Be a Weekend Warrior

Weekend is the time for men on-the-go to relax and maximize the time to venture in their passions. One may spend the weekend in sports while another may accompany his wife or girlfriend who’s going gaga over shopping. There may be some men who may go wild all-night as party animals while some may just enjoy a serene night watching stage plays or musicals.

Wherever your passion takes you on a weekend, you must never forget to unleash the fashion warrior in you. And wherever this passion takes you, rest assured that you’ll get the apt Florsheim footwear to make you an ultimate weekend warrior – not just in your undertaking but also in your get-up.

Look elegant with Florsheim’s long brown pointed shoes while walking your way to the theatre. Its leather linings provide the classic and stylish appearance, while comfort comes easy with the cushioned footbed. It also comes in black.

You can make that striking steps while playing golf with Victory and Triumph. Aside from its sporty look, it would be apt for use in sporty activities. While it is sporty, elegance is accentuated with unique leather lining.

Florsheim will not only make you project a weekend warrior look. It can actually make you a real floor warrior. Every Florsheim footwear carries a comfortech insole feature that enables relief of hot and tired feet because of its superior “step-shock” absorbing insoles.

The technology of a comfortable leather foot bed is contoured for extra arch support. Aside from that, it also works because of the exclusive dot-matrix system which provides shock dispersing pods from toe-to-heel.

Getting the right pair of shoes for your weekend getaway is not just about what’s appropriate for your get-up. It is necessary that while looking for the fashionable, you also search for the one that can give you superior technology and comfort to fit your lifestyle.

Exclusively distributed by Retail Specialist, Inc., check out these comfortably stylish collections from Florsheim at the 2/F Shangri-la Plaza Mall, 634-8077; G/F Glorietta 4, Ayala Center Makati, 752-7025; RSI Collection G/F Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, 898-1783; G/F Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Cubao, 911-1475; 2/F Festival Mall, Alabang, 850-3995; 2/F Pedro Gil Wing, Robinsons Place Manila, 536-7967; G/F Commerce Mall, Alabang Town Center, 842-4936; 2/F Mall of Asia, 556-0365; G/F SM Cagayan de Oro, (088)859-1285; G/F Ayala Center Cebu, (032)231-5386 and SM City Cebu.

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SM Storyland Experience: For your Kids’ Fun-tastic Christmas Ever

Christmas is truly a season for the kids to enjoy. It is that time of year that every kid looks forward to – lots of gifts, parties, and surprises. It is also the time for the family to spend special moments together. This coming holidays, make your children’s Christmas even more meaningful and special by bringing them to a place with loads of activities they would enjoy together with the rest of the family.

If you want your kids to experience a fun-tastic adventure this Holiday Season, SM Storyland should be on the top of your list. Your kids (and even you) will definitely enjoy its adventurous rides like, Wonderflight, Bumble Bee Bop, Magic Beanstalk Carousel, Silver Streak, Atom Smasher, Astroliner, Fastrak, and Burn Stormer. The Gamezone area may also a good bonding area for you and your kids while you’re playing arcade games.

SM Storyland has lined-up a lot of fun-tastic and enjoyable activities for this Yuletide season to make the season even much enjoyable for kids and for the family.

Make your children appreciate Christmas even better by learning how to craft their own Christmas decors. The family could sit together and learn to create Christmas stuff for the house at SM Storyland Southmall and Fairview on December 9 and 10.

Of course, Santa is never out of the picture during the holidays. Every kid would wish to have a Santa experience and you can make that wish come true. Meet and greet, and even have your kids’ photo taken with Santa. Don’t miss Santa’s Visit to town on the following dates and venue: December 9, 17, 24, and 25 at SM Southmall; December 10, 16, 23, and 25 at SM Fairview; and December 10, 17, 24 and 25 at SM San Lazaro.

You could also grab the chance to watch the popular Atienza Brothers in their juggling acts on December 9 at SM Southmall, December 10 at SM Fairview, and December 9 SM Southmall.

If you want more fun and excitement for your kids, you could party with SM Storyland’s “A Carnival Christmas Clubbie Party!” Enjoy wonderful performances of acrobats and contortionists. Your kids and the rest of the family will also be amazed of the exciting animal show.

Let your kids’ imagination go wild with the breath-taking roving stilt walkers and the magic tricks of funny clowns. Aside from the fun-filled activities, the Clubbie Christmas Party is also packed with prizes and surprises.

All the fun, entertainment, surprises, and prizes you can get in one great Christmas Party. Party at SM Storyland on December 16 at SM Fairview, December 17 at SM Southmall, San Lazaro, Marilao, Cebu & Batangas; and December 23 at SM Iloilo.

SM Storyland experience is the fun-tastic Christmas experience you could ever give to your kids.

For more information about SM Storyland’s Christmas activities and highlights, contact SM Storyland at (632) 800-1749 or 800-3202 or fax no. (632) 800-3204 or email heg@storyland.com.ph, marketing@storyland.com.ph, or visit theri website at www.storyland.com.ph.

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Showing His Power and Majesty by Frank Padilla

A good way to conclude a year lived in love for God and service to others is to look back and analyze how far we have gone in answering God’s challenge. Have we truly responded to becoming God’s instruments in renewing the face of the earth?

Frank Padilla’s newest book Showing His Power and Majesty poses us the challenge of making this world better through making each and everyone experience God’s majesty and power.

In his book, Frank Padilla provides challenging ways of accomplishing our mission of continuing Jesus Christ’s task to accomplish God’s work. Through accomplishing this mission, he believes that we can eventually achieve joy and happiness. He believes that accomplishing this mission will enable us to fully experience God’s kingdom on earth and enjoy peace, solidarity, and prosperity.

God’s power is bestowed upon us to share the good news to the whole world. Reading Showing His Power and Majesty could assist us in starting 2007 right. While it helps us assess our response to God’s challenge this 2006, the book guides us in facing the coming year armed with the proper knowledge and passion to confront God’s challenge.

Get your copy of Frank Padilla’s Showing His Power and Majesty now - the perfect gift to yourself and your loved ones.

For your orders, please call Flame Ministries Inc. at (02)727-9619.

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Crystal Cream Supports the Quest for Women’s Journal Miss Cover Girl 2006

Filipino women are known for possessing beauty and intelligence. As such, many of them are passionate about promoting beauty and intelligence through beauty pageants. Believing in the talent of the Filipino women, Crystal Cream – a beauty duo, sponsored the recently concluded second batch of eliminations of the Search for Women’s Journal Miss Cover Girl 2006.

Seventeen lovely candidates vied for the slots to the grand coronation night of the Search for Women’s Journal Miss Cover Girl 2006. All the seventeen candidates were gifted with beauty and intelligence but only ten whose crystal glowing beauty and crystal clean intelligence are afloat got the slot.

As a commitment to promote care for beauty through a crystal glowing skin, Crystal Cream provided free product-testing among the participants and viewers to the event. It wants the people to realize that it’s everyone’s responsibility to be beautiful. It also wants the people to understand that to be beautiful doesn’t mean exerting extra effort and loads of money.

Crystal Cream continues to support the quest for beauty and intelligence through the Grand Coronation Night of the Search for Women’s Journal Miss Cover Girl 2006. Aside from the bountiful cash prize and gift-packs, the lucky winner to the pageant will be awarded as Crystal Cream’s newest image model.

The Grand Coronation Night of the Search for Women’s Journal Miss Cover Girl 2006 will be held on December 1, 2006 at the Pearl Manila Hotel. The event will also be aired at (channel) on (date) from 9:00 – 9:30 am.

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Jose Rizal University Stands Up Against Poverty

Jose Rizal University (JRU), the university that cares for good education, participated in the recently concluded the global challenge of the United Nations Millennium Campaign. It launched a local commemoration of Stand Up or Tumayo Tayo (UN Millenium Campaign Global Challenge) where it has contributed remarkable number of persons to be counted as participants to the aimed official Guinness World Record for most number of people ever to stand up against poverty.

Stand Up or Tumayo Tayo aims to raise awareness among the people in the world of the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations. The core areas of the MDGs include eradicating extreme poverty, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality, reducing child mortality, improving mental health, combating of HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases, realizing environmental sustainability, and developing global partnership for environment. In the year 2000, 183 member countries of the United Nations signed these MGDs. These are aimed to decrease the poverty incidence world-wide to 50%.

Believing that every individual and institution has the responsibility to promote and contribute to national development, JRU took the opportunity to participate in this global campaign against poverty.

According to Dr. Vincent K. Fabella, JRU president, JRU was very excited about the partnership with United Nations Development Program. “We feel that the MGDs of UN and JRU’s mission are pretty much the same” he added.

JRU is among the various schools and institutions in the country that participated in the symbolic fight against poverty. Locally, the target is to have a minimum of 1 million Filipinos to stand up and be counted. And, JRU contributed roughly 300 Filipinos to that target.

One of the guest speakers, Prof. Alex Brillantes, Dean of UP NCPAG and Secretary-General of Association of Schools for Public Administration, congratulated JRU and said that it should be proud of its participation in this global advocacy and you. “If there’s one thing you have to treasure, it’s your participation to this symbolic event of our fight against poverty” he added.

As part of JRU’s commemoration of Tumayo Tayo, participants declared their pledge of allegiance to the Millennium Development Goals standing up for justice and not simple charity for the impoverished.

Through the event, JRU confirms its mission to help in the development of the Philippines. It also reiterates its pride of being able to have a mission that is consistent with the MDGs of the United Nations. The JRU family commits to work together in helping alleviate poverty.

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Christmas Gifts Expo

Christmas is a time for families to be together. It’s also the time to show our gratitude and appreciation to family and loved ones by giving them special gifts. A lot of Filipinos are anxious of going to the malls early to avoid the so-called Christmas. Then again, why prepare too early if there’s one great venue that can offer you almost everything that you may need for the Holidays?

Be part of the most extensive, educational, and fun bazaar this season. Be at the CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006 on Dec 20-24, and Dec 26-30, 2006 at the 5/F the Summit, Mega B, SM Megamall.

The CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006 will feature a dazzling array of products and services-from homes to small luxury items, gift ideas, food items and other great bazaar finds- that are sure to satisfy Christmas shoppers! This year’s expo caters to all Christmas shoppers, from OFW families & Balikbayan - the biggest shoppers, celebrators and investors during Christmas; and late Christmas shoppers who comprise the largest number of bargain hunters towards the end of the yuletide season.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006 will feature interesting & bargain finds from fashion accessories, garments/apparels, gifts & novelties, food & beverage, furniture, home decors/accents & housewares and other bazaar items. There will also be a Filipiniana section featuring native and indigenous products from the different regions of the country; as well as corporate division featuring banks/credit card facilities; franchises; house and lot & real estate; telecommunications; vehicles & others.

Special events for the family set Christmas Gifts Expo 2006 as among the special bazaars this year. For an educational and fun-filled treat, you may catch the wonderful performances of the best ventriloquist in the country, Mr. Ony Carcamo on Dec. 20 at 6pm; Dec.24 at 3pm and Dec. 26 at 3pm. Mothers need not worry about their kids while they are going loco over shopping. There’s a great line up of special events that kids may watch and participate in at the CHRISTMAS EXPO 2006.

Meanwhile, toys hobbyists and collectors as well as kids may also catch the Collectibles Christmas Fair 2006 at the CHRISTMAS EXPO 2006 happening this December 22-23, 2006. Grab the chance of bringing home great collectible items like Anime, Comics, Toys, Cards, Games, Dolls, Action Figures, Cars, Collectible items, and Memorabilia at a great deal.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006 is also a heaven for HSBC Red MasterCard Holders! Every P500 single-receipt purchase using your Red MasterCard gives you a chance to win the latest issue of Marie Claire Magazine or HSBC tote bag.

Shop ‘til you drop. Learn. Be entertained. Bring home prizes. These could only happen at one great venue, the CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS EXPO 2006 is sponsored by HSBC, Philippine Daily Inquirer and BusinessWorld. For details please contact 873-8202 or 873-1198 or 873-9047 or email info@ChristmasGiftsExpo.com.

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No One is Invincible from Breast Cancer

Who said that you’re invincible from breast cancer?

Most may think that breast cancer can only occur to married women and ladies of older age. It is also apparent that most may share the notion that only women are vulnerable to the disease. However, these are all misconceptions. Women and men of any age or from any social strata may be afflicted with the disease.

There has been a continuous growth of people diagnosed with breast cancer. Furthermore, thousands of recorded deaths among Filipino women were caused by breast cancer.

Considering that no one is invincible from being troubled by breast cancer, it is indispensable for everyone to learn beyond the basics of the disease. Both facts and myths must be discerned, and information on preventive measures must also be acquired.

Believing that awareness and early detection are among the prudent ways to minimize the growing rate of breast cancer occurrences, the partnership of Philippine Foundation for Breast Cancer Care, Inc. (PFBCI) and Philippine Wacoal Corp. has been passionately pursuing its advocacy of keeping the public abreast of the pertinent issues and information about breast cancer.

Last year, PFBCI and Wacoal Corp officially launched their advocacy against breast cancer through the “Keep Abreast” campaign. The series of seminars provided vital information about breast cancer highlighting the idea that early detection is the most prudent move for successful treatment of the disease. Participants also acquired relevant anecdotes from breast cancer patients and survivors.

As a means of commemorating the breast cancer awareness month this October and fulfilling the partnership’s advocacy, PFBCI and Wacoal launched the 2^nd year of the “Keep Abreast” campaign. “Keep Abreast” will run on three Saturdays of October: October 13 (9:00am) and 20 (2:00pm) at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati and October 27 (9:00am) at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Ortigas. Admission is free and open to the public.

While this is the second year for PFBCI and Wacoal to hold a series of breast cancer awareness seminars, they are now bringing this advocacy to a higher level by providing free breast check for interested participants. The goal is to have the participants leave the seminar armed with the right knowledge on breast cancer and how to detect it early so that the battle against it is already half won.

As Wacoal has always been sensitive to the needs of women, it continues its partnership with PFBCI in providing the public of substantial knowledge and insights about breast cancer. Together with PFBCI, Wacoal has relentless pursuits and undying commitment of serving the cause. It has realized that being beautiful is going beyond the physical aspects as wellness is an essential aspect of beauty. Thus, it believes that Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign is significant move to help women in their quest for good life and beauty.

The reality that no one is invincible from Breast cancer poses a greater challenge on how we can value our lives better. It is our obligation to protect our lives against all dreadful diseases like the Big C. Only through information and awareness can we arm ourselves with audacity.

Let’s keep abreast and battle the Big C.

For reservations and inquiries, call Wacoal Customer Service Hotline 884-1417, or email philwacoal@wacoal.ph. Interested individuals are advised to make reservations, seats are limited.

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