Run for Posi+ive Lives

The Department of Health recently reported yet another set of alarming statistics on HIV infections in the Philippines. Read: 253 more HIV/AIDS cases in September. Ninety-five percent of these cases were males--mostly in the 20 to 29 age group and in the National Capital Region. (But ladies, this does NOT mean we're safe!)

HIV just gets closer and closer to home.

As such, no activity is as timely as the Run for Posi+ive Lives--the country's first ever run for HIV and AIDS, which will be held at the CCP Complex, Pasay City on December 10, 2011, Sunday, at 5:00 am.

The run aims to eliminate ZERO new infections, ZERO AIDS-related deaths, as well as ZERO discrimination for persons living with HIV.

So hurry! REGISTER NOW.

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WHERE TO REGISTER:

1. ONLINE REGISTRATION: www.pinoylifeguide.org

2. REGISTRATION SITES

• Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc.(PHANSuP)

4F VD&S Building, 59-B Panay Ave., Quezon City 1103 Philippines
Tel (+632) 332-1914

• REEBOK

#2118 Level 2, Trinoma
EDSA Corner North Ave., Quezon City
Tel. (+632) 900-6952

• ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE

#256 Level 2, Glorietta 4
Ayala Center, Makati City
Tel. (+632) 752-7084

• ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE

2ND Level, Alimall
Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City
Tel. (+632) 421-9561 / 56

• THE SHOE SHOP

2nd Level, Rockwell, Makati City
Tel. (+632) 898-1297

• PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT

University Health Service
University of the Philippines,
Diliman, Quezon City
Look for: Grace Santos
Tel. (+632) 981-8500 loc. 2709

• RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE

Department of Health Compound,
Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa
Tel. (+632) 809-7599 / 807-2628
Look for Ms. Elizabeth Navo

Let's Walk As One

Got this invite from an officemate:



Be one of the 50,000 walkers who will share their story on October 4, 6AM, at any of the participating walk locations (SM Mall of Asia Open Grounds, SM Iloilo, Plaza Burgos (Vigan), Bulacan Provincial Capitol Grounds, Avon Cebu Branch, Avon Legaspi Branch, Avon Cagayan de Oro Branch).

YOU can make a difference in women's lives. YOU can make a stand against the disease .

The Sacredness of Life

A painting exhibit for the benefit of the the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research for Women and Unicef.

Features the works of Dr. Nannete Yatco, Julius Legaspi, Dr. Rolando Talag, Ernie Garcia, Mian Sta. Cruz, Antonio Pelobello, Lorenz Yatco and Ms. Puchette Escano.

Cocktails on July 17, 6 pm, at the FPOP Office, Hemady Street, New Manila, Quezon City.

Exhibit runs from July 17 to August 4, 2009.

The Filipina Writing Contest

A couple of months ago, we were outraged by the FilipinaBride.Com, which is supposedly a spoof for the international perverts-or-hopeless con romantics who use the internet to look for their Filipina subjects.

While concerned groups have been successful with soliciting support and a couple of reactions from Filipinos, there weren't much efforts gathered for eliminating the "Filipina bride" impression of many on Filipino women. Most actions were geared towards the site owners; they were attacks to specific groups or individuals like the pervs that I was talking about in the first paragraph. None of them countered the real enemy: the negative perception of the Filipina.

Fighting this enemy is a big challenge. This is mainly because we are dealing with individual psychos...err... I mean psyches as well as a whole bunch of social constructions which have long been a mainstream for a significant number of ignoramuses.

Last August, another social barrier has been broken; another line has been crossed for the Filipino women. Janette Toral's brainchild, The Filipina Writing Contest, has the following aim:

"... to influence and change the impression about the Filipina by having relevant content appear in the first page of major search engines."

There were around 80 entries to this campaign and the awarding was held last 28 November 2007 at Ponciana's Kitchen along Timog Avenue.

Now ladies and gentlemen, the winners:

The judges' Most Liked Entries and won US$100 each.
The Funniest Filipina Vloggers
Ako si Pina.. At ito ang aking kuwento...
Superiority of Women in the Philippine Society

US$100 Winners in the raffle:
Filipina as Other (Betsy's!)
Two Popular and Unique Individuals, Both Filipina
The Filipina Campaign (Aiza's! Birthday gift!)
Filipina 2007

For the SEO competition part, the following won US$100:
Google - Filipina (marhgil's)
Yahoo - Filipina (marhgil's--lucky, lucky guy na nagrereklamo pa!)
MSN - Hindi lang Filipina Dating, Dating Filipina, Wow Filipina talaga!

For thoseShortlisted entries' prizes:
One (1) Customized Banner or Button (Thanks Juan Karlo Licudine!)
Filipina Pride
Three (3) Wordpress t-shirts for entries with link to our partner FilipinaImages.com (Thanks Noemi Lardizabal Dado!)
Filipina Ako. I am a Filipina
A Topless Filipina in Europe
Maria “Ria” A. Jose is a Filipina
Two (2) Strategic Problogging Audio E-Book (Thanks Manuel Viloria!)
Filipina Since Birth
Story of a Young Filipina Woman - The Fighter in Me
The following got a one-year individual membership in the DigitalFilipino.com Club.
A Different Filipina
Proudly Pinay: The Filipina Who Strut on Her Heels (wow! this IS mine!)
Macho I Love Yous
The Filipina in the Eyes of the World
Adobong Pinay
Ang mga Filipina ng Buhay Ko
Filipina works! Abroad
Podcast/Vlogs creation effort
Hot Filipina
The Portrait of a Japayuki as a Filipina
Google Suggested Pinay Scandal
What is a Filipina?
3 Things You Possibly Do Not Know about the Filipina

Congratulations to all (since I think everyone won a prize in the raffle)! And of course, congratulations to Ms. Janette!

To know more about the project, click here.
To know more about the winners and sponsors, click here.

Filipina Writing Contest EB

My first EB. Ever.

The experience was fun: a yummy buffet, a lechon (that I was craving for a few days before), lotsss of cool prizes and most of all, lots of friendly, unassuming, down-to-earth people. I was lucky to have known Ms. Janet Toral and the rest of my seatmates at the LUCKY TABLE--Betsy, Jehzeel (tama ba?!), Aiza, Arbet (Loggins) and Mar. (Guys, if ever you find this post, please correct me if I got your names wrong.) Guess what? I won a $25-worth GC from regaloservice.com =)

I'll be posting the links to the winning entries as soon as someone posts them.

L is for Lucky!