My therapist was a tad late yesterday, so I wandered around Megamall while waiting for her. Luckily, I got to pass by Toti Cerda's Forever Young Exhibit at the Art Gallery, on the 4th floor.
Most of the paintings were of children getting wet and dancing in the rain. There's something about the rain that makes everything so childlike. If I had the money to buy his paintings, I would choose the painting with two kids jousting with their mouths over an apple.
Platonic love, it always knocks my socks off.
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Manila Design Week 2009 at Cubao X (last August 13) was a blast! Too bad I wasn't able to catch the MDW's closing event, Daily Grind, at Team Manila's Jupiter store the next day.
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I was mostly impressed with the Music Graphics Exhibit at Pablo Gallery.
Bands performed outside Pablo Gallery like Drip, Taken by Cars, Pedicab and Sandwich, with the willing participation (although the audience was, I'm sure, unwilling to listen) of Francis M's other daughter, Saab Magalona. Sorry, she didn't sound that good. That's the downside of bringing Rockeoke Night outside Mag:net Cafe.
Now, I wait for my photos from Rick. Sorry for the really low-res photos, just took them from my phone.
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The event will be co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation and shall support its cause, “Violence against Woman”. The Street Mile Challenge is the first Mile Race in the country, with its categories divided it aims to become a family affair. Such categories are; Kids Male and Female, Masters Men and Women, Open Men and Women, Corporate/ Celebrity Men and Women. The different categories will be run by heats to allow efficient tallying of time and results. As well as to give enough time for parents to pace their kids during their race or photo ops of their kids when they finish their respective race heats.
The Street Mile will be run by all its participants once, the time that will register during their heat will be their final time. The deadline for entries for the Street Mile will be on Aug. 19, 2009 so that we can still post the respective ETA per heat of every category online from Aug 20-22, 2009.
The event shall commence after our BOTAK Paa_tibayan Takbo 10 Miler and 5 Miler which shall start at 6am.
Each participant shall take home goody bags from Hershey’s chocolates. Hershey’s chocolate kisses and chocolate bar mascots will also grace the festivities, so don’t forget to bring in your cameras.
The BOTAK Paa_tibayan event is presented by BOTAK and co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation in cooperation with; ROX, Gatorade, HP Computers, Hershey’s Chocolates, Paul Calvin’s Deli, Crocs Prepair, Derm Plus, Salonpas, EAJI Trio Snacks, Fit n’ Right Fruit Snacks, Restaurant of Choice, Guam Visitor’s Bureau, Nissan Navara and Philstar.com. Our media partners Business World, Takbo.ph and thebullrunner.com, Men’s Health Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, Auto Review, 92.3 XFM, 88.3 Wave and Run Radio. Our event partner, Run for Change and supported by the University of the Philippines, College of Human Kinetics.
Registration fee is at: (inclusive of Race Kit and Singlet) 300 php 10 and 5 Mile Race 250 php Street Mile Challenge
Registration Areas: BOTAK Kamuning Store ROX at Bonifacio High Street Restaurant of Choice ROC in UP Bahay ng Alumni Paul Calvins Deli at Forbestown Second Wind Running Store at Maginhawa St. Teachers Village Alterra Bike Cyclery at Club 650 Libis
You going? LET'S GO!
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The Konrad Adenauer Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at the Ateneo de Manila University is organizing a World Press Photo 09 event at the Atrium of the Mall of Asia on Monday, 17 August 2009 at 6pm.
I happened to pass by the Mall of Asia yesterday and chanced upon seeing the Word Press Photo 09 exhibit. It was inspiring. So, if you're a journalist, a photographer or an enthusiast, pass by MOA from August 15 to 23, 2009 to get a glimpse of the WPP exhibit. I'll try to stop by again this week to get snaps of the exhibit.
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I haven't had the chance to visit Manila's own Ocean Park, but I was lucky enough to experience Ocean Park Hong Kong a couple of days ago with my mom and sister. I thought, "Oh yeah, boring.. Ocean Park, what's there to see other than marine life?" I was dead wrong.
What I saw at Ocean Park HK after the jump.
Okay, first of all, if you're planning on going to HK, don't miss Ocean Park. It's one of the most kick-ass places ever - and I'm not even talking about the marine life yet. The sheer size of the marine-themed park did not even compute in my head, as the tour guide handed us a copy of the park's guide map. The map could be a bit misleading about the distances. Remember to bring an umbrella or a cap, wear rubber shoes or comfy foot wear. It's really hot out there, there's no wind of any kind and you'll do a lot of walking.
Six hours is not enough to explore the entirety of Ocean Park. Visitors who have the energy to spend the entire day there should arrive at 9:30 AM and leave at 8 PM. You may also plan your Ocean Park trip by checking out their website for shows (believe me, you don't wanna miss these) and other performances.
Here's what we did at Ocean Park:
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10:45 AM - Show: The Illusion Trio at the Amazing Bird Theatre
These three are pretty sneaky. The first 5-7 minutes of the show was so-so, but they actually pulled off this trick that I'm still trying to figure out up until now how in the world they did it. Rating: 3/5
11:00 AM - Show: Tropical Parade at Sky Fair
Dancers dressed like peacocks and high jumpers gave everyone a pretty entertaining 20-minute show. You may also try buying snacks and beverages as shops and other knick knacks are inside the Sky Fair area. Rating: 3/5
11:15 AM - Bungee Trampoline
If the Chinese would have allowed us to make nice poses while we were on the air, we would have entertaining photos, I swear. They might not look like the ones on "Girls Jumping on Trampoline" on the Man Show though. We coerced our mom to try this one out for our own entertainment. LOL. Rating: 3.5/5
12:00 NN - Sea Lion Fun Time Show at Whiskers Theatre
This bit made going to Ocean Park one of the best experiences in my entire life. I mean, this is my first time to see a real, gliding and grunting sea lion! I'm that shallow, sorry, but large marine creatures are fun to look at. I sure hope they can make this one more interactive. Rating: 5/5
12:30 NN - Giant Panda Adventure
The aquarium outside the Panda Sanctuary lies a bad-ass fish
The Sea Lion was completely PWND right after I saw two live giant sleeping Pandas and two very awake cuddly brown baby Pandas. Luckily, I got to shoot the baby Panda while it was going up the tree. I swear everyone leaned against the railing like they wanted to fall off just to get a good photo. I was so naive, I even asked the nice lady out front if what they had were just cartoon Pandas.
1:00 PM - Cable Car Ride
Mum's shit scared
So, we marched off to the Cable car section to go from the Lowlands to the Headlands, where the amusement rides are. I'm generally scared of heights, I just hide the fact that I really really want to scream and piss on the seat everytime I'm on a ferris wheel. So, I thought that a cable car ride wasn't really that scary. Much to my surprise, I discovered that Ocean Park sat right smack in the middle of a mountain while riding that cable car. We were hovering over a god damned mountain, while looking out the ocean - it a nice view alright, but the cable car was so shaky I nearly cursed every damned curse there is on the dictionary.
1:30 PM - Search for food
We were expecting to see Mcdonald's right after we got off the cable car, but it was like 10 minutes away! We didn't wanna eat in because we wanted to get on all the rides before being picked up at 4:30 PM. After walking for an inhumanely long time, we decided to get some weird pseudo-American food because Mcdonald's just had take-aways and had a really long line.
2:00 PM - Coral Reef Atoll
I haven't been to the Ocean Park here in Manila because most of my friends say it wasn't worth the ticket price. Ocean Park HK's coral reef atoll is a huge four-floor (maybe five) glass aquarium with cute little aquariums on the side. Visitors get to see the top floor first, with a view of what looks like a sea with a little island on it. As you go down to the lower floors, you'll see sharks, sting rays and other huge-ass marine life. It was breathtaking. Rating: 5/5
3:00 PM - Amusement Rides
My sister was excited to ride the roller coaster. I was too chicken tired to go on any longer without some refreshments (we bought two bottles of coke for $25 HK each !#@$%!), while she thoroughly enjoyed getting thrown up and about. My sister said there was one time on the coaster when she thought she was going to get gobbled up by the sea. I think it was a good decision on my part to not have subjected myself to something like that. LOL. Their version of the popular Enchanted Kingdom ride, Anchors Away, is called the Crazy Galleon and it wasn't particularly scary. What I appreciate about OP's rides is that they have baskets for your things. We didn't get on the Mine Train because we didn't wanna get wet and we were too tired from walking.
4:00 PM - Bird Sanctuary and the Flamingos
We got a bit lost and ended up at the bird sanctuary. At the foot of the sanctuary, there's a large man-made lake where we got to see about fifty to a hundred flamingos. We even got to see them fight! Ha ha! Rating: 3/5
4:30 PM - Souvenir item shopping and photo-ops
Ocean Park is littered with souvenir shops, but the one near the entrance has almost all the items you can find. They have the staple key chains, bags, t-shirts and stuffed toys. You can buy Panda keychains for $45 to $60 HK and stuffed toys for about $150 to $200 HK.
I don't know if Ocean Park was made for children, but hell, three of us adults enjoyed it thoroughly just like little kids. If I'm going back to Ocean Park Hong Kong, I'd definitely go on the coaster, the raging river, and the mine train. And for $680 HK, I hope I get to go on the Dolphin Encounter.
What's your Ocean Park experience like?
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San Miguel Brewery is attempting to stage yet another grand (-er than last year) Oktoberfest for 2009. In fact, they will be offering everyone nine brands to choose from: San Miguel Pale Pilsen (my personal favorite), San Miguel Premium All-Malt Beer, San Miguel Super Dry, Cerveza Negra, San Mig Strong Ice, Red Horse Beer, San Mig Light, Gold Eagle Beer (err I personally haven't seen anyone drink this) and the limited edition Oktoberfest Brew. So, for 2009, a new show on GMA Primetime, hosted by Michael V., will run starting October 5 (Monday to Friday) where contestants will get cash prizes by just drinking San Miguel beer. That's like double the fun, eh?? I'm sure celebrity endorsers like Manny Pacquiao, Derek Ramsay, Efren Bata Reyes, Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes will grace the said TV show.
Of course, San Miguel Beer Oktoberfest will not be complete without its trademark SMB street parties overflowing with the hottest entertainment. Around 30 parties will be thrown to key cities and regions nationwide, kicking off in September 4 in San Miguel Avenue, Mandaluyong City, and September 5 in Ever Gotesco Commonwealth, Quezon City, Plaza Burgos, Vigan City, Ilocos, Paseo de Sta. Rosa, Sta. Rosa, Laguna and NHA Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City to name a few.
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