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  • With Your Ten Pesos, You Can Help Build Ruhama Block by Block!

    With Your Ten Pesos, You Can Help Build Ruhama Block by Block!

    My friend Cars is a graduating student of Interior Design in UP Diliman. Every year the graduating batch of their degree has to choose what they should do for a semester-long project. To embody being Mga Iskolar ng Bayan, as what UP students are called, they decided to go with an advocacy project to show not only honor and excellence but also service to their fellow Filipinos.

    Their Special Project called Sibol: Design for the Soul aims to rehabilitate the Ruhama Shelter for Children, a home that “provides a sanctuary for children whose lives have been unjustly corrupted.” They plan to renovate Ruhama to be able to “provide functional spaces to cater to the distinctive needs of the staff and the children”. Not only that, they will also “strive to create an overall healing environment that brings hope through design”.

    Right now they are trying to get donations for concrete hollow blocks. You can help by pledging at least Php10.00 (~$0.03). Your ten pesos is already equivalent to one hollow block and if we can all just shell out a few ten pesos, we can help make Ruhama a better place for the children.

    You can learn more about the advocacy and Ruhama’s existing interiors by watching this clip:

     

    I am a sucker for donation drives or shelling out a few bucks to help a good cause. Just recently, I donated some cash to one of my fellow nerds to help her reach her goal of £350 for Cure Leukemia. On my birthday, I also made a donation to Operation Smile. It feels refreshing and humbling to be able to help out these people. There’s just something about trying to lend your hand to make other people’s lives better.

    I will be pledging some amount to this cause and I am encouraging you to share a little bit of your blessings as well. If you’re a co-worker of mine, feel free to pledge your ten pesos or more through me and I will meet up with Cars to give your donation. Otherwise, you may send a message through Sibol’s Facebook page to ask about how you can send your donation.

    This fundraising activity will only be until October 16th. Hurry and pledge now! Remember, every peso counts. 😉

     

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  • The Addams Family (Musical) in Manila

    The Addams Family (Musical) in Manila

    Calling all Filipino theater enthusiasts!

    Atlantis Productions will be staging The Addams Family this coming November. The Addams Family is a smash-hit Broadway musical comedy based on the characters from Charles Addams’ cartoon of the same name.

    With music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, The Addams Family tells the story of Wednesday Addams having grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, young man from a respectable family and how everything will change for the whole family when they invite Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents over for dinner.

    The Addams Family will run from November 15 to December 1 at the Meralco Theatre.

    My friends are selling orchestra tickets for the November 16 8pm show. If you are interested to buy tickets, feel free to send me a message here and I will inform my friends and get back to you with the details.

    If you can’t watch on November 16 but would still want to watch the production, you can refer to the schedule below:

    For more details, you can visit the Atlantis Productions Inc. website or call Claire of Atlantis Productions at 892-7078.

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  • Throwback Thursdays #2: Tohoshinki’s Rising Sun MV

    Throwback Thursdays #2: Tohoshinki’s Rising Sun MV

    Last night, I was trying not to hear a very unpleasant sound at the office (I’ve been working the night shift for two months now). I’d rather not describe how it was because it’s pretty TMI and gross and I’m sure you wouldn’t really like to hear (or in this case read) about it. Haha!

    Anyway, I was trying to drown out said unpleasant sound so I decided to put my earphones on and listen to any song on my iPod. I put it on shuffle and Tohoshinki’s Rising Sun started playing. I forgot that I had the Repeat Song setting enabled and after a few minutes I found myself dancing Rising Sun in my mind and I got reminded of the Japanese MV of the song.

    It’s one of my favorite TVXQ/Tohoshinki MVs of all time because I loved the “plot” and the dance sequence. I remember wanting to learn the choreography of the song right after I finished watching the MV for the first time. Everyone looked good and I absolutely loved Yoochun’s bandana and pimp look. Apart from the visuals, the song in itself is really good that you’d just find yourself either tapping your foot or bobbing your head to the beat.

    I haven’t listened to any TVXQ5/JYJ songs in a while after my so-called Korean detox. The drama behind it all got the best of me and I felt like I needed to focus more on myself and this blog. I missed listening to this song and I got reminded of how awesome it was and I thought it would be pretty apt for a Throwback Thursday post.

    If you’re a fan, watch this MV with me, otherwise, watch anyway because this MV is AWESOME and all of them are AWESOME. <3

    Feel free to leave a comment below if you liked the MV!^^

    Some screen caps…

    JunsuJunsu
    Yoochun
    Yoochun
    Jaejoong
    Jaejoong
    Changmin
    Changmin
    Yunho
    Yunho

    Yoochun Bandana
    Bandana! Yoochun
    Yoochun Pimp
    Pimp! Yoochun

    Rising Sun
    Ready for the Rising Sun

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  • The Nerd Machine Invades the Big Apple for NYCC

    The Nerd Machine Invades the Big Apple for NYCC

    Hey New York Nerds!

    Did you know that The Nerd Machine will be coming to the New York Comic Con?

    Partnering up with Intel, they will invade The Big Apple on October 1-13. Visit their booth at Booth #638 to charge your mobile devices, check out various Intel powered technology and meet some of your favorite Comic Con talents.

    Like what they usually do at Nerd HQ, TNM will be continuing the “Smiles for Smiles” (photo opportunities with your favorite NYCC talent) and “Signings for Smiles” (autograph sessions with your favorite NYCC talent) to raise money for Operation Smile.

    Special edition merchadise will also be available for purchase, exclusively for NYCC.

    For more information about the event, be sure to follow The Nerd Machine on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram.

     

    *Images from The Nerd Machine website

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