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iPhone 3G mania

September 1, 2008

Eto ang nag-babagang cheezzmaxs. Yong pangkin ko sa Pinas wanted an iPhone. “Huh?! Ano ka? Hilo?!” Sabi ko noh! Eh wala tong trabaho gaya ko! Bwahahaha! As in hallerr!!! Watz going in las islas bonitas mga kunichiwa?! Buy na ba kayo nang bagong iPhone 3G? Mura lang naman pala hehe. 16GB prepaid kit is about [...]

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Was the Philippine media disrespectful?

August 26, 2008

This page requires a higher version browserFor the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV Disrespectful ang media? I got this one from Jove Francisco. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Was it smart for China to fake it?

August 13, 2008

See that image? THAT WAS A FAKE! Now, why would China fake some of what it shown to the world when it is already in itself the best opening olympic ceremony ever? I don’t understand! I guess, it’s really putting some real substance on the label “Made in China”. The world watched in awe how [...]

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Beyonce and L’Oreal, from black to white

August 11, 2008

If there’s war in Georgia, there’s war in the fashion world of whitening skin churvaloo started by L’oreal! Look at this people. This is the multi-talented and beautiful Beyonce… The popular Beyonce Knowles appears in a new ad for Loréal Feria Haircolor. And what does she looks like? Here: Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon [...]

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MOA: Deal? or no Deal?

August 7, 2008

Tanong ni Kris Aquino, “Deal? Or no Deal?” “Deal!” yan ang sigaw nang MILF. “Kiki nyung blue!” sigaw naman nang mga tiga MgaKanyaLang Palace. Hindi ako maka-move on sa mga nangyayari sa ating Lupang Hinirang mga kabisyo dahil marami ata saten ang mga walang ka-MOAng-MOAng sa repercussions nang MOAng to, like this? Tagizan kami nang [...]

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How do you write a SONA 2008 Reaction Paper?, Part 1

July 30, 2008

Ako na nga ang nag-provide nang commentaries, ako na nga ang nag-research, ako na nga ang nag-hubo’t hubad and everything, ako pa rin ang pagsusulatin nag SONA 2008 Reaction Paper! Halllerrr!!! I$ thi$ really nece$$ary??? $ay $umthing guy$$$! Instead of responding to each and every email that I am getting, I think it’s better that [...]

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SONA 2008, Part 2: Blame it on the gods!

July 29, 2008

Continuing with the Sona… here’s the SONA 2008 Summary pointers. Let me start by giving you an example of world prices… on steel. Now, recall that the Chinese economy grew double digit for the last 10 years or more. That was consistent. Recall that even the Indian economy grew rapidly as well. Because both of [...]

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SONA 2008, Part 1: State of the Nation Address ni Reyna

July 29, 2008

Mga kunichiwa, here’s what I have about SONA 2008. Ang haba kasi nang litanya pantasya nang Gloria. Here’s the first part. Just a few months ago, we ended 2007 with the strongest economic growth in a generation. Inflation was low, the peso strong and a million new jobs were created. We were all looking to [...]

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SONA 2008, nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais!

July 29, 2008

Nag-mistulang Oscar Awards red-carpet chuvalais ang SONA 2008 ni Gloria Arroyo mga kunichiwa. Wag na kayong mag-tanong kung bakit naghihirap ang ating mga ka-tribu. Watch na lang kayo and drool over this one! Hahahaah! Now, para di makalamang ang mga iba, nag-bahag naman ang isang mayor. Tingnan naten ang video hindi yong ari-arian nang mayor. [...]

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What’s happening at the SONA 2008

July 28, 2008

D day mga kunichiwa for SONA 2008 ni Gloria. Senate President Manuel Villar and Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr opened the 2nd regular session of the 14th Congress. In attendance were members of the diplomatic corps. Only Miriam Santiago and Antonio Trillanes were absent as well as Jose de Venecia, Jr. Prayer led by Angara, national [...]

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Control yourselves in bed, Cardinal urges couples

July 27, 2008

Hindi ko talaga ma-intindihan kung ano ang drama nang simbahan. Sana, wag akong upakan nang mga katoliko kong kebigan! Kung kumunyun man eh ako’y pagbawalan, di bale, iba naman ang aking niluluhuran. “EXERCISE “SELF-DISCIPLINE and self-control” in the bedroom, Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales told married couples during a prayer rally on Friday. “If there [...]

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Pedicure, anyone?

July 26, 2008

Labor shortage sa Amerika mga kunichiwa. Ultimo isda, pinag-trabaho na. Galing pa naman ako sa Filipino Store kanina. Bumili nang tilapia. Nag-bago tuloy isip ko na kumain nang isda. Ewwww!!! Pero, wait! Hehehe! Me mga kilala kasi ako na me mga foot fetishiwa! Hahaha! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Where have all the leaders gone?!

July 19, 2008

SUMMA CUM LAUSI?! I remember Lee Iacocca in his book (don’t have the book with me at the moment), “Where have all the leaders gone?” In there, he said that: A LEADER SHOULD HAVE CHARISMA. It’s not really being flashy. Charisma is the quality that makes people want to follow you. It’s the ability to [...]

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Reproductive Health Policy: Ba’t ba pinag-initan na naman?

July 17, 2008

An sama nang statistics nang mga kalibogan nang mga Pinoy mga kabisyo (pssst! Merkano ako! hehehe!) with all these debate about population. Are you aware that there are about 400,000 cases of abortion in the country mga kunichiwa?! Hindi pa kabilang dyan ang mga pina-abort ko ha?! Anoto? Bagong cottage industry? Now, ba’t mo ibubukaka [...]

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5-year old South Korean piano prodigy

July 8, 2008

My Rehoboth Beach mis-adventures continues after this entry mga kunichiwa. I could not help admiring this young girl soon as I saw her on MSNBC after which I searched her on YouTube. Sometimes, when you think you are so down in your life, career and even love, then you ran across an angel like Yoo [...]

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Our trip to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware – Part 2 ( The Belarus Connection)

July 7, 2008

Bumabagyo that night sa shore. Ang buhos nang ulan eh parang pinakawalan ang La Mesa Dam. So, we decided to go to Popeye’s Fried Chicken for dinner last night. Read: mga cheappangga kami. This is Chuva Chicken. This is Chicken Diwa. This is Chicka Reyna. Chicken Bugsy? Sinunog. Nagka bird flu. Share on Facebook Digg [...]

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Proud to be an American! Happy July 4th!

July 4, 2008

82% of Reyna readers are from the Philippines. Only 10% of which are from the United States and the rest are from all over the world. And so, to all my Pinoy readers back home, pagpasensyahan nyo na ho ang pag-eemote nang lola nyo and you might not be able to relate to me, but [...]

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How do you social climb sa mga art museums?

July 2, 2008

Pssst! Koyah! Ateh! Pano pag ang kursunada mo eh mahilig sa arts (not crafts kasi baka witch and gaga!). Tuturuan kita. Alam nyo, kahit laki ako sa Barrio Siete, mahilig na talaga ako sa culture and arts. Kaya malimit akong pumunta nang Folk Arts at Cultural Center. Sa Folk Arts, dun sa likod. Malapit sa [...]

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Let compassion ripple outward: People of Iloilo needs our help

June 27, 2008

I’m no Buddhist. But in their meditation, centered on compassion, it says: Let compassion ripple outward Feel warmth and love in your heart, think of all your friends, and feel yourself embracing them with your love and wishing them well. Then extend your love and warmth to people who protect you who don’t even know [...]

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I am soooo angry! Just give me a penis right now!

June 25, 2008

How else would you describe it?! Who will not get absolutely fired up angry when the truth about the whole damn thing is that Sulpicio Lines is nothing more than a sailing punerarya!!! What happened off the coast of Romblon is plain horrible!!!. Yet, this was not the first time it happened. Remember the worst [...]

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What really matters the most at work?

June 17, 2008

I’m sure you’d say its money. Who would say no? We all wanted to work for Microsoft or Google and be pampered. We all want to work for a company that shell out year-end bonuses or partnership shares or stock options. The ones who’d give the highest percentage added up to your 401-k savings. Straight [...]

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I have 2 eggs

June 15, 2008

My brother and his family were vacationing from San Diego, California when I was home last month (May 2008). They decided to check out of Mandarin in Makati because of the outrageous price. As in hallller brother!!! Kelangan pa bang imemorize yan?! Since they couldn’t take the hotel price in Makati and the heat in [...]

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Pride fest sights in Philadelphia

June 10, 2008

It was boiling hot today in Philadelphia mga kunichiwa!!! The temperature soared to 36 degrees centigrade! It’s expected to hit 38 degrees tommorrow up to Tuesday! So, I decided not to join my friends to watch the Pride Parade in Philadelphia. I was just scared that my face will melt at the searing heat of [...]

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One gay bar night in Philadelphia

June 8, 2008

You know what, napansin ko, I’m always with straight people mga kabisyo. The last kalaswaan place I’ve been to was Bartolina in Cubao. Can you imagine?! Tinatakpan ko na lang ang mga mata ko sa mga kalaswaang ginagawa nang mga tao dun no? Kaya, its been ages na napunta ako nang gay bar. I figured, [...]

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The Sea Gypsies of Davao

May 27, 2008

On our way to the Samal Reef Diving site, together with the guys from the Carabao Dive Center of Davao, we were swarmed by kids while walking along the banks of the Sta. Ana Wharf. A little later, we saw them on the waters. They were all over the place. Beng told me that those [...]

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Pambansang tiga-linis nang kalsada

May 22, 2008

Aling Lilia. Me asawa’t anak. Sweldo: 231 pesos per day. Walang SSS. Walang GSIS. Walang health care. Job risk: Mabundol nang mga tulisang motorista na akala mo mga pirata pag nagpatakbo nang mga sasakyang pambundol nang mamamayan. Assignment: Linisan ang parte nang Ortigas Avenue Extension sa tapat nang bagong Filinvest Project malapit sa East Ortigas. [...]

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Kultura sa Barrio Onse

May 17, 2008

One of the shitty pinoy culture I hate is this: Yon bang uutangan ka with matching drama in the world and then pag ni remind mo or siningil mo, biglang war na ang mundo at ikaw na ang mukhang demonyo?! Here’s the story: Last 2006, a friend came to me with all the drama in [...]

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Howie’s Deal or No Deal in Manila

May 6, 2008

Sorry, I did not know about this one mga kabisyo, especially if you are in North America. My friend Joey alerted me to watch NBC’s Deal or No Deal. I don’t normally watch the show but on tonight’s episode, I was pleasantly surprised to see the host Howie Mandell and contestants from the United States [...]

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Can morality be upgraded?

May 4, 2008

Saudi religious police arrest Filipina nurse, male colleague. That’s what the headline was saying. Of course read ko naman agad. I figured, I wonder if they were caught doing la-di-da eating some enchilada in some positions that you’ll yell purbida! Saudi Arabia’s religious police have arrested a Filipina nurse for sitting in a restaurant with [...]

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Pinoy Musik Festival

May 2, 2008

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Do you know what’s an XBRL?

April 25, 2008

Remember Y2k? That event created a lot of jobs for computer programmers. As a matter of fact, there were a lot of Filipino computer professionals who were lucky to have landed some prestigious jobs in some of the Fortune 500 Corporations because of the Y2k opportunity. Will XBRL bring new opportunity for Filipino computer programmers? [...]

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Was there a scam? – The motive

April 24, 2008

Morally bankrupt One cannot claim to be morally right when he is a willing partner of an immoral act. There was no question that Tim was an unfaithful husband. A loving husband does not frequent dating sites, period. Even if we assume that Tim was a morally right person, I am positively sure that he’s [...]

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Was there a scam? – Part 2

April 23, 2008

THE CONCLUSION Background This is a story of Tim. A man who fell madly in love with a Filipina named, Mayen. Tim claimed that his search for genuine love and relationship in the Philippines was ruined by a real estate business who was engaged in an organized crime of extortion together with the hospital and [...]

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Was there a scam? – Part 1

April 22, 2008

Mayen, A Good Filipina Image? If you played the video, what you have just seen is a video posted on You Tube for the public to see. I was led here by the links provided here. Now, if you are subscriber of You Tube, you have the choice to set your videos to private or [...]

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Moral righteousness: Filipina Image, Part 2

April 21, 2008

Preface Ladies and gentlemen, occasionally, I touch topics that are of serious nature because they just have to be talked about because it concerns everybody. I am only asking one thing: only serious comments please on these series of articles. This is the continuation of the entry I made on April 16, 2008 entitled Moral [...]

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Moral righteousness: Filipina Image, Part 1

April 16, 2008

If you noticed, I had no entry yesterday and I was late today. I was busy mga kabisyo. This time, not boylets. Pramis. I was reading some avocado blogs, sex stories, comments and watching some Youtube interviews. Considering that we are in the “hypocrisy issue week”, I thought this item that I was reading was [...]

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Blog Gangsters

April 9, 2008

I’m neither rich nor successful mga kabisyo, but don’t pity me because at least I’ve moved on with my Barrio Siete life and I hope I could continue to sustain it this way. But, have I? Maybe, maybe not. But should I decide to and time at anda permits, I can fly to Tampere, Finland; [...]

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In our turd world kawntri, there’s a high society? How high?

April 4, 2008

Growing up in Barrio Siete, I have always wondered why people have a lot of money. Truckshit of money. Shitloads of money. And we don’t have any. Well, we do, piktapos ko magbenta nang isang latang kamoteng kahoy sa lata nang biskwit. Gurl, let me tell you sumtin’, I have to work my ass just [...]

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Arnel Pineda: His life is the real Journey

April 4, 2008

I love Pinoy Success Stories and Arnel Pineda’s life is really kinda magical given that his life has a lot of touches of a Barrio Siete life. I’m sure he was not expecting that his life would make a 360 degree turn and be on the uber top of his career. I was enamored by [...]

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Uglify

April 4, 2008

Our word of the day is Uglify. No, no. Not the church. Alam nyo naman saten mga kabisyo di ba? Pag ginagawa ang kalsada, me billboard na this is a project by the Governess, the Senatress, the Congressness or the Mayordomas. It never says that this project eh project ni Reyna! Hahaha! Feel nila pera [...]

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It’s corruption not education

April 3, 2008

Before I tell you something about my headline mga kabisyo, you have to commend Australians for doing something about the environment. I hope they could help us clean the Pasig River, especially behind SM City in Sta. Mesa! If you happen to pass by that area, can you take a picture and send it to [...]

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Just the right time to open Condom Nation

April 1, 2008

There used to be three priests in our family. The 4th is Bluepanjeet. The 5th is . The 6th is Kotsengkuba. The 7th is Pusa and the 8th is Chuvaness. Anyway, two got married. The one left is assigned at Sto. Domingo and Lyceum of the Philippines. Hehehe! Of course, I won’t tell you! Sikweet!!! [...]

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Announcing: Reyna’s Social Climber Awards!

March 29, 2008

Week ending April 6, 2008 (sorry, di ko na ma-edit yong header!) is on the side bar! VOTE NOW! Of course voting ends bago mag-pasko! Hehehe! Charing lang! Siguro pag indi ako lasing nang Sabado nang gabi of April 5. Ganetch! Before anything else – head over to Banco De Reyna for my latest techno [...]

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My One Barrio Siete Lifestyle

March 29, 2008

Mahilig talaga ako magsulat. That’s why I blog. Before? Dose-dosenang Letters to the Editor ang pinapadala ko. Ang mga hayup na yan, ni isa, walang pinublisa. Sa kakabasa ko nang blog ni Brian, I am now determined as ever to be as famous notorious ever gaya nila. I want to be a Lifestyle Writer. I [...]

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Marketing 101 ? How do you market a show?

March 28, 2008

FIRST: SCARE THEM “What other bloggers who have been religiously covering this issue is that they?re also accountable about the spread of such libelous acts and can be held liable in Philippine courts.” SECOND: DENY THAT IT CAME FROM YOU “That?s according to Atty. JJ Disini who was also one of the resource speakers of [...]

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Papaya Dance is making some International Headlines!

March 22, 2008

It’s official mga kabisyo! The Philippines is back on the international map! Papaya is now making some International headlines and is now being billed as the new Macarena. It was just on ABC News Good Morning America! This time it’s not those prisoners from Cebu but this: Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Wanted: Royal Manchester Five: Royal Scumbags!

March 19, 2008

Ignorance and greed for money mga kabisyo, are the best friends of con artists. Admit it, marami pa rin sateng mga Pinoy ang gustong umangat in one second! Dahil sa sagad na kahirapan nang buhay, napa-praning na tayo, kung ano ano na lang ang pinapaniwalaan naten mga kabisyo. Royal Manchester Five Trading Corporation is just [...]

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Given the chance, would you still go to America?

March 18, 2008

One of the things na napag-usapan namen ni Joy on Usapang Pinoy at Future Radio in UK was the fact nga na most Pinoys are still wanting to escape the ridiculous economic disparity sa aten mga kabisyo. I know for a fact na ilang bloggers na who frequent Reyna has sent me emails on how [...]

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The winner of Binobobong Pilipinas 2008!

March 16, 2008

100% agreedizimus ever ever ako forever together with the solon who said that Janina’s fiasco represents how bad our education system is! But it’s not just that! Janina’s winning the title also represents that in the Philippines even those not deserving wins the crown! Just ask the Commission on Elections! Duh!!! Eto naman kasing si [...]

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Manila’s elite socialites kuno!

March 10, 2008

I received an email from Singapore this morning. He said, you should read about this Australian guy. I said, who is he? Some gay guy, he said. I don’t know this Australian guy, nor do I know this Filipino ex-boyfriend of his either. A few seconds, another email came, from Hongkong. I said, what’s the [...]

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Binibining Pilipinas 2008!

March 9, 2008

Aside from the obviously beautiful Filipinas parading in this beauty pageant, I was very excited to hear our Bicol National Song – Sarung Banggui in a really really nice kinda hip hop dance techno music! Unbelievably beautiful! Hahahaha!!! Can anyone tell me if this is a record that I could buy? Enjoy the show! Part [...]

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Congratulations Cocofed Scholars!

March 8, 2008

This might be a late congratulations to all the Cocofed Scholars of Aquinas University on their very successful EB event by the Gazebo in Mandaluyong City. My congratulations to Ms. Sonia Caday as the new President of the Scholars Alumni Association! A great and successful event that was attended by several batches of Cocofed Scholars [...]

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My Toby ain’t gonna be Soup number 5!

February 19, 2008

When I was still young and restless and one breath-takingly good-looking macho pretty barrio lass dun sa Barrio Siete, parati ako nun nan-la-lass-lass nang mga tungero because lahat ata nang aso sa barrio namen were labeled asong ulol just so ma-asocena nang mga gago. To this day, I remember vividly kung pano nila hinataw yong [...]

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