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Share the Bo's Coffee experience

Sep 29, 2008 Yehey, events, food, photography

When you’re passionate about something, it shows. And I think that was evident, when president of Bo’s Coffee, Steve Benitez shared his thoughts and views on the special bean in this local coffee house.

Student bloggers gathered at the Bo’s Coffee Katipunan branch for a unique day of coffee tasting and creation (as written in my previous post).

So after Steve “shared his passion,” the main event began. Students grouped themselves together, and were given the task of creating their own drinks. Excitedly, they discussed their mixtures and combinations for their home made concoctions.

Being a coffee lover, myself, I was eagerly anticipating the results of the brainstorming. And I was not disappointed. The brews were original and very tasty. But as there will be another event coming soon, I can’t give away too many details on the coffee drinks whipped up by the four groups.

And as an added incentive to the winners, their inventions will be featured in the Bo’s coffee houses across the country for a month, with full recognition given, with the runners-up getting a week of coffee glory.

So, without writing too much more, here are a few photos from the event.

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more photos here

Tags: Bo's Coffee, coffee, food, food photos, Katipunan, photography, photos, Yehey

one man AC/DC cover band

Sep 25, 2008 miscellaneous

One of the hardest rocking bands formed in the early 70’s has now been covered by a single man. Granted, he is not playing the guitar (and using an organ or synth), it’s still pretty cool to see him rock out “Back In Black”.

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And since one guy can do all of this, does this mean AC/DC’s music was that simple? >_< Nooooooo!

Check out the related videos on the Youtube sidebar. They’re pretty cool as well.

Tags: AC/DC, back in black, music, musician, one man band, solo

Hongkong Lomo

Sep 24, 2008 lomo | holga, photography, travel

For some reason (and for the second time in a row), I have had one roll of unexposed film sent back to me. I have no idea if I’m doing something wrong, if I’m leaving the film in the camera too long (hence the opening of the camera by accident), or if I’m just plain unlucky.

[double exposed kan]

[moto mascot in HK]

[sampling the street food, HK style]

[chatting up a customer]

more photos here

Tags: Hongkong, lomo, lomography, photography, photos, travel

Share the Bo’s passion

Sep 24, 2008 Yehey, events, food, photography

Attention all student bloggers!

You are invited to join fellow coffee aficionados for one delightful coffee experience at Bo’s.

Sit down with your favorite cup of Bo’s blend and listen as the experts talk about the flavorful world of coffee. Embark on a journey that will guide you through the art of brewing the perfect cup of this dark, bittersweet liquid we all come to love.

Delight your senses. Come and stay for unique coffee experience.

Here at Bo’s, we don’t just make coffee.

We brew it with passion.

September 27, 2008 | Bo’s Coffee, Katipunan | 329 Katipunan Road corner B. Gonzales Street, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

Tags: blogger event, Bo's Coffee, coffee, Katipunan, Yehey

Meg's 10th anniv party

Sep 22, 2008 Yehey, announcements, events

On September 26, Meg Magazine will be holding it’s 10th anniversary party at Club Ascend in Bonifacio High Street.

At the shindig, The Meg Teen Choice Awardees, as well as the Meg Face Search Grand Prize winner will be presented.

Here’s an official PR from MEG:

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Meg, the country’s first homegrown teen fashion and lifestyle magazine and a prestige publication of MEGA Publishing Group, is celebrating a decade of style, sensibility and sisterhood with a fashion-forward theme and rockin’ back-to-back events!

Over the years, Meg has grown to accommodate all the interests of a dynamic market.. Not only geared towards providing budding women with the best fashion advice, Meg also helps teens and those fresh out from college to find their own voice, revel in their individuality and experience youth to the fullest.

Now on its 10th year, Meg is inviting all its loyal style sisters to troop to Club Ascend, Bonifacio High Street on Friday, Sept. 26, from 6 – 11pm and be in their most rockin’ glam punk outfit. Presented by Smart and Nokia, the bash promises to be filled with music of the new generation.

One of the highlights of the evening will be the awarding of this year’s Meg Teen Choice Awards 2008, an online voting that became the venue for teens to voice out their favorites in music, TV, and fashion industries. The poll boasted an overwhelming 10 million votes from Meg fanatics spread all over the country and the world.

During the night, partygoers will get the chance to meet and greet their most fave celebrities, and cheer as they take the stage to accept their special and unique MTC trophies, courtesy of Bo Concepts.

To personally receive their awards would be Luis Manzano for Favorite Male Host and Bianca Gonzales for Favorite Female Host. Spongecola, which bagged the Favorite Band, will be making a special appearance at the party. MEG girls will surely go-gaga over hardcourt cutie, Chris Tiu, this year’s Favorite UAAP Player. Other winners include Dingdong Dantes (Favorite Male Celebrity), Marian Rivera (Favorite Female Celebrity), Kim Chui and Gerald Andreson (Favorite Celebrity Couple), Shaina Magdayao (Favorite Style Sister), Pinoy Idol (Favorite TV Show).

The event will be hosted by DJs of RX 93.1, winner of Favorite Radio Station award.

Also to watch for would be the announcement of the grand prize winner of Meg Face Search 2008, a hunt for the cover girl which commenced with MEG Grand Go-See, which gathered together thousands of model-wannabes in Alabang Town Center, Glorietta, and Trinoma.

The lucky girl bagged the title by topping the online poll and getting the thumbs up from the Meg editorial team led by editor in chief Peewee Isidro-Reyes and from MEGA Publishing Group’s top executives led by Sari V. Yap and Lorraine V. Belmonte.

Making the night even more fun and exciting are fabulous prizes up for grabs. Meg will be giving away an Acer Aspire laptop and filled-to-the-brim goodie bags, courtesy of Meg’s 10th Anniversary Party sponsors: Skechers, Del Monte, Odyssey Live, Zen Zest, Natural Source, Crocs, Kotex, Adidas EDT, Skin Food, G-Max, White Hat, Style and Carry, Watsons Personal Care Store.

Visit www.meggurl.com for more details

Tags: meg, meg magazine, mega publishing, party

Hongkong holiday

Sep 22, 2008 photography, travel

Hongkong was a blast. Very tiring and extremely humid, but fun, nonetheless.

It’s a bit funny, now that I look back on it, that I almost didn’t make it. My passport wasn’t due to be released until the 23rd (our departure was on the 18th)… but I managed to find a way, thankfully. I would have missed out on the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Hongkong.

Our first day was really about exploring the are and getting our act together — i.e. planning what to do, finding a place to stay, getting the best exchange rate, etc. So after burning the free phone lines to book a hotel, accidentally getting a cheap fare into the city and stumbling across a good eatery, things seemed to be falling into place.

On day two, I had to go see my dad’s banker to sign some papers. I separated from the rest to find one of the Citi banking centers in Mong Kok, while the rest took the MTR over to Hongkong Disneyland. Naturally, after performing my familial duties, I rushed over to the theme park.

As it rained that day, the adult attractions like Space Mountain were closed. Since we were with the kids, it didn’t really matter anyway. One cool thing of note (and something I didn’t notice in the LA Disneyland) was the Filipino section of the It’s a Small World attraction.