A doll’s mask, unmasked

Last Thursday, June 26, invited bloggers and their family came together at the Nestle Factory along Aurora Boulevard to share in a sumptuous dinner presented by Nestle. The event marked the presentation of one of Nestle’s new products, the Nestle Pop. After dinner and a quick powerpoint presentation from Nestle, the hosts unveiled their new products and handed each of the bloggers’ table, their Nestle Pop freebies.

All I can say is, it’s delicious! Nestle Pop comes in the “kisses”-shape and are filled with vanilla ice cream goodness. If you’re curious at to what they taste like, I can say that they taste somewhat like Pinipig but even better. I highly recommend you go to your nearest supermarket or mercury drug to purchase these if you can.

After the unveiling of the product, that didn’t signify the end of the event. Of course, Nestle presented some activities as well. Members of Nestle went to the front and began dancing to the amusement of the bloggers and their families. As well, Nestle also presented their new game, Get your pop on, which is a very amusing game which involves popping the products into the mouths of “rock artists”. Don’t understand what I’m talking about, just click the link to find out what I’m talking about.

During the event, the blogger with the highest score was awarded with a lomo camera. Sadly it wasn’t my mother, so we didn’t win the lomo camera. But, those who scored within the top 5 were also awarded Nestle gift certificates. Sadly, my mom didn’t make it to the top 5 either. Haha. But oh well. All bloggers and their families left with free Nestle Pop products to bring home and share.

More pictures at this link

So if ever you’re interested in winning an Xbox360, or you’re in for the fun and some prizes, go to http://getyourpopon.ph and do your best.

Event hosted by Nestle Philippines.

Such a story is a paramour of my dreams,
and will true love be never mine to hold.
Shall it remain forever a dream
or shall I see it opened before me
like a chest of gold yearned by all
and simply mine.
For I desire my own true love,
not that of others who hath their own wishes
because I, selfish thus
for that which is rightfully mine -
my own deserving true happiness.
I neither wish to take which isn’t mine
but to find what was fated to be
meant only for me.
Can I seek to find only my own true love?
Finding not those whose hearts I may break
or to find those who might break mine own.
For there may only be me
and there shalt just be him.
Him whom I desire most of all
above everyone else, him, who is love,
the embodiment of my heart and
the yearning of my soul.
Where art thou?

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poem written by me © Christa Uymatiao 2007, http://toki88.deviantart.com

Another random entry on my poetry.

Love, is love, and love desired.

Yoga For Bloggers

by the Blog and Soul Movement

Date: June 28, 2008

Time: 5pm-onwards

Place: Vinyasa Yoga Center (17th Floor Strata 100 Building, Emerald Avenue, Ortigas Complex, Pasig City)

Limited to 10 Bloggers, due to limited space. To confirm, please go to Blog and Soul. Only those who receive confirmation emails may attend the event.

Requirements:

1) You must be a blogger.

2) You cannot be a student at the Vinyasa Yoga Center.

This is to help my mother advertise her event. Visit her site at http://herestolife.wordpress.com

Review on: The Devil Wears Prada

Rating: 4.5/5

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You know, growing old is one of the hardest things some people have to face. For me, it’s one of the things I dread the most. But it’s funny how everyone starts out getting all excited about growing up, even questioning the fact that Peter Pan doesn’t want to grow up. Suddenly those teenage years start and everyone’s hyping on finally getting into a PG-13 movie without parental supervision, or going out to parties with a later curfew, staying overnight at a friend’s house, and taking that first swing at an alcoholic beverage. But the excitement doesn’t last, and you find yourself regretting that you made yourself grow up too fast and that you didn’t spend your years acting as much as a kid (without much consequence) as you could.

Here I stand now, 4-5months from celebrating another birthday, and not just a simple birthday at that. It’s the big 2-0..the first year out of teenage-hood. Nothing physically changes of course as a person crosses that day from being 19 to turning 20. But deep inside, it feels really different, or it would probably feel different - not that I know it would be different, I haven’t crossed that line yet.

I’ve called myself an “oldie” these couple of months, only to be laughed at by the parents and relatives who are years and years older than me. This has in some way made me feel a bit better, knowing I’m not the only one suffering from this so-called disease. But one recent event has made me come to the realization that I’m only about 20 weeks away from leaving my teenage years…Click5 concert.

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Hello again readers, guess who is back from China? Yes, after 6 long weeks away from blogging, I have finally returned to my haven on the net. It has been a fulfilling and quite short 6 weeks for me, and I wholeheartedly regretted leaving the university.

It has been quite difficult not to blog about each and every experience I’ve gone through while I was there. All the people I’ve met, the things I’ve learned and all the new places I’ve gone to see during those 6 weeks. And I feel that now, despite it being over, I find it quite difficult to convey to all of you what I felt during all those times. I never expected myself to fall in love with the environment and the people, and I never expected myself to become so attached.

I will not try to outline all the things that have happened since I arrived in China, nor will I try to remember and try to describe my exact feelings in those moments. No. That is an impossible feat. Instead, I will try to recount some things that I’ve learned while I was in the university.

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A year has come and gone since my mom asked me to go to the iblog3 summit with her. Last year I declined since I had a lot of studying to do (as I was taking up summer units). I was looking forward to meeting new bloggers this year and attending this year’s iblog4, but I’ll sadly have to decline yet again. I’ll be in Guangzhou, China studying for the next 6 weeks (starting April11) and won’t be able to blog a lot, much less attend the blogging summit.

But that doesn’t prevent other bloggers from attending such an event. From my mom’s experience, she has gotten to meet a lot of different bloggers and has learned a lot of new things, so it’s really an opportunity to take hold of.

Click here to register

Further details

Basically, the summit will take place..

When: April 26, 2008, 9am-5pm

Where: Malcolm Theatre, College of Law, UP Diliman, QC

This event is organized by the University of the Philippines - Internet Society Program.

So..hope you attend and take this opportunity to learn more about the world of blogging, with all its twists and turns. It’s not as easy as it looks, blogging can be a very complicated profession/hobby.

This is my entry in celebration of Women’s Month. For the contest held by WikiPilipinas, and FilipinaImages.com. Other entries found here.

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The Filipino people have always been thought of as the country of househelpers, nurses, sea voyagers, and other seemingly ‘demeaning’ jobs and . We’ve been unjustly stereotyped into the jobs that our proud and very patriotic OFW’s and migrants have chosen to take on for the sake of their family and future. We’ve been figuratively placed into this limited space that has been labeled as the “characteristics and appearances of a Filipino”, and with that in mind, it has been very difficult to escape from the image that has been associated to the Filipino people.

Yet, Filipino bloggers nationwide and even abroad have slowly begun changing how the world views Filipinos. Though it seems like such a small thing, the appearance of more and more Filipino bloggers have given people a better view of the realities behind who we are as a people. Blogs have introduced our culture, our way of life, and who we truly are to those who do not know the truth. From our homes and offices, the internet has allowed us access to the world, giving us the chance to promote our interests and views on just about anything in society.

It isn’t simply a one-sided tool for communication. It has allowed us the opportunity to prove what kind of people we truly are. To a reality far from the scandals and stereotypes.

The power to prove ourselves is at hand. Blogging has become more than just a hobby, and bloggers have become more than just a small group of people talking about small time things. Through blogs, bloggers have shown their skills in the aspects of communication and expression. For the common Filipina, this has uplifted the views of foreigners towards what was commonly known as mail-order brides. Filipinas around the world have exhibited their prowess in using the internet. Hot topics about marriage, parenting, sports, books, cooking, advocacies, and even humor filled blogs and such have become frequently visited sites of not only fellow Filipinos but also people in other countries.

It has become an area of expertise for many who have become professional bloggers, or those who have a personal expertise to write about and share to the world. Most Filipinas not only have the advantage of writing in very good English, but there is also the advantage of the Filipinas’ skill to adapt their writing to anything. Coming from a very rich Spanish, American and Japanese-occupied history, the Filipina can write about anything uniquely Filipino, without making anyone from abroad seem entirely isolated. With the variety that comes from our background, there is always something of interest that can be found in the various subjects that the different blogs touch upon.

The Filipino hospitality, mixed in with our skills at adaptability and communication, in addition to the interests and expertises’ of various Filipinas around the world, have led blogging to become the starting point for something great and the Filipinas to something more than what people assume them to be. Little by little, blogging has given Filipinas the chance to prove their worth against stereotypes, and against bloggers from abroad.

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Nature is a wonderful thing.

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