MAC Air Book Commercial Song

Papaya Dance - Philippine Army Version

Kaida Gallery cordially invites the public to view Garden Verses

Kaida Gallery cordially invites the public to view Garden Verses
a one-man exhibition of metal and fiberglass works by Renato Ong
Garden Verses
Kaida Gallery
from 30 March to 16 April 2008

Garden Verses presents Renato Ong's recent sculptural and wall piece productions, where folk consciousness, found objects, and fusion take center stage. The artist creates montages where the sacred is fused with the mundane, juxtaposing urban and contemporary materials with traditional and indigenous imagery. Artifacts from contemporary urban decay­a cornucopia of common nuts and bolts, roofing nails, cables, and discarded metal castings­are recast amidst a backdrop of rough hewn lumber and faux timber cast from fiberglass. Images are sourced from a wide range of iconographic traditions, from the biblical to the anthropological: here, primeval gods and goddesses share space with human forms, while surfaces mimicking the natural textures of primeval forests merge with rich encrusted motifs typical of medieval-era illuminations.The show fuses and recreates images of primordial memory using materials sourced from urban reality. Ong's haunting and exquisite imagery resurrect symbols and motifs long embedded in memory, paying tribute to the power of the past. According to the artist, Garden Verses is a “compilation of voices unheard and unarticulated, sacred and mundane”, where “existence is neither glorified and nor vilified, but rendered into a song or a prayer in celebration of living”.

The show fuses and recreates images of primordial memory using materials sourced from urban reality. Ong's haunting and exquisite imagery resurrect symbols and motifs long embedded in memory, paying tribute to the power of the past. According to the artist, Garden Verses is a “compilation of voices unheard and unarticulated, sacred and mundane”, where “existence is neither glorified and nor vilified, but rendered into a song or a prayer in celebration of living”.

Garden Verses will open on March 30, 6 p.m., at Kaida Gallery, located at the 2nd Floor, GFO Building, 122 Kamuning Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1102. The show runs until the April 16. For inquiries, please call (632) 4144777 or write info@kaidagallery.com.

Kaida Gallery is an art space devoted to showcasing works by contemporary Philippine artists. Established in 2007 in Quezon City, Kaida Gallery features young, dedicated, and emerging painters and sculptors as well as supporting collaborations between them and established names in Philippine art. It also believes in supporting the efforts of women artists and a nascent generation of young and talented painters.

Papaya is the new Macarena

Feb 24. - Move over Macarena a new dance craze called the "Papaya" dance has taken over the Philippines.

It began as a gimmick on a television game show but is now performed by almost anyone, anywhere.

Several companies are even encouraging their staff to perform the dance while at work.

Soundbites:
# Ricky Albot, Fish stall attendant, SM Hypermarket (Filipino)
# Josie Agtas, Shopper (Filipino)
# Rey Fuentes, General Manager, One-MGM Resort (English/Filipino)
# Edu Manzano, Host, "Game Ka Na" (Are you game)(English)

Walk Away the Pounds, 4 Fast Miles with Interval

Thank God, we've been keeping a steady schedule, 3 times a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, at 7:00 in the evening, as well as Saturday mornings at 10:00.

Robert and Tito Lits - Robert has been coming to the WATP for almost a month now.

while we were getting set up outside the ladies, members of the Fairview Alliance Church choir, were practicing for this coming Palm Sunday's presentation, l-r: Tina, Jackie, and Dorothy. Jackie and Dorothy would join us later for the WATP.

did I jump too high while doing the leg swing, Tita Nil?

knee lifts

there's Carm and Agnes, regular walkers ;-)

Uncle Philip was walking solo tonight, Ging-Ging (Grace) was feeling under the weather

fast walk or run / jog, your choice

fast walk interval, jogging / running really ;-), Tito Lits and Jackie

Dorothy leading the way

Tita Nil picks on my bum ;-)

come join us next time, FREE, No Membership fees, just bring water, a towel maybe, and a change of clothing in case you sweat buckets ;-)

Hallmark greeting e-card notification - beware

recently received what seems like a legitimate email notification from Hallmark about an e-Greeting card sent by someone (doesn't mention a name of a sender) for me.

when you hover over the link you are supposed to click on it shows a certain web address, not Hallmark, but to a different address, pointing to an executable file or program - ending in '.exe' - so beware, do not click on it - delete.

Lunch at the Elixor Restaurant

Elixor website: http://www.elixor.ca/

Quiet afternoon, not too busy, I thought, let's go to Laval for lunch, at the
Elixor, and have that Sunday's Favorite Pasta.

Soon as we get settled down to our table my mobile phone gets crazy, one call after another, three prospective clients in all, one of them calling from the US Park Service in Hawaii.

The food, as always, was delicious. The service also was great. The waiter told us that pretty soon we do not have to drive all the way to Laval for our Sunday's Favorite pasta dish. Elixor will be opening a branch on Sources Blvd. Wooohooo!!

beautiful decor, artwork on the ceiling

drinking coffee while waiting for the pasta

i guess lavazza is their coffee of choice

kitchen is humming with activity in the background

vegetarian

delicious

where did it all go, bring me some more ;-))

Is it true, Ikea's going to sell cars?

It may look like this car kit.



It'll come, of course, with a single page, detailed instruction sheet. All you need to put the car together is this tool.

CRV in the midst of a storm

Snow storm, that is... ;-)