Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category

Powerful Typhoon Nesat hits Philippines, 2 killed , many missing

A powerful typhoon called Nesat has struck the Philippines on September 26, 2011,  triggering floods, cutting power and has halted most of the work in the capital Manila. At least two people were ki…

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Posted by daniel on September 27th, 2011 in Philippines | No Comments

Phillippine actor Aljur Abrenica is the Best Asian Model of the year

Philippine actor Aljur Abrenica has bagged the title of the Best Asian Model at a glittering ceremony held in Seoul, Sout Korea, beating hot guys from 13 other nations from the continent.

The 20-uear…

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Posted by daniel on January 23rd, 2011 in Asia, Celebrities and fame, East Asia, Movies, music and entertainment, Philippines | No Comments

Know your Asian Ghosties: Hantu Tengelong (Part 3 of 3)

Why the belief in her is dying out – Raz’ theory
Modernisation doesn’t just ravish nature, it also ravishes culture. As you can see, the Hantu Penanggalan folklore requires the follo…

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Posted by Raziel on January 15th, 2011 in Asia, Culture, East Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Travel | No Comments

Woman furious about “Maid agents from hell”

“The Star”, one of Malaysia’s biggest newspapers, had an online article today from a woman who had had 6 maids within 6 months. All of the maids had been contracted through maid agen…

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Posted by Terya on January 15th, 2011 in Asia, East Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines | 1 Comment

Philippines’ Margaret WILSON – Asian Girls at 2007 Miss World Contest in Sanya China -

Philippines’ Margaret WILSON – Asian Girls at 2007 Miss World Contest in Sanya China.
The 2007 Miss World Contest is happening in Sanya, China on December 1st.
There are 106 countries, reg…

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Posted by Bill Belew on January 6th, 2011 in Asia, Philippines | No Comments

Art or scrap?

We know what we have manholes for and we certainly know why we need them to come covered. But do we really need them to come patterned (in an out of the ordinary more than to create traction sort of w…

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Posted by Raziel on January 4th, 2011 in Asia, Culture, Current affairs, East Asia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Travel | No Comments

Bacolod MassKara Festival Philippines

Another Halloween post? Oh please, just because there’s a colourful picture with masks and fancy dressing in it doesn’t make it about ‘Halloween’.
So out of the 4 words: B…

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Posted by Raziel on December 25th, 2010 in Asia, Celebrations & festivals, Culture, East Asia, Pagents and Contests, Philippines, Travel | 1 Comment

When foreigners think they’re Asian (a controversial post)

It’s a common thing to find Asians who want to look like Caucasians, but it’s a whole other annoying thing when foreigners think they’re more Asian than the Asians themselves. That&#…

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Posted by Raziel on December 23rd, 2010 in Asia, China, Culture, Current affairs, East Asia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Travel | 15 Comments

Sepak takraw

Sepaktakraw… Is it an endangered species? The sound that a tropical animal makes? Or maybe a little child’s first attempt to master a keyboard?
None of these, although they will probably s…

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Posted by Terya on November 8th, 2010 in East Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sports, Thailand | No Comments

Beauty Queens, Regal Queens

I’ll confess that’s pretty misleading title because there’s no bikini clad women here, but what’s a poor unpopular writer to do when she needs your attention? (Flash you? Uh, n…

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Posted by Raziel on October 23rd, 2010 in Asia, Current affairs, East Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand | 5 Comments