Eight & Co. Restaurant: The New and Re-branded Cookbook Kitchen

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My interview with Chef Gen Capati was impromptu just like my visit at the restaurant was unannounced. But I am impressed on how everything went.

The Eight & Co Restaurant was not what I expected when I decided to drop by on a whim but they managed to do well. I had too much waiting time for a next event so instead of waiting at the venue for several hours, I went out of my normal routine and headed to this fairly new restaurant located in Socorro Fernandez street of Addition Hills. I literally made an effort to track down the re-branded restaurant.

The restaurant was themed with a cool black, white and brown combination making it stand out amazingly different from the rest of the neighborhood. Though it's not an original concept, you'll grow fond of its appearance especially with the restaurant's interiors where they've even customized some of the seats for a more comfy dining experience.

Their signage say their are open everyday except Monday from 11 am until 2 pm, and then 6 pm to 10 pm. I think I arrived sometime in between 2 pm to 6 pm so it was nice that they still attended to me.

Since the restaurant is within a residential area, it was understandable that they have some closing time. The owner's son also handles a gym at another part of the huge house that the restaurant was a part of. It's sort of funny but convenient because after a workout at the gym, their customers can transfer to the restaurant to gain back some of the pounds they lost. Lol!

Corona Sunsets City Escape for Sony Channel's ROFLing Sundays

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"Hosting Sunsets City Escape in Skye lounge. Extremely happy to be here! Reminds me of my San Diego days when I used to enjoy sipping Corona beer watching sunsets on Mission Beach." - Amanda Fernandez

Your Pambansang Blogger ng Pilipinas get to hang out with the Corona Ambassadresses during the 1st Leg of the Corona Sunset City Escape event at the Skye Lounge located on the rooftop of the W Building in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in partnership with Sony Channel to promote their ROFLing Sundays shows namely Younger Season 2, Baby Daddy, Odd Mom Out and Bad Judge.

They say it's always sunset somewhere. On the 17th February, I joined party people in celebrating the golden hour of sunset in Manila while listening to the beats of DJ Ron Poe, June Marieezy and Techy Romantics.

The theme is to feel the beach in the city and relax responsibly. This is probably why I've seen surfer celebrities like Mara Lopez and Luke Landrigan as among their celebrity guests. Only beach bums would recognize the two, and this is not the first time I've met the two. There's a few more previous events where they were present too.

Below is our special video presentation we made during the 1st leg of Corona Sunsets City Escape. Photos follow.

Wazzup Pilipinas Adventures on Picturebooks

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Do you remember our Pampanga Hot Air Balloon and Restaurant Tour last February? Well, it's time we compile our photos and turn it into a book. Similar to what you see in bookstores, or from the shelves of your bookcase or library, we are turning our memories into a physical book. Not the electronic or e-book, but something made from paper.

Hardbound and with glossy pages, those are the preferred type for our book, and a company called Picturebooks is going to help us bring this effort to reality. Yes, they'll be producing our book for us. It will contain some of the many photos from our tour together with stories from every part of the adventure.

It will mention all the stops we did starting with our visit at the 20th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark air field where we witnessed stunning balloons of different shapes and designs.

It will also take us to the 50s while dining at Downtown 1956 Cafe by Bale Dutung, to dining on authentic Japanese cuisines at Yu-Fu-In, to Koko Buri and it's Canola oil deep-fried chicken and other international dishes, to our posh rooms and the spacious pool area of Holiday Inn Clark and our buffet lunch at Mequeni restaurant,

More information will come soon as we have our book finally printed. I will create another blog post when the actual book is with us already.

Alodia Gosiengfiao Talks About Responsible Gaming

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Alodia Gosiengfiao posted online something worth reading and reflecting to. The shout out was an update to accompany her Facebook profile photo. She talks about gaming and casually defends it against issues of addiction and interfering with studies. For me, gaming is not bad as long as you know how to control yourself. Know your limitations to avoid getting negatively hooked.

Some gamers have become arrogant and have big bad manners. It's great that someone like Alodia Gosiengfiao does these kind of shout outs to remind some players to keep chill in the gaming world. In this times, some students are staying at gaming shops rather than attend their classes. Hoping some of those gamers that follow her at social networking sites get this message.

"Most cases of "video game addiction" which has been popularly used to demonize gaming mostly involve people who already have deep personal underlying issues. It just so happened that their escape was video games. If they didn't do video games, they'd be abusing some other form of escape.

Of course, because it's a complicated issue, most people don't even try to educate themselves on it which is a real shame. Sure, video games have the tendency to really hook you and you lose hours into it. But if you're already a responsible person to begin with, you can always manage it and not let it be something detrimental to your personal life."

Blessed to Be Among the Selected Few

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Lol. I was laughing out loud after reading this.

"Sheesh!!!...Huwag mong ipagyabang na marami kang backlogs or pending tasks dahil ang ibig sabihin niyan ay mabagal ka o mahina ang utak para makagawa ng mabilisan.

Yung tanggap ng tanggap ng trabaho pero hindi naman pala kayang gawin lahat agad ay buwakaw at sugapa naman ang tawag diyan.

Huwag ring ipagkalat na marami kang na-decline. Gusto mo bang malaman ng iba na hindi sila kasing importante ng mga in-accept mo? Sasama lamang ang loob nila sa iyo at baka masabihan ka pang "Ang hina ko naman sa iyo."

Yung maraming oportunidad, mas mabuti pang ibahagi mo na lang sa iba kung hindi mo magagawa lahat para may makinabang naman at hindi mapunta sa wala.

Pero ingat rin kung kanino mo ipapasa dahil baka pangalan mo naman ang masira. Marami rin kasi diyan na paaasahin ka lang at magkukunwaring mangmang kapag hinanapan mo na ng kanilang obligasyon.

Danny Javier On Surviving Death And Making Healthy Lifestyle Change

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Danny Javier has spent four decades in the music industry, composing some of the country’s best-loved songs and performing worldwide with two of the industry’s equally loved music icons. The trio composed the popular singing group, The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, better known as APO.

With more than two-dozen albums under their belt and numerous songs that inspired the entertainment industry and generations of musicians, the APO gave their final curtain call in May 2010 for their farewell concert. Only a year after, Javier battled numerous life-threatening diseases that could have ended his life.

“I was diabetic, then one thing led to another. I had kidney failure, liver collapse, emphysema, congestive heart failure, and sepsis,” he shared in a recent media event.

He intimated how, in 2012, he fought for his life by making healthy changes in his lifestyle and maintaining an all-natural diet. He said he had to consciously follow a health regimen in order to maintain his wellbeing.

“After about a year and a half, my body has recovered; the next problem was maintaining it. I met this guy, Andy Lugtu, who formulated the Malungai LifeOil. It is pure oil extract from the leaves and seeds of Malunggay,” he said.

Wenn Deramas: Thank You and Goodbye to the Director That Made Us Laugh for Years

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Filipino veteran director Wenn V. Deramas passed away on Monday morning (February 29) after suffering from a massive heart attack or cardiac arrest. Pero ano nga ba ang dahilan ng pagpanaw ng batikang Direktor?

"According to June Rufino, friend of Direk Wenn, he managed to go to the hospital at around 2 in the morning to take his sister who suffered from a heart attack and died. Life can be really cruel when he too suffered the same fate. Could it be his faint heart couldn't handle the pain. June also stated that the doctors even tried reviving him a couple of times, but then no reaction from his heartbeat was seen.

June Rufino has also revealed that this wasn't the first time that Direk Wenn suffered from a heart attack. He stated that 2 years ago, Direk Wenn almost had a heart attack.

People were indeed shocked with this news, especially those who are in the showbiz industry. They claim that the last time they saw him, he was still strong that's why they couldn't believe with what happened to him."

Aside from his blockbuster films like Praybet Benjamin and Beauty and the Bestie, Wenn V. Deramas is also known for directing many hit TV shows like Marina, Mula sa Puso, Saan Ka Man Naroroon, and many others. He made the showbiz industry very lively and bubbly because of his comedy films and teleseryes. Isa si Vice sa pinaka malalapit na kaibigan ni Direk Wenn at lahat ng mga pelikulang pinagbidahan ni Vice ay pinamunuan ni Direk Wenn. Hindi makakalimutan ni Vice ang natutunan niya sa namayapang direktor. Kung wala si Direk Wenn, wala rin sanang "The unkabogable, phenomenal and blockbuster comedy star we all know as Vice Ganda!

Blue Bloods Back on the Streets of New York for its 6th Season

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Hollywood veteran Tom Selleck leads the cast of police procedural drama, Blue Bloods, returning for its 6th season.

Set in New York City, the show follows a family of police officers: Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck), Danny Reagan (Donnie Wahlberg), Jamie Reagan (Will Estes) and Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan). It chronicles their lives in the line of duty and off of it, weaving drama and suspense.

Season 6 immediately goes into high gear with Danny hot in the heels of a serial killer and Frank dealing with a terrorist threat.

AXN gives its viewers in Asia a First & Exclusive season premiere on March 3, Thursday at 10:40 evening.

AXN is seen on Cable Link Channel 38, Cignal Digital TV Channel 61, Global Destiny Cable Channel 61, Dream Channel 20, Gsat Channel 12, SKYCable Channel 49.

YouthHack CALABARZON Launches Code Weekend 2016

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Starting out as a two-day start-up event in Manila during 2014, YouthHack has expanded to over several countries all over the world including Singapore, Hongkong, Italy, Dubai, Nigeria, USA among many more. YouthHack is a for-purpose organization which helps high school and university students to learn more about start-ups, technology and entrepreneurship. Learn more about the YH community here: www.youthhack.net.

In the Philippines, YouthHack CALABARZON is the first official chapter that aims to reach out to provinces. The first event is the Code Weekend, a two-day programming hackathon from 12-13 March, 2016 at the CEC Conference Room in the University of Los Baños, Laguna. This program is open to both high school and university students. It aims to help kickstart their coding journey and have them build their own project by the end of the event. You may register individually or as a team through: www.tinyurl.com/YouthHackCodeWeekend2016.

With speakers from Kalibrr and many more, there will be workshops and learning sessions for programming languages such as JavaScript + Jquery, HTML/CSS + BOOSTRAP and introduction to Android application development. Join us as we continue to build the start-up ecosystem across the globe by bringing young minds of tomorrow and providing them with the network, resources, and mentors to help them turn their ideas into reality.

For sponsorship and other inquiries, contact Patricia Evite at paevite@up.edu.ph (+63 975 132 7401) or message us on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/YouthHackCLBZ.

The New Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Soon, Globe Telecom customers can take their digital lifestyle to the next level with the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

The telecom company is gearing up to welcome the newest Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to the Philippines. With this, the mobile savvy will now be able to take their digital lifestyle to the next level as they complement these latest devices with the topnotch Globe myLifestyle plans.

Designed to cater to the evolving digital lifestyles of Filipinos, myLifestyle plans allow customers to personalize their plans to fit their interests and bring them closer to what they love.

With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, Globe customers will be able to fully enjoy the best content from Globe such as movies from online entertainment service HOOQ or the latest game updates from your favorite teams in the NBA.

“Over the next few days, our customers will find out why it is best to get the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge as we introduce our unbeaten myLifestyle Plan offers soon. True to our commitment to provide nothing but the best content and service, and as the leader in postpaid and preferred telco carrier of the latest smartphones, our loyal customers can be assured that the Globe myLifestyle plans will let them maximize what the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge can offer," says Erli Magtubo-Valdez, Vice President for Postpaid Business at Globe.