Filipinos Battle Foreign Foes in One FC: Rise of Heroes on May 2

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Some of our fellow Filipino mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters are all gearing up and getting ready to battle it out against equally outstanding foreign champions at the most explosive fight event of the year - One Fighting Championship: Rise of Heroes!

Four Filipinos and one Fil-Am will will figure in five of the 10 explosive fight cards to be beamed around the world to more than 500 million viewers by partner channels of ONE FC, considered the biggest MMA organization in Asia. This huge fight event will have Filipino MMA fans cheering out loud for them when they compete  for cage honors at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena on May 2 starting at 7 pm.

Now not to be biased against the 15 foreign fighters who are all considered spectacular fighters, they will definitely add excitement to surely amaze all fans who are coming in to see heart-pounding action in the cage. The foreigners are led by Brazilian bantamweight champion Bibiano Fernandes, who will be staking his title against Japanese Masakatsu Ueda.

Meanwhile, Team Lakay's Eduard Folayang, will banner the Filipino fighters. Folayang is expected to have a tough fight for lightweight honors against Japanese knockout artist Kotetsu Boku in the co-main event.

myKaffe Bakeshop: Your One Stop Sweet Shop in Caloocan

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What would you expect from a bakeshop located in a neighborhood that's only easily accessible to the residents and other business establishments nearby? We went there by taxi but one of our blogger friends had to commute because he had to go there on his own for missing our ride due to a faulty Internet connection (you know who's at fault). It's infront of a very popular 24 hour convenience store so you won't miss it.

Anyway, you'll be surprised of what we discovered almost hidden somewhere at Caloocan! Though at first you won't be impressed because there's not much eye-candy to see, I was very hopeful my viewpoint will change the moment they serve the food. Whoa! my hunch was correct! When they served the cute little Brazo de Mercedes cupcake, I was like ... "Wow!"

The beautifully whipped meringue frosting with the yellow-orange filling in the middle made the cupcake enticing. Though I was not too impressed with the taste, maybe because I was used to eating a long-time family favorite from another bakeshop, it was my first time to see one served as a cupcake. The great thing about myKaffe Bakeshop is that the hands-on owner can easily adjust her creations based on customer feedback. We've learned that she has a large kitchen filled with all the essentials to please a professional pastry chef. Now I am really envious!

New Olds: Design Between Tradition and Innovation

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Together with German curator Volker Albus—who previously curated the travelling exhibit Somewhat Different: Contemporary Design and the Power of Convention at Yuchengco Museum in 2012—IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V.) presents New Olds: Design between Tradition and Innovation. Featuring 60 objects that explore the relationship between tradition and innovation in contemporary design, New Olds will be on view from May 9 to June 6, 2014 at Yuchengco Museum.

New Olds looks into how contemporary designers work with traditional elements, whether it is style, material, or craft. The show also explores the themes of material, construction, configuration, production, and traditional use. 45 designers and design teams from Germany, other European countries, and the US enter into an intensive dialogue at the exhibit.

Design has a short and highly successful history in the West. It quickly became a key feature of a collective understanding of culture, and is correspondingly appreciated and communicated. Today, design is gaining significance, and not just as a profession. Many of the design pieces that are being sold as fresh and innovative are actually derived from history, culture, and tradition, representing a new way of interpreting old forms. This exhibition looks at aspects of the “new” and the “old” in a range of objects and groups of objects, discusses differences and new combinations, presents trends in recycling and redesign, and looks at the transformation of design classics and traditional ways of using new materials.