Taiwan Excellence has always been coming out with best of what their country has to offer. The Philippine IT industry will benefit from this especially if we’re all getting to be inspired with what we plan to do in our own shores. They brought in the best gaming gears, accessories, wireless and wired devices as they want to please even our own ESports players. They’re doing an ESports Cup in the three days they’re staying at the SM North The Block Atrium from Friday this week til Sunday.
Pro and amateur gamers would be able to experience using their wares playing CS GO and League of Legends. This is organized by the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Taiwan External Trade Development Council, ASUS ROG, Aorus, AVerMedia, In-Win, Kingmax, Transcend, XPG, Zadak, G.Skill, Zyxelnd and other top Taiwan corporations from the ICT industry. The games will be streamed live via the Taiwan Excellence facebook page so stay tuned! I’ll cover it too on Sunday!
Today is a good day to watch a new movie and for millennials , the film Ang Heherasyong Sumuko Sa Love would probably be a good breather. It's not too heavy drama, it's a bit of a coming of age film that discusses the lives of 5 young men and women who just wanted to be happy, tried to present themselves non problematic but ended up that way.
The story takes a bit slow to tell but you're bound to root for each one of them and feel for their characters. Tony Labrusca is a discovery here, you might not hold back tears in the last few minutes of the film, so make sure you pay attention to his story.
I don't want to spoil things so take a break and check out these shots I got from the red carpet before the fun premiere started!
Angel Jones looks so gorgeous!
Dapper Kelvin Miranda
Tony Labrusca all smiles because his fans were there to welcome him
This is his first gay role, but he was more straight during a certain number. Jerome Ponce was an Energizer bunny!
Jane Oineza was a vlogger, you have to see what she had to do to grow subscribers
Myrtle Sarroza and Albie Casiño is a couple in this film, but not that perfect
Thia Thomalia maintained class in this film
Ria Atayde wasn't in this film, but she supported friends, always beautiful
Allora poked fun with the host outside the venue, she's there to support her friends too
That's the guy from the Jollibee commercial
Young JV supporting friends too!
Posted several shots of Seth Fedelin, didn't know he was so popular on Twitter
Go watch the film today and get your whole barkada with you. This is a story about friendship, mental health awareness and maybe, fillial love.
I was waiting for this, the project alone had me excited and in some way I was already so happy with the cast, but last night's reveal had us all dumbfounded. They kept it a secret for a long time, I was even there before the shoot and I had no idea he was even in the movie. We got the shock of our lives when a familiar face appeared, it was John Lloyd Cruz and I could hear the gasps from people in the back during the first teaser reveal.
The movie CULION is gunning for the last 4 slots in this year's Metro Manila Film Festival and the script from the legendary Ricky Lee, director Alvin Yapan and Producer Shandii Bacolod tells us about the life and love which happened in the leper colony in the 40's. Officially cured of it all in 2006, people had no grasp of how gorgeous CULION is. I have personally visited the place and it was just jaw dropping views, one after another, and the huge difference is its people whom the story will delve on. You will feel their welcoming vibe, much like any Filipino, they will talk about resilience, hope, of which they have shown the whole world they can do. Ms. Iza Calzado tells us how it all became so real for her, also for Jasmine Curtis Smith who plays the lead roles for the film. They got to connect with their characters and how they have shown their capacity to love despite of their condition. It showed the strength of their spirit, how they all have encompassed Hansen's disease and overcome adversities despite the stigma attached to the then incurable plight of people from around the country. There are a lot of stories which can be told, and are still being told now by residents in CULION. This should show you how they've all gone through that and become the proud people they are today. Here's part of the press conference and the reveal of the posters last night.
There will be a lot of things to watch out for especially iconic lines from characters in the film, take for example Ana (played by Ms Iza Calzado) who said "Sipingan mo ko, sipingan mo ko ng paulit ulit.." (which asks a man to make love to her again and again).
I also had the chance to talk to Papang Lee O'Brian whom I had the pleasure of asking a question about his role before they went to CULION, and I was glad to see how he got immersed with the people there after spending several shooting days in the island. He saw what we saw, what the treasure was, it was Culion's people. Their warmth and hospitality, their triumph over adversities, it was what made them all so endearing to anyone who visited the place. You will discover that too, aside from the island's beauty, when it shows on December hopefully as part of MMFF.
Heto na ang unang pasilip sa "Culion". #CulionTeaser Watch till the end.
Directed by Alvin Yapan
Story and Screenplay...
Posted by Culion on Monday, September 30, 2019
Oh and yes, this is so much more than John Lloyd alone, but dang, he just shocked us all.
Let me leave also what Ricky Lee told us would be the cure for the stigma, when I asked him about not being a doctor and what he thinks about curing the stigma, he replied "I am a doctor (Honoris Causa recently, everyone laughed). I could say the cure for the stigma is knowing that they are human too." I felt that.
I take good care of my skin and honestly, I fool a lot of people about my age especially in the blogging industry where every nook and cranny of what you put out there (including your life) is scrutinized. Every year, it becomes a struggle how to keep it smooth, with no visible lines and appear pore less, it’s almost an impossible feat.
Skin trumps a lot of things when it comes to appearance. It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl, everyone needs to look pleasing in the eyes of others. It also connotes hygiene, and self respect. It's also priceless to feel good about yourself, that's a fact.
DMARK Beauty Corporation has been in the industry for 20 years. They have been working hard to put the aesthetic and beauty needs of Filipinos in the forefront, taking lead in ways of anti aging, skin rejuvenation, placing their products in different premiere beauty centres, skin clinics and e-commerce sites which has been of their CEO Ms. Nikki Tang.
We sat down with her after an event and she says "We believe in longterm efforts, celebrities can be there, but if you recommend things that are not apt for your skin. It should be preventive and not reactive. We have to constantly create relationships and not just rely on frontline. We also select people we deal with. Currently, we have neostrata’s hotline and our Facebook page who carry it. We have normal, oily or ageing skin which we can take care of." which to me sounds so reassuring.
One of DMARK Beauty Corp's best sellers is the line from NeoStrata. It has been able to take lead in the anti aging skin care innovations. It literally means new layers and they've been doing it for 40 years, part of which implore their philosophy of renewed skin, effective techniques using patented formulations and get results fast. This is why DMARK Beauty Corporation has continued to be NeoStrata's official distributor all these years, and continue to do so in the future.
Aside from the current products they have on shelves of their partner establishments, they also launched the Skin Active Tri-Therapy Lifting Serum which I have been using for a few days now. Although not totally gone, I have seen visible improvements in the fine lines in the few days that I have been trying it. Perhaps in the event that I've already finished the whole bottle, it would be more visible. It just takes a few drops before I sleep, you also have to lay flat on the bed (and make it a habit) because gravity pulls and makes those creases in your face if you are doing it on a fetal pose. (A personal preference).
There is certainly a very bright future for DMARK Beauty Corporation and NeoStrata in the country, you should start trying them out especially the anti aging line because the last thing you would want to happen is be sorry if it's too late!
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