A Green Mile Walk

Ipanema campaigns for a greener world with it's recently held "Walk the Green Mile" Walkathon event last Saturday, March 21 at the The Fort Global City, Taguig.

the walkathon features the Gisele Bündchen Seed Collection inspired from the Brazilian model herself. being an environment advocate, Ipanema supports the Haribon Foundation in preserving the remaining forests and preparing a greener future for everyone.

the event made noise at The Fort Parking Lot near Le Souffle restaurant around 3PM. a drum band invited people around to join the event.
then the walk started at 5PM routing around Bonifacio High Street led by the Elizalde Family and the band. a cocktail and an incredible fashion show at Le Souffle followed right after.

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UNO welcomes RJ Ledesma

men's magazine, UNO, which first featured Anne Curtis on the cover, now makes a buzz by welcoming their new editor-in-chief RJ Ledesma. you can get more RJ, as described in his website, now as he starts his giving his UNO stuff on the March 2009 issue. a big kick-off party is celebrated for RJ at Martini's Bar in Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City.

March 2009 issue features model Karen Pamintuan on the cover with TV host Sam Oh and Magic 89.9 DJ Grace Lee.

co-presented by Music and Wine, wine expert Ines Cabarrus concocted special drinks for UNO Magazine guests to enjoy. Too favorites were Numero UNO (a mix of vodka, lychee and watermelon), Editor-in-Chief (cognac, bitters, ginger ale for the men) and Karen’s Kiss (vodka, peach and melon), and UNO-Politan (your regular cosmo of gin, lime and cranberry with the UNO Twist).

more photos found here

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Philippine E-Lib for your reserch needs

research won't be too hard for everyone in these times where technology is already at your fingertips. the Philippine eLib consists of Filipiniana information from its 5 members namely, the National Library of the Philippines, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture and the University of the Philippines. the online resource provides page-by-page digitized items so you don't have to skim through dusty archives to get copies and then later photocopy it.

registration is needed to access the materials. and if you are a member of the partner agencies, you can access the site without any restriction. you can also download the materials by using prepaid cards that can be bought from the the partner agencies for now and soon to be distributed to schools and universities.

there are 5 classifications of members that can access the Philippine eLib. of which type granting access to the collection from the eLib.

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Fish & Bloggers World Tour

NO MEAT should be served on the table during the Lenten Season. it only applies for us Catholics. and fish is a good meat substitute. the Philippines already has more than 101 ways of cooking fish due to it's archipelago structure. but how would you like to taste a new type of serving of a common recipe? try something from overseas, let's say. a simple fish-fillet dish from Malaysia, India, Philadelphia, and Japan. a simple dish is different from other countries. and Fish & Co with Yehey had let us to deliver their Fish and Chips in a variety from the four countries i've mentioned

Fish & Co. is the home of the world-famous Fish and Chips. and as global as the brand name is, their Fish and Chips menu also went around the world! you can differentiate the average Fish and Chips from the Fish and Chips Around the World Platter because it contains the taste that will take the four countries to your mouth.

and as to give that experience, bloggers have been invited to "Prep Up" the platter according to the countries they have been assigned to. and as Yehey have been fond of challenges, once again, a race challenge to shop, chop and decorate the platter of
their assigned country. from the start, bloggers wore sash representing the country they belong and running towards the grocery like pageant contestants in a challenge.

for India, the inspiration came from the Hindu god, Vishnu, which is the god of sustenance, life existence and balance. a yellow flower made from lemon rind is placed on top of the fish fillets as an offering to Vishnu and to maintain balance for everything. Indian dishes are known for having a lot of dips and sidings.

Vishnu Fish Delight

when the contest is over, great presentations are made by bloggers and Philadelphia team won. the plating is filled with cheese and as mouth-watering as it looks.


Philadelphia Fish and Chips


Malaysian and Japanese Fish and Chips
afterwards, a feast of Fish & Co. dishes filled blogger stomachs again with a variety from course meal to desserts.

if you want to try out Fish & Co. dishes, you can visit them at Trinoma, SM Mall of Asia, Shangri-La Mall and Greenbelt 3.

posts about this event can be found at:
Iris' photo coverage
Lace's blog

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it's been one week

photo courtesy of: theketchupgang.blogspot.com

lucky are we who are born in your generation,
lucky are we who enjoyed your presence.
lucky are they who had a father like you,
lucky is she to have you as her spouse.
you are a treasure, a talent, a piece of gold,
but your glitter shines endless like a diamond.
we mourn for your loss, and more hope has just began.
after the darkness, morning comes brightly like three stars and a sun.

-isang pinilit na poetry. FM (1964-2009), we'll miss you. your legacy lives on.

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Manila is all in one book

the city of Manila itself is a very huge piece of land. even i still haven't got around to the busiest streets of it without asking for directions or following road signs. but Periplus Publishing and Fully Booked brought us the new Manila Street Atlas where all, i mean "all" roads you can tell is listed and drawn into detail. now getting lost is not an excuse for anyone who are able to purchase one.

the Manila Street Atlas of course features maps and directions. it includes a Street Index where if you're only familiar of a given street, let's say, JP Rizal; there's a lot of JP Rizal on the metro but getting it more particular to the Makati, JP Rizal street, the Street Index entry will take you to the map page where it can easily be found.

there's also a Building Index listing all building names and skyscrapers around the region. it's so updated that even buildings, roads and other establishments and structures that are on development, they are already entered in the Manila Street Atlas.

leirs, sire and me (official photog namin si aeirin e)

last Tuesday, i have been invited as part of the Fully Booked Bloggers Club to take a first look on the Manila Street Atlas. hosted by Gelli of RX 93.1, we have been introduced to the Manila Street Atlas and mentioning all benefits i said above. there are 2 contests held on the event and bloggers take the prizes! first, we are to find 5 GET LOST tickets with Fully Booked stickers on them to win Moleskine notebooks. thank God, Sire, Aeirin and Leira also came to the event. Aeirin and Leira also got same tickets but due thanks to Leira for finding one for each of us.

next is using the Manila Street Atlas and locating bars and establishments that sell SMB products to the specific map location. fortunately, i was already looking at the Indexes and put my finger on the map with the same entry. am i lucky or what? for that, i won my new favorite green jacket from San Miguel. that Manila Street Atlas has been very useful to me!

speaking of San Miguel, a tasting of 4 ice-cold SMB products was conducted by their SMB girls. thanks SMB!

another freebie is a pink bag from Tuttle with Periplus Publishing Catalog and info about the new Manila Street Atlas. DOWNLOADABLE CATALOG here.

Aeirin's Photo Coverage
Sire's Blog
Leira's Blog

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