Celebrating Chinese New Year at SM MALLS!

It was so nice! It was so fun! I had to brace myself and watch the great things they did at the SM North Edsa - The Block to celebrate the Chinese New Year! Hosted by Christ Tiu and Richard Yap aka Papa Chen as the Emperor they presented a tale of how the celebration came about and what nice things there are to see in this event! I was so excited I got to see a couple of kids and teens strut their stuff on Wushu and the Dragon/Lion Dance. Check this out!

WUSHU Exhibition!

Guys and kids lined up!

They showed real Kung Fu like things you can do with a Spear!

Long Sword!

Broad Sword!

Wooden Staff!

Flying Kicks!

Fans! Yeah just like the movies!

Katas.. just like in Karate and Taek Won Do

Flying kicks + Swords!

I couldn't believe a mall like SM North Edsa - The Block would go all the way to celebrate Chinese New Year. They've also got a huge Golden Dragon displayed on the activity area so if you are in the mood to take some photos with your family in this festive season, this is the place to be! Come over to SM MALLS this January and have fun, fun, fun!

Dragon Dance and Lion Dance!

As if the show wasn't enough, they got a Dragon to come out and impressively show and exhibition. I didn't know it was this complicated, it was my first time to see it up close!

Now whoever said that this was easy must be dead now... imagine carrying an extra person on top of your head, I'm serious! I thought they put them on their shoulders but OMG its on their head! A simple nod or look on the side would make the other guy fall off. Then since most people don't think that's dangerous, they have a huge obstacle course to climb up to. They jumped from chair to chair, table to table then jumped back! Sometimes even on top of their head! OMG!

It's this FUN in the PHILIPPINES, it's this fun at SM CITY NORTH EDSA - The Block! Make sure your next shopping and fun destination would be at any SM Mall near you!

PS - Thank you so much to the people at SM who accommodated us! xoxo

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The PONY Show Off: Digital Film & Poster Art Competition

Who has never heard of PONY? You must have been living under a rock if you really haven't learned anything about this great brand. With those awesome shoes and great celebrity endorsers you know you are only getting the best this side of the world!

When I arrived this family was performing on stage. Nothing beats your first appearance on stage for a crowd right? Well that's how I felt, but their MTV was quite nice though. With that out of our article early, let's get it on! Shall we?!

Guess what? They just announced the winners of PONY Footwear's digital video and poster art competition properly entitled "SHOW OFF" to get the best digital artists in the Philippines. Imagine over 200 works of art and videos were submitted on their Facebook page and site and judged through LIKES and via a panel of judges from PONY last Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 at 55 Events Place, Sct. Rallos St., Timog, Quezon City. It was awesome to see the finalists bring their actual pieces come to life to the envy of a hundred or more people at the venue.

I specifically liked a couple of entries but it didn't win; like the naked guy suspended on air, some entries were mediocre (which I won't normally say out loud like that haha). The winners were awesome though. 1st Prize went to Mr. Jesus Genotiva for his art work titled “Rock n Roll”, 2nd Prize goes to Reuben Francis Vidanes for his piece “Dare:Graffiti Let’s Get It On” and for the 3rd Prize, it went to Frederick Uy for his artwork called “Hot Dog”.

I also love the videos that won in the "Digital Film Category", being a video enthusiast myself I knew how hard they made those things which probably took hours on the drawing board and days in execution. Winning 1st Prize was KEVIN DAYRIT for his film called “Soundless Transposition”, 2nd Prize went Winson Rojo for a film he entitled “Bold & wild”, 3rd Prize went to a certain Vancleef Emnacen for his entry “Pony Tale: Sneaky Sneakers” but he wasn't there to receive his cash prize and thousands of pesos worth in PONY merchandise. I was envious they get to take away that much!

Digi-Film and Poster Art category winners received P40,000 cash plus P10,000 worth of Pony shoes for the first prize; Second prize is P20,000 cash and P5,000 worth of Pony gift certificates and Third prize is P10,000 cash and P5,000 worth of Pony GC's. I was so sorry I didn't get to join, just looking at the HUGE prizes made me REALLY SORRY LOL!

Instead of the usual graffiti wall, they got these huge letters lined up at the entrance. Of course I got kumagcow.com somewhere there ha-ha!

These guitars were also part of the exhibit via the PONY Archive. Some of the patrons were actually getting their photos taken with these pieces. I was afraid they would suddenly drop em and it'll lose value. That 80's looking guitar on the far right is my favorite!

The gorgeous Kitchie Nadal was there. Oooh I love her!

Giving away the prizes were a ton of celebrities, Baron Geisler, Mr Charles Yu Vice President of PONY and some of their Executives.

Of course, Champ, Bamboo and some other stars were there too!

Hosting the event and providing the comedy I LIKE was Ramon Bautista and renowned Music Director Nani Naguit.

(Photo credits Dye Sison and PONY PR)

PONY's newest endorser WOLFGANG rocked the house with their awesome music. It literally and figuratively tore the house down. I love how the event mixed genres and great aesthetics. I love it when you can just sit down, have a few beers and listen to people like Basti Artadi do his work and magic! It was nice to just say LET'S GET IT ON! and get some PONY love!

I loved a few pieces, specially the dark ones like this Charcoal Gray bit.



I like this one too, it's fun to end the shoelace with white instead of going all black.



This one must be a best seller. I love how original it looks like without being too plasticky. Anybody care to get me one in size 12? LOL!

There are shoes... and then there's PONY. You know where to get it and how to get it in your favorite shoe stores. Make sure you drop by their Facebook page to check out the entries and the videos! Special thanks to the nice people at PONY, I look forward to wearing your stuff soon! Let's Get It On!

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If You Were In My Rubber Shoes

I am trying my best to go to the gym every day. I have work on weekdays but once I go out of the office I can go there because it is literally just beside it. I am also trying to do fun runs on weekends at Fort but I haven't prepared for anything like that. Initially I just did it for maintaining a healthy lifestyle but these days it probably is a necessity to shock myself with different workout regimens as advised by my physical trainer. I don't hold back on the food intake since I am stressed but I need to try running now to compensate for it. I already have the basic gear and one thing that I think I should replace is my running shoes. I've got a lot of shoes but I never invested on these ones for athletic activities. I need to buy a decent pair soon because my old one looks worn out.

I am currently trying to replicate everything on treadmill and it seems that I can do 5 or 10 kilometers on an easy day. I wouldn't be gunning for a marathon since that would take time to prepare but this particular distance seems achievable. I would probably have an easier run if I do it on real pavement but right now I'd settle for the air conditioned confines of the gym. If I win one of those running events I'll let you know. As for now my quest for another pair of shoes is on. I already have 30+ (for different occasions) but I wouldn't mind another one!