November 7 is a Holiday

The Palace has declared that November 7, 2011 is a holiday in observation of the Muslim celebration Eid'l Adha.

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Palace Declares Oct. 31 a Holiday

Malacañang has declared October 31 a special non-working holiday.

This is to give time to the people to observe All Saints Day which requires them to travel to and from different regions in the country.

All Saint's Day, Nov. 1 is a regular holiday.

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Pear-Shaped Diamond on Auction

Things get fantastic in my very own eyes that there's a largest diamond in the world. A pear-shaped 110.3-carat yellow rock will go under a hammer in Geneva on November that will cost about $15 million in an auction house.

The Sun-Drop Diamond was discovered in South Africa last year. This is billed by Sotheby's as the "World's largest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond". 

The Chinese city was the first stop of an international tour on which the stone is being showcased before auction on the 15th of November.

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Bench New Endorser, Michael Trevino

Endorsers right now are getting hotter and hotter. A week ago, Bench happily announced that it has enlisted Hollywood actor Michael Trevino as its new endorser. Michael Trevino is been a talk in social medias as he is popular as the loving werewolf as Tyler Lockwood on the hit US TV series, The Vampire Diaries.

This will be the next most awaiting event for Bench when Michael Trevino will come here in Manila, Philippines. 

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Buffalo Rampages Through The Streets of Vietnam

One Thursday noon, furious buffalo about to be slaughtered at a restaurant escaped and rampaged through the streets of Vietnam’s capital. It caused traffic into chaos and injured one man in the head and body.

The owner of the Loc Vung restaurant in Hanoi were trying to kill the animal and unfortunately it broke free of its tether and ran off down the road.

Policeman Nguyen Dang Hau was on duty at Chuong Duong Bridge and he saw a big buffalo all of a sudden. Hau ordered the owner to capture and kill the buffalo because of a thought that it’s dangerous for the curious people had been following the animal’s journey through the street.

The policeman and three other men including the owner of the buffalo spent 30 minutes capturing the animal. The owner killed the buffalo with a knife.

The injured man was taken to Viet Duc Hospital.

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It's over for Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher

The relationship of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher is over. Ashton has been accused of cheating on wife Demi Moore on their sixth wedding anniversary with Sara Leal.

The couple kept a low profile in recent weeks. But the couple gets counseling hoping to save their marriage, according to an insider.

Neither of them have yet to publicly discuss the rumors about his alleged affair.

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Larry Martin wins the Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition

Larry Martin entered the Biggest Loser camp weighing 255 pounds with a goal to get himself fit. After four months of extreme physical training, he left the camp losing 101 pounds.

The extreme challenges in the show, he never gave up and often stood out demonstrating his competitiveness. With his efforts and determined, he emerged as the very first Pinoy Biggest Loser as his final and live weigh-in is 154 pounds.

The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition Final Results:

1. Larry – 39.61%
Starting Weight: 255lbs
Current Weight: 154 lbs.
Difference: -101

2. Art – 37.83%
Starting Weight: 341 lbs.
Current Weight: 212 lbs.
Difference: -129 lbs.

3. Raffy – 34.84%
Starting Weight: 287 lbs.
Current Weight: 187 lbs.
Difference: -100 lbs.

4. Angela – 33.63%
Starting Weight: 223 lbs.
Current Weight: 148 lbs.
Difference: -75 lbs.

5. Hazel – 33.01%
Starting Weight: 206 lbs.
Current Weight: 138 lbs.
Difference: -68 lbs.

Congratulations to the first winner of The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition. The proclamation of the winner was held last Saturday, October 08, at Ynares Stadium, Pasig, with host Sharon Cuneta, game master Derek Ramsay and trainers Chinggay Andrada and Jim Saret.

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Apple's New Phone: iPhone 4S

I know that everyone is very excited for the Apple's new upcoming rumored iPhone 5. Hearing it from other people that iPhone 5 will be release on this month of October. However, there's no iPhone 5 for October.

Screenshot from Apple Website

I always check for an update from Apple official website about their upcoming phone. All I know is that the new iOS 5 will be released this fall (US).

Early in the morning, 5th of October 2011, the Apple website featured a new phone. iPhone 4S is exactly the same with iPhone 4, however, the iPhone 4S has new features; Dual-core A5 chip, 8MP camera, iOS 5 and iCloud.

Pre-order of iPhone 4S starts on October 7 worth of $199. To learn more about iPhone 4S, click on the link to direct you the website. Apple iPhone 4S

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Law Against The Angry Birds

After the anti-planking bill that caught everyone's attention, another bill was passed by Winston Castelo against the famous online game, Angry Birds. Castelo seeks to ban the quantity of merchandise of Angry Birds.

The lawmaker have gotten an idea for the bill when he went shopping for Christmas gifts at the mall and noticed the flood of Angry Birds items. 

"Everywhere I looked, Angry Birds this, Angry Birds that! Where is the product diversity? Shouldn’t the DTI be monitoring this?" -- Yahoo PH News

The bill was filed to monitor quality and quantity of the merchandise bearing the angry birds likeness.  It will prohibit stores from selling more than two kinds of Angry Birds items with violators facing a confinement for six months.

Honestly, I bought Angry Birds merchandise because I like them and they're cute. However, passing the bill just because of one selfishness makes most of the people be mad like the Angry Birds especially for those people who sell those merchandise. I guess those people who sell the merchandise knew that those lovely Angry Birds is a hit that everyone plays the game, and can earn money from it. They're only making money for survival just like everyone does. 

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