Cu4tro Cantos

The Four Songs of Life

Cu4tro Cantos is the new Ala Eh Blog. Since I cannot provide pure Batangueño articles, I decided a revamp of the site, which I think is more appropriate. Cu4tro Cantos refers to the four members of the Cantos Family. In spanish, Cuatro means Four, and Cantos means Songs.


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Ready to turn off your lights? - join the Earth Hour

Tomorrow, March 29 at exactly 8 PM, we encourage everyone to participate in making a statement against global warming. Join the Earth Hour.
We invite everyone to turn off the lights and unplug the electrical appliances at home, in the office, anywhere! We are doing this to save energy. Let us show our support against global warming.
Earth Hour has become a world-wide event. Here in Manila, major cities are joining the Earth Hour. Both private companies and the government are supporting this event.
To know more about local activities, please visit:http://www.earthhour.org/cities/manila
To know more about Earth Hour, please visit: http://www8.earthhourus.org/

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Pacquiao vs. Marques: A Prediction

Dubbed as “The Unfinished Business”, the Pacqiao – Marquez bout will continue on March 16th. Once again, all Filipinos around the world will reunite for this big event. I don’t know what power Manny Pacquiao has that everytime he goes to the ring, we forget our problems until the fight ends.

But there’s a gut feel in me that Manny Pacquiao will lose this time, unless he knocks out Marquez. Somehow, I sense that there’s an “over-confident” side on Manny that may cause him to be careless. In this fight, Maquez is the underdog.

GMA 7 is once again very proud to announce that they will air the fight. But I know and I am sure that they are not after the “free fight for kapuso” but after the ROI they will get from advertisers. Once again, I am sure that commercials in between rounds will be longer than the round itself, just like the Pacquiao - Morales and Pacquiao - Barrera. F them. They should effin stop it. It doesn’t effin work. They don’t have to air it LIVE, They just have to minimize effin commercials. Air commercials after every two rounds will be just fair for the viewers. As long as it doesn’t use twice the time.

On the other side, I am certain that many politicians have booked their flights already for this event. Have they scheduled a seminar in Vegas on this date? Or there may be an Economic Conference they will attend and coincidentally, it’s Manny’s fight. Disclaimer: This is just an opinion with no basis.

Then after the fight, the next faces you’ll see on your TV screens are the faces of the Arroyos, Lito Atienze, Chavit Singson and some other politicians pretending they are Congratulating Manny but in fact, they just want to be seen by the people. It’s like “Hey, I’m close to Manny, close din tayo ha?” They are parasites using Manny for some attention. They must stop. And to the media, please stop interviewing them after the fight. They just make a suppose-to-be-the-best-show suck.

And oh, I almost forget. Just in case you’ll be looking for other politicians during the fight, maybe for a Senator or a Congressman, just hang out in Rockwell or SM cinemas. You’ll surely find them there. But don’t disturb them on that day alright? Respect their time. It’s a time for themselves and for their families. Set an appointment the other day.

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The Philippine Blog Awards 2008

It’s time to recognize the best of Philippine Blogs once again. And like last year, we’re not gonna make it to the list. Haha. Being on that list is one of the highest achievements a blogger can dream of.

Anyway, Cuatro Cantos is proudly promoting this most awaited event of the year. There’s no final date yet but according to some organizers, it will happen by 2nd quarter.

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My loving Mama

Last October 28 we celebrated Ley’s Christening and Sam’s 2nd birthday at Max’s Restaurant. My grandma (from my mother‘s side) whom we fondly call Mama, gave Sam a birthday card. It said she has lots of gifts for her in the Balikbayan package that she will be sending this November. She migrated to the US 20 years ago and she now lives with my Uncle in LA.

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Exchange gifts

One tradition that we still never fail to practice during the holiday season is gift-giving. There’s the Kris Kringle; you give gifts that fall within a particular theme for your baby. Some popular gift themes are ‘something hard’, ‘something long’, or both: ‘something hard and long’. There is the thrill of wondering who your baby really is.

 There is also the Exchanging of gifts, you buy something within a fixed budget and get to exchange it with someone else. Sometimes, you have to buy Unisex gifts to be safe and to make sure that your gift will be enjoyed by a guy or a girl.  

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