The Asia’s Songbird’s Mini Concert at Market Market

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Aleks

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Despite having the Acid Reflux medical problem, the one and only Asia’s Songbird, Mrs. Regine Velasquez-Alcasid (RVA) was able to prove that nobody can still beat her in the Philippines stage when it comes to belting power. This was during her mini-concert held at the Market Market, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Philippines, May 18.

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I got 1 reserved seat! A customer is entitled to one reserved seat at the concert everytime he or she buys either the Fantasy or Low Key Album. Also, any customer can avail the VIP seats when he or she buys any Regine album worth P1,000.00 at Odyssey Market Market.

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I was one of the early birds who caught a good seating location at the songbird concert!

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In this photo, the concert was about to start in a few minutes so the band was preparing their respective instruments.

The songbird showcased ten powerful songs that astonished the audience especially her solid fans and the passer-by who were present at the venue. Among the songs that she rendered were Ako’y Iyong-Iyo (from her album Covers Volume 1), Tuwing Umuulan (from her Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw OST album), You Don’t Know and True Romance (from her album Fantasy), Catch My Breath (as popularized by Kelly Clarkson), The Only Exception (as popularized by Paramore), Diamonds (as popularized by Rihanna), Clouds Across The Moon (from her album Low Key), and Adele Medley.

One of my favorites in this mini concert was when she performed the song Catch My Breath. It was a truly breathtaking performance that only a true songbird can take risk.

Click on this link to watch the Catch My Breath performance.

Of course, she nailed all her performances as the audience felt that in every note that she has hit, she hit it perfectly with all her heart, a trademark of a world class talent. Actually, after the Adele Medley performance which she flawlessly gave justice, the audience made their standing ovation. Hence she then returned the favor by giving another set of Dance Medley songs.

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Blooming at 43.

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During the half of the show, RVA has announced that she is currently undergoing a Vocal Therapy to completely regain her golden voice.

Click on this link to watch the short video clip of her impromptu speech.

The jam-packed mini concert lasted for an hour and as expected, the audience was completely satisfied.

Mr. Raul Mitra, the songbird’s brother-in-law, was the Musical Director of this successful event. (AAP)

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Circuit Fest – Music & Skate Event 2013

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Aleks

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Good news to all Music Rock Band and Skate lovers, as there will be an upcoming Music and Skate Event that will be held at the Globe Circuit Event Ground on May 25.

Featuring nine of the foreign rock bands: YellowCard, Before You Exit, The Downtown Fiction, MeganNicole, AllStar Weekend, DropOuts, Mayday Parade, This Century, and We Are InTheCrowd.

The regular price of the tickets cost P3,500.00 (To Rock) and P5,000.00 (To Mosh). For more ticket inquiries, you may login at www.ticketworld.com.ph or visit www.circuitfest.com for more details.

Hosted by Mark Salling, this event is brought to us by the following sponsors:

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IECEP Manila Chapter’s 2nd set of Seminars for 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Aleks

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As part of IECEP Manila Chapter’s i-Juanted program, another set of seminars have been prepared for the bona fide ECT, ECE and PECE members and non-members of the organization on the last weekends of May. Check out the full details below!

Industrial Network System and Design

 This course is designed to provide idea on each individual in the fundamentals of installing, connecting and designing an industrial network cabling systems. Professional and students will learn to apply the basics of network cable and connector selection, installation, termination and testing. Fundamental testing, certification, and documentation practices will be covered. Identify Basic Network System and Design required to make a Industrial LAN Connection. Design an addressing Scheme for an Industrial Network and Internet network, Assign Ranges for Equipment, Devices and Interface and to give participant the ability to evaluate and advise industry on the use and deployment of networked systems Contents.

Wireless Connectivity for IP Video Surveillance System

 An overview about voice communications using IP networks and the course focuses on how VoIP works at a simplified level enabling the professional and students to recognize the key decisions to be made when implementing VoIP and Enabling the use of open standard LAN and distributed data networks for the transport of voice, replacing the use of traditional (and Proprietary) telephone Networks and Equipment. With IP Telephony, voice conversations are converted into packets of data and then transmitted over data networks much in the same manner as e-mails or instant messages. To design, development and deployment of IP based telephony systems for small-to medium sized businesses and to help in making business decisions about IP telephony based on a greater understanding of the technology, how it is implemented, its costs and benefits and its current limitations. (AAP)

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Don’t Look at the Sun

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Aleks

When I was a kid, I enjoyed staring at the Sun. Although it’s quite a weird thing, I manage to have a technique of doing it.

Just form both of your hands to a ‘pinching state’ and join the tips of your right thumb to your left thumb, and your right pointer to your left pointer, leaving a small diamond shaped like hole. That diamond hole will serve as your filter to the light rays of Sun which will let you see the actual round shape of it.

After doing this kind of activities, it thus have a long term effect because it affected my eyes. My vision became blurred when I was in third year high school and I started with a grade of 50 for both eyes. Nine years after my initial grade, it gradually increased to 575 (left) and 600 (right). Right then, my family and I have decided that I will undergo an Epi-lasik procedure.

Three years later after the operation, my eyes are still 20/20. Thanks to the Lord above and to the doctor and the nurses who made the Epi-Lasik operation successful, also to the support that came from my family.

As part of the post-operative procedures, my doctor eye specialist has advice me to wear a pair of shades with UV protection every time I go outside especially during sunny days. This is to continually protect my eyes because he said that my blurry vision could still persist if I won’t be taking care of it. Well, as a person who looks forward in taking care of his/her own eyes, we now have a plenty number of shades and sunglasses like the one I saw in www.eyesave.com. Moreover, the good thing there is that you don’t need to go to a mall just to check what are the latest models and design for your shades.

Maybe, I was just curious that’s why I‘d like to have a glimpse of the brightest star in the Universe. Perhaps, it’s normal for a kid to experiment on things happening around – a sign of a godly-innocent creature! (AAP)

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Know Where to Contact Your IECEP Manila Chapter 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Aleks

In line with the highly sophisticated smart phones and tablets in the market, IECEP Manila Chapter 2013 offers you the fastest, easiest and the high tech way of contacting your highly productive and innovative chapter. Instead of just copying the contact details in a piece of paper or typing it on your phone, all you have to do is to turn on the QR Reader of your smart phone or gadget then point it to the QR code below. Voila! It will automatically provide you the contact details of IECEP Manila Chapter.

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Now it’s time to spread the good news to our fellow Electronics Engineers, PECE and ECTs. See you soon! (AAP)

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Puff Away Your Stress

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Aleks

Recently, I have a returnee-office mate who joined our team. Yes, he is a rehire employee. The reason why he returned it’s because he said that company where he was hired sucks. I don’t believe him in the first place because I think there’s no company that truly sucks, there are only stupid people who mismanage the company. Now that’s the thing!

Anyway, this article is not about company related or employee issues or concern. This is about cigars!

When I asked my returnee officemate how did he manage to stay more than a year in that company despite the stressful environment and horrible leaders? Well, he just said he puffed away the stress with sticks of cigars! How did he do that? I don’t know because I’m not a smoker. But like what I keep on telling myself: everything happens for a reason.

I knew a lot of friends who smoke, and they have the same reason. Smoke to release the tension and relax the feeling.

Puff away your stress! I’m nothing against smoker because my friends who smoke are always in the proper area when they do it. Maybe, the way on how to free yourself from stress could just be in the person’s mind and it really depends on how you manage the situation especially health. (AAP)

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Work Differently at Elance

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Aleks

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Freelancer Rules… It is true that in this era where we can witness the power of Wireless Connectivity and Social Media, the Freelancers rule! This was proven to us by Elance, the largest and most popular freelance platform for businesses looking to hire and work with top freelancers, when they successfully conducted the first ever Work Summit for Freelancers in the Philippines held at Area05 Superclub, Tomas Morato, Quezon City, April 23.

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Participants of the Elance Work Summit

Over 500,000 businesses and 2 million freelance professionals in more than 150 countries, Elance has emphasized the importance of virtual work because it does not only help the companies to become more productive using less resource since the manpower makes use of his or her own space or property instead of that of the companies’. This means less workspace, less maintenance and less expense but the same equal amount of work.

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Mr. Kjetil J. Olsen, Vice President of Elance Europe

Furthermore, there is a significant amount of productivity especially when your freelancers are working opposite your workday, which means that when your business or your employees in your local area is already out of the office, your business could still work 24/7 since someone on the other side of the world is attending to it. Now that’s impressive!

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Mr. Saidor Khan, Country Manager of Elance in Bangladesh

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Elance also rewards its hard working Freelancers by giving a recognition.

According to the survey, the Philippines ranks #9 globally when it comes to freelancing. This was shared by Mr. Kjetil J. Olsen, the Vice President of Elance who is based in Europe. That’s why he was glad that the Work Summit for Freelancers recently happened in the Philippines.

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Meet the Vice President of Elance Europe, Mr. Kjetil J. Olsen.

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I’m please to introduce to you, Mr. Ronald Cirujano, Country Manager of Elance in the Philippines,and Mr. Saidor Khan, Country Manager of Elance in Bangladesh.

Are you still not encouraged to become part of the Elance community? Maybe some of you might say you are not techy or writers or even web developers. Well, to tell you frankly, Elance has a wide option of freelancing jobs not just for writers, web developers or programmers. There are also jobs for encoders, administrative, secretarial, etc.

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Food and Drink stubs were provided too.

What do you think are the advantages of working from home? Well, there are bunch of benefits especially when you are a parent to a starting family with one or two kids. This could diminish the time you spend in traveling back and forth from the office and to your home which means that you could have more time for your family.

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One… Two… Three… Smile! A photobooth souvenir was present during the event.

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Also, Elance gave its freelance members a specially designed Elance T-Shirt.

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So what are you waiting for! If you’re looking to do great work or want to build and manage teams of amazing freelancers, Elance may be right for you. Certainly, the world works differently on Elance. Who knows, this could be your much awaited break! (AAP)

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A House is not a Home

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Aleks

A House is not a Home… I may sound old school, but I prefer calling our house as home. The reason behind, it’s because when I hear the word home it, my mind automatically pictures out the images of a perfect place to stay and relax free from stress.

Recently, my sister’s family has successfully moved to their new home a few blocks away from their old location. Since, my niece and nephew are starting to grow up; it was then a perfect time for their relocation.

Their new home is three times bigger from the previous one, about 65 square meters. Moreover, it is a three storey building which is cozy enough for a family of six members including their helper and another extended family member.

Unlike their old home, this one has its own parking space. Well, a much more secured way of placing their Mitsubishi Delica. When I check the interior and exterior designs of their home, I was quite impressed because the construction was only overseen by my Brother-In-Law, who is a Dentist by profession and another person who is their foreman. Of course, the whole building plan was designed by his Civil Engineer brother. But it’s quite impressive because knowing that he is a Dentist, he was able to successfully accomplish supervising the construction close to the timeline that he has planned.

When I asked him about the costs, he said he spent more than a million pesos for the home construction with the assistance from his siblings. The price speaks for itself as it can be seen on the output. The materials that have been used there were elegant and within standards, like the one mostly found in exclusive industrial supply company of today’s modern times.

I can still remember the time when their home is not completely built yet, one cannot imagine how it will look like after construction. But now, I am inspired because my expectation was over-all exceeded. Furthermore, I can confidently say that their house is not just a house but a home for a loving and caring family like my sister’s have. (AAP)

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GMA News TV offers the Libreng Sakay Program

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Aleks

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Starting April 29 until May 25, GMA News TV will offer the libreng sakay program entitled Pasabay on the Go.

Get a FREE WEEKDAY bus rides on the said dates. Bus Route will start in TriNoma up to Market-Market, then vice versa. Please check out the complete Bus Routes and departure schedule below.

BUS ROUTE:

TRINOMA – NORTH AVENUE – EDSA – QUEZON AVENUE – KAMUNING – CUBAO – SANTOLAN – ORTIGAS – BONI – GUADALUPE – BUENDIA – AYALA – BONIFACIO GLOBAL CITY – MARKET! MARKET!

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  • Event period from April 29 to May 25 (Mondays to Fridays only). Departure time may change without prior notice.

This libreng sakay program is made possible by Boysen KNOxOUT Air Cleaning Paint, Nescafe Creamy Latte, Vaseline Milk Nutrient Shampoo, and Rexona – It won’t let you down. In cooperation with Market! Market!, Bonifacio Global City (BGC) and TriNoma. (AAP)

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