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Angelica Panganiban Biography and Profile
Real Name: Angelica David Panganiban Birthday: November 4, 1986 Place where she grew up or Birth place: Caloocan City, Philippines Profession: Actress, Dancer, model Height: 5’ 6” GrandFather’s Name: Alfredo Panganiban Education: - Finished elementary school at St. Vincent in Teacher’s Village, Quezon City in 1999. - Finished High school at St. Vincent, West Avenue in 2003. - She was the Junior-Senior Prom Princess in 2002 and Miss Junior and Senior Prom in 2003. - She was also a cheer leader and also a feature editor in her school newspaper. - Angelica had her college spent at Thames International Business School, majoring in Mass Communication but she had to stop during ...
The Palawan Island
In MIMAROPA region, in an island province of Philippines, the Palawan Island resides. The beautiful Puerto Princesa City is Palwan’s capital and the largest province in the Philippine country covering 1.5 million hectares. Palawan is known for rainforests, mountains and has the world’s longest underground river. It has also been recognized as "HAVEN of the PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE". LOCATION AND ORIGIN OF PALAWAN NAME Palawan is located between Mindoro Island and North Borneo. The Palawan name came from the Chinese people during the 9th century calling it PA-LAO-YU which means land of beautiful safe harbor. Some also believe that Palawan name came from ...
Traveling Boracay Philippines
Boracay in Aklan Philippines has now been considered one of the World’s popular beaches and favorite tourist destination. It has also been a popular spot for some important and big events. Like the Asian Windsurfing Tour and with the week-long Boracay International Funboard Cup competition generally being held on Bulabog Beach every month of January. The two popular Boracay beaches are White Beach (main tourism Beach) and the Bulabog Beach (windsurfing and kite boarding area). Area: 10.32 square kilometers (400 hectares is for preserved forest land;; 628.96 hectares is for agricultural land) Location: Aklan Philippines, region 6. 315 kilometers south of Manila; ...
Marian Rivera Biography and Profile
Real Name: Marian Rivera Gracia Birthday: August 12, 1984 Place where she grew up or Birth place: Madrid, Spain Profession: Actress, Dancer, model Height: 5’ 4” Father’s Name: Francisco Javier Alonzo Gracia, Spanish Mother’s Name: Amalia Rivera, Filipina (When Marian Rivera was 2 years old, her parents got separated, Marian and her mom went back to the Philippines) College School: Finished BS Psychology in De La Salle University Dasmariñas Elementary and High School: Saint Francis of Assisi College System Everything about Marian Rivera: Marian Rivera is an only child that started her stardom by getting herself involved with TV commercials and ramp modeling. Skin White and Sky Flakes were the ...
Sinulog Festival in Cebu Philippines
Sinulog Festival Location: Cebu City Philippines Sinulog Festival Schedule: Every third Sunday of January About Sinulog Festival: Sinulog Festival is a festival in Cebu Philippines that pays tribute to the patron of Cebu City, Santo Niño or Holy Child. In veneration to the patron, people in cebu or cebuanos present dance rituals and have some competitions with their performance. Dancers came from different places and wear their colorful costumes and combine them with their artistic props and lively music which includes rhythm of native gongs, drums and trumpets. Traditionally, the Sinulog celebration lasts for 9 days wherein during the last day would be the Sinulog ...
Crispy Pata Recipe or Deep Fried Pork Leg Recipe
THE FILIPINO CRISPY PATA INGREDIENTS: 1 Pata (front or hind leg of a pig including the knuckles) 1 bottle of soda, it can be 7Up or sprite 1 tablespoon of salt 2 tablespoons patis or fish sauce 1/2 tablespoon baking soda 1 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate or MSG 4 tablespoons of flour Enough oil for deep frying Enough water for boiling THE FILIPINO CRISPY PATA COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Remove all hairs and scrape the skin with a knife. Clean the pork pata and wash properly. 2. Make four to five inch cuts on the sides of the pata. 3. Place the pata in water with soda and salt on a deep stock pot. ...
Filipino Bulalo Recipe or Beef Bone Marrow Soup Recipe
The Filipino Bulalo Recipe or Beef Bone Marrow Soup Recipe Ingredients: 2 kg beef bone marrow, have your butcher chop it into small pieces 1 kg boneless beef shank or stewing beef 1 onion, peeled and sliced 3 liters water 2-3 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered 2-3 saba (plantain) bananas, each cut into two pieces 1 whole medium cabbage, quartered 3-4 tablespoons fish sauce (patis) Salt and pepper to taste The Filipino Bulalo Recipe or Beef Bone Marrow Soup Recipe Cooking Instructions: Lighten bone marrow and boneless beef shank or stewing beef in hot boiling water for a while and rinse in cold running tap water ...
Filipino Lechon Recipe or Roasted Pig Pork Recipe
Filipino Lechon Recipe or Roasted Pig Ham or Pork Recipe Ingredients: 1 whole pig (about 20 kilos) salt black pepper soy sauce For the stuffing: 5 to 10 bundles lemon grass (tanglad) 20 pcs. bananas (saba variety), peeled then halved or 20 pcs. taro (gabi), peeled Filipino Lechon Recipe or Roasted Pig Ham or Pork Recipe Cooking Instructions: 1. Clean and prepare the pig by removing innards, washing and scraping innards, washing and scraping the body of bristles. Rinse and allow to drain a bit before stuffing. 2. Rub with salt and pepper inside and out. 3. Rub soy sauce on the skin of the pig. This will make it nicely ...
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Angelica Panganiban Biography and Profile
Real Name: Angelica David Panganiban Birthday: November 4, 1986 Place where she grew up or Birth place: Caloocan City, Philippines Profession: Actress, Dancer, model Height: 5’ 6” GrandFather’s Name: Alfredo Panganiban Education: -... [Read more]
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