BUZZFEED FEATURES FILIPINO FOOD AGAIN!

Buzzfeed again featured Filipino food in its new video released today in its official YouTube channel :

Hopefully they can also feature Americans trying to say Filipino tongue twisters too sometime soon!

2018 FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER : AZKALS ANNOUNCES 23 MAN TRAINING POOL

The Philippine Azkals announced the 23 names that it called back for the training camp for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier. The pool is consists of a mix of veteran Azkals campaigners, youngblood that has been competing with the Azkals for the past years, returning players and even new faces but veteran players from international leagues.

The 23 names that has been called are as follows:

AGUINALDO, Amani Manuel
BAHADORAN, Misagh
DANIELS, Kenshiro Michael
DEYTO, Patrick Phillip
ETHERIDGE, Neil Leonard
GIER, Robert James
GUIRADO, Juan Luis
HARTMANN, Mark Andrew
INGRESO, Kevin
LUCENA, Jerry Ruben
OTT, Manuel
PALLA, Stephan
PATIÑO, Javier
RAMSAY, Iain
REICHELT, Patrick
ROTA, Simone
SATO, Daisuke
SCHROCK, Stephan Markus
STEUBLE, Martin Markus
TRIGO, Tomas Angel
VILLANUEVA, Dennis
WOODLAND, Luke
YOUNGHUSBAND, Philip James

Notable returnees are Neil Etheridge and Stephan Schrock, who already apologised to the team after some misunderstanding with the coaches. Javier Patino was able to clear his schedule with his Chinese club team and will be able to suit up for the national team

New recruits included in the pool are Stephan Palla, Iain Ramsay, Luke Woodland and Kevin Ingreso, most of which are from Australia.

Training camp will start on June 1. The first qualifier match will be on June 11 at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bulacan against Bahrain and the next match will be against Yemen on June 16 in Qatar.

PROJECT RUNWAY PHILIPPINES SEASON 4 PREMIERE ON JUNE 14

After being on hiatus for 3 years, the local franchise of the popular fashion reality show, Project Runway Philippines will premiere its 4th season on June 14, 2015 on ETC.

Model Tweetie de Leon will still host the show and will judge as well, together with fashion designer Rajo Laurel and model and writer Apples Aberin. The aspiring designers will still be mentored by Jojie Lloren.

Here is the teaser for the new season:

Video is from ETC's official YouTube channel

SEA GAMES 2015 : PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM LINE UP ANNOUNCED

The final line up for the Philippine Women's Volleyball Team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore next month was announced by Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. last Friday.

Amidst controversy on the volleyball federation, players attendance and schedule conflicts, the final 12 girls who will carry the flag are the following :

1. Daquis, Rachel Ann
2. de Leon, Bea
3. Dimaculangan, Rhea
4. Gonzaga, Jovelyn
5. Lazaro, Denden
6. Marano, Abby
7. Morado, Jia
8. Ortiz, Maika
9. Santiago, Jaja
10. Santiago - Manabat, Dindin
11. Soltones, Gretchel
12. Valdez Alyssa

Aiza Maizo, who was the last person cut from the roster, will serve as a reserve player and assistant coach. The team will be mentored by Coach Roger Gorayeb and Coach Tai Bundit as his assistant.

Alyssa Valdez will also serve as the flag bearer of Team Pilipinas in the opening ceremonies on June 4, 2015.

Before the announcement, Gorayeb expressed his dismay on the poor attendance of the players in last Wednesday's practice, where the official line up was set to be announced. After the announcement, the players was in full force for the first time:

Perfect attendance brightens mood as PH team buckles down to work By @meilinspin http://t.co/Ru2PB2LZRQ via @spinph pic.twitter.com/JpC1zk059b

— SPIN.ph (@spinph) May 22, 2015

Hope this girls exceed their target of a bronze medal after being absent in the SEA Games for a decade. The last time that we participated was in the 2005 Manila SEA Games where we got the bronze. The last time we got the gold was more than 20 years ago.

Good luck Team Pilipinas!

Image is from the 2015 SEA Games website and the tweet is from the Spin.ph official Twitter account

FIL-AM JORDAN CLARKSON DUNKS OVER A LUCKY KID IN TAGUIG

Filipino - American Jordan Clarkson of the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA is in town for the launch of NBA Philippines and for the NBA Cares charity event. It is his first time to be in her mother's home country. In a surprise visit to a shelter in Taguig City, this video was captured as he dunks over a kid.

This. Just. Happened. @jclark5on dunking on a lucky kid! #tenement @pinoyhoops @iammikeswift @jinoboy5 thanks #Nike! pic.twitter.com/zYFJMcJynR

— TJ Manotoc (@tjmanotoc) May 23, 2015

This is one lucky kid!

Video is from TJ Manotoc's twitter account

SURVIVOR CAMBODIA SECOND CHANCE : CAST REVEALED

The cast of the next season of Survivor was revealed during the reunion show of the recently concluded Survivor : Worlds Apart. Now at its 31st season, the show will film next in Cambodia and this season will be dubbed as Survivor Cambodia : Second Chance.

This season will feature 20 former castaways that did not win in their season and will be given a second shot to win this game. The fans voted from a pool of 32 players and the top 10 males and top 10 female with the most number of votes will be included in this new cast (see this blogpost).

Here is Jeff Probst revealing the 20 castaways of the season during last night's reunion show:

The new cast includes :

• From Survivor Borneo - Kelley Wiglesworth
• From Survivor Australian Outback - Jeff Varner and Kimmi Kappenberg
• From Survivor Pearl Islands - Andrew Savage
• From Survivor Panama - Terry Deitz
• From Survivor China - Peih-Gee Law
• From Survivor Tocantins - Stephen Fishbach
• From Survivor Samoa - Monica Padilla
• From Survivor Philippines - Abi Maria Gomes
• From Survivor Blood vs Water - Vytas Baskauskas and Ciera Eastin
• From Survivor Cagayan - Spencer Bledsoe, Tasha Fox, Woo Hwang and Kass McQuillen
• From Survivor San Juan del Sur - Jeremy Collins, Keith Nale and Kelly Wentworth
• From Survivor Worlds Apart - Joe Anglim and Shirin Oskooi

Based on this cast list alone, this will be a great season! The new season will premiere this fall.

Video is from the official YouTube channel of Survivor

SURVIVOR WORLDS APART : MIKE WINS!

Mike Holloway, a 38 year old oil driller from Texas, is the official winner of Survivor : Worlds Apart, the reality show's 30th season. Mike is originally part of the blue collar tribe that went up against a tribe with white collars and another tribe of no collars.

Mike won via a 6-1-1 vote from the jury, winning over white collar Carolyn Rivera and no collar Will Sims.

Mike simply dominated the last parts of the game, winning all of the last five challenges - 2 reward challenges and 3 immunity challenges. When he won the last immunity challenges, I think it was quite obvious that Mike is a sure winner, having played both a very physical and strategic game.

I think what Mike has that sets him apart from the other past winners in the show is that he was an outsider in the tribe. The majority alliance has been targeting him for a long time but he just played his hidden immunity idol and won challenges enough to keep him in the game.

With this win, he was disqualified from the voting for the next season of Survivor, dubbed as the Survivor : Cambodia - Second Chances.

It was a well deserved win - Congrats Mike!

Image is from the official CBS - Survivor Worlds Apart website