Spread the love with Star Movies’ Valentine flicks

With the month of love coming in, you’d expect nothing but mushy and sweet nothings to flood your senses. But this February, there’s more to just the usual lovey-dovey romance in the air as Star Movies gives you a different kind of love each week.

Whether you’re looking for true love between a princess and a frog, the ineffable love of one man for seven women, or the parental love between a super spy and his girlfriend’s kids, tune in to Star Movies every Sunday night at 9 p.m, and you’ll see some of the funniest comedies and heart-warming flicks for the whole family. Make sure to bring the cuddles and the hugs for this emotional month.

The Princess and the Frog (Feb. 13). After a long hiatus from creating princess films, Disney comes out with a classic love story with a twist. Set in jazz age period in New Orleans, waitress Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) helps the cursed Prince Naveen (Bruno Campos) as they try to get rid of the curse that turned them into frogs. Along with Louis the alligator (Michael-Leon Wooley) and Ray the firefly (Jim Cummings), they must journey through the bayou and beyond to stop with Voodoo Man Dr. Facilier’s (Keith David) evil plan.

Labor Pains (Feb. 20). Lindsay Lohan stars in this romantic comedy as Thea Clayhill, a secretary on the verge of losing her job at a publishing company. To keep her employment, she fakes pregnancy with the help of her friend Lisa (Cheryl Hines), and for the next nine months, she has to keep the baby bump intact as she climbs the corporate ladder. When her boss’s brother Nick (Luke Kirby) takes over, Thea has to find a way to win him over without popping her cover.

Nine (Feb. 27). When talented filmmaker Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) experiences mid-life crisis in the form of writer’s block, he gathers all the women in his life to become his muses. From his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), to the memories of Saraghina (Fergie), the prostitute from his childhood years, he tries to get his talent and his life back on track.

Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C): my electricity budget buddy

Have you heard about the new Meralco website and Meralco Appliance Calculator? 

Yes, Meralco has a new website! and they have this new Meralco appliance calculator which can help you better manage your electric consumption, electric bill; make wiser decisions in buying home appliances and help you get energy efficiency tips!

 

The Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C.) has been a consumer’s electricity budget buddy since 2003.  The M.A.C. is designed to be an electricity bill management tool of Meralco residential customers to help them: a) better manage their electric consumption and their electric bill; b) make wiser decisions in buying home appliances, and; c) get home energy efficiency tips that are customized to their home electricity consumption. Any consumer can access the M.A.C. from Meralco’s website: www.meralco.com.ph.

Although the M.A.C. has been around for many years now, new features and enhancements are constantly being introduced to enable it to cater to the growing demands of electricity users.

With the new Meralco Appliance Calculator (M.A.C), users can now have the option of using either “My Appliance Calculator” or “My Bill Manager”. “My Appliance Calculator” allows the user to calculate the estimated consumption cost of appliances - one at a time.

“My Bill Manager”, on the other hand, allows the user to calculate the estimated consumption cost of appliances in a table format. It allows the user to get an estimate of the household’s total electric consumption cost and see which appliances consume more electricity.

Other features of the “My Bill Manager” menu include: consumption manager, energy efficiency adviser and target bill amount estimator. Consumption manager allows the user to see the corresponding electric consumption pie chart and some text description of the chart based on the information provided by the user. The energy efficiency adviser, meanwhile, allows user to see some energy efficiency tips based on the information provided by the user. The target bill amount estimator, on the other hand, allows the user to see an estimate of his “monthly target kWh consumption” and “estimated price per kWh” by just inputting the “target electric bill amount”.

Other new features of the M.A.C include: a) e-mailing of the M.A.C web link to friends through the “email” button; b) sharing the M.A.C web link to Facebook and Twitter accounts through the “share” button; c) sending feedback to Meralco regarding the new M.A.C through the “feedback” button; d) printing the computation results of “My Bill Manager” through the “print” button (for easy access and future reference of the computations), and; e) viewing the basis for computing the estimated electricity consumption of home appliances for the M.A.C application through the “formula” button (so that users can validate the results of the computations).

The M.A.C. is truly a user-friendly, interactive and valuable tool for cost conscious

electricity consumers. Go give it a try!

Join the McHappy Day Fun Run for RMHC’s ‘Bright Minds Read’ Program

Calling all families, friends and running enthusiasts! It’s time to run, have fun and help thousands of kids learn how to read as McDonald’s celebrates McHappy Day with a Fun Run this November 28 at the Venice Piazza at McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. 

For only P350 per individual or at a discounted rate of P1,250 for a group of four runners, participants can run the race of their choice- 3K (individual and family category), 5K, 10K or the 500 meter dash for kids 7 years old and below. To qualify for the family category in the 3K distance, the group/family should be composed of 2 Adults regardless of gender and two Kids 12 years and below. The fun run will also feature games, prizes and other exciting surprises for the whole family to enjoy.

The McHappy Day Fun Run is a special run that aims to raise P1 million for the benefit of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC), the charity of choice of McDonald’s and its banner program, Bright Minds Read (BMR). Bright Minds Read is a program in partnership with the Department of Education that provides reading toolkits to different public schools all over the country to help grade 1 students learn beginning reading. To date, over 2,600 public schools nationwide are under the BMR program.

So get on your feet, put on those running shoes and lend a helping hand for a good cause. Registration for the McHappy Day Fun Run is from October 15 to November 21 at selected McDonald’s stores in Metro Manila or you can visit www.mcdonalds.com.ph for more details and updates.

Launch of Total Fitness Magazine

Last week, we got an invite from our media friend at the Trinoma activity center. It was a whole day event of fitness and wellness - with lots of games, sports activities, free health consultations, product exhibits for the invited guests and participants.


That day also marked the formal unveiling of Total Fitness magazine.  Total Fitness is the culmination of A&F magazine’s five years of covering the health, wellness, sports, and fitness genres. It is packed with all the fitness-related articles in one handy monthly magazine that can be shared and enjoyed between couples and even within a family or among friends.

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The event aims to promote the holistic active and healthy lifestyle to its target market. Total Fitness Live also had an array of surprises for their guests in the event - my colleague got a Reebok shoes, other lucky ones got GCs, Sony MP3s, Redfox, signature watch, not sure if they gave away Oakley shades...it was really an exciting event!  

Everyone also got a lootbag filled with products from their sponsors and partners, and a copy of the Total Fitness Magazine with Daniel Matsunaga on the cover....he was in the event too! <kilig>

Blaire is lucky that night!!!

Congratulations to the organizers and team behind Total Fitness!

Total Fitness Live partners are :Fitness First, Mizuno, Fit Inc, Oakley, Ajinomoto, Fruitmagic, Sennheiser, Brooks, Jkexer, Calcium Cee, Vitwater, Gardenia, Figaro, Redfox, Goody, Finix, Dermplus, Sexy Chef, Trinoma, Ayala Malls, Tribu, Toby’s, PDBA, Blue Water Day Spa, Biokos, Osim, PAC, Decisive Moments, Digital Worx, Myphone, Nesvita, Milo, Geronimo Photographico, Sony, 360 Resto, Yoshinoya, Century Bangus, Nestle Pops and Lasermaxx.

Media Partners: Speed magazine, The Manila Times, Business Mirror, One Sport, UNO magazine, Solar sports, Basketball TV, AXN, Auto Review, Auto Extreme, NU 107, Jam 88.3, Dream 106.7, Real Sports, 99.5 RT, Her World.com, Etc, 2^nd Avenue, Jack TV, Runnerspeak, Sports 37, Takbo.ph, Padyak.ph, MJ46 Center, Padyak.ph, Philonline.

First packaged tour to Spain’s Santiago de Compostela now available in the Philippines

The Spain Tourism Board, Thai Airways, and 10 local travel agencies have partnered to form a consortium that will promote the Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage tour in the Philippines.

The Spain Tourism Board sees this as an opportunity for Filipinos to visit Santiago de Compostela in Spain, one of the three most sacred Roman Catholic sites in the world after Jerusalem and Rome.  For many a century, millions of pilgrims have walked along the road to Santiago de Compostela.  Traveling the breadth of Northern Spain, the road to Santiago stretches from the scenic Pyrenees Mountains of France all the way to Galicia, where Santiago de Compostela is located.

This year also marks the Holy or Jubilee Year wherein the door of St. James Cathedral is opened — an occasion that happens only when the feast of St. James, July 25, falls on a Sunday — and will be walled up again a year later.  The next Holy Year will be in 2021, 11 years from now.

Participants can choose between a walking tour and a bus tour.  The Pilgrimage tour is scheduled by batch on the following departure dates: September 29, October 13, and October 27.

For booking and inquiries, you may contact Donnette Sison of Thai Airways at tel. +63 (02) 816-7017.

For more details, visit us in Facebook: “Walk the Way of St. James: The Philippine Expedition.

Back to basics with Giordano

Giordano remains one of the few that still evoke the identity of having quality imported items among the many clothing brands that have been welcomed by the Philippine market. For 21 years, Giordano has been the go-to brand when it comes to quality basics. 

Like many brands which formed an affinity to Filipinos, Giordano evokes a unique brand heritage that reflects its unwavering drive to provide quality clothing.

The birth of Giordano

Giordano was established in 1981 in Hong Kong and opened its first store in the Philippines on November 18, 1989 at SM North EDSA Annex.

During the 90s, Filipinos enjoyed the simple look of Giordano essentials as it provided a comfortable fit and a clean look that was easy to mix and match.

Since then, Giordano has expanded its apparel. Currently, its apparel is comprised of Giordano, Giordano Concepts, Giordano Ladies, and Giordano Junior.

Fitting in with Filipinos

Like most Filipinos, Giordano banks more on simplicity as its fashion statement. This vision is realized through its products comprised of polos, denims, crewnecks, khakis, chinos, linens, and other apparel.

Alongside its growth in market share comes an improvement in technology. Giordano currently uses Nutra Dry fabric for Tipping Polo designs which help keep the wearer dry amidst perspiration, perfect for the tropical weather in the Philippines.

Truly, the classic look of Giordano never goes out of style. Fashion isn’t always about standing out. One should always consider a comfortable fit and a simple look rather than risky mixes and matches, or following a foreign trend in the country.

Giordano currently has 1,800 shops over 40 territories all over the world. In the Philippines, it has 45 outlets nationwide.

 

Women's WWS Hoodie Jacket (P 1399)

Women's Essential Khakis (P 999.00)

Alagang Super Mom Kid got talent!

 Mom and kid tandems showed off their creative talents in a free cookie and cupcake workshop sponsored by Bisolvon at Marta's Cake Serendra last August 7.  The event served as introduction to Bisolvon's Alagang SuperMom Kid Promo.

From August 8 to October 8, 2010, SuperMoms are invited to share photos of their child's various talents and achievements in sports, arts, music, academics and other activities by simply uploading a photo in Bisolvon's Alagang Supermom Website.

 

For more information on Bisolvon and the promo,

visit www.alagangsupermom.com.ph