Ate Dons, Baler’s showbiz blogger will be blogging more about the Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 activities. The blog is Donna Whatto Say!!.
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009John Arcilla stars in Himpapawid, a film by Raymond Red
Friday, July 31st, 2009Our main man John Arcilla stars in Raymond Red’s new film Himpapawid. The main character is played by Raul Arellano. The film’s website is here.
Inspired by a true event, Himpapawid (Manila Skies) tackles the astounding story of a lone deranged hijacker who is pushed to edge as he struggles with the oppression of surviving in modern Philippine society. The film dwells on the common story of a desperate simple man from the countryside searching for a decent means of living in the big city, Manila. He keeps stumbling as he moves from one “station of the cross” to another. In dire straits, he later joins an amateur gang plotting a wayward heist to get even with a corrupt employer. This ultimately ends in devastation. Further hounded by guilt that his father is helplessly ill in the province, he draws his last straw and plots the insane hijacking of a plane to finally take him to his ultimate destination – home or hell.
Mutya ng Pilipinas 2009 Pictures
Thursday, July 30th, 2009The pictures are up at the Mutya ng Pilipinas Flickr Site. These are the two candidates from Aurora. Photos by Ryan Sayat of OPMB Worldwide.
Candidate N0. 18. Sheryl Rose Guerrero
Candidate No. 1. Athena Mae Imperial.
Ditumabo Website
Friday, July 24th, 2009
One of my favorite barangays, Ditumabo, San Luis, Aurora has a website. It’s still in construction phase but it looks promising. And they’re giving away an ipod nano!
Looks like Brgy. Quirino has company. At last!
And don’t miss the official San Luis, Aurora Website.
Pitik – The Batangbaler Photoblog
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Fresh on the heels of Donna What to Say, Batangbaler is relaunching it’s photoblog. This time it’s called Pitik. Enjoy the show. Welcome to the Batangbaler network! We now have four channels: Batangbaler, Olagstories, Donna What to Say and Pitik . Stay tuned for more.
Donna What to Say
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
Ate Donna, the one behind the Tribute to Baler series posted here, here, and here, has been keeping a blog on her trusty friendster account for more than a year now. Some energy saving lamp suddenly popped-up in my spoonful of a brain when I read her posts and offered her her own space in Batangbaler. A couple of days later and the blog is reborn. It’s called Donna What to Say and according to the blog’s description, it offers “spunky… spirited… striking… sensible… sweet… starstruck… hip… hyper… heartfelt!!” contents, the kind I would have liked to put on Batangbaler myself if i’m not gifted with chronic case of laziness. Visit her site, you will like it. It’s at donna.batangbaler.net
Fil-Spanish Friendship Day 2009 Pictures
Friday, July 3rd, 2009I plan on writing a literary thinkpiece regarding the events of this year’s Fil-Spanish Friendship Day Celebrations. For inspiration, i’m waiting for all the planets of the solar system to align with the Crab Nebulae. In the meantime, just look at the pictures.
Cultural Night – June 29
The Main Event – June 30
Pictures from Mr. Fidel Sarmiento of the Art Association of the Philippines
Baler 400 Official Website
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Good news: Baler 400 has a website. The infos especially the Schedule of Activities are pretty helpful. Thanks to the Office of SEDJA for putting the site online. The address is baler400.ph.
Bad news: the official Baler, Aurora website is still not updated six months after it was launched. It’s a stillbirth.
