"P.P. goes joke time" one time lng leap year naman e!

Pag Leap Year may kasabihan na lumalabas lahat ng kabaliwan, kaya ang post na ito ay puro kabaliwan hehe,, (all are real)
Only in the Philippines will you find such amusing names as:
> > * Bread Pitt (a bakery)
> > * Maruya Carey (a fast-food place selling turon and maruya> > in Greenbelt, Makati
> > * Caintacky Fried Chicken (an eatery in Cainta, Rizal)
> > * Mang Donald's (a burger joint at the Naga City plaza)
> > * Candies Be Love? (Can anything be sweeter than this?)
> > * Doris Day and Night (a 24-hour eatery)
> > * Babalik Karinderia
> > * Holland Hopia (owned by Mr. Ho) and next-door neighbor
> > Poland Hopia (owned by Mr. Po) in Chinatown
> > * Miki Mao (a noodle house)
> > * Tapsi Turbi (a tapa house)
> > * Cleopata's (a manukan and bakahan)
> > * Goto Heaven
> > * The Fried of Marikina (a fried chicken house)
> > * Wrap and Roll (a lumpia outlet in Quad, Makati)
> > * Pansit ng taga-Malaboni (a panciteria on Boni Ave.,> > Mandaluyong)
> > * Side-saki (a side street eatery beside Mandarin Oriental> > in Makati) (khay & irene, may bago na ba?)
> > * Let's Goat-Together (a kambingan-cum-beer garden)
> > * Meating Place (a meat shop)
> > * Meatropolis (another meat shop)
> > * Isda best, Pusit to the limit, and Hipon coming back> > (entrees on the menu of a seafood restaurant)> > * Cinna Von (a laundromat)
> > * Pier Carding (a tailoring shop in Pier, Manila)
> > * The Way We Wear (a boutique)
> > * Curl Up and Dye (a beauty salon)
> > * Goldilooks (a barber shop)
> > * Sylvestre's Salon
> > * Bote Nga Sa 'Yo (used bottle shop)
> > * Christopher Plumbing (your friendly neighborhood plumber)
> > * Goldirocks (a gravel and sand shop)
> > * Fernando Pe's Box Office Hits (a video rental shop inPalawan)> > * Leon King Video Rental (in Las Piñas)
> > * Memory Drug (a clone of Mercury Drug)
> > * Petal Attraction (a flower shop near UP Diliman)
> > * Susan's Roses (a flower shop, but of course!)
> > * Maid to Order (maids placement agency)
> > * Yag-Bulls (a beer house joint in Zamboanga City> > featuring live sex shows)
> > * Sign on the window of a restaurant in Baguio - Wanted:> > Boy Waitress> >> > For the commuter (a jeepsetter?) - signs on some jeepneysand buses:> > * "Full string to stop driver."> > * "God knows Hudas not pay."> > * "Don't get closed to me, get closed to God."

Philippines Sports.. Did you know???

Weather Makes Basketball Popular
Basketball is considered the number one spectators' event in the country simply because it is usually held under a roof (at the Araneta Coliseum for example). Baseball and football could not gain popularity because Filipino spectators are not willing to seat under the scorching sun or heavy rains. It must be noted, however, that young Filipinos are beginning to switch to new games, such as billiards and computer games, because of the limited number of basketball courts in the country

Filipinos Brought Home 3 Olympic Medals in 1932
Three Filipino athletes brought home a bronze medal apiece from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso won a bronze at the 200-meter breaststroke event while Simeon Toribio also clinched a bronze in the high jump event. Jose "Cely" Villanueva clinched the country's first boxing bronze medal in the bantamweight category.

Filipinos Won 9 Olympic Medals
Filipino athletes have brought home a total of 9 Olympic medals since the country began participating in the quadrennial event in 1924. Teofilo Yldefonso, a 200-breastroke swimmer, won the country's first bronze medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and its second bronze at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. The country actually had 3 medals in 1932 when Simeon Torribio, a high jumper, added a bronze and bantamweight boxer Jose "Cely" Villanueva clinched another bronze. Miguel White, who fought for the country in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, won a bronze in the 400-meter hurdles event. Featherweight boxer Anthony Villanueva, a son of Jose, won the country's first silver medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Villanueva actually lost a controversial decision to Russian Stanislav Stephaskin in their battle for the gold medal. Tenpin player Arianne Cerdena won a gold in bowling at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, but Cerdena's gold was not included in the medal tally since bowling was considered only as a demonstration sport. Light flyweight boxer Leopoldo Serantes, however, brought home a bronze from Seoul. Light flyweight boxer Roel Velasco won a bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. In taekwondo, bantamweight Stephen Fernandez and featherweight Bea Lucero brought home two bronze medals from Barcelona, but they were not included in the medal tally, since taekwondo was just counted as a demonstration sport then. Roel's younger brother Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco won a silver at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Onyok lost a controversial decision to Bulgarian Daniel Bojilov in the light-flyweight finals.

RP Became Far Eastern Games Champion
At the inaugural Far Eastern Games in 1913, the Philippines beat China to clinch the championship. Only the two countries competed in the event in 1913 and 1915 while Japan joined in 1917 and Indonesia in 1934. From 1913 to 1934, China won 9 championships and the Philippines only one championship

RP Placed 2nd at Asian Games
The Philippines placed second to Japan among 18 participating countries in 8 sports events at the 1954 Asian Games held in Manila. It also placed second behind Japan among 20 participating countries in 13 sports events at the 1958 Asian Games held in Tokyo.

Filipinos Became World Sports Leaders
At least five Filipinos had headed international sports organizations. They are Florencio Campomanes, former president of International Chess Federation; Justiniano Montano, former president of World Boxing Council; Rudy Salud, former secretary-general of World Boxing Council; Gonzalo Puyat II, former president of International Amateur Basketball Federation; and Manuel Nieto, former president of Oriental Boxing Federation.

Nepomuceno was First Olympic Bet
David Nepomuceno, a sprinter and member of the US Navy, was the country's first ever representative in the 1924 Paris Olympiad.

RP Had the Biggest Lead in a Basketball Game
The Philippine team registered what could be the world's biggest lead in an amateur basketball game when it clobbered Brunei Darussalam, 160-19, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on July 2, 2000. The 141-point lead could be the biggest for any amateur basketball team since basketball was introduced in the Philippines by the Americans. During the game, the Philippine national team limited the Brunei squad to only 19 points. It later won the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Young Men's Tournament crown against Malaysia.

Filipinos Were First Football Players in Asia
It was said that Filipinos were the first Asians who played football. The Philippine Football Federation (initially the Philippines Amateur Athletic Federation) was in fact founded as early as 1907. The first football match in Asia took place in the 1913 Manila Far Eastern Games where the Philippines defeated China 2-1.

Philippine Baroque Churches: World Heritage site, Philippine's Pride...Standing through the test of time (1)

The Baroque Churches of the Phillipines represent a fusion of European church design (baroque) and local construction techniques and decorations. Their specific characteristics include a separate bell-tower and strong buttresses to withstand the powers of earthquakes common in the region.Four churches were selected to make up this WHS, as samples of the development of this Phillipine-Hispanic style over a period of more than 150 years (16th-18th century). These four are:

- San Agustin (Manila)

- La Asuncion (Santa Maria)

- San Agustin (Paoay)

- Santo Tomas (Miag-ao)

This 3 Part Series will feature the 4 churches and our first stop are the San Agustin Churches:

The San Agustin Churches

San Agustin in Manila is located conveniently in Intramuros, Manila's small historic center, the only building to survive WWII there. From the outside this is a bulky church with a Latin American touch. On the inside it's more refined. It can be visited from the adjoining monastery complex, a quiet refuge from Manila's hustle and bustle.

San Agustin (Ilocos)

A more exemplary exponent of the so-called Earthquake Baroque I saw in Paoay, a village 1.5 hours by bus from Vigan (Northern Luzon). This church is also called San Agustin, the Agustinians being the first order to arrive in the Phillipines in 1565. This San Agustin church has a spacious setting, so you can have a look at it from all sides.

The large buttresses every few meters that keep the church standing look sturdy enough to withstand any earthquake.

Filipino of the Month: Bayang Barrios

Conceiving a child and nurturing it to term usually means a sabbatical from work for many women, including artists. But for singer-songwriter Bayang Barrios, it was a wonderful opportunity for growth, though pregnant she was with her firstborn, daughter Mayoomi. "A lot of people were calling up to work with me, and I knew right then that those nine months would be doubly blessed!" And so started one of the most prolific periods in Bayang's career, as she lent her unique voice and artistry to projects such as the Asian Tourism Summit held in Davao City last January, the music of GMA 7's hit shows "Encantadia", "Etheria" and "Pinoy Abroad"", and heralding the South East Asian Games 2005 with Ryan Cayabyab and the San Miguel Orchestra. She has also started work on another album, a collection of lullabyes dedicated to her new angel. No doubt another treasure trove of music from one of our most talented artists, new mother Bayang Barrios.
In a world reeling from the vocal histrionics of singing contests winners and their equally soaring idols, the music of Bayang Barrios is a welcome alternative. Intense and full-bodied, her singing never fails to mesmerize and she uses that remarkable voice to provide advice to the youth facing a darkening future and to give vent to her concern for nature, the welfare of indigenous peoples and other worthy causes. (Baby A. Gil)
BAYANG Barrios, grand prize winner of 2004 Metro Pop songwriting competition, feels like a winner once again.

Bayang Barrios.... A Philippine Pride!!!