Lanterns for Prosperity

Kung Hei Fat Choi, Cebu! The Chinese New Year is finally here and what could be better than celebrating it with our family and friends? Welcome 2011 in your life by making a wish and lighting a Fire Lantern this New Year's Eve.

On February 3, catch Chinese Fire Lanterns fly above the night sky as it glow for a bright year ahead. Want to be a part of the show? Sure you can! Simply shop and dine at SM City Cebu's finest boutiques and restaurants this Chinese New Year!

Promo Mechanics:

1.   The first 200 diners to present a receipt of at least P500.00 – single purchase from any Main Mall or Northwing restaurant – on February 3, 2011 get a chance to light and fliy a fire lantern.

2.       Interested diners are to present their receipt at the Redemption Booth located at the Northwing Atrium on February 3 from 11:00 am to 7:00pm. A claim stub will be given upon registration and presentation of receipt.

3.    Participants can surrender their stub to the Fire Lantern attendant at the Open Parking Area fronting the Northwing between 6:00pm  to 9:00 pm in exchange for the Fire Lantern kit.

4.    Participants should be in the launch area by7:15-7:30pm to prepare for the 7:30pm demonstration and 8:00pm launch.

5.  A total of 200 fire lanterns will be given out to the first 200 registered participants.

Usher in an awesome Year of the Rabbit at SM City Cebu. I personally recommend you to attend this once-in-a-year event. I for one will be there! I hope to see you! Cheers!

Chinese New Year

On the third day of February, we will be celebrating the Chinese New Year! It's going to be a blast as our fellow Chinese family will be opening a new chapter in the book of life.

To everyone, Kung Hei Fat Choi! I wish you all happiness and good health year-round! Consider reading my New Year post -> 15 Ways to Jumpstart Your 2011. Don't forget to check out the January 2011 Movie Releases so you'll know what's still airing in the movies this week.  Lastly, treat your eyes with these eye-candies -> Pyrofest 2011: Dumaguete is the Brightest. Enjoy reading!

15 Ways to Jumpstart Your 2011

It's January 2011! Hurray! Starts and ends are happening and for that, we should change! Time to apply our learnings from our endeavors that we have encountered last year and change for the better.

What is your plan for 2011? Don't give me a "Nothing.". Set goals and visions for the next 12 months! Time is so precious and the challenging thing is that, it flies so fast. For those of you who in one way or another can't think of what to do in the first month of 2011, I have something for you!

Pamper yourself, learn something new or just have fun with these 15 ways I recommend you to do to jumpstart your 2011. This is my personal list which I will be following starting this day and on.

• Go Green - Shift to the green lifestyle by taking part of of any environmental project held in the community. Follow environmental actions like reducing, reusing, and recycling whether at home or in other places.
• Get Physical - exercise everyday and have a balanced diet. Be a health-conscious person like no other but don't exaggerate things. Just be clean and neat.
• Sporty You - treat yourself with serious sport activities. Whatever sport you've been fascinating since your childhood years, make it come to life. Play it with a good pal.
• Start Saving - open a bank account or simply keep a piggy bank. Restrict yourself from opening it and be obliged to drop any amount of money in it everyday.
• Serious Christian - attend prayer vigils and holistic events. Reconcile to those you have sinned and forgive the people you hurt. Pray the Rosary at times and don't skip Holy Masses.
• Renew Yourself - get a new hairstyle, shave that bear, and remodel your room. Try to improve your physical looks. Make all things good and act positively. If you achieve it, don't forget to spread the good vibes to others ;)
• Give Back - involve yourself in outreach programs. Be aware of the standing of your community and your fellow countrymen. Share your blessings.

"The more you share yourself to others, the more valuable your existence in the world will become."

• Be a Model - show kindness at all times. Study hard. Outstand your co-workers. Any of the following will make you a good model wherein you will gain respect and honor. It will also turn you into an influential person.
• Hook Up - we know you love your family and friends but saying it isn't enough. Show them that you truly love them all by going out together more frequent than last year. Pig out, play some sports, go on a vacation or simply call for small cooking parties and sleep-overs to have bonding moments with them.
• Have some Recreation -  relieve your senses from the stresses you felt last year. Spend some quality time for yourself. Do what you want that will make you happy. Watching a movie, go bowling, or read a novel you like will do.
• Like Versatility - develop a new skill by starting a new hobby different from your personality. If you love rock music and dislike love songs, try listening to love songs. Try appreciating it by memorizing its lyrics and sharing it to your friends. If you like eating, learn how to cook. Enroll yourself in short-term culinary classes.

"Music is the language of the soul."

• Marry Music - be musically inclined. Sing if you love to. If you're not good at it, go to singing school or learn how to play a certain musical instrument. This will give you advantages during parties and special occassions. Aside from presenting it as a gift to your love-ones, you can open up teaching class wherein you can earn money.
• Get Out of the Country - excite yourself with something different from your culture. Visit unique tourist spots, eat unusual dishes, do some rituals of foreign natives, or learn a new language. Of course, don't forget to photograph the moments and share it to the world through social networking sites.
• Follow Something - it's really exciting to follow something that comes out rarely in a month or year. What I'm saying is, begin collecting stuff or get tuned up with some book or television series. This will make you feel contented if you achieve to own, read, or see your new collection.
• Document Your Life -  start recording your daily actions. Make a simple scrapbook of your accomplishments. Use a planner or an unused notebook. You'll be surprised at the end of the year that you have done a lot and it's all like a wosh of the wind.

Now that the first decade of 2000 has ended, it would be best to begin 2011 with a bang of productive actions. Follow my list or make your own. It would be best to have a guide that will remind you time by time, your your main goal for the year. God speed!

Photo-filled New Year Post

LAST NIGHT was a time of change.  Change. Yes . I made a big alternation that night. It was December 31 2009 and I slept by the time the clock struck 10:00 pm. January 1, 2010 I woke up around 10:00 am. My mother gave me a smile that I never saw from her visage long before I my aunt introduced to us her fiance in the near days of November. She conversed to me as I pulled myself out of my bed that she was happy that I slept so early. 10:00 pm is honestly a very early time for me to sleep. She was happy that I rested not enough, but for long.

Outside is best described in three concrete words: smokey, foul and dirty. The streets and roads have been filled with burnt out wood and paper. I cannot stand the smell of the place caused by the firecrackers and fireworks left outs. But it doesn't make me puke -I guess and that's fine however, I'm worried of my lungs. The smoke is covering the way from the very gate of our domicile discouraging me to getting a glimpse of the look of our neighboring houses.

Koko Krunch made my day. I saw a large box of it on top of our dinning table. I was beautiful, I say. *chuckle* Koko was cute but I looked cuter while eating the contents of his box paired with Alphine evaporated milk all bought by my loving mother yesterday as I have requested to her.

Silence filled the air. I had the sure idea that everybody is asleep. Everyone in  the house was except for Monic, the yougest sibling of the family who left Cute Koko on top of the table widely open, ready to be eaten by me *yum!* and of course myself who just woke up- full of energy from a continuous 12 hour sleep. Beat that *tongue*

I came to a thought of having my firsts of the year 2010. I listened to music. I want to hear a song for the first time in the year 2010 to be something that I like for a long time. And then it was fulfilled under the song title of "Borrowed Time" by Cueshe. Then I read a book that I personally bought in the late days of November 2010 with the title "The Cebu We Know" by Erma M. Cuizon. Something I'm crazy about followed *laugh* I took the family camera and made a few shots of myself.

I ended up using the computer. I plurked. I blogged. I uploaded the pictures I just took after cropping it. I checked my online accounts and then rested my eyes on the couch. I was like a taste of bliss. I was a very cold morning. Oh yes! Finally! I have remembered! Yesterday, it was pouring. 2009 passed away happily. I realized that negative happenings dominated the days of 2009 than that of the affirmative happenings. As I view it, blessings showered the universe yesterday because it was raining.

It may seem that my first day of 2010 is not so fulfilling- if you understand it deeply but it was something unusual to me. Everyday of my teenage life, I've been working like a dog. True. So focused. Terribly tired. The first episode of 2010 in my life is like having a taste of heaven. No seriousness involved. Peace was there. Silence was really present.  Serenity lingered in my mind.

Today is a very rare day to find. I feel so blessed.

Happy New Year everyone!