Know The 10 Commandments For Responsible Voting

One week before the election and I was at the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral in Baguio after the mass where I spend sometime rooming around the place and there was something I can't explain why I should read a bulletin board were I can see the things to keep in mind before we vote on this coming election day on May 13, 2013.

I have pass by with this bulletin board but its caught my attention to get back and give a few minutes to read it. It's actually the 10 Commandments of Responsible Voting. 

So, I decided to post it here and share it with you and that goes like this;

1. Vote according to the dictate of your conscience.

2. Respect the decision of others in choosing their candidates.

3. Seek to know the moral integrity, capabilities, and other personal qualities of the candidates you will vote for.

4. Strive to understand the issues, platform, and programs of candidates and parties campaigning for your vote.

5. Do not sell your vote.

6. Do not vote for candidates using guns, goons, gold, and glitter.

7. Do not vote for candidates tainted with graft and corruption.

8. Do not vote for candidates simply because of "utang na loob", popularity, good looks, or pakikisama.

9. Do not vote for candidates living an immoral life.

10. Always put the welfare of the country as top priority in choosing the candidate you will vote for.

Thanks to the Diocese of Baguio, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), and NAMFREL for this meaningful reminders.

We can actually vote for who ever we want to vote but I think its still the best if you should start think twice, trice or even hundred times before we make our final decisions for who among those candidates that we are eyeing to vote for. They may have different kinds of platform and promised programs for our country but  it's still your decision and right to choose who you think can be a good leader.

How I wish I can practice my rights to vote but not for this election for I can't go back to Manila instantly. Just keep in mind that those commandments are only guides for your better decisions.

Practice your rights! Vote wisely!

Photo Courtesy of: bazics.net

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EARTH DAY 2013 THEME: ECO FAIR

Year after year since the 1990’s, the Philippines participates in the worldwide celebration of Earth Day. 

The Philippines’ unique celebration is that it is a coming together of government, civil society and churches to highlight the country’s environmental health and renew their partnership to work for the common good.

Since 1999, the partnership has evolved into a loose coalition called Earth Day Network Philippines with a Secretariat that directly coordinates the Network’s members from local government units to non-governmental organizations, from business corporations to churches and academic institutions and from big organizations to individuals who want to do something for the environment. 

Through Presidential Proclamations, Earth Day has become a permanent environmental holiday of the country and has become a fixture in the national environmental consciousness.

For Earth Day 2013, the proposed theme is to have a simultaneous Eco Fair across all SM Malls which will highlight Eco friendly products or innovations by our tenants or by cottage industries/local inventors.

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K.A. Antonio – Driven to Sweet Pop Music

When all is said and done, K.A. Antonio is a pop sweetheart. She is currently putting the finishing touches to her first solo album and on it she achieves a sound that is truly hers.

K.A. has always been a fan of music. But it’s not singing that’s her first love; it was dancing. Destiny however, had other plans for her. “When I started singing, I fell in love with it”. Her first original song “Tanong Lang” (with her band AJKA) proved that she could be both a singer and songwriter. The song was even nominated in the 2012 Awit Awards for Best Jazz Recording.

K.A. may have started singing with a jazz lilt but for her very first solo album, she says she’s “back to basics”. “The songs (in my album) are really me.” For a self-confessed pop girl, K.A. says her album will be sweet, relaxed and easy to listen to.

Writing original songs and recording them has been an emotional rollercoaster ride for K.A. She was unsure on how her solo effort would sound. When she mustered enough confidence to start writing, everything fell into place. “When I started to write and record the songs, they all fell into one sound”.

A testament to KA’s creativity is this: she writes most of her songs while driving in her car.  The song “Un-Friends” was finished minutes before a gig. “It’s about best friends in love but they question why they’re only best friends”. In “Papansin,” the carrier single, K.A. played with the lyrics and inserted her brand of humor. “The girl in this song is telling this person that even if he finds someone new, sa akin ka pa rin babagsak!” “Beep” is a track that K.A. literally wrote while stuck in horrendous traffic. She suddenly had a music video in her head: a girl currently in mutual understanding status with a boy, fretting she may not get to their date due to traffic and she will never know what they truly are to each other. The album has also songs on heartbreak and guess what, they’re mostly based on her band mates’ and friends’ experiences. “Hulaan ninyo na lang kung sino kayo roon!” she jests. But with hurt, there’s always a silver lining. “For me there’s hope in every heartbreak”.

KA Antonio wears different hats: pre-school teacher, model, make-up artist, events host, wedding singer, student (she’s taking up her masters); and most-recently a MXY VJ. “It was really one of my dreams to be one”, KA muses. Her love for music, her bubbly and animated personality, her articulate communication skills, and her extensive experience as an events host,
made her perfect for the job. MYX has become like a music playground for her where she has learned to appreciate and love music even more, and “I had so much fun!”, she says.

With all the hats that K.A. is wearing, music is the common thread that weaves them all. From band leader, and now to solo artist, she says, “I am more driven now to do all the things I want”. On her first ever solo album, what K.A. wants is to write and sing beautiful pop songs. How lucky are we to hear them very soon.

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Back To The 80s New Wave Concert Party

After persistent clamor from new wave fanatics in the Philippines, It could be said that the long wait is over because two of the UK's  biggest new wave bands, Modern English and The Alarm are set to have a concert here in Manila on Friday, May 3, 2013 at the Mall of Asia Arena, SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

Modern English is best known for their hits "I Melt with You", "Hands Across The Sea", and "Ink and Paper".

Meanwhile, The Alarm, part of an early-80 waves of bands that include The Call, Big Country and The Waterboys, are known best for songs like "Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?", "The Chant (Has Just Begun)" and the British Top 40 Hit, "Absolutely Reality."

The back-to-back is presented in cooperation with Novuhair Tropical Scalp Lotion - Nature's Answer To Hair Loss, Midas Hotel & Casino, ABS-CBN, ASAP 18, and DMC Philippines.

It is sponsired by Watson's Pharmacy, Baja Mexican Cantina, Snack Time, Jill's, SM Cinemas, UNTV, MYX,Live Gig Asia, Manila Concert Scene, Digipost, Quali Plus International,Pocalcast Network, Mobeeu Mobile, Web Apps, 90.7 Love Radio, Yes FM! 101.1, 96.3 Easy Rock, Cross over 105.1, Monster Radio RX93.1, GV FM 99.,89.9 Smile, GV 999 Drive Radio, GVAM 792, Mellow 94.7, Subkulture, Business Mirror, E-Commuter Express, Speed Magazine, Power wheel Magazine, and The Manila Times.

Ticket Prices:
VIP - Php 6,340(Reserved Seats)
PATRON - Php 4,760(Reserved Seats)
LOWER BOX A (201-202/221-222/FIRST 10 ROWS OF 202-208/215-221) - Php 3,700(Reserved Seats)
LOWER BOX B (11TH ROW ONWARDS OF 203-208/215-220) - Php 2,640(Reserved Seats)
UPPER BOX - Php 1,590(Reserved Seats)

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Experience The Ocean's Harvest At Marriott Hotel Manila

Sea food station today has become a perennial favorite in restaurants buffet and hotels. It was such a great experienced when we are invited for a sea food buffet in Marriott Hotel Manila.

Marriot Cafe, is now offering a seafood buffet held every Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm and they called it Ocean's Harvest because diners can choose from its numerous fresh seafood. All you have to do is pick what ever you want and ask the chefs to have it cooked the way you wanted, then you can enjoy the taste of goodness of the bounty of the sea for only P2300.

They have their Ocean Surf Market Style Buffet Menu, where you can find the "Catch of the Day" which includes fresh salmon, tuna loin, local tanigue, pompano, talakitok, lapu-lapu, maya-maya, shellfish, jumbo prawns, half shell local scallop, local clams, jumbo squid, suahe shrimps, blue marlin and local gindara. They are all displayed on ice to it it fresh.  While the slipper lobster, local blue sea crab, curacha crab, prawns, mussels and white shells are chilled seafood that are ready to be had.

You can have piping hot soups like Shrimp Gumbo Soup or Local Clam Soup in Lemon Grass cooked in Tinola-style. I had Maya-maya Sinigang sa Miso that day and you can make it more Filipino by drizzling it with well-loved condiments like fish sauce, calamansi, soy sauce, and chili.

For those who favor the blend of fresh seafood and fresh vegetables, the salad station with its selection of greens and dressings are made special with options such as lobster and pomelo, brocolli and blue crab, seafood with mushroom and mago salad in honey mustard is the best.

Marriott Cafe also offers Fisherman's Special Paella, Seafood Lasagna, and Spicy Thai Shrimp Fried Rice.

At the Japanese Station where assorted sushi such as Tuna Sashimi and Snapper Sashimi are available. One thing I loved in there was diners are also challenged to create their own Japanese food using seafood ingredients at the Teppanyaki. While the Batter Station further makes the seafood experience more tantalizing as the shrimps, fish fillets, osohos and lobster fillet are placed on ice bowls and ready to paired with batter, beer batter or even tempura style.

Marriott Hotel Manila's professional chefs are always available to recommend and create a special dish, according to you like. They provide the ultimate pleasure of bounty of the sea.

So, get ready to captivate by this five-star seafood buffet experience only at Marriott Hotel Manila's Marriott Cafe. For inquiries or reservations, call (02) 988-9999. 

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The First Kebab Fastfood Chain In the Philippines

KEBABERS the FIRST KEBAB FASTFOOD in the Philippines will soon open its branch in D’Ace Plaza Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City on April 15, 2013. It is the only Persian Fast food Restaurant that serves affordable Middle Eastern Cuisine with a twist of Filipino taste.

Kebabers started as a kiosk in St. Luke’s in E. Rodriguez, Quezon City last November 03, 2009. As the owners Ms. Mika Baron and Mr. Ron Ong, planned to expand the business and offer a wide variety of Middle Eastern Cuisine a dine-in store hence, the opening of the first store in Katipunan Avenue across Ateneo De Manila Gate 2 last 2012.

Kapitolyo branch is the most recent model of Kebabers made with a cozier ambience with a 48 sitting capacity (32 regular seats or enjoy your food and beverage ordered like the Arabians in their 8 seaters tatami style in an air-conditioned dining area plus 8 al fresco for the smoking diners).

What captures my heart most and the other customers as I observe is their own version of Kebab with Cheese as I dig in and bite the cheese really melts out from their kebab not to mention their special garlic sauce that makes their meal simply the best and you’ll surely be back for more. Their kebab has three flavors to choose from beef, chicken and fish.

Aside from the cheesy kebab there is more to look forward to as they open their Kebabers Kapitolyo branch this April they are giving away opening treats like Beef Pichos (Their very own version of nachos) for every group of 4 or a drink upsize for every Shawarma Rice Bowl – Monster Beef, Peppered Steak, Crazy Chicken and Steak Fish.

You may avail these treats only at Kebabers Kapitolyo Pasig branch if you download and print this flyer.

Kebabers Kapitolyo branch is open for dine-in, take-out and delivery service. They also accept bulk orders.For inquiries call them at (02) 654-9050.

Kebabers Kapitolyo branch is a franchise of Manila Catering Corporation.

Kebabers will open more branches this year for its growing clientele in SM CITY North-Edsa, The Fort, Taguig and SM City Manila.

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