March 14, 2008

Brazilian Bare

By Heart2Heart | Beauty, Spas, Summer | 3 Comments

Our friend, Faith put up her spa a few years ago and we are so happy she chose Rustan’s as its location.

SUMMER IS HERE!!! Do stop by and check it out!

All photos are of Faith, the perfect model for Brazilian Bare!

Hit the beach right this Summer by hittin’ BRAZILIAN BARE! The only way to bare it is to BRAZILIAN BARE it! 😉 Check out the first BODY WAXING and SUNLESS TANNING SPA in the Philippines! It’s hot and it’s at the 5th level of Rustan’s Makati!

BRAZILIAN BARE SUMMER TREATS!

TO ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD! 😉 Visit BRAZILIAN BARE at least 2x a month starting March 15 to June 15, 2008 and start collecting points for your COMPLIMENTARY FAKE BAKE SPA TREATMENT and other goodies! DON’T BURN YOUR BUNS, BABIES! “FAKE BAKE IT!” Get a SEXY SAFE TAN even before you hit the beach! Then all you have to worry about is how to sit with your shake, pose for the camera or flirt with your crush! 😉 Ohhh…yeaah!

Location:

“Heaven on the 5th”, Rustan’s, MakatiMakati, Philippines

Phone:

+639224448498

Mon – Thurs:	10:00 am	–	8:00 pm
Fri – Sat:	10:00 am	–	9:00 pm
Sun:	10:00 am	–	8:00 pm

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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

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Summer | No Comments

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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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February 25, 2008

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2008 PETA Summer Theater Arts Workshop

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Looking for a fun and creative way to spend summer? Join the 2008 PETA Summer Theater Arts Workshop!

Children’s Theater 1 (ages 5 to 8 years old) and Children’s Theater 2 (ages 9 to 12) begin April 7 to May 2, 2008 from 8am to 12nn every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Production Workshop for Children (ages 9 to 12) from April 7 to May 2, 2008, 8am to 12nn on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays require that a participant must have finished basic Children’s Theater courses.

Participants aged 13 to 16 may enrol in Teen Theater 1, or if they have finished the course, they may take Production Work for Teens. Classes begin April 14 to May 9, Mondays to Fridays at 1pm to 5pm.

For older kids (ages 17 and above), classes will be held from April 14 to May 9 for the following courses:Theater Arts 1, Monday to Friday, 1pm to 5pm; Basic Acting (for aspiring stage performers), Creative Musical Theater (for musically-inclined individuals), Dance Theater (for dance and movement enthusiasts) all from Monday to Friday from 6pm to 10pm; and Production Design from Monday to Friday, 6pm to 9pm.Specialized courses are also offered for community and cultural workers, formal and non-formal educators beginning May 12 to 17, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Theater for Development 1 (Community Theater), Theater For Development 3 (Theater for Advocacy), Theater-in-Education 1 (Creative Pedagogy) and Theater-in-Education 2 (Asian Theater).All classes will be held at the PETA Theater Center located at #5 Eymard Drive, New Manila Quezon City (right at the back of the Quezon City Sports Club).

Interested enrollees may call the PETA Summer Workshop secretariat at numbers 7256244, 4100821, mobile numbers 0916-5805153 or 0927-6465635 and look for Julie Bautista or RB Andres. For more information, visit www.petatheater.com orhttp://peta1.wordpress.com.

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February 25, 2008

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Shore to please you

By Heart2Heart | Summer, Travel | No Comments

Dear Valued Clients:

Summer is approaching and Travel Warehouse Inc. is pleased to offer you our beach packages for Boracay, Cebu, Palawan and other destinations. The resorts listed in this promotion are tried and tested by our team so we can assure you of a nice and worry-free beach holidays! Our packages are “shore” to please you!So call us now for reservations (the earlier the better deal you can get) at 6872490 up to 92.

Jaison Yang

Operations Manager-TWITRAVEL WAREHOUSE INC.

Unit 1007 OMM-Citra Bldg,San Miguel Ave. Ortigas CenterPasig City, Philippines 1600

Tel. Nos. (632) 6872490 to 92Fax: (632) 6872493

www.travelwarehouseph.com

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February 24, 2008

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Summer Program for 11 to 19 year olds April and May 2008

By Heart2Heart | For kids, Summer | One Comment

Dear Parents,

Greetings! Summer vacation is approaching once again. And so, we at Great Study Tours are happy to announce our 2008 Youth Summer Program to be held in the months of April and May in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., Canada — consistently voted as one of the most desirable places to live in the world; it is also the site (Whistler) of the 2010 Winter Olympics . The program promises a whole lot of fun and excitement and is open to boys and girls, 11 to 19 years of age. It is designed to primarily develop their self-esteem and leadership qualities; stimulate their interest in nature, its history and its preservation; and, enhance their academic learning skills. Attached is an overview for you to have a better idea of what our program has to offer. And should you wish to learn about it in greater detail, we would be happy to meet personally with you. We also encourage you to share this information with your family and friends who just might be interested to send their children along with yours.Great Study Tours has had its Youth Summer Program running almost every year since 1995, and have always had wonderful turnouts with some parents sending their children one at a time for some years now. We hope to have your kids join us too in this great adventure in Vancouver this summer. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Mari and Pinky Cancio

Philippines Coordinators

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