Filipina Soul

December 31st, 2006

Welcome, 2007!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
May 2007 bring you health and greater joy than the past year!

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December 31st, 2006

The heavier side of FS 2006

Like most Filipinos, here at FS we try to be lighthearted and fun in our take of things.
And, like most patriotic/nationalist Filipinos (and I mean this in the most positive sense), we don’t back out from discussing relevant issues. Here’s a list of issues we looked at -
1. The decline of education.
2. Is […]

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December 31st, 2006

Filipina Soul pays tribute to Pinoy bloggers

Part of the joy of blogging is getting around to other blogs and interacting with them. Here’s a sampling of Filipino blogs we visited and those who came knocking on our doors, in no particular order (we’re not playing faves, ‘k, coz we really love the variety of Filipino blogs we’ve interacted with).
Arts and Literature

1.Notes […]

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December 29th, 2006

Vigan Original Empanada at the Mall of Asia

Noemi Lardizabal-Dado, writing for Pinoy Food Photoblog, features the Vigan original empanada that can be found at the Mall of Asia. Honestly, I’ve never even known that Vigan’s empanada was any different from the others.
From the photos, it looks like each pastry has a whole egg in it. Interesting. I’ve never had it so I […]

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December 28th, 2006

Yeepe! Launches Power Search

Yeepe! recently announced the launch of its newest online service, Yeepe Power Search.

Yeepe Power Search, is a tool that searches Yeepe’s entire site database consists of all filipino related websites.
Filipino webmasters can add “Yeepe Power Search” to their site and provide their users to search the Filipino Directory and generate relevant results right from their […]

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December 28th, 2006

ABS-CBN’s Wowowee

On Christmas Day, after a bountiful feast for lunch, I watched the ABS-CBN show Wowowee with my in-laws. If you’ve seen this show hosted by Willie Revillame, you know that its whole point is to give money away.
Such is the generosity of the show’s donors that people are in line to get into it for […]

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December 27th, 2006

Filipina Soul News of the Year 2006

As the year winds down, we’d like to take a look at some of the newsworthy events we covered here at Filipina Soul.
Sports:
Filipinos did well in the International Pool Tour 8-Ball Championship in Las Vegas. The World Pool Championship was held in Manila.
Manny “The Pacman” Pacquiao fast became a boxing legend.
Filipino swimmers at the 30th […]

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December 24th, 2006

What a way to start Christmas

I can’t believe it’s here! My favorite holiday of the year!
It’s been a crazy pre-Christmas week for me but I hope to get some rest for the next two days. We’ll see. Yesterday was the last day of work (yoohoo!) and getting everything done before the week-long holiday was tiresome. But DH and I did […]

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December 22nd, 2006

Christmas break

I’m off to have a break for Christmas. I wish you all a very merry Christmas with your families and loved ones!
Maligayang Pasko, mga kababayan!
Image: Gertrud Junker

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December 21st, 2006

Personalities of the Year 2006 at Filipina Soul

As the year winds down, we’d like to revisit the posts we did here at Filipina Soul. Here are some of the personalities we featured this year:
Sports:
Efren “Bata” Reyes, The Magician of pool
Athletes at ASIAN Games (here and here)
Manny Pacquiao (here, here, here)
Music and Entertainment:
Pops Fernandez
Lea Salonga
Jericho Rosales
Kuh Ledesma
Sarah Geronimo

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