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Are you a fan of the Tears for Fears? If you are, you're in for a treat! To celebrate the 30th anniversary of their blockbuster album "Songs From The Big Chair," Tears For Fears convened in historic LA Studio The Village to perform some of their biggest hits for an intimate audience of 50 superfans. Watch the performance here, and listen to an expanded version (including a surprise Radiohead cover) only on Spotify Landmark: http://www.spotify.com/landmark .

Korina Sanchez is at it again. Every big typhoon, she suffers from foot in mouth disease.

Here's a video of a couple of street children who were begging outside the mall at SM North EDSA. The security guard had ask them to go somewhere else and the kids started to be aggressive and shouted abuse to the guard and even tried to physical harm him. The composure of the guard is admirable. These kids should be taken by the DSWD.

Mark Zuckerberg did his first Q&A at Tsinghua University in Beijing and he did the entire Q&A entirely in Mandarin! Mark Zuckerberg posted his Q&A on his Facebook page. It appears his Mandarin proficiency is a result of his annual self improvement challenges. Every year, Zuckerberg picks a skill or a goal to pursue with extreme focus. This year, the plan was to write one thoughtful thank-you note every day. In 2010, his aim was to learn Mandarin. Watch his Q&A. Post by Mark Zuckerberg .

A former OFW worker allegedly won P12M jackpot in the lottery. However, he cannot claim his prize because his ticket was crumpled by his grandchild and decided to iron it to flatten it. However, not knowing that the lotto ticket was made of thermal paper...well, watch.

Watch Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao's first PBA performance as a playing coach for Kia Sorento against Blackwater Elite. Manny Pacquiao scored 1 point and 1 rebound during his 10 minutes of play. Kia Sorento loss 77-88.

This video shows that Bonifacio Global City (BGC) guards arresting two British Nationals. According to the report, the 2 Englishmen (Sam and Chris) where skateboarding along Fifth Avenue when two lady policewomen instructed them nicely that they could not skate there and told them to do it at the park, which they did. According to the Englismen, while at the park, a lady marshal shown on 1:16 of the video stopped them rudely. They explained to the marshal that the policewomen told them they can skate there. The marshal called for backup and confiscated their skateboard. One of the Englishman (Sam) said he got scared and ran off. The marshals successfully caught him as shown in the video. According to a comment by Julie on the  When In Manila   page. She said, I was there at the park when it started. A lady guard was asking them nicely to transfer since the park is not intended for skateboarders. The simple argument went wild when one of the foreigners went amok and hi...

With only 28.5 seconds left in the game, a bench-clearing brawl broke out in this afternoon's Mapua Cardinals vs. EAC Generals game. With each team having only one player available after the brawl, NCAA officials decided to end the game and award the win to EAC. Final score: 86-77.

Most of Metro Manila is underwater today with massive flooding caused by tropical storm "Mario". In what looks like a repeat of Typhoon Ondoy, some parts of Metro Manila is under waist deep water or higher. Post by Jv Villar . Here are some photos of the flood that I found. Courtesy of  Esbern Yepez At Tutuban Center Mall Courtesy of  Anthony Lim Courtesy of  Anthony Lim Courtesy of  Anthony Lim Courtesy of  Anthony Lim Courtesy of  Anthony Lim At Padre Algue Street, Chiang Kai Shek College Courtesy of  Willy So ‎ Araneta Cor E. Rodriguez Courtesy of Zhander Cayabyab Courtesy of Zhander Cayabyab Banawe Ave, Quezon City Courtesy of  Stephen Roy Chua Rojas

You ever read about the news about how our politicians are trying to stop crimes being by criminals riding on motorcycles? You know, the ones where they say that riding in tandem is going to be banned. And how they also want to ban motorcyclist from wearing helmets so they can't hide their identity. Well...what the hell do you want to call this? This photo was taken along Abad Santos where a man was spotted riding a motorcycle, in tandem, carrying an armalite. I guess they want to make a law banning riding in a motorcycle with an armalite next.

An MRT train just derailed a few weeks ago and then this happened. Here's the description from the Youtube video. Sept. 2, 2014; around 8:40pm. I was about to go home from my internship in Makati when I rode this MRT train from Buendia Station. I thought it will operate just fine and safe. But this terrible thing happened. Another netizen posted this photo. More details at When in Manila .

Vice President Jejomar Binay built a parking building for the city of Makati when he was the mayor. The building is now under investigation for being overpriced after being found to have cost P2.7B to build an 11 storey parking building. Senators Trillanes IV and Koko Pimentel III conducted and ocular inspection of the building on Monday, Sept 1, 2014. Obviously, the building is way overpriced. We can all understand if it is over budget, since most constructions do become over budget especially if it is done by the government. However, being over P1B over-budget (according to some estimates) is just outright robbery. When grilled during a Senate hearing committe, Mayor Junjun Binay said the reason for the price is because the Makati City Hall 2 is a world-class . Here are some of the reactions from the online community about the building From  DARTH BINAY's Page After the fierce reaction of the online community, Senator Nancy Binay argues what "world-class"...

First of all, yes, this is the famous movie where Lito Lapid aimed his gun at the blade of the dagger and split the bullet killing two people with one shot.   Julio Valiente San Basilio is a 1981 Filipino action film directed by Joey del Rosario and Tony Cruz. Featuring the masked folk hero Julio Valiente, the film stars Lito Lapid, a farmer and altar boy who assumes the role of Valiente to save the town from the clutches of the evil landlord Señor Escobar.   The henchmen of Señor Escobar (Johnny Delgado) prepare their weapons to ambush Julio Valiente. Elsewhere in the town of San Basilio, pregnant Dolor dela Cruz (Perla Bautista) is in the verge of giving birth. Valiente meets Escobar's group near the sugarcane fields and kills some of his men. Traitorous gunmen, however, kill Valiente. Meanwhile, Dolor gives birth to a child named Estanislao, or Islaw for short. Escobar drags the body of Valiente to the churchyard in the t...

Starring: Redford White, Rene Requiestas, Melissa Mendez, Boy Alano, Tony Santos Jr., Rommel Valdez, Robert Talabis, Renato Del Prado, Robert Talby, Jaime Fabregas, Rudy Meyer, Tony Bagyo, Vic Belaro, Jun Dela Paz and Torling Pader Directed by Charlie Ordoñez

Starring: Rene Requiestas, Monica Herrera, Paquito Diaz, Joaquin Fajardo

Bondying is a comic book character created by Filipino graphic novelist Mars Ravelo. He is a big person who is still considered a baby. In 1988, there was a movie about Bondying produced by Viva Films entitled The Little Big Boy. The title role of Bondying was performed by veteran comedian Jimmy Santos, although the film later ends with the title character officially maturing for his age. Bondying: The Little Big Boy was a box office hit in the Philippines. Starring: Chichay, Gelli De Belen, Paquito Diaz, Vina Morales, Panchito, Ryan Redillas, Rene Requiestas, Jimmy Santos, Dawn Zulueta, Joko Diaz

Street kid Gerald who's an expert at math. ABS-CBN did a feature on him and found out he has a friend who's also a wizard at math.

First it was Lola Techie , now it's Lolo Selfie.

For fans of the PBA team Purefoods TJ Hotdogs back in the 1980s to 1990s. Purefoods Five - Jerry Codiñera, Jojo Lastimosa, Dindo Pumaren, Alvin Patrimonio, Nelson Asaytono Here are the details of their respective PBA careers from Wikipedia Alvin Patrimonio Jojo Lastimosa Jerry Codiñera Nelson Asaytono Sadly, there is no Wikipedia entry for Dindo Pumaren

SpongeBob SquarePants, the world’s favourite sea-dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet.

This looks like a good movie. From the Youtube description. The Imitation Game is a nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing (pioneer of modern-day computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code) and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on. THE IMITATION GAME stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, TV's Sherlock) as Alan Turing and Keira Knightley (Atonement) as close friend and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top notch cast including Matthew Goode (A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Charles Dance (Gosford Park, TV's Game of Thrones), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV's Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (...

Alice Dixson gave the young female stars a run for their money at the 2014 FHM Philippines' 100 Sexiest Women. The 44-year-old actress walked the runway as part of the FHM victory party's opening acts that saw a song and dance number by Danita Paner and Roxanne Barcelo. Here are some photos of Alice Dixson on the event. All photos from Philstar.com .

Starring Comedy King Dolphy, Lotis Key, Rosanna Ortiz, Paquito Diaz, Max Alvarado, Charlie Davao, Robert Talabis, Joonee Gamboa, Anita Linda, Karim Kiram, Jose Garcia, Ven Medina, Georgie Quizon, Max Vera, Steve Alcarado and Er Canton Salazar Directed by Cesar Gallardo

Starring Rudy 'Daboy' Fernandez, Victor Neri, Donita Rose, E.R. Ejercito, Daisy Reyes, Shirley Fuentes, Emilio Garcia, Robert Arevalo, Roy Alvarez, King Gutierrez, Ray Ventura, Roldan Aquino, Rhey Roldan, Zandro Zamora, Johnny Vicar, Ernie Zarate, Lucita Soriano, Robert Ortega, Archie Adamos, Telly Babasa, Polly Cadsawan, Mike Gayoso, Joey Padilla, Marco Polo Garcia, Alvin Anson and Rico / Directed by Edgardo 'Boy' Vinarao

Senator Bong Revilla turned himself in at the Sandiganbayan on Friday amid shrieking fans and supporters. He was waving and smiling to his fans like it was a movie premiere. As his mugshot was taken, he was also seen smiling like it was a pictorial. Photo courtesy of Inquirer.net Prior to that, he was seen wearing a T-shirt with the bible verse "The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: What can man do unto me? - Psalm 118:6". Really? He really thinks that God supports him for stealing millions of funds from the people who are homeless and hungry because of him? Are we to believe that he is innocent that he hasn't stolen a single centavo from the Pork Barrel funds? What appalls me is that even with all the evidence and knowledge that he stole money from the people. These people still support him. Why do Filipinos do this? Is it because he's a movie star? Shouldn't the people be cursing him and spitting at him for ruining their lives? As long as we a...

Starring Comedy King Dolphy, Pilar Pilapil, Panchito, Babalu, Ben David, Martin Marfil, Teroy De Guzman, Katy Dela Cruz, Joaquin Fajardo, Bino Garcia, Bayani Casimiro, Gina Lafortiza and Georgie Quizon . Directed by Armando Garces.

(Based On Tagalog Klasiks Comics) Starring Chiquito, Vic Sotto, Tito Sotto, Joey De Leon, Liza Lorena, Al Tantay, Palito, Tintoy, Tony Carrion, Robert Talby, Danny Riel, Robert Miller, Lilibeth Ranillo, Moody Diaz, Jarro Joaquin and Myrna Velasco. Directed by F.H. Constantino

Pretty cool World Cup commercial by Beats by Dre. Before the goals, before the glory, there is an unseen game played in the locker room. Watch how the best prepare for greatness with Beats SOLO2 and Studio. This is how the game is won. Featuring: Neymar Jr., Bacary Sagna, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Blaise Matuidi, Cesc Fàbregas, Daniel Sturridge, Chicharito, Jozy Altidore, Luis Suárez, Mario Götze, and Robin van Persie. Special Appearances: Neymar da Silva Sr., LeBron James, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rafaella Beckran, Rio Ferdinand, Serena Williams, Sydney Leroux, Stuart Scott, and Thierry Henry. Beats by Dr. Dre presents “The Game Before The Game”:

Ang Planadong Buhay ay Maayos na Buhay - Department of Health (Philippines) Please share to your friends! Follow us on Twitter @OfficialDOHgov http://twitter.com/OfficialDOHgov Pumili ng paraang hiyang sa iyo: Modern Natural Family Planning: LAM, SDM, BBT, STM, BOM Temporary: Pills, Condom, Injectables Long-Acting: IUD, Implant Permanent: Tubal Ligation, No Scalpel Vasectomy ------------------------------------------------------------- Lyrics: Isang taon palang ako, nasundan na ni Toto. Grade 2 walong taon palang, apat na bata ang inaalagaan. Grade 6 labing dalawa na ako, kasing dami na ng pamilya ko. Sabi mo pasensya na, walang pera kaya magdrop out ka. Ina ko sabi mo kami'y mahal nyo, aray ko bat di kayo nagplano. Sana di gutom at nag aaral pa, alaga't malusog ang buong pamilya.

Senator Bong Revilla's privilege speech where he basically thanked his supporters and friends by making a music video. If you don't feel like watching the whole video, here's the part with the music video.

Starring Palito, Pia Moran, Dencio Padilla, Max Alvarado, Ernie Ortega, Renato Del Prado, Rocco Montalban, Ernie David, Den Montero, Rudy Dominguez and Special Guest Star Cesar Montano Directed by Rudy Dominguez

Excellent and often amusing documentary made specially to promote her new album, Someone To Watch Over Me.

Starring Tirso Cruz III, Tom Rodriguez and Joey Paras.

When I get into something, I tend to get obsessive about it. I read a lot of books and websites to learn as much as I can on something I want to do. Since starting my herb garden, I've read countless websites and borrowed a bunch of books from the library to learn more. I've never really did any successful gardening before. The strawberry plant I got a few years ago died in a few weeks when birds ate all the strawberries and it didn't survive in the summer. Now, I learned some new techniques and I think learning to propagate (breed/spread) plants is a great way to expand what you have from one plants to several to have more success. But the thing that I discovered that really helps is putting a cover on young plants. It's not a new idea, but I didn't really see any websites suggesting this. I got this idea more when I visited a greenhouse and saw how healthy the plants were. I thought I could simulate it on a small scale by putting covers in my plants. The co...

I found a new hobby growing a herb garden. It kind of started when I was young when I heard the song Scarborough Fair by Simon and Garfunkel . I was kind of intrigue with the part of the lyrics where it says "parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme". I wondered what they were when I was young and learned they were herbs and I learned that herbs are used for medicine and cooking. We never actually used those herbs in Filipino food other than parsley when it's used mostly as a garnish. Later, when I got older and learned how to cook. I learned that it's used mostly in Italian cooking. When I saw some TV show by Jamie Oliver called Jamie at Home where he shows one major ingredient per show and in some episodes, he shows his garden with potatoes, tomatoes and herbs which he uses for his cooking. It was a really interesting show and I really got interested in starting a herb garden of my own. Well, I don't have a garden, I just have a patio so I never really got anything ...

Starring: Vic Sotto, Michael V, Aiza Seguerra, Oyo Boy Sotto, G Tongi and Kristine Hermosa.

Starring Sharon Cuneta and Robin Padilla.

A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

Starring Chiquito, Jean Saburit, Ruel Vernal, German Moreno, Tintoy, Freddie Yance, Bella Flores, Larry Silva, Pugak, Ruben Ramos, Nieves Manuel, Virginia Montes, Renato Robles, Ven Medina and Zony Quizon. Directed by Nilo Saez.

Starring Regine Velasquez and Piolo Pascual.

Classic TV commercial from Bench with Richard Gomez. It's probably the first simple commercial I've seen and won Best in Cinematography in the 1991 Ad Congress.

Starring Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Gina Pareño and Pokwang.

MANILA, Philippines – The Southern Police District (SPD) has received the warrants of arrest against businessman Cedric Lee, model Deniece Cornejo and several others over the serious illegal detention case filed against them by television host-actor Vhong Navarro, a radio report said. SPD Director Chief Superintendent Jose Erwin Villacorte was quoted in the report as saying they received the warrants on Monday noon. Police could not say for sure why the warrants do not yet include Cedric Lee’s sister Bernice and Jose Paolo Gregorio Calma. The warrants of arrest were issued by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 271 against Lee, Cornejo and their co-accused Jed Fernandez, Simeon Raz and Ferdinand Guerrero, after they had been issued arrest warrants for a separate grave coercion case on April 16. Cornejo and Fernandez have posted a P12,000 bail last Wednesday for the grave coercion case. Those who have yet to do so are Lee, his sister Bernice, Raz, Calma and Guerrero. S...

Classic TV Commercial from Sarsi called "Angat sa Iba". Originally aired on January 8, 1991.

Starring: Dolphy, Dang Cecilio and Eddie Garcia

Another commercial from Biolink whitening soap.

Starring: Andrew E., Janno Gibbs, Dennis Padilla, John Regala, Rufa Mae Quinto, Evangeline Pascual, Zandro Zamora, Junar Aristorenas, Vangie Labalan, Cheryl Bradley and Kate Fernandez Directed by Jun Aristorenas.

TV Commercial for Biolink soap. It shows how Filipinos love to have "white" skin.

Starring Andrew E., Blakdyak, Maui Taylor, Angelika Dela Cruz.

Tagalog speaking Aussie Chris Urbano (Host of Maputing Cooking) orders at Jollibee... in deep Tagalog. Watch as he inspires Jollibee employees to use more Filipino language - and even try to get a discount. Jollibee - bida ang sarap!!

The Philippines is a beautiful country. If you're wondering about the video, most of the things worth doing in the Philippines involves water because it's composed of over 7,100 islands. Travelling is generally safe especially if you're in a group, food is good and cheap, people are friendly and beaches are among the best in the world.

Release Date: August 8, 2014 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: Jonathan Liebesman Screenwriter: Josh Appelbaum, Andrew Nemec, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, John Fusco Starring: Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Will Arnett, Danny Woodburn, William Fichtner Genre: Action, Adventure Official Websites: http://www.turtlestrailer.com/, https://www.facebook.com/TMNT, https://twitter.com/TMNTmovie Plot Summary: The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil (Megan Fox) and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett) to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical plan.

Mountain View, Ca—March 25, 2014— The Computer History Museum (CHM) announced today that it has, with permission from Microsoft Corporation, made available original source code for two historic programs: MS-DOS, the 1982 "Disk Operating System" for IBM-compatible personal computers, and Word for Windows, the 1990 Windows-based version of their word processor. IBM went outside the company for many hardware and software components of their 1981 personal computer. Though most vendors were kept in the dark about the project, code-named “Chess,” IBM developed a unique relationship between their Boca Raton-based team and Microsoft, then a small company based in Seattle. Microsoft, which was providing the BASIC language interpreter, agreed to also supply an operating system. Without their own operating system already in place, they licensed a product from nearby Seattle Computer Products and worked closely with IBM to make the changes they wanted. It shipped as "PC-DOS...

I saw this on my Facebook feed. I thought I'd share. Photos of several “VIP” BDO employees taken around 7:30 in the morning on March 24, 2014 at the Quezon Ave shuttle terminal going to Ortigas. What’s so special about them? Well, people who regularly take the shuttle to Ortigas at the Quezon Ave terminal call them “The Singit Queens”. And I can see why given the fact that I saw them in action numerous times. My wife and I recently begun taking the shuttle going to our respective offices in Ortigas, and most the convenient terminal for us is the Quezon Ave terminal. The first few days were quite normal. The queue was long but not as long as with the other terminals. Then recently, my wife and I started noticing these BDO employees. At first there were only one of them in the queue, but after several minutes another will come and join the 1st one not minding the other people who waited for several minutes in line. Ok lang sana kung isa lang ang sisingit, but then, after seve...

After an awkward yet memorable encounter at a stag party, Evo (Richard Gutierrez) and Grace (Marian Rivera) thought they would never see each other again. Little did they know that Grace is actually the girlfriend of Evo's best friend, Mark (JC de Vera). As the arrogant player that he is, Evo takes advantage of what happened at the party to make Grace agree to his demands. He forces Grace to pretend as his girlfriend to make Akiko (Ehra Madrigal), his ex, jealous. Cast: Marian Rivera, Richard Gutierrez, JC de Vera, Ehra Madrigal, Chariz Solomon, Marco Morales, Renz Valerio, Alex Castro, Pilar Pilapil, JC Cuadrado, Deborah Sun, Paolo Paraiso, Benjie Paras, Victor Aliwalas Director: Mark A. Reyes

BraveStarr The Legend The Movie. That's quite a mouthful. :)

Robotech: The Movie. A popular Anime back in the 80s.

Netizens hits back at the government after the distasteful ad by the BIR against doctors.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in its effort to increase tax collection puts out ads and press release identifying sectors of society who they believe are not paying proper taxes. They do this by shaming people and business through these ads. On their latest ad, they targeted doctors by showing them as burdens to society for not paying their share of taxes. The image is a doctor making over a million Pesos being carried on the shoulder of a lowly teacher making much less but paying full tax. Based on this ad, the BIR is saying that the doctors and other professionals are the burden to society because they don't pay their taxes. Apparently, the hundreds and thousands of pesos they spent learning their profession and countless hours of study and upgrading they do every year to save and improve people's lives are worth nothing. Maybe there is a reason people don't like paying their taxes, because all they see is endless traffic, bad road, bad government and the ...