Win Lifetime FREE Gas with SEAOIL

A bit of GOOD NEWS.

What would you do if a woman suddenly comes in your car and find out that it's Arci Muñoz? Would you be nervous? Would you freak out? But what if she brings you good news? Will you be willing to listen? Then let's do that shall we?!

We had lunch at the Wellington Center in BGC not just to marvel at the gorgeous solo exhibit of Ms. Jingjing Romero, but to also hear good news that SEAOIL wants to share to us bloggers. You see, they've been in the Philippines for a couple of years now and I guess it's the opportune time to give back. Aside from the crazy deals you've already heard from them, they'll be giving away the chance for ANY PHILIPPINE CITIZEN to actually have FREE GAS FOR LIFE! Isn't that crazy? That's around 60,000 pesos worth of gas per year or about 5,000 a month. Now honestly, that's already a crazy proposition, but it turns out they'll be giving away that chance to 4 people. The raffle will also take place offline and online. Every time you purchase products from SEAOIL of worth Php 500 you will get a coupon which you can drop off drop boxes in their stations. Aside from that, you can go to their website http://www.ohmygas.com.ph starting August 14 and will end November 14 this year.

It's properly called Lifetime Free Gas, Oh My Gas!

So if you want to join, you can do it both ways so you get more chances of winning. Aside from that, they will be giving away 30,000 instant prizes like fuel and product discounts right on the spot.

Rey Jimenez, the Senior Manager for Marketing and Communications for SEAOIL says "We are announcing a national promo for the most beautiful cars that roam the roads of the Philippines. Our company is the newest player and leading independed oil player in the country. We have 6.9% market share according to ERC. Hopefully we will have more than 400 in the country. We were the first one to release the unleaded gasoline and clean air act compliant diesel in the country. We also have released biofuels ahead of the other players and launched high octane fuels, then partnered with STP. We also launched a product quality campaign with Arci Muñoz, import fuel from the best refineries, and plan to do a national sales promo from August 14 of LIFETIME FREE GAS OH MY GAS Promo."

"You just need to gas up at least 500 pesos and you will be given a raffle coupon. Sign up and put it on drop boxes in our stations. Register at ohmygas.ph from August 14 to November 14, 2017 and you'll get a chance to win lifetime supply of free gas, a first in the world! That's 60,000 pesos worth of gas annually (5,000 pesos per month). It's available on diesel, gasoline and our other products. It will be tied on an individual and not on the car so you can also buy gasoline for your friends. You can win online and the one you dropped off drop boxes, we are also allowing single and accumulated receipts. Every Php 500 you spend will mean one coupon so if you buy more, there will be more chances of winning. The draw will be done every month."

Now that you know what's going to happen, go rush to SEAOIL stations around the Philippines now and on those dates. You don't want to miss the chance of winning FREE GAS FOR LIFE you know! 

KUMAGCOW
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The 35 Candidates for Miss World Philippines 2017

Having the opportunity to actually see the 35 women vying for the Miss World Philippines crown was just surreal. To tell you honestly, I've seen several pageants already but they definitely did not hold back in hand picking these ladies because as far as my standards are concerned, they all look absolutely gorgeous. The ones that caught my eye were favorites Wynwyn Marquez, Laura Lehman, and Cebu's Cynthia Tomalla. Though I'm telling you, none of them were really not up to standards. I applaud those who had a hand in choosing these ladies because I'm sure it probably wasn't easy.

1. Shawntel Cruz
2. Veronica Villones
3. Glyssa Leian Perez
4. Rose Flores
5. Kacie Lyn Fajardo
6. Jona Sweett
7. Jane Darren Genobisa
8. Nikki Deveza
9. Teresita Ssen Marquez
10. Leidda Paulette Babasanta
11. Gabriela Ortega
12. Henna Kaizelle Nicole Cajandig
13. Kathryn Cudiamat
14. Cristina Marie Coloma
15. Laura Victoria Lehmann
16. Ethel Abellanosa
17. Jellie Alliana Escandon
18. Christine Angel Alvaira
19. Joanna Marie Rabe
20. Trizha Ocampo
21. Netania Deveza
22. Chelsea Anne Manalo
23. Princess Laureano
24. Zara Carbonell
25. Discery Karren Dela
26. Janela Cuaton
27. Ella Eiveren Lubag
28. Shiela Reyes
29. Krystle Anne Ongjanco
30. Kathleen Gomez
31. Jeanyfer Ozbot
32. Cynthia Thomalla
33. Noelle Uy-Tuazon
34. Andrea Poliquit
35. Sofia Senoron

Arnold Vegafria, CEO of ALV who handles Miss Worlds Philippines says "They are more confident, driven for a more noble purpose. We can only wish them luck to make pageant history once more. There will be 35 who will vie for the Miss World Philippines crown. Beauty queens have mentored our candidates and at this point, thank you to P&G, the New World Hotel, BYS Cosmetics, and GMA7. Bench, Ben Chan and Bench Body (who is celebrating their 30th year by the way!), Phoenix Petroleum and our other sponsors."

Catriona Gray who was also there to support the candidates adds "I think it's a really strong start, I've had the chance to talk to them and they are all going to give us a fight in this competition." confirming my thoughts as I saw they were all gorgeous that afternoon. 

Make sure you don't miss the Miss World 2017 pageant which will be held on September 3, 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Aside from the actual Miss World Philippines title, there will be 3 other crowns to be won that evening namely Reina Hispanoamericana Filipinas 2017, Miss Multinational 2017 and Miss Eco Philippines 2017. These pageants will be held in different parts of the world and will be a great chance to represent the Philippines, I could already see them winning it.

All photos in this article is shot by Oppo F3 Black Edition, a loaned phone from the brand which I am testing on runway shows (I might have missed a couple of candidates because there were people in front that might have prevented me to take photos of them as I was only using a mobile phone). Thank you so much to ALV for having us!

11th International Silent Film Festival at Shangrila Plaza

Have you seen a Silent Film? 

I have, and it all started when I was a kid when Charlie Chaplin was part of the reruns on TV and film showings in school. The whole thought of actually watching a movie without any dialogue must be mind boggling in this generation but it has been in existence since the start of film, more polularized in the 40's and has been treasured by countries across the world as part of their culture. To which I am not actually surprised. In our country though, it's pretty hard to actually preserve films and archiving has been non existent up until a few years ago. Generations upon generations wouldn't be able to watch it anymore if this isn't done and it's importance is indeed priceless, I am envious how other countries were able to keep theirs and watch it up until now. On August 31 to September 3, 2017, we would all get the chance to do this on the 11th International Silent Film Festival happens in Manila, particularly in Shangrila Plaza's Shang Cineplex in Mandaluyong City.

Films were restored courtesy of the film institutes of their respective countries. It constitutes the great film work, even music.

They will be featuring a few films including this one from France called L'Inhumaine (The New Enchantment) which was first shown on screens on the year 1923. Music will be done live during the screening scheduled 9:30PM on September 1 and will be performed by artists HeloiseLaHarpe. According to Diane Roblin and Martin Macalintal (from the French Embassy), he says "We looked for a film that would showcase films that would tell about how passionate France is doing it. It's very hard to do this since the French are really strict in licensing, and we are making this with new music to accompany this film. Ellouise performed in the French week two months ago and I was charmed, we needed to bring onstage how she could portray the actress in the movie and we hope you would be there."

Ms. Heloise adds "I am a harpist and a singer and have performed in Manila and I have French and Vietnamese roots. I was happy when they contacted me, this was the start of an era where women were slowly getting their independence, to love, to show how electronic sound with jazz in it's soul. I sang it in French, but it's like world language in the image and visual. My harp is electronic, so it's a little contemporary even if the film is from the 20's, I hope you get to experience the 1 and a half hour film like what we intended it to be."

For the Italian film "A Perfect Family" (Una Famiglia Prefetta), a familiar face Ruben Maria Soriquez and Alessandro Milani (from the Philippine Italian Association) was there to introduce the film. The musical scoring is also going to be done live by Tom's Story (instrumental rock trio of Gabba Santiago, Tom Naval and Christer de Guia. According to Ruben "This year we want to present something that would be able to bridge cultures, some iconic characters and musicians. The advantage of a contemporary film is that I don't have to talk about it that much. It's called Una Famiglia Perfetta. This film is an experiment, I shot it with my first HD camera 10 years ago, a footage that I shot in a span of 3 years not knowing where it would take me. It's not an ordinary film, with me, my wife and my son. I don't know if this has historical value, but I hope you like what we've done. The musical scoring has been done by a Filipino Meth rock band called Tom's Story, and I've met them just today. But I found them similar to what I used to do with my old band. My son, my whole family enjoyed it so much. There is a psychological touch in the film and you'll see that, I hope you find that interesting."

Jo Andrew from FDCP introduced this Taglish film called TAGLISH. He starts "The musical score is from Kapitan Kulam and they are quite famous in the indie scene. I hope you get to watch it Festival wide."

He adds "We thought it would be interesting to show a love affair by four people, in a cafe known for non conservative things in Vienna. It's interesting and this wasn't a power house cast, but Austrians know them now. It's called Cafe Elektrik. We brought in Rivermaya to live score the film and it shouldn't be bothering the plot, a foreign film would need no introduction since Rivermaya already knows what Filipinos listen to."

Pandoras Box on the other hand is one of the big 20's films in Germany, made by an Austrian. The main character is a woman, and she's very interesting once you get to know how how the story unfolds. Sandwich will be providing musical scoring, we found them good for the film and this is also the first time they are scoring a film and she says "we hope to see you on September 3."

The Cultural attache for the US Embassy also joined in and said "Thank you for letting us participate year after year, we are doing The General which is also directed by the star in the film, an epic comedy, a southern confederate train and it's recovery will be seen and it's said to be one of the greatest films of all time. Also had stunts with full sizes trains and presenting a Filipino soul band scoring a 1920's film set in an American Civil war."

Bing Austria adds "We will try to sound 1920's and be soul, where we will have soul and funk music, try to not make you dance, hopefully this closing number will be a party."

From the Japan Foundation who will show DRAGNET GIRL, Hirowa san says "We promote cultural exchange between Japan and the Philippines and we have Espejo Rondalla doing musical scoring. This was released in 1933 and is a gangster film, it is unique, done by a narrator. Japan does it not only with music, but with live performers standing beside it. It was once popular in Japan and is embedded in culture like Japanese performing arts. Like in Kabuki, in puppet arts, we have narrators to explain it all and the Japanes audience is used to that system in Japanese silent movies. Sometimes the performers are more popular than the movie itself, so this is a unique artform still alive in Japan. I hope the Philippine music will provide good accompaniment during the festival."

The 11th International Silent Film Festival is harnessing young, up and coming artists and musicians. They also support spoken poetry and dance. They are also mounting 2 part programa in the grand atrium, done by young film makers. Also on September 3 there will be animation of Filipino folklore called Marianing and more works of art by Filipino film makers and musicians. So there's more to really see at the Shangrila Plaza. 

For the Schedule:

August 31 - 8pm is El Golfo from Spain

September 1 - 7:30pm is Underground from UK. 

9:30pm is The New Enchantment/L'Inhumaine from France.

September 2 - 3pm is A Perfect Family (Una Famiglia Perfetta) from Italy.

5pm is Dragnet Girl from Japan

8pm is Taglish from Philippines

September 3 - 3pm is Cafe Elektric from Austria

5pm is Pandoras Box from Germany

8pm is The General from the US

Make sure you catch the films during this weekend which includes Para Sa Sining side events like The Silent Film Exhibition from August 31-September 3 and Musika X Pelicula at 3pm, 7:15pm and 9pm on September 3. 

I'll be there too. :)

Disaster Resilience and Cebuana Lhullier's FREE Micro Insurance

Micro enterprises comprise 89.5% of the country's business sector. As much as we want to always have perfect weather, we are the most vulnerable when it comes to environmental disasters. The climate is changing, and those who have not been usually been hit by typhoons now have it regularly and that means we have to be ready. We have to be resilient against disasters and that takes a lot of things to work. When disaster strikes, products can't be delivered, equipments get damaged, there are delays in payments, loss of clients, people cancel orders and workers don't get to work. It would not only take a hit physically, but on the economy. Planning is vital, but without related training micro, small and medium enterprises wouldn't survive and we have to all adopt to disaster resilence trainings from successful programs and look into how we could strengthen businesses by arming them with it. 

During the Disaster Resilience forum where I was invited by Cebuana Lhullier, their President and CEO Jean Henry Lhullier mentions "The country has been affected by natural disasters and has bothered the lives of 80% of the local economy. We need to work together to inform, empower and protect millions of Filipinos that are in the midst of these disasters. This is our second year on the Disaster Resilience forum and we want to reach more vulnerable sectors in the society so they become financially included and protected. This is part of Cebuana Lhullier's advocacy which we have started in 2016 tied in with our products like Alagang Cebuan Plus Gold (launched last year), Cebuana Alerto App and National Pilipino Protektado Day which aims to provide one million FREE micro insurance coverage to Filipinos across the country."

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Now that's good news. 

KUMAGCOW

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