JBK rocks the Internet with newest music video

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Vocal trio JBK ended 2015 on a high note and welcomed the new year with a bang as they launched the music video of their newest single, “Letting You Go”.

Vocal trio JBK recently released the new music video of their newest single “Letting You Go.”

In just a few days, the hit music video has reaped nearly 600,000 views, 17,000 likes, 7,000 shares and 600 comments. Most reactions heaped praise on JBK for a job well done and for churning out new music that couples can relate to.

The emotional pop song is the band’s latest single from their self-titled album, and is all about breaking up and moving on from a relationship. The song is poised to be one of the biggest OPM hits of 2016.

Letting You Go’s music video, featuring Pastillas Girl Angelica Yap and Richard “Chard” Parojinog, is all about breaking up and moving on from a relationship.

The music video featured “It’s Showtime” couple Pastillas Girl Angelica Yap and Richard “Chard” Parojinog, together with the OPM boy band composed of Joshua Bulot, Bryan del Rosario and Kim Lawrenz Ordonio.

The emotional pop song “Letting You Go” is the band’s latest single from their self-titled album.

“We are overwhelmed by the massive support of our fans. We didn’t expect that people would show such positive response to our newest music video. Thank you very much to all listeners out there,” says a visibly elated Kim.

“We worked hard on this music video to give our fans a New Year treat and I’m happy that they liked it. I also thank Angelica and Chard for supporting our newest album,” says Bryan.

“This is how we wanted to jumpstart 2016. Expect more things from us for the rest of the year,” says an ecstatic Joshua.

JBK’s Letting You Go music video featured “It’s Showtime” couple Pastillas Girl Angelica Yap and Richard “Chard” Parojinog.

The new music video, which was posted last Dec. 29, broke the Internet and received great reviews from fans after garnering 275,000 views on Facebook in just 24 hours.

Some users even remarked that the lyrics reflect reality in today’s relationships.

“Congratulations, JBK! Your music is quite touching and based on real life—maraming makaka-relate,” Facebook user Maria Philomina Lustred posted.

“OMG! It’s so beautiful, I cried!!! Congrats, JBK and, of course, congrats to Richard and Angel. Everything’s beautiful,” Fe Longjas gushed.

JBK’s “Letting You Go” is poised to be one of the biggest OPM hits of 2016.

The music video, which was shot at Camella Provence in Malolos, Bulacan, was conceptualized by Chris Cahilig and directed by Lemuel Lorca, who is behind the critically acclaimed film, “WaterLemon”. The song was composed by Bryan del Rosario and arranged by Jonathan Ong of Sonic State Studio.

To watch the video, click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/JBKbandofficial/videos/vb.591353767566449/944666795568476/?type=2&theater

Letting You Go is brought to you by Camella Homes and McJim Classic Leather.

Kujaku Sportif, Stainless Steel One Touch Drink bottle, my everyday companion

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We fully aware of the benefits of drinking enough water our body needs. I always keep a water bottle within my reach, I always have a water bottle whenever I leave the house. 

Here's Kujaku, my companion on the road. It's Kujaku Stainless Steel One Touch Sportif Straight Drink bottle.

Kujaku is a one-touch-open vacuum insulated double layer bottle that keeps beverages cold longer, with 6 to 24 hours maximum cold retention. 

Recently, we were caught in a heavy traffic jam going to my brother’s house in Bocaue to celebrate New Year eve. It was a stressful road trip to reach the place and it was good I have my Kojaku with me. A straight drink type stainless drinking bottle that has keeps my drinking water cold in that more than 4-hour drive to my brother’s place. Thanks to Kujaku for cold water for my out-of-town journey.

Kujaku is highly recommended for sports people on the move. In their early morning walk in the park and other sports activities Kujaku is a direct-drink bottle designed with spout that makes drinking easy anytime, anywhere.

Kujaku, is made of Polypropylene plastic. A straight drink type, one-touch-open is designed with a spout to make drinking easy. With its 6 hours to 24 hours Glacial Cold maximum retention makes is useful to sports people, as well as people on the road caught in long hours who need cold drinks to keep their cool. 

Motorists and travelers, this product is for you.

Kujaku has high quality printing, a scratch and rust resistant stainless drinking bottle.

KUJAKU is a brand under the Peacock Vacuum Bottle Company Ltd., established in Japan in 1950. They are one of the major Vacuum Bottle manufacturers in Japan and has been loved by customers all around the world.

“KUJA” means “PEACOCK” while “KU” means “BRAND”

Distributed by MUCH PROSPERITY TRADING INTERNATIONAL, INC. (MPTII) is one of the best suppliers and distributors of value-for-money household products in the Philippines. Establish in 1958.

Japan Design, Japan Quality.

Crafted from a high quality stainless stain-less steel materials responsibly produced in China. Plastic parts are made from BPA FREE materials and medical silicone gasket for costumer’s health and safety.

Kujaku products are available at the following:

Robinsons Department Store

Ermita and Galleria branch

The Landmark 

Trinoma and Makati branch

True Value

Magnolia, Rockwell, and Shangri-la branch

Maxilom Cebu, Davao and CDO

All Home

Sta Rosa and Daang Hari branch

TS Dept. Store

Harrison and La Trinidad branch

KCC Malls

General Santos branch

NCCC Department Store

Maa, Tagum, Main and Palawan branch

Metro

Colon, Ayala Cebu, Alabang, Market Market, Colon Cebu and Ayala Cebu branch

To know more about Kujaku, visit Kujaku Philippines Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Kujaku-Philippines-867141763320939/timeline ; Instagram - Kujaku_PH and www.peacock-world.com

Repertory Philippines Launches 79th Season with Comedy, Drama, and Musicals for Young Children

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Repertory Philippines has established itself as the premier producer of thought-provoking and entertaining straight plays and musicals. Since 1967, it has produced more than 400 high-caliber shows, and 2016 is set to be another impressive year for theatergoers.

For its 79th season, Repertory is launching five plays that will intrigue, inspire, captivate, and bring out the inner child of every viewer.

From January 15 to February 7, Repertory is staging The Game’s Afoot, a comedic play by Ken Ludwig set in the 1930’s. The story follows William Gillette, a Broadway star known for his portrayal of detective Sherlock Holmes, both in the play and in real life. In The Game’s Afoot, he invites his castmates to his castle in Connecticut for a weekend of fun and games, until someone turns up dead. Gillette must channel his inner Holmes to track the killer and stop the next death. In 2012, The Game’s Afoot won Best Play at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards, an award-giving body hosted by the Mystery Writers of America.

To highlight the Valentine’s season, Repertory will present John Cariani’s Almost, Maine from February 19 to March 13. On a cold, wintry night with the northern lights illuminating the dark sky, the residents of Almost fall in and out of love in unusual ways. The New York Times has described it as a “higher-concept and more clever version of Hollywood [love stories]” with a “beautiful structure.”

For the summer, Repertory is staging Stepping Out from April 1 to 24. Stepping Out, a lively comedy by Richard Harris, tells the story of former chorus girl Mavis who teaches a dance class in a dingy church hall in London. While learning the basics of body language and movement, Mavis must deal with the drama cooking up in the studio. Since it premiered in 1984, it has been staged most notably the West End in London and Broadway in New York. Stepping Out was awarded Best Comedy at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, organized by notable British critics and editors.

Repertory has a history of producing child-friendly plays like Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Camp Rock the Musical, and the company is also staging Hansel and Gretel from August 20 to December 15 for the young and young-at-heart. This delightful interpretation of the Brothers Grimm classic follows siblings Hansel and Gretel through their journey in the woods. There, they see a fantastically-designed house made of gingerbread, candy, and ice cream. When they start to eat it, until they are caught and trapped by the witch that lives there. The two must work together to outwit the evil witch and escape the sugary house of horrors.

Running simultaneously with Hansel and Gretel is A Little Princess. Based on the children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett , A Little Princess tells the story of Princess Sarah, who suffers at the hands of Miss Minchin at a boarding school in London. Things turn for the worse when her father dies and she becomes a pauper. The musical will run from November 18 to December 18.

Compared to watching on the big screen or on a television, nothing beats the immediacy, intimacy, and raw talent showcased in stage plays. Repertory is expected to thrill theatergoers this 2016 with its lineup of shows, a diverse mix of comedy and drama for audiences of all ages. See you at the theater!

For more details, inquiries on ticket or show buying, call Repertory Philippines at 843-3570 or visit the website athttp://www.repertoryphilippines.ph/.

New Beginnings for 2016 Hack your way to Takatack.com, create DIY-projects for New Year

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Among the most common New Year’s resolutions are getting healthier, traveling more, organizing better, and spending more time with family. Yet in pursuit of goals like these, people often forget how much secondary factors, such as their environment or even their wardrobe, can play into their relative success or failure.

As part of New Beginnings 2016, online shopping discovery platform Takatack.com wants Filipinos to improve their lives by “hacking” their New Year’s resolutions by turning products bought from their website into DIY-projects that can help them achieve their resolutions and increase their sense of well-being.

The five categories for New Beginnings 2016 appropriately correspond to some of people’s most common New Year’s resolutions. They are: A new version of me, Getting organized, For my family, Healthy living, and More adventures. 

DIY projects are popular in the United States, where an entire culture has sprung up dedicated to empowering the everyman to create and recreate, even with something as seemingly uncreative as Ikea furniture.

Rebecca Ricalde, Assistant Vice President for Digital Commerce at Voyager Innovations, the digital innovations arm of PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), which fuels Takatack, believes that creating DIY projects through their platform can truly help people achieve their New Year’s resolutions. 

“The old joke is that a resolution made on January first will be broken before the sun sets on the second. To prevent this, we should look at what we can most easily change around us to increase our odds of succeeding. Luckily, with all the products available on Takatack.com, we can customize our living spaces and how we present ourselves to help us accomplish our most ambitious goals,” said Ricalde, who added as way of an example the aspiring fitness buff who creates a mini-home gym in her bedroom to make it easier to exercise on a daily basis. 

Ricalde is herself an avid DIYer, and she gave her own story as an example of the Takatack.com’s potential in helping us take control of our living spaces, and in extension, our lives. According to Ricalde, she repurposed a bookshelf bought from Takatack.com into a permanent display of healthy snacks such as dried fruits at her office, which encouraged her workmates to eat healthier. She also mixed and matched clothes purchased on Takatack.com to create a stable of comfortable office outfits that made it easier to walk around and take the stairs. 

“The DIY culture is not just about building things - it’s about taking control of your lives, beginning with what matters most. By enabling Filipinos to explore changes that they can make for their living spaces as well as themselves, we hope to help them bring out their best in 2016,” said Ricalde. 

Ricalde noted that with over 500,000 products available on Takatack, there are millions of possibilities for DIY-projects - a person’s only real limitation is their imagination. 

New Beginnings 2016 began on December 28 and ends on January 15, 2016, and includes close to 50 participating merchants, such as Next Technologies, Kitsound, Superlux, Procare, Sound Magic, Ehome, Shoppiyo-Audio Technica, Airborne Technologies, Philips, Motorola, Chigo, Yoomi, Angeline Shoes, Earthly Senses Spa, Fledge Clothing, It Figures Skin Care & Body Shaping, Paris Bijoux, Tangle Teezer, Hickok Leather, Watchaholics PH, SJ Premier Enterprises, SEC Moto, and Jong Duyan. A full list of participating retailers is included below. 

Shoppers can avail of P400 discount on a P1000 minimum purchase using the promo code NEWYOU.

ABOUT TAKATACK.COM

Fueled by Voyager Innovations, Takatack.com aggregates many trusted online stores, including some that are among the largest, like the Rocket Internet-backed Zalora, together with the thousands of merchants who established their own online shops through theTackThis! platform.

Takatack.com also offers some of the top brands, including CLN-Celine, VMV Hypoallergenics, Zen Nutrients, ShopTV by the Home Shopping Network, Philips, Digits Trading, Hickok Leather Brand, Candy Corner, Happy Socks, Jaybird, Li-Ning, Marshall, and Sassa. The Takatack platform also offers emerging brands like Straightforward, Fledge Clothing, Ziya, and La Mer Collections.

ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS 2016

Participating retailers include Angeline Shoes, Earthly Senses Spa, Fledge Clothing, Paris Bijoux, Tangle Teezer, The Shoe Cycle, Wear Vintage, Babyliss, Cogito, Hickok Leather, Shoppiyo-Brownroots, Shoppiyo-Targus, ShopTV, Evita Peroni, SJ Premier Enterprises, Artbox, OBI Baby, St. Patrick Baby, Deep Dips by Chef Arnold, Yoomi, Philips, Motorola, Chigo, Next Technologies, One Stop Shop Gadgets, Xtouch, Procare, Ehome, Shoppiyo-Electronics, Shoppiyo-Philips Earphones, Shoppiyo-Audio Technica, Airborne Technologies, Watchaholics PH, Shoppiyo-Nitecore, It Figures Skin Care & Body Shaping, Jong Duyan, Ogawa, FiiO, Kitsound, Superlux, Sound Magic, Shoppiyo-Microtex, SEC Moto, Ondit Clothing, X-Mini, MyKronoz, Casemate, PQI, and Style Compass.

2016 - Year of the Monkey! What Type of "Monkey" Are You: Wood, Fire, Earth, Gold, or Water?

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2016 is a year of the Monkey.

This 2016 doesn't start on January 1 for Monkeys (and traditional Chinese)! 

It starts at Chinese New Year (February 8, 2016), which changes year-to-year according to the Chinese lunar calendar.

From researches and readings about people born on this Year of the Monkey, occupying the 9th position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Monkey possesses such character traits as curiosity, mischievousness, and cleverness. Forever playful, Monkeys are the masters of practical jokes. Even though their intentions are always good, this desire to be a prankster has a tendency to create ill will and hurt feelings.

Although they are inherently intellectual and creative, Monkeys at times have trouble exhibiting these qualities. When that happens, they appear to others to be confused. But nothing could be further from the truth as Monkeys thrive on being challenged. Monkeys prefer urban life to rural, and their favorite pastime is people-watching.

What Type of "Monkey" Are You: Wood, Fire, Earth, Gold, or Water?

As well as having a Chinese zodiac sign, according to Chinese element theory, each year is associated with one of five elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth, which means that e.g. a Wood Monkey comes once in a 60-year cycle. So there are five types of Monkeys, each with different characteristics.

People born in January or February should take particular note of when Chinese New Year falls to confirm their birth sign.

The Monkey is ninth of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Each year is related to an animal sign according to a 12-year-cycle.

If you're born in a year of the Monkey, you're a Monkey! 

Find out what that means below : ( According to http://www.chinahighlights.com/ ) 

Monkey years: ...1920, 1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016, 2028...

The Lucky and Unlucky Things for "Monkeys"

Lucky numbers: 4 and 9

Lucky days: the 14th and 28th of any Chinese lunar calendar month

Lucky colors: white, blue, gold

Lucky flowers: chrysanthemum, crape-myrtle

Lucky directions: north, northwest, west

Lucky months: Chinese lunar months 8 and 12

The Unlucky Things That "Monkeys" Should Avoid

Unlucky colors: red, pink

Unlucky numbers: 2 and 7

Unlucky directions: south, southeast

Unlucky months: Chinese lunar months 7 and 11

Occupying the 9th position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Monkey possesses such character traits as curiosity, mischievousness, and cleverness. Forever playful, Monkeys are the masters of practical jokes. Even though their intentions are always good, this desire to be a prankster has a tendency to create ill will and hurt feelings.

Although they are inherently intellectual and creative, Monkeys at times have trouble exhibiting these qualities. 

When that happens, they appear to others to be confused. But nothing could be further from the truth as Monkeys thrive on being challenged. Monkeys prefer urban life to rural, and their favorite pastime is people-watching.

Enjoy your wonderful world of the Year of the Monkey! Happy New Year !