Saturday, April 24, 2010

YELLOW FELLOW

SAMALAMIG!!! STRAWBERRY Vodka Infusion and ORANGE-infused Airconditioners!!!


Two Excellent Ways to
BEAT THE 37 DEGREE HEAT!!!




If you can't go to Baguio to cool down,
let Baguio come down to cool you off:


STRAWBERRIES
will soon give you unforgettable hangovers!



Please Drink Moderately.

(yeah, right!)











AIRCONDITIONERS with
VITAMIN C!!!



No truth to the rumor that
the A/Cs that will be installed in motels
will have a filter that dispenses

VIAGRA.

SEAL the DEAL

Two Brand New Endorsements
will debut this weekend:





ATE VI for KUYA NOY

as effective as,
if not more so, than
Mang Dolphy for Mo' Money.









CHIZ for NOYNOY!!!

"Ang Presidente Ko..."

there's something very subtly subliminal
about Chiz's endorsement for Noynoy;
what do you notice about the ad?


Did we notice the same thing?
Hit the comments, I'd love to know what your think : )

Friday, April 23, 2010

IRON MAN 2 in IMAX!!!



Opens Next Friday,
April 30;

tickets now available at
IMAX Mall of Asia:
P400.00!

Monday, April 19, 2010

ERAP at SIBENTITREE

Maligayang Kaarawan Po!




Mabuhay!!!

Nawa'y marami ka pang
masisipsip na boto mula sa
kapwa mong kandidato na tiga-Tondo!!!





p.s.

mas pogi ka pa rin kay jinggoy : )

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The QUIAPO Effect???




IRON MAN 2
opens in MetroManila on
APRIL 30, 2010...


One Full Week
before it premieres in the U.S.
on May 7!!!



I can't wait to see
Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow on
IMAX!!!

Let the PLAYOFFS Begin!!!


I'm praying for a Lakers-Cavaliers Finals
not so much for Kobe-Lebron,



but more so for the race to
FIVE RINGS
between Kobe and Shaq!!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

MY PRESIDENT


NOYNOY: just in TIME!!!




click here to read the cover story:

Thursday, April 15, 2010

The ULTIMATE PAHIYAS 2011 Tour!!!



Have you ever been to Quezon
and its San Isidro Labrador festivals?

It's great that this year,
May 15, 2011
the festival day, falls on a
SUNDAY!



(The Next WEEKEND PAHIYAS will be in 2016;
and just to give you an idea how far away that is:
by then we actually will have a brand new
President-elect of the Philippines
So better take advantage of this year's date!)



It's fiesta time this month of May
and what better way to eat, drink, and be merry
than to head south to explore charming Quezon province?


It's the best time of the year as we join in the revelry
and celebrate the feast of San Isidro de Labrador!!!







First off to Sariaya,
a charming little town
known for its gracious colonial-period homes.

We'll have breakfast,
take a stroll and admire these treasures
as we revel in its traditional Agawan Festival.




Then, it's off to Lucban and the Pahiyas Festival
where we'll feast our eyes over a smorgasbord
of food, music, artistry and local color
in one of country's most spectacular fiestas!




Finally, on to San Pablo, Laguna
to dine at a gorgeous restored period home,
a great way to cap-off our Quezon experience!



You will discover the best way
to experience the San Isidro Labrador festivals:

Pahiyas in Lucban and Agawan in Sariaya,
the charming heritage town of Sariaya
as well as a lovely dinner
at the artsy Sulyap Gallery Cafe

and everything about Quezon's great Tagalog heritage!!!



Tour Fee is PhP4,800 per person

inclusive of breakfast, lunch and dinner,
all entrance fees and demonstrations,
a first class tourist bus, and
the best personal guide in Quezon,
Tina Decal!!!


And since this is an Ultimate Philippines tour,
expect many many surprises along the way!



For bookings, e-mail:
reservations@ultimatephilippines.com


or contact Manila Boy:
(0928) 503-5137


or just leave a comment below,
and I'll take care of you!!!



The A-B-Cs of SESAME STREET!!!

"Sunny Day...
sweepin' the clouds away.
On my way to where the air is sweet!

Can you tell me how to get,
how to get to Sesame Street?

Come and play,
everything's A-okay,
friendly neighbors there,
that's where we meet!

Can you tell me how to get,
how to get to Sesame Street?"



A Must-Read for everyone who grew up
singing that song lyric above...


fascinating trivia sprinkled all throughout the book:


>Sesame Street's head writer, Tom Whedon,
had a son who also made it big on television: JOSS!
(TV's Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, and Dollhouse)


>Gordon's daughter HOLLY became an actress on 21 Jump Street,
and you can currently see her on the new Celebrity Apprentice.


>and on p.210, the author reveals that a certain FIRST LADY
of the Philippines asked for her "cut" before allowing
Sesame Street to be show in the Philippines in the early '70s!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

SEGURISTA

check out the stickers
on the upper right corner
of this van's rear window:



The MOST DANGEROUS BURGER in the World

HAVE YOU HAD YOUR VITAMIN "G" TODAY?



G is for GREASE!!!


"We strain and process our grease daily,
but we've never thrown it out and started over,

so somewhere in there's molecules from 1912.
That's what makes it so good."



And how do they cook the burgers?
Watch this video.

It will horrify you and make you hungry
at the same time!!!





This restaurant hasn't changed
its vat of burger frying oil in
NINETY-EIGHT YEARS!!!



Yes, it's a real restaurant,
not a product of my Deep-Fried imagination.

ELVIS probably had a few of these babies;
it's right up his alley in Memphis, TN!!!



Not Hot Pot, TOP POT!!!



Straight from Seattle, Washington:

Hand-Crafted, Artisanal Doughnuts
very moist on the inside,
slightly crunchy on the outside!!!







Amazing Doughnuts
available exclusively at

Starbucks Pilipinas:






OLD FASHIONED
Glazed and Chocolate


and the insanely good
APPLE FRITTERS:

"Cubed Apples and Cinnamon-Spice
folded into our signature raised dough."




p.s.

Remember Winchell's Donuts?
Their last branch, somewhere in Cubao,
faded off into the sunset a decade or so ago.

I loved their Pineapple Fritters, and miss them so.


But now,
Top Pot's Apple Fritters complete me!!!











Saturday, April 10, 2010

CALORIES of the TITANS


from all accounts,
Clash of the Titans:
the movie sucked, but the


KRISPY KREME-NESTLE' CRUNCH
doughnut version should deserve a sequel!!!


Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Have YOU Made Up Your MIND???

In the past three Presidential Elections,
I've voted for the following candidates:


'92 : Miriam Defensor-Santiago
(back then, she was as inspiring as Barack Obama. seriously!)

'98 : Joseph Estrada

(well, he was VP, Senator, Mayor, and (still is) a great family friend)

'04 : Bro. Eddie Villanueva
(a pure conscience vote; no way was I going for GMA,
and FPJ was not an option after my Erap debacle in 1998)








And during all these past elections,
the surveys, specially those of SWS and Pulse Asia,
were very reliable, and ultimately, accurate.

If I recall correctly, FVR overtook Miriam in the homestretch;
too many people were convinced that she was a loose cannon.

Erap led all the way during the Philippine Centennial elections,
and won by a resounding landslide.

And '04 was too close to call, but then, The Great Garci happened.



So based on the most recent surveys from Pulse Asia & SWS,
which practically mirror each other's results,

Smartmatic f*ck-ups notwithstanding,
President Noynoy Aquino will take his oath of office this June,
and so will Vice President Mar Roxas.




A Great Majority of the Filipino People
seem to have made up their minds;

and despite the best efforts of Baby James,
and the constant whining of the NP crybabies,

we'll see much much less of the
Over-Botoxed Over-Spending Orange-Lover
for the next three years or so.


And that makes me very happy indeed.








p.s.

Speaking of the Nationalistas,
I really was all set to vote for Bongbong Marcos,
owing to his fine achievements up in Ilocos Norte.

However, his most recent pronouncements in the media
are as gusty as the winds generating power in his windfarm.

I'm afraid that FM Jr. is really campaigning to revise history.



And that makes me very apprehensive indeed.

Monday, April 05, 2010

BREAKFAST CEREAL FANATICS UNITE!!!

Over 200 Kinds of Breakfast Cereal?


Resistance is Futile.











Last December,
I searched all over
California and Ontario
for these childhood cereals,

and in all the supermarkets
from San Francisco to Toronto,
not a solitary box was to be found....


Guess what I found in Pampanga???




The OLD SCHOOL Classics
are all present and accounted for;



and from Kellogg's to Post to General Mills,
the breakfasts in boxes are all here!














An aisle full of POP TARTS!!!



Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
and Hot Fudge Sundae. OMG.













The PEANUT BUTTER Wall!!!


Guaranteed to drive one nutty.







The Metro Gaisano Supermarket @
The MARQUEE Mall


at the Angeles City exit of the NLEX,
just look for the mall that looks like
Ayala Center Cebu's Terraces!

(in which the first Metro Gaisano is located ",)

Thursday, April 01, 2010

PANATA


Dusted off this DVD
for my annual viewing of
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR...





then, off to
SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA


for our family's
traditional Holy Week observances,

highlighted by the
"Black Parade" on Good Friday.

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