BDJ Rendezvous: Unleash Your Personal Style

The ultimate fasyon planner is cooking yet another rendezvous not long after its recently concluded event entitled, BDJ Rendezvous: Your Confidence Check-Up.

I have attended the event last September 11 at The Ramp Crossings, Shangri-La Mall, Edsa and haven't blogged it yet, so that would be an entirely different post. For the mean time, those who wanted to join the event can read on the mechanics and more details after the jump.

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Belle De Jour's third Rendezvous event of the year is entitled Unleash Your Personal Style will be on September 25, 2010, Saturday between 1PM to 5:30 PM at The Ramp Crossings in Trinoma Mall, Quezon City. 

TOPICS:

MINDING THE DETAILS| Give yourself a fashion makeover with these foolproof styling techniques! Buy smarter and look better to get a totally fabulous new look!

STYLING YOUR NOOK | Reinvent your space with these amazing room designsolutions!

GETTING CRAFTY| Learn how to construct and craft these Do-It-Yourself gifts in time for Christmas season!

HOW TO JOIN:

This will be an intimate affair, open to ACTIVE Belle de Jour Girls. To make this more exciting, we will be offering exclusive invites to the FIRST 60 GIRLS. For an added twist:

1. Only the FIRST 20 Room Photo Entries will be accepted. (Send a photo of you in your favorite room in your house while holding the 2010 Belle de Jour Planner.) Also, answer these questions: (1) What room is it? and, (2)  why is it your favorite part of the house?

2. Only the FIRST 40 Coupon Photo Entries will be accepted (send a photo of 13 used 2010 BDJ coupons).

E-mail your photo, name, e-mail address and cellphone number to bdjgirls@belledejourpowerplanner.com and await our confirmation e-mail. We're accepting submissions from September 15 to September 23, 2010.

Hurry limited slots only! Hope to see you there!

Will you be joining another tete-a-tete with the fab girls?  Send me some love,

*Photo/poster owned by Viviamo Inc!, send to my inbox for announcement purposes only. No copyright infringement intended. 

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[Event] Manila Sound at Resorts World Manila

Resorts World Manila has been creating a buzz lately, though it's not that surprising as it is one of the most luxurious chains of hotels in the world. It is a sister company of Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore and Resorts World Genting in Malaysia. It is a new luxury casino resort located in Newport City, across Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. This resort is said to be a joint venture between AGI and Star Cruises.*

RWM is inviting everyone to get groovy and catch the Manila Sound Project at the Newport Performing Arts Theater. Go disco-dancing to the music of Hagibis, Hotdog and VST& Co. on September 25, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Tickets start at P1,000. Call 836-3333 for more information or visit any TicketNet Outlet.  Poster after the jump.

photo source: RWM 

If you are asking what or who Manila Sound is, well, I did a li'l research for you guys. So read on..

Manila Sound is a musical genre based in the Philippines that began in late 1960s and flourished in the early to mid 1970s. This was popularized by a pop rock band called Hotdog with their hits, "Ikaw Ang Miss Universe Ng Buhay Ko", "'Manila'" and "Beh Buti Nga", it was characterized by catchy melodic phrases. It is said to characterize the disco fever in the Philippines during that time.  It also ushered a procession of calculated radio hits by groups such as Cinderella, VST & Co., Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, Florante, Rico J. Puno and Hagibis, among others.*


Do you love OPM disco music too? Drop by the event and groove to the beat.


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*Photo owned by Resorts World Manila and was sent to me for announcement purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.


*Manila Sound info source: Wikipedia

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Let's Party Like the 1980s

I always wonder what was 1980's like. I was born in mid 80's but was not old enough to have a decent experience of this era. All I can remember is the humongous shoulder pads and real big wigs 'do. This is also the era of the baby boomers (methinks!) and the decade with a tremendous population growth.

1980's Hair Styles. This is the glorious era for bangs (as in a full bangs) and teased-hairs.

Shoulder pads. This trend is re-emerging, but still I wouldn't be caught dead wearing it (may pait! haha)

2010 Collection

1980's shoulder pads

Princess of Wales. I remember vaguely that Princess Diana is the Fashion Icon. High-necked frilly ruffled blouses, pearls, floral skirts, romantic ball gowns & tweed suits emerged in the fashion scene.

people mourned at her sudden death during the car crash in Paris in 1997

Music Videos. We grooved into Michael Jackson's and Madonna's music. Who would forget Duran-Duran, Prince, Queen and metal bands such as Guns N Roses and Bon Jovi? You probably tried to do the 'moonwalk dance', yes? And loved the Beatles' and John Lennon too!

E.T. the Extra-terrestrial was such a big hit that your childhood wouldn't be complete if you haven't watched it yet. Star Wars wowed the crowd as well as Batman and a personal favorite, "Who'd you gonna call?", Ghostbusters!

Methinks, the '80s is such a colorful era for the entertainment and fashion industry and became pivotal in shaping the said industries today.

Moving on, I would love to relive that era even through this musical play coming on October. I know that The Wedding Singer is a 90's movie, but hey look at those enormous shoulder pads and humongous big hair. Then, again the theme of the musical is "Let's Party Like it's 1985" 

Poster and details after the jump.

Sunday, October 23 - November 17, 2010 at the Meralco Theater

I love musical plays (well, I love plays per se) and since I wasn't able to watch Cats nor Legally Blonde, as early as now I will be reserving my tickets to this play!

What do you guys think of the 80's? What do you remember? Did you like The Wedding Singer, the movie?

PS: This poster was sent via email by Belle de Jour, yes the power planner. :)

*Photos are owned by respective owners. No copyright infringement intended.

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Of Blog Contests, Events and Sulitizen

I am blogging as it is cathartic - it gives me a feeling of peace and freedom. It brings me joy everytime the article I am typing gets to the stage wherein I actually hit the publish button -- oftentimes though, laziness is getting the best of me.. or could it be what they call writer's block?? Personally, I'm not sure, all I know is an idea will hit me and then I find my fingers caressing the keyboard and pffft! Before I knew it, I deleted everything I typed in because I am not sure what angle to write, what to include, how to end it, (insert my long list of excuses. LOL) . And then I would remember, I write as it is better to have an emotional outburst in my uncomplaining notebook and my sturdy keyboard than stab others with sharp nabbing words!

Oh well, enough about it. Let's talk about other blogs.

Whenever I read blogs I always see contests left and right (I know it's a way to maintain readers/audience) and I always wonder why they buy all those pretty stuff just to give away to strangers readers, I must have been hiding under a rock! Now, I learned that they have sponsors (ohh lucky them!) that sends them those cute li'l give-aways (not before hand-picking what items to keep for themselves, I know. *wink*) I am never lucky at raffle draws before and I don't know why that will change, but I have tried to enter a few of those contests - I lose more, than I win. Oh well, but I will still try my luck one last time.. oh! but before I do, I almost forgot.. I wasn't able to attend the Blogger's Fiesta last night at The Fort! (boo!) I heard it was fun and engaging.

Moving on, though I wasn't able to personally meet & greet those bloggers, I was still able to meet a few friends through friends of friends and through the social networks (how else?!). One of them is Mhel , and I am trying to support her on her entry in one of Sulit.com's contests that has something to do with a definition of a Sulitizen (a term coined from Sulit and citizen, to mean a certified member of their website). Details after the jump.







Please vote for:
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Sulitizen : The Epitome of Frugality
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And with this, I am crossing my fingers and ankles, hopefully I will bag something when the raffle draws near.

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Masquerade at Ace Water Spa

One of my fave no-brainer R&R spot in the metro is the Ace Water Spa located in Del Monte Avenue, Quezon City.

I first learned of the Hydrotherapy Massage they offer in one of the coupons of the Belle De Jour Planner. What is Ace Water Spa? According to their website:

"ACE Water Spa traces back its concept to word SPA- derived from the Latin Phrase “Salus per Aquam” or “Sanitus per Aquam” meaning Health through Water. Since then, Water has been a vital element in cleansing, relaxing and healing because its curative properties. In England, back in the 16th century, the Romans came up with an idea to undergo “medicinal bathing” to soothe and treat body illnesses by the roman soldiers, thus hydrotherapy was born."

This place have been my solace for two years now whenever I want to get away from the hustle bustle in the city and hear the rustling of waters. But alas, with popularity comes the crowd. I felt the increasing crowd have robbed me off my peace and quiet. Thus now, I only visit the place during weekdays so as to avoid the crowd. Don't get me wrong, the place is still fantastic and well maintained, but I just want my alone time!

Anyhoo, when I checked my mail last week, I found this.

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So if you want to experience a masquerade party, just head off to Ace Water Spa on August 20 & 21 (Friday & Saturday), 7pm onwards with (or without) your party masks and experience an 'unforgettable night of music and magic" **

**P795/head

Includes the following:

• Spa Ticket
• 4-course meal buffet
• goodie bag
• a chance to win in the raffle and a lot more

*Images are owned by respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. 

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