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Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Bridal Expo 2012 Happily Ever After Edition Year 9


Engaged couples, soon to be Brides and Grooms, you are cordially invited to the BRIDAL EXPO: “HAPPILY EVER AFTER 9th YEAR EDITION”on June 2-3, 2012 at PICC FORUM 1, 2 & 3, CCP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City.
TRADECON is inviting you to join, together with the grooms and brides at “The Bridal Expo 2012” Happily Ever After Edition Year 9”.


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

HOW TO COMMUTE FROM CUBAO TO EYMARD DRIVE IN NEW MANILA


HOW TO COMMUTE FROM CUBAO TO EYMARD DRIVE IN NEW MANILA

Hi peeps! I know some of you are wondering how to commute to New Manila because of the Free Concert that I posted several days ago to be performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra at PETA Theater in New Manila. See the link Here

So to stop you from your agony, I asked my brother of www.yummy-tales.blogspot.com and Dan of PETA some tips on how to commute to New Manila. Here it goes:

  1. From Aurora Boulevard in Cubao, ride a jeepney with a ESPANA signage.
  2. Go down at Caltex station in between Christ the King and Quezon City Sports Club.
  3. The street besides Caltex is Eymard Drive so enter that side street then walk for a minute
  4. Voila! #5 Eymard Drive, New Manila, Quezon City na!
Happy Commuting! Take Care and hanggang sa muli folks!


Cuisinart Unites Blending and Cooking in One Innovative Product


Cuisinart, America's Leader in Premium Home Appliances, has created a lifestyle workshop, in partnership with Rustan’s, entitled “Soup Du Jour”, to launch its newest innovative product, the Cuisinart Soup Maker. This versatile machine makes hot soup, whips up smoothies, crushes ice and does much more.
Soup is one of the most diverse and beloved dishes in a home cook’s repertoire, and has been a staple of kitchens around the world for centuries. Traditionally, soups of all kinds are prepared in stages: chopping vegetables, slicing meats, prepping and measuring herbs and spices, and of course, actually cooking the soup. Now, consumers can do all of this – even cooking – in the new Cuisinart Soup Maker (SSB-1). This innovative new blender utilizes patented technology that allows for cooking and stirring ingredients, which allows permits fresh homemade soup to be prepared from start to finish: the nonstick heater plate can be used to sauté ingredients, simmer and even boil soups, all of which can then be blended to the perfect consistency with the touch of a button. In addition, the blender is ideally suited for more traditional tasks like crushing ice and blending smoothies and cocktails.

“Cuisinart is proud to introduce this exciting new blender, and to once again change the way consumers think about preparing meals at home,” says Mary Rodgers, Director of Marketing Communications for Cuisinart. “The Blend and Cook Soup Maker is ahead of the curve, as it addresses a need for expediency in the kitchen and offers a level of performance and convenience that is unrivaled in the category.”

What to Look for When Purchasing a Blender:

Performance:

Cuisinart’s Soup Maker has numerous features that allow home cooks to make any soup, chowder or stew quickly and efficiently. The blender has 1000-watts of cooking power (with the blender alone, without the heater, being able to achieve a maximum of 500-watts) and a thermal, shock-resistant glass blending/cooking jar with a sturdy, wide-mouth design. This unique blender jar can hold 1.4 liters of hot liquids and 1.75 liters of cold liquids, with markings for each clearly visible on the jar itself. The dial allows users to choose speeds from one to four (one to two only for blending hot ingredients) and pulse ingredients to the desired consistency. The blender also has a countdown timer that can be set for up to 30 minutes in one-minute increments. In addition, a leak-proof rubber gasket holds the blender jar snugly in position for safe operation.

Design:

Aside from the ability to cook ingredients, the Soup Maker has other significant design elements as well. The unit has high, medium and low temperature settings to ensure that any type of soup is brought to the proper cooking and serving temperature, as well as a stir function that gently mixes ingredients as they cook. The Soup Maker is also designed with a nonstick interior and cooking plate and is equipped with high-quality unique stainless steel blades with a unique design for thorough blending and ultra smooth consistency.

Convenience:

Cuisinart’s new blender offers a lot of convenient features, including an easy-to-read LED 30-minute countdown timer to allow for perfect timing, whether preparing a light carrot and ginger soup or a hearty corn and clam chowder. The blender also has a press-on lid with a tight-fitting seal to prevent leakage, which is equipped with vents to allow steam to escape during the cooking process. Additionally, the lid includes a removable measuring cup that allows home cooks to measure up to three ounces of ingredients to add through the lid opening created by the removal of the measuring cup. Lastly, all removable parts of the unit are dishwasher safe.

Just the Facts

Retail Price: Php 20,000.00

Warranty: Limited 3 Year

About Cuisinart:

For over 35 Years, Cuisinart has produced the very finest kitchen equipment so that cooks at home as well as professional chefs have the tools to express their creativity. From food processors to blenders, from coffee makers to waffle makers, griddlers to ice cream makers, plugged or unplugged, nobody covers the kitchen like Cuisinart. All Cuisinart products are engineered for exceptionally long life and designed to be easy to use as well as to give excellent performance day after day. That is why they have come to be regarded as the defining machines in their field by chefs across the world.

Today, Cuisinart with over 400 million dollars turnovers, is the leader in the US Premium Cooking Appliance Market

Whatever you cook, cook it better with Cuisinart.


Tuesday, May 29, 2012

20 Senator-Judges on Chief Justice Renato Corona: Guilty


A guilty verdict was cast by 20 Senator-Judges on Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Twenty (20) Senators voted to convict the Chief Justice.

The Senate, acting as an impeachment court, voted 20-3.

Those who voted to convict Corona are the following:

1. Senator Edgardo Angara
2. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano
3. Senator Pia Cayetano
4. Senator Franklin Drilon
5. Senate Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada
6.  Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero
7. Senator Teofisto Guingona III
8. Senator Gregorio Honasan II
9. Senator  Panfilo Lacson
10. Senator  Manuel Lapid
11. Senator  Loren Legarda
12. Senator  Sergio Osmeña III
13. Senator  Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan
14. Senator Manny Villar
15. Senator Juan Ponce Enrile
16. Senator Trillanes
17. Senator Tito Sotto
18. Senator Ralph Recto
19. Senator Koko Pimentel
20. Senator Bong Revilla

Only three Senator-Judges voted to acquit Corona.
  1. Joker Arroyo
  2. Miriam Defensor-Santiago 
  3. Ferdinand “Bong-Bong” Marcos, Jr.
Corona is immediately removed and considered barred from public office after senators voted 20 to 3 to convict him on charges of betraying public trust and violating the constitution.


Edsa Shangri-La Manila


The wedding banquet of my cousin was held at Edsa Shangri-La Manila last Sunday, May 27, 2012. Good Food plus good people equals good times. Everybody had a blast.

Fasten your seat belt and let's start the food roll. Be blown away by this menu.
First on the menu is the Seafood Roll. It is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Yummy!! Everybody on the table just love this seafood roll.
 The seafood roll was followed by Pomelo in wasabi sauce. Refreshingly delicious! I love this!
 Scallop dumpling is also very tasty.
This Fried Soft shell crab in pork floss was not a hit at our table but still it looks delicious..
  King prawn coated with cornflakes. It was so yummy it was gone in a flash ha ha ha.
My cousins and I were joking around looking for milk when we saw the corn flakes ha ha ha! Wherever we go cornflakes always remind us of breakfast and milk, right?
 I simply love this Braised four treasure soup with crabmeat.
 Seafood fried rice in lotus leaves.
This was so yummy! I love it!

 
By this time, I am so full I wasn't able to taste this Pan-fried cod fish in light sauce.
 Sauteed beef tenderloin in black pepper sauce.
Very interesting Chicken in money bag.
Lotus bun looks like mini-siopao but has sweet fillings inside.
Dessert was Chilled mango pudding. It was so hard to get a great shot with the kind of lighting they have at Isla Ballroom.

I love the mango pudding though. It was so yummy!

Verdict: Yummylecious!  5 star

Congratulations and Best Wishes to the newly wed.


AIR PHIL EXPRESS SEAT SALE UP TO MAY 31, 2012


Air Phil Express
Sale Period: May 28 to 31, 2012
Travel Period: July 1 to November 30, 2012

Details
  • Quoted fares for Domestic and International Flights are for one-way only.
  • Fares are with 15 kilos Free Baggage Allowance.
  • Philippine Government Tax not included.
  • Fare is not guaranteed until the final purchase.
  • Priced from Origin to Destination or Vice Versa.
  • Subject to rules and conditions, please review carefully.
Domestic DestinationsOne-Way Fare
ALL DOMESTIC DESTINATIONS    P88
International DestinationsOne-Way Fare
Cebu to Hong Kong     P688
Clark to Hong Kong or Singapore     P688


The Official Call Me Maybe #itsmorefuninthephilippines Video


The Official Call Me Maybe #itsmorefuninthephilippines Video
Edited by Miguel Lugtu (@miguellugtu)

Starring: Georgina Wilson (@iloveGeorgina), Isabelle Daza (@isabelledaza), Solenn Heussaff (@solennheussaff), Liz Uy (@lizzzuy), Bea Soriano (@itsbeasoriano), Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith), Carla Humphries (@carla_humphries), Mond Gutierrez (@mondgutierrez), Erwan Heussaff (@erwanheussaff), Borgy Manotoc (@Bunker_Obey), Adrien Semblat (@adriensemblat), Nico Bolzico (@maverick4000), Eric Dee (@ericdeejr) and Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao)


ANNE CURTIS STARRING IN A HOLLYWOOD FILM


Anne Marie Ojales Curtis-Smith, also known as Anne Curtis-Smith was born on February 17, 1985 in Yarrawongga, Australia.

Anne left "Showtime" and the country to do a Hollywood movie with the working title "Blood Ransom." 

"Blood Ransom." is a crime thriller film produced by Tectonic Films to be directed by Fil-Am Francis dela Torre. 

Tectonic Films also produced the romantic movie "Subject: I Love You" which starred Filipino Actor Jericho Rosales which was directed also by Francis dela Torre. 

Anne will be the only Filipino in “Blood Ransom” which will star an all-American cast. 

Good luck Anne!


Cebu Pacific Seat Sale up to May 30, 2012


Cebu Pacific
Sale Period: May 28 to 30, 2012

Details
  • Quoted fares are one-way and have limited availability.
  • Fare are exclusive of government fees and taxes.
  • International fares are exclusive of fuel surcharges.
  • Fares are non-refundable.
  • Flight changes must be made more than 24 hours before scheduled time of departure.
  • CAB approved terms and conditions of carriage apply.
Domestic Flights Go Lite Fare
ALL PHILIPPINE DESTINATIONS
P699 ALL-IN!
Travel Period: November 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013
International Flights Go Lite Fare
Manila to Ho Chi Minh, Kota Kinabalu or Kuala Lumpur
P888
Manila to Brunei, Hanoi, or Siem Reap
P1,088
Manila to Bangkok, Singapore or Jakarta
P1,888
Travel Period: July 1 to September 30, 2012


Monday, May 28, 2012

Do-it-yourself-Baguio


Do it yourself Baguio Travel! If you have Php 2,000 it is enough to last you a 2 days and 1 night travel to the city of Pines.

The City of Baguio or Ilokano: Ciudad ti Baguio is said to be the summer capital of the Philippines because it is eight degrees cooler than in Metro Manila.
You could go to Baguio via land. The most famous mode of transportation is by bus.

Buses that go to Baguio are the following:
  1.  Victory Liner
  2.  Genesis Bus
  3.  Dagupan Bus Co.,Inc.
  4.  Partas,
  5.  GV Florida Transport
  6.  Philippine Rabbit 
  7.  Viron Transit 
  8.  Dangwa Tranco
  9.  Genesis Transport 
  10.  Saulog Transit Inc.
  11.   Amanian bus line
  12.  and many smaller feeder minibuses.
Fare going to Baguio will cost you only Php 450.00 per way. The buses usually travel the approximately 250 km distance between Manila and Baguio City by way of Kennon Road at around  six hours. Fortunately, Victory Liner now offer De Luxe Buses to Baguio via SCTEX which shortened the travel hours by one to two hours depending on the traffic but it cost more at Php 750.00.

Go and travel Philippines! In Baguio you could buy fresh flowers, fruits like strawberries, and vegetables, brooms, peanut brittles at the public market, go boating, biking, skating at Burnham Park, visit the Bencab museum in Asin, visit The Mansion, Pink Sisters Convent, Good Shepherd, Wright Park, Botanical Garden, Tam-awan Village, Philippine Military Academy.

Boarding house, inns, hotels, abound in Baguio. Accommodation will cost around Php 200 to Php 15,000 a night.

You don’t have to have your own private vehicle because jeepneys and taxi abound in Baguio. Taxi plug down rate is Php 40.00. Jeepneys cost Php 8.00.

Lakbayin ang Pilipinas!


FREE HANDS ON BAKING FOR LITTLE CHEFS


FREE HANDS ON BAKING FOR LITTLE CHEFS

Calling all Little Chefs from age 6 to 12 years old! This can be your first step in mastering the art of cooking and baking.
Explore and discover the art of baking!
When: May 31, 2012
Time:  3:00 P.M.
Where: 5th Floor, Rustan's Makati
With Intercontinental Manila's Executive Chef Alisdair Bletcher
Pastry Chef Darmo Guevarra
Assistant Pastry Chef Eliseo Calbay

Please RSVP to:
Jenny- 0917-8405440
Trisha- 890-5003

Note: You don't need to bring anything. Everything that the kiddos need in baking will be provided by Breville/ Rustan's.


FREE CONCERT BY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA


FREE CONCERT BY PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
The Philippine Educational Theater Association ( PETA ) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) would like to invite you for a free concert of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra at the PETA Theater Center on May 31, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

As part of CCP's Audience Development Program, they wish to have children (grades 3 to 5) to come and watch the concert, but adults are free to come as well.

If interested, please contact Meann Espinosa through meann.espinosa@gmail.com, 0906-211-5003 or 725-6244 local 15 to reserve your seats. Please note that they have limited seats for PETA. We give priority to our target audiences to fulfill the audience development plan of CCP. Hoping for your understanding.

Visit them: http://petatheater.com/


Saturday, May 26, 2012

DANCING TO THE BEAT AT LOPEZ MUSEUM


DANCING TO THE BEAT AT LOPEZ MUSEUM
My brother and I visited the Beat Art Exhibit at Lopez Memorial Museum in Pasig for the first time.
The Beat Art Exhibit at Lopez Memorial Museum pamphlet that was given to us has Ofelia by Hidalgo on the cover.

Beat exhibit curatorial note by Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez :

There is a deliberately forlorn and somber tone to this outing. Images of the prostrate and crestfallen easily evoke a stance of defeat, a succumbing to odds. But Beat also linguistically traverses a more mobile positionality, possibly one that suggests a desire to plod on in sheer resilience or blind resolve. By staying on in the present tense rather than as the more definitive ‘beaten’, this exhibition also conscripts the energies of artists Nikki Luna and Ernest Concepcion to effect stagings of confrontation with the difficult, the resistant, and even the impossible.
As I entered the Lopez Memorial Museum, I couldn't help but feel nervous and giddy at the same time. Visiting art galleries and art exhibits never fails to excites me. You see, I was one of the lucky bloggers who were invited to the current art exhibit at the Lopez Memorial Museum called Beat, which is about the intersections of the colonial and recent past alongside contemporary issues. Young artists Nikki Luna and Ernest Concepcion were commissioned by the Lopez Memorial Museum to contemplate the multiple meanings of the word Beat such as defeat and rhythm.

First stop is Ernest Concepcion's Beat interpretation.
 
The author with the artist Ernest Concepcion at Beat Art Exhibit, Lopez Museum.
 
Ernest Concepcion's Hidalgo, the super multi-dimensional time bandit 2012 in acetate sheets. I so love this! Felix Hidalgo through Ernest Concepcion's mind. He's so playful and uses modern art. Ernest has a great mind. The confrontation on his art pieces goes back to childhood, he discussed with me how he loves duels, confrontations and video games.  His series started with squirrels vs. ants in New York. He made do of what was available at hand and got his inspiration from the ants and squirrels outside his apartment. It was a liberating moment for him.
If you look closely on Ernest Concepcion's interpretation of Hidalgo you will realize that Felix Hidalgo was portrayed as a robot by Ernest Concepcion. Hidalgo was plug in the electrical outlet inside the museum. Can you see where I am pointing to? That is the main plug of Hidalgo. Ha ha ha!
Ernest Concepcion is very creative. His works are interconnected with his previous works from other galleries. Because of the colors that he used on his art interpretation, the curator decided to put Alfonso Osorio Faineants (Loafers) in watercolor/ink on paper (34.2 x 55 cm) done in 1945. This can be found on the rightmost corner of the picture above and Danilo Dalena's Jai-Alai series: Talo which is an oil on canvas (83.8 x 61 cm.) done in 1989 on the leftmost corner. Ernest art is confrontational. He believes their should always be an interaction and collaboration between art pieces. Yes, you got it right, a hand-in-hand connectivity.
Actress Angel Aquino is intently looking at Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo's The Assasination of Governor General Bustamante with Ernest Concepcion's response.



He can't get enough of his art that he decided to make his own skin as a canvass to visualize his ideas. Oh, he is not a tattoo artist though. He hired a professional artist to execute his ideas on his arms.
Ernest Concepcion is a Patriotic Pinoy. He had a Darna Tattoo.
 
 Space Battleship Yamato of Anime Star Blazers
The author with J. Elizalde Navarro's Flying Machine for Icarus
 Ernest Concepcion's wall painting, I love it!
Ernest Concepcion will be having a solo exhibit at the Manila Peninsula Blanc Gallery on May 26, 2012.
 
Who is Ernest Concepcion?

He grew on a family of doctors but he seriously took up art, inspired by his older brother who’s gifted with artistic hands too and by his friends.

He believes in painting moving images as a powerful way of connecting communities.
Next stop is Nikki Luna's installation. When I entered Gallery 2 and saw Nikki Luna’s installation, I got startled. The sight and sound of Luna's art was eerie. I can hear bullets from the background. This is the first time that I get to see an installation done by Nikki Luna up close and personal. The artist was very effective in her attempt to move her audience through her installations and sounds. Everyone who entered the gallery reacted and asked questions. Her installation reminds me of a not so distant past. The martial law, when demonstrations were rampant, where riots and political unrest was so common. Bone China are the material used in China to make ceramic tea and coffee cups which only the rich could afford. They are easy to break just like a person's head that can easily break when beaten by sticks.
 
 Nikki Luna's 2012 Precious and Fertile installation. 

I got a chance to talk to Nikki Luna. She said that she is an activist artist. And her interpretation of Beat is about the value of land, a continuation of her installation "Sa Ngalan ng Tubo". Nikki Luna put up hanging bone china to represent picket line fences and sticks that are used to hit people in rallies or demonstrations during dispersal. There's an idea of chaos as represented by the chaotic shadows on the screen. People who are beaten or tired of their situations. The victims of human rights violations beaten to the ground. She said that her installation symbolizes indigenous people community in Mindanao, or a group of people who fight for their cause, not necessarily the farmers of Hacienda Luisita, but especially on land disputes, mining, and against human rights violations.
Lopez Memorial Museum
Nikki said that the soil on the floor represents her belief on the value of land and her support to farmers against land grabbing and mining. The video background is taken from a farm where you could hear from the background the sounds of guns being fired. These are the actual gunshots that claimed the lives of the farmer demonstrators in that area. The sound was recorded by Nikki's friend.
Lopez Memorial Museum
On display too are Nikki's sugar diamonds. Aptly called Azucacera.
Lopez Memorial Museum  Lopez Memorial Museum
Azucacera are composed of seven white sugar diamonds and seven brown sugar diamonds. She made use of resin and sugar to mold the sugar diamonds.

She also molded Palay and Monggo out of 14 karat gold. Both precious and fertile.
Lopez Memorial Museum
Monggo
Lopez Memorial Museum
Palay

Embellished Earth (Rice and Monggo topped with 14k Gold)
Lopez Memorial Museum
At gallery 3 you will find this on display:
Lopez Memorial Museum
7 Lupa 2012 (Soils from Kibawe-Bukidnon, Maramag-Bukidnon, Opol-Misamis Oriental, San Fernano-Bukidnon, Ramain-Lanao Sur, Dalwangan-Malaybalay, Balingasag and Misamis Oriental) One (1) cup of soil per display case.
Lopez Memorial Museum 
The author together with Tintin Bersola-Babao, Julius Babao, and Nikki Luna.
Lopez Memorial Museum, Tintin Bersola-Babao, Julius Babao, Nikki Luna
Who is Nikki Luna?

Nikki Luna is an artist and the founder of StartArtproject, a non-profit organization aimed at providing art workshops to women and youth victims of armed conflict and human rights violations in the Philippines. Her works have been shown locally and abroad Milan Italy and Singapore. Her women advocacy is an endeavor she is currently studying in-depth in her Masters in Women and Development Studies in UP.
Lopez Memorial Museum 
Liz Uy, Nikki Luna, Julius Babao and Tintin Bersola-Babao
 Lopez Memorial Museum
The art exhibit of Ernest Concepcion and Nikki Luna is so intimate. One will not feel deprived looking at their artworks, up close and personal. Nikki Luna invoked intense emotions emanating from personal and collective trauma. While Concepcion, in these recent years of re-establishing his art practice in the East Coast of the United States, has taken to staging art duels starting from the squirrel vs. ants. Nikki Luna and Ernest Concepcion’s artworks has made me realized that art is not only about making a statement but it is also a tool on advocating something worthy to give back to the society in general.
Lopez Memorial Museum
Beat registers as ultimate defeat and/or surrender, relational terms that could easily be associated with such pieces as Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo’s The Assassination of Governor General Bustamante, Ofelia or La derota de Limahong; Juan Arellano’s Christ Down from the Cross; Galo Ocampo’s Cruxifixion, Ang Kiukok’s Seated Figure; Jeremias Navarro’s Flying Machine for Icarus, and, Danilo Dalena’s Talo. It may also indicate rhythm and movement as in the ribaldry of Juvenal Sanso’s Carnival, La Fete, Mardi gras, Joyride, or retreat as in Onib Olmedo’s The Prey or Bar Scene, and Pacita Abad’s Recluse.
Lopez Memorial Museum
Lopez Memorial Museum
As I roamed around The Lopez Museum, I discovered that the museum has an extensive collection of books in their library as well as an amazing collection of Filipino artworks and historical artifacts.
Lopez Memorial Museum
I got so excited when I saw Juvenal Sanso's work entitled Mardi Gras, Carnival and La Fete a' Guillaume way back in 1929 and his Joyride Oil on Canvas in 1957. I couldn't believe that Sanso has a very different art style way back then.
Lopez Memorial Museum 
Curated by Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez and with artistic direction provided by Claro Ramirez Jr.
The exhibit formally opened last Saturday, May 19, 2012 and will run until October 13, 2012. 
Lopez Memorial Museum
The Lopez Memorial Museum is located at the ground floor of Benpres Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours are Mondays to Saturdays, except holidays, from 8am-5pm. For more information, call 631-2417. 
Lopez Memorial Museum
Bring your children at Lopez Museum because it is not only educational but also teach your children about the history of our country.


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