Category Archives: Human Interest

Human Interest, Religion

(VIDEO) SAN FRANCISCO PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HOLDS NEW RUBIK’S CUBE WORLD RECORD!

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imageSAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – A new Rubik’s Cube world record has just been set by a San Francisco Presbyterian Church minister when he clocked in at 5.0 seconds, the fastest time solving a 3x3x3 Rubik’s Cube.

The previous record was set earlier this year by American teenager Collin Burns at 5.25 seconds, followed by Mats Valk from the Netherlands, at 5.55 seconds in 2013.

The Rev. John Weems broke the record at last Sunday’s church service, witnessed by the congregation at the Calvary Presbyterian Church on Fillmore Street in San Francisco.

HERE’s how he did it.

Food, Human Interest, Politics

FILIPINO NEW YORKERS TO ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS: ‘LEAVE OUR BALUT ALONE!’

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NEW YORK CITY, New York – An animal rights activist in New York claims even balut has animal rights, and wants it off the menu at a local restaurant.

Activist Gabrielle Hardy is urging Maharlika, a popular Filipino restaurant in New York, to stop serving the Filipino delicacy.

Balut is a popular food item in the Philippines and has been for generations. It is a boiled duck embryo that’s eaten directly off its shell. It is considered food for the masses although rich people secretly devour balut in the privacy of their mansions.

Hardy created the online petition two weeks ago saying that balut is disgusting and it should be taken off Maharlika’s menu. She said people should not eat the unborn duck fetus.

By Friday morning, the petition gained 4,659 signatures out of its goal of 5,000 signatures.

Immediately after the ban-the-balut petition was posted online, a group of Filipino New Yorkers created and posted a counter online petition asking the animal rights activist to shut up and leave their balut alone. “Why are they picking on balut when they should be protesting against hotels and restaurants for serving steaks and lobsters, or even asking the government to outlaw McDonald’s hamburger or Kentucky Fried Chicken?” they said.

The Filipinos also urged Maharlika Restaurant not only to keep balut on their menu but also to put a picture of the balut on the cover of their menu books.

By Saturday noon, more than 50,000 people, mostly Filipinos, had signed the counter petition.

New York City is home to some 80,000 Filipinos, the fourth largest Asian group in the city. In the entire U.S., the Filipino population currently stands at 3.4 Million.

Don’t mess with Filipinos in New York, or anywhere.  And leave their balut alone!

Film and TV, Human Interest, International

DINGDONG AND MARIAN: PHILIPPINES’ NEWLY-WED ACTORS ARE WORLD’S FIRST PREGNANT COUPLE!

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imageMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Their wedding last December 30 was dubbed a “Royal Wedding” by Philippine standards. Television superstars Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera tied the knot in church ceremonies officiated by eight bishops and seven priests, with no less than President Aquino standing as Best Man. The bride looked queenly in a Two Million-peso gown, emerging from a fully-refurbished antique Mercedes Benz.

Then came the wedding reception at the Mall of Asia. The banquet hall reminded guests of an Olympic Games opening ceremony. The menu was a five-course meal, and the cake…. the cake was 12 feet tall, reportedly costing Seven Million Pesos.

Rumors have been circulating about Marian’s supposed pregnancy, but the couple has not given reporters or the gossip tabloids the benefit of a confirmation or denial.

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Star Cinema’s announcement

Today, however, the couple’s home film production company, ABS-CBN’s Star Cinema, confirmed that BOTH Marian AND Dongdong are pregnant with their first baby  — at the very least, twins!

This makes the couple the first ever in the word to both carry their babies.  They are reportedly both nine months pregnant.