Archive for September 26th, 2007
Posted by Filipino Cultured - Art, Entertainment, Culture, and Inspiration on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 7:03 pm in Entertainment.
Filipino celebrity week on American television continues with Enrique Iglesias, Dante Basco, and Alexa Doig coming to the TV in your living room!
If you missed Enrique Iglesias' cinema debut in Once Upon a Time in Mexico with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, here's your chance as the movie will be airing on TBS, Wed. Oct. 3 at 1 a.m. Also, Enrique is starting his acting career on American television, as he recently guest starred in the season finale of the CW's Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen, and has a recurring role this season on the hit show How I Met Your Mother as Robin's Argentinean lover, Monday nights on CBS. The new season debuted just this past Monday, so be tuned in on Mondays this fall for more of Enrique. And finally, he guest starred recently in an episode of the amazing horror series 13 Miedos (13 Fears), a weekly show from Televisa in Mexico shot in HDTV. You can catch that if you have DirectTV, but all of Televisa's series eventually come to the United States through Univision, so be tuned in for that.
Alexa Doig, Filipina actress and star of Andromeda, returns to the Sci-Fi Network on Tues. Oct. 9 in all day marathon beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
And finally, Dante Basco lends his voice to two of the most popular animated series, Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long, and Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Bender. Details below in the rundown.
Get your kare-kare and halo-halo and your fill of these hot TV shows and movies with your favorite Filipino celebs! Enjoy!
The rundownEnrique Iglesias
in How I Met Your Mother
Every Monday at 8pm on CBS
Dante Basco
Alexa Doig
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Posted by Poker Speak on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 6:58 pm in Lifestyle, Miscellaneous.
Every now and then, we'll feature hot women in poker.
Why? Do you really need to ask?
We love hot women. We love poker.
Keep up please.
This post features
Liz Lieu, otherwise known as
The Poker Diva.
Lieu was primarily a limit Texas hold 'em cash games player for a number of years, before embracing tournament play at the 2005 World Series of Poker. When John Phan encouraged her to enter the $1500 no-limit hold'em event, she ended up in fifth place with over $168,000 in prize money. She went on to place 12th in the $5000 no-limit hold'em event the same year and cashed in the $3000 tournament as well.
The next stop was the Bellagio's 2005 Festa Al Lago tournament, where Liz placed fourth in the $2500 no limit hold'em event and 16th in two other top tournaments in the series, taking home more than $80,000 for less than a week's worth of work. She went on to finish in the top ten spots at the World Poker Finals, Five Diamond World Poker Classic, and the Gold Strike World Poker Open.
Her first tournament win came at the 2006 L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino, where she won the $1000 limit hold'em event. Her second tournament win came when she won the same event in 2007.
In 2006, Liz was honored by the WSOP and ESPN as a Final Table Grand Marshall along with Johnny Chan. In the introduction by Nolan Dalla, she was referred to as the next likely woman to win a WSOP bracelet.
As of 2007, she has earned over $590,000 in live tournament play.
Some links about Liz:
And of course, what is a Poker Babe post without some yummy photos! Enjoy, boys.
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Posted by Filipino Cultured - Art, Entertainment, Culture, and Inspiration on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 6:32 pm in Entertainment.
Merienda, a Spanish word and tradition, translates into "afternoon snack," but its evolution varies from country to country where the influence of the Spanish lingers.
In Mexico and South America, it is generally a simple affair: a piece of buttered bread or roll, or perhaps pan dulce left over from breakfast. It is usually eaten with coffee at the end of the extended afternoon "lunch" break, just before people head back to work at around 4 or 5 in the afternoon.
In the Philippines, afternoon merienda is more substantial and is sometimes called "the fourth mealtime."
The Philippine merienda often includes bread, rolls and rice cakes. But Filipinos also eat noodles, soup and steamed buns called siopao, filled with shredded chicken and pork. For drinks: coffee, sodas and juices.
Star TelegramThanks also to my friend Animo.
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Posted by on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 1:25 pm in Miscellaneous.
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Posted by A Day In The Life... on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 1:25 pm in Miscellaneous.
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Posted by Culture Shiok! Singapore OFW on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 1:20 pm in Personal - International.
I'm here in Singapore to work. But if I were to look for another job and move into another country, would you know where I should start?
There's a site called Gumtree which offers
jobs in Manchester. They also have accommodations, rents and even dating.
Gumtree.com was started in March 2000 as a local London classified ads and community site, designed to connect people who were either planning to move, or had just arrived in the city, and needed help getting started with accommodation, employment and meeting new people.
They have grown a lot since then through word of mouth and now cover 60 cities across 6 countries - the UK, Ireland, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa - and are the UK's biggest website for local community classifieds including flat share, flat rentals and jobs. More than 25,000 new rooms are advertised a month, which means at least 10,000 rooms are rented a month through Gumtree.
The site easy to navigate. You'll get a simple and easy-to-use tool that lets you quickly find what you might be looking for. You can find everything you need to live your life with the help of your local Gumtree community; from a job or a flat, date, a nanny for your kids or a bargain. There's a forum section. You can also check-out other cities.
For
jobs in Manchester, flat rentals or a simple date, visit Gumtree.
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Posted by Culture Shiok! Singapore OFW on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 12:42 pm in Personal - International.
As part of the
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, the Singapore Chinese Garden had an impressive 100-metre long lantern display called “Ocean Party”, in line with this year’s lantern light up “MagicalOcean” theme. This year’s festival aims to enter the Singapore Book of Records for the most number of marine lanterns in an event.
There were also over 5,000 individual lanterns that formed 23 marine displays and decorations inside the Chinese Garden compound. Professional lantern-makers from the lantern-making province of China were in Singapore for the whole month of August to manually construct each of the 5000 lanterns using traditional lantern-making methods.
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Posted by Culture Shiok! Singapore OFW on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 11:19 am in Personal - International.
The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty for drug trafficking. Although considered under control, drug addiction continues to be a serious problem among the low-income and less educated.
Singapore's integrated multi-pronged anti-drug strategy comprising of strict laws, vigorous enforcement and preventive education has ensured that the local drug situation remains under control.
But let us not forget one important factor in managing drug addiction. A treatment program, which includes
drug rehabilitation and aftercare, can have a positive impact on a drug dependent.
Drug addiction, like alcoholism, needs to be treated. Addiction treatment programs, like The Watershed, offer a higher standard of care for men and women suffering from the disease of alcoholism or drug addiction.
The Watershed Addiction Treatment Program can help it has successfully treated thousands of alcoholics and drug addicts and helped them to get their lives back.
If you're thinking that the treatment is expensive, you'll be glad to know that you can use your insurance to pay for the
affordable treatment. You're not insured and you don't think that you can afford treatment?
They can help even when you don't think that it is possible!
Go to
thewatershed.com if you need to understand more about the disease of addiction and want to know how to spot the signs of a problem or need information about their inpatient drug rehab or alcoholism treatment programs for addicted people.
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Posted by Get A Life ™ on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 8:06 am in Personal - International.
In Today’s world we are using many electrical items without thinking about their sources and also without thinking that whether something occurs to that gadget what will I do and where will I go for the search of items as the gadgets are made up of more than Millions of transistors or capacitors and other small Integrated Circuts.
Considering my Black and White television which my dad bought around 27 years ago is made up of all those Obsolete Semiconductors which will not even come today and therefore could not be replaced. Once some circut in the television was burnt due to high voltage and we took the same old TV to the mechanic he told us that it contains Hard to Find Electronic Parts and so we told him to repair using any of the parts available in the market so that we can watch the television , it was special coz of the 1996 world cup match between India and Pakistan.
Now when I think about that particular event I laugh at myself and think that I am now having a color television which does not have any of the Hard to Find Electronics as all of Integrated circuts are made according to specifications and also worldwide , so I can watch my Color television without any worries .
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Posted by Culture Shiok! Singapore OFW on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 7:55 am in Personal - International.
Shoppers in Singapore can look forward to more late night shopping at this will be a regular feature. Great late night shopping, dining and entertainment experiences will you keep you awake every Saturday along Orchard Road. Participating malls will be open to indulge your shopping, eating and entertainment needs till 11pm every Saturday.
Even shoppers have no respite! Singapore is one of the few countries where late night shopping is not an exception. And if you’re bitten by the shopping bug in the wee hours of the morning, there’s always
Mustafa Centre – Singapore’s only 24-hour shopping mall.
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Posted by Culture Shiok! Singapore OFW on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 7:27 am in Personal - International.
Just bought a bike, time for a servicing job but have no idea where to get it done? Look no further. Here's the list of Singapore's better bike shops compiled through the recommendation of local bikers:
Mahwin Motors
Located at the junction of Lavender Street and Jalan Besar, opposite the hawker centre of Emminent Plaza. Ask for Desmond Mah.
Foo Soon Heng Motor Repair
10, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2A, #05-11, Singapore 568047, Tel: 4846033, Handphone: 96276203. Ask for Gopa.
Hodaka Motoworld
10, Kaki Bukit Rd 1, #01-08, Singapore 416175, Tel: 8440722. Ask for James Lim or Kenji Lim.
Looi's Motor
No. 55, Kaki Bukit Road Place, Tel: 7431072. Ask for Meng Tong.
MaxSpeed
417, Race Course Road, Singapore 218664, Tel: 2990041. Ask for Thunder Mah.
Magic Motowerx
Blk 1002, Lorong 8, Toa Payoh Ind Park, #01-1437, Tel: 3531792. Ask for Matthew. (This one specializes in dirt bikes)
Trail Culture Engineering
282 MacPherson Road. Tel: 5474454. Ask for Paul Chow. (This is a one stop dirt bike shop)Want more? Ever heard of
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Posted by Poker Speak on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 7:11 am in Lifestyle, Miscellaneous.
The US offered Antigua $500,000 as compensation for WTO violation on online gaming.
Yes, that's five hundred thousand. Not five million, and certainly not the 3.4 billion claim that Antigua had filed.
Would that even cover Antigua's legal costs?
From
PokerListings.com:
The United States responded to Antigua and Barbuda's $3.4 billion compensation claim last week, countering with its own offer of $500,000. The nation also made an offer to the European Union to settle claims on that front as well for violating trade agreements with its online gambling ban.
With regard to Antigua and Barbuda's claim, the United States has continued to maintain that the $3.4 billion estimate for compensation is unreasonable and too high.
"The level of Antigua's nullification and impairment should be roughly $0.5 million, and certainly no greater than approximately $3 million per year in lost exports of gambling services," the United States argued in a 25-page written submission to the WTO last week, according to the Antigua Sun.
One of the United States Trade Representative's claims is that Antigua and Barbuda's $3.4 billion claim is nearly four times larger than the tiny nation's entire economy, and thus "wildly out of line with any realistic figure."
Antigua and Barbuda submitted a methodology report earlier this month justifying the $3.4 billion figure it is claiming. According to the Antigua Sun, Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda's WTO attorney, didn't discuss details of the U.S. response, but said he remains confident in the strength of his nation's position.
Mendel is currently focused on preparing for the next brief he must file with the WTO on Oct. 4 as Antigua and Barbuda seeks authorization to impose its sanction.
The nation is seeking to target copyrighted material produced in the United States to get its compensation.
The negotiations between the two nations in relation to the United States' planned withdrawal from WTO commitments related to online gambling are also ongoing. The deadline to wrap them up had been Saturday, but both sides agreed to a 30-day extension.
"I think they are now coming to a recognition that they have a big problem with us, and I sense that they are beginning to realize that they need to come to some kind of agreeable solution," Mendel said in the Antigua Sun. "I am a little bit hopeful that we are getting their attention."
If Antigua can't get their attention, perhaps the European Union will.
According to the Financial Times, the United States has made a proposal to the European Union to open up opportunities in the storage, warehouse services and technical testing sectors to make up for withdrawing from trade agreements involving online gambling.
However, this is probably not going to equal the $4 billion a year that EU companies are losing from not being able to offer their services to American gamblers, and gambling groups are pressing the EU to reject the deal.
This is also the same concession the U.S is offering as part of the Doha round of world trade talks in the WTO, a completely separate matter from the online gambling issue.
Talks between the United States and the EU have been extended in the matter for another month while the EU examines the value of the offer.
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Posted by Carpe Diem on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 5:55 am in Personal - Philippines.
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Posted by NurseReview.Org - Philippine Nurses, Nursing Board Exam Result on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 4:15 am in Miscellaneous.
Situation: The nurse is interviewing a handsome man. He is intelligent and very charming. When asked about his family, he states he has been married four times. He says three of those marriages were "shotgun" weddings. He states he never really loved any of his wives. He doesn't know much about his three children. "I've lost track," he states.
1. If a patient is very resistant in taking
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Posted by HyukTa.net on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 3:15 am in Personal - Philippines.
A little change on the face wouldn’t be too bad, I guess. Especially when you’re in the age when you get wrinkles, spots, or anything that proves you’re getting old. There’s a
Washington DC plastic surgery clinic that specializes in facial and body treatments. I wonder if they could do something about my eye bags.
Botox works by weakening the muscles responsible for wrinkles and lines, and may also be used to treat migraine headaches, excessive sweating, and muscles spasms in the eyes and neck.
Treat migraine headaches!?!? Then I need botox!
Also…
Botox may also help improve the smile of “gum smilers” by reducing excess gum show during smiling.
Really!?
My mom’s a dentist and I remember asking her about that. I forgot what was her answer. Hmm… I didn’t think botox could do that.
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Posted by Mad Coffee on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 3:12 am in Personal - Philippines.
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Posted by AngTherapist.com on Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 @ 1:37 am in Lifestyle, Miscellaneous.
Is anyone familiar with The Kawa Model? The term is very new to me and I only came across it as I was surfing through OT sites many nights ago.
To quote, the Kawa Model is…
a new conceptual model of practice that heralds an important shift in the discourses of theory and culture in occupational therapy. The profession’s first substantial theoretical work to emerge outside of the West impels occupational therapy beyond its familiar bases of individual autonomy and agency, toward collective-oriented, interdependent views of human occupation. Infused with Eastern philosophical perspectives and world views, the Kawa Model brings nature and ecology to the profession’s evolving rational dialectic.
We’d like to hear from the OTs who have used this in their treatment plans for their patients. Please share your experiences on this by leaving a comment or by starting a discussion in our forum.
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Filipino celebrity week on American television continues with Enrique Iglesias, Dante Basco, and Alexa Doig coming to the TV in your living room!
If you missed Enrique Iglesias' cinema debut in Once Upon a Time in Mexico with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, here's your chance as the movie will be airing on TBS, Wed. Oct. 3 at 1 a.m. Also, Enrique is starting his acting career on American television, as he recently guest starred in the season finale of the CW's Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen, and has a recurring role this season on the hit show How I Met Your Mother as Robin's Argentinean lover, Monday nights on CBS. The new season debuted just this past Monday, so be tuned in on Mondays this fall for more of Enrique. And finally, he guest starred recently in an episode of the amazing horror series 13 Miedos (13 Fears), a weekly show from Televisa in Mexico shot in HDTV. You can catch that if you have DirectTV, but all of Televisa's series eventually come to the United States through Univision, so be tuned in for that.
Alexa Doig, Filipina actress and star of Andromeda, returns to the Sci-Fi Network on Tues. Oct. 9 in all day marathon beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.
And finally, Dante Basco lends his voice to two of the most popular animated series, Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long, and Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Bender. Details below in the rundown.
Arroz Caldo
Lumpia
Banana con hielo
Turrón filipino
Halo-Halo
