Talked to my friend, Jeena Llamas-Lopez, a few weeks back and she told me that this is what is keeping her busy nowadays!
Available at these stores:
Talked to my friend, Jeena Llamas-Lopez, a few weeks back and she told me that this is what is keeping her busy nowadays!
Available at these stores:
From Crisann Celdran, sister of Javy
For six years I was perfectly happy being the youngest in the family. Then Javy came along - the pest! - and I think its safe to say that, through the years, we were responsible for most of the wrinkles and white hair you see on our mom and dad today. We’re older, wiser and finally up to some good and we hope you can help us out here.
I’ll let Jav explain how. Thanks in advance and feel free to pass this on.
Crisann
For more information on ICanServe Foundation, click below
Newton finally convinced us to go all the way to his side of town so we could see the new building of his friend, Bigboy!
Well…..it was worth it!
Ronac stands for RObert and NAtividad Cheng who are the parents of Bigboy
You won’t miss the building in Ortigas Avenue



Meet Bigboy! So passionate about his love for art and everything in his building!

The facade of the building is the morse code of the song Stronger by Kanye West! Cool!
The staircase is supposed to represent the springs of a mattress…afterall they own Uratex
Bigboy took us for a tour of the building through his wooden elevator
What a cool basement! It’s a parking lot
Love the wall of the parking lot with a design by Shepard Fairey

with two stores -Jagnus Design Studio and Bunker and OBEY Flagship Store




The 2nd Floor is an Art Gallery and the future Uratex Premium Mattress Showroom which is still in the works, so this is just a sneak preview

The Third floor is called the Playground….
…..where there is a basketball court. You can rent it out to play basketball or hold children’s parties or other private functions

The 4th floor is called the Deck
with hip shops that remind us of Japan
Progress
Terminal MNL
Secret Service
We Legendary
Unschooled
Titan
The ground floor is where Bigboy has his fun store called Secret Fresh
and restaurants Jozu Kin, Yoggle and the super popular and yummy
Charlie’s Grind and Grill
And in front of the building is a fun sculpture by Reg Yuson… Newton and Bigboy are talking to each other from one end to the other of the sculpture! :-)
Heart2Heart loves companies that have a great mission! Not only to sell beautiful products at the same time helping society and giving back to our environment
KOR HYDRATION VESSELS is founded in the US and the company is an advocate for promoting awareness for water related issues around the world.
For every sale, they donate 1% of that to various non-profit organizations such as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, The Wetlands Initiative, The Container Recycling Institute and The Blue Planet Run.
Read more about Kor in their website: (www.korwater.com)
KOR Water bottles are very unique in its design and shape. And because of this it has captured the thirst of many celebrities and has been featured as the “IT” gift item
Hillary Duff
David and Victoria Beckham
Distributed by Verity Enterprise cellphone number 0916-4822246. Website is www.thepurpletag.com ( click below to go to website)
or you can order thru www.tradeport.com.ph
Click below to go to the website
It is also available in Tripologie Eastwood Cybermall Branch and soon in all Cutting Edge Stores.
Catch them also at the Coachella bazaar this April 8-10 in Rockwell
Last week, James, Jaime and I went to the Collective to attend Futkalicious I asked James to bring me along and I am so glad I did!! Heart2Heart discovered another great Filipino in action!!! Peter Amores! It’s amazing what he did, what he is doing and what he is still about to do!! This guy has changed the lives of teenagers from Tondo by playing football in the streets! Since 2006 he has dedicated his time and even financial resources to Futkal. And when I look at the boys…it makes me feel happy that someone has helped them uplift their lives for the better Peter told me that it is not only playing football, but character formation, discipline and education. You have to be sort of certified to be a Futkalero and abide by the rules and discipline being instilled in them
Football ( soccer ) is made available to children in exclusive schools, but what Peter is doing is he is introducing the sport to the masses and making more people enjoy the sport! Peter himself is a good football player and at Futkal they teach soccer in a fun way - see more and watch the video: Watch some more videos on the Futkaleros
Peter is trying to raise money to reach their goals for 2011 We were so happy to see Dolores and Tito Paquito there that evening, apparently they are and have been sponsors for the kids for quite some time already. Thank you to them for supporting the kids!!! Its costs only P 13.00 per day per Futkalero. Pls contact Peter if you would also like to help!!! email him at: amores_peter@yahoo.com or contact him at: 0917-700-2455 Watch out also for the movie, Happyland, which was made around the story of the Futkal. The actors are the real life Futkals Happyland Movie Trailer
My sons told me about this place at Burgos Circle as they are into basketball! They went to check it out and Jaime had his haircut. Last week, Javier asked me to take him here to cut his hair too
It was so nice to bump into the owners. They are four partners. Basketball player, Jeffrey Cariaso, was not around but he is the partner not in the photo
Dennis Tan, Raoul Reinoso and Steve Quila
As you enter, on the left is stairs to take you up to the basketball store and of course my kids go crazy
And to the left is a barber shop and this is where my kids like to cut their hair!
They even have Ipads to use while having your haircut :-)
for more information, go to their website ( Click below ):
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And for our younger son, it is basketball! We are so happy he tried out for the basketball team at school. It’s so much fun to watch them playing so seriously yet having fun! What was nice was the parents and even non parents of the players came over to cheer for the school team!!
Sports is very important for kids aside from academic progress in school. We are so lucky that our eldest son has always liked sports and has participated early on in his life. And we love watching them and being proud of them