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Really talented….
Author: Cecille
I don’t know if any one knows who Charice Pempengco is, she was discovered by Oprah’s staff in you tube. Can you believe that!!!… and she actually had the chance to meet her idol Celine Dion and had the chance to do a duet in front of a lot of people. She is very talented and I am proud because she still looks where she came from, she is Filipina and I am very proud of her. If you think this is not talent then I don’t know what is.
YOU’LL BE THE JUDGE!
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Author: Cecille
lahat ng mga OFW sa iba’t-ibang bansa mga kwento nila at mga problema, so if you feel so sad and lonely and you wanted to see how pinoy live in all parts of the world.
Jon Almosara: Thankful Pinoy singer in Hawaii
Author: Cecille
This article is from www.gmanews.tv
MANILA, Philippines - Four years ago, two singers became the first ever full-blooded Filipinos to almost dominate one of the biggest and most popular television franchises: American Idol.
And so Filipinos thought that Jasmine Trias and Camille Velasco, who could belt out Olympian vocal climaxes, were the best contribution of the Philippines to the famous pineapple state.
But then 32-year-old gospel balladeer Jon Almosara comes into the picture and suddenly every one is left thinking again.
The singer is the latest Filipino-American from Hawaii to crack into the popularity radar and receive recognition for his musical gift after snagging a trophy at the 11th Annual Hawaii Music Awards in the Gospel/Inspirational Music category for his musical album, “Thankful.”
In his acceptance speech, Jon began by telling the story of a kid who knew nothing but sing praises to the Lord.
“I’m one of those kids who sang in church all his life so I’m used to singing gospel (music),” a visibly ecstatic Jon shared, as he clutched the coveted golden statuette.
“But I’m not used to getting an award for it and so this is something else and I’m so glad,” he ended shyly, before breaking into a soulful and soaring rendition of the Christian classic, Great Is Thy Faithfulness.
Grace G. Gupana: Maker of the world’s largest flag
Author: Cecille
This article is from www.gmanews.tv
This really makes you proud to be a filipino
While the world’s largest flag may not be that of the Philippines, a Filipino woman is behind it.
Grace Galindez Gupana, founder of a Christian charismatic group that claims global reach, takes pride in setting two Guinness World records for the world’s largest flag and the world’s largest banner this year.
Gupana, who once worked as a sago’t gulaman vendor at the Quezon City Hall grounds, is the only Filipino so far who has managed to get two world records and the only woman who set those feats in less than 30 days apart.
She was behind the blue and white Israeli flag that was unfurled last November in Masada, Israel. It measured 18,847 square meters (about the size of two football fields) while tipping the scale at 5.2 metric tons; upstaging the previous record of the US flag in 1996 which was at 11,964 square meters.
The second largest flag of the world, the Philippine flag, was smaller by less than 30 square meters (18,818).
She originally wanted the two flags to have the same size. However, in 2006 the Philippine flag was ripped after strong gusts of wind tore the 200 by 100 meter-flag (A similar fate happened to Indonesia when its flag was unrolled on a building in 2003). read more
Cristeta Comerford
Author: Cecille
 Chef Cristeta Comerford makes it big in the White House |
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 Did you know that the executive chef in the White House is a Pinay?
Which means that the one whipping up food for the most powerful man in the world is a kababayan. How cool is that? Personally handpicked by Mrs. Laura Bush herself, Cristeta Comerford is the first woman to serve in the position. She is responsible for designing and executing menus for state dinners, social events, holiday functions, receptions and official luncheons hosted by President and Mrs. Bush. The US First Lady, in fact, even said of our kababayan, “Her passion for cooking can be tasted in every bite of her delicious creations.” A proud graduate of the University of the Philippines with a degree in Food Technology, |
She cut her teeth serving as Chef Tournant at Le Ciel in Vienna, Austria;Chef at Le Grande Bistro at The Westin Hotel in Washington, D.C.; and Chef at The Colonnade at the ANA Hotel in Washington, D.C., where she implemented the “Culinary Arts Gallery” which showcased the best of American fine cuisine. Ano ba’ng uso sa White House? Pinoy, syempre!
And while the US President and First Lady are only beginning to discover the culinary talents of Pinoys, we’ve been enjoying it ever since! In fact, right here in Bangus, our chefs have been so good at what they do that most of them are still with us, delighting diners with their scrumptious creations — for almost 25 years! Yan ang di nawawala sa uso.
this article from www.bangusresto.com also read this part wikipedia.com |
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Jose Antonio Vargas: Pulitzer Prize winner
Author: Cecille
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A very young and Internet savvy Filipino American, Jose Antonio Vargas has at 27, won the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news category.
He shares this award with other Washington Post reporters for a package of nine stories, two of which he wrote. His feet hardly touched the ground as he was interviewed at the Washington Post a couple of hours after the awards were announced in this US capital Monday.
An elated Vargas said, “This is great!” and “This is a happy day!” He was also happy for the paper, saying the ‘Post’ “won six Pulitzers, the most it has won in one year.” Vargas wrote two front page stories on the April 16, 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
“I was lucky to get an interview with one of the eyewitnesses,” he recalled. “I found this eyewitness on facebook.com. I got him on the phone, we talked for about 25 minutes, and he was the only eyewitness we had on the story, so it was a critical part of it.” read more
Ramona Diaz: Pinoy filmmaker in the US
Author: Cecille
Ramona Diaz is a free spirit who is curious, adventurous and daring when it comes to her films. She has done the controversial “Imelda” documentary and is currently working on “The Learning” which is a documentary about the Baltimore school system’s experience with teachers from the Philippines. The petite producer-writer-director based in Baltmore described herself as a Filipino “in every way possible.” read more
Top 100 Sexy Filipina’s
Author: Cecille
Some of these women, I never heard of, but some of them I still remember when I was in the Philippines. Just one comment though, are those “twins” real??? If it is I guess I was sleeping when God showered it in my home town. Darn!
Poohquiao in Chicago
Author: Cecille
The newest sensation in the Philippines, debut at Woowoowee. He’s a good impersonator of Manny Paquiao the boxing champion. And he’s really a good comedian. I was wetting myself in laughter, I actually wanted to see some of his shows if he goes in my state.
This is a part by part show in Chicago, just listening to him make all my troubles away. I really miss the Philippines, very simple things could make you so happy.
Rock on Pooh! great job and continue making all the filipino’s proud. Give them joy and laughter and make them feel at home.
Ramiele Malubay top 8th in American Idol
Author: Cecille
I know it’s been so long that this crisis happened. I thought Ramiele will be the next American Idol. If you watch it so closely she didn’t take the elimination that good. Let’s face it, there is always going to be one winner on American Idol, and clearly it’s not Ramiele at least she will be in the tour so she will still have some more life than we could have.
My advice to Ramiele, you have good talent and you have good looks, you got game girl all you have to do is believe that you can conquer the world. I know I don’t have the right to say anything because I am not as famous as you are. Just like you said in your interview before the hollywood week, you said if you didn’t win it won’t even phase you, just keep on singing and keep on being a good model with young filipino or even half asian kids. Now the world knows that Filipino’s can sing. That is why karaoke is so popular in any fil-am parties.