The King of Philippine Comedy Dolphy Dead at 83

A sad news for Philippine entertainment as the Philippine Cinema's Comedy King Dolphy aka Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. has passed away at the age of 83.

The comedy king passed away at the Intensive Care Unit of Makati Medical Center while being treated for pneumonia,

Dolphy was diagnosed with Chronic Pulmonary Disease in 2009. Chronic Pulmonary Disease causes the airways of a person to become narrowed, it gradually gets worse over time, and a person diagnosed with the disease have more frequent lung infections such as pneumonia.

Dolphy is best remembered as Kevin Cosme and Pidol.

Davao's Very Own Sexy Erich Gonzales to do a Film with Thai Superstar Mario Maurer

Thailand's superstar Mario Maurer confirmed he will do a movie with Davao's very own ABS-CBN star Erich Gonzales. He said he didn't meet the actress but he is looking forward to working with the Kapamilya star. The movie will have a working title 'Suddenly It's Magic' and all the scenes will, be shot in Thailand. Mario already singed a one year contract with Star Cinema. He was first seen in "Love of Siam" in 2007 that was included in the Cinemanila Film Festival where he won the Best Actor award.

Sexy Cosplay Goddess Alodia Gosiengfiao Will Be on SM DCE Davao

Alodia Gosiengfiao, the cosplay goddess herself will be at SM City Davao Event Centre on July 31, 2011, during the Cosplay Fashion Walk. I'm already checking my schedules so I will be available on that day. I hope my trusty Digi Cam will be enough to capture photos of her, because I'm sure the place will be full.

Also in the Event Centre will be the Cyber Expo, which is set to be there for 3 days, starting from July 29-31. Catch hard core battle of teams from all over Mindanao for cash and pride at the DOTA Challenge (GODLIKE!!!!!). BLINQUE TechXtreme will also showcase the best hardware and PC installations in the region while Intel returns with more in house tournaments with Street Fighter VI on top of the list. Participants get a shot at defeating the elite DCWired teams in various games and get instant cash prizes at the DCW Open Challenge. For more info please visit e2-events.com.

See you all at SM guys and gals.

Beautiful Painting Donated by the Late President Corazon C. Aquino at The Museum of Transfiguration Monastery Bukidnon

This is a continuation of my previous post on The Museum of Transfiguration Monastery in Malaybalay Bukidnon. This painting can be found together with my previous post about Sto. Niño Gospel Cover Book. The painting is donated by out late president Corazon C. Aquino in which she gave during her visit in the Monastery's Silver Jubilee Celebration. I forgot to ask Dom Martin if it was Cory who painted it or if it was just one her painting collections. I was busy trying to take photos of some of the display. Here are the photos of the donated painting of the late president.

The Sto. Niño Gospel and The Sacramentary Book Cover in The Museum of Transfiguration Monastery at Malaybalay Bukidnon

I had to divide this into several post because there are plenty of nice exhibits found at The Museum of Transfiguration Monastery. Two of them would be the Sto. Niño Gospel Book Cover and the Sacramentary Book Cover.

The Sto. Niño Gospel Book Cover. This single item in the collection embodies the weaving and embroidery traditions of the whole Philippines. The base is of abaca woven by the B'laan tribe in Mindanao using guava leaves as dye to achieve a caramel beige color. The image of the Sto. Niño (Holy Child) is embroidered on banana-seda (abaca-silk blend) woven in Kalibo, Aklan. "Needle painting" embroidery of the Sto. Niño was done in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, also in the Visayas, while the braided border of the medallion and the thread for the sunburst design were made by the Ifugao of Northern Luzon, of hand-rolled fiber from the bark of a tree. The gold embroidery, a craft learned from the Spanish, was done by the "bordadoras" in Manila while the seed pearls used for ornamentation came from Zamboanga.

Sacramentary book cover of hand woven abaca made by the B'laan of Mindanao. The braided border of the medallion and the thread for the sunburst design were made by the Ifugao of Northern Luzon, of hand-rolled fiber from the bark of a tree. The gold embroidery, a craft learned from the Spanish, was done by the "bordadoras" in Manila whilewhile the seed pearls used for ornamentation came from Zamboanga.

Kerygma Conference 2010 at BSP Davao Convention Center

I have never seen Bo Sanchez in person, but I'm familiar with his works and especially with his magazine Kerygma,I really like the topics discuss in it, experiences of people and his advice to them.

The Kergyma Conference 2010 was held at BSP Davao Convention Center last Saturday December 4. And it was a success, the place was filled with people eager to see Bo and the other speaker, and I know they were not disappointed. Bo's topic about the prodigal son was enlightening, he gave such deep meaning to the story the made me say "Ohhh yun pala yun" hehehe. Never knew there was such a deep meaning to the story about forgiveness. The other speaker was Pio Español and Obet Cabrillas. After the break there was a Mass and a Healing Service. I just can't wait for the following year for the Kerygma Conference to come back here in Davao.

Talk 1: Grand Feast Talk by Bo Sanchez



Talk 2: The Secret to Being a Happy Catholic by Pio Español



Talk 3: The Secret to Being a Happy Catholic by Obet Cabrillas