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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Megan Young is Going Home to the Philippines on October 11

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"See you soon, Philippines ♥♡♥"- @meganbata Megan Young

I'm just reposting some newsworthy announcement that I'm sure every Filipino will be excited about:

Recenly crowned Miss World of 2013 Megan Young returns to Manila on October 11, ABS-CBN reports.

Cory Quirino, director of Miss World Philippines has confirmed the news. "Parating na siya. Darating siya Thursday," she said. The 23-year-old actress and model, who has fulfilled her dream to take part and win in an international beauty contest, is the first Filipino to win the coveted crown.

Upon her return to Metro Manila, she is expected to be welcomed with a parade around the metropolis, in the historic tradition accorded to Gemma Cruz (for winning the Miss International title in 1964) and Gloria Diaz (for winning the Miss Universe title in 1969), among other past Filipina winners in international contests.

Megan's arrival will thus be another moment in the history, pop culture, and social life of Manila. - via RAPPLER

Daylight - Good News about the Philippines and Pinoys vol. 3 Issue 35

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These articles are from the Daylight - Good news about the Philippines and Pinoys from the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO).

“Today, we find ourselves at a time where we are cleaning up and strengthening our systems and processes; at a time when we once more face a crossroads—if we choose what is right and what is straight, this is the path that will bring us to true and meaningful change in society. It is my hope that, as a people, we will see today’s destruction of the culture of corruption as part of our goal to achieve inclusive growth.”

-President Benigno S. Aquino III, in the speech on October 2, 2013, where he announced more government-reform initiatives, including sweeping changes in the Bureau of Customs

Click here to read full speech.

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DJ Tiesto Live in Manila! Tiesto Club Life with the hot DJ babe TigerLily and DJ Martin Pulgar from Republiq as opening numbers. The event was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last October 3, 2013.

Thank you to Acer Philippines for including me in the VIP guest list. Thank you for all the Smirnoff Vodka and Johnny Walker Scotch Whisky and the privilege to try out a new Acer phablet prototype that has not been released yet in the market.

With a VIP admission price of Php 10,000, I really have to thank Acer for treating us to the DJ Tiesto event.
The actual show started at 10 pm and ended at around 3 am the following morning.

Thank you also to AMPR for the Starbucks pre-event dinner, Pizza Hut snacks during the show, and McDonalds after-event breakfast. Until next time!!!

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Dell listens to their customers. They try their best to outdo the competition and even their own technology by delivering to the consumers the most innovative technology and services that give us the power to do more.

Dell Philippines recently unveiled the newest additions to its secure, manageable and reliable line of commercial PCs: the Latitude 7000 Series Ultrabooks, Latitude 5000 Series and Latitude 3000 Series laptops, plus a few more products like the Dell OptiPlex 9020 All-In-One, and the Dell Precision workstations M4800 and M6800, along with the T3610, T5610, and T7610 towers.

The unveiling was launched at the K-Pub BBQ Meat All You Can Korean Restaurant in BGC Taguig where members of the media were invited to witness their new line of products.

With this new suite, Dell balances sophisticated design, quality construction and uncompromised durability to offer businesses of all sizes a wide variety of solutions.

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The most awaited national surfing competition in Puraran, Baras, Catanduanes is happening on October 18 - 20, 2013!

The Majestic Puraran Surfing Cup 2013 is an annual surfing competition organized by the Local Government Unit of Baras, in partnership with the Provincial Government of Catanduanes and the Catandungan Festival Committee, with the support of the DOT Regional Office 5 and other government agencies and private sectors as sponsors.

The surfing competition which has been continually running for the past 8 years as an integral part of the Catandungan Festival is eaermarked to be held as a pre-activity to the Catandungan Festival on October 18 – 20, 2013 at Puraran Beach, Baras, Catanduanes, the home of the Majestic Waves and the Surfing capital of Bicol.

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This is going to be another big bang! If you really want actionable and content packed SEO Conference, this is it.

The Mastering Online Ranking Conference 2013 is scheduled on October 26-27, 2013 at the Tanza Oasis Hotel and Resort at KM 41 at Barangay Capipisa East in Tanza, Cavite.

There will be a Php 3,000 per person conference fee inclusive of 2 days and 1 night accommodation at an awesome hotel and resort shared room (separate men and women), transportation from Makati to the venue and back, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner, 1 Breakfast and 2 Snacks plus overflowing water and coffee, use of resort amenities and wi-fi usage.

Just look at the 10 speakers invited to talk: There's a Vice President, a CEO, a Manager, a Founder, a Director, among other equally great technopreneurs. It's a great line up of speakers successful in their own respective fields.

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Gotta love the Pick-Up Line "I must be dancing with the Devil, because you're HOT as HELL!" It's one of the pick-up lines I see in an app that I just downloaded a few minutes ago.

I reviewed a social networking app that lets you know of exciting events happening globally while interacting with your online friends and other subscribers. Since my blog is all about anything and everything happening in Manila, or the Philippines as a whole, and even outside the country for events and issues which every Filipino share the interests globally, I believe I would APPreciate this app very much.

I welcome the relaunch of a new network app called GOINOUT - the premier dedicated nightlife social networking platform.

Trying out the app was so fun and it was very easy for me to navigate around the program. I logged in using my Facebook account so I didn't have to register, and it was really user-friendly. Easily comprehensible instructions and I was surprised that quite a number of my online friends, especially the ones who are always out on a gimmick checking out the different bars, clubs and other events places.

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Acne may be a very common sight for many of us. It is a human disease that many under-estimate. We all went to the stage when we were bothered by acne, and some of us even had the worst kind, having acne occupying almost our entire face and even all over our body. While some were lucky enough to have only a few coming out to tease us but still acne was there as a threat to a flawless facial skin.

The disease is characterized by areas of skin that may turn scaly red, with blackheads and whiteheads, pinheads, large papules, pimples, and possibly scarring. It affects mostly skin in the face, the upper part of the chest, and the back.

Acne is common, complex and chronic, and NOT curable. But it is controllable.

Acne must be taken seriously. It is a common misconception that it can be cured. The only way to deal with acne is to manage, control and prevent it as you outgrow it. And of course, to use Proactiv
Solution.

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Cervical cancer claims lives in an alarming rate! Not everyone knows that it can be prevented, and the discovery of the cancer only normally occurs at a stage when it is already at its worst.

We really need to run a campaign to raise the awareness of the people especially the women who are the most number of affected by the cancer.

I have heard of a few of my relatives that died of this dreaded cervical cancer so I am in full support of all campaigns that would aggressively inform people of how to fight it.

GSK, in partnership with ABS-CBN Foundation, BayaniJuan, and local medical societies, Bravehearts and Healthway, launches new campaign to raise cervical cancer awareness.

A new campaign was recently launched to increase awareness of cervical cancer that claims the lives of many Filipino women . Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the country, with an estimated 4,800 mothers, daughters, wives, and girl friends diagnosed each year. Every day, there are 12 Filipino women who die from this disease1, which is preventable through regular screening and vaccination.

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I got an invite to meetup at a place called the Enchanted Farm Cafe that is said to be located in Commonwealth, Quezon City.

Now, I remember the same cafe that we went a few months ago. This was where I bought a Bayani Brew drink to quench my thirst while on the road on our way to the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm in Bulacan.

They sell many interesting products at the Enchanted Farm Cafe whose portion of the income or revenues goes to the Gawad Kalinga programs.

The Enchanted Farm Cafe is a story of faith, passion and love of country. It is a project originally launched by Gawad Kalinga Center for Social Innovation (CSI) to bridge Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm in Angat, Bulacan to the city market. Its original concept was to test social enterprise products and to create a platform where GK Enchanted Farm’s organic vegetables could be sold.