Archive for September, 2007
September 30, 2007 at 6:22 pm · Filed under Philippines
Watch out Filipinos as the whole Philippines will momentarily stop in motion for the Pacquiao – Barrera SECOND FIGHT. The very much awaited fight will be very soon witnessed in our tv screens through GMA Network and Solar Sports.
As a direct result of the settlement between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, the Manny Pacquiao vs Marco Antonio Barrera rematch is now calendared on October 6, 2007 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Pacquiao, at 28, is on his prime while Barrera, at 33, is considering this fight to be his last. Will Barrera, badly beaten by Pacquiao in their first encounter, muster enough tricks from his brilliant boxing career to make this a competitive fight or will Pacquiao, like what he did to Morales in their 3rd encounter, bulldozed an aging Barrera into an early submission? This battle is surely a bloody fight between the two warriors of Philippines and Mexico. After the fight they end up crashing each others faces, so how true is the certainty that San Diego plastic surgeons will take care wrecked faces? Hhmm le’mme have a research for that 
September 30, 2007 at 5:45 pm · Filed under ASIA
The culturally loaded issue today is the number of Asians looking to remake themselves to look more Caucasian. It’s a charge many deny, although few would argue that under the relentless bombardment of Hollywood, satellite TV, and Madison Avenue, Asia’s aesthetic ideal has changed drastically. “Beauty, after all, is evolutionary,” says Harvard psychology professor Nancy Etcoff, who is the author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty—not coincidentally a best seller in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China. Asians are increasingly asking their surgeons for wider eyes, longer noses and fuller breasts—features not typical of the race. To accommodate such demands, surgeons in the region have had to invent unique techniques. The No. 1 procedure by far in Asia is a form of blepharoplasty, in which a crease is created above the eye by scalpel or by needle and thread; in the U.S., blepharoplasty also ranks near the top, but involves removing bags and fat around the eyes. Likewise, Westerners use botox, or botulinum toxin, to diminish wrinkles—while in Korea, Japan and Taiwan, botox is injected into wide cheeks so the muscle will atrophy and the cheeks will shrink. Just as Asian faces require unique procedures, their bodies demand innovative operations to achieve the leggy, skinny, busty Western ideal that has become increasingly universal. Dr. Suh In Seock, a surgeon in Seoul, has struggled to find the best way to fix an affliction the Koreans call “muu-dari” and the Japanese call “daikon-ashi”: radish-shaped calves. Liposuction, so effective on the legs of plump Westerners, doesn’t work on Asians since muscle, not fat, accounts for the bulk. Suh says earlier attempts to carve the muscle were painful and made walking difficult. “Finally, I discovered that by severing a nerve behind the knee, the muscle would atrophy,” says Suh, “thereby reducing its size up to 40%.” Suh has performed over 600 of the operations since 1996. He disappears for a minute and returns with a bottle of fluid containing what looks like chopped up bits of ramen noodles. He has preserved his patients’ excised nerves in alcohol. “And that’s just since November,” he says proudly. Because of the influences of the Westerners in us Asians, we tend to immitate what is in fashion to them like for instance undergoing for a plastic surgery.
Nowadays the view of Asians for plastic surgery is no longer a taboo, in fact there’s an Asian Poll Survey conducted wherein Asians are asked as to which country is your choice for your own plastic surgery, and accrording to poll the most favored country is Singapore. Ironically, If Asian are opting for Singapore for plastic surgery procedure, Singaporeans and other richer countries in Asia go for the US surgery clinics such as Texas cosmetic surgery for their procedure.
September 30, 2007 at 5:35 pm · Filed under Asia's Health
Nose surgery is the one of the most popular surgical cosmetic procedures in the United States. If you’re self-conscious about your nose, you may be a good candidate. Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose for aesthetic and corrective purposes. Whether the issue is birth defect, injury, or age-related changes, rhinoplasty can help provide balance and proportion to your nose and face. Rhinoplasty, or surgery to reshape the nose, is one of the most common of all plastic surgery procedures. Rhinoplasty can reduce or increase the size of your nose, change the shape of the tip or the bridge, narrow the span of the nostrils, or change the angle between your nose and your upper lip. It may also correct a birth defect or injury, or help relieve some breathing problems. Rhinoplasty is a nose-reshaping surgery that can correct deformities or make subtle aesthetic changes for cosmetic purposes. This article explains the procedure and the various rhinoplasty techniques. Moreover, don not just take for granted your plastic surgery procedure, trust nose surgery and houston rhinoplasty expert for better results.
September 30, 2007 at 3:43 pm · Filed under travel
San Diego is of course not Asia! But if you’re an Asian and has the desire for travelling San Diego a sample flight details is here for you for to view…FROM PHILIPPINES
* FROM Manila (MNL) Depart 8:05 am TO Tokyo Arrive 1:20 pm for a duration of 4 hours and 45 minutes
* FROM Tokyo Depart 3:20 pm TO Portland Arrive 8:05 am for a duration of 8 hours and 45 minutes
* FROM Portland Depart 10:20 am TO San Diego
NOTE: FLIGHT is of ECONOMY CLASS and the total average price per passenger: $704.60
FROM THAILAND
* FROM Bangkok Depart 01:30 TO Seoul Arrive 08:45 for a duration of 5 hours 15minutes
* FROM Seoul Depart 16:30 TO Los Angeles Arrive 11:30 for duration of 11 hours 15minutes
* FROM Los Angeles Depart 14:01 TO San Diego Arrive 14:54 for duration of 53 minutes
NOTE: NOTE: FLIGHT is of ECONOMY CLASS and the total average price per passenger £438.70
San Diego is especially know for their Fish Taco, the unofficial delicacy made deep fried, battered fish wrapped in a corn tortilla with cabbage and sauce. They say that it sound weird but you will definitely wanted to have one more try of Fish Taco once you visit San Diego again. Popular destinations in San Diego are the following:
- Balboa Park - the public playground and cultural center, where you have lovely green space and an array of wonderful museums, as well as the famous Old Globe Theatre
- Harbor Cruise - cruising by the huge navy ships on San Diego bay is such a magnificent experience viewing the waterfront.
- Gaslamp - If you are into night life.. then this would definitely suite your taste! Experience the San Diego nightlife - the Gaslamp Quarter is the center of city’s nightlife.
- The Pandas - Not only in Japan we can see those adorable Pandas.. San Diego Zoo is the city’s venerable tourist attraction, and also the home to four giant pandas, including the baby panda you have seen on Zoo’s website - Su Lin.
Hit San Diego entertainment blog for more informations on your trip.
September 30, 2007 at 2:42 pm · Filed under Japan
Japanese or not, if you have the passion for eating Sushi.. Here are the 6 tips for you, so that going to a Sushi Restaurant need not to be daunting:
1. Try practicing with chopsticks at home – but if you can’t master it, it’s not the worst thing to abandon them and use your fingers.
2. Pour soy sauce into the saucer provided. Mix in a pea-size amount of Wasabi, and add more according to your taste.
3. Pickled ginger is a palate cleanser, not a garnish. Eat a slice between different types of Sushi.
4. When eating a Nigiri (rice topped with fish, meat or vegetables) dip the topping side into the soy. Rice soaks up too much soy, which can over power the other subtle flavours.
5. Sushi should land in the mouth fish-side down for maximum taste – your tongue warms the fish so you don’t just taste the rice.
6. Do eat a whole piece in one go – breaking it apart tends to end in a messy collapse.
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REMEMBER that Sushi is a raw food. Before eating them, you should know first the PROS and CONS. There are many reports of medical cases about people obsessed in eating Sushi. So if you think that you have overfed yourself eating Sushi, go to a hospital, not in Los Angeles nursing homes for they are two medical institutions. Hospital will treat all of your medical complaints and disorder while Los Angeles nursing homes is only senior care services and facilities.
itadakimasu!
September 29, 2007 at 3:28 pm · Filed under ASIA
Women are so lush and profligate, and that’s why they are the object for these female-friendly floors at some these hotels; giving them lavishness, pampering and personalized attention. Here are the lists of hotels where you indulge this treat:
THE St. REGIS SHANGHAI –St. Regis Shanghai’s has three ladies-only floors if you want to have real fun. Fashion and lifestyle magazines enjoy pride of place rooms, as do Bvlgari bath products, fresh flower, hair clips, hair brushes, and even silk hangers. The hotel also thoughtfully assigns female butlers to guests on the ladies-only floors.
THE FLEMING, Hongkong – Last February, the hotel launched its dedicated ladies-only floor, suitably named “Her Space”. The female-friendly rooms boast stylishly feminine décor that features extra soft and furry cushions, silk draperies and a fur rug. Extra flourishes include L’Occitane toiletries, a jewelry box, a leg massage machine and a facial steamer. Even the in-room mini bar has been stocked with herbal teas and healthy snacks for female road warriors watching their figures. ( Hey why allow yourselves endure all those adversity of exercises and hunger for weight loss when you can have tumescent liposuction?! Aside from it’s extremely safe and fast results, better results are of assurance. )
HOTEL MULIA SENAYAN, Jakarta – The ladies Floor boasts L’Occitane products, dedicated flower arrangements, turn down aromatic fragrances and is serviced by females staff. A female butler is at hand 24 hours a day and if you decide to engage in some retail therapy, a shopping butler is available on request. Not a bad idea, since the hotel is near popular shopping malls.
I will be posting more hotels and establishments that offer this treat for us, WOMEN! ‘Coz we just simply love to be spoil :)
September 28, 2007 at 11:58 pm · Filed under Japan
Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries as it sits atop four tectonic plates, slabs of land that move across the earth’s surface. In fact, two earthquakes struck almost simultaneously off Japan’s central coast late Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted an island in southern Japan on Thursday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake was centered about 30 miles under the seabed near Miyakojima, an island 1,150 miles, southwest of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency is quoted by Associated Press as saying. Police said no damage or injuries were reported from the 2:41 p.m. tremor. The island has a population of about 50,000. A tremor of magnitude 5 can damage homes. There was no fear of tsunami, or seismic waves caused by undersea disturbances such as volcanic activities or undersea earthquakes, the agency said. Separately, a magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook parts southwestern Japan about 320 miles southwest of Tokyo. That quake was centered about 12 miles underground in the southern part of Tokushima state and struck at 2:12 p.m. Police reported no damage or injuries. The agency said the two quakes were not related.
Too bad for the Japanese that successive calamities hit their country recently. After the typhoon that whacked some areas of Japan, earthquake took place just now. Isn’t it ironic that when Japanese are worrying about the calamities happened in their country, some people are just worrying about their vanity – problematic with their surgeries, like face lift, breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, etc… oh what a life hahaaha!
September 28, 2007 at 1:31 am · Filed under Japan
The word Geisha means “artist” in Japanese. Geisha are professional hostesses who entertain guests through various performing arts in tea houses called O-chaya. They are trained in a number of traditional skills such as Japanese ancient dance, singing, playing instruments such as the Shamisen, flower arrangement, wearing kimo no, tea ceremony, calligraphy, conversation, alcohol serving manners and more. Geisha continue to study and perfect these skills throughout their careers as geisha. A successful geisha must demonstrate beauty, grace, artistic talent, charm, impeccable etiquette, and refinement. Only guests with a long time connection with the tea house are allowed and tea houses generally don’t take on new clients without an introduction. The profession of a geisha is a very expensive business and a geisha party can easily cost thousands of US dollars. The total number of geisha in the 1920’s was 80,000, but today the number of geisha has dropped to 10,000 due to the westernizing of Japanese culture.We often misinterpret the role of Geisha in the society. Geisha must train themselves in various traditional arts such as classical dancing, playing the Shamisen, and several styles of singing in the hanamachi (geisha community). Today, geisha women may also be models or go on international tours, for example. Geisha work by entertaining guests at expensive tea houses, you cannot find them in La Jolla restaurants because it is an Italian restaurant with a Meditteranean setting. , Geisha’s role in this place only serve drinks, talk with the guests, and perform. Geisha do not prepare or serve food. They also never have a one-night stand. Geisha women maintain many different relationships with men. They are not prostitutes. It is appropriate for geisha to have a patron (danna), whom she is involved with emotionally, economically, and sexually, however it is up to the geisha whether she wants one or not. Geisha wear their hair in a bun or a uniform style with a single comb and two pins. They also wear elegant kimonos and beautiful white make-up. Geisha also entertain at business banquets or parties for a considerable amount of money. There they engage in conversation, and perform for the guests. Geisha will either perform “Tachikata” which mainly does traditional Japanese dance or “Jikata” which mainly sings or plays an instrument. Tachikata are usually the maiko girls while Jikata are older geisha women. They also pay greater attention to the guest of honor. Geisha also do not discuss anything that was said at a party or business meeting outside.
September 27, 2007 at 11:51 am · Filed under Philippines
This is the sunset at Brgy. Canibad, situated at the rear side of Samal Island if you’re in Davao City. Sea water is crystal clear that you can’t resist going for a swim. From the beach areas that I’ve been in Samal Island, this is here I love most to have a rest and unwind. My friends and like here best if we go on for a beach because it is a very natural world, very few people know about this place and he nature is still untouched. We feel like we’re in a primitive days since even electricity doesn’t reach the area. At night, you can only hear the waves of the sea, and noise of insects and animals. Fresh air, beautiful scenery..what more you could ask for, it is perfect place for me for my initial yoga classes. Surely I can concentrate and learn well here - acquiring the meditation continually and uninterruptedly with the calm place.
September 27, 2007 at 1:08 am · Filed under Japan
This is the famous hotel in Japan for its unusual architecture design, inspired by the traditional temples in Japan. It has over 72 rooms, 11 suites with 3 non-smoking floors, and 5 meeting rooms include high-tech boardrooms. All of 83 the rooms are spacious, well decorated and most have magnificent view of the park. It occupies the best location in Tokyo, and is adjacent to famous Ueno Park and world-class shopping, and only 6 minutes from the financial district. The Hotel has successfully undergone a complete refurbishment in 2000 and is one of the most distinctive hotels in Japan.
HOTEL FACILITIES:
- Business centre
- Cocktail bar
- Concierge
- Gymnasium
- Laundry facilities
- Lounge
- Non-smoking rooms
- Parking facilities
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Safe deposit box
ROOM FACILITIES:
- Cable / Satellite TV
- Hairdryer
- In-room safe
- Iron and ironing board
- Mini bar
- Modem/data port connection
- Tea and coffee making facilities
Tokyo Sofitel Hotel is the best place to stay if you’re planning for a luxurious holiday in Japan, but if you are up to holiday vacation to the West a there’s a good place where you can unwind and have absolute fun – San Diego bars is one of the famous place for your nightlife. All your favorite drinks are available for you from rhum to Scotch, whiskey, and tequila. The perfect place and services where you can have a great time!
Please realize that you have to sell your soul in order to step foot inside this amazing
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