The Nest Dining in the Sky June Specials

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Give yourself a different kind of treat as you spoil yourself at The Nest Dining in the Sky, an al fresco dining perched at the 31st floor of Vivere Hotel & Resorts, as it offers two (2) special items for the month of June.

Savor the incredible flavor of The Nest’s “BBQ Beef Rib Fingers”. Immersed in a special sweet & spicy barbecue sauce for a rich, hearty flavor, grilled to perfection, served with classic twice baked potato and homemade coleslaw for Php715/nett. 

Feed your inner child with their very own kind of “Flourless Chocolate Cake,” a luscious, fudgy, gluten-free chocolate cake baked to perfection, coupled with a sweet symphony of homemade cheesecake ice cream. Taste this confectionary masterpiece for Php275/nett.

Vivere Hotel & Resorts is located at 5102 Bridgeway Avenue, Filinvest Ciy, Alabang Muntinlupa City 1781 Philippines. Log on to www.viverehotel.com.ph or call 771-7777, for inquiries and reservations; Like and Follow @thenestalabang for regular updates.

Fruit refreshments this summer and with sexy ingredients all in one juice

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A refreshing drink is all we need to keep us cool, calm and collected the rest of the season especially this summer. It is even better if it comes with health-related benefits like energy boosting, anti-aging, whitening, and losing excess weight.

One Juice has three kinds of refreshments that not only offer a cool respite from this oppressing summer heat but also a healthy alternative to sodas and other sugary drinks. It depends on what you need.

One Juice aims to provide consumers with options wherein they will embrace a healthy, sexy lifestyle without having to go under the knife.

One Juice Guava Tea has ingredients that help keep your skin youthful and glowing.

Guava is known to help improve skin texture and elasticity. Glutathione is believed to help promote skin whitening. Collagen can help delay the signs of aging. Black tea, which is rich in anti-oxidants, helps increase your energy and metabolism. It contains stevia as well which is known to be an organic sugar substitute with zero calories.

One Juice Guyabano boasts of a unique blend of fruits and organic ingredients that will help you lose weight while staying healthy. Guyabano is said to aid the body in losing weight and increasing energy level. Mangosteen is another popular ingredient that helps you lose weight and reduce cholesterol. Wheat grass helps suppress appetite and improve digestion. Barley grass is believed to help boost immune system and balance the body's acid level. Spirulina is a dietary supplement that helps in weight loss.

One Juice Green Tea helps promote weight loss and boost energy with ingredients like green tea, a known antioxidant that helps you lose weight and reduce your risk to cancer; garcinia cambogia, which is said to be a fat blocker and appetite suppressant; and L-Carnitine, which can help increase metabolism, boost energy and lose weight.

Exclusively distributed by One Lightning Corporation. For more information, call +632 226 4111.

Tesoros promotes aspiring and inspiring local artisans through “Disenyo at Talento” series at Casa San Pablo Clay Storytellers

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Tesoros brings out the best that the Filipino can do as Tesoro's helped in the evolution of our nation’s identity, our sense of nationhood for in our stores are the products of our people.

Tesoro’s has helped preserve our country's indigenous art-forms, as we learned new skills from our colonizers and made it our own. Tesoro showcase these crafts of embroidery, fiber and woodworks, features in Tesoro's stores are the images that resonate with “Filipino-ness.”

Casa San Pablo Clay Storytellers featured during initial salvo 

The arts have been known as the greatest representations of society’s culture and traditions – from traditional to the contemporary; not just the heritage but also the modern. Showcasing aspiring and inspiring craftsmen who reflect the fine Hispano-Asian legacy of the Philippines through various works of art, Tesoro’s, the provider of quality local treasures, has launched the event series “Disenyo At Talento.”

“Our country is blessed with so many great artists,” pronounced the Group CEO of Tesoro’s, Maria Isabel “Beng” Tesoro. “Being one of the leading promoters of our local talents, we thought to launch ‘Disenyo at Talento’ to shed light on both Filipino craftsmanship and the constantly thriving art scene in the country,” she added.

For the first salvo, the store has featured the Casa San Pablo Clay Storytellers, crafted by former corporate publishing executive-turned-clay artisan An Mercado Alcantara. To formalize the start of the series, a ribbon-cutting has been conducted by Department of Tourism Regional Director Rebecca Labit and President of Philippine Tour Operators Association Cesar Cruz. 

“My creations are mostly inspired by the culture and the people of my husband’s birthplace San Pablo, Laguna – a place I have fallen in love with,” shared An. Her favorite subjects include the Virgin Mary in several incarnations, including Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Lipa, and Our Lady of Sorrows of Turumba. She surrounds these main subjects with storytellers and tablets featuring festive processions and villagers.

An’s friends and growing number of clients admire the positivity that Casa San Pablo dolls have always radiated. Asked about the secret behind the beauty and expressiveness of her storyteller dolls, An said, “My hands are my main tools. Although I have clay shapers and precision dentist’s tools – I asked a dentist friend to buy me a set – there’s nothing like our palms and fingers to get the shape we want.” 

These hand-pinched and hand-painted terracotta dolls are regularly available at Casa San Pablo,a bed and breakfast in a still genteel family compound in San Pablo City run by An and her husband, art collector and hobby enthusiast Boots Alcantara. Casa San Pablo is also known a creativity hub, where people can come to re-charge and rekindle their imagination.

Part of the total sales from Casa San Pablo Clay Story Tellers at the “Disenyo At Talento” event series will be donated to San Francisco Terraces Orphanage, one of two orphanages under the auspices of the San Pablo City government's DSWD office. “We chose this organization because our clay works celebrate the special bond between storytellers and children. We hope to help feed their bodies and their minds with food and stories that will, hopefully, help them experience a better world,” shared An.

The institution houses 32 orphans, at least 5 of whom are mentally challenged. Many of these children are survivors of abuse, parental neglect or family abandonment. 

All of the orphans share only 2 rooms and 2 toilets in a house that is in dire need of repair. The government’s financial monthly subsidy for the institution is currently not enough to cover the subsistence of these children.

From Tesoro’s Makati branch, the Casa San Pablo Clay Storytellers will be available across all Tesoro’s outlets nationwide starting June 2015. 

“By including the works of the chosen local artists in our stores, we hope that more and more people can appreciate the genuine creativity of Filipinos. 

It is also rewarding that this event allows us and the artists to reach out to our friends in need through art for a cause,” said Beng Tesoro.

For more details about the event, visit http://tesoros.ph/ or Tesoro’s official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tesoroshandicrafts?fref=ts. 

Tesoros Philippine Handicraft Concept Stores

Makati: 1016 A. Arnaiz Avenue 887-6285, 887-6997

Photos: Arts & Travel Magazine

With Concepcion Midea’s French Door refrigerator, less trips to the grocery

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As we call Midea French door refrigerator the “Party” Refrigerator as it is built to store a huge amount of food and drinks fit to throw a big party to celebrate and entertain in our homes.

Concepcion Midea, Inc. had this in mind when it designed its French Door refrigerator, a roomy piece of appliance with enough space to store all your groceries.

But you cannot be too sure about the quality of food on warm sunny days. In homes with small fridges, this means shopping for groceries often to ensure the freshness of produce. Rather than spending quality time to bond with your family, you find yourself burdened with the task of shopping for food regularly.

The French Door is a modern piece of equipment that would transform any kitchen. Its energy-saving features make it a smart choice for newlyweds and young professionals who are just starting on their own.

“This refrigerator has a no-frost feature that makes it easy to maintain and hassle-free of operate. Rather than spend your weekend defrosting your fridge just to keep it in tip-top condition, it stays clean and free from frost for its lifetime,” Philip Trapaga, Midea ‘s General Manager, explains.

Likewise, maintaining a cool dry environment in your fridge is important to keep food fresh. Its high moisture retention technology ensures an optimal level of humidity inside the fridge keeping food fresh for longer periods of time.

This refrigerator has a four-door design, making it one of the roomiest in the market. You can easily keep fruits and vegetables separate from the chiller and freezer compartment for optimum taste and freshness. Stored items are within easy reach with its wide door-shelf feature. The temperature of each compartment is independently controlled in order to achieve optimum freshness of the food.

This unit comes with a number of energy-efficient features to ensure that it is always at optimum performance. “The dual-cycle and dual air-cooled refrigeration system allows cool air to circulate freely within the unit, reaching food items stored at the back of the ref,” Philip adds.

It also has an electronic LED/LCD display that lets you monitor and control the temperature inside.

With Midea French Door’s silver-ion de-germing feature called the Photosynthetic Preservation Technology, to prevent food rot while the fresh ultraviolet light from the Photocatalytic degradation kills bacteria that might find its way into your fridge.

On top of all these, it also has a 3D stereo LED light to illuminate all parts of the refrigerator mimicking the sun’s rays thus keeping the vegetables and fruits fresh. As well as an automatic icemaker that removes the chore of always putting water in the ice cube trays of your freezer.

With all these space-saving and energy-efficient features, Midea’sFrench Door refrigerator lets you experience the same quality of high-end refrigerators but at a reasonable price.

Indeed, live different, choose different.

About Midea

Midea is one of the world's largest producers of consumer appliances. Established in 1968, Midea has consistently strived to make the lives of its consumers easier with their line of innovative products. On 2014, Midea Global partnered with Concepcion Industrial Corporation to bring the brand closer to Filipinos. For more information on Midea, please call +632-850-9888 or visit www.midea.com.ph

Biggest Sports Events Headline TV5"s Exclusive Coverage of 28th SEA Games

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“Laban Pilipinas!”

Here's for the entire country to enjoy a complete SEA Games viewing experience -  “Laban Pilipinas!” TV5, the country’s official Olympic broadcaster, once again leads the entire country’s charge of this famed battle cry, as it rolls out its exclusive coverage of some of the most popular and widely-followed sports in the highly-anticipated 28th South East Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore.

Being the bona fide ‘basketball nation’ that the Philippines has been known by the entire world to be, Pinoy fans and religious followers of the sport will be delighted to know that they will be able to keep close tabs on both the Gilas Cadets (Men’s Basketball team) and Perlas Pilipinas (Women’s Basketball team) in this regional, biennial event.

The Men’s team, which is led by hard court standouts Marcus Douthit and Kiefer Ravena, will first test their wares against Indonesia on June 10 (Wednesday, 1:00PM, LIVE on TV5); followed by Malaysia on June 11 (Thursday, 4:00PM, LIVE on TV5); and Timor Leste on June 12 (Friday, 6:00PM, LIVE on AksyonTV).

Their counterparts, Perlas Pilipinas, led by veteran Merenciana Arayi and Fil-Am Sofia Roman, will begin their journey against Thailand on June 9 (Tuesday, 9:00AM, LIVE on AksyonTV); Vietnam on June 10 (Wednesday, 9:00AM, LIVE on AksyonTV); Malaysia on June 11 (Thursday, 12:00NN on TV5); and Indonesia on June 12 (Friday, 12:00NN, LIVE on TV5).

All eyes will definitely also be on the country’s volleyball teams, who will be marking their return to the regional stage for the first time in 10 years.

The Women’s team, bannered by volleyball superstar and official Philippine team flag bearer Alyssa Valdez, will first take on Indonesia on June 10 (Wednesday, 12:00NN, LIVE on AksyonTV); Malaysia on June 11 (Thursday,10:00AM, LIVE on AksyonTV); and Vietnam on June 13 (Saturday, 10:00AM, LIVE on TV5).

The Men’s volleyball team will slug it out against the region’s best, beginning with Malaysia on June 10 (Wednesday, 7:00PM on AksyonTV); Myanmar on June 11 (Thursday, 7:00PM on AksyonTV); and powerhouse Thailand on June 14 (Sunday, 1:00PM on TV5).

Also, viewers who have followed the challenging matches of the Under 23 Men’s Football team during the team’s earlier games, can still continue to cheer for them as they leave it all out on the field against Myanmar on June 7 (Saturday, 8:00PM, LIVE on AksyonTV); and Indonesia on June 9 (Tuesday, 8:30PM, LIVE on AksyonTV).

TV5 will also be closely monitoring the journeys of the other athletes who will be representing the Philippines in other sporting events. Viewers and netizens can expect daily updates on our brave Kababayanswho will be competing in Boxing, Wushu, Billiards, Tennis, Netball, Swimming, Rugby7’s, Diving and Athletics. On top of these, the Kapatid Network will also give viewers a chance to catch up on the highlights from other sports, such as Fencing, Shooting, Softball, Judo, Equestrian, Bowling, Archery, Rowing, Taekwondo, as well as Cycling.

Viewers will get to witness for themselves the much-awaited grand opening ceremony of the 28th SEA Games that will be broadcast LIVE from Singapore’s newly-built National Stadium on June 5 (Friday, 8:00PM via AksyonTV).