For billiards buddies and pool players who may have missed it, here is the YouTube video featuring Samm Diep’s interview of the Magician, Efren Bata Reyes!
The YouTube video highlights the cues and billiards equipment carried by Efren Bata Reyes, e.g., Mezz Cues, Cosmo chalk, Jack Justis case, and Johnson’s Baby Powder.
For those not it the know, Efren has a new cue from one of my favorite cuemakers. Will update you on this – soon! And I kid you not!
"The AnitoKid loves The Magician!"
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While I was at it, I browsed the Titan Poker site for news and developments on poker 770, everest poker, full tilt poker, and Pacific Poker – and learned a thing or two about the World Wide Web’s most popular pastime. And I kid you not!
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Billiards buddies and pool player friends, guess what! The Action Report will be providing live streaming coverage of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao's Pacmania 9 Ball Open Tournament presented by the Manny Pacquiao Darts Association in cooperation with Pacman Productions! And I kid you not!
The Open 9-ball tournament will take place at Hard Times Billiards in Bellflower, California, on October 31 and November 1. Hmmm, maybe my brother from Cool, California – Jeff Elliott aka Masirib5 - would be able to watch this, too - LIVE! The event will feature some of the worlds best players, including Francisco Django Bustamante, Jose Amang Parica, and Roberto "Superman" Gomez, along with the top West Coast players. Lest I forget, the greatest to ever play the sport, Efren Bata Reyes, has been invited as well!
The Pacmania 9 Ball Open Tournament a charity event with the profits going to Manny Pacquiao's foundation and flood relief for the recent disaster in the Philippines, i.e., Ondoy and Pepeng.
Live streaming coverage of the Pacmania 9 Ball Open Tournament will start at 10 AM Pacific Time, Saturday, October 31 at The Action Report. Saturday's coverage will be free and Sunday's coverage will be Pay Per View with all profits going to the charity causes. The Pay Per View price will be $15 for the final day of the tournament and a special challenge match after the event.
Oh wait! There’s more! The challenge match will feature a special player in action! The winner of the tournament will face Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao in a challenge match after the tournament.
Again, it’s Manny Pacquiao and the world billiards community come this Halloween weekend! Join the Pacmania 9 Ball Open Tournament! Have a great time while supporting worthy charities! See you there!
"The AnitoKid supports worthy charities!"
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For Direct TV packages, Direct TV offers, and Direct TV deals, it can only be DIRECT SAT TV for me, friends! And hey! DIRECT SAT TV could also be the entertainment break you are looking for!
Congratulations to Filipina pool player Iris Ranola for winning the Arizona Women’s Billiard Tour Stop over the Labor Day weekend! Iris Ranola, who hails from Zamboanga, beat American Susan Williams (7-6) to win the title at the Bull Shooters in Phoenix, Arizona. The top four finishers include Ashea Erdahl and Heather Torpin.
Indeed, Iris Ranola continues to make her presence felt in the US women’s pool circuit! Prior to her excellent performance in the US Open, Iris was also successful in a number of tours, including the Women’s Open Predator 9-Ball Event in Parsippany, New Jersey.
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How you can start spending smart? Just visit Zenni Optical! It offers a ton of great-looking eyeglasses that will surely grab everyone’s attention, while complimenting each individual’s unique fashion sense! And I kid you not!
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Known as the “Messiah of the Turntables” and the “Prince of Urban Music,” he is none other than DJ Babey Drew. And believe you me, he will be coming to Manila for two nights this October 2009!
Sponsored by Seair, DJ Academy, Channel V (The Official Music Channel), The Oxford Suites Hotel, Club LAX, Ascend Superclub, Skye, DMC Philippines, Ginebra San Miguel Premium Gin, Don Enrique Mixkila, Magnolia Healthy Beverage, Coke, Purple Label Productions and Green Toad Advertising Concepts with the Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, Max 103.5 FM, Wave 89.1 FM, 99.5RT, Magic 89.9 FM, getzmo.com, yehey.com and www.anitokid.blogspot.com as media partners, DJ Babey Drew’s shows kick off on October 9, 2009, Friday, at Club LAX in San Miguel by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia.
This will then be followed by another show on October 10, Saturday at the Ascend Superclub in Bonifacio High Street, The Fort, Taguig City.
DJ Babey Drew (Andrew Bisnaught) is the official DJ for the Grammy-nominated, R&B singer Chris Brown. Born and raised in Queens, New York, he began by spinning reggae, his first musical love. At the age of 12, and as he grew older, he diversified his skills and learned to play hip-hop, R&B and Top 40 hits. He attended Hampton University and broke into college radio at WHOV 88.1 FM. Starting at an entry level position, he worked his way up to being an on-air DJ. In 2000, he launched "The BabeyDrew College Tour 3”, touring colleges across the US.
What separates Drew from the rest is his ability to rock the MIC and spin records with an unbelievable intensity! Drew is not only the OFFICIAL DJ for R&B sensation Chris Brown: he has also opened for numerous artists including Camron, Chingy, Ying Yang Twins, Bow Wow, Sean Paul, Lil John, Ludacris, Elephant Man, Twisa, Method Man and others.
This event is a fund raising project of DMC Philippines for the benefit of Ondoy victims throught ABS-CBN Foundation.
For his Manila shows, DJ BabeyDrew is gonna rock the house with his own brand of beats that made him a superstar in America and in Chris Brown’s kingdom. And I kid you not! So don’t miss the chance of watching this ghetto wonder as he blazes through the streets of Manila.
DJ BABEY DREW Live in Manila is brought to you by DMC PHILIPPINES. For inquiries, call 0920-945-3205.
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I am about to ramble. I was in Ayala, Makati City, around 4:15 PM today. I noticed that there were like hundreds of people on the street.
I asked one of 'em what the fuss was all about, and learned that they were asked to go home to prepare for the incoming super typhoon (Parma aka Pepeng) and to be with their families.
I understood what every one on the street (or most of them) was going through at that point in time. Believe you me, seeing the TV images for the past few days on the destruction brought about by Typhoon Ondoy made me feel strange. It’s neither fear nor anxiety. Anger? No. Sadness? Yes. Most of the images I’ve seen on TV depicted pain and suffering on my kababayan’s faces. And truth be told, it hit me – to the core of my soul.
I got hold of my phone, dialed the number of my twin sons, but to no avail - network busy daw. Tried countless times, but connecting proved futile. Without second thoughts, I canceled two money-related meet ups and decided to go home to be with my sons.
I went to my car, started it, and headed towards the Skyway's entry ramp near Amorsolo. Saw McDonald's at Makati Cinema Square, and suddenly remembered how hungry I was - no breakfast or lunch yet for me the whole day, at mag-gagabi na! And I kid you not! I decided to forego Mcdo and head straight for Skyway.
Experienced almost 2 hours of traffic at Skyway - all the time trying to contact my twins.
Upon reaching home, my twin sons gave me a "Welcome home, Dad" kiss. After resting for about 5 minutes, the three of us had dinner, and chatted while doing such. Like most of you, I am a firm believer in the adage that family always comes first.
It’s 9:40 PM. And it has started raining again.
I pray that everything will be alright for my family and friends, and for each and every Filipino, especially those who have not yet recovered from the onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy, which hit us last week. Ramdam ko ang paghihirap at pagdadalamhati ninyo, aking mga kababayan. Kung kaya ko lang kayong tulungan lahat, di kayo mag-dadalawang salita sa akin. You and our beautiful country are always in my prayers.
I guess I am still rambling. No edits, no grammar and spell checks, no nothing. Just rambling. At this point in time, my only wish is that my beautiful country be spared from more destruction – havoc feared to be brought about by the incoming Super Typhoon Parma (Bagyong Pepeng). Sana lumihis. Sana maglahong parang bula. Sana. Sana. Sana.
May God bless the Filipinos. May He bless my beautiful country. May the Lord bless us all.
"A thousand things rushing through my mind.The AnitoKid"
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Storm Ondoy Aftermath Pictures: Friends, here is a YouTube video featuring pictures of the destruction left by storm Ondoy at UERM, a hospital in Quezon City.
Friends, here is another update related to the aftermath of storm Ondoy.
In light of the destruction brought about by tropical storm Ondoy, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has suspended the number-coding system for vehicles starting tomorrow, Monday, until Friday.
According to MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando, the one-week suspension should allow the national and local government to rescue and provide relief to affected areas. It is also geared to speed up rehabilitation efforts, so that life would return to normalcy.
For those not in the know, the number coding system bars private vehicles from using Metro Manila main roads on certain days of the week, based on the number in their license plates.
Storm Ondoy Updates: Here is an update from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, friends. Credits and all go to the article's authors and publisher.
Month’s worth of rain; storm Ondoy kills 40 By Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Nikko Dizon, Marlon Ramos Philippine Daily Inquirer
Nearly a month’s worth of rain fell in just six hours over Metro Manila Saturday, triggering the worst floods in nearly 40 years, stranding people on rooftops, causing wide-spread blackouts and killing at least 40 people, officials said.
“In my experience, this is the worst that I have seen,” Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said as he described how authorities grappled to deploy limited resources amid a barrage of pleas for help after Storm “Ondoy” slammed ashore.
The government declared a state of calamity in Metro Manila and 25 provinces in Luzon as the massive flooding paralyzed businesses and transportation.
The calamity declaration allows officials to withdraw emergency money for relief and rescue.
While the weather bureau had predicted Ondoy would hit the country, its severity was not expected.
The massive floods turned wide areas of the metropolis virtually into a sea.
Families from across various sectors, including the middle class living in gated communities, were among those marooned in their homes, many stranded on their roofs.
The Philippine Navy said it was the first time the Navy had received such a huge number of simultaneous calls for help.
Chelo Banal-Formoso, a Philippine Daily Inquirer editor, sent this text for help: “We are in Goodrich Village right next to a creek. Our whole first floor is now flooded almost to the ceiling. Water is still rising. I have a son with autism who needs to be in a place with electricity. My brothers tries but could not get us in ordinary cars.”
Toni Carbonell, NGO administrator, was also stranded with her daughter and her two-month old grandchild. She lives at Block 3, Lot 30, Narra St., Dacon Homes in Cainta, Rizal.
Lanie Miculob, manager of Sy-owned Highlands Prime, was also stranded and lives at 4B Block B Fernandez St., San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City.
Candice Lim, Yes Magazine staffer, who lives in Provident Village, Marikina, sent this SOS via text: “No one is sending help because the current is too strong. Inanod na kotse.”
Waters rise to 5 meters
Commuters plodded through floods that reached as high as five meters in some places, police said, while many motorists were forced to drive around in circles to avoid getting stranded in the surging waters.
Dozens of vehicles stalled in Manila, Makati, Pasay, Quezon City and Taguig.
Several thousand people fled to evacuation centers.
Defense Secretary Teodoro said three people were killed in Muntinlupa City, while two were killed in Quezon City.
Thirty-five other people were killed in Rizal province, Tony Mateo, a member of the Rizal provincial disaster coordinating council, told the Inquirer Saturday night. He said they included 16 people killed in Tanay, 10 in Angono, five in Baras, three in Rodriguez and on in Teresa.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo rode an Army truck to check the extent of flooding around Malacañang. She later took the Light Rail Transit (LRT) to attend a meeting of disaster officials at Camp Aguinaldo.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported that at least 90 percent of major thoroughfares in the capital was submerged in floodwaters, bringing traffic in several portions of EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos Avenue) to a stop for hours.
“This is the worst flooding I have seen since I was born here,” said Parañaque City’s 60-year-old Mayor Florencio Bernabe.
Pateros Mayor Joey Medina said his town last experienced floods as severe as Saturday’s when Typhoon “Yuling” pounded Metro Manila in 1972.
“Ondoy brought a month’s worth of rain to Metro Manila in one day,” the spokesperson of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Nathaniel Cruz, told the Inquirer.
Metro Manila’s average rainfall for September is 391.7 millimeters. In six hours, Ondoy dumped 341 millimeters of rainfall.
“It’s unusual,” Pagasa weather forecaster Bernie de Leon said. It was also the worst case of flooding seen by Pagasa in recent years, he said.
De Leon said the heavy rainfall might be a “manifestation of climate change.” He added: “It’s not conclusive but it could be one of the reasons,” he said.
2,000 evacuees
Nearly 2,000 people were evacuated in Manila and surrounding areas, an initial report from the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) said.
The NDCC reported that as of Saturday afternoon, some 1,300 individuals were rescued in San Mateo, Rizal alone. Houses were swept away as the Marikina River rapidly swelled.
The following provinces were placed under a state of calamity: Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, Isabela, Mountain Province, Ifugao, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Marinduque, Camarines Norte and Bataan.
The Philippine Navy spokesperson, Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, said he received numerous phone calls from people he did not know, all asking for help, especially as the night crept in.
“Some of them said they were already staying on the roof of their houses. Some were already begging for help, while some were very angry,” he said.
But he explained that responding to all calls for help was difficult considering the limited number of rescue teams, rubber boats and trucks the Navy had.
The Philippine Air Force also could not fly its helicopters in the morning because of the downpour.
Early NDCC reports said that 33 barangays were heavily flooded in Metro Manila, including nine barangays in San Juan City, six in Malabon City and five each in Quezon and Pasig cities.
Thirty-seven road sections in Metro Manila were impassable.
In Bulacan, 25 barangays were under waste-deep water after the Ipo Dam opened three of its gates.
The Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Ports Authority in Batangas suspended inter-island travel.
More rains today
Cruz said that Pagasa had forecast heavy rains in Metro Manila over the weekend but “we cannot predict the amount of rainfall.”
While a “general improvement” in the weather is expected on Sunday, De Leon said, Ondoy will continue to dump rains in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and the Vizayas until early this week because of the southwest monsoon.
As of 5 p.m. Saturday the eye of the storm was spotted in Pampanga.
It was moving 13 kph west northwest toward Iba, Zambales, packing maximum winds of 85 kilometers per hour with gustiness of 100 kph.
Cruz said that Ondoy had picked up speed and made landfall earlier than expected on Saturday.
Ondoy slammed into the boundary of Aurora and Quezon provinces shortly before noon. Pagasa had predicted it would hit land on Saturday afternoon.
Pagasa said Ondoy was expected to be 190 kilometers northwest of Iba, Zambales, by Sunday noon, and 630 km northwest of the province by Monday afternoon.
Mayor Bernabe said floodwaters reached the rooftops of houses in a private subdivision in Barangay Marcelo.
“Although flooding was common in Parañaque, this is the first time I saw our roads under waist-deep floodwaters. The city was practically at a standstill,” he said.
Parañaque officials some 10,000 families in the city were affected or displaced.
In Las Pinas City, Vice Mayor Henry Medina said over 2,000 families fled their homes in eight villages near the Zapote and Las Piñas rivers.
Pateros residents were also surprised at how swift the waters had risen.
“We were really shocked by what had happened. The floodwaters suddenly went as high as six feet in a matter of three hours,” he said.
The widespread flooding also prompted the Philippine National Construction Corp. (PNCC) to close both the north- and south-bound lanes of the South Luzon Expressway to all kinds of vehicles.
Trains also hit
But the storm did not even spare the trains.
MRT3 operations were disrupted from 5 a.m. until 1 p.m. when floodwaters affected the power system of the Quezon Avenue station.
Operations were back to normal after 1 p.m.
Over 500 families were evacuated in Quezon City because of severe flooding as Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. appealed to residents in low lying barangays to go to higher grounds.
Several families in Manila also evacuated to higher grounds.
“The Estero de Paco overflowed leaving the area submerged in knee-deep floodwater,” Jay dela Fuente, chief of the city social welfare office, said. “This is the second time that the estero overflowed. The first time was during Typhoon Frank.”
Low-lying Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Valenzuela are used to floods but residents were still surprised by the surge of floodwaters Saturday and by the speed with which the waters buried roads up to neck deep.
About 80 to 90 percent of Caloocan City was under water.
Public safety and traffic management chief Alfonso Sta. Maria said this was the worst flooding experienced by the city, submerging majority of its 188 barangays in five feet of waters, if not higher.
Telethon updates for storm victims
Sagip Kapamilya:413-2667 and 416-0387
ABS-CBN U.S. Foundation (Toll Free): 1-800-527-2820
Sagip Kapamilya Warehouse (inkind and cash donations) No.13 Examiner St., Quezon City
Please look for Ms. Girlie Aragon
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I have been on the Internet computer network since this 7 AM today – searching for news on the status of my kababayans left homeless and stranded by the wrath of Bagyong Ondoy. Like my television set, my computer screens are filled with images of people struggling to cope with the destruction left by Bagyong Ondoy, e.g., flooded streets and submerged 2-story houses, countless cars piled on top of each other, drowned victims, and search for missing persons.
Then I came upon this news article from the Philippine Star newspaper, “GMA used P800-million emergency fund for foreign trips,” published August 15, 2009.
I don’t know what to think anymore. Instead, I’ll try to focus my efforts on the fate of my kababayans.
There is an on-going telethon at ABS-CBN Channel 2 for my affected kababayans. I believe the telethon is also being shown on ABS-CBN’s The Filipino Channel (TFC) cable channel. To everyone reading this, please help make the telethon a success – all for my kababayans. After all, we make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.
Contact info for the telethon: Sagip Kapamilya: 413-2667 and 416-0387
And for friends who would still like to read the post on “GMA used P800-million emergency fund for foreign trips,” here it is in its entirety.
President Arroyo used up the government’s P800-million contingency fund for emergencies like calamities for her frequent foreign trips, Bukidnon Rep. Teofisto Guingona III revealed yesterday.
“She exhausted not only Malacañang’s travel funds but also the P800-million appropriation for emergencies in the 2008 national budget,” he told radio station dzMM.
He said he based his revelation on a Commission on Audit (COA) report submitted to Speaker Prospero Nograles this week.
“I have a copy of the report. An assistant commissioner of COA even briefed us on their shocking findings,” he said.
Guingona said the COA findings show that the 2008 contingency fund was not enough for foreign travels and Mrs. Arroyo had to augment it by P120 million.
“The augmentation was also exhausted,” he added.
Guingona also said the President overspent for her foreign travels between 2003 and 2007 by P1.6 billion.
She has only P1.1 billion under the annual budgets but she spent P2.7 billion over that period, he said.
He said the House of Representatives should have discovered the excess spending during the budget hearings.
“But the House is dominated by the President’s allies, so they just turn a blind eye,” he said.
He accused the President of violating the annual budget law “because she could not augment what Congress had approved and authorized her to spend.”
He said he would demand during the forthcoming budget hearings details on how and when Malacañang’s travel funds and the appropriation for contingencies were used.
Mrs. Arroyo’s latest foreign travel was her weeklong working visit to the United States two weeks ago.
It has become controversial largely due to at least two expensive dinners the President and her entourage of more than 50 enjoyed in posh restaurants in Washington and New York City.
Sen. Francis Escudero has criticized Mrs. Arroyo’s frequent travels abroad, saying she has spent more than P3 billion in taxpayers’ money for them.
Before her latest US visit, she “circumnavigated” the globe by flying to Tokyo, then to Los Angeles, Colombia, Brazil, Dubai, and Hong Kong before returning to Manila, he said.
According to former Senate president Ernesto Maceda, Mrs. Arroyo has spent a total of P5.5 billion for more than 50 foreign trips she has made since 2001.
In a recent television interview, Maceda said appropriations in the annual budgets for the President’s trips totaled P3.3 billion.
“In addition to these, there are contingency funds that could be used for foreign travel. Mrs. Arroyo has realigned a total of P2.2 billion of these funds for her foreign trips,” he said.
He said he got his data from the Department of Budget and Management and the Senate finance committee, of which he was chairman for five years.
He added that Escudero’s P3-billion figure apparently did not include realignments from the contingency funds.
Meanwhile, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez confirmed yesterday that President Arroyo and her large entourage had another expensive dinner in New York City other than the controversial $20,000 meal at the posh Le Cirque French restaurant.
“Yes, there was a second dinner in New York. But I was not there. I had other engagements,” he said.
He could not say where it was exactly or how much the presidential entourage paid.
Text messages purportedly coming from a staff member of the Philippine embassy in Washington claim that Mrs. Arroyo’s party enjoyed two dinners at Le Cirque.
The embassy supposedly paid for the New York City dinners, including the controversial meal on Aug. 2, for which Press Secretary Cerge Remonde claimed Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez shelled out $20,000.
The messages also claim it was the embassy that paid for a $3,500-a-night suite for the President and 60 $950-a-night rooms for her congressional companions at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos used to stay.
Suarez and Rep. Romualdez are among Mrs. Arroyo’s favorite congressional companions whenever she travels abroad.
On Thursday, Suarez claimed that he was the one who paid $15,000 for steaks and lobsters at a Washington DC restaurant last July 30.
COA audit pushed
For a left-wing lawmaker, the Commission on Audit should form a special audit team to review the “lavish” spending of President Arroyo in her US trip.
Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño personally went to the office of COA chairman Reynaldo Villar, and handed him a two-page letter containing his request. He said he merely wanted the “whole truth about the controversies surrounding the US trip.”
He also invoked Republic Act 6713, or the Code of Conduct for Public Officials, which may have been violated by government officials who had partaken of the expensive meals in New York and Washington.
“Like most of our countrymen, I wonder, what other lavish expenses were made by the Philippine delegation?” he asked. Casiño finds the meal expenses “irregular, unnecessary, excessive, extravagant or unconscionable even if bills were footed by a private entity.”
Casiño, fellow Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza filed House Resolution 1315 that seeks to direct the House committee on good government to conduct an inquiry on the matter.
Casiño said it is well “within the jurisdiction of COA to determine, through a special audit, if public funds were irregularly used and if laws and policies were violated.”
Anakpawis Rep. Joel Maglunsod said Malacañang must present to the public a detailed accounting of all expenses of the President’s state and working travels abroad, including her latest trip to the US.
“The people deserve to know how much the President spent for her foreign travels,” he said.
“The expensive dinner at Le Cirque and the meal at Bobby Van’s Steak House in Washington are just the tip of the iceberg. Mrs. Arroyo and her entourage are definitely spending more than what they should during their junkets,” Maglunsod added.
“Whether the meals were paid for by private individuals or government officials, Mrs. Arroyo has a lot of explaining to do about her expenses during her trips and her swelling wealth,” he said.
“It is evident that Mrs. Arroyo and other public officials joining working and state visits violated Republic Act 6713 or the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees,” Maglunsod said.
No excuse
“The report that the consulate in New York has been asked to foot the bill is disturbing, and if true, exposes the sham behind Malacañang’s claim that taxpayer’s money was not spent for the Le Cirque dinner,” Makati City Mayor and opposition leader Jejomar Binay said.
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