Christmas is in the air!

What's your Christmas sign? I get my first feel of Christmas when I see the red cups from Starbucks, those red paper cups that call out to you every time you buy your favorite cup of Christmas coffee =)

Since this is my first Christmas with Blogger, Just to pay tribute to this festive holiday, I've collected a few snapshots of this year's Christmas designs around the metro.

lantern vendors along Wilson St. in San Juan

Promenade, Greenhills

Greenbelt 3

Bonifacio High Street

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

*pictures were taken using Nokia N95

I'm on patron tequila!

With my party-mates Cham and James, rocking Globe's Embassy party during the 21st Philippine Advertising Congress.

Globe Party from gelopots on Vimeo.

Going Green

Now that we're feeling the summer heat during the -ber months and we experienced rainshowers during the summer months, the effect of global warming is really here. It's an impending doom, a friend once told me. I, for one, do what I can to minimize my carbon footprint. The company I work for, Carat Philippines, has a Green Bean Program that helps everyone in the group, and in the building, help in minimizing our footprints.

A few days earlier, I saw these signs along Dela Costa and Valero streets in Salcedo Village. It looks like the Makati City government is also helping and encouraging the public to minimize their emission of greenhouse gases by providing the E-JEEPNEY, which isn't really an alternative to the jeepney since there are currently no jeepneys on this route, but a new way to get around Salcedo Village without using your car.

Kudos to the Makati government for this initiative but it would be better if the E-Jeepney actually REPLACED the real one. Oh and by the way, it's free of charge. But for how long? =)

Here's the Green Route:

My 22nd Birthday =)

Thanks a lot to my Carat family for this wonderful party! I love you all! View the pictures here: 

Gelopot's 22nd!

Adidas Year-End Sale!

You're all invited to this year's Year End Sale of Adidas! Up to 70% off on ALL ITEMS.

Message me if you want invitations to the exclusive sale on Nov 27 and 28. Sale is open to the public on Nov 29 and 30. Sale will be in Adidas Sport Performance Concept Store, The Podium.

Going Up?

Discovered this new contraption in the basement parking of Il Terrazo along Tomas Morato.

How it works:
- you park on the platform/s, then when the 3 slots on the 1st level are full, they raise the leftmost one and slide the remaining two to the left side so that the one on top can go down.

Seeing Double

Rainbows are always a happy sight, especially for a big rainbow fan like me. =) But you almost never see a full rainbow or, even rarer, two rainbows at the same time. On NLEx, en route to Manila, we were witnesses to these 2 spectacular events happening at the same time.

At first I thought it was just your normal rainbow sighting, with majority of it concealed within/underneath the clouds.

After a while, another one revealed itself. Just couldn't resist the photo-op.

Lastly, just when I was about done looking at these simple wonders of nature, the inside rainbow showed itself in its full splendor.

Ah, the simple joys. =)

No One Pushes Efren

"Our planet is filled with heroes, young and old, rich and poor, man, woman of different colors, shapes and sizes. We are one great tapestry." These were the words of CNN Hero of the Year Efren Peñaflorida as he was receiving his award during the "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Efren started the Kariton Klassroom (Pushcart Classroom) program to bring books to the children living in the slums and on the streets during his teenage years in his hometown in Cavite. With the help of fellow volunteers, he was able to form the Dynamic Teen Co. which now has 10,000 volunteers and has taught proper hygiene, reading, and writing to over 1,500 children.

These are the times that a Filipino shoud be more proud than winning a world title boxing match. These are the times when we prove to the world and to ourselves that we can make positive changes in our own ways. Congratulations Efren!

Check out the news here:

CNN: Pushcart classes help break gang chain
PDI: RP Pushcart educator CNN hero of the year
PhilStar: Pinoy named 'CNN Hero of the Year'

Human LCD Screen

Thanks to Cza for forcing me to watch this. =)

And who thought that the Japanese were the only ones capable of doing something crazy? Here's a YouTube clip showing high school Korean kids doing a human version of an LCD screen. LOL.

'Tis the Season of Love

Finally! Ever since the movie came out a few years back, I've always wanted to watch this rock musical live. Directed by no other than Robbie Guevarra, 9 Works Theatrical is bringing this hit production to Manila on V-day 2010!

For those who celebrate the season of love (pun intended), this is going to be one heck of a Valentine's date. =)

RENT will be staged at the Carlos P. Romulo Theater, RCBC Plaza on Feb. 14, 2010, 4:30 pm.
You can find more details here: http://www.rentvalentines.co.cc/

Seasons Of Love - From The Motion Picture RENT (Album Version) - Cast Of Rent