EMPOWER by Dingdong Dantes for BENCH™

As grand as the stage at the Mall of Asia Atrium, it was hightime that Bench comes out with a new offering this Summer. This marks a launch of a scent that defines one of BENCH ™ endorsers; Mr. Dingdong Dantes. If you feel the greatness, if you feel strong and invincible only one word comes into mind; and that ladies and gentlemen is... EMPOWER.

Celebrating BENCH's 25th year and the launch of Dingdong Dantes' signature deo cologne for men, its the man's turn to make things a little sexier at any given situation.

Presidential Sweetheart Ms. Grace Lee also hosted the event!

Today, I had a blast seeing the throng of people I usually meet at the Philippine Fashion Weeks front row; let alone the executives of the brand. I saw some of their endorsers too pitching support to Dingdong Dantes in this new DEO COLOGNE designed for him.

To open the show this was shown on the stage:

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It was dark, strong and very masculine. It was depicted quite nicely right from the get go. It was complete with strong resounding music!

Of course since this is a man's fragrance we were treated to something even more depicting of getting this scent out in the open. Dingdong chose these woodsy - musky smell with top notes of bergamot and lemon together with middle notes of galbanum and clary sage. It presents a fresh cool scent that women would absolutely go crazy for. True enough Dingdong carries that scent well; the throng of fans would agree.

Then this HOT number opened the show!

I wasn't joking when I said it was HOT! :)

Together with the launch of this new scent, some models bared the summer collection from BENCH for 2012!

They've got this Cuban - Latin American - Hawaiian vibe going and I was quite impressed with some of the things they have on the rack. Can someone get me new jeans please?! =)

Different textures, different tops and jeans that's still thick and wearable. Stayed quite well with the earth tones. It looked manly but still relaxed.

Covered up but still hot, that's what this manly scent radiates every time you spray EMPOWER all over your body.

Still not convinced?! Well if you weren't sweating enough on the first part of the show... let Dingdong Dantes show you what it's like wearing nothing on top but just EMPOWER!

That just starts a whole lotta different show!

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For those asking for more, here's the piece de resistance!

Then he came out, and all hell breaks loose with the crowd!


Then here's the finale!
WARNING: Oh girls, please wipe your mouth because you are going to start drooling again!

And isn't that truly EMPOWERing?!

Made for the modern man who wants to harness power, hold it in his hands and show the world who he is... and what he believes in. That is EMPOWER by Dingdong Dantes.

Sighted also in the show were BENCH Executives and supporters of Dong!

Talent Manager Perry Plansigan and THE Ben Chan

Fashion Director Robby Carmona

P.S.

Many thanks to the people behind BENCH for hooking me up! Congratulations on your 25th Anniversary!

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Cirque Mother Africa: Performing Soon In Resorts World Manila!

Familes and individuals will enjoy the WORLD FAMOUS Cirque Mother Africa as they will be in Manila for a series of performances this April 19 to 22! This is great news for those avid fans who can't get enough of these world class artists soon to take over the country by storm!

Acrobats, contortionists, entertainers and world class performers will take you to the continent on the other side of the world and show you what AFRICA is all about. Be amazed and astounded on this one of a kind show created by Winston Ruddle. We will soon get a taste of what its like to have wild animals, the sights and sounds of this land Asians rarely see in real life.

This show will be staged at the Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila Pasay City. Get your tickets now at National Book Stores, Robinsons Department Stores, Cinema Lobby of Greenbelt 1 and Trinoma or you may simply purchase them at the TicketWorld Office via www.ticketworld.com.ph or call 891-9999 for reservations. Early birds can enjoy a 15% discount from February 7-20 simply by calling the following numbers 09163403919 or 09215642108. Come and experience the beat of the drum, the spectacular aerial performances and jaw dropping numbers plus performers in this great talent extravaganza!

Need I say more?!

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The Voice Season 2 on AXN Asia!

For those who moved like Jagger last year, The Voice Season 2 is back and showing soon on AXN Asia! You'll still get to see your favorite judges/coaches: POWER BELTER Christina Aguilera, HUNKY Adam Levine, PHENOM Cee Lo Green and COUNTRY SUPERSTAR Blake Shelton. Watch them bicker anew and find talents without the faces on February 6, 2012 all on AXN Asia!

This season, there is a new twist! Mark Burnett has gotten more fierce by letting 12 contestants now for each coach; so this will be a tougher year to choose talents, a tougher year to pic who's going to have a bigger kick out of the bucket. Just imagine the auditions that this particular program has to go through just to choose a couple of people for a life changing prize! Just ask Javier Colon who just started recording songs with Natasha Bedingfield and working with his mentor Adam Levine... things are just getting brighter! Not to mention runner ups Beverly McClellan and Vicci Martinez who are getting their own respective breaks too! Will you just stand there and watch mediocre reality shows instead of watching THE VOICE SEASON 2?! Exactly! Make sure you get those cable providers informed and get ready for a GREAT season! Remember February 6 at 10.55pm!

Capisce?!



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This is SomeDayDream!

Dreamy. That is SomeDayDream.

I saw SomeDayDream aka Rez a couple of months ago during the Terranova launch. I wasn't really a fan of his music because I'm a purist house/trance fanatic. I guess I didn't open my eyes and ears that day because I didn't know... that I was missing a lot. Before everything became so phenomenal with his career he was into bands and he really enjoyed times with them quite obviously. When that didn't get too far and went on his own, he had so much creative freedom and a lot of people took notice of it. That was the time when Arthur Bernard Dolino Lui Pio aka Champ former front man of the band Hale signed him up as the first artist of Mecca Music his own label. Someone this famous and artistically inclined believing in SomeDayDream only spelled quite a formula for success. Today, after getting so much airplay and fame on MYX and other media channels... SomeDayDream is enjoying the perks of being the only artist with a Electronic Pop genre in the Philippines. His success in 2011 was quite evident, we're all excited what he has in store for 2012!

I was lucky to have been invited in his first bloggers night. Saying YES alone to this occasion was a confirmation on how he sees online media and its influence on the public, after all he was a product of YOUTUBE and he is quite a phenom up until now. His style is original; and he barely listens to other music because he wants to concentrate on his craft. This is my second time to see him perform live, but this time it is a bit different. I listened to his first song... and I got it... I totally get it now.

The vibe is totally different as he makes use of synthesizers much of the track. It sounds so cool and funky. It's very reminiscent of those DJ tracks from European artists, but this one is truly Pinoy. No wonder people initially thought the commercial jingle was from a foreign artist. Add to that his boyish charms and great attitude, SomeDayDream will surely go places! If a guy only had a positive disposition just like him, women would probably be falling on their knees and go gaga. I'm not joking. Listening to his tracks is like clockwork, you kinda can't help but dance a bit. It's perfectly put together and not cheesy. Actually, I'd put this in the classy category but VERY tasteful all the way through. It's not awkward listening to and if you ask the throng of people who listen to him now, take a few passes on his songs because once you love and get to him through his music... you'll never go back. That's how infectious it became to me. I told him point blank after the show that I'm a fan now... and I'm not embarrassed to say that even if I'm a guy.

Speaking of places, he's also got mall shows on February 11 at SM Las Pinas, February 18 at SM Bicutan, February 19 at SM Marikina and on February 25 at SM Sucat. All of them starts at 5PM so make sure you catch him there! Don't forget to also grab a copy of his self titled album SomeDayDream in all record bars nationwide! This is your chance to listen to the full version of "Hey Daydreamer!", Delivery Boys, Do-Do With You (which is my personal favorite) and a lot more.



Thank you so much to the good people of MCA Music, Mecca Music, Pinoy Magazine, OrangeMagazineTV, BOSE, Terranova, Keds and Selecta Cornetto for making this event possible. PS I love the Cornetto flavor I got it was uber yummy!

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