Preparing for the First Baguio Bloggers' Conference!

I'm excited to go up north later in preparation for the 1st Baguio Bloggers' Conference. I will be one of the speakers talking about BLOG ADVENTURE. Curious what will it be about? Register now and lets meet at University of Baguio Square Hall from 8am to 5pm on May 19, 2012. 

Guest speakers for the event are:

• Janette Toral - Digital Filipino - Making a Difference Through Blogging and Social Media: A Call to Action
• Avelmar Manansala - GenSan News Online Magazine -Blogging Communities: The Soccsksargen Bloggers Story
• Antonio Caranzza Jr.- Pusang Kalye - Do's and Dont's in Event Blogging
• Fitz Villafuerte - Ready to Be Rich - How To Get Traffic To Your Blog
• Azrael Coladilla - Azrael's Merryland - Personal Branding and Social Media Marketing
• Dean Cuanso - Wat Wat World - Monetizing Your Blog
• Florencio Jusay Jr. - Manual To Lyf - Blogging Adventure: How to Make Blog Post Exciting
• Ane Fallarme - Milk Cereals and Chips - Food Blogging
• Joven Chico - Travex Travels - The Travel Blogging Experience

See you all in Baguio tomorrow!

REEL DEAL: Snow White and The Huntsman - Kristen Stewart SPOTLIGHT

Kristen Stewart Twilight’s turning into Snow as White

In Snow White and the Huntsman, a breathtaking new vision of the legendary tale begins. Kristen  Stewart  plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron).The casting of Ravenna’s nemesis was slightly trickier than finding her pursuer.  The filmmakers were searching for an actress who could capture both sides of the archetypal character: the innocence, naiveté and tenderness that Snow White demonstrates in the first half of our story, and the tough, physical warrior princess that she becomes in the second half.  They discovered a number of younger actresses who could play the first half of the movie brilliantly but had trouble convincing the team that they could carry off the tougher persona.  Likewise, when older actresses auditioned, they could well portray the battle-hardened soldier but were unconvincing as the recessive captive that the film’s early scenes demanded.  

Jean Garcia considers hosting ‘Personalan’ one of her favorite jobs

During a press visit to the set of GMA News TV’s public affairs program Personalan, host Jean Garcia told the members of the press that hosting the said advocacy program is one of her favorites.

“I look forward to it every week. Bagama’t once a week ko lang siya ginagawa, excited ako palagi,” the actress said.

Since the resignation of Ali Sotto as the program’s host last March, Jean has been hosting Personalan alternatively with singer-actress Jolina Magdangal-Escueta.

Sotto resigned from the show so she could spend more time with her diplomat husband and son who are based abroad.

Jean did not hesitate to accept the post vacated by Sotto when it was offered to her.

“Hindi ko tinanggap ang show na ito because of the ‘money;’ tinanggap ko ‘to because I wanted to do something really different, and gusto ko ‘yung konsepto ng show na nakakatulong sa ibang tao at naayos yung mga problema nila,” said Jean.

Search for the Best "Pride Rice" With Clara Ole Sinangag Fest

Rice has been the staple food of the Filipinos, and though we are used to have it plain, we love to do experimenting with it using different flavors and textures. And thus, SINANGAG or fried rice is formed. This is what the Clara Ole brand wants to highlight as something Filipinos can also be proud of as we are a food loving nation.

Clara Ole recently had the launch of its SINANGAG FEST which is a nationwide search for the best sinangag recipie in the land. This is also with the flavorful taste of Clara Ole's Ora Mix Mo Rice Mix that comes in many flavors like Tocino, Beef Steak, Adobo, Japanese Rice and many other flavors!

REEL DEAL: Kimmy Dora And The Temple Of Kiyeme SPOTLIGHT

The trailer of the sequel to the successful comedy movie Kimmy Dora has now been released! Kimmy and Dora (and Mikki) are back with hilarious antics and comedic scenes with Kimmy Dora And The Temple Of Kiyeme, by Star Cinema and Spring Films.

This brings the opposite-minded sisters to a scary quest involving a dark creature and secrets hidden in the Temple of Kiyeme. Also shows that they went abroad (most probably Korea) to pay respect to their ancestors. This also brings their leading men, Dingdong Dantes and Zanjoe Marudo.

The trailer is super funny and I am hoping the quality of comedy could match or exceed the first Kimmy Dora movie, for now enjoy the trailer!

Coastal Cleaning With Don Bosco Youth Choir

The Dominican Youth Choir of Basco will be celebrating its 22nd Anniversary as a church organization serving the faithful of Basco on May 19, 2012.

One of its calendared activities to observe this event in the history of DYC is the "COASTAL CLEANING ACTIVITY" at the Chanarian beach on May 19, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. (right after the morning mass).

Petra Mahalimuyak hosts Kanta Pilipinas ONLINE!

Entertainment has gone beyond television these days. It is high time to get viral for every Filipino. TV5’s biggest and newest singing reality search, Kanta Pilipinas introduces the most popular face of online with Petra Mahalimuyak. Megan Ashley Rivera aka Petra Mahalimuyak is the 20-year old YouTube sensation who graduated at the Center of Asian Culinary Studies Philippines. She came from Las Vegas where all her viral videos were made. Set to captivate more Filipinos after deciding to migrate and work in our country, Petra Mahalimuyak continues to be the most famous endorser of Samsung, Dove Shampoo and Conditioner, KFC and Globe Tattoo. Today, she unveils another exciting program following her viral videos online as the official online host of Kanta Pilipinas.

After the hair-raising auditions and aspirants from Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Baguio, Iloilo, Batangas and SM North, Kanta Pilipinas would like to extend auditions online through a series of webisodes at Kanta Pilipinas website – www.kantapilipinas.com. 

MUSIC LYF: Blush - All Stars

ASIAN POP SENSATION ‘BLUSH’ RELEASES THIRD SINGLE “ALL STARS”

International pop group BLUSH has just released the official video for “All Stars,” the new single from THE UNDIVIDED EP (FarWest Entertainment, digitally distributed by DashGo). The video has recently premiered on local music channel MYX. 

Filmed in BLUSH’s dual home bases of Hong Kong and Los Angeles with director Simon Yin, the video follows the all-Asian pop girl group as they take in the sights and sounds of Hong Kong atop a double-decker bus and the sun and surf of the Los Angeles coast.

Among the five talented members of Blush is Angeli Flores, a proud Filipina with a powerful singing voice. She represents the Philippines alongside other Blush members Natsuko Danjo (Japan), Ji Hae Lee (Korea), Alisha Budhrani (India), and Victoria Chan (China).

THE UNDIVIDED EP, out May 10 in the United States only, features nine tracks: the group’s debut single “Undivided” (feat. Snoop Dogg), and previously unreleased originals “All Stars,” “Warrior,” “Sweetly Leave Me” and “Together We're Greater”; along with two remixes of each of the group’s first chart hits “Undivided” (Dave Aude Radio Mix and Morgan Page Radio Mix) and “Dance On” (WAWA Radio Mix and Razor N' Guido Radio Mix). 

Jillian Warde and Mona Louise Rey lead GMA’s newest fantasy drama "Luna Blanca"

Two of GMA Network’s talented and lovable child superstars – Jillian Warde and Mona Louise Rey – are all set to captivate the hearts of Filipino viewers as they headline the upcoming drama series – LUNA BLANCA. 

This Kapuso offering, which is another supreme creation of the Entertainment TV Group, is the first primetime bet of the network for the second quarter of 2012. With an all-star cast and top-notch production values, Luna Blanca will premiere on May 21 replacing Biritera on GMA Telebabad. 

The network innovates once more with Luna Blanca which is considered to be the very first multi-generation drama on Philippine Television. This groundbreaking production will run for 3 generations with a different lineup of actors to topbill each generation’s tale. Jillian and Mona will lead the cast members of the Luna Blanca’s young generation and their characters in the second generation will be played by teen stars Barbie Forteza and Bea Binene. For the third generation, the adult characters of Luna and Blanca will be portrayed by Heart Evangelista and Bianca King, respectively. 

WALANG HANGGAN Remains PH No. 1 TV Prigram

ABS-CBN Primetime Bida drama series "Walang Hanggan" continues to be on the no.1 spot of the overall top programs in the country. Based on the latest data of Kantar Media for the month of April, the teleserye remained the most watched TV show in the Philippines with an average national TV rating of 34.6%. Meanwhile, the plot of "Walang Hanggan" thickens as the truth about Doña Margaret's (Helen Gamboa) secrets prevails. Who manipulated the DNA results that Marco (Richard Gomez) and Emily (Dawn Zulueta) requested? How will the lives of Daniel (Coco Martin) and Nathan (Paulo Avelino) change when they find out that they are brothers? Don’t miss “Walang Hanggan,” weeknights, after “Princess and I” on ABS-CBN’s Primetime Bida. For more updates, log-on to http://walanghanggan.abs-cbn.com/, ‘like’ http://facebook.com/abs.walanghanggan, or follow @walanghanggan_ on Twitter