GAOC Opens in S Maison, Conrad Manila

Although I did graduate from pre-med and already familiar with anything medical, it's still difficult for me to conquer my fear of going to the dentist office. It's nobody's favorite place. I got a bad experience with a dentist in my younger age.
I thought of searching for a perfect dental provider with a cool dentist office, the best way to conquer the fear and to relax while under a dental procedure.
Good thing, Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center or GAOC thought of putting up new branches, reaching out to the customers, providing the best quality dental care possible. And they got the coolest dentist office, too!

As mentioned, GAOC is one of the best in dental services, not just in the country, but in Southeast Asia, opens its newest clinic at the exclusive S Maison, Conrad Manila at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.

HOOQ Celebrates Two Successful years, Still Number 1

With new partners, 

new TVOD service and a slew of 

new Asian and Hollywood shows

Braved the traffic and rainstorm just to witness the grand celebration of HOOQ's successful 2 years. A proud moment for us who became part of their achievement.
Like a child, HOOQ – the largest Video on Demand service in South-East Asia, is changing and ever growing, becoming better all the time.
When HOOQ started two years ago, they've set out to tell stories differently. I remember back then, you could only watch your favorite shows through hacked videos on Youtube or even piracy.
But HOOQ allowed every single Filipino to access the best of either local or Hollywood anytime anywhere.

It has truly been a productive and successful two years since its inception, delivering the best of both Asian and Hollywood entertainment to homes across Asia.

EON | Co-Creating the Future

2 men 1 story, a story that began in 1999.
The year that started online shops and digital stores for convenience. Ebay for example. People would buy stuff on Ebay but in order to pay them, you'd have to mail banks first. Postal or money ordering was the thing back then.
It was easier nowadays as we can pay via online. But banks in the Philippines were blocking Visa cards of customers access to online because of safety issues.
So Union Bank introduced EON that was first called EON Cyber Account which customers can use for online purchases.
No minimum balance.
That's how it all started. It was supposedly an ordinary account but the demand was high and everybody was talking about it.

Cordlife’s One Blood: A Fight Against Leukemia

Cord Blood banking.
I used to see it as a scam, you know, when you think of letting your newborn’s umbilical cord blood freeze in a Cord Blood Bank somewhere and then you pay every year for it to be protected. Thought it won't make much sense monetarily or health-wise.  I just didn't know.

That was before. I wasn't fully informed then. My eldest now is 11 and though she's completely healthy, how I wish I had banked her cord blood or any of my kids. I just realized the amazing things about the procedure and how it can save them.

Converse Cons ’84 Thunderbolt Ultra Nylon Suede

Comfort with a dose of nostalgia

A retro running sneaker originally designed in 1984 is now re-designed with advanced cushioning; the Converse Cons Thunderbolt '84 is made for comfort.

Yes,There is a Cure for Hepatitis C! Find Out Through HepCured.

I am sure you’ve heard of Hepatitis A and B but did you know that there is another one identified as Hepatitis C? The Hepatitis C virus can cause permanent liver damage.
Most of the time, this leads to liver cancer.

Hepatitis C is spread through contact with the blood of an infected person. The hepatitis C virus is not spread by sweat, tears, or urine. You cannot get it through casual contact, food, water, sneezing, coughing, or breathing air.

ShopBack Cashback Rewards Now Available to GRAB Riders Nationwide

Enjoy cashback on GrabCar rides booked via the ShopBack Mobile App starting March 27. Riders can take their usual Grab rides, and be rewarded straight away.

The whole process is easy and effortless.

UPAA and Alpha Phi Beta Present the UP Concert Chorus in 5th Carillon Concert: “Musikalikasan”

The UPAA Board of Directors, in partnership with the Alpha Phi Beta Chancery, is presenting the 5th UPAA Carillon Concert – Musikalikasan – featuring the internationally acclaimed UP Concert Chorus, on Friday, May 5, 2017, 6:30 p.m., at the UP Carillon Plaza, in UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Experience Halo-Halo like Never Before

Slurpee Halo-Halo is set to jumpstart the barkada fun 

for endless summer adventures

Summer is officially here!
The season where endless adventures and exciting getaways are enjoyed with the barkada has finally arrived! But though summer holds the promise of fun and excitement, no one can deny the searing heat that comes with it, especially here in the tropics.

Good thing, our favorite kapitbahay has a refreshing surprise for all of us.
7-Eleven is introducing a novel take on a Filipino summer favorite, with its very own Slurpee Halo-Halo!

Look Formal and Ready for the ‘Real World’ with McJim Classic Leather Accessories

It’s that time of the year again . . . graduates are set to march from the four corners of the classroom to the real world, aspiring to snag their dream jobs. After celebrating graduation day and exiting the walls of school, it is time to look formal and classy.

Because, in a professional world rocked by intense competition, and with thousands of graduates also on the lookout for good employment opportunities, you cannot be simply good at what you do—you must look the part. Dressing for success gives you a powerful confidence boost, making you seem like the best candidate for getting the job done.

A Tale of Modern Nature: St Therese Chapel at Hamilo Coast

Hamilo Coast is a place of many stories — brimming from its vast, pristine coastline that opens up to rich marine life and abundant flora and fauna. The stories also traverse from all of the beach resort town’s 13 coves that reach out to the West Philippine Sea: each one as breathtaking as the other.

As much as it is a showcase of nature’s beauty, Hamilo Coast also presents structures carefully masterplanned to seamlessly fuse with its natural topography and features.
Perched atop Hamilo Coast’s maiden community, Pico de Loro Cove, the St. Therese of the Child Jesus Chapel is a sight to behold.

Buddha-Bar’s Big M Night Will Feature Soul Supergroup Apartel for the “Dine and Drive a Maserati”

Offshore Music’s Apartel, treats customers of Buddha-Bar Manila to an evening of soul and funk music, as well as unparalleled entertainment with the bar’s “Big M Night.” The event also sets the stage for the grand draw of this year’s winner of “Dine and Drive a Maserati” promo this Saturday, April 29, 2017.

A different dining and entertainment experience await Buddha-Bar’s customers since it brings the live performance of Apartel composed of members Ely Buendia on vocals & guitars, RJ Pineda on vocals & keyboards, Redge Concepcion and Coco Coo on guitars, Deej Rodriguez on percussion, Jun Lazo on bass, Pat Sarabia on drums, Diane and Donna Sagun on backing vocals and horn section Bras Pas Pas Pas.

Novuhair Encourages You To Understand Your Hair

Other than your face, your hair is one of the first thing that other people notices, this very reason is why most people take extra effort in caring for their mane, but are you doing enough?

A hair salon is one of the usual places that a person would go to whenever they need to have their hair fixed, this is typical if you just need a relief from a bad hair day or to mend your split ends.What if your hair needs a more extensive solution such as for your hair loss?

Love Your Hair with NOVUHAIR

At times when people sees us too stressed out either at work or going through our personal lives, We would be advised to calm down and “Let our hair down”, this idiom’s meaning is to allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself.

To give us much more reason to be carefree, we must be confident on how we look and feel. Take time to take care of your appearance and take extra attention to your hair.

Dermcare Brings Beauty and Care

Channeling your beauty to radiate doesn’t come overnight, your skin requires pampering and care of a professional center that understands your needs.
A center that provides all your skin pampering necessities has now come into full bloom as it introduces its new look and logo.

For 2 decades, Dermcare have continuously shared their unfailing love and concern for their customers, delivering utmost satisfaction to your every vanity regardless of gender, age, social standing, and personal preferences.

Capture Every Detail of Life’s Precious Moments with Y53 From Top 5 Global Brand, VIVO

Filipinos are known to treasure life’s milestones and moments, no matter how big or small, through photographs. When purchasing smartphones, they look for one with impressive camera features but are usually faced with a common problem: phones with high-quality cameras come at a hefty price.

Now comes Vivo, the top five premium global brand, and its Y53, which enables Filipino photo enthusiasts to capture every detail of precious moments for less.

10 Must-Try Baskin-Robbins All-Time Favorites

If there is one thing that can make people instantly happy, it’s ice cream! And for more than two years in the Philippines, Baskin-Robbins has done just that: bring instant smiles to millions of Filipinos around the metro with so many exciting ice cream flavors!

With a wide variety of Baskin-Robbins flavors in the Philippines for more than two years, we also can’t help but wonder: What are the top favorite ice cream flavors of Filipinos?

Get That Perfect Summer Selfie With the V5 Plus From Top 5 Global Brand, Vivo

With summer well underway, fun seekers are heading to the beach for some sun, sea, and surf, while others opt for cooler climes to find relief from the sweltering heat. Wherever your itinerary takes you, you will totally want to document every single “instagrammable” moment with perfectly captured selfies.

So ask yourself now: how do you take summer selfies worthy of your friends’ likes and insta-hearts?

Here, top 5 premium global brand Vivo shares all the tips you need for binge-taking perfect summer selfies:

GMA Afternoon Prime | D'Originals

A sizzling new show will hit the TV screens for you to catch up on in time for summer.
With a very attractive cast for a perfect drama that reflects on modern century's reality about the relationship between men and women.
If you’re into messy and secret relationships, you have to tune in to GMA’s latest offering about the hilarious story of three wives and their tussles with the three women who disrupt their quiet domestic lives.

Levi’s Remasters The Classic Orange Tab for the New Generation

Born during the counterculture era of the 1960’s, the Levi’s Orange Tab collection first featured a line of slim-fitting jeans, jackets and shirts, symbolizing a generation that favored breaking away from mainstream ideals through fashion individualism. 

The now vintage collection—a take on street-style influences that supported the lifestyles and personalities of the counterculture generation—has since become the ultimate score for vintage collectors and denim heads.

Top 5 Global Brand Vivo Forges An Exciting Partnership With Smart Communications

With a vision of providing the optimum smartphone experience for Filipino consumers, Vivo Mobile Tech Inc., top five premium global smartphone brand, linked a partnership with Smart Communications, Inc., the country’s leading wireless services provider, last March 22 at the PLDT Ramon Cojuangco Building in Makati City.

Smart Communications, Inc. and Vivo Mobile Tech, Inc. tie up to provide better smartphone experience to Filipino consumers

“As part of our aggressive roll-out of our LTE network across the country, we are excited to work with top smartphone manufacturers like Vivo to bring more LTE-capable devices into the local market,” said Patrick Tang, vice president and head for Smart Postpaid Brand and Device Management.

FREE Hotel Staycation and Passes To PETA's Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones This May!

The month of May is family bonding time, and at PETA, they made it more special this year as they bring the internationally awarded shadow puppetry performance "Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones" ~ all the way from Melbourne, Australia this coming May 3 to 7, 2017.

Selfless Selfies for Habitat for Humanity

Top five global brand Vivo turns insta-hearts 

to insta-donations

After the first ever #VivoPerfectSelfieCup, top five premium global smartphone brand Vivo1 fulfilled its promise: donating all proceeds of the promo (a total of Php 101,980) Habitat for Humanity Philippines, a non-profit housing organization tacking poverty by building and renovating homes for families in need.

Charisma Buan and Christian Jocson, Vivo brand executives, Annie Lim, Vivo brand director and Nelson Perez, Vivo digital specialist hand over proceeds from its Vivo Perfect Selfie Cup to Francis Hussein Mamasabulod, Habitat for Humanity partnership manager, and Rowena Kakilala, Habitat for Humanity individual giving manager. 

GoodAh!!!’s Lenten Dish | Sinigang sa Miso Boneless Bangus

Like many of you, soup tastes and smells like home to me and my kids. Now I'm a mom myself, tried to recreate every recipe I got from my mom. My mother loves to cook and Sinigang is what she cooks best. One of the best things about being a child is that it's always soup season at home. Nothing beats a warm bowl of soup and hot white rice to go along with it, even on hot Summer days.

Although I love to cook, too, there are times you're just not up to it. My family goes out to eat 2-3 times a month and we love spending quality time together with friends while dining out.

When my kids see Sinigang on a restaurant menu, they still get excited. There’s really something about the slightly spicy broth with tender sliced pork belly or the Bangus belly,  the veggies on top and that hot sour soup that anyone just can’t resist.

Get Vaccinated Against Dengue at Watsons

I never thought for a moment that I would somehow be involved to Dengue until my kids were infected with it. Days before the birthday of my daughter, I woke up to a sobbing girl beside me, her body was burning with high fever. I remember her telling me about the severe aching body she was feeling with a throbbing headache and sore throat, too.

Started my usual fever ritual, ginger tea with paracetamol in tow just to make sure. But I sent her to the Emergency Room immediately so they can check her CBC and Platelet count. Thinking the fever would go just away in less than a day, the horror began. All her laboratory tests and her Pediatrician confirmed that she had Dengue.

Big Dome Lights Blue for World #Autism Awareness Month

Just like the Empire State Building in New York, the CN Tower in Canada, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and even Niagara Falls, the Philippines’ iconic entertainment and sports landmark fondly called the Big Dome has been lit up blue for a good cause.

On April 3, the Smart Araneta Coliseum’s main gate was lit blue in line with the global campaign to support World Autism Awareness Day (April 2 in the US), declared by the United Nations.

GAOC Now in Cebu City

Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center (GAOC), the leading dental clinic in the Philippines, and one of the best in South East Asia, is expanding its world-class dental services to the Queen City of the South with the opening of its 6th branch at the SM Seaside City Cebu.

With prime location, Cebuano can now have access to the highest standards in dental care with GAOC’s state-of-the-art equipment and highly skilled and experienced dental practitioners who have completed their training in top-notch hospitals, universities, and global institutions in the US, Europe, and Asia.

#Cetaphil | The Science of Gentle

Not all skincare brands are made equal

To whom do countless women go for expert advice on how to care for their skin, whether it’s for rashes or allergies or simply to have healthy skin?

To the dermatologist, of course. 

Women with oily skin, dry skin, sensitive skin—they all seek help from the dermatologist.  And Cetaphil is highly recommended by dermatologists for all skin types.

Why?

SvelT’i Gives Back The Gift of ‘Self-care’

SveltT’i Health and Beauty Centre celebrates thanksgiving this April with a weeklong self-care pampering treat designed to jump-start a person’s journey towards long-lasting wellness that also brings out their best and lovelier self.

The celebration is part of the year-long campaign that reinforces the centre’s mission and vision of cultivating desire for sustaining, long-lasting self-care, which means loving one’s self.

SpectruMed Unveils Newest Slimming and Contouring Technology

SpectruMed, the trusted provider of aesthetic laser equipment in the Philippines, recently introduced its Laser Academy, in line with its mission of providing its clients and the aesthetic industry with cutting-edge technologies.

SpectruMed is known to bringing their clients unparalleled technology and quality systems that would enhance their practice.

Movies for APRIL 2017 :)

2017 indeed is a great year for movie-goers, with a bunch of great films already right on schedule.
Lots of fantastic movies are to be released in such a short period, you have to keep track of the release dates.
Gonna start the month of April right with all these new movies to see. As always, here's the list of films, your ultimate guide to the theaters.
My very own kid at heart is excited to see his forever favorite -- the newest entry in the Fast and Furious franchise. As for me, it'll be the Guardians of the Galaxy :)
Keep in mind that some of the dates and titles may be subject to change, but bookmark this site as I'll update you with the newest information.

Enjoy!

APRIL 5

7,641 Islands Without Leaving The City

Craving for a taste of your favorite Filipino dishes but you’re stuck in the Metro?
Worry not for this April, several hotels and restaurants are giving you the chance to savor the Flavors of the Philippines with special dishes that are available for this month.
Flavors of the Philippines 2017 is the third year of the month-long gastronomic celebration of Filipino cuisine mounted by the Department of Tourism and the Tourism Promotions Board.
Check out this list to not miss out on this special culinary experience.

Alta’s Spanish X Pinoy set menu