Michael Owen Hat-Tricks

Owen scored his first professional hat-trick against Grimsby Town in the League Cup - November 1997.

Just three months after his first hat-trick, the Liverpool striker gets his second, Sheffield Wednesday are on the wrong side of Owen on this occassion.

In August 1998, Michael Owen scores a treble against his future club Newcastle United.

Nottingham Forest are on the end of a four goal haul from Owen in October 1998.

Former Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate looks on as Michael Owen makes his way to a first half hat-trick against Aston Villa in September 2000.

Owen completes his second career hat-trick against Newcastle United in May 2001 at Anfield.

While making his Champions League debut, Owen gets a hat-trick against Finnish side FC Haka.

In one of England's most famous performances of recent years, Michael Owen bags a treble against Germany in Munich - September 2001.

Maine Road witnesses Michael Owen in full flight as his hat-trick for Liverpool condemns Man City to a 3-0 defeat in September 2002.

A month later, Owen puts three past Spartak Moscow in the Russian capital.

As Liverpool thrash West Brom 6-0, Owen signals the four goals he scores to the crowd with this celebration.

A second international hat-trick comes against Colombia at the Giants Stadium in a friendly match.

Owen scores his only hat-trick for Newcastle United against West Ham in December 2005.

Proving he's still got it, Michael Owen scores all Man United's goals in a 3-1 Champions League victory over Wolfsburg

NONE WITH REAL MADRID!!!!!!!

Rizal Park, Manila

Rizal Park is situated in the heart of the city of Manila, Philippines. It is at the northern end of Roxas Boulevard, overlooking Manila Bay.

Rizal Park's history began in the early 1700s during the Spanish rule. While Manila's social and business activities were confined within Intramuros, a small area just south of the walls was cleared to prevent sneak attacks from the patriotic natives. The area was shaped like a small moon (lunette) and thus was named Luneta. The Park was also called Bagumbayan (English: New Town) in Spanish colonial era, and later known as Luneta.

Luneta has been the site of some of the most significant moments in Philippine history . Among them are the execution of José Rizal on December 30, 1896, whose martyred death made him a hero of the Philippine Revolution. (It was officially renamed Rizal Park in tribute to him.); the Declaration of Philippine Independence from American rule on June 4, 1946; and the political rallies of Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino in 1986.

The 0km marker across the monument also serves as the point of origin or Kilometre Zero to all other cities in the Philippines.

The Rizal Monument

The park in modern times has become a local spot for families to have picnics on Sundays and holidays and a major tourist attraction of Manila. It has a small man-made lake with a replica of the Philippine archipelago in the middle.

The park has recreational value as well, as bands, orchestras and other sorts of entertainment are provided for free in its open-air auditorium, aptly called "Concert at the Park".

Other attractions of Rizal Park include the Chinese and Japanese Gardens, the Department of Tourism main office, the National Museum of the Filipino People, The National Library of the Philippines, the Orchidarium and Butterfly Pavilion, the Planetarium, the monument of Lapu-Lapu, a fountain area, a children's lagoon, a chess plaza, a light and sound presentation on the last days of José Rizal,a large open stone model of the Philippine islands, and the Quirino Grandstand.

Lapu-Lapu Monument

On an area on the right side of the park stands a set of statues depicting Rizal's execution, situated on the spot where he was martyred. Contrary to popular belief, the monument is not the spot where he was executed, but the monument is situated there to serve two purposes: to serve a kilometer zero or starting point od measure for the distances from manila, and to guide incoming boats and ships to Manila Bay, prior to the erection of a lighthouse.

The large flagpole in front of the Rizal Monument is Kilometer Zero, the point from which road distances are measured in the Philippines.

Makati City at Night

During my stay at my friend place at Leviste Street & Dela Rosa Street (near to Ayala Mall, Greenbelt) I manage to snap a few shot Makati City during nights.

-: Best Bar on The Planet? what they said :-

If you got nothing to do this Staurday Nite, why not drop yourself at this one of "Best Bar on The Planet" L.A. Cafe. Located at Del Pilar St. (near to famous Mabini St.) Malate

& this bar open 24 hours!!!! I'm still searching what they means about the "Best Bar on The Planet" :-)

Address: 1429 M.H. Del Pilar Street, cor. R.Salas, Ermita, 

City of Manila

-: Management Lesson :-

-: 3-STRAIGHT LOSESS :-

Arsenal are out of the Carling Cup.

Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal

Arsène Wenger's side were brave and bold at Eastlands on Wednesday night but, in the end, the class of Manchester City was telling.

For Wenger, it was another frustrating night, coming just three days after his team were hammered at home by Chelsea & to Sunderland two weeks before. Having gone four years without winning a trophy there is an element of the Gunners support that is demanding some kind of success. 

Yet Wenger maintains the Carling Cup is not on his radar."I know we have not won a trophy since 2005 but I do not consider that if you win the Carling Cup you will be going on a trophy parade," he said.

"It is a competition for our younger players. If I don't play them here where would I play them? "We played in the quarter-final of the Champions League last season against top teams. Playing in those matches is 10 times harder than playing in the Carling Cup."

Iron Man 2 Poster - May 7, 2010

Iron Man is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Born Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark, he is an industrialist playboy and genius 

engineer who suffers a severe heart injury during a kidnapping in which his 

captors attempt to force him to build a massively destructive weapon. He 

instead creates a powered suit of armor to save his life and escape captivity. 

He later decides to use the suit to protect the world as Iron Man. Through his 

multinational corporation, Stark Industries, Tony created military weapons and 

his own metal suit is laden with technological devices that enable him to fight 

crime.

Greenbelt, Makati

HSBC Tower view from Dela Rosa Street

 Dela Rosa Street

Greenbelt 5

Greenbelt 3

Makati, Philippines

The City of Makati, or simply Makati, is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila, the greater metropolitan area of the national capital of the Philippines. It is the major financial, commercial and economic hub in the Philippines, often referred to as the financial capital of the Philippines since many global companies have their offices and headquarters in the city. Makati is also home to the influential Makati Business Club and the Philippine Stock Exchange. Ayala Avenue, running through the heart of downtown Makati Central Business District is often called the Wall Street of the Philippines.

Makati is noted for its highly cosmopolitan culture, also being a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metro Manila. Many expatriates live and work in the city. Makati is also home to many first-class shopping malls, which are located at Ayala Center and Rockwell Center. Makati also has the tallest buildings in the Philippines like PBCOM Tower, G.T. International Tower.

The city also has many of the country's five-star hotels like The Peninsula Manila, the Shangri-La Hotel Makati and the Intercontinental Hotel Manila. Independent business travelers also benefit from budget hotels like the Saint Illian's Inn, El Cielito Inn, The Copa Businessman's Hotel, and The City Garden Suites, while serviced apartments like The Salcedo Suites, Fraser Place Manila, Jupiter Suites (Jupiter Arms Hotel) and The Oxford Suites are gaining in popularity among business-minded travelers as well.

Makati came from the Tagalog word kati, which means tide. This primarily refers to the rise and ebb of the tide of the Pasig River on the city's northern border. The city was also known as San Pedro de Macati during the Spanish era.

Today the city is one of the most modern cities in the country and the Philippines' major global economic competitor in Asia. However, it faces challenges due to the disparate gap between the new city in the west, which contains the Central Business District, and the old city in the east, which is largely poor and where most of the city's slums are located. Makati city is said to be the most outstanding city in the Philippines.

Manila, Philippines

The City of Manila,  is the capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila. It is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay, on the western portion of the National Capital Region, in the western side of Luzon. Manila is one of the central hubs of a thriving metropolitan area home to over 19 million people. As of 2009, Manila ranks as the world's eleventh largest metropolitan area and the fifth largest urban area by population. Manila is also ranked as one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city itself had more than 100 parks scattered throughout the city.

Manila occupies a total land area of 38.55 square kilometres is the second most populous city in the Philippines, with more than 1.6 million inhabitants. Only nearby Quezon City, the country's former capital, is more populous. The metropolitan area is the second most populous in Southeast Asia.

Manila lies about 950 km southeast of Hong Kong, 2,400 km northeast of Singapore and more than 2,100 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur. The Pasig River bisects the city in the middle. Almost all of the city sits on top of centuries of prehistoric alluvial deposits built by the waters of the Pasig River and on some land reclaimed from Manila Bay.

Manila is bordered by several cities in Metro Manila such as Navotas City and Caloocan City to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong City to the east, Makati City to the southeast, and Pasay City to the south.