition (paciano rizal park)
september 17, 2011
7am - buko pie atbp (paciano rizal park)
1pm - dia aguas santas (thanksgiving mass, elejer, fluvial float parade and hotspring bathing)
7pm - miss los banos (paciano rizal park)
september 18, 2011
6am - padyak lb
3pm - bayle sa kalye street dance competition (central elem school to paciano rizal park)
5pm - bayle sa kalye showdown (paciano rizal park)
7pm - the grand revelry (paciano rizal park)
a spa and wellness fair and barangay trade fair at paciano rizal park and wtf! waterball adventure at tadlac and lakeshore resort will be held from september 14 - 18, 2011.
here is another tutorial video from the great mikey bustos, on how filipinos receive compliments. this is so true. can relate to most of the techniques! happy watching!
here is the complete transcript of president benigno aquino, iii's 2nd state of the nation address delivered today, 25-jul-11, in front of the joint congress:
a much awaited 4 day weekend in august was announced today by malacanang. declared holidays are monday, august 29 (national heroes' day) and tuesday, august 30 (end of ramadan).
here is an article from abs-cbnnews.com:
4-day weekend announced in August
abs-cbnNEWS.com
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has declared August 29 (Monday) and August 30 (Tuesday) non-working holidays, making it a 4-day long weekend for some sectors.
National Heroes' Day is celebrated on August 29 while the end of Ramadan falls on August 30.
Section 2 of Proclamation 84 states that the proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of end of Ramadan "shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient. To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office of the President on which day the holiday shall fall."
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte, through social networking site Twitter, clarified that August 27 (Saturday) has not been declared a holiday.
joy siy, a 25 year old business development officer from pasig city, became the 5th contestant eliminated from the reality show biggest loser pinoy edition of abs cbn. the vote came after joy fell below the yellow line with winwin in the 2nd individual weigh in of the reality show.
both joy and winwin lost onloy 3lbs at the weig in, but in terms of percent weight loss, joy lost only 1.11% and winwin lost 1.39%. when the votes were revealed, 2 voted for winwin (alan and larry) and 5 voted for joy (angela, art, hazel, ryan and raffy), which was enough to send joy home. eboy's vote was not revealed.
it was a roller coaster ride for joy during her stay in the biggest loser camp. she is definitely the funny one and can crack jokes that can make every one laugh. but her homesickness really affected her emotions and her performance in the camp.
joy started as the heaviest woman in the camp, at 320lbs starting weight. lost a total of 52lbs in the camp or 16.25% of her weight.
the american idol 2011 live tour will go to manila this year! the top 11 finalists from the 10th season of american idol will be here for the tour. led by this year's winner scotty mccreery, the other finalists are lauren alaina, haley reinhart, james durbin, jacob lusk, casey abrams, stefano langone, paul mcdonald, pia toscano, naima adedapo and filipina thia megia. they will perform in araneta coliseum on september 20, 2011.
here is the tv commercial being shown in several cable channels:
ticket prices are as follows:
vip – PhP12,000
patron – PhP10,000
lower side – PhP5,000
upper a – PhP3,500
upper b – PhP1,500
general Admission – PhP750
early bird discount (10% off) for upper a and b will be given to those who will book their tickets from july 20 to 27, 2011.
matheus fernandez, a 19 year old guy originally from sau paolo, brazil, bacame the 5th person not called back in the new reality show, the glee project.
this week's theme is pair-ability, or their ability to be paired up with someone. this week's guest mentor is damian criss, who plays blaine anderson of the warblers in glee. this is the second time that he mentored the contestants. he was also the guest mentor in week 1 (individuality).
in their homework assignment, they were tasked to perform "need you now" by lady antebelum. marissa was declared the winner and has the chance to choose her partner for the video. she choose samuel. so the partners for the duets and their song assignments are as follows:
marissa and samuel - don't you want me by the human league
damian and matheus - the lady is a tramp by sammy davis, jr
hannah and alex - nowadays by chicago
cameron and lindsay - baby it's cold outside by frank loesser
damian and matheus looked awkward since matheus is so small compared to damian and some shots showede matheus and the crotch are of damian. alex looks funny in his transvestite costume. marissa and lindsay each gave their partners surprise kisses, which made cameron cry and call his mom because he felt he had cheated.
in the end, it was only marissa and samuel who was safe. the 3 pairs were again asked to sing a song and sing for their lives:
damian & matheus – "these boots are made for walkin'" - nancy sinatra
hannah & alex – "valerie" – mark ronson and amy winehouse
cameron & lindsay – "river deep – mountain high" - ike & tina turner
after the performances, the bottom 3 was revealed. the bottom three were matheus, cameron and alex. but in the end it was matheus who was not called back. this is the 3rd time that he was inthe bottom three, despite winning 2 challenges in week 1 and 3. this inconsistency and his lack of self esteem made him lose the competition.
here is the original billboard of bench featuring the philippines' national rugby team, the philippine volcanoes that became very controversial.
i live in the condo which you can see just behind the first billboard on the left. so everyday, i pass by these billboards. just last week, these were taken down due to the clamor of some conservative groups. this afternoon, to my surprise, bench already has a new look to their billboards and it was already up.
here is the new look of the billboards in guadalupe:
here is a video from youtube showing chieffy caligdong's goal in the first tune up match in bahrain. this is part of their preparations for the 2nd round of the world cup qualifiers versus kuwait. the philippines lost the match, 2-1.
just got this from a facebook application. still git the hang over from watching harry potter: the deathly hallows part 2, the best harry potter film ever!
the cast of cycle 17 of america's next top model has already been revealed. this season will be an all star season, where former contestants will return will again return and compete for the title. all the contestants did not win in their respective seasons and will be given a chance to win the title this cycle.
the returnees are:
from cycle 1: shannon ratliff (2nd place)
from cycle 2: camille mcdonald (5th place)
from cycle 4: britanny brower (4th place)
from cycle 5: lisa d'amatto (6th place) and brittany scullark (3rd place)
from cycle 9: bianca golden (4th place)
from cycle 10: dominique reighard (4th place)
from cycle 11: isis king (10th place) and sheena sakai (6th place)
from cycle 12: allison harvard (2nd place)
from cycle 13: laura kirkpatrick (2nd place)
from cycle 14: angelea preston (3rd place)
from cycle 15: kayla ferrell (3rd place)
from cycle 16: alexandria everett (4th place)
the judges will still be tyra banks, nigel barker and andre leon talley. the cycle will start on september 14, 2011.
here are the last two of the 10 short films in nestle's kasambuhay habambuhay : a short film anthology. this was made as part of the company's 100 years anniversary in the philippines.
9. tingala sa baba - a short film that revolves around 2 kids, one poor and skinny and the other rich and chubby, on a seesaw. their dilemma is how to get the chubby kid go up in the seesaw since his weight is so much more that of the other boy. the film also exposed the harsh reality of the state of the rich and poor in the country. this is sponsored by nestle koko krunch and nestle drumstick.
10. sign seeker - stars john lloyd cruz and solenn heusaff and sponsored by nestle fitnesse and nestle fruit selection yogurt. a cute love story on how a boy ask for signs for him to ask a girl officemate out for a date.
here are two of the 10 short films in nestle's kasambuhay habambuhay : a short film anthology. this was made as part of the company's 100 years anniversary in the philippines.
7. silup - featuring sid lucero and gloria romero and sponsored by bear brand sterilized milk. this short movie revolves around a cop and his love for her grandmother.
8. cooking mo, cooking ko - featuring isay alvarez, robert sena, nonie buencamino and sharmaine buencamino, dominic roco and eda nolan and is sponsored by maggi magic sarap. this is a modern romeo and juliet love story of young lovers who are children of opposing carinderia owners.
i have been using the online delivery service for quite sometime now. at first, the network glitches were evident: the slow response time and several errors occur when using the website. but the company has been improving the site and has even included an avatar that you can customize.
but is the service really reliable?
this morning, i woke up before 6am and still feels tired after the game yesterday evening. having no energy to cook, i decided to take the short cut and order breakfast before i go home to laguna. to save on my cellphone bill, i again decided to order online through mcdonalds philippines' online delivery service through its website http://www.mcdelivery.com.ph
so i ordered a 2 pc pancake ala carte and a hamdesal with egg sandwich ala carte. my order was in their system at around 6:25am. after this, they usually call you to verify your order. while waiting for the call, i was checked my mails and played some online games. they called up around 6:57am, 30 minutes after the order was placed.
the call was the routine verification of your delivery details and your orders. then what struck me was when the girl on the other end of the call told me that i still have to wait for 45 minutes to 1 hour for my order. fast food order with total waiting time of 1hr and 15min to 1hr and 30mins? is that considered fast? the girl even said that my order entered their system onlyv at 6:56am.
so i called up their customer service hotline (mcdonald's customer service hotline is 863-5490). i told the girl who answered what happened. she confirmed that my order was placed at 6:25am. but she needs to call the agent on what happened and also the branch to expedite my order.
she called back after about 10minutes and told me that based on the system, my order came in their system at 6:56am, which contradicted her statement before that it was placed in their system at 6:25am. i asked her if their online system is reliable based on this instance, and she said yes. what? you mean this kind of poor service is reliable. so i asked her again several questions answerable by yes or no that would prove if their system is reliable or not. and at the end of the conversation, she agreed that the system was not reliable.
my order arrived at 7:42am, which is an hour and 17minutes after i placed an order. itb was worse than waiting in a fine dining restaurant.
is their system reliable? i would give it to you to judge. the website was launched for the customer's convenience and has been communicated through several tv commercials. but does it deliver the convenience needed? of course not. just hope you improve your delivery service and even more, your customer service.
philippine tv network gma 7 launched its newest campaign, think before you click. the campaign encourages social networking site users to be more responsible in what they post in the internet by thinking before clicking.
having one of the highest number of internet users and social networking site members, the filipinos really needs to be responsible in using and posting in the internet. also recently, a number of crimes were reported to have been perpetrated by persons met by the victims through several social networking sites.
here is an article about the campaign from the gma news online website:
'Think before you click!' GMA urges responsible tweeting
GMANews
The power of social media is also a great responsibility.If you think about how the Philippines is famous for “People Power" — that necessary ingredient that toppled presidents in peaceful revolutions — it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the country is also among the top countries in the world in terms of presence in the social media space.
On Facebook, the world’s largest social network, Filipinos represent some 25 million of the reported 750 million users worldwide, putting the Philippines at 7th place in the world just behind highly populous nations like the US, Indonesia and India.
And while there aren’t any hard numbers to show just how many Pinoy Twitter users there are, expect that number to be high as well (we estimate around 10M), considering how frequently local personalities and topics hit Twitters’ list of worldwide trending topics.
There’s no doubt about it: even online, Pinoys are a force to be reckoned with. But as the popular saying goes, power puts a great responsibility on the shoulders of those who wield it.
From this thesis statement was born “Think Before You Click" — a campaign by GMA News to promote responsible use of social media.
You can be the change you want to see in the online world.Online everything is just a click away. And with one click, whether that be to post a tweet, a new status message on Facebook, or a tag on someone’s photo, we have as much power to tear down as we do to build up.
It's all one easy click away.
So our proposal is simple, to think before you click. Think about the repercussions of what you are about to post, will it hurt others, could it potentially hurt me, or those who I care about the most? It's hard to take back what you’ve posted online, and everything has an effect.
It's time for another “People Power" this time to push for a more responsible use of social media. How can you help? Simple, tell as much people as you can to “Think Before You Click". Here’s how you can do that:
Take a photo of yourself holding up a sign “think before you click" written on a sheet of paper and change that to your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, MySpace or Flickr profile photo. Then upload them to YouScoop.tv.
Add a “Think Before You Click" Twibbon to your Twitter DP.
Tweet us using the hashtag #thinkB4Uclick and tell us how you can be a more responsible user of social media. Or join ongoing discussions on Facebook and Google+.
Record a video of yourself discussing how you can do your part to promote social media responsibility and upload it to YouScoop.tv.
It all starts today folks.
Think before you click. — TJD/HS, GMA News
here are youtube videos of gma news on the campaign:
entertainment channel announces casting calls for the 3rd season of the reality show project runway philippines. the show is now looking for aspiring filipino designers that are willing to compete in a reality show and show the whole world the philippine type of fashion.
here is a snapshot from the channel's official website:
aspirants can send in their biodata and audition videos to:
Project Runway Philippines Season 3
Solar Entertainment, Corp.
10th floor, 100 Solar Century Tordesillas
cor. HV Dela Costa Sts.
Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227
walk in applicants can also go to the following venues:
aug 20 & 21 - pryce plaza hotel, carmen hill, cagayan de oro city
aug 27 & 28 - marco polo hotel, labug, cebu
sept 3 & 4 - hotel supreme, magsaysay ave., baguio city
sept 6 & 7 - jungle gym, kamagong st., san antonio village, makati city
don't forget your birth certificate, portfolio and 3 finished outfits from your designs.
so who will win this season and follow season 1's aries lagat and season 2's manny marquez in the winning circle?
here are two of the 10 short films in nestle's kasambuhay habambuhay : a short film anthology. this was made as part of the company's 100 years anniversary in the philippines.
5. isang tasang pangarap - featuring ramon bautista and sponsored by nescafe. this is a tale of how miracles happen when a simple person turned into a prophet by reading what remains on a cup after a person drinks his coffee
6. downtown - sponsored by coffeemate, a simple lovestory of a chinese couple, an unexpected twist in the end
here are two of the 10 short films in nestle's kasambuhay habambuhay : a short film anthology. this was made as part of the company's 100 years anniversary in the philippines.
3. unplugged - featuring marvin agustin, eddie garcia and kaye abad and is sponsored by milo. the story revolves around a soccer team's team building in the hometown of their coach and how simplicity can bring out so much more in life
4. oh! para sa tau wa yeah! - featuring the nestea family, neil coleta and jillian ward and sponsored by nestea. this musical film tells about how nikos uncovers the family secret of how to get a girl through each letter of the alphabet.
kris aquino now endorses the new nestle ice cream temptations. the ice cream ranges offers ice cream that is more creamier, more chunkier and more fruitier as compared to the previous formulation. it is also now packaged in an attractive and tamper evident wave shaped packaging that is microwavable and reusable.
here is the newest tv commercial of nestle ice cream:
here are two of the 10 short films in nestle's kasambuhay habambuhay : a short film anthology. this was made as part of the company's 100 years anniversary in the philippines.
1. the howl and the fussyket - featuring eugene domingo, dennis padilla and kiray celis, and sposored by bear brand instant. the story tackles how a family turn a small boy to a declamation winner.
2. sali-salita - featuring kuya bodjie pascua, and sponsored by nido. a simple story of a working single mom and how a boy's imagination can soften a mother's heart
19 year old mckynleigh abraham from paducah, kentucky bacame the 4th contestant not to be called back in the reality show, the glee project.
this week's theme is dance ability, where the contenders needs to show their dance talent and their willingness to learn choreography. this week's homework assignment is for them to perform train's hit song hey, soul sister. this week's guest judge is the first new directions member to grace the show, harry shum, jr. he plays new direction's resident dancer, michael chang. after the contenders performed, the stand outs for him were matheus and samuel. but in the end, it was samuel's control and movement that gave him the win.
this week's music video is mc hammer's can't touch this. for a change, the contenders will be rapping while showing their dancing ability. here is this week's video:
i think this is the worst video of the show so far. this week's bottom three are matheus, mckynleigh and alex. matheus is in the bottom three because of what seems to be his divo attitude and the way he snapped at damian during the shoot. mckynleigh simply faded into the background and her performance is still not in the level the mentors wants it to be. alex, who is the best dancer in the group, just fell short of the expectations and gave an okay performance rather than a great performance. their songs for the last chance recital were:
- matheus - down by jay sean
- mckynleigh - last name by carrie underwood
- alex - i will always love you by whitney houston
in the end, it was time for mckynleigh to go home. i think she does not have the personality to be in the cast despite of superb voice. her biracial features and good voice was not enough to save her this week.
after marko germar and tadd gadduang wears pinoy inspired shirts during their pre-performance interviews (marko wore the UP fighting maroons shirt and tadd wore the philippine map - http://diyeysisden.blogspot.com/2011/07/marko-and-tadd-wears-filipino-shirts-in.html ), tadd wore another pinoy inspired shirt during the top 14 results night of so you think you can dance season 8.
even if tadd was in the bottom three, his pinoy pride is really evident this week. fortunately, he was not eliminated so i hope he continues to embrace his filipino lineage. go tadd! make us proud!
nestle philippines' kasambuhay habambuhay: a short film anthology will be shown tomorrow night at abs cbn's sunday's best. it is composed of 10 short films, each runs for only 10 minutes, for a total of 100 minutes. this is part of the company's 100th year anniversary in the country.
the short films and the products featured are:
1. the howl and the fussyket - bear brand instant
2. unplugged - milo
3. silup - bear brand sterilized
4. isang tasang pangarap - nescafe
5. downtown - coffeemate
6. sali-salita - nido
7. oh! para sa tau wa yeah! - nestea
8. tingala sa baba - nestle drumstick and nestle koko krunch
9.cooking ko, cooking mo - maggi magic sarap
10.sign seeker - nestle fruit selection yogurt and nestle fitnesse
here is the tv plug of the show from nestle's youtube channel:
the whole world welcomes the newest country in its list, south sudan. africa's largest nation, sudan is now divided into the northern and southern parts. its capital is juba with a total land area of about 619,745 square kilometers. its official flag is on the picture on the left side of this blog post. it is divided into 10 states and further subdivided into 86 different counties.
its independence has been declared today, 9-july-2011, exactly six years after its autonomy was declared in 2005. the country is now being led by its president, salva kiir mayardit.
here are some images of the country's celebration and a part of the speech from the united nations secretary general from telegraphtv in youtube.com :
eric limatog, a 22 year old guy from mandaue city, was the 4th person eliminated in the reality show the biggest loser pinoy edition. eric was voted after falling below the yellow line on the first individual weigh in of the show. it was eric and angela who fell below the yellow line and were the two persons in danger after the weigh in. it was a hard vote for the former blue team since both eric and angela was from the former blue team.
here are the votes:
alan - votes for angela
joy - votes for angela
art - votes for angela
ryan - votes for eric
raffy - votes for eric
winwin - votes for angela
hazel - votes for eric
eboy - votes for eric
larry - votes for eric
final vote count was eric - 5, angela - 4. eric joined the show for him to have a girlfriend and to make his family proud. he had his moments on the show, specially when their team won rubber shoes for their loved ones since his father and him shares only 1 pair of rubber shoes. the elimination also came only a week after he was declared the biggest loser of the week. he also surprised the other contestants by saying upfront at the weigh in that he will not continue losing weight if he leaves the camp.
in the camp, he was able to lose 40 pounds total of 14.7% of his starting body weight. he ended up with a body weight of 232lbs. he will always be remembered as this season's guy smiley.
larry martin, a 36 year old former policeman from camarines sur, won the first individual weigh in of the reality show the biggest loser: pinoy edition. larry was able to loss 8 pounds this week, which is 3.86% of his previous weight.
his weight loss was really evident in his physical appearance and he really appeared thinner compared to when they started in the show. he also said that he worked out even in his free time so he was really expecting a good weight loss this week. he will win an additional prize for being this week's biggest loser.
here is the weight loss of the contestants this week:
due to his runner up finish in this week challenge, art was given a 2lb additional weight loss, making his weight loss increase from 7lbs to 9lbs. alan also has immunity since he won this week's challenge.
so, falling below the yellow line are former blue team members angela and eric. it was a surprise during the weigh in that eric revealed that if will be eliminated, he will not continue his weight loss program outside.
one of them will be voted off the show tomorrow night.
filipinos marko germar and tadd gadduang wears filipino shirts in their respective pre-performance interviews in the top 14 performance night of the 8th season of so you think you can dance.
philippine based schools university of the philippines and ateneo are two of the 50 best english teaching universities in the world, according to the qs worldwide standings. university of the philippines came in at the 34th spot while ateneo was a rung lower at the 35th.
UP, Ateneo among best English-teaching universities worldwide
CANDICE MONTENEGRO, GMA News
The University of the Philippines (UP) and the Ateneo de Manila University are among the top 50 best English-teaching universities in the world in this year's Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Among the universities teaching the English Language and Literature around the world, the University of the Philippines ranked 34th while Ateneo ranked 35th, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
The two prestigious Philippine universities bested other universities around the world, including the University of Manchester (43rd) in the United Kingdom, and Georgetown University (49th), Dartmouth College (51-100) and Fordham University (151-200) in the United States.
Also on the list of best English-teaching universities worldwide are De La Salle University (DLSU) in the 50-100 bracket and University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the 101-150 bracket. QS did not provide specific ranks for universities outside the top 50.
UP and Ateneo are also the sixth and seventh best English-teaching university in Asia, respectively, after National University of Singapore, Peking University, University of Tokyo, University of Hong Kong, and Kyoto University.
The QS World University Rankings evaluates universities around the world based on indicators like academic peer review, citations per faculty member, number of international students and faculty, and student-faculty ratio.
QS also evaluates the universities' performance in teaching five key subject areas:
Arts and Humanities;
Engineering and IT;
Life Sciences and Biomedicine;
Natural Sciences; and
Social Sciences.
World rankings
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped all the subjects under the Engineering and Technology Rankings, including Computer Science & Information Systems, Civil & Structural Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing.
Meanwhile, Harvard University dominated the Life Sciences & Medicine and the Natural Sciences, ranking number one in the following subjects: Medicine, Biological Sciences, Psychology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Environmental and Earth Sciences.
Asian rankings
UP and Ateneo were also included in the list of the top Social Sciences-teaching universities in Asia, with UP taking the 27th spot and Ateneo taking the 46th spot. National University of Singapore topped the list for Social Sciences.
The two schools also made a showing in the Arts and Humanities, with UP and Ateneo ranking 20th and 29th, respectively.
Earlier this year, QS announced the top 200 universities in Asia, which include four universities from the country. University of the Philippines was ranked 62 and Ateneo came in 65th, while UST and DLSU were 104th and 107th, respectively.
filipino canadian youtube sensation maria aragon got the privilege to sing in front of the newly wed royal couple. maria's journey started after lady gaga discovered her video for her song "born this way" in youtube. she sang during canada day 2011 and she sang canada's national anthem.
the philippine team azkals did not disappoint the large crowd that gathered despite the rain in the rizal memorial stadium yesterday. they beat their first round assignment, the sri lanka brave reds in the 2nd game in their match up by a whooping 4 - 0 black out.
the first goal was from chieffy caligdong in the 19th minute of the game. phil younghusband, whose rumored girlfriend angel locsin was in the audience, scored on the 43rd minute, just 2 minutes before the end of the first half.
the aggressiveness of the azkals did not waver in the second half despite the lead. angel guirado next scored a goal from a pass from james younghusband on the 50th minute. the last goal was from a penalty kick of phil younghusband on the 57th minute.
aggregate score is 5 - 1, after the 1-1 draw last tuesday and th 4-0 game yesterday.
here are the highlights of the game yesterday:
it was a great time for the philippines since this is the first time that the country get pass the first round of the world cup qualifiers.
their next assignment for the second round is kuwait. the games will be held on july 23 in kuwait and on july 28 in the philippines.
the blue team finally came back after 2 consecutive weeks of losing to win the 4th competitive weigh in of the biggest loser pinoy edition. this came after the teams switched trainers, making this week the 3rd straight weeks that chinggay's team wins the weigh in.
the red team was really in a disadvantage this week. they got an additional 3 lbs after losing this week's challenge and they also had 3 team members that ate during the temptation challenge. the blue team was able to loss 2.41% of their weight while red team was only able to lose 1.29%. but since the read team has a 3lb penalty, their final weight loss is only 1.10%.
here are the weigh in results:
this week's biggest loser is blue team's eric, with an 8lb loss this week of 3.28%.
fortunately, this week was a non-elimination week so no one from the red team will go home. it was also announced that the blue team won php100,000. also announced was that the teams will now merge and the competitors will now train together and they will now compete individually.
davao city mayor sara duterte puts matters on her own hands by punching a sheriff. it happened this morning when the sheriff's group pushed through with the demolition of houses located on a private lot upon orders of the court. duterte apparently asked for a 2 hour extension to fix everything but her request was not granted. this prompted her behavior.
rafa santos, a 26 year old film maker, gave a bad comment on why he casts theater actors in his movies during an interview in anc.
here is the video:
writing it in verbatim, he said "... I find the theater actors are better to work with because they don’t complain; you can feed them Sky Flakes three meals a day, and pay them in cat food."
after this incident, an open letter surfaced in facebook from theater actor joel trinidad of upstart productions to the cinemalaya, where his short film "samarito" is included in the film festival. here is a copy of the open letter:
Independent filmmaker Rafa Santos needs to be taught a lesson. Not a lesson in filmmaking, as he is obviously competent enough to have been included in this year’s Cinemalaya. Not a lesson in thrift, as he is apparently frugal enough to have produced his film without major backing. Not a lesson in public speaking, as he can definitely hold his own in interviews about the film in question. No, what this man needs is a lesson in gratitude. (He would also do well to acquire some class.)
In a televised interview on ANC this morning, Mr. Santos said he preferred using theater actors in his films, because “you can feed them Sky Flakes three meals a day and pay them in cat food.”
Congratulations, Mr. Santos. You have succeeded in alienating the very actors that have helped you to make your film so cheaply. No theater performer who has heard your egregious statements will ever work with you now. (Apparently, you lack not just gratitude, but also intelligence.)
Mr. Santos doubtless meant his remarks as a joke, but that does not excuse him from having made them. He is insensitive, mean-spirited, and divisive—qualities that do not become the artistic institution that Cinemalaya has become. We would appreciate it if you removed his film from your festival.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely yours,
Joel Trinidad
Upstart Productions
Supported by:
Aiza Seguerra, Irma Adlawan, Angelina Kanapi, Gabe Mercado, Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo, Noel Trinidad, Pinky Marquez, Nor Domingo, Bea Garcia, Emerita Alcid, Michael Williams, Elmar Ingles, Kalila Aguilos, Ayen Laurel, Milay Guinid, Allan Alojipan, Yanah Laurel, Felix Rivera, G.A. Fallarme, Topper Fabregas, Johann de la Fuente, Gregorio de Guzman, Raul Victor Montesa, Bobby Nazareno, Leah Reyes, Marie Bismonte, Joli Cabangon, Ems Bolanos, Carla Guevara, Gian Magdangal, Sheree Bautista, Guji Lorenzana, Christine Sambelli Marquez, Jojo Malferrari, Shiela Valderrama-Martinez, Lorenz Martinez, Bernice Aspillaga, Karla Reyes, Floyd Tena, Jeremy Aguado, Myrene Santos, Rico del Rosario, J Young, Diana Alferez, Ana Abad Santos, Jenny Villegas, Andoy Ranays, Liza Infante, Rem Zamora, Issa Litton-Garrido, Lani Tapia, Mark Tayag, Kyla Rivera, Jenny Jamora, Dani Ochoa, Mara Paulina Marasigan, Filomar Tario, Ricci Chan, Franco Laurel, Pamela Imperial, Madeleine Nicolas, Peachy Atilano, Robbie Guevara, Cheska Iñigo Winebrenner, Alex Dagalea, Chevy Mercado, Franz Imperial, Joms Ortega, Sweet Plantado, Carelle Mangaliag, Frances Makil Ignacio, Ralion Alonso, Meynard Peñalosa, Jeremy Domingo, Aj de la Fuente, Ariel Reonal, Arnel Carrion, with more names added to the list every minute
emily vasquez, 22 year old girl from new york became the third aspirant not to be called back on the new reality show the glee project.
the week's theme is vulnerability. for their homework assignment, they were given lines in the song please don't live me by pink. to judge them in this, the guest judge for the week is dot marie jones who plays coach beiste in the hit show glee. after the performance, she said that lindsay comes out as forced. she enjoyed emily's and matheus' performance. in the end, dot choose matheus as the winner this week. this is matheus' second win in three challenges.
the week's video is tears for fears' mad world. they need to choose words that they are very much insecure about and put it out there in public. they will display these words while walking on universal city walk.
the words they choose are as follows:
alex - gay
cameron - misunderstood
damian - numb
hannah - fat
lindsay - fake
marissa - flawed
samuel - rejected
matheus - small
mckynleigh - black or white
emily - used
it was a very emotional shoot. as they are being shot, the other contestants watched them in a monitor. emily revealed that she has been abused by music producers that is why she choose used. while alex was shooting, marissa decided to change her word since it was not specific on the issues she had before. she changed it to "annorexic".
here is the music video for the week:
in the end, the contestants in the bottom three were damian, cameron and emily. damian and cameron was called out due to their lack of connection to the song. emily was called due to her lack of focus during the shoot. they were asked to sing the following songs:
damian - are you lonesome tonight by elvis presley
cameron - your song by elton john
emily - grenade by bruno mars
it was a pretty tough week since all did a good job in their last chance auditions. but in the end, it was emily's lack of focus that made her not get the call back.
smart gilas pilipinas once again proved the philippines' dominance in basketball in the southeast asian region by sweeping the tournament and capturing the crown in the 2011 southeast asian basketball association (seaba) championship. the tournament was held last june 23 to 26, 2011 in jakarta indonesia.
four countries participated in the tournament, philippines, malaysia, singapore and indonesia. the philippines swept the round robin elimination round by beating malaysia (97-71), indonesia (94-54) and singapore (106-51).
in the finals, they again beat indonesia by a whooping 39 points, 89-50. indonesia placed second and malaysia got the third spot.
the win comes even if the philippine team is only playing with 9 healthy players. the other players in the line up were down with several injuries.the reinforcements from the philippine basketball association also were not able to play.
the top three teams in the tournament gets a ticket to the 2011 fiba asia qualifying tournament, which is a qualifier to the 2012 london summer olympics.
edden cruz, a 35 year old fish vendor from cebu, became the 3rd person voted out of the reality show the biggest loser pinoy edition. edden was voted off after blue team's 2nd straight loss after 3 weigh ins. it was a very emotional vote for the blue team, almost every team member cried during the voting.
the votes were:
edden - voted for angela
larry - voted for edden
angela - voted for edden
alan - voted for angela
joy - voted for edden
eric - voted for edden
angela got 2 votes and edden got 4 votes, enough for her to be voted off the show. during her stay in the camp, edden was able to lose 24 lbs (from her starting weight of 221lbs to her last weigh in weight of 197lbs) or 10.86% of her starting weight. she was also able to reach below the 200lb mark.
it was also revealed in the episodes that the trainers will switch teams. chinggay will now train the blue team and jim will train the red team.
on its third year, nestle is holding its annual i choose wellness expo on july 2 and 3, 2011 at megatrade hall 2 and 3 of sm megamall. there will be interactive games, free nutrition counseling, wellness talks and lots of freebies. if you have missed the kasambuhay habambuhay short film anthology, this is a chance to catch it as well. free admission too! this is a great way to spend your weekend with your family. see you there!
