Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool is an inter-collegiate competition in the Philippines open to young, unsigned bands in the Philippines. From its beginnings as a battle among student bands in the Greater Manila Area in 2005, the competition has become of the country’s most anticipated music events today.
Check out their site at Nescafe3in1.com.ph/soundskool. Click here.Ms. Eileen Rose Bangcoro, Nescafe Marketing Promotions & Events Executive and 13 College Bands Finalists in the workshop
The Letter Day Story band kicked-off Nescafe Soundskool workshops held recently in Boracay. They were last year's grand prize winner.
Day 01, November 05,2009 (Thursday) of the Boracay workshops, started with the student assembly and inspirational talk from Letter Day Story.
Later into the night, a concert was defined by performances from the three Mindanao Finalists: Little School House (Ateneo de Cagayan - Xavier University), Eevee (Philippine Women's University - Davao), and Disco...Disco...Disco (St. Michael's College - Iligan City).
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Letter Day Story and Callalily capped the night party and stirred the sands of Boracay shores with their own brand of Nescafe Soundskool music.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Letter Day Story Kicks-Off Nescafe Soundskool in Boracay
Labels: Events, Nescafe Soundskool
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Pupil in Nescafe Soundskool Boracay (Nov 8 9-10pm)
Pupil in Nescafe Soundskool Boracay (Nov 8 9-10pm)
Live TV by Ustream
Pupil in Nescafe Soundskool Boracay (Nov 8 9-10pm)
Labels: Events, Nescafe Soundskool, Webstream
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Sandwich in Nescafe Soundskool Boracay (Nov 7 9-10pm)
Sandwich in Nescafe Soundsdskool Boracay (Nov 7 9-10pm)
plus the Nescafe 3in1 Soundsdskool Luzon Finalists: Mixed Tape, In Descent, and Ictus.
Live Video streaming by Ustream
Sandwich in Nescafe Soundskool Boracay (Nov 7 9-10pm)
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Nov 7 Nescafe Sounsdskool Workshops (Pupil Band)
Nov 7 0930-1030am Nescafe Sounsdskool Workshops (by Pupil Band - Composition & Song Writing Skills)
Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV
Nov 7 0930-1030am Nescafe Sounsdskool Workshops (by Pupil Band - Composition & Song Writing Skills)
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Friday, November 6, 2009
6Cyclemind Live On Nescafe Soundskool Boracay
6Cyclemind Live On Nescafe Soundskool Boracay
Live November 6, 2009 9pm- 1030pm
Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV
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(Test) Webstream Snippets for Nescafe Soundskool Workshops
Webstream Snippets for Nescafe Soundskool Workshops (Nov 6 - 9)
Workshop:
* Orientation on the Philippine Music Industry [Done: 1-2:30]
* The Band & Band Manager Relationship / Handling Success by Callalily vocalist KeanCippriano and manager Darwin Hernandez (Ongoing: 2:30-3:30)
Live TV : Ustream
* Personality Development by Jag Garcia (To follow: 2:30-5pm)
Labels: Events, Nescafe Soundskool, Webstream
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009 Next Week!
The first DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009 is going to be held next week November 12 & 13 at Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City.
It is a 2-day educational seminar discussing e-commerce strategies and related concepts.
Digital Manila would like to attend this seminar because I know we could learn a lot from it especially the topic "Search Engine Friendly Web Design: Making Site Visitors Click!" to be discussed by Jan Alvin Pabellon (Vice President for Business Development at IT Group, Inc.) and Arnold Alvarez (General Manager, BF Homes Properties). It sound interesting, I just hope he would cover it deep.
You may also be interested on another related event DigitalFilipino Web Awards. Thank you to Globe GCASH for supporting the events.
See you at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit 2009!
Labels: Events
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NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool Invades Boracay
NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool invades Boracay starting today, November 5, 2009 until November 9!
NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool is a musical competition giving college bands the opportunity to showcase and perform their talents and skills. Furthermore, NESCAFÉ Soundskool assist them to further develop these skill set through a mentoring program together with the biggest names in the local band industry
In relation to this, the young musicians will spend this entire week in the island paradise of Boracay beginning today with the country’s known bands and business executives from the Philippine music industry. They would be jamming with bands like Pupil, Sandwich, Calla Lily, and 6Cycle Mind every night of the week!
Here's the schedule of the week ahead.Day 1 - Nov.5
Come on and join us! Jam with the NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool band finalists and other band icons in Boracay!
- Assembly
- Registration for fun activities
- Orientation
- Inspirational Talk (Letter Day Story)
- Calla Lily and LDS with the Mindanao finalists
Day 2 - Nov.6
- Team-building activity
- Industry Orientation
Speakers: Mr. Vic Valenciano (Sony Music) & Mr. Jinno Mina
- Band & Band Manager Relationship
- How to handle Success
- Darwin Hernandez (Kean Cipriano)
- Personality Development
Speaker: Jag Garcia
- 6cyclemind with the Visayas finalists
Day 3 - Nov.7
- The Art of Performing
Speaker: Raimund Marasigan (Sandwich)
- Composition
Speaker: Ely Buendia and his band (Pupil)
- Break-out Classes
Drums & Bass - Wendell (Pupil)
Guitar - Chuck Isidro (Sandwich)
Keyboard - Mong Alcaraz (Sandwich)
Vocals - Nei Dimaculangan (6cyclemind)
- Sandwich and the Luzon Finalists
Day 4 - Nov.8
- Fun Activities
Island Hopping
Fun Dive
Banana Boating
- Farewell Concert with Pupil & the GMA Finalists
Day 5 - Nov 9
- Breakfast & Departure from Boracay
Labels: Events, Nescafe Soundskool, News
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Starbucks Planner 2010
The Starbucks Planner 2010 will be officially released by Starbucks Coffee Philippines tomorrow, November 4, 2009! The Starbucks tradition continues this Christmas season of 2010.
The Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee Philippines 2010 Planners are available in 3 different textured and designed covers reflecting the unique stages of the coffee bean aptly entitled "Our Coffee Heritage".
The first stage is the "Bean" in its raw form, followed by the "Roast" stage, and finally the "Brew" to produce the coffee we drink.Now on its 7th year, it focuses on the history of Starbucks since it was globally founded in 1971, and 1997 locally. It highlights the company’s heritage by sharing its history, products, innovations, partner and customer stories and global responsibility.
To avail of the Starbucks Planner 2010, any Starbucks customer in the Philippines can avail of a Starbucks Christmas traditions planner promo card from November 4, 2009 to January 6, 2010. One sticker is awarded for each Starbucks beverage purchase. Holder must accumulate a total of seventeen (17) stickers (nine (9) Christmas beverage plus eight (8) core beverages except bottled drinks) to redeem one (1) Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee 2010 Planner.
First 150 customers on Nov.4 in each Philippine branch nationwide gets the special cards with 1 free sticker mark (meaning 1 less sticker to accumulate).
In every redemption of the Limited Edition Starbucks Coffee 2010 Planner, a donation to the continuous relief efforts for Typhoon victims and to SparkHope will be initiated. SparkHope is Starbucks' flagship program for early childhood care and development in partnership with UNICEF.Want to get one for free? Watch out for the upcoming Starbucks Planner 2010 giveaway contest on LetsGoSago.net to be announced tomorrow night (Nov.4, 2009)!
Watch out tomorrow as well for more inside pages photos of the Starbucks Planner 2010!
Labels: Starbucks Planner
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Typhoon Santi Hits Manila as Oct 31 Strikes
Typhoon Santi just landed in Philippine soil an hour before the morning of Oct 31 according to Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placing Metro Manila and 16 provinces under storm signal no.3.
The fourth and last typhoon for the month of October, typhoon Santi is at 30 kilometers north of Daet, Camarines Norte with maximum sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 185 kph. It is moving west southwest at 20 kph.
Aside from typhoon Santi's wind power, it's rainfall density already reminds us of the recent wrath from typhoon Ondoy. It is then just proper that we should be prepared agin in our homes together with our family. As earlier said, we should be prepared with emergency food and measures fit for responding to such calamities.
Let us hope that typhoon Santi would not be as strong as expcted and that it wold leave the country soon.
Labels: News
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Halloween Costumes Are in Season Again!
Searching for Halloween Costumes? Since it's halloween season again, it means time for Halloween parties, and the search for the best halloween costumes are at it again.
Some would go the scary horror-themed halloween costumes like the one above.
The other wold look for halloween costumes for babies, toddlers, kids, or children haloween costumes like the ones below:

*Images are in thumbnail as they are sourced from Google web images
Other would go for cartoon themed Haloween costumes like that from Marvel comics. Which halloween costumes are you thinking about?
Labels: Events
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Explosions in Katipunan and Ortigas Pasig
First was an explosion in Katipunan Avenue then followed by another from Meralco Avenue in Ortigas, Pasig. It both happened this morning about 2am, October 30, 2009.
The explosion in Katipunan specifically happened at One Burgundy Plaza in front of Ateneo de Manila University. One Burgundy is one of many residential condominiums in the area.
It was said that a man was seen leaving a bag at the back of a parked Honda Civic reportedly owned by Allan Valencia. The red car has plate number WFY 927.
The building security guard noted that when he saw the bag and tried to check it out, some smoke was going out of it so he went away afterwhich the bag exploded after sometime.
The explosion was so strong shattering some glass windows upto the third floor but no one was hurt.
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Bomb Squad are currently investigating the incident according to a report.
In Quezon City, the second explosion was located at Unionbank Plaza in Meralco Avenue, Pasig. Eastern Police District (EPD) said that the explosion was caused by a pillbox which was responsible for minor damages only.
The details of this report is based on DZMM report and ABS-CBN news website.
Labels: News
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Heartwarming AstroBoy Movie
Basically a cartoon movie with a heart, AstroBoy touches the human heart with the concept of self-sacrifice for the another's betterment.
Programmed with the memory and emotions of a real child, AstroBoy was in search of his destiny after being made to realize that he was not a real boy. His experiences later on made him a stronger, more resolute 'person,' emotionally and otherwise.
The movie illustrated a number of life lessons from social acceptance to belongingness and father-child quality time, among others. The CGI showcase of the movie is at par with other latest movies with a slight inclination towards darker hues.
Thank you to TV5 for the movie invites.
AstroBoy Movie Trailer:
Don't expect an truly awesome move or something similar that you want to watch all over again but it's a nice movie for children and the whole family. AstroBoy fans wouldn't be disappointed as well.
Labels: Movie, Movie Reviews
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Mar Roxas - Korina Sanchez Wedding Today
Senator Mar Roxas and famous broadcaster Korina Sanchez tied the knot earlier this afternoon at Sto. Domingo Church in Quezon City.
Considered to be the wedding of the year, the nuptials has been planned long and in detail. Last minute updates even included waiving the reception celebration in favor of Typhoon Ondoy victims where the couple donated the P3 Million peso amount supposedly for their wedding reception.
We are sharing the two pictures here from the media office of Sen. Mar Roxas:

Senator Mar Roxas has declared his interest in running for the Vice-President position in the upcoming Philippine Elections in 2010.
Korina Sanchez is on leave from her regular broadcasting related work for a while now in preparation for this momentous tying of knot. Mar Roxas is aged 52 while Korina Sanches is
He dropped his initial disposition of running for the presidency after giving way to now presidential running-mate Benigno "Noynoy" Aqunio III.
Labels: Events, Korina Sanchez, Mar Roxas, News
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Me & My Mobile Internet
Having three jobs that require you to be in different locations most of the time poses the ultimate challenge in being mobile.
I teach information technology courses in a college in Manila, I do part-time professional blogging, and I maintain a small business on web development catering to small and medium enterprises.
I reside in Makati while teaching in Quezon City. Aside from using my mobile internet in school, I use it as well in between the longtrips via Light Rail Transit(LRT) or Metro Rail Transit (MRT) where I frequently go online on my laptop. Yes, it's pretty safe inside the train systems; just don't do the same on public jeepneys. And I can only do that with my mobile internet-powered usb modem. One such provider in the Philippines is Globe Tattoo Broadband. Simply plug-in the USB stick and you can connect to the internet anywhere, anytime.
Part of the blogging arena nowadays are blogger events. Hosted by advocacy groups, public organizations or private companies, event locations could vary and spread from SM City mall up north down to Enchanted Kingdom in the south. And we're not yet even talking about the Visayas Philippine Blog Awards in Cebu and the Blogging Summit in Mindanao held recently.Being a blogger who needs to be consistently online, going to these new places can sometimes give you a hard time looking for internet cafes to access the Web. So a handy mobile internet is really a blogger's best friend. Coming in different designs, you could even brag about Globe Tattoo Broadband New Skins with fellow bloggers or try to customize it with your own design by submitting to Globe Tattoo Broadband Gallery.
Fellow blogger Flowell even discussed the details of access charges for "timed use" or "per KB":...Per KB connection caters to those who just update blog, check emails, read specific updates that will not require much time on the cybreworld. Per KB charging cost only 15 cents per KB that you consumed in surfing the net, to activate this service just text Bytes to 1111. While per TIME connection lets you surf the internet for 5 pesos per 15 minute surfing, it gives you additional time to stay in the cyberworld after checking emails or done updating your blog, to activate this option just text TIME to 1111, but for new users TIME based is default configuration. To check the status of your internet connection text STATUS to 1111.
Thank you indeed to portable usb modem internet services like Globe Tattoo Broadband which help mobile people like me. Globe Tatoo Broadband is powered by Globe Tattoo Prepaid Sim which you can also use for call and text/SMS.
Labels: Gadgets, Globe Tattoo Broadband, News, Technology
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