Not Yet Sikat

“Once the Philippines government gave its edict to develop geothermal, it was implemented with good management and intelligent engineering,” said Horne, the Stanford professor who has traveled often to the Philippines.
The washington post writes about the Leyte geothermal field. “As engineers describe it, is one of nature’s most perfectly designed geothermal resources. Located about 1 [...]

53 year old Renato Dio took the top place in the masters division (50 years old and above) of the 2008 World Bodybuilding Championships. ABS-CBN reports that aside from being the five-time Mr Universe of the Philippines, he also holds the country’s record in powerlifting.
Check out his monster photo on page 4. (via)

Check out this sassy hip-hop dance video of the “Philippine All-Stars” performing at the 2008 World Hip Hop Dance competition in Las Vegas. They bested 1,000 dancers and won gold! (via)

Reason #10: We clean our ass using water and soap!

In response to a contest by ladygadfly, Galwin has a new list of 10 things that makes us Pinoy.
Check out the original list which was going around as early as the 90s! It includes such gems as: “…you put your hands together and point them in [...]

“The best boxer in the world is a Filipino” says spankyenriquez. Spanky continues to describe it as a brutal dissection: “It was painful to watch;a cold, objective dissection, a show of calibrated precision, almost Germanic in its efficiency.”

Scarty knows that he is a once in a lifetime phenomenon: “I know there’s plenty to like about [...]

American magazine Cracked, proclaims the Mananaggal and Tikbalang as part of their list of the 7 weirdest mythical creatures in the world:
“Manananggals terrorize the Visayan islands, where people hang large amounts of garlic around their houses as a deterrent to the manananggal, which seems unnecessary since the legless things probably don’t have the ability to [...]

Gian dapul, a 16 year old from Philippine Science High School has won the English Speaking Union’s international public speaking contest held in London. He beat 57 other contestants from 35 different countries by giving a short speech about the topic “New Frontiers”. (via cathybythesea)
“Not only did Gian speak very well, but his replies to [...]

Charlie Green, meet Lica de Guzman. Oh and she sings in French.

(The video’s description says this was taken in 2005 which makes her 9 at that time. Read more about her from her official website.)

Commenter Emma wasn’t too impressed with Madonna’s performance and instead applauds 10 year old British-Filipino, Charlie Green!

But what happens after puberty?

She got a standing ovation from the audience, nods from the judges and even Simon Cowell liked her! Check out his cheeky wink at the end of the video. (via enchantedlilypad and macheriefrancine)