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Olympics 2012 Schedule

This is the schedule of the Olympics 2012 held in London.

Scam Alert: My Total Profile Views Today Facebook App Spams Your Friends

Preparing for the New Year 2012 Sprinkled with Chinese Flare

After Christmas Day, here comes the New Year not far away. Most Filipinos are fond of knowing what year is coming. They commonly ask, "What year is it? Year of the?"

This question is mostly answered by the Annual Chinese Calendar Name. We Filipinos are strongly influenced by Chinese traditions.

Well here goes the facts about the New Year.

Christmas Facts! It's Only Two Days before it!

Christmas Facts

First Christmas in the Philippines
According to historical accounts, the first Christmas in the Philippines was celebrated 200 years before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the country for the western world, likely between the years 1280 and 1320 AD.

Samurai X Movie in 2012! (Rorouni Kenshin)

Many Filipinos were hooked when the cartoons, Samurai X, aired in the Philippine TV years ago. Every boys and girls (during those times) now comes to the big screen. Not anymore in cartoons, this time it is real!

This is produced by Warner Brothers and it is in Japanese. I guess it is better in Japanese than American.

Official Website: rurouni-kenshin.jp
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/rurouni-kenshin/

Trailer below:

Pedro Calungsod soon to be St. Pedro Calungsod

The Vatican announced Tuesday that Blessed Pedro Calungsod of Cebu will be canonized as a saint for the Roman Catholic Church.

Once canonized, he will be the second Filipino Catholic saint following Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, who was elevated to sainthood in 1987.

UFC News: Jones Plans to Stay in Light Heavy

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones is not planning to leave the division any time soon.

Despite UFC President Dana White saying that Jones can potentially move to the heavyweight division in the future, the 24-year-old Jones says he has unfinished business at light heavyweight.

"I have no intentions of moving out of my division any time soon," Jones said in an ESPN chat. "I feel like there's plenty of work to be done in the light heavyweight division."

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St. Francis Xavier's Feast Day! Dec. 3

Today, December 3 is the feast day of St. Francis Xavier, a great missionary.

What is St. Francis' Legacy?
Written below is a glimpse of what Xavier has done for the Catholic world.

Go Green! Energy Saving Mode For your Blog or Any Website

Add Energy Saving Mode for your Blogger Blog

This actually works on any webpage or website not only to blogs. If you fiddle around your <html> tags and are familiar to <html> structure then you can follow this simple instructions and make your blog or website save some energy while the user is busy opening tabs or opening a new window.

Let us help save Mother earth.

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An Appeal to All Filipinos: Wikipedia Needs Our Help

This is an appeal from Brandon Harris, a Wikipedia Programmer.

Please read through the appeal and if you have the financial resources to help out, please do. If none, then you can share this to others that may help out.

Filipinos are all around the world. I am quite sure there are persons you know who would help out. Free knowledge is for all of us to consume. Wikipedia has done its part in helping build a free and open encyclopedia.

Below is the full appeal. Please read through.

Azkals set to face off against the LA Galaxy

David Beckham and a constellation of stars from MLS champion LA Galaxy descend on Manila today to promote a sport that has enjoyed renewed popularity in the country while giving the Azkals a chance to fulfill their dream of playing A-list footballers at home.

Beckham and the Bruce Arena-coached Galaxy are set to arrive from Indonesia early today, reportedly aboard a private plane, for the second stop of their three-leg Asia-Pacific Tour presented by Herbalife.

How Can I See All of My Pending Friend Request in Facebook?

Pending friend requests on Facebook are actually those requests which are not confirmed yet.

Every Facebook user want to know which friend requests are not reached or confirmed.

But unfortunately Facebook doesn’t support any functionality or option to see the all pending friend requests directly. Yes we could see pending friend friend requests in “Edit Friends” in the “Settings“.

Trending Today - November 26, 2011

Trending Today is a part of our Daily Lives. These topics are the ones people are searching around the world.

According to Yahoo, these are the TRENDING NOW on TWITTER as to the time of this posting.

Are We Still Safe in Facebook? FB Help Center was Attacked by Spammers

After suffering a deluge of porn and violent images earlier this month, users of social networking giant Facebook were hit by another spam wave over the weekend, a Facebook enthusiast blog reported.

The "Facebook Privacy and Security" blog posted screenshots of the spam attack, which targeted Facebook's Help Center Community Forum.

"Facebook’s Help Center ... does not deal with users directly, with non-interactive topics based on FAQ’s and site changes being the only Facebook presence.

Sinag Wins the SEA Games but Shows Talent Gap

JAKARTA - Sinag Pilipinas' romp to the gold medal in the 26^th Southeast Asian Games, which culminated in an 85-57 dismissal of Thailand in the championship last night, only showed that the rest of Southeast Asia still has a ways to go before anyone can mount a serious challenge to the Philippines in men's basketball.
The team, composed mostly of collegiate players, won all its five games by an average of 39.4 points, and was only seriously challenged for a while by Malaysia, which managed to stay within three points at halftime of their semifinal encounter.

Why am I seeing porn posted on Facebook? It's a Spam Attack.

Facebook said today that a “coordinated spam attack” was to blame for the posting of pornographic and violent images on the news feeds of unsuspecting Facebook users.

The issue, which first started appearing on Facebook pages a couple days ago according to ZDNet, has generated a growing wave of revulsion online as some users took to Twitter to complain of graphic and lurid imagery that goes far beyond ordinary porn.

Google Doodle: 224th Birthday of Louis Daguerre

Today, November 18 is the 224th Birthday of Louis Daguerre who produced the first photographic image with Joseph Niepce.

Today is his 224th birthday and Google pays tribute to him with a doodle.

Google Doodle Image and details about Louis Daguerre below.

The Pacman is Triumphant Against Marquez and Post-Fight Commentaries

This afternoon, the Filipino people jumped up for joy when they heard that the Filipino "Pacman" won against the nemesis, Marquez.

The crime rate, as expected, went down. There were very little vehicles running around the main streets.

Let me describe my experience while the fight was going on and some of the common Filipino commentaries after the fight.

Pacquiao vs. Marquez 3 - the Trilogy Comes to an End

Pacquiao vs Marquez is just a few nights away. It will be aired in the Philippines on Nov. 13, Sunday. I am sure that there will be a lot of betting going on by then. Aside from that there will be a day of "peace" here in the country. For the last few years, when Manny fights, crime rates are reduced dramatically.