Free Summer Fitness Classes and Dance Workshop

Last week, I was chatting with my sister and she told me about a dance workshop in Marquee Mall, Angeles City (Pampanga). So that night, we (my husband, daughter and I) went to Marquee mall to ask for more information about the said workshop. Indeed, it is true and it is for FREE. They offer Dance Workshop for kids, Zumba Fitness, Tai Chi and Yoga Classes. For more information, please call Marquee Mall Hotline at (045) 304-0110 or text...t 0906-462-4603 for more details! You can also visit the Marquee Mall Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/MarQueeMall

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The All New Anything for Free

Yes, I am totally back. Been busy with a lot of things so before I try to be back on track, I just made sure that I already have the All New Anything for Free UI hosted of course on blogger. Also, you can see that I have a nice header and I need to say thanks to Background Labs for a nice graphic. Then I just use GIMP to enhance it all the more.

I just love the new interface and new features of blogger such as the pages. You would notice that I experimented some of its lovely features and I am so loving all of them! How about you, what is your most favorite Blogger feature?

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Two of the Best Poker Rooms at Flopturnriver

Playing poker card games at Casino was one of my past times, until I was introduced by some common friends of mine to play it online. There are a lot of poker online sites to choose from, as for me the most friendly user poker site I have used is Flopturnriver PokerStars Game site. This site offers you a lot of categories to browse at, rooms to choose from and you can enjoy every second of it. Below are some of the best feature of Flopturnriver PokerStars:

• Poker Forum - where you can express and exchange ideas from each member.
• Poker Strategy – from the word itself, you will come to learn all the strategies and tips to succeed on playing poker and will be able to help build winning, profitable poker players.
• Room Reviews - where you can find each poker rooms reviews and ranks.
• Poker Bonuses - bonus sizes are important factors for every poker room, this may be a reference of each player. Furthermore, some poker rooms offer No deposit Bonus which allows poker players to play for real money without even making a deposit.
• Poker Chatroom - you will come to meet and chat with hundreds of members in this site. You can exchange insights.
• Pokerblogs - poker players are also bloggers, here you can find a lot of blogs about poker.


Flopturnriver PokerStars Game has lots of rooms to choose from. I have two rooms in my mind which happens to be the best poker rooms in Flopturnriver. The most top ranking of all rooms is Full Tilt Poker, endorsed by the famous poker players Phil Ivey, Gus Hansen, Chris Freguson, and many more. It is one of the largest online poker rooms that offers excellent bonuses. You will be gaining 100% up to $600 bonus which will match to any amount on the first deposit you make. You will also be given an entry in their exclusive FTR500 private tournament, a monthly special $5 buy-in tournament where they will be adding $500 to the prize pool. Isn't that exciting? If you want these marvelous deals given, you must first enter the Full Tilt Poker Referral Code FLOPTURNRIVER when creating your account.


Third from the top ranking casino online game is the Poker Stars. This is the Home of the World Series Poker Champions namely Chris Moneymaker in 2003, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer in 2004 and Joe Hachem in 2005. They have been adding players like Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Humberto Brenes, Victor Ramdin, Bill Chen and more. This has been around from year 2001 and is known for hosting great multi-table tournaments, and producing great tournament players. They accept US customers and has no plans in cutting them of. They offer a first time deposit bonus of 100% up to $50, plus an additional $25 extra when you earn 100 FPPs or Frequent Player Point. Earning FPP's has 2 awards, First FPP and Second FPP. To get your FPPs, you need to cash out your bonus after six months of your first deposit. If you wanna join Poker Stars, make sure to enter the PokerStars Bonus Code - First2008 on their site for you to have a chance on to get their deals.

To get more of this information, visit Flopturnriver PokerStars Game. You will explore the best of the online poker games in history.

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Farreys.com can light up your life!

I like browsing the internet especially when it comes to shopping. It gives me that comfort to easily purchase the things that I want even when my schedules are hectic. It also resolves the dilemma of going to a mall nearby just to find out that the item you planning to buy is not available. Shopping online has more advantages. It allows you to find items that are cheaper because you’ll have a wide range of choices. Then you can also verify the quality of the product through customer reviews. You may be surprised to find out that most online products has 30 days return policy, especially if its defective or faulty.

So last week, I went online shopping and look for some light fixtures as a gift for my mother. Then, I found Farreys.com. This is the best online shop for house decorative because it has different kinds of light fixtures such as Chandeliers, Picture Lights, Pendants, Dinettes, Ceiling Mounted, Cabinet and Undercabinet, Candle Holders, Bathroom lighting Fixtures, Adjustable Fixtures and many more. They have the most expanded decorative and stylish items. I don't even know where to start choosing from. If only I could buy them all.

Shoppers in Farrey's.com could browse products by style, by application or by brand. Through the search tool and a few clicks, you will find the best light fixtures for your home. Farreys.com is an online wholesale hardware that offers the best products at the lowest prices. Here are some of my favorites:

• Chandeliers - casual, contemporary, natural, tiffany, traditional, traditional Mini-Chandeliers, transitional, transitional mini-chandeliers
• Picture Lights - contemporary, traditional and transitional
• Pendants - casual, contemporary, energy, traditional and transitional
• Dinettes - transitional light fixtures
• Ceiling Mounted - casual, contemporary, energy, utility, traditional and transitional
• Cabinet and Under cabinet - cabinet lighting, under cabinet lighting and under cabinet traditional lighting
• Candle Holders - traditional and transitional
• Bathroom Lighting Fixtures - contemporary, energy, traditional and transitional
• Adjustable Fixtures - contemporary chandeliers and contemporary pendants


Among my favorites, my top pick is the Dinette transitional light fixtures because my mom loves to have a gathering at home. So I purchased that light fixtures as a gift to my mom. And she confirmed that I made the right decision when I saw her happiness upon receiving that gift. Thus, I know I made the right choice in selecting Farreys.com as my online shopping buddy. Their shipment process is fast and provides a great customer service that will respond immediately to any inquiries about product details.

So if you are looking for light fixtures and its accessories, that won’t be a problem at all. At Farreys.com, there is a wide selection of light fixtures to choose. Shop now at Farreys.com, where you find reliable products at the lowest prices.

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Free Recipes at QuickFire

"Join me for another round of 10-minute kitchen wonders here on Quickfire,
a step-by-step guide to delicious everyday meals for the busy you."

Are you familiar with that spiel? Well, if you love to cook, then you should know Chef Rosebud's famous line in her QTV show called Quickfire.

I like the show mainly because it is really a kitchen wonder to spend only 10 minutes to prepare a nutritious meal for your loved ones. So if you wanna get FREE RECIPES, then visit the Quickfire website at : http://quickfire.multiply.com


You would also see PICTURES of those oH so Yummy Foodies, the celebrity guests for each episode and the ever beautiful Chef Rosebud.

So check out the website now!

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Withdraw your Paypal funds to your Local Bank Account

I know this information was released last January 2008 but I am posting this "good-to-know" information because I have tried it myself and would like to inform other Filipino freelancers out there that there is an alternative way to withdraw your Paypal funds aside from credit cards or debit cards.

You may way to check out this page which gives the detailed steps for you to Withdraw your funds to your Local Bank Account

http://pages.ebay.ph/bankwithdrawal/

And I am quoting this from the same page:

"For Philippine users, withdrawals of PHP 7,000 or more are free. For withdrawal amounts less than PHP 7,000 there will be a fee of PHP 50. For Indonesian users, withdrawals of IDR 1.5 million or more are free. For withdrawal amounts of less than IDR 1.5 million, there will be a fee of IDR 16,000."

Now the important thing that you need to indicate on that is your bank code. So here is a complete list :
Bank Codes of Major Banks in the Philippines

Sounds cool? Please share your thoughts. =)

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www.minetterivera.com goes live!

To all my fellow bloggers and bloghoppers who would usually take a peek on my blog, please update your Favorite's list or blogroll because I know have my new domain name (YEHEY!!!) which is :

www.minetterivera.com

I will still be using blogger and will have the same theme.

"A collection of great freebies found on the internet: free movies, free e-books, free songs, free printables, free ringtones, free lyrics, free advice, free tips, free newsletters, free tutorials, free how-to's, free recipes, free software, free magazines, free articles, free games and more freebies. You would also find reviews of outstanding websites that provide freebies."

Have fun and please continue to visit my blog!

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Keywords: The way to a great amount of web traffic

Ever wonder how to increase your blog traffic? Most of the articles and ebooks that I have been reading about Increasing your traffic points to researching good keywords for your website. I have been a ghostwriter and wrote articles for clients who would always require certain keywords to be included in the article. This is quite challenging for me because I prefer to write whatever comes out of my head. And I never realized the importance of these said "keywords" not until I become a blogger. So now, I have a few good reads and great tools which will help us get a higher page rank.

Choosing the best keywords - This is an interesting article that will teach you how to look for keywords that best suits your blog or website. It explains the techniques that you can use so you can find and locate the most related and most popular keywords.

Top paying keywords - If you are targeting top paying keyword, then you may want to read this articles because it has 100 top keywords with their cost-per-click (CPC),

Google Keyword Tool- I personally like this tool because for one it was created by google, thus I believe it provides a more accurate results. Moreover, it provides you a list of keywords but also their Approximate Search Volume (which refers to the approximate number of search done for that specific keyword on the previous month) and Advertiser Competition (which is the number of advertisers that bids on that specific keyword).

Other Keyword Generation web based tools that you can use:

SEOBook Keyword Generator

WordTracker

Do you know any other way to easily locate effective keywords for your blog or website?

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Using Unionbank's EON Card on Paypal

I have a lot of comments and question from a several posts I made about Using Unionbank's EON Card on Paypal on my writtensentiments blog so I decided to post the links here.

Using Unionbank's EON Card on Paypal Part 1

Using Unionbank's EON Card on Paypal Part 2

Using Unionbank's EON Card on Paypal Part 3

So for those who are still having difficulty with using Unionbank EON Visa Card on Paypal, just drop me an email.

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Clipnabber: Easy way to Download Videos from Youtube, Megavideo, Dailymotion, Veoh, Tudou and many more!

I love watching videos from youtube and even tudou. However, there are times that I got irritated when I see that buffering messages everytime I watch. Also, there are cases that when you want to watch your favorite youtube video again, it was already deleted. And now I though that it must be good to just download the video and save it on pc hardrive. Much more that I like the idea when my daughter had that mini MP3 / MP4 player.

If you will google internet, you will find a lot of software that will help you in downloading these file. But I choose CLIPNABBER since it is web-based tool so you do not need to download it.


To download the video as an FLV file, follow these steps:
1. Go to : http://clipnabber.com/ and then type the URL of the video link on the PASTE URL box.
2. Click NAB VIDEO button.
3. Right click on FLV DOWNLOAD LINK
4. Select SAVE TARGET AS
5. Select the drive or folder where you would like to save the file through the SAVE IN box.

6. Type the name of the file on the FILE NAME box.
7. Click SAVE.

Note: Use Internet Explorer.



Just wait until the file is fully downloaded. Then, you can watch the file using an FLV player. If you have other type of players or would like to use a gadget such as PSP or MP4 player to watch the movie, then you need to convert the file on the desired format.

And here is a helpful information from clipnabber help page:

How do I convert .flv files for use on my iPod or PSP?
There are several applications you can use for this purpose. Here are a couple that are free (at least shareware) and have been known to work. For Windows: Replay Converter. For Mac: iSquint or ffmpegX.

But my husband downloaded Xilisoft Software so that is the one we are currently using to convert the files.

By the way, here are the list of websites that you can download through clipnabber.


That's basically it! And now you could enjoy watching your favorite videos!

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Be Wise, Shop at Wize.com for High Chairs!

Being an expectant mother is exciting and thrilling especially if you will be a first time mom. I remember when I was conceiving my first baby, I would always drag my husband to a mall so that we can go shopping for our baby. One thing that we have on our checklist is a high chair. However, going to a real mall is kinda inconvenient when you are pregnant so it is best to just sit at home, use your computer and look for a trusted Shopping site. And if you are planning to browse for high chairs for your little one, you may want to try checking on Wize.com. Wize.com is a shopping site that offers only the best products online based from consumer feedback and product reviews from websites such as Amazon.com, CNET and Walmart.com.

Because each parent has their own preferences, Wize.com makes shopping easier for you because it offers variety of high chairs. With just a few clicks on your mouse, you can make a comparison and easily decide which one is the best for your child. If your priority is safety, check out these high chairs for infants. They have high chairs that have harness to keep your baby in her seat. The harness have straps that would secure your child hips in her seat, one that would be placed between her legs and of course two straps that would be placed on his shoulders .

Now, if you are after portability, you can select from Wize.com Portable high chairs . What's so good about a portable high chair is that you can easily fold and be able to put it in the trunk of your car. Thus, you can always bring it wherever you go such as when visiting your families and friends.

You may also have other preferences such as a high chair that is durable, easy to use and easy to clean. And these high chairs can be found at http://wize.com/high-chairs list. So check out Wize.com, a reliable online Shopping Store where you can definitely find a the best high chair that is suitable for you cute little ones.

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Cheap Multimedia Player (Mp4/MP3/Game)

I haven't been able to post frequently last month because my daughter is now a computer savvy person (by the way she is just about 3 years old.. hehehe). So my husband and I tried to find a way to divert her attention from the computer. We thought of buying her that kiddie laptop (just the cheap one that would cost around 2000 pesos). However, when we saw it, we thought that she will not enjoy such gadget because it doesn't have a colored display. So we try to look for an alternative and we found the Portable MP4/MP3/Game Player. I believe it is worth buying for our daughter because she would surely enjoy the features of this device (I think the one we bought is not original since its not that expensive, it only cost 2000 pesos). It has an Audio player (MP3) which is good because she loves to sing. Then, it has the Video player (MP4) so you can play movies (Later on I will discuss how we uploaded movies on that device). Of course, what she would love the most is the Gaming part. We uploaded .ness games on the device so she now enjoys playing Super Mario, Galaga, Ice Climber, etc. It also has other features such as a calculator & notepad reader.



Specifications:
* Support downloard games by built in memory
* Built-in 1G Samsung High Speed Flash Memory
* Can play thousands of games
* Screen: 2.4" 260k true color TFT display with 16 mega pixels ,Can be used for playing on-line movies AVI playback using MPEG-4 encoding in DIV x 3.11 / 4x / 5x as well as x VID
* Supports broadcasting movies on TV at VCD picture quality; NTSC/PAL TV system
* Built-in 2-megapixel digital camera & DV function, supports digital still pictures and digital video playback
* Supports MPEG-4 of ASF format with stereo sound ,Video recording as MPEG-4 with ADPCM stereo sound, Video playback at 320 x 240 @ 30fps , FM (optional)
* JPG and BMP customizable screen
* Playback: MPEG 1/2/2.5, layer 3 and MPEG1, layer 2 (8-320Kbps, 8-48kHz sampling)
* Playback: WMA (16-192Kbps, 8-44kHz sampling) ,FLAC
* Low power mode: enabled via display and keypad deactivation, CPU declock
* Support Network Movie Playing.
* ID3 tag and Lyric display
* E-book display while listening to music
* Built-in loud speaker, Bilt in Mic, Game, Calendar ,E-book, Tel book, time display, PC camera function

Image & Specs Source: www.gindart.com

Portable MulMP4/MP3/Game Player has 1GB internal memory and it also has an expandable memory so you can use an SD Card if you feel that 1GB is not enough. We used the SD card for my daughter's favorites movies such as Ice Age 1 & 2, Finding Nemo, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Monster Inc and Flushed Away (I will be creating seperate post for these movie links). But one of the disadvantages that I am seeing right now with this device is its battery, it's play time would only last for a couple of hours. I am not sure if we are not charging the battery correctly, so we have to check with the seller if it really works that way. Also, you may want to take a look at the upgraded versions of these MP4 players because they look nicer, like this one:



Anyways, I have learned so much regarding downloading files and converting them to formats that are compatible with this player. Moreover, I was able to look for movie links that your children will surely love. Thus, stay tuned for my posts. =)

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Caregiver Movie: Watch it online

Maybe I was expecting too much from the movie "Caregiver," that is why I cannot rate as five stars (only four out of five). It was a story that really happens to a lot of Filipinos who try to make a better future for their children by working abroad. So I know a lot of OFWs will love this movie. It was touching yet I am really expecting more since it was a long awaited movie of Sharon Cuneta. However, I can still say that it is worth watching. So you can try to watch it online if you want by going through these links:

Caregiver Part 1
Caregiver Part 2
Caregiver Part 3
Caregiver Part 4
Caregiver Part 5
Caregiver Part 6
Caregiver Part 7

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Free Cookbook: Cooking the French Way!

In France, food is regarded as a vital part of their culture. French consider it as their pleasure and cooking as an art. A French cook uses simple vegetables and meat yet he creates a cuisine that is pleasing to one’s taste buds by adding spices and herbs. Moreover, a French cook will make sure that his masterpiece is also pleasing to the eyes by arranging the food in a plate, utilizing attractive colors and shapes.

If you want to know more about French Cooking and would like to try out some of their recipes, here is another free cookbook called "Cooking the French Way." This is a 73-page PDF file.

Bon Appétit!

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Free Skin MD Natural for Bloggers!

There are times that natural skin care remedies are not enough in maintaining a glowing, supple and smooth skin. So we tend to look for other means of protecting our skin from sunlight and pollutants . One of which is with the use of a lotion. Now, you have the opportunity as a blogger to try Skin MD Natural for free. I got this interesting offer from Pete and I would like to share it with you and I quote :

“We are giving a free full sized bottle of Skin MD Natural ($18 value) to interested bloggers, in exchange for a review of the product on their blog (or website, magazine, etc.)! All we ask is that they have an active public blog and post regularly, and promise to promptly post their review of Skin MD Natural after trying it out. That's it!”

Here are some helpful information about the Product:
Name: Skin MD Natural
Description:Shielding lotion for face , body, and hands. Exceptionally enhances your skin's hydrating and protective abilities
Selling Price:$18 US for 4oz bottle
Manufacturer:21st Century Formulations
Website: www.SkinMDNatural.com

"A Shielding Lotion is far more effective as a dry skin care treatment than mere moisturizing lotions or protective creams. If you suffer from dry skin, you know that just using a moisturizing lotion doesn't solve the problem.

Skin MD Natural™ is promptly absorbed, without the slightest hint of any greasy or oily feeling or residue, transforming the outer layer of skin into a hydrating invisible shield.

Glycerin has been the standard against which all humectants are measured. Until now no other humectant drew in as much moisture from the air as glycerin. But the proprietary formulation in Skin MD Natural™ has a moisturizing factor of at least 6 times greater than glycerin. "

So would you like to be free from any skin problems? And are you up for a challenge? If you are, then send your intention to Pete at : petegrimaldi@earthlink.net and don't forget to include your mailing address. I just received my free sample two days ago so I'll be trying this out this week.

(If you have any problems contacting Pete or have further questions, please don't hesistate to send me a note =)

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Easy and Delicious Melt-in-your-mouth Chocolate cake

It's my oldest sister's birthday today and I thought of baking a cake for her instead of cooking the baked macaroni. I wanna try something new and so I told her daughters about my plan and they said that they will help me out.

It'll be the very first cake that I will bake so I googled a recipe for an easy chocolate cake. And the most interesting of the search result is the Melt-In-Your-Mouth Chocolate Cake by Clotilde of Chocolate & Zucchini

As you can see, the ingredients are easy to find, food processor or a mixer is not needed and the procedures are easy to follow. So here is our very own version:



I doubled the recipe to have a bigger cake but then I forgot the parchment paper. I guess that is the reason why that the sides were quite burned so I should say that it was not that successful. But since hubby like anything that has to do with chocolates, I will bake this again and make necessary adjustments according to our taste buds. Hopefully, Ill have a better cake on my next endeavor.

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Free Cookbook: Cooking the Chinese Way!

I love dishes with noodles and that is why I have a liking with Chinese food. I know that Chinese also have an influence with our cuisine (Filipino) because if you will notice the way Filipinos cook, they would have sauces (either soy sauce or oyster sauce) and seasonings. Morever, Chinese recipes are easy to do such as stir-fry, roast and noodles soups. And as promised I am now posting the cookbook called "Cooking the Chinese Way" so CLICK HERE to get the PDF copy of the book which has 73 pages.

I think I am going to try the Wonton, Shrimp with Hoisin Sauce and probably mooncakes.

Now its your turn to tell me what are your favorite Chinese food, so dont hesistate to post! Happy Cooking!

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Free Cookbook: Cooking the Korean Way!

Korean thingy is very much "IN" here in Pampanga. I said that because here in the Angeles City, you would always see Korean people everywhere (I am not saying that it is a bad thing, it was just my observation). Then, I have co workers who took Korean language class which was held at SM Clark. A friend of mine also told me that Koreans even "invade" the Timog Park subdivision a lot of Koreans are currently residing there. Just near that subdivison (or in the Friendship Road), you would see a lot of Korean Restaurants who I think offers delicious menu. Coz I believe that Koreans have a good taste when it comes to food. Want to know their secret? Then download this "Cooking the Korean Way" cookbook so you get to know a glimpse of Korean Cooking and some of their great recipes.

Jal Meogeosseumnida!

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Free Recipes and Cookbook: A Taste of Thai

It's been a long time since I posted recipes so it's cooking time once again! And I do have a great collection of Cookbooks (PDF). This includes Thai, Malaysian, Korean, Chinese, French, Mexican, Italian and Filipino dishes.


But I'll be posting the Thai recipe collection first which I got from the website called A Taste of Thai. You can also browse the site because it provides a lot of Thai Recipes. And if you want to download the open cookbooks that they have, simply visit:

A Taste of Thai Cookbooks

The cookbooks that you can download from the site are the following:

Favorite Thai Recipes
11 pages, 2 MB pdf file

Coconut Milk Recipes
11 pages, 1.3 MB pdf file

Dessert Recipes
(using coconut milk)
11 pages, 1.2 MB pdf file

Seafood Recipes
11 pages, 1.3 MB pdf file

Rice Noodle Recipes
9 pages, 1 MB pdf file

Thai Vegetarian Recipes
10 pages, 1.2 MB pdf file

Chicken Recipes
9 pages, 1.3 MB pdf file

Note: If in case you can't access any of the links, just send me a note so that I can directly send you the files since I still have them on my harddrive.

And if you want a real Thai Cookbook, check out:

Cooking the Thai Way

Hope you enjoy the Thai dishes!

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The New 7 Wonders of Nature: Vote Now!

To my kababayans, I encourage you to vote for the wonderful and breathtaking Tubbataha Reef as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. You may be asking me why should you vote for it?. Take a look at these pictures from tubbatahareef.org



If you are not convinced enough, watch the GMA documentary called SISID - FEATURING TUBBATAHA REEF

Currently, Tubbataha Reef is in the fourth spot on the New 7 Wonders of Nature while Chocolate Hills got the seventh spot. Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and Mayon Volcano are also nominated, having the tenth and eleventh spots respectively.

So I guess, there is no need for me to explain further why we should be proud of the Tubbataha Reef. Cast your vote now by going to New 7 Wonders Website

(By the way, my friend Allan told me to blog about this, Thanks for the idea!)

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