Kilalanin: A Presidential Forum

Kilalanin: A Presidential Forum with Benigno Aquino, Jr., Richard Gordon, Gilbert Teodoro, and Manuel Villar will be held at the Lina Auditorium in De La Salle Santiago Zobel School in Ayala Alabang Village on January 9, 2010, from 9AM to 12NN.

Kilalanin: Get to know the presidentiables

I’d like to post this event in the billboard but I don’t have very clear info, and there are no contact numbers on the posters I’ve seen. Can’t find anything online, either. I’m hoping some of our readers have more info to share. Here’s what I know:
There will be a get-to-know your presidentiables event in […]

Adopt a cat through CARA

I’m very proud and happy to announce that we’ve put up a banner ad / link to CARA (Compassion and Responsibility for Animals), a non-profit NGO dedicated to helping the plight of animals in the country. Their main thrust is to educate people regarding animal welfare and the rights of animals; reduce pet (specifically cat) […]

Ayala Malls Recyclables Fair in ATC and Nuvali

The Ayala Malls Recyclables Fair will be held in Alabang Town Center on October 16 and in Nuvali on October 17. See main post for list of accepted recyclables and schedules.

Donations for Putatan Victims of Ondoy

Carmi Dungo and a group of friends visited the flooded areas in Muntinlupa last week and are returning this week. Donations are welcome.

Southern Race ATC Fun Run moved from April 19 to May 3

Go the extra mile. Help fulfill the hopes of the kids of SOS Children’s Village Philippines. Join the Southern Race ATC Fun Run on May 3, Sunday. Be at the Corte de las Palmas Parking Lot at 5AM and be part of the first ever community fun run organized by ATC. See the full post for details.

No Plastic Bag Weekend at ATC

Say NO to plastic bags for a weekend! Refuse the use of plastic bags on April 3 to 6 and bring your reusable bag every time you shop at Alabang Town Center! See the full post for more details.

Southbound goes Green

The Southbound crew unload some old monitors at the SM Waste Market—and discover how easy it is to do good by the environment!

Stumbling Upon Blessings Seminary Bakeshop

Betty and Wria get lost in Cavite and find a bakeshop where they load up on goods for a bread trail.

Scenes of Subdivision Infill Farming

Ever wondered about those neat rows of kinchay and wansoy marching across some of the vacant lots in BF? Betty shares some interesting articles about these pockets of infill farming from Bea Misa’s charming blog on gardening.

Make a Difference with the Lifeline Foundation

No time like the start of a new year to begin doing good things, and what could be better than helping others? To help you channel your positive energies and lend a helping hand, Betty visited the Lifeline Foundation and discovered a wealth of opportunities to uplift others.

Got Pics of the Dancing Kids?

Pinoys love to dance, and even those who don’t dance love to watch other Pinoys dance, it seems. Witness the popularity of all the dancing traffic guys that ever existed (there’s a current incarnation at the McKinley intersection in Fort), and the YouTube dancing heroes of Bilibid.
Yesterday my sister and I were waiting at the […]

SM Waste Market Fair - Where your old appliances go to die ;)

Spring cleaning is good, but Christmas cleaning is better. This is the time of year when you discover all that odds and ends you’ve stored away over the past 12 months, as it comes crashing down over your heads when you unearth the Christmas tree with matching boxes of jumbled decorations and tangled lights. I’ve […]

Trash into cash - SM Supermalls’ Waste Market

Most of my rainy days are spent at home doing, ehem, �home improvement.� This pretty much translates to cleaning my house by wading through years of accumulated stuff and throwing out all the kalat. Or at least that�s how it�s supposed to be, in theory. The reality is I end up surrounded by clouds of […]

A Public Service Announcement…

We here in Metro Manila were spared the wrath of the Reming, but others further South were not. For members of our little community who would like to help out, here are some options, courtesy of Via (thanks V!). -ed
Pinoys and other people living abroad, they can help using 1 and 2:

Salvation Army - […]