Nyoy Volante Wows the Crowd with Tuloy Pa Rin Album

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The popularly known King of Acoustic Pop, Nyoy Volante continues his music journey as he releases his new album "Tuloy Pa Rin".

Bloggers were treated with a night of awe and inspiration as Noyoy Volante sang a few songs at the BlogCon, as well as answered a few questions pertaining to his career and personal thoughts including his motivations, inspirations and other factors of his life.

Bloggers went home with a signed copy of Nyoy Volante's album, plus pictures together with the acoustic singer.

Sensei No Wa at the Japan Foundation

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Teaching Moji is fun!.. deshou? This month's "Sensei no Wa" will be a lecture by Ms. Wilhelmina Pascua about studying Japanese characters such as hiragana, katakana and kanji. It will also feature fun games and activities that will help encourage students to learn and memorize these moji.

"Sensei no Wa" is open to all active and aspiring Japanese-language teachers. It offers a platform for information exchange among Japanese-language teachers. It aims to support professional enrichment, further encouragement, and network expansion through interactive sharing and learning session.

For interested parties, please confirm attendance with Emilyn (email@jfmo.org.ph) on or before June 20, 2013.

Admission is Free.

Japan Summer Immersion Program : What I have Learned From the Trip

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DepEd and Japan Foundation Manila did not send us to this trip just to have fun, although we surely did. We had tasks to complete, assignments to finish, reports to write and present, and reflections to think about. In summary, I have learned and realized the following from my ten-day immersion in Japan:

1. Always be a good ambassador of your country. Do this by acting professionally, speaking well about your country and its people, and doing the very best that you can in everything you do. The Japanese people are known for being hardworking, and for excelling in whatever they lay their hands on. So because they give their best, they expect the same from us.

2. Always look at the time. Never be late. But don’t be too early either. We got lost in Osaka not because we were tardy but because we rode the train too early. In Japan, every second counts. You have to ride the train at the exact time stated in the schedule. Or else like us, you will end up elsewhere.

Japan: Day 8, 9 and 10 of the 10-Day Summer Immersion Program

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Let's continue with the last three days of our visit to Japan for our Summer Immersion Program sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the country of Japan as a whole.

Visiting Kitamoto High School on Day 8

Visiting Kitamoto High School was very enlightening for me. I learned that students had only one chance in pursuing their studies; so they had to give their very best in order to obtain a good high school education. Cooperative learning is highly emphasized, so they are very keen on partnering each student with someone whose grade or year level is higher. They call this the kouhai (lower year) and sempai (higher year).

In Japan, students are not publicly acknowledged in recognition programs unlike here in the Philippines where grades truly matter especially in scholarship programs at the university level. The students apply to the university of their choice, which they choose by its rank; unlike in our country where we try to determine which schools excel in the program or degree of our choice, then send our applications.

Japan : Day 5, 6 and 7 of the 10-Day Summer Immersion Program

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This post is all about day 5, 6 and 7 of our 10 Day Summer Immersion Program in Japan.

Riding the Shinkansen bound for Saitama on Day 5

For our fifth day in Japan, we had a very quick review session in the morning on what to do for our Tokyo field work and for our school visit. Then after lunch, we had to rush to the shinkansen or bullet train, that would take us to Saitama. We would spend the next four days at the Urawa Center. The shinkansen was indeed very fast, yet I felt that the ride was very smooth and even more stable than the train. We arrived at the Urawa Center early evening, and so we just ate dinner, and prepared for the activities the following day. Again, we were treated like royalty with such five-star accommodations.

Acne Treatment Using Effective ProActiv Solution

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As a child, it has been less of a problem of mine to experience the troubling effects of an acne or pimple dilemma. I could imagine the disgusts of my other classmates suffering from an acne bombardment in their faces. Such a true destroyer of confidence.

Maybe because I grew up from the province of Pangasinan where our food is less of the oily and fried stuff we see and eat here in Manila. Fresh vegetables, fruits, root crops and other food direct from nature were abundant and so we didn't have to buy from fastfood chains and suffer guilt from all those greasy food.

Some say fried food contributes to the acne or pimple problem.....and if your diet is not paired with enough exercise and a positive perception in life, it also wreaks a distressful disposition.In severe cases, you need the help of experienced dermatologists to deal with your acne issues. Make sure to contact only a reputable aesthetic clinic so that you can get the right treatment in the right manner. 

Let's start our every morning right, and end it still feeling glad we made it throughout a lengthy but fulfilled day!

Moevenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu Awarded TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence

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TripAdvisor.com, presently considered one of the most popular travel websites among online netizens around the world, is renowned for providing its readers with key travel information. It features reviews and opinions of individuals who aim to share their unique travel experiences with the rest of the world. TripAdvisor showcases wide-scale reviews about hotels, restaurants, and much more.

It is an honor to be featured in TripAdvisor as many establishments consider the recognition as synonymous to popularity and acceptance of customers to a certain brand or company name.

The Moevenpick Hotel Mactan Island Cebu is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence last May 22, 2013.

The TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence is awarded annually to the top performing 10% of all hotels worldwide, and is given to establishments that consistently earn high ratings from TripAdvisor travellers.

Venture the Beauty of Nature : An Experience at Daranak Falls

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Every summer, many of us wants to go to places that can keep us cool. Like malls, hotels and etc., that we forget that we still have those spots that is pleasurable in sight, feeling, and in budget.

Last May 2013, we celebrated our Mother’s birthday at Daranak falls, Tanay Rizal. We had to wake up early for the long and exhausting trip. We prepared the foods and we’re ready to go!

Celebrating Summer at the Paradise of Anton

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One of the most unforgettable vacation has brought me one of the embarrassing and painful moments during summer. It was when we went to a magical falls called “Paradise of Anton” , the way up there was really a hard one due to the large packs of stone and some of which are pointed. On our way there beside from the fact that the time you are able to reach the falls would take about 30 minutes which is really tired me out. While stepping in one of those stairlike rocks I suddenly slip and wounded myself which left a scar on my knee.

How I wish I could enjoy the night life right there on the shores of Pagudpod in Ilocos Sur but due to the the pain in my knee which unable me to go , so I stayed at the hotel rom browing from channel to channel and trying to foget the beach although I know that my cousins certainly are enjoying so I just played my cellphone until I fall asleep.

The time I woke up I checked my knees the wound was all dried out and I could walk again so I jumped out of bed and enjoyed the day in Vigan and Pagudpod, with the company of family.

Contributed by : Lincoln Lunar

Summer 2013 : Review Centers, Kumon, Cupcakes and Cashmere

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Summer 2013 was the summer vacation wherein I found myself extremely productive. Unlike my previous summer vacations where we visited Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Singapore and Hong Kong then we were pretty much useless before the trip, this year, I decided to concentrate more on preparing for the College Entrance Tests that I will be taking in the next couple of months.

My friends and I enrolled at PTS Review Systems for the College Entrance Test Review. It was also another way of bonding with my friends Vallea, Justine, Nicole, Aubrey and AC, that's why the classes weren't always dull. Some of our group's favorite teachers were Sir Enrico and Ros. We learned a lot of meaningful things in PTS that had not been imparted to us by our previous teachers back at school and that's why I think it was fulfilling and at the same time, fun because I enjoyed the company of the people around me. My mom also enrolled my sister and I in Kumon, a children's review center.