California Pizza Kitchen’s exciting trio of promos

Get the chance to win a BlackBerry smartphone, SEAIR roundtrip ticket to Boracay or Batanes or gift certificates from CPK and various retail brands in the You Eat, You Win promo.


Get a free Valentine’s Sundae from now until February 15 for a minimum dine-in single receipt food purchase of P900 and receive a free ling-stemmed rose on Valentine’s Day.


Get a free herb onion focaccia with checca, a personal-size fettuccine with garlic cream chicken or an adobo chicken pizza for every minimum purchase with HSBC’s Delight with Every Swipe promo.


Celebrate the whole month of hearts at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) and enjoy exciting treats plus the chance to win awesome prizes.

From now until February 15, indulge in a sweet treat when you receive a free Valentine’s sundae for a minimum dine-in single receipt food purchase of P900. On Valentine’s Day, dine at CPK and receive a free long-stemmed rose to get you into that romantic moment.

Dining at CPK using your HSBC credit card from now until February 28 also entitles you to get a reward for every minimum single receipt purchase. With HSBC’s Delight With Every Swipe promo, get a free herb onion focaccia with checca for a minimum single receipt purchase of P1,599 – P2,999, a free fettuccine with garlic cream chicken (personal) for a minimum purchase of P3,000 – P4,999 and a free adobo chicken pizza for a minimum purchase of P5,000 and above.

Finally, as if dining at CPK isn’t special enough, everyone wins in the You Eat, You Win promo. Get the chance to win a BlackBerry smartphone, SEAIR roundtrip ticket to Boracay or Batanes or gift certificates from CPK and various retail brands. To win, receive a CPK Prize Card when you dine with a minimum single purchase of P1,500. Good until February 28.

It’s all about love three times over with these amazing offers only at CPK. For more details, log on to http://www.cpk.com.ph or add us at http://www.facebook.com/CPKPhilippines.

Comedy queen Ai-Ai delas Alas begins 2011 with a bang!

Comedy queen Ai-Ai delas Alas leaps into the Year of the Rabbit feeling more blessed and successful than ever

The country’s one and only “Tanging Ina” and reigning comedy queen Ai-Ai delas Alas leaps into the Year of the Rabbit feeling more blessed and successful than ever.

She marked 2010 with a hit romantic-comedy series with Aga Muhlach, a successful anniversary concert dubbed Akin Ang Tronong ‘To, and more recently a Best Actress trophy for Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last Na ‘To!) from the Metro Manila Film Festival Awards.

The award was a wish come true for Ai-Ai who shot to stardom via the successful Tanging Ina movie franchise, where she plays a single mother who goes through life’s unexpected twists and turns to provide for her more than a dozen kids.

With such an award and a very blessed 2010, Ai-Ai delas Alas is definitely in good spirits as she faces 2011. She’ll once again put on the judge’s hat for another exciting season of Pilipinas Got Talent. She also faces another challenging year in school as she continues her public administration course at the University of the Philippines.

For all the exciting things to come for her in showbiz and her personal life, Ai-Ai is glad she has Pharex Naproxen Sodium to keep her on her toes all the time. Whether she’s starring in another surefire box-office comedy, busy hitting the books, or playing her favorite role in the world as mom to her three children Sancho, Nicolo and Sophia, Ai-Ai trusts its 12-hour relief to alleviate back aches or even simple headaches.

For hardworking moms like Ai-Ai, Pharex Naproxen Sodium provides effective pain relief of mild to moderate pain, with or without inflammation, which is associated with musculoskeletal and joint disorders. Pharex Naproxen Sodium is under the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) Family, which blocks the effects of induced inflammation, pain and fever. By blocking these enzymes, NSAIDs stop the body from making as many prostaglandins, which mean less swelling and less pain.

Because it is stronger that other painkillers in the market today, Ai-Ai is assured of long-lasting relief, so she can portray her roles in and out of showbiz without any worries from back aches and pains, migraine and dysmenorrhea. Pharex Naproxen Sodium is affordable, too, so mothers who are as busy as Ai-Ai can always rely on fast and effective relief that’s easy on the pocket.

On and off-camera, Ai-Ai delas Alas indeed reigns as comedy queen and true-blue Tanging Ina. As she starts 2011, she’s all set to take on her various roles in life with confidence and perfection.

Nokia N8 a hit among the country’s young A-list directors

Nokia N8

(From left) Treb Monteras II, Pepe Diokno and Paul Soriano

Two thumbs-up. Five stars. Today’s most popular smartphone from Nokia, the world’s number 1 mobile phone brand, is a runaway hit among today’s top young filmmakers Paul Soriano, Treb Monteras II and Pepe Diokno. The three were totally awestruck by the professional quality of the mobile phone, dubbed the world’s best entertainment smartphone.

Director Paul Soriano, who helmed indie films such as Chasing Manila and the upcoming Thelma (starring Maja Salvador), and who also directed the first Pier Roxas teaser commercial, says he was initially shocked when asked to shoot the said commercial using the N8 smartphone.

“I thought to myself, ‘Are you serious?’” Soriano recalls. “But I was willing to try anything, so we shot the commercial strictly on a Nokia N8. I was blown away by the quality, workflow, how easy it is to shoot with the phone, and how handy it was because you could put it in places where you don’t normally put a movie camera in.”

Soriano says he was most impressed with the high-definition, 12-megapixel video camera that is built with a Carl Zeiss lens. “With the Nokia N8, you get a quality professional video camera that you can put in your pocket. You just flip it out anytime, shoot pictures or videos and upload them online anytime, anywhere,” he adds.

After it was completed, the Pier Roxas TV commercial shot by Soriano now holds the distinction of being the first television advertisement in the Philippines to be shot entirely using a mobile phone.

Music video director Treb Monteras II also raves about the N8. Monteras, who has directed music videos for Gary Valenciano, Rico Blanco, Rivermaya, Urbandub and other big names in the music business, says today’s advancements in mobile technology had made filmmaking accessible to everybody.

“I used to bring a lot of gadgets with me everywhere I go,” relates Monteras. “The Nokia N8 is so easy to use that my three-year-old son films short videos with it. And I haven’t brought my laptop, my video camera and my DSLR with me since I got this phone. With this tool, you can focus more on your story rather than having to worry about technical stuff when using conventional cameras.”

But what really awed Monteras was the N8’s HDMI and USB connectivity. Users can plug the N8 to their television sets using the HDMI cable and they can view high-definition photos and videos straight from the phone - no need to convert videos to other formats or separate peripherals like a TV box. What’s more, the Nokia N8 has a built-in Dolby Digital Plus surround sound system, thus providing a theater-like experience even when viewing from the phone.

Monteras was so astounded with the N8 that he started a group in the video-sharing site Vimeo. The group, http://www.vimeo.com/groups/66769, has 12 members and 103 videos, all of which are compilations of Nokia N8 films.

Filmmaker Pepe Diokno, on the other hand, found the N8 perfect for capturing personal moments. The award-winning director, whose debut film Engkwentro won the Venice Film Festival’s Lion of the Future award, remarks that the phone’s shoot-edit-share feature makes it convenient for people to capture scenes on-the-go and polish them up before sharing to other people via YouTube, Facebook or any other social networking site. The smartphone’s editing features enable the user to add titles and other text that’s usually done through professional computer desktop programs.

But aside from a high-definition camera, Diokno says the N8 has helped him in doing research, taking down notes and recording interviews. Thanks to a powerful processor and a 16-gigabyte memory, the N8 is also a PDF viewer, a web browser, a music player and a notebook all rolled into one. What’s more, its multitasking capability allows the user to switch between applications with a touch of a finger.

For these renowned filmmakers, the Nokia N8 was the device that helped them rediscover new and infinite ways of pursuing their art for imitating life. And like them, aspiring filmmakers and video hobbyists can use this highly advanced, yet compact tool to discover new angles and point of views in capturing, transforming and sharing moments of our lives.

Nokia recognizes real-life Santas – Nokia Philippines’ general manager Benoit Nalin (3^rd from left) recently awarded plaques of recognition to its top business partners for their philanthropic projects., Jun Sy of TAO Group of Companies and Altus Communications (2^nd from left) and Michael Tan of Axis Global Technologies (2^nd from right) were dubbed real-life Santas by Nokia Philippines. Sy’s companies support youth sports development through its sponsorship of the Nokia RP Team and by providing public education to indigent beneficiaries through the Taus-Puso Foundation. Tan’s Axis Global Technologies, on the other hand, has been recognized for actively supporting youth development through the KIDS Foundation and providing assistance to poor schools in Negros. The real-life Santas were awarded during Nokia Philippines’ annual Christmas celebration dubbed “Search for Santa” held at the Newport Plaza in Resorts World, Pasay City. With the awardees are (from left) host Jess James; John Quimbo of TAO Group of Companies and Altus Communications; Edison Ng of Axis Global Technologies; and host Lani Pillinger.