"Crazy, Stupid, Love" movie with Emma Stone

Its a love story...with drama and comedy, oh wait! Emma Stone is part of this movie and Steve Carell too, but there will be more fun to see Emma in acting with her unique charm to capture all men for this new movie. Lets see if the movie blends well with Emma Stone- Ryan Gosling tandem.

more news below

Disney's John Carter - movie poster and trailer (not a He-man movie)

I saw this movie photo in a broadsheet few days ago and it captured my attention and I thought that it was an another full length film about He-man and the Masters of the Universe, I read the article and it is not about He-man, its a different movie about a guy transported to another world and he becomes the savior of their world. The story is based on the same writer who created Tarzan. The action star for this film is Taylor Kitsch (remember Gambit in the Wolverine film ?)
Watch the trailer below to check out what we can expect for this new Disney film.

more news below

Walt Disney Studios recently revealed the teaser poster and trailer of its 2012 action-adventure, “John Carter.”


From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo,” “WALL-E”), “John Carter” is a sweeping action adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). Based on the classic sci-fi novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs (“Tarzan”), the film tells the story of John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter discovers that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

The film also stars Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, with Thomas Hayden Church.

Opening across the Philippines in 2012, “John Carter” will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International through Columbia Pictures.

(source: Walt Disney Studios PH)

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New Year's Eve movie - (just like that Valentines Day movie)

We're going to see another story that will connect the entire cast for one day just like the movie they had in Valentines Day, this time the story is about the life of many people who will have a big part and change for their life this coming New Year's Eve. Great to see a powerful cast for this movie, that also includes Lea Michele and Bon Jovi.

more news below

- press release -

Warner has also debuted the teaser trailer of “New Year's Eve,” a new romantic comedy from director Garry Marshall (“Valentine's Day”) and a stellar ensemble cast.

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in intertwining stories told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

The film stars Academy Award® winner Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Academy Award® nominee Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Ryan Seacrest, two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara.

“New Year’s Eve” will be showing in December.
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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(source: Warner Bros PH)

3rd Cinexpo 2011 is back

Cinexpo, the country’s first ever cinema convention is back for this year, and its their 3^rd year to hold another event that is scheduled on August 18-20, 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia Centerstage. The event is in partnership with ABS-CBN and organized by SM Cinema, This year’s event has a new line up of speakers and experts that will transfer their knowledge to make the tv and movie industry more lively for the coming years. (more story below)

This year’s theme is “The Anatomy of Filmmaking”, there wil be seminars on scriptwriting, directing, cinematography production and many more. There will be an entrance fee of P1,500. It’s the same entrance fee price way back 2010 and I’m glad that they didn’t raise the price of the entry fee. Participants will receive kits and goody bag of Cinexpo and they can also attend the seminars, film showings and many activities for 3 days.

To know more about Cinexpo 2011, just log on to www.smcinema.com

Check out here my coverage from Cinexpo 2009-2010


Cinexpo 2010


Cinexpo 2009

Happy Feet 2 - movie poster and trailer

I saw the teaser trailer last month when I watched a movie with my sister, the cute penguins are back now rapping and hip hop dancing on ice. I want to watch this animated film in full 3D. Check out the trailer below.

more news below

Warner Bros. has just unveiled the new poster of its upcoming holiday presentation “Happy Feet Two.”

The sequel to “Happy Feet,” the Academy Award®-winning animated smash hit, “Happy Feet Two” returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D.

“Happy Feet Two” is directed by George Miller, who won an Oscar® as the creator of the original “Happy Feet.” The film features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia, Richard Carter and Benjamin “Lil P-Nut” Flores, Jr.

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Smart launches the “Always On” Internet packages

Smart announces their new service and plan for their subscribers, I just receive this PR from a Smart rep and the article contains rates per data you use and an instruction on how you can apply for your mobile internet using their Always On plan. I'm aware of this already beaue I read the news before fro Jim Ayson's blog. (more news below)

Its like capping yourself or having a limit use of bandwidth for your mobile internet, you will only pay for the data that you receive per day, you can save more money and also no worries for a painful bill of your mobile internet on the times that you didn’t even use it.

Subscribers can avail that 25MB Always On plan for a P20 a day, it is a good plan if you surf, check emails or update your stats on any social networking sites, the 25Mb will be not that heavy and it can cover all your data bandwidth for a day, but if you are a heavy internet user like downloading and video streaming, you can get the 2GB Always On package for P995 per month.

here are the list of volumes with their rates per day

Volume	Price	Validity	Keyword	Access Code
25MB	P20	1 day	ON20	Send to 2200
50MB	P30	1 day	ON30
250MB	P300	30 days	ON300
500MB	P500	30 days	ON500
1GB	P750	30 days	ON750
2GB	P995	30 days	ON995

Estimated monthly data consumption

• Email: 10MB
• Game Downloads: 100MB
• Chat: 5MB
• Social Networking : 20MB
• Video Streaming: 100MB

Always On is available to Smart buddy, Gold, Talk n Text, and Smart Bro subscribers.
To activate it, just keyword to 2200 via mobile or Smart Bro user on your PC or just log in via Smart Web Connect at http://smart.com.ph/connect

More news here at http://smart.com.ph/buddy/services/alwayson.htm

New revolutionary social app experience with BBM 6

Here’s a news from RIM as they announces the release of BBM 6, this is for my readers who are BlackBerry users, check the updates here and see how this can connect and interact you from within the BBM connected apps. Check out also some good reviews about BBM 6. I know you want it, especially the FourSquare app for your BB.

More news below

- press release -

Apps become social experiences once users can interact with their BBM friends
Waterloo, ON - BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger), one of the largest mobile social networks in the world is now enabling a new and revolutionary social experience. Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of BBM version 6 (BBM 6), which provides support for "BBM connected" apps, allowing users to easily interact with each other from within the BBM connected app.

BBM connected apps integrate the popular functionality of the BBM service and offer users the ability to interact with their friends from within the app itself. For example, with a BBM connected game app, users can invite their BBM friends to join them in a game and then chat with one another in real time while the game is being played – without ever leaving the game app.

BBM 6 launches today and a selection of BBM connected apps are already available on BlackBerry App World™.

“BBM 6 marks the beginning of an even greater social experience for BlackBerry smartphone users,” said Alistair Mitchell, VP, BBM Platform & Integrated Services at Research In Motion. “It also represents an incredible opportunity for developers to leverage the viral nature of the BBM service and we have already begun working with various developer partners who will be bringing their BBM connected apps to BlackBerry App World this week, offering users highly engaging app experiences.”

Some of the additional functionality users can expect to see with BBM connected applications include the ability to:

· Share app experiences with friends - When a user discovers a great new BBM connected app, they can instantly let their friends know about it. Users can simply select a BBM contact directly within the BBM connected app they are using.

· Have a BBM chat within apps - Users can simply pull up their BBM contact list directly from within the BBM connected app and start chatting. For example, the functionality can enable everything from enhanced social game play to collaboration through productivity apps.

· Discover apps through friends – Users can also discover new apps by viewing the list of apps that are posted to a BBM friend’s profile. They can also click on an app within the list, and instantly download it from BlackBerry App World.

The BBM 6 software will be available later today at www.blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger. A selection of BBM connected apps will also be posted on BlackBerry App World this week, with many more expected over the coming months.

Quotes/Partner Highlights:

"One of the keys to viral game sales is to allow users to easily invite their friends to join them in playing the games they love,” said Keith Pichelman, CEO, Concrete Software. “Integrating BBM into Pocket Ants has allowed the game to do just that." - (Concrete Software)

"RIM is a fantastic partner. We're thrilled to be working with them to provide a better experience to millions of foursquare users around the world by integrating foursquare with BBM," said Holger Luedorf, VP of Mobile and Partnerships for foursquare. - (Foursquare)

“The Huffington Post, a leader in implementing social features to reach and interact with its network of readers and bloggers, integrates the BlackBerry Social Platform to create a place where our users can continue to engage in up-to-the-minute news stories, blogs, and analysis,” said Paul Berry, CTO of the Huffington Post Media Group. “As a BBM connected app, we make it simple for our readers to easily share and discuss the news. BBM 6 allows The Huffington Post to continue to reach its audience in a new way when they are on the go, and without having to compromise on the quality of their experience." - (Huffington Post)

“Unvired Workflow for SAP enables approval of SAP workflow requests directly from the BlackBerry smartphone. Unvired leverages the BlackBerry message list and BBM to provide a familiar BlackBerry user experience,” said Srinivasan Subramanian, CEO, Indience InfoSystems Pvt Ltd. “The BBM platform has been smartly integrated to enable employees to collaborate seamlessly. If the user has some queries while approving the workflow, they can BBM their colleague or Manager, transfer a screenshot of the workflow item and clarify. They can then approve or reject the workflow request. The BBM chat can also be emailed to maintain an audit trail. The BBM integration with Unvired ensures quick turnaround and collaboration between employees, not just for workflow but other usages like checking discounts for a customer, escalating a customer grievance and much more.” - (Indience InfoSystems Pvt Ltd)

“Jingu users are engaging with BlackBerry Messenger in an exciting new way,” said Pankaj Gogia, Founder, Jingu Apps. “With BBM 6, ease of use is greatly enhanced with capabilities like updating your BBM profile picture directly from within the application. Jingu is dedicated to creating social networking applications built on the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform that leverage the new capabilities of BBM 6 and bring enriched and vastly immersive experiences to end users.” - (Jingu Apps)

“Players have always been able to play Backgammon King against real opponents but playing against your friends took a lot of time and effort,” said Troy Johnson, Director Strategic Initiatives, Magmic. “Your BBM contacts are your friends and BBM 6 is making it incredibly easy to share Backgammon King with them and invite them to play in real-time. The ease of access to our product, the ease of sharing and the ease of player engagement are each major breakthroughs. Combine those attributes of BBM 6 with Magmics' industry leading in-game chat design and you have an incredibly entertaining experience. Trash talking your best friend over a game of backgammon has never been easier and more fun. It's no exaggeration to say, for Backgammon King, BBM 6 is a real game changer.” - (Magmic)

“PowWow uses BBM 6 integration to enable real time social event coordination,” said Kathryn Lahrs, Founder, Lahrs Apps. “Users are directly invited and notified of events that are created with our application. With PowWow, the latest information is available and BBM chats can quickly be started if any further communication is desired. Through BBM 6 PowWow users can share their location information, which is displayed in BlackBerry Maps. There is also an option to check your contact's availability directly from their calendars and to create an event with this information; this is a very useful tool in event planning and saves time in the process.”
- (PowWow)

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t immediately react to the 'chime' of BBM,” said Margaret Glover-Campbell, VP Marketing & PR of Poynt Corporation. “Being able to leverage BBM 6 to share search results provides a tremendous advantage to our BlackBerry smartphone user base who can now easily and quickly coordinate their social activities. The ability to share the app download directly within BBM is also exciting for us, given the immediacy and viral nature of the platform. From a development perspective, we see tremendous possibilities for future integration around connecting people while they’re on the go.” - (Poynt)

“Following sports is inherently social – fans are extremely passionate, and like to trash talk, comment, and generally share their opinions on whatever they’re watching,” says Dale Fallon, VP Digital Products, Score Media. “By integrating BBM 6 functionality right into the ScoreMobile experience, we enable our users to enjoy the game with their friends even when they’re not together. In a nutshell, BBM 6 integration allows sports fans to be social without having to leave the ScoreMobile app.” - (ScoreMedia)

“Telmap, a global location-based services leader, is very focused on serving all users’ needs by constantly enriching and optimizing their on-the-go experiences,” said Motti Kushnir, Telmap Chief Marketing Officer. “The integration between BBM 6 and the Telmap Mobile Location Companion significantly enriches conversations and interactions through BBM with users’ real-time locations. Telmap views this integration as an important pillar of our vision to provide a richer, more comprehensive experience to our users. We work hard to integrate our application with popular and useful platforms like BBM, to ensure added value to users who can now add location information to their interactions with friends."- (Telemap)

"BBM 6 is the underlying mobile social network making Wikitude on the BlackBerry platform a very unique experience. An augmented reality (AR) browser with millions of interesting places is already a very compelling and new proposition, but bringing it to life with millions of people who can chat, meet and share in an AR environment has the potential to revolutionize how we interact with one another. With BBM 6 and Wikitude preloaded on upcoming BlackBerry smartphones our AR browser will be truly going social for the very first time," says Andy Gstoll, CMO of Wikitude. - (Wikitude)


Opportunities for BBM App Developers
BBM app developers can submit their applications to the BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. The competition for social apps – "Most Addictive Social apps using BBM Social Platform" – is now open for submissions until September 23, 2011. For more information please visit: www.blackberrypartnersfund.com/challenge.

More BBM connected apps ideas will be showcased at the BBM Apps Hackathon in New York City, August 11-12, 2011, where developers that won the Hackathon qualifying contest will gather for a two day coding marathon. Additional information about the winners and the Hackathon are available at: http://www.bbmnyc.com/05_winning.html

Quick Links
·BBM 6 download on BlackBerry App World https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/3729

·BBM web site: www.blackberry.com/blackberrymessenger

·BBM connected apps videos:

o Wikitude: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bmqN3DZC5c

o Score Mobile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtbOUMoTPHU

o FourSquare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqdJLCLvhoY

· BBM Social Platform SDK for developers: http://www.blackberry.com/developer/bbm

(PR: Virtuoso)

Daniel Craig as a cowboy Jake Lonergan in Cowboys and Aliens movie

Daniel Craig shares his excitement and experience as a cowboy for the movie "Cowboys and Aliens",this shows that Daniel can fit into different roles even that he is not a true blue American cowboy but can still be fit to be one that can fight aliens in the old west as Jake Lonergan. I feel excited to see this film, I love sci movies blended with the old west and this is the first time I'll see a movie with lots of technology and weird alien fighting style during the 1800s. We can also see if Daniel Craig can be more a cowboy than a Bond.

more story below

- press release-

While action star Daniel Craig may not be the first person one considers when the words “American cowboy” come to mind, director Jon Favreau, who transformed Robert Downey Jr. into a superhero in Iron Man, has a knack for inspired casting. He saw something both familiar and iconic in the British native that would fit the character of Jake Lonergan, the lone, amnesiac stranger who wanders into the former boomtown of Absolution just in time to save it from total annihilation.

“He was the first cast member we brought on,” explains the director. “I realized in talking with him and looking at him that he has this gruff, handsome, Steve McQueen-type quality.” Rugged good looks notwithstanding, Craig has a gift for conveying much with few words. “The language of the Western is about action, not dialogue,” says Favreau. “I usually have a fire hose of dialogue to use in my films, but here you have to make the action the dialogue, whether it’s the gunfights or hand-to-hand combat. That’s all part of Jake’s personality, and Daniel is able to carry that off really well. He says a lot with his actions. You see when his wheels are turning and he’s up against everything.”

A longtime fan of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as well as Alien and Blade Runner, Craig didn’t feel as if it would be a big leap to bring these genres together. Admitting that he “based his character very much on the silence of Clint Eastwood,” Craig prepared for the part by seeing as many Westerns as he could. The actor says, “I watched a lot of John Wayne Westerns, but my favorite ones are the ones from the ’70s—movies like Little Big Man and those so-called dirty Westerns where there’s a little more reality.”

When it came time to get into character, Craig offers that it was much easier to become Jake Lonergan than other roles that he tackled. He says, “The cowboy just comes out. We are in a desert, and I’m wearing chaps. I’m wearing a gun around my waist, I’ve got cowboy boots on and a hat and I’m riding a horse. I rode on a horse every day and I got paid to do it, so I couldn’t have been happier.”


Is the situation feasible? Craig believes that 19th-century settlers and Indians would be hardy enough to handle creatures from another world. He notes: “The idea is that survival kicks in. These people are very tough. They’re frontier people, and we’ve got American Indian tribesmen who are a tough breed who have survived the outside world and all that Mother Nature has to throw at them.”

The multitalented actor received a BAFTA nomination and an Empire Award for Casino Royale, his James Bond debut, which became the highest-grossing film in the history of the 007 franchise.

Born in 1968 in Chester and raised near Liverpool, Craig was first introduced to theater at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse Theatres. When he reached his late teens, he moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre, before continuing his training at the London Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Craig has since secured eclectic roles in television, theater and film, and is now regarded as one of Britain’s finest actors.

Cowboys & Aliens marks Craig’s third collaboration with film producer Steven Spielberg, following their work on the Oscar®-nominated Munich and the upcoming Spielberg-directed and Peter Jackson-produced adaptation of one of the world’s most beloved comic books, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, in which he plays Red Rackham. He also stars alongside Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts in Universal Pictures’ upcoming film Dream House, a tense thriller directed by multi-award-winning Jim Sheridan.

“Cowboys and Aliens ” is released and distributed by United International Pictures through Solar Entertainment Corp.

(source: Solar Ent. Corp.)

Why Everybody Loves Gardenia

by Daomisyel of Glamour Moments

No exemption! Admit it or not, everybody loves bread! you can substitute or accompany it with any meals or snacks you've wanted. From traditional loaf to other variants, breads are always present in supermarkets, convenience stores and restaurants. Quoting from what I've read online, they said the color of bread indicated a person's social status. The lighter the bread, the higher the status. Oh well, now we knew why some breads we couldn't afford but somehow see similar breads on store that has the same flavor. Thousand years ago, we knew that the whole bread was made from flour and water like a tortilla until Egyptians added yeast to the dough.

Baking Evolution
Consumers best concern is the demand for sanitation, would you believe that during those years bread was either wrapped by hand with paper and string to slice it into pieces. And, that is why on early years that wrapping was introduced to make sure that breads were sealed until in 1914, a bread wrapping machine was invented by Henri Sevigne wherein breads could be wrapped and sealed in waxed paper (probably to keep the breads fresh and consumable for 48 hours).

Followed by the development of an automated slicers, it wasn't successful because some materials didn't worked out together until it was being fitted and firmly sliced wherein collapsible trays hold the sliced bread and being sliced through sterilized pins.

 Why Everybody loves Gardenia

I admit, I love Gardenia breads from its regular white bread to flavored loaves (ube, chocolate and California raisins) and still expanding its product line to make it more demanding to the consumers in general. It was in 1998 when the modern facility was introduced by Gardenia Bakeries Philippines. I've got a chance to visit the plant and it was a very great experience to witness such kind of huge bread machineries that we always see on other countries.

 THE GARDENIA PLANT TOUR

The 'So Good, I love Gardenia' Slogan
A true winner 'branding strategy' that when we always hear its jingles on radio, or seen its commercials on tv we always knew that it was from Gardenia, maker of the high quality breads we've seen in the Philippines.

Bromate Free, Minus Cholesterol, and Trans fats
A healthy treat from Gardenia, formulated and recommended by Department of Health. That is why we see assorted breads that is also fortified with vitamins and minerals.

Freshness - Gardenia's Trademark
 I was surprised when I discovered how breads were being delivered and reach out several provinces in the south Philippines. As they said, we would want you to bring home fresh breads. Right after the production, delivery vans picked up the breads from the plant and bring it to various places. Also, at the same time, replacing the unsold breads and bringing it back to the plant for other consumption (we were told how they deal with unsold breads, and it was very informative). Aside from freshness, its practice made them recognized as the country's bread making industry.

 G-Lock System
Have you noticed the colors of the bread licks you've brought? A unique strategy of Gardenia for easy tracking of their breads containing the when the bread was made, the best before date and the retail price. Also contains vital information on which production line the bread was produced from with its specific batch number. Making it more accurate and ensure the safety of the products to protect the consumers.




 

Recognitions
As one of the most reputable bread making industry in the Philippines, the company has also earned numerous recognitions and awards
Superbrands award, the Annual National Consumers’ Award (ANCA) as Outstanding Bread Manufacturer for five straight years. Moreover, Gardenia has been ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2000 certified and most recently, was upgraded to ISO 9001:2008, and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certified since 2003 (HACCP accreditation is the consumer’s assurance that all Gardenia breads are safe to eat and is produced in a hygienic and pest-free environment.)

Discovering its distribution network
Today, Gardenia Bakeries Philippines has the largest distribution network in the baking industry covering the whole Luzon archipelago; eastern and western parts of Visayas which includes: Mindoro, Panay, the Negros islands, and Samar; and even as far away as Mindanao.  It has reached Cagayan Province up to the farthest city of Tuguegarao in North-East Luzon; Laoag City in Ilocos Norte including Ilocos Sur and Abra in North-West Luzon; Dumaguete City in the Visayas; Negros and Maasin City in Leyte.  Due to insistent public demand, Gardenia Bakeries Philippines has further expanded its operation by putting up another bread manufacturing plant in Lapu-Lapu City to serve Cebu, Bohol, as well as the northern parts of Mindanao covering Cagayan de Oro City, Butuan City, Gingoog City, Iligan City, Bukidnon and reaching as far away as Davao City.  As if that weren’t enough, the company also makes use of its unique distribution system utilizing their new fleet of company-owned feeder and delivery vans, as well as the Roll-On-Roll-Off (RORO) nautical highway system. 

Motivation is the key why Gardenia's success is unbeatable. Sustaining its goal and making the people believe that the breads they made are from high quality products, maintaining its freshness and enthusiasm to its people.

 I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THEIR BREADS ARE "Masarap kahit walang palaman”.

Visit Gardenia Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gardenia-Philippines/160004397360642
Official: Website http://www.gardenia.com.ph

Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/gardeniaph

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/gardeniaph

Animax K-On! Weekly Trivia Game (Part 3)

Congrats to our winner of week 2 of this K-On trivia game and our lucky guy for week 2 is "Marlon So". A rep. from Animax will contact you on how to claim your goodies for having the correct answer to the triva game's question of the week. For week 3, read the details below for another trivia game round up all about K-On.


TRIVIA GAME
Our cutest girl band finally has a name! Hokago Team Time girls end up in crazy adventures with Ritsu and Yui getting sick and the cute band playing finally for an encore performance. With the cold weather moving in, the girls also end up being busy with various household and personal tasks; Mio tries to come up with lyrics for a new song and Azusa struggles to take care of a kitten.

Trivia Question: “Where does Tsumugi get a part-time job?”

Animax will collect all entries and will pick the lucky person who will receive an awesome Animax goody bag! Winners will be announced to this blog next week!

Send in your answers to animaxph.promo@gmail.com with subject "Animax K-On! Fever 3"

Include in the body your name, mobile number and the url of this blog. Deadline for this entry is Friday, August 5 at 5:00pm.

Next week will be the much awaited original video animation (OVA) episode not previously shown on Animax, and of course the premiere of K-On! season 2. Witness as the girls enter their third year in High School for more (mis)adventures. Look forward to more trivia questions on this blog next week and watch K-On! Mondays to Fridays at 7:00pm only on Animax.

Don’t forget also to visit the Animax Philippines Facebook page to know more about upcoming shows and happenings, https://www.facebook.com/PhilippinesAnimax.

*Trivia Game is only valid for participants residing in the Philippines.

Lazy and play time

Lace's home baked banana muffin - baon ko last Thurs sa hotel

I’m home last Friday and I got tired and beaten up for going home on a rush hour Friday traffic-rainy madness and I rode a bus filled with commuters going to our town with a travel time of 3 hours, I’m glad that I survive standing inside the bus for those hours and carried 3 big bags - my gadget bag, my clothes bag, and a bag full of Gardenia breads. I tried to relax inside the bus but I forgot that I’m not wearing my Somnio running shoes that gives cushion to my legs and heels, I’m wearing my Nike sneakers that time for 3 days and then the horror started after arriving home. (more story below)

My legs and foot are tired and dead.

The hardest part is to recover and I can still feel the pain and tiredness of my limbs after 2 days, so I took a full rest and never go out and wait till I recover. I also had a great time playing and taking care of baby Ash while my wife rests for the weekend. Baby boy Ash is starting to be heavier and grows fast into a big boy and carrying him makes my legs and back in pain haahaha.

The lazyness this weekend kicks off with a great company of rain and cold breeze through out the day, yesterday me and my family played around the house and created our own indoor picnic right in our living room, we watch tv and then movies while chomping some tuna sandwich prepared by my wife and then we didn’t expected that we will be up late at night and baby Ash joined with us having another set of eating sessions, our evening snacks started with a hot coffee and some cakes, baby Ash have its own drinking water and its fun to see our food tray filled with our own mugs and plates.

Today my wife cooked spaghetti and we ate it for our lunch and this will be our merienda and dinner too, we have lots of Gardenia breads here and some mini cup cakes, we always get hungry every time we watch those FOOD SHOWS on cable tv, like in Pop Talk of GMA News, Street Smart of NGC, Pinoy Foodie and etc, its fun to watch those tv shows for food,it automatically inspires us to eat and also cook, and sympre appreciate any kinds of food.

that’s our weekend and I hope this will be experienced every day here at home.

Omg! Free coffee in McDo

Coffee is now trending in the news today after it was mentioned by PNoy from his SONA, but let us move on and check out this great deal that you won't find in any group buying sites hhhehhe. I just spotted this online ad in my blog minutes ago and sympre! I'm a coffee addict, I click and found out that McDo will be giving away free coffee! wohoohoh.

Here's their mechanics in order to get the coffee freebie

posted at https://www.facebook.com/McDo.ph

MECHANICS

Get a free 8 oz. McCafe Premium Roast Coffee from August 8 to 12
at any McDonald's breakfast store from 4:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

HOW TO GET A COUPON

Be on the lookout for the McDonald’s crew who will distribute the coupons in selected offices, universities, colleges, terminals, churches and even outside the McDonald’s stores nationwide starting August 5!

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Present the "Free Coffee" coupon at any McDonald's breakfast store from
4:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., from August 8 to 12 to get an 8oz McCafe Premium Roast Coffee.

2. Only one (1) 8oz. McCafe Premium Roast Coffee can be claimed per coupon.
No purchase requirement.

3. Coupon will be surrendered at the counter upon redemption of the free coffee.
Redemption will be within the promo period only. No coupon, no free coffee.

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photo: the fans and 30 Seconds to Mars concert

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Jared Leto standing on stage with all the 30stm fans at the audience area.

blog-photo coverage: 30 Seconds to Mars concert in Manila 2011

photos and words by Emerson Sy for Azrael's Merryland blog

The 30 Seconds To Mars Concert Experience
It was a wonderful evening, though it rained so hard before the start of the concert, but this didn't let the fans of 30 Seconds to Mars to falter. So as the band.

When we arrived at the concert grounds at Trinoma, the rain started to pour down, and some of the fans were afraid that the concert might get cancelled due to the bad weather. As we looked upon the stage, the concert staffs are busy trying to wipe the water off stage so that the equipments won't be damaged and the concert can start. (MORE PHOTOS AND STORY BELOW)

After waiting for almost half an hour, the staffs uncovered the equipment, signaling the start of the show. Kjwan shows up on the stage and get the fans all riled up and screaming. As they start playing, you can see the fans headbanging and singing together with the band. Surely, Kjwan knows how to start the show with a bang.

The staff removed the musical equipments and clear the center stage after the Kjwan performed which made the fans scream to dismay, thinking that the show is cancelled. It was a good bluff, as the center stage is cleared, one equipment is unveiled and revealing it as a drum set. The fans started to scream for excitement because that signaled that the show is not cancelled. After some adjustments to the equipment, The band started to show one by one. The first one to show is Shannon Leto, starting with an awesome drumbeat, next to show is Tomo with his black Gibson Les Paul guitar and lastly, the enigmatic Jared Leto shows up in the stage who donned in a black cape making the fans shout their lungs out. The first song they sang is Escape from their 3rd album "This is War."

Before Jared play the song "Hurricane" in his acoustic guitar, he thanked the audience who braved the rain and said "Philippines, IKAW NA!" It made the fans clapped their hands and requesting him to say another Tagalog word. he also thanked their Filipino fans for attending their concert even though the Incubus played last night in Smart Araneta Collesium.

Jared asked the fans who want to be on the stage with him before he play another song. 5 lucky fans were selected by Jared himself to come up to the stage. Jared asked one of the lucky fans on the stage what song they want him to play, The one of the fans requested for the song "The Kill." He also asked them what Tagalog word the fans would want to hear and one of the fans on stage whispered to him the word "Mahal" which he said aloud to the fans giving him another round of applause from the audience.

Giving another chance to other fans, Jared invited fans to get on to the stage before they playing their final song for the night "Kings and Queens."
It was a night to remember for the Filipino echelons and fans of 30 Seconds to Mars event hough they were soaked wet in the rain, the band gave one hell of a show for them, leaving them in a state of nirvana and wanting for more.

Here is the set list of songs 30 Seconds to Mars:
Escape
A Beautiful Lie
Attack
Search and Destroy
This Is War
100 Suns
Vox Populi
L490
Hurricane
Alibi
The Kill
Night of the Hunter
Closer to the Edge

Encore:
Kings and Queens