The Biggest Pool Party in the Philippines

Have this ever crossed your mind, a pool party like in Vegas? with disco music, colorful  laser lights and playful fountain as your background... oh dear life " this is totally awesome party".

One unforgettable summer night experience happened last April 28, 2012 at AQUATICA & LIQUID Pool and Lounge  in Manila Ocean Park. Hundreds of  guests, invited bloggers and media partners luckily experienced this one of a kind party, AQUA "the coolest event by the bay area".

AQUA in the CITY

What's so great about a heat wave? It's the perfect excuse to come up with a summer pool party!

 On April 28, dress up in your best summer fashion and have a fantastic time at Manila Ocean Park. We are bringing out all the elements to make AQUA – the coolest event by the bay area. Swim and groove the night away as the sun sets at 5pm onwards. See pumped-up performance from top local bands Silent Sanctuary, Tanya Markova, Moonstar 88 and more. Have some refreshing drinks at Liquid Pool Bar and Lounge and listen to the pulsating beats of house music and club DJ. Be part of the grand launch of Brand magazine - the newest hip publication in town.

Check out over 5,000 breathtaking marine life species at the Oceanarium and marvel as you see live penguins for the first time in Trails to Antarctica. Meet adorable South American sealions in the Sealion Show and be mesmerized with graceful dancing fairies of the sea in Jellies Exhibit. At nighttime, a fusion of laser lights, water screens and other special effects are the highlights of the spectacular AQUA Musical Fountain Show.

AQUA is an event you can't miss since this is the introduction of the latest technology to make Manila Ocean Park the first high-tech theme park in the country. The park has recently launched instant information download through mobile phone and other digital enhancements for guests' ease of access and convenience. Avail of an e-wrist tag that lets you access Facebook and Twitter in real time. You can post status updates and share to your friends while having fun in different attractions.

Ticket price is P300 inclusive of entrance to AQUA, 2 drinks and e-wrist tag and will be sold at Manila Ocean Park. For details, visit www.manilaoceanpark.com or call 567-7777 loc. 151 and 155.

AQUA is presented by Ensogo Philippines, Flawless, Brand Magazine, 105.1 Crossover, Hotel H2o, Liquid Pool & Lounge, Zenyu Eco Spa, Makan Makan Asian Food Village and Quix!

For regular update, you may visit and like  Manila Ocean Park (Official) on facebook

Home Mavericks: A Destination for Design

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Think global. Sell local. A brazen and ambitious manifesto for a furniture store – and one by which Home Mavericks proudly stands by. 

The home furnishings and pieces on display in their showroom along Arnaiz Ave. (across New World Hotel) are exclusively Cebu-made and typically end up in the living spaces of design-savvy New Yorkers and Londoners. Quite often, the stamp of “world-class quality” associated with Cebu furniture pieces has become synonymous with being “for export only”. But Home Mavericks begs to differ: high-quality Filipino design should also make their way to Filipino homes, not bypass them. It’s an honest bid to democratize design, and an inspired way to celebrate Filipino ingenuity and craftsmanship.

Imagine coming home to your loft in Rockwell or The Fort after a hectic day and sitting back on a chaise lounge that you’d normally find in a West Elm or Ralph Pucci outlet in New York. Smiling, you close your eyes, adrift in domestic bliss. Priceless moments like this are what the folks behind Home Mavericks strongly feel that Filipinos are entitled to enjoy. 

Mt. Pinatubo with the Happy Team

This is my first ever adventure with the happy team, The TEAM INJURY,   A 4x4 ride for more  than 18 kilometres and trekking going to the crater that takes you for about one and a half hour or two, same way going back to the city was amazing. 

It was indeed another one of the best journeys I've had, the great memories together with new found friends is priceless. I am looking forward for more adventures with them. Gracias! 

With our new Found French Friend Veronique  and the local tour guides.

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Practical Surprises That Gives Comfort

Have you ever imagined this,  going home in the evening after your tough and busy schedule in the office and no one is available to make you feel more comfortable and the only place in your house that you can seek rest is your bed room? or oppositely Just simply waking up in the morning with some back pains because of the mattress or foam you are  using?

The good news is here, URATEX  is extremely in focus to give you MORE than what you deserve, making you feel LUCKY every time you wake up in the morning.

"Everyone desires a good night’s sleep, which is helpful to everybody because it helps us recharge our tired bodies after a hard day’s work. And this is where the Uratex Premium Mattress line comes in, with products like Premium Touch Cozy Latex, Premium Touch Viscoluxe Memory, and Purifoam."

Purifoam mattress

Therapoint mattress

Trapunto mattress

Uratex really gives you MORE meaning to life from colorful microwaveable containers, attractive kiddy design mattress for kids up to a celebrity-style mattress that fits your personality.   

Young Market Masters Awards

Mansmith and Fielders, Inc., an advocacy-based company that aims to uplift the level of marketing practice among young professionals in the Philippines, announced that the search is on for the new batch of nominees who will vie for the 7^th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (Mansmith YMMA) 2012.

The 7^th Mansmith YMMA 2012 is open to Filipinos 35 years of age and below with at least 2 full years of service with a company at the time of nomination and who is described as an innovator.

There will be three categories: “marketing,” “sales” and “entrepreneur.”

The “marketing” and “sales” categories are open to marketing and sales achievers, whether they are marketing managers, brand managers, trade marketing managers, account managers, sales managers, business development managers, etc., and were responsible in uplifting not only their company’s status against its competitors but also built the sustainability of the brand.

The entrepreneur category, on the other hand, is for the owner or part owner of a business considered as the catalyst of the business. The business should be an innovative and pioneering enterprise that offers either a new product or an enhanced product but nonetheless should be out-of-the-box and inventive.

The independent judges for the 7^th Mansmith YMMA 2012 are all recognized experts in the field of marketing. The official awarding ceremonies for the 7^th Mansmith YMMA 2012 will be held on February 9, 2012.

The Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards was conceived in order to encourage and inspire today’s young marketing professionals to become innovators and catalysts of change for a progressive Philippines. Awardees are chosen based on how they create and implement ground-breaking, responsive and creative marketing and sales approaches that help build businesses and brands and achieve greater heights.

The Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards 2012, supported by its learning partner Abenson, and officially endorsed by the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA), the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), with TNS and Kantar World panel as research partners, is an advocacy project of Mansmith and Fielders, Inc. The group was founded and established in 1989 by industry leaders led by Chairman and Chief Marketing Strategist Josiah Go, and is composed of successful practitioners and entrepreneurs who specialize in the fields of marketing and sales, strategy and innovation training.

Deadline for submission of entries is on October 31, 2011. For inquiries, call (02) 584-5858 or (02) 584-8989 or email info@youngmarketmasters.com. Entries can also be sent via fax at (632) 722-2318 or 412-0034.

For more details about the 7^th Mansmith YMMA 2012 and to download nomination forms, go to http://www.youngmarketmasters.com.

Winners of the  6^th Young Market Masters Awards for 2011

Pusong Pinoy CHILDREN FIRST International Photography Exhibition

HOW DO I SUBMIT EXHIBITION PHOTOS?

Before you submit your photos be sure that you're already a member of Pusong Pinoy, how to become a member? it's simple, just like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PusongPinoy.org and learn more.

Pusong Pinoy is asking ALL professional and amateur photographers, Heroes and PP Superheroes to submit images which will help us to tell the Pusong Pinoy story and raise awareness of its cause. Sharing your photographs will help us to further our cause – to help eradicate poverty through the improvement of literacy for Filipino children.


WHAT HAPPENS TO MY PHOTO?

It will join others in a selection process. If selected, your photo will be printed to A3 size and exhibited in the Pusong Pinoy “Children First” International exhibition in Edinburgh. Your valuable contribution will be acknowledged. You retain copyright.


WHAT KIND OF PHOTOS ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for photos which illustrate Filipino child poverty as well as the positive actions that Pusong Pinoy has taken to alleviate it. Here are some ideas on which photos will qualify for exhibition consideration.

-  Pusong Pinoy: the beginning (how it all began)
-  Donors with collected books
-  Book drives (books being collected at events, in cars, in garages, etc.)
-  Mobile or transportable libraries / reading centers (ex. BOOKlatan sa Taal, Baclayon’s Books on  Wheels, De La Salle Book Mobile Reading Program)
-  Boxes being shipped
-  Reading programs showing shelves or crates of books, volunteers and children
-  A volunteer reading a story to a child
-  Kids reading
-  Recipients themselves showing different kinds of emotions
-  Scholars at De La Salle Lipa
-  Turnovers of books, school supplies, Christmas packs, food to recipients in the Philippines
-  Christmas project (Pamaskong Pusong Pinoy)
-  Birthday blowout
-  Kids eating, reading, listening to storytelling
-  Kids happily inspecting their goody bags School supply distribution
-  Pictures of sad kids, or happy kids in a sad background.
-  PP Superheroes working
-  PP Superheroes delivering packages


WHICH ASPECTS WILL GET VISITORS CONCERNED AND INTERESTED?

- The Philippines
- Poverty in the Philippines

- Filipino childhood
- Filipino kids at play
- Filipino life street life in the Philippines
- Learning in the Philippines
- Children’s successes

- PP work- making a difference
- The work of recipient organizations


HOW DO WE SUBMIT OUR PHOTOGRAPHS?

If you feel that you have strong images, please get in touch with Pusong Pinoy, through any PP Superhero, via Facebook, or email your entries directly to:

Douglas Inness (PPC Link)

Scottish Pusong Pinoy Coordinator

Email address: douglasinness123@btinternet.com

We prefer the original photo files from your hard drives. Jpegs are fine. This ensures the best quality for printing. Photos posted on Facebook are reduced in size, decreasing their resolution. To ensure that we get the best quality photos, please email the photos in their original sizes. Of course, if you have a great image, just get in touch!

PLEASE VISIT  https://www.facebook.com/PusongPinoy.org