Last Saturday, November 22, was my first time to attend a Nuffnang event, and it had to be in faraway UP Town Center!
Ha, the UP Diliman grad from Pasay talked as if commuting there is something she did not do for about eight years or so. But it was worth the trip, despite the rain as my daugher and I worked our way home.
But why would I miss this event, when it had all these in one day: food, fab, and fun!
Event: Philippine Launch of P.S. from Aeropostale
Venue: UP Town Center Amphitheater
Time: 3-ish in the afternoon
This greeted us as we are about to enter. Skies slowly turning grey, and it went a heavy downpour later in the afternoon.Photowall fun! Top: Disney Frozen T-shirt. Shorts: Terranova. Pardon the pink sparkly shoes; I was not able to bring another because I changed her clothes already!
Oh, yes, food. Bizu prepared some snacks and hors d’oeuvre and servers are just going all over to offer all sorts of snacks and sweets, to my daughter’s delight!
Churros!Eenie meenie miney macarons!
And for some fun, booths with games, activities, and a big do-it-yourself mural, were all around!
Booths with food and games.They were creating this mural on the spot! Live drawing happening.Which the kids got to colour afterwards. Here’s my little one doing her own thing.
Another highlight was this: Kid DJs, D+Cash got us all alive and moving while waiting for the main event!
I have cool nephews. Yup!And here’s my daughter dancing to her Kuya DJs’ beats!
But, the main event, was this: fab, indeed!
Joyce Pring hosted the fashion show.
It was my first time to ever watch a fashion show, and I am right in front of the action! Here is P.S. from Aeropostale’s line of functional clothes for children and teens with sizes 4-14. Now available in the Philippines!
The bibo kids who captured us from the beginning of the show!Kids’ line.Pre-teen and teens’ line.Catwalk.
Finale!
Such a cool way to launch these cool clothes, right? Thank you, Nuffnang, for the invitation. Until the next!
PS from Aeropostale is available on the following Aeropostale stores: SM Megamall, Robinsons Manila Midtown Wing Central Square Bonifacio High Street and at the 2/F of UP Town Center.
Music in indeed the universal language. And the Philippines is very blessed to have a musical culture, especially a choral-singing culture where there are just so many choral groups already–in the churches, in schools, in offices, both private and public, and in communities. Our choral groups are among the most known in the world. They share God’s gift of music to different parts of the world, participating in choral festivals and winning international competitions. Our choral directors are sought-after clinicians and adjudicators both locally and internationally. Even our own choral music is popular, and our composers are commissioned by other world-renowned choral groups to create new music for them.
And what better way to celebrate choral music than through this annual event called World Choral Day.
World Choral Day this year will be celebrated on December 7th.
The International Day of Choral Singing is an international choral event to extol the values of solidarity, peace and understanding. This is an initiative of respected conductor and composer, Alberto Grau from Venezuela, which started in 1990.
So, whether you are a chorister, a choral aficionado, or someone who likes music, here are five ways to celebrate this chorally wonderful day:
1. Pop in any choral music CD to start up your day. Or go to the internet and get to know a new choir through their video performances. Or hear Mass, and you’ll surely be blessed and delighted to hear church music sung, most probably by choirs.
The PCDA will have its own World Choral Day celebration on December 7th in Cavite.
PCDA celebrates World Choral Day!
3. If you a choral director or chorister and you will have a choral concert anytime this month, register your event as part of the World Choral Day. Visit http://www.worldchoralday.org/events/subscription and be part of the celebrations. Oh, and make sure to include Original Pilipino Music in your repertoire!
For the choral groups having a concert this month, please read the Proclamation written for the World Choral Day. This is always read during the choral concert. Ideally, the audience should have a copy so they could read along. The Proclamation has been translated to 14 languages, and aims to foster world peace and understanding through choral singing. Click this link for the Filipino and Cebuano translations which you can use for your concert. Other languages can be found here.
Here is the reading of the Proclamation in Filipino read three years ago as led by Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, in a Thousand-Voice Concert he spearheaded. The translation was written by PCDA Secretary Joy Nilo.
4. Support our local choral artists by booking a choral group for your next event purchasing original CDs, watching their concerts or sponsoring their fundraising projects, which helps a lot in bringing their music to more audiences.
If you’re a choral director, you should start building your own library of choral works. You can purchase choral compositions and arrangements of our Filipino composers/arrangers or commission them for new works.
5. If you haven’t yet, sing in a choir now! No less than Philippine Madrigal Singers Choirmaster Mark Carpio encourages us to do so in his TedXDiliman talk:
Do you have more ideas? Share with everyone in the comments section.
It takes GUTZ to be a Gutierrez is a Channel E exclusive about the famous royal showbiz family in the Philippines. It’s a reality television series about the interesting and exciting life of the Gutierrezes headed by Eddie Gutierrez and Annabelle Rama.
On November 30, 2014 at 9PM, the show aired their experience when they went to Paradizoo in Mendez, Cavite (Upper Tagaytay) and Residence Inn (Tagaytay proper), two of the famous theme parks under the Zoomanity Group, the leading theme park management in the Philippines under Robert Laurel Yupangco of Yupangco Group of Companies.
Zoomanity Group: The Happiest Places.
According to Leonardo Badon Jr. of Zoomanity Group, “Paradizoo Theme Farm was featured in “It takes GUTZ to be a Gutierrez”, the Best Reality Show at the concluded PMPC Star Awards ‘2014. A paradise in the south, Paradizoo Theme Farm is a farm for romantic people. a place for family, barkadas, friends and those who loves nature. The Gutierrez family went there to explore and experience a different farm lifestyle.”
The episode revolves when the family is having a photo shoot. The Gutz family gets prepped for a group photo shoot and when they check the pictures, they noticed that their mother Annabelle is gaining weight. So, Ruffa suggested that they should hire a personal trainer to help their mother lose weight by working out. Perspiration for inspiration to remove the fat, of course. In other words, with so many shots in between, they went to Paradizoo in Mendez, Cavite, not only to have a clean and fresh air but for Annabelle to have a chance to exercise in a different way, by walking on the farm.
Annabelle and Eddie bond with the grandkids. Richard with Sarah and Ruffa tried to milk the goats in the barn with the friendly and expert tour guide from Paradizoo. Super farm life only at Paradizoo.
One activity too in Paradizoo or more like an advocacy is to give education. During the tour, they learned about the process of making honey and what happens when the honey bees mate.
The handsome Richard and lovely Sarah got their time alone time together. They ride the cable car at Residence Inn, Tagaytay as they talk about planning their wedding and other future plans.
Paradizoo and Residence Inn are under the Zoomanity Group. Paradizoo is a 12 hectares farm while Residence Inn is a 2 hectare theme park with hotel inside overlooking the majestic Taal volcano.
