Written by Azrael Coladilla on 8:44 PM
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
It just give me some chills and goosebumps after I googled an image of my 1st Sony experience item and this Sony Walkman is my ever first item in my entire life, I just remembered that I used to play my favorite cassette tapes like Sesame Street and recorded music from the radio. During my youngling years I love to listen to music and thanks to my uncle and aunt for giving this great item during their early balikbayan times. Read more below.
I carry the Sony Walkman in school and then during my boy scout days, I never leave home with it, because its the only gadget that I have and I love listening to music and also the radio. There was a time that this Walkman reached my High School days and I felt sad when it got broken and because of it was old and being used almost everyday, I said good bye to it and waited for another Sony Walkman to be replaced by my aunt and uncle a year after, but love the new features and also its style with a color black design, perfect for the early 90's.
My dad is a big Sony fan, all our TV sets are branded Sony, we also have our 1st CD player, which gave me my first weirdness to see a CD audio and a big Sony CD and cassette player. My mom bought this Mariah Carey MTV Unplugged CD and she played it over and over again, because of that CDs are very rare that time its the only CD audio we have at home after they bought it, then dad told me to choose my first CD audio ahahah, oh yeah, Black Sabbath CD is still the shiznit! and I love it.
My family is big Sony user and I'm happy to learn from my dad that all of us should buy great branded items like Sony. aww I'm starting to miss my dad and family because of this blog post.
The early Sony Walkman definitely gave significance in my life just like the Sony’s World’s First RGB LED Backlight LCD TV: Bravia X450, that simply amazes me whenever it comes from 1st base technology, we just got a new Sony Bravia LCD TV T-series weeks ago, and I'm very impressed on its style and intelligent features. Best for enjoying watching TV and also home movies.
In tradition of my holiday season events check list and after the success of the Halloween party check list, I'm now listing the top interesting bazaars, festival and events for the Christmas Season for 2008 here in Manila, Philippines. If you like to add or recommend an event or bazaar, just post a comment here or email me at azrael at gmail dot com.
I love to shop and buy stuff during the Christmas holiday and season, and because of the bazaars and tiangges popping up like mushrooms every December, its hard to avoid it because the prices are in a good deal and the rare items are mostly available in the bazaars. On my next post will be the top interesting items that is perfect for gifts and for your Christmas hauls.
Okay here are the bazaars, events and festival this December 2008. ( read more below) THE 8TH WORLD BAZAAR FESTIVAL December 5 –16, 2008 World Trade Center Metro Manila http://www.worldbex.com/
We are visiting this bazaar every year, and I think we visit it 2-3 times in a week, just to grab the good items and also catching up the closing sale of all stalls. Best to visit this is at around weekday and in the opening and closing date of the bazaar. Great items to choose with wide selection of never before seen items, I always check out some cool t-shirts and also some toys. Also great to see some celebrities selling some of their items at the stall.
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8th Noel Discovery Bazaar and Christmas Shopping Expo December 19 - 21, 2008 World Trade Center Metro Manila info here
Another bazaar festival event that we don't miss, I remember that we bought and almost completed the Care Bears stuff toy and bought it in one of the stalls that we saw every year. This is one of the bazaars that is crowded same as the bazaar listed above. Best visit is still on the weekdays if you don't like too much people in the area, but be there early because the car parking is a pain and bring lots of plastic bags or call your driver to pick up the items from you, so that you won't carry too much of your shopping hauls.
*** Rockwell's Urban Bazaar Holiday Series December 12-14, 2008 Rockwell Powerplant tent info here
I haven't attended this bazaar, but this event is best if you want to shop something Pop and Fashion. Been receiving their event alerts via SMS, and maybe its time for me to check it out and do a review here on December 12th. I'm not sure if the entrance fee is P100, because the last Urban Bazaar or a similar bazaar I went in Rockwell tent, they charged me P100 just for the entrance fee.
*** Manila Toys and Gift Show 2008 December 16-21, 2008 Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall
Here's another bazaar in the mall, and a best place were you can buy cool and rare gifts for Christmas, the selection of items range from shirts, house wares, toys, playthings, stuff for dads, food and many more. The event is filled with activities and also programs to spice up your shopping gimiks. Free entrance fee for everyone, and its a charity event for Bantay Bata 163.
*** 3rd Christmas Toys and Collectibles Fair 2008 December 19-21, 2008 Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall
This is our own bazaar and festival for all of you toy and collectible fanatics, an event thing we partnered with Megatrade Hall and SM Megamall. For the 3rd year of our toy fair also dubbed as the Christmas Toy Convention or Toy Con, we got lots of exhibitors selling top and licensed merchandise from the pop culture of comics, toys, movies, tv and even art crafts made by Filipino's including tshirts, statues and customized action figures. The best bazaar for toys and we have it everything here. If you have any inquiries, feel free to contact me here.
Best day to visit is - day 1 up to day 3, every day is a different deal and release of jackpot items
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Y U L E T I D E S O U K T H E B I G R E D B A Z A A R December 20-21, 2008 Rockwell Tent info here
I haven't been here too, but I'll try to check it out on the next date. Entrepreneurs and Designers will be there for the event selling their own product line.
*** Wonderland Christmas Bazaar at the Tent '08 December 22-23, 2008 Rockwell tent info here
Just saw this event listed in Sulit.com.ph, and after googling some interesting bazaars, this will be my last for the list, but I know there are other interesting events for December that I will repost it here.
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Thanks to my fellow bloggers Byahilo.com and Fitzvillafuerte.com for the listing of guides of other bazaars, check out their links above for a complete list of other bazaars and festival.
30 Bloggers join the food event at Super Bowl of China, TriNoma mall.
Super Bowl of China gave us tasty and healthy dishes for this month, and Bloggers were invited to check out the master chef's skills in cooking and also for us to design our own decorated art bowl. Yehey.com organized the event with Super Bowl of China at the TriNoma branch, lots of bloggers and photographers participated and we enjoy the event as we got lots of hot table discussions with my seat mate.
We saw how the chinese master chef cooked this Tao Sa Pao, its a sweet treat of fried siopao dough with black bean cream filling. They boiled the oil on a 109 degrees hot frying pan, under that is the super hot jet flame stove. Its kinda scary inside, but the master chefs is the expert here and they guide us on how to check if the oil is in correct heat and how to cook Tao Sa Pao. They used a strainer and pour the hot oil in the dough and continue the process until it turns brown. ( read more below) After the tour, we just finished designing our bowl, its funny that I always ruined my own design and I just can't avoid touching the wet paint of my bowl during my process of coloring the other side, It was supposed to be a funny face in the bowl, but the coloring thing made it look ugly ahhhaa. You can see my entry in the top side of this photo.
We also tasted the Crispy Mandarin Chicken, , made of boneless chicken fillets fried to a golden brown crisp, drenched in a light and mildly spiced Chinese Sauce, and served with Taiwan petchay on the side. It made my day, because it tasted good and first I thought it was a duck or a pigeon. There is also a Lechon Macau, which Marcelle really waited to tasted and we say hello to our fellow heart and arteries, we didn't wasted time and ate the Lechon Macau, its a deep-fried crispy pork belly cutlets seasoned with select Chinese spices and served with Hoisin sauce on the side, the winner part of the Lechon Macau is the Hoisin sauce, it has a sweet taste and it kills the "suya" feel under your tongue, also RG enjoyed eating his vegetable with the sauce.
I love sea foods and vegetables, this Seafood Chopsuey that is cooked with assorted garden fresh vegetables with black and mixed mushrooms sautéed with fish fillet, shrimp, and other seafood, is the best meal of the day for me, and I love the way they cooked it and tasted not too salty, but more healthy to my heart :)
photo by Adaphobic.com
Lace busy designing her own bowl. using pentel pen and colored glue glitters
Christmas Ham and Chicken
Master Chef teaching us not to use our hands in checking out temperature of the pan
cooking the Tao Sa Pao
now ready to serve and eat.
RG poses infront of the hot kitchen stove
bloggers enjoy the great meal at Super Bowl of China
Arpee bugs Marcelle, while Ada looks at them in a funny manner
Yehey.com
bloggers listen to the marketing person of Super Bowl of China, I think we were listening about their other branches and their related to Big Buddha.
Also, you can try out these meals in any Super Bowl of China and Big Buddah branches, with their list of meals of Deep Fried Cuttlefish with Spicy Salt, Yang Chow Fried Rice, Hunan Tofu, Crispy Shrimp w/ Sweet & Sour Sauce, Fish Fillet with Taosi Sauce, Sweet and Sour Pork, Honey Glazed Pork Ribs, Sliced Beef with Brocolli, Szechuan Shrimp, Golden Shanghai Chicken, Steamed Fish Fillet w/ Garlic, assorted dimsum, roasts, rice toppings, and desserts.
for list of branches
Super Bowl of China branches are located at the 2nd level Glorietta 4, Ayala Center, Makati City; 3rd Level Chefs Avenue Festival Mall, Alabang; 2nd level SM City North Edsa, Quezon City; 3rd level Gateway Mall Araneta Center Cubao, Quezon City; Ground floor SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City; M1 Activity Center Trinoma Mall North Edsa, Quezon City; Ground floor Midtown Wing of Robinsons Place Manila; Ground floor Bluewave Marquinton Mall, Marikina City; and at the affiliated Big Buddha Restaurant located at the 2nd level of Greenbelt 3 in Ayala Center, Makati City.And watch out for the Grand Reopening of Super Bowl of China at the 4th level of SM Megamall’s newest wing in Mandaluyong City coming very soon!
Super Bowl of China also delivers. Just dial their Super Delivery Hotline 737-8888 for Super Chinese Food Delivery of delicious meals, hot and fresh in mechanically sealed and hygienic microwaveable containers.
check out the newspaper few Sunday's ago, my photo coverage of the Komikon 2008 appeared in Ramon de Veyra's article "the kult of Komikon" in Philippine Star. So cool to see my photos in printed in top broadsheets. thanks to Ramon for emailing me about the photos and at first I didn't know that it was for a news paper article, I thought it will be for a blog or online news. I just hope I sent you a high resolution of these photos, but they look great! thanks also to beerkada.net for the photo scan of this newspaper.
btw, my tv appearance in the Probe will be today in ABS CBN, I just dont know what time will it start, but it will be aired a little late in the evening, I feel nervous already because I didn't have any idea on what I talked about during the interview ahahah, the topic is about some stuff that I do here in my blog, and it will be like sharing my experience under the lens of a camera and the back of my blog website.
Written by Azrael Coladilla on 4:19 PM
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Sepultura performing live in Manila 's Muziklaban 2008 check out my photo coverage below
The ultimate heavy metal and thrash metal icon is here in Manila, and I still can't believe that I'm infront of the stage watching them and busy head banging my head while listening to their music. Sepultura is one of the most influential band of all times to old and young rock generations. I just remembered that I'm listening to their music since I am in high school and been like worshiping their guitar riffs, jumping and head banging after my mom's Freedie Aguilar tape playing in our karaoke machine unit.
Even that the Cavelera brothers are no longer in the roster, but still the music lives and the band is still strong to many Sepultura fans. Below are my greatest photo coverage ever in my life while watching Sepultura and feel the chills and goosebumps all over my skin.
We arrived at 12 midnight after our blog night talk in SMX and arriving in Marikina Sports Complex is smooth and even that there is traffic in Marikina, we can still feel the flow of energy of the event after seeing all these rock fans waiting outside the venue. I just caught KJwan performing on stage and thanks to the media pass and all access ID, I managed to go up on stage and took some photos. I started to get excited because the organizers told me to go up on stage immediately because the stage will be close from all press/media after the awarding, because Sepultura will perform after and everyone should be out of the stage area. (read more below) After that I captured the great moments of the awarding, I'm so happy to know that the band from Baguio, EVEN, won the 1st place in the Muziklaban, I'm very impressed on their style and also performance, and I was there at the semi finals sessions and they are the last band to perform at 6UG , and the judges got blown away for listening to their music and performance act, the lead vocalist is a female, and as the judges say that time, if her band won, then their the 2nd band to be a champ with a female vocalists, I think they were referring to Fuseboxx as the 1st band to win with a female vocalists.
The awarding is smooth, winners get 10,000 pesos in cash, while the 1st place winner will receive 1 million pesos and a recording contract and plus to represent and endorese Red Horse Beer. The Muziklaban is one of the most important event in our Philippine rock history, searching for new breed of artist that will be added and contribute to the rock music scene.
I was at the Bloggers night conference inside Asian Business Expo 2008 to conduct a talk and sort of a seminar to non- bloggers. I invited bloggers to join with me to have a sharing moment and give lecture to everyone about blogging and also video blogging. I like to thank everyone who came and listen to our talk, although that the audience is not that big, I'm still happy that many stayed till 9pm and listened to all speakers.
For my notes, I'll be listing some of the topics I discussed from the conference.
here's my script, funny that I'm into events organizing and as a program director, I created my own script and program guide, read more below. Blogs, Blogging, and Bloggers
1. Intro 2. Popular blogs 3. What is a blog 4. Reasons for blogging - Personal, business, hobby, entertainment 5. Guest bloggers 6. Evolution of blogs and bloggers
Intro - introduce self - ask and talk to audience about their views on blogs or to talk about their blog - ask who wants to blog and what keeps them from starting a blog - ask who want to learn more about blogging - who wants to earn and build reputation through blogging - blogging as a career - intro again
Blog Examples - show examples of blogs - with urls - different kinds of blogs - wholesome blogs - screenshot of blogs
“Blog” in a nutshell - start with a question “what is a blog” - not a definition of terms… - explain the kinds of definition or meaning of blogs - show them videos of bloggers, saying what is a blog.
Reasons and benefits of blogging - explain each categories - show some examples - share some success stories - tips and advice
Guest Bloggers -feature each blogger speakers -examples of their blogs
Evolution of blogs and bloggers - share your observation as a blogger to your self - show pics of blog events - happy pics
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What is a blog ?
here are some definition from some bloggers. And yes blog is like an online journal were you can write and document yourself and everything that interacts with you, expressing your self, sharing thoughts and experience. But blogs is more than a diary or journal, it is now reached the other side like it can be a corporate website, portfolio and personal domain. Independent publishing now reaches the internet and much easy to share and express the publisher experience to the open public.
What are bloggers? Bloggers are the people behind the blogs, they are the writers and author or owner of the blogs or website. The word bloggers is every hot today, because this is the official title for a person who writes and share its article in the online community. Blogger can be tag as a new media person, who cover events, write story and shout out its opinion via the freedom of speech.
Blogging ? The act of writing and sharing the posted article online which can be viewed by the public. Blogging is also art, like writing poems, short stories, essays and articles. Blogging can be indoors or outdoors, you can still do blogging via sms or mobile message and posted it in your blogs.
More into blogs Blog can be a time capsule were you store all of your experience and it serves as your memory bank, I too search and go back to my old entries just to refresh myself, if ever I want to look back and check out my past. Blogging is also a hobby, it can be for entertainment or amusement. Blog is for business, were you can reach people easy via posting regular updates and reach the online target market. It can be career and you can earn money from it via advertisers and sponsors.
Evolution of blogs and bloggers Since March 2008, I'm conducting a study and also observing on what will be the next step for bloggers, and after joining lots of online communities and events, I started to figure out that blogging and blogs are the next new thing for the market. Bloggers who blog anything for their blogs, can discover many things about themselves, even the people who can't write properly or post a good photograph material, can now train themselves and learn more on how they will enhance more this new skill. And by these new found skills, these bloggers can go with the flow with professionals and practice more to make it better. A regular bloggers can be photographer, a writer, a video editor, videographer, concept developer, adviser and many more.
Myself is a great example for discovering new skills, like writing and doing events management. I discover that by just writing, reading, talking to people, the learning process never stops there, you should continue till you get new knowledge. Bloggers in the past stayed at home and others go anonymous, but today bloggers are much more exposed and out going compared in the past. And because that there are already bloggers event, this is the best venue to go offline and meet other bloggers in person. Awards and recognition to blogs and bloggers are now emerging, giving importance on each accomplished mission and public service to readers and co-bloggers.
Bloggers mascots and merchandise are forming and it adds another form of entertainment and interactivity. Merchandise serve as to boost up more the power of writing and publishing, also a fund drive to continue the bloggers ability to support the expense for the blogging activity. Content of blogs are now serves as reference and supporting articles, information posted in blogs are now in demand, because of the detailed content and accuracy, that works only to some known and publicly posted blogs, rather than posted by anonymous individuals ( just my observaton only)
Blogs are now the future of independent publishing and also it is open to anyone and everyone can be part of it. No need to pay anything or enroll to a school, blogging yourself to the public is like opening a book of your life to everyone or sharing on what's on your head and feelings.
I shared this as representing myself and not the entire blog community, hope no one is offended on my notes and I'm just sharing to everyone on what I have learned and discovered on why blogs are more popular and IN today. - Thank you!
congrats to Lace for winning the grand prize Sony Bravia LCD TV 32 inches
We were invited by the Jollibee Food Corp. ( JFC) to their Christmas Party Blow for friends, media, bloggers and friends. It was a great party with over flowing of different kinds of foods from Jollibee, Chow King, Mang Pepe's, Red Ribbon and many more. There were games and funny segment as it was hosted by Arnel Ignacio, I enjoyed the event and also hanging out with our blogger friends, maybe we got the invitation after attending blog events by Chow King months ago. Thanks to the PR of JFC for inviting us bloggers, and its a great experience to hang out with the event and meeting my friends in the TV and print media.
They raffled off some appliances and Lace won this slick and cool Sony Bravia LCD TV T series, I already stalled it inside Mama's room and it looks like a giant iPhone, with big speakers on the side, much bigger than the Toshiba LCD I won from a video blog contest months ago.
The party ended after the grand prize raffle, and then they gave away loot bags to all attendees and everyone receive a cake from Red Ribbon.
Also I learned that Greenwich is now delivering pizzas to all over the Philippines, and it mark the first for being able to give delivery services wherever you are in the country. Also Jollibee Jollitown has an event for kids, check out the poster below or visit any Jollibee branch.
this is one great Christmas party. taking home a big item is not a problem, but surely made our day super happy. Thanks JFC.
Written by Azrael Coladilla on 1:35 PM
Monday, December 01, 2008
Fully Booked and Yehey.com organized an event for bloggers, and according to the mechanics of the event that all 150 bloggers who are present at the event will receive 2 free books from Fully Booked. Book and comics lovers went tot the event at 4pm located at the roof deck of the main branch of Fully Booked. They created a store tour to all of us and the first level we visited is their U View room, its a cinema viewing room located at their basement, the room is available for rent for book launching, panel talks and. press-media events. It was my first time to be there and I've been hearing the U View room years ago after its opening. I just learned that Fully Booked started in 2003 and it expanded in many branches in Manila, also its first origin came from Bibiliarch, then the owner of the store created a new one and called it Fully Booked. (read more below) We've been tour in all different levels and we got to know each 4 levels of the store, having its own categories and genres of books. One of my favorite location is the comics section, which is located at the basement. After the tour, we ate great food by Hizons, Pasta Putanesca is the best meal for me, I'm a pasta fanatic and lover. And then I won one book from their trivia games.
Fully Booked announced to us that the bloggers event is also the launching of their Fully Booked bloggers book club, all attendees who is registered on that day is now an official member of the club. Club members will receive news and special invites for book launches, artist meet and great and other events that will be held only at Fully Booked. After Rhea Llamas, marketing of Fully Booked made the announcement, I shouted meet and greet with Neil Gaiman hahahaa, everyone laughed and surely enjoy the event. Also on that day I got news from Rhea that they are now fixing the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards for next year, and she said that they are waiting for Neil Gaiman's reply and schedule for his visit here in Manila to participate once again, to announce and award the winners of the contest.
Afer the big announcement they started to let us choose our own book of choice in one of the section of the venue, In there I grabbed some books like the hard bound Star Wars Revenge of the Sith, I saw this book about dead rockers, but Lace wants the Korean cook book, so I reserved the book for myself, and I hold the dead rocker book for a minute and then decided to let it go, I gave the book to Aids, which he will appreciate it more since he is a rocker rockstar.
Lace got her haul that day, while I got my own and carried those items home. thanks to Fully Booked and Yehey.com for organizing a great event and congratulations to all free book holders :)
I just got an info about a comic book signing from Gerry Alanguilan via email.
here are some details
Jay Anacleto will be on hand to sign copies of Marvels 2 at Comic Odyssey, Robinson's Galleria this December 6 from 2-4pm. (I'm told he won't be sketching.)
Ok, now I'm reserving that date! ( read more below to know more about the event) About Marvels 2 comics The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning publishing sensation that made Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross into stars begins here! News photographer Phil Sheldon's back, with the man-on-the-street's perspective on the big events of the Marvel Universe, from the Avengers, the all-new X-Men and the Secret Wars to Dracula and the Werewolf By Night. But this time, Phil's world is going to be rocked not just by superheroes and super-villains -- but by something far more personal, as well. Featuring the Marvel debut of artist Jay Anacleto, whose gorgeous, photorealistic pencil renderings give a new look at the Marvel Universe, and what it would be like to actually be there.
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Marvel.com: For both Kurt and Roger, I was wondering what differences—if any—you've found on this project from your past collaborations? Has the relatively different type of story from books like AVENGERS FOREVER changed much in your scripting styles? Has the fact that Kurt plotted the series from the start changes how you're working back and forth?
Kurt Busiek: Everything we've worked on together has been done a little differently. When we worked on AVENGERS FOREVER, we'd work out the plots together, then Roger would type them up, I'd tweak them, and then script over [artist Carlos Pacheco's] art. On IRON MAN, we did it the other way around: we'd co-plot in much the same way, but then Roger would do the finished script. - READ MORE HERE
About Jay Anacleto After having finished its studies of dentist, during whom it spent his time drawing, Jay Anacleto decided to be tested with the realization of comics. Encouraged by Whilce Portacio, him also of Philippines, it contacted Brian Haberlin, which had just left Top Cow to found Avalon studios. Brian Haberlin proposed a project to him that him and Brian Holguin had invented: thus was born Aria, the history of a princess of the fairies living among the men. This framework of urban fantasy, original in the middle of the innumerable comics of Superman, and the quality of the drawings of Anacleto met a strong success which made of it the second best sale of January 1999.
Thereafter, it drew also Aria - Angela , before starting to work on a new project entitled Athena Inc., there too in collaboration with Brian Haberlin. In parallel, it continued to carry out the covers of the following Aria mini-series and illustrated Aria - has mindwinter dream , one little book of tales written by Brian Holguin.
With its exit, Athena Inc. - The Beginning astonished once again. Indeed, this independent history moved away from the cartoon to approach the cinema: the illustrations all are of the drawings not inks returned in two-color printing and the boxes are not coupled the ones with the others. As for the dialogs, they are not in bubbles but rather within frameworks independent of the images, which float in the middle of the boxes. This number was followed a few months later of a limited series entitled Athena Inc. - The Manhunter project , which is its last work of scale published to date.
About Comic Odyssey Comic Odyssey stores are the only specialty comic shops in the Philippines that "truly" caters to the comics market. We have been serving comic fans in the Philippines since June 1997. We stock over 300 monthly new comic titles from all the major comic publishers including lots of independent small press titles. We also have a wide range of assorted graphic novels and trade paperbacks with over 5,000 to choose from. We specialize in back issue comics with an extensive selection of over 30,000 individual back issues dating back from the early 1960's to present. We also carry comics related merchandise such as action figures, limited edition statues, and collectible card games (CCGs) mainly Magic the Gathering, Yu-gi-oh, and Pokemon. We sell packs, decks, card supplies, and individual card singles from all your favorite CCGs.
Comic Odyssey stocks everything from super-heroes, horror, fantasy, Archies, Manga comics, and more!!! We are also big supporters of local Filipino Komiks. Our knowledgeable and caring staff can help you with all your collecting needs. Come visit us and check out the widest and best selection of comics, toys, cards, and pop culture in the country. CLICK HERE for the Comic Odyssey store nearest you... - www.comic-odyssey.com
here are some artworks by Jay Anacleto for Marvels 2
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