March 10, 2008

Le Gourmet at Rustan’s

By Heart2Heart | Foodie, What's New at Rustan's | One Comment

Le Gourmet is the new restaurant concept which recently opened in Rustan’s Supermarket, Makati. It took the place of the Yum Yum Tree by the entrance of the supermarket. Right across Le Gourmet is the Vineyard which now has a bar where you can order wine and other drinks and even order food from Le Gourmet. At Le Gourmet, there are pastries and freshly baked breads being sold in front… Aside from being a cafe, the place sells gourmet items from all over the world…. Wow!! Truffle Cream with Truffle oil!! Yummy! My favorite Swiss potatoes can be found here too…

Different flavored olive oils….
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March 10, 2008

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Shop and Spa Spree Saturday

By Heart2Heart | Events and Launches, Fashion, What's New at Rustan's | No Comments

Summer Collection of Culte Femme

Designed by: Hindy Weber Tantoco

Last year, Heart2Heart featured: Shop & Spa with Culte Femme and USwim March 24, 2007

This year, another summer event to look forward to…And there will even be more as there will also be imported brand of resortwear for ready to wear, shoes and bags. Heart2Heart will definitely be there to Shop and Spa and have Haagen Dazs! 🙂 SEE YOU THERE!!

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March 9, 2008

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Beacon Grade 6 visits Forest Club!

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Nature, Summer | 4 Comments

I am always on the lookout for great places for the kids to go and I recently heard about Forest Club and found out it was owned by a friend, Robbi Mercado. And just a few weeks ago, Jaime went there with his class…..and HAD A GREAT TIME!! Since our kids grew up in the city, it is always good for them to rough it out and experience nature…Forest Club seems to be the PLACE TO BE. I hope to visit it one day. Thanks Robbi for taking photos for me, next time I want to do it myself… 🙂

The Forest Club (http://www.theforestclub.com) is a nature sanctuary and eco-friendly training institution committed to the healing and renewal of Mother Earth. For schools and student groups, the Forest Club offers the Eco Adventure Program, a set of interactive outdoor modules designed to help mold participants into responsible stewards of Mother Earth. Participants are not only assured of having fun but also end up learning something new about the environment and their role in protecting it.

The Forest Club provides an accessible and ideal environment not only for school field trips but also for corporate team building activities, seminars and conferences, spiritual retreats and family vacations. Forest Club prides itself in having a very relaxed and natural environment.

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BEACON SCHOOL SCIENCE FIELD TRIP

by Robbi Mercado

Taken from: http://theforestclub.com/main/beacon_grade6

Despite the intermittent showers and the wet surroundings, 37 Grade 6 students fromBeacon International School visited Forest Club last 21 February 2008 for a whole day of fun-filled learning activities.

The field trip was organized by Teacher Trixie who brought her students to Forest Club to help them learn more about their current science studies on seed plants.

The first activity was a short but lively discussion over langka and banana turon, kamote-que and fresh buko juice on the rich bio-diversity of the Philippines, the current state of deforestation and the urgent need to plant trees in order to help protect the country’s dying flora and fauna.

The Forest Club staff was pleasantly surprised not only with the kids’ grasp of current environment issues but more so by their animated commitment to doing their part in saving the earth.

Then came the fun part: the Eco Adventure activities.

The kids enthusiastically participated in games meant not only to be fun but also designed to develop more appreciation for Mother Earth.

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Showering after the mud crawl…

After lunch the students were toured around Forest Club. They were shown the herbal plant gardens, the vermicompost facilities and were also made to plant hardwood trees seedlings. Forest Club will nurture the narra seedlings for the Grade 6 students until these are big enough to be transferred to the Beacon International School campus.

Information taken from Forest Club website:

Facilities:

Cottages

Four cottage units available
Maximum of eight (8) persons per cottage unit
With one air-conditioned room good for two (2) persons
With one fan-cooled loft good for two (2) persons
With daybeds in the verandah
With one toilet and bath per cottage unit

Suites

Two family suites available
Fully air-conditioned
Up to twenty (20) persons per family suite
With separate toilet and bath facilities

Main Conference room

Capacity for up to sixty (60) persons
Fully air-conditioned
With sound system and OHP
With separate toilet and bath facilities

Rates:

VENUE RATE (DAY TRIP)

Venue DAY TRIP Rate: PhP450 per person (plus VAT)

Inclusions:

Complete food package: Welcome drink upon arrival, morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack. Lunch is served buffet style with a minimum of three dishes. Juice and purified drinking water are provided with all meals.
Use of swimming pool, tennis court and basketball court.
Use of poolside huts:
Kabanya A or B

maximum of eight (8) persons
poolside

picnic table

fan ventilation

Accomodations (optional): The following are our prices for each room, per day …

Narra A or B,ORMolave A or B	PhP1,500	maximum of eight (8) persons per cottage unit	one air-conditioned room good for two (2) persons one fan-ventilated loft room good for two (2) persons one toilet and bath
Tindalo,ORKamagongsuite	PhP4,000	maximum of twenty (20) persons per cottage unit	fully air-conditioned suite separate toilet and bath facilities

Notes:

Day trip check-in time is no earlier than 8:00 AM and checkout time is no later than 5:00PM.
Additional meals are priced as follows: Snack – P100/person, Breakfast – P150/person, Lunch or Dinner – P250/person.
Guests are not allowed to bring their own food into the resort.
A 50% downpayment is required no less than three days prior to booking date.

VENUE RATE (OVERNIGHT STAY)

Submitted by ram on Mon, 04/30/2007 – 3:11pm.

Our Rates consist of an accommodation rate per room type and a meal package per head:

Accomodations: The following are our prices per room, per night …

Narra A or B,ORMolaveA or B

PhP3,000

maximum of eight (8) persons per cottage unit

one air-conditioned room good for two (2) persons
one fan-ventilated loft room good for two (2) persons
one toilet and bath

Tindalo, ORKamagongsuite

PhP8,000

maximum of twenty (20) persons per cottage unit

fully air-conditioned suite
separate toilet and bath facilities

Complete Meal Package: P700/head (Plus VAT)

All guests are required to avail of our food package which includes: welcome drink upon arrival, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner and breakfast the following day before checkout.

All meals are served buffet style with a minimum of three dishes per meal. Juice and purified drinking water are provided with all meals and breakfast is served with coffee.

Children 2 years and below are free. Children 8 years below get a 50% discount.

Notes:

Overnight stay check-in time is no earlier than 12:00NN and checkout time is no later than 1:00PM the following day.
Additional meal prices are as follows: Snack – P100/person, Breakfast – P150/person, Lunch or Dinner – P250/person.
Guests are not allowed to bring their own food into the resort.
A 50% downpayment is required no less than three days prior to booking date.

CORPORATE ECO ADVENTURE PROGRAM

Corporate Eco-Adventure Program Rate: PhP750 per person (plus VAT)

For Companies and Adult Groups

Minimum Number of Participants: Twenty-Five (25)

Inclusions:

Complete food package: Morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack.
Choice of Eco Adventure Modules (to be designed and agreed upon prior to booking date):
- Survival Games – Forest Canopy Walk, Mud Crawl, Ifugao Bridge, Hanging Bridge, Bamboo Rafting
- Trust Games and Teambuilding Exercises – Caterpillar Race, Spider Web, Elevated Fall etc…
- Traditional Filipino Games – Tinikling, Patintero, Kadang Kadang, etc…
- Pool Games
- Walking Lecture Tour – medicinal herbs, reforestation, zero waste management, vermiculture

Notes:

Minimum number of participants is twenty-five (25)
Maximum number of participants is two hundred fifty (250)
Participants are not allowed to bring their own food into the resort.
A 50% downpayment is required no less than three days prior to booking date.

ECO-ADVENTURE STUDENT DAY PROGRAM

Eco-Adventure DAY PROGRAM Rate: PhP600 per person (plus VAT)

For Schools and Student Groups

Minimum Number of Participants: Twenty-Five (25)

Inclusions:

Complete food package: Morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack.
Choice of Eco Adventure Modules (to be designed and agreed upon prior to booking date):
- Survival Games – Forest Canopy Walk, Mud Crawl, Ifugao Bridge, Hanging Bridge, Bamboo Rafting
- Trust Games and Teambuilding Exercises – Caterpillar Race, Spider Web, Elevated Fall etc…
- Traditional Filipino Games – Tinikling, Patintero, Kadang Kadang, etc…
- Pool Games
- Walking Lecture Tour – medicinal herbs, reforestation, zero waste management, vermiculture

Notes:

Minimum number of participants is twenty-five (25)
Maximum number of participants is three hundred fifty (350)
Discounts may be negotiated based on number of participants:
- One hundred twenty (120) or more: P500/participant
Participants are not allowed to bring their own food into the resort.
A 50% downpayment is required no less than three days prior to booking date.

ECO-ADVENTURE STUDENT OVERNIGHT PROGRAM

Eco-Adventure OVERNIGHT PROGRAM Rate:

PhP900 per person (plus VAT) plus Accommodation Charges

For Schools and Student Groups

Minimum Number of Participants: Twenty-Five (25)

Inclusions:

Complete food package: Morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner and breakfast prior to check-out the next day.

Choice of Eco Adventure Modules (to be designed and agreed upon prior to booking date):

Survival Games – Forest Canopy Walk, Mud Crawl, Ifugao Bridge, Hanging Bridge, Bamboo Rafting
Trust Games and Teambuilding Exercises – Caterpillar Race, Spider Web, Elevated Fall etc…
Traditional Filipino Games – Tinikling, Patintero, Kadang Kadang, etc…
Pool Games
Walking Lecture Tour – medicinal herbs, reforestation, zero waste management, vermiculture

Accomodation Charges: The following are our prices per room, per night …

Narra A or B,ORMolaveA or B	PhP3,000	maximum of eight (8) persons per cottage unit	one air-conditioned room good for two (2) persons one fan-ventilated loft room good for two (2) persons one toilet and bath
Tindalo, ORKamagongsuite	PhP8,000	maximum of twenty (20) persons per cottage unit	fully air-conditioned suite separate toilet and bath facilities

Notes:

Minimum number of participants is twenty-five (25)
Maximum number of participants is one hundred (100)
Discounts will be given based on number of participants:
- Sixty (60) or more: P850/participant
Participants are not allowed to bring their own food into the resort.
A 50% downpayment is required no less than three days prior to booking date.

The Forest Club is just 1 hour and 30 minutes from the Ortigas Center in Pasig City and is located at Barangays Puypuy and Masaya, Bay, Laguna. The Forest Club accepts only guests who have made prior reservations.

website: http://theforestclub.com

Manila Booking Office (9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Mondays to Fridays)

Maien Clarino

Telephone: (02) 376 46 23 or 24

Mobile: (0917) 825 89 58

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March 8, 2008

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MSA Soccer Summer Camp

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March 7, 2008

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Places You Have To See This Summer!

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March 6, 2008

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Dancespace Summer 2008

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Summer | 3 Comments

Primary Ballet

The young students are taught body awareness and basic locomotor skills. They are exposed to classical ballets thru music, books and ballet performances. The use of imagination is strongly encouraged thru props such as wands, scarves and tambourines. There is lots of exploration by means of moving like different animals, pirates, fairies, sea creatures.

Level I-III

Ballet technique is taught inspired by English, American, Russian and Chinese styles. The National Ballet Syllabus of the Philippines is used as a reference. Proper placement and posture is stressed. Foot therapy and floor exercises are incorporated in the classes to supplement the classical ballet training.

BALLET
Mon/Wed/Fri	2:30-2:30 PM	LV2	8-10 year olds
	3:30-4:30 PM	LV1	6-8 year olds
	4:30-5:30 PM	PRIMARY	3-5 year olds
	5:30-7:00 PM	LV3	11 and up

JAZZ
Wed/Sat	12:00 – 1:00 PM	Jazz 1	4-10 years old
	1:00 – 2:00 PM	Jazz 2	11 and up

TAP
Sat	10:00 – 11:00 AM	Tap

RATES

1 hr classPer Class PhP 600

Monthly
4 Sessions	PhP 2,400
8 Sessions	PhP 3,200
12 Sessions	PhP 3,600

1 1/2 hr classPer Class PhP 700

Monthly
4 Sessions	PhP 2,800
8 Sessions	PhP 3,400
12 Sessions	PhP 3,800

ABOUT DANCESPACE and MARITONI

In the summer of the 2000, Maritoni started Danspace at the basement of her parent’s home. Her thrust was to provide personal training to young dancers, sharing with them her wealth of experience of more than ten years of professional dancing with companies both here and abroad. Now on its eight year, Danspace has had four grand recitals at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati and two Summer Dance Workshop Culminating shows at the Main Ballroom of the Manila Polo Club. They have also participated in the Abap Danseries XI & X and the Abap Swan Lake Project, Fashion Show.

Danspace has found a home at the Manila Polo Club McKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati and trains children from 3 years old and above. The school is guided by the National Ballet Syllabus method however Maritoni’s open classes are inspired by her training and exposure to the Russian, American and English methods. It has a 9 month School Year period and a 2 month long intensive Summer Dance Workshop. The school works closely with the Sayaw Foundation and extends scholarships to gifted and deserving students from the foundation. Recently, thru their joint effort, one of their scholars became a finalist to the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA). She was chosen among 90 regional students and was recently promoted as a company member of the Philippine Ballet Theatre.

Maritoni Rufino-Tordesillas

Director and Principal Teacher, Danspace

As a Principal dance for the Philippine Ballet Theater, Maritoni was hailed by critics as a “versatile, wide range actress,” having “turns securely centered,” and “one of the finest dancers this country has ever produced.” She has performed most of the classical and neo-classical ballets in the company’s repertoire. Her most notable roles where: Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet choreographed by the late Thomas Pazik,Cinderella and Raymonda by Jean Paul Comelin,Gregoria de Jesus in Andres KKK by Gener Caringal, Carmen by Eric V. Cruz, Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and Giselle. She like wise worked with the country’s top choreographers often times originating the roles that have remained in PBT’s repertoire to this day. She danced as Dysebel in Gener Caringal’s Filipino Komiks and in his Prism and Vinta, in Tony Fabella’s Beautiful Girls, Buklog, The Company, Mantones de Manila, Kundiman and Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan, she was Josephine Bracken in Steve Villaruz’s La Lampara, and the Japanese in Edna Vida’s Thatness Thereness. She was coached by Gelsey Kirkland and Cynthia Gregory, two American Prima Ballerinas for the roles of Kitri and Odette/Odile respectively and has been partnered by International guest artists like: Wes Chapman, Parrish Meynard, Timothy Melady, Charles Askegaard. With the PBT, she has performed in the US, Mexico, Japan, and Singapore. In 1995, she was a member of the Basel Ballet of Switzerland under Youri Vamos and in 1989 she danced with the Eglevsky Ballet of New York under the direction of Michael Vernon.

Maritoni’s dance training started when she was eight years old with Sony Lopez Gonzales and then later on with Tony Fabella and Eddie Elejar. In 1986 she trained in New York under a merit scholarship at the Neubert Ballet Institute in Carnegie Hall. She studied under Steffan Hoff, a contemporary of Mikhail Baryshnikov at the American Ballet Theater, Elena Kunikova of the Leningrad Mali Theatre, Nina Popova of the Ballet Ruses and Jenny Chiang. She took theRoyal Academy of Dancing examinations in 1993 and received Honors in Elementary and Highly Commended in the Intermediate Majors examination with Sonia Domingo as coach. In 1995, she started teaching for the Philippine Ballet Theater Conservatoire and became its School Principal from 1998-2000. In 2000 she founded Danspace and remains to be the schools principal teacher and choreographer training 60 students year round from age 3 years old and above.

Maritoni’s theater credits include: Cordelia’s spirit in Anton Juan’s King Lear, Cinderella in Cinderella, Mimi and the Silver Rose in Beauty and the Beast for Repertory Philippines Children’s Theater, Louise in Carousel, the Ghost of Christmas Past, Isabel, Mrs. Cratchit and the ballerina in Rep’s A Christmas Carol.Gaining experience in Musical Theater from her stints with Repertory Philippines, Maritoni has been teaching Music and Movement at the Philippine Opera Company for the past 3 summers. She also choreographs musical numbers for corporate shows and various projects.Maritoni is an attendee to the National Ballet Syllabus year’s I-IV and was PRO of the Association of Ballet Academies, Philippines for the year 2004.

Almost at the same time she started Danspace, Maritoni discovered Asthanga Yoga. In 2006 she graduated from the Centered Yoga Institute in Koh Samui, Thailand under Paul Dallghan and became a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance. She is also one of the founders of Yoga Manila, the leading yoga school in the Philippines. They have branches in Alabang, Makati and Ortigas.

Maritoni promotes a healthy lifestyle and encourages her students to go beyond their capabilities. Her teaching style is nurturing and revolves around a good foundation. She is committed to their growth and well being and aims to produce students that are well trained, hard working and disciplined yet encouraging their unique personalities to shine thru.

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March 6, 2008

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Young Learners Collaborative Summer Program 2008

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March 5, 2008

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Eddie Boy Escudero

By Heart2Heart | Photography | No Comments

Eddie Boy is the husband of my friend, Bobbet. And yes, he is related to the Escuderos from Villa Escudero. Even before I met Bobbet, I was already seeing him all over the place -in weddings and events.

With Eddie Boy’s permission, Heart2Heart is sharing some of his photos which are some of Heart2Heart’s favorites…..

some humorous ones………………

I really admire his style and the photos he takes in events and most especially weddings. He takes photos of the details that I myself like taking photos of. The most recent one I saw and really liked was of his daughter, Ula, who got married in Boracay.

He also takes portraits and he has done many…some of them are friends or famous personalities.

Maritoni Rufino-Tordesillas

Maritina Romulo

Leica Carpo

Tessa Prieto-Valdes

KC Concepcion

Mylene Dizon

Ina Raymundo

Gi Toengi

Joey Mead

To see more of his photos, visit his site at http://ebeseyes.multiply.com

or to contact him : 0917-8932742 / 3732675

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March 5, 2008

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Nursery Station at Rustan’s

By Heart2Heart | What's New at Rustan's | No Comments

Last Christmas, I discovered a new room at the Children’s floor ( 3rd floor ) at Rustan’s Makati…a nursery! A nursery where mothers can rest, breastfeed their babies or just relax while waiting for their gifts to be wrapped. Another FIRST for Rustan’s. No one ever beats Rustan’s when it comes to CUSTOMER SERVICE…..they love to spoil their customers!