Cannes Film Festival

The world of international cinema honors the best the world has to offer through the Cannes Film Festival, the prestige and honor of winning the award is not so known to majority of our countrymen. the Cannes Lions is an annual event that features seminars and workshops, exhibits and screenings of the best work, the latest trends, the most innovative ideas, as well as the industry experts and globally-renowned practitioners of the trade.The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival will be held from June 20 to 26, at the Palais des Festivals.

Philippine advertising agencies send entries of released work for competition in a number of categories Three Philippine Teams Seek Glory in International Advertising and Marketing.

With the help of the Ayala Foundation, the 4As Creative Guild will send the Philippine Young Creatives to the 57th Cannes Lions. Niño Gupana and John Paul Cuison from Leo Burnett Manila will are the Young Lions for Film category. Competing for the second time, John Paul Cuison was a Young Lions in 2006. Timothy Villela and Rizza Delle Garcia from BBDO Guerrero/Proximity Philippines will compete in the Young Lions Cyber category. The Young Lions Marketers are Dave Buenviaje and Mary Loise Marasigan of Bayan.

Visit www.kidlatawards.com, www.pana.com.ph and www.canneslions.com for further details.

Here comes IntelliPen.....

Meet the IntelliPen, a device that allows you to make digital copies of your notes as you write them down on paper.

Let's face it, writing on pen and paper is a major drag if you'll need digital copies. But typing into a computer has its limitations too, like for drawings or diagram and non-linear notes. Chances are you'd need a tablet—which sometimes isn’t hand.

Fortunately, this awkward rivalry between writing and typing has found an awesome middle ground. You clip the receiver on the top edge of your paper, switch it on, and start writing. The pen does double-duty, writing like a regular ballpoint, while sending real-time coordinates to the receiver, which interprets them as a digital image and stores it in the built-in flash drive. If you run out of space, just clip the receiver onto a fresh piece of paper, and anything you write will be recorded in a new digital “page”. The 1GB flash drive can store up to 1,000 letter-size pages’ worth of notes.

When you’re done, just plug the receiver into a USB port and upload the digital pages, which you can save as bitmap files. But it doesn’t stop there—using a program called MyScript Notes, you can automatically convert the handwriting to digital text.

The IntelliPen beats out laptops and even netbooks in the portability department. And it might just be the device for students, who constantly have to take down lots of notes and sketches, and often aren’t even allowed to bring laptops to class.

And in case you’re wondering how many eons you’d have to wait to finally get one of these things, good news—you can expect to spot the device in stores this summer.

On healthy mind and body

Having a healthy lifestyle, what does that mean? In general, a person is said to be healthy if he does not smoke, eats healthy food, exercises regularly and is not sick. Sounds simple......

The trick to healthy living is making small changes... taking more steps, adding fruit to your cereal, having an extra glass of water... these are just a few ways you can start living healthy without drastic changes.In fact, drastic changes almost always lead to failure. Making small changes in how you live each day can lead to big rewards.

Living Live Well: Your Natural Health Hub follows a new concept in doing so. Health care, highlighting preventive care and focusing on improving one's lifestyle. LLWYNHH is a place where you can gain new insights on how you can improve your overall state of health and well-being. One of our prime goal is to create positive impact on one's life, especially for those yearning to uplift their health. It is our fulfillment to see smiles on your faces , so figure out what you can to be healthy today. And the good news in the HUB, the first try is always free......

thrilling adventure....

Zoobic Safari located at the Subic Bay Freeport's Forest Adventure, features an amazing sight of exotic animals roaming and frolicking in their natural habitat. The habitat presents a forest of different terrain, streams and fringing grasslands. Experience the fun of live encounter with zoobic animals! The forest has the following attractions to look forward to: The Zoobic Park, Savanna, Serpentarium, Rodent World, Muzooeum, Close Encounter, Tiger Safari, Bird Walk, the Croco Loco and
their newest attraction:The Forbidden Cave and the Zoobic Cave. These new caves are designed to provide Zoobic visitors a wide range of entertainment and education through fun filled experience.The Forbidden Cave features two waterfalls and aetas spitting fires with shaking bridge that will truly excite the guests. The Zoobic Cave is filled with an array of real exotic stuffed animals in their natural habitat.

During weekends and holidays, Zoobic Safari stages an amazing animal show and parades, featuring farm and exotic animals in their colorful costumes, in beautifully decorated carts.


ZOOBIC SAFARI, is open daily from 8AM to 4PM including weekends and holidays.

1st Fluvial Procession at Pasig River

The Department of Tourism (DOT) leads Manila's first fluvial procession for he 15th century patron saint of the homeless,Our Lady of the Abandoned. Devotees and tourists are expected to flock tote event which concelebrates the fiestas of three parishes which includes Mandaluyong, Sta. Ana and Marikina.

Organized by the DOT in partnership with the three parishes, the fluvial procession is seen as another potential tour packages which shows our colorful religious rites. Starting from Guadalupe ferry terminal, passing Escolta, down to the Sta. Ana ferry station and then to Mandaluyong, the procession will feature the three images of Our Lady from the three parishes.

Procession will start immediately after a formal opening ceremony which starts at 1:00 in the afternoon at the Guadalupe Ferry Station

According to Tourism Secretary Ace Durano, "More than just a religious ritual, this colorful event is also great spectacles for tourists as it highlights our culture of deep spirituality." This can also be gleaned as a wonderful thanksgiving to God for granting us a peaceful and swift elections.

The parade likewise aims to stir awareness for the continued clean-up and conservation of Pasig River. It is also a good venue to promote green tourism as well, with the use of ferry boats, a pollution-free transportation.

new tech from samsung

SAMSUNG WAVE.....

Samsung Electronics Philippines announced the launch of the Samsung Wave (Model: S8500). This is the first mobile handset that promises Smartphone brilliance. It is the new, open mobile platform, Samsung Bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a smartphone for every lifestyle.

The Samsung Wave offers a Super AMOLED 3.3” display that makes the screen truly come alive, with a high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine) technology. With a free viewing angle and super fast response, the Samsung Wave display provides superb image quality for viewing both videos and photos.

A Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services directly into the Samsung Wave.

With its TouchWiz 3.0 UI, it provides users easy-flow integrated experience of messaging, managing contacts and viewing calendar events. It is powered by the amazing push technology to deliver email messages, calendar events and SNS updates in real-timeand Samsung Apps to empower you in using the phone the way you want to.

Samsung’s bada platform allows mobile users to simply and easily download different applications from Samsung Apps, an integrated application store accessible from the device and online. Featuring a wealth of games, navigation, social networking, e-book, health and lifestyle applications, Samsung Apps gives instant access to a huge choice of mobile experiences.

The Wave’s high-speed CPU (1GHz) ensures a swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion. The Samsung Wave has been built to offer an unrivalled level of performance, customization and choice in how they connect with their world.

The stunning full touch mobile will be available locally from June 2010.