Last Novenber 17, 2009 I accidentally fulfilled one of  my desires..to attend a hardcore, true blue Coffee Seminar.  Couple that with the privilege of being lectured about Coffee 101 by Ms. Chit Juan. Truth be told I started drinking coffee at the the tender age of seven (alternating it with my chocolate drink and salabat when there’s a choir practice). At that age I already liked strong coffee like Barako, have definitely tried Rice Coffee and the parents then had two mini coffee trees at our backyard..needless to say we support and buy Philippine coffee.

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Last November 17, 2009, The National Geographic Channel, in partnership with Ayala Malls and The Mind Museum, unveiled a life-size sculpture of the world’s biggest (two months old) Baby Blue Whale at Glorietta 5 Mall, Makati Metro Manila. This is the last stop of the Asian tour that aims to further public understanding of blue whales. Blue whales are the largest creature to ever inhabit the earth. Bigger than the greatest dinosaurs, they weigh up to 200 tons and extend up to 30 meters.

*The Big Blue Exhibition will run in five different venues on the following dates:  Glorietta 5, November 17-26; Trinoma Mall, November 28-December 11; Alabang Town Center, January 4-17; Market! Market!, January 18-February 2; and Greenbelt Mall, February 3-17, 2009. Continue Reading »

Seven boxing division champion Manny Pacquiao has been known to unite Filipinos. And at his last bout with Miguel Cotto last Sunday, he  once again brought Filipinos both here and abroad together. This is exactly why he has decided to support (trivia: he was wearing a white Abot Tanaw shirt on his way to the ring!) and is now a member of Abot Tanaw, a video conferencing service facility aimed at bridging the literal gaps between Filipino families free of charge, both here in the country or abroad.

Abot Tanaw is a facility that offers voice and video calling services to Filipinos abroad, in the provinces and their families and just like Pacquiao, Abot Tanaw also seeks to unite Filipinos through its free video conferencing services for OFWs, local migrants and their families. Continue Reading »

MTV Emerge is a platform for unsigned music talent in the Philippines to showcase their work and to be given an opportunity to win a one-year recording contract with Jeepney Music.

Because of the MTV, Jeepney Music, and Department of Tourism collaboration, MTV Emerge not only aims to hunt for the hottest unsigned music talent from all genres of music (indie, rock, hip-hop, R&B, metal, solo artists, DJs, etc), it is also an online music community where new music from the Philippines can be discovered. Continue Reading »

The lucky 13 college bands that bested out the hundreds this year are:

1. Little School House (Ateneo de Cagayan – Xavier University)
2. Eevee (Philippine Women’s University – Davao)
   
3. Disco…Disco…Disco (St. Michael’s College – Iligan City)
4. Lady Suzette (AMA – Tacloban),
5. Sundae Special (Iloilo Doctors College)
6. 3 Hours and 10 (University of the Visayas – Cebu)
7. Iktuz (Colegio de San Juan De Letran Calamba – Calamba Laguna)
8. Mixed Tape (Lyceum – St. Cabrini College of Allied Medicine – Batangas),
9. In Descent (University of Perpetual Help Laguna – Binan Laguna)
10. Nameless Heroes (Mapua Institute of Technology – Makati)
11. Play (Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Quezon City)
12. Soltera (AMA – IIT Cubao – Quezon City) and Project (Jose Rizal University)

The Grand Finals Night which happened last November 14,2009 served as the climax of this year’s competition. After besting out hundreds of other equally talented bands, the 13 finalists attended intensive music workshops facilitated by some of the representatives from local music industry in the tropical paradise of Boracay. Continue Reading »