Let's go shopping at the Great Northern Sale of SM City North EDSA this Feb 2-5

I'm not very familiar with the upcoming super 4 day sale of SM City North EDSA, because I live in the South and I spent my shopping and malling years only in Manila, Makati, Pasay and Mandaluyong, well most of my time are in the grounds of any SM Supermalls. Then I heard about this "The Great Northern Sale" of SM City North EDSA, and it is the much awaited grand sale ever that the mall and its store tenants organized it for all of their shoppers.

I remember that I experienced my 1st ever midnight sale in SM City North EDSA during my high school years, that was the time when we lived in Caloocan City and the only reliable mall for shopping back there for us is the newly built SM City North EDSA. The 1st midnight sale that they organized is the grandest sale event of Philippine shopping history, I think that was the 1st sale event around year of 1990's. We hoarded lots of Gift Gate items and American Boulevard that time, we even went back again to Gift Gate and bought those life size dolls of Hello Kitty and Kerokeropi. Then later that year, they organized another sale but it turns to be a 3 day sale and no longer a midnight sale, then other malls copied the concept. It was a fun fun fun shopping madness, that's why I'm so excited for the upcoming "The Great Northern Sale" because I now regularly visit SM City North EDSA late last year.

The Great Northern Sale of SM City North EDSA will be on Feb. 2-5, 2012
check out their Facebook page for news - http://www.facebook.com/smnedsa

and ohhh check out their ongoing contest - Win lots of GCs from SM City North EDSA!

Contest: Win Inn Cafe GC from Fersal Hotel (a Valentines Day treat!)

Here's an easy contest for my blog readers, the prize is a gift certificate from Fersal Hotel's Inn Cafe, this is also your chance to try the food and beverage offered by Inn Cafe to any branch of Fersal Cafe in Manila, Q.C. and Makati . I'm hosting this contest for everyone and the prizes are provided by Fersal Hotel. It will be a perfect freebie this Valentines Day 2012 in Manila, Philippines. Thanks to Fersal Hotel for sponsoring this prize giveaway here in my blog.

read the details below

Contest! : Win a Samsung Galaxy mini

Check out the contest here!

Win a Samsung Galaxy Mini by signing up to YeEvents and play 5 games


click the banner to join

(this contest is organized by YeEvents)

Star Wars event this Feb 4-5 in SM Megamall

A must attend event if you are a Star Wars fan, the only event that can gather many Star Wars fans in one day hehehehe. I just stumbled this via mobile in Facebook and I'm so excited already to visit the event and see our friends wearing their own Star Wars inspired tshirts, and costumes. I love to bring my son here and show them that he can swing a light saber using only one hand hahahaha.

The event is inline with the upcoming re-release of Episode 1 in 3D version, also the event features the upcoming 2012 Star Wars toyline from Hasbro, and yes!!! its my 5th chance of this new generation to collect Star Wars toys. Thank you Hasbro for re-releasing the new toys again.

Check the details below that I copied from the Facebook page of Philippine Outpost

Event: Hasbro Star Wars 2012 Toyline Launching

Venue: SM Megamall Activity Center , Building A basement

Date: February 4 to 5, 2012

... Celebrate the re-release of Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menace on the big screen in 3D !

Join the excitement at SM Megamall with the launch of the 2012 line of Hasbro Star Wars toys

brought to you exclusively by Toykingdom and Cybertron Philippines.

Have your photos taken with Darth Vader, C3P0, R2D2, Stormtroopers, Clone Troopers and other costumed members of the 501st Legion.

Join the contests and games at the activity center stage area located at the basement of building A beside Toykingdom. Kids ages 10 and below who come in full costume will receive a gift. Be sure to be at the activity area between 2 to 4 pm.

See the diorama displays of different scenes from the Star Wars movies and the Clone Wars

brought to you by our friends from Pinoy Star Wars Kolektors

My Php 600 Food Adventure top picks in Venice Piazza Mckinley Hills

The deal is... Php 600 for 12 food from 12 restaurants

If you want to have a one day food adventure or try different kinds of dishes of all restaurants every weekend, then this Food Adventure in Venice Piazza Mckinley Hills is a best place for you for your hungry tummy and salivating taste buds, you will get a chance to try 12 foods from 12 participating restaurants of Venice Piazza for only P600. The best part here is that the Food Adventure passport can be used in other day and can be borrowed by your friend or family if they want to try other food,but the catch here is that you can only choose the food and try it for once, but there are lots of selections and its an eye candy for foodies and munchers. I have tried 2 kinds of food promos last year here in Venice Piazza, I learned a lot of choosing the right food for me that make sure that I''l enjoy it. All food are good for single serving only and can't be share to your seat mate. The Food Adventure is ON! January 7-March 31, 2012. Starting from 4pm to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday only. (More below)

Working and baby sitting

here's my workstation today, I'm blogging, checking my email, updating my Facebook stats, checking some Facebook ads stats, monitoring my blog page and then my son baby Ash is watching Yo Gabba Gabba on a split screen here in my laptop.

Yes,he sitting on my lap while I'm working.
been doing this for two days already...no yaya today.

Facebook is down for the 1st time this 2012 (if you are a GLOBE user)

Time: 12:30am

What: Facebook is dead or down here in Manila

Why: accdg to Globe that there's a service disruption around Metro Manila

trallaalalal
it happened 2 times last year..and now let's mark a count starting this year 2012

I just hope that they can mention this or advice us whats going on and instead of us users go on investigating the problem, GLOBE.pls use your Twitter!

I'm not sure if this is related to this report by @downrightnow

Affected areas are in Manila and Cavite, but a friend in Makati and Rizal are having no problem in accessing Facebook. (then at 2am, blog reader from Davao and CDO experienced a downtime too)

http://www.plurk.com/p/fgiji4

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163665061511049216

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163665257229852672

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163665855954157568

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163665953576595456

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163667737728663553

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163667916263403520

https://twitter.com/#!/juanmanila/status/163668653546545152

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163669329563488256

https://twitter.com/#!/jcperlas/status/163669426099589121

https://twitter.com/#!/carambs/status/163670094839427073

https://twitter.com/#!/popazrael/status/163671754777174016

http://twitter.com/juanmanila/status/163675942538067968

http://www.manualtolyf.info/2012/01/quick-blogs-facebook-and-other-sites.html

- end of blog post 1:35am

@ 2:19am our Twitter conversation of most Globe users noticed by a friend who works for Globe, now the problem of connecting to Facebook has been reported to their mother ship.

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Olympus camera users let's go to Photo World Asia 2012 today!

check out this invitation for a free photo shoot activity and see our top make up and body paint artist Cha Reyes do an on the spot body painting exhibition at the Olympus camera booth.

1st winner of Catch me if you can FB-Twitter contest

Suddenly, I got bored while eating my dinner in Chicken Deli, SM North EDSA, I'm so depressed because I'll miss that 6:30pm movie in Gateway Mall. Riko, a friend of mine sent a message via Facebook and he invited me to visit his store in SM North EDSA, since I'm already inside the mall, I decided to pay him a visit and check out his caricature art business. Then I got this crazy idea that I posted on my Facebook and Twitter that I'll award the 1st person to meet me inside SM North EDSA and infront of that Karikatyur store.

After 30 minutes, Someone from the Twittersphere who is my follower, called my name as I left the Karikatyur store, then she introduced herself as "Maya" and she said that she read my Tweet about this meet up contest ek ek.

I'm so happy that one of my many followers in Twitter did the challenge and meet me inside SM North EDSA. I gave her a dinner GC for Chicken Deli and two movie passes for Gateway Cineplex. Congrats Maya!

I'll announce on the spot in my Facebook and Twitter walls on where I am and what prize will be received if they meet up or catch me whenever I am here in Manila. Fun game ito di ba?

On the set of Bourne Legacy movie in EDSA-Taft

There are some traffic build up happening in Baclaran area, but it was weird to see that there's no traffic in EDSA-Taft, when I arrived in the MRT station, I saw lots of people crowding on the side near SOGO and people up from the over pass are looking at something. I saw that the movie crew of Bourne Legacy are busy setting up their cameras, ropes, wires and even that heavy machinery. Its uzi time for pinoys that's uzisero for you! meaning we pinoys love to watch, investigate and get involved by just looking. I was hoping to see the stars of the movie..Rachel Weisz and Jeremy Renner.

more photos below

Free outdoor movie screening in Bonifacio High Street tonight

If you are looking for a free movie screening, or you have free time and want to hang out in an open air or in a mall, or maybe you need to hang out with lots of people, or you have a date and you want to take her to a place something special and unique, if you say YES, then I advise that you try this free movie screening tonight in Bonifacio High Street as Cinemanila brings you their "Moonlight Series", watch a movie under the glowing full moon in Global City. Their going to show the movie entitled "Strictly Ballroom", 1992 film by Australian director Bahz Luhrman. Watch the trailer here about the Moonlight Series.

January 27, 2012

7:00 pm | Bonifacio High Street | Activity Pod 4 (Across Starbucks) | Bonifacio Global City | Taguig

I just remember the "Digital Sunsets 2002" in the past that we do those film screening outside the Manila Film Center back in early 2000's with Ed Cabagnot and we watch movies, indie films and watch live performances of indie musicians. I'm glad Cinemanila organizes this awesome event and I hope it will turn a regular series every Friday, I wonder what happened to that outdoor screening that was organized back then, I think they tied up with K-lite FM, and they showed Jurassic Park movie and we listened the audio of the movie inside the car via the fm radio. I hope that outdoor screening or drive tru movies will be resurrected.

5 days in Medical City with Ash

We have already plans of going out on the following weekend, I even heard that my wife want to eat in a nice resto and have our own mini food tour, and then we also plan to go shopping for baby items for that upcoming Baby fair event, but everything changes and our plan didn’t pushed through, two days ago before that weekend, my wife and baby Ash got sick, I was in Manila that night attending some meeting and my wife texted me that both of them are sick. I told her that it might be the cold weather that evening that causes the chills and mild fever.

6th Backdoor Ventures ARTS and MUSIC Festival moves to SMX this May 2012

After a one year delay of the 6th Backdoor Ventures' Arts and Music Festival, we just received a heads up from event director Jay Virina via Facebook and he tag us and mentioned that "the festival just got BIGGER!"

The new venue now is at SMX Convention Center in SM Mall of Asia. The new date was also revealed it will be on May 12-13, 2012. I'm glad that the organizers moved out from Megatrade Hall in SM Megamall and found a new venue that can cater more space for arts and music exhibitors and also a big playground for event visitors, music and art performers. It will be big blast of artistry and symphony in SM MOA and I'm sure that the venue will be utilized wisely this time...and I'm sure the other side of the SMX and the bay side will be a perfect ground for tambays after listening to some music and watch the sunset...hmmm will be best to tap my photog and bloggers group to join the festival.

check out my photo coverage below from the previous years

Solar geomagnetic storm on Earth and Fantastic Four

Did you know that our Earth just strucked by a heavy and strong "solar geomagnetic storm", the sun storm occur last Sunday and it hit Earth today and the effects are visible in the northern area of our Earth. Massive green light and colorful light glows in the northern sky and it develop large and big lights called "aurora borealis", it is an awesome sight for astronomers and also people who saw aurora borealis in a normal day in some part of the north and south of our Earth, but they say that the aurora borealis light show cause by the solar storm are much beautiful.

The solar geomagnetic storm is not that strong and it is not harmful to us humans, but according to science experts that the storm can cripple power grid and radio communication, there are reports back then that it shutdown the entire power grid of Quebec when we experience the storm last 1989, they say that the last solar storm we experienced was last 2003, and this solar storm can be experienced today and up to year 2013.

You can watch a video here on an actual footage of a solar storm in the sun

This was a big solar storm, the biggest one for years and that will affect satellites; it will cause some satellite computers to reboot, it will cause some communications difficulties in northern latitudes, but it's not big enough to cause problems to sat-nav and things like that. - Dr David Whitehouse, astronomer (source)

They had advised that our astronauts should protect themselves from the solar storm in space, because the storm rays can be harmful to humans and die of solar radiation, when I heard of this notes and advised from scientist, I started to imagine that the comic book characters from the Fantastic Four experienced the same thing, but instead of solar storm they experienced a cosmic ray exposure after an experiment gone wrong in space.

Scientists have been expecting solar eruptions to become more intense as the sun enters a more active phase of its 11-year cycle, with an expected peak in 2013. - source

This is to show that our sun is the good and the bad for Earth, too much sun is bad as they say, but we should be ready and expect a much stronger solar storm wave in the future. I just hope it is not similar to that solar flare and storm in the sci fi drama movie "The Knowing" starring Nicolas Cage, that the makers of the movie theorize that a massive solar storm can kill all living things in Earth in one big solar storm blast. Watch that movie and understand on how it will end, kinda scary and I hope aliens from Kepler planet saves us hahahah.

The idea behind the solar flare theory stems from the fact that the Sun will be reaching the peak of its current solar cycle in 2012. Solar cycles are 11 years in length and scientists seem to think the current solar cycle will be one of the worst seen by mankind at its peak. Evidence of this is a recent solar flare in January 20 of 2005 which released the highest concentration of protons ever directly measured according to "A New Kind of Solar Storm" - source

Mobile blog: my spidey shirt today

Mobile blog: my spidey shirt today, a photo by popazrael on Flickr.

Mobile blog: my spidey shirt today