Ever wonder how vast is the entire land of the Philippines that is possible for agricultural production? We are, as a matter of fact a nation blessed with a rich land and hard working citizens. But as the time advanced, hundreds of industries have been developed and yet we found ourselves being one of the least in agricultural trade.

Good thing, Go Negosyo is launching its very first Agri-Negosyo Summit. Equipped with young successful Agripreneurs, inspiring Agripreneurs awardees and honorable speakers from the agriculture sector -- this summit will definitely be a blast!

The said program passionately aims to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit of the Filipinos. This will kindle the fire of enthusiasm in the hearts of the participants, opening vast opportunities in the field of agriculture. This will further develop a positive change in their mindset through empowering tools and concepts that the Agri-Negosyo will be showcasing.

On the 25^th of July at the World Trade Center, Pasay City you will:

      

      Be inspired and encouraged with young successful agripreneurs that will change the way you think about agribusiness.

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      Gain knowledge about various business models in agriculture with crops, seeds and grains, vegetables and fruits agri-processing, fishing and animal raising,industry subcategories and practical wayson starting up an agri venture.

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      Be motivated through the influential winners of GoNegosyo  Agripreneurs 2014 Awards.

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      Capture the general roadmap and vision for the Philippine Agriculture delivered by our respected leaders in the sector.

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        Be connected to a network of enablers in the agribusiness industry who will share and discuss services being extended to potential and practicing entrepreneurs.

Don’t miss out the chance to attend and be a part of Agri-Negosyo Summit 2014!

Students and teachers’ registration is for free (Graduate School not included). The official invitation letter to schools and the confirmation slip may be downloaded from www.gonegosyo.net/agrinegosyo. For Non-Academe Participants (Non-Student/Non-teacher/ Non-School Personnel), registration fee is Five Hundred Pesos Only (P500.00).The fee covers the door ticket, seat allotment (in the blocked area of the hall), and Certificate of Attendance. You can register via online: www.tinyurl.com/gonegagri

GoNegosyo Agripreneurship Summit 2014 (GNPAS) secretariat may be contacted through 637.9229 or 631.8101 loc. 7106 or via email (gonegosyo.agribusiness@gmail.com).

"Man oh man, my girl is sick of roses and chocolates. I don't know what to give her in our special day."

Are you the type of guy whose having the same dilemma? Well your problem is already solved!

I have this two types of flower shops around the metro WHICH IS EDIBLE! Yep you read it right! EDIBLE: fit to be eaten

First is....


Sweet Blooms Cakes and Delicacies

Ever heard of "rose pastillas"? For some who are not familiar with the word "pastillas," these are sweet milk candies. Sweet Blooms Cakes and Delicacies brings you it's Rose Candy Pastillas.

How exciting to merge the traditional roses into chocolates/sweets? Let's add the fact that the price stays the same from January to December :]]]

                           

Sweet Blooms

#20 Timog ave.Quezon City

SM North, Megamall,SM Manila

Now let's proceed to my second suggestion...

FruiQuet

known for their tagline,heavenly and healty delights, FruiQuet is well, Fruit Bouquet. Ranging from orange, apple to kiwi and strawberries FruiQuet is the first and only fruit bouquet shop in the Philippines. I won't elaborate more onthe details, just get on their site and check out how awesome their products are.  

http://fruiquet.com/

Danshi Koukousei no Nichiju

created by Yasanobu Yomauchi

directed by Shinji Takamatsu

       This is wild! thumbs up for my favorite anime director Mr. Takamatsu. If you will first judge the story by its poster or cover well you will probably expect romance and friendship. But this slice of life anime is full of fun. Actually this is all comedy.

     I remember this style of humor first at School Rumble and then Gintama (my favorite series). All of them have this humor which is far from common american cartoon. In my own words, the jokes are actually nonsense but I can't stop watching it because it bring a lot of enjoyment (my sisters even tease me for laughing so loud). Eventually, all anime I have said was directed by Mr. Takamatsu.

PLOT

       The story centers around the life of Sanada North High School students particularly Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake. It portrays their indoor adventures, random gags, how they portray girls, how they think, how they handle girls, problems, funny stories from the past and more importantly their colorful friendship.

CHARACTERS

TADAKUNI - he is first introduced as the protagonist of the whole story but you will rarely see him on the next 6 to 11 episodes. He is a normal guy as he called himself with extraordinary friend and classmates particularly Hidenori and Yoshitake. He resembled Shimura Shinpachi from Gintama as well. He is often shown in the series because I think he is too normal and thus he does not have this extraordinary adventures.

HIDENORI TABATA - Obviously the one with the glasses which made him the one who has the wildest idea among the group. He is also the one who has a lot of personal encounters with other characters like the literary girl, the girl in the public transport and the girl who kicks him from behind. He has an older brother which used to be the leader of their group before it enters college. From the three he is my favorite for he resembles Sakata Gintoki from Gintama.

YOSHITAKE TANAKA - He always hang-out with Hidenori and the one who always approved the wildest idea. He is the strongest among the three for he saved Hidenori back from elementary. He also has this misfortunes including ripping his nipple off. Judging from their characters, I think he is the silliest among the three.

KARASAWA - The Student Council member of the Sanada North High and the close friend of the funky high school girls. He is always prepared and observant. Quiet at first but get a lot of appearance because of the funky high school girls. He has a scar on his forehead caused by Habara,

MOTOHARU - Another member of the student council. Appears tough but often bullied by his older sister and its friends. He gets along with the three main characters as well. Anyway he looks like the guy with shades from the school rumble.

PRESIDENT- of the student council. He is pretty but a lot of times act stupidly. He is rarely seen from the office and he feels they don't need him. He is often linked with Ringo and he is also my crush,

VICE-PRESIDENT - He always handle the student council affairs and always mistaken as a delinquent but still looks like one. He was mistaken by Tadakuni as Yoshitake because of their same hair,

MITSUO - I think he is their favorite classmate. He is often make fun of and his classmates often tell stories about his past because he has a lot of misfortunes.

YASSAN- The literary girl who always stay at the riverbank. She always encounters Hidenori at the riverbank and think of him as the protagonist of her novel. She develops feeling for Hidenori and became the talk of their school when se chased Hidenori. She is the fan favorite,

RINGO - Sanada East High Student Council President. She is proud of her school so much that she competes with Sanada North High. She is often make fun of because of her ignorance but she is addressed as the cutest girl in the few last episodes.

TADAKUNI'S LITTLE SISTER - She is always the victim of the trios gags including stolen underwear. But she always finishes them off because she is stronger than the three. She also ask for the Sanada North High Student council for love and other problems.

YOSHITAKE'S OLDER SISTER - Senior of the three and always make fun of because she is single. She is the leader of the seniors which bullied Motoharu and shaved off his beard, She has a crush on Hidenori's older brother,

MINO - Motoharu's older sister. She always get along with Motoharu but she used to bully Motoharu in the past, She cooks well but Motoharu can cook better, She teach the funky high school girls in one of the episodes.

NAGO - co-worker of Tadakuni in a pizza shop. She shows off her pretty appearance in a convex mirror. She also appears in the last episode as the pretty girl in Tadakuni's dream or nightmare.

YUSUKE- Hidenori's older brother. He used to be the leader of the group but he now enters college. Yoshitake's sister has a crush on him but he does not have any feeling toward her.

YANAGIN - The leader of the Funky High School Girls of Sanada East High. At first I thought she is Hidenori in cross dress. I just find out later she is a real character. She act like a boy and make battle a lot. She often shouts and make fun of Karasawa.

IKUSHIMA - Member of the funky group. She always approve of Yanagin's ideas. She is seen in the cultural fest as the receptionist with the vice president of Sanada East High.

HABARA - The most quiet in the funky girl group but an Archdemon back in elementary. She caused the scar in Karasawa's face and for that Karasawa despises her.


FAVORITE PARTS

This is on the first episode. The trio hangs out at Tadakuni's place. They make fun of Tdakuni's little sister' skirt and eventually tries them off. Tadakuni is then caught by her little sister.

Its part of the trios ghost stories. Yoshitake was taking a shower when he suddenly rips his nipple. It is really horrible seeing his reaction. The funny part is when he wonders if it will grow back.

The literary girl wants to get Hidenori so bad and waits for the perfect moment but everything turns out so bad, Her novel flew in the mid air, goof comes out her nose, she slid on Hidenori's back and worst she was knocked down when Hidenori stood up.

This part is when The Sanada North High has a cultural festival and they invited over the Sanaada East High. The President of the Student Council place a bet that Ringo must not scream when entering the horror booth. In the end Ringo shouts because she saw the President naked,

The unfortunate Mitsuo is getting rid of all his unlucky days. H suddenly jumped on the river when he saw a cat in a box, I laugh so hard when it turns out to be a stuffed animal.

This is one of the best in funky girls episodes. Mino challenges them by getting their skirts up to the maximum. They waited for one of the girls' brother to arrive to see his reaction. But unfortunately, he arrives together with his group of friends.


For me it is a 4.5 rating. I really hope there is a second season.

On the fourth to seventh of July 2013, 1,500 students from 18 countries across Asia will compete at Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur for the annual Shell Eco-Marathon Asia. Who would have thought that a team of the “Iskolar ng Bayan” has been chosen to participate in the said event?

Yes, you read it right. Tanglaw PUP Manila Shell Eco-marathon Team is one of the shortlisted teams among 300 teams registered last December 21, 2012. They will be joining other teams from various Universities and Colleges namely; Mapua Institute of Technology, De La Salle University, University of Sto. Thomas, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Don Bosco Technical College and University of San Carlos. Tanglaw PUP Manila Shell Eco-marathon Team is competing under the three-wheeled Prototype Category which will use gasoline engine.

Though the Tanglaw PUP team will be using a gasoline engine, their team leader explained further more about the category they will be joining and how does their prototype become eco-friendly.

“The categories or energy types are internal combustion and e-mobility. Internal combustion generally includes gasoline and diesel categories and in e-mobility includes hydrogen and battery electric. We are in the category of gasoline fuel under the internal combustion because we are knowledgeable enough in that category and we're in the field of gasoline and diesel engine specialization. We can say that it is eco-friendly though it uses gasoline because we can modify the engine we're going to use to reduce the emission of harmful gases and we'll also use eco-friendly materials for the fabrication.”

Shell Eco-marathon is an annual competition that challenges student teams from around the world to design, build and test ultra-energy efficient vehicles. With annual events first in the Americas, then Europe and Asia, the winners are the teams that go the furthest using the least amount of energy. The events spark debate about the future of mobility and inspire young engineers to push the boundaries of fuel efficiency (Tanglaw-PUP).

            As of now, Tanglaw PUP team is building their prototype engine but they need further financial assistance so they can make it more eco-friendly. We can show our support by liking their Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tanglaw-PUP-Manila-Shell-Eco-marathon-Team. For more information email them at puptanglaw@gmail.com.

Directed by: Bill Condon

Bella Swan:         A former human that transforms into a vampire through giving birth on a half mortal – half     immortal baby.

Edward Cullen: The sparkly vampire that has incredible powers which captures Bella’s heart.

Jacob Black:        The wolf friend of Bella and a former enemy of the vampires but eventually help the Cullens to protect Renesmee.

Renesmee:         A vampire-human hybrid that results to half mortal, half immortal daughter of Bella and Edward

Alice Cullen:       A member of the Cullen Family which has the ability to foretell the future.

Irina:                      The vampire who informs the Volturi about Renesmee.

Volturi:                                 The powerful clan that governs the vampires.

SYNOPSIS

                Bella wakes up with her extraordinary abilities because of her transformation from human to a vampire.  Before enjoying a new life with Edward and her baby Renesmee, Irina informs the Volturi about the threat that Renesmee might bring. Edward and Bella ask cooperation with different vampire clan to prepare for a fight with the Volturi and to protect Renesmee.

POSITIVE POINTS

                In narrative style, the Breaking Dawn has created an epic twist that has made us jump from our seats. It started boring honestly but when it came to the climax the great choreography of the fight scenes stimulated the audience excitement. It was just a big no, that all that has happened was a result of Alice vision. 

                It is original to the point that it differs from other vampire movies which actually are on horror theme. The characters they merge are all unique, from human to a vampire then having a love triangle with a wolf. It also excites the audience for it has variety of powers that a single vampire could acquire.

                The fight scenes were essentially effective in giving thrill and tense to the audience. The Volturi who has this enormous power looses to the combined power of Bella’s allies. The distribution of power were all equally given trough the characters.

               

CRITIQUING POINTS

                In stylistic form, the special effects that were used were completely obvious. The first part on the forest shows the poor editing because I noticed that they have used chroma key in this. The baby Renesmee was also poorly edited because of the improper proportion of the parts of the face and the body.

                The powers hat each vampire has had resembled on the powers of the characters on a Japanese anime, Naruto. The Egyptian who could control on what their enemies could see is exactly the powers that Itachi has. They also have this vampire who could control elements which make him more of an avatar. Bella also had a greater power than Edward which is awkward because she just recently turned into a vampire.

 RATING

Directed by Oliver Megaton

CHARACTERS

Bryan Mills:                         a former CIA agent whom the Albanian Mafia is seeking revenge.

Kim:                                       daughter of Bryan who’s rebellious toward him but later on finds the courage to help them when they were taken. 

Lenore:                                ex-wife of Bryan which later on reconciled with him.

Jamie:                                   boyfriend of Kim.

Jean-Claude:                      friend of Bryan who’s the Albanian goons tortured to find Bryans whereabouts.

Sam:                                      friend of Bryan that he asked for help when in Istanbul.

Murad Krasniqi:                                leader of the Albanian mafia, father of Marko who was killed by Bryan.

SYNOPSIS

                The film establishes the first scene at Albania where the Albanian Mafia leader, Murad Krasniqi (Rade Szerbedjia) is grieving at the death of his son and decides to take revenge on Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson).. Bryan Mills on the other hand is on Los Angeles asking his ex wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) for his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan heads to the house of Kim’s boyfriend and convinces her to practice driving.

The Albanian Mafia came to one of Bryan’s friend in Paris, Jean-Claude and tortures him so they can identify where Bryan is.  The Mafia later finds out that Bryan will be heading to Istanbul, Turkey.   Lenore (Famke Janssen), Bryan’s ex-wife had an affair with his current boyfriend and decides to join Kim and Bryan in Istanbul. There in Istanbul awaits the Mafia that sets up danger for Bryan and his family.

POSITIVE POINTS

                Megaton has created a huge effort in establishing aerial shots in three different settings. He also chose the right effects on audio and sound that collaborated well in the scenes that signifies tension and emotion. 

                There was a lot of cheated expectation in this movie that makes us all ask how this certain scene happened. But there were also delayed expectation that someone will be taken by the Mafia. It was just that Bryan was taken too but he managed to escape.

                The message of the story created a huge impact on us. It displays the love of the father to his family. It also shows that no matter what circumstances a family might encounter, family is the first thing to prioritize. In addition, the film also ended it up that revenge will just repeat it self.

CRITIQUING POINT

                In narrative form, it did not engage into a good story. They just constructed a part two of the awesome Taken which has lesser exciting part. It also focuses on the character of Bryan Mills and his abilities. 

RATING

Directed by Chito S. Roño

Chito Roño’s The Healing tells the story of Filipino culture wherein locals go to faith healers instead of doctors for the treatment of their diseases. At the first glance at its trailer, I really thought it was a remake of “Himala” staring Nora Aunor with a twist. But eventually it was of another story which brought a new taste of Filipino Horror Movie.

CHARACTERS

Seth:                     one of the believers of the faith healer Manang Elsa and eventually help all of the locals who wants to be healed.

Cookie:                 daughter of Seth ex-husband which suffers from Glomerulonephritis.

Jed:                        son of Seth that ask her to help Cookie.

Manang Elsa:     the faith healer.

Alma:                    house servant of Seth who suffer from diabetes.

Odong:                 a local police which has a venereal skin disease.

Cita:                       a Buddhist which has a blind daughter

Kakay:                   the blind daughter of Cita.          

Greta:                   one of the villagers which has a lump on her breast.

Ruben:                 husband of Greta.

Chona:                  has a swollen neck which enables her to talk.

Melchor:              brother of Manang Elsa which informs Seth about Dario.

Dario:                    accidentally brought to life by Manang Elsa which is the reason of the killings.

SYNOPSIS

                                The story starts with Seth (Vilma Santos) who has a father suffering from deep stroke. She brought him to Manang Elsa the faith healer and she was prescribed with herbal medicine and prayers. After a day she was surprised with his father who can completely walk and was healed from head to toe. Jed (Martin del Rosario), Seth’s son was then surprised at his grandfather’s health and was convinced to ask Set to refer his half-sister Cookie (Kim Chui) to the faith healer.  The town people were also surprised about Seth’s father immediate treatment and begun to ask Seth for the referral of the faith healer.

                Seth with her neighbours went to see Manang Elsa and plead her to heal them. The next day, they were all cured with their diseases except for Cookie. After Cookie’s worst condition, she was then cured. Then Seth began to notice the behavioural changes of the ones who were healed. She also experience weird dreams together with her neighbours and she also begun to see vanishing crows whenever she goes.

                After Chona’s death (cured of goitre) Seth started seeing her neighbours’ doppelganger followed by a crow which eventually vanished. As she observed this, her neighbours were killed one by one through the possession of their own doppelganger. The victims become wild and tried to kill whoever they saw and after the brutal killings, they end their own lives.

                Seth found out that the reason of the chain death was Dario (Jhong Hilario). Dario was accidentally brought to life by Manang Elsa and ought to get all the souls in exchange to his life. Seth was so determined to save Cookie that she planned to end Dario’s life but honestly she can’t.  Cookie was then possessed by her doppelganger attacked Seth as she went home, when was about to be killed, Jed save her. Jed was also possessed by the spirit passed by Cookie and both of them tried to strangle Seth to death but Dario was shot dead by Manang Elsa’s brother resulting Cookie and Jed to regain their consciousness and ending the death chain.

POSITIVE POINTS

In Narrative form, the film brought the faith healers back to life. These faith healers are part of our society and are constantly receiving appreciation from locals. In this movie, the film makers incorporate faith and death together which is contrary with each other which brings a twist in the story.

In stylistic form, the symbols used were all clarified and was obviously shown. Like the colors of their dress, the theme of the surrounding and the intense of the effect.

One of the cheated expectation that was shown which added the intensity of the movie is in the part of Kim Chui’s (supposed to be) death.  She was saved from her doppelganger but then eventually have not escape her faith but Dario was killed ending up the chain death.

Emotions shown by the actors and actresses were all portrayed well. This type of Filipino horror movie is not the typical where you will be scared because of intensifying sound effects and overly scary ghost and monsters, but based on the story you might be scared effectively.

The film story is not that complex but because of the excess characters, it might be confusing for the foreigners who will be watching this film.      

CRITIQUING POINTS

 In Narrative form, the film it self engages a lot of characters in the story which made the story more complex. Also, there were characters that were not justified in the story because they were given small importance like Manang Elsa and Dario.

                In Stylistic form, the special effects that were used were all obviously computerized because of ineffective animation.

                The film somehow shares the same plot with the all known American sequel, Final Destination. The films chain death pertains to the all known you-can-not-fool-death and all these friends stuff and premonitions.

There should be a convention of reality here, for there were no chain deaths in the entire history of the Philippines, a massacre probably.

There was also disunity in the symbols like the part when Kim Chui has an enlarge eyeball saying that she was possessed by her doppelganger but eventually it was her doppelganger alone.

RATING