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Here’s a super duper sarap contest! It’s all about Cream-o!

Get a chance to win a MacBook Pro, Canon Powershot A470 or Ipon Nano 4GB just by sharing how you enjoy your Cream-o. The most creative video wins!

Requirements:

1. Video must either be in .MOV, .WMV, or .AVI format.

2. Not more than 1 minute.

3. File size must not exceed 5 MB.

For more info and to join visit the official Cream-O site.

Candy Hwang, owner of Healthy Shabu-Shabu explained during dinner that shabu-shabu has its beginnings from the time of Genghis Khan. It was war time and they wanted to be able to feed soldiers in a fast, economical and nutritious way. Fast forward to the present and here in Manila, Candy Hwang has set-up several branches of her "Healthy Shabu-Shabu" restaurant. It was a different experience for me. I have to admit I almost never prepare my own food (unless it's just a sandwich) and it is quite rare to see me in front of a stove (I'd rather bake!), so seeing the hot pot and all the raw ingredients actually made me nervous. I was quite hungry as well and was worried that I might end up burning my food! I did not have to worry after all since eating the shabu-shabu way isn't as hard as it looks. Here's my video blog about the experience: Experience Healthy Shabu Shabu at any of its following branches: Powerplant Mall, The Podium, SM Mall of Asia, Robinsons Galleria, SM North The Block, Alabang Town Center, Robinsons Midtown and Shangri-la Plaza Mall. For inquiries please call (632) 627-3721 or 672-3290.

You Tube introduced regional sites a while ago, and I was half expecting to see You Tube Philippines in there, but no such luck! I was concerned about regionalism that can result from it, but I explain more in the video itself. I was told in the comments that one thing that can hamper such a thing from happening is the numerous instances of copyrighted material (like local TV shows) being uploaded and are getting the most views. In the meantime, the Pinoy video blogging community is growing, as evidenced by new sites as http://pinoyvloggers.com/, put up by vlogger Aileen Apolo.

Video Created using Animoto

Thanks to Coke Zero and SM Hypermarket for hosting the Buhay Coke with Bloggers last Friday. It was helluva fun! And we all took home a case (each) of Coke Zero! Friends know that I’m a big Coke freak and when I heard about the Coke Event, I immediately signed up to be in the guest list! After all, Coke is Coke, just like Anna Dizon is Anna Dizon.

Bloggers + Food + Magic + Prizes + Games + free-flowing booze + Unlimited supply of Coke Zero for the event = Happy Happy, Joy Joy! (Photos after the jump)

The best news of all? Coke just launched the Buhay Coke Video Blog contest. Join and get a chance to win a Philips LCD TV, an iPhone, a Sony Cybershot 7.2 MP Digital Camera or an iPod Nano! Deadline is on July 31, 2008.

Join the Buhay Coke Video Blog contest and get a chance to win a Philips LCD TV, an iPhone, a Sony Cybershot 7.2 MP Digital Camera or an iPod Nano! Deadline is on July 31, 2008.

For more details please visit the SM Hypermarket blog.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has extended the “What’s Your Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Story” contest until July 31, 2008.

Share your story through a video blog, an essay or a photograph and get a chance to win a trip to Hollywood, USA for 4 days and 3 nights with accommodations and pocket money.

Videos should have run for a maximum of 3 minutes and should be in VCD/DVD format or downloadable through: Friendster, Multiply, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Shutterfly, Blogs or Other social sites or personal sites. Participants may submit as many entries as they want but must have unique URLs for each entry.

Deadline is on July 31, 2008. For more details please visit the CBTL site.

I was excited to attend the ToyCon after attending the Mangaholix a few weeks ago. I've been seeing a lot of talk about it especially from Azrael and my boys were set on going. Miguel and I tried to find something we could wear, but lost time since school started already. Anyway, as Miguel and I approached the Megatrade Hall we saw a looooot of people lined up dressed up for the cosplay event. There were even boys dressed up as girls (too bad I got shy to take a photo).

Anyway, here are the photos I took yesterday -

Photos available for download in my Multiply site.

I met Nyoy about 15 summers ago. We were kids having fun in a theater workshop in our community and that's where we became tinikling partners! LOL. I'd never forget that day because my foot got caught in the bamboo while we were performing. A painful experience I'd never forget, but I smiled through that since we were, uh, performers that night. Even then Nyoy had a golden voice. He was the rave in the community and nearby communities.

After that summer most of us went our own way. Went through college. Started working. Some went abroad. One thing though for those who stuck together - we surely were Nyoy's fans. He doesn't know it but we've watched some of his concerts, but were too shy to say hi. I bumped into him a couple of times through the years, but I never expected to come face-to-face again with him since we're obviously in two different worlds.

Sweetie surprised me with a copy of "Heartstrings" a couple of weeks ago. We both didn't expect that there would be an album launch, but I made an album review anyway for Titikpilipino.com. Another surprise, Sweetie got invited to attend the album launch and guess who tagged along? Me! Too bad my best friend's in Cebu, he would've wanted to go as well.

When I was about to wrap a gift for my niece, Kuya Andrew had the brilliant idea of filming me and making me give some instructions ala Martha Stewart.

Here's a video of me wrapping a book for my one-year old niece: