Rowena Wendy's posts with tag: exposure
| Start: | Jul 23, '08 10:30p | | End: | Jul 23, '08 11:00p | | Location: | Lifestyle Network, Ch 52 on Skycable |
MomWorks episode on possible alternative careers for moms. Ms. Maricel Laxa and I undergo a make-up workshop at Center for Aesthetic Studies! I need to remind myself since I'm forgetful... O_o
|  | I'm so fortunate to have had the opportunity to be a part of Lifestyle Network's new show "Momworks", which I was told was like the TV counterpart of ABS-CBN Publishing's Working Mom magazine.
The episode we shot today was about alternative careers for moms. Ms. Maricel and I took a glam fashion make-up lesson at Center for Aesthetic Studies in Makati City. This is where a lot of renowned make-up artists graduated, including Jigs Mayuga of L'oreal Philippines. Our instructor was Ms. Jennie Delica. I checked out CAS' list of services and a 4-hour make-up workshop costs about P2.1k. Bobbi Brown Cosmetics provided us with a full line of make-up and brushes to use.
After the lesson Ms. Maricel and I were provided models to work with. We made them up and voila! Haha, this is seriously an alternative career to consider. I think I have an aptitude for it... probably because I like drawing. Ms. Maricel is so nice... so down-to-earth and such a lovely person to work with. She really is a model mom.
After the make-up workshop, I was interviewed by Ms. Maricel regarding the whole experience. I was also given some wonderful tokens after the shoot -- a gift pack from Bobbi Brown Cosmetics containing Bobbi Brown's Lip Shimmer in Rosy (worth US$22) and Bobbi Brown's Eye Shadow Duo in Cement and Smoke (also worth about US$22) ... and there's also P2k worth of GCs from Jewels. Wow!
I'm very grateful for this whole experience. I was able to meet some wonderful people and learn a new skill all in one afternoon.
Thank you Lifestyle Network... especially Ms. Karen, Ms. Gie, and Ms. Kaths! :D |
| Start: | Jun 25, '08 11:30a | | End: | Jun 25, '08 5:00p | | Location: | Center for Aesthetic Studies, Makati City |
Still for confirmation due to the bad weather, hopefully it will push through. *Re-sked for Wednesday, pushing through at last! :D
Keirra appears in Disney's Princess Magazine for the third time this year! I emailed her Princess Jasmine pic for the Princess Postbag section in the hopes of winning the Best Costume award but it somehow ended up here in Fairy Godmother Corner of the July-August 2008 issue. Oh well...  At least we'll get P300 worth of Time Zone GCs so Keirra can play her favorite game, Love and Berry! My 7-year old cousin Ana Marie Eberhard also made it to the Fairy Godmother Corner page... Disney's Princess Magazine is giving away Crocs Jibbitz for this issue. Although I'd like some Jibbitz for Kei's Crocs I don't think we can win again next issue when we've just won this time... unless by some miracle we make it to Princess Postbag, hehe. For a chance to win Crocs Jibbitz, just answer the question "What's your favorite color of Crocs?". Send your answers with your full name, age, address, email add, contact numbers, and your loveliest photo to princesspromos@summitmedia.com.ph with the subject: "Fairy Godmother Corner July-August". Deadline of entries is on August 5, 2008.
| | My SM Story, Two winning My Favorite Book entries, one My Favorite Movie article, and a one-liner for Manila Bulletin's Word of the Day Contest. |
After airing the first version for two weeks (up to the second week of April), the Singapore Tourism Board decided to come up with a new version of our TVC featuring more scenes and more places. This time, all the places have labels. They said this will be the final and official version. I just lifted this video from their website http://www.discoveruniquelysingapore.com
Who would've thought the cellphone pic of Ken eating a cupcake at Cupcakes by Sonja would win a contest? I certainly didn't think so... but it did! It was chosen as one of Spot.ph's favorite pictures and we get 2.5k worth of Red Box GCs for it! Totally unexpected... I was expecting one of my restaurant reviews to win, this was just an accompanying picture for one of my reviews...
Kikay Exchange, one of the more popular local beauty blogs, recently published my article about Ace Water Spa. They held a writing contest for potential contributors and I joined. I didn't do it for the prize this time (the prize is a summer caftan and I don't wear dresses of any form), I did it for the chance to build my writing portfolio. It took me decades but I've only just begun to realize that I actually like writing. Anyways we just got back from Boracay, but I'll post about that separately after I organize our pics. My general sentiment though is Boracay is really quite overrated.
Our 45-second TV commercial for Discovery Channel and Singapore Tourism Board. This is the first version airing since end of March, and that is not my voice narrating. There will be a new version out this week which I was told will become the official version.
This commercial will air for one month in Discovery Channel and Discovery Channel Travel & Living... in twelve countries (Southeast Asian territories including Australia and New Zealand)!
Click on the triangle icon to view. Import.flv (1.9 MB)
 My aunt called me last night and told me it's airing already! I myself have not seen it yet because I'm still jetlagged from our US trip. I was told it's going to air from the end of March up to the end of April on Discovery Channel and Discovery Travel & Living. I haven't gotten our DVD copy either... hopefully I'll get to see it soon.
| | We started the day by going to Robinsons to shoot some shopping scenes. It was still closed as we arrived there 8am sharp, and it opens 10am. The kids were in awe of all the candies and toys in the kiddie section. After Robinsons we went to Vivo City, a new shopping complex. We shot some food tripping scenes at Food Republic there, and then had our lunch. We were in a rush so we had very little time to go around Vivo City.
We went to Suntec City next and boarded the Hippo Bus. It's a double-decker bus which tourists get on for a nice city tour. They rented the whole bus just for us! It was raining when we started shooting at the Hippo Bus but luckily the weather cleared and the kids had a great time. We weren't able to get any pics as it was quite difficult to move around the open air top deck. Even our cameraman had a hard time standing and balancing the huge camera since the bus was constantly moving. Our commercial video is my only hope for the documentation of our Hippo Bus ride!
After the Hippo Bus ride we headed for Sentosa and shot some scenes at the beach. Our things became separated as we rode different cars, so again we were not able to take any pics! Ken and Peter had some really nice scenes there though so I'm pretty sure they'll show it in the commercial.
After the beach we headed for Jumbo Seafood Restaurant at Riverside Point. We had a great view of the riverside and we had the yummiest dinner with all the popular Singapore dishes like Chili Crabs! Kei was acting up again because we had been shooting since 8am (it was past 8pm then) so most of the scenes featured Ken instead. Clarence of the Singapore Tourism Board wanted to take us on a river cruise after dinner but the kids were so tired that much as we all wanted to we had to pass.
The kids will surely never forget their Auntie Cyndi, Auntie Dorothy, Uncle Clarence, Auntie Amy, Auntie Jasmine, Uncle Daniel (our jolly cameraman), our director (I didn't get his name!), Uncle Ken, Uncle Surash, and the rest of the crew. They felt a bit sad when we told them their aunties and uncles won't be with us in the following days... they're such good people, the kids had so much fun with them in the two days we were all together. |
| | We were transported to Singapore Zoo by 8am the next day. We were told to get in costume and we had our hair and make-up done by Jasmine. We had "Breakfast with the Orangutans", an attraction of the Singapore Zoo. Keirra threw a tantrum which left me very stressed as I could not calm her down. Good thing she eventually settled and the crew was able to take some much-needed shots for the commercial. After that we rode a buggy and a stagecoach around the zoo, and then watched an animal show. When we wrapped up the shoot at the Singapore Zoo, the Singapore Tourism Board people treated the whole group to ice cream at Ben & Jerry's.
We scuttled over to Little Studios after the zoo, we had Hainanese Chicken Rice for lunch there and then proceeded to shoot some family photos for one of the scenes. I also recorded the voiceover narration for the commercial there.
We went to have dimsum at The Cathay Restaurant after Little Studios, but we neglected to take our own photos. The Cathay Restaurant is reputed to be one of Singapore's finest Chinese restaurants. We went to Sentosa right after to watch the evening show "Songs of the Sea". It was really good but flash photography was not allowed. The kids loved the mix of water fountain effects, laser lights, music, and pyrotechnics. We were seated in the center front row and the cameras were shooting the whole time we were watching. I hope we can see some of the show in the commercial...
We got back to the hotel at around 10pm and the kids were knocked out.
You can check out Songs of the Sea on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsFPieUWLk |
| | We boarded the 8:20am flight of Singapore Airlines, it was Keirra's first ever airplane ride. The kids were very happy because their seats came with their own monitors and consoles so they could watch videos and play games while in the air. They were also given Cartoon Network kiddie packs, and they were able to amass quite a collection. Keirra got all three Powerpuff Girls plushies, a coloring book, a box of crayons, a picture frame... Ken got some of the same stuff plus a Ben 10 50-pc puzzle set and a Ben 10 wallet. The flight attendants were very nice and the kiddie meal was very good!
We arrived at the Changi Airport after 3 hours where a Mercedes Benz picked us up! We were rather shocked by the limousine service as I was expecting just an ordinary taxi. We got checked in the Mandarin Oriental Marina Bay at around 1:30pm.
That same day at around 5:30pm, we had a briefing with the Discovery Channel Asia folks at our hotel. Cyndi (the producer) and Amy (the wardrobe stylist) brought suitcases full of clothes for us to try, so they could set aside the clothes we would be using for the 2-day shoot. Ken and Kei warmed up to them immediately and were clowning around with them by the end of the day. |
Just got back on the last Singapore Airlines flight last night. It was truly a unique experience, and something we will remember forever. The kids actually said "Bye Singapore, we'll miss you!" as we walked through the Changi Airport for the flight home. More than all the sights to see, it was really the people we met that made such a big difference. I was told that they (Discovery Channel and Singapore Tourism Board) had received over 2000 entries from 12 countries for this contest, so I was really really overwhelmed that we got chosen. Perhaps the biggest surprise for this trip was our son Kenshin. He was the star of the shoot! The director was so happy with him he was even given some speaking lines for the commercial. He's usually so shy and reserved but he really liked the people we were working with so he gave it his best. Keirra was moody the whole time due to lack of sleep. There was just so much we did and experienced, I'll post more about it in the coming days along with what photos we were able to take. The commercial will air by the end of March on Discovery Channel and Discovery Travel & Living. It will air for about a month. They will be sending us a DVD of the finished product in the coming weeks. In other news, I received an email from Ms. Bubbles Santos of Summit Media that my contribution will be published in the April 2008 issue of Good Housekeeping. 
It would seem I'm yehey.com's featured member for February. They "interviewed" me some time last year, and I thought they had changed their minds about it but surprise it's here! http://www.yehey.com/promohub/hallOfFame.aspx Anyways I don't know where the part about being the campus dentist of Rizal came from because I clearly told them that I sell cement for a living... wahahaha. I'll just let it be to keep the mystery.
 And so began my quest... which all started when I became acquainted with the GT moms. I used to just take these print appearances for granted, throwing them here and there around the house for whoever wanted to see. This particular print was taken right after Keirra participated in the Care Bears fashion show at the Glorietta last December 2006. It was published in the Philippine Star in the same month and I found it in the trunk of my hubby's car. I don't even have pics of that event because Kei was only 2 years old back then and I had to accompany her on the stage. I found the Disney and Me appearances amidst the kids' toys, and one other GH appearance in the magazine pile in our bathroom. I've uploaded what I've found in their multiply album.
What I wouldn't give to find my kids' very first print appearance, a Chinese New Year Special in The Philippine Star back in 2005, where my son Kenshin wore a traditional Chinese costume... there are also a few more from Working Mom and Moms Today, but they may have been taken for recycling already.
| | Still missing a few more from The Philippine Star, Working Mom, and Moms Today... |
| | Appearances in magazines and other media... 'nuff said. There are actually more but some I can't bring myself to show hehe. |
| |
