PRO-Friends Gives Back To The Community At Lancaster New City

How do you describe an ideal town, city or village? I can gather different answers and it may depend on one's perspective so it may contradict. But I can probably share one nice example.

When you pass by Aguinaldo Highway in Cavite, it will be hard for you to not notice the Pro-Friends sign along the highway. But after I got invited to tour and see what's happening around their Lancaster New City property in Imus, I didn't expect what I discovered.

At the showroom of Lancaster, we were oriented about the property. Originally called One Lancaster, it changed its name to Lancaster Estates, then to Lancaster New City. Usually, when a homeowner is now finished with his/her paying obligations, the property developer's role ended there. But that is not the case with Pro-Friends.

For the holiday season, Property Company of Friends Inc. or Pro-Friends for short; is giving back to the Lancaster community by giving gifts to the children of the homeowners. I got to witness this myself at their Clubhouse. This is how Pro-Friends show appreciation to their homeowners and the kids enjoyed it. If I have kids, I would love to see them grow in such an environment.

Besides that, Lancaster already holds traditional Simba de Gallo or Simbang Gabi at their Church Of The Holy Family and it will be a regular thing since there is already a resident priest who can officiate all sacraments.

During my visit, I regret not seeing what Lancaster has in store when the day breaks because there are areas that are lit up for the holidays. Thanks to the rainy weather. Lancaster New City has the ideal institutions needed for this community to grow. It has its own commercial district and a school which is just a walk away.

Since travelling is now less hassle via Cavitex, Lancaster has a shuttle terminal that can bring you to Coastal Mall terminal so it won't be hard if you work in Manila. But the best part of the tour was looking at the model units. It in really quite a good investment especially if you know how to design the interior.

What makes an ideal place? It's a community and Pro-Friends commits to that by transforming lives in the community. If you like this post and interested to make an investment at Lancaster New City, visit any Pro-Friends showroom now so you can schedule a siting at Lancaster New City and see the colorful Santa's Workshop at their activity center. For more updates, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.

Recycled Christmas Lanterns Brings Holiday Spirit to LRT-1 passengers

For the holiday season, it is not surprising that it is hard to go anywhere because of the holiday rush. It may require us commuters to be patient which is why LRT-1 decorated each station with a recycled Christmas lantern made by the students from different campuses across the Metro.

The lanterns will be displayed until the first week of January and it will be judged the best work. What's good about these lanterns were the art and the ingenuity of the students to make one which means that we only need to recycle things when it can still be maximized and provides environmental concern.

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2nd SM Bowling Millionaire's Cup

Bowling is one sport my family is interested in. Mom started to build up the interest. Whenever she has tournaments in the company and the alumni, she always bring us there and have our own tournament and Mom always won.

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It is good thing that the malls got it all in one place including an in-house bowling lane. SM Malls is not left behind. Years ago, I tried playing bowling at SM in a different way. I was invited to bowl in a crazy way like throw the ball between your legs. SM Bowling Lanes calls it Funky Bowling.

Mr Ed Tejerero(Far left),, Dianne Galendez(2nd from left).

For the first time, I was invited to attend the last leg of 2nd SM Bowling Millionaire's Cup Tournament held at SM Clark last December 16. Not only it is my first time to visit the mall there but it is also the first time I saw a fully operational bowling lane in the activity area even though it is just two lanes.

Hadji Baracal, Classified Masters champion

Prior to this date, there are other competitors in different categories took place in different SM Bowling Lanes all over the country but it all ends in SM Clark. Two categories are taking place to compete in this last leg: The Classified Masters and the Opens Masters.

Dianne Galendez, Open Masters champion

Hadji Baracal won the Classified Masters division and Davao's 20y/o Dianne Galendez  defends her title  and won the Open Masters division. Noel Abad and Glenn Geluz are runner-ups in respective categories. It was a tough tournament but it was well played.

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World’s largest youth football program enters finals in PH

Press release

Manila, Philippines—The first Coca-Cola Cup in the Philippines culminates on 6 December and football aficionados are looking forward to an exciting, spirited match. Two teams of 18 are set to meet each other in the local finale of the world’s largest grassroots football program for the youth.

Dream Big Pilipinas Futbol Academy, Loyola Meralco Sparks Footbal Club and the local city of Taguig opened the officially opened the Coca-Cola Cup. (L-R: Edmund Qua Hiansen, Chairman of Dream Big Pilipinas; Atty.Adel Tamano VP for Public Affairs and Communications, Coca-Cola Philippines; Jorge Bocobo,City Economic & Investment Promotions Officer of Taguig City; Simon McMeneny, Training Director, Loyola Meralco Sparks Football Academy)

The Coca-Cola Cup, which piloted locally in Taguig City last November, aspires to bring about the same team spirit, friendship and respect that the Coca-Cola Cup has fostered among 1.4 million other teenage players in over 60 countries around the world since it started in Zimbabwe back in 1995.  Over the past few weeks, Filipino youth have participated in a series of football clinics ran with the help of partners, Manila Electric Futbol Club, Inc. (MEFCI) and Dream Big Pilipinas Football Association (DBPFA).

Bit By Bit presents Children's Plays For Adults

I first got to see a Virgin Labfest event when it opened in a campus tour in selected educational institutions and I never expected that one of the short-plays will make an impact to me. In this production, Bit By Bit showcases two stories that is both visually entertaining that it may appear like stories for children but it really has adult tones.

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The first story is from the Labfest. Maria Isabela at ang Guryon ng mga Tala is a story set during Spanish era about a young lady who wished to impress her object of affection. She began an impossible journey to achieve it.

What I like about the story was the use of different art forms and combining it in one like traditional acting, ventriloquism, and shadow puppetry. It's funny but it also bittersweet at the same time.

For Games People Play, is a modern setting in a probably traditional Visayan town where three children: two boys and a girl grew up together. Just like Maria Isabela, both stories can be real and relevant to any adult especially when it comes to relationships. But in Games People Play, it also made a darker tone.

Children's Plays For Adults opened at Power Mac Center Spotlight last weekend and will have it's last run this coming weekend. For more theatrical productions, follow this blog and like L.E.N.S. blogs on Facebook.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL TO AIR RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS SPECIAL FEATURING PRESIDENT OBAMA, ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC

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11 December, 2015 – Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific today announced it will be airing RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS featuring President Barack Obama.  This special, acquired from Electus International and Bear Grylls Ventures, features President Obama trekking through the Alaskan wilderness with Bear Grylls while on a visit to observe the effects of climate change on the area.  It is scheduled to air on Discovery Channel across Asia Pacific from 18 December at 10pm, immediately after its premiere in the US on the evening of 17 December.

Discovery Channel will also be premiering the second season of RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS on 5 January 2016, at 9pm(PH).  This season follows Bear Grylls as he takes Hollywood’s biggest celebrities – including stars such as Kate Winslet, Kate Hudson, Michelle Rodriguez, Ed Helms, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Michael B. Jordan, James Marsden and Drew Brees – on a one-on-one adventure that tests their survival skills and pushes their mental and physical boundaries. From the Nevada Desert to the Italian Alps to the Panama Jungle, Grylls and each celebrity push both their minds and bodies to the limit in these extreme environments to successfully complete their journey.