Glamour Moments

Went home @ late afternoon and I immediately turn on my TV to get the latest news about our late President Aquino. I stumbled upon this site and it contains a lot of information and details about the funeral, latest updates and tributes. Thanks to ABS-CBN, for the full coverage. Here's the link http://coryaquino.abs-cbnnews.com/

From Rivermaya to Wolfgang - to being awarded one of NU107's Guitarists of the Year ! And now, one of the worlds’ very few 10-String Guitarists! Our very own multi-awarded, and guitar master - PERF DE CASTRO returns home to wow audiences in a full concert of outstanding guitar virtuosity. Hailed as one of the best Filipino guitarists by fans and critics alike, Perfecto De Castro now takes his career to the World Stage, this time performing at SM City Marikina on August 7 and SM City Taytay on August 9 , both at 5:00pm. These afternoons of solo classical guitar will feature music from Perfecto’s critically-acclaimed CD, “A Journey through 10 Strings.” An active concert performer for over 20 years, Perfecto has enjoyed a musically-diverse career: from conquering the Philippine Rock Music Scene with platinum-selling recordings and sold out concert tours to performing beautiful and passionate solo classical guitar in concert venues across the United States and Asia. His instrumen...

A true icon. A mother of all Filipinos. That's President Cory Aquino. On this very moment, let's offer a prayer for her. Thank you for uplifting the Filipino people on our beliefs.Thank you for being such a brave mother to all of us.In our hearts, you'll always be our TRUE MOTHER ... A MOTHER OF ALL FILIPINOS. MANILA, Philippines - The icon of Philippine democracy is gone. Corazon Aquino, the country’s first woman president, died yesterday at 3:18 a.m. at the Makati Medical Center after an 18-month battle with colon cancer. She was 76. She had fulfilled her mission to lead her people from the oppression of a dictatorship toward democracy. And, once there, she never let her guard down. The world honored – and continues to honor – her for this. “Our mother peacefully passed away at 3:18 a.m., Aug. 1, 2009, of cardio-respiratory arrest,” Mrs. Aquino’s only son Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III announced from the lobby of the Makati Medical Center around 6 a.m. yesterday. Even a...

Be the first to witness the elite special operatives G.I. Joe battle against the evil Cobra Command at Eastwood City Walk 2 Cinemas from August 7 - 9. Screening times are at 8:30am and 9:30am! Buy your tickets NOW! Call 6876963 for more information.

SoFA goes Rags to Riches The School of Fashion and the Arts’ (SoFA) young creative fashion students will showcase their talents through an eco-chic exhibit and show that going green is in. On August 3 – 9, 2009, SoFA’s students will showcase their designs at the Eastwood Mall Atrium. Using the same scrap fabrics used by the Payatas communities of Rags2Riches, the students of the School of Fashion and the Arts explore and demonstrate the various possibilities of scrap fabrics and other recycled materials in creating stylish fashion pieces. The School of Fashion and the Arts (SoFA) is the Philippine's first specialized Fashion College. Offering a range of fashion courses from degree programs to workshops, SoFA’s vision is to provide students with a guided framework for unleashing and nurturing their creativity, gaining the best technical skills coupled with the finest business acumen. A visionary mind coupled with an environmental consciousness is one way of contributing to the prese...

Catch the country’s Queen of Bossa Nova, Sitti, in a free concert at the Eastwood Mall Open Park, Eastwood City, on July 31, 2009 at 7PM. Sitti will sing cuts from her latest album Contagious under Warner Music Philippines. Buy a copy of the “Contagious” CD at the Eastwood Mall Concierge to get VIP seats. For more inquiries, you may call 709-1893 or text 0918-8-EWCITY.

Too glad that I was able to catch 2NE1's interview at Entertainment Live @ ABS-CBN this afternoon. I logon to my youtube and found out the copy of this interview courtesy of the official site of ABS-CBN, http://www.youtube.com/user/iABSCBN As Wonder Girls are really hot and popular today, 2NE1 is also making waves all over Asia! A group created by YG Entertainment, their debut single "Fire" was released on May 6, 2009. For more about the most promising group of today, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2NE1 I am not really a big fan of Sandara, but I am so happy seeing her speaking in our native language - Tagalog.

Argentina Corned Beef Canned Cuisine Chef Series # 1 - by Raul "Sam" T. De Leoz, Jr. A graduate of BS Fine major in Advertising at UST, but his passion is to cook. Learned is culinary arts and now currently teaching at University of Sto Tomas-Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Also a resident chef instructor at the Heny Sison Culinary School and a technical consultant of the Century Tuna Culinary Circle. Farmer's Lattice Omelet with Argentina Corned Beef Lattice Omelet: Ingredients: 3 large eggs-beaten 1/4 cup fresh milk salt and pepper to taste pinch of nutmeg olive oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter garnish -asparagus spears, blanched in stock caramelized onions Procedure: 1. Combine eggs with milk and whisk with a wire whisk until frothy 2. Season egg mixture with salt, pepper and nutmeg 3. Place egg mixture in a squeeze bottle 4. Heat oil and butter in a small non-stick saute pan. Drizzle the egg mixture to for a lattice pattern and cook until done 5. Care...

After watching Harry Potter, we hang out at stackers. This is my first time to taste the newest burger in town. Stackers is considered to be one of the newest burger resto in Eastwood City Walk. The ambiance is so cool eventhough they have a little seating-space capacity but when you look at their menu --- it's very enticing. Mostly your favorite choice of hamburgers, chickens, salad and other side dishes. And the price is quite affordable. We tried ordering different types of burger include their house favorite, made of 100% Australian ground beef and taste like HEAVEN. You can choose from Stackers Classics, Stackers Premium, Stackers Originals Burgers, Crispy Chicken Burger, Asian Burger Bowl, Garlic Chips, Chicken & Chips, Fried Mozarella Sticks Coffee, Floats and Milkshakes. The burger cafe is open 24/7. So take a bite and see it for yourself.

MANILA, July 20 -- “The Half-Blood Prince” is the full-fledged king of Philippine box-office! The sixth installment of the “Harry Potter” saga rewrote the record books, posting a royal P104.77-million nationwide four-day opening weekend (July 16-19) in 310 screens. This was announced today by Francis Soliven, general manager of Warner Bros. Philippines, the film’s local distributor. That figure represents the all-time biggest four-day opening weekend in Philippine history (beating 2007’s “Transformers’ at P103.87-million). “Prince” also broke the fastest time (four days) for a “Harry Potter” film to breach the P100-million milestone (outpacing 2007’s “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” which achieved the feat in five days). The incredible opening of “Half-Blood Prince” now makes the “Harry Potter” saga the undisputed most successful franchise ever in local history, with an accumulated gross of a staggering P959-million (surpassing the “Spider-Man” franchise’s P910.32-million ov...