Celebrate Everything Furry at FurryPinas 2018

Do you know what a Furry is?  Well, if you have seen movies like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Zootopia, The Lion King, shows such as My Little Pony, or anime such as Pokemon then you might have an idea. FurryPinas 2018, happening on May 19-20 at the SMX Convention Center, is a celebration of everything furry. The convention’s vision is to serve as the annual hub for furry or anthropomorphic media.

FurryPinas 2018 will be the first ever furry convention open to the public, after its first event in 2014. Holding the record as being the first furry convention in Southeast Asia, FurryPinas is the official and only furry convention in the Philippines. 

What is the Furry Hobby?

Furry is not only a fandom, but also a hobby.  If you enjoy looking at personified animals in different forms of media be it movies, TV shows, anime, comics, etc., then you are part of the Furry hobby. Some examples of animal characters would include famous characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, and many more.

Most of the communities involved in the Furry Hobby had been established long ago.  Take for example Sylvanian Families, one of the most popular toys in the market which has existed since 1985. Made by the Japanese gaming company Epoch in 1985, Sylvanian Families is a collection of anthropomorphic animal figurines and model sets. Distributed around the world, they have become so popular that there is a growing community here in the Philippines, one that remains strong to this day.

Other communities such as a fanbase for Pokemon have been very lively since the countless adorable critters have been popping out not only in our gaming consoles, but also in our phones, in the form of Pokemon Go. It is not uncommon to see someone throwing virtual Pokeballs at a virtual Pokemon while walking.

  

Why would you attend FurryPinas 2018?

It is one of the most unique conventions happening this 2018. If you will be attending, then you are among the first to experience this one of a kind event.  Despite being such a unique event, the tickets are also affordable with the basic entry level ticket costing at Php 115 inclusive of a lanyard and a con ID badge (early bird).

That’s not all! Anyone who purchases a ticket will surely get freebies during the event.  FurryPinas 2018 recognizes everyone who supports the event, no matter the type of ticket they buy, but do remember that greater freebies are in store for those who want more.

If you are an artist, designer, cosplayer, a fan of movies, shows, toys, and other content featuring anthro or humanized animals then you would not want to miss this.  This event will bring you various activities and features which you will surely love!

What happens at FurryPinas 2018?

FurryPinas 2018 brings two huge guests in the Furry Hobby.  First is Pocari Roo, an Australian furry fan and full-time YouTuber with over 100 videos on her channel and over 50,000 subscribers. She is primarily known for her Youtube channel where she does vlogs, music videos, how-tos, Q&As, and more, with a family friendly rating and a primary focus on being positive, entertaining, and helpful.

Bapogichi is also guesting at FurryPinas 2018.  A fan of the furry hobby with over 40,000 followers, Bapogichi is a popular illustrator known for his various fanart of anime, webcomics, cartoons, and video games. Bapogichi is one of the moderators of the popular Buhay Kolehiyo that features personified versions of different universities in the Philippines.

Of course, the event reserves tons of interactive activities for all attendees, including talks and seminars relating to the Furry Hobby, an area to play different video games from retro to modern games and tabletop games, various contests on and off the stage, and dances and performances, among others.

One highlight of FurryPinas 2018 includes the Furry Rave Party, happening at the very end of the con, which is a celebration for all Furry Hobbyist to enjoy. Also, don’t forget the dealers den, tavern area, carnival area, and many more!

So mark your calendars on May 19-20, and let’s all go to FurryPinas 2018!

Not convinced yet?  Then, why not head on and watch this video to know more about FurryPinas 2018 - http://bit.ly/furrypinas2018.

You can also visit their website at www.furrypinas.com or like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FurryPinas. 

Diverchity, Seeing the “Extra” in the Ordinary

Diverchity, Seeing the “Extra” in the Ordinary

Having the best of both worlds are what Chinoys are relishing. Picking up positive traits from both race as Chinese and as a Filipino forms a unique quality that does not just conform to simply being movers or doers but a prominent figure in the community.

Having been raised in a diverse country, Chinoys areresilient to disruption and are not afraid to go out of their comfort zones on their quest for excellence.

Given these, the campaign DiverCHIty is launched for all proud Chinoys in line with Chinoy TV’s 8^th year anniversary acting as a pillar in the Chinese-Filipino community. The campaign aims to gather individuals / groups who share the same cause of promoting diversity, individuality and unity amongst the Chinese- Filipino Community.

DiverCHIty Run

To commence the campaign and celebrate the Chinese New Year, a series of events are lined-up which comprise the DiverCHIty run that aims to promote a healthy physique and develop your Chi (Body’s positive energy).

DiverCHIty Run is integrated with Affinitea Run and will be composed of Chinese theme and elements such as Red/Gold Singlet, Lion &Dragon Dance and Angpao. Covering race distance of 3k, 5k and 10k.

This event gathers key representatives from the Chinese community such as Schools, Businesses, Organizations and all major Chinese Associations in the country.

Date: February 17, 2018

Time: 4am

Venue: SM bythe Bay

Inclusions: Singlet, Bib, Loot bag

Admission:

3k-P550

5k-P650

10k-P850

Online registration will be available viawww.chinoy.tv    as well as on-site atselected Chris Sports and Deuter branches.DiverCHIty run is presented by ChinoyTv and Affintea races co-presented by Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCCI), In partnership with FWD Insurance, Jeunesse, Vital Purified Drinking Water, Federation of Filipino Chinese Alumni Association Inc., Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc., Dr. Kong, Cadbury 5Star, Tang, Tiger Energy Biscuit, Oreo, Eden Cheez Whiz,  Australia Harvest, Zesto, Azumi Boutique, Eurotel and Vikings Buffet.

Diverchity campaign seeks to reach the entire Chinese-Filipino community with the help of Trendspotting with event promotion as its official Publicity & Marketing partner and with the help of media partners, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, Pilipino Mirror, BM Health & Fitness, Philippine Graphic, Manila Standard, The Manila Times, Manila Shimbun, Peoples Journal, Peoples Tonight and Women’s Journal.

Online partners include: WhenInManila.com, Kikayrunner.com, RunningDiva.com, Psst.ph, PinoyFitness.com.

Lovers In Nature

Ushering the love month of february is the art exhibition of Ross Capili entitled " Lovers in Nature " A one man show at The Shoppes Artway in Solaire Resort Hotel.

The art opening took place on feb 6, 2018 an evening affair attended by colleagues, friends, and love ones of the artist. The likes of Ramon Orlina, Audie Gemora, Atty. Joy Mendoza Rojas, Jinggay Kaimo, Juanito Boy Kaw, Arlene Velez, Michael Velez, Daniel Tenorio took time out with their busy schedule for this special occasion.
 Music inspires Ross Capili in creating his masterpieces. At the cocktail party a musician entertains the guests playing beautiful sounds while the guests appreciates the masterpieces of arts aligned at the wall of the gallery.

The theme of the art pieces is in tuned with the love month of February, several of the paintings speaks of hearts and love with the synthesis of nature and greeneries.

The wind beneath the artist stature is hands on in welcoming all guests. His gorgeous better half is busy as a bee attending to each and everyone.

Wine, drinks, cocktails, canapes were overflowing, to every ones delight. The food and beverage staffs of Solaire Resort were so attentive in passing around the different feasts.

Ross Capili's celebration of art, life and nature exudes in his aura that night. He shared the good news with us that several of his art work would be taken in by a Hotel in Abu Dhabi as collection and adding to enhancement of  the hotel ambience.

The art pieces now in exhibition at The Shoppes Artway was painted over six months and as an environmentalist Ross Capili  uses acrylic water based as medium. Several shows will also be in the line up, in the succeeding months. Ross Capili@59 Solo Painting and Sculpture exhibition on March 6 at the LRI Design Plaza Pavilion located at Nicanor Garcia St. Bel Air ll Makati City. Rosscapili at Art Fair Philippines. March 1 to 4,2018. The Link Car Park Ayala City.

Tanduay Athletics Locked In For Grassroots Basketball

Tanduay Distillers Inc. president Lucio “Bong” Tan, Jr. is taking his support to grassroots sports a step further as he goes on full offensive for Batangas Tanduay Athletics in the new Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

Tan, whose passion for basketball was cultivated in childhood, believes he saw a formidable ally in MPBL founder Sen. Manuel Pacquiao in providing opportunities for local talents from the regions to advance their basketball dreams.

“When we formed Tanduay Athletics, we had grassroots youth development as one of its major thrusts. We believe we can give equal opportunities to aspiring basketball talents from the cities and the regions through MPBL,” Tan said.

Each team is required to have at least three players that are homegrown to the area they represent. The MPBL features teams that represent a province, city or municipality in a home-and-away set up, where players get to play in front of hometown fans.

Aside from Batangas Tanduay Athletics, other teams playing for the MPBL include Bataan Defenders, Bulacan Kuyas, Valenzuela Classic, Marikina Athletics, Caloocan Supremos, Navotas Redcore and Muntinlupa.

Tanduay Distillers’ alcohol refinery Absolut Distillers Inc. has been operating for 26 years in Lian, Batangas. It is one of the country’s most advanced distilleries that has received multiple local and international awards for operating on zero waste and employing green practices.

“We put our hope in the next generation to make better their lives and become useful to society. To give meaning to words, we support avenues that will enable them like the MPBL and Batangas is close to home. That makes this endeavor special and worthwhile,” Tan further explained.

MPBL games air every Tuesday, Thursday, and ‪Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m in ABSCBN Sports and Action.

“We have a very encouraging start with the strong performance of the team. We hope to continue the momentum. But in every league or sport we support, what’s important is how we are making a difference in the lives of the athletes. How they develop as individuals and how they will continue to inspire a nation as an athlete like Manny Pacquiao is why we are here to support,” Tan concluded.

The Batangas-Tanduay Athletics had an early win during a match with Valenzuela Classic and Bataan Defenders as former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) players Val Acuna and Lester Alvarez lead the way for the new team.

Tanduay Distillers Inc. is a member of the LT Group of Companies. Tanduay is the Philippines’ top rhum maker, which is also distributed in Asia and the United States, among other countries in the world. Likewise, the company produces spirits, wines, brandies, gins, and vodka. We are a registered company in the Philippine stock exchange as a subsidiary of Tanduay Holdings Inc.

COLOR MANILA’s CM BLACKLIGHT RUN TO BE HELD AT MCKINLEY WEST ON FEB 24

REGISTRATION STILL ONGOING ATCOLORMANILA.COM

 Get set for the country’s biggest night run to take place at McKinley West 
on February 24.


31 January 2018 - MANILA - The country’s number one fun-run organizer - ColorManila, which kickstarted 2018 with its successful CM Paradise Run campaign last month, is gearing up for another massive ‘concept fun-run’ on February 24, 2018, at McKinley West in Taguig City, with CM Blacklight Run, co-presented by Brother International Philippines.

CM Blacklight Run will be ColorManila’s first night run for 2018, and will be first of a series for this year, which will be held in various cities nationwide.

ColorManila VP Justine Cordero says, “We are happy to be working once again with Brother for the CM Blacklight Run.  Night runs are perfect for people who are working and need cap their week with a bit of a workout, which they can do with their family and friends.  It will also be held at McKinley West, so those who just stay at BGC, Makati, Pasay, or other parts of the Metro, can just easily join the event.”

Cordero continues, “Participants can choose from 3 race finishes - 3K, 5K, and 6.5K; while they have 3 race categories or kits to choose from - Deluxe, Rockstar and VIP.  Deluxe is priced at Php950 and includes a drifit shirt, headlamp, race bib, color packet and a finisher’s medal.  While the Rockstar Kit, which is priced at Php1500, comes with a drifit shirt, headlamp, race bib, color packet, finisher’s medal, drawstring bag and a foldable water bottle.  Finally, the VIP Kit is priced at Php2,500, comes with a drifit shirt, headlamp, race bib, color packet, finisher’s medal, drawstring bag, foldable water bottle, finisher’s pillow, P1000 worth of CM Merchandise GCs and a VIP Pass.  Kids below 7 by the way, get to run for free.”


Registration is still ongoing. For more information, visit www.colormanila.com for more details.





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ABOUT COLOR MANILA:


COLOR MANILA encourages everyone to run, and to illustrate to non-runners how enjoyable the sport is, we bring out the real fun in the ‘fun’ run, through a color festival.  We are the paintbrushes, and You are the Paint. We carry the palette but You make your own Strokes. You become the human canvas, as we literally bring out your most energetic and happiest hue.

You are the Color, the human Canvas. You are the bits and pieces of this kaleidoscope. Because life is not a competition. Rather, it is a race where you run at your own pace, where you throw high-fives to people, where you carry all the colors of your experiences. We make this as the most exciting fun run ever, that you’d want to do it over and over again. We want to give you that unique kaleidoscope experience every time!


Visit www.colormanila.com for more information.


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Media Contact:


Charmaine Cruz
PR for COLOR MANILA
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Email: sports@greatcampaigns.asia
Twitter: @char_cruz
  

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ZOOCOBIA: Love Is In The Air "PUZOOAN MO AKO!"

Soar high with the feeling in our romantic pre-valentine event, Zoocobia’s “LOVE IS IN THE AIR” with this year’s theme “PUZOOAN MO AKO!” on February 10, 2018, in Zoocobia Fun Zoo, Clark, Pampanga. Find your HappyNest and experience the amazing activities, attractions, adventures and surprises that we prepared in celebration of the season of love!


Bring your soulmate, family and friends to experience the Sky Lantern Flight. Hundreds of wish lanterns will soar all together signifying that love conquers all, even the sky. Everyone will be entertained and inspired as we present the Night Owl Show featuring the Animal Parade, Horses on Parade, Aeta’s Tribal Show, Neon Show (Philippine Pride and Adventure Rides, LED Dancers, Night Owl Dancers and Fireworks Display).
Zoocobia is a fun and amusing zoo theme park that offers a variety of interesting and enjoyable activities and attractions including the first gravity car ride in the Philippines called the Zooc Ride. It is suitable for all ages and will surely give you a thrilling experience. Complete your adventure experience by trying Clarkzilla Adventure, the new adventure park beside Zoocobia. It offers new heart-stopping activities like 4X4 Ride, ATV Ride and Zipline. Other Zoocbia attractions also include the Maze, Zoocology Museum, The Barn, Giant Slides and Birds of Paradise, a close encounter with different colourful birds nestled on tree branches.
Buy one ticket of Zoomanity Parks at www.zoomanitypayment.com and automatically get one free ticket for your loved one. Valid until February 28, 2018, Mondays to Fridays only including Valentine’s Day. For inquiries, you may visit our Facebook account https://web.facebook.com/zoomanitygroup/ or our website www.zoomanity.com.ph or contact us at 847-0413 or  899-9824.

Anthology Architecture and Design Festival 2018 gathers top architecture and design professionals worldwide in celebration of Social Architecture

Anthology Architecture and Design Festival 2018 brings together top architecture and design professionals from all over the world in search of developing an architecture that promotes a network of inclusive barrier-free spaces that engage commuties and their people. This celebration comprising of lectures, workshops, seminars, competitions, and exhibitions will be held on February 9-11, 2018 at Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila.

Joining the festival this year are prominent figures in the industry including Kai Uwe Bergman of Bjarke Ingels Group, Chris Bosse of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture  (LAVA), Lyndon Neri or Neri & Hu, Takashi Niwa of Vo Trong Nghia Architects, Billy Kwan of One Bite Design Studio, Rachaporn Choochuey of all ( zone ), Raymond Hoe of Scott Brownrigg, Ben Duckworth of HASSELL, Erico Abordo of Architects of Accessibility, Twitee Vajrabhaya of Department of ARCHITECTURE Co., Dominic Galicia of DGA, Tobias Guggenheimer of SoFA, Chris Precht Fei Yi of House of Penda, Jinky de Jesus of Light Plan Inc., Yifei Li of Shenzhen University School of Art and Design, Florian Heinzelmann and Dallana Suryawinata of SHAU, Ivy and Cynthia Almario of Atelier Almario as well as World Architecture Festival 2018 winners Alexander Furunes, Sudarshan Khadka Jr. of Project Tagpuro, and Edward Ng of Chinese University Hong Kong among others.

Launching this year is the 2018 Metrobank Art & Design Excellence ( MADE ) Anthology Architecture Awards that showcases the year's best architecture. Its mission is to increase awareness about architecture and promote a more meaningful architecture that creates a more positive social impact. The MADE Anthology Awards are presented by the Metrobank Foundation and Anthology Festival in partnership with the United Architects of the Philippined, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. All shortlisted projects shall be featured in the 2018 MADE Anthology Awards Journal that will be distributed by Shelter Magazine and released on the festival.

Anthology Architecture and Design Festival is an annual three day event that showcases architecture and design within the Philippines and the southeast Asian region. The festival serves as a platform to bring together various practitioners and stakeholders and aims to increase awareness about the relevance of architecture and design in our urban societies. We anticipate the attendance of over 100 leading local and international practitioners 7to lead the lectures, workshops, talks, design competitions and dialogues for an audience of over 6,000 architects, designers, developers and students.

Anthology began in June 2016 with over 2,000 guests in dialogues on " Stories About Architecture " ; It was hosted by 65 leading built environment practitioners from seven countries including the Philippines, Hong Kong, South Korea, France, The Netherlands, United kingdom, and Canada. On its second year, Anthology 2017 saw an exponential increase of attendees with over 4,000 guests and 83 lectures speakers and exhibitioners from eleven countries, now including Japan, Singapore, China, Thailand, Belgium, Denmark and Vietnam. The festival was rooted in the theme " Context and Intent ", with lectures, dialogues and design competitions simultaneously taking place, resulting in multi- disciplinary and multi-cultural discourse which seek to explore new and better ideas.

The festival is organized by WTA Architecture and Design Studio and is made possible by OMNI Electrical and Lighting, Rapid Steel Builders Inc., TOSOT Philippines, Pacific Paint ( Boysen ) Philippines, Metrobank Foundation Inc. as Festival Partners; Landlite Philippines Corporation, World Home Depot, Atlanta Pipes and Fittings, ABC Innovation Building Materials, Emerald Vinyl Corporation, Creative Solutions and Innovations Phil., Inc. Biowood, DeLab Collaborative, Wilcon Depot and Othmann Incorporated as Festival Sponsors; and Intramuros Administration, City of Manila, Embajada de Espana en Filipinas, Instituto Cervantes, Embassy of Denmark Manila, Escuella Taller de Filipinas Foundation Inc., Manila Biennale, Kaya ng Pinoy, and Philippine Heritage Mapping as Cultural Partners

Anthology Architecture and Design Festival is an annual non-profit event organized by WTA Architecture+Design Studio Proceeds shall be used to sponsor projects of the Intramuros Administration and a chosen charitable institution within the area.

For more information, please visit www.anthologyfest.org or facebook.com/AnthologyFest or contact Arch. Dianne Naval, Festival Manager   dianne.naval@wtadesignstudio.com, info@anthologyfest, or Arvin Pangilinan, Press Manager/Project Organizer  arvin.pangilinan@wtadesignstudio.com