BGC Passionfest 2015 Scheduled on November 27 to 29

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The annual BGC Passionfest has been announced already its 4th run and now scheduled this coming November 27 to 29, 2015. This will be another weekend offering unique twists of passions simultaneously commemorating the heroism of Andres Bonifacio, from whom the name of BGC was proudly taken, and the equally passionate Filipino community as a whole.

2015's theme is now "Sari-Sari Fiesta" which will highlight food, games and interactive activities that promote local arts and culture in a unique way. The event will surely satisfy everyone's cravings for local flavor that seems to be so elusive nowadays due to the advancement in technology and highly-developed infrastructures within the Metro. Experience tasting regional delicacies, play"perya" games, cultural performances, and other activities that only existed during the yesteryears.

At a media launch held at the Lorenzo's Way restaurant located at Bonifacio High Sreet, we were informed of the details of the event after feasting on all-time favorite Filipino dishes which included Kalderetang Baka, Crispy Pata, and a lot more. The restaurant was truly a very appropriate venue for the media launch as it allowed us to enjoy Filipino food before learning about another celebration highlighting Filipino culture.

It was my second time attending a media launch for BGC Passionfest and it was memorable because the previous media launch was also held at the same restaurant. I remembered enjoying my meals that day where I even won some prizes from a contest held for the attendees. I was appreciative of the fact that some of the BGC officers still remembers me from last year's media launch.

Erwan Heussaff, Janet Hsieh, and The Fabulous Baker Brothers Featured at TLC Festival

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The TLC Festival was recently held for the first time in the Philippines last November 21, 2015 and has invited their talents like Taiwanese beauty Janet Hsieh, host of TLC's Fun Taiwan, and The Fabulous Baker Brothers Tom and Henry Herbert, as well as our very own Filipino celebrity Erwan Heussaff, TLC's newest brand ambassador featured in a series of four vignettes called Food Fix with Erwan Heussaff, to grace the festive occasion for several hours of fun activities, cooking demos, live music from Ransom Collective and The Bloomfields, and remarkable artisanal fare.

TLC, the leading international travel and lifestyle channel, brought to life the excitement of its shows at an outdoor festival at the long stretch of Bonifacio High Street of Bonifacio Global City (BGC) of Taguig city.
First launched in Singapore last September, the Philippines is the second stop of the TLC Festival and immediately proceeded to Malaysia the next day, November 22. Similar to the Singapore event, the TLC Festival is open to all and of free admission allowing many fans to witness their favorite TLC star up close and personal and the audience were treated to a few appearances of the said stars.

Members of the media got the chance to see the three stars showcase some cooking demos at the Village Tavern restaurant. Erwan cooked up his own version of a Filipino favorite called "palabok" assisted by the lovely and newly-married Janet, while the humorous brothers Tom and Henry prepared a fabulous meaty sandwich. Everyone got the opportunity to sample their special dishes that afternoon.

WD To Transition WD Green Hard Drive Models Into WD Blue Family

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WD, a Western Digital Corporation company and a worldwide leader in storage solutions, will be transitioning WD Green hard drive models into the WD Blue family of drives. The company is simplifying the hard drive selection process for customers by streamlining its model families for mainstream PCs to onlythe WD Blue line.

All currently shipping WD Green models will remain available through their lifecycle, as they transition to the WD Blue label. WD Black models will remain in the PC drive family,yet designed for high-performance applications such as gaming and workstations and for those building high-end systems for creative professionals.

WD’s color-coded productportfolio enables customers to easily choose the right hard drive designed for their intended application. Its other colors include WD Red for network-attached storage (NAS) appliances and WD Purple for video surveillance systems. WD’s datacenter drives are identified with gold labels.

“The market for mass storage has expanded broadly beyond the PC,” said Amy Tan, Senior Sales Manager, South Asia, WD. “Every application for storage requires different hard drive attributes for optimal data recording and preservation, and every drive WD designs has a specific purpose. What can be easier for customers than matching a color to their application?Moving forward, they will only need to know whether they are building PC, high-performance, NAS, video surveillance or datacenter systems.”

The new WD Blue model numbers inherit the same nomenclature as the prior WD Green generation products, but end with a ‘Z’ instead of an ‘X’ (example: WD60EZRX to WD60EZRZ).