Ipanema: Your sole’s form of Self Expression







The renowned footwear brand Ipanema partners with the Visual Artists from Angono to celebrate “Bayanihan: A convergence of Angono’s Art Expressions”.  As the local and international Visual artists showcase their craft, Ipanema harps the art of self expression on a different plane.

As the saying goes, “Art is the best way to express yourself… .” This holds true even in our normal daily lives as we select the patterns and styles that suits us and reflects our personality. The renowned Brazilian footwear brand “Ipanema” made it easy for us to select our form of self expression as they offer a wide range of styles, patterns and colors from their uber –chic, and fashion forward styles of footwear.

For the simple girl who just wants a “no fuss” design to express her needs for just the basics, a classy and functional Ipanema  Anatomica (Plain) answers her needs. Ipanema offers basic products with plain, simple, minimal patterns that harp on comfort and simplicity.

 For the woman on the go who wants versatility, and a style that they can use anytime, Ipanema offers different collections that allow its use in several occasions, with seasonal pattern trends and basic details. The Ipanema New Temas Fem, Classica Envolvente and Apliques are just among their many other that offer that versatility.

And for the fashion forward woman who wants a one of kind premium find, Ipanema offers styles that capture the latest trends in an innovative and unique product. The Ipanema Sandalia Sol fem is just one of them. Oozing with sophistication and a reflection of the latest trends to express the personality of the fashion maven,  Ipanema has various styles, colors and patterns to offer. An artist or not, one can truly find it easy and interesting to express oneself  the Ipanema Way.

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Bryan Termulo's "Dadalhin" has really brought his career on high




Bryan Termulo's own version of "Dadalhin" has really captured everyone's attention and the hearts of many most especially his female followers and admirers. The song was originally done by Songbird Regine Velasquez- Alcasid but Bryan has proven worthy of doing the remake of "Dadalhin" which now has already achieved Gold and reached a platinum record award, he is that great huh! ;))  The first time I've heard him sang this song was when I attended the ABS-CBN's top-rating Primetime teleserye "Walang Hanggan" presscon. Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to this promising balladeer in town and each pair of eye was glued towards him. His performance was undoubtedly one of the fairest and he lived up to the public's expectations. 


Bryan singing "Dadalhin" during "Walang Hanggan" presscon

A lot of good developments to Bryan's career happened  after that; he's never been so busy in his life... aside from being one of the members of Boys R Boys from the Sunday top rating musical variety show ASAP 2012 together with other members Alex Castro, Markki Stroem and "Angelito" lead star JM de Guzman, he had tried appearing in several tv programs like "Budoy" and "Wansapanatym." During the bloggers' meet and launching of his newest album entitled "Hanggang Ngayon," he still professed that singing is still his first love even if he's now venturing into another acting job via this upcoming Kapamilya teleserye "Against All Odds" with the powerhouse cast that includes no other than the "Queen of Primetime Teleserye" Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo, Sam Milby, KC Concepcion, John Estrada, Mylene Dizon, Jessy Mendiola, Joseph Marco, Tirso Cruz III and Ms. Coney Reyes. 


The ever amiable Bryan during the Bloggers Conference

This talented "bulakenyo" (he's from Bocaue, Bulacan) singer was also tagged as the "Prince of Teleserye Theme Songs" of the Kapamilya network having been successful in rendering theme songs from several teleseries like "Dahil Sa Pag-ibig" and "100 Days in Heaven." Bryan is very thankful that he's now being considered and grateful that he belongs to the roaster of talented Pinoy balladeers like Eric Santos and Christian Bautista. 

The 24 year old handsome singer has even more to show and offer to his valued followers and admirers. His "Hanggang Ngayon" album which was produced by BWB Records and Music Production Inc. showcases original OPM songs like: Lagay ng Puso, Nasan Ka Na, Kung Maibabalik, Aanhin Pa, and Hanggang Ngayon with bonus tracks Dadalhin and another remake Pagdating Ng Panahon which was originally done by Aiza Seguerra. Bryan's album was distributed by Star Records and is now available in all record stores nationwide.  

Bryan gladly performed several songs from his newest album

Incidentally, his "Hanggang Ngayon" track list was nominated at the recently concluded OPM Tambayan Music Awards 2012 and had acquired the 7th spot in Astroplus/ Astrovision's OPM Best Selling Album Chart from June 25 until July 1 of this year. As part of promoting his second album, the newest balladeer is now being seen in several mall tours/ shows and he will be in SM Center Las Piñas (September 2), SM Fairview (September 8), SM Sucat (September 9), SM Olongapo (September 15), SM Baliwag (September 16), SM Naga (September 22) and SM Tarlac (September 29). 


Bryan Termulo with me and my fellow bloggers, oh yeah!


To all the girls who are wishful thinking and still hoping... good news! Bryan is not committed as of the moment hihi  the only thing that he's committed to right now is his career and studies. 

Hope you'll enjoy this video wherein Bryan sings "Dadalhin" with the bloggers live during his album launching. :))  




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"The Reunion" : A story of friendship that we can relate to



Have you ever thought of going back to your past life, specifically your high school life and molded an idea of correcting your mistakes in order for you to move on with your present life? That same incident happened to the four youthful characters namely Boggs played by Enrique Gil; Joax for Xian Lim; Lloyd played by Enchong Dee and Pat portrayed by Kean Cipriano in Star Cinema's movie offering, the youth-oriented comedy film "The Reunion," directed by Frasco Santos Mortiz.

Direk Frasco is the son of veteran actor-director Edgar Mortiz and nephew of ABS-CBN president Charo Santos- Concio, he's been directing the kiddie tv program "Goin' Bulilit" for several years now and the gag show "Banana Split" for four years to date. As for the record, this will be his very first movie  directorial job and the same thing goes to "The Reunion" writer Ays de Guzman who admitted that he created this story based from the characters and experiences of his "real life" high school friends, who in return, upon learning of Ays' motive, only requested to be invited to the film's premiere night and wanted to have the chance to meet the whole cast, cute right? hihihi

The whole cast were very proud in claiming that this movie is a sort of their tribute to the famed local rock band "Eraserheads" or E-Heads as they've managed to correlate every selected song of E-Heads to their scenes (that's a huge challenge for them huh!). Kudos to everybody who had taken great effort in the success of this film.


I was being flanked by the very sexy Bangs Garcia and so cool Kean Cipriano ;))

Aside from the four young heartthrobs, they were also joined by equally young and beautiful actresses like Jessy Mendiola, one of "Walang Hanggan" teleserye stars Julia Montes, "Kung Akoy's Iiwan Mo" lead star Bangs Garcia and Megan Young with the special participation of the cosplay princess Alodia Gosiengfiao and the alluring Cristine Reyes. Matt Evans added fun in the story where he played Jay as their "gay" friend, and I commend him for his believable portrayal. :))

I still remember direk Frasco saying during the movie's blogcon (bloggers' conference), "Sana mag-enjoy lang kayo kasi po kami nag-enjoy kami nung ginawa namin 'yung pelikula, masaya lang po s'ya... breather s'ya dun sa lahat ng mga problema natin, 'yung mga nararanasan natin nitong mga nakaraang linggo... manood lang po tayo ng "The Reunion" para magkaroon naman ng ngiti sa ating mga mukha, enjoyin' n'yo po 'yung pelikula."

Direk Frasco Mortiz with Bangs Garcia and Kean Cipriano during "The Reunion" blogcon


The positive outcome and effect of the movie to the movie going public has only proven one thing... amidst the opening of various hollywood films like "Expendables 2" among others, "The Reunion" still surfaces and we can say this is proudly Pinoy made and direk Frasco was definitely right when he said that this movie will put a smile on our face. We did not only enjoy the whole movie, we also left the theater with hope and we were very much inspired to really appreciate our friends and the people we love. This is indeed a story of friendship that we can relate to.

"The Reunion" cast talked about their pasts... if you wanna know, well, better check this out peeps! 



It's never too late to watch this film, I bet you'll all enjoy it! 
Have a great laugh! 



















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When Tears For Fears Ruled The World




“Everybody wants to rule the world...” this is according to the song of the 80’s UK New Wave Band, Tears For Fears. And for two nights at the Smart Araneta Colisem on August 10 & 11, the band themselves did exactly this to the world, the Philippines in particular by selling out their 2 night jampacked concert filled out to the rafters.

By choice and design, the band, led by their two lead singers in Roland Orzabal ang Curt Smith, opened the gig with a bang by rendering their first number one single in the US in 1985, none other than (you guessed it right) Everybody Wants To Rule The World. This act immediately brought the house down when almost all  of us stood up and started singing along with the band. (Although personally I would like it to be the finale for impact). According to some of the lyrics of this hit song, the walls come tumbling down which I thought at the moment would happen because of the sudden surge of energy inside the venue.

And if you are a fan of theirs, you would notice right away the almost perfect music and sound quality as if we were just listening to a CD. (Kudos to the sound engineers). You would say that the voices of both Roland and Curt haven’t changed at all considering it was more than 20 years ago when they first emerged on the music scene - Sorry guys, but i’m an avid fan :))

They wisely chose their lineup of songs,  mixing the old hits with some moderate ones in order to continuously light up the mood of their captive audience. There was also a different rendition of the popular “Billie Jean” song of the late Michael Jackson which caught some of us by surprise at first, ( guilty on my part) not knowing it ‘till the familiar lyrics sank in.
Every now and then, people would stood up to dance or sing and in return the band would show their appreciation by acknowledging and thanking the crowd.

Of course there would be some drama inluded. After performing one of their hits near the end of the show, Roland and Curt, along with their bandmembers would waive goodbye and leave the stage as if to  signify the end of the concert. Naturally, the audience would clamor for more. But it took the band a little longer than usual to come out, so by instinct and out of nowhere, the crowd started to singing some lines from another famous song of the group which right up to that moment was not yet sung. Obligingly, the band came out for their encore.

After performing another slow hit song, fittingly, the famous band chose their popular second number one hit in America, Shout for it’s finale. By this time, the house is already rocking.
And before I forget, there’s a saying that goes like this “When it rains, it pours”. You know why, because I felt this is what happened. 

See? Here's what I'm talking about... the jampacked crowd during their second day concert


Amazingly, the front act to this show was Per Sorensen of Fra Lippo Lippi, another popular group in the mid 80’s. He sang almost all his hits in a 45 minute performance. Imagine the mood he stirred up just to entice our appetite?! ;))
Picture this, Fra Lippo Lippi as your appetizer to the main dish which is Tears For Fears. You could not ask for more! It’s worth it. (I surely do)

Kudos for Tears For Fears for donating all their merchandise sales to the Red Cross for helping the recent flood victims, (although I thought that the prices were a little too high, anyway it’s for a cause) and thank you to the organizers for a well thought concert.


I so love it! Still looking forward to their next! ;))

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Fra Lippo Lippi’s Per Sorensen is Master of Imperfection


International singer-songwriter Per Sorensen, the voice behind the bestselling Norwegian music export Fra Lippo Lippi, has released his new solo album Master of Imperfection, which includes his new recordings of Fra Lippo Lippi’s classics Later and Beauty and Madness.


The album has Loneliness as his first single and a cover of James Taylor’s Fire and Rain.
Master of Imperfection highlights the endearing vulnerability to Per’s voice, where melancholia pours down to the cracks of these tracks.

Per adds, “In 1986, I wrote the song Beauty and Madness with lyricist Rune Kristoffersen for the upcoming Fra Lippo Lippi album Light and Shade (1987). You're either too young to remember, or too old, for that matter. Anyway, I love that song, so I re-recorded it for this album. Hope you like it, too!”

Master of Imperfection includes ten songs, which, hopefully, will lift music fans’ souls for some forty `minutes.

Incidentally, Per Sorensen will be having a two-day concert here in the Philippines with the "Tears For Fears" duo this August 10 and 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 




"Master of Imperfection" Tracklist:

1.         I Hurt You

2.         Tell Me Once

3.         Will I Recognize

4.         Beauty and Madness

5.         Later

6.         The Truth Behind Our Lies

7.         Loneliness

9.         The Waiting Game

9.         It Could Be Nice

10.       Fire and Rain

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“BAYANI... ANG TATAY KO...” Premieres on August 5





Filipinos are noted to have a very significant and positive attitude in handling difficulties in life. Others may also treat their predicaments in sort of “cool” manners, which the Pinoys are really known for.  M&N Films have come up with a brilliant idea of ideally showing to the public the film “Bayani Ang Tatay Ko.” An indie film about life, its struggles... it’s about presenting life’s most vivid moments with the people we love. This film not only wishes to instill family values but also provide entertainment and at the same time honors the law enforcers.

Actor-comedian and host Bayani Agbayani plays SPO3 Nicanor Corpuz , a decorated cop, loving dad and husband to his wife Susan played by Yayo Aguila, and son, Adrian played by child actor Yogo Singh. They live a simple, happy life until an incident took their lives on a different turn. One morning while in the police detachment where he is working, Taning played by Rommel Montano, a toughie from an influential family came looking for his colleague, SPO1 Joey Ponce. Ponce apparently shut down his illegal “videokarera” business and refused to accept a bribe, making the latter furious. Taning was scandalizing the station so he took a policewoman, SPO2 Pinky Madrigal hostage prompting Nick to defend his colleague.

Nick was suspended from service and he turned to selling “isaw” to make ends meet. Failing to do so, his wife Susan decided to go to Hongkong to work as a domestic helper. To help him in his business, Susan sent his brother, Ading played by Gene Padilla to help Nick tend to the isaw business. But the former cop realized that he is not cut for business, so he asked for his ninong, Col. Roberto Ugarte to give him an assignment. Colonel Ugarte referred him to the city hall where he worked as a traffic enforcer. As a traffic enforcer, Nick has learned to be happy with his new job because he wears a uniform and arrests violators. It was at this time when he was informed that his colleague, Ponce has remained missing since the precinct incident; SPO1 Fernandez had been looking for him. Worse, his wife Susan called to tell him she was victimized by an illegal recruiter.

All these tribulations that had happened to Nick and his family occurred very untimely. Witness how will a typical Filipino family face these challenges in a comedic and a bit of dramatic way with a sting of action to highlight the story.

Joining the lead stars are actor/model and ex-PBB housemate, Johann Santos, Ms. Jet Claveria, Butch Elizalde, Pinoy T.A.L.K. host Paul Quimbo, Ms. Jing Javier and Paulo Ponce and is under the helm of Ellen Argano.  “Bayani...Ang Tatay Ko...” is one of the official entries to the 2nd PNP Film Festival and subsequently, the awarding will take place at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on August 7, 2012.

 Being a policeman is indeed a heroic profession; it is both a difficult and extensive task enabling continuous protection of the public and their property as well as maintaining law and order. Preventing crime, reducing its fear and ensuring the improvement of every citizen’s quality of life are no way an easy job. So let us all salute the gentle officers... the all-time “bayani” of every community.


“Bayani...Ang Tatay Ko...” will have its premiere showing on August 5, 2012, Sunday at SM North Edsa Cinema 5, 5:00- 6:30 PM. Please be guided for further announcements and updates of the movie’s scheduled screenings in various theaters nationwide. For the movie's block screening, fundraising and sponsorship matters, please contact Ms. Nanette or Grace at these numbers: 425-1658 and 0915-8170505

For more info and updates please visit and like their Facebook page: Bayani Ang Tatay Ko
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Moose Gear Family Welcomes Zaijan Jaranilla




Moose Gear celebrates 20 years of being one of the leading brands in kids fashion. It has definitely gone a long way when it began as it now has the Moose Girl line for girls.

 Through the years, Moose Gear has established itself as one of the trendsetters in children’s fashion.  This is due in large part to the quality of its pieces and how it has provided up-to-date designs with a wide array of selections that both moms and kids alike love.  The material Moose Gear uses are made of 100% cotton fabrics that feel good on the skin. Its collection ranges from loose shirt and polos, button down polo shirts and jackets that come in classic shades to fun shades, loose and tight-fit denim jeans, and shorts in plaid and cargo styles perfect for active boys who play a lot. Boys really need clothes that can withstand their rough and tumble world. Clothes like Moose Gear are built for boys.
                                                                                   
Moose Girls clothes, on the other hand, offer the latest in young female wear.  The Moose Girl line showcases the hippest tween trends as the selection offers pieces embellished with sparkles and sequins.  These come in bright, happy colors, with top quality graphics for fashion tops, stylish shorts, leggings, pants, and skirts, which every girl want.

Aside from its fashionable clothes for kids Moose Gear and Moose Girl are also known for their brand ambassadors. The brands have been family to a lot of Goin’ Bulilit kids such as Nash Aguas, Sharlene San Pedro, Mika Dela Cruz, Angelo Garcia, Aaron Junatas.  At present, its brand ambassadors are Bugoy Carino, Izzy Canillo, Xyriel Manabat, Blythe Gorostiza and ChaCha Cañete.  And now on its 20th year, the latest addition to the Moose Gear family is no less than Zaijan Jaranilla.

Zaijian‘s popularity soared to great heights when he played the role of Santino in ABS-CBN’s top-rating teleserye, "May Bukas Pa." He also starred in “Noah” and “Ikaw Ay Pag-ibig.” Zaijian is indeed perfect for the brand that also exudes his wholesome and playful personality. Now, he plays the lead role in “Lorenzo’s Time.”

Moose Gear is available in all SM and other leading department stores nationwide. Visit its Facebook fanpage, www.facebook.com/moosegear for more product info.













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