Speculations from Glorietta shoppers last Friday said that it could be a LPG blast. I thought, it couldn't be caused by LPG, if it was, fire should follow after the blast. That's why I didn't mention that from my article, Are We Still Safe?.

If it was really "industrial failure" or mismanagement, Ayala Corporation should face the consequences. It was indeed an eye opener as I've said from my initial entry... for Shopping Malls Managements.

A lot of speculations and heresays to what really happened last Friday, do we have to wait for another Glorietta tragedy to make Filipinos safe? Do we need a freak incident like this to make another law?

As of this writing I've remembered Ozone Disco, March 18, 1996 fire incident. After that incident, strict inspections followed to all the establishments. Strict inspection should be done not in Glorietta but to all shopping malls in the Philippines.

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In behalf of all Pinays in the world, glitchline will also be joining the campaign against the Pinay Scandal in the internet. The world wide web was flooded by malicious and scandalous materials regarding Pinay Scandal or Pinay Celebrity Scandal. :-( The net should be cleaned by posting an article with words "Pinay Scandal" included on the title.That way, the searchers of this keywords will be having a hard time looking for p0rn materials.

The campaign was started by marhgil. The Pinay Scandal Participants:

• Pinay Scandal by Marhgil
• Wanna Know The Latest Internet Trend About Pinay Scandal by Tech At Hand
• Pinay Scandal by Ada
• Pinay Scandal by Jehzeel Laurente
• Pinay Scandals: Earning Big Bucks? by Nika
• Looking For Pinay Scandals?! by Eli
• Pinay Scandal by Eligio
• Pinay Scandal by Stentorized
• Pinay Scandal by Caryl
• Pinay Scandal o Iskandalosang Pinay by Kengkay
• Pinay Scandal by Baby Face
• Pinay Scandal Story by Pinoy Ambisyoso
• Pinay Scandal by Joan Joyce
• Pinay Scandal, Anyone? by Myglitch
• Pinay Scandal Here by Jojitah
• Pinay Scandal In The Mind Of Pinays by Marikenya
• The Pinay Scandal Most Outrageous And Raw Scandal/ by Chuvachienes
• Pinoy Scandal Survivor No.1 Proud Filipina: Julie Borje by Marikenya
• The Best Of Pinay Scandals by Rhodilee
• Pinay Scandal by JeanGr3y
• Pinay Scandal Revealed!
• Pinay Scandal by Moderately Confused
• Pinay Scandal On The Web/ by Philippine Elections
• Pinay Scandals 2 by rhyannefranz
• Pinay Scandal Revealed by mesotheliomainfocancer
• Pinay Scandal by ronaldmojica
• Pinay Scandal Videos by miii
• Sex And Pinay Scandal Videos by bloggingpinay
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• Pinoy Scandal Videos by proxynetwork
• Pinay Scandal Advocates by netlair
• Pinay Scandal In Baguio by Reyna Elena
• Pinay Scandals Performing In Bubbles by Kotseng Kuba
• Pinay Scandal Me by lemback
• Pinay Scandal Free Download by yuwoncedric
• Pinay Scandal by cultureshiok.com
• Pinay Scandal by diwatangbyaning
• Pinay Scandal Think Again
• Pinay Scandal by agloco-philippines
• Watch As The True Pinay Scandal Goes Down by bluemumble

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Two weeks ago, the local Government of Paranaque City distributed letters addressed to establishment owners informing them that they should comply to the necessary business permits and working permits of individual employees. It indicated there the penalties for each violation.

Around 8pm tonight, the business inspectors of Paranaque City Hall joined forces with Paranaque Police and Baranggay Tanods inspected all Restaurants, Bars and KTVs in Baclaran. They've inspected the necessary documents of each establishments. Establishments caught without business permits were closed immediately literally as they've put pieces of woods to block the establishments' door and posted big red stickers indicating that the business is closed by the local government. From Airport Road alone, they were 7 establishments closed immediately. Statements below was taken from the official website of Paranaque City.

Baclaran Nightlife

There is always a solution for lonely nights in Parañaque, and for fine gentlemen they may visit Baclaran's Airport Road strip known throughout the country. Watch performances by world-class music bands while being entertained by the most beautiful ladies from all over the islands and imbibing in a nonstop supply of San Miguel. Go bar-hopping until sunrise. No need to worry about the bill, for the joints in Baclaran offer the lowest prices.

"Ipagmalaki Parañaque" (Pride in Parañaque), Mayor Bernabe is hopeful that he, together with his constituents, will be able to realize the city's vision to be "the prime habitat city of the Metro South with quality education, cultural, social justice, and a healthy environment sustained by an economically competitive and sound governance, synergized by capable, participative and God-loving citizenry."

When he assumed the Mayoralty in 2004, he was dismayed to learn that the city had accumulated P946.8 Million of unpaid financial obligations. In order to place the house in order, he adopted a strategy of improving tax collection and trimming the bloated bureaucracy.

Mayor Bernabe still has a number of major projects lined up for the city. I'm looking forward that our honorable reelected Mayor Bernabe will include Baclaran to his future projects since Baclaran is in the farthest side of Paranaque. There were heresays regarding this especially from the businessmen of Baclaran. ;-)

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The "Ultimate Pasaway" Ethel Booba won in their game tonight called "Touch The Color" and earned the "Head Of The Household" position. Knowing Ethel, would she take advantage of her new position? Would he take care of the tension built up between Jen and Marylaine? She will truly enjoy her position now. I just hope she didn't make "pasaway" or she will end up punishing herself. :D

What is the Head of Household? Well, the HOH for the week get special privileges like use of the special shower room with his or her chosen housemate and immunity from the next nomination. The HOH also gets the power to automatically place another housemate up on the nomination block. The HOH gets changed and chosen weekly through Kuya’s special games and challenges. A two-in-one HM however must chose who will represent the ‘team’ in the challenges and nominated HMs cannot participate in the HOH activities.

I've enjoyed watching them played "Touch The Color" wearing giant hand costume. Gosh, its been a long time since I last saw kids playing this game.

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Jennifer Da Silva was nominated not by her 1 point but with her two-in-one housemate Marylaine Viernes' vote of 14 points. Of course, its unfair with Jen not knowing that she is two-in-one housemate with Marylaine. What would be her reaction if she know this? Well, housemates except for Baron and Jen are informed regarding the two-in-one ruling before the nomination.

Its hard also on Marylaine's part, she got the most points by using Jen's stuff without permission and without telling anybody that she have to use Jen's stuff. Jen was already complaining to other housemates regarding this, its a negative impression on Jen doing this considering that they are both 26K ladies. The two-in-one twist made PBB Pinoy Big Brother more complicated.

Megan with 7 points made her cry so hard. Reasons for this that I remember are her being choosy on food, "maarte" and isn't initiative on household chores.

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Nickname: Ethel
Status:
In House
Real Name: Ethel Gabina
Origin:Gen. Santos City
Age: 26
Birthdate: 17 December
Place of Birth:Manila
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Actress-stand up comedienne
Sport: Swimming
Hidden Ambition: To be a fashion designer

Ethel’s rise to stardom cost her to answering left and right controversies. One of which was her infamous and owned-up sex video scandal, with her then basketball player boyfriend Alex Crisano that circulated around the net and mobile phones. A true pasaway, she’s remembered to have waged a word war against her own family on Philippine TV, defending her then boyfriend against certain allegations.

It’s now controversial comedienne meets the controversial house, as Ethel Booba enters the Pinoy Big Brother. Will she be able to shed her pasaway image and show the world who the true Ethel is?

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Nickname: Jon
Real Name: Jonathan Mullaly
Origin:United Kingdom
Age: 22
Birthdate: September 1
Place of Birth:United Kingdom
Nationality: Irish-Filipino
Occupation: Model
Sports: Boxing
Hidden Ambition: To be a Hollywood actor
Claim to Fame: Century Tuna Superbod 2006, BenchBody model

Others known him as the "English Outcast". His profile at the PBB states that Jon struggled with harsh racial discrimination since he was the only Asian in school. Because of being constantly ostracized by his schoolmates, Jon's self-esteem hit rock bottom. And he travelled to the Philippines, faced the hardships and trials until he became one of the most sought after male models in the country.

Did you know that Ethel Booba named him as having the worst body odor to controversial "The 40 Forbidden Questions" of DJ Mo's show? I'm sure Jon knew this, are we expecting a confrontation regarding this in the near future? ;) I don't think Jon would do that. Would Ethel confess that to Jon? LOL!

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Nickname: Mcoy
Status:
In House
Real Name: Marco Fundales
Origin: Bulacan
Age: 29
Birthdate: November 3
Place of Birth: Baliwag, Bulacan
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Vocalist, Orange and Lemons
Sports: Bowling
Hidden Ambition: To write a book and be a part of a memorable sitcom or movie

He was the lead vocalist of Orange and Lemons and sang PBB season 1 theme "Pinoy Ako". Pinoy Ako viewed by many as the biggest song for 2005 in the Philippine music scene. Some say the song catapulted the band and the show to becoming hits as well. It was even used as the rallying song and victory theme every time a Filipino athlete emerged victorious in the recent SEA (South East Asian) games held in the Philippines. He's married with two kids. its obvious why he was dubbed as "Musikerong Daddy". Please do check this site, its regarding Orange And Lemons' disband. It was edited recently for unknown reason. Does joining PBB is a career move for him?

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Nickname: Zara
Real Name: Zephora Aldana Mayon
Origin: Las PiñasCity
Age: 18
Birthdate: April 17
Place of Birth: Las Piñas
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Student
Sports: Badminton, billiards, bowling and volleyball
Hidden Ambition: To be a famous singer
Claim to Fame: Mutya ng Pilipinas – Asia Pacific 2007

Why is she dubbed the "Controversial Queen"? I've found and read this article. According to her profile, she resigned her crown after controversies hounded her due to her poverty. So sad, that I didn't know this that's why I didn't know her. Anyway, she is also the Miss STI International and studying also at STI Las Pinas.

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Nickname: Gaby
Real Name: Gabriella Dela Merced
Origin:Quezon City
Age: 25
Birthdate: June 10
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: TV Host
Sport: Racing
Hidden Ambition: To achieve contentment
Claim to Fame: Multi-awarded Filipina on the Asian Formula 3 circuit
Achievements: Philippine Formula Toyota Championship, 3rd overall (2004) and
Formula BMW Asia Scholarship Driver (2004) among others

Gaby Dela Merced took public interest when she became one of the few Filipinas to dominate the Asian Formula 3 circuit. She is the only Filipina who competed in the full season of the series and her efforts to a 1st Runner-up placing in the Philippine National Formula championship. Her PBB profile lacks information. Aside from racing, she also into basketball, football, table tennis, etc. Have you seen her doing Capoeira inside the house? Wow! She's indeed cool! Introducing Capoeira in TV, other sports minded Filipinos will look for Capoeira School near them.

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Real Name: Donald David Geisler III
Origin: Pampanga
Age: 28
Birthdate: October 6
Place of Birth: Clark Air Base, AngelesCity
Nationality: German-Filipino
Occupation: Athlete
Sport: Taekwondo
Hidden Ambition: To become a rock star
Claim to Fame: Consistent Taekwondo gold and silver medalist
Achievements: 5 SEA Games gold, 2 Asian Games silver, Athens Olympics 7th placer

Donald David Geisler III- Silver medalist at the 1998 World Taekwondo Championships, 1998 Bangkok Asian Games Silver Medalist, SEA Games Gold medalist in years 1999, 2003 and 2005. SEA Games Silver medalist in year 2001. Donnie also wants to spend more time with his family and son. He is also trying to work hard on his relationship with his son’s mother, Trish. At this point in his life, Donnie wants to do something else aside from taekwondo which has been his focus for almost 20 years of his life. He is indeed the "Good Brother" to baron, it shows inside the PBB house.

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Nickname: Jen
Real Name: Jennifer Da Silva
Origin: Las Pinas City
Age: 17
Birthdate: December 4
Place of Birth:Quezon City
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: 26K Girl
Sport: Volleyball
Hidden Ambition: To be a famous actress and businesswoman
Claim to Fame: 26K Girl on Kapamilya Deal or No Deal’s 2nd Season
Achievements: Ms. Las Piñas 2005

Acting was already in Jen’s blood since she was born. Claiming to be an illegitimate child of a big 80s movie star whose career has not only diminished but has taken a somewhat criminal turn, she has never seen her father yet the urge to be famous was there. Jen has joined beauty pageants and has won several of them including Ms. Las Piñas in 2005. She was also a part of an all female sing and dance group called the Hot Chicks which also featured PBB Teen Alumna Olym Meimban. The promise of fame excited Jen but after a year of lounging in limbo, she felt restless and she eventually auditioned to be part of KDOND’s 26K girls. This is her PBB profile. Is she really the daughter of Dennis Da Silva? hmnn.

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Real Name: Baron Frederick Von Geisler
Origin: Pampanga
Age: 25
Birthdate: June 5
Place of Birth: Clark Air Base, AngelesCity
Nationality: German-Filipino
Occupation:Actor
Sports: Boxing, Taekwondo and Badminton
Hidden Ambition: To be a rock star
Claim to Fame: His role as Fonzy on hit teen drama Tabing Ilog

As far as I remembered, Baron was not the "wild child" when he was younger. It started when his German military father died sometime in 2002, got depressed. The tragic fire that gutted the Geisler residence and the slow progress of his career contributed to his depression. He tried “to kill the pain” by drinking, leading to his confinement in a detox facility for 10 days. Recently, he landed in the news when he got involved in a brawl he denied having started, this incident left a scar on his face. He went inside the house hoping that Big Brother will reform and change his life for the better.

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Real Name: Marylaine Louise Viernes
Origin:MakatiCity
Age: 21
Birthdate: September 29
Place of Birth:MakatiCity
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: 26K Girl
Sport: Wushu
Hidden Ambition: To fly
Claim to Fame: 26K Girl on Kapamilya Deal or No Deal’s 2nd Season
Achievements: 2004 Palanca Awardee for her Kabataan essay, Ms. Teen Philippines 2005
Charity: Advocates 4 Youth Foundation

May is host of UNTV's Pilipinas, Gising Ka Na Ba and Dito Okey Tayo, a freelance and Creative Writer, an Entrepreneur, a Carlos Palanca Awardee DLSU Scholar and Honor student. She is also CLUB K's External Affairs Officer and Fashion and Beauty editor of The Advocate. - This is her profile at Club K. CLUB K is the youth organization of Advocates for Youth Philippines Foundation. Its members and officers are composed of the youth with a common goal of promoting and advocating responsible decisions for the betterment of society. The organization is designed to act as a “youth hub” on resources, education and activities that will involve the youth in productive and worthwhile endeavors. No wonder she was dubbed as "Brainy Babe" of PBB. She was also featured at ABS-CBN's Perfect Moments Season 2, she was 17 years old then. Its her dream to become a star.

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Nickname: Yayo
Real Name: Ma. Rosario Aguila
Origin:Antipolo
Age: 40
Birthdate: 13 September
Place of Birth:Quezon City
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Actress
Sports: Tennis, Volleyball
Hidden Ambition: To become a talk show host or newscaster

At her age, she surely have the guts to make it again. I still remember the "Bagets" era. Recent controversials involving her husband William Martinez made her a stroger person. Does she looked like a 40 year old woman? With all the intrigues surrounded her, she could looked older. She's not, in fact I found her cool mingling with everybody in the house. I'm waiting for her confessions inside the house, will she tell the untold stories regarding her husband? If she does, she will earn more sympathy from the viewers BUT her marital relationship would be at stake. Let's wait and see.

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Real Name: Ruben Gonzaga
Origin: Las PiñasCity
Age: 25
Birthdate: March 16
Place of Birth:DavaoCity
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Comedian
Sport: Basketball, billiards and boxing
Hidden Ambition: To be a famous actor
Claim to Fame: The “Budots” dance of Davao

Although relatively unknown in Manila, Ruben is quite a celebrity in Davao. Working for ABS-CBN Davao, Ruben is popularly known as a member of the channel’s Joke Squad. He is also a stand-up comic in various bars. He is married with 2 kids.

Well, he really is a comediane but I found him weird because of his attire when he was introduced at the opening night of Pinoy Big Brother. I guess , he leaved an impression already to the viewers. One thing I noticed as the days goes by inside the house, he is easy to get along with other housemates because of his sense of humor. He reminds me of the late Rene Requiestas' character "cheeta-eh".

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Real Name: Victor Emmanuel Basa
Origin:PasigCity
Age: 22
Birthdate: June 6
Place of Birth:PasigCity
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Actor / Model
Sports: Skateboarding, swimming, wall climbing and ice hockey
Hidden Ambition: To be a musician
Claim to Fame: Penshoppe image model, Best Model Form in MTV Fashionista 2004

I recognized him because I'm a "Kapamilya" or should I say ABS-CBN fanatic. Joining the Pinoy Big Brother is a giant move to his stardom. I'm just wondering why he was dubbed as "Lonely Dream Boy" of PBB when according to wikipedia, he had several girlfriends. I watched his Boy Abunda TV guesting before together with his bestfriend Jake Cuenca. He looks so quiet and nice but mysterious. He's got the the looks and talent of a model/actor but could he make it on the the "Big Four"?

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Real Name: Riza Raquel Santos
Origin: Canada
Age: 21
Birthdate: August 30
Nationality: Filipino
Occupation: Model,artist
Sport: Track and Field
Hidden Ambition: To become a doctor
Claim to Fame: Miss Earth - Canada
Achievements: Filipina that represented Canada in the Ms. Earth beauty pageant

The tag "No Boyfriend Since Birth" leaves a mark on my mind. That's how she was introduced to the opening of Pinoy Big Brother. She is also the FHM October 2007 Cover Girl, just in time when she got inside the house. Though she was raised in Canada, I salute her for making her virginity intact for her husband in the near future. This is a real Filipina trait unlike other Filipinas raised outside Philippines. Why desirable diva? Because she’s determined to make a name in local showbiz as a singer. I'm sure Big Brother will give her a chance to show what she have.

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Real Name: Megan Lynne Young
Origin:Quezon City / USA
Age:17
Birthdate: February 27
Place of Birth:Alexandria, USA
Nationality: Fil-American

Seeing her as one of the first 10 housemates made me think, who she is. I don't think she's a celebrity. Some googling around and I've found out that she's a starstruck contender (GMA7) and transfered to ABS-CBN. I don't remember her character as Shane in the famous children's fantaserye "KOKEY". She is charming that's why she is tagged as the "Princess of Charm" of Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity edition. She was also called as the "crybaby" of starstruck. Would she be charming and a cry baby at the same time at the house? We'll see.

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Nickname: Will
Real Name:William Devaughn Stumpf
Origin:Germany
Age: 25
Birthdate:27 February
Place of Birth:Germany
Nationality:German/Afro-American
Occupation: Model

I've found this article about Will Devaughn, the Pinoy Big Brother 2, Celebrity edition housemate. The article was written July 23, 2006, I think its authentic though. She said that Will Devaughn is the biggest jerk in town. He was tagged as the "True Lover" of Pinoy Big Brother, I don't think he deserved that title after reading this article. What a shame that he passed to be a housemate. We'll see how long he can hide his true nature. Another thing about Will is he supposedly have a celphone sex video scandal allegedly with Palmolive Palma of Baywalk Bodies. If this is true, I have to see it if its really Will. ;-)

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It was about 1:35 pm this afternoon that I heard my neighbor receiving a phone call. He is a fire volunteer, always had early news from his colleagues. Anyway, after hearing him saying "Glorietta? Bomba?"... I urgently turned on my TV, after 10 minutes, the news proved it right. I am monitoring now from GMA 7 and ABS-CBN for the latest updates.

Usually, at Glorietta 2, Makati have many shoppers during Fridays. Parents who fetched their children from school usually spend their time here before going home. There are 8 persons confirmed dead from this bombing tragedy. There are speculations that this might be the work of terrorism. Gosh! The people might avoid going to malls now because of this incident, I sure will.

What I'm thinking now is how come did this tragedy happened? The Glorietta security is very strict, sometimes I usually find police with their sniffing dogs roaming around Glorietta. I used to work in Makati and often stopped by for client calls, its a good thing that I seldom visited Makati now. But how about our relatives... our friends... our children? Is it already a wake up call? For whom?







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The complete lineup of Pinoy Big Brother's housemates is finally here. Televiewers were shocked with the PBB twist when Mariel Rodriguez become a housemate. Yesterday, she was asked by Big Brother why she came inside the house when she accompanied a housemate inside PBB house. (It was revealed tonight that Mariel is just a house guest.)

Here's the complete Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition 2:

1. Will "True Lover" Devaughn
2. Megan "Princess of Charm" Young
3. Riza "Desirable Diva" Santos
4. Ruben "Komedyanteng Promdi" Gonzaga
5. Victor "Lonely Dream Boy" Basa
6. Yayo "Mom in Distress" Aguila
7. Baron "Wild Child" Geisler
8. Marylaine "Brainy Babe" Viernes
9. Jennifer "Despised Babe" de Silva
10. Donald "The Good Brother" Geisler
11. Gabby "Extreme Sports Lover" dela Merced
12. Macoy "Musikerong Daddy" Fundales
13. Zara "Controversial Beauty Queen" Aldana
14. Jon "Tisoy Model-Actor" Avila
15. Ethel "Ultimate Pasaway" Booba

According to Pinoy Big Brother rules, technically, housemates are supposed to be 13. There are 15 housemates now. Who's the best among the best on their fields?

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Its amazing that cursillo is still alive in the Philippines, I thought its gone already. I hope cursillo remains alive in the Philippines forever. I little of googling around and I've found this from wikipedia.

Cursillo (in Spanish: Cursillos de Cristiandad, from "curso" meaning course, and the diminutive ending "-illo", small course of Christianity) is a ministry of the Roman Catholic Church. It was
founded in Majorca, Spain by a group of laymen in 1944, while they were refining a technique to train pilgrimage leaders. It has since been adapted by numerous other Christian faiths, some of them retaining the name "cursillo" while others have given the program a different name. The word "cursillo" means "short course" in Spanish.

Its some kind of workshop or retreat, renewal of our faith and christianity. Its a 3-day and 2-nights stay in the cursillo house, usually located within the church's vicinity. Cursillo "for women" and "for men" were done separately. I should say that its a once in a lifetime religious experience with our creator. To realize more intimately the personal love of Christ, so that the participant may be disposed to respond freely to the invitation of that love. The days is not as boring as you think, it unrolls in an atmosphere of informality, of joy, of camarederie, of sharing and of Christian love in action. The highlights of the event are the last supper (your last dinner with other participants, mananitas (the family of the participants will serenade them), washing of the feet reenactment and many more.

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These are the events I still remember when I attented cursillo at Our Lady Of The Airways Cursillo House in Pildera, Pasay City together with my sister and my cousin. I was still a teenager then. These days, Cursillo Houses are accepting participants 18 years old and above to have a better understanding on what is it all about. During my cursillo days, we are not allowed to wear watches, I'm sure that mobile phones are not allowed now because of the "time" and the hindrance it can make to reflections. My father and mother are also cursillistas. Why am I making an entry regarding cursillo? My half sister will attend cursillo this afternoon. I'm hoping that she will realized many things about her present life and eventually change for a better life.

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Yesterday was not my ordinary day of blogging. I got shocked yesterday morning finding my blog items in different places splattered all around. The colors were gone same as the design. I checked my html, it looked fine until I've discovered it was linked to a css file that was uploaded somewhere else. I went to the site where I've downloaded it, it was gone. I've checked it tonight, its online again. I dont know if his site was under maintenance yesterday or something to that effect. I got sad, really sad because that template reflects my extreme personality. I really love that template. It took me whole day figuring it out if there was a way to restore it and ended up looking for another free template. It took me my whole day yesterday optimizing my new page layout. Now, I've decided to use a default template and edit the html eventually.

Its not stealing if you had your backup provided that you maintain the "credit link" (link to the template designer's site) as respect to their intellectual property. Our blog's contents reflects our personality same with our template that matches our contents.

If you had downloaded a free template, do check your html if you have something like this.

link rel="stylesheet" href="http://idwebtemplate.com/blogger/grunge update/style.css" type="text/css" /

If you do, download it and upload it to another file host as your back up. Do this also to the images. Don't forget to take note of the exact links.

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Barangay Baclaran is noted for the Wednesday Novenas at the shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help National Shrine of the Redemptorist Church. Every Wednesday more or less 10,000 people from all walks of life converge at the church to attend the novena. It is without argument the most attended church in Asia. Many known celebrities who are devotees to Our Lady of Perpetual Help do come at Tuesdays nights to avoid people. Many people mistaken Baclaran as part of Pasay, it is actually part of Paranaque.

Traffic is normal on Wednesdays especially on first Wednesdays of the month. Baclaran is a major transportation hub, with many buses and jeepneys terminating here. Light Rail Transit (LRT) ends in Baclaran while its a ride away from Metro Rail Transit (MRT). There are also a lot of pedicabs around. Shuttle ride to SM Mall Of Asia is just a stone away from the Church, the terminal is at the corner of Roxas Boulevard and Redemptorist Road.

Baclaran is also known as a bargain center throughout the world due to the amazing discounts shoppers enjoy at its dry goods markets. Its imposible that you cannot find the goods you're looking for. Before I forget, "Pakyawan Sa Wilmart" will be having their sale on October 15, Monday. They'll be selling all items at wholesale price. Their goods are incredibly cheap, some vendors bought items here and resell them. It is located in front of Iglesia ni Cristo.

There are a lot of known fast food chains in Baclaran especially around the church. Bibingka and puto bumbong is possible every Wednesdays all year round, you can find them along the street at the back of Berma Shopping Center. Don't forget to ask for your free hot tea for every order of puto bumbong. Since MMDA is always around, you can also find the best buys in this street.

I grew up here, should you have anything to find here, let me know.

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Nobody doesn't want a better life. If an opportunity comes, chances are you'll grab that at once. We can never tell if there's another opportunity that will come again. There are many Filipinos in Dubai working with a tourist visa but they're facing a big problem now with the new rules in Dubai effective October 1, 2007.

Many Filipinos are trying their luck to work in Dubai. I have several friends working in Dubai, some did underwent with this procedure. They entered Dubai with a Tourist Visa on hand and look for work when they get there. Most of the time they moved from one job to another because their employer doesn't signed their employment documents. The new visit visa rules states that:

Any person found to be working after entering the country on a visit visa will face a life ban while his employer would be fined Dh50,000. An employer who hires a person who is an infiltrator will be fined up to Dh100,000.

Its sad that Filipinos in Dubai would come home eventually within the year if they still doesn't have their working visa. Another close friend of mine's flight to Dubai is on November 8. Her sister works there as civil engineer, her sister as a sponsor. They're planning to put up a salon there, my friend will be the manager. She's offering me a job there, now that I know the rules, I guess this is not possible. A friend in Dubai with residence visa said the offer is good but I should have a valid working visa because the new rule had started already last October 1. I'm worried with my other friends in Dubai.

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