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MYX Daily Top 10 - January 27, 2012 Featuring "Pag-ibig" by Yeng Constantino (video and lyrics)

2012-01-26T10:58:00.000-08:00

"One Thing" by One Direction is still dominating the MYX Daily Top 10 countdown securing the number 1 spot for eighth consecutive days. Former number one "Bakit Pa Ba" by Sarah Geronimo is on the second spot while another erstwhile number one song, "Ours" by Taylor Swift settled for the third spot. Meanwhile, "Wait" by David Archuleta remains at number 4 while "Pag-ibig" by Yeng Constantino is

Australia Day

2012-01-25T16:57:00.001-08:00

Happy Australia Day to our friends from the land down under!Australia Day, which was previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day, and ANA Day is the official national day of Australia. It is being celebrated annually on the 26th of January. This date commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788 and the proclamation at that time of British sovereignty over the eastern

Boracay named second best beach destination

2012-01-24T11:07:00.000-08:00

A travel website, TripAdvisor, listed Boracay island in Aklan province as the second best beach destination in the world and the No. 1 in Asia for the second year in a row, according to a report from the abs-cbnnews.com. "At only 4.5 miles long, Boracay is small enough to navigate by rented bicycle or motorbike. But don't let its small size fool you -- you'll have several excellent beaches to

Kung Hei Fat Choy - Happy Chinese New Year!

2012-01-23T10:40:00.000-08:00

Our Chinese brothers are celebrating the most anticipated and important event in their colorful tradition. Today is the celebration of the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year. This year's celebration has become more special since it was declared as a non-working holiday by the Philippine government for the first time.Filipino-Chinese and even Filipinos prepare for this feast by making sure

MYX Daily Top 10 - January 20, 2012 Featuring "Stargazer" by Sponge Cola (video and lyrics)

2012-01-21T18:58:00.000-08:00

With only 5 days at the MYX Daily Top 10, "One Thing" by One Direction has managed to dominate the countdown, securing the number 1 spot for three consecutive days. Former number one "Ours" by Taylor Swift settled for the second spot and another erstwhile number one "Bakit Pa Ba" by Sarah Geronimo is on the third spot. Meanwhile, "Wait" by David Archuleta remains at number 4 while "Stargazer by

Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited: 6th Eviction Night

2012-01-14T19:20:00.001-08:00

Six housemates were evicted from the PBB house last night for the Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited Sixth Eviction Night. Naprey, Unad, Steph, Ryan, Jerico and Roy were evicted from the PBB house as part of the Intensity 7 that shook all the housemates from the reality show. Just like what Big Brother announced last week, only 14 housemates were left at the end of the week. The last housemate who made

MYX Daily Top 10 - January 13, 2012 Featuring "Bakit Pa Ba" by Sarah Geronimo (lyrics and video)

2012-01-13T16:58:00.000-08:00

"Ours" by Taylor Swift is still dominating the MYX Daily Top 10. She maintains her hold of the number 1 spot for 7 consecutive days. However, local Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo is inching her way to the top after her video "Bakit Pa Ba" entered the countdown 4 days ago at number 5k, now the video is at number 2.Meanwhile, South Korean boy band Super Junior settled for the 3rd spot and is down 1

A Mother's Story Movie Trailer

2012-01-08T11:11:00.000-08:00

Star Cinema, the country's premiere movie outfit will be showing "A Mother's Story" in theaters nationwide on January 8, 2012. The movie starring Pokwang had international screenings last November of last year and has received good feedback. About the Movie:Medy (Pokwang), a make-up artist, was given the chance of a lifetime to accompany a concert star to the United States for a performance.

Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited: 5th Eviction Night

2012-01-07T16:43:00.002-08:00

Four housemates were evicted from the PBB house last night for this year's first eviction night. Luz, Tol and Kigoy were voted out of the reality show while Kim was forced evicted from the house. Luz got the lowest percentage vote with only 8.75% while Kevin got 25.19% and Jessica registered 28.29%. Steph garnered the highest percentage vote among UnliDay housemates with over 37%.For UnliNight

MYX Daily Top 10 - January 6, 2012 Featuring "Habang Buhay" by BBS feat. Kean Cipriano (video and lyrics)

2012-01-06T18:01:00.000-08:00

This is going to be my first MYX Daily Top 10 post for 2012 and I sure hope that I can do this on a more regular basis.It appears that Taylor Swift has started the year right with a new number 1 video on the country's number one music channel. Her video of the new song "Ours" has maintained its lead after stealing the top spot from local band Slapshock yesterday. "Ngayon Na" by Slapshock dropped

First post for 2012

2012-01-05T12:03:00.000-08:00

Let me first greet you a happy and a prosperous New Year. I hope that this new year bring blessings and happiness to all of us.This is my first post for 2012 and let me take this opportunity to take a quick look at what this blog has accomplished last year and what direction it is heading. This thought struck me last night when I received an email from Google Apps, reminding me that I need to

Celebrating the reason for the season.

2011-12-22T03:41:00.000-08:00

One downside of Facebook is it gives people a platform to criticize, to vent, and to rant even on every mundane thing imaginable albeit at the expense of other people. Scrolling through our FB wall would give us a variety of posts and shout outs that will elicit varied reactions. There are cute lines that will make us smile, quotes from famous people and Bible verses which can inspire us,

Independence or Incompetence?

2011-12-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

Chief Justice Renato Corona’s speech yesterday which in many words can be translated to declaring war against President Benigno Aquino is inevitable. It was a defensive stance of someone who was caught off-guard. He doesn't have anywhere else to go but fight. Unfortunately, it is pathetic. Not because he read the entire speech in the vernacular. If he was up against someone who has a questionable

The Corona Impeachment

2011-12-14T04:00:00.000-08:00

The headline on major newspapers and broadsheets in the Philippines yesterday and today is the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Based on reports, he was already impeached by the Lower House yesterday with about 188 solons signing the Articles of Impeachment almost double of the required votes needed to transmit the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. On TV yesterday

Sykes Asia's Year-End Party on TV Patrol

2011-12-13T02:36:00.000-08:00

The officially recognized pioneer call center in the Philippines, Sykes Asia Inc. celebrated its Year-end party with a bang last Saturday, December 10, 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. The party dubbed as Masque De Grand, Mardi Gras 2011 was reportedly attended by some 7,000 call center employees. You can watch the video from the link below: Logan reports on 7,000 call center agents

MYX Daily Top 10 - December 5, 2011 Featuring "I won't Last a Day Without You" by Sarah Geronimo (video and lyrics)

2011-12-05T03:35:00.000-08:00

Kamikazee's "Halik" captured the number 1 spot on today's MYX Daily Top 10. Erstwhile number 1 "One Hit Combo" by Parokya ni Edgar secured the second spot while "What Makes You Beautiful" by One Direction remains on the third spot. "All That's Left" by Christian Bautista dropped from number 1 to number 4 while "The Boys" by Girls' Generation is on the 5th spot. MYX Daily Top 10 - December 5,

MYX Daily Top 10 - November 28, 2011 Featuring "It Will Rain" by Bruno Mars (video and lyrics)

2011-11-28T02:03:00.001-08:00

"All That's Left" by Christian Bautista is back on the number 1 spot dislodging Parokya ni Edgar's "One Hit Combo" on the MYX Daily Top 10. "One Hit Combo" dropped to number 3 while another local act Kamikazee's "Halik" secured the second spot. "Neverland" by UKISS is back at the top 10 at number 8 while two other videos entered the countdown for the first time. "The One That Got Away" by Katy

Giving thanks

2011-11-26T17:56:00.000-08:00

This is still Thanksgiving week in the US (I just learned that Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on October in Canada.) Typically, it is being celebrated with friends and lots of food and football. Well, that’s the fun part. However, if we will take this holiday seriously, we’ll know that it’s all about thankfulness. It’s the time of the year when we celebrate and give thanks to all the blessings

MYX Daily Top 10 - November 24, 2011 Featuring "Mistletoe" by Justin Bieber (video and lyrics)

2011-11-24T11:14:00.000-08:00

Parokya ni Edgar's "One Hit Combo" is now dominating the MYX Daily Top 10 maintaining its hold at the number 1 spot. "The Boys" by Girls' Generation is now at number 2 from yesterday's number 3 and "All That's Left" by Christian Bautista dropped a notch to number 3. "Halik" by local band Kamikazee jumped to number 4 from number 7 while "Questions" by Bamboo stays at number 5. MYX Daily Top 10 -

A new blog: Blog Blagan

2011-11-22T03:36:00.000-08:00

As if my hands were not yet full with two English blogs, I recently started a Filipino blog on a different platform. Yup, this is my second attempt to blog in the vernacular and my first attempt to use Wordpress as the platform. (Don’t ask me which is the better platform. It’s too early for that.) I started the blog called ”Blog Blagan” barely two weeks ago and it now has 9 posts! The name doesn’

MYX Daily Top 10 - November 22, 2011 Featuring Questions by Bamboo (video and lyrics)

2011-11-21T10:44:00.000-08:00

After spending twelve days in the chart, Christian Bautista's "All That's Left" took the number one spot on the MYX Daily Top 10 from yesterday's number one, "The Boys" by Girls Generation. Parokya ni Edgar's "One Hit Combo" took the second spot while Girls Generation settled for the 3rd spot. "Ako Na Lang" by Zia Quizon stays at number 4 while "What Makes You Beautiful" jumped to number 5 from

Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited: Update 11/19/2011

2011-11-20T03:30:00.000-08:00

Unlimited twists and surprises marked last night’s episode of the Pinoy Big Brother Unlimited. The fate of the 3G’s and Power Strangers, the results of their weekly tasks and a glimpse of the new PBB house were among the highlights of this Saturday’s edition. After 1 week inside the Big Brother house, the fate of the “3G’s” and the “Power Strangers” were revealed last night. Of the 3 Power

MYX Daily Top 10 - November 18, 2011 Featuring "Halik" by Kamikazee (video and lyrics)

2011-11-18T06:07:00.000-08:00

After placing second yesterday, Korean girl group Girls' Generation is back on top of the MYX Daily Top 10 with their song "The Boys" while yesterday's number 1, Zia Quizon's "Ako Na Lang" dropped on the 4th spot. Parokya ni Edgar's "One Hit Combo" took the second spot while Christian Bautista's "All That's Left" jumped to number 3.From yesterday's number 8, Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" jumped to

Blogging Again

2011-11-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

November proves to be a good month for me. Well, every month should be depending on how you chose to look at it. But this month has proven to be my most productive month so far. We’re already halfway through the month and I have managed to keep this blog active again. As if this is not enough, I have started another blog in Filipino. I’m on a roll! If you're thinking that I'm now blogging full

Pacquiao-Marquez III

2011-11-15T11:26:00.001-08:00

Three days after the overrated boxing match of Filipino pride and Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez, people are still talking passionately about it. Funny how most people suddenly have become boxing analysts dishing out their own version of what really happened on the fight and who among the two protagonists deserve the victory. New arguments are being