BIG Sale at SM Southmall!

It will be a BIG weekend, and its a payday weekend, down at the south of the metro, shoppers rejoice with the BIG SALE at SM Southmall. Enjoy a lot of discounts and great products available in their stores and restaurants mall wide. The sale starts on August 31 until September 2, 2012.  

SM Advantage, SM Prestige and BDO Rewards cardholders will enjoy exclusive additional 10% off on the SMAC First 2 Hours on Aug 31!

If you also see THE BIG SALE at SM Southmall posters or banners inside the mall, take a photo via Instagram & tweet to @sm_southmall. You could win P5,000 worth of SM Shopping Money!

SM 3 Day SALE This Weekend at SM City Manila!

After the "Habagat" it was a time again for some spring cleaning, disaster preparedness and change. And even with gloomy and rainy weather ahead this season, it is actually the best time for some rainy day sale shopping this payday weekend. This time the SM 3 Day Sale goes to SM City Manila.

SM CITY MANILA'S 3DAY SALE  on August 31, September 1 and 2, 2012. The mall also have a lot of promos from stores in the mall like these below.

UNO Mag Turns A New Leaf

A stitch in time saves nine! So goes the adage and this rings true with UNO Magazine this year! As the must-have read of every yuppie, young and old, UNO Magazine adds a feather in its cap as it proves to be a major player in the men’s magazine industry.

So have you guys missed Nancy Castiglione? Ornusa Cadness? Or Anne Curtis? How about all the other amazing goddesses of the UNO universe? Well, fret not ‘coz you’ll see them all again – and this time – in a single place: UNO’s 9th Collector’s Issue (Limited Edition).  Yes, you’ve read it right!

UNO, the metropolitan man’s reading companion, turns a new leaf as it celebrates its 9th anniversary this month with the release of its 9th year collector’s issue plus an all-night party with all your favorite cover girls to boot. Isn’t that “heaven on earth”?

REEL DEAL: I Do Bidoo Bidoo REVIEW

The great music of the APO Hiking Society already is a legend in OPM which has been venerated by many artists and even made a tribute album with popular artists and bands making their own rendition of the songs. Now we sometimes ask ourselves, why not make it a musical? That is what critically-acclaimed writer-director Chris Martinez have weaved together the timeless songs of APO into one musical movie of the year, I DO BIDOO BIDOO Heto nAPO sila.

Giving a whole new light with the songs of many generations that still popular even up to today, the film brings together a powerhouse cast that are perfect for each role. It stars, Sam Concepcion  (Rock Polotan) and Tippy Dos Santos (in her first major movie role as Tracy Fuentebella) as the lovely couple who plans to get married and goes into the traditional pamamanhikan stage. Tracy's parents, the Fuentebellas are Gary Valenciano (Nic Fuentebella) and Zsazsa Padilla (Ellaine Fuentebella), while Rock's parents are Ogie Alcasid  Pol Polotan) and Eugene Domingo (Rosie Polotan) which gives a whole lot of riot and touching moments in the film.

MUSIC LYF: Sabrina - Sa Bawat Paghinga (OST)

Sabrina's SA BAWAT PAGHINGA is the Theme Song of GMA Koreanovela ANGELS TEMPTATION

Asia’s Acoustic Sweetheart SABRINA releases her new single “Sa Bawat Paghinga” off her latest album “Acoustic Love Notes”.  The track, written by award-winning composer/ singer Toto Sorioso, is the theme song of GMA’s latest Korean series “Angel’s Temptation” which will premiere this August 27. It will be aired on prime time before the newscast “Saksi.” 

“Angel’s Temptation” is a drama of love, family, revenge and reconciliation based on the theme, “Good and evil sprout from one root, and there is no absolute evil, nor absolute good. Revenge is not in the hands of man.” It stars top Korean actors Han Sang Jin as Cedric Shin, Bae Soo Bin as Angelo Ahn and Lee So Yeon as Anna Joo. Follow its story everyday and find out why it perfectly captures the lyrics of “Sa Bawat Paghinga.” 

FASHIONISTA: SM City FairView Look Book

SM City Fairview keeps up with the changing trends of today's fashionable society with the launch of LOOK BOOK that happened in the mall last August 24, 2012. The show featured collections from different clothing stores found in the mall. And with the coming seasons like rain and Christmas (Fall and Winter seasons) almost just around the corner, being in style with these fashion trends is a must for every fashionista!

The fashion show indeed was filled with beautiful clothes and models in which special guest include Daniel Matsunaga and Wilma Doesnt who made a mark in the runway. Even regular shoppers in the mall were glued to the event seeing the fashion show. And with its success, I congratulate the organizers for all the creative effort for this trending show!

Esquire Financing and Philippine Franchise Asia see fast growing future of SMEs

In the center ESQUIRE Financing Inc.'s CEO
Rajan Uttamchandani with staff at the inauguration
 of the new CAPITALIFE Business Center in Makati.

According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), franchising currently represents 18 million jobs and $2.1 trillion worth of economic activity in the U.S. 

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines leads in terms of franchise concept development. Last year, more than 124,000 franchisees offered the products and services of over 1,100 franchisors in the country. The industry generated more than a million jobs while recording a total of $9.45 billion output—equal to five percent of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP).

PFA Chairman Lim said that the recent growth can be attributed to the entry of new players from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the continued rise of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, and the introduction of indigenous and food concepts.

"Protege" bids goodbye to North & Central Luzon's Reese Tayag

For most of the proteges, this week's gala night is just one of a series of nerve-wracking, anxiety-ridden activities that they have to go through as the road to the big artista break gets narrower each week.  But for North and Central Luzon protege Reese Tayag, this week's elimination night is the end of her journey in the competition.  Reese was eliminated after scoring the lowest in an acting performance wherein all proteges were given the chance to act alongside the "Diamond Star" Maricel Soriano in five short films directed by Cannes Film Festival awardee Brillante Mendoza and written by Palanca awardee Floy Quintos.

Win Katy Perry Part of Me 3D Tickets!

Katy Cats! Get tickets to see Katy Perry's most-awaited 3D documentary movie! The Philippine premiere on August 28, 2012 at the SM Megamall Cinema 2 at 7PM is brought to you by SOLAR ENTERTAINMENT, X-MINI, POLYEAST RECORDS and ASTROPLUS!


GET 1 TICKET!
* Buy 1 Katy Perry "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection" album (PHP500) at any Astroplus/Astrovision branch or online (order here: http://bit.ly/JV2ZQp -- FREE SHIPPING!).

GET 2 TICKETS!
* Buy 1 X-mini™ II Capsule Speaker™ (X-mini V1.1, Gen 2 & Max V1.1 which price ranges from Php 999 to Php 1,790) at any of the following Astroplus/Astrovision branches: Greenbelt 5, SM MOA, SM Megamall, Shangri-la, Trinoma, Robinsons Ermita and V-Mall.

MUSIC LYF: Callalily - Pasasalamat (Album)

Callalily has every reason to sing Pasasalamat; releases new album this September

After seven fruitful years in the recording industry, rock band Callalily remains to be one of the country’s foremost acts, and the band has all the reason to be thankful. The band’s gratitude is lovingly expressed in their newest single Pasasalamat, which will be part of their soon-to-be-released first album under Universal Records.

The band is composed of Kean Cipriano, Tatsi Jamnague, Aaron Ricafrente and Lemuel Belaro.

“We have all the reasons to be thankful,” says frontman Kean Cipriano. “Seven years into the business and we are still here. We are grateful. Plus, we are with a new label Universal Records.”