This figure collection room and owner/cosplayer must be the best looking combination yet! Alodia, who is from the Philippines, is a cosplayer, artist and figure collector, who submitted photos of her room to for a forthcoming book Otacool.

You can see more on her Deviant website or check out a few more photos on DannyChoo.com.

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The Hobbit House bar in Manila is always short-staffed – owing to its pint-sized workers there! The place, created by Jim Turner, an Iowa native who first came to the Philippines in 1961, employs dwarfs and other little people.

Having first employed a couple of little people as doormen (!), Jim was soon deluged with requests from others looking for work. He later opened the Hobbit House in 1973 and employs little people as bartenders and waitstaff, who apparently come mainly from the slums of Manila. The jobs offer them an escape from their typical second-class status as freaks.

It’s a cool sounding place with alot of heart!

Read more on WeirdAsiaNews

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Six year old Miko Andres from the Philippines is thought to be the world’s youngest competitive practical shooter! Practical shooting is a sport in which participants shoot rapidly at multiple targets around an obstacle course.

If this was in London, this could only lead to trouble…

Via Neatorama

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Employees of the Philippines‘ largest undergarment manufacturer throw bras and panties into the air during a protest at a Triumph International Co. warehouse in Manila, on October 15, 2008.

The protesters demanded an increase in wages and benefits in light of the global financial crisis.

Via Activate.us

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Candidates for the “Amazing Philippines Beauties” contest for transvestites and transsexuals apply makeup backstage before they are presented to the media at a hotel in Manila, on October 7, 2008.

Some 25 contestants are vying for the annual crown which will be awarded on October 24.

Via Activate.us

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A statue of the Black Nazarene makes its way through Manila, Philippines as thousands of devotees join a procession on January 9, 2008.

Tens of thousands of devotees, many of them barefoot, thronged in Manila on Wednesday to snatch a glimpse of the centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ during the annual parade.

The statue, carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippine capital in the early 17th century, is cherished by Catholics, who believe it performs miracles.

Via Activate.us

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I’ve recently read that dance is instilled within Philippine culture and so here is a clip showing this – mass performance by inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre re-creating “Thriller“.. awesome…

Via BoingBoing

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Samowel illustrates on Philippine Lotto tickets. As throw-away as this seems, I do think ephemeral art has an original quality that can capture an idea.

I mean, either he was feeling very unlucky the day he drew this, or he’s been to the UK this month.

See more of Samowel’s art

Via NotCot

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