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Archive for June, 2008:

Manny Pacquiao defeats David Diaz

Published on June 29th, 2008 by Teenee in To See

The robe of Diaz has the initial DDD, which stands for the Dangerous David Diaz. However, he looked anything but dangerous in his WBC lightweight championship defense against the Philippines’ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. In this championship fight dubbed “Lethal Combination,” it was Pacquiao that clearly threw the lethal combinations.

Tags: boxing, David Diaz, Manny Pacquiao, Philippines

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Vacation Tip: Typhoons in the Philippines

Published on June 23rd, 2008 by Teenee in Tips and Reminders

A typhoon, somewhere else in the world, is also called a storm, cyclone or hurricane. No matter how it is called or how it is characterized, I’m confident that you don’t want a typhoon if you’re planning to go on a vacation to the Philippines. You don’t want canceled flights and delayed travel schedules because

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Tags: climate, Fengshen, Frank, Philippines, typhoons, weather

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Solidaridad: Faura’s Best Kept Secret

Published on June 22nd, 2008 by Teenee in Places to Go

When I was just starting to work in the Manila area, I was culture shocked. I grew up in Quezon City and studied there all my life so I am used to its residential and more or less safe atmosphere. Also, having worked in Makati for four years, I was used to its towering buildings

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Tags: bookstore, Manila, Philippines, Solidaridad

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Golden Prince Hotel (Cebu City)

Published on June 11th, 2008 by Teenee in Where to Stay

A prince is stately and gold is one of the most expensive metals, as is. Putting the two together may conjure an image of something expensive and stately, but as they say, never judge a book by its cover, er, name?. The Golden Prince Hotel is not one of the more expensive hotel in Cebu