Backpacking Around The World: Pinoy Style

Start:	Aug 12, '08 7:00p
End:	Aug 12, '08 9:00p
Location:	R.O.X., Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Backpacking Around The World: Pinoy Style

Location: ROX -CORE (Center for Outdoor Recreation and Expedition), R.O.X., Bonifacio Global City

"Due to public demand, we are doing the backpacking talk for the 3rd time! Learn expert tips and hear stories of our Pinoy backpackers on Aug 12, 2008 at ROX."

"Register by emailing us your full name and mobile number at rox.cs@primergrp.com."

Admission is Free.

The Butterfly Dance popularized by the Universal Motion Dancers

But who is Maztakilla?

Anong kwento ko?

"Anong kwento mo?" bungad ng isang dambuhalang tarpaulin ng Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2008 sa CCP Tanghalang Pambansa.

"Bakit ikaw lang mag-isa?" Dugtong pa niya. "Nasaan sila?"

"Potah ewan," sagot ko. "May mga trabaho. O baka may tinatrabaho. Char!"

"Keri na. Pasok ka na; papatapos na yung show ni Adela."

At dahil ako ay nahuli sa opening film at walang oras magbabad sa higanteng blokeng gusali, inaliw ko na lamang ang aking sarili sa paglaro ng liwanag.

Ang still kamera. Kahit sa isang pitik, sa kwento'y hitik. :D

The Cinemalaya 2008 runs from July 11 to 20, 2008 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Pambansa. Tickets: P100 (flash your school ID and you'll get 50% discount, P350 for a day pass. But if you're filthy loaded and uber hungry for great Pinoy indie flicks, shell out P950 for a mahiwagang festival pass.

Kadangyan performs at the Adventure Philippines seminar

It was Philippine-American Friendship Day at the Hotel Stotsenberg in Clark Special Economic Zone when Kadangyan, an ethno-tribal rock quintet performed for the the guests of Adventure Philippines' Seminar on Adventure Tourism. There were a number of foreigners (who are experts in adventure tourism industry) around but the distinct Pinoy atmosphere was abound. Thanks to these guys, their music is one good reason why it's rockin' nice to be Pinoy. :)

Visit them at www.kadangyanband.multiply.com

"KADANGYAN is an Ifugao term which means “Rich in Culture”.

The band started from a group of visual and performing artists who shared the same passion and advocacy then they decided to venture into music.

After few performances and positive feedbacks from the audience, came more invitations from different event organizers all over Cebu, and there it started. The band was officially formed on the month of October way back year 2000.

With members coming from the different parts of the country. Kadangyan produced songs that were very distinctive and unique using Filipino indigenous instruments which were mostly hand crafted.

Now KADANGYAN specializes in ethno-tribal rock music, and likewise plays in an acoustic set-up, provides natural ambient music and performs different kinds of Filipino native rituals on music bars, on-stage, theatres, universities, conventions or even on private parties and special gatherings.

As what KADANGYAN always says that “The beauty of every place in the world is it’s own culture!”…

MEMBERS:

* || Bhava Mitra || A pure native Igorot, Baguio City, Luzon
* vocals, mityapi, acoustic guitar, native flute & kubing

* || Govinda || Iligan City, Mindanao
* Back up vocals
Bidjang, kubing, budjong & devils- water chimes

* || Agit || Samar, Visayas
* Bass and other percussions

* || Saryu || Cebu
* Drums, tukatok and other percussions

* || Bhakta || Tacloban City , Visayas
* Back-up vocals, gabang (bamboo xylophone), d'jembe"

We Shall Come to Eiga Sai 2008

Start:	Jul 8, '08
End:	Aug 16, '08
Location:	Shangri-La Plaza Cinema Cinema 3, CCP Dream Theater, UP Film Institute

It's the time of the year for some silver screen sashimi! Feast on five contemporary, one classical and two animae/manga films in 35mm format FOR FREE from the land of the rising sun!

Opening film will be "We Shall Overcome Someday (Pacchigi)" by director Kazuyuki Izutsu. The Japan Foundation website said," the film story tells about the situation during the 1960’s in Japan, the romance between a Japanese and an ethnic North Korean high school student, the sets of cultural differences intertwined by love and passion conquering its boundaries, which is torn by the realities of issues of life that still prevails. Likewise, it deals with music, sexual liberation, freedom and about doing what you want. We Shall Overcome Someday was ranked as the best Japanese film by the venerable Kinema Junpo in 2005."

SHANGRI-LA PLAZA

July 8 (Tue) 7:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday

July 9 (Wed) 2:00 PM Hanging Garden
4:00 PM Canary
6:00 PM A Stranger of Mine
8:00 PM Juvenile Jungle

July 10 (Thu) 2:00 PM Hanging Garden
4:00 PM Linda Linda Linda
6:00 PM Juvenile Jungle
8:00 PM A Stranger of Mine

July 11 (Fri) 2:00 PM Canary
4:00 PM Hanging Garden
6:00 PM Linda Linda Linda
8:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday

July 12 (Sat) 2:00 PM Linda Linda Linda
4:00 PM Canary
6:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday
8:00 PM A Stranger of Mine

July 13 (Sun) 2:00 PM A Stranger of Mine
4:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday
6:00 PM Juvenile Jungle
8:00 PM Linda Linda Linda
J-POP ANIME MATSURI
July 26 (Sat) 11:30 AM Doraemon
1:30 PM Doraemon
4:00 PM Chibi Maruko Chan (Movie)
6:00 PM The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
8:00 PM Chibi Maruko Chan (Movie)

July 27 (Sun) 11:30 AM Doraemon
2:00 PM The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
5:00 PM Chibi Maruko Chan (Movie)
8:00 PM The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

Aug 7 (Thu) 2:00 PM Canary
5:00 PM Juvenile Jungle
7:00 PM Hanging Garden

Aug 8 (Fri) 2:00 PM A Stranger of Mine
5:00 PM Juvenile Jungle
7:00 PM Canary

Aug 9 (Sat) 2:00 PM Linda Linda Linda
5:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday
7:00 PM A Stranger of Mine

Aug 10 (Sun) 2:00 PM Chibi Maruko Chan (Movie)
5:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday
7:00 PM Linda Linda Linda

UP FILM INSTITUTE

Aug 11 (Mon) 4:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday
7:00 PM Linda Linda Linda

Aug 12 (Tue) 4:00 PM Juvenile Jungle
7:00 PM Hanging Garden

Aug 13 (Wed) 4:00 PM A Stranger of Mine
7:00 PM Canary

Aug 14 (Thu) 4:00 PM Canary
7:00 PM We Shall Overcome Someday

Aug 16 (Sat) 4:00 PM Chibi Maruko Chan (Movie)
7:00 PM A Stranger of Mine

Featured films are subtitled in English as usual. For more synopsis and schedule, leap thru: http://www.jfmo.org.ph/events_eigasai08.htm

"Comm-mustahan: PUP Masscom Alumni's Night"

Start:	Aug 2, '08 6:00p
End:	Aug 24, '08
Location:	PUP-CoC carpark saan pa? :D

Calling all alumni of PUP Masscom (Broadcast Comm. and Journalism) to attend the Alumni homecoming dubbed as "Comm-mustahan: PUP Masscom Alumni's Night" on August 2, 2008; 6PM at the College of Communication Carpark, Anonas St. Sta. Mesa, Manila. For inquiries, contact the Alumni Secretariat at 7138412/7137653 or text 09163650430 and look for Prof. Racidon Bernarte.

Filipinos are top Multiply users

from:  ABS-CBN online

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=122308

Filipinos are top Multiply users

By DAVID DIZON
abs-cbnNEWS.com

A third of the traffic going to social networking site Multiply, or approximately 300 million page views, is coming from Filipino users worldwide, top Multiply executives said Wednesday.

Multiply president and founder Peter Pezaris said Multiply gets about a billion page views a month, a third of which comes from Filipinos in different parts of the globe. This makes Filipinos the number one users of Multiply, ranking higher than users in the United States where the site is based.

Pezaris said the Filipino culture's emphasis on family and relationships is the main reason why the social networking site is so popular in the Philippines.

"The reason why we are popular here, I think, relates to that notion of friends and family, the fact that our service is much more focused on connecting you with people that you know in real life rather than introducing you to people that you don’t know. It’s a site that really plays into the cultural phenomenon that’s here in the Philippines," he told abs-cbnNEWS.com.

David Hersh, Multiply vice-president for business development, also said the integration of unlimited photosharing in Multiply is very attractive to Filipino Internet users. Most Filipino Multiply users are female, in the 18-25 age bracket, and average about 160 Multiply page views a month.

"Filipinos are just rabid consumers of content. It’s amazing. Those 160 page views aren’t just fluff page views of people bouncing from profile to profile. It’s people consuming photos, videos and blogs from the people in their world. It’s meaningful activity. It reflects the deep level of engagement that we have with our user base especially here in the Philippines," Pezaris said.

Local partner

For the Philippine market, Multiply recently partnered with ABS-CBN Interactive to tap local advertisers and launch mobile services for Filipino Multiply users. (Disclosure: Abs-cbnNEWS.com is run by ABS-CBN Interactive.)

Paolo Pineda, ABS-CBN Interactive managing director, said the company is the exclusive reseller of advertising on Multiply for the Philippines. He said ABS-CBN Interactive will also be actively campaigning to build Multiply's user base in the country.

Related links

• ‘We put a lot of emphasis on connecting with people in the real world’
• (Video) The ABS-CBN-Multiply Trade Event

One of the successful Multiply communities launched by ABS-CBN Interactive centered on the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus show. The show now has two sites - the official one where profiles and schedules are posted and a Multiply site where PBB fans can go online.

Pineda said one local call center that advertised on Multiply was able to attract recruits through its Multiply community site.

"It’s more of these community building efforts online for Filipinos worldwide. We want to really try to populate the brand and get more people to understand it and work on the advertising and get the brands to see that this is really a safe place to put your brand in," he said.

Real-world relationships

Hersh said Multiply currently has nine million registered users worldwide, of which 2.2 million are Filipinos. He said that while the growth of Multiply has been slower compared to other social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, it is the real-world relationships in Multiply that sets it apart and ensures its longevity.

"If your online social network is full of people that you have no real world connection to, there’s very little reason to keep you there and it’s very easy for you to switch. But on Multiply, it’s your real-world social network online and your content and it’s the discussion that goes on around that content that’s going to keep you coming back," he said.

Adds Pezaris: "It’s closer, deeper relationships which enables the sharing of personal, meaningful content to you and the continuing sharing of that is the personal documentation of your life online. Over a period of time, you build up this history like a living scrapbook of what’s happening in your life and it’s a collaborative effort because while you add to it, all your friends and family add to it also and that’s what really develops the long-term value."