Valentine's History

Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.
The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

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Angelo Reyes commits suicide

By Cynthia Balana
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 08:53:00 02/08/2011

MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 2) Former Armed Forces Chief and Defense Secretary Angelo Tomas Reyes on Tuesday morning committed suicide by shooting himself in front of the grave of his mother at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City.
He was 65.
A close friend of Reyes called the Philippine Daily Inquirer to break the news, while Colonel Boogie De Leon, a former administrative officer of Reyes when he was AFP chief, said Reyes was rushed to the Quirino Hospital at about 7:45 a.m. to revive him. Members of his family could not be reached for comment.
De Leon said that Reyes’s son Jett called him up to inform him of the incident.
Reyes, who earlier suffered a mild stroke before the congressional investigations on the alleged AFP financial irregularities, said he could not take anymore the smear campaign against his name and his family.
“Not my family,” he said.

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Davao's version of Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Year of the metal rabbit. And this year is gonna be mine since I'm a rabbit person. Davao City is one of the most favorite cities in the country of the most chinese investors. Anyway, I will not talk about business here. I just like to share how Davao celebrated Kung Hei Fat Choi. It was my first time to celebrate with friends.The experience was totally unique.

Where can you find a new year without fireworks where in fact, fireworks came from chinese cultures. Well, Davao ordinance thing. That makes Davao really unique. Foam party, Live bands and drinks all you can graced the event. Drag and Drift contest was one of the events that contributed the noise to welcome Chinese New Year. I was having fun. Drinks,Chicka babes and photographers gathered in one place and in one beat!

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