DIPLO LOOTBAG ✪ All-I-Want-For-Christmas Giveaway WINNER!!!
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YAY we have a winner!!!
It was hard for me to narrow down the winners to my top 3 (which I then forwarded to Quirks.ph for them to pick the winner) because there were so many fun/quirky/charming answers! I really wish I could have given everyone prizes! LOL! Read on to find out who won.
Read MoreMUSIC ♫ Amazing mashup of Billboards Top 25 of 2010
This is too brilliant not to post! Amazing and super cool mashup by DJ Earworm. I can’t imagine how he mashed so many songs in one and still make it sound super catchy.
A Mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2010, according to Billboard Magazine.
Ke$ha – Tik Tok
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Train – Hey, Soul Sister
Katy Perry Featuring Snoop Dogg – California Gurls
Usher Featuring will.i.am – OMG
B.O.B. Featuring Hayley Williams – Airplanes
Eminem Featuring Rihanna – Love the Way You Lie
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Taio Cruz Featuring Ludacris – Break Your Heart
B.O.B. Featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Pitbull – I Like It
Young Money Featuring Lloyd – Bedrock
Jason Derulo – In My Head
Rihanna – Rude Boy
Lady Gaga Featuring Beyonce – Telephone
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me
The Black Eyed Peas – Imma Be
Jay-Z + Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Usher Featuring Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
Travie McCoy Featuring Bruno Mars – Billionaire
Eminem – Not Afraid
Iyaz – Replay
DJ Earworm
Stay tuned for the continuation of my story about watching the Semifinals 2nd Leg Philippine vs Indonesia later today! Sorry it’s super delayed… there is just so much to write about!
Read MoreOur new custom-built teak hallway furniture
Best Christmas gift ever is Danni (our furniture-maker) delivering our hall furniture 2 days before Christmas. It was perfect timing for the Christmas Eve dinner we were hosting! Danni arrived on the afternoon of December 23, but had to return the morning of the 24th because “assembly” took longer than expected. Read on and you will see why!
Read MorePinoys send-off Azkals! Philippines vs Indonesia 2nd Leg Suzuki Cup 2010
Sorry I know this is quite delayed, since we’ve been so preoccupied with all the holiday celebrations. Anyway after the first leg, we got a text that there was going to be a “pep rally” at 2:30 pm the afternoon of the game at the Sultan Hotel. This was perfect for us, because we wanted to convoy with the team or go with the other supporters so that we weren’t an island in a sea of red like the first game!
Read MoreHappy Holidays Everyone!
We hope everyone is enjoying the holidays! Safe partying for New Year’s Eve and cheers to another wonderful year!!!
Read MoreDIPLO LOOTBAG ✪ All-I-want-for-Christmas Giveaway Promo!
After my first EVER promo giveaway for readers in the US and Canada, many of my friends from the Philippines were saying they wished it was open to folks back home in Manila.
Finally I’ve a promo for peeps in the Philippines thanks to the amazing people from QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities! Weeeeeee!
You know how much I love quirks and novelty items – not only for my home (Just like my TeaCupCakes and Tipsy Toes Re-freezable Ice!) but to give out as gifts as well! So this Christmas I am giving away something from QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities to one lucky reader!
QUIRKS Novelties & Curiosities is one of my favorite stores in Manila. In fact I make sure to drop by their store whenever I am home! Here are some items I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to find underneath the Christmas tree! =)
I'd love to get 2 of these! This would be the perfect key chain. I'd place the socket by the door so I never have to go searching for my keys again.
If I got this Apron Guide, then I would never have to type on my laptop with sticky baking hands for conversions!
Details on how to join the giveaway promo after the jump!
Read MoreVideo: Highlights AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 Semi Final 2nd Leg Indonesia vs Philippines
Video highlights of the 2nd game of Philippines vs Indonesia in the Suzuki Cup Semi-finals after the jump.
Read MoreThe irony of it all – Indonesians in Malaysia concerned about not getting tickets
My friend forwarded me this article from The Jakarta Post:
Read More“I am afraid of not being able to get a ticket,” he said as quoted by Tempointeraktif.com.
Ali Hisyam, an Indonesian student in Kuala Lumpur, said he was also scouring for a ticket.
Tomorrow….
…I will write about my long but wonderful day yesterday – the pre-game ”pep rally,” going into the stadium, watching it and the sad but proud defeat. It was bittersweet, because not all of the experiences were positive. But it was nonetheless the experience of a lifetime – because we were at the right time, right place and pinoys are the nicest people!
Today I’m going to rest. I am exhausted from all the excitement and my brain doesn’t wanna work. And I am slightly sad too – it’s the natural crash after such a wonderful high of the Philippine vs Indonesia Suzuki Cup Semi-finals.
Just want to say, have a safe trip home National Football Team of the Philippines and their contingent! And thanks Azkals for the signed Jersey and the nice messages on my photo album of our lunch!
Read MoreLunch with The Azkals/Philippine Team
My favorite pic: Christ Greatwhich and Rob Gier with the Philippine flag
To show our support, the embassy hosted a lunch for the Azkals with the Filipino community. Mongolian food and other Pinoy party staples were served, like pancit, bbq and lumpia. The team arrived to a rousing welcome, and they were so gracious in allowing everyone to take pictures with them. They barely got to eat their lunch with all the picture taking! =P
Here they come! Neil Etheridge, James (winger) and Phil Younghusband (Striker)
It was so great to see Anton after sooooo long! Anton Del Rosario is the Right-back of Azkals/Philippine National Team
With wonder-goal keeer, Neil Etheridge
With Central Defense of the Azkals/Philippine National Team, Rob Gier
MANY more photos after the jump!
Read MoreVideo: Highlights of the first game Philippines vs Indonesia – Suzuki Cup 2010
Thanks to Christ Greatwich for for sharing this video! Can’t wait for the game tomorrow! I’m sure you guys are gonna do even better! Don’t let all the noise get to you! The Azkals are AWESOME.
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Watched the football game live! Philippines vs. Indonesia – Suzuki Cup
We watched the game live at the Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta! And what an experience! It was my 2nd time to watch a football game in that stadium, and the first time we said we should see a game when the Indonesian team is playing – just for the experience! (They take football very seriously here – it’s like an Ateneo La Salle game twentyfold – or maybe fiftyfold!) At that time, we were not thinking about the Philippines getting into the Semi-finals of the Suzuki Cup yet. Little did we know that they would and our first time to watch a game with Indonesia is against the Philippines!
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