2011 03/16-03/22

MANILA MAIL COMMUNITY

FaceBook's Top 25 well-"liked" multimedia company is ABS-CBN with its executives Chinky De Jesus (2nd left) & Nerissa Fernandez (rightmost) shown here at their recent TFC Lounge launch in Milpitas.

Lea Salonga gave so much pride & joy to our country when she grand-slammed all available awards during her 'Miss Saigon' reign and the reasons why were very evident during her 2-night concert at the Cache Creek Casino last March 11 & 12, Friday & Saturday, respectively, as she essayed songs that parallel her life and lovestory.

The two Bens - Ben Slaught of Cache Creek Casino & Ben Ramos of Edna's Ichiban celebrate after the Lea Salonga concert last weekend. Photo by Richard Lao

The Smaby family - Dave, Justin & Joyce traveled from Sacramento to attend the grand opening of Nick's Kitchen Kapampangan Restaurant in Daly City last Sunday.

Nick & Hermie Mendoza, owners of Nick's Kitchen in Daly City pose with their children last Sunday their restaurant's grand opening.

Marie Chazel 'Che' Masiddo, RN of Brentwood, CA took her oath as a Registered Nurse at the Philippine Consulate in downtown San Francisco with Deputy Consul General Fred Santos presiding. She is a graduate of at Quezon City's Our Lady of Fatima and was unable to attend her oathtaking at SMX Convention Center in Manila.

Bobby Santos, a Fil-Am resident of Westlake, is the first in line at Apple Stonestown Galleria for iPad 2...he's been inn line since 3:00am last Friday morning. The thinner and lighter iPad 2 has become more in demand with the presence of 2 front and back cameras. Online orders are 3-4 weeks backlogged, according to reports from Apple. The first iPad has reported sold 15 Million units and still counting!

The San Francisco Host Lions Club will have a Dinner Dance on March 26, 2011, a Fund Raising Event for Medical Mission to the Philippines and other local projects. For more information, please give Vice President/Event Coordinator Pat Anacheta call @ 415-602-4426 or send email to atehcnafix@yahoo.com

Happy birthday to Nelly Cojuangco of Hayward, CA celebrating on Saturday, March 19th at the Kokyo Sushi Buffet, located at 1071 B St (between Main St & Foothill Blvd) Hayward, CA 94541

ABS-CBN, Top 25 in FaceBook “LIKE”s

(The only Philippine multimedia company in Top 25 most “liked” media companies worldwide)

SEEN IN THE CITY

More than a million online users have already liked ABS-CBN’s page on Facebook, making it the only Philippine multimedia company in the top 25 list of most "liked" media companies on the famous social networking site.

ABS-CBN joins the biggest names in the global media scene in the top 25 list including YouTube, Google, CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network, Fox News, ESPN, Nickelodeon, among others. ABS-CBN's cable music channel MYX also made it to list with 1.1 million people who have "liked" it.

According to the Facebook statistics portal Social Bakers (www.socialbakers.com), the country’s largest media conglomerate ABS-CBN ranked 25th among media companies worldwide that have the most number of likes on Facebook. ABS-CBN followed after The New York Times, which placed 24.

As of 8 Feb 2011, there are 1,037,960 users who already liked the page of the ABS-CBN, way ahead compared to other local TV network’s Facebook pages.

The statistical report indicates that Filipinos from different parts of the globe are receiving the freshest news and updates about ABS-CBN brightest stars, top-rating programs, and sought-after services.

Based on data from ABS-CBN Interactive, there are at least 306,466 total users who actively participate by sharing posted links on the page and commenting on topics found at the discussion board.

Don't be left behind. Visit the ABS-CBN Facebook page at URL http://www.facebook.com/abscbn and find out why more netizens are "liking" ABS-CBN.

TO-BE-SEEN IN THE CITY

PICPA Pebble Beach & Carmel Getaway

The Philippine Institute of CPAs (PICPA) – USA is holding a Pebble Beach & Carmel Golf Tournament & getaway on Saturday, March 19^th, 2011 and is inviting not only the public to join their members in an afternoon of friendly golf competition. The breakdown of the whole-day affair is as follows:

11AM - 12:30 PM Meeting Place: Gallery Cafe at the Lodge at Pebble Beach for a light lunch

1PM - 5 PM - Golf Tournament for beginners and golf players at Peter Hay Golf Course

Enjoy a par 3, nine-hole golf course 725 yards adjacent to world-famous Pebble Beach Golf. You may form your own team of 6 players max!

5PM - 7 PM - Sunset Dinner at Carmel-by-the-Sea (Optional)

Donation: $ 50 per player (includes light lunch)

For more information contact PICPA-USA President Wendy Andong at 415-505-8802 or PICPA-USA Director Selenna Franco-Cefre at 650-238-8062 or email:sfcefre@yahoo.com.

Please reserve this date in your calendar.

PERSONAL NOTES

Briefs & shorts American Idol has recently banned audiences to witness studio rehearsals by the finalists – this means no more spoiler reports for us. Fil-Am teener Thia Megia from Mountain House, CA survived last week’s elimination and is competing again this week singing a song she picked from her year of birth…Happy Birthday to Nelly Cojuangco of Hayward, CA. Congratulations to Chazel ‘Che’ Massido for being, RN on her recent oath-taking at the Philippine Embassy in San Francisco, CA.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"We have no evidence of harmful radiation exposure," Japan’s deputy Cabinet secretary Noriyuki Shikata told reporters as explosions rocked the nearby nuclear power plant several times last weekend in Soma, Japan. A Chernobyl-type meltdown is feared by residents, an aftermath of last week’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the destructive tsunami that followed.

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