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Eat Your Art Out: Summer 2012 Activities with Enderun Extension and Marta’s Cakes

02 April 2012   Team MJ   No comments
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Enderun Extension and Marta’s Cakes present the “Eat Your Art Out: Summer 2012 Decorating Activities” — a series of fun cake decorating workshops for kids. Enderun Extension is located in Enderun Colleges, 1100 Campus Ave., McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

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Best Thing About: Las Pinas City

21 February 2012   Carmina Esguerra-Co   2 Comments

According to the post office, I lived in Las Pinas City, but I actually grew up right where three southern cities (Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, and Paranaque) intersected. It feels like one big neighborhood, and those of us who are a certain age have these shared memories: of the Tropical Hut supermarket on President’s Ave, getting takeout food from Dates & Nuts/Little Quiapo/that new cafe, sitting in Zapote traffic on a Sunday caused by SM (or caused by Ayala Alabang on Halloween).

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Stealing style: fab finds from an Istanbul apartment

23 January 2012   Deepa Paul-Plazo   4 Comments
Stealing style: fab finds from an Istanbul apartment

I discovered apartment stays during my first visit to New York—which was the first time I used Airbnb, a site that lets travelers find accommodation with locals around the world. Living in a funky East Village apartment owned by two cat-loving graphic designers immersed me in the lives of real New Yorkers —- Ugly Betty filming around the corner, 2 a.m. shouting matches, steep stairs and all. With real New York living for half the price of a hotel room, I was hooked.

Saving money appeases my inner bargain hunter, while the design voyeur in me is delighted with the access to a Parisian, Roman, or İstanbullu home—and the little details that it can observe and appropriate for future use.

Suzan’s charming apartment in Istanbul gave my inner design voyeur lots to be happy about. From the chic striped bench, to the embossed silver tray on the coffee table, to the caramel wing chair in a traditional Maltese balcony, every detail pointed to a relaxed, eclectic style that I wanted to nab for myself. But… how?

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DIY Cocktail/Centerpiece arrangements for under $20 by Kasal NY

19 January 2012   Lyna Larcia-Calvario   No comments
DIY cocktail/centerpiece

This DIY project is great for bridal shower centerpieces, place cards, decorative accents around the home and may even be used as votive holders. For under $20, you can create a fun and custom look for each vase or container covered, a little creativity goes a long way. So simple, but very charming and easy to do.

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Free dance, music, cooking and martial arts classes at the Korean Cultural Center

13 January 2012   Team MJ   No comments
FREE DANCE, MUSIC, COOKING AND MARTIAL ARTS CLASSES AT THE KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER

The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines is opening the first term of classes for 2012, and due to overwhelming demand from the public, more sections and cultural classes have been added to the curriculum.

The Center will be offering two Basic Korean 36-hour classes scheduled on Saturdays, four Elementary Korean 1 classes and one Elementary Korean 2 class. Each elementary Korean language class will run for 72 hours over the course of three months.

Apart from the language classes, the Center will still be retaining the old culture classes such as the traditional dance, danso or the traditional flute, Korean music, taekwondo, and cooking classes. There will also still be the usual K-pop Dance classes, as well as K-pop Singing classes. New classes will be opened for samulnori classes, and Korean traditional games and music.

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Not your basic banig: revisiting a homegrown classic

13 January 2012   Deepa Paul-Plazo   1 Comment
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It’s a funny coincidence that something I’ve been obsessing about, and something involved the hot topic du jour, both have something in common. And that is: the humble banig.

I’ve blogged about why I love the concept for the Department of Tourism’s newest campaign, and I’ve gotten in on the fun myself. But one more thing I’m digging about this campaign is the use of banig weave for the logo.

Banig weaves are graphic, colorful and truly our own. Used sparingly, in a clean and modern context, they finally have a chance to escape the land of cliché.

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Soothe Yourself at the Royale Garden Spa

29 December 2011   Abbie Valle   No comments
Royale Garden Spa

There’s another reason why you should head to Calamba, Laguna (aside from renting private pools or buying buko pies and cassava cakes for pasalubong): to have a soothing experience at the Royale Garden Spa. Tucked in a secluded place in Barangay Real (it’s only a few meters away from RSM Lutong Bahay and Seafood Garden Restaurant), this newly opened private sanctuary (they opened last December 10, 2011) is the first fully operational haven of wellness in Calamba.

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Wrap it up

22 December 2011   Deepa Paul-Plazo   2 Comments
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One of my favorite things about Christmas is wrapping gifts. I love paper, color, pattern and creating things with my hands; it’s in the soothing satisfaction of wrapping gifts that these pleasures mingle. Neatly cut strips of tape, pristinely folded corners, carefully coordinated color schemes, ribbons curled or tied into bows with just the right amount of spring—the pleasure of getting these little details right makes my toes curl with satisfaction every time.

Living in Amsterdam, I’ve learned that gift-wrapping is a free service that comes with purchases not only at Christmastime, but pretty much all year round. While ringing up your purchase, most store cashiers—whether at a big department store or a tiny mom-and-pop shop—will ask you if it’s a cadeau, or gift.

I’m not usually one to have my presents wrapped (that’s like… like cheating!), but when the offer came from the lady behind the counter at Tangram, a tiny gift shop on the Herenstraat crammed with quirky design goods, I caved in. Not only did I leave with two quirkily wrapped presents, but also with an easy, inexpensive and inspiring gift-wrapping idea to share!

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Out with the old, in with the new

13 December 2011   Deepa Paul-Plazo   2 Comments
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I love decorating the house for Christmas! I’ve loved it since I was a kid, and I’ve come to love it even more now that I have my own home.

My first Christmas in my very own home was in 2008, the year after I got married and moved to Singapore with my husband. I was thrilled to finally be the one to call the shots (moving up from bunso to lady of the house!) and I went on a Christmas décor bender in Landmark, my bargain mecca, with all the boundless enthusiasm and dewy-eyed wonder of the newly wed.

Fast forward three years later, and… well, I began to think I’d outgrown the packaged set of matching red and gold ornaments we bought in that first holiday frenzy. Our tree started to feel too coordinated, not special: more like a Christmas tree you’d find at a dentist’s office than a tree that could be cherished over the years, growing its roots deep into the memories of our young family.

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Ideas worth spreading (and getting up early for)

03 December 2011   Deepa Paul-Plazo   No comments
Take a bow: the TEDxAmsterdam volunteer team (photo by Jan-Jaap Heine)

At 6:45 a.m on Friday, November 25, I was shivering in the 3°C cold outside Amsterdam’s Stadsschouwburg, or city theater. The city was black and silent all around—except inside the theater, which was simmering with activity. What, you may ask, was I doing away from home, comforter and bed at that ungodly hour? Fulfilling a goal that I had set for myself when I first moved here. And that was to be part of TEDxAmsterdam.

TED is a nonprofit that believes in the power of ideas to change the world; in three simple words, Ideas Worth Spreading. Have you ever watched a TED talk? If you haven’t, you should! TED talks are a venue for the world’s best thinkers and artists to share an astounding amount of inspiration and knowledge, all for free.

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