Recent Posts Tagged With 'philippines'

• Under pressure…

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 08:03 in pictures, philippines, space, NASA, mayon volcano, explode-y

  This is what mountains look like when they’re about to get all explode-y. (Full size version at the Nasa Earth Observatory)...

• One Million…Jellyfish !

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 16:36 in Photography, environment, philippines, jellyfish

  Here’s something cool: an entire lake packed with jellyfish, in the Philippines. Apparently these guys got cut off when the continents were shifting around the lake separated from the Pacific Ocean. Best of all, you can swim with them- their st...

• DVD Review – Sigaw

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 13:18 in Cinema, philippines, horror, DVD Reviews, sigaw

  Sigaw (The Philippines, 2004) Sigaw (which translates as The Echo) is the first Filipino movie I’d ever seen. It’s a nice little low-budget horror flick with a twist at the end that observant viewers will see coming, but which is still effective...

• Christopher Hitchens on the obon festival, and what it means in America

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 in Culture, japan, Opinion, philippines, history, cool links, christopher hitchens, obon festival

  The always wonderful Mr. Christopher Hitchens on the obon festival and what it means to us as Americans. And my point? Well, my point is that under the azure blue skies that prevailed all of last weekend, you would not have known that any of the bitt...

• Corazon Aquino, former president of Philippines, dead at 76

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 17:47 in politics, news, philippines, sad, obituary

  Corazon Aquino 1933-2009 What do you say about a woman who energized an entire populace to overthrow a dictatorial regime? Her subsequent Presidency left much to be desired, but to Filipinos around the world she will always be ‘Tita Cory’...

• Small island in Philippines drives inhabitants batshit crazy

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 14:59 in news, lost, weird, philippines, horror

  The Philippine government maintains a small garrison of civil servants on Pagasa, a small 75-acre island in the Spratley island chain, in order to claim ownership. While this may sound like paradise, the truth sounds more like an episode of Lost. ...

• Awesome Manny Pacquiao Nike commerical

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 14:25 in video, philippines, nike, Manny Pacquiao, pacman, national anthem, commercia

  In case you’re wondering what this song is, it’s the Philippine national anthem Lupang Hinirang – the actual lyrics sung in the commercial are: Aming ligaya na pag may mang-aapi, ang mamatay ng dahil sa iyo. or,  for non-Tagalog sp...