Poetry Nights @Powerbooks

WHEN: February 12(Sat), 2011 (6PM)
WHERE: Powerbooks Greenbelt

Powerbooks presents an evening of rhyme and romance in Poetry Nights

How far will you go for love?

In celebration of the most romantic month of the year, Powerbooks will delve into the power of language to move minds and touch hearts as it plays host to Poetry Nights, a poetry reading session that features a formidable roster of over 10 of today's best and brightest poets, artists and musicians. This year's theme will revolve around the theme, love as a religion.

Following a number of successful runs in the past, this year's Poetry Night will bring together a remarkable line-up of notable wordsmiths, emerging poets, musicians and storytellers performing in a vibrant and inspiring atmosphere of language and music.

Calling all Powerbooks' Facebook Fans! Here's your chance to get exclusive invites to this event.

How to claim your invites:

1. Starting January 22, Powerbooks Facebook fans can claim the invites at the following branches:

a) Powerbooks Greenbelt
b) Powerbooks ATC
c) Powerbooks Megamall
d) Powerbooks Mall of Asia

2. Participants will need to provide their name, email address and contact .The email should be the log in email used for your Facebook account.

3. Type of Invites

a) Blue Invite - Powerbooks Facebook fan can get this for FREE upon registration. This will entitle the participant to a 10% discount*.
b) White Invite - Powerbooks Facebook fan can get this for a minimum purchase of Php 500 from January 22 to February 11 at any Powerbooks branch. Fan should present their PB receipts (can be accumulated or single purchase) at any of the invitation redemption centers. This will entitle the participant to a 20% discount* *Discount is not applicable to items marked X, XP, bargain and magazine items. Valid only at Powerbooks Greenbelt on February 12, 2011.

To become a Powerbooks Facebook fan like:
 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Powerbooks-Store/49057732103?v=info

WIN TICKETS to Sarah Geronimo's "What Love Is" concert with Martin Nievera!

Our very own Charmee Girl is at it again this season of love! Catch Pop Princess, Sarah Geronimo’s “What Love Is” Valentines special concert with the Concert King, Martin Nievera at the Big Dome this February 12, 2011. We’re looking for twenty-five (25) lucky Charmee fans to send off to the "What Love Is" concert, with two (2) tickets each!  

We’re ready to spread the love, are you? Read on to find out how!

1. Participants must be a female fan of the official Charmee Feminine Protection Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/CharmeeFeminineProtection.

2. Think of someone special whom you want to tag along with you to the “What Love Is” concert and share with us what that person has taught you, about what love is. Make sure you TAG that special someone in your entries!

HOW TO TAG: Enter the symbol “@” followed by the name of that special someone you wish to bring to the concert.

3. All entries must be posted on the Charmee Feminine Protection Wall.

4. One (1) entry per participant only. Any excess will be considered invalid.

5. Winners will be announced on February 10, 2011 at the Charmee Feminine Protection Wall and Twitter account (www.twitter.com/CharmeeFemPro)

6. Prizes are non-transferable nor convertible to cash.

7.  Winners agree to the disclosure and publication of their names and other particulars as Charmee Feminine Protection may deem appropriate and to participate in any photo, publicity or other media arrangements made by Charmee Feminine Protection to announce winners to the general public.

8.   Absolutely no malicious content will be tolerated at any given time. Charmee Feminine Protection reserves the right to delete, block or report any entry/content as they see fit.

9.   Charmee Feminine Protection reserves the right to refuse and/or invalidate any counterfeit/dubious entries and activities as they see fit.

10. All submitted entries will be deemed property of Charmee Feminine Protection.

11. Employees of Charmee Feminine Protection and Rogue Digital, Inc. including their relatives up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from joining the promotion.

12. Promo period: January 28, 2011 to February 10, 2011.

Waking up!

       There's this coffee commercial that highlights reasons why people wake up early in the morning. So many different reasons, a mother wakes up to star her day taking care of her children. A father wakes up to get to work and continue sustaining and providing for the family. A student wakes up to go to school and learn lessons in books and life.
   Waking up for somebody is such a touching gesture. It makes us feel important and loved. But a baby waking up is something different. It reminds us that life is always hopeful and beautiful.  So as the commercial goes, What's your reason for waking up?

Stay-at-home Mom: Make the best out of It!

You're a stay-at-home Mom and thinks you're missing it out with those having grand time with their own career? Do not fret ,my dear, a stay-at-home mom now can be  more fun and exciting as one can imagine. Following  a few L tips would help make the best out of being one!

   Here's how.

1) Join a club ,  There's a lot of company's sponsored clubs with housewives and Moms as members and not only they offers free seminars on housekeeping , cooking and parenting but lots of freebies and goodies and offer and sponsored  contests that highlight Mom's expertise thus giving Moms some good exposure.

2) Be an online enthusiast. Learn how to nimble those computer keyboards , join and sign up to some social network site and foster friendship and join the wagon of this computer-crazed living. You can share your views and expertise and even earn extra money while chatting with the oven and washer's timer on!

3)Organize housechores manpooling. Make a lists of your friends (all stay-at-home Moms), together you make lists of chores needed to be done and schedules to accomadate each other.Chores to be done can be accomplish with the help of those available and a round-robin schedules for all members to get the help needed.This enable every one for good day for chatting and mingling while collectives chores are done.


4) Make every day journal of your daily activities. Share your thoughts, tips, and everything as you let each day pass as a stay-at-home Mom. This can be turn into a coffee book ideas or if you're a computer literate, a personal blog in your own account.

   With these tips, any stay-at-home Mom could be the best choice for a career!

A Stormy Wedding

During the surge of typhoon Ondoy, Carol and Tyrone had alreadt checked in to their hotel where their wedding reception would be held. They were both tensed knowing that Pag-asa, Philippines’ weather forecaster had predicted a stormy day on the very same day of their wedding and it would be imposible to make a cancellation for the reception or the wedding itself.
Every place was in deep water and the guests would have problems reaching the church or the reception. Too sad, most of their sponsors had not made confirmations of their coming. Carol’s female cousin was the only one who was present and even the hairdresser and make-up artist couldn’t make it. Tyrone’s  best man could not make it too. Tyrone’s parents  had called that their house were flooded up to the roof and had to be evacuated while Carol’s parent stranded in an airport be cause all incoming domestic and international flights in the Philippines were  cancelled. They were flying in from San Franncisco, California USA and were already stranded for two days. The couple wanted to called off the wedding but after some thoughts, agreed to push it through. They called on the church and told the officiating priest that the wedding is not cancelled.
Carol with the help of her cousin did her make-up and got ready early in the morning while Tyrone dressed up by himself. They agreed to share the bridal car just to reach the church on time but they were caught in a heavy traffic. The heavy rain pour made every road unpassable but this not stop them and decided to go through. It was a relief to see a firetruck on the way and they asked the firemen to give them a hitch . The delighted firemen agreed and under a heavy downpour, they managed to get to the church. The bride was soaking wet in her beautiful Terno wedding gown and  her groom in his dripping black tuxedo but they were  brimming with smile when they march down the aisle. Since they were no sponsors,  two chucrh workers  stood as  one and the firemen’s chief as the groom’s best man. The ceremony lasted only for a few minutes and when the groom kissed the bride, rushing waters came in and the church floor was knee deep flooded.
The firetruck brought back the newly wed to their hotel and to their surprise, the Hotel’s management agreed to reset the reception and  together with their small wedding entourage, the firemen and the church workers  were treated with a free good lunch.
The couple decided to celebrate their first year wedding anniversary with a renewal of their wedding vows and  of course with  a grand reception. The couple said “after going through with their wedding ordeal,  their love will surely endure every storm that would come their way!”

Run for Fitness !

No SPEED Limit Run

January 23, 2011

Ateneo de Manila University

EVENT

3K/5K/10KM

See race map HERE

REGISTRATION FEE

P300 with free No SPEED Limit shirt

REGISTRATION SITE

Registration is from Jan. 5 to Jan. 14, 2011 at http://bit.ly/NSL_Online_Registration

ORGANIZER

Ateneo SPEED

CONTACT

Email: nospeedlimit2011@yahoo.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Venue

Venue:

ADMU

Taylor Swift In Manila!

The teenager Country Rocker Taylor Swift who recently bagged Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance and three more awards is coming to Manila. She's making her first concert  on February 19, 2011, 8:00 PM at the Araneta Coliseum. This is the first time for pretty blonde singer to do a concert here. The singer is not only a good performer but also had had some controversies in  her career. Her much talked about encounter with Kenye West made her more sensational and fans all over the world swooned  over her cool and level-headed reactions. Now she's be rocking down with Manila and fans are sure to queue in line for this much awaited concert events. This also marks the year's biggest concert events and soon to be followed by other big names in Pop and RNB world. Do we hear  Justin Beber? Why not?

An act of Love

   They've been married for several years. They knew they still love each other. There have been no major problems in their marriage except for one. She had been busy for her thriving career as a Senior Creative Director of one of the leading Advertising company in their area. She lacks time for her husband, Geo who works as a freelance Architect. She's always on the go, leaving house most of the time while Geo has to stay home. He has their home as his office.
   She knew her husband misses her. She can tell it by the way he touches her when she's too sleepy to respond to his romantic advances. "Not now, I'm too tired" Her  perennial reply although she knew for sure how much she too wants to climb over him and make love the way they used to. But she has seminars to attend to. Events that needs planning awaits her in the office. Oh, there's so much to be done. And all of her time had been consumed by all of this.
   Except of course by Geo.
  "Honey," he interupted her as she is having a quick cup of hot choco. "I forgot to tell you, I made a duplicate key for your new car, just in case..." a shoulder hug ends his sentence. She smiled. "I slip them in your bag's side pocket."
   She kissed him goodbye .
All of her day were consumed. The event for a  new client was successfully launch. The on -going ad campaign for a male's perfumed ended with tremendous sign-ups. Her meeting for board punctuated with a new contract signing. She was exhausted and once again need to go home and dive into the comfort of their bed.
   Without even noticing if ever Geo is beside her or not.
  She took her car to the building's  car park. Shes too tired to noticed it was late and she's alone. The guard was in his desk, too far from where her car was.
   She's too tired to noticed she 's being followed.
  Then with an instinct, she swayed back and saw a man in black leather jacket who was few steps behind her. She knew too well she's in danger. She walked fast as she can. Run and walk was what she did but the man was still behind her. She thought of Geo. She thought of all the things she could have done for him. All the time wasted by her consuming work load.
   She reached for her car keys. Her hands were trembling as she held them tight in her hands. Then she felt a hand grabbing her wrist.
   She looked up and saw the man in black leather jacket. She tried to free herself from his tight hold. She dropped her keys.
   Panic was all over her. She remember what she had learned in one of those seminar for w omen's protection against petty crimes and rape attacks. She kicked the man's ball and run as fast as she could. She shouted but she knew no one could hear her.
  She saw her car. She run for it but she was at a lost. Her keys. She dropped her keys!
  Then she remembered that morning. She remembered that loving look on Geo's face.
   She slipped her hands to her bag's side pocket. Felt something on it and before the man could get near her, she opened her car 's door with the key. She closed it and start the car.
  She left the car park safe and unharmed.
 "Hi,honey, guess what, I made you a pasta casserole, your favorite cheese on it." Geo said as he greeted her with a warm kiss.
  She smiled at him. Then crossed her arms around his neck.
"Sorry...sorry!" was all she could uttered. She kissed him hard on the lips. Hard enough to make him feel she's ready . Ready for him to make up for what they've been missing.
  After a while, she told him of her story.
  "You saved me,Honey...your simple act of love not only save my life but our marriage too!"
   S