Make Money Online | Hot Off The Grill: 05/01/2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

ZARA INSPIRATIONS

Wear Your School... Loud and Proud

I feel partly pathetic for not getting into a university that represents any of the teams in the UAAP. I always feel so left out whenever colleagues would swarm the break area (pantry for most) during the UAAP season.

It's like it (my college) wouldn't even get a mention in Google earth or Wikimapia.

It is evident how love for one's school is, in one way or another, amassed through publicity and mine's not getting any except for one billboard near Shangri-la. Which, if you have noticed, carried the award winning line (in fairness), "Prayers make men out of boys", being an all-boys school.

But when push comes to shove, or in print, my alma mater does very little with statement shirts. The best I have seen yet were rip-offs from Bench with lines like "I choose (name of my school)'. And then you see Animoism.

And then this.

When your school identity's anonymity is shoved in your face, there's not really much to do. Is there? You ride the wave. Presenting...

A shirt with that image is not sold in the online shop. I just did some tweaking to an existing character, particularly "Little Miss Growling Tiger" which among the universities comes close to my alma mater's "Grey Wolves."

The soccer ball represents the students' most loved sport. I cut her hair short in my attempt to make her look androgynous. Though pink boots and the words "little miss" would be a give away. But in my alma mater, you can't just be too sure enough.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

THE BIG APPLE

It all started with Monster's Pizza. Just recently I found out about two pizza joints that are offering the same outrageous size as that of Monster's. One is Brooklyn Pizza. And the other is Big Apple Pizza. Both of them almost declined our request for delivery when we told them our address.

Thankfully, after telling Big Apple the presence of a bridge called Makati-Mandaluyong, they agreed to deliver.

With Big Apple Pizza, you could get your second pizza for half the price. They still think our place is way off their radar, so the discount would fall on the third pizza instead. We just got two and unfortunately paid for their regular prices. Because three could already feed the whole barangay.

We got white cheese and chicken basil pesto. I don't have a problem as long as it reads cheese but my brother tells me he likes Yellow Cab's four cheese better. There's too much going on with chicken basil pesto in terms of its flavor. I suggest they tame down on the olives and the pesto.

All in all, it's ok.

You can visit them at bigapplepizza.com.ph. Just don't be fooled with the online price list (i.e. white cheese and chicken basil pesto already goes for P600 and P736 respectively as opposed to P495 and P632 as shown in their website).

Friday, May 16, 2008

BOWLAND

My colleagues and I drove all the way to SM Mall of Asia (where it reeks of seawater) for a game of bowling. Bowland, as the name of the bowling place is called, has fantastic interiors. It's like Space Age meets Zen. Their facilities are exceptionally modern.

Just to share how modern they are: When it was my turn to bowl I thought my hands needed some drying. I noticed three buttons on the bowling tray and randomly pushed all of them to check which turns on the blower. Turns out the buttons on the farthest end resets the game - all ten pins gets reset. No problem right? But I did that while my colleague was trying to hit a spare. They had to call someone to assist in putting the pins in their original state. No one noticed though so I went on to bowl like nothing happened. Geez.

My score. So fitting! LOL.

Bowling shoes are for rent for P30. I'm sharing you a tally. It's a comparison between Bowland (MOA) and MCS (somewhere in Magallanes). Just in case you'd like to plan a bowling party.

* 30 would be the number of people playing. There are 5 players in each group which makes us 6 playing groups.
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Remember my misfortune? Well, it's back!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

KITCHEN GLADIATORS

If I knew of CCA back when I was learning the art of cheating during Math exams and that it costs almost three hundred thousand pesos to sell a kidney; I would, one, drop all of my subjects and forget about engineering. Two, sell both of my kidneys and just try to live 'over the top' healthy without them then go straight to CCA's administration office to enroll myself. I'm kidding.

But in retrospect, how sure am I really that I'd like to be a master in the kitchen? Back then, I wouldn't really know if I have more dexterity in preparing an omelette du fromage or something scrumdidilyumptious. Or both.

Thankfully today, CCA has whipped up something for the ambivalent in all of us when it comes to choosing between the two.

It's called the Kitchen Discovery Class. And when they say discovery, then discover you definitely will. They're what I normally call, Jun-juns. In lay-man's term, cream of the crop. Haha!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

DO COOKING!
(sorry, inside joke)

How do you say malansa in French? You're about to find out.

Photo credit: Gipster

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Little Asia

A friend was packed with jitters during the week of his birthday and bugged me for options. Should we do Eastwood? He asked. Eastwood is known for its open air venues and free band music but the crowd just doesn't work for us. They're irritatingly young. Prude. Haha. So I told him, why not Greenhills?

And so Greenhills we went. After braving the rains and waiting for a good 2 hours until the birthday boy arrived, we were still arguing about which restaurant to dine in. One of us suggested Gerry's. Everyone has just gotten tired of the usual Pinoy fare. Burgoo? We have that in Podium. CPK? Expensive and available at the Shangri-la mall, but our feet just dragged us to the American franchise at the Promenade.

While walking, I was running through the list of restaurants prior CPK. And voila, I spotted this zenish restaurant named Little Asia. I don't want the celebrant to go way off his budget so I secretly wished Little Asia doesn't charge an arm and leg for food. Its chic interiors makes one quick to assume that it is definitely expensive.

But lo and behold, Little Asia proved that great food (not to mention its abundance), great service and chic interiors don't have to break your bank account.

Happy Birthday Jimmy!

ELECTRONIC POP

Advertisers have long used billboards as one effective medium to reach out to people. Their evolution, as evidenced by the infamous New York Times Square, from static to dynamic media has sparked the minds of a handful of creative creatures.

I've seen the birth of marquee in accessories through celebrity watches and more recently in belt buckles. It'd be hard not to notice them. Statement pieces are making bold statements, literally. It's the birth of electronic pop, literally. :)

Some our upping the ante to a whole new level. Shirts, bags, caps and basically anything are being converted into electronic canvasses (or billboards). The luminous people (three to be exact) behind this creative wonder, call themselves Dusk 'til Dawn.

DTD's looming success is no different to those who aspired and turned their dreams into reality.

Their multiply site reads:

We work hard all day and night. We also need to relax and lighten up. Dusk Til Dawn helps you to lighten up. Literally.

Inspired by Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad), Donald Trump (The Apprentice), Malcolm Gladwell, Oprah & Chris Gardner (In the Pursuit of Happyness), we started this business last December 2007. Just like Apprentice, we got the best of different fields of professions and formed the corporation. We aim to be a world class Filipino brand that will be relevant to you with designs so IRRESISTIBLE and so COOL to have in LIMITED EDITION.

DTD's funky edge over other graphic artist entrepreneurs is their use of EL Technology or Electroluminescence Technology.

My favorite from their collection would be their mail bags in chains which they sell for a mere P1,250. Watch the design come alive here.

Basically, this technology uses very thin panels that are, get this, washable. Though DTD cautions, "You can wet the design. It is ok. Take off the cable and turn it inside out to protect the design. You can also do machine wash using gentle wash but hand wash is best. When the shirt and the design is completely dry, you can attach the cable to the shirt." And caps off the warning with "Light it and party on."

Looks like a no frills statement would go a long, long, way.

Look out for their wares at the NBC Tent Bazaar on May 31 at the Fort.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

THINGS YOU DON'T SEE OFTEN

Just today girlfriend turned from:

Casual Chic

To Miss Feisty

Haircut from Piandre and clothes and accessories from Landmark. You gotta love 'em style fairies.

Friday, May 2, 2008

LS the next LM?

Another Pinoy making waves on a foreign shore. Saw him on the news. If my memory serves me right, Leonardo Salinas worked as a waiter while attending his fashion classes in the land down under. Let BB do the rest of the reporting.

He loves his pleats. I'm just saying.

More of his work here.

DA WHAT?

Can we do a little bagsnob here except that I don't know what it is. Can you tell what bag Ms. Ambassador is carrying? I'm totally digging it. Totoo kaya? Sa kanya kaya? Joke lang po.