[b7mg]Filipinos in J-Anime, Games[/b7mg]
[img7mg]http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/1073/spgtgame.jpg[/img7mg]
[b7mg]Anito: Defend A Land Enraged The first Filipino-made PC game is finally here![/b7mg]
http://www.aninoentertainment.com/produ ... acters.php
Here is a sample review for this game
http://www.gametunnel.com/html/reviews-90.html
[b7mg]SamPaguita[/b7mg]
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/1073/sampa.htm
[b7mg]Talim Of Soul Caliber[/b7mg] she does escrima and has a filipino name "talim", meaning "sharp."
http://www.soulcalibur.com/history/talim.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p2h0jA9B5w
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WoW Philippines!
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WoW Philippines!
by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 1:40am
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[bh75]Video:[/bh75]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFYg9ScwZE
[bh75]MR. INTERNATIONAL 2001 HELD IN INDIA. SEE THE MOST HANDSOME MEN IN THE WORLD[/bh75]
[imgh75]http://www.alexanderaquino.com/website_images/title3.jpg[/imgh75]
WINNER : [bh75]MR. PHILIPPINES Alexander Aquino[/bh75]
IST RUNNER-UP : MR. VENEZUELA Anibal Martignani Pérez
2ND RUNNER-UP : MR. HOLLAND ... Leroy Vissers
[imgh75]http://www.dolorescouceiro.com/concursos/mi4.jpg[/imgh75]
After graduating with a degree in marketing, Alex moved to Seattle to start his business career. Next he turned to modeling, which took him to Asia. Soon thereafter, he was crowned Grasim Mr. International 2001 of India's famous International pageant. Finally, on a Christmas holiday back in the states, Alex was approached by his cousin, Gina Alexander, about going into business together-the bag business. With Alex's marketing and business development background, he and Gina created a team. Today, Alex and Gina are taking the business to new heights, and, in his spare time, Alex continues to model and pursue an acting career in Hollywood.
As a both a model and a business owner, Alexander Aquino has traveled the globe. He has also gone to a lot of places off the beaten path. Alexander enjoys the sense of adventure this type of travel brings, and appreciates the opportunity to find hidden treasures along the way. But most importantly, he knows the importance of being prepared for anything. Often times, convenience is something you bring with you. So, in his Gina Alexander Personal Photo Messenger Bag, he carries all life's little necessities.
link:
http://www.alexanderaquino.com/modeling8.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eFYg9ScwZE
[bh75]MR. INTERNATIONAL 2001 HELD IN INDIA. SEE THE MOST HANDSOME MEN IN THE WORLD[/bh75]
[imgh75]http://www.alexanderaquino.com/website_images/title3.jpg[/imgh75]
WINNER : [bh75]MR. PHILIPPINES Alexander Aquino[/bh75]
IST RUNNER-UP : MR. VENEZUELA Anibal Martignani Pérez
2ND RUNNER-UP : MR. HOLLAND ... Leroy Vissers
[imgh75]http://www.dolorescouceiro.com/concursos/mi4.jpg[/imgh75]
After graduating with a degree in marketing, Alex moved to Seattle to start his business career. Next he turned to modeling, which took him to Asia. Soon thereafter, he was crowned Grasim Mr. International 2001 of India's famous International pageant. Finally, on a Christmas holiday back in the states, Alex was approached by his cousin, Gina Alexander, about going into business together-the bag business. With Alex's marketing and business development background, he and Gina created a team. Today, Alex and Gina are taking the business to new heights, and, in his spare time, Alex continues to model and pursue an acting career in Hollywood.
As a both a model and a business owner, Alexander Aquino has traveled the globe. He has also gone to a lot of places off the beaten path. Alexander enjoys the sense of adventure this type of travel brings, and appreciates the opportunity to find hidden treasures along the way. But most importantly, he knows the importance of being prepared for anything. Often times, convenience is something you bring with you. So, in his Gina Alexander Personal Photo Messenger Bag, he carries all life's little necessities.
link:
http://www.alexanderaquino.com/modeling8.htm
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 1:48am
[bemg]Video:[/bemg]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbCg5KhejU
JUSTINE GABIONZA WINS [bemg]2006 MISS TOURISM QUEEN[/bemg]
[imgemg]http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1999/8379468tx.jpg[/imgemg]
[bemg]Miss Philippines, Justine Gabionza,[/bemg] has just become the [bemg]seventh Filipino beauty to have won a Grand Slam pageant,[/bemg] as she was crowned Miss Tourism Queen International 2006
The final event took place in Hanghzou, China, and Miss Philippines performed lovely from the beginning until the last moment. She was a crowd favorite and deserving winner.
The 1st runner-up was Miss Serbia & Montenegro, Gordana Strajin, who days before had been picked as "Miss Cyberpress". She also received the title "Miss Europe Queen".
Very elegant Fatouma Eboundit, of the Republic of Congo, was the 2nd runner-up and Miss Africa Queen.
She was followed by Miss Singapore, Laxmi Ssunita, a international model who was always among the favorites.
[imgemg]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3192/8379536fq.jpg[/imgemg]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbCg5KhejU
JUSTINE GABIONZA WINS [bemg]2006 MISS TOURISM QUEEN[/bemg]
[imgemg]http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1999/8379468tx.jpg[/imgemg]
[bemg]Miss Philippines, Justine Gabionza,[/bemg] has just become the [bemg]seventh Filipino beauty to have won a Grand Slam pageant,[/bemg] as she was crowned Miss Tourism Queen International 2006
The final event took place in Hanghzou, China, and Miss Philippines performed lovely from the beginning until the last moment. She was a crowd favorite and deserving winner.
The 1st runner-up was Miss Serbia & Montenegro, Gordana Strajin, who days before had been picked as "Miss Cyberpress". She also received the title "Miss Europe Queen".
Very elegant Fatouma Eboundit, of the Republic of Congo, was the 2nd runner-up and Miss Africa Queen.
She was followed by Miss Singapore, Laxmi Ssunita, a international model who was always among the favorites.
[imgemg]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3192/8379536fq.jpg[/imgemg]
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 1:54am
[imgmfy]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/fi/20050306/i/2766580004.jpg[/imgmfy]
[bmfy]Julian 'Bobby' de Guzman[/bmfy] (born March 25, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, is a professional football (soccer) player. He recently signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the First Division of La Liga of Spain, becoming the [bmfy]first Canadian to play in Spain's Primera Liga.[/bmfy]
The 169cm, 68kg de Guzman, a defensive midfielder, was discovered by representatives of Olympique Marseille while playing for the North Scarborough youth soccer club in Toronto. After playing on the Olympique reserves, de Guzman was a first-team regular in the 1. FC Saarbrücken in the German Second Bundesliga in 2001-02. In 2002 he joined newly promoted Hannover 96, thus becoming [bmfy]only the second Canadian to play in the German First Bundesliga.[/bmfy] He played three seasons for Hannover.
For the Canadian national team, de Guzman has 16 caps to date. Younger brother Jonathan de Guzman also plays professional football for Netherlands club Feyenoord Rotterdam. Their [bmfy]father is Filipino,[/bmfy] while their mother is Jamaican.
Links
http://www.ad.nl/sport/article28664.ece
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050303/1/37ub.html
http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationa ... d=87&sub=3
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/Guzman.html
[bmfy]Julian 'Bobby' de Guzman[/bmfy] (born March 25, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, is a professional football (soccer) player. He recently signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in the First Division of La Liga of Spain, becoming the [bmfy]first Canadian to play in Spain's Primera Liga.[/bmfy]
The 169cm, 68kg de Guzman, a defensive midfielder, was discovered by representatives of Olympique Marseille while playing for the North Scarborough youth soccer club in Toronto. After playing on the Olympique reserves, de Guzman was a first-team regular in the 1. FC Saarbrücken in the German Second Bundesliga in 2001-02. In 2002 he joined newly promoted Hannover 96, thus becoming [bmfy]only the second Canadian to play in the German First Bundesliga.[/bmfy] He played three seasons for Hannover.
For the Canadian national team, de Guzman has 16 caps to date. Younger brother Jonathan de Guzman also plays professional football for Netherlands club Feyenoord Rotterdam. Their [bmfy]father is Filipino,[/bmfy] while their mother is Jamaican.
Links
http://www.ad.nl/sport/article28664.ece
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050303/1/37ub.html
http://www.canadasoccer.com/eng/nationa ... d=87&sub=3
http://www.deportivo-la-coruna.com/squad/Guzman.html
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 1:56am
[b6eu]Alexandra L. Doig[/b6eu] (born June 8, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress who uses the stage name Lexa Doig. She is best known for her role as Rommie in the science fiction TV series Andromeda.
[img6eu]http://www.hytti.uku.fi/~vaisala/GALLERY/Lexa%20Doig.jpg[/img6eu]
Doig is of Irish and Scottish descent on her father's side, and [b6eu]Filipina on her mother's.[/b6eu] She was born and raised in Toronto, where her family held season tickets to their local theatre. Doig wanted to be an actress at the age of nine after seeing a production of Porgy and Bess. At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked up by an agent. Doig did commercials and model work, before dropping out of high school during her final year to pursue an acting career. She worked on stage productions of Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace while auditioning for film and television roles.
Doig enjoys reading, rollerblading, playing RPG computer games and Dungeons and Dragons. On August 2, 2003 she married Stargate SG-1 actor Michael Shanks. The two welcomed a daughter, Mia Tabitha, on September 13, 2004 and a son, Samuel David, in March 2006. The family divide their time between Toronto and Vancouver (where Shanks' series Stargate is filmed) with plans to move to Los Angeles in the near future.
Filmography
* The 4400 (2005)
* Stargate SG-1 (2005)
* Human Cargo (2004)
* Jason X (2001)
* Andromeda (2000)
* No Alibi (2000)
* CI5: The New Professionals (1998)
* While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
* TekWar (1994)
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3mvGjbr9yk
[img6eu]http://www.hytti.uku.fi/~vaisala/GALLERY/Lexa%20Doig.jpg[/img6eu]
Doig is of Irish and Scottish descent on her father's side, and [b6eu]Filipina on her mother's.[/b6eu] She was born and raised in Toronto, where her family held season tickets to their local theatre. Doig wanted to be an actress at the age of nine after seeing a production of Porgy and Bess. At sixteen, she enrolled in a modelling course and was immediately picked up by an agent. Doig did commercials and model work, before dropping out of high school during her final year to pursue an acting career. She worked on stage productions of Romeo and Juliet and Arsenic and Old Lace while auditioning for film and television roles.
Doig enjoys reading, rollerblading, playing RPG computer games and Dungeons and Dragons. On August 2, 2003 she married Stargate SG-1 actor Michael Shanks. The two welcomed a daughter, Mia Tabitha, on September 13, 2004 and a son, Samuel David, in March 2006. The family divide their time between Toronto and Vancouver (where Shanks' series Stargate is filmed) with plans to move to Los Angeles in the near future.
Filmography
* The 4400 (2005)
* Stargate SG-1 (2005)
* Human Cargo (2004)
* Jason X (2001)
* Andromeda (2000)
* No Alibi (2000)
* CI5: The New Professionals (1998)
* While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997)
* TekWar (1994)
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3mvGjbr9yk
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 1:59am
[bja5]Cassie Steele[/bja5]
[imgja5]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Manny.jpg[/imgja5]
Cassandra Rae Steele (born December 2, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation and appearing in Relic Hunter. Her father is of English ancestry and [bja5]her mother is of Filipina ancestry.[/bja5] Many think that Cassie's middle name is Samantha, but she has said in an interview, "it is actually Rae." She has one sister, Alex Steele, who is also an actress on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Steele also enjoys gymnastics and appeared in the Disney Channel movie Full Court Miracle. She released her debut album, How Much For Happy in 2005.
links
http://www.tv.com/person/76650/summary.html
video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id7Pjv8bXcE
[imgja5]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0c/Manny.jpg[/imgja5]
Cassandra Rae Steele (born December 2, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation and appearing in Relic Hunter. Her father is of English ancestry and [bja5]her mother is of Filipina ancestry.[/bja5] Many think that Cassie's middle name is Samantha, but she has said in an interview, "it is actually Rae." She has one sister, Alex Steele, who is also an actress on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Steele also enjoys gymnastics and appeared in the Disney Channel movie Full Court Miracle. She released her debut album, How Much For Happy in 2005.
links
http://www.tv.com/person/76650/summary.html
video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id7Pjv8bXcE
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:02am
[imgc3r]http://images.ctv.ca/idol/images/where_now/100_bustos.jpg[/imgc3r]
[bc3r]Mikey Bustos[/bc3r] was a [bc3r]Filipino-Canadian singer[/bc3r] on the Hit Canadian television show [bc3r]Canadian Idol.[/bc3r] He was voted through into the finals in the first group to perform. He was known for his signature blue contact lenses.
Mikey Bustos, 24, has been singing since he was a child. He placed 8th in the Top 11 finals of Canadian Idol Season One in August 2003. Chart Attack Magazine stated, "If we were to lay our bets today, ChartAttack’s money would be on Toronto contestant Mikey Bustos, a slightly strange looking young man with a shaved head and the voice of an angel...". and the Metro Toronto Newspaper called him "the Sexy, Smoothed-voiced Balladeer".
Mikey recorded two songs with the recording label BMG/Vik Recordings Canada for the Canadian Idol Compilation album.
Although the whole Canadian Idol Top 11 that year were not given the opportunity to tour, it did not stop Mikey from embarking on what became a 4 month solo road tour from Vancouver to Toronto and various places in Ontario and the United States. Mikey has shared the stage with countless artists including the Temptations, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken.
Mikey released his debut EP record entitled "Love Me Again" on 7 May 2005 produced by Brent Bodrug of B-Group Music, and featuring writing collaborations with Rob Patterson, Dean McTaggart, and Rebecca Valadez.
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxGCL8zAoos
[bc3r]Mikey Bustos[/bc3r] was a [bc3r]Filipino-Canadian singer[/bc3r] on the Hit Canadian television show [bc3r]Canadian Idol.[/bc3r] He was voted through into the finals in the first group to perform. He was known for his signature blue contact lenses.
Mikey Bustos, 24, has been singing since he was a child. He placed 8th in the Top 11 finals of Canadian Idol Season One in August 2003. Chart Attack Magazine stated, "If we were to lay our bets today, ChartAttack’s money would be on Toronto contestant Mikey Bustos, a slightly strange looking young man with a shaved head and the voice of an angel...". and the Metro Toronto Newspaper called him "the Sexy, Smoothed-voiced Balladeer".
Mikey recorded two songs with the recording label BMG/Vik Recordings Canada for the Canadian Idol Compilation album.
Although the whole Canadian Idol Top 11 that year were not given the opportunity to tour, it did not stop Mikey from embarking on what became a 4 month solo road tour from Vancouver to Toronto and various places in Ontario and the United States. Mikey has shared the stage with countless artists including the Temptations, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken.
Mikey released his debut EP record entitled "Love Me Again" on 7 May 2005 produced by Brent Bodrug of B-Group Music, and featuring writing collaborations with Rob Patterson, Dean McTaggart, and Rebecca Valadez.
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxGCL8zAoos
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:05am
[b9go]Some better known Australians with Filipino heritage[/b9go] include
Kate Ceberano, a Sydney based singer (and sometimes actress).
Jeff Hewitt, a Perth based standup comedian.
Kathleen de Leon, a member of Hi-5
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino-Australian"
[img9go]http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1065676214914_2003/10/11/250_kateceberano.jpg[/img9go]
Kate Ceberano was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of a [b9go]Filipino-Hawaiian father[/b9go] and an English descendant mother. She is a third-generation Scientologist, her grandmother having once been employed as a governess for L. Ron Hubbard's children. She retains close family ties, working closely with her mother Cherie Ceberano, her brother (guitarist Phil) and her husband (film-maker Lee Rogers).
Noted for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, four Gold albums, selling in excess of 1 million albums in Australia alone, performed tours, acted in feature films and hosted her own television show.
Awards / highlights
2003 Performed Rugby World Cup anthem "True Colours" at the final, to an audience of over 1 Billion.
2002 Performed the Australian National Anthem at AFL Grand Final
1999 "Outstanding Achievement in the Arts in Asia" Business Asia Award.
1989 Monte Carlo World Music Awards / ARIA Award - Highest Selling Australian Single
1988/89 ARIA Awards - Best Female Artist 1988 and 1989 (Kate has been nominated 7 times; a record equalled only by Kylie Minogue)
1985/1986 Countdown Awards- Best Female Artist 1985 and 1986
1992,1993,1994 Peoples Choice Awards - Favourite Female Singer (Record)
1992 Coca Cola Australia Music Award - Most Popular Female Performer
1990/91 MO Awards - Jazz Performer of the Year, Female Rock Performer and Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year
video
Bedroom Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQJBnWAhTA
proof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Ceberano
Kate Ceberano, a Sydney based singer (and sometimes actress).
Jeff Hewitt, a Perth based standup comedian.
Kathleen de Leon, a member of Hi-5
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino-Australian"
[img9go]http://www.smh.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1065676214914_2003/10/11/250_kateceberano.jpg[/img9go]
Kate Ceberano was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia of a [b9go]Filipino-Hawaiian father[/b9go] and an English descendant mother. She is a third-generation Scientologist, her grandmother having once been employed as a governess for L. Ron Hubbard's children. She retains close family ties, working closely with her mother Cherie Ceberano, her brother (guitarist Phil) and her husband (film-maker Lee Rogers).
Noted for her soulful and powerful vocal style, singer-songwriter Kate Ceberano has won almost every entertainment award in Australia. She has released five Platinum albums, four Gold albums, selling in excess of 1 million albums in Australia alone, performed tours, acted in feature films and hosted her own television show.
Awards / highlights
2003 Performed Rugby World Cup anthem "True Colours" at the final, to an audience of over 1 Billion.
2002 Performed the Australian National Anthem at AFL Grand Final
1999 "Outstanding Achievement in the Arts in Asia" Business Asia Award.
1989 Monte Carlo World Music Awards / ARIA Award - Highest Selling Australian Single
1988/89 ARIA Awards - Best Female Artist 1988 and 1989 (Kate has been nominated 7 times; a record equalled only by Kylie Minogue)
1985/1986 Countdown Awards- Best Female Artist 1985 and 1986
1992,1993,1994 Peoples Choice Awards - Favourite Female Singer (Record)
1992 Coca Cola Australia Music Award - Most Popular Female Performer
1990/91 MO Awards - Jazz Performer of the Year, Female Rock Performer and Contemporary Concert Performer of the Year
video
Bedroom Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQJBnWAhTA
proof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Ceberano
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:07am
[imgksj]http://www.girl.com.au/img/hi5_journeys.jpg[/imgksj]
[bksj]Kathleen de Leon Jones[/bksj] (born September 1, 1977) is an Australian singer of [bksj]Filipino descent.[/bksj] She is a cast member of the ARIA award winning Australian TV show,Hi-5. She is married to Daniel Jones of Savage Garden fame and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
De Leon attended The McDonald Performing Arts College under the Roberta Armstrong Scholarship and the Kellogg's Scholarship, majoring in singing and dance.[1] She also trained with the Australian College of Entertainment in Castle Hill, NSW.[2]
De Leon competed in the Australian TV talent show New Faces, where she came third in the grand final. She has also appeared on various Australian TV shows, including Heartbreak High, Ridgey Didge, Swap Show and the At Home Show with John Mangos.[3]
De Leon was an understudy for the role of Mimi in the Australian production of Rent and was a cast member of the Sydney production of Miss Saigon.[4][5]
De Leon met former Savage Garden member Daniel Jones at the 2000 Logie Awards and married him in October 2005 at Avica Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[6] Jones composed a song called Love Is Enough especially for the wedding.
The couple's first child, Mikayla de Leon Jones was born on July 26 2006, weighing five pounds, nine ounces (2.44 kg).
[imgksj]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/300_jones_deleon,0.jpg[/imgksj]
proof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_de_Leon
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJiQtayd2OE
[bksj]Kathleen de Leon Jones[/bksj] (born September 1, 1977) is an Australian singer of [bksj]Filipino descent.[/bksj] She is a cast member of the ARIA award winning Australian TV show,Hi-5. She is married to Daniel Jones of Savage Garden fame and lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
De Leon attended The McDonald Performing Arts College under the Roberta Armstrong Scholarship and the Kellogg's Scholarship, majoring in singing and dance.[1] She also trained with the Australian College of Entertainment in Castle Hill, NSW.[2]
De Leon competed in the Australian TV talent show New Faces, where she came third in the grand final. She has also appeared on various Australian TV shows, including Heartbreak High, Ridgey Didge, Swap Show and the At Home Show with John Mangos.[3]
De Leon was an understudy for the role of Mimi in the Australian production of Rent and was a cast member of the Sydney production of Miss Saigon.[4][5]
De Leon met former Savage Garden member Daniel Jones at the 2000 Logie Awards and married him in October 2005 at Avica Resort on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[6] Jones composed a song called Love Is Enough especially for the wedding.
The couple's first child, Mikayla de Leon Jones was born on July 26 2006, weighing five pounds, nine ounces (2.44 kg).
[imgksj]http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/16/300_jones_deleon,0.jpg[/imgksj]
proof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_de_Leon
video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJiQtayd2OE
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:09am
[bmpt]video[/bmpt]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-ADwZ4g54
[imgmpt]http://cleo.ninemsn.com.au/cleo/images/hotmale/vote/bachelor_vote.gif[/imgmpt]
[bmpt]Craig Wing[/bmpt] (born Sydney, December 26, 1979) is an Australian rugby league player.
Wing currently plays hooker for the Sydney Roosters. He has also played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, New South Wales and Australia. His [bmpt]mother is Filipino,[/bmpt] while his father is Australian.
Wing is a graduate of Sydney Boys High School located in Sydney, Australia.
Wing has represented the New South Wales State of Orgin team, City Orgin and the Australian Kangaroos. Craig Wing has played in four Grand Finals, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. He was in the Sydney Roosters team which won the 2002 Grand Final.
In 2000, Craig Wing won the [bmpt]Cleo Magazine's annual Bacholer of the Year award.[/bmpt]
First Grade Debut: Souths v Warriors at Ericsson Stadium, March 13,1998
[imgmpt]http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/images/fans/wallpapers/800x600/CraigWing.jpg[/imgmpt]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-ADwZ4g54
[imgmpt]http://cleo.ninemsn.com.au/cleo/images/hotmale/vote/bachelor_vote.gif[/imgmpt]
[bmpt]Craig Wing[/bmpt] (born Sydney, December 26, 1979) is an Australian rugby league player.
Wing currently plays hooker for the Sydney Roosters. He has also played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, New South Wales and Australia. His [bmpt]mother is Filipino,[/bmpt] while his father is Australian.
Wing is a graduate of Sydney Boys High School located in Sydney, Australia.
Wing has represented the New South Wales State of Orgin team, City Orgin and the Australian Kangaroos. Craig Wing has played in four Grand Finals, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. He was in the Sydney Roosters team which won the 2002 Grand Final.
In 2000, Craig Wing won the [bmpt]Cleo Magazine's annual Bacholer of the Year award.[/bmpt]
First Grade Debut: Souths v Warriors at Ericsson Stadium, March 13,1998
[imgmpt]http://www.sydneyroosters.com.au/images/fans/wallpapers/800x600/CraigWing.jpg[/imgmpt]
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:17am
[imgjfk]http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/images/bank/programmes_tv/drama/hotel_babylon/300natalie_mendoza.jpg[/imgjfk]
[bjfk]Natalie Mendoza[/bjfk] (nicknamed: Natta, Nutty) was born on August 12th, 1978 in Hong Kong to a [bjfk]Filipino father[/bjfk] and German Australian mother,[1] but was raised in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ever since she was a child.
In 1998, Mendoza formed a band with her sister Rebecca known as Jackson Mendoza. They had minor success releasing two singles that reached the Top 30 in Australia before disbanding in 2000, whilst Natalie was achieving great success in her television roles.
Mendoza appeared in Moulin Rouge! alongside Nicole Kidman where she sung "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and "Material Girl", and united in an on-and-off engagement to Australian singer, David Campbell which finally ended. After Moulin Rouge!, Natalie began working on a solo album in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 2006, she appeared in the role of Australian immigrant and head of housekeeping Jackie Clunes in British drama series, Hotel Babylon. In April of 2006, she married Elliot Kennedy.
Television and films
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1995) (TV)
Wildside (1998) (TV)
Fearless (1999) (TV)
Farscape (1999) (TV)
BeastMaster (1999)
Muggers (2000)
South Pacific (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Hard Knox (2001) (TV)
Horseplay (2003)
Code 46 (2003)
The Descent (2005)
The Great Raid (2005)
Hotel Babylon (2006–) (TV)
[bjfk]Natalie Mendoza[/bjfk] (nicknamed: Natta, Nutty) was born on August 12th, 1978 in Hong Kong to a [bjfk]Filipino father[/bjfk] and German Australian mother,[1] but was raised in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ever since she was a child.
In 1998, Mendoza formed a band with her sister Rebecca known as Jackson Mendoza. They had minor success releasing two singles that reached the Top 30 in Australia before disbanding in 2000, whilst Natalie was achieving great success in her television roles.
Mendoza appeared in Moulin Rouge! alongside Nicole Kidman where she sung "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" and "Material Girl", and united in an on-and-off engagement to Australian singer, David Campbell which finally ended. After Moulin Rouge!, Natalie began working on a solo album in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 2006, she appeared in the role of Australian immigrant and head of housekeeping Jackie Clunes in British drama series, Hotel Babylon. In April of 2006, she married Elliot Kennedy.
Television and films
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (1995) (TV)
Wildside (1998) (TV)
Fearless (1999) (TV)
Farscape (1999) (TV)
BeastMaster (1999)
Muggers (2000)
South Pacific (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Hard Knox (2001) (TV)
Horseplay (2003)
Code 46 (2003)
The Descent (2005)
The Great Raid (2005)
Hotel Babylon (2006–) (TV)
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video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRjIV6-VNE
link
http://www.asianhunk.net/mig-ayesa/
[imgssh]http://www.ez-entertainment.net/features/RSINXS/RSINXS_rockermig.jpg[/imgssh]
Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda [bssh]"MiG" Ayesa[/bssh] (born January 12, 1970) is an Australian rock vocalist of [bssh]Filipino origin.[/bssh]
Ayesa was born in Manila, Philippines, but when he was 2 years old his family moved to Sydney, Australia. MiG grew up there, and was on his way to a Communications degree from Macquarie University in Sydney.
Born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended St Patrick's College, Strathfield. Ayesa was studying communications at Macquarie University in Sydney when he was offered the role of Ritchie Valens in the theater production of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story." He decided to put his studies on hold and went on tour with the production all across Australia.
Ayesa has since performed in theaters, commercials, television series and film. He has also been a part of several bands Randy Badass And The Slickmaster Five, Lovetown, The Honkies and The Riva Band. Many young Australians may remember him from his role of the money-grubbing landlord, Joe, in the kids television show The Ferals on the ABC.
Ayesa moved from Sydney to London in 2001 to look for a publishing company for his material. Brian May from the band Queen took an interest in his work and they are working on a collaboration with his band Mignition. Mig played the character of Galileo Figaro in the musical We Will Rock You, which is based entirely on Queen material. Mig also appeared in 'Rent' by Jonathan Larson on London's West End in 2002 playing the role of Angel.
Ayesa was a competitor of CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J.D. Fortune.
MiG had a bit part in the film Queen of the Damned as a vampire who was out to kill Lestat for spreading vampire secrets.
Ayesa married dancer/actress Simone de la Rue in 2002. They have no children, but do have a Maltese named Powder.
MiG is now poised for the big time with his major label debut; the self-titled CD MIG is set for release on Decca January 2007. A collection of classic and contemporary rock and roll staples, the record showcases fresh interpretations of MiGs favorite songs. A single, Baby I Love Your Way, was released August 22, 2006, to Yahoo Music, and August 29th to the other internet music sites.
MiG's current website is: mig-music.com
MiG's cd is now available to be pre-ordered at http://www.iclassics.com/productDetail?contentId=64710
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRjIV6-VNE
link
http://www.asianhunk.net/mig-ayesa/
[imgssh]http://www.ez-entertainment.net/features/RSINXS/RSINXS_rockermig.jpg[/imgssh]
Miguel Alfonso Ramon Legarda [bssh]"MiG" Ayesa[/bssh] (born January 12, 1970) is an Australian rock vocalist of [bssh]Filipino origin.[/bssh]
Ayesa was born in Manila, Philippines, but when he was 2 years old his family moved to Sydney, Australia. MiG grew up there, and was on his way to a Communications degree from Macquarie University in Sydney.
Born in Manila, Philippines and raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended St Patrick's College, Strathfield. Ayesa was studying communications at Macquarie University in Sydney when he was offered the role of Ritchie Valens in the theater production of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story." He decided to put his studies on hold and went on tour with the production all across Australia.
Ayesa has since performed in theaters, commercials, television series and film. He has also been a part of several bands Randy Badass And The Slickmaster Five, Lovetown, The Honkies and The Riva Band. Many young Australians may remember him from his role of the money-grubbing landlord, Joe, in the kids television show The Ferals on the ABC.
Ayesa moved from Sydney to London in 2001 to look for a publishing company for his material. Brian May from the band Queen took an interest in his work and they are working on a collaboration with his band Mignition. Mig played the character of Galileo Figaro in the musical We Will Rock You, which is based entirely on Queen material. Mig also appeared in 'Rent' by Jonathan Larson on London's West End in 2002 playing the role of Angel.
Ayesa was a competitor of CBS television series Rock Star: INXS to be the new lead singer of INXS and was one of the final three contestants along with runner-up Marty Casey and winner J.D. Fortune.
MiG had a bit part in the film Queen of the Damned as a vampire who was out to kill Lestat for spreading vampire secrets.
Ayesa married dancer/actress Simone de la Rue in 2002. They have no children, but do have a Maltese named Powder.
MiG is now poised for the big time with his major label debut; the self-titled CD MIG is set for release on Decca January 2007. A collection of classic and contemporary rock and roll staples, the record showcases fresh interpretations of MiGs favorite songs. A single, Baby I Love Your Way, was released August 22, 2006, to Yahoo Music, and August 29th to the other internet music sites.
MiG's current website is: mig-music.com
MiG's cd is now available to be pre-ordered at http://www.iclassics.com/productDetail?contentId=64710
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link
http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/new ... tzers.html
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2004/break ... raphy/bio/
[imgkfc]http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2004/breaking-news-photography/bio/luncheon.jpg[/imgkfc]
[bkfc]Filipina American Photojournalist wins Pulitzer prize in Journalism[/bkfc]
Dallas, TX based [bkfc]Cheryl Diaz Meyer,[/bkfc] together with Dallas Morning News senior photographer David Leeson, won yesterday journalism's highest honor: the Pulitzer Prize.
[bkfc]"The award in the category of breaking news photography[/bkfc] recognized pictures such as Mr. Leeson's jarring image of an Iraqi rolling out of a vehicle engulfed in flames, only to beshot by an American soldier; and Ms. Meyer's gripping scene of Amrican troops risking their lives to save a wounded civilian."
"The photographers were among the journalists embedded with U.S. Military units on the way to Baghdad- Ms.Meyer with the Marines' 2nd battalion, and Mr. Leeson with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division." Dallas Morning News front page lead story , Tuesday April 6, 2004.
Last year, Cheryl won the Outstanding Award for Journalism given by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.
[imgkfc]http://www.pinoytexas.com/images/cherylw03.jpg[/imgkfc]
http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/new ... tzers.html
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2004/break ... raphy/bio/
[imgkfc]http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2004/breaking-news-photography/bio/luncheon.jpg[/imgkfc]
[bkfc]Filipina American Photojournalist wins Pulitzer prize in Journalism[/bkfc]
Dallas, TX based [bkfc]Cheryl Diaz Meyer,[/bkfc] together with Dallas Morning News senior photographer David Leeson, won yesterday journalism's highest honor: the Pulitzer Prize.
[bkfc]"The award in the category of breaking news photography[/bkfc] recognized pictures such as Mr. Leeson's jarring image of an Iraqi rolling out of a vehicle engulfed in flames, only to beshot by an American soldier; and Ms. Meyer's gripping scene of Amrican troops risking their lives to save a wounded civilian."
"The photographers were among the journalists embedded with U.S. Military units on the way to Baghdad- Ms.Meyer with the Marines' 2nd battalion, and Mr. Leeson with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division." Dallas Morning News front page lead story , Tuesday April 6, 2004.
Last year, Cheryl won the Outstanding Award for Journalism given by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce.
[imgkfc]http://www.pinoytexas.com/images/cherylw03.jpg[/imgkfc]
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:25am
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esnYNZq9NY
[bkwq]The Philippine Madrigal Singers[/bkwq] (Madz), [bkwq]Grand Prize Winner of Florilege Vocal de Tours in France, 2006[/bkwq], singing Daemon Irrepit Callidus by György Orbán.
The Philippine Madrigal Singers scored [bkwq]another triumph for the country[/bkwq] when it emerged as the grand prize winner in the Florilège Vocal de Tours 2006 last June 4. The group was awarded first prizes in the Mixed Vocal Ensemble Category and in the Free Program Category. It was also the recipient of the Prix Special Renaissance (separate category for a purely Renaissance program). The group bested [bkwq]14 other choirs,[/bkwq] earning them the [bkwq]Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours,[/bkwq] an award given to the choir having the [bkwq]most satisfactory overall performance[/bkwq] during the entire competition and that gives them the right to compete in the 2007 European Grand Prix in Choral Singing.
Held in Tours, France, the Florilège Vocal de Tours is one of only six prestigious European choral competitions that culminate in the European Grand Prix in Choral Singing. Champions from the six competition venues – Tours (France), Tolosa (Spain), Arezzo (Italy), Gorizia (Italy), Debrecen (Hungary) and Varna (Bulgaria) – compete for one grand prize and the prestige of being recognized as the world champion of choral art.
The Philippine Madrigal Singers is the first and, to date, the only Filipino choir to earn this distinction when it emerged as the [bkwq]grand prize winner in the 1997 European Grand Prix.[/bkwq] Incidentally, the 1997 European Grand Prix was held in Tours, France, with the group representing the Tolosa competition
No need for lengthy debates--it is a universally accepted fact that the Philippine Madrigal Singers is one of the world’s best choirs after having consistently won all the [bkwq]top prizes in the world’s prestigious choral competitions for the last 42 years.[/bkwq]
The Philippine Madrigal Singers (affectionately known as the “Madz”) was founded in 1963 by National Artist for Music, Professor Andrea O. Veneracion. The Madz is mostly composed of students, faculty and alumni from the University of the Philippines. The group’s trademark performance stance, singing in a semi-circle without a conductor, is instantly recognizable. A standard Madz performance clearly exhibits the seamless fusion of their musical virtuosity, technical proficiency and soulful singing. Their highly eclectic repertoire spans the breadth and length of vocal music: from Renaissance madrigals to the avant-garde, from Filipino and international folksongs to the latest pop hits, even from the most cerebral choral masterpieces to the most humorous of novelty numbers. This world-class choir can honestly sing anything with authenticity and professionalism while keeping their audience thoroughly entertained.
The group’s initial foray into the international scene took place in 1969 at the First Choruses of the World Festival held at the Lincoln Center in New York City with a critically-acclaimed performance that marked the beginning of a distinguished and illustrious musical legacy. To date, the Madz has consistently won top prizes in the most prestigious choral competitions held at Spittal, Austria; Arezzo and Gorizia in Italy; Neuchatel, Switzerland; Debrecen, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tolosa, Spain and Marktoberdorf, Germany. It was in June of 1997 when the Madz sealed their stature as the World’s Best Choir when they bagged the grand prize at the ultimate competition of global choral champions. The Philippine Madrigal Singers won over five other prizewinning European choirs at the Grand Prix European de Chant Choral Competition in Tours, France. Recently, the Madz won top prizes in the Certamenes Internacional Habaneras y Polifonia held in Torrevieja, Spain in 2004.
PROFILE:
As Philippine ambassadors of culture and goodwill, the Madz have had the pleasure and privilege of giving command performances for royalty and heads of state. These include Pope Paul 6th, Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, King Juan Carlos de Bourbon and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
The Madz have over 35 Philippine and international recordings.. Also published s the award-winning book A Life Shaped By Music that chronicles the life of Prof. Veneracion and the history of the Madz. Many of the Madz's original choral arrangements and compositions are also in publication.
This choral institution has produced more than 200 choral and vocal pedagogues from its ranks, actively and constantly shaping the local and international choral landscape. Madz alumni are much sought-after as singers, conductors, arrangers and music educators. Its corps of composers and musical arrangers continue to produce new compositions and choral settings of Philippine music, thus contributing to the global growth of choral literature.
As resident artists of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, outreach concerts have taken the Madz to far-flung areas seldom reached by most performing artists. Averaging two international concert tours per year, the Madz relentlessly engages in the promotion of Philippine music and the Filipino Artist globally.
Presently under the masterful leadership of Madz alumnus Mark Anthony A. Carpio, the Philippine Madrigal Singers continues to set new standards of excellence at a global level. Since their humble beginnings as a university-based chamber ensemble throughout their legendary rise as international choral champions, this 42-yearold cultural icon known as the Philippine Madrigal Singers has irreversibly cemented its stature as one of world’s best choirs for all time.
Philippine
MADRIGAL
Singers AWARDS RECEIVED:
2004Torrevieja, Spain
Certámenes Internacional Habaneras y Polifonia
1st Place - Habaneras Category
1st Place – Polyphonic Category
1997Tours, France
Grand Prix Europeen du Chant Choral 1997
European Grand Champion (choral competition which
featured the grand prize winners of six prestigious choral
competitions in Europe: Gorizia and Arezzo, Italy;
Debrecan, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tolosa, Spain and
Tours, France)
1996Tolosa, Spain
XVIII Certamen de Masa Corales de Tolosa
Grand Premio Ktxa- Maximo Puntacion ( Grand Prize
winner earning the highest number of points earned with
the right to represent Tolosa in the Grand Prix Europeen
du Chant Choral in 1997)
1st Place- Folklore Category, Voces Mixtas
2nd Place- Polyphonic Category Voces Mixtas
2nd Place- Musica Sacra Category, Grupo Vocale
3rd Place- Musica Profana Category, Grupo Vocale
Premio Gobierno Vasco (Best interpretation of a
Basque composition with an almost perfect score of
99%, the highest in the history of Tolosa competitions)
Premio del Publico DV (the best choir as chosen by
the press Diario vasco and the concert going public)
1989Marktoberdorf, West Germany
Internationaler Kammerchor Wettbewerb ‘89
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
Special Award- Folksong Category (one of the six choirs
proclaimed as winners, senza classificato (no classification))
Fano, Italy
16o Incontro Internationale Polifonico “Citta de Fano”
Premio Publico (only prize awarded in the Festival that goes
to the public’s favorite)
Spittal on der Drau, Austria
XXVI Internationaler Chor WettBewerb 1989
1st Place- Polyphonic Category (Kunstlied) (Preis des Landes)
1st Place- Folksong Category (Volkslied) (Preis des ORF,
Radio Karnten)
Publikumspreis (public’s favorite)
Gorzia, Italy
XXVIII Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale, CA Seghizzi
1st Place- Polyphony, Mixed Choir Category
1st Place-Polyphony, Grupo Vocale (for 12 singers or less)
1st Place- Folksong Category
3rd Place- Polyphony, Homogeneous programming
Special Award- Director’s Award for best execution of a
polyphonic composition written during the first half of the
twentieth century
Special Award- CA Seghizzi Award (highest number of
points during the entire competition with the right to represent
Gorizia in the 1990 Gran Premio Europa, competing against
the first place winners of Arezzo, Tours, Debrecan and Gorizia)
Cantonigros, Spain
VIII Festival International de Musica de Cantonigros 1989
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category (Premio Generalitat de
Catalunya)
1st Place- Folksong Category (Premio Genetalitat de
Catalunya)
Neuchatel, Spain
Festival Choral Internacional De Neuchatel
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
2nd Place- Vocal Octet Category (no 1st place awarded)
Prix de Public
Prix du Jury
1981Varna, Bulgaria
XIV International Choral Competition
2nd Place- Chamber choir Category
Union of Bulgarian Composers’ Award- Best Performance
of a Bulgarian Piece
Tours, France
X Recontres International du Chantal Competition
1st Place- Folksong Category
3rd Place-Chamber Choir Category (no 1st or 2nd awarded)
Prix du Public
Arezzo, Italy
XXIX Concorso Polifonico Internationale, Guido d’ Arezzo
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
Special Prize- Folksong Category (one of the four choirs
chosen in the Rassegna di canto populare elaborato per
caro, senza classificato)
Gorizia, Italy
XX Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale, CA Seghizzi
1st Place- Polyphony, Mixed Choir Category
1st Place- Folksong, Mixed Choir Category
Special Award Best execution of a piece for a double choir
Special Award- Most Interesting programming
Special Award- CA Seghizzi award (highest number of
points garnered during entire competition)
Special Award- Mario Borri Award (Best execution of a
contemporary piece)
Special Award- Journalists’ Award (Unanimous) (Best
Interpretation of contemporary pieces)
1976 Miedzyzdrohe, Poland
Festival Piesni Choralnej
1st Place- Trigaw Prize
Debrecan, Hungary
Bela Bartok VII Nemzetzoki Korusverseny
1st Place- Chamber Choir Category
4th Place- Folksong Category
Arezzo, Italy
XXIV Concorso Polifonico Internationale, Guido d’ Arezzo
2nd Place- Mixed Choir Category
4th Place- Folksong Category
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esnYNZq9NY
[bkwq]The Philippine Madrigal Singers[/bkwq] (Madz), [bkwq]Grand Prize Winner of Florilege Vocal de Tours in France, 2006[/bkwq], singing Daemon Irrepit Callidus by György Orbán.
The Philippine Madrigal Singers scored [bkwq]another triumph for the country[/bkwq] when it emerged as the grand prize winner in the Florilège Vocal de Tours 2006 last June 4. The group was awarded first prizes in the Mixed Vocal Ensemble Category and in the Free Program Category. It was also the recipient of the Prix Special Renaissance (separate category for a purely Renaissance program). The group bested [bkwq]14 other choirs,[/bkwq] earning them the [bkwq]Grand Prix de la Ville de Tours,[/bkwq] an award given to the choir having the [bkwq]most satisfactory overall performance[/bkwq] during the entire competition and that gives them the right to compete in the 2007 European Grand Prix in Choral Singing.
Held in Tours, France, the Florilège Vocal de Tours is one of only six prestigious European choral competitions that culminate in the European Grand Prix in Choral Singing. Champions from the six competition venues – Tours (France), Tolosa (Spain), Arezzo (Italy), Gorizia (Italy), Debrecen (Hungary) and Varna (Bulgaria) – compete for one grand prize and the prestige of being recognized as the world champion of choral art.
The Philippine Madrigal Singers is the first and, to date, the only Filipino choir to earn this distinction when it emerged as the [bkwq]grand prize winner in the 1997 European Grand Prix.[/bkwq] Incidentally, the 1997 European Grand Prix was held in Tours, France, with the group representing the Tolosa competition
No need for lengthy debates--it is a universally accepted fact that the Philippine Madrigal Singers is one of the world’s best choirs after having consistently won all the [bkwq]top prizes in the world’s prestigious choral competitions for the last 42 years.[/bkwq]
The Philippine Madrigal Singers (affectionately known as the “Madz”) was founded in 1963 by National Artist for Music, Professor Andrea O. Veneracion. The Madz is mostly composed of students, faculty and alumni from the University of the Philippines. The group’s trademark performance stance, singing in a semi-circle without a conductor, is instantly recognizable. A standard Madz performance clearly exhibits the seamless fusion of their musical virtuosity, technical proficiency and soulful singing. Their highly eclectic repertoire spans the breadth and length of vocal music: from Renaissance madrigals to the avant-garde, from Filipino and international folksongs to the latest pop hits, even from the most cerebral choral masterpieces to the most humorous of novelty numbers. This world-class choir can honestly sing anything with authenticity and professionalism while keeping their audience thoroughly entertained.
The group’s initial foray into the international scene took place in 1969 at the First Choruses of the World Festival held at the Lincoln Center in New York City with a critically-acclaimed performance that marked the beginning of a distinguished and illustrious musical legacy. To date, the Madz has consistently won top prizes in the most prestigious choral competitions held at Spittal, Austria; Arezzo and Gorizia in Italy; Neuchatel, Switzerland; Debrecen, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tolosa, Spain and Marktoberdorf, Germany. It was in June of 1997 when the Madz sealed their stature as the World’s Best Choir when they bagged the grand prize at the ultimate competition of global choral champions. The Philippine Madrigal Singers won over five other prizewinning European choirs at the Grand Prix European de Chant Choral Competition in Tours, France. Recently, the Madz won top prizes in the Certamenes Internacional Habaneras y Polifonia held in Torrevieja, Spain in 2004.
PROFILE:
As Philippine ambassadors of culture and goodwill, the Madz have had the pleasure and privilege of giving command performances for royalty and heads of state. These include Pope Paul 6th, Presidents Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, King Juan Carlos de Bourbon and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
The Madz have over 35 Philippine and international recordings.. Also published s the award-winning book A Life Shaped By Music that chronicles the life of Prof. Veneracion and the history of the Madz. Many of the Madz's original choral arrangements and compositions are also in publication.
This choral institution has produced more than 200 choral and vocal pedagogues from its ranks, actively and constantly shaping the local and international choral landscape. Madz alumni are much sought-after as singers, conductors, arrangers and music educators. Its corps of composers and musical arrangers continue to produce new compositions and choral settings of Philippine music, thus contributing to the global growth of choral literature.
As resident artists of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, outreach concerts have taken the Madz to far-flung areas seldom reached by most performing artists. Averaging two international concert tours per year, the Madz relentlessly engages in the promotion of Philippine music and the Filipino Artist globally.
Presently under the masterful leadership of Madz alumnus Mark Anthony A. Carpio, the Philippine Madrigal Singers continues to set new standards of excellence at a global level. Since their humble beginnings as a university-based chamber ensemble throughout their legendary rise as international choral champions, this 42-yearold cultural icon known as the Philippine Madrigal Singers has irreversibly cemented its stature as one of world’s best choirs for all time.
Philippine
MADRIGAL
Singers AWARDS RECEIVED:
2004Torrevieja, Spain
Certámenes Internacional Habaneras y Polifonia
1st Place - Habaneras Category
1st Place – Polyphonic Category
1997Tours, France
Grand Prix Europeen du Chant Choral 1997
European Grand Champion (choral competition which
featured the grand prize winners of six prestigious choral
competitions in Europe: Gorizia and Arezzo, Italy;
Debrecan, Hungary; Varna, Bulgaria; Tolosa, Spain and
Tours, France)
1996Tolosa, Spain
XVIII Certamen de Masa Corales de Tolosa
Grand Premio Ktxa- Maximo Puntacion ( Grand Prize
winner earning the highest number of points earned with
the right to represent Tolosa in the Grand Prix Europeen
du Chant Choral in 1997)
1st Place- Folklore Category, Voces Mixtas
2nd Place- Polyphonic Category Voces Mixtas
2nd Place- Musica Sacra Category, Grupo Vocale
3rd Place- Musica Profana Category, Grupo Vocale
Premio Gobierno Vasco (Best interpretation of a
Basque composition with an almost perfect score of
99%, the highest in the history of Tolosa competitions)
Premio del Publico DV (the best choir as chosen by
the press Diario vasco and the concert going public)
1989Marktoberdorf, West Germany
Internationaler Kammerchor Wettbewerb ‘89
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
Special Award- Folksong Category (one of the six choirs
proclaimed as winners, senza classificato (no classification))
Fano, Italy
16o Incontro Internationale Polifonico “Citta de Fano”
Premio Publico (only prize awarded in the Festival that goes
to the public’s favorite)
Spittal on der Drau, Austria
XXVI Internationaler Chor WettBewerb 1989
1st Place- Polyphonic Category (Kunstlied) (Preis des Landes)
1st Place- Folksong Category (Volkslied) (Preis des ORF,
Radio Karnten)
Publikumspreis (public’s favorite)
Gorzia, Italy
XXVIII Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale, CA Seghizzi
1st Place- Polyphony, Mixed Choir Category
1st Place-Polyphony, Grupo Vocale (for 12 singers or less)
1st Place- Folksong Category
3rd Place- Polyphony, Homogeneous programming
Special Award- Director’s Award for best execution of a
polyphonic composition written during the first half of the
twentieth century
Special Award- CA Seghizzi Award (highest number of
points during the entire competition with the right to represent
Gorizia in the 1990 Gran Premio Europa, competing against
the first place winners of Arezzo, Tours, Debrecan and Gorizia)
Cantonigros, Spain
VIII Festival International de Musica de Cantonigros 1989
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category (Premio Generalitat de
Catalunya)
1st Place- Folksong Category (Premio Genetalitat de
Catalunya)
Neuchatel, Spain
Festival Choral Internacional De Neuchatel
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
2nd Place- Vocal Octet Category (no 1st place awarded)
Prix de Public
Prix du Jury
1981Varna, Bulgaria
XIV International Choral Competition
2nd Place- Chamber choir Category
Union of Bulgarian Composers’ Award- Best Performance
of a Bulgarian Piece
Tours, France
X Recontres International du Chantal Competition
1st Place- Folksong Category
3rd Place-Chamber Choir Category (no 1st or 2nd awarded)
Prix du Public
Arezzo, Italy
XXIX Concorso Polifonico Internationale, Guido d’ Arezzo
1st Place- Mixed Choir Category
Special Prize- Folksong Category (one of the four choirs
chosen in the Rassegna di canto populare elaborato per
caro, senza classificato)
Gorizia, Italy
XX Concorso Internationale di Canto Corale, CA Seghizzi
1st Place- Polyphony, Mixed Choir Category
1st Place- Folksong, Mixed Choir Category
Special Award Best execution of a piece for a double choir
Special Award- Most Interesting programming
Special Award- CA Seghizzi award (highest number of
points garnered during entire competition)
Special Award- Mario Borri Award (Best execution of a
contemporary piece)
Special Award- Journalists’ Award (Unanimous) (Best
Interpretation of contemporary pieces)
1976 Miedzyzdrohe, Poland
Festival Piesni Choralnej
1st Place- Trigaw Prize
Debrecan, Hungary
Bela Bartok VII Nemzetzoki Korusverseny
1st Place- Chamber Choir Category
4th Place- Folksong Category
Arezzo, Italy
XXIV Concorso Polifonico Internationale, Guido d’ Arezzo
2nd Place- Mixed Choir Category
4th Place- Folksong Category
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[bq4d]PHILS OVERALL CHAMPS!!!, 2005 Sea Games!!![/bq4d]
[imgq4d]http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/441/966881838070bg1bt.jpg[/imgq4d]
Why we’re champions
We won because of basketball. Thanks to its no-show, one million and five spectators instead scattered and spread out among the different sports.
We won because of Paeng Nepomuceno, the six-time world-bowling champion.
No, Paeng did not compete. But each morning at nine last week, he showed up at the Pearl Bowling Center and calmed the shaking hands of his fellowmen.
Here at home, we won because of Danao Mayor Ramonito Durano and Oscar “Boying” Rodriguez of mountainbiking and dancesports’ Edward and Eleanor Hayco.
It’s called helping hand.
We won because of Thailand. Thanks to Prime Minister Thaksin, the Filipinos united, yelled louder and sprinted faster to the finish line.
It’s called anger.
We won because Maritess Bitbit, who pedaled home the gold in mountainbiking, calls Danao City home. She tackled its winding trails and hills that pointed to the sky and memorized every curve and turn. We won because Liza Clutario, who bagged the gold in the Women’s Masters bowling, had faced the same lanes a thousand times before. We won because our baseball players have called the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium “home” since they were teenagers. In the locker room they’ve engraved their names and know the janitor’s name, Bosing.
It’s called homecourt advantage.
We won because Papa Eddie, Mama Celia, Lolo Nestor, Lola Conching, Tito Boy, Tita Carmen, Kuya Jun-Jun and Ate Tim-Tim watched from the bleachers.
It’s called family support.
We won because Cecil Mamiit, Eric Taino, Riza Zalameda and Denise Dy volleyed home three golds, one silver, and one bronze in tennis. Born, raised and trained in the US, are they legit Filipinos? Of course! Like you and me, they’re of medium-height, skin brown, hair and eyes black, and they know how to sing and dance Pinoy Ako.
It’s called the Fil-Am edge.
We won because the 10,537 fans who crowded the baseball stadium did “the wave.” They screamed, stood up and waved their arms.
It’s called cheering.
We won because of the P160 million raised by the private sector with the help of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo. We won because we competed “out.” In Japan for judo, karatedo in Italy, archery in Korea, wrestling in Mongolia, taekwondo in Korea, gymnastics in China and the US, canoe-kayak in Hungary and football, fencing, volleyball, wushu, table tennis, swimming and weightlifting in China.
It’s called smart training.
We won because for [bq4d]28 years,[/bq4d] we’ve placed [bq4d]second (twice), third (five times), fourth (thrice), fifth (thrice) and seventh (once).[/bq4d]
Never first. Worse, back when we hosted in ‘91, we won 91 gold medals and leapt for victory – only to fall off the golden pedestal, losing by a single medal to Indonesia.
It’s called hunger.
Finally, on the 23rd SEA Games trophy will be engraved one name.
It’s called Pinoy.
http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/
Site:
inspiring video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_21qYv8tsmo
[imgq4d]http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/441/966881838070bg1bt.jpg[/imgq4d]
Why we’re champions
We won because of basketball. Thanks to its no-show, one million and five spectators instead scattered and spread out among the different sports.
We won because of Paeng Nepomuceno, the six-time world-bowling champion.
No, Paeng did not compete. But each morning at nine last week, he showed up at the Pearl Bowling Center and calmed the shaking hands of his fellowmen.
Here at home, we won because of Danao Mayor Ramonito Durano and Oscar “Boying” Rodriguez of mountainbiking and dancesports’ Edward and Eleanor Hayco.
It’s called helping hand.
We won because of Thailand. Thanks to Prime Minister Thaksin, the Filipinos united, yelled louder and sprinted faster to the finish line.
It’s called anger.
We won because Maritess Bitbit, who pedaled home the gold in mountainbiking, calls Danao City home. She tackled its winding trails and hills that pointed to the sky and memorized every curve and turn. We won because Liza Clutario, who bagged the gold in the Women’s Masters bowling, had faced the same lanes a thousand times before. We won because our baseball players have called the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium “home” since they were teenagers. In the locker room they’ve engraved their names and know the janitor’s name, Bosing.
It’s called homecourt advantage.
We won because Papa Eddie, Mama Celia, Lolo Nestor, Lola Conching, Tito Boy, Tita Carmen, Kuya Jun-Jun and Ate Tim-Tim watched from the bleachers.
It’s called family support.
We won because Cecil Mamiit, Eric Taino, Riza Zalameda and Denise Dy volleyed home three golds, one silver, and one bronze in tennis. Born, raised and trained in the US, are they legit Filipinos? Of course! Like you and me, they’re of medium-height, skin brown, hair and eyes black, and they know how to sing and dance Pinoy Ako.
It’s called the Fil-Am edge.
We won because the 10,537 fans who crowded the baseball stadium did “the wave.” They screamed, stood up and waved their arms.
It’s called cheering.
We won because of the P160 million raised by the private sector with the help of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo. We won because we competed “out.” In Japan for judo, karatedo in Italy, archery in Korea, wrestling in Mongolia, taekwondo in Korea, gymnastics in China and the US, canoe-kayak in Hungary and football, fencing, volleyball, wushu, table tennis, swimming and weightlifting in China.
It’s called smart training.
We won because for [bq4d]28 years,[/bq4d] we’ve placed [bq4d]second (twice), third (five times), fourth (thrice), fifth (thrice) and seventh (once).[/bq4d]
Never first. Worse, back when we hosted in ‘91, we won 91 gold medals and leapt for victory – only to fall off the golden pedestal, losing by a single medal to Indonesia.
It’s called hunger.
Finally, on the 23rd SEA Games trophy will be engraved one name.
It’s called Pinoy.
http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/
Site:
inspiring video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_21qYv8tsmo
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- Joined: Mon 11/06/06 3:39am
by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:31am
[box9]Famous Filipinos[/box9]
This is a Video of Some [box9](half & Full) Filipinos[/box9] who are well known in [box9]Asia And America.[/box9]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N38kbOg9NoU
[box9]Filipino Achievers[/box9] in the [box9]USA & Canada[/box9]
http://www.bookhaus.com/achieve2.html
Notable [box9]Filipino Canadians[/box9]
[box9]Politicians[/box9]
* Cris Aglugub - Manitoba NDP MLA, the Maples 1999-now
* Gene Lara - Community Activist
* Rey Pagtakhan - First Filipino-Canadian Member of Parliament (1988-2004), First Filipino-Canadian Cabinet Minister (2001-2004)
* Conrad Santos - First Filipino Canadian elected in Canada in 1981 (to the Manitoba Legislature), and First Filipino Canadian to run for the leadership of A political party (Manitoba NDP, 1989)
* Mike Pagtakhan - Winnipeg City Councillor, Point-Douglas Ward (2002-present)
[box9]Entertainers[/box9]
* Emm Gryner - Singer-songwriter of mixed Filipino ancestry
* Hazel Lorraine - Actress and model who appeared in several movies and Canadian TV shows.
* Cassie Steele - Actress on Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Lexa Doig - Actress on Stargate SG-1 and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
* Earl Pereira - Wide Mouth Mason bassist
* Philip Guerrero - Known as "PJ Phil" on YTV's The Zone as a host in the mid-1990's
* Ma-Anne Dionisio - Theatre actress, best known for her role as Kim in the Canadian Premiere production of Miss Saigon and as Eponine in the US National Tour of Les Miserables
* Mikey Bustos - Canadian Idol finalist, singer
* Leilene Ondrade - Actress/Model
* Ron Josol - Comedian
* Alex Steele - Actress
[box9]Journalists[/box9]
* Hazel Mae - former Rogers Sportsnet anchor
* Pauline Chan - Anchor CFTO Toronto news
* Marivel Taruc - Anchor CBC News Morning
* Rosalinda Natividad-Cantiveros - Long time resident of Winnipeg and Editor-in-Chief of the Filipino Journal - Winnipeg's longest running Filipino-ethnic newspaper.
* Sharon Navarro - Anchor
[box9]Writers[/box9]
* C. E. Gatchalian - playwright, poet, fictionist
[box9]Business[/box9]
* Ron Cantiveros - Filipino-Canadian Young Entrepreneur (Media & Telecommunications)
[box9]Sports[/box9]
* Alex Pagulayan - [box9]2004 World Pool Champion[/box9]
* Edwin Montal - Pool Player
* Jonathan de Guzmán - midfielder for Feyenoord Rotterdam
* Julian de Guzmán - professional soccer player
[box9]Other[/box9]
* Dr. Romulo Magsino - Former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Now a Dean Emeritus.
* Virginia Guiang - Long-time community volunteer, inducted to the Order of Manitoba in 2004, current Executive Director - Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba.
* Nelia Laroza - First Canadian nurse to die from SARS on June 29, 2003 - North York General Hospital
* Nerissa Garcia - Former Director of the Magdaragat Philippine Folk Dancers, native of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Also known as Goldie Garcia.
* Melanio Catre - founder and former President of National Congress of Filipino Canadian Associations
taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_Canadian
This is a Video of Some [box9](half & Full) Filipinos[/box9] who are well known in [box9]Asia And America.[/box9]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N38kbOg9NoU
[box9]Filipino Achievers[/box9] in the [box9]USA & Canada[/box9]
http://www.bookhaus.com/achieve2.html
Notable [box9]Filipino Canadians[/box9]
[box9]Politicians[/box9]
* Cris Aglugub - Manitoba NDP MLA, the Maples 1999-now
* Gene Lara - Community Activist
* Rey Pagtakhan - First Filipino-Canadian Member of Parliament (1988-2004), First Filipino-Canadian Cabinet Minister (2001-2004)
* Conrad Santos - First Filipino Canadian elected in Canada in 1981 (to the Manitoba Legislature), and First Filipino Canadian to run for the leadership of A political party (Manitoba NDP, 1989)
* Mike Pagtakhan - Winnipeg City Councillor, Point-Douglas Ward (2002-present)
[box9]Entertainers[/box9]
* Emm Gryner - Singer-songwriter of mixed Filipino ancestry
* Hazel Lorraine - Actress and model who appeared in several movies and Canadian TV shows.
* Cassie Steele - Actress on Degrassi: The Next Generation
* Lexa Doig - Actress on Stargate SG-1 and Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
* Earl Pereira - Wide Mouth Mason bassist
* Philip Guerrero - Known as "PJ Phil" on YTV's The Zone as a host in the mid-1990's
* Ma-Anne Dionisio - Theatre actress, best known for her role as Kim in the Canadian Premiere production of Miss Saigon and as Eponine in the US National Tour of Les Miserables
* Mikey Bustos - Canadian Idol finalist, singer
* Leilene Ondrade - Actress/Model
* Ron Josol - Comedian
* Alex Steele - Actress
[box9]Journalists[/box9]
* Hazel Mae - former Rogers Sportsnet anchor
* Pauline Chan - Anchor CFTO Toronto news
* Marivel Taruc - Anchor CBC News Morning
* Rosalinda Natividad-Cantiveros - Long time resident of Winnipeg and Editor-in-Chief of the Filipino Journal - Winnipeg's longest running Filipino-ethnic newspaper.
* Sharon Navarro - Anchor
[box9]Writers[/box9]
* C. E. Gatchalian - playwright, poet, fictionist
[box9]Business[/box9]
* Ron Cantiveros - Filipino-Canadian Young Entrepreneur (Media & Telecommunications)
[box9]Sports[/box9]
* Alex Pagulayan - [box9]2004 World Pool Champion[/box9]
* Edwin Montal - Pool Player
* Jonathan de Guzmán - midfielder for Feyenoord Rotterdam
* Julian de Guzmán - professional soccer player
[box9]Other[/box9]
* Dr. Romulo Magsino - Former Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Now a Dean Emeritus.
* Virginia Guiang - Long-time community volunteer, inducted to the Order of Manitoba in 2004, current Executive Director - Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba.
* Nelia Laroza - First Canadian nurse to die from SARS on June 29, 2003 - North York General Hospital
* Nerissa Garcia - Former Director of the Magdaragat Philippine Folk Dancers, native of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Also known as Goldie Garcia.
* Melanio Catre - founder and former President of National Congress of Filipino Canadian Associations
taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_Canadian
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by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:33am
Taken From: http://www.ex-designz.net/filipinofacts.asp
[bdkj]Filipino Interesting Facts[/bdkj]
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.
The USA bought the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain in 1898.
The Filipino-American Independence War from 1898 to 1902 ensued, killing 4,234 Americans and killing how many Filipinos? 16,000 were killed in action and 200,000 died from famine and pestilence. (The Philippines lost and was colonized until 1946.)
Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
What antibiotic did ! Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii... Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
Who invented the fluorescent lamp? Thomas Edison discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the flu! orescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebu man named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce.
(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.
Pure- or part-Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Enrique Iglesias Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.
The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
Sugar Pie deSanto (father was from the Philippines), The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (according to the October 1984 article "Prince in Exile" by Scott Isler in the magazine Musician), Jaya,Foxy Brown and Enrique Iglesias followed.
Pure Filipinos who made success in minor charts were Jocelyn Enriquez aka Oriental Madonna, Buffy, Pinay and (Ella May) Saison.
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan,Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.
Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Elea! nor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt.Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison."
Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.
Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tom! as in Manila,established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.
Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
In a March 31, 1997 article, The New York Times reported that the CIA manipulated Philippine elections: "(CIA operative Col. Edward Lansdale) essentially ran the successful presidential campaign of Defense Minister Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines in 1953."
Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)
The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, ! who is part-Korean.
Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")
"What's still most impressive to me about the Philippines is the friendliness of the people, their sense of humor...," wrote Honolulu journalist John Griffin in a 1998 visit to Manila.
Eduardo San Juan - Designer of the winning Lunar Rover prototype that later became the basis of the production vehicle constructed by Boeing and other NASA contractors.
He's a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology School of Mechanical Engineering.
Taken From: http://www.ex-designz.net/filipinofacts.asp
What antibiotic did ! Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.
Edward Caro - "Space Engineer"
On June 25, 2002, the provincial government of Cavite awarded Edward Caro a plaque of recognition for his 42 years of service at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States where he helped launch the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission or the Explorer. Caro, 70 and a native of Cavite retired from NASA in 2001. In return, NASA during the same year conferred Caro the Distinguished Science medal, reportedly the highest honor it gives to its employees.
Mole Remover
In 2000, Rolando dela Cruz developed an ingenuous formula that could easily remove deeply grown moles or warts from the skin without leaving marks or hurting the patient. His formula was extracted from cashew nut (Annacardium occidentale), which is common in the Philippines. The formula won for dela Cruz a gold medal in International Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in September 2000. In March 1997, dela Cruz established RCC Amazing Touch International Inc., which runs clinics engaged "in a non-surgical removal of warts, moles and other skin growths, giving the skin renewed energy and vitality without painful and costly surgery." http://www.txtmania.com/trivia/inventions.php
"Filipino Computer Guru" Diosdado Banatao
http://www.geocities.com/fasa_usc/culture/banatao.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_Banatao
[bdkj]Filipino Interesting Facts[/bdkj]
In the Philippines, Filipinos were introduced to the English language in 1762 by British invaders, not Americans.
What is the world's 3rd largest English-speaking nation, next to the USA and the UK? The Philippines.
The USA bought the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam from Spain in 1898.
The Filipino-American Independence War from 1898 to 1902 ensued, killing 4,234 Americans and killing how many Filipinos? 16,000 were killed in action and 200,000 died from famine and pestilence. (The Philippines lost and was colonized until 1946.)
Los Angeles, California was co-founded in 1781 by a Filipino named Antonio Miranda Rodriguez, along with 43 Latinos from Mexico sent by the Spanish government.
What antibiotic did ! Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.
The one-chip video camera was first made by Marc Loinaz a Filipino inventor from New Jersey.
The first ever international Grandmaster from Asia was Eugenio Torre who won at the Chess Olympiad in Nice, France in 1974.
This son of two Filipino physicians scored over 700 on the verbal portion of the Standardized Achievement Test (SAT) before age 13 - Kiwi Danao Camara of Punahou School, Hawaii... Edward Sanchez, a Mensa member, bagged the grand prize in the first Philippine Search for Product Excellence in Information Technology.
Who was the Filipino-American dancer who scored a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Joyce Monteverde of California.
Who invented the fluorescent lamp? Thomas Edison discovered the electric light bulb and the fluorescent lighting was thought up by Nikola Tesla. But the flu! orescent lamp we use today was invented by Agapito Flores (a Cebu man named Benigno Flores of Bantayan Island, according to the Philippine Daily inquirer), a Filipino scientist. Americans helped then-Philippine leader Ramon Magsaysay to develop it for worldwide commerce.
(Yes! Many foreigners have noted that the Filipino population has Asia's highest rates of inventors and international beauty queens.) Two Filipina beauties, Gloria Diaz and Margie Moran, chosen as Miss Universe in 1969 and 1973.
Pure- or part-Filipino celebrities in American showbiz include Von Flores, Tia Carrere, Paolo Montalban, Lea Salonga, Ernie Reyes Jr., Nia Peeples, Julio Iglesias Jr., Enrique Iglesias Lou Diamond Phillips, Phoebe Cates and Rob Schneider.
The first Filipino act to land a top hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 1960s was the group Rocky Fellers of Manila.
Sugar Pie deSanto (father was from the Philippines), The Artist Formerly Known as Prince (according to the October 1984 article "Prince in Exile" by Scott Isler in the magazine Musician), Jaya,Foxy Brown and Enrique Iglesias followed.
Pure Filipinos who made success in minor charts were Jocelyn Enriquez aka Oriental Madonna, Buffy, Pinay and (Ella May) Saison.
Latina-American pop star Christina Aguilera lost to Filipina vocalist Josephine Roberto aka Banig during the International Star Search years ago. In a mid-1999 MTV chat, she said that competing against someone of Banig's age was "not fair."
Besides gracing fashion magazine covers, this international supermodel from Manila had walked the runways since the 1970s for all the major designers, like Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Donna Karan,Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent - Anna Bayle.
Who is the personal physician of United States Pres. William Clinton? Elea! nor "Connie" Concepcion Mariano, a Filipina doctor who was the youngest captain in the US Navy.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
Distinguished British traveler-writer A. Henry Savage Landor, thrilled upon seeing a Bicol landmark in 1903, wrote: "Mayon is the most beautiful mountain I have ever seen, the world-renowned Fujiyama (Mt.Fuji) of Japan sinking into perfect insignificance by comparison."
Mayon volcano has the world's most perfect cone.
Filipinos had their first taste of Mexican chili and corn during the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade (1564-1815). In return, Mexico's people had their initial taste of tamarind, Manila mango and a Filipino banana called racatan or lakatan.
Founded in 1595 by Spaniards, the University of San Carlos in Cebu City, Philippines is older than Harvard and is the oldest university in Asia. University of Santo Tom! as in Manila,established in 1611, is Asia's second oldest.
Who's the Filipina senator popular for her colorful jargon, delivered in a mile-a-minute speed and in a weird Harvard-meets-Ilonggo accent? Atty. Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The first female president of the Philippines sworn into 0ffice in 1986 was Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
In a March 31, 1997 article, The New York Times reported that the CIA manipulated Philippine elections: "(CIA operative Col. Edward Lansdale) essentially ran the successful presidential campaign of Defense Minister Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines in 1953."
Who was the first Asian and/or Filipino to snatch America's Pulitzer Prize? Philippines Herald war journalist Carlos P. Romulo in 1941. (He was also the first Asian to become UN President.)
The first two Filipino-Americans to garner the same award 56 years later were Seattle Times' Alex Tizon and Byron Acohido, ! who is part-Korean.
Filipino writer Jose Rizal could read and write at age 2, and grew up to speak more than 20 languages, including Latin, Greek, German, French and Chinese. What were his last words? "Consummatumsst!"("It is done!")
"What's still most impressive to me about the Philippines is the friendliness of the people, their sense of humor...," wrote Honolulu journalist John Griffin in a 1998 visit to Manila.
Eduardo San Juan - Designer of the winning Lunar Rover prototype that later became the basis of the production vehicle constructed by Boeing and other NASA contractors.
He's a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology School of Mechanical Engineering.
Taken From: http://www.ex-designz.net/filipinofacts.asp
What antibiotic did ! Filipino doctor Abelardo Aguilar co-discover? Hint: Brand is Ilosone, named after Iloilo. Erythromycin.
Edward Caro - "Space Engineer"
On June 25, 2002, the provincial government of Cavite awarded Edward Caro a plaque of recognition for his 42 years of service at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States where he helped launch the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission or the Explorer. Caro, 70 and a native of Cavite retired from NASA in 2001. In return, NASA during the same year conferred Caro the Distinguished Science medal, reportedly the highest honor it gives to its employees.
Mole Remover
In 2000, Rolando dela Cruz developed an ingenuous formula that could easily remove deeply grown moles or warts from the skin without leaving marks or hurting the patient. His formula was extracted from cashew nut (Annacardium occidentale), which is common in the Philippines. The formula won for dela Cruz a gold medal in International Invention, Innovation, Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in September 2000. In March 1997, dela Cruz established RCC Amazing Touch International Inc., which runs clinics engaged "in a non-surgical removal of warts, moles and other skin growths, giving the skin renewed energy and vitality without painful and costly surgery." http://www.txtmania.com/trivia/inventions.php
"Filipino Computer Guru" Diosdado Banatao
http://www.geocities.com/fasa_usc/culture/banatao.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dado_Banatao
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- Joined: Mon 11/06/06 3:39am
by Gergoz on Wed 11/08/06 2:37am
[bomt]Vanessa Minnillo[/bomt] - MTV VJ
[imgomt]http://www.vanessa-minnillo.com/vanessa_pose.jpg[/imgomt]
[bomt]Vanessa Minnillo[/bomt] was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, [bomt]Philippines.[/bomt] Her father, Vince Minnillo, was a USAF aircrew member stationed at the base. Her [bomt]mother, Helen Berecero, was a Filipina[/bomt] who Vince had met and married while stationed in the country. Vanessa was raised alongside an adopted brother, Vincent, two years older than her.
Former [bomt]Miss Teen USA beauty,[/bomt] Vanessa Minnillo enters her second season as New York-based correspondent for [bomt]ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.[/bomt] Minnillo reports on the latest news regarding music, film, television and fashion.
Not only was Minnillo [bomt]winner of the 1998 "Miss Teen USA" pageant,[/bomt] but she also served as a [bomt]judge for "Miss Teen USA" in 2003[/bomt] and was a backstage correspondent for "The 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant" in 2001.
Prior to joining ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Minnillo encountered overwhelming success at MTV from 2003 to 2005, serving as [bomt]co-host for "Total Request Live"[/bomt]as well as hosting several MTV specials including "MTV's Prom Date," "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion" and "Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies." While at MTV, she interviewed several high profile celebrities like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, The Rock, Jeff Probst, Good Charlotte, Michael Clarke Duncan and Anthony Anderson. In 2002 Minnillo hosted the UK crossover hit "Top of the Pops" for The WB and this year she hosted the live finale of UPN's "The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott."
In addition, Minnillo has appeared on numerous television sitcoms such as The WB's "Maybe it's Me" in 2002, CBS's "That's Life" in 2001 and NBC's "City Guys" in 2001. She also had a recurring role on CBS's "Bold and the Beautiful" and was one of the finalists in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke, previous hostess for "Wild On."
proof:
http://www.vanessa-minnillo.com/bio.html
http://www.askmen.com/women/models_250/ ... nillo.html
http://www.tv.com/vanessa-minnillo/pers ... mmary.html
video
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search
[imgomt]http://www.vanessa-minnillo.com/vanessa_pose.jpg[/imgomt]
[bomt]Vanessa Minnillo[/bomt] was born on November 9, 1980, at Clark Air Force Base in Pampanga, [bomt]Philippines.[/bomt] Her father, Vince Minnillo, was a USAF aircrew member stationed at the base. Her [bomt]mother, Helen Berecero, was a Filipina[/bomt] who Vince had met and married while stationed in the country. Vanessa was raised alongside an adopted brother, Vincent, two years older than her.
Former [bomt]Miss Teen USA beauty,[/bomt] Vanessa Minnillo enters her second season as New York-based correspondent for [bomt]ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.[/bomt] Minnillo reports on the latest news regarding music, film, television and fashion.
Not only was Minnillo [bomt]winner of the 1998 "Miss Teen USA" pageant,[/bomt] but she also served as a [bomt]judge for "Miss Teen USA" in 2003[/bomt] and was a backstage correspondent for "The 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant" in 2001.
Prior to joining ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Minnillo encountered overwhelming success at MTV from 2003 to 2005, serving as [bomt]co-host for "Total Request Live"[/bomt]as well as hosting several MTV specials including "MTV's Prom Date," "2 Punk Rock 4 This: The Real World San Diego Reunion" and "Spring Break Celebrity Fantasies." While at MTV, she interviewed several high profile celebrities like Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, P. Diddy, The Rock, Jeff Probst, Good Charlotte, Michael Clarke Duncan and Anthony Anderson. In 2002 Minnillo hosted the UK crossover hit "Top of the Pops" for The WB and this year she hosted the live finale of UPN's "The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott."
In addition, Minnillo has appeared on numerous television sitcoms such as The WB's "Maybe it's Me" in 2002, CBS's "That's Life" in 2001 and NBC's "City Guys" in 2001. She also had a recurring role on CBS's "Bold and the Beautiful" and was one of the finalists in E!'s competition to find a replacement for Brooke Burke, previous hostess for "Wild On."
proof:
http://www.vanessa-minnillo.com/bio.html
http://www.askmen.com/women/models_250/ ... nillo.html
http://www.tv.com/vanessa-minnillo/pers ... mmary.html
video
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search
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[b7ew]Filipino International Broadcaster/Journalist[/b7ew]
[img7ew]http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pictures/00001612.jpg[/img7ew]
[b7ew]Veronica Pedrosa[/b7ew]
Formerly with ABS-CBN as newscaster, Veronica moved to CNN in the early ’90s, starting as [b7ew]associate producer for the CNN World Report before graduating as news anchor.[/b7ew] She left CNN for [b7ew]BBC[/b7ew] but moved back to CNN after only several months. And stayed.
She was named [b7ew]Best News Anchor or Presentor by the 2004 Asia Television Awards[/b7ew] held in [b7ew]Singapore,[/b7ew] [b7ew]beating one nominee from India, one from Singapore, one from CNBC and another guy (Andrew Stevens) from CNN.[/b7ew]
Asked what her edge is over the other nominees and other international news anchors, Veronica said modestly, "It’s not for me to say. Ask other people. All I can say," added Veronica who’s one of the few Filipinos at CNN (also including Maria Ressa who’s now also connected with the ABS-CBN News Department), "is that people who work at CNN are among the best in the world. The [b7ew]award was a recognition not only of my own work but of the commitment that CNN has to Asia."[/b7ew]
Based in Hong Kong these past few years, Veronica finds the region much more exciting than Atlanta, Georgia, where she used to be detailed.
"I believe that Asia is where things are happening. China has an incredible growth rate and so has India. You know, they talk about the Pacific Century and I believe that this is really where the action is. I’m lucky to be in this part of the world at this time of growth and energy."
Assigned to the evening shift, Veronica arrives at the CNN office at 3 in the afternoon and stays there until 11 p.m. Before she leaves home, she shall have read the papers and regular supply of news magazines (Time, Newsweek, etc.), surfed the Internet, checked the Google News and went over other news sources.
"I must know what’s happening around the world before I go on board," she said.
[img7ew]http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pictures/00001761.jpg[/img7ew]
Maria Ressa
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003697.htm
[img7ew]http://www.bbcworld.com/insite/images/backoffice/2544.jpg[/img7ew]
Rico Hizon
http://www.bbcworld.com/content/templat ... ageid=2448
[img7ew]http://www.gogomag.com/cy/x_cathyyang.jpg[/img7ew]
Cathy Yap- Yang
http://www.gogomag.com/cy/
http://www.herword.com/aiadw/yang09.02.02.html
Former Thomson Foundation trainee Catherine Yang has [b7ew]won major recognition at the annual Asian Television Awards for the second year running.[/b7ew]
Catherine, from the Philippines, attended the Foundation’s summer course in 1998 when she worked for the ABS/CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Now with [b7ew]Bloomberg TV[/b7ew] at their Asia Pacific headquarters in Tokyo, she was awarded the accolade of [b7ew]‘Best News Anchor or Presenter’ at the 2002 prize-giving[/b7ew] ceremony, held in Singapore earlier this month.
The Asian Television Awards, in their seventh year, recognise excellence in local programming and performance.
[img7ew]http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pictures/00001612.jpg[/img7ew]
[b7ew]Veronica Pedrosa[/b7ew]
Formerly with ABS-CBN as newscaster, Veronica moved to CNN in the early ’90s, starting as [b7ew]associate producer for the CNN World Report before graduating as news anchor.[/b7ew] She left CNN for [b7ew]BBC[/b7ew] but moved back to CNN after only several months. And stayed.
She was named [b7ew]Best News Anchor or Presentor by the 2004 Asia Television Awards[/b7ew] held in [b7ew]Singapore,[/b7ew] [b7ew]beating one nominee from India, one from Singapore, one from CNBC and another guy (Andrew Stevens) from CNN.[/b7ew]
Asked what her edge is over the other nominees and other international news anchors, Veronica said modestly, "It’s not for me to say. Ask other people. All I can say," added Veronica who’s one of the few Filipinos at CNN (also including Maria Ressa who’s now also connected with the ABS-CBN News Department), "is that people who work at CNN are among the best in the world. The [b7ew]award was a recognition not only of my own work but of the commitment that CNN has to Asia."[/b7ew]
Based in Hong Kong these past few years, Veronica finds the region much more exciting than Atlanta, Georgia, where she used to be detailed.
"I believe that Asia is where things are happening. China has an incredible growth rate and so has India. You know, they talk about the Pacific Century and I believe that this is really where the action is. I’m lucky to be in this part of the world at this time of growth and energy."
Assigned to the evening shift, Veronica arrives at the CNN office at 3 in the afternoon and stays there until 11 p.m. Before she leaves home, she shall have read the papers and regular supply of news magazines (Time, Newsweek, etc.), surfed the Internet, checked the Google News and went over other news sources.
"I must know what’s happening around the world before I go on board," she said.
[img7ew]http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/pictures/00001761.jpg[/img7ew]
Maria Ressa
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb003697.htm
[img7ew]http://www.bbcworld.com/insite/images/backoffice/2544.jpg[/img7ew]
Rico Hizon
http://www.bbcworld.com/content/templat ... ageid=2448
[img7ew]http://www.gogomag.com/cy/x_cathyyang.jpg[/img7ew]
Cathy Yap- Yang
http://www.gogomag.com/cy/
http://www.herword.com/aiadw/yang09.02.02.html
Former Thomson Foundation trainee Catherine Yang has [b7ew]won major recognition at the annual Asian Television Awards for the second year running.[/b7ew]
Catherine, from the Philippines, attended the Foundation’s summer course in 1998 when she worked for the ABS/CBN Broadcasting Corporation. Now with [b7ew]Bloomberg TV[/b7ew] at their Asia Pacific headquarters in Tokyo, she was awarded the accolade of [b7ew]‘Best News Anchor or Presenter’ at the 2002 prize-giving[/b7ew] ceremony, held in Singapore earlier this month.
The Asian Television Awards, in their seventh year, recognise excellence in local programming and performance.
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