photos: Inside the SM ARENA construction site 8-17-2011

I got a chance to join with the media and officials of the SM Arena and UAAP to visit and have a tour inside the SM ARENA. I take some shots and featured here in my blog, also I did some panoramic stitches and you can see how the big size of the SM ARENA, we entered the the gate which they call the team or players entrance located infront of the car parking building of SM ARENA.

more photos below

coverage: National University hosts the UAAP 75th Season at SM Mall of Asia ARENA for 2012

Last August 2011, the UAAP , SM ARENA and NU officials announces that the next game for the 75th season of the UAAP will be at a new venue in SM Mall of Asia ARENA, a 20,000 full house seating capacity venue that will cater to entertainment and sports event. NU promised that we will see a never before seen opening ceremonies next year 2012 and they say tha the Filipino deserve to have the best of the venue for the game and soon to be home of international league to legendary games and champions. (MORE STORY BELOW)

video: The rise of #SmartNetPhone community

After we saw and tested the Smart Netphone last week, I'm now amazed on the features being shown here on the video, if ever I have a Smart Netphone I can use it pala on my Samsung Smart TV and also add myself on that global directory, but I'm a little bit worried on the cloud syncing, are we ready for that? hope it is secured

check out the cute video below featuring the people and Smart Netphone

found the video posted at Digital Manila

32nd Manila International Book Fair 2011 this September

I haven't seen any updates or buzz about the book fair for this year, compare to the past years that the event is all over the timeline, I just hope that everyone still reads books and not focus too much on social networks. For myself, I sometimes give a time reading books, my last book that I read is Viva Andrada's "Survival: Your Guide to Life", I just picked it up again in the bookshelf here, but mostly read materials here at home are comic books, last comic that I read is Myke Gusinga's Claw comic series, its an indie comic creation, now I wonder will there be indie book publishers present here at the book fair? hmmm. I got reminded to check the sched of the book fair for this year after I got tag on Facebook about that anime cosplay event that was also organized by the book fair.

okay, just save the date Sept 14-18 at SMX Convention Center in SM MOA comples
visit http://www.manilabookfair.com/

Threehr.com: A Newest Social Network That Don’t Just Talk! Meet Up!

Blog Report by: Jeffrey Limbauan

An awesome midnight party at New Orleans bar in Resorts World. When I attended the launch of the newest social network known as the 3 hour or threehr.com in which gives a promising new level of social network. The level up of new social network that caters you not just in chatting or talking but you can meet up. Threehour.com serves people in setting the dream into the reality. This social network will give you a chance to meet up with your friends. How? Let’s find out… (MORE STORY BELOW)

coverage: The Pacquiao-Marquez III Press Tour: Two Warriors Dedicates their Fight for their Country

Blog Report by: Jeffrey Limbauan

Mabuhay Pilipinas!!! Viva Mexico!!! The warriors are set to faceoff for the first leg of the press tour. Another memorable history has come in the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila last August 3, 2011. There are thousands of people in attendance at the Quirino Grandstand in order to witness the Pacquiao-Marquez Press Tour. The Press Tour was set first here in the Philippines then they proceed to New York (Second Leg), Los Angeles (third Leg) and in Mexico (country of Juan Manuel Marquez) for the last leg of the Press Tour. (MORE STORY BELOW)

The thief and the Mcdo float

Mr. Hamburglar hides near the Mcdo Float while he plans to grab my McDo burger on the table.

Samsung MultiView MV800 digital camera

I'm saving some money in order to buy a new point and shoot camera, I saw that budget digital camera with a LCD screen swivel feature, but when I saw this camera over at Flickr, posted by Samsung Zone, I fell inlove with the design and feature of it. I went to its website and found some cool feature. (MORE STORY BELOW)

Kasama Coke bottle now released in all stores

Coca Cola Philippines just unveiled the new release of another Coke in a plastic bottle, and with a new tag name as "Kasama Coke" bottle, a 400ML Coke in a re-sealable plastic bottle, this is perfect for people who are always on the go, and want to keep their bottle in the bag and never worry of any spills and for lighthearted teens who want to carry a cool and sexy Kasama Coke bottle whenever they go. The new Kasama Coke is now priced at P15.00 and available in sari sari store located in GMA, Central and South Luzon. (MORE STORY BELOW)

unboxing: Sennheiser HD201 headphones

I won this Sennheiser HD201 headphones in raffle draw at the opening of the Beyond of the Box store in Newport Mall, Resorts World Manila. I'm very curious on the quality performance of Sennheiser products, but all I know that they are one of the best for audio. I'm gonna try this and write a review here in my blog, I have lots of headphones here, all of them are just for normal level users, I have tried those DJ headphones before and they are so expensive, let's try this if it will be the most recommended type of a mid range headphones.

more photos below

unboxing: Mede8er MED500X2 HD Multimedia Player

I'm very new to this multimedia player gadgets, the Mede8er MED500X2 HD Multimedia Player is like your storage device and also music, photo and video player, and after reading the manual, this "Mede8er MED500X2 HD Multimedia Player" can work like a real PC or laptop, all you need to do is plug it in to your TV and connect via LAN or use a WLAN usb dongle. Awesome gadget box for movie fans. I'm going to review and test drive this Mede8er MED500X2 HD Multimedia Player and see if it will perform much better than our laptops and dvd players.

As the label says.. "it can play all video formats"

more photos below

unboxing: Hisense Mini HB200M headset

Just finished opening this Hisense Mini HB200M bluetooth headset, and this is my 2nd Hisense bluetooth headset, the old that I'm using is colored gray and black, but I decide to use this new one because I like the colors red and black on it. Watch out for my review of this gadget, I heard that it can serve 2 mobile phones in one headset, imagine that If I use 2 headset on both of my ears, I can carry 4 mobiles on my bag hahaha.

more photos below

Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 - collected swags, flyers and calling cards

I collected some calling cards and flyers from the booth of food vendors at the Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 event in Rockwell Tent. After getting to know about the food and talk to the food vendor about their recipe, I grabbed some calling cards and flyers after munching and finish my taste test. Going to collect this and will share this to everyone who might need new food recipes for their taste buds and tummy.

Above is my Lin Ming Mei figure showing you the calling cards behind her.

more photos below

Cute food event invitation

Here's a cute invitation for an upcoming foodie event, Now I'm excited to discover another new foodie station in Manila.

kita kits on Sept 7, wow! got 2 food events for that day

Globe pulls 'Lamborghini' Internet sticks from market

OMG!!!!

MANILA, Philippines – Threatened by a lawsuit despite claiming it had gotten authority from a Singapore-based master franchisor to use the Tonino Lamborghini brand on its latest mobile broadband sticks, Globe Telecom Inc. has pulled out the product from the market.

Company officials said they would rather wait until they have fully clarified the matter with Italy-based Tonino Lamborghini, maker of hand-made watches.

According to Globe spokesperson Yoly Crisanto, Globe has temporarily ceased marketing and selling the Tonino Lamborghini broadband stick which is enabled with High-Speed Packet Access-plus, or HSPA+, mobile technology.

The Italy-based firm earlier described Globe’s Tonino Lamborghini Internet stick as a counterfeit product because it never gave the cellular firm the authority to use the “Tonino Lamborghini” brand.

Read the entire news here:

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/12372/globe-pulls-lamborghini--internet-sticks-from-market

Foodies spotted @ Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 food event

This is the start of my Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 blog coverage, posted below are the photos of different foodies I spotted at the event, all of them are foodies, food bloggers, chef, resto owners and super food fan! We roamed around the event for 4 hours and its all food! never ending food tasting with 50 food booths and stall, its a good venue to discover new food, new taste and new recipe. Feel free to grab you pics. Congrats to Anton and the Our Awesome Planet team for another successful food event of the year. (halata na first time ko dito hahaa) (next post will be the food)

More photos below

coverage: Bloggers Bash @ Astrovision - bloggers headshots

Here are some photos that I took from yesterday's bloggers gathering at Astrovision Plus in Greenbelt 5. The event was organized by Jeman of Orange Magazine TV and Katherine Choy of Astrovision. Awesome bloggers bash event! 3 categories that are available and we can choose one category to attend, I chose the tech and gadgets category, which was the last leg of the bloggers bash, my sis was there too with her blogger friends attending the music category, while others are in the movie category.

feel free to grab your pics here!

More photos below

The Black Eyed Peas Early Bird Promo

The Black Eyed Peas Early Bird Promo

Here's a good treat for all BEP fans who would like to watch their concert on October 25, 2011.

Purchase your BEP concert tickets until September 10 and Get 20% Off

also visit
http://www.futuretainmentinc.com/grab-your-bep-tickets-now-and-enjoy-the-early-bird-promo-available-at-sm-tickets-and-ticketwold

Black Eyed Peas LIVE in Manila!

October 25, 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.

Tickets will be available at all TicketWorld Manila and SM Tickets outlets.

Visit www.mmilive.com or http://www.futuretainmentinc.com/ for more details.

BEP TEASER 1

http://www.glamourmoments.net/2011/09/01/black-eyed-peas-live-in-manila-10-25-11/

May Sayad!

Here's another tribute post to immortalize on something hahaha.
just go HERE if you want to sing with the lyrics and play it with a guitar

Krispy Kreme opens new branch in Festival Mall Alabang

Last night was the opening and launch of Krispy Kreme's new branch in Festival Mall Alabang. The location of Krispy Kreme is at the corner of the Bridgeway exit of the mall. The launching event was spectacular as always, they gave away lots of doughnuts and drinks to all VIPs and raffle off lots of one year supply of doughnuts to lucky participants. I got in touch with Mark Gamboa, Marketing Manager for Krispy Kreme and he told me that they finally opened their new branch here in Festival Mall after waiting for almost 6 years, the expansion in the South area starts here and there will be more on the next coming year, I also got teaser that KK will open also their new branch in Cebu this October.

large panoramic photo here

So grab your yummy doughnuts and special KK coffee here at the new branch in Festival Mall Alabang.

check out the photos from the launch event last night below

The ultimate fantasy begins (teaser poster)

the big unveiling will be on 10.22.11

(check out the logo below the poster ^___^ )

you see this teaser...first here at Azrael's Merryland Blog.

will post more on the next coming day

Multiply.com offers zero transaction fees to all merchants @shopatmultiply #shopatmultiply

If you are planning to put up an online store, then I suggest that you take the advantage of the free online store set up of Multiply.com and get also the e-commerce system with online cart and transaction, plus the buyer and seller protection, all of it are now offered free! and there will be no transaction fee upon purchase. I remember that Multiply has a 3.9 percent charge per transaction, and now they are giving an early Christmas gift to all to take advantage more on Multiply.com e-commerce. Check out below a letter and note from Peter Pezaris, founder and CEO of Multiply.

Dear Multiply Sellers,

As you know, about four months ago we introduced Multiply Commerce™, our easy-to-use shopping platform that simplifies your storefront management and leads to more transactions and higher sales. More than 5,000 of you are now running your shops with Multiply Commerce, and we are ready to celebrate this milestone.

As a big Thank You to our supportive Seller community, we will not be charging any transaction fees between now and January 31, 2012, allowing you to take advantage of all the great features of Multiply Commerce throughout the big shopping season. These features include:
Payment processing from multiple providers, making it easier for your customers to pay you in a way that is familiar.
Local shipping right from within Multiply, adding great convenience and saving you time.
The Multiply Stockroom, which allows you to track sales and inventory so that you can always stay on top of incoming orders and make your customers happy.

For merchants who sign up for Multiply Trust™, we offer Buyer Protection to all of your customers when they complete their order through Multiply Commerce. With Buyer Protection, the order is right, or your money back.

If you haven't made the transition to Multiply Commerce yet, now is a great time to try it free, with no risk. If you're already on Multiply Commerce, please enjoy this special "No Transaction Fees" promotion and celebrate with us this exciting event.

Getting started is easy: post a product listing, or convert existing photo albums to product listings.

If there is anything else we can do to help you sell better, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Peter Pezaris
Founder & CEO

Food Revenge

Its just my term for a celebration and eating nice food in a mall

in Sbarro, SM Megamall

coverage: Beyond the Box an Apple Premium Reseller opens in Newport Mall

large pic

Beyond the Box store, a new Apple Premium Reseller store here in Manila just opened their first branch here at the Newport Mall, Resorts World Manila, and during the launch event I heard that they will also open another store in a prime city around Visayas. The new store will give a great experience to new users of Apple and also to those old Apple users to try and check out the new gadgets and accessories of Apple and other third party makers of Apple accessories. The store offers a complete range of Macbook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, iPad, iPod, iPhone and many more. (MORE STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW)

IBM Recognized for CSR Leadership

Photo Shows (L-R):  Senator Manny Villar presenting the CSR Leadership Award to Chestnut Andaya, Country Manager for Marketing, Communications, Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Philippines.

IBM won the Bronze Award for CSR Leadership in the recently concluded 2011 Global CSR Awards, Asia's most prestigious recognition awards program for corporate social responsibility, held in conjunction with The 3rd Global CSR Summit at the Marriott Hotel in Cebu City last August 11-12.

4th Movfest: International Film, Music and Literature Festival starts today Sept 1 in Podium

Today is the big day for Movfest!
Everyone is invited to attend


September 1, 2011. Thursday. 1:30pm to 11pm
The Podium, Activity Center. ADB Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
RSVP on Facebook

more details below and schedule

comics: DC 52: Justice League #1 Review

by blog contributor Dorkour

Super heroes band together to fight menacing threats. But for DC’s rebooted universe’s Justice League, they come together to fight bad economy – the steady decline of comic book sales. In order to curb this downtrend, DC rebooted the continuity for the nth time to attract new readers. 52 comic books were reset so that new readers can catch up. The banner title of the set, Justice League, was the first to come hot off the press.  (MORE STORY BELOW)

Hands on test with a SMART Netphone

Last night was the press briefing for the launch of the SMART Netphone and now lots of units are released to the public for them to test and try the SMART Netphone at the PLDT-SMART Jump Experience Center in Cyberzone, SM Megamall. I arrived late at the press briefing and I already caught the Q and A session with the SMART team and the media. I want to test the phone myself and I'm glad that they have lots of units in store for everyone, the Jump Squad supervisor Bernie approached me and then she showed me a little walkthrough on the phone, we tested two units, one for her and one for me, I finally got the chance to test it myself and the phone is very okay and user friendly. (MORE STORY BELOW)

Winner of the "Western Union: Your World" network challenge

Congratulation to Ethan G for winning in a lucky pick raffle, winner won a P2k shopping GC from Western Union. Thanks to our sponsor Western Union, and also thanks to all participants who joined this contest.

More contest coming here in Azrael's Merryland Blog.

(winner will be contacted via email )

Foodie event of the year! - Ultimate Taste Test 6.0 this Sept 3

This the event that all foodies and food bloggers are waiting for! Anton Diaz's event about food tasting is back again for its 6th run for 2011, the event will be on September 3, 2011 at the Rockwell Tent, if you remember on past Ultimate Taste Test, the event is always held in NBC Tent, but today it got little more accessible to visit and it will be hosted under the Rockwell Tent. I haven't been to the past UTT events, been busy on those times but I already made a pack that I should not miss this event! The event will be hosted by our  Manila Boy blogger Spanky Enriquez and foodie blogger Marianthefoodie

read below the details

The ABS CBN News Bloopers by Marc Logan

I followed the link shared by jepoy via twitter and it directed to me to Marc Logan's Youtube page, I'm not sure if he really owns the account, but the video posted there is very raw and never before seen on TV Patrol. I like this video bloopers of the news team of ABS CBN ahhahaha, I love to see more bloopers of Korina Sanchez and Karen Davila.

I already subscribed via email to the Youtube page and I'll wait for more of those funny video features by Marc Logan.