The Coke Dreampack Contest!

Someday I want to be heard when I get an idea going. This year's 25th EDSA Revolution Celebration meant something more special for me. I got to see the importance of freedom is at an early age. I might not have really grasped the meaning of it when it happened because I was too young then but even if I was just a kid I knew it was something big. It was something extraordinary and I wanted to be part of it. Today we have a lot of things that we can do to show how much we value freedom. Coca-Cola just launched a contest and you can be a part of this too.

It's called the COKE DREAM PACK CONTEST! To win an ITOUCH unit you just have to answer these simple questions!

1. If you had a dream Coke pack/bottle, what would it look like? How would you make it portable? How many mL/oz.? What would you call it and why? (e.g. in the same way we call the small Coke bottle Coke “SAKTO”).

2. It’s fun to make up nicknames right? How would you call a new Coke pack/bottle if it had the following characteristics and why?

“It's a new handy and re-sealable bottle which I can drink to go with my snacks, anytime, anywhere, whenever the need strikes. It is convenient, instant refreshment whenever, and wherever I go: be it travel, trip to the mall, gimmick, or just simply when I'm on- the-go. Truly a great companion for my mobile lifestyle.”

Just send your entries from February 18 to February 28, 2011 to to dreampack2011(at)gmail.com with these details!

Email Subject: Coke Dream Pack Contest Entry
First and Last Name
Age
Contact Number
Email Address

You can never tell! You could win this simple contest and open up the happiness! =)

Please check out these websites for full mechanics!

http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola
http://www.coca-cola.com/content-store/en_PH/Red/index.html
www.coca-cola.com.ph
http://www.youtube.com/user/cocacola

Coca-Cola: Any Concert, Anywhere!

It would really make me so happy to see Sean Kingston, Mike Posner, KE$HA, David Archuleta, Usher, Westlife, Foo Fighters, The cast of GLEE, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5 and other world renowned artists live in their own concerts. John Pemberton would cry to have the chance to see them in the flesh too; unless his company has something up their sleeve.

I'm so excited to get you guys into this too. The good people from the prestigious soft drink company just launched Coca Cola Music: Any Concert! Anywhere in the World! Raffle Promo. Yeah you heard it right! They can literally take you to any concert anywhere in the world!


This could be you! >>>>>>

It's so easy to join!

Just collect 5 crowns of the same brand (Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite or Royal Tru Orange) sakto, 8oz, 12oz with your name, birth date, address, contact number and the concert of your choice in a piece of paper then drop them on designated boxes found in Coca Cola Sales Offices or ACE Promo Offices nationwide. You can also mail them via the address specified on http://www.coca-cola.com.ph. You can send as many entries as you want to increase your chances of winning!

30 lucky winners will be announced on MYX the Philippine's premier music video channel (that's 1 winner everyday starting March 1 to March 30, 2011.

Just like them I want to go to my choice destination. I am gunning for WESTLIFE! I admire these guys with fabulous voices. How can I go wrong with them right?! They are considered national icons in Ireland together with Boyzone. You can even see a huge sign at their airport saying "Welcome to Ireland! Home of WESTLIFE!" (I'm serious!). I am so excited to see them either in Liverpool, the O2, Birmingham or Wembley Stadium. Wherever it maybe Coca-Cola will surely get me there! =)

Okay I admit, some people say I look like one of them but I don't want to specify who! Ha-ha! For the sake of cheesiness and making you guys smile a bit ( hehe =) )I'd like to suggest you play this one to get things started!

See what I mean? That feeling you get when you are "in the moment" sans blissful while listening to the catchy song is one way of opening up the happiness everyone dreams of! That's the same reason why I would love to see their concert. So if you guys are up to it make sure you gather those precious crowns and join now!

For more information about the promo please check out these websites!

http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola
http://www.coca-cola.com/content-store/en_PH/Red/index.html
www.coca-cola.com.ph
http://www.youtube.com/user/cocacola

P.S.

Don't forget to Open Happiness! =)

How to Look Professional

Branding this site needed a lot of things and one of them is handling images to represent it; and also the things I planned to write about. I found my niche after a few years and to tell you honestly I'm still not happy on the COW theme going on my site. No matter how I desperately try to make things a little professional looking it comes to a point where the cute and adorable still come in. I know how long I have been staying with it (probably since 2002 or earlier than that) and I have been contemplating on changing this integral part of the web site. There are several great institutions like LOGO MOJO that does this professionally and I am weighing my options. If I come to perfect my logo design then the rest would just follow. It's one of the things that I'm trying to accomplish before the year ends. I know that is a long time but it's nice to start early eh?!

If that pushes through I might need to change the site template too. That is going to be another story. I love of having the idea of going ultra modern and professional looking. How in the world would a cow do that? I don't have any idea but I must say that I have already survived the trials and struggles of maintaining this for the past few years. How could I go wrong? I know I can do this!

16th International Hot Air Balloon Festival

This is the first time I attended the Hot Air Balloon Festival and boy was it so far! I've been to Pampanga quite a number of times since I had an EX girlfriend sometime 2008-2009 (I think! Haha!) but this was another thing to attend to since I went along with my photographer friends from the C4. I was excited to say the least because this is kind of the first time I'm gonna see a balloon which is not the usual one you see when going out of the church. It can lift quite a few number of people and the premise was they are going to do that for the 150 dollars you have to pay them. We on the other hand just settled for the 150 peso entrance fee but we had to wake up and travel early (like 1AM in the morning) so we can get there around 4am. It was a long wait and still dark when we arrived on which I spent quite a few energy bars doing long exposures. It was not that nice looking at it now because the lights were too far obviously. I got a prime spot on front and we waited for a few hours just to see these giants in action. I love the big ones and the time they started their flames... it was nice to see in the dark.




They started to fill the balloons with hot air and all the flames were in double time. They needed to fly as soon as possible so they won't be having problems with the wind around 7-8AM. It was nice and very colorful. There were a lot of odd shapes and sizes. Some of them were just for show (like the one for Smart!) but the rest of them tried to fly. Only 2 had problems with it and the others went on a journey to Pangasinan (that is the finish line if I'm not mistaken). This was not bad for a first timer, I know some of my shots were awful but please spare me the drama... I'm a fashion photographer anyway! Hahahahah!











Now how's that? Heheh!

But I'm not that keen on going back to next year's celebration. The travel, the traffic and the people handling the event didn't prepare that much so it was a pain to do. I hurriedly went back to Manila because of work and because this trip was so tiring! I won't come back next year unfortunately! Enjoy the photos! =) Hope you like em!