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MANILA, Philippines – Just in time for summer, Magnum ice cream was launched in the Philippine market on Tuesday.

The ice cream bars are coated with a thick layer of cracking Belgian chocolate. In Manila, it comes in three flavors -- almond, chocolate truffles and the classic, which consists of a thick bar of vanilla ice cream on a stick covered

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(Rodsky's Solo Sojourns #1: Gumasa, Glan, Sarangani Province)

After a bit of procrastination, I finally decided to go to Gumasa, at the very (literal) bottom of Mindanao Island. It's a stretch of fine white sandy beaches about 10 kilometers from the sleepy town of Glan, in Sarangani Province.

Apart from the obvious R & R objective, I've been planning a trip to the Glan area for a while now, to do some serious observation and photography of the Large Magellanic Cloud, ...

Featured in www.pinoyapache.blogspot.com on September 1, 2010

I LEFT THE OFFICE in Mandaue City at ten thirty in the evening of April 30, 2010. I will take an overnight trip far north to Daanbantayan and, from there, cross over to Malapascua Island early in the morning to retrieve a package and bring it back to the mainland.

I will not be alone. Eddie Alberca will be with me and he will drive the Toyota Revo over two small cities and nine towns, a distance of roughly ...

Dear Jean Dujardin,

I could've sworn it was the mustache, yes. Perhaps it was the damned mustache!!!!!

here's a thought:

The choice you make may depend on whether you're right- or left-handed

We like to think that we make decisions based on our ideas of right and wrong -- and we do, to an extent. But according to recent research, our choices may also be influenced by something as simple as whether we're right or left handed.

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Kutsinta or brown rice cake is a type of kakanin that uses lye water as an ingredient. Kutsinta is somewhat sticky yet chewey (thats what lye water does) at the same time and is best eaten with grated coconut on top.




Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup rice flour
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 cups water
• 1 1/2 tsp lye water
• 2 tsp anatto seeds

Procedure:
1. In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients starting from the rice flour,

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