We need to laugh.  It’s healthy and beneficial for our well being.  We need to laugh and PAGCOR Heritage prescribed Wally and Jose last Saturday.  The duo went on stage overlooking the patrons who, in between guffaws of laughter felt like they won the jackpot.  These guys make comedy look easy.  Together they have an arsenal of laugh track inducing humor and complete the set with song and dance numbers.  Their set is much tighter now as with the years of being partners can only bring.  Jose takes the reins, Wally takes some hits, they give a roaring roll of mirth, and they take their check.  Everyone at PAGCOR Heritage is tickled pink. (continue reading…)

Recently, a Filipino placed second in the U.K. Open Memory Championships held in London.  Johan Randall Abrina made the country proud by taking home silver and moving up to Grand Master (GM) level in the process.  The main challenge of the event is to memorize a deck of shuffled cards in the shortest amount of time.  Abrina memorized the sequence of a deck of cards in just 1.2 minutes.  The event was won by now 4-time champion, a Brit  and third level GM named Ben Pridmore.  Still, the British GM was wowed by a Filipino when Abrina’s mentor; Robert Racasa commit to memory a 3-deck mix. (continue reading…)

What would be the criteria of a rock band that will appeal to most Filipinos? We’re talking about most Pinoys who have a sweet tooth for pop culture here.  The middle-karaoke-loving-all-age demographic.  Hands down, Hotdog, VST and company Eraserheads, Parokya ni Edgar on one hand.  Side A, Afterimage, Bamboo, Color it Red, Barbie’s Cradle, The Dawn on the other.  Basically this criteria seem to appeal to the pop sensibilities of Pinoy culture:

• a band must be fun/funny 
• a band must have great vocals on top of great music (continue reading…)