Blogapalooza Bloggers is Born!

Hey, we've formed a new bloggers group on Facebook....The Blogapalooza Bloggers!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/299185770193563/


Blogapalooza Bloggers is a community of bloggers and businesses. It’s a link between big and small businesses who have something cool to share and the online community of people who love to share. This is a chance for big and small businesses to present their product, brand, event, advocacy and other thingamajig to several Influential bloggers and social media influencers and advocates.
A group that would not be too complex or restrictive for those that just want to bring back the old glorious days when blogging was meant to be a medium of personal expression....and not purely as a source of perks and freebies, or a means to get high page ranks thru excessive comment exchange and similar activities.

Chicken+Waffle Haus Opens at Cucina Andare

You've got to try out the Chicken+Waffle Haus that has a food stall located at the Cucina Andare Food Truck Market happening since Friday December 14. Cucina Andare starts from 4 pm and ends at around 3 am. Though the stall is not housed in a food truck, and it's located in the middle of the food market, its definitely deserves a big bite from you.

The amazing combination of a buttered Belgian waffle and boneless chicken thigh fillet, plus the optional Maple syrup, is quite an adventure in taste. Its actually very good even without the Maple syrup! I like both waffle and chicken and combining them into one sandwich really made my night. There is also the Sweet and Sour Haus sauce that you can use instead of the Maple syrup.

Francis Magalona Foundation and Born To Be a Hero

The Francis Magalona Foundation (FMF)'s Born To Be a Hero Program for Public High School Students presented in partnership with the Department of Education-NCR and The OneCORE, is the first character development program in the Philippines that equips students with skills in order to make BETTER Life Decisions.

You may also view the official music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1ekXnuE7Ww

We are looking for 100 people to pledge Php 500.00 a month for one year for the scholarship of 50,000 public high school students. As a friend and supporter of FrancisM and his family, we hope that you are most willing to support and join this cause.                                                                       

I hope to get your participation in the fundraising campaign. 

Thank you and I look forward to partnering with you in helping the youth Find Meaning in the Filipino!

Diageo Reserve World Class Battle of the Bartenders

The search for the best bartender is on!  

Diageo Reserve World Class is the world’s largest cocktail education program and bartending competition that aims to elevate the craft of the bartender and build careers in the industry across the globe. Launched in 2009, World Class has truly become an international celebration of flair, creativity, and skill of the bartender, with over 11,000 bartenders from 50 countries participating. The year-long program culminates in an annual luxury landmark week, last year being in Rio de Janeiro, where one bartender will be awarded the title of "DIAGEO Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year”.

Diageo Reserve World Class is back for the 2013 Global Bartender of the Year competition and the Philippines is proud to join the quest with its roster of top Filipino bartenders from premium bars across Metro Manila.

 There is a sudden change, the competition will be held in Prohibition Lounge Bar in Greenbelt 3 on January 31

Kokoro Ramenya: Serving Authentic Japanese Ramen

Two Japanese friends were chatting over their Japanese instant noodle lunch when they suddenly had a great idea of putting up an authentic Japanese ramenya in Manila. After a year of research, various cooking experimentation, food tastings and a few Filipino friends’ support, Kokoro Ramenya was born. It was the passion for perfecting the quintessential hearty Japanese meal, the RAMEN, that made Kokoro Ramenya what it is today. Soup broth is cooked meticulously for 18 hours to achieve its unique delicious flavor and ramen noodles are made fresh daily to ensure the right creamy texture and flavor. All this for a slurpingly good meal in Kokoro Ramenya.

Cucina Andare : The First Food Truck Market in the Philippines

Please join Cucina Andare! The First FOOD TRUCK Market in the Philippines at the Glorietta 3 Open park (the rotonda in front of Makati Shangri-La Hotel) ! Great food choices, premium/craft beers and cocktails plus LIVE music! They'll be open every Fri/Sat/Sun 4pm-3am.

Thanks for your support and please spread the word! I'll be updating this blog post with some details, but for now...enjoy some of the pictures below.

Turbo-charged Huawei Ascend D1 quad XL and Honor 2 to be launched

For you to enjoy your powerful smartphone, battery power must last long.

This Sunday, Huawei plans to introduce the new Ascend D1 quad XL and Ascend G600 (a.k.a., Honor 2), which give more functionality and longer battery life for people who expect more from their powerful device.

Stunningly designed and crafted, the Ascend D1 quad XL is a performance dynamo, dubbed during the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona as the world’s fastest quad core smartphones. Providing what everyone demands from today’s smartphones and more, the Huawei Ascend D1 quad XL certainly exceeds expectations.

Huawei Ascend G600, a.k.a. Honor 2, builds on the success of Huawei Honor that offered three days battery life on a single charge. Offering more visual clarity, more speed, and more power, this mid-range Ascend brings Honor to the next level.

“Huawei Device strives to combine what we know people want in a smartphone with our experience in delivering against those expectations. As part of our Ascend series of best-in-class smartphones, the Ascend D1 quad XL and Ascend G600 allow consumers to experience speed, long battery life and exceptional mobile entertainment in a high-quality, lightweight package. In addition, our more than two decades of experience has allowed us to optimize the Ascend smartphones’ network search algorithm and its base station auto-search technology, improving the speed of the phone’s signal detection to further extend battery life,” said Johnson Ma, country manager at Huawei Device Philippines.

Joining the growing members of the Ascend family -- Huawei’s strong portfolio of best-in-class smartphones – Ascend D1 quad XL and Ascend G600 will be launched this weekend at SM Cyberzone North EDSA Annex. The new smartphones and other prizes will be raffled away to consumers.

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Villar SIPAG Aims to Alleviate Poverty

Senator Manny Villar and his wife Cynthia Villar, Chairman and Managing Director respectively of the Villar Foundation led the inauguration of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) on C-5 Road Extension on Pulang Lupa Uno in Las Pinas City last December 13.

Mrs Cynthia Villar yesterday led the inauguration of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar Sipag) which will serve as a home for Filipinos especially for Las Piñas City residents to raise them out of poverty.

Gizmodo Picks Three Asus Tablets

 

Three ASUS tablets namely the Nexus 7, Transformer Pad Infinity and VivoTab RT were picked in Gizmodo's The most important tablets of 2012.

Transformer Pad Infinity :
"Until Google finally got its tablet hands dirty with the Nexus line, t

he Asus Transformer Pad Infinity was the only Android tablet that could hope to keep pace with the iPad. No wonder Google tapped Asus when time came to build the Nexus 7."

VivoTab RT :
Microsoft's Windows 8 plans were ambitious, but they won't mean anything without strong partners. Asus was the first OEM worth a damn—outside of Microsoft itself— to throw its weight behind Windows 8. And it turned out a pretty good product in the process.

 

Nexus 7 :
Google's first tablet is also still its best. The Nexus 7 (eventually) matched the Kindle Fire HD's budget price with specs you'd expect from a device twice as expensive. It's important because it's Google's first foray into the hardware of the future, and because it's an incredible piece of hardware in its own right.

Parker Pens On Exhibit At EDSA Shangri-La Mall

 

Parker has a mini exhibit located at the ground floor of EDSA Shangri-La Mall showcasing different Parker ballpens. The exhibit is located beside the National Bookstore. It will be only until the 14th of December so better check it out soon before you miss it.

However, inside the National bookstore branch is a booth where you can see more of the Parker pens, and also a chance to have your pens engraved with your nickname, company name, or whatever you like. The attendants are really very warm, friendly and accommodating to the customers.