October 16, 2009
Announcements, Beauty, Cagayan de Oro City, Fashion, Mindanaoan Update, Style
All you Havaianas fans listen up! 
There will be a special Make Your Own Havaianas 2009 event on October 23 to 25, 2009 at the Atrium of Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao. The MYOH event this year will be spearheaded by SPRUCE Designer Network, which owns the Spruce store at the second floor of Lim Ket Kai.
Make Your Own Havaianas 2009 this year banners the theme “Put Some Local Soul Into Your Step!” Visit the event center during mall hours and choose your own Havaianas slippers, pins and other accessories.
For more information, visit the website indicated on the poster.
Have fun, Mindanaoan!
Havaianas, by the way, is a proud sponsor of the upcoming Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3.
LikeOctober 5, 2009
Announcements, Cagayan de Oro City, Contests, Davao City, Entertainment, Events, Journalism, Mindanaoan Update, Music, News, blogging, iligan city, northern mindanao
The winners of the Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool 2009 Mindanao regional finals were declared last Saturday, October 3, 2009 via an afternoon-long musical event held at The Atrium of the Limketkai Mall in Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao.
Little School House of Xavier University, EEVEE of Philippine Women’s College Davao City and Disco, Disco, Disco of St. Michael’s College were declared the winners of the Mindanao eliminations. Each of the winning college bands received P25,000.00 and the chance to compete in the national finals to be held in Manila.
Prizes at stake at the national finals include P250,000.00 in cash, P100,000.00 worth of band equipment for the school the band represents and an exclusive record contract with Sony Philippines.
The Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool is an inter-collegiate competition open to young, unsigned bands in the Philippines. Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool, which has committed itself to discovering the best college bands and helping them become famous, has produced some of the country’s hottest young bands including last year’s winner Letter Day Story and Hilera. NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool aims to support the artistic passions of young Pinoy musicians all over the country.
Popular Manila band 6Cyclemind (of “Walang Iwanan,” “Sige,” “Trip” and “Sandalan” fame) also performed during the event. Maxine and TJ, hosts of a local Sunday TV show, served as the hosts for the day.
The Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool 2009 Mindanao Regional Finals event was part of the nationwide tour to select the cream of the crop among the college bands that have sent in their entries up until early September this year. The three finalists from Mindanao will join 10 other bands from all over the Philippines in a special “mentorship program” wherein the band members will have the chance to listen to advice and insights of some of the local music industry’s top artists and business executives about how to further improve songwriting skills, ability to connect with audience, among others. Last year’s list of mentors included Callalily, Sandwich, Jr. Kilat, Urbandub, Pupil and Spongecola.
The 2009 Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool holds the theme “Huwag Na Magtago! Magparamdam Ka Na!” Supporters of this annual event include the Commission on Higher Education, Sony Music Entertainment Philippines, Paseo de Bahamas, Rudy Project, Boracay Scuba, Boracay Mandarin Island Hotel, Ix Chel, La Carmela de Boracay Resort Hotel and Parkmall Mandaue Cebu.
For more details, visit the official Soundskool website.
Check out this video Mindanaoan took during the Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool 2009 Mindanao finals competition:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE NESCAFE 3IN1 FAMILY FOR INVITING MINDANAOAN. I would also like to thank Kristine of Ogilvy PR Manila. Thank you very much!
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September 30, 2009
Announcements, Arts, Cagayan de Oro City, Campus, Contests, Entertainment, Events, Mindanaoan Artists, Mindanaoan Update, Music, blogging
College bands and other young musicians from all over the region will vie this Saturday, October 3, 2009, for the Nescafe 3-in-1 Soundskool 2009 Mindanao Regional Finals. The event will take place at 2PM at the Limketkai Atrium, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao.
The event is part of the nationwide tour to select the cream of the crop among the college bands that have sent in their entries up until early September this year. The Nescafe Soundskool regional finals this Saturday will be the first of four elimination rounds.
Top Manila band 6Cyclemind (of “Walang Iwanan,” “Sige,” “Trip” and “Sandalan” fame) and last year’s NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool grand prize winner Letter Day Story will perform.
NESCAFÉ 3in1 Soundskool aims to support the artistic passions of young Pinoy musicians all over the country.
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September 6, 2009
Arts, Beauty, Business, Cagayan de Oro City, Entertainment, Events, Features, Festivals, Leisure, Mindanaoan Update, Musings, Personal, Personalities, Photos, Society, Style, blogging
My 3 younger brothers and I all loved to draw, paint and sketch. However, our father taught us how to further hone our skills. My father was a very talented illustrator. I used “was” because he died several years ago, back when I was still in college. He was an amazing artist – with just a charcoal pencil and a blank sheet of paper, he could whip up a very detail-oriented drawing of a hen taking care of its chicks in just a few minutes. He could sketch a portrait oh so effortlessly. He didn’t like to trace and he seldom used an eraser.
He drew from the heart.
Fast forward many years – our youngest sibling Bon seems to be the only one who continues to dabble in the arts. My love for painting, drawing and sketching is still there — I’m just one of those who need a major bout of inspiration and a certain mood before I pick up my brush, though. I do apply that love for graphic design in other aspects of my job, though — in making posters for events I organize, in editing my photos and in creating various crafts.
Anyways – back to my brother Bon – apart from now being a professional photographer, he continues to do graphic design, caricatures and illustrations for various clients here and abroad. In fact, he used to be the regular cartoonist of the “Ming the Mini Bus” comic series. Those comic books were circulated all over Hongkong and the New Territories (I should know, I personally called up the client who hired my brother while I was in Hongkong last year – I’m THAT proud of an ate! ). My brother also drew for the Xavier University Crusader School Publication’s “Hohongihong” (the back part of the magazine which is full of cartoons).
These days, he has added another feather on his cap. Bon, along with three other artists, showcased their talents in doodling in a recent exhibition held at Spruce, Limketkai Mall, Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao.
Spruce, by the way, is a boutique located at the second floor of the largest mall in Cagayan de Oro. It carries various brands such as Havaianas, Birkenstock, Charcoal and Aranaz.
A doodle, on the other hand, is a type of sketch, an unfocused drawing made while a person’s attention is otherwise occupied.
Check out one of the two finished products (this one’s currently on display at Spruce):
* photo by Mindanaoan.com – taken using an LG Arena *
And here’s my brother Bon, hard at work:
* photo by Mindanaoan.com – taken using an LG Arena KM900 *
Truth be told, he looks so much like our father from this angle
I’m happy that my father’s legacy still lives on…through Bon And I’m glad that local establishments such as Spruce continue to support Mindanaoan artists. To the Spruce management – may your tribe increase!
By the way, the works of Bon and a fellow professional photographer, Dustein, will be featured in a photo exhibit at Spruce this month of September. Watch out for that! Of course, Mindanaoan will also post updates.
Do drop by Spruce at the second floor of Lim Ket Kai Mall soon.
Also, if you’re interested to hire my brother, please don’t hesitate to CONTACT ME through this form or by calling (+63) 919 238 6575. He can accept commission work for doodles, caricatures, illustrations and graphic design. Of course, you can also hire him as wedding photographer (whenever he’s the main photographer, he often gets me as back-up hehe So it’d be cool if you hire a brother-sister tandem, yes? I’d love to meet you, too!)
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How ForMe Boutique CDO almost robbed me of nearly 400 pesos and how ForMe has lost a customer forever
September 1, 2009
Business, Commentary, Consumer, Controversial, Crime, Mindanaoan Update, Musings, Opinion, Personal, Style
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What supposed to be was a fun Sunday shopping spree went sour when Mindanaoan was almost “robbed” of nearly 400 pesos by a boutique in Cagayan de Oro City, Mindanao. It’s really disappointing and I’m writing about this to reiterate the need and importance of consumer protection and rights of paying customers.
The CDO Limketkai Mall branch of ForMe, a company owned by Golden ABC (which also runs Oxygen, Red Logo, Memo, Regatta and Penshoppe), failed to bill me correctly and if I wasn’t able to double check my purchases and receipt, I would have been “robbed” of P379.20
Here’s what happened…
I bought two tops at the Cagayan de Oro branch of ForMe at the Ground Floor of Limketkai Mall. The store was offering a sale. One top was originally priced at P998.00 (it had a barcode of 30260935) but was on a 30 percent discount sale. The other top was originally priced at P798.00 (it had a barcode of 30263792) but was being offered with a 10 percent discount.
As I paid for my purchases, the cashier (whose name – I will withhold for the time being – is printed on the official receipt which is still in my possession) offered me their so-called “privilege card.” I wasn’t interested so I just told her to ring my purchases. I could sense her disappointment. When she handed me my change and purchased items, she didn’t even thank me (which I think is customary) but I just brushed it off as a sign that she probably was just tired.
The total price that I paid – P1,796.00
So I left and caught up with my brother and mother at a nearby key duplication booth. My brother had a key duplicated and as we waited, I mentally calculated my purchases from the ForMe store. I figured that there was no way that I should’ve paid P1,796.00 since both tops were supposed to be sold at discounted rates. So I checked my receipt and lo behold, the cashier DID fail to subtract the discounts!
I immediately went back to the ForMe Cagayan de Oro store and confronted the cashier. She was standing near the cash register. I told her about what happened — that she billed me for both items at their respective regular prices. She looked at me dryly and said, “Ay nakalimot diay ko.” (I forgot)
I got pissed at how she reacted and at her measly excuse. How can a cashier for chrissakes forget that their store was offering a SALE? Almost all, if not all, items were being offered at discounted rates! Plus both of the tops that I chose were displayed along racks that bore huge signs that said “30% DISCOUNT” and “10% OFF” I mean, really, can you forget? Or was it a deliberate move on the cashier’s part? I’d hate to think that the latter was correct.
The female store manager approached us and asked what was wrong. I explained the whole thing to her. Embarrassed, she re-computed my bill and admitted that her staff “overbilled” me P379.20 The total price that I should have paid was only supposed to be P1,416.80
The store manager issued a new official receipt and gave me P379.20
Even though the issue was settled, I still warned the store manager to double check on her staff. P379.20 may not be a big deal but a small situation like this can definitely ward off customers. I myself won’t be buying a thing from that ForMe store anymore. Period.
Hopefully, this can serve as a lesson to business owners. Always double check on your staff especially on your frontliners. They can make or break your business. Seriously.
And as for paying customers like myself — PLEASE double check your change, your official receipt and your money. And always, ALWAYS remember that you have the right to complain. You have rights as consumer/customer. Fight for your rights and be protected.