Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Monday, September 23, 2013

Dutdutan Trece : A Gigantic, Buzzing, Full-On Collision of the Rarest Breed of Art, Ink and Passion.

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OMG! The ink gods heard our prayers – and we are tremendously grateful. The wait is finally over and we are celebrating big time for the coming of the most spectacular and grandest tattoo convention in the Philippines.

This much-awaited event will surely be a crowd-pleaser as it is the most popular and powerful gathering of tattoo experts combined with fabulous performances and very naughty and exhilarating competitions every tattoo art lover would appreciate.

I can't wait to step into the doors of the World Trade Center this September 27 and 28, along with my equally excited friends to witness Dutdutan Trece, the thirteenth run of the world-famous Dutdutan!

Get ready for Wazzup Pilipinas, the online media partner of Dutdutan Trece!!!

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Good things come from small beginnings. We must learn to walk baby steps until we finally learn to run. I suppose our section Copernicus can attest to that.

To be honest, we weren't off to a great start. There were a couple of misunderstandings along the way but fortunately, we managed to surpass them and build a bond among us. During the aerodance competition last month, we were given a chance to show off our talents.

At first, we were being complimented by Sir Gabby, our MAPEH teacher but a few days before the aerodance, we were quite confused regarding our abilities. We had last minute practices -- four days before the competition -- and last minute steps -- the Whoops Kirri. We also had a small problem about our props. But we didn't raise the white flag just yet.

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Metro Magazine shares "They're the women you love to hate--but have also come to love: Magkaribal's Vera Cruz, Princess and I's Ashi Behati, Pangako Sa 'Yo's Amor Powers, and Tayong Dalawa's Ingrid Garcia have redefined the way we look at kontrabidas, and this month in Metro, they get together for a fashion showdown unlike any other!

Angel Aquino, Gretchen Barretto, Eula Valdes, and Agot Isidro reprise their roles as Philippine television's most glamorous and memorable bida kontrabidas, on this luxe cover where they're all decked in Louis Vuitton's Autumn/Winter 2013 collection. Grab a copy of this issue, out now in bookstores and newsstands, to see the fashions of these TV queens redone the Metro way. Have a great week ahead, everyone!"

The "kontrabida" queens are doing it "bold and beautiful" proving they are indeed televisions most glamorous antagonists.

Last month's cover for September was Ruffa Guttierez and my golly - Ruffa was totally working it in Italy with two covers for Metro Magazine!!! It was so hot that it made it to Yahoo's hottest magazine covers for September!

You have to admit you somehow hate her for that! Lol!

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Mark Joseph Solis, an alumnus of the University of the Philippines - the country's premier state university - admitted to passing off as his own a photograph that won the Smiles for the World Calidad Humana contest sponsored by Roberto Mayorga, Ambassador to Manila of the Chilean Embassy.

Solis is a political science alumnus of UP and is currently taking up his Masters in Public Administration at the National College of Public Administration and Governance. The website of the International Association of Political Science Students said Solis is a legislative staff of Senator Pia Cayetano but Senator Pia already tweeted that Solis was just a probationary staff employed for just three months and is no longer connecetd with her office.

Solis was awarded $1,000 and round trip tickets to Chile and Brazil last September 18, Chile's National Day celebration, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Social Entrepreneur Gregory John Smith, the real owner of the photograph, revealed how "an impostor... abused my copyright." The photo belonged to the Children at Risk Foundation, which he founded.

What is more shocking was that this was not the first time that Solis entered contests using photos he doesn't own.

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The Digital Influencers Marketing Summit 2013 was an awesome gathering of digital influencers and social media experts sharing their profound knowledge and vast experience to a huge crowd all eager to be the best in their chosen profession.

It was even bigger and better than the previous summit. I was amazed at the turn-out of attendees and never imagined it will still be that big despite the fact that another social media event, The Social Good Summit organized by Maria Ressa's Rappler, was happening the very same day.

I attended the first Digital Influencers Marketing Summit last year, as well as the Social Good Summit, and another one - the Laguna Blogging Summit (scheduled sometime November this year). All of them have scheduled a second run.

It was unfortunate that the Social Good Summit was held at the same time as the Digital Influencers Marketing Summit because I wanted to attend both events. I attended all those events last year and learned a lot from the speakers that were all very popular and inspirational.

However, I needed to make a choice. Choose only one because I couldn't possibly attend both events.

Spice Body Spa and Hair Salon : Feeling and Looking Pretty by Putting Some Spice in our Lives

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Spice Body Spa and Hair Salon believes that we all need some "spice" in our lives because just like spices that brings out the best out of foods to make them more palatable, life also needs some "spice" to appreciate life's simple joys.

Though they do not provide "spicy" meals at their salon, the staff provides services that would definitely give you some scorching hot body skin and scalp. Think Body Scrub, Keratheraphy, Hair Cut and Color, Color Lock and Smooth, Permanent Blowdry, Extenso, among other services.

Goldenorange and Spice Inc. understand the need to address to our hearts desires; to add spice to our lives and live a more fruitful and fulfilling life.

Spice Body Spa and Hair Salon is located at M3 Mezzanine Floor FSS Building 11 Number 18 Scout Tuason corner Scout Castor Barangay Laging Handa in Quezon City.

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ASUS Philippines is keeping up with its "search for incredible" as it gears up with the celebration of the opening of its newest concept store in Metro Manila. The new concept store is located at the SM Cyberzone situated on the 4th Level of SM City North EDSA Annex.

The new store features a new, clean and spacious shop retail design which allows customers to better experience the brand and its incredible products in a whole new way. This is in line with delivering a full mobile computing experience

“The opening of this store kick starts the transformation ASUS is offering to our valued customers. We want to define our incredible products by this new way of showcasing them. We are also offering better brand experience for everyone with this new shop retail design.” said George Su.

ASUS Philippines continues the company’s tradition of offering better customer experience for everyone.

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My parents remember RJ Ledesma fondly as the kid endorser of a softdrink brand, but I got to know him more popularly as a host cheering up his audience with his wild and crazy antics but with a class and sophistication above the other comedians that usually just use street jokes. His jokes are way above the usual stand-up comedies.

"He has gone a long way from those Sunflower biscuits and Ebisen crackers ads.....and Royal Tru-Orange!"

This guy must be smart and a literary genius for being the Editor-in-Chief of UNO Magazine, and an expert businessman/entrepreneur for coming up with a remarkable series of seasonally available night food markets (among many other things I'm sure because he did mention he was a Real Estate Developer during the book launch) that has most probably done well because of it frequent occurrence all over the Metro.

He now has a handful of books (5 to be exact) available to continue with what he does best : make people laugh with naughty yet classy humor. The latest book is entitled "Playing with Pink Parts : RJ Ledesma’s Guide to Gayumas Aphrodisiacs and Love Spells" and was recently launched last September 20 at the National Bookstore Glorietta 1 branch.

Congratulations to RJ Ledesma @rjled for a very successful book launch!

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There was so much stuff at the Collecticon 2013 "bazaarista" event held at the Robinsons Place Manila Midtown Atrium last September 20 to 21!

It was supposed to be a three-day event with a third day scheduled on Sunday September 22, 2013 but was cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances to give way to an in-house mall event. The organizers have shared their deepest apologies for the very short notice of cancellation.

Regardless of the cancelled third day, many were lusting for those Gundam kits and those little pink Zakus. Many also checked out those Manic Panic jars!

Several toy items were available for bidding for as low as a few pesos too low to be called lunch money. Thousands of toys were all over the venue with various price ranges. If you are truly a collector, you will be able to identify which among the toys are real "collectibles".

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They say that we write our own life's story. That we are the only ones who can travel our own journey, make our own path, and achieve our own goals. But we, PaScian journalists of the year 2013 decided to take one path together : the path towards triumph.

Last August 19 , the Division Secondary Schools Press Conference (DSSPC) officially opened for the schools, private or public, with the aspiring student journalists. And of course , for our dearest Alma Matter, we did not allow that to pass. The hand picked students from grade seven to fourth year by Miss Riza Zuniga were united to represent the school for the said competition.

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Cherry mobile and Qualcomm combine forces to bring you a very affordable 4 inch Quad Core Android 4.1 Jelly Bean mobile phone dubbed as the "Quad Core ng Bayan". It is now available at SM City North EDSA for only Php 3,999.

They are launching Project Y - A225Q Qualcomm 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor with dual LED flash. It's ready for social media and has on the go photo editing software. This is called Flare 2.0. Similar to the first version except that it now has a Quad Core processor.

After Cherry Mobile Flare 2.0, there's going to be Thunder 2.0, Burst 2.0 and Blaze 2.0?..... and the Superion TV 2.0 revealed on a Thailand website!

Cherry Mobile is truly becoming a Gamechanger!

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"Mutya Johanna Fontiveros Datul, 21, was crowned as Miss Supranational 2013 in a lavish coronation pageant held at the Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus.

Datul, a 5’8” beauty who hails from Sta. Maria, Isabela in northern Philippines, bested 82 other delegates worldwide to become the first Asian champion in the 5-year history of the global beauty pageant, succeeding Katya Buraya of Belarus, last year’s winner.

Before Datul’s proclamation as the winner, the hosts kept the viewers in suspense by hinting that “…the new Miss Supranational is a brown-eyed brunette who comes from a land of beautiful people far, far away…"

After watching the life story of @RealMutyaDatul on Rated K, I can't help but get inspired and amazed on how she remained a humble individual. Mutya Datul's life story is very inspiring. You really have to believe in your dreams because dreams do come true! I love you, Miss Supranational 2013! Beauty queen with a touching personality.

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I have attended several seminars, conferences and gathering of educators which all aim to refresh teachers with certain pedagogies, to discuss new trends in education as well as academe-related issues which I think are a rehash of the old ones. Hence when someone invites me for another conference I would just smile and blatantly say “thank you”.

Last Sept 10-12 2013, I was asked to join the National Conference for Language and Literature sponsored by CETA. Thinking it was like any other usual conferences, I didn’t bother to prepare. I just took my pen and my notebook and wait for the dawn of the great ennui. Seated at the last row, I browse at the copy of the program, wishing for the seminar to start. Then my eyes caught a familiar name, the keynote speaker in this conference is no other than the national artist F. Sionil Jose. I began to be uneasy. I want to go home to get the book THE PRETENDERS and ask him to sign it.

The program started and I could not wait to see him. Then he walked to the stage. I couldn’t feel the aura of being the national artist in him although I must admit that there was something in him that I couldn’t explain. He got the microphone and asked if there were any among us who lives in Rosales, Pangasinan. I wanted to raise my hand, stand and forget that I come from Rizal. However, he might talk to me in his dialect and it would really be embarrassing if I would not be able to respond properly.

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Last September 3, 2013 was the closing ceremony of the 20th Division Secondary Schools Press Conference at the Division Office of Pasig. But it was also the day of our “Pistang Pinoy” in school. Even though we

were anxious to find out who of us would get a medal in our individual categories, I couldn’t stop thinking

about the Pistang Pinoy happening in our school. I wanted to go back to school so that I could eat, and

celebrate with my classmates. But instead I was sitting inside a room sweating my nerves out, because of the nervousness.

As the winners were being awarded it took some time before we heard on of out names being called, all-in-all we won in 11 individual categories and ranked 3rd among all the schools that joined. Sadly, I didn't win in any category but I still had a great time with fellow Pascians. It was my first time being with some of them, but it felt as is I've always known them. After the four day press conference, we not only became friends, but we became a family.

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"Some people have petty and shallow minds. For me, this photo is beautiful and made the model really beautiful. Really, what's the fuss?" - Michelle Baena CiriaCruz

De La Salle University volleyball player Michelle Gumabao shows off her athleticism in this nude pictorial for Toby's sports store. This photo was grabbed from Michelle Gumabao's Instagram page.

The Lady Spiker and UAAP MVP Awardee appears to be completely naked with just a few splashes of water concealing her body parts in a pictorial taken by photographer Jojit Lorenzo. The pictorial is part of a campaign by Toby's sport store and also features San Mig Coffee player James Yap and Philippine Azkals' Neil Ethridge.

It is surprising that her father, being a pastor, gave Michelle the blessing to push through with the provocative "action shots" portraying her in a volleyball competition.