tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:02:47 +0000PhilippinesOFWFilipinoMTMmore than medalsDavaosportsChinaF. Sionil JoseFilipinosPhilippine GovernmentArtsAsiaEWCEast West CentrumEducationFilipinaGodPOEAPinoyPlanet InfinityWushuhong kongnews18951919ABS_CBNAgricultureAlabamaAmbassadorAmericaArtistAsian countriesBBCBird's NestBlogBloggerCCPChip TsaoChristmasDFADOSTDictionaryDomestic helperDubaiDurianEspirituGabrielaHontiverosLand GrabbingMV PrincessMalaysiaOxfordPAGASASingaporeSiningaporTFCTsip Tsaobabybaseballcarecoffeedaddisastereconomyfunnyglobal crisisheavenindiainfantinfojapankorealandlawyerlife coachmartial artsmexiconationnepalopportunitypakistanparentingpopeprofessionalsresearchsomething funnytaekwondotaiwanthailandtipstragedyuniversitieshttp://esoularium.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (e-souled)Blogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-5714236101563068970Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:49:00 +00002009-09-16T20:02:18.635-07:00baseballdadparentingsports“I dropped the ball,” Emily Monforto confessed to a reporter. Yes she did.The 3-year-old Laurel Springs, N.J. girl became famous overnight for throwing a foul ball back on to the field at Tuesday night's Phillies-Nationals game—a ball her father had just caught and given to her. Video of the hilarious toss spread across the internet and cable news networks on Wednesday.Every parent enjoys when http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-girls-foul-toss-makes-dad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-5200869690214263141Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:01:00 +00002009-08-03T12:11:36.130-07:00martial artsmore than medalsMTMPlanet InfinitysportstaekwondoCongratulations MTM Taekwondo over-all champion National Poomsae Competition 2009!http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/08/national-poomsae-competition-09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-1928089973160772584Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:14:00 +00002009-07-18T09:19:51.798-07:00AgriculturelandLand GrabbingThe Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamamalakaya) and the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) last month wanted lawmakers to investigate the lease of 400,000 hectares of land in Northern Luzon to Pacific Bio-Fields Corp. of Japan, a company based in the United Kingdom, for the production of coco-biodiesel for 50 years.“While the government is http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-global-trend-rich-states-target.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-4616223958885822833Tue, 12 May 2009 08:07:00 +00002009-05-12T01:28:49.274-07:00more than medalsMTMPhilippinesPinoyPlanet InfinityTFCWushuI am a bit late in POSTING this but I've been busy the past few weeks. But anyway, CONGRATULATIONS to our More Than Medals, the Filipino martial arts team that represented our country in numerous international Wushu competitions have competed in the 17th Annual UC Berkeley Chinese Martial Arts Tournament (CMAT 17) last April 11, 2009 and bagged 10 golds and 2 silver medals. This is The Filipino http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/05/young-filipinos-win-in-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-8633542463389033387Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:50:00 +00002009-04-11T07:47:00.285-07:00Domestic helperF. Sionil JoseFilipinosnationOFWPhilippinesPOEATsip TsaoF. Sionil Jose gives a better and correct perspective of that Chip Tsao incident in his column in Philippine Star :“Here we go again, some inconsequential columnist in Hong Kong takes a cheap shot at our unhappy country, calls us “a nation of servants” and immediately an uproar, and magma feelings of hurt are unleashed. Editorials, columnists, politicians are outraged — they demand apology as if http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/04/why-are-we-nation-of-servants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-7249600451518178658Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:53:00 +00002009-04-01T01:57:34.287-07:00ABS_CBNChip TsaoF. Sionil JoseFilipinohong kongnewsOFWPhilippine GovernmentPhilippinesThe Chinese journalist, Chip Tsao, is coming under sharp criticism from Filipinos in the blogosphere and from two female lawmakers and a labor policy center have joined calls in demanding a public apology over a recent article “The War At Home” that made a racial slur against Filipinos in relation to the dispute over the Spratly islands.Here’s the article:“The Russians sank a Hong Kong freighter http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/03/philippines-nation-of-servants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-4643310060769100751Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:28:00 +00002009-03-25T10:11:56.887-07:00AsiaAsian countriesChinaEducationhong kongindiajapankoreaMalaysiamexiconepalpakistanPhilippinestaiwanthailanduniversitiesIt’s a sad but good reflection on the wrong priorities and focus of millions of Filipinos going abroad. While we look for TRINKETS and TOYS (or goods for pasalubong and beautify our image), the Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and the Koreans would go to the West and gather TOOLS to equip themselves by getting the best education in the great learning institutes so they could invent a new mobile phone,http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/03/wrong-priorities-and-focus-of-filipinos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-7204080973739906061Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:50:00 +00002009-03-15T03:30:52.192-07:00DavaoEast West CentrumEWCmore than medalsMTMPhilippinessportsWhat is your child doing this summer? Make this summer an unforgettable experience for them. Introduce them to MORE THAN MEDALS - WUSHU!.Nowadays children don't have a healthy lifestyle. Too often kids remain inactive as computer games are more popular than sports. Children's lifestyles are now very sedentary. Recognising Wushu's ability to develop a child's strength and its overall health http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-than-medal-wushu-davao-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-4028155855226950368Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:39:00 +00002009-03-15T03:31:33.125-07:00more than medalsMTMhttp://esoularium.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-than-medals-wushu-aseana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-986729466845316373Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:34:00 +00002008-12-24T19:13:42.196-08:00Christmaseconomyglobal crisisOFWAs global economic and financial turmoil mounts, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has launched a "good news" offensive. Government spin won't, however, alleviate the impact of the global downturn on the local economy, where rising unemployment could thrust millions of Filipinos back under the poverty line. Arroyo's government this month placed advertisements in local newspapers http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/12/good-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-8140650802139086577Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:27:00 +00002008-11-12T18:15:27.429-08:00disasterDOSTFilipinoMV PrincessOFWPAGASAPhilippine GovernmentprofessionalstragedyDivers scouring the capsized wreck of the MV Princess of the Stars recovered 199 bodies during their two-week retrieval operation that ended Monday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.“The [salvor firm Harbor Star] has informed our officer that they are done,” said PCG commandant Vice Adm. Wilfredo Tamayo in a phone interview. “They recovered 199 bodies after they scoured decks C, B and A.”http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/11/diaspora-of-filipino-professionals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-5089975411481872690Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:56:00 +00002008-10-23T08:32:46.075-07:00AmbassadorBBCDFAEspirituFilipinaFilipinosGabrielaHontiverosOFWPhilippine GovernmentPhilippinesThe BBC recently expressed its apologies for airing a comedy sketch that many Filipinos have found distasteful. “Firstly, we're sorry if you were in any way offended by the program as this wasn't our intention,” the BBC’s Complaints Division stated.The division described 'Harry & Paul' as a “post-watershed comedy sketch show well-known for its exaggerated humour and absurd characters.”“It in no http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/10/bbc-recently-expressed-its-apologies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-6013212316698053133Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:46:00 +00002008-10-30T09:13:50.574-07:00Davaolife coachmore than medalsMTMsportsWushuWhat is MTM...MTM Video AdsRelated Articles:Way of the Wushu,Sun Star Davaohttp://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-than-medal-wushu-davao.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-5222243095825329726Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:18:00 +00002008-10-13T21:21:34.182-07:00AsiaEducationFilipinoFilipinosOFWPhilippinesPOEAIn Kishore Mahbubani’s book, The New Asian Hemisphere, he writes that there are two historical epochs taking place now in the 21st century: One, the end of Western domination. Mahbubani was not the first guy to say this. Roger Cohen of the International Herald Tribune noted it early this year with his article: The end of the era of the white man.But there is another wave taking place today http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/10/role-of-philippines-in-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-8197780207160736549Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:40:00 +00002008-10-14T00:26:56.870-07:00F. Sionil JoseFilipinoPhilippinesThis article is my comment (response) to Cathy's post "Buy Pilipino".(An excerpt) by F. Sionil Jose's Why are Filipinos So Poor.In the ’50s and ’60s, the Philippines was the most envied country in Southeast Asia. What happened?What did South Korea look like after the Korean War in 1953? Battered, poor - but look at Korea now. In the Fifties, the traffic in Taipei was composed of bicycles and armyhttp://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/why-are-filipinos-so-poor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-9157141665478673272Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:57:00 +00002008-09-22T22:31:04.765-07:00Godheavensomething funnyA bus carrying only ugly people crashes into an oncoming truck, and everyone inside dies. They then get to meet their maker, and because of the grief they have experienced; he decides to grant them one wish each, before they enter ParadiseThey're all lined up, and God asks the first one what the wish is. "I want to be gorgeous," and so God snaps His fingers, and it is done.The second one in line http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/heaven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-7503641419840416247Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:33:00 +00002008-10-15T13:35:07.356-07:00FilipinaFilipinoPhilippinesI’m not a pessimist but while reading this article I’m beginning to ask the intention of the writer (I mean the real intention) I’m crossing my fingers that the intention of the article is to really elevate “may kababayan”, not to “sell” them considering the site is all about “DATING”We need to consider how other nationalities look at us so that we can really understand the reason of writing http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/filipina-women.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-6856963512911964013Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:00:00 +00002008-10-17T00:04:09.703-07:0018951919AlabamaChinacoffeeopportunityIn southern Alabama is the town of Enterprise, in Coffee County. There they have erected a monument to an insect, honoring the Mexican boll weevil. In 1895 the boll weevil began to destroy the major crop of the county, cotton. In desperation to survive the farmers had to diversify, and by 1919 the county’s peanut crop was many times what cotton had been at its height. In that year of prosperity ahttp://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/dangerous-opportunity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-83349861693024726Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:18:00 +00002008-10-15T13:43:07.918-07:00AmericaArtsBird's NestCCPChinaDictionaryDurianOxfordPhilippinesI cant help my self but to have hope every time I visited a blog or a site of a Filipino working or studying abroad but yet still proud of her country! Like “Cat’s Walks” who’s living and working in Switzerland.How many Filipinos will say the same thing:“I have embraced European culture without losing and being ashamed of my own …I will always be proud of being Filipino and I will always promote http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/birds-nest-and-durian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-8540263573836083702Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:04:00 +00002008-09-08T08:44:50.398-07:00BlogBloggerGodIm browsing my old friendster account and found this article. actually i posted it Dec. 15, 2005. and i don't even remember the original source, sorry for that!i want to share it with you.The Blog before the BlogsOne problem I have is that here I AM outside of time, and these web pages automatically put a date on the entry. I could override that—I AM God. But I think you readers are sharp enough http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-before-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-2419641187032580270Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:39:00 +00002008-09-05T05:39:01.223-07:00Davaoinfonews18 -total number of call centers, big and small, now operating in Davao City,according to Eriberto Baringa Jr., vice president for external affairs of ICT (Information, Communication, and Technology) Davao, Inc.Php 11,000- plus average starting salary of a call center agent in davao City, according to Ms. Nanette O Del Monte, liaison officer of the Business Process Out Sourcing Association of http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/09/davaos-significant-numbers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-2695949001400137748Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:00 +00002008-08-29T11:29:34.948-07:00babycareinfantresearchtips Why Infant Stimulation is ImportantRecent advances in brain-imaging techniques have proven what researchers have said for over twenty years: an infant's environment has a dramatic affect on brain development. In the first years of your baby's life, the brain is busy building its wiring system. Activity in the brain creates tiny electrical connections called synapses. The amount of stimulation http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/08/building-babys-intelligence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-5833522111533764735Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:55:00 +00002008-08-31T10:55:01.067-07:00funnylawyerpopeA lawyer died. At the same moment, the Pope also died. They arrived at the gates of heaven at the same moment. They spend the day in orientation, and as they're getting their heavenly vestments, the Pope gets a plain white toga and wings, like everyone else, and the lawyer gets much finer apparel, made of gold thread, and Gucci shoes.Then, they get to see where they're going to live. The Pope http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/08/something-funny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-6391003117454251669Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:51:00 +00002008-08-29T05:51:00.438-07:00DavaoDubaiEast West CentrumEWCFilipinoOFWPinoyI heard this article last August 18 in one of the Life Coaches of EWC. And I tried to get the full article. And I found out that originally it was from a lady named pinkdxbchampange. Just thought of sharing it. So here it goes… Over a thousand Filipinos arrive in Dubai every month. And why not? Literally, the sun shines here all year round; prosperity is in the air; and it's a place where people http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/08/ang-pinoy-sa-likod-ng-kurtina-paraisong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634706312680178185.post-4117485009893461533Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:25:00 +00002008-08-28T06:27:38.628-07:00ArtistArtsFilipinoOFWSingaporeSiningaporThis post is just a repost from my other Blog just want to share it with you Yesterday I posted about our “kababayan” in the Middle East entitled; "Ang Pinoy sa Likod ng Kurtina!
 
Paraisong Kurtina.” Now let’s go to Singapore! Today’s issue of Inquirer (Lifestyle section) talks about Singapore-based Filipino artists.On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Philippine-Singapore diplomatic http://esoularium.blogspot.com/2008/08/siningapor_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (e-souled)0