Wazzup Pilipinas Founder Featured on ABS-CBN's Rated K

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I'm so excited to share another lucky opportunity given to yours truly as your friendly neighborhood Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas, Ross Del Rosario, gets interviewed for ABS-CBN's Rated K hosted by Korina Sanchez-Roxas, one of the top broadcast journalist and news anchor of the country, and the supportive wife of Mar Roxas, our Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary.

This is a delightful way to start 2015! It may be just a short interview but being featured by one of the popular television shows of one of the top local channels of the Philippines is something to be proud of already. I am also overwhelmed that it was the very first activity I did this 2015 with special thanks to a friend who recommended me for the spot.


ABS-CBN has been one of the leading TV networks in the country and many people are saying that you've got it made already, or at least on your way to better opportunities, once you've been seen in any of their shows. Rated K is one of their top prime-time TV shows aired every Sunday and hosted by Korina Sanchez-Roxas, one of their top-notch and senior talents handling the news on both TV and radio stations of the ABS-CBN network.

They said I am sharing the segment with a Chef they interviewed earlier, probably a few days ago, on the same topic, and they wanted to hear about my own comments based on their research of 2015 food trends (Papatok na bagong kainan at lutuin na tiyak na pagkakaguluhan!). So I tried my best to share some thoughts even though I was trembling in nervousness. Lol!

Chef Lau Joins the Cast of The Apartment: Celebrity Edition

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I was excited to hear that our very own Chef Rolando Laudico, or better known as “Chef Lau” will be part of an international competition to represent the Philippines.

Culinary extraordinaire Chef Lau will be joining other 11 international celebrities from all over the globe brought together to compete for a chance to win a USD 100,000.00 prize for a charity of their choice on the fantastic new season of the number one design reality TV show, The Apartment - Celebrity Edition.

Chef Lau is competing against Actress/Host/Model Paula Taylor, Actress/Model/Jewelry Designer Xiao Wang, Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih, Model/Host/Singer Lucy Clarkson-Demeo, DJ/TV Host Patricia Knudsen, Producer/Singer Nicole Russo, Film Star Mary Christina Brown, Pop Singer Cindy Gomez, Host/Actor Justin Bratton, Singer Ryan Star, and Actor Bronson Pelletier.

The series is set at the breathtaking Bangtao Beach in Phuket, Thailand and brought to us by the Imagine Group, in collaboration with Fox International Channels, together with Castlewood Group and Dulux.

Blessed are the Weird

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"Blessed are the weird people – poets, misfits, writers, mystics, heretics, painters, troubadours – for they teach us to see the world through different eyes"

I qualify on all those counts, does that mean multiple blessedness? Weird could be my middle name but I don't really advertise myself as such. I guess I'm an outsider. Always have been, and I don't intend to change.

People give lip service to this, but the reality of how the world treats creative people is very much different. I'm using this to inspire another piece but taking out "weird". We're not weird - we're original, creative and imaginative! Though labels are for selling things, not for identifying people. Eccentric, that has always been my label, and oh how I love it. Remember that everyone is blessed, some are yet to realize it though. Also 'invite', 'inspire' or 'provoke' would be better than 'force'.

All of my life, I have had people tell me that I am weird. I embrace it. Say it loud say it proud! I am a poet, a misfit, an artist, and yes I am weird and different, but for me I am content with that for I stand against the flow and follow my own path! I love being different. ...it means I am an individual. But aren't we all weird in some way or another?