The Other Side of PacMan!

Watch this Basketball video featuring the Street Ballers against Hollywood Celebrities including our own "People's Champ - Manny Pacquiao". This basketball game was held at Los Angeles Convention Center.

"The Celebrities"


"The Street Ballers"

My Summer Tips for your Philippine Vacation

We have just entered the month of April, and it only means one thing, summer is fast approaching. In the Philippines, summer, next to the Christmas season, is the most anticipated period of the year. This is because of the fact that the Philippines is an archipelago, and the beautiful beaches shows its real beauty during this time. Traveling locally is an ideal thing to do.

Additionally, summer is also a long break from school. All school levels are taking their school vacation this season, usually starting on the last week of March, ergo, the time for students to roam around and enjoy their time out of books and exams is this.

Since tourism is an in-demand industry around this time, most vacation spots and tourist attractions are in their most busiest hour. In fact, if you do not know a lot about the Philippines and will just go here and impromptu plan your activities, I'm sure you will have a hard time. So we listed below some tips on your for your Philippine vacation.

• Book your hotel as early as possible. It is highly encouraged to at least book your accommodation a month before your actual arrival.
  
• High-end hotels are mostly fully booked or increased their stay packages. Taking alternatives such as pension houses, 1-day inns and room rentals is worth your consideration.
• Plan your activities before going on a vacation. It pays to organize the list of things you want to do. It saves time and money and makes your visit worthy.
• Hire registered tour guides if you want to. But traveling by yourself or with some friends or family is always fine provided that you take necessary precautions.
• Be guided that there are a lot of opportunists everywhere especially during this time. If you need to ask for help, make sure they will not take advantage of you. If possible, ask a person in uniform such as security guards, policemen et al.
• Make a wise budget. It pays researching for the current prices and fees for your travel.
• Keep your things safe. Wallets, phones and other valuable items must not be displayed flamboyantly. Bring only enough when you go out of your room. And oh, be sure to keep it locked.
• Be sure to register your names on tourist stations. If there is none, let some of your friends or family back home know where are you going and where you are staying.
• Have fun and enjoy.

9 Year's old Whiz-Kid writes iPhone application

SINGAPORE, Feb 5 - While most children his age sketch on paper with crayons, nine-year old Lim Ding Wen from Singapore, has a very different canvas -- his iPhone.

Lim, who is in fourth grade, writes applications for Apple's popular iPhone. His latest, a painting program called Doodle Kids, has been downloaded over 4,000 times from Apple's iTunes store in two weeks, the New Paper reported on Thursday.

The program lets iPhone users draw with their fingers by touching the iPhone's touchscreen and then clear the screen by shaking the phone.

"I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw," Lim said. His sisters are aged 3 and 5.

Lim, who is fluent in six programming languages, started using the computer at the age of 2. He has since completed about 20 programming projects. His father, Lim Thye Chean, a chief technology officer at a local technology firm, also writes iPhone applications.

"Every evening we check the statistics emailed to us (by iTunes) to see who has more downloads," the older Lim said.

The boy, who enjoys reading books on programming, is in the process of writing another iPhone application -- a science fiction game called "Invader Wars".

Chinese New Year - "Year Of the Ox"

When is Chinese New Year 2009?
Chinese New Year falls on Monday, January 26th 2009.

The Chinese New Year that is celebrated for about fifteen days is one moment in the year when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment. The Chinese New Year gets determined by the Chinese new year calendar and therefore it is sometimes called the Lunar New Year. In 2009, the Chinese Lunar Year Festival would start from 26 th of January. As every one is aware of its significance, the working people in china can take weeks of holidays so that they can join the company of their near and dear ones and a feast with their family members on the Chinise new years eve or Lunar New Year's Eve. Although with the changing times and increasing mobility of the people the celebration of Chinese New Year Festival has undergone some changes, everybody still very fervently follow all the customs that their elders have taught them.

Chinese have a unique way of representing the New Year through animals. They have 12 different animals to represent each year of the 12 year -cycle and the order remains the same throughout with the year of the rat beginning the cycle and the year of the boar/ pig ending the same. As the Chinese year 2008 was signified as the year of the rat, the following year, 2009, is going to be the year of the ox. Chinese New Year of OX, 2009 will fall on January 26th and will mark the 15 day long festivities beginning on the said date and going on till the 9th February.

Chinese New Year

When is Chinese New Year 2009? Chinese New Year falls on Monday, January 26th 2009.

The Chinese New Year that is celebrated for about fifteen days is one moment in the year when the whole nation feels united as they can imagine each other's enjoyment. The Chinese New Year gets determined by the chinese new year calendar and therefore it is sometimes called the Lunar New Year. In 2009, the Chinese Lunar Year Festival would start from 26 th of January. As every one is aware of its significance, the working people in china can take weeks of holidays so that they can join the company of their near and dear ones and a feast with their family members on the chinese new year eve or Lunar New Year's Eve. Although with the changing times and increasing mobility of the people the celebration of Chinese New Year Festival has undergone some changes, everybody still very fervently follow all the customs that their elders have taught them.