I had the privilege of hosting an official (i.e. licensed) Winx birthday party last 29 April 2006, and I wanted to share a glimpse of what you can expect.

Having hosted for about 15 years, initially, I wasn’t that interested to host the Winx party since I’m semi-retired. What attracted me to do it, aside from working with the Winx staff, was the fact that it promised to be different from the usual party program. Not that there’s anything wrong with games and such, but I wanted a change of pace.

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Digiprint booths have been sprouting all over the metropolis, and, curiosity finally got the better of me so I dropped by one of the branches to find out why there’s a steady stream of people in its premises.

Free Delivery Nationwide For just a minimum order of Php 200 from its Print N Deliver items, you can have your pictures delivered to any point in the country. Just to be clear, I asked if they would deliver from Metro Manila all the way to Mindanao, and the answer was, “Yes.”

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Tracy Minnoch-Nuku was in Manila for the training of the latest batch of Body Jam instructors, and graciously consented to hold special classes for the Fitness First Philippines members in Fitness First Greenhills on 02 May 2006 and Fitness First ABS-CBN on 03 May 2006.

Fresh from the recent success of the Les Mills programs presentations at the Australian Fitness Network convention held in Sydney last 21-23 April 2006, which also celebrated the 10th year anniversary of the Les Mills programs in Australia and the Asia Pacific regions, Tracy brought the energy and verve that all Les Mills instructors are known for.

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Petit Monde A 20% discount can mean hundreds of pesos in savings, and can easily sway a consumer towards buying a certain item. However, the pleasure of a good find can easily vanish when one learns that the 20% discount will be lessened to just 10% upon the use of a credit card.

So I spoke with Ms. Rizza Espino to suggest that the consumer be informed in two ways. One, visually, by having tags and signs proclaiming the cash and credit card prices, and, two, verbally, by having the sales personnel remind the customers that the cash and credit card discounts are different.

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We were all set. I had reserved 3 tickets. I had the booking number ready. I went to Gateway Mall two hours before the 9.50pm screening. I lined up. I paid for the tickets. I met my friends. We had a leisurely dinner. We didn’t bother to line up because the seats were assigned anyway.

However, when we finally went in, we found people on our seats. Confidently, I let my friend and the usher handle it because I knew we had the right to those seats. But, I knew something was wrong when the people seated didn’t vacate their seats.

The reason? We had exactly the same tickets.

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Visiting French director, Alain Timar, will be
conducting FREE directing classes every Saturday,
12nn-10Ppm at the National Commission for
Culture and the Arts, Intramuros from May 20 to June
17, 2006.

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I sent a SMS to one of my co-puppeteers to ask whether Encantadia was ending for real or there’s going to be a spin-off. He confirmed that it was, indeed, winding up and brought to a conclusion.

So for the Encantadiaddicts and the just curious people out there, here’s a list of the posts I wrote about my 3-month Encantadia stint as one of the puppeteers of Imaw, the Encantadia counterpart of the wizened Yoda from Star Wars.

For pictures ranging from official images of Ynang Reyna with her daughters Amihan, Pirena, Alena and Danaya to personal photos, and sent personally by Diana Zubiri herself to a young Encantadia fan, check out Diana Zubiri Keeps a Promise to a Child. (Oh, by the way, I was able to find a lost photo of our guesting in the GMA morning show Unang Hirit with hosts Eagle and Regine Tolentino, if I’m not mistaken.)

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Triple Cheese Dog- I’ve come to associate Dairy Queen with any cold concoction, so the sight of the hotdog on the menu had me double checking if I were, indeed, at Dairy Queen.

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