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Not all of us are born to become fashion divas but we can sure try to be one, learning to project our “more enhanced” features and learning how to pose naturally in front of the camera and “owning” it.

There are fashion wannabes who want to give it a try but are clueless on where to start from scratch such as there are artists with the eye and the talent but needs to hone up their skills in making people more beautiful than they already are.

If, however, you dream about being a stylist (to the stars perhaps) or a fashion photographer or a just a have improved personality to make your way to the top, you know that there is a way you can achieve these things.

Yes, this is actually possible.

The Fashion Academy Manila is the answer to your dream of dabbling in the world of fashion and style.

THE FASHION ACADEMY MANILA LAUNCH VIDEO from Lambert Pangilinan on Vimeo.

Fashion Academy Manila brings the industry’s best and brightest under one roof to teach fashion enthusiasts seven unique and specialized curriculum:

• Photography
• Make-Up
• Hair Creatives
• Fashion
• Styling
• Modeling
• Artists’ Lab
• Personality Enhancement for the career professionals

Center Manager Cindy-Arguelles Lichauco says that “Classes will equip students the right tools as well as the necessary knowledge, experience and insights through the mentors who are considered the professionals in the business.”

The Fashion Academy Manila‘s recent Grand Opening at The Podium brought together some of the prominent names in the fashion industry namely Xander Angeles, guest Creative Director Raymond Gutierrez, Maxene Magalona who was the first cover of Visualzine, and other industry bigwigs behind Fashion Academy Manila.

The Fashion Academy Manila is located at 3/F A.Venue Mall, Makati Avenue, Makati City. For more information, you may log on to www.thefashionacademymanila.com or call telephone numbers 909-7400 or 0917-5034583

Tags: Fashion Academy Manila, Fashion Academy Manila The Podium, Vizualzine, Xander Angeles

Nuffnang and Hapee are both Xtraordinary first class.

Why?

Nuffnang is one of the best innovative marketing companies working with bloggers and advertisers in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Australia.

Hapee is first class because it is from Lamoiyan Company that gives quality products based on the values they believe in. We use one of it’s products regularly: GUMTECT toothpaste, recommended by our dentist.

Tags: Hapee Toothpaste, Nuffnang and Hapee Special Screening

How high can one go when looking down? This high?

Though of course I’m not so sure if local flights fly as high as international flights, still, it’s a long way from where I am to where I’m looking down 🙂

Tags: airplane, airplane ride, clouds, Photo Hunter, sky

I’ve run out of calling cards and I need to have some printed soon. I still have a few left of my old ones but since the blog url in those cards have changed from Filipino Mom Blog to Filipino Mom Bloggers, there should be new cards to go with it.

Calling cards, club flyers, business cards are important to have on hand, just in case a possible business plan is in the works.

Do you always carry calling cards with you?

Tags: business cards, calling cards

I don’t know if the “Buy HGH” doctor’s order is acceptable to some people. There are some things that are quite difficult to accept regarding one’s age.

If there is a real fountain of youth, then perhaps people will be at each other’s neck to be able to get to it first.

Aging is inevitable.

Being a teacher dealing with young children (and several tweens), I have to feel young, have a know-how with what’s in and what’s hot. Sometimes it irritates me when people acknowledge me and say “opo” or call me “tita” or worse, “mommy” -> duh, hindi kita anak no?! LOL.

Ho do we age gracefully? Here are a few tips on aging gracefully:

• Have a positive outlook in life.
• Surround yourself with loved ones who will not just support you but will accept you and all your little flaws.
• Be physically fit.
• Eat healthy food.
• Be mentally alert by constantly learning new things and re-learning other skills you may have forgotten along the way.
• Take charge of your life by planning ahead.

There are times when I feel young and vibrant and full of new dreams to conquer. There are also times when I feel old and tired.But when I look at my family, I know there’s so much to live for and I want to live longer while I age gracefull, all for them.

Don’t you want to do that too?

Tags: aging, aging gracefully, healthy food, physically fit, planning ahead, positive outlook, taking charge of your life

Filipinos are one of the more sociable people in the planet. If by chance you meet someone you know on the street (or in a mall), one of the few greetings exchanged would be:

“O, kumusta ka na?” “Saan ka galing?” “Saan ang lakad mo?”

Aside from these usual introductory greetings, Pinoys seem to find it hard to part ways with friends they meet, and the usual goodbyes are longer than the actual conversations. We even have small talks and make friends with people we don’t know while in a bus or the MRT or at the supermarket’s long line and even while getting documents for Medicare part D plan.

Funny isn’t it, but so true.

We Pinoys are an adventurous bunch but that doesn’t mean we are careless. In our society where things have gotten fast-paced, modern and everyone seems to be in a hurry, we try to be as practical as we can , using on things that will be reliable and able to keep up with everything that we have to do.

Because we live in a tropical country, we love wearing slippers. Not just ordinary slippers but functional, stylish and not super expensive.

Personally, one of the brands I use as slippers when I need to go places is my Dupe pair of slippers. This was what I wore when I went to Divisoria with my hubby last Sunday. With all the walking we did, I didn’t have any problems with it.

So, Dupe asks Pinoy: “Saan ang lakad mo?”

Tags: Dupé, Dupe asks Pinoy Saan ang Lakad mo, Dupé Gel HXP, Dupe Saan ang Lakad mo, Dupe slippers