Spotted: A giant potato shopping for vegetables at the Legazpi Sunday Market! #PotatoInTheCity

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Giant potato on the loose?

People at the Legazpi Sunday Market recently received a pleasant surprise as they shopped for their produce. Prancing and waltzing through the grounds was a smiling, giant potato, greeting and taking photos with everyone.

We are left to wonder who this pleasant potato with a health-conscious streak is -- and if his appearance might bode something good later? 

This is so funny: a giant potato watching over its smaller brothers and sisters at the Legazpi Sunday Market! Just who is this #PotatoInTheCity? 

Visitors to the Legazpi Sunday Market bumped into the biggest (but cutest!) potato they have ever seen!

How cute is this giant potato making a stop at the Legazpi Sunday Market, basket and all? 

Who is this super spud seen surprising market-goers at the Legazpi Sunday Market? 

This oh-so-cute potato made the rounds at the Legazpi Sunday Market and posed for photos with the market-goers pa! 

He’s certainly no couch potato! Giant potato shopping at the Legazpi Sunday Market FTW! 

Chased after this potato-lly cute and cuddly giant spud at the Legazpi Sunday Market just to take this photo! 

Megastar Sharon Cuneta is back to ABS-CBN

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ABS-CBN's megastar Sharon Cuneta is officially back to being a Kapamilya.

Waiting for this moment, Sharon is back to the“home is where the heart is” as she said.

(ABS-CBN Photo)

The Mgastar signed a contract with ABS-CBN on Monday which was witnessed by ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio, channel head Cory Vidanes, and other Kapamilya network executives.

Last week,Sharon make announcement in a Facebook post. She said that her showbiz comeback is happening soon. “You will be seeing me in just a few days” she said.

The megastar said she felt “nervous” being back with ABS-CBN which had been her home for 23 years before moving to TV5 in 2011.

Starting March 14-15, Sharon will join Gary Valenciano and Jed Madela as judges of the 8 celebrity performers vying for the title Your Face Sounds Familiar, her comeback project on ABS-CBN

Don't miss the megastar in Your Face Sounds Familiar starting March 14-15, 2015. 

For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/yourfaceph and follow @yourfaceph on Twitter and Instagram

Precious Pages Corp. launches "25 Most Precious”

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A COFFEE TABLE BOOK FEATURING THE TOP BESTSELLING, MOST PROLIFIC AND MOST PIONEERING TAGALOG ROMANCE WRITERS OF PRECIOUS HEARTS ROMANCES

Precious Pages Corporation, publisher of the popular Tagalog romance pocketbooks ‘Precious Hearts Romances’ has recently launched 

"25 Most Precious” -- a coffee table book featuring the top bestselling, most prolific and most pioneering Tagalog romance writers of the last two and a half decades in a 160-page hardbound, premium limited edition. 

Precious Hearts Romances is recognized as the best-selling Tagalog romance pocketbook dubbed as the best love stories of all time. The novels reinforce traditional values of commitment and a happy ending. It is an eternal escape fantasy of living out adventures and for romance readers it addresses the fantasy of falling in love with Mr. Right. 

“25 Most Precious” is a must-read and must-have for all fans, readers and aspiring writers as it expounds on the 'writers' lives and the inspiring stories of the 25 women behind the stories which have captured the hearts of millions of Filipino readers here and abroad. 

Segundo Matias Jr. (Photo by Dac Rivera)

The featured writers are as follows: Martha Cecilia, Amanda, Maureen Apilado, Jinky Jamolin, Rose Tan, Vanessa, Elizabeth Mcbride, Camilla, Jasmine Esperanza, Dawn Igloria, Laurice del Rio, Noelle Arroyo, Sheena Rose, Claudia Santiago, Sofia, Sonia Francesca, Heart Yngrid, Victoria Amor, Dream Grace, Angel Bautista, Belle Feliz, Mandie Lee, Aya Myers, Maricar Dizon, and Luna King.

“25 Most Precious” is priced at P 1,499.00 and will be available at the following Precious Pages retail outlets: Fisher Mall, Puregold Paso de Blas (Valenzuela City), Starmall (Las Pinas, EDSA Shaw, San Jose Del Monte – Bulacan), Ever Commonwealth, SM Mall of Asia, SM City (Baguio, General Santos, Davao, Pasig City, Cebu, Iloilo, Pampanga, Calamba, North EDSA, Clark, Fairview, Batangas, Lipa, Taytay, Sta. Rosa and Marilao), SM San Lazaro, SM Manila, and SM Dasmarinas.

The artistic and creative teams of “25 Most Precious” are led by Segundo Matias Jr. (Publisher), Queennie B. Reyles (Project Manager), and Aleli Mae Arcete (Creative Director).

For inquiries and book reservations, email at info@phr.com.ph or visit www.phr.com.ph or call Precious Pages at 414-8191 and 414-6188.

Connect to Precious Pages online through the following social media networks:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Precious-Pages

Twitter: @PreciousPagesCo

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/PreciousPages/

Website: www.phr.com.ph

Now celebrating its 25th year anniversary, Precious Pages Corporation had long established its name not only as the number one publisher of romance pocketbooks (with 50 titles under various book imprints and series novels released every month) but also as a publication firm. The company diversified into the conceptualization and production of other products, particularly Black ink comics, Coloring books, activity books, young adult novels like published stories from Wattpad and Booklat. The company has also pioneered in translation publication with more than 140 books all of which are best-selling literary titles worldwide translated into Filipino such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Twilight, Harry Potter etc. It has also acquired license to produce educational materials under the labels of Disney, Marvel, Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, Sponge Bob, Barbie, Tom and Jerry, Thomas and friends, Bob the builder, among others.

Learning never stops this summer in Exploreum with fun

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Summer is just around the corner! Discover how to make learning a fun part of your children everyday summer routine.

Learning never stops this summer in Exploreum at SM Mall of Asia. With all the in-season classes and activities that are available, parents are caught between the choice of educational or fun engagements for their children.

If you’re in a struggle between the two, worry no more because SM Lifestyle Entertainment, Inc. has the perfect summer activity for you!

SM Lifestyle Entertainment’s (SMLEI) Exploreum is a family-centered facility that believes in parent-children bonding activities that engage and mould curious minds through edutainment (a term used for education through entertainment). Now, fully renovated and with additional summer programs, Exploreum offers 118 child-friendly all-new interactive exhibits and over 100 interesting nuggets of information situated in eight major interactive galleries namely the Natural World, Human Adventure, Zoom, Connect, Cyberville, Space Camp, the Living Earth, and Science Park.

The Exploreum’s Main Attractions

One of the main attractions in Exploreum is the Science on a Sphere or the SOS. First in the Philippines, the Science on a Sphere is a room-sized digital globe that projects real-time, dynamic images of planets, climate change, ocean temperature, and even air traffic. Developed by the US government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the SOS will be an interactive exhibit, allowing visitors to control the face of the sphere through a tablet.

If your kids are into movies, the Exploreum houses the country’s only full-sized Dome Theatre. Formerly known as the Planetarium, the Dome Theatre is the only theatre in the Philippines that could boast of its 180-degree digital screen and advanced audio-visual system. With the Digi-star 5, the world’s best-selling operating system and the latest installment for full dome theatres, the 158-seater Dome Theatre promises a photo-realistic experience through its clear-cut projections and remarkable surround sound that will make guests feel as if the cosmos are just within reach. This state-of-the-art facility will feature videos about the space, earth, and beyond.

Exploreum’s First Summer Camp

Involve your children in an entertaining and informative event this summer through the Exploreum Summer Camp 2015. Through this summer program, children will be exposed to practical science experiments that can help them appreciate how the world works. Designed for kids from 4-12 years old, this summer camp develops a learning experience for kids through fun and play. Filled with stimulating games and other exciting activities, the Summer Camp will run from May 8-10, 2015 in Exploreum at SM Mall of Asia. 

Science Quiz Bee

SMLEI will be hosting its first ever Science Quiz Bee: a nationwide inter-school competition that will focus on all branches of science. Running from July 2015 to February 2016, the winning school will take home a grand prize of 1 million pesos. Moreover, SMLEI will be giving away cash prices weekly, monthly, and quarterly in each of the qualifying competitions leading to the grand tournament. Students can also participate in the competition by setting up science exhibits in their respective schools.

With all the exhibits and events to look forward to, you can immerse your children in educational and engaging activities this summer at the Exploreum: where science becomes fun! The Exploreum is located at SM Mall of Asia and SM Lanang Premier. 

For more information, visit www.exploreum.ph

Happy International Women's Day!

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This Sunday, March 8, 2015 marks International Women’s Day, an annual event that celebrates women’s accomplishments and promotes global gender equality.

International Women's Day (IWD), also called International Working Women's Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political, and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily in Europe, including Russia. In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. 

In other regions, however, the political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner. This is a day which some people celebrate by wearing purple ribbons.

Google has celebrated International Women’s Day with a doodle presenting women in high achieving roles as astronauts, scientists, athletes, teachers, musicians, chefs and writers – roles that were once reserved solely for men. It links out to a series of stories highlighting why such an event is still so crucial over a century after it was first launched. The doodle’s caption reads: “Happy International Women’s Day!’

Inspired in part by the American socialists, German Socialist Luise Zietz proposed the establishment of an annual 'International Woman's Day', International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

This year’s theme is ‘make it happen’ and aims to encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women. It focuses on women in different professional sectors; the arts, female-owned businesses, in senior leadership roles, and all aspects of working environments where gender parity has still not been achieved.

Make it Happen ! 

To many hardworking, talented and inspiring women all over the world  

Happy International Women's Day!

#IWD2015 

#womensday2015