Last Friday, Novermber 14,2008, Christmas has officially started in the City of San Juan with the opening of the traditional “Christmas on Display” (COD) at Greenhills shopping complex.

This tradition started 51 years ago as part of the marketing strategy of the COD Department Store. And it became one of the most notable Christmas show in Metro Manila.

This years COD display adopts an environmental theme and it’s the first time that the automatons has their own dialogue. Before it was just lights and sounds show and the story being narrated. But the management is making it big and better this time.
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Last weekend, Havaianas, the world’s most famous flip-flops brand, hosted Playback—a Filipino street games festival that is held at the Bonifacio High Street, Taguig. Havaianas aims to revive the Filipino street games like patintero, tumbang preso, lakad lata, kick (sipa), chinese garter and piko. These games have been entertaining kids long before PSP, Xbox, Gameboy, Nintendo, Wii and the internet captured the interest of the new generation.

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A kick-off from the movie “Forrest Gump” - this is how Forrest and Bubba would build their restaurant: fun, relaxed, and with room for the whole family to enjoy fresh high quality shrimp, fish, ribs, and yummy desserts!

Last Tuesday, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., invited bloggers to meet and have lunch with Forrest Gump at their Trinoma branch. This event is a kicked off to Bubba Gump Trinoma first year anniversary. Not only were the bloggers present but also a local news network was invited to feature it on their late night news.

Bubba Gump was based on one of the famous Hollywood movie of all time “Forrest Gump” which stars Tom Hanks. This was the first and only casual restaurant chain based on a motion picture property as stated in the company’s press kit. Bubba Gump’s main specialties are shrimp shrimp and more shrimp that are cooked in various ways. But not only do they offer shrimps but now that they are celebrating their 1st year anniversary they are offering new and exciting dishes! That we got to taste. What could I say? All this exciting new dishes are so scrumptious.

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The biggest trade fair in Negros is again happening on Sept. 30 to Oct. 5, 2008.

Dubbed as “With the Times” the fair will start with a ribbon cutting. Manuglibud dancers will welcome the guests serving famous Negrense recipes and food such as ibus, puto lanson, fresh lumpia, panara served in the traditional Bilao.

To follow is Inasal Festival. Enjoy authentic Bacolod ” Inasal” the way it should be eaten — garlic rice, chicken oil, kamayan and outdoor ambiance to make it truly a “street –side” experience. For Manila-based Negrenses who simply miss traditional home food, a special Ilonggo Banquet serving famous cuisine such as KBL (kadyos, baboy with langka), batchoy, kansi will be available at the Food station.

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Earlier was street dance competition of the Aliwan Fiesta held at Quirino Grandstand, Luneta. As a first timer, I was really excited to witness the said event. I went there with one of my travel partner in crime, Monic. When we arrived at the venue we started taking photos right away.

Our first stop was the Aliwan float for it caught our eyes first. When the time comes for us to take a photo of the contingent down came the rain and it dampen the festive mood of the people. And of course it was one of the reason why the fiesta started so late, aside for the usual Filipino time. Imagine, from 4:00pm as the schedule said, it started around 6:15PM. So, goodluck to all photographer and photographer wannabees hehehe…

Updates and photos will be posted tomorrow or the next day ‘coz my ISP provider is having a problem right now and I can’t upload photos and open some website. Just wish by tomorrow it will all be fix. Hoping

Manila Broadcasting Company is mounting a photography competition in line with this year’s Aliwan Fiesta, scheduled on May 1-3 at the CCP Complex in Pasay.

The contest, which carries the theme “Sayaw, Padyak, Indak” is open to both amateur and professional photographers, using digital or film-based cameras. Photos of the streetdance contingents must have been taken during the competition period, and should not have won nor have been published in any book or photography magazine.  Entries must be printed in full colour on any brand of photo paper in 8R size (8 inches x 10 inches).   

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Today we are going to celebrate the World wide EARTH HOUR campaign to raise awareness about global warming. It’s an event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF) which started March of last year. And it is also organized locally by the Dept. of Energy and The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) to promote electricity conservation.

Well, the said event is going International this year and 28 Cities around the world are officially signed as partners for the Earth Hour, including Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Toronto, Ontario, London and some European and Asian Cities. So if you want to make a difference, join the Earth Hour campaign by turning off your household/office lights and non-essential electrical appliances this evening for an hour starting 8:ooPM to 9:00PM.

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I was invited by Yehey.com for the Yeng Constantino’s Blogger Meet & Greet. I wasn’t sure if I could attend the event but my friend Monique reminded me about it and she told me that we should go. So next thing I knew was that I was on my way to ABS-CBN with Monique. Anyways, we had fun meeting Yeng ‘cos she’s so down to earth. She answered all the questions that was asked from her may it be work related or personal one (love life). And Thanks to Star Records and Yehey.com for organizing it and also for the freebies (Yeng’s Journey album from star records, Pins & Planners from Yehey). Until next time. Here’s some photos from the event.

New Years eve already passed by but still we want to see beautiful fireworks and be enthrallled by it. Well, don’t fret ‘coz once again the skies of Pasay will shine for the 3rd WOrld Pyro Olympics. This year Pyro Olympics competition will be held at the Manila Bay late February. It will showcase the craftmanship, creativity and artistry of the World’s fireworks master. I assure you that this will be the best of the best when it comes to fireworks display. So, if I where you guys leave your calendar open on the following dates and witness this amazing event.

World Pyro Olympic Schedule
by La Mancha Pyro ProductionsFebruary 16 - China and Germany

February 23 - Japan and Australia

March 1 - Korea and Dubai

March 8 - Italy and Venezuela

March 15 - France and the Philippines.

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