RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, To be in the national team is the biggest dream of every hardworking professional athlete, bottomline is: work hard, get lucky. Not one of the ultra-high successful people I've encounter got there up high without outworking everyone around them. While others are out feasting with the world - these great ones are down there honing and adding remarkable worth to it - burning the hours and getting up early showing life that they were dedicated to their dreams. It's lke, life helps those who help themselves. As simple as the law of nature: behind extraordinary achievement you will always find an extraordinary effort.

There's the old cliche: "Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." I firmly believe in that and it hasn't changed for a years, or maybe thousands more - through great hardwork, the more success you'll going to see.

Apolonio Pascual Patricio III, a 2nd Year Information Technology College student from Gapan City, Nueva Ecija, tells the following story of greatness: "My love sport is really basketball, but my uncle always mentioned that, yes, I can play though, always with the ball - but the problem is, you will not always get the best shots and credits always goes to the team." Finally, Apol observed, that was the best advice he ever got. He soweth, plant seeds in badminton in early age of his 5th Grade, wears the passion on his moves and hold his heart in his racquet and work hard. He catched his first ever greatness during the School's Intramurals at Divina Pastora College, Gapan City - the Men Singles First Runner-Up, the rest is an old antiquated history.

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PHIL. SUNRISE INTL. SCHOOL, Riyadh - Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport which demands excellent fitness wherein players are require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed and precision. Badminton also requires good motor coordination and sophisticated racquet movements which can be seen through our Pinoy expat players in Riyadh.

Currently, numerous Pinoys are engaging into this kind of technical yet accessible sport, most specially the expatriates. In Riyadh, there's a winning Pinoy group of expatriates who are making great success internationally in badminton - the Riyadh Expatriate Shuttlers Club (RESC). The Riyadh Expatriate Shuttlers Club was established way back in the early 2006, with today's ruling officers headed by Simon Madrazo (President), Noel Alvarez (Vice Pres.), Eva Maliitan (Secretary), Leo Dayao (Treasurer), Bob Cardinal (Technical Head) and founding members Jun Mabutas, Dante Arcega and Otep Reyes. Read more

CENTRAL REGION, Riyadh - Finally the shutters are all closed so as the meters stopped the lights, all ends in a great success, and our great respect of much hails and so our two thumbs up for the artistically-inclined group El Cirkulos who showed persistent creativeness and professional approach on the series of photo sessions held everywhere in the city of Riyadh for the Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 Central Region.

It was a great push and pull of knowledge, crushes of emotions and power-ups of creativeness with all my stay with the knights of the El Cirkulos for every ultra-high creative shots of their sessions with all the candidates in the central region.

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                           Lou Gladys

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The Fever is on: It's voting time for The Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 Miss Photogenic. The online voting is officially open, calling all friends, relatives and families of our dear lovely official candidates around the world and vote for your candidates for free. It's as simple as logging on to the official Binibining Pilipinas Miss Photogenic website which is http://gbbpsa-photogenic.blogspot.com and vote on your fairest Binibining Pilipinas candidate. The winning Miss Photogenic Binibining Pilipinas candidate will be lovely crown at the Liwasang Bonifacio, Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on October 24 during the pageant night.

     Harriette               Christine               Heartlene

Here are the lovely and beautiful Binibining Pilipinas candidate vying for this year's Miss Photogenic, which will deeple depend on the grand results of the online voting as well as the decisive eyes of the photographers and the media.

 Carmina Louise         Michelle             Ruth Anne

Let's all go out and support our own candidate and let's wait who will be the fairest next Binibining Pilipinas Miss Photogenic 2008. Again, it all depends in your one click…let's all hail our Pinay Beauty world class, we are all proud of you, Binibining Pilipinas Miss Photogenic candidates.

TAHALIA, Riyadh - It was past 2:00 am when we arrived home. A very hectic day of his life not to mention his celebrating his specical day. Yes, our dearest El Cirkulos just celebrated his Birthday with tantamount works and tight schedule, still he enjoy his birthday celebration sorting out lovely and best shots of the 16 candidates for the search of Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008, intended for the search's online voting. It was a night where we put ironclad judgement in to our hands, choosing the best shots and so our own candidate for the Photographer's Choice Awards.

From there, Yon Layosa, our dearest El Cirkulo celebrated the rest of his special day. Yes, though its his birthday, he set his self not to be excuse on the critical judgement day, making us all proud of his dedication for the group. Anyway, we finally arrive to the conclusion and found a unanimous decision for the El Cirkulo's bet for the Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 Ms. Photogenic Award, or shall we say our own El Cirkulos Choice Award, but we shall hold your breath as of the moment for the much awaited coronation night of the search this October.

For the meantime, with a smile not only from our lips but as well as from the bottom of our hearts…Happy, Happy Birthday El Cirkulos Yon Layosa, may you have more birthdays to come, candles to blow, sweet cakes to be eaten and, yes, more works and hectic schedules for the coming years.

RIYADH, K.S.A - I can almost feel their dreams ready to fulfill. Though, it was only a photo shoot trial with today's Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008, the candidates with the eyes and lights of the El Cirkulos, the body and the beautiful aspirants gave their own best moves and expressions my digicam captured and ready to be share…

Ready…aim…shoot! The El Cirkulos firing frontliners…Robert, Yon, Jay, Arman, Glen, Jeri, Anthony, Raffy and Allan

The Master Lightman at works with model Christine Bayocboc

Winning smile from lovely candidate Harriette Quiambao

It was never a dull moment with the Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 candidates, with all the smiles and all the expressions, I think they win the hearts of the El Cirkulos…need we say more? Again, our deepest thanks to all the candidates. Mabuhay, kayo kabayan!

S.E. Productions with Chief Executive Officer Rannie Basanta making things in order during the pre-photo shoot trials and this year's candidates, Christine Marie Bayocboc and Harriette Quiambao.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Guess what, there's a big uproar goin' out in the city, its the merging of the two great groups - the successful greatness of S.E. Productions and the multi-media shakers of the El Cirkulos joining together for this year's search of Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008.

The El Cirkulos at works: Jay, Jeri, Glen and Allan

Lights, camera, action…El Cirkulos meets candidate Christine Bayocboc

This year's beauty competition will goin' to be a little bit different not only because of the new systems strictly followed by the core members to ensure the consistency of the results, order and superb outcomes of the event. So, trials and practices, pre-pageant and productions are being held like the photo shoot trials, to make everything plunge into a great success.

All eyes on angelic beauty Harriette Quiambao

Some of the Ginoo candidates on photo shoot trials

So, let's all find out who will be the next Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008, let's all cross our fingers and ready your tips for an online votes. Again, kudos to S.E. Productions and two thumbs up for a job well done, El Cirkulos.

Honcho-Look Admin Staff    Herculean Sales Associate

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The prestigious and so the beauteous search of the year…the S.E. Productions' Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 is definitely on golden fire. Who will be the next big dreamer of this year's main beauty title? Its going to be a gentle challege for our young and talented Pinoys who's competing out for the most prestigious event internationally. The S.E. Productions have already unleash all of the candidates competing for the top post in the search, here are some of them.

     Angelic Student           Alluringly Reliable Nurse

The riveting challenge of beauty and brain is now electrifyingly unfolding, revealing some of today generation's hopes and dreams of winning the golden crown of success in the most awaited event of the year. This year's beauty event will showcase the true Pinoy dream of becoming not only big in the beauty ciircle but as well becoming famous in the international scene. This year's Ginoo & Binibining Pilipinas - Saudi Arabia 2008 will going to be exciting not only because of the online voting, wherein the candidates' friends, families and loveones will going to have a chance to vote for them.

         Tough Teaboy          Creative Visual Merchandiser

So as the real challenge draw nears, who's goin' to be your biggest bet this year…will it goin to be the good-looking and creative Visual Merchandiser Jack Calderon from Navotas, Manila and now working here in Riyadh for more than 2 years, the tough honcho-look Leonard Babiera from Roxas, Palawan and working as Teaboy in Riyadh, or maybe perhaps, the angelic-looking student from Marilao, Bulacan, Harriette Quiambao, the sensual hardworking Nurse from Dumaguete City, Christine Marie Bayocboc, or perhaps the Herculean looking from Dasmarinas, Cavite who work as a Sales Associate Rodel Luceno, or the first-timer from Caloocan City, Manila, JM Castro who work in a reputable company as Administration Staff for more than four years now in Riyadh, or maybe some of them?

All of them, have their own dreams, their own hopes of winning, so let's all find out who will be on top of their efforts and determination, goodluck and all the best to all our candidates this year, and special thanks to the El Cirkulos most specially to Yon Layosa for the candidate's post-production photography.

CALABASAS CITY, California - From this point of time, prayers are all we need for our dear special friend whose been struggling really though from her kidney ailment. Posted here are the excerpts of her long message taken from her blog The Bleeding Heart to all her friends, family and loveones…

I have a lot of things to say today - all relevant to tomorrow. I hope you'll read this and really try to understand what it all means. I feel its important not only to my friends and family, but to others who might be facing the same decisions in the near future. I've always said that I believe no one should blindly go forward with a kidney transplant until they are at the point in their thinking that they can and will accept all possible outcomes.

As this entry comes full circle, I will answer my own question: "Can I accept all the possible outcomes of what happens tomorrow, and in the coming weeks, months, and years?" YES, I can. I was ready. I'm at peace and I'm in a positive place…

It took me a little over three years, being treated to get here, but it was worth every treatment, every needle stick, every scar, every ache and pain, and all the experiences of the treatment. It taught me that even if this transplant doesn't work, I can still live my life and continue being who I am. While I'm very optimistic about tomorrow, I am also realistic. And I'll take what I get. It's out of my hands and into the hands of the doctors, and as some may say, FATE. What the Lord wants, let it be done.

I LOVE YOU ALL

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