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After the one hour massage at the spa, we hailed a taxi to Chinatown where we searched for a place to have dinner. It was very hard to communicate with the Thais because most of them are not that great with English. Anyway, we asked our cab driver for the best Thai food in Chinatown but he never understood us. We kept walking at the side walk until we reached this street where lots of people flocked.

Since it is a given, we went there to have our dinner. I just can't recall of the name of the restaurant since it is in Thai alphabets. What's so amazing with this restaurant is that they use ropes to pass the orders on the kitchen on the top floor. By the way, it is a Chinese restaurant that does lots of seafood grilling. We ordered the following food: Tom Yum Seafood, Fried Rice, grilled green mussel, filled crab, grilled prawns and some vegetables (and extra rice).

The food was great and it was so affordable! On my next visit in Bangkok, I'll definitely go back there.

After our dinner, we headed to ride the boat at the Chao Praya River. We asked the traffic police for directions but we were informed that it was already closed. We reached the hotel at exactly 11 P.M. and hours later I heard my friend making sounds. She was chilling and I opted to give up my comforter and lower down the air conditioner.

Day 2 on my next post...

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of December 26, 2010

1. Little Fockers
2. True Grit (2010)
3. Tron Legacy
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
5. Yogi Bear
6. The Fighter
7. Tangled
8. Gulliver's Travels
9. Black Swan
10. The Tourist
11. The King's Speech
12. How Do You Know
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
14. Tees Maar Khan
15. Megamind

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Here is the list of holidays for the year 2011 as declared by Malacanang (Proclamation No. 84).

Regular Holidays

New Year’s Day – January 1 (Saturday)
Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Saturday)
Maundy Thursday – April 21
Good Friday – April 22
Labor Day – May 1 (Sunday)
Independence Day – June 12 (Sunday)
National Heroes Day – August 29 (Last Monday of August)
Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Wednesday)
Christmas Day – December 25 (Sunday)
Rizal Day – December 30 (Friday)

Special (Non-Working) Days

Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Sunday)
All Saints Day – November 1 (Tuesday)
Last Day of the Year – December 31 (Saturday)

Special Holiday

EDSA Revolution Anniversary – February 25 (Friday)

Muslim holidays shall be announced based on the Islamic lunar calendar.

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I am wishing everyone a happy Christmas and a blessed new year!  I would like to take this chance to thank all of you for the friendship, support and love.  2010 was an awful year for me especially with my father's passing.  I am still going to be optimistic for the next year and hoping that whatever decision I'll have in my career will be for the best.

To all my readers and friends, thank you once again!

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of December 19, 2010

1. Tron Legacy
2. Yogi Bear
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4. The Fighter
5. Tangled
6. The Tourist
7. Black Swan
8. How Do You Know
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
10. Unstoppable
11. Burlesque
12. Due Date
13. Love and Other Drugs
14. The King's Speech
15. Megamind

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It has been a month ago that I visited Sunway Lagoon Theme Park. I actually accompanied my friend who attended the graduation rights of Monash University. Anyway, we stayed at Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel which is just a throw stone away from the theme park. Sunway Lagoon Resort Theme Park including the mall beside it and the Sunway hotels are all owned by Sunway.

I still can remember my horrific experience from a hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Well this time I can say that it was just okay. When we checked in, we experienced the pain of waiting. The receptionist are basically lousy. There were like five of them and there were lots of customers queuing. We had to call their attention to check us in.

Anyway, the room was clean and the aircon was functioning well. It's just sad that they don't provide toiletries. Thankfully, I brought my own. And before I forget, their towels aren't as awful as the hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Hoping to post some pictures at the Sunway Lagoon Resort Theme Park very soon.

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Presenting the new Philippine peso bills that will be released before the new year. New coins on the other hand will be released in the beginning of 2012. To those that worries a lot, you can still use your old paper money for three years or better yet give it to me. LOL.

To be honest, it looks very unattractive to me. The color is unappealing. So what do you think of the new design?

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If you are a Filipino, please spread this great video about how beautiful the Philippines is. Definitely, Wow Philippines!

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Here is the schedule for this year's Simbang Gabi here in Singapore. Looks like this year has a huge Pinoy crowd. Last year they only have one church per night.

Dec 15, Wednesday, 8pm
My soul glorifies the Lord

CHURCH OF SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA
25 Woodlands Avenue 1
Contact Persons: FRANCIS CEPE (94761255) / TONY ODIADA (91052930)

SAINT ANNE’s CHURCH
66 Sengkang East Way
Contact Persons: ALEX / GERALDINE QUIAMBAO (83607998)

CHURCH OF DIVINE MERCY
19 Pasir Ris Street 72
Contact Persons: ZAP SAPIERA (82881025 / 84848065) / MARIE SAPIERA (94783985)

Dec 16, Thursday, 8pm
My spirit rejoices in God, my Saviour

CHURCH OF SAINT MARY OF THE ANGELS
5 Bukit Batok East Avenue 2
Contact Persons: ARMAN ARDIENTE (81771269) / BENJO CASTILLO (97650411)

CHURCH OF CHRIST THE KING
2221 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
Contact Persons: VING RIMANDO (92278043) / ALLAN SATO (96548467) / ROBERT MENDOZA (97861448)

CHURCH OF OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
4 Sandy Lane
Contact Person: MEL DIAMSE -LEE (91995621)

Dec 17, Friday, 8pm
He looks on His servant in her lowliness; henceforth all ages will call me blessed

CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
200 Boon Lay Avenue
Contact Persons: YOLLY LIGON (94876534) / ALDA VICTORIANO (96147106)

CHURCH OF OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA
10 Yishun Street 22
Contact Persons: JAY PISIGAN (98794572) / ELMER DEL ROSARIO (93826874) / BUTCH SARMIENTO (91349109)

CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAMILY
6 Chapel Road
Contact Persons: ROLAND PAGDANGANAN (96622768)/ MARGIE PAGDANGANAN (91385807)

Dec 18, Saturday, 8pm
The Almighty works marvels for me. Holy is His name!

CHURCH OF SAINT IGNATIUS
120 King’s Road
Contact Persons: PERLIE BALLESTA (91651249) / MELINDA DUMALOGDOG (82174536)

IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY CHURCH
24 Highland Road
Contact Persons: PAULINE OLINDANG (97510262) / LYN ANTOLOS (91914392) / NELLY CALLANTA (98318044)

CHURCH OF SAINT STEPHEN
30 Sallim Road
Contact Persons: ARNOLD CORDOVA (96478721) / REY DE LUNA (97453947) / MANULET BULAONG (91258086)

Dec 19, Sunday, 8pm
His mercy is from age to age, on those who fear him

CHURCH OF SAINT MICHAEL
17 Saint Michael’s Road
Contact Person: FR. ANGEL LUCIANO, CICM (63920592)

CHURCH OF HOLY CROSS
450 Clementi Avenue 1
Contact Persons: BUDDY CASTRO (96799956) / BONG ERANA (82015842) / CHOY MEDRANA (97667985)

CHURCH OF SAINT BERNADETTE
12 Zion Road
Contact Persons: EDILBERTO ENDENO (96583526) / RENELEN VILLABESA (93255106) / DODETH VERGARA (84440213)

Dec 20, Monday, 8pm
He puts forth His arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted

CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
20 Tampines Street 11
Contact Persons: ZAP SAPIERA (82881025 / 84848065) / EDWIN JUSTINIANO (98307153)

CHURCH OF SAINT TERESA
510 Kampung Bahru Road
Contact Persons: ERIC ARROYO (81684570) / GILBERT NAGUIT (93572781)

CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER
63A Chartwell Drive
Contact Persons: DAMIAN LOW (81239673) / ANNALIZA TAN (81180179) / DOMINIC TAN (93827463)

Dec 21, Tuesday, 8pm
He casts the mighty from their thrones and raises the lowly

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
248 Upper Thomson Road
Contact Persons: MALEEN NGAN (97867143) / VIOLET LIEW (91542797)

CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
1259 Upper Serangoon Road
Contact Persons: DAISY LEONG (90995035) / MALOU TAY (97669971)

SAINT JOSEPH’s CHURCH
143 Victoria Street
Contact Person: JENNY ARANCON (93425839)

Dec 22, Wednesday, 8pm
He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich away empty

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL
SUCCOUR
31 Siglap Hill
Contact Persons: MARIE AVI GARCIA (96450814) / AMAPOLA HERNANDEZ (84211678)

CHURCH OF SAINT ALPHONSUS (NOVENA)
300 Thomson Road
Contact Persons: REV CLAVERIA (96717755) / REY TATOY (90122243)

BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH
1 Commonwealth Drive
Contact Person: BEBOY DELICANO JR. (82624866)

Dec 23, Thursday, 8pm
He protects Israel, His servant, remembering His mercy

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
50 Ophir Road
Contact Person: JENNY ARANCON (93425839)

CHURCH OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
301 Yio Chu Kang Road
Contact Persons: THIRD GUTLAY (96340743) / LUZ GUTLAY (91376938)

CHURCH OF THE RISEN CHRIST
91 Toa Payoh Central
Contact Persons: TOCING KEW (96246061) / ALICE WONG (93669180) / MARICEL LEE (92383579) / HELEN PALEC (94495648)

Dec 24, Friday, 6pm
The mercy promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his sons for ever

CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
225A Queen Street
Contact Person: JENNY ARANCON (93425839)

Listing courtesy of veritas.org.sg / Photo courtesy of goodfilipino.com

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of December 12, 2010

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2. The Tourist
3. Tangled
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
5. Unstoppable
6. Black Swan
7. Burlesque
8. Love and Other Drugs
9. Due Date
10. Megamind
11. Faster
12. The Next Three Days
13. 127 Hours
14. The Warrior's Way
15. The King's Speech

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Two more weeks to go and it's Christmas time. I just find it very hard and lonely to spend another Christmas here in Singapore. I am now thinking of spending Christmas next year with my family. Anyway since Christmas is near, I'd better list down my wish list for the generous Santa's out there. (ahem!)

1. iPod Shuffle. Since I gave my Ipod Nano to my sister, I need a media player that I can use during my long runs. With that, I also need a waterproof earphones.

2. Hair Straightening Iron. I have been planning to get this straightening iron cause my hair is really bothering me. It's either very wavy or unruly. It's either that or I'll get a new haircut.

3. gym gloves, gym bag and swimming trunks. I think it's about time that I get these new stuffs. My swimming trunks is a bit small for me now and my back pack that I've been using has turned foggy white now.

4. round trip ticket to Hong Kong, Taipei or Bali. These are the places that I'm targeting to go next year. I would definitely would want to visit Hong Kong again. Hopefully in South Korea if it's safe to travel there.

5. new laptop. My current Acer laptop has been showing me signs of termination and a new laptop will be much appreciated.

6. not so high-tech phone for my PH roaming number. On my last visit in the Philippines, I bought a new sim card that I've planned to use in a new phone. Well until now I haven't bought a replacement.

7. new iPhone 3GS case.

8. mini electric fan for my office desk.

and so much more...

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Yesterday, while I was browsing for TV series to download, I saw a familiar a name "Mila Kunis" in the list and she was the guest to Jimmy Kimmel Live. I googled her name and the reason why she is so familiar is because she is one of the voice cast of Family Guy. To those who don't know Mila plays the character of "Meg." Shockingly, she's so pretty and very far distant to the cartoon character she's voice overing.

Anyway, I've researched the main characters and here are the people behind their voices:

Seth MacFarlane (Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Carter Pewterschmidt, others)

Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin, Loretta Brown, Barbara Pewterschmidt, Tricia Takanawa, others)

Seth Green (Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman, others)

Mila Kunis (Meg Griffin)

Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown, Herbert, Greased Up Deaf Guy, Bruce the performance artist, others)

Here is the video of one of their recording session. Enjoy!



So who's you're favorite character? Mine is Stewie and Brian!

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of December 5, 2010

1. Tangled
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
3. Burlesque
4. Unstoppable
5. Love and Other Drugs
6. Megamind
7. Due Date
8. Faster
9. The Warrior's Way
10. The Next Three Days
11. Morning Glory
12. 127 Hours
13. Black Swan
14. Fair Game (2010)
15. Red

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Here are the top 10 baby names for boys and girls for the year 2010 compiled by BabyCenter, an online parenting and pregnancy site. Taking the top spot for a girl's name is Sophia while Aiden is the top spot for a boy's name for the sixth year in a row.

Top 10 Girls’ Names of 2010
1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Chloe
6. Ava
7. Lily
8. Madison
9. Addison
10. Abigail

Top 10 Boys’ Names of 2010
1. Aiden
2. Jacob
3. Jackson
4. Ethan
5. Jayden
6. Noah
7. Logan
8. Caden
9. Lucas
10. Liam

Did you baby name entered the list?

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Now my Day 1 story continues. After we have checked in Fortville Guesthouse, we finally headed to the Grand Palace. The Grand Palace by the way is the official residence of the Kings of Thailand. It houses elaborate buildings such as the Wat Phra Kaew, Dusit Phra and Chakri Mahaprasad Hall. All I can say is, these structures are magnificent. I'm just not sure if they made of gold or just gold platted.

It's just annoying that while I was taking photos in the entrance of the Grand Palace, I saw that my camera battery indicator was going off in minutes. Thank God, I have my iPhone with me. It's just hard to take photos especially with wide range. Back to the Grand Palace, my friend and I was rushing to get in and we were surprised to see our former officemate there with his friends. My friend and I were both surprised that he just nod his head when he saw us. My friend had to call his name and he gave again the same response.

Anyway, we covered the whole Grand Palace for one hour then we headed to Wat Pho.  While walking to Wat Pho we felt our hunger so we tried this street food that looked like kikiam. After a long walk to Wat Pho, we sat somewhere and we were approached by a Bangkok local. He asked us where are we heading and we tried to ignore him. We were skeptical that he's going to lure us somewhere. Anyway, we told him that we're going to Wat Pho. He informed us that it was the "monk day" and Wat Pho was closed. He then offered places we can visit and he even talked to the Tuk Tuk driver to take us there. It was very smooth transaction with the Tuk Tuk driver if a local talks to them.

The Tuk Tuk driver drove us to the jewelry store followed by the giant standing buddha then the silk store. I bought one scarf lol! Our last destination was the massage place. We're so happy with the Tuk Tuk driver that we even gave tip. The problem was there was only one massage place. The local guy that told us that the whole street will be flocked with massage units aren't there. So we have thought that we have been cheated. We inquired to the only massage place and we found it very expensive. We have decided to find a different place. We were surprised that the Tuk Tuk driver was still there outside waiting for us. We end up walking while we find for that street. After talking to some locals, we have decided to take a cab and instruct the driver to go to that certain street. When we reached the spa, we were shocked that the massage place that we rejected was actually more cheaper.

To be continued...

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Top 20 Hollywood Movies as of November 28, 2010

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
2. Tangled
3. Megamind
4. Burlesque
5. Unstoppable
6. Love and Other Drugs
7. Faster
8. Due Date
9. The Next Three Days
10. Morning Glory
11. 127 Hours
12. Fair Game (2010)
13. Red
14. For Colored Girls
15. Skyline