5 awesome How-To videos you should check out on YouTube

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Learning and discovery can happen anywhere—and in this age of high-speed connectivity and multiple screens, YouTube is a top go-to for content. Not only is it a platform for entertainment, it has also evolved into a medium for practical tips, novel ideas, inspirational talks and even scientific projects. 

While it’s back-to-school season for most kids, here are five educational YouTube channels to help keep you learning, level up your skills or even discover a hidden passion.

1. BuzzFeed Nifty – 21 Best Bedroom DIY Projects (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvkiw2Mwle8)

If you’re thinking of revamping your room but have limited budget, then here’s the perfect guide for you. These short tutorials are easy to follow and suggest using existing materials that can be found in your home. Your new house pieces will surely be conversation starters when you’ll have friends or relatives over. Follow BuzzFeed Nifty on YouTube for more craft hacks and DIYs.

2. Tasty – 4 Easy 3-Ingredient Dinners (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ChimwDq09A)

Feel like an expert and impress your loved ones and friends by following these effortless dinner recipes with only three ingredients. Everyone will want to be invited to your next dinner party after they sample your culinary delights. Tasty also has a lot of kitchen hacks and cooking tips on their YouTube channel.

3. Justin Brown – How to Film Professional Videos with Smartphone(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoxihY5Buc8 )

Inspired by your favorite content creator and starting a vlog soon? Pursue your passion by following this video tutorial on how to film professional videos just by using your smartphone.Justin Brown teaches about filming techniques and editing tips on his super handy YouTube channel.

4. Dan Fynn – Photoshop tips – Remove tourists from your photos(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyRiITtNXos)

Wondering how your favorite bloggers and influencers take their photos with no tourists around? Well, this Photoshop tutorial has got you covered. Aside from leveling up your travel photos, learning Photoshop is also a useful skill at work or in school. More of Dan Flynn’s quick Photoshop tips are available when you follow his YouTube channel. 

5. 5-minute Craft KIDS – 17 Cool Tricks and Experiments you can do at home(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAJX7nLppU)

Start them young! Parents with kids who don’t go to school yet can try these simple and fun experiments at home. Spark the interest of your Little Einstein with these short experiment tutorials and who knows your kid might be the next science genius. Follow 5-minute Craft KIDSon YouTube for more kid-friendly experiments and tricks.

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Find inspiration and learning from these YouTube channels and see where discovering something new can take you. Enjoy!

Artinformal‎ to NIL (1987-2002) Curated by Erwin Romulo and Neil Daza

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Artinformal presents NIL, an exhibition curated by Erwin Romulo and Neil Daza at the gallery’s Greenhills location opening on June 9, 2018, 6PM. The exhibition will be on view until July 14, 2018.

Taking their cue from Daza’s Blacksoup exhibition in 2006, Romulo and Daza are mounting a new show of crime scene photographs taken between the years 1987 to 2002. Also included in the exhibition are video works by Cinema Regla.

Raw and at times graphic, the show asks: “Is there really such a thing as ‘the good old days’?”

Editor, writer, producer, and composer Erwin Romulo curated Everyday Impunity: Ang Mga Walang Pangalan, an exhibition based on the work of photographer Carlo Gabuco at Art Fair Philippines 2018 as well as an exhibition of sound art and multi-media art during the fair’s 2017 and 2015 edition, respectively. He was also one of the curators of Wasak! Filipino Art Today, shown in Berlin in 2015.

Filmmaker and photographer Neil Daza is known for his work in films like Bwaya, Emir, and Dekada ‘70, among others. In 2017, he marked his 25 years in the film industry with an exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, 25 Times: Images From Behind The Camera. He has curated several shows of photography for arts space Blacksoup in Cubao, including KAMBYO, an exhibition of cellphone images, and Detritus, featuring photographs from which this current exhibition is based.

Filmmaker collective and guerrilla media outfit Cinema Regla is an online magazine and channel run by documentary filmmakers Rico Ibarra, Blair Camilo and Jun Sabayton. Founded by visual artist, animator and director Roxlee, it is dedicated to covering Filipino culture, with a focus on (in no particular order) art, photography, music, literature, science, politics, history, environment, crime, violence, truth, sex, drugs, and budotz.

Shane Filan Live in Concert !!!

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SHANE FILAN PERFORMING WESTLIFE’S GREATEST HITS AND MORE LIVE IN CONCERT

Westlife’s lead singer Shane Filan is coming back to MANILA for his much-awaited live concert featuring Westlife’s greatest hits and more on Saturday, September 15th at the KIA Theatre. Filipino fans will hear their favorite hits like “Swear It Again”, “Uptown Girl”, “If I Let You Go”, “World of Our Own”, “You Raise Me Up”, “My Love”, “Everything To Me”, “Need You Now”, “Heaven”, “Unbreakable”, “What About Now”, Beautiful in White”, “About You” and more.

With his third album, Love Always, delighting both fans and critics, Shane’s solo career is quickly gaining momentum. Its already been a huge hit all over Asia, securing the number one spot in the Philippines and Indonesia, Love Always has proved a major hit with fans. Shane is also thrilled with the album’s top five position in the UK charts, placing him on an even footing with the biggest names in world music. An Asia Deluxe Edition will be released on July 6.

Shane says ‘This is the first time I have put live tracks on the album. I go on tour so much now that I thought it would be nice to include something that people haven’t had before. There will also be two new songs which I wrote before Christmas and I am so proud of them. ‘Back To You’ is the new single and a song I am very close to. The track is about being on the road the whole time and being separated from those you love. You do it because it’s part of the job but you realize how much you miss the family.

Shane has cemented his position as one of the UK & Ireland’s most popular male solo artists, following phenomenal success with Westlife – one of the world’s most successful bands of the last few decades – and he shows no signs of slowing down. “There’s nothing that make me happier than singing and being on stage” he says, “it’s something I am very proud of and it’s what I want to be doing for the rest of my life.”

Catch Shane Filan – the lead singer of Westlife – up close and personal live in concert. Tickets go on-sale on Friday, July 6 via TicketNet.com.ph or Call 911-5555.

Tickets at Popular Prices:

VIP – P4,200 / Orchestra – P3,675 / Loge – P3,150 / Balcony – P2,100

For more information, follow Wilbros Live on social media.

Facebook.com/WilbrosLive

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#ShaneFilanMNL2018 #WestlifeGreatestHits

FamilyMart welcomes back-to-school season with its Cool School Kick-Off Promo

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Welcome the new school year by joining FamilyMart’s Cool School Kick-Off Promo and get the chance to win awesome gadgets and other school essentials until July 31, 2018. 

Win one of three Macbook Air laptops, three Y6II Huawei Smartphones and 10 units of Globe Pocket Wifi.

To join, all you must do is register for free via mobile by typing PFM PROMO along with your name, complete address, email and send to 292-908. You’ll then receive a unique bCODE which you’ll scan at the counter every time you make a purchase. Customers who previously registered for the Summer Promo do not need to register again. 

Participants will automatically receive one raffle entry for every P100 single receipt purchase. You can also earn bonus raffle entries with purchases that include a minimum P50 of participating sponsor products.

With FamilyMart, going back to school has never been cooler! 

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For updates, exciting products, and awesome deals, like and follow FamilyMart Philippines on Facebook, @familymartph on Instagram, and @FamilyMartPH on Twitter.  For store locations or more information on FamilyMart Philippines, log on to http://www.familymart.com.ph www.familymart.com.ph .

FamilyMart is the 2^nd largest convenience store chain in the world with over 18,000 stores across Asia. In the Philippines, FamilyMart has branches in Makati, Fort Bonifacio, Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Pasay, Alabang and Laguna.

AlipayHK and GCash launch cross-border remittance service powered by Alipay’s blockchain technology

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Real-time remittance service made available between Hong Kong and the Philippines   

AlipayHK and GCash today announced the launch of a cross-border remittance service through their e-wallet platforms, powered by cutting-edge blockchain technology developed by Alipay, the online payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group (“Ant Financial”, “Ant”). This is the first blockchain-based cross-border digital wallet remittance service globally, offering a fast, secure, convenient, transparent and low-cost way to transfer money directly between individuals in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Alipay has applied blockchain technology to streamline the remittance process, radically improving the speed of delivery, enhancing transparency of the process and drastically reducing costs while ensuring better security measures when sending money across borders. This service between GCash and AlipayHK will provide round-the-clock, real-time money transfer between Hong Kong and the Philippines at a competitive exchange rate with much lower transaction fees, which will be further waived during an initial three-month trial period. With a few taps through AlipayHK’s mobile phone application, money will be transferred within seconds to a GCash user.

Blockchain technology allows us to change and radically improve the speed and efficiencies for remittance services. Based on the smart contract, once a user submits a remittance application, all network participants including AlipayHK, GCash and Standard Chartered Bank, the first and core partner bank supporting on this initiative, are notified. The segmented procedures of the remittance process can consequently take place in parallel, enabling the verification and execution of the transaction to occur simultaneously. Through the blockchain platform, the sender and receiver are also able to track their money with every step of the way – from when the remittance application was made, until when the receiver successfully obtains the money. All information stored, shared or uploaded through the blockchain remittance platform is further encrypted with the most advanced protocols to protect the user’s privacy.

“We are very excited to introduce this new remittance solution to our users in Hong Kong, and in particular to the Filipino community in the city,” said Jennifer Tan, CEO of Alipay Payment Services (HK) Limited (APSHK). “What used to be a long process of physically going to a remittance booth, queuing in line for hours and filling out forms, is now easily and securely done over the mobile phone in just a few seconds. Together with GCash, we aim to provide Filipino expatriates a more convenient, seamless experience to transfer money back home to their families in the Philippines. We will also continue to provide tailor-made solutions for our customers as we aim to enhance their daily lives through our secure and fuss-free approach.”

Canning Fok, Group Co-Managing Director of CK Hutchison Holdings and Chairman of Alipay Payment Services (HK) Limited said, “This cooperation with GCASH to bring remittance to the Philippines using the new technology is the first step and there are many other places Hong Kong people need to remit money. I’m happy to see that the AlipayHK team is hard at work to expand this service to more people, bringing us closer to our families and friends with a cheaper and quicker solution.

Anthony Thomas, President and CEO of Mynt, the operator of GCash said, “GCash is building a cashless ecosystem to make financial services affordable and accessible to every Filipino as we aim to provide the Philippines’ underserved market with convenient options for load top-up, remittance, and cashless payments for goods and services, among others. This time, in partnership with AlipayHK and Ant Financial, GCash is able to achieve another breakthrough to make sending money to the Philippines easier, more convenient, and more secure for Filipinos abroad. We believe that for overseas Filipinos, sending money home to their family’s GCash mobile wallet will soon be the norm.”

Standard Chartered has been an integral partner in the development of the solution and will provide the underlying banking infrastructure to support this pivotal initiative.

Lisa Robins, Global Head, Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered, said, “Remittances are a lifeblood of many communities in the Philippines, the third largest remittance market with US$33 billion of inflows in 2017. We are proud to collaborate with Ant Financial, and act as their banking partner for this new service to make remittances easier, cheaper and more secure. This evidences our joint commitment to deliver financial services to the unbanked and underbanked and exemplifies our “Here for Good” brand promise.”

Eric Jing, Executive Chairman and CEO of Ant Financial said, “We are thrilled to witness AlipayHK and GCash jointly launch the groundbreaking cross-wallet remittance function. Ant Financial is dedicated to exploring fintech breakthroughs and applying them to benefit more people in more places. This is a new starting point and significant step forward in accelerating Alipay’s pace to promote tech for good, and financial inclusion globally. Through leveraging our technological capabilities, we are committed to bringing financial services to the large underserved populations in Asia and beyond together with our ecosystem partners who share our vision and mission.”

“Ant Financial and Alipay have been exploring the cutting-edge blockchain technology since 2015. Blockchain is revolutionizing the remittance industry, and we look forward to further innovating and expanding the application of the technology in global remittances, together with local wallet partners and other ecosystem partners,” Jing added.

Since the launch of Alipay in 2004 and the establishment of Ant Financial in 2014, the Company has built an integrated technology platform and ecosystem of partners to bring more secure, transparent, cost-effective and inclusive financial services to individuals and SMEs globally. The Company will continue to invest in developing its blockchain, AI, security, IoT and computing capabilities to upgrade its global technology platform for the next generation.

Starting from 2015, Alipay has formed nine strategic partnerships with local partners outside Chinese mainland, sharing their technology know-how and risk management capabilities to provide more mobile payment and inclusive financial services to local users. In the year ended March 31, 2018, Alipay, together with its global partners, served approximately 870 million annual active users globally and over 15 million small businesses in China.