2012 03/21-03/27

MANILA MAIL COMMUNITY

Enchong Dee, one of today's hottest young actors starring in "Teleserye Bida" will be seen performing live on Saturday, March 31 at the James Logan High in Union City, CA. Photo by Richard Lao.

Glenn Donaire of San Leando, CA wins a 2nd World Title in Mexico last March 16, under the guidance of his beaming-with-pride father, trainor and coach, Nonito Donaire, Sr, left.

RP's Consul General to Northeast U.S. Mario De Leon, Jr. visits ABS-CBN & TFC Executives & Studios. He lauded the leading media conglomerate’s efforts to reach out to Filipinos abroad and reconnect them globally and to the homeland.

Francis Ang of San Francisco, CA wins "The People's Best New Pastry Chef 2012" by FOOD & WINE Magazine. Photo by Michael Harlan Turkell.

The Filipino American Democratic Club of Santa Clara County conducted its annual organizing dinner and for the 2012 campaign for Senatorial Candidate - Jose Coto, left, held at the Eastlake Chinese Restaurant last Thursday, March 15th in San Jose, CA. Joe (who was a teacher at one point of his career) and his wife, Camille attended the event with some noted Filipino community and business leaders like Ben Menor, Jona Romualdez, Elvie Teodoro, Dr. Ron Quibilan and wife Mila, Andrew Ross, Richard Lao, among others. For more info on Joe Coto, visit www.JoeCoto.com

Eighteen-year old Fil-Ams, the Perkins Twins - Jesse & Christian Perkins, Grand Prix Tennis Doubles Champions and both A-lister graduating high school students from Menlo Park, CA were recenlty selected to be models for Versace Spring/Summer 2012 show in San Francisco. The upcoming fashion show will be the first Versace fashion show ever on the West Coast. Congrats, guys! Photo & Text from The Perkins Twins Fan Page on Facebook.

Sticky Lab Recording Studio, (your one stop shop for all your audio recording needs, located at 385 East Taylor Street, Suite # 210, San Jose CA) owner Jerry Dalalo, right, with Rap Artist Chris Gatsby, shows off their latest studio recording equipment. Their studio recoding rental rate starts @ $35/hour (with 2 hour minimum). For more info, visit their Fan Page on Facebook or www.TheStickyLab.com

Fil-Am Ronnie Escalante of San Francisco, CA is currently competing at NBC's "Fashion Star" (a new reality-based TV show featuring competing fashion designers ala Project Runway). At 17, Ronnie migrated to the US with his family, served the U.S. Navy for 9 months, enrolled at a fashion design school in San Francisco and interned at Chado Ralph Rucci in New York. Photo & infos lifted from his Fan Page on Facebook

Eat Bulaga's Tito, Vic & Joey will be performing LIVE at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA on Saturday, March 31st.

Wally Bayola and Jose Manalo will perform LIVE at Eat Bulaga at the Cow Palace in Daly City, CA on Saturday, March 31st and at the Silver Legacy Grande Exposition Hall in Reno, NV on Sunday, April 1st.

GLENN DONAIRE

WINS AGAIN!

(San Leandro’s good son bags a 2^nd World Title after defeating Omar Salado)

SEEN IN THE CITY

Glenn Donaire did again! The new WBO Latino Super Flyweight Champion of the World Glenn “The Filipino Bomber” Donaire (19-4-1, 10 KOs), scored a hard-fought twelve round ‘Unanimous Decision’ battle over Two-Time World Title Challenger "Omar Salado" (24-5-2, 15 KOs) on Friday night, March 16, 2012, at the Auditorio Plaza Condesa in Mexico City, Mexico.

Nearly two-and-a-half months after jumpstarting his career by destroying ex-world champion Alex “Nene” Sanchez by TKO, Glenn Donaire, under the guidance of his father Nonito Donaire Sr. stepped back into the ring last Friday in Mexico City, Mexico, taking on Omar Salado, defending his WBC regional title he earned on December 9th.

Prior to his 2011 return, Glenn was forced to take a hiatus from boxing when his mother lost her job, creating financial constraints. Not being able to survive on his father’s wages, Glenn took a job as a delivery truck driver working over 70 hours a week forcing boxing to become secondary. Now training out of the Kennel Boxing Gym in San Leandro, CA, Glenn is determined to carve out his own legacy and reward his father for the unconditional time he has dedicated to him.

“I was focused and ready, me, my father and my promoter Tuto Zabala, we all did our part,” says Donaire of his latest victory.

Glenn Donaire is looking for another match this year for the WBO Championship Title.

Congratulations, Glenn! You deserve it! Yes, I’m proud of to be a member of Team Glenn Donaire!

(Reported by our good friend Glenn F. Mariano in Mexico City, Distrito Federal.)

TO-BE SEEN IN THE CITY

Eat Bulaga vs Teleserye Bida on March 31st

The inevitable will happen - on Saturday, March 31^st as Eat Bulaga (at the Cow Palace in Daly City) clashes against the “Teleserye Bida”s (at the James Logan High School Gymnasium in Union City). Eat Bulaga, the longest-running noontime show in the Philippines (for a lot of reasons), boasts of the formidable trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto & Joey De Leon with the sexy EB Babes, the now controversial funnyman Jose Manalo, Wally Bayola, Allan K, Jimmy Santos, Anjo Yllana, Ryan Agoncillo, Pauleen Luna, Kempee De Leon, Ruby Rodriguez, Julia Clarete & Paolo Ballesteros. The Cow Palace is located at 2600 Geneva Street, Daly City, CA 94014.

Meanwhile, the “Teleserye Bida”s, who performed to sold-out screaming wild audiences (as seen on YouTube!) in Canada months ago, has teen-magnets Gerald Anderson, Enchong Dee, Sam Milby, Rayver Cruz, Xian Lim and Young JV together with the eternally comedic Pokwang in its line up roster. James Logan High School is located at 1800 H Street, Union City CA 94587. Sorry girls, but VIP tickets are now SOLD OUT! Other ticket prices available are for $28, $48, $68. & $88 only.

So, which show will you watch? Whatever show you plan to see next Saturday, be sure to score your tickets now before they get sold out!

Briefs & Shorts

Francis Ang, a Filipino, Wins ‘FOOD & WINE’ Magazine's First Annual "The People's Best New Pastry Chef-2012”!

Thanks to one of our readers, John E. Abordo, D.P.M., Director of Podiatric Health Services Golden Valley Health Centers, who brought to our attention and emailed us the story of Francis Ang, a Filipino, who was recently named Food & Wine magazine's West Coast "People's Best Pastry Chef" as well as one of Zagat's "30 Under 30" in San Francisco.

His email furthers, which we edited a bit for brevity goes, “Finding inspiration from his travels throughout Asia, Francis creates desserts such as rum baba with pineapple three ways, kaffir leaf-coconut sorbet, basil seeds; and a chocolate mousse bombe with orange cream, hazelnut crunch, mandarins, and hazelnut ice cream.

Francis grew up in the Philippines and still remembers the delicious dishes his dad and grandmother use to cook when he was growing up. He moved to San Francisco when he was 19, where he enrolled in the City College of San Francisco's culinary program. An internship at the Copenhagen Bakery in Burlingame was an early indicator that Francis was meant to be working as a pastry chef.

Currently, Francis works as the Executive Pastry Chef at the The Fifth Floor, the acclaimed Gary Danko restaurant in San Francisco. Francis originally joined the team on the savory side as a line cook. When executive chef David Bazirgan recognized Ang's passion for desserts, Bazirgan worked closely with Francis to hone in on his pastry skills and quickly promoted him to pastry chef.

Prior to joining the Fifth Floor, Francis was working at the where he was lucky enough to train under Gary Danko himself, learning about pastries and desserts-making ice creams, sorbets, mousses, soufflés, etc.”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

““Even if I win in all legal cases, I still lose - because I lost Iggy.,” – by Grace Ibuna, entangled in a legal custody battle, on losing her partner, Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo and sharing his remains with another woman - his 2nd wife. Iggy was annulled from his first wife. On talks that she walked out on his burial services, Grace reportedly said, “Why, am I not allowed to go to the restroom?”.

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