BuCor Iron Bar Chef Showdown Grandfinals

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The Bureau of Corrections or BuCor, mandated to carry out institutional rehabilitation programs for the inmates.Their rehabilitation effort is to provide the basic needs of inmate as human being. The other steps in the rehabilitation process are the provision of work programs, health care, education and skills training, recreation and sports, religious guidance and behavior modification using the therapeutic community approach.

As envisioned, the BuCor is now being a modern, secured and professional correction institution which is characterized by a more responsive prison system that is geared towards the humane and spiritually guided rehabilitation of inmates, for their re-integration into the mainstream of society.

Gladly and luckily we witnessed one of the activities inside the Bucor Maximum Security Compound, a very lively Iron Bar Chef Showdown. I have witnessed the one cooking challenge last June 16 held at the Medium Security Compound. And last June 30, we were there to witnessed the grand finals of the cooking showdown, held at the Maximum compound.

Six groups compete, three from the Medium Compound and three from the Maximum Compound. They were named Team Sarap, Team Namit, Team Yum-Yum, Team Lolong Pogi, Team Planet and Team Uban.

They were given 60 minutes to the challenge to  create the dishes , an appetizer, the main dish and dessert. Each dish will be judged according to it’s taste, nutritional value and over-all creativity.

There were seven judges and one of them is Chef Gene Del Prado, an executive sous chef of Makati-Shangrila Plaza Hotel.  Prizes stake are P15,000 for the first place, P10,000 for the second place and P5,000 for the third place.

The event definitely served its purpose (and exceeded expectations) The Iron Bar Chef  Challenge was a great fun and we were given the chance to taste their masterpiece, the food was very delicious.

So all in all, a wonderful day. I hope to another tour in the near future, as I would like to delve into this more.

This is one great part of the Bureau of Correctional Director Gaudencio Pangilinan's rehabilitation program. As BuCor  offers a variety of inmate work programs and this is one great re-shaping an individual’s behavior and attitudes through the inmates’ community working together to help themselves and each other, restoring self confidence, and preparing them for their re-integration into their families and friends as productive members of the community.

The winner, Team Uban

The Judges

The Paraiso Band with entertainment part of the program

The friendly and talented host

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BuCor Band During Iron Bar Chef Cooking Showdown

TRAVELIFE Drum Tao Nights on July 12-22, 2012 at Resorts World Manila

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Amazing multi-sensory shows like TRAVELIFE Drum Tao Nights only come once in a blue moon to Manila. Don't miss this opportunity to see a show that has fascinated over 5 million viewers in 14 countries! July 12-22 at Resorts World Manila.

TRAVELIFE Drum Tao Nights is very possibly among the most amazing shows on earth. It's a multi-sensory cultural performance that has so far left five million people in 14 countries in awe.

Next week, it's coming to Manila for the first and probably only time. Bring your family and friends for a performance of a lifetime.

This is one truly wonderful event you must see. There is really nothing like it elsewhere, and Travelife Magazine and its partner Establish Events are bringing it to you this July for 10 shows only. Don't miss out.

TRAVELIFE Drum Tao Nights. The show of a lifetime. Don't miss it. 

Tickets via ticketworld.com.ph. More information visit Travelife Magazine.

Photos : Travelife Magazine

Katy Perry on the cover of Parade Magazine July Issue: She Celebrates her Imperfect Independence

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Katy Perry has been everywhere lately promoting her new movie Part Of Me, celebrates her imperfect independence and now her  purple hair are appearing on the cover of Parade Magazine! 

Katy Perry on the red carpet for her premiere of her film "Part of Me" in Los Angeles.

Dressed to outdo her personalized pink carpet in a spectacular deep red velvet gown, Katy showed up for the premiere of her new docu-film Katy Perry: Part of Me in L.A. looking like a page out of a glossy glamour magazine.

The "Fireworks" singer showed off her her patriotic theme comes from her celebration of her own independence after her movie has released and her new found outlook on life after her split from Russell Brand.

Check out snippets from the interview below.

On why her breakup needed to be acknowledged in the film:

“I think if people walked out of the theater and that was completely avoided, they would be like, ‘Well, there’s an elephant in the room that’s still there.’ I like to go out there looking like a strong woman, because I am strong. But I am also a woman who goes through all kinds of problems and highs and lows. I wanted to show the complete spectrum.”

Perry’s musical collaborator Bonnie McKee says:

“When we wrote ‘Teenage Dream,’ it was really about your first love and how magical that is. I think Russell made her feel that way again, and she felt she had found the person she was going to spend the rest of her life with. And when that didn’t turn out to be what she’d hoped, it kind of made sense to talk about waking up.”

On working the ups and downs of her life into her music:

“With songs, I’ve always pledged to be honest. I write my songs because I’ve lived them.”

On the behind-the-scenes moments in her 3-D concert film Katy Perry: Part of Me:

“There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I’ve realized that it’s time for me to show my audience that you don’t have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect. … I’m okay with having bad dance moves. I’m okay with having horrible lower teeth. That’s what makes me me, and for some reason it’s worked out all right.”

Katy gives us her thoughts on President Obama’s support of same-sex marriage, saying:

“I was really happy; I probably went down to West Hollywood and had a shot. I came from a different mind-set growing up, and my mind has changed. My viewpoint on all these things—equality for women, the choice to love anyone you want—hopefully, we will look back at this moment and think like we do now concerning [other] civil rights issues. We’ll just shake our heads in disbelief, saying, ‘Thank God we’ve evolved.’ That would be my prayer for the future.”

Katy shares her appreciation for being a bred American, saying:

“Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America—especially as a female.”

Check out the behind the scenes look of the photo shoot with Parade below.

Coconut Water's Nutrition Facts

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I love fresh coconut juice, one of the best water to be healthy and feel refreshed. Coconut water is a very refreshing drink to beat tropical summer thirst. The juice is packed with simple sugar, electrolytes, and minerals to replenish hydration levels in the body.

There were canned and bottled coconut water available, however, they have some added preservative and not up to the mark in vitamins and enzyme levels. The juice for Coconut water is the juice in the interior or endosperm of young coconut. The water is one of the nature’s most refreshing drinks consumed worldwide for its nutritious and health benefiting properties.

Its juicy water is usually obtained by opening a tender, green, healthy, and undamaged coconut. The liquid is clear, sweet, and sterile and composed of unique chemicals such as sugars, vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, enzymes, amino acids, cytokine, and phyto-hormones. In general, young and slightly immature nuts harvested when they are about 5-7 months of age for drinking purpose.

There has been a lot of hype around coconut water lately. Yet, this all natural beverage has been enjoyed by people around the world for thousands of years.

What is it that sets coconut water apart from other beverages on the market today?

1. Coconut water is rich in essential electrolytes.

Electrolytes are electrically charged ions that help your cells maintain and transmit voltages and impulses to and from other cells. Electrolytes play a vital role in your body, especially in maintaining proper functionality of your nerves, heart, and other muscles.

The electrolytes present in your body include:

- Potassium

- Sodium

- Chloride

- Magnesium

- Calcium

- Phosphate

- Bicarbonate

- Sulfate

Of these electrolytes, coconut water contains about 600 mg of potassium (17 percent of your daily value) per serving. That’s more than a banana.

Coconut water is also rich in:

- Magnesium, 60 mg per serving or 15 percent of your daily value

- Sodium, 252 mg per serving or 11 percent of your daily value

- Calcium, 58 mg per serving or 6 percent of your daily value

But if these electrolytes are already in your body, why would you need to ingest more?

2. Coconut water contains zero additives.

Coconut water is an all natural beverage that comes from its source, a young, green coconut. That said, coconut water’s one and only ingredient is coconut water, which means its additive-free.

3. Coconut water is fat-free and low in calories.

Fat-free coconut water contains a mere 46 calories per serving and zero grams of fat and zero grams of trans fat.

4. Coconut water is cholesterol-free.

As it contains no fat or trans fat, coconut water also contains zero cholesterol. 

5. Coconut water contains all natural sugar.

6. Coconut water is rich in vitamins.

The vitamins in coconut water help you maintain healthy cellular function, boost your immunity and promote your metabolism.

The essential vitamins in coconut water include:

- Vitamin C

Vitamin C helps boost immunity. Each serving of coconut water contains about 5.8 mg of vitamin C, which is about 10 percent of your daily value.

- B Vitamins

Coconut water contains vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1) and Folate (B9). These B vitamins work together to breakdown foods and create energy by boosting metabolism.

7. Coconut water is a natural diuretic.

As a diuretic, coconut water increases urine flow.

8. Coconut water contains a large amount of dietary fiber.

9. Coconut water contains protein.

10. Coconut water is safe to drink for all ages.

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Mayhem at the launch of the newest Axe fragrance

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Last Axe Anarchy event was the sexiest and wildest mayhem everyone had seen as 100 Girls chase 100  lucky Robbers! 


Axe, the #1 male fragrance brand in the world, made the wildest fantasies of one hundred very lucky guys come true at the launch of its newest fragrance – Axe Anarchy.  The event – called The Axe Anarchy Raid – lets loose the sexiest women in the country on a gang of helpless, handcuffed guys in a steamy game of tag.  And as if drop-dead gorgeous female celebrities and models weren’t enough, Axe made the game even more outrageous by offering a two million-peso reward to the winning pair.  Crazy?  You bet.

Ashley Rivera and Eric Losloso bring home the millions.

“This is the first and maybe the only time that Axe is coming out with matching his and hers fragrances,” says Axe brand manager Raf Hechanova.  “So we thought we would launch Axe Anarchy with the wildest, most insane idea we could think of.”

Behind the scenes: Divine Lee, Chariz Solomon, Sheena Halili, Ashley Rivera, Sam Pinto, Sarah Lahbati, and Ryza Cenon pose for a photo.

The Axe Anarchy Raid gets one hundred of the hottest girls in the country – the likes of Sam Pinto, Ellen Adarna, Iwa Moto, Jacq Yu, Regine Angeles, Nina Jose, Megan Young, Nadine Samonte, Sarah Lahbati, and many more – to search for a their match among one hundred lucky guys.  The prize?  A cool two million pesos for the first pair to rendezvous – one million for the cop and another million for her robber.  Sounds easy?  Well, there’s a catch.  The girls had to look under the guys’ shirts and do a bit of frisking to find their match.

“We pretty much went overboard with this one,” adds Axe brand manager Gem Laforteza.  “Things just kinda’ got out of hand.”

 Ayaw papigil:  DJ Tony getting tackled by a warden.

The game started with a loud police siren that released the Robbers (the guys) from their holding area.  It looked more like a jail break than a robbery.  One hundred guys – among them the Boys Night Out, RX 93.1 DJ Gino Quillamor, GMA Leading Man Rocco Nacino, and Victor Basa – were literally tripping over each other in a mad rush to get to the other side of the field where the girls were.

Getting tackled: More fun in the Philippines.

But before the Robbers could get to the Cops, they had to squeeze through 20 beauty-queen-type girls (called “Wardens”) and 20 big bouncer-type guys (called “Marshalls”).  These beauties and beasts were tasked to keep the guys and the girls away from one another by arresting the guys and putting them back in jail.  The game of tag quickly turns into patintero as the gorgeous Wardens tried to tackle guys who were literally leaping away to avoid getting caught.  Meanwhile the burly Marshalls were lifting guys off their feet to deliver them back to their holding areas.  Utter chaos.

Police brutality:  fourteen girls vs. one guy

“I totally forgot that the bouncers could put us under arrest,” narrates The Morning Rush DJ Gino Quillamor.  “I was suddenly reminded when one of them lifted me up by the shoulders.”

Robber is traumatized.  There’s just too many girls in the game

As the Robbers got through to the other side, the Cops were released from their holding area and a different kind of chaos began.  Imagine playing as a Robber: You’d just be standing there letting the girls almost rip your shirt off for a glimpse of the code underneath.

“First there would only be two or three of them,” recounts one of the guys.  “But then more would come.  And before you know it, six or eight pairs of hands are on you.  All you could do was look at their faces.  Everyone was having fun.”

In the end, two people – internet superstar Ashley Rivera (A.K.A. “Petra Mahalimuyak”) and journalist Eric Losloso – took home the millions.  But everyone went home with an experience they would never forget. 

Regine Angeles and Jinri Park in a sea of girls.

Ramon Bautista gets to make co-host Marc Nelson to feel his 6-pack abs    

Experience Axe’s signature brand of uncontrollable attraction with new Axe Anarchy For Him and For Her.  Anarchy For Him is a fresh mix of fruity and woody notes for a sweet but masculine fragrance.  While Anarchy For Her is a succulent mix of fruity, woody, and floral notes for a luscious and feminine fragrance.  Find out more about Axe Anarchy at www.facebook.com/AxePhilippines. 

"Total Recall"

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Total Recall is an upcoming 2012 American science fiction action thriller  film remake of the 1990 film of the same name, which is based on the 1966 short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick. Unlike the original 1990 film, the plot of this new version lacks a trip to Mars and contains strong political overtones. In addition, the film also blends Western and Eastern influences together, due to the fact that the two nation states, New Shanghai and Euroamerica are battling for political power.

It is directed by Len Wiseman and written by Mark Bomback, James Vanderbilt and Kurt Wimmer.

Synopsis: Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Cranston), the leader of the free world ,  Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Nighy) and stop Cohaagen.

The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

Cast : 

Colin Farrell as Douglas "Doug"Quaid, a simple worker suffering from strange violent dreams

Jessica Biel as Melina, a member of the Resistance

Kate Beckinsale as Lori, Quaid's "wife"

Bill Nighy as Matthias Lair, a Euromerican rebel leader

Bryan Cranston as Vilos Cohaagen, a powerful and ruthless corporate leader, President of Euromerica

John Cho as McClane, a rep for Rekall who offers Quaid the chance to experience an imagined adventure

Bokeem Woodbine as Harry, Quaid's best friend

Steve Byers as Henry Reed

Ethan Hawke

TOTAL RECALL - Official International Trailer