Meet Be-bop, my 2012 Elantra

Korean car maker Hyundai is truly giving American and Japanese cars a good competition with the release of the 2012 Elantra.

The first time I saw the new Elantra, I immediately fell in love with its sleek look, spacious cabin and trunk and generously loaded interior – with GPS navigation system, DVD panel, bluetooth and iPod integration, power rear-view mirror with back-up camera, smooth leather seats and sporty wheels with entertainment buttons.

The hazel brown, 1.8 GLS with 6-speed automatic transmission Elantra was a good investment. To top it all, my dealer threw in a bunch of freebies and upgraded my Elantra unit into limited or “Premium” edition – pimped with chromes, rainguard, full windshield 3M tint and a host of other premium accessories.

Buying this Elantra is surely a good investment and felt so good I made a short video of my Elantra while its still fresh. LOL!

Regular Holidays and Special Non-Workings Days in the Philippines for 2012

Regular Holidays for 2012
   

New Year’s Day            January 1 (Sunday)

Maundy Thursday        April 5

Good Friday            April 6

Araw ng Kagitingan         April 9 (Monday)

Labor Day                May 1 (Tuesday)

Independence Day        June 12 (Tuesday)

National Heroes Day        August 27 (Last Monday of August)

Bonifacio Day            November 30 (Friday)

Christmas Day            December 25 (Tuesday)

Rizal Day                 December 30 (Sunday)

Special (Non-Working) Days    

Chinese New Year            January 23 (Monday)

Ninoy Aquino Day            August 21 (Tuesday)

All Saints Day                November 1 (Thursday)

Additional special (non-working) day    November 2 (Friday)

Last Day of the Year             December 31 (Monday)

Special Holiday (for all schools)    

EDSA Revolution Anniversary         February 25 (Saturday)

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Seafood Feast in Cebu

Kinilaw Barongoy

The latest trip to Cebu had me feasting on fresh seafoods – fresh shellfish (big ones), clams, soup and of course all-time favorite swordfish “kinilaw”.

Damage? Less than 500 pesos!

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Lolong, the world’s biggest crocodile

(Photo Credit: CNN)

Somewhere in southern Philippines, a giant crocodile about 6.4 meters long was caught by local townsfolk.  They called it Lolong – and it gained worldwide attention, even the likes of CNN and the National Geographics. Lolong is potentially can be recognized as the world’s biggest and largest croc. Not so surprising since the Philippines is known haven for crocodiles – odd and different.

Many of these crocodiles can be found in government offices – from local to national.

The Pacquiao-de La Hoya Fight Results, Videos and Live Streaming

If you plan to watch the Pacquiao vs De La Hoya dream fight at the comfort of your home without the commercials, better check out this post on How and Where to Watch Pacquiao vs De La Hoya Fight Online Via Live Streaming.

For information and updates, check out the Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya dream fight results. If you want to know the latest fight odds, check out the Pacquiao vs De La Hoya Betting Odds.

If you missed the fights, you can try checking Busby SEO Test participant Bloggista.org for Pacquiao vs De La Hoya fight video replay once its available. Alternatively, you can visit the Pacquiao-Dela Hoya Video Special: HBO 24/7 Episode 1 and expect some fight videos posted there as well.

The Philippine Senate House of … Money

So now its all pretty obvious – its all about the money. This is how Philippine Politics is all about. Imagine a Senate with only 24 members, squabble about money and funds and commissions when all they need to do is legislate laws that will improve the lives of every Filipino.

The Senate has become a true Circus, with the Media its stage. From being a Senate of Investigations and Inquiries – which nothing beneficial were derived, instead wasted lots of people’s money, lots of TV and radio airtime, now the Philippine Senate has become a House of Money.

Every Senator is talking about money, big money. Imagine how they spend the 200 Million pesos annual fund, plus those project appropriations they insert (a common practice they say) in Annual Budget. One Senator could insert more than a Billion peso additional budget requirements!

Busby SEO Challenge Updates

It’s less than ten days before one of the biggest SEO contests ends, and the Busby SEO Challenge proved to be one tough competition. Teams from Indonesia already stood solid on the number 1 spot in Google.

Several Filipino participants to the Busby SEO Challenge also appear on Google’s first page however it may take some big miracle to catch up and win the competition.

Prizes at stake are USD5,000.00, USD2,000.00 and USD500.00 for the First Place, Second Place and Third Place respectively.

Check out for more Busby SEO Challenge Updates.

US Basketball Team Redeemed Olympics Gold in Beijing

US Basketball Redeem Team. Photo Credits: Ezra Shaw – Getty Images Photo

Finally, the buzz and glitters hovering around the US Basketball Redeem Team came to a reality when Team USA won the Gold Medal against Spain 118-107 during the 2008 Olympics Men’s Basketball Finals in Beijing, China with an attendance of more than 11,000 people mostly cheering for the US Squad.

For details of the Finals Game, where Argentina, the 2004 Olympics Basketball Gold winner, grabbed the Bronze Medal with a 87-75 win over Team Lithuania, check out the 2008 Olympics Men’s basketball Finals Results and Winners at Bloggista.org.

Olympics Medal Tracker

The 2008 Olympics Results and Updates on Bloggista.org

Olympic Medal winners at NBC Olympics.com!

Nursing Board Exam 2008 Results

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Well, last night, 24th of July, the whole blogosphere optimizing the Nursing Board Exam 2008 Results were gone crazy over the surprising “early” release of the NLE 2008 results. And indeed, those who were lucky enough to get hold of the list of passers enjoyed unprecedented “huge” volume of traffic to their sites today – and few more in the coming weeks.

Congratulations to all new Nurses. Next stop: Getting employed.

Good luck!