GATSBY STYLING DANCE COMPETITION 2012

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Gatsby Styling Dance Competition
10 November 2012 - 4PM Market! Market!

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The champions of Gatsby Styling Dance Competition 2012 are none other than... our kids, the resident competing team of UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company. Woohoo!

1st runner-up: Next 2 Innocence
2nd runner-up: ICI Dance Company

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I'm one proud alumnus.

During our time (yes, I had my share of the limelight back in college) UPLB Street Jazz is not that known. There were a lot of other good crews in the Metro. So all we ever wanted then was to get noticed. And yes, get noticed we did.

We introduced a different style of hiphop here in the Philippines back in 2006. We called it LA Style or laidback hiphop. It was a trending genre in the US (you know GenTwo or Kaba Modern?). But the local hiphop was quite different. So it was a gamble for us. Good thing the hiphop community welcomed our style well. And thus, Erik Javier and Louie Canaria, and even Thea Baraquio (our main choreographers) were born. They created some noise in the Philippine hiphop scene.

YAY!

We were so unique back then that people always watch out for our performance. Or so we felt. (Haha... feeling!)

So that was then. we only aimed to get noticed, to create an impression. And now? We're aiming for the win (No, I'm not part of the team anymore). In the past few years we've been aggressively aiming for that. Until Gatsby. CHAMPIONS, baby!!! I couldn't be any more proud.

I know this will just be the start. Tonight our kids will again battle their hearts out at Skechers Year 8. And every molecule in my body is ecstatic. It's on hyper mode, dying to get to MOA Arena and cheer for our kids.

Woohoo!

Good Luck TEAM!

WHOEVER WINS, I will be proud of you. I mean whoever wins 2nd or 3rd place, I will be proud of you... Champions. :-)

Go for gold!



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P.S.
I'm having issues with uploading photos in blogger, i.e. data storage limit :-(. I will update this post for the photos as soon as I resolve the issue. Ciao.

BLV T R NT

Before I start this entry, let me just make a (belated) congratulatory shoutout to my two brods in UPLB Street Jazz, Louie Canaria and Erik Javier. Yeah, I know I have already done this in Facebook but I just want to make this moment a part of my blog. :-)

Both Louie & Erik were part of the Megacrew entry of the UP Streetdance Club which won 3^rd place in World Hiphop International (Megacrew Division). Erik is also part of The Crew, a subset of UP Streetdance Club which competed in the Adult Division of the same event. They bested all the other entries... GOLD baby!

with Louie and his Bronze

Erik's Bronze and Gold

Great job, you guys!

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Okay, since I am now in a roll, and since I’m still on vacation, let me squeeze in this entry posts that I missed writing about due to my uber impossible work-school routine.

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First up, I want to congratulate my friend Jaja (Pooja Sujanani). She recently got married.

If you’re wondering if that’s her in the image, yes, you’re right. She is a pure blooded Indian who grew up in Bohol.

WE JUST GOT HEAVIER!

Not one, but TWO Anvil Awards!

One for the Libreng Sakay program where we gave 75,000 commuters free MRT rides on our 15th Anniversary. And another one for our unique financial literacy program (for kids!) in the form of an animated show on Cartoon Network. It's called "Cha-Ching!".


Can I just say that I'm so proud of this company I currently work for? Yay! Another milestone for Pru Life UK. By the way, if you've read this certain blog entry, you'd know that I took part in one of the award-winning initiatives. Kacha! *wide grin*

CROSSED-OVER: NEW IN 2011 & 2012

For two reasons, I would like to post here my recent purchases & acquisitions:

     (1)  I reeeeeeeeeeeally love these items. And if I could, I would incessantly rave about 'em all day. But of course, I hafta work. And eat.

     (2) I’m not really the materialistic type. I mean I am not so much into buying clothes, or accessories, or appliances. Ever since I started working, the only use I have for my dispensable income was to buy me food. FOOD! Different kinds – cheap, expensive, healthy, junk, sweet, spicy, Asian, Western, and so on. It was my only guilty pleasure then. Thus, month after month, the fate of my hard-earned salary would be just a big joyful burp!

           Recently though, and with this I mean ‘in the past few months’, I started to buy tangible things. Ergo, those that I would not masticate or that would not perish after 24 hours. 

To be honest, I am missing my eat-outs. But, having physical evidences of my hard-earned money which everyday reminds me of my hardwork, is not too bad, I realize. 

So, ladies & gentlemen, without further ado, please allow me to present to you the fruits of my labor:

SWEATING IN FRONT OF A MOB NEVER FELT THIS GOOD

For months, I've been dying to post this vid but I can't find a good reason to turn it into a blog entry. Finally, I managed to find an opportunity. That's because this entry is going to be all about dancing. :)

If you didn't know it yet, I dance. It is a passion I have since I was a kid. I danced while I was struggling with my strenuous high school curriculum in Pisay. I danced while completing my baccalaureate degree in Los Baños. And even now while I'm learning the ropes in the corporate world, I still dance. Heck, a handful of my friends ONLY know me as "that guy who dances". They don't even know I have a day job.

AM A PROUD ISKO!

UP alumna Shamcey Supsup has just won the title Binibining Pilipinas 2011 Universe. She impressed the Araneta crowd not just with her grace and beauty, but also with her brains! She eloquently answered her question by telling everyone how she values education because that's something that cannot be taken away from her. I totally agree!

After much googling, I learned that this pretty lass hails from General Santos City (Go Team Bisdak!), is a magna cum laude architecture graduate of UP Diliman (Go Team Peyups!), and had /*according to this site*/ topnotched the 2010 Architecture Board Exam. Whew! Too many cranial achievements for a beauty queen. *applause*

In a few months, she will be competing in Sao Paolo, Brazil for the much-coveted title MISS UNIVERSE 2011.

Well, best of luck to you, Shamcey! Make us proud.

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Photo credits:
As the watermark screams, the pictures are officially owned by the Bb. Pilipinas organization. However, I actually took them from FB.

AND THE LUCKY WINNERS OF THE TRIP TO BORACAY CONTEST ARE... *drum rolls*

Due to system constraints in FB, I am having my wall post here. So to all of my five followers, please excuse this post if deemed irrelevant. Or try viewing my wall to know the story. Hope I'm attaching the correct link.

Lonewulf at Bora - 2009

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Sorry, sabawan sa office, ngayon lang nakapagOL. Ang hirap mag-judge! Andaming promising na entries. Pero eto na ang mga nanalo:

1. Mica Salcedo <---  clap clap clap

2. Erik Javier <---- clap clap clap

3. Wrej Manrique <---- weee, wtg batch!

4. Ralph Selga

5. Louie Canaria

6. Chie A. Abitria

7. Yron Joseph Manaig

8. Jocelle Perez Gabriel

9. Aj Tapia

10. Annz Bastida Aniñon

11. Anna Mariel R. Ortega <---- haha, eto pinakawinner!

12. Jarizza Mae Urzo Biscante

13. Sabrina Marin

14. Elbert Jude Eco

15. Kenjie Bogs Gonzales

16. Miracella Andoy

17. Jed Chester Sanchez Padua

18. Tessa Barroso

19. Lyn Uy

20. David Cristobal

21. Norman Pascual

22. Danilo H. Gibe Jr.

23. Dani-Ann Kay Magulado <---- hehe.. clap clap madam! nanalo ka din!

24. Mark Jason L. Villanueva

25. Tope Peregrino

26. Nik Shawn Tabao

Whew! parang isang section na kayo ah

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Hahahaha

HAPPY APRIL FOOLS EVERYONE!!!! (antatanda nyo na. tsk)

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In all fairness, I was de-stressed by this activity. *wide grin* I never imaging you guys LOVE me that much. *blush*

Big Thanks!!!