Janella Lelis: The 12 Year-old Girl Who Saved the Philippine Flag

Wow!  This girl is just amazing and inspiring.  Watch for yourselves.

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Janella Lelis is a 12 year-old student from Tabaco, Albay who saved the Philippine flag despite the flood and heavy rain.  Ang galing!  Idol kita!  Worthy of praise and admiration. *clap-clap-clap*

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Why Hu Jin Tao And Not Barack Obama?

“Barack Obama” undoubtedly will be the quick response when asked on the World’s Most Powerful Person, being the charismatic ruler of the 21^st century power United States of America, but he’s just number 2.  China’s leader holds the top spot.  Here’s the list of the World’s Top 5 Most Powerful People* as per Forbes:

Hu Jintao                                   President                POC

Barack Obama                          President               USA

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud    King                  KSA

Vladimir Putin                            Prime Minister       Russia

Pope Benedict XVI                    Pope                      RCC

(to view the complete list)

          Common denominator among them will be head of states, except for Pope Benedict XVI, who’s the head of the Roman Catholic Church, or let me correct myself, also a head of state since Vatican City is the smallest state, which also has its own government. 

          So why is the Chinese president chosen, and not Barack Obama? 
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Bahay Kubo (English version)*

Nipa hut, even though it is small,

the plants there are various

Turnip and eggplant

Winged bean and peanut

String bean, Hyacinth bean,

Lima bean.

Waxguard, loofah,

White squash and pumpkin.

And there are also raddish, mustard, onion,

Tomato, garlic and ginger and ginger.

And all around are full of sesame seeds.

 
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World’s Top 10 Billionaires for 2011

In 2009, I featured the Top 3 Billionaires on this blog.  Not much has changed since; they traded places: Carlos Slim Helu was number 3, and now he’s number 1.  Bill Gates, who formerly holds the top spot, is 2^nd.  While Warren Buffett slips to number 3 from being 2.  Let’s include a brief info about the three wealthiest men on the planet and how Forbes rated them in other aspects. 

                “Self-made” billionaire and is the 21^st among the Most Powerful People according to Forbes, Carlos Slim Helu, a Mexican, made his fortune from telecom industry.  Art and education are among his passions.  The 71 year-old chairman of Telmex is also the biggest gainer “having added $20.5 billion to his fortune”.  Currently, Mr. Helu has a net worth of $71 Billion.

                 Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Bill Gates is perhaps the most popular billionaire in the world – thanks to Windows and other cool products of Microsoft, the mega-company he co-founded will Paul Allen.  William Henry Gates III busies himself today by fighting diseases thru his foundation and has given away $30 billion to it.  The Harvard University dropout is priced at $56 Billion.

                Oldest among the 3 is Warren Buffett.  The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway now has a net worth of $50 Billion.  Referred to as the “Oracle of Ohama”, Mr. Buffett made lots of money from the stock market by way of value investing.  In an interview, Mr. Buffett answered that “The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse and long-standing friends.”

Top 10 List of Top Billionaires in the World
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Bugtong

Earlier, my sister asked me to give her 5 “Bugtong” or the Filipino version of short riddles for her assignment with one condition – it should be “mahirap” since her classmates already mentioned the easy ones in class.  I remember myself having a notebook full of “bugtong” back in elementary days so I tried recalling some like “Heto na si Kaka, bubuka-bukaka = Gunting.”  Another is “Isang prinsesa nakaupo sa tasa = Kasoy.”  Much to my dismay, those were already mentioned by her classmates, and the hard ones are too hard for me to recall; and so I texted some friends, luckily I got one.  “Bugtong bugtong sasakyan na umaandar pero hindi lumiliko = Elevator**.”

Luckily for me, I’m able to come up with 5 “bugtong” for my sister which some I invented myself.  “Ahia naman..bakit ganito bugtong mo?” was her response after I handed her my list.  Two of which were the invented ones: 

“Hindi siya prinsipe o prinsesa, hindi rin hari o reyna pero kung pumorma lagi siyang bida = Manikin.”

And of course, the corny one…
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Thoughts to Ponder

Time to blog since I’m at my boredom state.  I’ve been keeping this text message forwarded to me by Daddy Chito - my friend and former colleague, since December of last year.  Here it goes

“If wealth is the secret to happiness, then the rich should be dancing on the street.  But only poor kids do that. 

If  power ensures security, then officials should walk unguarded.  But on those who live simply, sleep soundly.

If beauty and fame bring ideal relationships, then celebrities should have the best marriages.

Live simply.  Walk humbly.  Love genuinely.”

 *the luxury car is a Bugatti Veyron Gold Edition.  According to the website www.mostexpensiveworld.com, it is owned by a Kuwaiti businessman.

** Car photo lifted from the same site

*** Second photo from fabandfru.com

*** Smiley from here

Support Jennielyn Natividad in Binibining Pilipinas 2011

About 2 years ago, Jen was able to win the 2nd Runner-up Award in the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009.  Once again, let’s support her now in the Binibining Pilipinas 2011 Pageant by praying for her and texting for her as the People’s Choice for the Face of Bb. Pilipinas.

Text BINIBINI 5

For Smart / Talk n’ Text users send to    231

For Globe / TM / SUN Cell users send to    2331

 Text now.. ^_^ 

To view my former post regarding her, click here

I really hope she wins the Bb. Pilipinas title because she has what it takes to be one: Beauty, Intelligence, Figure, Kind Heart, and the Love for God.

Congratulations Atty. William Benson Sze Gan

Since I promised myself to blog once again, firstly I’d like to congratulate my dear friend and batch mate in St. Stephen’s High School William for having the 9th Highest Score in the 2010 Bar Examinations.  Umpisa palang, alam kong mag-ttop kana, galing mo talaga pare!  Idol!!  Truly you’re a pride of our batch 6^th place in the May 2006 Certified Public Account Licensure Exam, then now 9^th place in the Bar Examination.  To God be the Glory!  Congrats Atty. William Gan! “panto tayo” ^_^

William got  84.75 percent where only 982 out of the 4,847 examinees passed.  To view the list of Top 10 click on the link below.

Top 10 Bar Examination 2010

*link from www.manilastandardtoday.com

First Post Since August 2010 & First in 2011

Senator Trillanes to the late Angelo Reyes during the Senate hearing

“You have no reputation to protect!”

 love this line! hahaha! sapul-na-sapul!

Quite sure that this line never left Reyes’ head from then on til his death.

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Something About August

 Interesting facts about this month

It has:

5 Sundays;

5 Mondays; 

5 Tuesdays..

All in ONE MONTH..cool isn’t it? 

For the record, it only happens every 823 years ^_^

* Thanks for Mommy Bong for sharing me this info 

** Photo lifted from  homemadecalendars.blogspot.com

23 Ways to Make Your Kids More Money Savvy

 While surfing the net, I found this interesting article on how to make kids more financial savvy. Others might not subscribe to the idea of teaching their kids about money, but I think, not teaching them about it is preparing their for a disastrous future.  If you love your kids, try reading this article.  

Note: these tips are applicable for adults too ^_^

23 Ways to Make Your Kids More Money Savvy

1. Help your kids make a list of money makers (bonds, mutual funds, etc.) and money losers (those really nifty sunglasses you never wear).
2. Teach your child to make a pros/cons list before spending money on an expensive item.
3. Ask your kid to think about something he recently bought that he really wanted. What were his feelings about the item before he bought it, and what his your feelings two weeks later? Was it worth the money?
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How political dynasty apes brand marketing

By Minyong Ordoñez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:39:00 05/16/2010

Filed Under: Elections, Politics, Markets & Exchanges

A law against political dynasty is anachronistic in a democracy where electoral laws and human rights are fundamentals for constituency. Political succession in a democracy differs from succession in other forms of government.

In a monarchial rule, succession is effected automatically by the closest degree of blood consanguinity. It’s a family affair.

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Standard & Poor’s and Fitch Ratings to review RP status

Top 2 rating firms to review RP status
By CHINO S. LEYCO
March 21, 2010, 11:23am

Two of the three international credit rating firms will visit the Philippines next month to review the sovereign ratings of the country, the Department of Finance (DoF) said.

Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran, said the country’s economic officials are set to meet with Standard and Poor’s (S&P’s) representatives on April 5, while Fitch Ratings, Inc. officials will come on April 20 this year.
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Long Hiatus

Hello! Long time since I last posted on my blog.  Been busy with the new work and other important things.  Let me open this year (I know it is already March, better late than never lolz) with this inpirational video I found in Youtube.  

Here, Sebastian Schabowski talks about how certain believes and assumptions are preventing us from being successful and how to change it.

I admire this guys courage to make a video like this.  The 3 main things he mentioned on this video is very true.  Enjoy watching and hope we apply it on our day-to-day journey.

Predictions of John Mangun

The peso and other predictions

Written by John Mangun / Outside the Box

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 22:24

Actually the title of this column should perhaps be “What’s really behind the numbers.” Because it is only by looking at what makes up the numbers that you can truly understand what is going on. For example:   Yesterday, the business headlines from the other dailies told us that the Philippine international foreign reserves hit a record high of $41 billion. Wow, isn’t that great? Except for one thing. As usual, only BusinessMirror told the true and full story. Reserves rose to this level because of the takedown of $1 billion worth of SDR or special drawing rights.   SDR are an interesting monetary instrument. It is sort of an interest-free loan given to a country by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But it is not a loan. SDR are more of an accounting entry that is put on the books of a central bank. The purpose of the SDR is to allow a country to pay off foreign obligations such as for trade purposes using the SDR instead of hard currency or gold. The SDR represent an amount of money that the Philippines, for example, could draw down from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pay its foreign bills without having to actually put cash on the table to settle the transaction. The IMF might or could loan money to a country to settle the SDR obligation. Call it sort of a credit line that you never have to use. (more…) Tags: Business Mirror Dollar John Mangun Peso Philippines Posted by leeangelo at 11:29 am | permalink | comments[1] A New National Flag September 25, 2009 Senate-House panels OK bill adding 9th ray to RP flag GMANews.TV - Thursday, September 24           The country’s national flag will soon have nine rays in its sun instead of only eight.  The Senate and House of Representatives are expected to ratify next week the reconciled version of Senate Bill 3307 and House Bill 6424 which provides for the inclusion of additional ray in the sun, Senator Richard Gordon told GMANews.TV Thursday.  (more…) Tags: GMANews.TV Government Heroes Muslim National Anthem National Flag Philippines Posted by leeangelo at 10:17 am | permalink | comments[2] Philippines and Mining September 16, 2009 As students, we were taught in school that our country is rich in natural resources.  Likas na yaman as they call it in our native tongue.  Our mountains have gold, silver, coal, nickel just to name a few minerals.  Our seas have oil and natural gas.  Moreover, we have fertile soil for our farmers.  But why is it that Juan dela Cruz does not have life’s necessities? Is it because we are not utilizing these resources, or we do not have the money and technology, or maybe because we have both but then we are forgetting the third part, which is to protect the nature.  Personally, I see mining as an octane for our economy.  We should take advantage of our resources and benefit from it more than other people.  Today, we have the funds through the Mining Act, we have the technology to extract our minerals while making the least damage to our environment, and we have the manpower to operate it.  Let’s be true to ourselves, we cannot “extract” these resources and put it to good use without altering nature.  Just as getting oil in the middle of the sea without drilling and altering the balance of nature.  (more…) Tags: Alyansa Tigil Mina Business Mirror Butch Fernandez DENR Juan Ponce Enrile Minerals Development Council Mining Philippines Posted by leeangelo at 10:18 am | permalink | Add comment The Philippines’ 40 Richest by Forbes.com (2009 edition) September 14, 2009 Special Report The Philippines’ 40 Richest 08.25.09, 11:00 PM EDT           Rank Name Net Worth ($mil) Age 1 Henry Sy 3,800 84 2 Lucio Tan 1,700 75 3 Jaime Zobel de Ayala 1,200 75 4 Andrew Tan 850 57 5 John Gokongwei 720 82 6 Tony Tan Caktiong 710 59 7 Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. 660 74 8 Enrique Razon Jr. 620 49 9 Manuel Villar 530 59 10 George Ty 515 76 11 Emilio Yap 510 83 12 Inigo & Mercedes Zobel 440 NA 13 Beatrice Campos 410 NA 14 Vivian Que Azcona 390 NA 15 Oscar Lopez 350 79 16 Andrew Gotianun 310 81 17 David Consunji 300 88 18 Robert Coyiuto Jr. 290 56 19 Alfonso Yuchengco 230 86 20 Mariano Tan 180 NA 21 Menardo Jimenez 160 77 22 Gilberto M. Duavit 159 74 23 Felipe Gozon 135 69 24 Jon Ramon Aboitiz 125 60 25 Betty Ang 120 NA 26 Alfredo Ramos 115 65 27 Manuel Zamora Jr. 110 69 28 Bienvenido R. Tantoco Sr. 90 88 29 Tomas Alcantara 75 63 30 Benjamin Romualdez 70 79 31 Wilfred Uytengsu Sr. 65 81 32 Lourdes Montinola 60 81 33 Luis Virata 56 55 34 Eugenio Lopez III 55 57 35 Enrique Aboitiz 53 87 36 Philip Ang 50 68 37 Jesus Tambunting 45 72 38 Frederick Dy 40 54 39 Rolando & Rosalinda Hortaleza 39 50/52 40 Marian Rosario Fong 38 NA     Source: Forbes.com   Photo Credits: Henry Sy by Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images Lucio Tan by Nat Garcia/AFP/Getty Images Jaime Zobel de Ayala by Unclaimed Tags: Andrew Tan Business Forbes Henry Sy Influential Jaime Zobel de Ayala Jay Directo John Gokongwei Lucio Tan Mayaman Money Nat Garcia Philippines' Riches Philippines' Riches 2009 Pinakamayaman Power Rich Posted by leeangelo at 2:27 am | permalink | Add comment Top 3 Billionaires of 2009 by Forbes   The World’s Billionaires Edited by Luisa Kroll, Matthew Miller and Tatiana Serafin, 03.11.09, 06:00 PM EDT The richest people in the world have gotten poorer, just like the rest of us. This year the world’s billionaires have an average net worth of $3 billion, down 23% in 12 months. The world now has 793 billionaires, down from 1,125 a year ago. After slipping in recent years, the U.S. is regaining its dominance as a repository of wealth. Americans account for 44% of the money and 45% of the list’s slots, up seven and three percentage points from last year, respectively. Bill Gates lost $18 billion but regained his title as the world’s richest man. Warren Buffett, last year’s No. 1, saw his fortune decline $25 billion as shares of Berkshire Hathaway fell nearly 50% in 12 months. Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim Helú maintains his spot in the top three but lost $25 billion.   Tags: Bill Gates Billionaires Carlos Slim Helu Forbes Money Warren Buffett William Gates III Posted by leeangelo at 1:56 am | permalink | Add comment From Teetering to Regaining August 31, 2009 Left and right we hear money managers say that the economy is set for a rebound after almost experiencing a national recession.  Although many - if not all, industrialized countries and emerging economies suffered recession, we were luckily spared.  As I was reading the business section of the Philippine Star yesterday, I saw an article which caught my attention.  Another green flag on the economy.   Looking back, this was not the case about a month ago.  In a statement, Romulo Virola - senior official of the economic planning ministry said this “The Philippine economy is now teetering into recession.”  To which then Economic Planning Adviser and NEDA Chair Ralph Recto disagreed to. I quickly checked the net and I found a very similar report, here it goes: (dear writer, pardon me for highlighting some words in the article) (more…) Tags: abs cbn NEWS Business economy forecast growth Philippine Star Philippines Posted by leeangelo at 6:05 am | permalink | Add comment Page: 1 2 3 4 5