After the visit to different car brand in the show room, my next stop was the exhibit hall B. It houses booths from various shops that sells car accessories, navigation system, multimedia system, tires, customized car services, oil, battery, cleaning, and even publication.
Hello fellow reader/blogger. Here's the third installment of my trip in the 4th Philippine International Motor Show. After my visit from Honda booth, BMW is my next stop. Just like the Mercedes-Benz, the booth of BMW gave that luxury feel. They displayed the 3 Series M Performance cars - 328i and 335i Cabriolet -, 528i Sport M Performance car, 650i Cabriolet, and Z4. At the center of their booth, there were merchandise on display like apparel and even road bikes. At the end of their booth, there's a hanging performance car model. Also, there's a room upstairs that can be viewed but I hesitated to look.
Here's the second part of my visit in the 4th Philippine International Motor Show. Nissan's booth is what I visited next. The company showed many different models in the show and they were Highway Star, Patrol, Urvan, X-trail, Frontier, Murano Z, Almera and Teana. They also showed the Juke crossover and 370z sports car. Here's a trivia, the car designer of 370z is Rudy Rodriguez a Canadian-born Filipino. Yup, you hear that right, a Filipino is the car designer of 370z sports car. Another reason that Filipino is truly world-class. By the time I visited their booth, they currently having a mini game and letting the visitors participate.
I visited the last day of the 4th Philippine International Motor Show held at World Trade Center in Pasay city. I came in at around 11am in the morning and there were still few visitors. The entrance fee for adult was Php100, for senior citizen was Php80 and for kids was Php50. So what are the brands present in the exhibit? You'll find out after the break.
I recently purchased a Nike Free Run 2.0 from the same person whom I bought the Kobe VII Year of the Dragon. I bought it for PHP1300 (approximately US$31.16) and at that time there's a free shipping promo. The reason I bought a new pair of shoes is because a runner should have at least two pairs of running shoes that he/she can use alternately. I already retired two pairs of running shoes (I used the latest retired shoes as my casual shoes). If you are hook in running I definitely recommend buying two pairs of shoes even if its not expensive. A good running shoes should give ample amount of support and comfort.
Last July 7, I attended the afternoon class of Multisport Iberet running clinic held at Bonifacio Hight Street activity area. The instructor of the running class was no other than coach Jojo Macalintal. There were sponsors' booth present in the clinic like Asics, L-Timestudio and Iberet. Like before, you register first in the registration booth and then have the stamp card stamped by the sponsors' booth. Once done, head back to the registration booth to drop your stamp card for the raffle. There's also a photo booth by Baicapture wherein you can take photo of yourself with the magazine and have a printed copy right away. Also, since I'm one of the early registrant, I got the chance to have another singlet from Multisport for free. To get the picture of the singlet you may go here. The weather on that day was cloudy and I saw a dark clouds at a distance but fortunately, it doesn't rain during the activity. There's also a baggage counter so every participant can leave their baggage safely during the running clinic.
This is the second time I'm joining the Basketball tournament organized in our division. Last year we unable to get the championship but managed to get 3rd place. This year, our team is stronger than before because we had imports from other department who were an official player of the company. But, other teams also get stronger so it's a matter of performance on the actual game that will dictate the winner. I hope that this year our team will be on the finals but I know it'll take more than good luck to get there. I'll train harder for the sake of the team.
Last Saturday, me and my significant other went to Big Apple Express Spa. I bought a couple's voucher worth Php500 ($11.46) from CashCashPinoy, an online bargain site. The voucher consist of Balinese massage for men and Manhattan for women with free foot soak. We visited the branch at Tower 1 Cityland 10 in Makati, Philippines. It was my first time going to a spa but I do have an idea about it.
Once we entered the vicinity, it has this relaxing atmosphere. I wore jeans at that time but they required the visitors to wear shorts. Fortunately, the spa provided us a clean shorts for customers wearing jeans. First, they treated our feet, I upgraded the foot soak to foot scrub by adding Php100 ($2.29). Afterwards, we went to a room for couple and the massage begun. The Balinese massage took 60 minutes while the Manhattan took 45 minutes. After the massage was over, we were asked by the masseur if we need tea or water. The staff and personnel are friendly and professional.
We both enjoyed the massage and the treatment Big Apple Express Spa gave us. We will definitely come back to their branch. To know more about them you may go to their Facebook page by clicking the above picture.
Are you looking for a pair of cool sunglasses for your upcoming holiday trips? Or for your everyday trip to work? No matter what kind of trip you're going, sunglasses is a necessity especially when Mr. Sun is up and shining. But like clothes with different sizes, sunglasses came from different shapes and sizes that will complement to your face. And in order to complement the sunglasses to your face, there are things to consider when buying sunglasses in relation to your face. So what are those? You'll know after the break.
Me and some of my high school friends went to 4K Garden Resort at Catmon, Sta. Maria, Bulacan to commemorate our 10 years of friendship last May 19. We went there at night to escape the scorching heat of Mr. Sun. The entrance fee is Php200 for adult and children (children whose height is 3 feet or below are free).
Last Sunday, April 29, Hyundai Asia Resource Inc (HARI) conducted their free fun run, the Hyundai Run For A Cause at Quirino Grandstand in Luneta. This is my second year attending the fun run by HARI. The first one was last year at the same place. The event offered 5km and 10km distances. I ran 5km for the first year and decided to run the 10km distance this year.
Last Saturday April 21 I attended the Iberet-Active MultiSport 101 Camp Running clinic at Bonifacio High Street, BGC, Taguig city. There are two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I attended the afternoon class. This is my second year attending the free class organized by MultiSport and Iberet-Active. To know more about my previous posts in MultiSport clinics last year you may go here and here.
Here's the second part of our church visit during Holy Thursday.
8. St. Pio Chapel - Libis
The picture you see above is the last station in St. Pio chapel. We were supposed to visit the 8th station only but the majority decided to visit every station in this chapel. The interesting part of this visit is that every visitor who'll visit the stations will have to carry a wooden cross. The size of the cross will vary to the body-size of the one who will carry it. Also, slippers were not allowed so they will enter the station bare footed.
This year, I decided to come along with my friends to visit churches last Holy Thursday to commemorate the life of Christ on his last days. The plan was to visit churches from Argelito's hometown and then go to Laguna route. We will then visit one church per station, there are 14 stations so we visited 14 churches as well. So without further ado, below are the churches we visited.
Me and my brother attended the Manila International Auto Show 2012 last March 31, 2012. The exhibit is located at World Trade Center in Pasay. This is the 3rd day of the event. The exhibit composed of three parts, the main hall, tent B, and PTCC.
The floor plan in the main hall
Before entering World Trade Center, we saw many Hyundai elantra cars displayed and some sports cars that were customized. The entrance fee was Php100 (approximately US $3) for regular attendants and a discounted fee for senior citizen. Before entering the main hall, there's already displayed cars on the lobby like the Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz and Ford. I noticed at the center of the lobby a DJ platform wherein two models were there.
When you entered the main hall we were greeted by cars from Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Gorgeous cars from these brands were displayed at the show. The event showcased the new released of new cars from different brand for our market. The cool cars I saw at the event were Ford Mustang, Hyundai Genesis, Ford Ranger pickup, Dodge Charger, Range Rover Evoque, Audi R8, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, Jaguar XJ, Lamborghini and many more. I didn't saw any cars from Porsche on the day I visited the event although there is a slot in the floor plan.
The second part of the exhibit is where you'll see gadgets and accessories used in cars like navigation system, speakers, paint and many more . The place was a car park where an elevated tent was constructed. The third part of the exhibit is where other car brands are located and mostly of them are Chinese brands. The third part also showed restored and modified cars.
And the fun in car shows won't be complete without gorgeous models. My top three are:
Before we went home, we joined a mini-game from Yokohama booth. The mechanics are 1. Find and take picture of at least five cars having Yokohama tires and 2. Present the pictures to Yokohama booth and once verified you can pick a prize from the prize bowl. One of the major prizes is jacket but unfortunately we only got a ballpen.
Well, that's it for my visit in Manila International Auto Show. I definitely come back again next year. You can check out my photos during my visit here.
Last Saturday, March 17, I watched the last presentation of 3rd Philippine International Pyromusical Competition. The countries presented on that night were Italy with special participation of our country. The first country performed was Italy so without further ado here's the video I captured during the fireworks display.
After the presentation of Italy, there were presentations performed by different artists like Rico Blanco. Afterwards, the winners for the competition were announced. Below are the winners:
First Place: Canada
Second Place: Australia and Finland
Third Place: Netherlands
Being the country-host Philippines performed a special participation. Below's the video.
The video for Philippines was not complete during that time, there's a technical difficulties. I decided to go home but after 10 minutes they resume the presentation but I did not came back. Overall, the presentations were great and I really enjoy the show. I'll definitely go back to this show next year but I do hope that the organizer will be much organize in the event like lane separation of people who had kids with them and those who aren't have. Also, congratulations to the winners!
Last month, I purchased a new running shoes to replaced my 14-month old Umbro running shoes. I decided to replace my old running shoes because I felt pain in my left knee during a 7-km run although it goes away after two weeks of rest. Also, there's a part of my old shoes that's totally worn out telling me to replace it.
Peak Sport Products Co., Limited (Chinese: 匹克; pinyin: pǐ kè) is a Chinese sportswear/sports equipment company founded in 1989. PEAK SPORT S.R.L. (PEAK International) was established in 2000. PEAK
International is based in Italy which focused on and new products and
styles for our consumers, and distributing the PEAK brand all over the
world. The company listed in Hong Kong in September 2009 and has a market capitalisation of US$1.4 bn. Peak’s turnover is likely to exceed US$500m sometime in 2011. - wikipedia.org
I bought this pair of shoes for a discounted price of PhP1,300 (roughly $30 in 1 US dollar = 42.8500 Philippine pesos exchange rate). This is the only pair of running shoes I used in my recent trainings and runs. I still used my old Umbro shoes when I go to gym.
Logo embedded at the sole
If I have extra money, I would buy another pair of shoes that I will use in running events/races only because ideally a runner should have two pairs of shoes, one for training and one for the race.
Love doesn't grow on the trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make and you must use your imagination to make it too, just like anything else. It's all work, work. - Joyce Carey
The third installment of our escapade. You have a clue on our next stop by seeing the picture above. But I bet you don't know the place. Am I right? I'll give you a clue, it's in Lucban, in front of Batis Aramin Resort and Hotel. Still don't know? Well just click the read more to find out.
