The DigitalFilipino.com Club will be having blogger’s event here in Davao! It will be a “fellowship/networking event where e-commerce industry players and bloggers can catch up and exchange updates.”

This will be on October 21, Tuesday, 6 to 11 pm at the Grand Regal Hotel, Lanang, Davao City.

This event is sponsored by our club member PAGCOR.

6:00 – 7:00 Registration and Dinner
7:00 – 7:30 Guest introduction / plugs
7:30 – 8:00 Updates by Janette

• DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2008
• DigitalFilipino.com Club Updates (online workshop and other efforts)
• Ratified.org Philippines Top 100 Blogs 2008 (blogs that had big moves in 2008)

8:00 – 8:30 – PAGCOR launch Internet/E-Commerce project
8:30 – onwards – Raffle, Networking, Games

Bloggers are invited to attend! Just click here to register!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Hoy!

If any of the following sounds familiar to you, then you’re probably Filipino. Admit it, some halo-halo sounds pretty good right about now.

• You answer to “Pssst!!”
• You point with your lips.
• You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like Ling-Ling, Bong-Bong, or Che-Che.
• You have uncles and aunts named Boy, Girlie or Baby.
• In your dining room there’s a picture of “Last Supper” – and on either side of it are a giant wooden spoon and fork.
• The furniture in your house is wrapped in plastic or covered in blankets.
• You use shopping bags as garbage bags.
• You have a piano no one plays.
• You keep a tabo in your bathroom.
• You own a barrel man from Baguio.
• You can’t resist buying items on sale even if you don’t need them.
• You eat with your hands.
• and you cut your meat with a spoon and fork.
• You know a meal isn’t a meal unless there’s rice.
• There’s Spam, Vienna sausage and corned beef in your pantry.
• You eat or have eaten fried spam and eggs with rice for breakfast.
• Whenever friends come over, they ask for “meat rolls” and you know they mean lumpia.
• You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
• You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave the room.
• Your relatives sing karaoke when they come over.
• A party isn’t a party unless there’s line dancing (who doesn’t love the Todo Todo, Chilly Cha Cha and September???)
• You don’t get grossed out by balut.
• Your mom puts sugar and hot dogs in her spaghetti.
• Your Lola taught you to gargle with warm salt and ginger water when you have a sore throat.
• You always take your shoes off when you enter a house.
• You know what the “chocolate sauce” in dinuguan is actually made of
• The tissues in your bathroom came from Holiday Inn.
• You “open” and “close” the lights.
• Your friends know what it means to be on Filipino Time.
• You think Christmas season begins in October and ends in January.
• Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
• You’ve mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.
• You’ve ridden in a tricycle that doesn’t require peddling
• You hold your palms together in front of you and say “excuse, excuse” when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
• Goldilocks is more than a fairy tale character to you.
• You say “prijider” instead of refrigerator
• Your Dad is/was in the Navy or your mom is a nurse or in many cases both.
• You leave a party with more food than you came with.
• You pronounce “v”s as “
• You’re seen with a boy who’s not Filipino and he’s automatically your boyfriend and everyone knows about it
• You have Chinese furniture and walls screens in your house
• Your mom or dad came from a family with at least 10 children
• Your parents over exaggerate the time (ex:” hoy gising na ! its almost 12 o clock,” when it is really 11:15am)
• You pronounce “f’s” as “p’s” and “p’s” as “f’s” eg. pliffing = flipping , pork = fork [or vise versa ]
• Finding relatives at the airport entails scouring the crowd for a bunch of people fussing with a balikbayan box.
• Anyone whose name you can’t recall in conversation is referred to as “si ano”.
• Somehow there is always room for one more on the motorcycle or tricycle!
• You take off your shoes in the house.
• Your mom tells you to wear your “chanelas” when you go outside.
• You ask your mom what your “ulam” is when shes cooking.
• Your mom likes oriental furniture.
• You can speak one or more: tagalog, illocano, kapangpangan or cebuano
• You can understand either: tagalog, illocana, kapangpangan or cebuano
• You always have sardines in your pantry.
• You’ve eaten the bird of the balut at least once was
• You know the “Otso-otso”.
• If you’re not the youngest in the family, you look like your mom.
• You like Kare-Kare.
• Church is a must on Sundays.
• The first thing you offer your guests is food.
• You like the “Black Eyed Peas” because one of the guys is Filipino.
• Taho is Deeeelish!
• You believe its bad to waste food.
• Your mom tells you that its bad luck to sleep with your hair wet.
• You own a “walis ting ting”.
• You like ALL of the following: Sinigang, Nilaga, Tilapia, Dinuguan, Pansit, and Lumpia.
• Mango is a dessert.
• You get excited when you see a Filipino on an American channel.
• if you’re living abroad, you have family in the philippines that expect you to bring pasalubong that’s fancier than anything you even own yourself
• you know that the “white” version of “come here” is palm-up, fingers waving toward the body, but the pinoy version is palm-down, fingers moving toward body in sort of shoveling motion
• You nod backwards to say yes
• You raise your eyebrows to say yes
• You know that Adidas is more than just an athletic company
• You or your parents have a santo nino on the mante and a big wooden rosary hanging on the wall somewhere in the house
• When you know that “dat white one” means a CLEAR object and NOT white at all!
• You can measuring the water for cooking rice with two fingers
• The house you grew up in had a chandelier made of shell (capice)
• Your parents believed in various superstitions: like turning the plates at dinner if someone had to leave; saying “tabi tabi, po

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Noel Cruz’ latest auction a couple of weeks ago, Angeline Jolie doll(above) which is sold for $4,300! Go visit Noel Cruz website!

Some can be commissioned such as Nicole Kidman above. If you want to play with Daniel Craig, this may be your only solution, sorry! But it’s better than nothing and I have to say that it looks pretty good. In fact it’s just amazing! Those dolls are made by Filipino Artist Noel Cruz (below), and are going for sale on e-bay. Daniel Craig was sold for only $863.87. But don’t contact him because he is totally over booked and he is not taking commissions right now.

An artist who thoroughly appreciates the beauty of faces, Noel Cruz started doing
portraits at a very young age. Self-taught for several years, he studied the works
of numerous artists in his native country, the Philippines.

Gradually overtime, his natural talent grew and developed. He began taking
commissions at 16, and has done countless portraits since. Charcoal, graphite,
pastel, and acrylics are his media of choice.

Noel holds a degree in Communications with emphasis on video editing and
digital imaging, and has shot and edited documentaries for California State
University Bakersfield, where he graduated.

Repainting dolls happened by accident when he was looking for a Gene doll to
add to his wife’s collection. He stumbled upon several Gene dolls repainted to
resemble different likenesses. This became an inspiration for him to project his
painting talents onto Gene, which became the beginning of another facet of artistic
outlet for him. Much to his delight, he discovered that painting a doll’s face is very
much like painting on canvas or paper, but with the extra challenge of working on
a three-dimensional surface as well as a different surface texture.

Noel has naturally transmitted onto his repaints his love of celebrities, many of which
he has painted or drawn before. In addition, he constantly strives to add diversity to his
work by working on other comparable-size dolls such as Tyler, Sydney, Franklin Mint
dolls, etc.

Davao City landmark in front of San Pedro Church and Sangunian Bldg. !

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Thousands of Filipinos are stranded in Oman and Iran due to problems in the new policy on the issuance of visas in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The new regulation that was implemented last July 29, directs previous visit visa holders to reapply as tourists as visit visas will no longer be renewed. This led to the rejection of thousands of visa applications from the Filipinos. Most have been stranded in their hotel rooms for more than a month.

The Philippine embassies in Muscat, Tehran, and Abu Dhabi and the consulate general in Dubai were ordered to help the stranded Filipinos.

Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday said it would ask the government of UAE for leniency in the case of our stranded “kababayans” and that a team from the Philippine Embassy in Dubai would meet with the stranded OFWs at the border to check their condition.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) on Friday released the names of 56 milk and dairy products to be tested for the presence of kidney stone-causing chemical melamine.

BFAD said that it would still be best if consumers would stay away from these milk brands in the meantime, until the bureau finishes its tests by October.

The milk brands and milk-based products currently being tested include among others:

1. Anchor Lite Milk
2. Anchor Wam Froot Milk Drink Mango Magic
3. Anchor Wam Froot Milk Drink Orange Chill
4. Anchor Wam Froot Milk Drink Strawberry Spin
5. Anlene Milk
6. Anmum Materna 180 g
7. Anmum Materna Chocolate
8. Dutch Lady Pure Milk
9. Farmland Skim Milk
10. Green Food Yili Pure Milk
11. Jinwei Drink
12. Jolly Cow Pure Fresh Milk
13. Jolly Cow Slender Low Fat Milk
14. KLIM instant full cream milk 1.8kg
15. M&M Chocolate Brown 40g
16. Meiji Hokkaido Azuki (Red Bean Ice Cream)
17. Meiji Ujikintoki (Red Bean and Green Tea Frozen Confection)
18. Mengniu Original Drink Milk
19. Mengniu Pure Milk
20. Milk Chocolate Bars/China
21. Milk Chocolate Candies/China
22. Milk Boy repacked
23. Milk Boy repacked
24. Monmilk Breakfast Milk Walnut Milk Beverage
25. Monmilk High Calcium Low Fat Milk
26. Monmilk High Calcium Milk
27. Monmilk Milk Deluxe Pure Milk
28. Monmilk Pure Milk
29. Monmilk Suan Suan Ru Sour Milk Beverage (mango flavor)
30. Natural Choice Milk Ice Bar
31. Nespray
32. Nestle Carnacion Calcium Plus non fat milk powder 1.6 kg
33. Nestle Chocolate Flavor Ice Cream cone
34. Nestle Dairy Farm Pure Milk
35. Nestle Vanilla Flavor Ice Cream Cone
36. Nutri Express Milk
37. Nutri Express Milk 15 Nutritional Elements (Blue, Red and Orange label and cap)
38. Nutri Express Milk
39. Nutri Express Milk Green Apple
40. Prime Roast Cereals 28g
41. Pura Fresh Milk
42. Snickers brown 59 grams
43. Strawberry Sorbet
44. Trappist Dairy Low Fat Yogurt Drink
45. Vita Fresh Milk
46. Wahaha Orange
47. Wahaha Yellow
48. Want Want milk drink
49. Yili High Calcium 250ml
50. Yili High Calcium Milk 1 liter
51. Yili High Calcium Low fat milk beverage
52. Yili Low Fat Milk 1 liter
53. Yili Milk
54. Yili Pure Milk 250 ml
55. Yili Pure Milk 1 liter
56. Yinlu Milk Peanut

Friday, September 26, 2008

President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared October 1 (Wednesday) as a regular holiday in observance with the Islamic community that would be celebrating the Eid’l Fitr or the Feast of Ramadhan.

The President signed Proclamation No. 1625 last September 19 declaring October 1, 2008, as a regular holiday in the country.

Under the Proclamation, In order to bring the religious and cultural significance of Eid’l Fitr to the fore of national consciousness, it is necessary to declare Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008, as a regular holiday throughout the country.

The Islamic community celebrates Eid’l Fitr, three days after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, which started this year on September 1. It is a three-day festival known as “Eid” or “Eid ul-Fitr,” which means “the feast of the breaking or to break the fast,” ends the observance of the holy month of Ramadhan.

The Eid’l Fitr is the culmination of the month long Muslim struggle towards spiritual purification which is achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice and prayers.

The Philippine Nurses Association (PNA)-Davao City Chapter will be holding its seminar entitled “Physical Assessment” on October 2, Thursday from 8 a.m to 12 noon at the Davao Medical Center’s Mahogany Room, J.P. Laurel Avenue, Davao City.

Invited guest speaker is Dr. Sheila Marie Quiachon-Hernandez, said PNA-Davao City Chapter president Elsie Tee.

Tee said registration fees will be P200 for PNA members while non-members will pay P250. Students are welcome to attend the nurses’ seminar and will pay P150.

For further inquiries, kindly call the PNA office at telefax number 224-0244 and look for Vangie Montejo.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte signed in 2005 the Proclamation No. 07 that declared October 5 as No Prosti Day. Some non-government organizations in this city will be observing October 5 as the day of No Prostitution.

It’s a day of no prostitution that includes no pornography, phone sex, cyber sex, mail-order bride services, trafficking, strip dancing, sex tours and prostitution in massage parlors, on the streets.

The city’s celebration is a local version of the International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP) project of the Bay Area IDNP Collective in the USA in 2002.

Figures from the City Health Office showed that there are 2,411 registered prostituted women in the city while an NGO cited some 4,000 prostituted women doing their freelance job.

This is a nice day to celebrate a No Prosti Day, this is the firs time I’ve heard about this declaration. But with the crisis that’s going on in the country and rising inflation, this is going to be tough day for those involved to celebrate.

Friday, September 26,2008

The Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles have defeated the De La Salle Green Archers 62-51 to win the UAAP 71 men’s basketball championship Thursday at the Araneta Coliseum.

Chris Tiu, led the Eagles with 16 points to capture Ateneo’s fourth UAAP championship and second in the decade after winning in 2002. For DLSU, Casio finished with 21 points, 18 of which came from the three-point line while Rico Maierhoffer was thrown out of the game in the third quarter after he incurred a second technical foul.