HOOQ Does FREE PLAY

There’s so much more with HOOQ as the app makes you choose with a click of a button with Book Free, one month FREE festival until July 21. With some of the best indie and mainstream film makers, you would be able to watch it for the whole month starting tomorrow without the need to register on the platform. This was announced this evening during the FREE PLAY event at the Mac Power Center at Circuit Makati.

Hooq Free is an innovation as they add FREE content in short or long form on the app. This festival is only from June 21 to July 20 and it includes 1000+ movies in it. They want to eliminate too many steps, less privacy concerns too. It’s a taste of what HOOQ is only for this month. The Hooq FREE has short form contents, some originals, tons of content from the Philippines, other Asian countries and even Hollywood. There is a spotlight on some of your favorite movies, pick up and download the app if you’re up to it. They also have an original Margie Holmes show on the platform that would be very educational. Some movies will star your favorite actors and actresses and we saw them during the event live!

They took a lot of learnings from Filipino habits during the 4 years they have been here and they have a network of content creators to bring in content from recent movies, even those in the pipeline.

They are not completely free, just some, but it will give a glimpse of what they offer and if you do via 59 pesos a week, you’ll get even more. Not all are supported by ads even on FREE so you can get something to entertain you, air as is with parental controls of course on some of it because John Wick isn’t for everyone lol.

Dingdong Dantes Endorses MESA Filipino Moderne Restaurant

MESA has been our go to restaurant for modern Filipino dishes for a couple of years now. I particularly love their Tomas Morato branch which I frequent to when I have visiting friends and family. We also do press conferences and small events here plus it is very near my place so I have a bit of a personal affinity with it. Today is special because aside from celebrating the restaurant’s success, prime actor and kapuso leading man Dingdong Dantes will be the place’s face for all their branding needs.

Eric Dee says “This is a milestone for the MESA family, it prides me to look back at what we have achieved. Now we have 50 stores around the country, and this year we want to have 100. We need to accelerate this so we have one person in mind to have in our group, this is Dingdong Dantes.”

Dong says “There will be activities and it is in the plans, there will be a photoshoot soon so you’ll see my face in every item in Mesa. I want to reserve branch number 68 or perhaps a joint venture at the new Ayala Bay. We are looking to have a commercial on TV, perhaps social media and digital assets. We might do that soon and I’m excited! Marian goes to a nearby branch and studies the menu, cooks it at home and perhaps she’ll have her dishes on the menu.”

He adds “We all strive to be our best, this brand has the same core values. My favorite is the Baby Squid in Olive Oil. It caters to Filipino families, in an enhanced styling way. Filipinos who live abroad, our OFW’s would find it still homey. This is one brand where the owners are very hands on, there’s love put into it and it represents something I believe in. We want it authentic, with a little creativity and that’s MESA. I will not disappoint you, I want to be with you also to go to 100 stores soon!”

Present at the occasion was the Talent Manager Perry Lansigan, Raymond Federigan the Director of National Operations for Foodee Global Concepts, Eric Dee their Chief Operating Officer and Rikki Dee their Chief Executive Officer.

Currently, they have this Mesa Filipino Moderne, FoodLink, Sunnies Cafe, Flatterie, Food, Hawker Chan, Kam’s Roast, Llao Llao, Pound by Todd English, The Food Hall, Tim Ho Wan, Tsuta Japanes Noodles, and co created Bench Cafe (of the Bench and Suyen Group), Cerveseria, Food District on the 5th, Kai, Maisen, Mangan and more soon.

If you love Dingdong Dantes and believe in all the brands he endorses, this would impress you the most. Food is good, very comforting and not too pricey. It is mid ranged, but worth it!

Animal Welfare and Love with Saving Flora

I believe in the goodness of the human spirit, that goes with how God had made man the caretaker of every living thing in this world. We don’t think about it seriously until species fall on near extinction, when it is too late. How can we not feel urgency? How can some people be cruel right?

There’s this film we watched this morning called SAVING FLORA. It’s about a girl who tries to save a circus elephant who was supposed to be euthanized because she couldn’t perform tricks anymore. The girl was the owner’s daughter. She took the elephant and tried to go through a thick forest, a raging river and tried to outwit two evil elephant hunters. It’s mostly a family drama, one which can teach your kids to love and care for animals and I’d suggest you do take them along so they could learn from it.

Guests during the block screening included volunteers from PAWS, so I guess that just legitimizes these all. It stars Jenna Ortega, David Arquette, Tom Arnold and Leonor Vareta. Loved the story and how it was made. I also love how it kinda hurts a bit, showing animal cruelty is real and very evident. Things should change. This film is released locally by WOMY FILM PRODUCTION, produced by Synkronized and directed by Mark Taylor.

Come treat your kids to a wonderful story.

itel P33 Plus Launched, Available in Lazada

Join and Enjoy. 

That’s their tagline including “My Power, My Hero” specifically for this phone. 

iTel has been known in Middle East and Africa, India and the rest of Asia too. They just landed in the Philippines and introducing their newest smartphone which is the P33 Plus. 

Star Luo the Sales Manager for itel says “Our company launched P32 last year and this year we now have a new one called P33 Plus. It is one of our MaxPower line with a 5000 mAh battery, with 100 hours capability to be IN. The update is the BIG battery. We focused on making the phone have a longer battery life and get it with an AI Power Master which is a battery management system we do for our phones. It intelligently adjusts the phone performance and extend it to 35% more than the usual. We have it in two modes the Smart Power Saving and the Ultra Power Saving mode. The first takes care of wifi, bluetooth and data, the other for calls, sms, calendars to maximize endurance. You can also put it on sleep mode, app freeze, auto brightness, auto start management, which can last you up to 4 days in normal usage all in a single charge. The phone is also available in 16GB memory 1GB RAM, almost 12GB free space so you can use it for stuff you need. It has Face Unlock recognition, fingerprint sensor to unlock, pickup calls, so you get security personalized. The photos can be taken by the 8mp rear camera, an assistant camera and a flash in the back. The selfie camera is around 8mp too and is employing a face beauty 2.0 technology too. Design wise, the photo looks so sleek with the gradient blue hues and a 6.0 full screen display. Very convenient to watch movies and play games and use it for a long time. It is available in colors Gradiaton Blue, Deep Blue and Champagne Gold. It also runs on Android 8.1 Go Edition OS and has got a 1 year warranty. It also has a 100 days replacement guarantee (for manufacturer defects) so they can replace it when needed.” 

The phone only costs Php 3,499 which is super cheap. itel's product is now also in Lazada so if you want one just get it online because they have that as their flagship store.