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HURRY! - it's your last chance to see and hear Lea Salonga's delightful live performance
in "CATS" at CCP MAIN THEATER (Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo), Pasay City.
The award-winning musical's Philippine run has been extended until August 22 to accommodate the multitude of Lea Salonga fans on this welcome return visit to her
home stage midst ongoing international success. You can book online at TicketWorld.
"This is so cool!" was the verdict of Miss Philippines Earth 2010 delegates.(Read more:)
J.K. Rowling penned the bestselling Harry Potter page-turners, a spellbinding seven installment fantasy of wizards and warlocks that brought her from rags to riches.
See video on our Education Page of her 2010 Harvard Commencement Address.
  
Do you and/or your kids need to know the nutritional values of different foods and the
necessity of a healthy balanced diet? Michelle Obama has launched...(Read more:)
The "My City My SM" event at SM City Mall showed us the
historical and cultural side of Santa Rosa. (Read more:)
Boxing is not the only breeding ground for Philippine World Champions and when a choir from Santo Tomas University wins the coveted "Choir Of The World" title and the uniquely prestigious Pavarotti Award it deserves special acclaim. Click the pic above or below to
see official video of the amazing flagwaving scenes of jubilation as the result is announced.
Click this text to read more. It will make you feel proud to be Pinoy!
EDITORIAL:
Isn't that a flying saucer? Does China already attract tourists from other planets?
SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010
Open May 1 to October 31, 2010, the biggest
ever World Expo covers 5.28 square km,
with participation of 190 countries and
over 50 international organizations
Theme of "Better City – Better Life" signifies Shanghai's growing status as the next "great world city"
CHINA's progress by leaps and bounds in the 21st century continues to astonish the whole world - leaving India, the USA, Japan, the European Union, Russia, Brazil and even cutting edge developers of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai and Abu Dhabi gasping for breath.
Since re-acquiring Hong Kong and Macau, China has done much more than welcome them back into the fold. Their commercial and cultural ties with the West were not abruptly stifled, as many people had feared, but were rapidly absorbed and then developed further to become launching pads for opening up mainland China to global business and tourism.
 
Don't tell me! Let me guess. Martians have landed in Shanghai. Right?
This was no gradual, slow, cautious experiment. It was a big bang of such magnitude that the West was caught by surprise and could only watch in amazement as in record time small mainland crafts were transformed into huge industries and small mainland villages were transformed into enormous cities.
There can be no doubt about it: China means business. With its growing population of 1.35 billion only India comes close with 1.18 billion, making their current combined population around 2.53 billion, and India is enjoying its own rapid economic growth - keeping a lower profile but also dramatic in global effect.
To put this statistic in perspective, the USA and EU combined have an estimated population of 810.52 million, Russia and Brazil combined have 340.25 million, Indonesia and Vietnam combined have 330.27 million, Japan and the Philippines combined have 226.47 million, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia combined have 208.28 million, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) combined have 114.71 million, Korea and Malaysia combined have 74.72 million. Add all of these together and you still only get 2.11 billion.
Oh my gosh! This is so amazing!! It's more spectacular than the Beijing Olympics!!!
So forget the proliferation of philosophical and political theories claiming universal answers to the problems of our planet. They are only ideas, not solutions. Fact is the world is under new leadership. Most international experts looking to the future predict that the next century will be driven by the expanding economic performance of China and India, with Russia and Brazil also overtaking the previous 'First World' economies of USA, EU and Japan.
Let's all enjoy the coming changes, because China and India both have great cultures to immerse ourselves in, and right now it's China that's grabbing the headlines. After the most spectacular and most successful Olympics two years ago in Beijing, this year from May 1 to October 31 Shanghai is bringing us the biggest and most expensive ever World Expo.
What? Is it for real?? Can someone so big look so good??? There's hope for me yet!!!
Anyone lucky enough to attend a World Expo in the past could not help but be emotionally swept away by its pervading ambience of international belonging, cooperation, friendship and understanding. They are much more than big exhibitions, and the feelings they generate are almost of spiritual enlightenment, convincing you that all human beings are part of the same family, wherever they come from. Differences are accepted, appreciated and applauded. Did you ever visit a World Expo before? If not, go to this one.
It's an experience unlike any other, and World Expo 2010 is not just a promo for Shanghai. This exciting vibrant city has long been a tourist arraction in its own right, and it really has created the biggest and best ever World Expo at phenomenal cost. You will return home a changed person.
FREE ADVICE: Never mess with any of these guys.
You won't believe the Shaolin Martial Arts demonstrations!
If you possibly can, please visit Shanghai this year and support the Philippine pavilion at the World Expo. It obviously does not have the budget of wealthier countries, but it has the spirit and enthusiasm and dynamism to make all Filipinos proud to be part of such a prestigious and exciting international event.
It tells global tourists about the Philippine country and culture, and gives them suggestions and contacts to help them arrange trips to see the Philippines for themselves. It all helps, and your visit will mean a lot to the organizers.
For more detailed information, visit the official Shanghai World Expo website.
Give your support to the Philippine Pavilion. It's promoting the Philippines to the world!
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