July 6, 2015

Reliving the Charm of a Truly Intimate Escape


This is a photo composite of Mahogany and Linden Towers against the Tagaytay Highlands landscape. Surrounded by ridges, aromatic trees and undulating hills of Tagaytay lies Woodridge Place, a Colorado-inspired condominium development providing the comforts of a fast-paced life, yet in a much more natural and peaceful setting.

As Tagaytay Highlands continues to redefine luxury mountain resort living, it offers yet another innovative project where families may live with only the finest things in life – the Woodridge Place.

The Woodridge Place, which is only 70-minute drive from Metro Manila, is a 9-building condominium development inspired by the architectural design of the mountain resorts and ski lodges in Colorado, USA. It is located at 1,715 feet above sea level in Tagaytay that gives you unobstructed views of the surrounding natural beauties.

“Woodridge Place perfectly shows sophistication in the countryside. Most people would think that to be able to have a true sense of serenity, you need to go to the farthest places and leave the comforts of modern life behind.”, said Ms. Lennie A. Mendoza, Senior Vice President.

Tagaytay Highlands continues to redefine luxury mountain resort living as it offers more and more innovative projects like the Woodridge Place where families can live with the finest things in life.
Live your life at the top, literally and figuratively. The last two buildings – namely Mahogany and Linden – are oriented on an east-west axis which allows smooth passage of natural daylight and mountain breeze. Both buildings have 11 residential floors where units’ sizes vary from one-bedroom to four-bedroom that are carefully planned and designed with the client’s comfort and convenience in mind. Each unit has large picture windows that allow homeowners to witness nature’s everyday miracle.


This photo is just a representation of the architectural theme of Woodridge place. 1,715 feet above sea level lies Linden and Mahogany Towers, Colorado-inspired condominium buildings that offer first-class facilities and services.

The two buildings also share a viewing deck that can be used as an activity area for intimate group soirees. Families may go on picnics or strolls in the two pocket parks on bright sunny days. Designed to provide first-class amenities and unparalleled services, Tagaytay Highlands is also home to the first and only Swiss Cable Car System in the country, the funicular train, and two world-class golf courses.



Truly the perfect place to relax and unwind, Woodridge Place brings families together and gives a whole new meaning to countryside living.

Fuel up to help drive public senior high school learning

By fuelling up in participating Caltex stations from June 15 to July 15, motorists can help provide vital teaching equipment to the highest-need public senior high schools in Metro Manila. For every four-liter fuel purchase, Caltex will donate P1 to fund classroom projects submitted by teachers in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The Caltex Fuel Your School (CYFS) program will help STEM educators more effectively teach their students who will be among the first batches of grades 11 and 12 in the country.

Photo above shows staff at Caltex station inviting motorists to support and promote CYFS by posting and sharing online to their Facebook friends. 

CFYS is part of the Caltex Energy for Learning Initiative, which supports educational programs that help individuals to acquire knowledge and gain new skills. CYFS is supported by the Department of Education and the American Chamber Foundation as partners.

For more information about CYFS, visit http://www.caltex.com/ph/fuelyourschool or Caltex Philippines Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CaltexPhilippines .

About Chevron Philippines Inc.
Chevron Philippines Inc. has been operating in the country for more than 90 years. Caltex, its retail brand, offers high quality products and services. There are close to 700 service stations strategically scattered throughout the Philippine archipelago and employees working in several areas of business such as Marketing, Lubricants and Terminal operations. The Chevron products that are available in the Philippines include Caltex with Techron fuel and Caltex Diesel with TechronD, Havoline and Delo oils. More information on Chevron Philippines Inc. is available at www.caltex.com/ph.






Meet Kevin, Stuart and Bob in "Minions" in theaters this July 2015


 
Meet Kevin, Stuart and Bob, main characters in "Minions" in theaters this July 2015. 

Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin and written by Brian Lynch, "Minions" with the stars Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton.


After gaining fame as clumsy but loyal assistants to villainous Gru in Despicable Me and friends to his cute adopted daughters in Despicable Me 2, these famous yellow henchmen star in a movie of their own in "Minions."

Minions are yellow henchmen, who have existed since the beginning of beginning, evolving from a yellow single-cell organisms into beings who have only one purpose: to serve the most ambitious villains. After their masters were destroyed, they decide to isolate themselves from the world and start a new life in Antarctica. Sometime in the 60s, the lack of a master drives them into depression, so bravest minion and two other volunteers set out to find a new one.


But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob—ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.


The trio embarks on a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock), the world’s first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind from annihilation.

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob  arrive at a villain convention, where they compete for the right to be henchmen for Scarlet Overkill, a stylish and ambitious, a super-villain who determined to dominate the world and become the first female super-villain, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Featuring a soundtrack of hit music from the ’60s that still permeates our culture today, "Minions" is produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda. Brian Lynch has written the screenplay for the 3D-CG comedy adventure, and Chris Renaud serves as executive producer of the film.

Opening across the Philippines on July 2015, "Minions" is distributed by United International Pictures through Columbia Pictures.

Here's the teaser trailer of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming comedy adventure.


Enjoy the wonderful world of the "Minions!"



Bake heavenly goodies with Villa del Conte chocolate bars

Give your baked goodies a delightful twist with premium artisanal chocolates from Villa del Conte. Villa del Conte’s 500g chocolate bars offer a generous amount of rich and exciting flavors to make your favorite recipes even better. You may choose between the fine milk chocolate and 50% dark chocolate flavors for truly luscious cakes, cookies, pastries, dips and many more. 

To get your very own chocolate bars, visit Villa del Conte stores at Greenbelt 5, Century City Mall, Shangri-la Mall, Resorts World, Alabang Town Center, and Robinson’s Magnolia. For bulk orders, please contact 893-2575 or 621-6101. 

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Red Turnip Theater opens new season with musical play "33 Variations"


Red Turnip Theater is back for another season! Their splashy debut season gave us the much talked about hits CLOSER and COCK, which was followed up with the critically-acclaimed sophomore season of RABBIT HOLE and last February’s TIME STANDS STILL.

All four productions have gone on to reap multiple awards and nominations from the Aliw and BroadwayWorld Philippine Awards, with COCK topping critics’ lists as the Best Play of 2014. True to form, this band of 5 actors (Ana Abad Santos, Topper Fabregas, Jenny Jamora, Cris Villonco, Rem Zamora) promises to push the envelope further as they show another facet to Red Turnip this year.


Opening the Third Season is 33 VARIATIONS by Moisés Kaufman. 

33 VARIATIONS tells the story of a renowned musicologist, Katherine Brandt, who is on a mission to discover why Beethoven composed the Diabelli variations, considered as one of his greatest masterpieces. Her daughter, Clara, is on a mission to find her place in her mother's world. Together, they maneuver through Beethoven's colorful life, their own challenging relationship, and somehow find their answers within his music. Shifting between periods and places, 33 VARIATIONS is the story of mothers and daughters and the legacies we long to leave behind.

33 VARIATIONS made its Broadway premiere in 2009, famously marking Jane Fonda’s return to the theater after a 46-year absence in the role of Katherine. It went on to garner several Tony Award nominations, including Best Play and Best Actress for Fonda. It had previously won the Edgerton New American Play Award in 2007 and the Steinberg American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award in 2008. 

Leading the Manila cast are theater icons Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino and Teroy Guzman. Fresh off her heralded turns in Tanghalang Pilipino’s “Juego de Peligro” and the CinemaOne Original indie “Lorna”, Shamaine steps into the role of Katherine. This is sure to add to her list of memorable performances that already include Queen Elizabeth (“Mary Stuart”), Elizabeth Proctor (“The Crucible”), Masha (“Three Sisters”) and Jocasta (“Oedipus Rex”) just to name a few. 

Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino
Teroy Guzman plays Ludwig Van Beethoven. He is most recently known for his King Lear in the PETA adaptation “Haring Lear”, Tiyoy Berning in Tanghalang Ateneo’s “Rite of Passage” and the title role in Anton Juan’s “Screen: Macbeth”. Notorious for shying away from the spotlight, Red Turnip is glad to give Guzman center stage in his return to the contemporary drama.

Teroy Guzman
Theater stalwarts Paolo O’ Hara, Rem Zamora and Roselyn Perez make up the supporting cast. O’Hara (“Hedda Gabler”, “Titus Andronicus”, “Tatlong Mariya”) and Zamora (“The 39 Steps”, “Skin Deep”, “Glorious”), complete the Beethoven flashback scenes as Anton Diabelli and Anton Schindler respectively. Perez (“Equus”, “Frozen”, “The Normal Heart”) is Gertrude Ladenburger, Katherine’s stern and loyal confidante.
Paolo O’ Hara
Rem Zamora
Roselyn Perez
Rounding out the cast are fresh faces Ina Fabregas and Franco Chan. Fabregas is Clara, Katherine’s estranged daughter who slowly starts to fall in love with her mother’s male nurse, Mike Clark, played by Chan.
Ina Fabregas 
Franco Chan
33 VARIATIONS also marks Red Turnip’s first show to incorporate live music: critical moments in the play are underscored by the Diabelli Variations themselves, played live and on stage by Ejay Yatco (“Sa Wakas”, “Dani Girl”, “The Boy in the Bathroom”).

Ejay Yatco
Although he is mostly known as a composer and musical director, the 24 year-old has also competed at the 2013 World Championship of Performing Arts under the Classical Piano category, where he made it to the final 3 instrumentalists of the world and took home one gold and three silver medals. Yatco will be playing the Variations on a baby grand piano, provided by LYRIC.

Jenny Jamora makes her directorial debut.

Jenny Jamora
“We had decided on this show almost two years ago, we knew it was what we had wanted to open the Third Season with. This play has been simmering in my head since then. ’33 Variations’ is such an elegant, intricate piece of work and I am excited by the challenge of bringing it to life. I’ve also surrounded myself with a powerhouse cast and a young, energetic production team. I cannot wait for everyone to see what they’ve all brought to the table. It’s going to be unlike anything you’ve seen from Red Turnip so far.”

33 VARIATIONS opens July 24 and runs weekends until August 23 at Whitespace, Makati.

Tickets are available through TicketWorld (891-9999 or www.ticketworld.com.ph) or Red Turnip Theater (redturniptheater@gmail.com or https://www.facebook.com/RedTurnipTheater)

Lighting Design / Technical Direction: John Batalla
Set Design: Ed Lacson, Jr.
Costume Design: Raven Ong
Sound Design: Teresa Barrozo
Choreography: PJ Rebullida
Dramaturgy: Mahar Mangahas

33 VARIATIONS is presented in cooperation with Whitespace, Lyric, FILA, and PLDT.


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