Azrael's Merryland

I'm still in Boracay!!

2009-11-08T09:05:00.003+08:00

I'm still here in Boracay and its my 4th day here, me and Jonel are here covering the Nescafe Soundskool event and workshop, Its a busy day for us for 3 days listening to lectures of rockstars, watching live concerts and do interviews of bands and the finalist.

We are enjoying to the max here! and thanks to Nescafe and Ogilvy for bringing us here, this event is my biggest and most awesome music event to cover for my blog. We also enjoyed the great food here, we ate in a good restaurant, tried those popular milkshake, that spicy squid, burgers and many more.

I'll try to post more later and hope these photos can help me update my blog. We will be back in Manila tomorrow (Monday)

Nescafe Soundskool workshop day 2 (video live streaming)

2009-11-06T14:37:00.003+08:00

Visit DigitalManila Blog for the live video streaming of the 2nd day of the Nescafe Soundskool Workshop. On stage now is Soupstar Entertainment and Callalily on discussion with 13 band finalist about the role of Band managers and Band's role to managers.

Nescafe Soundskool Workshop @ Boracay ( live streaming)

2009-11-05T16:02:00.002+08:00

here's the live stream of the workshop event with the finalist at Boracay. Snippets and 30 min of footage will be shown live only. ( read more to view the stream)

Free video streaming by Ustream

Just arrived in kalibo,aklan

2009-11-05T10:30:00.001+08:00

Here in kalibo aklan now goin to boracay to cover the nescafe soundskool workshop and band night for 5 days.

Im with jonel travel blogger of letsgosago.net together with lifestyle channel, philstar,manila bulletin and abs cbn news. Just experienced my 1st air flight and its fun and i enjoyed it super. We're in a van now going to transfer for another location to a boat ride.

Check my multiply album for some pics posted via mobile popazrael.multiply.com/photos

Will ride the plane for the first time

2009-11-05T00:46:00.003+08:00

photo by KWsideB

I'm so excited and also nervous because I will be riding an airplane later at 8am in Centennial airport 2. This is a monumental event for me to leave the island of Luzon for the very first time in my life and this plane will take me to Boracay! wohohohohohoho

Yes! this was booked few weeks ago and Im so excited that my first destination will be in Boracay. I will be there with Travel blogger Jonel Uy of Letsgosago.net to do coverage of the Nescafe Soundskool workshop with the band finalists and rock band members of Pupil, Callalily, Sandwich, 6cyclemind, Letter Days and etc. they will be there as mentors for young bands and this is what Nescafe Soundskool is for. Transfer of knowledge about music, the industry and experience of a rockstar bands who are now part as one of the big influencer in the rock music scene.

It will take 4 transfer via boat and bus or van til we arrive in Boracay. We will stay in La Carmela de Boracay for 5 days, November 5-9. Expect a super blog coverage about the event and also we might do a live video streaming here in our blogs on what's happening in the workshop, so check this blog later this afternoon.

thanks to my blogger friends who shared tips online to me on the do's and don'ts in riding an airplane, our thread can be read here at http://www.plurk.com/p/2ic02c

Ok that's it... time for me to go to bed and expect a mobile blog post in the coming hours

Start of my baby blog

2009-11-04T23:32:00.002+08:00

that's our kid, inside that black spot

Here's our first family picture and after 5 years the gift from God is finally here. This is from our medical check up at Medical City this afternoon and we got so busy doing our first task for this new addition to our family. The lil kid is one month old and saw the little flickering heartbeat and pointed by the doctor to determine where to look on that black and white monitor. We finally confirmed it with this procedure and we followed all advices from the doctor and later on bought some folic acid tablets as it was prescribed by the doctor.

Okay thats the big revelation today.and I'm now excited to see him/her on June 26, 2010 (estimated due). yay!!! I can see now my self in the future that I play Darth Vader and my lil Jedi playing in the backyard hahahaa

Samsung to Collaborate with Microsoft on Green IT Technology

2009-11-03T13:15:00.002+08:00

Seoul, Korea — November 2, 2009: Following a meeting in Seoul today between the Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Yoon-Woo Lee, and the CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Samsung Electronics announced that it will collaborate with Microsoft on efficient energy usage in computers.

Yoon-Woo Lee (Left), Vice Chairman and CEO, Samsung Electronics shakes hands with Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft.

The two companies are aimed at encouraging PC users to purchase more environmentally friendly PC systems. Samsung expects substantial energy savings when Microsoft’s flagship Windows 7 operating system and Samsung’s 40 nanometer (nm) class DDR3 DRAM are used together.

Samsung, a strong supporter of Windows 7, will be migrating all of its corporate PCs worldwide to the new operating system beginning in 2010.

The Green IT collaboration effort between the world’s number one memory company and the world’s number one software company is expected to contribute to the revival of IT markets that have been depressed from the economic downturn. (read more below)

At the beginning of September, Samsung initiated its own global marketing campaign centered around “Less Energy, More Speed”, initially focused on its energy-efficient, 40nm-class, 2Gb DDR3 DRAM.

Also, Microsoft has announced significant reductions in power consumption with the new power management function in its recently released Windows 7 operating system.

“Windows 7 was designed as a more environmentally-sound and energy-efficient OS, particularly evident in its managing of memory and when shifting into lower power mode,” said Kim James Woo, Country Manager of Microsoft Korea. He added that “users will enjoy the benefits when Windows 7 and DDR3 are combined.”

Executives of Samsung Electronics and Microsoft applaud during a meeting at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Monday.
“There is no doubt that the combination of Windows 7 and 40nm DDR3 in new PCs will make users very happy,” said Dong-Soo Jun, executive senior vice president of memory marketing at Samsung Electronics. He added, “If you opt for 4GB of memory in a Windows 7-based system, over typical 2GB-based systems used today, you’ll see an increase in performance, while using less power, thanks to the efficiency of Samsung’s 40nm DD3 DRAM.”

In the ensuing months, while measuring the effects of this and other collaborative Green IT efforts, Samsung will continue to examine the potential for other areas of global cooperation with Microsoft in IT technology development.

ABOUT GREEN DDR3
Samsung’s 40nm class DDR3 is one of the most environmentally friendly mass-produced memory for PCs and servers worldwide. Providing up to 60 percent power savings over 60nm-class DDR2 in PCs, Samsung’s Green DDR3 is available in densities from 1GB to 4GB and is designed to work efficiently with all leading operating systems, particularly Windows 7. Find out more about Samsung’s Green DDR3 at www.samsung.com/ddr3

About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Hellsing OVA on Animax every Sundays 11pm

2009-11-03T12:47:00.001+08:00

Hellsing OVA premieres 1 November 2009, airing Sundays 11pm.Vampires are real. And it is the responsibility of Hellsing – an organization hidden from the public eye and funded by the British government – to cover up the frightening reality as well as to protect the blissfully ignorant people from the blood-sucking monsters.

Not only is Hellsing armed with a military force of its own, it possesses secret weapons of which the most powerful is ironically, a vampire. Named Alucard (‘Dracula’ spelt backwards), it is no ordinary blood-sucker, but reigns as the oldest and most powerful vampire in existence, only under the control of Hellsing, led by its young and stern heiress Integra Hellsing.(read more below)

Sadistic, arrogant and extremely powerful, Alucard delights in exterminating its own kind just to prove his superiority. It works with Victoria Seras, a policewoman-turned-fledgling vampire struggling to come to terms with her new identity, along with the enigmatic and lethal butler Walter Donez.

With vampire activity on the rise, the Hellsing organization swings into action only to find the cause is far more frightening than ever imagined. Masterminding the assault is the Millenium, a secret group of Nazi origins thought dead half a century ago, but brought back as blood-sucking undead monsters to plunge England, Europe and the world into destruction....

Animax Musix - Link to the World premieres 4 November 2009 on ANIMAX

2009-11-03T12:35:00.002+08:00

Animax Musix - Link to the World (1 hour, one-off show) premieres 4 November 2009 , Wednesday at 8pm. first and exclusively on ANIMAX

Animax brings on an exclusive one-hour anime music extravaganza this November with ANIMAX MUSIX: Link to the World! Top anime music artistes Yuuka Nanri, Shuhei Kita, May’n and Anna, perform some of the biggest anime theme songs in history! Catch your favourite tunes from anime hits including Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Macross Frontier and more! ( more pics below)

Anna

Shuhei Kita

May'n

Samsung I Imagine

2009-11-02T19:32:00.001+08:00

All big things and the realization of dreams start with imagination. It never fails to awaken our passions in achieving our goals. It lives with every endeavor, however big or small. Today, Samsung reinforces that unique link to every success.

As the much-loved brand circles-in on the Filipino youth, Samsung invites everyone to take a look back at the inspirations behind each passion. Brimming with energy, full of fresh ideas and outpouring with spirited courage, the youth of today is the epitome of a bright and promising future—a shared vision that Samsung wants to help realize.

With its “I Imagine” campaign, Samsung focuses on the young generation’s passions, concerns and outlooks. Encouraging the Filipino youth to speak-up and voice-out their opinions, thoughts, feeling and ideas, the leading innovator in digital electronics media creates a dynamic force that just brims with sheer ingenuity. Logging in on www.samsung.com/ph directs you to world filled with bright promises! ( read more below)

Metro Manila college students, currently enrolled this school year, can register and create their own I Imagine slogan by completing the statement: “I Imagine…“. Aside from being your own shout-out creator, you can also vote for other “I Imagine” shout-outs posted on the site. The shout-outs, whether in English or Filipino, must fall under one of three categories: Talk, for shout-outs that express emotions, ideas, thoughts, dreams, hopes and ambitions; Play, for shout-outs that express how life is experienced through love of music, sports, fashion and the arts; and, Love, for shout-outs that express how bonds are formed with family and friends through shared interests and passions. Only one slogan can be accepted for each category. Submissions will be accepted until November 30, 2009.

Samsung amplifies the Filipno youths’ voice as the winning statements will be printed on Folded & Hung exclusively designed Samsung “I Imagine” hoodies available at participating Folded & Hung stores in the Metro. Individual winners (one per category) will take home exciting prizes such as P30,000 cash, the Samsung Corby mobile phone, Samsung ST500 Dual LCD Camera, Samsung CLP-315 printer, Samsung LapFit LD190G monitor, 5 Samsung “I Imagine” hoodies to keep or giveaway, and P10,000 worth of gift certificates from Folded & Hung. Likewise, the schools of the respective winners will each receive a Samsung LCD monitor.

Criteria for judging will be based on the following: Relevance to the Chosen Category (40%), Creativity (40%) and the Total number of online votes (20%)..

What’s more, all who register to the campaign, whether to upload their own shout-out or simply vote for posted shout-outs will entitle them to a chance to win cool Samsung gadgets. Each registration is equivalent to one raffle entry which will be drawn on December 15, 2009. Up to 500 Samsung I Imagine hoodies, 20 Samsung phones and 20 Samsung DVD players are also up for grabs.

So, get ready to share what’s in your mind and in your heart as Samsung tours the different colleges and universities in the metro: November 11 at UP Diliman, November 12 in San Sebastian College, November 13 in Ateneo de Manila University, November 16 in San Beda College, November 17 in Miriam College, November 18 in De LaSalle University, November 19 in University of Sto. Tomas and November 20 in Far Eastern University.

Be heard and make a difference. With Samsung, making your imagination our passion!

Enjoy great music and food at Red Box

2009-11-02T11:15:00.000+08:00

Enjoying good food, music and a party after a long work in your office or school will make you relax and also make up for a time to enjoy with family and friends, this experience can be felt at Red Box. I invited my blogger friends to join with me to sing, dance and eat some great meals while we sing the videoke in one big comfy room.

It's a funny set that we started to sing some new songs and then shifted to the old ones.We ordered right away our food so that we can eat after some songs and drink non-alcoholic beverages that night. Ed, Jori, Carl, Jonel, Cathie and Lace were rocking the house that night and we enjoyed owning the entire room and night. We started at around 7:30pm and ended our session at 1am. There's a 500 fee for every head that will use the room, so its up to sawa of the videoke room starting at 7pm that we checked in. (read more below)

more pics in my album at Bloggers Red Box night at GB3

Experience a different level of karaoke high. Red Box has branches in Greenbelt 3 and Trinoma. For more information and inquiries, please call 757-6188 (Greenbelt) & 901-8833 (Trinoma) or visit www.redbox.com.ph.

Here are the foods we have on the table

Salt and pepper squids with sour cream onion dip

cheese burger like sandwich with fries

margherita pizza that is freshly baked in a brick oven.

sizzling chicken sisig

drink all you can promor

and here are the red box party people

Carl, Cathie Ed, Jori and me starting to heat up the evening with new music like a song from the Killers

Lace enjoys seating in the comfy sofa and eating that carbonara pasta

Carl holding the master remote for the videoke machine and Cathie just finished eating her pasta

Carl, Cathie, Ed and Lace

Ed sings some songs from Fall out Boy

me again.... just ate a nice fried rice

Carl rewinds us back to music hits of Jeremiah

Bum launches Identi-Tees Collection

2009-11-02T08:37:00.001+08:00

Bum has always been associated with freedom and style, distinct character, and a candid voice that speaks of unhampered individuality, but BUM ceases to be just any other apparel. Quite simply, it has become a personal expression about anything and everything that defines a person. This individuality defined by every Bum apparel transcends into a whole new collection that captures the essence of the wearer and the wearable: the Bum Identi-Tee. (read more below)
The brand label that has captured the imagination and fancy of the younger market unveils a whole new collection this quarter. Dubbed Bum’s Identi-Tee, it showcases key pieces in bold, grunge-inspired designs, matched with cuts that are distinctly Bum’s. Taking its cue from the dark enigma of goth, Bum recreates what teen fashion is all about.
Bum’s Identi-tee is anything but ordinary. Going out of the box, this whole new collection seeks to create a niche in teen’s fashion. Bum calls it “voodoo of the mind” --- the uninhibited way of expressing one’s thoughts, sans the rules. What one wears, is what he or she is. And how a person carries it is unbounded by any tenet.
Definitely, there is only fashion rule for Bum’s Identi-Tee: character is the best accessory. And this season, Bum unveils its voodoo of the mind in every rackful of apparel. As token of that individuality, a special voodoo doll is given to anyone who buys Bum’s Identi-Tee.
Bum Identi-Tee is available at all major department stores nationwide.

In tayabas quezon

2009-11-01T10:30:00.001+08:00

Mobile blogging in a cemetery

Kohikan resto cakes and pastries sale

2009-10-31T21:46:00.001+08:00

Kohi kan a japanese restaurant inside diamond hotel in roxas blvd manila is having a 50 percent of on all cakes and pastries at 8
pm onwards everyday.

Pastries will be sold on sale at around p80 or p50. While cakes at around p500.

Just ate our dinner there with jonel and misyel. I ordered a chicken katsu, its a yummy curry rice. Misyel and jonel ordered a chicken mushroom baked rice dori. And aftfr that we ate a special halo halo.

Aftermath of typhoon santi

2009-10-31T11:15:00.001+08:00

Its eleven am in the morning, this is what left after powerful strong winds hit us last night. Its so hard to sleep, the winds is so strong slamming the house wall and window and makes this scary howling sound. I woke up at around 5am and went around the house to check damages and see our pets cats,dogs,birds and fish, and glad they are ok. The only damage left are the plant and trees.

I slept again at 6am and woke up at eleven,then its sunny already and the typhoon is already out of the country. We have no elec here and im using my phone to post a mobile blog.

Last night the sky turned blue for 4 sec it was lovely to see it, but im not sure if that is a lightning or an elec burst from damage powerlines, coz there is no sound and i know elec burst are colored purple.

Ok.im going now to manila and will be in quezon province tom.

Meeting with a smile

2009-10-30T20:27:00.001+08:00

I got late to an afternoon meeting while ago and blame the traffic jam and friday really sucks.

But the negative vibes changed into a good one after a great coffee chat and nice solo meeting with a smiley man. I know he reads my blog and want to greet him a hello and see you soon.

Now im exciting what will happen to my blog after a few weeks. Fun awesome party for everyone.

Nice to talk again also to my fashionista artist friend who works in that office.

This is a mobile blog post

Trying blackberry curve

2009-10-30T20:17:00.001+08:00

Got a chance here to try out a blackberry curve.im so excited and tried it right away. At first i experienced a hard time using the qwerty keypad but then after a few minutes my fingers got to use it.

I tried the wifi network and checked my gmail. It connect so fast even that i received a low signal inside the mall.

Il check more of its feature when i arrive home.

This is a mobile blog post

Bagong Botante Bloggers event at Magnet Cafe BHS on November 13

2009-10-30T09:48:00.006+08:00

Hello blogger friends!

You are invited to a bloggers event on November 13, 2009 at Magnet Cafe, Bonifacio High Street in Global City. Registration will start at around 6PM and event will start at 7PM.

It will be a night of food, music and celebration for everyone as part of helping to reshape and rebuild this nation. We will also share and show to you a new system that will change the history of our country. The venue has wifi for all and you can bring your laptop if you want to do live blogging. This event will also be broadcasted via live video stream in some blogs.

and to add more fun at the event, we will be raffling some cool items and prizes for lucky participants.

Feel free to repost, reblog and share this sign up and event info to all our blogging friends. For any inquiries or questions, feel free to email me at azrael@gmail.com

Bloggers sign up now!
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repost : How to make a Halloween movie costume in a few minutes

2009-10-30T01:16:00.001+08:00

Read my tutorial and also a DIY costume and make up for Halloween
read it here in my 2008 blog post at How to make a Halloween movie costume in a few minutes

If you have any tips, feel free to share it here.. also it will be great if you can share some photos of you in costume for Halloween

Windows 7 Philippine Launch

2009-10-30T01:04:00.002+08:00

I'm a Windows XP user and this event excites me because I'm a Windows user and I want this Windows 7 be install in my new computer ( I wish I can own a new laptop or PC ). Be there guys at SM North Edsa in Cyberzone level on November 7. I just heard that the DVD installer will be priced at 7,777 pesos.

Wacom Bamboo launching event

2009-10-30T01:00:00.004+08:00

The new Wacom Bamboo tablet will be having a launching event on November 4. register here at http://ynzal.wufoo.com/forms/wacom-bamboo-launch/

I just heard that the new tablet can now be operated with using the pen and the main tablet has touch screen capability. We can now doodle using our fingers, digitally.

I <3 DeviantART shirts

2009-10-30T00:54:00.002+08:00

out from nowhere, I decided to buy some shirts at Deviantart.com and because that I am so emo tonight and disappointed on some things, I finally made my self smile and use that paypal money and buy some new DA shirts generation.

The dead line paint splash character of DA shirt design. fit for an emo look hahaha. crazy.

and a Birthday design for DA, I bought this because it is very cheap. I'm now waiting for this shirt to arrive here in the Philippines and will wear this at the Nescafe Soundskool workshop at Boracay next week.

Chocolate Festival at SM City North Edsa the Block

2009-10-30T00:49:00.002+08:00

Alex Dizon just reported in his blog about his visit at the Chocolate Festival in SM City North Edsa. Take a look on the set up and display of pure chocolate goodness. They copied and bring back to life the land of chocolates of Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. Its all pure chocolates for free tasting and you can also buy some to take it home. I have heard about this event and its sad that I forgot to visit it.

you can read more post here in his blog at http://recyclebinofamiddlechild.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-helluva-chocolate-festival.html

walk and forget that talk

2009-10-29T23:28:00.003+08:00

A new mobile blog post to end the day

I walked over the red brick road to see the sun turn gray

A time got reserved and let it stood

I passed by the bay to see you move.

The automated voting machine

2009-10-29T23:28:00.001+08:00

Im here at the cyber press meeting with comelec spoke person james jimenez and smartmatic gaile balo and cesar flores.

They showed to us on how the machine works and their protocol and action just incase the machine fails by tech, human intervention or natural calamity.

Social media networks will be used in educating the people about the elec. Voting.

This is a mobile blog post.more updates later.