TIMEX RUN WITH PIOLO PASCUAL AND RIO DELA CRUZ

This January 22, 2012, TIMEX, will once again unite casual runners and hardcore sportsmen alike on one blazing race track as it gives rise to the much-awaited TIMEX Run 2012.

Set to unfold at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, the race shall witness the reunion of the unbeatable running tandem of sought after actor and runner Piolo Pascual and multiple champion runner, coach and marathon organizer Rio Dela Cruz.

Coming from a string of back-to-back sporting events where it joined forces with the country’s premiere athletes, such as the Camsur Ironman Triathlon and TIMEX 226 in Bohol over the last years, TIMEX is all set to make this year’s race all the more memorable, fun and extremely power-packed!

So, what’s to be excited about the TIMEX Run 2012?

First and the most exciting of all, participants shall get a very special chance to get fit, have fun and best of all run side-by-side with two of the country’s most beloved idols in entertainment and running; TIMEX brand ambassadors Piolo and Rio. Together with the two, a handful of other celebrities and personalities shall also be sprinting along with TIMEX, just like during its first edition back in 2009. On top of the list are its youth ambassadors Jessy Mendiola and Joseph Marco as well as Boys Night Out DJs Slick Rick and Sam YG and actor Victor Basa to name a few.

Divided into three race categories, athletes, race fanatics, and casual runners can choose from the 5, 10 or 16 kilometer event. The race is organized by no less than the in-demand team of Runrio who assures participants of accuracy in timing and a host of other innovative features and acitivities. One of which is the disposable “champion” chips, timing devices attached to shoe laces specially designed to let runners monitor their starting in finishing times with stern accuracy. Functioning only soon as the runner steps on the designated ground matting, the recorded time is sure to be precise. Another is the Runpix analysis which is a record of interesting running statistics unique to each individual who ran. This will be available after the race at www.runrio.com and www.timexrunning.com.

If you’re up for the action and ready for truckloads of fun, well you still have a chance to join as regular registration has been extended until January 18, 2012. All you have to do is go to any Riovana stores at Bonifacio Global City or Katipunan or visit the TIMEX outlet at TriNoma or the Watch Republic shop in Robinsons Galleria. Registration fees are at Php650 (5KM), Php700 (10KM) and Php750 (16KM). 15 TIMEX watches are up for grabs when you register as a group at Riovana outlets.

Aside from the breathtaking action set to unfold in the race track, those joining can also expect a finish line filled with great prizes. While all finishers will take home loot bags from various sponsors, those who will emerge on top of the pack in every category will get TIMEX watches, A-class activity and time-tracking gears that gives wearers nothing less than the optimum when it comes to style and functionality. First placers shall also take home a pair of Skechers shoes. Canon shall also raffle of digital cameras and provide photobooths for participants to be able take home souvenir shots. The whole race is also powered up completely with hydration partners Powerade and VIVA! Mineralized Water. A total of 35 watches shall also be raffled off all throughout the day in celebration of the Piolo Pascual’s 35^th birthday. Timex partnered with companies such Riovana, Century Tuna, Magnolia Lite, Nutri Bar, Kaspersky, Multisport Magazine and Unilab to make this anticipated race possible.

To keep the day much more exciting, participants are also challenged to guess Piolo’s bib number and finish time. Lucky guessers will win their very own TIMEX watches. For more details visit www.timexwatches.com.ph.

Hurry and register now, time is running! Assembly time for all categories is at 4:00AM. Gun start times are at 5:10AM (16KM), 5:30AM (10KM) and 5:50AM (5KM). Run with Piolo and Rio at the TIMEX Run 2012 and make history once more! For more information, please visit http://runrio.com/2011/11/2012-timex-run/.

Pantene and World Vision's Healthy Drinking Water

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Philippines’ leading hair care brand Pantene joins the cause to give children safe drinking water with the launch of its “Healthy Hair for Healthy Water” Campaign.

The campaign will support the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program, a long-term global advocacy program that focuses on reducing sickness and death that result from water-borne illnesses caused by drinking contaminated water.

This year, Pantene with P&G’s CSDW program will provide water purification packets in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.Pantene gives Filipinos a chance to donate 1 day of clean drinking water through online pledges at the Pantene facebook page (www.facebook.com/PantenePhilippines).

Dr. Greg Allgood, Director of the P&G CSDW Program is excited to have Pantene strengthen the campaign in the Philippines - “P&G through partial support from the Pantene Healthy Hair for Healthy Water program will provide more than 17 million days of clean drinking water during the next year through this program – that’s 34 million liters of clean water for more than 25,000 of the most vulnerable people living in remote areas with only contaminated water sources” says Dr. Allgood after a recent visit to Siargo.

P&G’s External Relations Leader, Clint Navales echoes Dr. Allgood’s sentiments as he gives more details about the campaign - “Our goal is to be able to get 10,000,000 pledges all over Asia so we would like to invite Filipinos to support our campaign by visiting the Pantene Facebook page and giving their pledge. We’ve seen through recent calamities how difficult it is to have access to something as basic as clean drinking water, and also how important clean water is to prevent disease in these situations. With the Pantene Healthy Hair Healthy Water campaign, you now not only get healthy hair, but you help give a child good health through clean drinking water”.

The P&G CSDW Program was launched in 2004 using a powdered water-purificationtechnology developed in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andPrevention. One small packet quickly turns 10 liters of dirty, potentially deadly water intoclean, drinkable water.

The P&G CSDW Program works with more than 120 partnersglobally to respond to the greatest needs for clean water. Clean drinking water has beenprovided in over 65 developing countries.

In the Philippines, P&G’s CSDW was able to donate clean water to communities hit by Sendong. Done in partnership with World Vision, P&G was able to distribute 600,000 water purification packets to Sendong survivors, including more than 500 families in Mandulog and nearby communities, which was one of the areas hardest hit by the typhoon in Iligan.

Through the Pantene Healthy Hair for Healthy Water program, P&G hopes to further the campaign to touch more lives and improve life for the people who need it the most. “I’m very grateful to P&G and World Vision Philippines for the work they’re doing to reach the most vulnerable people in very remote places where clean drinking water will make a big difference in improving and likely saving lives.“ Dr. Allgood emphasizes.

To show our support just give your pledge, no need to buy anything.

Visit http://www.facebook.com/PantenePhilippines

Century Park Hotel's Tsukiji, One of the Best Restaurants in Asia

The Miele Guide, Asia’s first independent restaurant guide recently unveiled the list of the best restaurants across Asia. The 2011-2012 edition evaluated restaurants in 18 Asian countries including the Philippines.

The best of the best are selected after four rounds of judging. The first three rounds are determined by a jury of food professionals, respected restaurant critics, prominent food lovers and the dining public. The last round is being done by their in-house team and contributing editors who dined anonymously at the most highly rated restaurants to confirm its inclusion in the list.

Century Tsukiji, the well-regarded authentic Japanese restaurant of Century Park Hotel is included in the list of Asia’s finest restaurants. The restaurant was evaluated according to the quality of the food served, ambience of the restaurant and the level of service offered.

For inquiries, call our restaurant reservation at 528-5907 or Century Tsukiji at 528-5853.

The Century Park Hotel is owned and operated by Maranaw Hotels and Resort Corporation.

PLDT myDSL latest treat for the Filipino Family

"Mommy Knows Best", we all know that and like any other mother, I always make sure that I give the best that I can for my family. Be it in serving the meals, buying stuff for the home and for every member of the family, etc. That includes the support that I can give particularly with regard to the children's education. I learned that there is another thing that I need to get for my family.... that is the newest PLDT myDSL connection for our home and I believe for every home.

More and more families live in digital homes that need a fast, reliable, wired Internet connection for simultaneous use on multiple gadgets. It may sound like a tall order for most broadband services in the country, but PLDT myDSL has come up with a plan to help get the strongest DSL connection at home, with speeds as high as 10MBPS at only P4,000 a month. Of course, there are plans convenient for any budget as well, starting at the affordable monthly rate of P990.

This is just the latest plan the nation’s most preferred broadband is offering to help make broadband easier to share among everyone in the family. Tried and tested, myDSL has more reliable connections thanks to the continuous upgrades of its lines, most notably the ongoing switch from traditional copper lines to the PLDT Next Generation Network, which is being done without additional costs on the part of subscribers.

Going hand-in-hand with these improvements is an upgrade on PLDT myDSL’s customer services and a regularly updated website for news, product announcements, and promotions.

All myDSL subscriptions are part of PLDT’s Triple Play package, which includes unlimited myDSL, a landline, and PLDT online entertainment portal Watchpad, which gives you access to 17 channels and exclusive content, as well as the coming Pacquiao Vs. Marquez fight, live with no commercial breaks if you’re on plan 1995 and up and registered to Watchpad. Not yet on Watchpad, register now. And if you’re a non 1995 and up subscriber, you can still watch the fight for free if you subscribe to Watchpad Big Ticket from now until Nov. 10.

Get your family on PLDT myDSL now! Log on to www.myworldmydsl.com.

Sharp's Commitment For Our Future

This coming 2012, Sharp Corporation celebrates 100 years of innovation worldwide while its local subsidiary, Sharp (Phils.) Corporation, marks its 30^th year. Despite the passage of time, there are no signs of the Sharp brand ever slowing down. From introducing unique products that have improved lives all over the world to technology envisioned for our future, Sharp makes good on its commitment of creating a better life for all.

With Sharp, going green is not just an empty claim. It has been at the forefront of developing solar technology long before global warming become a major issue for environmentalists. And though the Philippines might be a long way from fully adapting this kind of technology at present, it hasn’t stopped the company from exploring opportunities for solar power locally.

Sharp’s poly-crystalline silicon (PSC) solar panels are now in use at a Cepalco operated farm in Cagayan, the first solar farm in the country. The PSC panels and the newer thin-film panels are widely utilized in other parts of the world for navigational systems, satellites, skyscrapers, and other commercial applications. Photovoltaic technology will no doubt be even more popular as the company continues on its quest to make its solar panels more efficient and more accessible.

Closer to home, Sharp’s wide range of consumer products also do their share in conserving the environment. Technology in the home has truly gone a long way with Sharp. Appliances are incorporated with Plasmacluster Ion Technology that suppresses harmful airborne elements to promote a clean indoor environment. These are found in Sharp air purifiers, ion generators, air-conditioners and refrigerators.

And while Sharp’s new UV2A technology in its Quattron LCD TV also does its part in creating a more power efficient TV, the fact that it is the first in the industry to have the proprietary RGB+Y (red, green, blue + yellow) technology means it can easily handle advanced picture quality and maximum color precision that only Sharp can provide.

Times have surely changed much in the past 100 years, but Sharp’s approach of developing products to fit our lifestyle and to benefit our future and those of the coming generations will always remain timeless.

Triumph's 125 Years Tailor of Female Shapes

Triumph Philippines joined the recent Fashion Week at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City and featured their newest collections for the modern Filipinas.

Sharing here with you are some of my favorites in their newest collections commemorating Avon's 125 years of tailoring the shapes of women all over the world.

From the Essence Collections:

Avon's Red Campaign Collections

Sexy Cushion

Avon's Shape Sensation Collections

The Touch Cool Collections:

Avon's Valiserie Collections

The Fashion Show

Bioessence - Making You Beautiful Inside and Outside

Bioessence is one of the leaders in the beauty and wellness industry. For 17 years, they always make sure that every woman that visits their center is satisfied and happy because of the well-trained staff who are also so warm and accommodating.

Celebrating their 17th anniversary this whole month of October, Bioessence is giving 50% discount on premium services, a chance to win a designer bag/jewelry, and hundreds of free items. Medchef, a!Life, Boardwalk and Yoshinoya partnered with Biossence in providing holistic wellness to their valued clients.

A pioneer in skin and massage trends, Bioessence also provides innovative products and various services, facilities and treatments to make you the best that you want to be. To name a few, they have facial services, dermatological services, whitening services,and slimming treatments in all their 51 branches nationwide. No doubt why Bioessence is a recipient of citations and awards from the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), and Go Negosyo


The relaxing atmosphere in every Bioessence Center and the excellent treatments from beauty to wellness assures you of value to your money and services at your utmost satisfaction.

For inquiries, call 0918-BEAUTY or visit their website http://www.bioessence.ph

Sony Philippines' Early Christmas Treat

Sony Philippines spreads the love this Holiday season with Christmas campaign
Spread the love

It’s more than just a piece of clothing, or a box of jewelry, or a well thought of message fancily scribbled on a card. During Christmas, everything you give, to others or to yourself, is a gesture of love.

Love is exactly the inspiration behind Sony Philippines’ Christmas program, dubbed as love.Christmas. This campaign acknowledges this simple, but timeless and strong human emotion, which is especially pronounced during the giving season that is Christmas.

Even without the cheerful elves and the flying reindeers, Sony’s recent event at the Harbor Tent of Sofitel Philippine Plaza was nothing less than magical. Complete with glittering decorations and colorful presentations, Sony’s Yuletide kick-off was truly an affair to remember.

“This Holiday season, Sony wants Filipinos to be able to share their love in style not only with products that are technologically advanced and chic, but can actually enhance how people live, which for us is the essence of love,” says Sony Philippines Managing Director, Takao Kuroda.

Sony Vaio on Sale at 10% off

The launch of love.Christmas highlighted new products displayed in the Sony Christmas Village. These include the BRAVIA 65HX925, the largest Internet TV to date at 65 inches; PS3’s NBA 2K12, the game that brings back the basketball legends; the Sony VAIO EK25, a powerful 14-inch mobile PC now more affordable at P29,999; Cyber-shot’s newest DSC-TX55, the world’s slimmest fashion camera and the much awaited NEX 5n and Alpha SLTA77, the pinnacle of Sony’s professional digital imaging technology as attested by filmmaker Paul Soriano.Consumers should definitely look out for and indulge into these technological marvels.

The celebration rose notches higher with entertainment acts such as pantomimes and a number by Sony Music’s Opera Belles who sang timeless Christmas songs.

Sony DSLRs on Sale at 20% off

Treat or Treat

Just when you thought these new products are great enough, Sony gives you one more reason to celebrate this Christmas season. Everyone is in for a surprise as Sony pushes you to further spread the love in their 3Day Consumer Treat.

Bravia LED/LCD on Sale at 10% off

love.Entertainment as the Like Performing Finalists & Sony Music Artists serenade you with their latest hits. Get a chance to take home a Sony gadget by simply enjoying the interactive displays and joining the fun games.

love.Best deals and take advantage of the up to 70% discount offerings, exclusive bundles, pick-a-prize items plus exciting daily & grand raffles which will definitely drum up the thrill this Holiday season.

Visit the love.Christmas 3Day Consumer Treat event from October 21 to October 23 at the Megatent Events place in Ortigas.

“Sony Philippines has definitely been a brand that Filipinos has come and continue to love over the years. This Christmas, we want to return that love by enabling them to give love in Sony style,” ends Kuroda.

For more information on the love.Christmas campaign & other Sony product related inquiries, please log on to www.sony.com.ph.