Avida Land's South Park District Mural Design Competition

For me, this feels like a tradition as Avida Land has held competitions like these in the past. This time, the folks down south will hold a South Park District Mural Design Competition and seeing the entries all up close like this just makes it feel all so surreal!

This is located at the South Park District, at the National Road in Alabang, Muntinlupa City. Featured works include "In Her Future Memories" by Jhocel "Anthony Marahuyo" Malicsi. He had himself and 13 other visual artists work on it namely Rheydene Luca Ortega, Rhealhet Luca Ortega, Laurence Sebolino Gutierrez, Ma. Aleilyn Joyce Domingo Botin, John Roland Alipis, Ainafer Rupal Arena, John Alexis Rupal Arena, Roma Nieves Huet, Rica Permejo, Mia Jormalyn Astrera Balaoro, John Lenarrd Soriano Barua, Michael Grospe Autos, and Jefferson Panghulan Parajas. They were also helped logistically by Jerome Edianel Carandang, Charmaine Abiado Camba, Paul Denvir Delmonte, and John Carlo Decrepito to accomplish this work. They also utilized Davies Paints and did the mural on an external wall, complete with vivid colors and lovely story. This would certainly be a great place to make memories when they complete the 6.6 hectare mixed use properties with their Avida Towers Ardane (which is now on pre-selling) and the Avida Towars Altura (which sits right across South Park Center and South Park Corporate Center).

According to Ms. Tess Tatco the Marketing Head for Avida Land, "We are so excited to see an additional feature for Avida Land projects down south. This will be so nice to see with the existing Reginald Yuson art installations and I'm sure people would flock to this area as we invite everyone to see it themselves. The Part City, Part Nature, Pure South was a fitting theme for this, blending modern styles, technology and nature."

Ann Baylon Jara the Brand Marketing Head of Avida says "Coming to the south is just a great combination of city and the quietness of CALABARZON. Avida Towers Altura and Avida Towers Ardane are located here, this is what it is all about. It's industry and aesthetics, and these artists show passion  doing it in 12 days, and as we grow, we hope this reminds the people who live in the development, we are so happy to have your work here!"

They won 500 thousand pesos in this competition 

Come post your experiences at the venue by using hashtags #ArtInSouthPark #InspiredByAvida and see how the lucky ones live with good residential, retail, office space, hotels and entertainment venues down south. Visit their website avidaland.com and follow @avidalandph on FB and IG. They also have a YouTube channel @avidaofficial so you can take a look at it online today!

POPS FERNANDEZ Celebrates 40 Years with "ALWAYS LOVED" Concert

The Concert Queen Pops Fernandez is going to have her 40th Anniversary concert called "Always Loved" at the Theatre at Solaire in Paranaque City. This will happen on February 9 and 10, so if you miss her, this is the time to celebrate with her!

Pops says "I actually did not expect myself to be in the business this long. I usually say 10 years is okay, but here we are, I lasted this long. There are so many things that happened to me, my life and career. I didn't enjoy it all til I got separated. It was easy for me to perform with Martin because he was there, now I realized I had to perform on my own. Although I do concerts solo, he helped me, but when I did the Captains Bar gig, I was more nervous there than when I was in bigger venues. I think that's when I told myself I could do it. I was more passionate, I thought of all the numbers, I thank him because I had to go through that professionally."

She adds "I want something light, I haven't done a movie for a long time. I did a few musical comedies that I did very comfortably. Maybe we can do something along that lines. Maybe we can do light movies first. When I was younger, I was a little impatient and looked for it, but now I think it will just come, someone out there is meant for me. I'm happy, it's just going to be a bonus. I hope it is someone I can just grow old with, to travel and see the world. Maybe when I look back, I remember Rizal Stadium. I also want to thank Fritz Infante, it's a little difficult to tell who the next concert queen is because it's really a different level of performers now. It's also performing without a script, the big entertainment value. They have to be known with their own title. I want family and friends to be there. I have lots of barkadas who I feel really love me. I have to thank my Mom for her genes, she really looks young, and she always tell me how to take care of my skin. I think I owe it to myself to feel good, I figured if I was going through something, I would still be conscious of taking care of myself. What you see now is a more fulfilled life, I still have more dreams and yes I want more, I have goals which I hope to still get at a certain age. I want to perform, be part of showbiz, I would still travel with family and explore more."

For the concert she will do a new fast song, something current, you'll also see her perform "Get it Poppin!", a song that may get appreciated by the new generation. So again, for those who would want to watch her concert, get tickets from the Ticketworld website or Solaire. See why she's still revered as the Concert Queen this 2024!

GCash Signs MOA with National Bureau of Investigation to Deter Cyber Crime

Today is a great day for every GCash account holder as a MOA was signed at the Seda Hotel in BGC between GCash and the National Bureau of Investigation in the Philippines. This is to further strengthen data privacy and cyber security efforts in the country.

The event was attended by Atty. Maricor Alvarez-Adriano the Chief Legal Officer of GCash, Atty. Gilbert Escoto the Head of G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI) Legal Department, Oscar "Renren" Enrico Reyes Jr. the G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI) Chief Executive Officer  and Atty. Medardo De Lemos the National Director of the NBI.

Mr. Enrico Santos of G-Xchange says "This event underscores the synergy between the private sector and a government agency. Strengthening cyber security is part of this, with over 6 Million merchants, we have been digitizing transactions for everyday Filipinos. Now you don't have to go distances to pay for utilities, and building your earn and trust is our top priority. GCash has been taking efforts to protect user accounts, we want to take it to the next level. Only you can access your GCash account, and only you will have your face to unlock it on our GSafe Tayo campaign. As we continue to advance consumer protection, we continue to partner with government agencies to pursue a safer and more just society. This is why we have NBI here. Thank you and good morning!"

Dir. De Lemos of NBI says "Today we formalize the partnership of both our institutions to mobilize safety in transactions on GCash. Criminal behaviors change, and financial transfers happen in a flick of a button. We used to be traditional investigators, but cyber criminals are out there. We need to do battle quietly, and we need each other, hence this partnership. GCash has data needed for arrest and prosecution, and in the past, we had successful operations with GCash. It was timely and needed for the fight against cyber criminals. We thank you, let's continue to do the critical things we need to do to make sure every Filipino is safe out there."

Users know that the platform is safe, they now also weed out bad actors but it will all fall to capturing them when it happens. This long term partnership makes it possible to initiate when complainants ask for help. So if you get to be a victim of scams, file a police report and submit it to GCash so they could do further steps to suspend and file with authorities when needed.

LG Introduces MORE Innovations for 2024

After a very encouraging 2023, LG is introducing even more innovations which includes new OLED EVO TV's for 2024. This will be different as they will employ 4x more the AI performance which increases the viewing experience, making it progressively vibrant and have even more life like quality for their displays.

LG listens to customers, and with their proprietary webOS Smart TV platform, they were able to expand their ecosystem and their capability to connect media and other devices. This give the opportunity for platforms to utilize their products for even more ways than one. To date, they now have the LG Signature OLED M4 and LG OLED G4 line that has the new Alpha 11 AI processor. This takes your picture and audio quality to even greater heights and improves graphics on the units to up to 70 percent and do it 30 percent faster than usual.

The new line also does image analysis that sharpens those that might appear blurry, it also refines colors and gives what film makers intend to do, making it feel three dimensional. They also have it in different sizes, LG's wireless OLED TV the LG Signature OLED M4 is available in 65 inch, 97 inch versions and can do wireless audio and video at 4K. Making your OLED viewing a lot different, and stay immersive when you should be seeing it. They also attained a Video Electronics Standards Association ClearMR certification for it, making sure sure of quality measurement of motion blur performance.

You can also use LG soundbars with WOWCAST. Pair it with the LG OLED TV or the QNED TVs4, you will get superiorly different audio immersion. Even control it with voice commands if you are in a smart ecosystem and planning to add it. You can experience this all at the CES 2024 from January 9-12 which will happen at the Las Vegas Convention Center. There will be several announcements also done. If you would want to know more, visit lg.com/ces2024 and the LG Global YouTube channel. Life is still good.