What’s this akomismo.org that we saw last Sunday? And help me fulfill my akomismo pledge. Read on..” Last Sunday we saw how Manny Pacquiao crushed Ricky Hatton but before that fight was shown, everyone who had the patience to watch the ten thousand commercials witnessed a very special commercial by what I call a Filipino movement, www.akomismo.org. The commercial was [...]

In just 359 seconds, Manny Pacquiao crushed Ricky Hatton on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It took just two rounds for him to make people around the world that he is the the top dog in boxing today. Hatton received jabs, left hooks, right hooks that made him fall on the canvas twice in [...]

Ongai’s Where, What, Why to eat Where: Sebastian’s Ice Cream Studio What: Insanely delicious ice cream…creamy goodness! Why: It’s the summer here in the Philippines and it’s hot! Seriously it’s hot and you need ice cream. But after summer, you’ll still be craving for these I’m sure. Everyone knows that eating ice cream is just a very good excuse to [...]

What exactly is this Whynot Forum? Simply put, it is inspired by TEDTalks(Technology, Enterntainment, Design), wherein leading thinkers and doers around the globe share their thoughts, ideas, dreams, and experiences, which are then posted on the web for all the world to see. They envision the WhyNot? Forum as the Filipino version; It is a smorgasboard of great, brave ideas, [...]

Jal Joshua Lebumfacil, a 12-year old Filipino-Australian, placed second to Mark Vincent in the recently concluded 2009 Australia’s Got Talent. The performance was done last April 15 but the winner was just announced yesterday, a week after. “You’re really awesome. I hate opera but you’re really good.” This is what Jal told to Mark right after the announcement of the [...]

When Manny Pacquiao trains for a fight, he really trains for a fight but when you’re the first boxer to get an invite and get honored by a major league baseball team you stop your training and go. He will throw the Ceremonial First Pitch on April 21 in a game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego [...]

The Filipino sports scene these days are mostly about Pacquiao and boxing that we tend to forget the other sports and we ask: “Are there any other popular or successful Filipino athletes out there?” Good news everyone, there is! And he’s coming from a sport that isn’t that popular to Filipinos (yet) – American Football. Eugene Philip Amano is the [...]

Ongai’s Where, What, Why to eat Where: Flapjacks’ Greenbelt 2 (Greenhills also) What: P1 pancakes!!! April 13-17 from 1-5 PM ONLY (Hurry now!) Btw, it’s max of 3 pieces per table. Why: Simple. Because of their P1 pancakes, which I wasn’t able to avail:( When we went there it was already 8 PM and we didn’t know the promo was [...]