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Saturday, July 13, 2013

PH Tourism Bullish To Achieve Higher Volumes As EU Lifts Ban

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Philippine tourism keeps exceeding expectations as international visitors reached 2.011 million from January to May this year, reflecting a 10.54 percent growth over 1.819 million of the same period last year. The figure represents a historic first in breaching the two-million mark in the first five months of a year.

All key tourism markets are bullish, led by Korea and the United States with a compounded stake of 39.55% in the total inbound traffic. Korea continues to secure the top rank, rallying 489,389 tourist arrivals to the country.

While the U.S. economy has yet to recover from recession, the number of American tourists leapt by 2.58 percent, with 306,056 arrivals compared with the same period last year. Visitors from Japan accounted for 179,984 or 8.95 percent of the overall visitor volume. The Chinese market, on the other hand, saw an uptick at 18.35 percent, rising to 163,879 from 138,466 arrivals. Australia has kept the fifth spot with 88,190 visitors keeping Taiwan at bay for two straight months now. Nevertheless, Taiwan generated 79,297 arrivals, possibly foreign independent travelers (FITs) who have more flexibility to pursue their travel itineraries.

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We congratulate Moonleaf Tea Shop The Columns Sen. Gil Puyat, Makati branch on its first year anniversary.

Special acoustic song numbers from guest performers namely Ebe Dancel, LM Cancio and Ai Dela Cruz, made the occasion livelier, and a photo-booth allowed the guests to bring home souvenir photos of themselves.

"The Caramel Milk Tea is the bestseller, but the Hakka, Vanilla, and Wintermelon all earn raves from bloggers. The house milk tea is sweet, simple, and refreshing."

I specifically like the Oolong and Wintermelon Milk Teas - my all-time favorites and I believe of almost everyone else of my friends. But don't let that stop you from experimenting on the other flavors and maybe you'll discover a new favorite of your own.

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Iktus was declared as the grand winner of the Sun Broadband Quest last night, July 12, 2013 held at the Music Museum in Greenhills, San Juan.

Iktus was originally "Icthus" which was the Greek word for "fish" mainly because the fish ius a symbol of Christianity. The band believed that the name is catchy and truly tunog-Pinoy. Iktus is composed of Carissa Panaligan (lead vocalist) and Andrei Panaligan (bass), Andrew Panaligan (drums) (hhhmmm brothers and sisters??) and Augusto Mendoza (guitar)- all hailing from the Colegio De San Juan De Letran from Calamba. The group was formed last 2005 and has already won several awards in the many band competitions they have joined throughout the years.

The band finds inspiration in both local and foreign bands like Rivermaya, Silent Sanctuary, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Urbandub, Flyleaf, Paramore, Switchfoot and Run Kid Run.

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Of all the Greek gods and goddess I chose Artemis. A quick info on her background, her father was the most powerful god Zeus; but on the other hand, her mother was only a mortal named Leto. She was the first born of Leto's twins, where her twin brother was the Olympian god Apollo. Right after her birth, she immediately showed a capability of helping in giving child-birth to her younger brother.

As she grows, she develops more skills with her brother specially in the art of archery. But they had also discovered unique abilities that other does not have. She has a deep connection with the nature around her; the wildernness, and the animals. She also protects the women, helps in childbirthn and represents virginity of women. Using her archery skills she developed, she enjoyed the hunting of animals which she also protects, giving her the tilte "The Goddess of the Hunt". She allows hunters to hunt animals only at her command.

I chose her because she acts the same as a mother to everyone.She also allows anything done to an extent and duration. As one of the three virgin goddesses, she cares for the welfare of women and is heavily against violence against women. She also shows a sense of responsibility a mother should have though she hadn't gave birth to any chldren. She shows patience in every actions and tolerates misdeeds but still sentences with the proper punishments.

Olympian Gods and Goddesses

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Are you aware of the 12 Olympian gods? Many of us are addicted to stories that are related to the gods and goddesses. But do we know who they really are? why are they here? where are they from? what are they for? who are they to us?

There are said to be 12 Olympian gods living in mount Olympus. These 12 Olympian gods are consist of Zeus the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympians, Poseidon the god of the sea, Hades the ruler of the underworld, Hera the goddess of marriage, Demeter the goddess of harvest, Hestia the goddess of hearth, Ares the god of war, Athena the goddess of wisdom, Apollo the god of music, Artemis the goddess of hunt, Aphrodite the goddess of love and Hermes the god of thieves and commerce. We have known these gods and goddess from the very beginning. But the main question here is do they really exist?

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Mutya ng Pilipinas candidates for the year 2013 were all presented to the media after a contract signing of the Mutya ng Pilipinas President, Jacqueline Tan with its official residence partners, Manila Ocean Park represented by its General Manager, Van Kam Weng and H2O Hotel represented by its General Manager, Lily Adrid, in Manila last July 11, 2013.

All 31 beauties from different parts of the country plus other lovely ladies from other parts of the world representing the Filipino community strut their stuff on the Manila Ocean Park stage in front of the media and other onlookers.

Zandra Flores from the province of Pangasinan won as the most Photogenic and likewise as the Media favorite as voted on the spot by the media people present that day.

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They are cute and adorable little creatures that took over my cellphone lately. They cannot be stopped as they have become so addicting to collect, just like when water is poured into a Gremlin, out sprang more and more of their likes. But these somewhat like Critters are good ones, that made the usual conversation online more attractive and interesting.

They are a bunch of little Munchkins that made being connected more fun and exciting - and anticipating for more creative designs rather than using the traditional emoticons.

Yes! the miniscule misfits of the Line mobile app are overwhelmingly all over and nothing's gonna stop them from mobile app domination!

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Apollo is a multi-talented creature because he is the god of music and arts, poetry, plaque and darkness, oracles, light and sun, medicine and healing, truth and prophecy, poetry, purity, athletism, manly beauty, enlightenment and knowledge. Apollo is usually depicted as a handsome, beardless youth wearing a wreath of laurel leaves and holding his bow, or a lyre.

He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and twin brother of Artemis. Zeus is actually married to Hera, the Queen of the Gods. Hera is always jealous on the women of Zeus so when she found out that Leto is pregnant and her husband is the father, she makes a way to terminate Leto’s pregnancy. By the power of Hera, she banned Leto to give birth in any part of Greece so Leto travelled until she found the island of Delos where Hera’s power cannot reach this place and gave birth on that island. Hera sent two pythons to kill the baby which is Apollo. Well, Apollo is a god which means he is immortal. Even though he is just a baby, he just shot those reptiles with a bow.

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Are you familiar with Greek Mythology? Do you like their stories? Actually, many teenagers love this topics, especially the 12 Olympian Gods. They possess different powers and traits, which can be related to our personalities. With these, we tend to pick our favorites. Who would you choose to be related to you and your personality.

Hades, in Greek, or Pluto, in Roman, the god of wealth, death, and the Underworld, is one of the 12 Olympian Deities and one of the big three, Zeus, Poseidon, and him. Zeus rules the heavens, Poseidon owns the seas and oceans, and he thrones the Underworld. These deities meet in Mt. Olympus except, him. He wasn't able to be with his brothers and sisters because he needs to do his job down to the Underworld.

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There are many Greek goddesses but there's one deity that I really like. She is Hestia (Vesta in Roman), the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and of the right ordering of domesticity and the family. According to Greek mythology, she is the first born child of Cronus and Rhea and also the first child Cronus swallowed. Hestia was named to be the eldest and the youngest of the six olympians since she was the last one to get out of their father's body.

I like her because I learned from our history teacher last year that she gave up her throne and just went near the hearth to avoid further conflict between the other gods. I admired her for such an amiable act. Other gods are greedy. They want to be more powerful than the others. But Hestia is different. She's passive yes, but atleast she doesn't have this thirst for power.