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Imperial Manila

by reynz on November 14, 2011

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Sometimes… we get reminders… That life in the Philippines is still very much columnar. In two columns. Weird. Shades of the Indian caste system. I’m Promdi (from the province) and they’re from Manila. I call it, Imperial Manila. Some people believe they are the establishment. It’s Old World mentality. And so these people are clueless [...]

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Bloggers not allowed here

by reynz on January 21, 2011

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“Typically naman, there’s fire kasi there’s smoke. There’s smoke because there’s friction. There’s friction because one’s going south, one’s going north. Those two resisting forces coming from the opposite sides creates the smoke, and then the fire, and then the people mingling, and then the cheezmaks. I learned that from NASA. Yes. NASA-kanila na ang [...]

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Honest advice for Shalani: Quit hosting ka kaya?

by reynz on December 31, 2010

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I think Shalani Soledad is one classy lady, don’t you think? O ayan Malen ha? I said something nice haha! Wag mo akong gyerahin hehehe! She sort of reminds me of Jackie Onassis. I know, that’s one tough shoe to fit and I might even anger rabid Jackie Onassis followers for the comparison, but that’s [...]

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Is It Time to Leave Your Job?

by reynz on December 28, 2010

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(Picture Credits: Daily Candor) By: William C. Taylor It’s the holiday season, when we start making lists of the gifts we want — and of the pros and cons of the jobs we have. The end of one year and the start of a New Year is the time when just about everyone takes stock [...]

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In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday

by reynz on December 14, 2010

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(Photo Credits: Bloggista) Mamacita! In the Philippines, everyday is a holiday. Oh, yeah! Well, ok. Not yet, but we’re getting there! Our fine legislators are working their ass on it. Just wait. Be patient! You’ll see what I mean. Im fak, did you read the news about holidays galore dotting Filipino’s working calendar that’s drowning [...]

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Snow show in Baguio City: A perfect community washing moment

December 7, 2010
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(Picture Credits: Inquirer) You know Mamacita; I have experienced several blizzards in Philadelphia already. A lot of snow. A lot of ice. One time, umihi ako, naging glacier sya. Pero, it’s not really an ideal time to sell ice cream. Pramis, maninigas ka. And for men? Shrinkage. Blizzards visit Philadelphia during the months of January, [...]

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Christmas blunder at the Rockefeller and another wreck on The View

December 2, 2010
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Live from New York!!! Just when Charice was about to perform her song at the Christmas Lighting Show at the Rockefeller Center in New York, a really nice Christmas track went on air. The problem was, it was the music and the voices of Boyz II Men! Argh! Here’s the video. Listen and watch! That’s [...]

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Ella Del Rosario, kailan kita makikilala… sana’y malapit na!

November 22, 2010
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I just love her. Her music? Music to my ears. I heard she’s having a concert in Manila this December. Here’s Charlie Green with her Original Pers Lab. Note: Pictures were plagiarized from Dennis Garcia’s YouTube Account. No worries. The Supreme Court Justices in Manila said it’s ok. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us [...]

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What’s the problem Jake?

June 23, 2010
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Jake Pavelka, single, a commercial pilot, pretty good-looking. He was the bachelor on “The Bachelor” who found his soon-to-be-wife on the reality show. But there is trouble in wonderland for Vienna Girardi ended her engagement to Jake Pavelka. Yeap, Jake would not DO it. Hahaha! He would not let out his big kahuna play La [...]

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I'm disappointed with Dona Victorina and I approve this message: Action speak louder than boys!

January 20, 2010

So, I woke up this morning and saw a comment waiting to be approved on my reyna elena dot com site, to my blog entry that’s not even political. It was an emo entry… you know… “kung liligaya ka! sa piling nang iba!” that type. The comment was from the founder of Dona Victorina, founder [...]

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Alpha Phi Omega Anniversary: 2009 Oblation Run

December 17, 2009

I thought I’d share you this one entry sa Reyna na pinutakte nang mga lurkers nyahahaha! At nahiyang mag-comment kahit isa, but I know they’ve been accessing the entry hak hak hak! So here you go! Open your eyes wide! Hahaha! Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity celebrates its anniversary on the 16th of December. At the [...]

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Tiger Woods admits affairs and decided for an "Indefinite Break From Professional Golf"

December 14, 2009

Photo Credits: Yahoo Kadarating ko lang sa Amerika mga kabarrio. I did not realize how big ang ki Tiger… teka mali ata ang sinabi ko hehehe! I meant, how big of news pala ang Tiger’s Woods nyahahaha! As in, lahat ata nang makausap ko rito, puro Tiger and usap-usapan hehehe! Ayuf daw sa bed ang [...]

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Waitress Jaimee Grubbs said sorry to Tiger Wood's wife

December 13, 2009

Yeah! Yeah! Even if one claims that Tiger Woods is one horny animal, still, there’s no reason for these women to ruin Tiger’s life. Of course! Tiger had the last say for his golf club swing! Haller! And so, here we are with waitress Jaimee Grubbs saying sorry to Tiger Wood’s wife on US television [...]

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Tiger Woods naked pictures!

December 13, 2009

Photo Credits: Huffington Post Wood ni Tiger na-pektyuran daw! Yun ang sabi saken nung isang fwend, as in, kalalapag ko lang in the US, yun agad ang cheezmaks. Ako?! Interested? Not really. Hi hi hi! ~evil grin~ I’m just interested sa golf balls ni Tiger and how he drives his golf club! Nyahaha! Yan ang [...]

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Letters from Readers: Ate Charing Acts and Eklat Reacts

December 11, 2009
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Hello mga friendship! Kamusta na kayo? Well, if you ask me, okay lang ako at in-love. Charoooot! Because of the good feedback we received from our first response to some of our Barrio Siete letter senders seeking for advice, we are once again opening our mailbox para matugunan ang iilang problema ng ating mga ka-barrio [...]

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Tiger Woods has tres Marias

December 3, 2009

Tigil muna massacre na to mga kabarrio. Eto pala ang chika: nahuli pala si Tiger Woods at ang say nang first love ko: “Hey, it’s, uh, it’s Tiger. I need you to do a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling [...]

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Oh to be Tiger Woods!

December 1, 2009

In the wee hours of one Orlando morning, Tiger Woods smashed his car, ran over the hydrant and hit a tree, became unconscious and laying outside his SUV. His wife told Windermere police she used a golf club to smash the back windows to help him out. “This is a private matter and I want [...]

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Random Chika from your Resident Bruha, Part Deux

November 23, 2009

Hello mga kapatid! I missed you all. Charing! Well, pasensya na at medyo delayed telecast ulet ang inyong lingkod sa pagbibigay ng aking natatanging opinion tungkol sa mga bagay-bagay na nangyayari dito sa ating bansa at pati sa buong universe na rin. Alam niyo naman, tumatanggap na ako ng labada ngayon kasi kelangan kumayod para [...]

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How not to start a blog: hate blogs by BongV and Benign0

November 22, 2009

Ok. So…. Wer wer we?! Hate blogs started to sprout against Barrio Siete and Reyna Elena. These are brought to you by no other than BongV, our pseudo-intellectual resident of Barrio Siete, the most talkative of all the charlatans, the most intelligent of all human kind, teaching us the theory of the morons, decided to [...]

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Manny Pacquiao, Krista Ranillo, Jinkee Pacquiao and the lynching of Coconuter

November 18, 2009

Did you hear the latest buzz? Well, it’s about a trilogy. Ok, maybe not. Allegedly, it’s about Manny Pacquiao, Krista Ranillo, Jinkee Pacquiao and a blogger called Coconuter. Gosh he’s cute! I wanna buy him a sellphone! Grrr! Ok. Sumesemplang ako sa topic. Well, according to the grapevine, si Manny daw and Krista… ahh… Honestly?! [...]

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The flips and the confused

November 18, 2009

Photo Credits: Philstar “William Jefferson Clinton joins the Republican Party because he just could not take Nancy Pelosi’s hairstyle.” Blares the Washington misPost.” Can you imagine that happening in America? Not. Well, ok. Close. But in my turd world kawntri called the Flippines, most of our policitians must have had severe internship at makodonorado flipping [...]

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Eklat and the Noynoy video Brouhaha

November 11, 2009

Sa mga umaabang sa next appearance ni Eklat, lalo na sa kanyang anim na fans, eto ulet ang isang sulat mula sa kanya. Basa na mga bruha. Hello patriots! Yes it’s me again, Eklat at your service. You know I just arrived from a week of rehab, I mean, vacation in LA and the news [...]

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Burdyer King

November 10, 2009

Cross post to mga kabaryo mula sa reyna elena. Masyadong mainit yung video ni Noynoy kaya burdyer muna kayo. Dun sa Reyna Elena McDo sya. Dito Burdyer King. Image by ilmungo via Flickr Umandar ang stomach nang lola. Di ako makatiis for today’s calling. Makodoronado Burdyer King pala. Litsi oo! Me opium ba sila dahil [...]

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Rihanna and Chris Brown on domestic violence

November 6, 2009

First, a lookback at what happened: (Source: MTV) Rihanna breaks her silence in an interview with Dianne Sawyer. You’d laugh at me, but I love Chris Brown’s music that at one point, Diwa was shouting at me to get back to my senses and instead listen to Matt Monroe’s music. Grrr! But I’m sure, a [...]

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The Eklat Update and the Women in Noy and Mar’s life

November 3, 2009

Mga bruhang fans ni Eklat, may sulat na naman po siya para sa atin kaya hindi ko na kayo bibitinin. Sabay-sabay nating basahin. Gooooo! Hello my dear minions! I know that you’re glad to see my name pop up in Barrio Siete again. Well forgive moi to keep you waiting because I’ve been so much [...]

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America's Next Top Model bi-racial photo shoot: Racially charged?!

October 31, 2009

I’m not ignorant about racial discrimination, bias or however you mix those words. I don’t really understand why people here in my Barrio States of America gets infuriated if say a white person, paints himself black and be black for a moment, or a black person paints himself white to be a white person. Ok. [...]

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Put Your Own Caption: 2010 Presidential Line-up so far…

October 20, 2009

Backstage info:  So far highly educated rumors has it that the main front runners for the next presidential election are political royalties Noynoy Aquino with Mar Roxas, billionaire Manny Villar, Macapagal protege Gibo Teodoro, and ex-con ex-President Erap Estrada with his sidekick Jojo Binay.  I’m not sure what these guys’ plans are, but they better [...]

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Eklat Strikes Back

October 8, 2009

Mga kapatid, eto at may natanggap na naman tayong sulat dito sa Barrio Siete from our dear friend Eklat. Naging busy pala ang lola niyo sa kawanggawa kaya natagalan bago siya nakasulat sa atin. Sa mga hindi pa familiar kay Eklat, you can read her first two letters here and here. Here is Eklat’s third [...]

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Random Chika from your Resident Bruha

October 5, 2009

photo harbat: here Hello mga ka-baro, este mga ka-barrio. Yes, I’m back balakubak! It’s been a while since my last contribution dito sa Barrio Siete. Pasensiya na kayo at medyo inatake kasi ng drama ang buhay ko at naging busy din sa work. Kinabahan din ako sa latest developments here in Barrio Siete kaya medyo [...]

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Ikaw na lang ang mag-Bading

September 18, 2009

“It is so funny I forgot to laugh.” Linya yan ng isa sa favourite kong writer na si Jessica Zafra. Ganyan kasi ang naging reaction ko upon reading someone’s comments from an article written by the wonderful Ellen Tordesillas about the Jinggoy-Ping privilege speech bakbakan. As a gay person living in this modern day and [...]

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Sayonara Charice?!

September 4, 2009

David Foster: The definition of a star 2:29 Listen to David Foster talking about Charice. According to him, when Charice was sitting with them, and there were 10 of them in the table at that time, she beams. And when she left, she was “gone’. Point emphasized on the word “gone”. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT0yqVWN9AU] Charice talent is [...]

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your blog, your resume

August 31, 2009

Photo Nadekwat: Dito Hindi totoo ang balita that I had breast augmentation. Ibang augmentation ang gusto ko. Eto nga. I got out of the hospital then, after what was supposed to be just 2 weeks stay after a laparascopic surgery operation, that ended with an additional 2 weeks, because I was hard-headed. The doctor said, [...]

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The Return of Eklat

August 26, 2009

Just when we thought we’ve satisfied all our readers by giving our very best in each article here in Barrio Siete, meron pa rin pala kaming kakulangan. As you all know, well pati na rin sa mga hindi pa nakakaalam, Elaine Katherine Lourdes Anna Theresa, Eklat for short, is one of our avid critic here [...]

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Miss Universe 2009 is Venezuela!

August 24, 2009

Photo Harbat globalbeauties.com Venezuela wins! 18 year-old Stefania Fernandez is the 6th Venezuelan to win the Miss Universe crown. The first back to back win in the history of the Miss Universe pageant. We here in Barrio Siete are very proud of her! She really nailed her answer to the final question. She deserves it! [...]

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Julia Abueva

August 24, 2009

In Barrio Siete, we have a lot of talents here. And they would be an instant shoo-in sa “Search for the World’s Smartest and Most Talented Kids” on “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Si Cora, the best tumugis nang mga terorista. Kaso, problema – baka di sya papasukin sa Amerika. Si Jeri, ang galing nang talent [...]

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Pamela Bianca Manalo: Miss Philippines Universe 2009, The Interview

August 23, 2009

The Interview Listen to her interview, after the jump! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Miss Universe 2009 Costume Competition: The Best, The Worst and The Unusual

August 20, 2009

On Monday Aug. 24, 2009 (Philippine time), you won’t see a single gay man outside the four corners of our homes. Kahit dito sa Barrio Siete ay hindi niyo ako makikita. Ito ang araw na pinaka-holy sa amin. Mas importante pa ito sa Pasko, New Year, or kahit sa sarili naming birthday. Oo, I’m talking [...]

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Please feed Victoria Beckham

August 9, 2009

After an intensive Barrio Siete coverage of Tita Cory for the past few days, let’s have a breather and let’s have a break. Have a kitkat. O kaya, to oh! Yosi! From an icon of democracy let’s move on to another icon. A pop icon. Victoria Beckham a.k.a. Posh Spice will be a guest judge [...]

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Not all hates Kris

August 6, 2009

I like Kris Aquino. For the record, not everyone here in Barrio Siete likes her as much as I do. But alam niyo naman dito sa barrio namin, we practice fairness kaya this post has been permitted to be published. In short, wala silang magagawa dahil kung hindi nila ito papayagang ipost ay aawayin ko [...]

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Pinagsusulat nang essay si Tita Cory

August 4, 2009

And so sabi nga ni Ajay, Hindi State Funeral kundi People Power Funeral para kay Tita Cory. Read: Magdusa kayo Malacanang! Wez kayo invited! Hahaha! Dahil sabi nga ni Kris Aquino, the honors will not come from some Malacanang decree kundi sa mga taong nagmamahal ki Tita Cory. Pero saan nag-simula ang pag-ayaw nang Pamilya [...]

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Little Miss Beauty Queen

July 30, 2009

Let’s take a break from SONA mania mga kabarrio because this is one very, very important commercial break. The 2009 Miss Universe is fast approaching. It will be on the 23rd of August, live from Nassau, Bahamas. photo source: missuniverse.com It’s always been a dream of mine since I was a little girl in Barrio [...]

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Not Your Typical Drag Race

July 2, 2009

When I was a little gurl growing up in Barrio Siete, I was not aware that my behaviour is different from the regular kids. Only then when I started going to school that I noticed  my actions and preferences were similar to those of the girls most of the time, compared to the normal boys. [...]

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Michael Jackson: We are the world

June 27, 2009

There is no question, Michael Jackson is the undeniable King of Pop. I will never understand why he lived his life the way he did, during his last few years, but like millions of all of us, I will always remember him because of the music he created. One of the most memorable song for [...]

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