Philippine Holidays for 2014

MANILA - President Aquino has signed Proclamation 655 outlining the regular holidays, special non-working holidays and special holidays in 2014.

One of the holidays included in 2014 is Chinese New Year, January 31, 2014, a Friday. It was declared a special non-working day.

The proclamation listed a total of 10 regular holidays, 7 special non-working days and one special holiday for all schools.

The regular holidays for 2014 are:

New Year's Day - January 1 (Wednesday)

Araw ng Kagitingan - April 9 (Wednesday)

Maundy Thursday - April 17

Good Friday - April 18

Labor Day - May 1 (Thursday)

Independence Day - June 12 (Thursday)

National Heroes Day - August 25 (Last Monday of August)

Bonifacio Day - November 30 (Sunday)

Christmas Day - December 25 (Thursday)

Rizal Day - December 30 (Tuesday)



Special non-working days



Chinese New Year - January 31 (Friday)

Black Saturday - April 19

Ninoy Aquino Day - August 21 (Thursday)

All Saints Day - November 1 (Saturday)

Additional special non working days - December 24 (Wednesday) and December 26 (Friday)

Last Day of the Year - December 31 (Wednesday)


Special Holiday for all schools


EDSA Revolution Anniversary - February 25 (Tuesday)

Malacañang said proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eidul Adha "shall hereafter be issued after the approximate dates of the Islamic holidays have been determined in accordance with the Islamic calendar (Hijra) or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient."

"To this end, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) shall inform the Office of the President on which days the holidays shall respectively fall."

Hurray! Philippines "Miss World 2013"

Applause to Miss World 2013 from the beautiful country of the Philippines Miss Megan Young.

Question: “Why should you be Miss World?”

Young answered, “I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other … as one, we can help society.”

We are so proud of you Megan Young! Congratulations :)

Google Party App

candies 127, 130, 141

candies 140

naka 149 candies lang ako.. hindi  pa umabot ng 150.. regalo ko pa naman sana kay Google yung mga napanalunan ko hahahaha Happy birthday 15th Google

Google New Algorithm 'Hummingbird'

Why is it called Hummingbird?

Google told us the name come from being “precise and fast.”

 "Hummingbird" is the company's effort to match the meaning of queries with that of documents on the Internet, said Singhal from the Menlo Park garage where Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin conceived their now-ubiquitous search engine.

"Remember what it was like to search in 1998? You'd sit down and boot up your bulky computer, dial up on your squawky modem, type in some keywords, and get 10 blue links to websites that had those words," Singhal wrote in a separate blogpost.

"The world has changed so much since then: billions of people have come online, the Web has grown exponentially, and now you can ask any question on the powerful little device in your pocket."

Page and Brin set up shop in the garage of Susan Wojcicki -- now a senior Google executive -- in September 1998, around the time they incorporated their company. This week marks the 15th anniversary of their collaboration.

-by Reuters 

K19 The Widowmaker - Harrison Ford

 When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.

 Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writers: Louis Nowra (story), Christopher Kyle (screenplay)
Stars: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Peter Stebbings | See full cast and crew

 My side,
 Magandang movie napanuod ko in Tagalog version. Bumilib ako sa loyalty nila sa bawat isa.

Short ghost Story : The Elevator

The Elevator
 Gem is working as a nurse in a big hospital. during that time, gem was on a night shift, where hours would seem like eternity. To keep herself from falling asleep, she and her nurse friends would talk about a lot of things-especially ghost stories-to perk them up while doing their charting.

Then one night, the nurses got too busy to chat-someone died in the emergency room,a group of people were admitted due to a vehicular accident, another patient is in a critical condition. The nurses were prepared for such emergencies and were able to attend all those needing medical attention. Gem had to go to the pharmacy downstairs to get some medicine for her patient. She hurried to the nearby elevator to the ground floor. She was on the fourth floor.

Gem saw that there was already a man inside the elevator when she got in. She didn't know the guy, but she was happy that she had someone to ride the elevator with. As the elevator reached the second floor,the doors opened. They saw a little boy, about five years old, waiting to get inside the elevator. But before the boy could get in, Gem hurriedly closed the elevator doors and pressed again the ground floor button, leaving the boy behind.

The stranger was puzzled and asked gem why she did what she did. "why didn't you let the poor boy ride with us?" the man asked. "He looks like the boy who died here the other day. We tried to save him, but we couldn't. The second floor houses the pediatric ward and that's where the boy died," explained gem who was a bit winded.

 "How can you be so sure that it was the same boy? Is it because he's wearing the same tag as mine?" the stranger asked as he raised his arm to show gem the hospital tag attached to his wrist. Gem was taken aback. She thought she was going to faint. She stared at the man this time, finally noticing that he was in a hospital gown. She suddenly recognized who the man was- he was the one who was in a critical condition an hour earlier, but died on the operating table.

The elevator doors opened as it reached the ground floor. Gem ran blindly away from the lift and never looked back. She got the medicines she needed and hurriedly went back to her patient. but this time, she didn't take the elevator. Instead, she took the stairs. Never again did she ride the elevator during night shifts.

Short Ghost Story : Jeepney RiDe

Jeepney RiDe

It's funny when certain events in our lives occur and we blame it all to bad luck. What's funnier is the things that we do to counter the flow of bad energy that causes these so called bad luck or bad events. At least at that time I thought it was funny, until my friend shared her unlikely experience. jeepney This story is about my friend and her scary jeepney ride going home.

 For those of you who don't know what jeepneys are, they are a popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating.

 My friend went home late after finishing their school project, now since she lives within the vicinity of the U.P. Diliman campus (University of the Philippines) it was perfectly safe for her to take the jeepney instead of taking a taxi in going home during late hours. It was about midnight when she took the ride home, and she could not help but notice the driver kept glancing at her through his rear view mirror and then he would turn to her. (Now all jeepneys have their own route and do not take any turns and they have to stick to their route or else there is a big chance that they would run into some cop trouble).

What's odd about this jeepney ride besides the eerie glances that the driver gave from time to time, he was also taking turns in corners that he was not suppose to. Afraid of what the drivers plans are, she was even more afraid of her surroundings because it seemed as if she was in the middle of nowhere already. So instead of going down, she just stayed on the jeep. On the last turn that the driver made, she noticed that they were back on the route that they were suppose to be in the first place.

Before reaching the end of the terminal, the driver turned to my friend and said, "Im sorry if I scared you or startled you! It was not my intention".. "Could you do me a favor and BURN all your clothes when you get home".. Wondering why my friend asked why he was acting very strange. The driver explained, "The reason why I kept glancing was because your head was not attached to your body when I looked through my rear view mirror."

"That is why I changed my route awhile ago, hoping we could get away from the bad energy present in that area, and thats why I want you to BURN your clothes when you get home because I think its still with you." Upon arriving home, still shaking from fear, my friend took all her clothes off and burned them as quickly as she could. A few days later she found out on the news that the jeepney driver died a day after the incident. It turned out the warning was not for her but for the driver. *****