Pinoyfest ‘08 – The Pinoylife Recap
I’m not a fan of kicking a dead horse when it is down. It’s just a mean thing to do.
HOWEVER, there was one question people kept asking me when I was at FPAC, “Do you know how Pinoyfest went?”
So for all of you that were curious, someone that goes by the name “A Very Opinionated Pinoy Dude” took one for the team and went to Pinoyfest with a video camera.
I just have a few more things to say and I promise to stop with the Pinoyfest stuff.
Photos from FPAC 2008
Pictures! NEAT-O!
FPAC 2008 – The PinoyLife Recap
I am super tired right now. I just spent two days at FPAC. The top of my scalp is burnt, my flat feet hurt and I really want to just sleep.
But I owe it to all the cool people that had such nice things to say about PinoyLife.com at the festival to muster up the strength to crank out the FPAC recap. I just downed my medication for high blood pressure and the pill to lower cholesterol so I’m in a whole world of fun right now.
Here’s the recap!
FPAC 2008 Recommendations
FPAC is this weekend (September 6 and 7) and there’s quite a bit to see so here are some of the Pinoylife recommendations (i.e. people I know that are performing). I apologize that I wasn’t able to put the times and stages where each act would be performing but you can thank the FPAC web team for not doing proper QA on their site.
PinoyLife Got Mentioned on Local TV!
I know, I know. It’s just a local Los Angeles show on KSCI channel 18 on the UHF dial. But man, Janelle So really started throwin’ it down on two of the rocket scientists behind Pinoyfest on the show Kababayan L.A. Check around the 3 minute mark when she mentions this uber Pinoy Pop Culture blog.
Thanks for the plug Janelle! See you at FPAC!
Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya, IT’S ON!
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Manny Pacquaio and Oscar De La Hoya just agreed to the biggest boxing event of 2008! Mark your calendars fight fans cause Pac-man vs. DLH goes down on December 6.
De La Hoya to fight Pacquiao in December – Reuters
GOLDEN BOY WILL FIGHT PACQUIAO - Sportinglife.com
Pacquiao to move up two weight classes to fight De La Hoya - by Dan Rafael, ESPN.com
Fight with Pacquiao makes a lot of cents to De La Hoya by Graham Houston, ESPN.com
An Open Letter to Spain
Dear Spain,
I was born in the Philippines and grew up in the United States – Los Angeles, California to be exact. Growing up as a Filipino in the United States, I’ve felt the need to learn the history of my adopted country and my mother country. It seems that for over 300 years, Spain pretty much had their way with the Philippines. Granted, you guys got the hell out of Pinas back in 1898 but there have been lasting negative effects on Filipinos due to Spanish influence.
Hawaiian Little League Team Wins World Championship
There might have been very little Filipino representation in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but one championship event this week was full of Pinoy representation as the Waipi’o little league baseball team beat the team from Matamoros, Mexico, 12-3 to win the Little League World Series Sunday in South Williamsport, PA.
The team, representing the US West region, beat the Mexican team, whose players are taller, have averaged eight runs a game and beat Japan’s little league representatives during the International Championship round Saturday. On that day, the Hawaiian little leaguers scored an improbable 7-5 victory against the team from Lake Charles, LA (representing the US Southwest) after rallying from a 5-1 deficit to score six runs in at the top of the 6th and final inning to win the game and move on to the World Championship.
The Aloha State’s team hails from Waipahu, a Honolulu suburb known for its large Filipino population, and owed much of its success to players like pitcher Caleb Duhay (pictured), who pitched 5 1/3 innings with only three earned runs in the final match. Duhay also contributed three runs and a hit of his own at the plate. Catcher Keelen Obedoza scored a hit as well. Other Pinoys on the team such as outfielders Jedd Andrade, Matthew Yap and Jordan Ulep also contributed to the team’s championship.
News Link: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080824/BREAKING02/80824033
Box Score: http://www.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/llbb/WSBoxScores/llws32.html
Little League site: http://www.littleleague.org
Big thanks to Elson Trinidad for sending this in.
Decision 2008: FPAC or Pinoyfest?
This year we are forced to make a decision. No, not McCain or Obama. Not even Jabbawockeez or Super Cr3w. Southern Cali Pinoys get to choose between TWO Filipino festivals from on the weekend of September 6 and 7. Which one should you go to?
Super Cr3w Wins ABDC and Our Wang is Gold!
For the 2nd year in a row, a dance group comprised mostly of Filipino Americans wins the title of Americas Best Dance Crew on MTV.
I’m sure most of you were watching and I heard about the Philippine flag and the Pinoy themed warm up gear. That’s f’n awesome. Unfortunately, I was having pizza and watching the Olympics but I’ll catch the replays on MTV when the Olympics are over.
Super Cr3w Wins America’s Best Dance Crew – People Magazine
America’s Best Dance Crew’ is Super Cr3w! - Los Angeles Times
Congrats to Super Cr3w and way to win one for Las Vegas… or Southern California… oh wait, you guys said Las Vegas.
Speaking of the Olympics, the Philippines got a gold medal! Sort of.
Once again, a Filipino athlete got a gold medal in an Olympic exhibition sport. This year, the sport was Wushu and Filipino Willy Wang (I swear that’s his name) was the gold medal winner. He truly was the cock of the walk in Wushu as he shafted all other competitors in his demonstration of skill and dexterity with his bare fists. Wang’s ballsy performance is reminiscent of Arianne Cerdenas gold medal in women’s bowling in 1988, which also was an exhibition sport.
Here are the links for the Willy Wang story:
RP wushu athlete cops gold in Olympic demonstration - GMA News
RP finds consolation in Wushu gold in Beijing - ABS CBN News
Ok I’m all out of dick jokes. Wait, I got one more.
Penis. (That cheesy enough for you Chafa Khan?)
