Manila Shopaholic

If you can say those words and go to the Global Pinoy Bazaar on November 5-6, 2011 at the Rockwell Tent, you will surely get a special gift from the Yabang Pinoy team. Just look out for the Fashion Police who will be around the area.

Need ideas? Check out the posters below. :)

Wearing Pinoy Athlete

Yabang Pinoy—the pioneering Filipino Pride movement known for fun, creative, and contemporary Filipino pride projects and events—constantly strives to convert Filipinos into shouting proud Pinoys.

Global Pinoy Bazaar

Now, Yabang Pinoy is out to prove that Filipino brands are getting bigger and better with the Global Pinoy Bazaar 2011, a showcase of local products made with 100% Filipino Love and Pride, on November 5-6, 2011 at the Rockwell Tent. The organization encourages everyone to put the Filipino First and patronize home-grown ideas, products, and services.

Global Pinoy Bazaar 2011 is zoned into Fashion, Pinoy Art and Design, Music, Tropical, and Home and Travel.

Mark your calendar now for the best Filipino Christmas shopping experience. For more information, visit www.yabangpinoy.com, email us at bazaar.globalpinoy@gmail.com or call us at mobile # 0927-826-3926.

If you are a bazaarista, one bazaar that you should never ever miss is the ST. JAMES THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Now on its 20th year and still with free entrance, this year, it will be held on November 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, 2011. That would be from Saturday to Wednesday – a whopping 5 day affair. It will be from 9:00 AM til 9:00 PM at the Ayala Alabang Village.

St. James the Great Bazaar

As always, there will be a lot of concessionaires, more than 500 to be exact.

The phenomenal Saint James the Great Bazaar has become a tradition at the Ayala Alabang Village. The proceeds of all of these bazaars are for the benefit of St. James Parish Foundation, Inc. whose mandate is to build the parish church and all the structures necessary for the efficient operation of the parish. The Church was built and completed from the proceeds of all of the fund-raising efforts that the community had for the past years.

The bazaar started in 1991 with the goal of raising funds for the construction of the Church. Through the years, the proceeds of the bazaar helped in doing the following:

The construction of the St. James the Great Parish Church from 1991 to 1993
The purchase of the St. James Parking Lot (Cuenca St. Cor. Nasugbu St.) which is now being used as one of the venues of the bazaar.
Installation of the Air-conditioning System of the Main Church.
Build the St. James Parish Rectory Annex for the use of the Parish Priest and the St. James employees quarters
Maintenance & Repair of all Parish structures.

All of the committee members responsible for this bazaar do not receive salaries or commissions from the proceeds of the bazaar. They organize and run the bazaar for the service of the St. James the Great Parish.

The Bazaar Committee is composed of Mimi and Nikki Valerio as Chairpersons, Manny Gonzales, President St. James Foundation, Ricky Presa, President, Parish Pastoral Council, Msgr. Albert Venus, Parish Priest, Edza Gonzales, Titang Montinola as members and Juliet del Rosario, St. James Foundation Office Secretary.

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This year, HYD – Hot Young Designers will be joining the GREAT bazaar. Please make sure you stop by their booth and purchase and item or two! If you would like to check out their items before hand, check out this link.

Hot Young Designers Website – http://hotyoungdesigners.com/

Are you into style and wellness? Well if you are, this event is the PERFECT event for you. On October 15-16, 2011 (this Saturday and Sunday) from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Grove Community Center, Catalogue 63 will be launching new brands. These new brands consist of post-workout clothing lines. Aside from the shopping, they will also be holding free yoga classes care of Beyond Yoga, Cross Fit Manila, and Urban Ashram.

Yoga

Wow, with all of these new fitness centers, I’m pretty sure there really are more and more people who are into fitness and health.

Here’s the press release for the event this weekend:

Manila, October 3, 2011 – The Grove by Rockwell and online retailer Catalogue 63 invite everyone to “A Style and Wellness Event” on Saturday and Sunday, October 15 and 16, 2011 from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm at The Grove Community Center on C5, Pasig City. The event will highlight the launch of Grubbies on Catalogue 63 and introduce other new brands available – Bonne, Lulu, Pazzy Navarro, Vestito, and m&m by Matthew & Melka.

The weekend event will also feature free yoga classes by popular fitness centers and studios Beyond Yoga, Crossfit Manila, and Urban Ashram.

“We believe that inner wellbeing goes hand in hand with outer appearance. Simply put, if you don’t feel good, you won’t look good. The launch of Grubbies, the perfect post-workout wear, on Catalogue 63 gives us the perfect opportunity to advocate health and wellbeing through this exciting event”, said Martina Gomez, marketing manager of Catalogue 63.

“This weekend will truly be a unique experience – fashion and fitness all in one place. We would like to thank our partners the Grove, Beyond Yoga, Crossfit Manila and Urban Ashram who all worked together to bring this event to life. All of us, in our own ways, aim to promote the health and wellbeing of people. We invite everyone to come and join us at this special event,” continued Gomez.

Catalogue 63 (www.catalogue63.com) is an online shopping hub that offers women’s clothes, shoes, bags and accessories from independent and up-and-coming Filipino brands. It aims to promote Philippine-made fashion while giving its customers a straightforward, convenient and enjoyable online shopping experience.

For more information on the schedule of classes and other event details, please visit http://www.catalogue63.com/style-and-wellness-event. Email marketing@catalogue63.com or call 433-6918 for more information. Admission is free.

The BPI Big Outlet and Travel Sale of 2011 will be held this weekend from October 14, 15, 16, 2011 from 10AM – 9PM at the Megatent Meralco Avenue, Ortigas Center Pasig. During this time, you can get up to 90% off from a lot of well-known brands. This is a must-not-miss sale.

BPI Poster

P.S. It includes Melissa Shoes, the well-loved plastic shoes.

It’s October 10, 2011. The second month of the –BER months. The 10th day of the 2nd –BER month of 2011. The holiday rush is starting. BUT, I for one am not in the holiday mood yet. I think it’s probably because of the soo many things that are going on around me. Or it could also probably be that Halloween still has not finished AND my birthday has still not yet come around. So I will just start thinking about Christmas starting November 18, 2011. I will mark that date and from that time on, I SHOULD be able to buy Christmas gifts already.

Carilainity

Contrary to how I feel, Carlainity Manila is already feeling the holiday vibe by launching their holiday collection. The Carlainity Shoes are available at the Backstage Store while the Store Pretty Shoes are available at the Follow Your Heart Shop.

Looking at the styles that are available, it seems like the whole theme of the holiday collection is espadrilles and wedges. Have you ever read the book The One Hundred by Nina Garcia? Well, if you did, you would have known that #29 is espadrilles. It’s a must that a girl has her own pair of Espadrilles.

holiday collection

Aside from going to the Backstage Store and the Follow Your Heart Shop, you can also go to the Fashion Gives Back Bazaar on October 14-15 at the Il Terrazo Rustan’s Tomas Morato, Quezon City.

Make Your Shopping More Meaningful

There are a lot of Christmas Bazaars that are being organized here and there. And to make your shopping more meaningful, pick out the bazaar that would be giving something back to society. When you atted the Fashion Gives Back Bazaar on October 14-15 (this weekend) at the Il Terrazo Rustan’s Tomas Morato, Quezon City, you will be supporting the cause of Carlainity which is to build a solar powered library for Camiguin Norte students. The reason behind this is that the Babuyan Island does not have daily electricity.

This is actually pretty cool. This is actually the first time ever that I’ve ever heard of a project concerning solar-powered systems. When I took a train to Germany, I noticed that a lot of fields had solar panels and I was amazed that they were able to do this. It would be pretty cool if the Philippines would also more aware of this kind of technology and utilize it even more. First, it saves the environment. Secondly, it won’t cost that much in the long run.

I really hope to see more and more projects like these and I hope to hear of more and more people involved in giving something back to society. Think of it as thanking God for all of the blessings that you have received. Paying it forward because it will definitely come back to you.

Have a great Monday night everyone!

For more information, visit the following website: http://carlainity.multiply.com/