A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.
For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover.
In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the shoe box and took it to his wife’s bedside.
The official Miss Philippines Beauty Pageant Grand Coronation Night was held tonight at the Araneta Coliseum.
Top 10 Finalists were Candidates:
1. Marielle Castillo
10. Maria Venus Raj
11. Krista Arrieta Kleiner
13. Gwendoline Ruais
14. Mary Ann Ross Misa
17. Rose Ann Aguilar
18. Helen Nicolette Henson
19. Kate Princess Alimurong
21. Czarina Catherine Gatbonton
22. Dianne Necio
Special Awards recipients were:
Miss Del Monte Fit and Right: Helen Nicolette Henson
Best in Swimsuit: Krista Arrieta Keiner (Actress Krissa Mae)
Best in Evening Gown: Maria Venus Raj
Miss Philippine Airlines: Helen Nicolette Henson
Miss Photogenic: Helen Nicolette Henson
The Crowned Binibining Pilipinas 2010 are:
There was a man who one day didnt feel like going to church so he decided to go hunting instead.
He was out in the bush when he was approached from behind by a bear. He dropped his gun by accident but didn’t 
bother to pick it up.
He ran for his life. Weaving in and out the trees with the bear on his trail. Curving around a tree he tripped over its root.
He looked up and the bear looked down. The bear was about to strike at him. He put his hands together and prayed:
“Dear lord, Please let this bear be a christian.”
The bear sat down on its bum and held the mans hands, closed his eyes and said: “Dear lord, Thank you for the food that i am about to recieve”
I came across this review about Philippines and Filipinos. I find this very humorous, very filipino.
By: Nury Vittachi – The Far Eastern Economic Review
This week, we shall take a “reading tour” of one of the most spirited communities in Asia. The Philippines is full of word play. The local accent among many Filipinos, in which English words with “F” are spelled and pronounced with the sound of “P” and V is pronounced as “B” (because the Philippine alphabet has no letters F or V), is often used very cleverly, such as, the sign in a flower shop in Diliman called Petal Attraction.
Much of the word play in the Philippines is deliberate with retailers and various businesses favoring a play on names of Western establishments and celebrities (Americans, in particular—movie stars and entertainment personalities, especially).
For example, there is a bread shop in Manila called Anita Bakery, a 24-hour restaurant called Doris Day and Night, a garment shop called Elizabeth Tailoring, and a barber shop called Felix The Cut.
This blonde was driving down an old country road when she spots a blonde in a wheat field rowing a boat. She pulls over to the side of the road and stops the car. Staring in disbelief she stands at the side of the road to watch the woman for a while. When she could not stand it any more she called out to the blonde in the field.
“Why are you rowing a boat in the middle of the field?”
The blonde in the field stops rowing and responds, “Because it is an ocean of wheat.”
These two women move in different circles but they seem to lead parallel lives. Barbara C. Gonzales is the great-granddaughter of national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. Her great-grandmother is Dr. Jose Rizal’s elder sister, Maria, a liberated woman who was separated from her husband Daniel. Barbara is more popularly known by her nickname, Tweetums. She once appeared in a Del Monte tomato sauce TV commercial featuring three generations of women in the kitchen.
Yes, that was Tweetums with her daughter, Panjee, and Tweetum’s mother whom they fondly called Mamu. Tweetums was married to Ramon Tapales, a successful businessman. Their daughter, Panjee Tapales ( a.k.a. singer Panjee Gonzales), was co-host of ABS-CBN’s daily morning show, Alas Singko Y Media (now Magandang Umaga Pilipinas) and its defunct Sunday morning game show with Roderick Paulate and Eric Quizon. Panjee soon became the second wife of ABS-CBN chairman, Gabby Lopez. (But that’s another story.) Tweetums writes about art and culture in her column for the Philippine Star.
“Doc,” says Steve, “I want to be castrated.”
“What on earth for?” asks the doctor in amazement.
“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time and I want to have it done,” replies Steve.
“But have you thought it through properly?” asks the doctor. “It’s a very serious operation and once it’s done, there’s no going back. It will change your life forever!”
If your siblings are married to huge celebrities and you’ve just lost your chance of marrying one, would you still strive to surpass their feat? But how could you beat being married to an award-winning actress whose mother is a beautiful actress and whose father is the original Agent X-44 of Philipine movies? Or being the wife of Mr. Pure Energy? Or being Mr. Megastar?
Now, aren’t you glad that you’re not among the Pangilinan siblings? Former Penthouse Live co-host and newspaper columnist Anthony Pangilinan married Maricel Laxa, an excellent actress who is the lovechild of circa 60s actress Imelda Ilanan and action star Tony Ferrer. She is also the half-sister of 1990 Miss Asia runner-up Mutya Crisostomo Laxa. Anthony’s brother, Senator Francis Pangilinan, was a campus figure in UP Diliman. He was the chairman of the UP Student Council in 1986. He married no less than the megastar, Sharon Cuneta.
