"With great power comes great responsibility." - Uncle Ben, Spiderman Social media gives people opprtunities to communicate, learn, and earn. In so many ways, people can create careers, businesses, fame and fortune. With these opportunities are also opportunities to change lives and change societies. In the Arab Spring, social media greatly contributed to the revolutions and rise od democracy in some nations in the Middle East. Social media didn't create change. Rather, it became one of the most effective tools to contribute to change. One doesn't have to wait for a revolution to happen for a citizen to contribute to social change. With social media, a citizen can easily and possibly bring change to society. Social media can give voice to the unheard. It can amplify a message. It can give light to issues which have never been discussed. It can provoke a nation to change in ways they never thought they could. Social media gives most individuals with the opportunity to be an opinion maker, to influence, to be more important than he could ever be. With these opportunities come the opportunity to use social media to create change. Advocacies can become more powerful and can reach a wider…
Category: events
The #GlobeAmplified Racing Experience
On March 23, 2012, Globe Telecom launched their $700 million system transformation in Davao City. This translates to better mobile services along with a better customer service experience. The entire system transformation is is anchored on the tagline "A Bigger Globe for a Bigger YOU!" And the first roll-out for this new system is in... DAVAO CITY! In order to test the system, 21 bloggers and members of local and national media organizations were chosen to participate in a race around Davao City. Together with the Department of Tourism and AirPhil Express, Globe Telecom showcased their amplified services in a unique adventure around Davao City. I was chosen and grouped together with Alex Villafania of loqal.ph and Giovanni Flaviano of the People's Forum. We were Team GCash Remit Purple and I was the team's designated navigator. As navigator, I had to perform tasks and challenges separate from my team. Upon completion of my task, I'd inform my teammates where their next task is. Armed with an iPhone 4S and the Globe network, I raced around Davao City along with other navigators. I had to run through Aldevinco Shopping Center to find a labeled scarf, take pictures at San Pedro Cathedral,…
Davao Bloggers Night Walk
To celebrate the 75th Araw ng Dabaw, Davao Bloggers went out of their comfy cocoons to walk the streets of Davao and enjoy some of the simple delights that the city has to offer. Check this out... We walked around and took photos of the San Pedro Street area. We ate tonsss of street food. I loved the fresh buko (coconut) juice and the kwek kwek with unlimited fresh seaweed and cucumber salad. Then, we took a ride aboard an electric tricycle to go to our final destination for the night: the Hudyakaan Beer Festival. This is where we had our fill of chicken barbeque, pork barbeque, sisig, and rice washed down by glasses of ice cold soda. It was a fun, tummy-filling night of bonding and eating. I'm definitely looking forward to another bonding walk with the interesting guys and girls of Davao Bloggers.
Ultra Vires Unmasked
JCI Makati Princess Urduja and Victoria in Lege celebrated International Women's Month with a fashion show to raise awareness on the fight against Violence Women and Children or VAWC. Entitled Ultra Vires Unmasked, the event celebrated beauty, glam, and feminine power. The beautiful ladies of JCI Makati Princess Urduja modelled clothes and styles by TOPS, TYLER, John Rufo, and the Fashion and Design Council of the Philippines (FDCP). Aika Chua and her team from Make Up Forever made the Urduja ladies even more beautiful as they shashayed on the ramp. Plinky Recto, a staunch advocate against domestic abuse was present to the event as she is an advocate of anti-VAWC. Monica Hipolito of JCI Makati Princess Urduja and Atty. Andre De Jesus of JCI Makati hosted the event while DJ Ojie Mamuric of JCI Manila livened up the party with his beats. Event sponsor, Mrs. Melissa Racela of Phosphor Watches, gave away 2 watches. Proceeds from the event will benefit the I AM A SURVIVOR Program, a rehabilitation and empowerment efforts of JCI Makati Princess Urduja and Victoria in Lege that focuses on projects in the field of women empowerment. Make Up Forever, Maquillage Professionnel, and Jobs Central Asia were…
Wear Red this Saturday
This Saturday, Davao will sizzle as the ladies of JCI Davaoena Daba Daba host the Red Party at the Eagles Bar at the Marco Polo Hotel. From 7 pm - 2 pm on December 20, 1022, party guests will enjoy unlimited cocktail drinks. Trellis n Vines and Pixie's Sinugba will be serving some pica-pica to complement the cocktail drinks. Exciting games and raffle prizes await you from Envy Me Salon, Metro Home Massage, and Rancheros. The party is a fund-raising project for the Stop HIV and AIDS Campaign of Daba Daba. All proceeds will be used for educational forums, seminars and workshops to educate the youth about HIV and AIDS. M Magazine and the Riality Bites Show of the Mindanao Travel Channel are the event's media partners. We invite our guests to wear their hottest red outfit. If you don't have one yet, SOUL Lifestyle has a selection of sizzling hot red dresses you can choose from. Which one of the dresses do you think I should wear? ;) And yes, bring your best red accessories. Check out this red hot clutch bag from Ted Baker. Check them out at this link. So do you have a red hot attire…
Meeting the Miss Earth Candidates
Was still tired and sleepy when I got a phone call. One of my bosses asked me if I could attend the Miss Earth press con in around 2 hours. Errr... I agreed hesitantly. We waited awhile before the candidates arrived and when they entered the room, all I could see were legs, legs, and even more legsss. The candidates were lovely but two of them stood out for me, Miss Macau and Miss Japan. It was an interesting experience meeting the candidates. They're all so composed and it seemed like they didn't sweat at all even if it was very hoooot that day. And some of them didn't stop going to the buffet table and yet they were all so slim. Did I mention they're all so tall? I abandoned wearing heels to the press con coz I had a long day ahead. And I regretted making that decision. I looked like a midget beside them. The Miss Earth 2011 candidates are in the Philippines for the Miss Earth Pageant to be held this week in Manila. Some of them are visiting Davao (and other cities) to know and enjoy more of the country. It was such an interesting…