Rosario's famous Tinapang Salinas

Rosario, Cavite's participation on the country's "One Town, One Product" (OTOP) promotion is the "tinapang salinas". Rosario has a long-time fish port known as "Pandawan". Hence, fish are bountiful and "smoked fish", also called "tinapa" became the top source of livelihood for many of its constituents. The video is but such a tribute and a great show of appreciation to the town's OTOP product and also to the other great cultural practices of the town that is known worldwide.

Rosario Town Fiesta

This year, the town of Rosario in Cavite is celebrating its town fiesta on May 23 & 24, 2009. People in our town honor Our Most Beloved Patroness La Nuestra Señora del Santissimo Rosario de Caracol by parading the blessed image of our patron on the morning of the first day of celebration which we call "karakol" & then a procession on the second night. Here are some videos of the past fiesta celebrations.

ATLANTIS, Why Are You Up There?

Up to now, many people are still wondering why are we exploring outer space. Fortunately, the answer to the question is abundantly provided by the Internet. NASA.gov is only one of these many sites available to get up-to-date information. I would like to add one more answer to the question through the image that I am posting here. This is just from one space shuttle mission, STS 125. In words, it is simply HUBBLE + ATLANTIS= TIME OF THE PAST and THE FUTURE TIME OF MANKIND!

Giant space telescope Hubble provided us great images of other stars and planets. These are the views of the past, images of stars millions of years ago because what Hubble sees today are millions of light years away and millions of years ago! ATLANTIS is NOW. For this particular flight, ATLANTIS "re-energized" HUBBLE so it can be serviceable for another 10 years or more. And, ATLANTIS is just one of the many space flights that help in providing us more knowledge that will keep us and the future generations to continue treking the universe as long as it can be.

Recognition to NASA images from Yahoo.News!

Twitter

Recently, I opened an account at Twitter. Twitter has been out for quite a while now but I did not jump into it at once. I am already a member of a few social sites like Tagged, Flixter, Perfpot & Flicker, so what else is new!
Oh well, out of curiosity I went into it. Nothing new really. Just got a big surprise when a famous Filipina actress became my "follower". My next reaction is to check if she is "legit". Well, she is and now I am her follower too. This multi-talented actress is my "kababayan" so I am really proud of her. Her name is Marian Rivera! I was tempted to post her picture here. Isn't she simply beautiful?

You can also follow my updates at Twitter.

DSL Speed Testing After The Upgrade

After a month of getting an upgrade of our DSL broadband services from Php999 to Php1299, I again ran a speed test provided by PLDT. This time I produced a summary of the test made on several dates. Here's the result:

Latest test



2nd test



First test

Manny Pacquiao Wins

It was a quick win for Manny Pacquiao over Ricky Hatton. But don't ever think that it was easy. I had some scary moments too during the very first minutes of the first round. I know Ricky Hatton will employ some "tactics" that will attempt to make Manny forget his own tactics for the fight! But then again, Manny's months of training for this fight conditioned him so well and was able to fight at his own tempo! Congratulations, Manny! Congratulations, Philippines!

Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton

The fight will be today! Can't wait to watch it. Of course, I am for my countryman Manny Pacquiao. Not for any other reasons but I believe Manny has transformed from a "brawler" to a very intelligent fighter!Good luck, Manny!