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An Interview with the author of “Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears”

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On May 22, the inimitable book of Philippine Cinema's stars was successfully launched at the Trader’s Hotel, Roxas Boulevard - an afternoon of nostalgia, reliving the glorious days of Philippine cinema  Many of the artists whose lives were vividly remembered in the pages of " Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears " were in attendance... “Balik-Tanaw: The Filipino Movie Stars of Yesteryears” _____________________________________________________ Author Romy Protacio signing copies of his new book

Gmail Help Spammer - don't fall for this stupid sh*t

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Gmail Help Spam I just received an email titled " Precaution " from a supposed " Gmail Help ". The email address is servinusers@gmail.com To make it look real, it listed Google, Inc. and the address (which can be found on Google) and proceeded to request for the user's ID, Birthdate, Country and, get this, your Password. Doh! It follows through with a threat of consequence of non compliance.. "Comply in 7 days or you will lose your account... PERMANENTLY!" Lol! Well, the weird thing about it is, it was not captured by Gmail Spam. They should maybe reconfigure their spam tracker to be able to capture these posers too. Anyway, to anyone who will receive this, please don't fall for this stupid sh*t.   Click this to Subscribe to Reyjr.com

The Disney Tween in You

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The Disney Tween in You Admit it, you loved the High School Musical series: the class geek transforms into school "it" girl, the basketball jock can sing, and the uber mushy love story between them gives us all goosebumps. For teens and tweens alike, it gives them something to look forward to and dream about. For the tweens at heart, it brings back memories of your high school sweetheart, your high school crush. If you missed the last of that trilogy which was shown on the big screen, Disney Tweens now offers the High School Musical 3: Extended Edition along with numerous other Disney movies just right for the Tweens and the Tweens at heart...

Charice joins Glee (for real)! Good or Bad news?

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  This post is covered by a Creative Commons License. Charice on Glee Reyjr.com has been following Filipino singer and International Pop Star Charice Pempengco's performance on the Billboard Charts , and so it comes as a pleasant surprise (albeit already half expected) that Charice will be joining the Second Season of Glee. Several weeks ago, a false report came out that Charice was to join Glee. She, her mom, and her US Manager Marc Johnston denied it vehemently, saying Charice's Philippine Manager might have been "confused". This time around though, it came straight from the Johnston's mouth...

Look Who I Met in Paris...

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Following up on my "vintage" celebrity photos series are, not one, but two celebrity photos taken in the year 2004, during my last tour with the UPCC.   Reyjr at the Louvre in Paris, France The last stop of the tour then was Paris, France - and the last concert on November 13, 2004 was at the American Church of Paris, Quai d’Orsa. With a standing ovation - it was a great ending to our 3-week tour of Germany, Italy and Paris. It was made a bit more special because we met 2 celebrities there - and Nope, the Mona Lisa in the Louvre was not one of them! :p Look Who I Met in Paris...

Short Story: "The Mystery of the Child and the Ice Cream Jingle"

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Part 1: "The Mystery of the Child and the Ice Cream Jingle" *Selecta Ice Cream Jingle plays in the background* Baby Keisha : (with eyes widening) Mommy... what's that sound? Mommy : (sweetly) Nothing.... *Selecta Ice Cream Jingle continues to play* Baby Keisha : (ears twitching) What's that sound Mommy??? Mommy : Nothing.... Baby Keisha : (jumping up and down) Mommy! Mommy! What's that sound, Mommy?! Mommy : Nothing! You're FAT ! -end- What's the moral of the story? Part 2....

What does your Weekend smell like?

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The inspiration for this post came from an exchange on Facebook - one of my Facebook friends Status read: "I can almost smell the weekend!" This led me to wonder what MY weekend actually smelled like... if I was to describe it... ...my weekend smells like Liz's perfume, and Cream silk on her hair, and when she just got out of her car - a slight scent of that Australian car perfume I gave her (pasalubong from my sister's fiance)...

"Earning 10 in 2010" - May Online Earnings Update!

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Tweet I f it's your first time reading this post series, let me explain briefly - I've decided to blog my journey of Earning Money Online - with a monthly update, a target amount, charts, the whole shebang. (Hehe.) As a disclaimer, I will say this series is meant to share my experiences in this venture - but mine is a personal blog that does not receive a whole lot of traffic, I do not have a lot of time to blog, but do want to earn a little bit from it. If you are in the same situation, I invite you to share what you know and how your efforts have been fruitful. If you are a newbie like me, then read on and join me on this journey! Earning 10 in 2010 Click image to view full size It has become apparent that I will probably be earning more than my target $10 per month every month until the end of the year. My Adsense earnings have been growing (albeit slowly) in the past 5 months or so - and this month, for the second month in a row, it actually earned enough to cove...

My Gadget Review: Nokia N900

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Last March, my birthday gift from my parents was a new cellphone - a Nokia N900 Touchscreen Mobile Computer .  My phone before this one was also a Nokia, model N73, which makes for a huge jump from a semi-retirement age phone to now a top of the line touchscreen phone.  My Nokia n900 Nokia N900 features The N900 is Nokia's latest offering. It uses a Linux-based Maemo software.  If you wish to read more about the full Technical Specifications of the Nokia n900 , hop on over to Nokia's website , they have the whole thing there. Putting it all here seems a bit redundant. :p Here's my personal review of my cool new gadget....

Charice Billboard Watch 2010

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Tweet Charice Billboard Watch 2010 Billboard Hot 100  - 2 weeks Week of May 29, 2010 - "Pyramid" feat. Iyaz entered and peaked at #56 Week of June 5, 2010 - The single dropped to #93 on its second a final week. Billboard 200 Albums  - 8 weeks Week of May 29, 2010 - Charice's self-titled US album entered and peaked at #8 Week of June 5, 2010 - "Charice" slides 20 spots to #28  Week of June 12, 2010 - "Charice" slips further to #55  Week of June 19, 2010 - "Charice" is at #81 Week of June 26, 2010 - The album drops to #162 Week of July 3, 2010 - The album moves 9 spaces down to #173 Week of July 10, 2010 - "Charice" rebounded to #139 following the announcement of her guest appearance on "Glee" Week of September 18, 2010 - After a 2 month absence on the Billboard Albums Charts, "Charice" re-entered at #160 following a replay of her appearance on Oprah  Dance/Club Song s - 9 weeks The remixes of ...

Charice's on the Billboard Charts Archive and other news in 2010

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Welcome to the archives of Charice's Billboard Charts performance and other snippets of news. Read on and don't forget to Like this page! For corrections, please email me at admin[at]reyjr.com. Tweet

Learn how to Jejemon write! Lolz!...~ jejejeje!

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Jejemon Encounters ei0w p03Hwz!! So, we've all had encounters with them Jejemons  - from random text messages, Friendster friend requests (back in the day, you remember?), Facebook status updates, and other Social Networking site - and now they have conquered mainstream media - with a fast growing viral popularity that rivals MelaSon or OchoOcho. They are now (unfortunately) part of Philippine Culture and even in other parts of Asia . Tweet ___________________________________________ Anti Jejemon! During the Philippine Presidential Election campaigns, we saw Jejemon being used as a campaign tool - like this photo of Sec. Gibo Teodoro. I also heard VP Candidate Jejomar Binay was turned into Jejemon Binay. Because of this though, I have begun having this nagging feeling that I need to learn how to write in Jejemon  (or Jejenese)  so that at least I will be able to understand it, if eventually it takes over our normal language. :...

Philippine Elections 2010 Results (update)

Dear visitors, I have stopped updating the numbers on this blog post. For real time results of the 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections, please head on over to the COMELEC website   or the PPCRV Website . Thank you.