http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/agssb/contct.html

There are also a lot of amateur astronomy groups.

I seem to remember that Jolibee already existed before McDonald’s opened a branch in Makati. There was even a brouhaha there as the then Makati mayor alleged that Mc offered a bribe so they could get a permit. THe Mayor even insulted the taste of the McDonald burger.

Being a “devourer” of burgers; I remember the famous burger houses (before Jolibee ran away from the pack) then were Big Daddy’s, Big 20 or 20/20, Tropical Hut, etc…

Jolibee even had a in/famous cultivated worm as ingredient “scare”. Jolibee discount coupons were flying in the wind or trodden under our shoes when the scare reached its height.

Of the lot, only Tropical hut has survived to the present with Jolibee and McDonald’s . Actually I like Tropical more than Jolibee.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, by visiting Tokyo this week, marks the latest step in what appears to be a remarkable turnaround in the China-Japan relationship.

To remember : China has stoked regional concerns of a resurgent Japanese nationalism. The issue came to a head in the spring of 2005, when demonstrations in China over Japan’s alleged whitewashing of its wartime past in school texts turned violent and demonstrators attacked Japanese consulates, supermarkets, and restaurants.

Yet since then both China and Japan have stepped back. It is noteworthy that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who took office last September made Beijing, not Washington, his first port of call.

Mr. Wen has described this visit, which starts Wednesday, as an ice-melting exercise and has been keen to stress the importance of a healthy relationship. The two leaders are expected to discuss their countries’ booming trade, environmental cooperation – and may touch on more-contentious territorial and energy disputes. Wen will speak to the Diet, or parliament – the first time a Chinese leader has done so in more than 20 years – and is even scheduled to play baseball with college students in western Japan.