Wazzup Pilipinas News and Events

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Sugarleaf Announces Learning Events for First Half of 2014

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With much excitement Sugarleaf announces its learning activities for the first half of 2014. Join us in any or all of our activities.

More than juicing, Juice Therapy! A workshop by Sugarleaf on 8 March, 230 to 430pm at Sugarleaf Makati and 22 March at Sugarleaf Greenhills

Juicing will be the IN thing this 2014 and is expected to stay unlike fad and yoyo diets that usually don't work and leave one feeling deprived.

Join us in a fun interactive two-hour workshop on juicing at Sugarleaf Makati with our resident Juice Therapist Rman Lorenzo who created Juice Therapy or JT, a smarter more sustainable approach to juicing.

JT is the result of much research on the health benefits of juicing (more than just detox and weight loss) and combining organic and naturally grown fruits and vegetables into delightfully delicious and colourful elixirs.

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As what one netizen once said "Yesteryear's issues pale in comparison to what we have today."

Ironically one would post "Kung may "kaaway" ka, dapat yung away sa inyong dalawa lang. Hindi yung mandadamay ka pa ng ibang taong wala namang kinalaman sa gulo nyo. Unless may sumawsaw in your defense, otherwise keep other people out of it. Of course you can always go to your friends for sympathy. Your truest friends can advise you kung nasa tama ka ba o mali."

But why constantly rant online about other people and entertain comments from friends who would either make the matter worst by adding further insults and side-topics against the person in discussion, or exaggerate to the extreme claiming the person is making it look bad for the entire community. Wow! Is the accused that influential to claim responsibility for all? Does he represent all his peers from the same industry? It's like telling everyone that a mistake of one is the downfall of many.

You are going against what you were saying. You are sharing the news with the rest of the world and social media has a way of making rumors go viral especially when your online friends are rumor-mongers like you. Don't you understand that social media may be the best for crowd-sourcing but it is also the most effective way to make or break a reputation.....not only of the person you are humiliating, but also of yourself.

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To further stoke everyone's competitive fire, the National Digital Arts Awards (NDAA) organizers will be releasing the bios of would be judges of NDAA: Redefine, Recreate, Revolutionize. One of them is Ali Silao with a very impressive bio below:

Ali Silao is a Creative Director from TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno, the five-time winner of the prestigious Agency of The Year award. He has handled 360-degree campaigns, design, and digital work for major brands such as Bench, Champion, and KFC, as well as charitable institutions like The Eyebank of the Philippines, Manikako, and The Red Whistle. He has won metals in local and international advertising award shows such as Spikes Asia, Clio Awards, Adfest, Busan Ad Stars, and Digital Asia Awards, and mentions in The One Show Design Awards, D&AD Awards, New York Festivals, and Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

Ali also won the Philippines’ first Gold in the Young Spikes Competition in 2010, and in 2013, beat major brands like Google and Microsoft to win the country's first Webby Award for a short film sponsored by Energizer called "Gift of Life."

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If we'll combine the words of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the former noontime co-host would probably say "I'm back, and I'm sorry!"

Wally Bayola, the very controversial comedian who was involved with a sex scandal with EB Babe Yosh, returns to GMA 7's blockbuster and all-time hit noontime variety show Eat Bulaga as seen at the "Juan for All, All for Juan" segment of the show. Click on teh link to see the video.

Paolo Ballesteros and Jose Manalo welcomed back their long-time friendly neighborhood partner as they go through one of the "barangays" of a certain city. The good thing about Wally is that he accepted that he committed a sin and asked forgiveness in front of millions of Eat Bulaga viewers. Repentance is one way to open heaven.

That's what a sinner could only say after all "sorry", and always accepted! Just a matter of fact that "Juan for All, All for Juan" is not complete without the 3 brothers, Paolo, Jose and Wally. So welcome back Wally, as every Juan say "you deserve a second chance."

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Did you know that days before comedian Tado Jimenez, whose real name is Arvin Jimenez, unfortunately met his demise along with 14 others at a bus accident at the Bontoc town somewhere at teh Mountain province, he posted online: "North or South....cemetery?" His last post was an Instagram photo of his bus - the bus that took him to his final resting place, heaven.

Many fans, friends and colleagues are now mourning his untimely death. I share my deepest sorrow for Tado was a partner in one of my online campaigns for a certain online marketplace. I've personally communicated with the man so it is with great disappointment that he has to leave us so soon. I have a photo of the two of us together but I can't seem to find it among the bulk of other online photos I have, but will surely post it here as soon as I find it.

Tado was an artist as seen from his works and achievements in his chosen professions as tattoo artist, book author, and comedian among many others. He is also an activist as he is very much involved in political movements and advocacy programs that deals with society, good governance, and love for nature and the environment. In fact he was at the Mountain Province because of a project dealing with such.

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Well, that screenshot above is definitely "photoshopped" because no sane person has even reached a Guiness World Record for the latest fad since Angry Birds. I haven't even made a respectable score in the latest mobile gaming fad known as Flappy Bird when I've read of news that the Vietnamese creator is bringing the patience-and-sanity-required game down soon.

Developer Dong Nguyen announced the decision on Twitter just a few hours ago:

“I am sorry Flappy Bird users, 22 hours from now, I will take Flappy Bird down. I cannot take this anymore. It is not anything related to legal issues. I just cannot keep it anymore. I also don’t sell Flappy Bird, please don’t ask. And I still make games.”

My guess, with the amount of online flack and hate the developer has been getting because of how difficult the game is (Only one life? Damn!), he probably grew a conscience and getting ready to make a different or revised version he will be calling a different name soon. Or is Nintendo suing him for the blatant rip-off from their games?

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Do you know which event was trending a few days ago! It was a huge gathering of eager and awe-inspired students from different colleges and universities of the Philippines! Using the hashtag #MadWorld2014, one of the biggest event for the year gave everyone both learning and inspiration to become the future professionals of the country.

Last February 02, 2014 at the SMX Convention Center was the Philippine Junior Marketing Association’s (PJMA) Flagship event entitled Mad World 2014 “Selfie: How to Create Meaningful Personal Brands.” Mad World 2014 is in partnership with one of the country’s leading integrated communications agencies in the Philippines, Havas Media Ortega.

Mad World is PJMA’s annual convention for both marketing and advertising students all over the country. Through this event, PJMA has constantly given its best, year after year, to provide the students the perfect venue for them to learn the current trends in the ever-changing world of advertising and marketing.

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iACADEMY is currently accepting students for the iACADEMY English Language School, iELS.

iELS offers online courses, individual and group face-to-face classes, business workshops and, starting July 2014, English Educational Camps. Face-to-face classes and offline business workshops will be held on location at the iACADEMY building on Ayala Avenue in Makati City. All of our programs are customizable to your level of proficiency and designed to help our students become better speakers, readers and writers of the English language.

The school and its programs were developed by an expert team with almost 25 years of combined experience in the field of English language education. They have worked together previously to establish an online English language school specifically for South Korean students called iwillpass.net, Ltd. Inc.

Vibal and HP Unites to Form the Perfect Together Partnership Beyond Printing

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Many companies have already gone digital and have openly embraced the fast-changing innovations to keep up with the ever increasing technology savvy consumers. If you'll look around, almost everyone has a smartphone or tablet (many have both and more than just one unit) that they use to communicate, do business, and get entertainment.

You'll definitely be left behind if you do not implement online strategies within your business. Almost everything can now be done over the Internet that the near future may turn out to be pure e-commerce. The day may come that it will be truly paperless and the whole world would only travel just for leisure.

The Vibal Group is one of those companies that has realized the significance of having online alternatives for their publishing. In partnership with HP, a leading technology provider, Vibal transforms their products and services into a more dynamic state-of-the-art solution that is "beyond printing".

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Yahoo Philippines celebrates 5 years of being in the Philippines by showing that they know how to appreciate the people who have helped them spread the word and who else would that be but the media of course.

Last night, Yahoo Philippines had an event called the High Five Yahoo: An Appreciation Night. High Five because they are already 5 years old in the Philippines and it definitely deserved a high five because in such a short time, they have been able to achieve so much.

High Five Yahoo: An Appreciation Night had games and a lot of freebies given away last night. They also held a Rockeoke were people from the media were asked to sing an entire song with a live band. The feeling was surreal. It was awesome.