BAYANI AGBAYANI: Bayani Ang Tatay Ko

Funny man Bayani Agbayani stars in “Bayani Ang Tatay Ko" an Indie Film about life and struggles produced by M&N Film.

Filipinos are known worldwide for having positive attitude in handling difficulties in life. Filipinos tackle problems with a smile. I remember during "Ondoy" those people with water up to their neck and yet you can see them smiling despite being struck with the wrath of nature.

We Filipinos spend our life’s most vivid moments with the people we love. Bayani Ang Tatay Ko does not only wishes to instill family values but also provides entertainment and at the same time honor the law enforcers.

Actor-comedian and host Bayani Agbayani plays SPO3 Nicanor Corpuz , a decorated cop, loving dad and husband to his wife Susan played by Yayo Aguila, and son, Adrian played by child actor Yogo Singh. They live a simple, happy life until an incident took their lives on a different turn. One morning while in the police detachment where he is working, Taning played by Rommel Montano, a toughie from an influential family came looking for his colleague, SPO1 Joey Ponce. Ponce apparently shut down his illegal “videokarera” business and refused to accept a bribe, making the latter furious. Taning was scandalizing the station so he took a policewoman, SPO2 Pinky Madrigal hostage prompting Nick to defend his colleague.

Nick was suspended from service and he turned to selling “isaw” to make ends meet. Failing to do so, his wife Susan decided to go to Hongkong to work as a domestic helper. To help him in his business, Susan sent his brother, Ading played by Gene Padilla to help Nick tend to the isaw business. But the former cop realized that he is not cut for business, so he asked for his ninong, Col. Roberto Ugarte to give him an assignment. Colonel Ugarte referred him to the city hall where he worked as a traffic enforcer. As a traffic enforcer, Nick has learned to be happy with his new job because he wears a uniform and arrests violators. It was at this time when he was informed that his colleague, Ponce has remained missing since the precinct incident; SPO1 Fernandez had been looking for him. Worse, his wife Susan called to tell him she was victimized by an illegal recruiter.

All these tribulations that had happened to Nick and his family occurred very untimely. Witness how will a typical Filipino family face these challenges in a comedic and a bit of dramatic way with a sting of action to highlight the story.

Joining the lead stars are actor/model and ex-PBB housemate, Johann Santos, Ms. Jet Claveria, Butch Elizalde, Pinoy T.A.L.K. host Paul Quimbo, Ms. Jing Javier and Paulo Ponce and is under the helm of Ellen Argano.  “Bayani...Ang Tatay Ko...” is one of the official entries to the 2^nd PNP Film Festival and subsequently, the awarding will take place at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on August 7, 2012.

Being a policeman is indeed a noble profession. As we all know, it is both a difficult and extensive task to be on call for the continuous protection of the public and their property as well and maintain law and order. Preventing crime, reducing fear and ensuring the improvement of every citizen’s quality of life are no way an easy job. So let us all salute our officers. Yes. the all-time “bayani” of every community.

“Bayani...Ang Tatay Ko...” will have its premiere showing on August 5, 2012, Sunday at SM North Edsa Cinema 5, 5:00- 6:30 PM. Please be guided for further announcements and updates of the movie’s scheduled screenings in various theaters nationwide. For the movie's block screening and sponsorship matters, please contact Ms. Nanette or Grace at these numbers: 425-1658 and 0915-8170505

For more info and updates please visit and like their Facebook page: Bayani Ang Tatay Ko

NUMBER CODING

Locations

 

Pasay City (NCR-Area I)

Mezzanine Floor., Roxas Strip Bldg.

Roxas Blvd cor. Arnaiz Ave

 

Makati City (NCR-Area II)

Rizal Memorial Coliseum

P. Ocampo (formerly Vito Cruz), Manila

(use Vito Cruz entrance)

 

Mandaluyong City (NCR-Area III)

Hi-way 54 Plaza, 986 Stanford corner EDSA

 

Caloocan  City
5F Araneta Square mall,
Bonifacio Monument Circle
Rizal Ave. Ext. Cor. Samson Road

Form Request For Helmet/ Visor ICC Stickers

Sample Form Request For Helmet/ Visor ICC Stickers. Please note that this form is FREE. You could get a copy of this form at the designated DTI offices or  download this here. If somebody ask for money please report them to the Head of that department.

_{Republic of the Philippines}

Attachment 1

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY – Region

_{Provincial Office}

_{REQUEST FOR HELMET/VISOR ICC STICKERS}

Control #:

_Date:

Name : Address: Contact No(s).:

Brand of Helmet:

Date Acquired: Source from/ Bought

from (Establishment/Location):

I certify to the correctness of the above information and futher certify that the helmet has not been subjected to impact, dropped or used during a road accident.

_{Printed Name and Signature}

Note: To be filled out by Standards Officer / Authorized Officer during evaluation:

Brand:

Other description / identifying marks:

Condition of helmet:

_{a. Safety parts complete & not broken (Shell,}

^- _{retention system, protective & comfort paddings}

_{b. No dents, deformation or breakage nor signs of}

^- _{cracking or appreciable distortion}

_- c. No traces of application of paint, stickers, petrol or other solvents

_{d. Brand name and size still evident on the face of}

^- _{the helmet. Brand has not been altered.}

_{- Others:}

To Standards / Authorized Officers: Please encircle name of parts if available

Findings:

- Helmet compliant with BPS MC 1-A:2012

_{- Helmet not compliant with BPS MC 1-A:2012}

Action: - Non-issuance

_{Issued ICC Sticker No.:}

- For issuance

Name & Signature of Standards Officer / Date

LIST OF DTI-CERTIFIED MOTORCYCLE PROTECTIVE HELMET:Updated Version

LIST OF DTI-CERTIFIED MOTORCYCLE PROTECTIVE HELMET

(As of 24 July 2012)

ICC CERTIFICATE HOLDERS (2012)	BRAND
ATG5 Trading Corporation	VOLTZ
Cebu Reliance Motor Parts, Inc.	WHEIZ GEAR/AERO-X
Countless Tradding	BEN-2
CWORLD Trading, Inc.	AGV/SPACE CROWN/VCAN/TANKED
DNC Trading	INDEX
Dan’s Bike Shop	SPARX
Double E Trading	BEN-2
Eastway Racing Company, Inc.	INDEX
Eastworld Motor Industries Corporation	INDEX
Exsol Trading Corporation	EXSOL
Fastroad Motorcycle Enterprises	YOHE/YEMA/GDR
Gentrade International (Phils), Inc.	POWERCYCLE/TRANSCYCLE
Grayeagle Enterprises	GPX/MRC
Honda Philippines, Inc.	INDEX
Impressions Impex International Corp.	STUDDS
Kart Plaza Manufacturing	ARAI
Kellsons Corporation	GLF
Levant Trading	WEILANG
Manila Safety Cycling Devices Corporation	HPH
Minton Multiresources, Inc.	POSH
Motoactive Corporation	AINON/KOR/KOR HF/NEXX/XPOT
Motorcycles & Scooters, Inc.	VCAN/TANKED
Mworld Trading	AGV/CABERG/KBC/LS2/NOLAN/ SHOEI/ZEUS/SUZUKI
Mybike, Inc.	HONGYING BIO HELMETS
New Fullspeed Marketing	YEMA
Philippine SGC Corporation	PENGUIN/ST/SUN
Philippine Suntal Corporation	SUN
Richflow Trading	ZEBRA/CARTING/GDR/HNJ
Roshan Commercial Corporation	SPYDER
Speciailst Motorcycle Parts and Accessories	AXA
Stavellan International Company	BIO/H
Timeless Trading	SNELL
Triumph JT Marketing Corporation	HJC
Urrutia Trading	KH
Vicma Marketing Corporation	AM
Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc.	HJC/YAMAHA
Yohingco Trading	LEV3/SOL

LIST OF DTI-CERTIFIED MOTORCYCLE PROTECTIVE HELMET

(As of 24 July 2012)

ICC CERTIFICATE HOLDERS (2009 - 2011)	BRAND
ATG5 Trading Corporation	VOLTZ
CWORLD Trading, Inc.	VCAN/SPACE CROWN
Countless Trading	BEN-2
DNC TRADING	INDEX
Eastway Racing Comppany, Inc.	INDEX
Eastworld Motor Industries Corporation	INDEX
Exsol Trading Corporation	EXSOL
Gentrade International (Phils), Inc.	POWERCYCIE/TRANSCYCLE
Honda Philippines, Inc.	INDEX
Impressions Impex International Corp.	STUDDS
Kart Plaza Manufacturing	ARAI
Manila Safety Cycling Devices Corporation	HPH
Minton Multiresources, Inc.	POSH
Motoactive Corporation	KOR HF/KOR/NEXX/XPOT
Motorcycles & Scooters, Inc.	VCAN/TANKED
Mworld Trading	2/ZEUS/CABERG/NOLAN/AGV/SHOEI
Mybike, Inc.	HONGYING BIO HELMETS
New Fullspeed Marketing	YEMA
Philippine SGC Corporation	PENGUIN/ST/SUN
Philippine Suntal Corporation	SUN
Roshan Commercial Corporation	SPYDER
Speciailst Motorcycle Parts and Accessories	AXA
Timeless Trading	SNELL
Triumph JT Marketing Corporation	HJC
Urrutia Trading	KH
Vicma Marketing Corporation	AM
Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc.	HJC/YAMAHA
Yohingco Trading	LEV3/SOL/

UNIQLO NORTH SOON TO OPEN

New UNIQLO store is underway! This is good news to all fashionistas out there who imply love Uniqlo clothing.
 
I bet, you saw this same wall a few months before the June opening of UNIQLO, Japan’s No. 1 Fashion Brand, at the SM Mall of Asia.
 
Now let's play some guessing game. Where is this new one located? Block off your calendars and go North one of these days to have an idea.

UNIQLO opened its first store in the Philippines last June 15 in SM Mall of Asia, one of the largest shopping malls in the world, occupying a waterfront site on Manila Bay spanning 407,000 square meters. This massive shopping complex hosts a wide range of retail tenants, including a number of major fashion brands, and is a major draw for both tourists and local residents. The new UNIQLO Mall of Asia Store will be one of SM Mall of Asia’s largest tenants.

Asia offers enormous growth potential for UNIQLO and is a key regional focus of the brand’s global expansion strategy. By January 2012, UNIQLO’s network of stores included 851 locations in Japan and 234 in other global markets, of which 214 are throughout the rest of Asia. UNIQLO started opening its first stores in Thailand in September 2011, following its successful expansion into Singapore and Malaysia, increasing its lineup in Southeast Asia to 11 retail locations. Now, as the brand continues to accelerate its regional expansion efforts, the UNIQLO Mall of Asia is set to offer the joy of truly great clothing to shoppers in the Philippines.
 
UNIQLO Official Facebook Page and Website goes online on February 9

We will be releasing the latest information and regular updates through the following sites.

So please “Like” www.facebook.com/uniqlo.ph and visit www.uniqlo.com/ph.

VIRAL VIDEO: The Good Samaritan in Edsa

A short video was making the rounds via Facebook. It was taken allegedly by a motorist by the name of Lyndon Santos while he was caught in the traffic under the Edsa-Timog flyover in Quezon City last Monday. 

The video showed a young woman giving her coat to a young girl, perhaps five or six years old, apparently naked until the mystery woman gave the little girl her coat. There was more than just a drizzle. Typhoon “Gener” was raging, after all, and the other pedestrians were seen running past with their umbrellas.

The young woman had stopped to take the hooded coat off her back, and had knelt down to button the jacket neatly around the child. After giving the child a gentle pat, the young woman rushed off. 

The video clip lasted for only 35 seconds but it was moving, and I hope her fine example (and Lyndon’s initiative to post it for all to see) would be repeated countless times in quiet acts of charity that affirm our innate humanity and bring out the noble self that was inherent on each one of us.

In this wifi age, brutal hazing resulting to death, insensitive souls abound. So I never thought that the Good Samaritan story that I've read from the bible is still being followed by Pinays/ Pinoys.

Would I have done the same thing in that same situation? 

I don't know. Maybe not. 

What I do, whenever I eat out, I ask the waiter to wrap whatever food that was left on my plate and I give them to beggars or co-passengers in the MRT.

The other day, I was inside the MRT, and a small child around two years old, dirty,  poor, and her mother said she couldn't speak yet,  was intently looking at another child who is not only cute but also look rich, eating marsh mallows. Maybe she don't understand why the other child is eating and she doesn't have anything to eat. Since the mother of the rich child did not bother to offer food to the poor young child, I offered the chocolate cake I have on my bag. 

The child's face brighten up when she tasted how delicious the chocolate cake is. She smiled at me. I felt happiness in my heart. You know that it was a sincere smile from a person who can't give anything back to you.

I gave her my noodle soup and instructed the mother to add hot water. She was gesturing bye bye and smiling at me, when they get off at the next station.

Maybe it is impossible for us to change the world. But the mysterious woman taught us, that if we wish to change the world that we live in right here, right now, we can do it ourselves in the course of our daily work. No need to wait for the next coming of God. We can do little things for others.

You, yourself can find your own miracle. Maybe while walking to school, at the mall or under the flyover, bridge or even just within your own community.

John F. Kennedy said: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

The miracle woman on Edsa showed us, in the wordsof a Facebook post, that “there are still good and kind people out there.” By her example, she taught us that we can make a difference in simple ways, and that we don’t need wait for some big issue or be like those corrupt traditional politicians who lend a helping hand only because of publicity.

The mystery woman reminds us that doing good, calls for actual sacrifice. She gave up a coat. Yes, her act of kindness did cost her something. She gave up a coat during a typhoon. She risked getting wet and sick on her way home.

The episode under the Edsa-Timog flyover is special. It is one of those quiet acts of kindness: 

• unrehearsed
• unplanned
• spontaneous 
• and real

A moment solely between the woman and the child she was helping. I bet, God is smiling from ear to ear. I hope and I pray that the kindness that the mystery woman showed that morning would be returned to her a thousand fold. Mabuhay ka!

Pentax 645D: Not Your Average Toy For The Big Boys

Pentax 645D, not your average toy for the big boys.

Pentax 645D key features:

•  On top of the list is its resolution, 40-megapixels using a Kodak-made sensor.
•   Its base ISO is 200 with 1000 being the top speed. This range can be extended to give    the equivalent ISO speeds of 100 and 1600. 
•   The 645D is the first medium-format DSLR to have a dust removal system. The system vibrates the UV/IR-cut filters in front of the sensor at supersonic speeds to shake loose any dust. 
•   Despite the large sensor and solid build, the 645D is a portable and quick to use camera.
•    It is also weather-proofed to enhance its appeal to outdoor and location photographers. Existing Pentax 645 owners will be delighted to learn that the 645D is compatible with their lenses.
•   The ergonomically molded hand grip is excellent with the result that the camera feels great in the hands, and very well balanced too – at least with the new D FA 55mm f/2.8 AL (IF) SDM AW lens.
•   Switching from landscape to portrait-format shooting is no problem at all
•   Key controls like the shutter button fall naturally to finger.
•   Despite the large reflex mirror flapping up and down, the noise and vibration levels are impressively low. 
•   Design is very clear and the monitor is good.
•   Buttons are well spaced for easy handling. 
•   Exposure mode dial has a lock function. 
•   All the controls fall nicely to finger.
•   Big reflex mirror that is light on its feet. 
•   Comes with a 55mm f/2.8 standard lens. 
•   Pentax claim 13 Raws at the continuous shooting speed of 1.1 frames-per-second until the buffer is full. 
•  Portable
•  Quick autofocusing
•  Quiet, low vibration shutter action
•  Bright viewfinder image

 Even before digital cameras came in, 35mm was already considered small compared to 120mm, or more popularly known as medium format, which was the tool of choice by most professional photographers. Medium format cameras gave better picture quality which suited industry standards, specifically requirements on large format printing and advertising.

Today, digital photography broke new grounds for consumers, who gained easy access to digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras. This access to technology led to the growth of people’s interest in photography, which cultivated a trend where anyone can be a “photographer.”   

And as digital photography got more advanced, more and more enthusiasts and professional photographers alike aspired to get the latest and more powerful tools. A full frame DLSR is the most sought-after camera for many photographers, but a medium format DLSR such as Pentax 645D will definitely change the way how to look at a more professionally made photograph than the others.

Just recently, Super East Asia Enterprise, Inc., the sole distributor of Pentax cameras here in the Philippines, held the “Pentax 645D Touch, Try, Experience” event at the DPI XL Studios in Makati City. With Creative Directors and Professional Photographers in attendance, they all wanted to try out and experience the Pentax 645D’s superior performance with regard to image quality.

Boasting an effective 40-megapixel medium format (44x33mm) CCD sensor that provides top resolution of 7264x5440 pixels, the Pentax 645D is suitable for ultra-high resolution imaging, perfect for large format printing applications and has an outstanding cropping flexibility.

The Pentax 645D is also weather proof as its design resists rain, snow, dust and other environmental hazards during on-location shoots and still maintains peak camera performance. Its magnesium alloy body around its rigid aluminum die-cast chassis gives it durability and thermal stability yet lightweight at the same time.

There will also be no problems with lens compatibility as the Pentax 645D can use D FA autofocus lenses and older 645 lenses, which gives it a wide range of photographic applications. Its 3-inch LCD screen is equipped with anti-reflective coating and reinforced glass surface, and also features 921,000 dots of resolution which enables it to provide a 32x image review magnification for better on-camera proofing. And its high capacity Li-Ion battery can take up to 800 shots in normal shooting conditions.

Though a single unit of Pentax 645D may cost photographers around P600,000, it is still competitively priced if ranged against a camera of the same capability yet costs a million pesos or more. And even if the Pentax 645D is not your ordinary “toy for the big boys,” it is still a must-have tool for men (or women) of profession.

Overall, the Pentax 645D is definitely a good investment for most professional photographers, especially for those who specialize in weddings, portraits or products as it can set their services apart from other photographers. A Pentax 645D in hand will definitely take your photography expertise to the next level.

For more information about the Pentax 645D camera and where to buy, visit camerahaus.com or call (+632) 570-8415.

DOREEN G. FERNANDEZ: Food for Thought: A Celebration of Good Taste

DOREEN G. FERNANDEZ: Food for Thought: A Celebration of Good Taste

 

Doreen G. Fernandez.

 

The Museum at De La Salle University (DLSU) in partnership with the DLSU Office for Strategic Communications organized a special viewing of its current exhibit entitled “Food for Thought: A Celebration of Good Taste,” organized to honor Doreen G. Fernandez as writer, teacher, friend, and benefactor. The exhibition is also a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of her death.

Curator Ms. Lalyn Buncab opened the program with a brief history of how DLSU became the custodian of the Wili and Doreen Fernandez private collection. She also talked about the different works of art that comprised the collection.

The sister of the late Doreen G. Fernandez, Ms. Della Besa, graced the press viewing, held last July 27, 2012. Before the program ended, Besa shared her message to the guests on behalf of Doreen’s family.

Buncab said that the exhibit represents Doreen’s life and work. Her good taste in food,in writing, in art and in education, highlighting what is good in Filipino culture.

Items in the exhibit includes memorabilia of Doreen such as:

•  books
•  art works
•  trophies
•  photographs
•  plaques that carry the theme of food.

The exhibit will run at The Museum at DLSU until August. 

For more information on The Museum, please visit www.themuseum.dlsu.edu.ph or call 524-4611 loc 368.