tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30552876931670368112024-02-18T20:50:20.644-08:00The Adventures of a Virgo Guyvirgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446795543191663323noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055287693167036811.post-63527962717412518012012-12-27T17:08:00.002-08:002012-12-27T17:08:54.036-08:004th Philippine International Motor Show: The Final Part<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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.</div>
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Afterwards, I noticed that there's a seminar on going near the entrance of world trade center. It's about Eco driving campaign by Honda Philippines. Basically, it told us what is air pollution, the harsh effects of it, and how to minimize it. Honda Philippines started the 1'M Blue campaign. Below is the excerpt from their Facebook page:</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The 1’M Blue Campaign seeks 1 million drivers who will commit to
practice eco‐safe driving to help address air pollution, climate change,
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Once the seminar is finished, I went outside to go home but I noticed cool cars outside. Most of the cool cars were Toyota MR-S, Toyota GT TRD, Toyota GT-S, Toyota T020. And yeah, they are all Toyota's. Below are some pictures.<br />
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After admiring the cool cars I decided to go home and very happy on the eye candies presented in the show. Before I forgot, there were of course model babes in the show, it's a must to all car show events. Below are my top three picks.<br />
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And that's the last entry of my visit in the 4th Philippine International Motor Show at World Trade Center. I really enjoyed visiting the show and I will definitely visit the show next year. </div>
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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.</div>
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Next in the show I visited was from Toyota. The model they showed were Fortuner TRD edition, Camry, Innova, and Vios TRD edition. On their showroom, they also have their hotly anticipated 86 sports car. There were two colors on the show, red and white variant. The white variant has TRD treatment while the red is the stock version. All I can say is both of them is definitely a head turner. And yours truly got the chance to get a peek inside of the 86 and the interior screamed sportiness. <br />
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Beside the Toyota section was their luxury brand Lexus. As expected from a luxury brand, they give off an elegant feel on their booth. They made the front grille of their recent car to be the entrance on their booth. They showed to us models of CT200H, ES350, GSF Sport, LX570 and RX450H. They also showed to us their super car LFA in the floor. The moment I noticed the LFA I just say "Wow! So this is the LFA!". The car screams sexy to us and placed in a moving car pod. <br />
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And that's the end of part 3 of my visit to 4th PIMS. That's all the car brand participated in this event. Next stop of my visit was the section of car accessories, a seminar and some club showing their bad-ass cars in the ground of World Trade Center.<br />
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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.<br />
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Next booth is from JMC. JMC, abbreviation for Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer also known as Landwind brand name in other markets. Two of the three models that I able to take picture were Hunter, a pickup truck and Orion, their SUV. <br />
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Beside the booth of JMC is a booth of Daewoo Bus company. In their booth, there are two buses displayed. One is a skeleton model BS106 and the other is a full bus BV115 SE. At the corner of the car show is a gallery of known persons in auto industry here in our country and in abroad. Also, there's a display of die-cast car models in the gallery. I really like the die-cast car models especially the 1:18 scale models. If I have an extra money I would start collecting those 1:18 cars.<br />
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The next booth that I visited was from Mitsubishi. They showed us their Lancer EX, their new entry to mini-car segment Mirage, new generation Outlander and Strada. They also have accessories section for their cars. When I visit their booth, they currently showing their opening number on the first day of the show. Their opening number is the live performance of Pupil playing Disconnection Notice.<br />
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Beside the Mitsubishi booth is another popular car company in the country and that is Honda. There are many visitors in the Honda booth. So many that I had hard time taking picture of the cars. The models on their booth were City with Modulo accessories, Civic 2.0 EL with Modulo accessories, a minivan Odyssey, Jazz and two hybrid cars Insight and CR-Z. The CR-Z is a hatchback type of car. The one displayed in the show is accessorized with Mugen giving it a sports car appeal.<br />
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And this is the second part of my visit. Stay tuned for another post on my visit in 4th Philippine International Motor Show.</div>
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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.</div>
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Once you entered the exhibit you'll notice the F1 racing car in the Shell booth. It's my first time seeing a real F1 racing car in the flesh so I got a bit excited and the Shell booth is only in the entrance to the main hall so I expect amazing cars inside.<br />
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The first company that greeted me inside the main hall was Kia. The company has seven models on show and they are K9 Quoris (flagship model), Optima, Picanto, Rio, Sorento, Soul and Sportage. I must say that the design of Kia in their recent car models is beautiful ever since Peter Schreyer became the chief designer. He called the design in the front of the car Tiger Nose. Also the "booth" of Kia is all white and simple but very modern.<br />
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The next booth that I visited was from Mercedes-Benz. As always, elegance is what I describe in the booth of Mercedes-Benz. The company show to us the G350, G-Class, GLK 220, M-Class, ML 250 and R-Class models to name a few. I noticed that the company mostly shows SUV model in this year's exhibit. <br />
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The third company I visited was Suzuki. I saw at their booth the Alto, APV, Celerio, Jimny, their top model Kizashi, Swift, SX4 Crossover, and Swift S-Concept. At the time that I visited their booth, they currently showing a video of their flagship model the Kizashi. The Kizashi is definitely a head turner in my opinion and the word samurai is what I thought when I saw it.<br />
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After the visit to Suzuki I went to Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge booth. The models presented were Grand Cherokee and Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 2012 from Jeep, 300C and Town&Country from Chrysler, and Charger RT and Durango from Dodge. The platform for Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 2012 was slanted and the hood of Dodge Charger RT was open to expose the engine.<br />
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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 <a href="http://mr-virgoguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/iberet-active-multisport-101-camp.html" target="_blank">here</a>. 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.</div>
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Like before, coach Jojo taught us dynamic stretching, drills, workout and static stretching. He emphasized that static stretching before any activity will give signal to the muscles to relax which is counter-productive. That's why he told to use dynamic stretching to warm-up our body before going to any activity.</div>
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After the workout, coach Jojo taught us the proper way of breathing while running which is you count to four and each count will correspond to your one foot. From one-two-three you breathe and on four you exhale. Its difficult at first especially when you simultaneous your foot and your count but you can master it eventually if you practice it consistently. We were then allowed to run around the block of the activity center. </div>
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After the static stretching, the participants get their free snacks and get the chance to get picture with coach Jojo. The L-Timestudio booth have a giveaway items to the participants. The participant picked a rolled paper in the fishing bowl and got the item according to the description. The freebies were sling bag, stickers, etc. Yours truly only got stickers. </div>
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The raffle time has come. MultiSport first gave their minor prizes and yours truly got one of them. They were one box of vitamin C from Iberet, a Coppertone Anti-aging face cream and a booklet published by MultiSport Philippines. </div>
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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. </div>
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Of course, if there's a new uniform there should be a new pair of shoes. Luckily, because of blogging, I have an extra money to buy a new pair. </div>
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The new pair of shoes I bought is Kobe VII Year of the Dragon. I bought it for only Php1800 (US $42.54) including shipping. The shoes are light and I'm planning to use these shoes for the entire tournament. Hopefully the performance of this pair of shoes will last until the tournament finished. If it damaged during the game, the saying "you get what you pay for" applies to me.</div>
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Last Saturday, me and my significant other went to Big Apple Express Spa. I bought a couple's voucher worth Php500 ($11.46) from <a href="http://cashcashpinoy.com/" target="_blank">CashCashPinoy</a>, 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. </div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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Before you buy sunglasses make sure that you know the shape of your face. Sunglasses will really look cool on you if you know the shape of the frame of the sunglasses you're wearing. To know the shape of your face you may go <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_1000376_determine-face-shape.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.style-makeover-hq.com/face-shape.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Now that you know your face shape we will now go to the different shape of the sunglasses that will complement your face. Below are the general types of face shape and their type of sunglasses.<br />
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Any style will work on oval face. Square, rectangular and geometric shapes which add angles to soft curves. Experiments with latest style such wraparounds or shields. Any frame shape will do but avoid frames that are too large for your feature.<br />
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Angular and geometric frames that sharpen facial features. Rectangular and horizontal styles make faces appear longer and thinner. Minimize the curves and add definition with soft, angular, rectangular styles or double brow styles.
Higher temples will create a longer profile. Avoid small frames that are out of proportion and short frames that accentuate face length.</div>
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<b>Diamond Face</b></div>
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Oval sunglasses will soften the contour of the face, although softly curved square frames will work as well. Make sure the styles are no wider than the top of the cheekbones. Rimless styles that allow cheek bones to shine will complement your face. Avoid narrow frames that draw attention to narrow eye line.</div>
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This face shape consists of a strong jawline, a broad forehead and wide
cheekbones. Reduce the angles with soft, curvy styles that will give the
face some definition such as cat-eye styles. The classic ovals<a href="http://www.unitedshades.com/all/all/all/catalog/-noby" style="font-weight: bold;"></a> also works well for this face shape. Avoid geometric and square shaped frames that accentuate angles of the face.<br />
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Widen and shorten the face with sunglasses styles that do not extend beyond the widest part of the face. Round or square
shapes will look great on this face. Frames with short horizontal and
long vertical lines also work. Decorative or contrasting temples add
width to the face. Avoid small frames that are out of proportion and short frames that accentuate face length.</div>
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This face has a narrow jaw and a wide forehead. Soften the lower portion of the face by accenting the eye area. Styles such as cat-eyes
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the jawline. You can also try metal frames with rimless bottom and top-heavy styles that balance the width of the jaw. Avoid low-set temples that widen the jaw and narrow frames that are out of proportion.</div>
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This face has broad forehead and wide cheek bones that narrow to a small chin. You may try bottom-heavy frames that add width to lower face. It also good to use styles with low-set temples to draw attention downward. And also the narrow, round frames that soften the forehead. Avoid top-heavy styles that draw attention upward and decorative temples that accentuate the broad upper face.</div>
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Now that you know the different face shapes and their frames and would like to try different types of sunglasses but don't want to go outside there is a solution to that.</div>
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<a href="http://firmoo.com/">Firmoo.com</a>, the emerging global online optical store of prescription eyeglasses and
prescription sunglasses, offers customers to use their virtual try-on on their website. This widget will allow you to try-on the available eyeglasses and sunglasses to your photo. All you need to do is to create an account for free and upload your picture. You can see the screenshot below.<br />
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Aside from the virtual try-on, the site has categories for men and women in different shapes, materials, frame and size. Firmoo.com also offers wide range of eyeglasses or you can customize the sunglasses with prescribed lenses. Aside from the standard case and cloth that comes from other eye-wear shops, Firmoo.com also includes screwdriver, extra screws and replacement nose pads (note that the accessories included will vary from the sunglasses/eyeglasses that you will purchase). The site also teach you on how to maintain properly the sunglasses/eyeglasses. If you're a new customer of Firmoo.com, you will have a <b>free </b>eyewear, to know more about it please go <a href="http://www.firmoo.com/free-glasses.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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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). </div>
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We rented four tables located at their pavilion. Their pavilion can accommodate three groups consisting of 15 people. There are at least 6 public swimming pools and a private pool. There are also slides in the resort but unfortunately it can't be use during night swimming. There were so many people during night swimming and I imagined the number will double during daytime. Even though there are many people when we arrived, the number of people decreases as time hits midnight. For the first hour of our stay in the resort, it ran hard that people in some of the pools were running to go to their respective cottages. I don't know what they thought at that time but the way they ran told me that they were afraid to get wet from the rain .<br />
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The allowed time for night swimming is until 4AM but you can stay at the cottage until 6AM. We enjoyed the stay in 4K Garden Resort and hopefully when I go back at the resort, it would be daytime wherein I can ride their slide and enjoy their wave pool . Below were the pictures I took on Sunday morning. </div>
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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.<br />
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Unlike last year where HARI only supports Haribon Foundation, they decided to support eight categories. They are Education (red), Community Development (orange), Filipino Heritage and Pride (yellow), Environmental Sustainability (green), Road Safety & Responsible Car Ownership (blue), Youth Development Through Sports (purple), Women and Children's Health (pink) and Social Entrepreneurship (gray).<br />
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You join by selecting the category that you'll support and the color of the singlet vary to the category you supported. The registration is free and you'll get a free singlet with bib. Below is the singlet I got.<br />
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The 10km distance has three waves while the 5km distance has 4 waves. I'm included in the first wave of 10k runners because my bib has letter A on it which means I belonged to group A. The gun start was late because of the hosts. Below is the race map.<br />
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The water stations were placed near the u-turn of 5km and 10km distances. Instead of cups, they gave us bottled water like last year so you won't see cups scattered instead you were opt to bring the bottled water as you run and placed it in a trash bag when its empty. Street people also help cleaning the empty bottled water because it gave them a little income. At the 10K u-turn there's a fire truck that sprinkled water so every runner will get somehow refresh during the run. There's also a fire truck at the finish line.<br />
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HARI also promoted their line of cars by showing models from Eon to its Genesis coupe. I got a glimpse of its Genesis coupe together with Elantra and Accent model.<br />
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I also met one of my fellow bloggers <a href="http://runandkeeponrunning.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Light</a> (aka <a href="http://balutmanila.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Balut</a>).<br />
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The most disappointed thing happened in this event was claiming the baggage. Right after I finished the race, I went to the baggage counter. At first I fell in line but I noticed that there were many people at the front who were not in line. The people at the front are impatient that they don't fell in line. I don't know the reason but the baggage staff didn't manage the crowd to fall in line properly. Claiming the baggage was a disaster.<br />
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It took me almost an hour just to take my bag. I didn't even know that there's a program in the the Grand Stand because we were so busy trying to get our bags. Overall, the event was good but I do hope that the claiming of baggage next year won't be like this. I enjoyed the run but not after-the-run event. I definitely will go next year but I'll minimize my baggage. <br />
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By the way, just want you to know my time in 10k run was 1 hour and 7 mins (unofficial time). My goal is to finish a 10k distance under 50 minutes so I will keep on training to meet my goal. Happy reading!</div>virgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446795543191663323noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055287693167036811.post-8336957420359995082012-05-03T22:40:00.000-07:002012-05-03T22:40:07.352-07:00Quote of the Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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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 <a href="http://personalvirgo.wordpress.com/tag/multisport-101/" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://mr-virgoguy.blogspot.com/search/label/multisport-iberet" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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This 101 Camp is a series of classes about Running, Biking and Swimming, three sports in Triathlon. Last year the classes are free for all but now only subscribers of MultiSport magazine can attend the seminar for free. The management said that a subscriber can bring one non-subscriber but he/she won't be included in raffles. </div>
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Early bird registrants will have a free singlet but only for subscribers. Like last year, the running clinic have the sponsor's booth. The present sponsors in the activity area were Asics, L Time Studio and Iberet. There's also a picture booth by Baicapture that you can have a printed picture of yourself with a magazine theme in the background for free.<br />
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The participants were taught by coach Jojo Macalintal, one of the premium triathlon coaches in the Philippines. He taught us that static stretching before running is a big no-no so a dynamic stretching is recommended before doing your workout or training. There are three parts of the training that he taught us - dynamic stretching, drills and workout.<br />
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He also taught us the proper breathing while running which is the 1-2-3-4 count. You count on your mind at the same time a foot will strike the ground, you will inhale at 1-2-3 count and exhale at the 4th count. After the training we ran around the block for proper twice. The first 30 persons that finished the second run got a multivitamin pack from Iberet and your truly is one of them.<br />
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After the run coach Jojo taught some static stretching and afterwards the organizers gave us free foods and drinks. After the running clinic, Asics gave us some information about the history of Asics. The last but not the least was the giveaways and raffles. There are 10 giveaways from MultiSport and Iberet but before you can get the giveaway you have to answer correctly the question prepared by Iberet. One of the major prizes in the raffle is a sports watch from L Time Studio and a JanSport bag.<br />
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I enjoyed and learned a lot from attending the running clinic and will definitely attend their second running clinic. Their next event will be biking on May 12, 2012 at BHS. The participants should bring their own bike because they will bike around the block just like the running clinic. If you have questions you may contact them in their Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/multisportphilippines" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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