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Tweet Here is a back post I should have published a month ago but wasn't able to. It is part of my Living Batangueño series. I was in Batangas during the Palm Sunday weekend this year and attended the 6AM mass at the Santissima Trinidad Parish (the one beside the SM Batangas Mall ). Here are some of my favorite photographs from that day. You can click on the photos to see them full sized. The early Palm Sunday morning I'm not used to waking up early, but I did that day. I'm not sure why. My whole life I've only been to a Palm Sunday mass maybe less than 5 times - or at least that's how many I remember....

Tweet Earning 10 in 2010 Click image to view full size "Slam! Bam! Pok! Pow!", echoed as my monthly blogging target was pummeled by my actual online earnings this month. Lol! Not really. :p But for the third month in a row, I've surpassed by $10 per month target in the heels of my joining a news website, plus new opportunities from Sponsored Reviews. Oh, and Blogvertise finally paid me my $2! woot...

Collecting Souvenir Refrigerator Magnets I'm a confused collector. Whenever I travel, I always try to get a Souvenir Refrigerator Magnet , but I also get snow globes, keychains, T-shirts, mugs and whatever else I can afford. :p Well, so far, my ref magnet collection is the biggest one. Below is a photo of our old refrigerator door with the Souvenir Magnets I've collected over the years. It is a mix of local and internation travel destinations. There are 32 magnets here - can you identify where all of them come from? (Not counting the black GE logo!) Identify all 32 magnets! Click the photo to view full size. Join the contest...

The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears, a book launch Mark your calendar, on May 22 , the movie icons of the Golden Era of Philippine Movieworld will descend upon the Traders Hotel, Roxas Boulevard for an afternoon of singing and dancing, and most of all, reminiscing of about the lives of these elegant men and women of the Philippine movie industry. Lets us join in celebrating the launching of a book, “ Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears ” a compilation of snippets of the lives of actors and actresses who illuminated the silver screen from the 1930s to early 1960s.  It was written by Dr. Romy Protacio , an aficionado of Philippine movies who had the rare chance of sharing friendships with most of the stars in his book....

Last week, thanks to Marriott Hotel Manila , I got the rare opportunity to meet one of NBA's legends, former Chicago Bulls basketball player, Benjamin Roy Armstrong Jr., or B.J. Armstrong , also referred to as " B.J., The Kid." ________________________________________ The event was held in Marriott's Velocity Bar , the Philippines' first and only 5-star sports and entertainment bar.  The meet and greet was relaxed and casual, with people taking turns asking for autographs and taking photos with the basketball star. It lasted about half and hour and was adjourned with B.J. Armstrong giving an autographed basketball as a gift to Marriott Hotel.

Growing up to Disney Movies I've always love Disney movies. As I child I enjoyed movies like " The Lion King " [ Oh I just can't wait to be King! ], " Alice in Wonderland " [the animated version - and then later on the 3D version!], " The Little Mermaid " [ The seaweed is always greener... ], " Alladin " [A whole new world...] and " Beauty and the Beast " [ Tale as old as time... ]. Then came more wonderful movies like the " Toy Story " series, Quasimodo as " The Hunchback of Notre Dame ", " Monsters, Inc. " lovable characters, " Mulan " a wonderful story set in China, the incredibly entertaining " The Incredibles ", these are movies I've watched over and over again that I've half memorized the lines. Even as an adult, I still enjoyed Disney movies like the " Pirates of the Carribean " franchise, " Up! ", " Chronicles of Narnia ", "...

Lyrids Meteor Shower peaks on April 22 Figure 1. Photo credits to meteorshowersonline I have featured several meteor showers on this blog, like the annual Perseid Meteor Shower in August, and the November Leonids Meteor Shower.  This time around, another faithful meteor shower, the Lyrids, invites us to make a wish upon a falling star. From the PAGASA Website, it explains...