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Put Your Own Caption: Manny Pacquiao

by MrNonsense on November 16, 2009

“I just think I’m an ordinary fighter,” Pacquiao said. “When I fight a good fighter, sometimes I can beat him. “  And as many fighters like to proclaim themselves as the best, Manny continues to give props to the business, his opponents, his trainers, his family, his country, God, and his fans.  
He is hailed as the pound-for-pound [...]

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Mirinae, new storm headed to the Philippines

by reynz on October 28, 2009

Eto na naman tayo mga kabarrio. There’s another one coming and this is how this new storm looks like right now if you visit the Weather Channel.

There’s a new tropical storm heading for the Philippines mga kabarrio. It intensified further Tuesday night and now has an international code name, Mirinae. In its 5 p.m. (Manila [...]

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(Photo Credits: Pasyalera)
I read the article that ran today: RP tourism competitiveness slips five notches which said:
The country last year occupied the 81st spot among the more than 130 countries included in the study. This year, the country fell five notches to No. 86.

Its bad enough that the infrastructure in the North have been battered [...]

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Ladies & gentlemen and everyone else in between, this is La Kapitana.
One Ella reader sent me an email (Bebe from Toronto, Canada) to pick up Ella’s entry dahil sasakalin na daw nya lahat nang deers na makita nya sa North America sa sobrang galet. She was so agitated that I left a comment on Ella’s [...]

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“Filipino scholars’ abroad urged to return to the Philippines and share what they have learned to help improve the country’s academic and industrial sectors. Helpless Filipino politicians??? Sounds charity for the love of country.”
Seriously, if any local or multinational company or university in the Philippines hires me, I’ll go home. I am available. [...]

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Chiz Escudero: Social climbing in the dark?!

July 30, 2009

Gulantang ako kanina before I headed to work. There was this email I received about Chiz Escudero. It said:
Reynz, ang pers lab mong si Chiz is social climbing in the dark!

HUH?! Social climbing in the dark?! Ano yon?! Latest version nang social climbing?! So, I called up the the person who emailed me while driving. [...]

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51% of Gloria's SONA 2009 were buladas!

July 29, 2009

Yes, 51% of what Gloria’s SONA 2009 were buladas!
As the nation and us Overseas Filipinos as well as Overseas Filipino Workers listened to the State of the Nation Address ni Gloria, what in the world was she trying to tell us nga ba? Typically, when the head of a state delivers a State of the [...]

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SONA 2009 Reaction Paper

July 29, 2009

If you’re a regular at reyna elena dot com, you must have noticed that I love to dissect SONA and do my analintek review. Over the years, ga-wait sya nang mga students. Para kopyahin. Ang mga leche, pati ako ako napasubo sa isang titser nang isang universidad sa Manila. Pero, kiver! Typically after I digest [...]

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2009 SONA Summary

July 28, 2009

In my SONA 2009 Summary, I offer no comments, unless napapahagikhik lang talaga ako. What I was doing was trying to understand kung ano ang sinasabi saken nang spikir. Are these all rhetorics? Spins? Chorva? Me chenalyn ever ba ang mga to o puro chika lang? And so, I must understand the speaker kung ano [...]

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State of the Nation Address 2009 Full Transcript

July 27, 2009

Note: Mga ka-barrio! Eto na ang totoong SONA! Salamat kay Mel Beckham na kinalabet kaming dalawa ni Silver dahil dun sa naunang post namen na SONA na 2008 pala! Leche! Hindi na pala SONA yun, kungdi, CHONA!
Without any further delay whatsoever, heto na ang totoong SONA 2009 full transcript. Pwede nyo pa ring magamit ang [...]

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State of the Nation Address 2009 Full Transcript

July 27, 2009

O eto na ang tunay na SONA. Ang unang naihabla e hindi SONA, kungdi, CHONA! Hahahah.
You can make a comparison between the previous 2008 SONA with this 2009 SONA. Tingnan natin kung ano ang nabago at napako.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Before I begin my report to the nation, please join me [...]

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Philippines Tourism Partners With MTV

November 18, 2008

For all my hada years here in the United States, the only tourism ads that I see on TV were the ones from Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong and Indonesia (Bali). I have always wondered, nasaan ang Pilipinas? In the 90’s, I’ve read newspaper articles that John F. Kennedy Jr. went to some [...]

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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:

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Strike a poIse!

March 9, 2008

I still can’t get over this article I read yesterday which blatantly said that the Philippines is poised to be one of the chuvalinga in the chorva chorva chenalyn ever ever together forever with Indonesia, Burundi and Keena-lika-weewai for economic prosperity tra-la-la. Interestingly, this news came out together with ADB’s (Asian Development Bank) statement, that [...]

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An sabi nang CBCP: Urge Gloria to take the lead in stamping out corruption

February 29, 2008

For one thing mga kabisyo, at least they seem to be one in acknowledging na talagang bulok na bulok na ang kalagayan naten with so much in your face kurapsyon. As a matter of fact, brin-owt up pa nila ? pero hindi ki-nwestyon ? ang moral ascendancy chuvalais of the present government chenalyn na wala [...]

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My Philippines! Biyahe Tayo!

November 11, 2006

This video was sent to my by a friend probably two years ago and I thought I’d look for it and see if I could post it here. Of course, I did not realize, it’s a lot easier finding it on youtube. This is absolutely by far, the best musical gathering I have ever seen [...]

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