Eastwood Lights’ Bokeh
The gigantic Christmas tree lights up Eastwood Mall. The lights and décor at Eastwood are perfect photographic subjects, especially for those into night shots. Anyone can go to Eastwood Mall’s Christmas tree/décor and shoot. Photo by Jude Bautista
Written and Photographed
By Jude Bautista
Over dinner I was flipping through channels and saw NEWS CAFÉ from the SOLAR News channel. It was an episode with Rey Langit, Jarius Bondoc and May Paner aka Juana Change. The topic was about media, the emerging social media, how one affects the other. Each week, the show has 3 journalists from different media like print and broadcast.
News Café host from left Mitzi Borromeo, Guests Rey Langit, Jarius Bondoc and May Paner and Host Amelyn Veloso. Photo from official News Café facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SolarNewsCafe
The show was able to deal with a very important topic and had great insights from both guests and hosts. The concept is vastly different from primetime news shows we’re blasted with on a daily basis. It gets to discuss issues on a deeper level and combines them with the emerging social media.
Mitzi Borromeo Photograph by Arlu Gomez
Image from Mega Magazine’s Ten Most Beautiful, May 2010
From Hand Picked By Ron and Chris http://www.handpickedbyronandchris.com/2013/04/throw-back-thursday-ronald-mabanag.html
When the camera panned to host Mitzi Borromeo, I was both intrigued and captivated. Hers was a very refreshing voice and face that I had not seen before on TV. Although a cursory check on the web showed that she has extensively worked in broadcast. She was producer and host to STREET SMART in National Geographic and also works with the Mind Museum in Taguig.
Mitzi Borromeo’s facebook cover had a shot of defocused lights, which reminded me of my own photos I recently took at Eastwood Mall.
Her facebook account, (at least I’m assuming its hers) has a VERY interesting cover photo. It has red, yellow lights in the darkness that are slightly defocused. And it reminded me of photos which I took very recently. I took a similar pic about a week ago at the Eastwood Mall.
Shot of Eastwood Mall’s Chritmas lights technical info: 1/20th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
from right: Moy Ortiz and Sweet Plantado of THE COMPANY, Kevin L. Tan, Megaworld 1st VP& Commercial Div. Head, Christine San Joaquin Megaworld VP Mall Mgt., Jericho Go Megaworld 1st VP Business Dev & Leasing, Lourdes G Alfonso Megaworld COO and THE COMPANY’s Cecile Bautista, Annie Quintos and Jay Marquez. Photo was taken during Eastwood’s tree lighting ceremony Nov. 28, 2013. Photo by Jude Bautista
As a photographer I was lucky enough to shoot the tree lighting ceremony at Eastwood. Touching news is that MEGAWORLD has donated millions of pesos to YOLANDA victims and rehabilitation of typhoon affected areas, which is the topic for another article. The lights and décor at Eastwood are perfect photographic subjects, especially for those into night shots. Anyone can go to Eastwood Mall’s Christmas tree and shoot the décor and lights, in fact there were quite a few families doing so when I was there.
Toddler inspects Eastwoods Bedazzzling Christmas sign. They have the Bedazzling Christmas Promo which gives you a chance to win a Mini Cooper, a condominium at Eastwood LeGrand , a trip to Singapore for 4 or a cruise for 4 to Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Visit http://www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com for details.
Shot of Eastwood Mall’s Chritmas lights technical info: 1/20th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
The real reason for this blog entry is my own photos of defocused lights, the bokeh effect and how I achieved them. Bokeh is the creamy, defocused, subjects or shapes that result from extremely shallow depth of field. Others may interchange the term with Circles of Confusion, the point where out of focus areas become circular.
THE VOW with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum used the lights bokeh as background in one of their scenes. Click on link for full review:
https://judebgallery.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/rekindling-love-in-the-vow/
Shot of Eastwood Mall’s Christmas lights technical info: 1/20th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
For me the photo has a graphic and textural quality, which is great as a background. They also make great shots themselves as abstract subjects, the challenge is being able to distort them enough to create those shapes and glowing lights. I’ve also seen similar photos or even film footage from the title shots of a big Hollywood production company. But one I can’t forget is from THE VOW, which stars Rachel McAdams, used it in their promo stills. Shooting the lights in Eastwood Mall with different lenses, would be able to show different effects and also the bokeh or defocused lights similar to THE VOW.
THE VOW with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum used the lights bokeh as background in one of their scenes. Click on link for full review:
https://judebgallery.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/rekindling-love-in-the-vow/
The background is clearly visible even the Choi Palace sign. This is due to the 15mm wide focal length and the Image stabilization of the lens. technical info: 1/8th sec at 3.5 at 15mm ISO 400—Canon 15-85mm 3.5-5.6 IS Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
I started out with my Canon 15-85mm 3.5-5.6 IS Lens, on the wide end taking in the posts, lights, wires even the background. Signs can be clearly read such as THE CHOI PALACE Restaurant for example. This happens because on the wide end of the zoom it is able to take more of the scene, with a wider angle of view and has most if not the whole image IN focus or sharp. On the tele end I was able to shoot one of my favorite burger joints in the U.S. –JOHNNY ROCKETS’ neon sign, which is also in Eastwood mall.
On the tele end I was able to shoot one of my favorite burger joints in the U.S. –JOHNNY ROCKETS’ neon sign, which is also in Eastwood mall. Specs: 1/10th sec at 5 44mm ISO 200 Canon 15-85mm 3.5-5.6 IS Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
Conventional wisdom would be that you need the opposite end, a long telephoto with a very shallow depth of field. Typically a 70-200mm at 2.8 would be ideal. IS or image stabilization would also be a big help since we’re shooting at night. This is a feature, which stabilizes movement within the lens for sharper pics. In fact I actually saw ANOTHER photographer shooting the lights with a long lens right there as I was shooting. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was trying to achieve bokeh in this way.
Shot of Eastwood Mall’s Christmas lights technical info: 1/20th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
My own personal choice for this task is the Canon 50mm at 2.5 compact MACRO lens. The advantage is the extremely shallow depth of field that it has because it is able to close focus on subjects, inches away. Although the 2.5 aperture is wider than the 2.8, its less of a factor than the close focusing abilities of the macro. A 50mm at 1.8 for example would have very different results. In spite of having a more wide-open aperture of 1.8 bokeh would not be as ‘pleasing’ or distorted.
Late 2011, Charice Pempengco’s eyes are sharp while her tie is slightly out of focus. Two feet behind her, the floor and walls are a softly out of focus. This can be achieved with Canon’s 50mm/2.5 Compact Macro. Photo by Jude Bautista
I found out that the extreme close focusing of Canon’s 50mm 2.5 Macro had a wider and more advantageous application in 2011. A bunch of us photojournalists welcomed Charice Pempengco in the airport at that time. And I chose to use the compact macro on her as head portraits as she was being interviewed by reporters. The result was very nice defocused areas while keeping important details of her face in focus, like her eyes.
Shot of Eastwood Mall’s Christmas lights technical info: 1/20th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
So creating defocused areas with these lights would have been easier to achieve with the compact macro. Here I was able to shoot lights with the Christmas balls with one lens shifting from one focusing distance to the next showing the different effects:
Top left: FOCUSED AT 10 feet Top right: FOCUSED AT 5 feet
Bottom left: FOCUSED AT 3 feet Bottom right: FOCUSED AT 1.25 feet
All shots taken: 1/8th sec at 2.5 ISO 400—Canon 50mm 2.5 Compact Macro Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
Choosing lights, close together or all clumped up is a matter of preference. I suggest you experiment with different angles and distance until you achieve the effect that is pleasing to you. Other MACRO lenses such as the 100mm/2.8 could also work well.
left: FOCUSED AT 1.038 feet but at 1/8th of a second I noticed that I had slow shutter distortion. So what I did was raise my shutter to 1/20th and shot again rendering a ‘sharper’ circles of confusion and darker exposure. (right)
They have the Bedazzling Christmas Promo which gives you a chance to win a Mini Cooper, a condominium at Eastwood LeGrand , a trip to Singapore for 4 or a cruise for 4 to Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Visit http://www.megaworldlifestylemalls.com for details.
The background is clearly visible. This is due to the 15mm wide focal length and the Image stabilization of the lens. Technical info: 1/8th sec at 3.5 at 17mm ISO 400—Canon 15-85mm 3.5-5.6 IS Lens Canon 550D. Photo by Jude Bautista
Regine Anthem for JAZZ IN LOVE
Ernesto Tiglao is Jazz in the documentary JAZZ IN LOVE by Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Written and photographed
By Jude Bautista
The Cinemalaya 2013 opening film is a documentary called JAZZ IN LOVE by Baby Ruth Villarama. It’s about Ernesto Tiglao nicknamed Jazz, a gay 22 year old in Davao who fell in love with middle aged German via facebook. This documentary is able to show real emotion in a way that a feature film can’t. In one part Theo (German guy), Jazz and his brother celebrated their birthdays (only weeks apart) together.
Jazz zip lines into Theo’s arms in Cinemalaya Opening film JAZZ IN LOVE by Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Regine Velasquez was among many star guest performers, which included Martin Nievera, Charice Pempengco, The Ryan Cayabyab Singers, The Company, 5AZ1, Baihana, The Opera, and beat box artist Myke Salomon. The Phil Pop Music fest was held last July 20, 2013 at the MERALCO Theater. Photo by Jude Bautista
In it, there was this little boy not more than 10 years old. An orphan, he survives by taking care of the videoke machine that people rent for their parties. When everyone else had their fill with the machine, he took the mic and sang DADALHIN made famous by Regine Velasquez, music and lyrics by Tats Faustino.
from left: Ayala Mall Cinemas Mktg Mgr Rhia Arda, Ayala Malls PR Mae Vecina, Baby Ruth Villarama JAZZ IN LOVE, Ayala Malls Mktg Associate Barbie Maceda Cinemalaya Pres. Nestor Jardin and Cinemalaya Deputy Dir. Tess Rances. Photo was taken at the Cinemalaya opening in ALABANG TOWN CENTER, July 27, 2013. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center. Photo By Jude Bautista
Hearing the lyrics it could not be more apt with the situation of Jazz and Theo. Jazz has high hopes of going to Germany, changing his life literally: Ang pangarap ko ang ‘yong binubuhay ngayong nagmamahal ka sa akin ng tunay at ng tinig mo’y parang musika. Nagpapaligaya sa munting nagwawala ang sarap nitong pag-ibig.
A scene from JAZZ IN LOVE a boy sings for Theo and Jazz, camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
The brilliant song written and composed by Tats Faustino is about how love can change someone’s life, full of hope and promise. Then reality sinks in, love turns to loss and pain. Lalo na noong sinabi mong dadalhin kita sa ‘king palasyo. Dadalhin hanggang langit ay manibago ang lahat ng ito’y pinangako mo. Dadalhin lang pala ng hangin ang pangarap ko. Nang mawalay ka sa aking pagsinta bawat saglit gabing malamig ang himig ko hanap ang yakap mo…
A scene from JAZZ IN LOVE a boy sings for Theo and Jazz, camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
There was so much more truth hearing an eight year old singing it with sincerity. The foreground was the boy’s innocent face; in the background Jazz would caress Theo’s cheek. The issue wasn’t that they were gay; the question is what will happen to their love? It’s the same with everyone else’s relationship whether straight, gay or whatever. By the end of the song in Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo the audience could not help but applaud the performance of that child.
DAVID F cast: Line Producer Krisma Maclang, Screenwriter Liza Magtoto, director Manny Palo, Eula Valdez and Rocky Salumbides. Photo was taken at the Cinemalaya opening in ALABANG TOWN CENTER, July 27, 2013. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center. Photo By Jude Bautista
Jazz and Theo go to a Marian shrine; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Other documentary screenings in Cinemalaya from July 26-August 3 include: YANAN by Mae Urtal Caralde, BUKANG LIWAYWAY by Pabelle Manikan, THE PRIVILEGED MIGRANTS by Rica Arevalo, ISHMA by Sari Dalena and Keith Sicat, BOTONG FRANCISCO: A NATION IMAGINED by Peque Gallaga written by Vince Groyon and SEARCH FOR WENG WENG by Andrew Leavold.
JAZZ IN LOVE filmmaker Baby Rith Villarama was enrolled in GOETHE INSTITUTE and had Jazz as classmate there; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Docu filmmaker Baby Ruth Villarama in an interview said that she just wanted to capture moments in Jazz life whose full name is Ernesto Tiglao. Life happens and sometimes reality is even more entertaining than any made up story. Just like the moment captured above. Baby Ruth was herself enrolled in the Goethe Institute taking up German classes when she found out the fascinating stories of her classmates. A number of them, like Jazz have met Germans on the net. One of the visa requirements is fluency or working knowledge of German.
A scene from JAZZ IN LOVE from left: Theo and Jazz. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Baby Ruth was already shooting another subject when she had problems with permission to shoot details of her life. Switching to Jazz as a subject seemed natural, since he was such an animated personality and had no problems with the shoot along with Theo.
Mellie Caballe (Jazz’ Aunt) with Theo Rutkowski, she discussed her family’s reaction to Jazz relationship; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
An intimate moment between Theo and Jazz with shallow depth of field camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Baby Ruth tapped the services of Dexter Dela Peña as director of photography while also doing camera work herself. Since, it was mostly a run and gun style, just going with Jazz and Theo there were no opportunities to light scenes or block subjects. To achieve this they used the CANON EOS 5D Mark II which allowed them to use lenses with wider apertures 2.8, 1.8 etc. The low light performances of these lenses were amazing having great bokeh or circles of confusion in darker scenes.
An intimate moment between Theo and Jazz with shallow depth of field camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Sometimes the two would have intimate conversations silhouetted against street lamps, the lights behind them melt into soft glowing hues. The 5D Mark II setup also allowed them to shoot Davao’s famous fest, the very colorful KADAYAWAN. Dela Peña is one of the young talented cinematographers today. He has 3 other films shot in Cinemalaya: DIPLOMAT HOTEL by Chris Ad Castillo, DEBOSYON by Alvin Yapan and INSTANT MOMMY by Leo Abaya.
A scene from JAZZ IN LOVE showing Davao’s KADAYAWAN festival; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
A scene from JAZZ IN LOVE showing Davao’s KADAYAWAN festival; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Baby Ruth Villarama’s better half is multi awarded film editor Chuck Gutierrez. The successful pair runs VOYAGE Studios, which has been involved in a great number of Cinemalaya projects. She is also executive producer for DEBOSYON and worked as producer most recently for MNL 143 by Emerson Reyes and PALAWAN FATE by Auraeus Solito. She prefers to direct more documentaries in the future. Being able to capture these moments that are intimate, that are real especially in JAZZ IN LOVE help us viewers to see truth in our own lives.
from right: Cinemalaya Pres. Nestor Jardin, Voyage Studio’s Chuck Gutierrez, TWITCH reviewer Oggs Cruz and JAZZ IN LOVE director BabyRuth Villarama. Photo was taken at the Cinemalaya opening in ALABANG TOWN CENTER, July 27, 2013. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center. Photo By Jude Bautista
Sunset in Malita Davao Del Sur; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
For My Angel,
Haplos ng ‘yong puso
Parang walang ligtas
Kundi ang lumuha
Ang hapdi din
Nitong pag-ibig
Umasa pa sa sinabi mong
Dadalhin kita sa ‘king palasyo
Dadalhin hanggang langit ay manibago
ang lahat ng ito’y pinangako mo.
Dadalhin lang pala ng hangin ang pangarap ko.
Umiiyak, umiiyak ang puso ko
Alaala pa ang sinabi mo
Noong nadarama pa ang pag-ibig mo
Ang lahat ng ito’y pinangako mo
Dadalhin lang pala ng hangin ang pangarap ko
Theo watches the sun rise in Malita, Davao Del Sur; camerawork by Dexter Dela Peña and Baby Ruth Villarama. Catch the Cinemalaya film fest from July 26-August 4, 2013 at the CCP, Trinoma, GB3 and Alabang Town Center.
Guestlist.ph Ranks REPUBLIQ as No.1
REPUBLIQ’s plush ambience attracts people to Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Written and photographed
By Jude Bautista
Guestlist.ph founder and CEO Ron Baetiong recently got the nod to pitch to Silicon Valley execs through the ON3 Competition last July. His website allows users to choose the party they want and gain entrance through their mobile phones.
Tessa Prieto Valdes became a SMART Infinity endorser this year. She was partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
from left: Guestlist.ph founder and CEO Ron Baetiong with Guestlist.ph co founder and COO Chris Fong at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
He believes that REPUBLIQ is the top dance club in the country, “REPUBLIQ is the best club because they bring in the best talent. They bring in topnotch talents like AVICI, the top 50 DJs in the world, LMFAO and Far East Movement. The Bassjackers is one of the up and coming DJ Duos.” The ambience and attention to detail is what has made REPUBLIQ and it’s home in Resort’s World a regular place for party people like Tessa Prieto-Valdes and Tim Yap.
Far East Movement performed at REPUBLIQ in Resorts World Manila. Members from left: J Splif (Jae Chong), Kev Nish (Kevin Nishima), Prohgress (James Roh), DJ Virman (Virman Coquia). Photo by Jude Bautista
Tessa Prieto Valdes with Tweebiz / Party Pilipinas Host Tim Yap at Café Republic in Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
The Bassjackers were also guest DJ’s for the launch sponsored by SMART last week announcing the partnership between Guestlist.ph and REPUBLIQ. The top club is now the first to use a new technology called eRSVP. Earlier this year, Tessa Prieto Valdes also became the official endorser of SMART Infinity.
DJ Marlon Flohr of Bassjackers pumps up the party at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Contributed Photo.
From right: SMART event officer Rizza Diaz, Guestlist.ph CEO and founder Ron Baetiong, SMART Buisness Dev Head and IdeaSpace Pres. Earl Valencia, Patty Valencia and Carla Marie Cainoy at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
SMART Communications has been one of the consistent partners for Guestlist.ph; “They’re basically supporting us not just on the sponsor side, since they know we can scale this they’ve been there for us. SMART has this program called IdeaSpace which is a start up funding incubator since they support us they want to help us out in giving business.”
REPUBLIQ’s plush ambience attracts people to Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Sunday Inquirer Mag Publisher Leica Carpo shoots pics with a Canon IXUS at Café REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Guestlist.ph and eRSVP have a unique marketing advantage, “They also know in their events they throw tons of money in advertising. But there’s no recall. There’s no call to action. You spend 2 million in one night, but can you engage that 2 million after the event? Can you actually talk to them and text to them? How many came and can you reward them? With our app you can because there’s a scan. Everything is recorded online.”
With Top Designers from left: Sunday Inquirer Mag Publisher Leica Carpo, Ivarluski Aseron, Dennis Lustico, Tessa Prieto Valdes, Patrice Ramos Diaz and James Reyes at Café REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Guestlist.ph Co founder and COO Chris Fong explained, “The technology is a facebook app where you register to join Republiq’s party. It requires the user’s name, gender and mobile number. We will then send an alpha numeric code to the mobile number the user entered which becomes their VIP pass to skip the normal guest line.”
Tessa Prieto Valdes became a SMART Infinity endorser this year. She was partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
from left: WILBROS Live Managing Dir Winston Llamas, Lactacyd Woman Team mates Bea Locsin, Amanda Carpo and WILBROS Live COO Glenn Llamas partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Baetiong insists that there are also safeguards against minors getting in the club and identity theft, “At the end of the day you still have to show your ID. And your ID will show your birthdate. If you don’t look 18 sorry you can’t go in the club. The management has the right to refuse entry. It’s part of the system. We’ve covered all the bases”.
from left: “King and I” Director Freddie Santos and Tweetbiz / Party Pilipinas host Tim Yap at Café Republiq, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
REPUBLIQ’s plush ambience attracts people to Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
According to him, the choice of partnering with REPUBLIQ was made easier with the fact that it was in Resort’s World Manila, “Resort’s World is all about the experience. I’m just talking as a frequent goer. They’re harnessing the experience of the visitor. They have all the entertainment methods you can think of. You’ve got shopping, you’ve got casinos, you got a club, you got a bar, great food everywhere.”
REPUBLIQ’s plush ambience attracts people to Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
from left: Tessa Prieto Valdes, Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho at Café Republiq, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
The venue is perfect for tourists but you don’t have to be from out of town to stay there, “Plus if you stay in for too long they have hotels. You don’t have to go anywhere else. You got too drunk? You know what just get a room.”
Tweetbiz / Party Pilipinas host Tim Yap rips the ledge at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
JR Isaac shoots buddies w his cell at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
There is a range of hotels at Resort’s World that allows for different budgets. It starts from Maxim, which is known for luxurious suites to Marriot, which is targeted for the business traveler. Then there is the brand spanking new Remington, which gives great value for money.
from left: Rachel Alejandro, Tessa Prieto Valdes and Tim Yap at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Sea Princess with PSY (lookalike) no they were not doing the Gangnam style. They were partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Interaksyon website reported that the ON3 competition “began in the Philippines in 2011 with an aim to provide a venue where people can work together and collaborate across different kinds of technology projects.”
Amanda Carpo and Dennis Valdes at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
from left: Tessa Prieto Valdes, Tweetbiz / Party Pilipinas host Tim Yap, Joey Mead King and Caludine Trillo partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Two new technology incubation firms support the competition: Kickstart Ventures and IdeaSpace Foundation. The Science and Technology Advisory Council –Silicon Valley (STAC-SV), organized the ON3 to help foster innovation and economic development in the Phil.
The incredible energy at REPUBLIQ’s dance floor attracts people to Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Guestlist.ph, eRSVP and REPUBLIQ altogether is an example of how technology develops to show the world the best of Filipino hospitality, “If there’s something that Filipinos love to do it’s celebrate and party. It’s in our DNA. Work is hard, partying should be easy.”
Tessa Prieto Valdes became a SMART Infinity endorser this year. She was partying at REPUBLIQ, Resort’s World Manila. Photo by Jude Bautista
Don’t Leave My Dreams
Sunday Inquirer Magazine Publisher Leica Carpo recently hosted “Women In Love” Photo exhibit series by Pond’s Gold Radiance. The photo exhibit also had a Limited Edition VESPA LX 150 IE worth P350,000 for auction until February 14, 2012 at Rockwell Power plant mall. Proceeds will go to Sendong victims through the efforts of Phil. Red Cross Mkti / Gifts & Graces. Both the Vespa and the photo exhibit of Women In Love are on display until Feb 14. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Written and photographed
By Jude Thaddeus L. Bautista
Sponsors include: Canon, Pond’s Gold Radiance, Power plant Mall, Vespa, Phil. Daily Inquirer, Jamba Juice, McDonalds, National Bookstore, SM Accessories and Swatch.
Sunday Inquirer Magazine Publisher Leica Carpo recently hosted “Women In Love” Photo exhibit series by Pond’s Gold Radiance. The photo exhibit also had a Limited Edition VESPA LX 150 IE worth P350,000 for auction until February 14, 2012 at Rockwell Power plant mall. Proceeds will go to Sendong victims through the efforts of Phil. Red Cross Mkti / Gifts & Graces. Both the Vespa and the photo exhibit of Women In Love are on display until Feb 14. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Sunday Inquirer Magazine Publisher Leica Carpo recently hosted “Women In Love” Photo exhibit series by Pond’s Gold Radiance. The photo exhibit also had a Limited Edition VESPA LX 150 IE worth P350,000 for auction until February 14, 2012 at Rockwell Power plant mall. Proceeds will go to Sendong victims through the efforts of Phil. Red Cross Mkti / Gifts & Graces. Both the Vespa and the photo exhibit of Women In Love are on display until Feb 14. Photo by Jude Bautista.
Sunday Inquirer Magazine Publisher Leica Carpo recently hosted “Women In Love” Photo exhibit series by Pond’s Gold Radiance. The photo exhibit also had a Limited Edition VESPA LX 150 IE worth P350,000 for auction until February 14, 2012 at Rockwell Power plant mall. Proceeds will go to Sendong victims through the efforts of Phil. Red Cross Mkti / Gifts & Graces. Both the Vespa and the photo exhibit of Women In Love are on display until Feb 14. Photo by Jude Bautista.
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