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Friday, April 1, 2016

New Shows on TLC to Captivate You this April

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And on TLC this April,discover a culinary paradise unlike anything else on the planet as Heston Blumenthal invites you to his haven in Inside Heston’s World. Through his pioneered innovative ways of viewing food, Heston’s restaurants and creative projects have reached whole new levels of cookery excellence – but he’s about to face his biggest challenge yet. The Fat Duck, his flagship restaurant, is migrating and Heston is picking up his entire restaurant, staff, and facilities and moving it 10,000 miles to Melbourne, Australia. There he shall attempt not only to open, but to successfully run his whole food operation in a foreign country for seven months – a feat no 3 Michelin-starred restaurant has yet attempted. Watch Heston expand his world as the series premiers this April 26 at 10 PM on TLC.

UK farmer and food lover Jimmy Doherty takes you on an epic adventure across Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory in search of the country’s best cuisines on Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure. Watch as he embarks on enthralling adventures beyond the kitchen -- from crocodile wrangling in the tropical wetlands of the Northern Territory, to mud-crabbing in The Kimberley region of Western Australia, and to turning bee keeper for a day on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Join Jimmy along with Australia’s top chefs, brewers, vintners and farmers as he tries brand new food innovations such as lemonade fruit and a pearl meat sensation. This all-new series premieres on April 5 at 9 PM on TLC.

TropicalSwells to Hold SurfCamp from Subic to Baler

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I'm not new to surfing as it has been introduced to me a couple of years ago when we covered an event in La Union, the surfing Capital of the North, with no less than Luke Landrigan as the surfing instructor, then it was followed with visits in Leyte for a media thanksgiving, then a few more opportunities at several other places.

Still, even though I was clearly stoked, I wanted to capture more of the action in both photo and video instead of actually experiencing it myself. I don't know why but I was more interested in showing the experience to my readers rather than have the time of my life spending the whole afternoon or weekend surfing out in the open seas.

Thus, I never really learned to master the activity, not because I was afraid to get hit on the head by the surf board and drown helplessly. It was because I was more concerned in sharing and immortalizing the stories. That is why even though I'm not an expert photo or videographer, I want o always have time documenting the experience.

For me, every travel opportunity, whether nearby or out-of-town, is a blessing. Thus, I always appreciate invitations that will take me into places I've never been before, or revisit a familiar place to find out what's new.

TropicalSwells, a Philippine surf school that offers a fun and safe surf experience for beginners, avid enthusiasts and all interested members of your family, invited members of the media, including bloggers, to a day of learning the basics of surfing.

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Happy (Belated) Easter!

For our Christian brothers and sisters, Easter is the day we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Oh, and for some, it’s the day of playing with the Easter bunny and hunting for some Easter eggs!

For me, Easter is a reminder that it is possible for you and me to “rise from the dead”!

In the dictionary, resurrect is synonymous with the words revive, relaunch, regenerate. If you think about it, isn’t that something you can and should do in your own life?

What dreams, plans, personal projects have you put in the back burner for a long time? What talents, skills and interests have you set aside because you’ve been caught up in a daily routine of working for money? What past mistakes and disappointments stopped you from getting back up to try again?

We’ve all been there. Each one of us has been rejected, criticized and put to shame. We’ve been hurt, and told we’re not good enough, sadly, by the people we love and trust. We’ve all, in one way or another, FAILED.

I believe that failures are small successes that ultimately lead us to our destination, the realization of our vision. Failure is not a dead end, but a detour to something better that perhaps you are unable to see because you’re focused on what’s right in front of you. Failure is the path that is hidden from plain sight because everyone else is too scared to walk in it. Failure is not a signal to give up, but to push ONE MORE TIME.

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Due to insistent public demand, we are bringing Doggie Fun Fair: Manila’s Biggest Dog Festival, back for YEAR 3 on MAY 15, 2016 at the GREENFIELD CENTRAL PARK.

The best part about bringing together dog lovers nationwide is that we get to share in our mutual love for our fur babies while learning about RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP. We hope that everyone can make it to our event this year as we will be focusing our theme on the ABUSED & ABANDONED DOGS and will also be recognizing the SERVICE / WORKING DOGS in the Philippines.

With more activities, surprises, raffle prizes than before, DFF3 will surely keep you and your families entertained throughout the day!

Thank you and we hope to unite all people to be the voices for those who cannot speak!

Tips to Break into Freelance Travel Writing

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According to essaykitchen.com, the freelance writing industry is a very beneficial career given the case that it is very rewarding for some people. The case to ague is that many people come across websites with essays that have very ideal content. However, these people do not realize that it takes more than juts developing some particular content on a given subject. Thus, there is need to mention that for a given person to effectively venture into the freelance writing industry, there have to adhere to certain advice or line of reasoning given that it could turn out to be very challenging.

A good piece of advice is that when venturing intothe travel writing industry, one has to accept the facts that they have to start small. This statement means that one has to effectively build rapport with their writer colleagues or editors while in their foist years of writing. Next, there is need to establish the audience or the reader group that one is assigned. This means that by knowing the type of audience, one is able to effectively use their skills and develop content that while entice the audience.

The other important factor of consideration is that the writer should build their identity on the online platform. This means that they have to perfect their art of writing to the extent that it entices their writer who ends up identifying with the writer. On the same note, there is need to also venture into different subjects and articles. For example, one would write about fashion today, venture into politics tomorrow and still find the need to comment on the weather or a given catastrophic occurrence. In this view, the reader population gets attached to the writer easily. More importantly, there is need to learn to develop quality content and attach a fee for the services.

Photo Credits:

http://magictravelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/An-office-with-a-beautiful-view-in-Bangkok.jpg

http://www.travelingfreelancer.com/

http://www.technicalcommunicationcenter.com/2012/09/26/that-very-first-technical-writing-job/

Kiss Your #FirstJobProblems Goodbye

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There is almost always something that we need to catch up one in this fast-paced world, especially for first-time professionals. But that doesn’t mean one has to be left behind with the latest in social media, e-mails, music, and even videos.

Luckily, there’s no need to worry about limiting your online activities — especially now that Sun is unveiling the improved Best Value Non-Stop Surf 450 Add-on for its practical subscribers. When you add Non-Stop Surf 450 on top of your Sun Postpaid plan, you get non-stop surfing online, 1GB of music streaming in SPINNR and 1GB of streaming videos and music and other heavy online usage.

With the add-on’s non-stop surf, subscribers can check and send e-mails, search on Google, and even surf their social media accounts non-stop. 1GB of SPINNR streaming on the other hand translates to 400 four-minute songs while 1GB of heavy surfing allocation means ten 30-minute television shows on iFlix or 75 four-minute videos on Youtube.

This means practical Sun Postpaid subscribers can boost their online activities and enjoy non-stop access to work-related apps such as e-mail and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, among many others. On top of that, they can also inject more fun and entertainment with access to music and video streaming apps. This way, Sun Postpaid users can easily and enjoyably kiss their #FirstJobProblems goodbye.

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Yup! Those are my freaking shoes that you see, and at the background is a movie screen showing that Lamudi Philippines and Megaworld Makati has partnered to give its media friends a Batman v Superman movie screening treat.

Why are my shoes up in the air? It's because I am seating in a very comfy chair of Newport Cinema 1 at Resorts World Manila where they have first class seats and serve you pop corn and drinks right where you at. Even though it's not my first time to see the movie, I went anyway because I would like to support the brands, and hoping to catch my favorites scenes of the movie as well.

The dialogues or quotable quotes coming from either Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or even Lex Luthor would never grow old. I've used it already a few times in some of my writings and it keeps reverberating in my ears not because I'm a fan of the characters but because they offer a few meanings that I could easily relate to.

As expected, the cinema was jam-packed even though most of the people there have seen the movie already even before its regular March 26 screening. Many companies have been sponsoring special block screening of the movie featuring a slugfest between two of DC's iconic superheroes: The Caped Crusader versus the Man of Steel, of which I would like to call them The Dark Knight against the Boy Scout in Blue.

The two brands have collaborated to offer a better experience for its customers, as you can read from their official press release below.

Jacqueline Van Den Ende Managing Director Lamudi PH and Eugene Em Lozano VP Megaworld Makati CBD gave a few words to express their interest in targeting Millennials through the help of media, mostly online influentials, to spread the information about their respective companies.

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Last March 21, 2016, we attended the Zero Carbon Resorts for Sustainable Tourism Best Practice Sharing Session at Hotel Jen in Manila. I find the program as very useful for every businesses even at our very home sweet home. They offer practical applications on saving energy of all forms friendly to the environment as well as offer big savings in conserving energy.

In any aspects like water, electricity even recycling of resources. Ralph Gutierrez of Victoria Court HRD talks about its 250k annual electricity savings using LED.

Just by replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent or LED, is not actually a cost for you get savings in the long run if you would do a detailed computation.

As well as 250k savings using the faucet technology on water bills. He also talked about an advocacy of isanglitrongliwanag.com that uses 1 liter of empty softdrink bottle with water-based solution inside as a light bulb replacement unitizing the sun as its energy source. This benefits lots of homeowners mostly in both the rural and urban squatters areas. This could also become ideal in office and in every home.

I learned that when you use the auto turn and off technology it saves a lot in hotel and resorts industry. They also stated that covering the air con (putting roof) installation saves of up to 10% of electricity. New World Hotel also talks about its research on guest needs. That they turn on-off the elevators on a certain time period. And change the temperature from 22 to 24 degrees Celsius. As they read the body language of guest if they were setting or dancing.

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Two of the nation’s top Filipino mixed martial artists are returning to the ONE Championship cage at ONE: GLOBAL RIVALS which takes place April 15 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines. Both Eric “The Natural” Kelly (12-2) and Team Lakay’s Honorio “The Rock” Banario (8-6) are coming off stinging defeats and are looking to get back in the winner’s circle.

The two Baguio City fighters were in Manila Thursday, March 31, to meet with media at a press luncheon held at Dad's Kamayan buffet restaurant along EDSA.

Kelly, 33, and Banario, 26, both spent their previous bouts on the wrong end of Guillotine chokes, figuring in losses to the same man in Malaysia’s Ev Ting. Yet both are ready to get right back in and show the world that there’s still a lot of fight left in the tank.

Kelly will be facing the extremely dangerous Timofey Nastyukhin (9-2) of Russia. Kelly was once on the cusp of a featherweight title shot, but after lackluster performances against Hiroshige Tanaka and Ting, the opportunity passed him by. Now, he’s looking for redemption and another crack at ONE Championship gold.

“The goal of every fighter is to become champion, but for now my focus is on [Timofey] Nastyukhin,” said Kelly, who is preparing himself in various gyms in the high altitudes of Baguio City.

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For over a century, Stanley Black & Decker has built a legacy by producing some of the most well-known hand tools and storage products in the world. It is this rich history of innovation that made Stanley a trusted brand across industries.

As it launches a new line of power tools, Stanley—a world-leading provider of tools and storage, commercial electronic security and engineered fastening systems—traces back to its ergonomically designed yellow power tools which were first launched in 2014. These tools target tradesman users, exceeding their expectations through quality that outstands performance.

According to Anthony Allarey, Commercial Director of Black & Decker Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., the company conducted extensive research to develop the new power tools that the world knows today.

“Each Stanley power tool was designed to ensure users get durable products that last and perform. Aside from durability and performance, our tools have great ergonomic designs that help users be comfortable while doing their job,” Allarey said.

He added, “Our tools are of world-class quality but are still affordable for the tradesman market. Stanley has a wide range of power tools that can perform different applications at all job sites.”