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Pingo Mobile 2007-09-10 02:05:00 Pingo Mobile saves you from up to 90% of international phone calls. Yes, Pingo has no hidden fees, no surprises with the best competitive rates worldwide. Pingo has the most number of internationally reliable and trusted partner carriers that will guarantee the quality and the connectivity of your call. With Pingo, upgrading your international calls are worry-free without changing your present carrier. Pingo's business flexibility will give businesses the ease and affordability of maintaining international calls with their portal wherein up to 999 people can administer their own accounts. This does not only give the sense of power for most businesses in terms of savings but the simplicity of paying those bills with just one click. Pingo also employs the RateWatcher technology wherein it makes it sure you obtain the cheapest calls possible. Pingo's International calling cards have no additional fees and with just USD 98 cents a month account maintenance fee, it gives you more value t ...

Goat Dishes for Sale in a Makati Public Market 2007-09-09 09:32:00 ?????Should be spelled as Kalderetang Kambing (Goat Stew in Tomato Sauce with Carrots and Potatoes) and Adobong Kambing (Goat Stew in Soy Sauce and Vinegar). Each of these dishes cost P50.00. Perfect enough for an authentic Filipino lunch. However, be extra careful when buying these cooked dishes because you don't know if there are really clean or not. Well, it is a risk you have to take for a hungry stomach craving for goat dishes. Indeed, an authentic Filipino creation. These are for sale on a food stall in Brgy. Olympia Public Market in Makati City. ...

Kanji of the Week No. 18 2007-09-07 01:10:00 Kanji of the Week No. 18Reading: KINYOUBI (?????)Meaning: FRIDAYUsage: - ????????? (???????Kanji) - ???????????? (?????Hiragana) - Kyou ha kinyoubi desu. (?????Romaji) - Today is Friday. (???English) - Ang araw na ito ay Biyernes. (???????Filipino) - Ang adlaw karon kay Biyernes. (?????Bisaya) ...

A Councilor Who Makes a Difference 2007-09-06 11:44:00 Don't get me wrong but I am not endorsing any politician for candidacy in the upcoming election but I would like to stress out that the blog that I have recently bumped into is interesting. Up to this point, I have not registered to COMELEC yet as a voter because I have been disgusted with how Philippine Politics is. Not until I read this councilor's blog recently.Meet Councilor Peter Laviña's blog of the 1st district of Davao City where the district I also belong. His blog discusses about his work as a city councilor. I find his blog interesting because for one, I know that this councilor is really working since he blogs his works, daily encounters as a councilor, his advocacies in the political arena and his passion for serving the people of Davao City. His political opinions on present political issues benefit his readers critical thinking. In this manner, his readers, particularly his constituents may be able to benchmark his political stand on present day issues. It gives a se ...

Bisaya Word of The Week No. 2 2007-09-03 22:12:00 Bisaya Word of the Week No. 2Word of the Week: BAKTAS (lakad, walk, ????)Other Similar Dialects:- Baklay (Cebu or Bohol from the place Baclayon)- Lakat (Ilonggo)- Pase (colloquial from Spanish)- LakawOther Conjugations:- ginabaktas or ginabaklay (nilalakad, walking, ??????)Usage:- Kada buntag ginabaktas nako gikan balay hangtud opisina.- Tuwing umaga, nilalakad ko mula bahay hanggang opisina.- Every morning I walk from the house towards the office.- ???????????????? ...

MyLunia Forum Website 2007-09-03 21:20:00 Can't get enough of Lunia? Here is a new buzz to satisfy your MyLunia cravings. The World of Lunia brings you their forum site the Lunia Forum. Any information regarding news, game and server patches to enhance your game performance, characters, tips and tricks from gamers on how to gain advantage on the game and user feedbacks about the game. One interesting section in the forum is the Lunia Guides and Lunia Market. The Lunia Guides contain discussions about the game's characters namely Sieg, Eir, Dainn, Lime, Tia and Dacy's skills, weaponry and how to take advantage against your opponents. The Lunia market section in the forum also contains information about prices of sold and auctioned items and weapons online. You can also upload your own Lunia character and game screenshots on their Lunia Screenshots section. The Guild Hall features members' groups with their discussions about strategies and even meet each other online by posting your individual guild members' e-mail addresse ...

Bisaya Word of The Week No. 2 2007-09-03 19:39:00 Bisaya Word of the Week No. 2Word of the Week: BAKTAS (lakad, walk, ????)Usage: Kada buntag ginabaktas nako gikan balay hangtud opisina. Tuwing umaga, nilalakad ko mula bahay hanggang opisina. Every morning I walk from the house towards the office. ???????????????? ...

Please Help Explain No. 2 (???????) 2007-09-02 12:43:00 A stall in a Makati mall selling jewelries apparently also posted the sign above above its Sale sign. It is read as:Wanted Boyfriend. With experience. Bring Biodata. By: Marimar.Marimar, a popular Mexican telenovela hit in the Philippines in the mid-1990's which played by Thalia, a Mexican actress turned into singer, has been remaked locally by GMA Network. I can't imagine how popular Marimar really is. Even if this was a joke, it is still shameful though to have this sign posted. Its like being so desperate to have a boyfriend, isn't it? ...

Nihongo Encounter No. 9 2007-09-02 12:35:00 src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">Another simple one since its Katana. Hint? Just look for the English equivalent somewhere below, above or beside the Katakana and you will not be wrong either. It is read as SE-KU-SHUN KE-SU or Section Case. This is a plastic container with compartments in the plastic homeware section of SM Department Store in SM Megamall.SE - ?KU - ?SHU - ??N - ?KE - ?SU - ?????????Sekushun Ke-suSection CaseThe font style here is quite fancy that is why its kinda hard to identify clearly the exact katakana character. ...

Nihongo Encounter No. 8 2007-09-02 12:19:00 src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">Dissecting Tokyo Tokyo restaurant's kanji.Is Tokyo the opposite of Kyoto? This is hilarious as one local sitcom show in the Philippines asked this on one particular scene.Tokyo is we know the present capital of Japan. But did you know that the real spelling of the word Tokyo in Nihongo is Toukyou? Yes, its Toukyou. The two kanjis that you see on the symbol of the restaurant represents Tou (?) which means East or Higashi (???). While Kyou (?) means capital/city or miyako (?????). When both are combined, it means East of The Capital or East of the City.Before the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Kyouto or present day Kyoto was Japan's capital. Kyouto, as it is spelled (??), is the capital city, as it is defined above. So back in the old days, when you were in Kyouto, the capital, you refer to Toukyou as the East of the Capital or East of the City, which is Kyouto.In the map, Kyouto is on the western part ...

Jet Plane Sighting 2007-09-02 12:15:00 A cruising and speeding jet plane is sighted on the skies above Ortigas as it suddenly disappears on the sky leaving only a trail of smoke from its engine. Haven't seen this scene for quite sometime already. ...

Hong Kong Style Noodles 2007-09-02 12:00:00 Along our way to SM Megamall from the Podium going through St. Francis Square in Ortigas, you will pass by this stall that is called Hong Kong Style Noodles. This stall was jampacked with locals and feasting on their very affordable stir fried noodles topped with either pork or beef siomai and a choice of soy, teriyaki, chili, sweet and sour and peanut sauces. This is a good way to fill your tummy in between meals. Price is really cheap. Accompanied with black gulaman at P9.00 is indeed satisfying and really affordable. Check it out! ...

Manga Resource Book 2007-09-02 11:51:00 Bargain books about How to Draw Manga: Pen and Tone Techniques by Ryu Toudo now on sale at National Bookstore in the Shangri-la Mall at a 65% discounted price of only P646.25. This book has only less than 10 copies on sale. The book covers topics on how to draw and further enhance your creations to look like authentic manga. The contents are entirely written on plain black with sample animations and instructions on how to manipulate your sketches. (Manga ?? is a Japanese cartoons, comics or comic book.) ...

Afternoon Free Coffee at The Shangri-la 2007-09-02 11:23:00 An afternoon of unexpected free coffee treat courtesy of Nescafe at the Shangri-la. Nestle is launching their new product officially on malls (though this product already released a couple of weeks ago). Their new Hazelnut and French Vanilla flavored Coffeemate creamer is the newest thing to coffee scene. The afternoon was graced with overflowing free Nescafe coffee flavored with their 2 new variants of Coffeemate, a classical music, free registration and free caricature of your picture when you buy their new products. Also there were phantom mimes around to lighten up the afternoon. This was a perfect afternoon and after-heavy-lunch treat by Nestle.For me, Hazelnut variety has more flavor than French Vanilla. The best things in life are for free when you catch them in the right place and time. ...

Please Help Explain No. 1 (???????) 2007-09-02 09:49:00 Someone please help me understand this name of an establishment found at Taguig St. corner JP Rizal, Makati City. Ano daw? OO BARON MAYROON? What does that mean? ...