Beauty Fair and Boys & Girls Bazaar is Until October 19 at Elements Centris

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Christmas season is definitely just around the corner. I can feel the generosity of many people as we see a lot already window-shopping for possible gift ideas, if not already buying whatever they find cute useful, unique or interesting, as early as the "ber" months so they can also shorten their Christmas gift list.

We are actually tempted to buy early as many bazaars are now starting to make their presence felt all over the metro. Recently, the biggest mall chain in the country just had their big mall sale in some of their branches of which that one in the Ortigas area also caused a lot of traffic jams.

Twiin Concepts has also organized a back-to-back bazaar for beauty, and boys and girls, where lots of cosmetics, retail and novelty items where showcased. This is being held for three days from October 17 (Friday) to 19 (Sunday) at the Elements Centris in Quezon City. This means readers wll still have an opportunity to visit the event until tomorrow.

Five Things to Expect from Philippine Real Estate Over the Next Few Years

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With the Philippines emerging as one of Asia’s bright spots and a darling of international investors, it is clear to say that the country’s real estate market is experiencing its best years not seen since the onset of the Asian financial crisis in 1997. Even the global downturn of 2008 did little to dampen the country’s exuberant business climate.

Although it seems that the Philippine real estate market is at its best time yet, more opportunities are expected over the next few years. Lamudi lists down five of these.


1. The Rise of Real Estate’s Sunshine Industries

Although the residential sector is experiencing its most vibrant years, there are still other segments that could provide plenty of opportunities. One of these is properties intended for retirees.

According to Cely Delos Santos, a licensed real estate consultant and vice president of full-service consultancy firm REHub, properties catering to wellness and medical tourism and estates for retirees are considered sunrise industries that promise huge growth over the next few years, especially now that the Philippines is fast becoming a favorite retirement option among foreign retirees and returning Filipinos.

PLDT Home Fibr Sponsors the Philippine Men's & Women's Volleyball Teams for 2015 SEA Games

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Selfie with the men and women of the Philippine Volleyball Team was easy, thanks to a selfie monopod provided by a fellow blogger with the name of Ivan the Sporty Guy who was also present at the press conference where they launched the individuals that make up the team.

The presscon was held at the New World Hotel in Makati last October 17, 2014, and attended by members of the media.

PLDT HOME Fibr will be sponsoring this year's Philippine Volleyball teams. 36 players - 18 women and 18 men, will be trained for the upcoming SEA games in June 2015.

36 is a lot of names so I will just update this post as soon as I get the soft copy of the press release containing all 36 names.

But for now, I would like to share that the team is composed of both veteran and newbie volleyball personalities that underwent extreme selection based on significant criteria established by the management team.

Wazzup Pilipinas Original Short Stories Series: Light Through the Darkness

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This story is all about love between humans and other creatures. In this story you can find love when the human tries to help the bizarre creature named Tiffany when she had an injury. When the war stops between the humans and bizarre creatures, you can also find love on that part because they forgive each other to have a peaceful life. You can also find love when Tiffany and the human creature confessed their feelings to each other and when the human creature set Tiffany free because of the reason that she cannot stay longer in their place.

This story intends to advice you that if you really love someone and there is a problem with his or her health that he or she may possibly die anytime, you should set him or her free because you know that he/she cannot live for a long period of time in this world and you know that you would just hurt him or her a lot if ever you will set him or her free during the time when you have deeper feelings to each other. Maybe he or she was not beside you but the memory he or she left in your heart will last forever.

Below is our short story for the day. Please read on and enjoy.

The Japanese Art of Furoshiki Gift Wrapping Workshop at Yuchengco Museum

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Are you tired of wrapping your Christmas gifts the same old way? Give yourself a headstart this Christmas and make your holiday season more eco-friendly by trying the Japanese art of Furoshiki gift wrapping.

The Japanese art of Furoshiki gift wrapping uses pieces of cloth as the wrapper. Learn how you can use a bandana or handkerchief to wrap gifts of different shapes and sizes. Using traditional Furoshiki techniques with today's ribbons and charms, discover how you can wrap gifts that friends and family will want to receive first and unwrap last.

Venue
Yuchengco Museum located at RCBC Building Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia) corner Ayala Avenue, Makati

Instructors
Strategic brand planner Vicky Ortega's passion is gift wrapping. She loves finding unique ways to wrap gifts for her family and friends.

Marketing consultant Nenette Sadiua is currently taking her second bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Her passion is preparing creative gift baskets.

WD Introduces Cold-Data-Storage HDDs Optimized for the Modern Datacenter

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WD, world leader in storage deployed for modern datacenters, today announced its innovative WD Ae line of hard drives designed for the unique operating characteristics of the emerging archive tier within web-scale datacenters. Built on a platform to achieve optimal total cost of ownership (TCO), WD Ae hard drives utilize the lowest possible power consumption and a Progressive Capacity™ model to enable a new tier of storage for large-scale cloud infrastructures.

“Modern datacenter customers came to us with a need for an HDD solution designed specifically for ever-expanding cold-data repositories,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager, storage technology, WD. “Now in our third generation with over 700 petabytes deployed, WD is bringing the WD Ae drive to the broader market, representing another vital component of WD’s capacity storage portfolio, which delivers features and product attributes optimized for the rapidly evolving storage market.”

The expanding scale of data creation and the corresponding need to retain, preserve and extract value from that data creates a new and unique challenge for large-scale datacenter entities. Reliable, long-term data management for massive-scale data storage is becoming ever more critical. The conventional tools and technologies for cost-effective storage are not effective in massive-scale datacenters, so entirely new approaches to storage architectures and associated component technology are emerging.

Krrrispy Ribs in Kraaazy Town Courtesy of Krazy Garlik

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Looking for a new reason to shiver these -ber months? How about experiencing the newest crunchy goodness from Krazy Garlik? Discover a whole new world of crunch as Krazy Garlik introduces its newest addition to the Kraaazy menu: the Krrrispy Ribs.

It’s a sumptuous A dish that is deep fried ribs tossed in garlic bits, dried shrimp, fresh chili, and spring onion served with homemade liver sauce and spiced vinegar. It might sound crazy but when it hits your palate, you’re going to realize that it’s Kraaazy for all the right reasons.

Well, what are you waiting for? Head on to the nearest Krazy Garlik branch at Greenbelt 5, Alabang Town Center, Newport Mall, Resorts World, Promenade, Greenhills and taste the krrrispy goodness only from tastiest Kraaazy town, Krazy Garlik!

Live Close to Nature with These Properties from Lamudi Philippines

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Recently honored as the Destination of the Year at the 25th Annual TTG Travel Awards, the Philippines has once more bolstered its place in the international travel scene.

With its 2,000-year-old rice terraces carved into imposing mountains, islands boasting white-sand beaches scattered like pearls in deep aquamarine waters, and vibrant reef systems and diving sites teeming with rich wildlife, the Philippines makes the perfect home for those who revel in the splendor of nature.

For homebuyers searching for a nature retreat, Lamudi lists the five best places and properties where one can live amidst the tropical beauty of the Philippines.

Caramoan, Camarines Sur (photo above)

The reality show Survivor introduced the world to the rugged, pristine beauty of Caramoan. Tucked away in the southeastern tip of Camarines Sur in the Bicol Region, this municipality proves to be a paradise off the beaten track with its lush coastal mountains, white-sand beaches, and picturesque limestone formations jutting from clear turquoise waters.

Wazzup Pilipinas Original Short Stories Series: Deceiving Devereaux

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‘“You ruined my personality! You helped build me but also caused my downfall! You should’ve stood up to Hector when he prank me at Valentines Day, instead you laughed with that no good Ms. Richy Rich who planned to do that. Tara was never good for you. I wasted my love for you, you moron!” I am now teary eyed, this is now or never. I must do what I must do. I aimed at Anthony’s temple.

“Everything went according to plan, or it should be. I was supposed to feel victorious but all of a sudden my conscience is killing me. I took a deep breath as I hoped and prayed that the Dear God above may bless my soul for whatever outcome I may yield in my harvest.”

More of these sensational lines included in our short story for the day. I would like to think I started a great series here of short stories that I'm thinking of making it a permanent thingy in my blog. Yeah! "thingy" to sound a bit informal as the short stories can be a mixture of serious thrilling escapades or some humorous adventure ala tele-serye or slapstick style of writing. Maybe I should make it interactive and allow the contributors to freely publish them on their own and call it Wazz Pad...Lol!

Please read on and enjoy.

Android Lollipop 5.0: Be Together. Not The Same.

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Lollipop lollipop oh lolli-lolli pop!

Finally, Android Lollipop 5.0 is here. Lollipop, the newest Android software release designed to meet the diverse needs of the billion-plus people who already use Android today, will be available on Nexus 4, 5, 6, 7 9, 10 & Google Play edition devices. As a community of Android enthusiasts, we are all part of this definitive evolution of one of the best hand held OS in the world.

Lollipop is the largest, most ambitious release on Android with over 5,000 new APIs for developers. It is designed to be flexible, to work on all your devices, and to be customized for you the way you see fit. And just like Android has always been, it’s designed to be shared.

The Googleplex got a little bit sweeter with the unveiling of a new Android statue and the "Be together.  Not the same" tagline sounds like a good, make that "sweet", sentiment too. Everyone can get along while still being unique. Life needs to be as sweet as candy.