The story follows a popular guy named Drake Sison (Enrique Gil), who makes a bet with his best friend Andrei (Yves Flores) to make the nerdy transferee, Sophia Taylor (Liza Soberano), to court her and to let her fall in love with him in 30 days. After she would say yes, he must confess that it was all a bet. But what if, Sophia is much more clever than they thought? Would she make the tables turn? Or would Drake win against Sophia?
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Just The Way You Are full hd Review: Pop and junk sneek peek
The story follows a popular guy named Drake Sison (Enrique Gil), who makes a bet with his best friend Andrei (Yves Flores) to make the nerdy transferee, Sophia Taylor (Liza Soberano), to court her and to let her fall in love with him in 30 days. After she would say yes, he must confess that it was all a bet. But what if, Sophia is much more clever than they thought? Would she make the tables turn? Or would Drake win against Sophia?
The Breakup Playlist 2015 sneek peek
The movie tells the story of a rock musician (Pascual) and an aspiring artist (Geronimo) who collaborate and fall in love.
The romance-drama, Villegas clarified, will not be a musical despite its subject.
source : rappler.com
In The Breakup Playlist, Sarah is Trixie, a talented law student who meets Gino (Piolo), who asks her to join his band. They soon fall in love, but their relationship faces numerous challenges as they struggle to navigate life, love, and careers.
After The Ball (2015) Dvd Hd Trailer
After a young fashion designer runs afoul of her corrupt stepmother and
stepsisters, she dons a disguise to help save the family business for
her father.
The Water Diviner Official US Release Trailer (2015) - Russell Crowe Movie HD trailer Philippines
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Russell Crowe's directorial debut "The Water Diviner," about a man trying to find three sons who disappeared at the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey 100 years ago, is a film divided against itself. It wants to be both a mournful and skeptical antiwar picture and a rousing adventure with splashes of buddy comedy, romance and borderline swashbuckling. Crowe, who also stars as widowed hero Joshua Connor, is of course a terrific action hero, quite convincing as a 19th century man, or our romanticized ideal of such a man. But this isn't the sort of film that ought to have a character like Connor at its center, because Crowe's undeniable magnetism (showcased with confidence by Crowe the filmmaker) pushes against the film's other reason for being: to doubt and question he-man myths.
At one point, the hero confesses that he bears some responsibility for his son's fates, because "I did fill their heads with heroic nonsense: God and King and Country"—an astonishingly brave admission, coming from a man whose wife Eliza (Jacqueline McKenzie) killed herself because she couldn't bear the loss of three boys; but like other such moments, this one falls flat because "The Water Diviner" is filled with the same "heroic nonsense" that Connor decries. To watch "The Water Diviner" is to be urged to break ourselves of our addiction to imagery that the film we're watching can't resist. Every time Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios' screenplay warns its characters and the viewer against buying the notion that war is a test of mettle—an activity that turns boys into men and shrouds them in glory whether they survive or not—it follows up with a scene of Connor digging a well all by himself, brawling with four Turks in an alley, eluding would-be captors by climbing across rooftops, galloping into the film's climax astride a noble steed, or otherwise carrying on like John Wayne in God's Humble Gift mode.
The film's fuzzy mystical undertones are irksome as well. They seem less aligned with 19th century representations of Christian or Muslim spirituality than with fond childhood memories of "Star Wars." Connor finds his answers in Turkey the same way he finds water back home in the Australian desert, by closing his eyes and feeling The Force flowing through him, and he often sees long, detailed, real-time flashbacks to events that only God could reveal in such detail. This feels less like a pop visualization of the oneness of humanity (of the sort that Crowe's compatriot Peter Weir managed in so many great films, including "Gallipoli" and the Crowe vehicle "Master and Commander") than a storytelling shortcut.
The film's sense of history and politics is a muddle as well. That would be less troubling if "The Water Diviner" had come out five or 10 years ago, and at some other time of year; but it's being released internationally one hundred years to the day that Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli and joined a bloody campaign that stretched from April of 1915 through January of 1916. This seems like one of the biggest tactical errors in film release history when you think about how "The Water Diviner" treats the the specific horrors of this chapter of World War I: as a backdrop for a tale of a sad-eyed white Australian healing himself in a foreign land. He shows up a rules-obsessed British officer (Dan Wyllie) who tries to keep him away from the battlefield, enjoys a rejuvenating (though thankfully chaste) romance with a widowed Turkish woman half his age (Olga Kurylenko's Ayshe), and becomes a surrogate dad to her adorable son Orhan (Dylan Georgiades).
All told, 205,000 British, 47,000 French and 251,000 Turkish soldiers died in combat or from illnesses during the Gallipoli campaign; about 8,700 of Britain's losses were from ANZAC forces. The Armenian genocide—which began on the same day that ANZAC forces landed—is never mentioned. That all this should serve mainly as backdrop to a brawny man's journey of heroic healing, with its echoes of "Dances with Wolves" by way of "The Quiet Man," makes the closing dedication to wartime dead seem tone-deaf.
The film attains a properly incredulous horror in flashbacks to the ordeal of Connor's sons' (Ryan Corr, Ben O'Toole and James Fraser), which are marked by gore, tears and moans, and in scenes of ANZAC and Turkish soldiers being raked by machine gun fire, gutted with bayonets, and pulped by land mines and artillery. But here, too, "The Water Diviner" seems conflicted. Crowe's staging of violence alternates between detached scrutiny of unforgivable suffering and a video-game amazement at the harm weapons inflict on flesh. The film enfolds many conflicts within its handsome widescreen canvas—East vs. West; the Ottoman Empire vs. the British Empire; the Greeks vs. the Turks—but these all take a backseat to the struggle between "War is hell" and "War is awesome." The battle ends in stalemate. It should have been no contest.
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Philippines : Amazing Mega Yacht 2015
this is what I want for my birthday :)
2015 S-Class Coupe
I see why you lot love it, 'I think im in love sweet!
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
The World’s Top 10 Most Visited Countries
France has just released its official tourism figures for 2013. Did it retain its most visited country status once again? Here we run down the top ten most visited countries in 2013 according to the official figures published by the World Tourism Organisation.
The World’s Top 10 Most Visited Countries
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The world is getting smaller. It took
Columbus 2 months and 9 days to get to the Bahamas and he never actually
made it to what we now know as America. Eventually people managed to
complete the crossing, but the journey was arduous and long. Sailing
ships would have taken around 30-40 days, and although steam engines
greatly improved the speed and reliability of these trips (at around a
week of travel), it was still an enormous undertaking to cross from the
east coast of America to Europe. Journeys that went further and made use
of steamers, trains, and other modes of transports could have taken
months and months and would have been far outside the budget of most
people.
In 1923, Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight
on his plane, The Spirit of Saint Louis, just four years after the first
flight from Newfoundland to the UK. Since then planes have utterly
revolutionised transport in terms of speed, safety, and reliability.
Increasing leisure time and disposable income opened up tourism to the
masses, and in 2012 the number of international tourists topped 1bn for
the first time ever. So where does all this easy travel take us? Below
is a list of the most visited countries, according the World Tourism Organisation, and although many of the destinations are on everyone’s bucket list you might also find a few surprises in the mix.Tuesday, June 16, 2015
The Forbidden City is a dream destination for some Americans
For nearly 500 years, the emperors living within Beijing’s opulent Forbidden City dictated who could enter and leave. Well, the gates have opened, and tourists are pouring in to see it all for themselves. Attendance is up by 2.5 million since 2010.
The Forbidden City is a dream destination for some Americans, but most have never researched a trip to Everland or Lotte World. Yet these South Korean theme parks also rank among the world’s 50 most-visited tourist attractions—beating out the Eiffel Tower (nearly 7 million), the Great Pyramids (4 million), and Stonehenge (1 million). And there are more surprises.
Where we choose to spend our vacation time says a lot about what we value. Despite—or perhaps because of—what the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) calls “global economic challenges,” more travelers are hitting the road than ever. International tourist arrivals increased by 5 percent in 2013, according to the UNWTO. That translates to a record of more than one billion trips. With its population of 1.36 billion, China became the second-largest exporter of tourists. Russia, now the fifth-largest outbound market, increased travel spending by 26 percent.
Like it or not, theme parks clearly have worldwide appeal. France’s Disneyland Park draws about the same number of visitors (10.5 million) as Sacré Coeur, and four of the world’s 20 most-visited tourist attractions are Disney parks.
Many inspiring and iconic places can’t quite keep up. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum narrowly missed the top 50, as did the British Museum in London (6.7 million), the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (6.3 million), and the Roman Colosseum and Forum (5.1 million each). The Berlin Wall Memorial Site logged only 500,000 visitors in 2013, though extra crowds are arriving in November 2014 for the 25th anniversary of its fall.
Accessibility can be a factor. It takes extra effort to reach Yellowstone National Park (3.2 million) or the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China (4.8 million). And Peru’s Machu Picchu has restricted tourism to help maintain the site’s integrity; only 2,500 can enter per day, or 912,500 per year.
So what is the most-visited tourist attraction in the world? And can 91 million people be wrong? Read on to see the results—and an explanation of our methods for calculating it all.
Central Park, New York City
New York has larger green spaces, but none is more famous than Central Park, which stretches across nearly 850 acres of prime Manhattan real estate—an oasis for both tourists and locals. You can ride in one of the horse-drawn carriages, check out the modest-size zoo, climb to the top of 19th-century Belvedere Castle, or take a break from pounding the pavement to sprawl on the Great Lawn, gazing at the skyscrapers above.
Source: Central Park Conservancy
After years of contentious debate over the location, size and cost of the park, the state legislature authorized the city to use the power of eminent domain to acquire a parcel of more than seven hundred acres in the middle of Manhattan. A site bounded by 106th Street, Fifth Avenue, 59th Street and Eighth Avenue was chosen (later expanded northward to 110th street). The irregular terrain of swamps, bluffs and rocky outcroppings made the land undesirable for private development, although the area included low-income neighborhoods with a significant number of private homes.
In 1857 the politically charged Central Park Commission held a design contest won by the park superintendent, Frederic Law Olmsted, and Calvert Vaux. Their "Greensward Plan" called for a combination of the pastoral (open, rolling meadows), the picturesque (the Ramble), and the formal (the dress grounds of the Promenade and Bethesda Terrace) in the English romantic tradition.
Construction commenced with surveying work in the summer of 1856 and was largely completed by 1866. The park has undergone numerous modifications over the years, most notably with the addition of playgrounds and recreational ballfields in the 1930s by parks commissioner Robert Moses using WPA funds. During the 1970s security and maintenance in the park declined considerably with the fortunes of the city until care of the park was taken over by the Central Park Conservancy, a public/private partnership. But through all these changes, the fundamental design and purpose of the park has remained constant, serving the city as an oasis of green and a respite from the canyons of concrete and steel.
The triumph of Vaux and Olmsted's design had been to turn a swampy and rocky 'wasteland' into a beautifully composed pastoral landscape. The triumph of the New Yorkers who visited the park was to remake it in a way that realized the democratic implications of Vaux's vision of it as a 'many-sided, fluent, throughly American high art work.'
(Rosenzweig pp 339)
World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions Travel + Leisure Bangkok ThailandBangkok The Thai capital became the first Asian city to top the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, edging out London, the previous No. 1, with 15.98 international visitors who generated an estimated US$14.4 billion. International visitor numbers rose a vigorous 9.8 percent in 2012. Bangkok's top five feeder cities are Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. Pictured: Royal State Barge cruises past the Grand Palace.
source: http://www.forbes.com
Bangkok
The Thai capital became the first Asian city to top the
MasterCard
Global Destination Cities Index, edging out London, the previous No. 1,
with 15.98 international visitors who generated an estimated US$14.4
billion. International visitor numbers rose a vigorous 9.8 percent in
2012. Bangkok's top five feeder cities are Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong,
Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. Pictured: Royal State Barge cruises past the
Grand Palace.
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Restaurant: My Kitchen by Chef Chris
Paco The Oasis Paco Park Hotel (besides Paco Church near Old Swiss Inn), 1032-34 Belen Street, Paco, Manila
it is the simple pleasure that makes life worth living ... CHEF CHRIS
LOOK: Hampton Inn Manhattan-35th St/Empire State Bldg
a comfortable and convenient Manhattan, New York hotel.
Welcome to the Hampton Inn Manhattan-35th Street/Empire State Building hotel, just 45 minutes from LaGuardia Airport and located in midtown Manhattan in New York’s largest central business district. The hotel is two blocks from the Empire State Building and within walking distance to Grand Central Station, Penn Station, and Madison Square Garden. The breathtaking opulence of 5th Avenue and the joie de vivre of Broadway are also just blocks away.Leisure guests are only blocks from world renowned restaurants, shops, theatres and fashion boutiques with access to the subway and bus lines throughout the city. Business guests will appreciate the proximity to corporations like Accenture and Ernst and Young that our hotel in Manhattan, New York offers.
Relax in our bright spacious guest rooms with home comforts such as free WiFi, a clean and fresh Hampton bed®, coffeemaker and flat-screen TV with premium movie channel. Upgrade your midtown Manhattan hotel accommodations for better views of the city and Empire State Building. Choose rooms with two beds for extra family space. Accessible rooms and room service are available.
Do business in our free 24-hour business center with WiFi. Enjoy Hampton’s free hot breakfast every morning in our spacious atrium or opt for a free Hampton On the Run® Breakfast Bag, available Monday to Friday. Relax with guests in our comfortable lobby or exercise in our free fitness center.
About The Hotel
Hotel Facts
- Within 2 city blocks of the Empire State Building
- Walking distance to Penn Station and Madison Square Garden
- Colorful modern décor in guest rooms and relaxed ambience throughout
- Free 24-hour business center and WiFi throughout the hotel
- Walking distance to shopping at Herald Square, home to Macy's
- .5 miles from Grand Central Station
Included in Every Stay
- Hampton's free hot breakfast
- Clean and fresh Hampton bed®
- Free WiFi access in every room
- Gym/Fitness Center Use
Pan Pacific Manila
Address: M. Adriatico corner General Malvar Streets, Manila, National Capital Region, Luzon, 1004, Philippines -------------------------- 4 star hotel
Look: Spiral Restaurant
Spiral Buffet Restaurant at Sofitel Philippine Plaza
SPIRAL's goal is "to bring the authenticity and warmth of the traditional French markets and Asian hawker stalls into a five-star hotel setting". It recreated 21 Ateliers (workshop for artisans) where secret recipes are masterfully prepared right before your very eyes.
Size of Restaurant: Total area of 2, 921 sqms (La Veranda: 270 sqms)
Seating Capacity: Total of 452 seating capacity (Indoor - 396 seats, Outdoor - 56 seats)
Cuisines: Twenty-one dining ateliers:
- Salad and Appetizer,
- L’Écailler,
- Sushi Sashimi,
- L’Epicerie,
- Hot Japanese,
- French Stove,
- Rotisserie,
- Wood fired Oven,
- Churrasco,
- North Indian,
- Asian Noodles,
- Peking Duck Oven,
- Steam Baskets,
- Chinese Wok,
- Filipino,
- Thai,
- Korean,
- La Boulangerie,
- La Patisserie,
- Chocolaterie and
- Creamery.
- Spiral is a restaurant like no other, taking interactive dining to a level never before seen in the Asia Pacific region.
The new Spiral is divided into 21 dining ateliers. In France, an atelier is an artist’s special workshop, and in Spiral it is where secret recipes are masterfully prepared right before your very eyes. The range of cuisines is expansive and the attention and detail to each dish has the focus of an artisan.
The best buffet in Manila, Spiral is the most interactive dining destination in the Asia Pacific Region.
Give your palates a taste of the world and let your imaginations run wild as sumptuous international dishes are served in a first-class interactive dining setting that is uniquely Spiral.
With over 350 international dishes on its menu, this iconic restaurant offers an enticing journey of taste one simply cannot resist. By embodying its core values of authenticity, simplicity, tradition, innovation, connectivity and personalized service, Spiral has become the epitome of superior dining.
Embark on your own journey of taste. Experience the world at the tip of your tongue.
Stir your senses and have a maginifique time at Spiral!
Spiral Facts and History:
Original Spiral Opened - March 30, 2006
Closed for Reconceptualization - September 27, 2011 – October 28, 2012
Relaunch of Spiral - November 7, 2012
Restaurant architect and interior designer - Design Studio Spin, Japan
Size of Restaurant - Total area of 2, 921 sqms
La Veranda: 270 sqms
Seating Capacity Indoor - 396 seats
Outdoor - 56 seats
Total of 452 seating capacity
Philosophy and Concept of Spiral
To bring the authenticity and warmth of the traditional French markets and Asian hawker stalls into a five star hotel setting.
Cuisines - Twenty-one dining ateliers:
Salad and Appetizer, L’Écailler, Sushi Sashimi, L’Epicerie, Hot Japanese, French Stove, Rotisserie, Wood fired Oven, Churrasco, North Indian, Asian Noodles, Peking Duck Oven, Steam Baskets, Chinese Wok, Filipino, Thai, Korean, La Boulangerie, La Patisserie, Chocolaterie and Creamery.
American (New), Asian Fusion, Buffets, Chinese, Filipino, Fondue, French, Indian/Pakistani, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Pizza, Seafood, Spanish/Basque, Sushi Bars, Thai and Vegetarian
http://www.spiralmanila.com/
ORCHID GARDEN SUITES MANILA
ORCHID GARDEN SUITES MANILA
Orchid Garden Suites Manila is conveniently located at 620 Pablo Ocampo Sr. Street, Malate, Manila. The hotel is approximately 20-30 minute drive from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.The hotel is near popular commercial establishments such as the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (3-5 minute walk), Harrison Plaza Shopping Complex (3-5 minute walk), Metropolitan Museum of Manila, CCP Complex (5-7 minute walk) and Cuneta Astrodome.
Featuring a landscaped pool, Orchid Garden Suites offers guests peaceful stays in a pre-war mansion. Overlooking Manila Bay, it provides shuttle services,
Orchid Garden Suites, Manila: See 149 traveler reviews, 81 candid photos, and great deals for Orchid Garden Suites, ranked #16 of 103 hotels in Manila
All 89 guestrooms and suites are spacious and well-appointed, revealing just the right fusion of comfort and simplicity. Each room has a sweeping view
Orchid Garden Suites Manila, an elegant boutique hotel designed in Art Deco style. The hotel is ideally located in the heart of Manila's tourist and entertainment
Manila Hotel Philippines
Must Visit Five Star Hotels in Manila
Excellent hotels play a vital role in popularizing any tourist destination. Experiencing a hotel that is comparable to your home will make you attach to the place you’re visiting. If the hotel they visited is not satisfactory at all, they might never return to the place.
Desciption: Defined by its history, elegance, and world-class service, the Manila Hotel maintains to be the choice hotel of the most distinguished clientele. Over the years, Manila Hotel continuously provides the best services and amenities for a truly memorable experience.
Location: Manila Hotel is located at Rizal Park Manila. This hotel is a business-friendly and known to be one of the best five-star hotel.
Inside the Manila Hotel: The hotel offers a complimentary buffet breakfast. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool, a children’s pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Being a business-friendly hotels, they offer banquet facilities, conference and meeting rooms.
Inside the rooms of Manila Hotel: Rooms includes Italian marble bath, fully-stoked minibar, LCD TV in the bathroom, and a welcome fruit budget. Every room has a signature contact-less electronic door powered by VingCard. Room service is available 24/7.
Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, Philippines
source : philippines-hotels.ws
address: CCP COMPLEX ROXAS BOULEVARD
Sofitel Philippine Plaza is a unique luxury hotel in Manila with a
resort setting next to the largest convention center and close to
theaters, museums, government offices and the Mall of Asia. 5-star
accommodation includes 609 rooms and suites boastingof balconies and
spectacular views of Manila Bay sunsets. Flagship restaurant Spiral is
the dining favorite in the metro, Sunset Bar has nightly cultural shows,
7Pecados features live bands and LeBar offers bistro-lounge-patisserie
service.Lagoon swimming pool, tropical gardens in 12-acres with aqua golf, mini golf, tennis and petanque courts and jogging trail. LeSpa at Sofitel and SoFit center open 24 hours. Playground and indoor Kids Club for superb recreation and sports activities.
ROOM SOFITEL MANILA
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All of the rooms feature a luxurious bathroom with a shower and a bath and a hairdryer. The rooms also come with a minibar, cable TV, a direct dial telephone, central air conditioning, tea and coffee making facilities and Internet access.
Renovated in 2007, this hotel offers a total of 609 rooms and suites. It is fully air-conditioned and offers fine international cuisine at the Spiral restaurant and grilled seafood at the Sunset Barbecue (plus cultural dance performances in the garden). There is a hotel lobby with a 24-hour reception desk, a hotel safe, currency exchange facilities, a cloakroom, lift access, a cafe, a bar, conference facilities, room service, laundry service (fees apply) and a car park.
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