Category: Lifestyle
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Gong Cha brings the best milk tea ever to the Philippines
On May 2011 Gong Cha finally opened its doors to the Philippine market. Located in the heart of the Entertainment Center at the ground floor of the SM Mall of Asia, the first Gong Cha outlet offers its customers the best milk tea experience ever.
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Earthquake survival tips – what to do during an earthquake: the triangle of life theory
On March 11, 2011 an intensity 9.0 (8.9 on some reports) earthquake hit Japan’s Oshika Peninsula, the east coast of Tohoku. It was the strongest to hit Japan and one of the top five largest earthquakes in the world since seismological record-keeping began. It was followed by a tsunami with waves of up to 10…
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Errors plague new Philippine Peso bill design, strong security features touted by BSP
On December 2010, the Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) publicly released a new set of completely redesigned Philippine banknotes. Just like the “Pilipinas Kay Ganda” campaign launched by the Department of Tourism only a few months ago, it did not escape the criticism of Filipinos. Within hours many of its flaws were brought out.…
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Maggie Wilson and Victor Consunji – kinky, sensual prenup video shocks Pinoys
Wilson-Consunji prenup video Within a span of hours, the sensual prenup video of former beauty queen Maggie Wilson and husband-to-be Victor Consunji spread throughout the internet. The 3 minute video created by renowned videographer Jason Magbanua shows a lot more skin and action than traditional prenup videos. One could even say that half of the…
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5 things that everyone can do to preserve water
Until fairly recently, I had no idea how huge the water crisis was. Water is abundant in nature. It covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, is vital to all living things. The problem is that only 3% of this can be used to sustain humans, the remaining 97% being nothing but saltwater.
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Carlos Celdran “Damaso” protest condemned by the CBCP
Carlos Celdran recently gained a lot of media attention when he protested against CBCP’s threats to excommunicate Philippine President Noynoy Aquino for supporting the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill. The bill promotes information on and access to modern family planning methods which are medically safe and legally permissible. Prior to the protest Carlos Celdran is known…
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The Filipino Today: an inspirational write-up by Alex Lacson
I received a copy of this write-up in my inbox today. During these difficult and troubled times, we Filipinos must strive even harder to prove that we are not the type of failures that we the world sees us to be. As I wrote in my previous article on Miss Universe 2010 Venus Raj’s final…