GenSan News Online Mag

Pinoy Big Brother 2009 Grand Winner Ejay Falcon is back and this time, no less than Robinsons Place GenSan is featuring him on a mall show.

Ejay Falcon’s appearance will be tomorrow, Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 5pm at the Activity Center.  This is actually his second time to be in GenSan.  He was here last year together with the recently deceased AJ Perez for a KCC Mall Show.

What’s good about his show this time is the fact that it is FREE.  No purchases required.  Just be at Robinsons’ atrium before 5pm to get a good vantage.

Pinoy Big Brother Teen Clash 2010 Edition Second Placer, Ryan Bang, a young Korean who is proving himself to be a very good comedian is coming to town for a show at the KCC Mall of GenSan tomorrow, April 30, 2011.

Currently, Ryan Bang is one of the longest-staying judges of It’s Showtime, ABS-CBN’s daily talent show and is a mainstay of  “Banana Split Daily Servings”, a daily gag show.

Together with him are the Velasco Brothers, a talented group of acrobats who won 3rd place in Pilipinas Got Talent.

To score a ticket to their show tomorrow, exchange your receipts from purchases at the KCC Department Store worth P1,000 at their Redemption Counter.

It is still three weeks away but as early as now, the 2011th edition of the biggest beach party to hit Southern Mindanao is now making waves with the release of its official poster!

We are talking about the Sarangani Bay Festival of course or SarBay Fest, for short.

An annual project of the Sarangani Provincial Government conceptualized under the administration of Governor Migs Dominguez, the Sarangani Bay Festival is meant to draw attention to the their mission to conserve the richness of Sarangani Bay’s marine life and save its ecological wonders while at the same time, focusing on its tourism potentials through a three-day celebration!

The Sarangani Bay Festival 2011 will unspool on May 19-21, 2011.  Capitalizing on the province’s come-on:  Sarangani, Your Adventure, Tourism Vice-Chair Michelle Solon, the better-half of Vice-Governor Steve Solon has lined up all imaginable activities and events for just about everyone.

Take note of these:  SarBay Summer Nights, Bay Bodies (Bikini Open), Acoustic Nights, Party by the Bay, Fire Dancers performances, Concert by the Bay with Rocksteddy, Lumba Bugsay, Bombo Bancarera, Culinart Competition, BayFair FunRun, Swim Across the Bay Race, Sand Sculpture, All Night Party with BeatLab DJs, Danzercise, Ultimate Frisbee Competition, Beach Volleyball, Beach Foot Volley, Beach Football, and Skimboard Competition/Exhibition, among other things.

See?  There is something in it for every Tom, Dick, Jane and Mary!

GenSan News Online Mag will be putting out the Sarangani Bay Festival 2011 Schedule of Events here soon  so please checkback later.

For the moment, start dieting so that you will be more than ready to display your curves or your muscles in time for the biggest beach party in Southern Mindanao!

See you soon!

For more info on the Sarangani Bay Festival 2011, check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/saranganibayfest.

The Royal Search is on for 2011′s Little Prince & Princess Robinsons!

Robinsons Mall of GenSan is on the lookout for the smartest, cutest and most talented kids in the city by way of coming up with the first Search for Little Prince and Princess Robinsons 2011!

If you feel that your child has got what it takes to be part of Robinsons’ first Little Royale Couple, then fill up their Registration Forms at their Administration Office or Marketing Communications Office, to be exact.

A Talent Night will be conducted on May 8, 2011 to be followed by the Coronation Night on May 15, 2011 at the Activity Center of Robinsons.

This event is on top of their Search for the Most Beautiful Sagalas 2011.

Food lovers of GenSan, listen up!

We have some great news for you and we are certain that this will excite your palates even more!

The OLD SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE, which specializes in Mediterranean Food and Steaks  is back and they are better than ever!

For those who have not experienced The Old South when they first opened, check out our blogpost about it from the past by CLICKING HERE.

Anyway, according to Atty. Onie Baliao, the man behind The Old South, they have improved on the menu by concentrating on the best-sellers and adjusted their prices to make them more affordable.   They still did not scrimp on their ingredients though and still utilize authentic Mediterranean herbs and spices and the freshest meat from their suppliers.

Here below is their new Menu.

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See?  Reading their NEW IMPROVED MENU alone, makes you want to go and drive to their address at Romana Estate II, New Mabuhay-Klinan Road, City Heights Gen. Santos City.

To give you an idea of what these items in their menu are, here is a quick lesson on Mediterranean Food:

• Koftas are grilled ground meat mixed and marinated with Middle Eastern spices.

• Brocolli with Cheesy Tahini consists of broccoli florets with tahini sauce. Tahini is a ground sesame seed paste. It is creamy, oily, and smooth nut butter rich in calcium.

• Cigarette Borek is Labneh Makbus wrapped into spring roll sheets and then fried to perfection. Labneh Makbus is a soft cheese ball made from yogurt.

• Sultan’s Rice is buttered rice with raisins, cashew nuts and saffron threads.

Aside from these, they are offering the following deals:

• 10% price off to senior citizens;
• 10% price off to student barkadas every Saturday. Privilege cannot be used in conjunction with any discount card or promotion.
• 5% price off to KCC Card Holders. Privilege cannot be used in conjunction with any discount card or promotion.

To find your way to The Old South Mediterranean Cuisine, just study and follow this map below.

Did you recently purchase a digital camera?  Have you started taking your own photos but still lack the confidence to show them to the world?  Do you want to learn the ropes and possess the right skills to come up with really good images?

Then fret not!  This summer, the renowned E.D. Altares Photography has something in store for master-photographer-wannabees through a series of courses meant to enhance your skills in digital photo-imaging!

The first course, for beginners is aptly called “INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY”, which will be offered on May 7 and 8, 2011 at the Amandari Cove, Dacera Road, General Santos City.

As the course name suggests, this is a basic photography course that’s truly basic -   a course that will help beginners make sense of the the functions and settings of their cameras. This will give them the confidence of shooting outside the program or auto modes and incorporate more of their creativity in your captured images.

The E.D. Altares Photography INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE is a light course with enough activities to support the concepts being introduced in a span of two days.

The first day is mostly a mix of lecture and hands-on application of the topics. The second day is part portraiture photo shoot and part discussion and evaluation of the outputs of the participants.

The two-day INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY Course will set you back at only P2,500.

If you are bent to pursuing this new direction which might make you rich someday, then follow these instructions:

1. For reservations, a 50% downpayment is required.
2. The downpayment is non-refundable within 5 days prior to date of workshop.
3. Registration must be paid in full, 3 days before the date of workshop;  otherwise, your slot will be given to the wait listed participants.
4. First to pay in full gets the slot.

Deposit the downpayment or the complete registration fee to any BPI branch through this account name:

Account Name : Erwin D. Altares
Account Number : 3029 0374 84
Account Type : Savings

Please text E.D. Altares at cp # 0920-908-5332 after you have made your deposit.

The Registration Fee of P2,500 already includes:
1. Workshop Fee
2. Instruction Material
3. 2 Meals and 4 Snacks
4. Printing of photos for critique session
5 .Certificate of Attendance

Other schedules of the E.D. Altares Photography “INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY” Course are on May 28-29, 2011 at the Del Rio Splash Resort in Koronadal City (Registration: P2,500) and on June 24-25, 2011 at a still undisclosed place in Davao City (Registration: P2,800).

That is not all however.

The second course, a more advanced two-day workshop, this time called PHOTOSHOOT + PHOTOSHOP PORTRAITURE WEEKEND will unveil a week after the “Introduction to Digital Photography” on May 14 and 15, 2011 at the same venue, Amandari Cove.

This time, it will all be about the Fundamentals of Portraiture, Understand Light, Setting Up a Portrait Shoot, Posing Male and Female Subjects and Groups, Post-Processing Tools and Post Processing with Photoshop!

For more information, please contact Marx Talacan at cp# 0929-5069300 or 0922-8040108.  You may also check out their website at http://www.edaltaresphotography.blogspot.com or edaltares.multiply.com.  You may also LIKE them on Facebook by CLICKING HERE.

Easter Sunday is a time for rejoicing for Christians and kids around the world look forward to the traditional Easter Egg Hunt!

Here in General Santos City, Robinsons Place GenSan cashing in on the occasion and is giving its young customers an Easter treat with their GREAT EASTER EGGSPEDITION!

The fun starts at 2pm on Easter Sunday, April 24,  2011 at Robinsons Place GenSan‘s Activity Center.

Aside from conducting the conclusion of their Egg Guessing Game Contest which started on April 1oth, other fun-filled activities have been lined up until 5pm.

Participants who have been registered by their parents earlier at 12pm that day will have a chance to join Robinsons Place’s exciting Easter Fun games and win lots of prizes in the process.  They may also have their pictures taken at the Easter Bunny Picture Photo Booth!

All these and more make for a really merry Easter Sunday celebration for the kids of GenSan… as only Robinsons Place can bring!

BEST BUYS ALERT!!

OMF Lit Bookshop, the biggest bookstore in General Santos  specializing on religious, spiritual, devotional books and the like has come up with a promotion meant for Christians this Lenten season!

Here’s what they have to say:

This Lent, Pause. Read. Reflect. Because life is not meant to be lived fast-forward. Here’s a little incentive for you to come away with a Bible and an inspiring devotional – for this season from OMF Lit Bookshop!

So if you visit OMF Lit Bookshop at their branch inside the Robinsons Place GenSan, you can buy any of their imported bibles at 30% off their regular prices!!

Aside from that, four of their popular DEVOTIONALS are priced at only P200 a piece -  The Message: Remix -Solo, One Year Daily Insights with Zig Ziglar, One Year Love Language Minute Devotional and Knowing the Heart of God.

Too bad that they are running this promotion only until Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011.  So if I were you, I will not waste any time and visit OMF Lit Bookshop as soon as I can!   This is one BEST BUYS you really should not miss… because LIFE IS NOT MEANT TO BE LIVED FAST FORWARD…..

Oh God! Don’t you just adore that line?  Watch this short video below and see what it means….

The Holy Week for Christians is one of the best times to reflect on the life, passion and death of Jesus Christ.  Here is the Philippines, especially in Luzon, one of the traditions which has been passed on through generations, aside from the Visita Iglesia, is the PABASA, which is a Tagalog term, loosely translated as a “Reading Event”.

It is a Lenten practice of recitation (by chanting or singing) the story of the Savior rendered like an epic poem (ala Florante at Laura) contained in a book called “Pasyon“.

Volunteers simultaneously SING the PASYON non-stop while seated in front of a lit-up altar of the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph.  For these chanters, joining this reading/chanting marathon is one way of sacrifice or atonement for all their past sins.

Here in GenSan, the association of Kapampangans, called Aguman Capampangan, people who have roots in Pampango-speaking provinces in Luzon, spearhead this annual activity, beginning in Holy Wednesday and lasting until Black Saturday.

For this year, the PABASA will be held once again at the old NANA BETH’S Compound, along Yumang Street, a few meters away from St. Michael on April 20 to 22, 2011.

GenSan News Online Mag is therefore inviting all its readers who would want to experience this old tradition handed down through the generations to drop by this year’s PABASA 2011, before or after your VISITA IGLESIA.  Bring your family and friends and try to volunteer as readers together, an act which just might give you the indulgence you need this Holy Week.

Pampango delicacies will be served to volunteers and visitors of the PABASA 2011.  Best time to go there is in the afternoon when there will be less crowds, according to banker/blogger Orman Manansala, the President of the Aguman Capampangan Socsargen.

Below is the Google Map of Yumang Street.
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Robinsons Place GenSan Movieworld is levelling up for the Pacquiao-Mosley fight happening on May , 2011!

They’re raffling away a pair of AUTOGRAPHED TEAM PACQUAO BOXING GLOVES from Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao himself!

Each ticket to the Live Telecast via Satellite of the Pacquiao-Mosley fight which Robinsons Movieworld is showing on two of their cinemas on Sunday, May 8, 2011, will enable its holder to a chance to participate in a raffle with this autographed Team Pacquiao boxing gloves as MAJOR PRIZE.

At only P350 per ticket, the Pacquaio-Mosley fight Live via Telecast at Robinsons GenSan Movieworld is the cheapest admission fee in all the Robinsons Movieworld Cinemas nationwide.