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Francis Magalona is finally laid to rest :: ABS-CBN.com

2010-09-17T20:42:00.000+08:00

Francis Magalona is finally laid to rest :: ABS-CBN.com

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2010-04-02T22:32:00.001+08:00

Picnk'd IMG00943-20100303-1623, originally uploaded by Snowhite2006.I have nothing to say...

Go Timbo! Go JT! Go Jojo! March 27 HURRY! Score yo' tickets NOW!

2010-03-16T13:17:00.001+08:00

CONTRARY TO THE RUMORS, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WILL PERFORM A MINIMUM OF 8 SONGS LIVE ( NOT THROUGH AN LCD SCREEN ) AT THE CHANGING LIVES: TIMBALAND SHOCK VALUE II TOUR IN MANILA ON MARCH 27 Catch Changing Lives: Timbaland Shock Value II Tour with special guests Justin Timberlake and Jojo on March 27 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, presented to you by Smart Buddy and

Update on my journal entry re: McDonald's

2007-06-20T08:36:00.001+08:00

(This is a follow-up on my original entry at http://piamagalona.multiply.com/journal/item/34)Last Friday, Jun 15, I received a text message at 10:56AM..."Hi, Ms Pia Magalona. This is rommel Ong, operations manager of McDonald's. I just would like to know if I can call you and apologize regarding your bad experience on our delivery. Looking forward to your reply. Thank you." [sic]Well, I returned

Clara's in d first grade ;)

2007-05-31T19:34:00.001+08:00

Dis is Clara trying on her new school uniform :)

@Royal Park Station1 Boracay

2007-05-24T16:42:00.001+08:00

FM is on assignment w 28 other members of the Camera Club of the Philippines (CCP) and this time he brought me along to the island of Boracay. Last time we were here was more than 10 years ago and boy! were we suprised when we arrived today: so much has changed! It's very commercial now and it feels like we're either in Pasay or back home in Antipolo--minus the beach of course, but you get my

"Help Find Madeleine McCann"

2007-05-23T23:46:00.000+08:00

I received this in my Inbox. First thing I did was check its validity on snopes.com and it checked out so I'm passing it on...----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Pattinson To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;" Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:03 PM Subject: Help find Madelaine McCann Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: FW: Help find Madelaine McCann Please read this message and pass

"Pa-pa-ra-pa-pa hate(?) ko 'to!" DIAL 8-MCDO

2007-04-14T13:23:00.000+08:00

For starters, let's get it clear that THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FOOD which we all LOVE (For the benefit of the Chubakerz reading this) so please don't be asking why we still will continue to patronize them.I'm ranting about my latest experience with them regarding SERVICE. Delivery service this time.You see, some of our kids live on Katipunan so they always have food delivered to their unit

From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge - New York Times

2007-02-09T09:17:00.000+08:00

From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge - New York Times

Park Inn Hotel 22nd District, Vienna

2006-11-16T23:16:00.000+08:00

The day after the show saw us move to another hotel, and this time it was nearer the city. This was taken at the lobby of the Park Inn Hotel. With me are Ms Betta Dans (Bits' manager), our host Linda Cruz' two children and Justin, plus Colby dela Calzada our sound engineer.We had time to visit the City Center which is where St Stephen's Cathedral is locatedAnd so are a lot of FINE SHOPPING

Vienna Show (Oct 25)

2006-10-26T01:39:00.000+08:00

Upon our arrival at the Matsumae Budo Center which was the venue of that evening's show, the castmembers decided to "veg it out" since the place was literally WALKING DISTANCE from the hotel.Hamming it up before the show:Ms Nanette Inventor--the hostess with the mostest--kept the shows together with her tight comedy act, strikes a pose. You can tell she's truly in her ELEMENT at this point: "

Courtesy Call at Ambassador's Residence

2006-10-24T23:29:00.000+08:00

We had our official dinner at the Philippine Ambassador to Vienna H.E. Linglingay Lacanlale's residence. She told us that her husband had prepared all that food for us and it wasn't a small effort ha! We had a mix of Filipino and Mediterranean cuisine and of course there was Weiner Schnitzel!We had a wonderful time, and I have to say that Vienna's customs are very traditional and I had a feeling

Moving on to Vienna (Day 1 Hotel Bosei)

2006-10-24T21:57:00.000+08:00

We were VERY FORTUNATE to have a SUITE assigned to us at our next hotel--the Austria Trend Hotel Vienna and this is what the bedroom looked like:This is the BATHROOM:And the RECEPTION AREA was quite LARGE, so FM and I just started taking pics...He'd put the camera on a tripod and RUN to the couch to sit with me for a picture.This is the RESULTING PHOTO and we were tripping out because it looked

Amsterdam After the Show (Oct22)

2006-10-23T11:48:00.000+08:00

After our show at Pepsi Stage in Amsterdam--which was a huge success, although I have NO PICS to prove it (just take my word, pls!)--our food hosts distributed the goodies backstage for us to bring back to our hotel rooms. Water, of course, was a priced commodity and we had bottles and bottles of it. Here's GOOD STUFF I brought back to the room:The evening of Oct 21, we had an OFFICIAL courtesy

Amsterdam Leg

2006-10-21T16:50:00.000+08:00

Our first morning in Amsterdam, we awoke to breakfast at the Bastion Hotel. This is me and Peggy--one of the Production Assistants (the other one is Fides) on the tour--and they make life easier for us :)I'm having some o' that!Jolina aka "Marbles," poses with the breadbasket:FM is confused as to what he should have; turns out he had a choice of the same-old same-old everyday for the next four

Paris to Amsterdam Pics from FM's cammy

2006-10-21T14:16:00.000+08:00

Here we are upon our arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris:At the Air France lounge--which I'd already mentioned in an earlier post--they had a PSP at any gamer's disposal...And I found a desktop which allowed me free internet access so I could keep in touch with my GT sisses :) although the keyboard was kinda different and drove me NUTS!At the boarding area, here is the Magdangal family:

Bahrain to Paris

2006-10-21T13:36:00.000+08:00

This is still at the lounge in Bahrain:We headed for our next transfer, Paris from Bahrain, which took another six hours of flying.At the Paris airport, we had to ride a bus from one terminal to another, and that bus kept going around in circles, as if the driver himself didn't know where to go either!Somehow, we had our passports "entry stamped" at the Paris immigration, instead of at Amsterdam,

Manila to Bahrain

2006-10-21T13:29:00.000+08:00

Here we are on the plane to Bahrain (rhyming!):I think this was the longest leg of our journey getting to our first stop, Amsterdam. It took us 10 hours to get to Bahrain...Then we had a five hour layover before heading for Paris.Thing is, we hardly felt the loooong wait because the lounge was so comfy and we had free internet access as well. Yay!

Going to Europe :)

2006-10-21T12:56:00.000+08:00

FM and I left Manila October 19, Thursday, at 3PM for a series of shows in Europe, specifically Amsterdam, Vienna, London and Milan. The Filipino tour, produced by Mr Vic Alcuaz' Star Events, is called Kamustahan '06 and the other performers are Ms Jolina Magdangal, Ms Bituin Escalante, Rico J Puno and Ms Nanette Inventor.Here we are at the Gulf Air airport lounge:With the ladies from our

Finally... Wedding Rings!

2006-10-13T22:48:00.000+08:00

The entire 20+ years we've been together, FM and I have gone through more than a couple of wedding bands--they keep getting lost--so we hadn't had any since 199__?So, the other night, FM comes home and says "close your eyes... I have a surprise..." of course, I was so excited... but midway I warned him: "it better NOT be ANOTHER dog ha!!!!"So, there, it was a couple of wedding bands... this time

Pia Has a Birthday!

2006-10-07T23:10:00.000+08:00

The Havies held a SURPRISE! dinner party for me the day after my 42nd birthday at one of our favorite haunts, Fish & Co at Shangri-la Mall (bat opkors!) and I had absolutely no idea what they were up to.Sis Edel just text me a couple of days before for Isabel and Clara to have a playdate, since I was to hand over her--or was it Pao's?--precious Tortoise and Hare havs.Well, as luck would have it,

September Birthday Celebrants

2006-09-26T14:54:00.000+08:00

The pretty gels gang--those of us who were able to make it--celebrated the September birthdays of Bill, Margie and Mon at the Vitans' beautiful home at Loyola Grand Villas. The food was great!Sam, Sabi, Jenny and Margie...Andie in front of the buffet...Suddenly, it's dessert time! 2 kinds of cake......PLUS...Five flavors of ice cream to choose from!Jenny with the lovely Sabi...May: "Hmm.. should

Daddy Di-Do-Du

2006-09-16T22:50:00.000+08:00

Fooling around in the hosts' room while waiting for a take: Danica, Maxx, Saab and Ybur!

Strawberry Shortcake

2006-09-16T22:08:00.000+08:00

According to the latest "Little Girl Land News," Strawberry Shortcake dolls are the way to go now! Clara has a Crepes Suzette one and Isabel has the Raspberry Torte doll. Both are PINK, in case you haven't noticed... he-he!

Fun at our fave mall: Shangrila!!!!

2006-09-09T11:46:00.000+08:00

Not very long ago... Eds and I took the kids for a "spin" at Shang. First we hung out at--as usual--Starbucks Level 6, then we had dinner at Arkin's fave spot: Fish & Co!

Clarabel at the Mall... again!

2006-09-02T00:23:00.000+08:00

After a very long time, the twinsters finally got to hang out again and boy did they have a blast! We met up at Fish & Co at our favorite Shang Mall: me, Unna and Clara plua Edel and Isabel=FUN! We stayed til maybe two seconds to closing time at Starbucks Level 6 and we almost had a teary goodbye again! "Tomorrow is another day!"

2006-06-14T23:57:00.000+08:00

Ok. These are Ciara and Diona, the "Wicked Twins" from the Bratz series. Clara and her friend Isabel (my co-Havie-addict friend, Edel's 5-year old daughter) LOVE these dolls! How much? Well... here's how much: they ARE them!They love it when they know they're going to meet up at Shangri-la and they start playing IMAGINE with their dolls. This is actually a great way to find out what's going on in

2006-05-27T00:04:00.000+08:00

How surreal. I was doing the grocery one night this week, and when I looked in the hotdog bin, THIS was in there. Strange. I never even saw it advertised anywhere. Sam Milby is a guy who used to live in the Philippine Big Brother house, the original edition. He hit it big singing some songs and most especially when he sang a jingle for Closeup toothpaste. He has been showing up everywhere,

2006-05-26T02:40:00.000+08:00

Good (?) News! I actually found soozy hopper again! :) Azteeg! Gotta tell the others... Wait... here's the link, heaven knows how long it's going to stay open:soozy hopper Ok, this photo has absolutely NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS POST. I just felt I had to stick a pic in and I wasn't prepared for it... My apologies....BUT, it might as well BE related to my post. Har-har!Ok... I just kinda figured

2006-05-17T13:42:00.000+08:00

This is so STRANGE... I just discovered this blog soozyhopper.blogspot.com last night and I hadn't even finished reading all of the few entries it had (because I had to step out for the night) and this morning, it was gone! Just like that! Well, it was full of juicy bits on local society people and wannabes, after all. I dunno if the Net Police (if there's sucha thing) wiped it out, or may the

2006-03-01T19:48:00.000+08:00

Here's a photo taken by FM during the New Year, at the Guzmans' residence in Tierra Bella. Besides us, there's Rowell (beside Maxx), Ginny's two boys (Martin and Sebastian) and Mikko (beside Saaby--whom I now call Bailey, BTW!)Clara's got on an uncooperative face because she was probably getting sleepy at the time. Then there's Curly with Unna :)

2006-02-20T16:29:00.000+08:00

Aww.. look! It's Elmo with FM when he did his first TVC for Lucky Me Supreme La Paz Batchoy... He was 3 or 4 then and he used to make that really cute expression with his face ALL THE TIME! And now, he's almost 12 and he got his braces put in last Saturday. Awww...

2006-02-03T15:34:00.000+08:00

Here's Maxx and Tracy.She sent me this pic after Tracy'd just taken a bath. Isn't she adorable? Uh, ok... Maxx is too! Ha-ha sweetie :)Kidding aside, Tracy is still such a baby that she has just gone thru her vaccination shots and in-between she wasn't allowed to have any baths so she was kinda "smelly," but I guess that period has passed.Here's Maxx just after I've put her makeup on at a taping

2006-02-03T15:30:00.000+08:00

This is a pic of FM and Saab taken in November 2005, when they hosted the Crissa Jeans Grand Finals at Market Market. They did a really good job, especially Saaby--considering it was her first-ever hosting job!It looked like she was having fun and in-between breaks a reporter from Studio 23 even interviewed them for Wazzup-wazzup show and she said she told them that at first she was apprehensive

2006-02-03T13:33:00.000+08:00

Ely and Pupil guested on EB sometime in Dec 05 to sing superproxy with FM and Hardware Syndrome. Saaby and Mikko came to the studio and I took this pic of them in the dressing room using my phone cam. Earlier, we'd already shot the music video at the TAPE studio in Manggahan, Pasig. Directed by FM, of course!

Down Time!

2006-01-30T14:37:00.000+08:00

2006-01-28T00:59:00.000+08:00

Scary huh? He-he! Whatta way to make a comeback. Well, afterall, I AM "snowhite!" I guess you could consider this another one of my trial entries, in my very first weblog, which I keep forgetting about and then remembering. Good luck to that!10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...and...BLAST OFF!

2004-11-10T08:21:00.000+08:00

Today, Mylage and I will FINALLY sit down with Liza of compass to discuss the content of Fm and Maxx's official websites.This should've been done a looooong time ago, but hey... given that Myla and I are the greatest procrastinators on earth, we oughtta be given *SNAPS* just for even setting this appointment!After that we have to go to the Quezon City RTC to attend a preliminary hearing on the

2004-11-09T12:44:00.000+08:00

I knew it! I knew I had this original blog! I actually stumbled on it AGAIN because was google-ing Saisaki Restaurant (tell you more about that later) and accidentally entered another Blogger's cached pages! Thank you, AYN.. whosoever you are :) I hope I never have to lose this journal again! *SNAPS!*

2004-05-05T20:02:00.000+08:00

Went to see "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (starring Lindsay Lohan)," with Maxx, Saab, Moe and Arkin (by age!) at Eastwood this afternoon.It's an aok movie starring 15-year olds (or at least they PLAY 15-yr olds!)Went food shopping and am now winding down at home.If you can call it THAT! :)But this is a photo of them at Chicken Little because I can't find a pic of our "Confessions" outing.

2004-05-05T19:59:00.000+08:00

OMG! I'm back? I'm back!!! And I completely, totally FORGOT I had this Blogger site. I wonder when it was that I set this up... Funny. I wonder if this is the same Blogger that sets one up with FREE gmail (from google.com). My daughter Saab has one, but I dunno if it's Blogger. I know I have another blog courtesy of an online friend, but I guess that would be even more impossible to find. I just

2003-02-19T11:07:00.000+08:00

The babies taking nap.FM left for work at around 10:30am.Ben, the handyman, was over for a look-see of what he's going to repair up on the roof. Seems it's going to take eight whole working days just to waterproof the darned thing! And another week to repaint the ceilings! OMG!Oh well.. another day alone to look forward to:) AND another night to look forward to: when FM comes home. He's got

2003-02-19T06:31:00.000+08:00

Good am! [yawn!] Finally! Woke up quite early and got the kids up and running... Maxx is getting dressed, Saaby's in the shower and I sorta hear Frank in his shower. Elmo's still sound asleep though. Nic went to Project 8 yesterday for a coupla days... FM's also in bed... Babies still in bed... BTW, it's 6:29am. The time on this blogger is way wrong! It's set for some other place halfway around

2003-02-18T21:59:00.000+08:00

Unna just text me that she and Lavi are gonna go online. So I need to disco for now. Ta-tah:)

2003-02-18T21:56:00.000+08:00

Wow! This is REALLY cool huh...?

2003-02-18T21:55:00.000+08:00

Is this the first day of the rest of my life?