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Friday, February 3, 2012

FREE COKE ON FEBRUARY 4, 2012 NATIONWIDE


Coca-Cola President for Happiness first announcement is about Coke’s Blowout Para Sa Bayan in celebration of Coca-Cola's 100 years!  It will take place on February 4, 2012.
Free Coke will be given to consumers on Saturday from 1:30 up to 4:30 p.m. only. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED~!  Wooooooooooooooooooooooot!

How to get a free Coke:
  1. Go to any participating establishment (listed below).
  2. Queue up at the counter between 1:30-4:30 PM.
  3. Consumers can only claim one (1) 8oz. regular Coca-Cola each time they line up.
  4. Available only until supply lasts.
Participating Establishments

Nationwide: 
  • Mang Inasal
  • Red Ribbon (Free Butter Mamon for first 100 customers between 1:30-4:30pm only)
  • 7-Eleven
  • Goldilocks
  • Hen Lin
  • Shopwise Soda Fountain
  • Green Mango
  • Floyd’s
  • Andoks

GMA: 
  • Avenetto Pizzeria Ristorante
  • Scottland, Inc.
  • The Spa
  • Pollo Loco (Ground Floor Mega Mall),
  • Moshi-Moshi
  • KVGKCC Inc.Real Thing Diner
  • Festival Mall Food Court
  • Star Mall Food Court
  • Tongyang
  • Mexicali
  • Agave
  • Ma Mon Luk
  • Q.C. Sports Club

South Luzon:
  • Biggs-Gen. Luna
  • Buddy Pizza
  • Graceland III
  • Graceland-Pacific Mall Food Court
  • Granceland 7
  • Benzon Burger
  • Sta. Teresa College
  • Pacific Mall Food Court
  • Biggs-Legaspi
  • Graceland Benjos-Tabaco Legaspi
  • Kisonsis Enterprise 
  • Sienalos Bakeshop Restaurant
  • Romeros Bakery Foodhouse
  • Enchanted Kingdom
Visayas:

CEBU -
  • Harbour City Group
  • Orange Brutus
  • Flame It
  • Manila Foodshoppe
  • Moon Cafe
  • Sunburst
TAGBILARAN - 
  • Alturas Foodmix
  • /ICM Foodwalk,
  • BQ Fastfood
BACOLOD - 
  • Chinkys
  • Chicken Deli
  • Cafe Bobs
  • L’SEA
ILOILO - 
  • JD Bakeshop
  • Ocean City

Mindanao:

DAVAO:
  • Gaisano Grand Tagum Food Court,
  • Victoria Plaza Fast food
  • Pritong Manok Outlets
  • Astro Shoppers Outlets
GEN. SAN:
  • Gaisano Grand Food Court Koronadal
  • Ace Centerpoint Fastfood
  • KMCC Food Court
  • Isulan Central Plaza Food Court
CDO: 
  • Gaisano City Food Court
  • Limketkai Food Court
  • Gaisano Malaybalay Food Court
ZAMBOANGA: 
  • Mindpro Citimall Food Court
  • Gaisano Ozamis Food Court
  • Gaisano Mall Iligan Food Court
  • Gaisano Capital Pagadian Food Court


President Noynoy Aquino and Grace Lee are Officially Dating



President Benigno Aquino III finally broke his silence on the news that he is dating Korean television personality Grace Lee. "We're seeing each other," Aquino told ABS-CBN News. He did not provide further details, citing his constitutional right to privacy.

The news was first shared by controversial radio host Mo Twister, who is currently in the United States. He said on Twitter: "We are talking about Grace Lee's date last night with President Aquino. #itsmorefuninthephilippines."

This after a certain Adrian Abella tweeted Mo Twister: "Just asked Grace Lee if it's true that she had dinner with President Aquino. She said she did." Asked about the supposed date last week, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said: "We do not comment on private matters of the President."

Lee, for her part, denied a newspaper report claiming that she admitted dating Aquino. "I never said we dated. Nor did I say we are text mates. Nor that he comes to visit me," she said on Twitter.

Aquino first met 29-year-old Lee last year during the inauguration of the Korea Electric Power Corp. power plant in Cebu, where the latter was a co-host. "Pati ang bisita nating si Miss Grace Lee, kala ko tuloy Pinay, eh. Hindi nga pala, Korean. Pero pati 'yung mga Korean na dumarating talagang gwapa lahat. Kailangan yatang buhayin ang MalacaƱang sa Sugbu. Baka dito na rin tayo magkatuluyan," the President said in his speech during the event.

Aquino, 51, is said to be lucky during the Year of the Water Dragon, especially in the love department. "This year, he will have a love life if he is willing to get married... The First Lady is coming out," Hong Kong-based feng shui master Joseph Chau Kam Shing said early this month.

The bachelor President's past dates include celebrity stylist Liz Uy and stockbroker Len Lopez. He has also been linked to Bais City Mayor Karen Villanueva, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, actress Iza Calzado and Sabrina Chua of Singapore-based Channel News Asia. His former girlfriend, Valenzuela City councilor Shalani Soledad, recently tied the knot with Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo.

Source: ABS-CBN News


Panagbenga 2012 Schedule of Activities and Events


Panagbenga 2012 Major Highlights

Panagbenga Opening Parade February 1, 2012
Market Encounter February 1 - March 4, 2012
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom February 11, 2012
Handog ng Panagbenga sa Baguio February 12, 2012
Fluvial Float Parade February 12, 2012
Chinese Spring Festival February 21, 2012
Grand Street Dancing Parade February 25, 2012
Grand Float Parade February 26, 2012
Session Road in Bloom February 27 - March 4, 2012
Pony Boy's Day March 2, 2012
Panagbenga Closing Ceremonies March 4, 2012
Grand Fireworks Display March 4, 2012 @ 7:00 PM


Thursday, February 2, 2012

Hey Daydreamer Rez Toledo, more popularly known as Someday Dream, composed 7 tracks in his album


It was a one of a kind experience for us bloggers to see Hey Daydreamer a.k.a. Rez Evia Toledo perform live. Yes, up close and personal!
Pop radio listeners for the past few months might have heard of a techno-driven pop ditty called "Hey Daydreamer."

Hey Daydreamer has been on the top of the music charts for quite sometime now.  Its infectious electro beats, rhythmic keys, and catchy tunes have caught the young listeners by storm. When it was revealed that the song was locally produced, reactions ranged from disbelief to a desperate desire to watch the artist live.

The guy behind the song is 21-year-old Ateneo de Manila student Rez Toledo, more popularly known as Somedaydream.

Rez Toledo said during the question and answer portion with the bloggers, that he formed Somedaydream almost three years ago, when he was 18 years old. And that he was heavily influenced by the likes of Owl City and The Secret Handshake. He had a few songs and then he started to regained interest in playing the piano. But then he decided to buy a synthesizer. From there he started experimenting with the electronic genre, with the use of laptop synthesizers, recording his own songs.
 
He put up his songs at his MySpace page. The songs became popular among his friends and peers. Before he knew it, his output fell on the ears of former Hale singer Champ Lui Pio, who in turn became interested in helping Rez Toledo.

Help came in the form of producing his album, and eventually it expanded to managing Somedaydream.
After a while, Champ had thought of putting up a label and then put him under Mecca Music label. Mecca Music recently released the official music video for "Hey Daydreamer."

His second single, 'Delivery Boys', was released in August 2011.  

Someday Dream, Rez's screen name, is the title of his album produced by Mecca Music and MCA Music.

It contains seven self-composed songs, which he said are based on his personal experiences.

"In 1st year college everything was new--I had new friends, I had new experiences," he relates.

"Hindi ko naman kinakahiya na personal experiences 'yon talaga, siguro I just draw inspirations from personal stuff, and my art reflects who I am."
Here's the complete track list of Rez's album, Someday Dream:

1. Prelude

2. Hey Daydreamer

3. Do-do With You

4. Delivery Boys

5. Break

6. Sing This Song

7. Hey Daydreamer (Acoustic)

His group of fans call themselves "Dreamers". His single "Hey, Daydreamer" is used in the Cornetto Disc Commercial Philippines. He was born on November 28,1990.
The first grand Bloggers’ Meet Up with OPM’s hottest young artist and internet sensation SOMEDAYDREAM was made possible by MCA Music Inc. and Mecca Music in cooperation with Astroplus, Pinoy song magazine and Orange Magazine TV.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Asia’s acoustic sweetheart SABRINA releases “I Love Acoustic 4” album—her version of the hit “Moves Like Jagger”


Last night I met in person Asia’s acoustic sweetheart SABRINA ORIAL or simply SABRINA  who releases her follow-up single from her highly successful “I Love Acoustic 4” album—her version of the hit “Moves Like Jagger”.
 
Sabrina is only 22 years old . She graduated Cum Laude from UP Los Banos with a degree in Communication Arts. Sabrina is an achiever and an ideal role model for kids of this generation. She doesn't smoke and she always exercise.  She was discovered at the tender age of 14 and was asked to come back after two years by Vicor who released her first album as a Bossa singer entitled "Sabrina".
She came from a family of musicians. Her Father and brother are guitar experts/composerHer older sister is a soprano. Her mother is an alto and a magna cum laude. No wonder Sabrina got not only her looks but also her intelligence. Their family usually spent weekends singing and playing the guitar together.  She described her family as a happy musical family.

Her “I Love Acoustic 4” turned GOLD in Indonesia in November of 2011 and this month, it is certified double PLATINUM. This makes Sabrina one of the few Filipino singers to have multi-platinum success in Indonesia. “I Love Acoustic 4” was also released in Thailand and soon in Singapore and Malaysia.
Sabrina has the following albums under her belt 
  • "Sabrina"
  • “I Love Acoustic”,
  • “I Love Acoustic Too” 
  • “I Love Acoustic 3” 
  • “I Love Acoustic 4” 
They were multi-platinum success in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand- the only Filipino female singer to break in successfully in the South East Asian market. 

Her huge following abroad is now translating locally as the album is still in retail charts where it debuted at #1 at Astroplus and #9 at Odyssey upon its first week of release. Because of her success abroad, she became a recipient of the “International Achievement Award” at the recent Awit Awards where she also took home the I-Gateway Mobile Philippines, Inc.’s Most Downloaded Artist for 2010. 
The album also includes the tracks “Price Tag,” “Who Says”, “Edge of Glory”, “On The Floor”, “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”, “California King Bed”, “Hold It Against Me”, “Rolling In The Deep”, “The Lazy Song”, “Back To December”, “That Should Be Me”, “Marry Me”, “Rocketeer”, “Just The Way You Are” featuring Indonesian singer Calvin Jeremy and “Lucky” featuring multi-platinum crooner Richard Poon.

Catch Sabrina as she serenades SM Pasig on February 17 (Friday) at 4pm. Those who will buy her album “I Love Acoustic 4” will get to have their CDs autographed by Sabrina herself after the show.

Let us support our Filipino artists!
“I Love Acosutic 4” by Sabrina is now out in CDs under MCA Music (Universal Music Philippines) and available for download at mymusicstore.com.ph. 

To download Sabrina’s single “Moves Like Jagger” 

text JGR and send to 2728 for Smart and Talk N Text subscribers

text KL343 and send to 2332 for Globe/ TM 

or text  5493161 and send to 2300 for Sun Cellular subscribers.

For more of Sabrina’s music, just text SABRINA to 3456 or check out www.facebook.com/mcamusic.

Please like Sabrina's fanpage :Sabrina - I <3 Acoustic
Sabrina's twitter account:  https://twitter.com/#!/sabrinaorial

Sabrina - A Thousand Miles Music Video

Sabrina- Hey Soul Sister

Sabrina- Who Says 

Sabrina - Saranghae (Perfect Match OST) - one of my favorites!

Sabrina - Last Friday night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry cover song

Sabrina- Billionaire ( I Love Acoustic 3)

Sabrina- Price Tag

Sabrina - Marry Me


Monday, January 30, 2012

Bianca Manalo got caught!!!!


Bianca Manalo got caught scratching around her groin area while hosting Happy Yipee Yehey.


Air Phil Express Sale Period: January 30 to February 2, 2012





Air Phil Express
Sale Period: January 30 to February 2, 2012
Travel Period: July 1 to November 30, 2012
* 10kg Free Baggage Allowance
** Travel starts Febraury 9, 2012
*** Travel starts March 22, 2012


Details
  • Quoted fares for Domestic and International Flights are for one-way only.
  • Fares are with 15 kilos Free Baggage Allowance.
  • Philippine Goverment Tax not included.
  • Fare is not guaranteed until the final purchase.
  • Priced from Origin to Destination or Vice Versa.
  • Subject to rules and conditions, please review carefully.

Domestic DestinationsOne-Way Fare
Manila to Bacolod, Calbayog, Catarman, Caticlan*, Cebu, Iloilo, Kalibo, Tacloban or Tagbilaran P88
Cebu to Bacolod, Butuan***, Cagayan De Oro, Caticlan, Cotabato, Davao, Dumaguete***, General Santos***, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legazpi**, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa***, Surigao, Tacloban or Zamboanga P88
Davao to Cagayan De Oro or Iloilo P88
Zamboanga to Davao, Jolo or Tawi-Tawi P88
General Santos to Iloilo P88
Manila to Butuan, Cagayan De Oro, Cotabato, Davao, General Santos, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Surigao, or Zamboanga P488
Busuanga to Puerto Princesa P488
International DestinationsOne-Way Fare
Manila to Singapore P888
Cebu to Hong Kong P888


CEBU PACIFIC SEAT SALE January 30 to February 2, 2012










Cebu Pacific
Sale Period: January 30 to February 2, 2012


Details
  • Quoted fares are one-way and have limited availability.
  • Fare are exclusive of government fees and taxes.
  • International fares are exclusive of fuel surcharges.
  • Fares are non-refundable.
  • Flight changes must be made more than 24 hours before scheduled time of departure.
  • CAB approved terms and conditions of carriage apply.


Domestic Flights Go Lite Fare
Manila to San Jose (Mindoro)
P88
Cebu to Bacolod, Boracay (Cariclan), Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Clark, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, General Santos, Iloilo, Legazpi, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Zamboanga or Kalibo NEW!
P88
Davao to Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo or Zamboanga
P88
Cagayan de Oro to Iloilo NEW!
P88
Zamboanga to Tawi-Tawi NEW!
P88
Manila to Boracay (Caticlan), Bacolod, Catarman, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Coron (Busuanga), Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Laoag, Legazpi, Naga, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, Tuguegarao or Virac
P288
Manila to Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, General Santos, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Surigao or Zamboanga
P488
Travel Period: April 1 to 15, 2012
International Flights Go Lite Fare
Manila to Taipei or Xiamen NEW!
P888
Kalibo to Hong Kong NEW!
P888
Manila to Beijing, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Shanghai or Siem Reap NEW!
P1,888
Travel Period: May 1 to 31, 2012


Sunday, January 29, 2012

NIKON : I AM THE BEST DEAL SALE



I know this is a late post but some of you might still be benefited. So rock on and visit them today!
 
Details
  • Nikon booth at Photoworld Asia in Glorietta Activity Center.
  • Promotion is from January 26 to 31, 2011.
  • Special 30% discount for the Nikon Coolpix P300. From a regular price of P22,499 to P14,999.
  • Free camera and sensor cleaning for the first 100 booth visitors on January 27, 2012.

Photoworld Asia 2012 Schedule


CHRISTIAN BAUTISTA DEPORTED FROM INDONESIA


Oh no! Our very own singer Christian Bautista who is hugely popular in Indonesia has been deported from Indonesia for working there using his visiting visa according to the Jakarta Post.

The immigration office found him conducting a show at Lippo Karawaci, Tangerang west of Jakarta without a working visa on Wednesday evening.  

A spokesman of the immigration directorate general, was quoted by tribunnews.com as saying:
“We will deport him this (Friday) afternoon"
Christian had a 30-day visiting visa since Wednesday but apparently used the opportunity to hold a concert on the day he arrived in Indonesia.

Bautista, who rose to fame in Indonesia with the hit single “The Way You Look at Me”, was questioned by immigration officers  from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday.


LITO LAPID'S WIFE MARISSA ARRESTED IN THE US


US authorities arrested Marissa when she arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 15, 2012.

According to the account supplied by the Lapid camp, she entered the United States in November 2011 carrying $50,000, in violation of US travel regulations. She was held but was released on bail, and managed to leave the country before a US court could detain her to stand trial for the offense.

US laws allow foreigners to carry up to $10,000 in cash. Foreigners must declare the money they are carrying beyond that amount, which Marissa failed to do.
 
Based on Friday’s currency exchange rates, Marissa had P2.1 million with her when she was arrested.

‘Just nervous’
Lapid said his wife was not aware that the case against her had prospered until she flew back to Las Vegas on Jan. 15.

“I’m sad. She had no intention to lie to authorities. She was just nervous,” he said.
Lapid said reports that he and his wife often traveled to Las Vegas to socialize or gamble were “untrue.”

“We stay with a friend, Edgar Balagtas, or with my mother (whenever we go to the United States),” he said.

Lapid said he had not been able to speak with Marissa by phone for days now because her American lawyer, Eliot Krieger, had told her not to take calls.

He said that they did talk on Jan. 15 and that she had mumbled, “Sorry Jo.” (Jo is their term of endearment.)

The senator also said he had asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to extend assistance to his wife the way it did to Filipinos in distress overseas.

Various businesses
He said their youngest son, Maynard, 27 and an American citizen, had been assisting his mother. (They have four children, including Mark Lapid, who served as governor of Pampanga and now heads the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority of the Department of Tourism.)

According to employees, Marissa Lapid owns and runs MTL Enterprises, which includes Walmart Construction Supply, Maynards’ Agri Farm Supply, Barstow Minimart, Generics Pharmacy and Porac Ice Plant.

Except for the grocery, these businesses occupy a row of stalls in a one-story building beside the district hospital in Barangay Babo Sacan in Porac.

When the Inquirer asked an employee who owned a Sea Oil fuel station in Barangay Sta. Cruz, he said: “It’s by Sen,” apparently referring to the senator.

Some 20 meters from the municipal hall is Marissa Hall, which the senator’s wife rents out for private or public functions.

The Porac Foundation Inc. (PFI) has sued Marissa for buying the 5,435-square-meter property from a couple who allegedly produced two fake titles for it. Fr. Resty Lumanlan, PFI chair and founder, said the property was part of donations to the foundation.

Another source said Marissa recently bought two lots in Porac from the David and Cuyugan families worth P20 million.

The Porac treasurer declined the request for information on business permits issued in the name of Marissa Lapid or her relatives.

Research conducted by the Inquirer in 2005 showed that of the family’s 17 vehicles that year, 14 were in Marissa’s name.

Undeclared properties
Lapid declared a net worth of P10.1 million in 2004, his first year in the Senate. Seven properties titled to him were estimated at P256 million, excluding a house in San Diego, California.

Many of the family’s properties in the Philippines were allegedly not declared in Lapid’s statements of assets and liabilities and net worth (SALN) in 1995-2004, when he was Pampanga governor.

What were allegedly not declared in the 2003 SALN when his net worth was P10.1 million were a hilltop mansion in Porac and the three-story Mar-Man Building on Scout Borromeo Street in Quezon City.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents show that Lapid is a co-owner of Classic Films International and Mar-Man Farms Corp. None of these reported big profits.
The film company reported losing P5.49 million in 1996. Mar-Man, registered in 1993, has not filed financial statements in the SEC. The Lito Lapid College Foundation, set up in 1992, reported a net loss of P1.2 million in 1998.

Marissa Lapid’s Thousand Islands International, registered in 1997, had a paid-up capital of only P137,000, and GM Concrete Products Manufacturing and Trading Co., co-owned by Lapid, P1.8 million.

Not born wealthy
In his campaign for a seat in the Senate in 2004, Lapid reported spending P64.9 million from contributions.

Neither husband nor wife was born wealthy, according to Inquirer sources. Neither went to college after graduating from high school.

They married when he was still a movie stuntman. She is known in Porac as having stuck with him despite his affairs with some of his leading ladies in action movies.

Former Gov. Eddie Panlilio has sued Lapid, his son Mark and three other Pampanga officials for plunder, accusing them of enriching themselves using the province’s quarry funds.

The Lapids were cleared of the complaint.                                                     Source: Inquirer


Saturday, January 28, 2012

GRACE IBUNA TO BE SUED OVER IGGY ARROYO'S DEATH


Rep. Ignacio Arroyo Jr.'s second wife, Alicia Arroyo, and common-law wife Grace Ibuna. Composite/File Photo

Mike Arroyo denies telling Grace to pull the plug

MANILA, Philippines - Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio "Iggy" Tuason Arroyo Jr.'s common-law wife, Grace Ibuna, may be sued by the late lawmaker's legal wife for allegedly giving the go-signal to pull the plug on their clinically-dead husband. 

Alicia Arroyo's lawyer, Lorna Kapunan, said they are planning to file charges against Ibuna for declaring that she is the legal wife of Iggy. 

"To misrepresent that you are the spouse, when in fact you are not, to misrepresent or to actually go ahead and pull the plug, these are all multiple criminal offenses," Kapunan said.
Alicia said she would never have pulled the plug on Iggy.

Although their marriage was in the process of being annulled, she said it was never approved. She added the late lawmaker stopped going to their family home in La Vista, Quezon City in 2005.

"At the end of the day, he needs peace and healing.  If we're all peaceful here, maybe it's easier for him to have everlasting happiness. It's all I do, I just pray. I lift everything up to the Lord," she said.

Clinically dead
Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel 'Mike' Arroyo told ABS-CBN News on Thursday that his brother was clinically dead and was only relying on life-support systems after he suffered a cardiac arrest  in London, England on Wednesday.

He later announced that his brother died after life-support systems were removed from his body.
No one was with Iggy in London, except for Ibuna, whom he has lived with for years, according to ABS-CBN London correspondent Gene Alcantara.

Ibuna has declined to comment publicly about the threat of a lawsuit, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau chief Danny Buenafe said on TV Patrol on Friday.

Buenafe said he was able to talk to Ibuna, who said off-camera that the decision to pull the plug on Iggy Arroyo did not come from her.

Ibuna reportedly talked to Mike before doctors removed the life-support system from Iggy.
Former First Gentleman Jose Miguel 'Mike' Arroyo and his brother Rep. Ignacio "Iggy" Tuason Arroyo Jr. File Photo
Mike, meanwhile, said on Friday that he did not order that his brother be removed from life support. "I did not order that," he said.

He said Ibuna asked him what to do. He reportedly told her, "I told her it's up to you. You're the one there."

"I never said that (ordered to pull the plug). Sinabi niya sa akin kanina. I never told her to pull the plug," he said.

"She was asking me what to do. Better you discuss it with the daughter. She's telling us that the hospital, prinessure siya ng hospital."

Ibuna said Bianca, the late lawmaker's daughter with his first wife, Marilen Jacinto, is expected to issue a statement regarding the issue after she arrives in London from Las Vegas to retrieve her father's remains.

Ibuna is a former girlfriend of actor Gabby Concepcion. They have a daughter, Gabrielle. 

Liver ailment
The younger Arroyo went to London last year to seek treatment for a liver ailment. He was listed as one of the lawmakers with the most number of absences in the House of Representatives for 2011.

He earlier told ABS-CBN News last December that he had to stay longer in London because of his ongoing treatment.

He had also urged President Benigno Aquino III to show compassion to his sister-in-law, former President Gloria Arroyo, who is under hospital arrest at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for electoral sabotage. 

'Jose Pidal'
The younger Arroyo figured in the news in 2003 after he claimed ownership of the multi-million-peso "Jose Pidal" account, allegedly owned by his brother.

He again allegedly covered up for his brother after he claimed that he leased 5 helicopters from Lionair Inc. since 2004. Two of the second-hand choppers were allegedly sold to the Philippine National Police for $700,000 in 2009.

Arroyo's claim ran contrary to claims made by Lionair President Archibald Po that Mike Arroyo purchased and used the choppers before they were sold to the PNP. source: abs cbn news


Friday, January 27, 2012

BA NOI'S THE FRESH FLAVORS OF VIETNAM


Ba Noi's is a secret Vietnamese hole-in-the-wall in Makati. Tucked in a quiet Perea Street in Salcedo Village, Makati, Ba Noi's is surrounded by residential flats and office buildings and only a few blocks away from Greenbelt Mall. Ba Noi's is an unpretentious restaurant that seats around 30 to 40 persons. Ba Noi’s is a specialty restaurant that prides itself in serving authentic Vietnamese family dishes that cannot be found in other commercial restaurants. The essence of Ba Noi’s is simply to share a piece of Vietnam with the Philippines.
 
Goi Cuon is a dish consisting of pork, shrimp and vermicelli attractively rolled in rice paper served with Ba Noi's famous peanut sauce.
 
Pho Bo is a perfected homemade beef noodle soup served with fresh herbs and spices. So yummy. I love this! 
 
You could put the lime, bean sprouts, chili paste and hoisin sauce to the beef noodle soup or Pho Bo in Vietnamese.
Cha Gio is a mixture of ground pork, shrimp, taro and black fungus wrapped and deep fried and served with fresh greens and traditional nuoc mam dipping sauce. The small spring rolls are full of fillings, with a surprise crunchiness brought about by the black fungus (mushroom). I wrapped the spring rolls with the lettuce and basil served on the side then I dipped them in Nuoc Nam (fish sauce/patis).  Verdict: Yummy fried spring rolls. We had two orders of this!
Banh Xeo is a savory delicate crepe filled with sauteed pork, shrimp and bean sprouts that  is served with fresh veggies and nuoc mam sauce (fish sauce/patis).
Ca Kho To is a dish consisting of deep fried catfish simmered in rich caramel sauce and garnished with spring onions and fresh chillies. This is best eaten with steamed rice. 
Braised Chicken slowly cooked in lemongrass and curry powder infused with fresh chillies, shallots and spring onions.
The last but not the least dish is the best ever! Bo Luc Lac!!! This is my personal favorite! The beef bursts with flavor with every bite! Bo Luc Lac is stir-fried beef with honey and basil leaves. Dip it with the sauce. For the sauce, you just squeeze the lime into the salt-pepper mixture. This dish is so yummy! We will definitely come back for more Bo Luc Lac!
 
Banh Dan Long is a warm pandan cake filled with mung bean, drizzled with coconut cream and toasted sesame seeds. This dessert tastes like a cross between sapin-sapin and kalamay.
 
I washed down all these carbo with a sugarcane juice. Unique eh?
 
Some of my friends had red wine!

         
Trivia: Ba noi's has its own sugarcane machine. Designed to crush sugarcane. The sugarcane juice obtained after crushing is sweet, delectable and refreshingly healthy!
When we entered Ba Noi's restaurant, a friendly staff readily assists us to our seats and promptly took our orders.
Ba Noi's Menu.
 
I am fascinated with lights.  That is why it is hard for me not to notice Ba Noi's Ceiling lights.
 
 Ba Noi's Wall Lights and Wall Picture
 Every table at Ba Noi's has a picture and a wall light.
 Ba Noi's is the brainchild and vision of Filipino-Vietnamese entrepreneur Henry Nguyen.
Did you know that Ba Noi means:
  1. Grandmother on the father side
  2. A culinary experience that brings together authentic and traditional processes, ingredients and recipes from Vietnamese cuisine.
Verdict:  Vietnamese food is both colorful and bursting with fresh flavors. The beef's taste still lingers in my mind. Best Vietnamese restaurant ever in Manila. With Ba Noi's commitment to healthier food, you would enjoy their dishes infused with different greens. Vegetables are so fresh!  We will definitely come back for that hearty, healthy fix of a piece of Vietnam.  
 
Ba Noi's Facade 
BA NOI'S THE FRESH FLAVORS OF VIETNAM
106 G/F Greenbelt Mansions, Perea St., Legaspi Village Makati City, Metro Manila Philippines 
Telephone number: (02) 893-7359 
Cellphone number: (0916) 266-6652 
Opens from 11:00 am - 10:00 pm daily
Su, M, T, W, Th: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
F, Sa: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
Because I really enjoyed the taste of Ba Noi's, so I asked the owner if they have delivery service. Guess what? You can enjoy a piece of Vietnam even in your homes or offices with just a dial away! For a minimum order of P500.00. Ba Noi's delivers in 45 - 75 minutes.

Enjoy! God bless your heart!


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