It’s that time of the year once again!! As some of you may already know, I have been collecting this particular brand of flip flops since 2004 and I look forward to this special event yearly.  I remember that it was really the MYOH event back in 2006 that hooked me to Havaianas.  I still get them a number of pairs each year.  I currently own more than 80 pairs, but I don’t know how many exactly.  I even have a custom-made cabinet in my bedroom just to fit them all in.

Make sure to bring lots of creativity with you, moolah (when you intend to get more than a pair), and tons of patience (‘coz this thing really has a lot of fans I tell you) when MYOH opens tomorrow, April 22, 2010 (Thursday) at the Rockwell Tent in Powerplant Mall.  It will be open during mall hours (Mondays to Thursdays 11AM-9PM, Fridays 11AM-10PM, Saturdays 10AM-10PM, and Sundays 10AM-9PM) and will last until April 26, 2010 (Monday).  Havaianas Philippines promises to bring in more stylish variations with what we can do with our favorite pair of flip-flops like jelly, glow in the dark, and fluorescent straps plus swarovski-studded pins, silver letters, a Philippine-designed commemorative pin and sole, and a whole lot more!

Get your feet ready for this summer event you surely wouldn’t want to miss!

And to all HavLove* cardholders, this is our chance to finally get our exclusive Havaianas flip float!  Don’t forget to bring your HavLove cards in the MYOH event to redeem your flip floats upon purchasing your MYOH pair. Wee!

*HavLove is the exclusive community of Havaianaticos in the Philippines who live life knowing that summers never have to end.

The concert will be held on May 1, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum.  (Good thing, ‘coz it means there’s air-conditioning and reserved seats, yay!)

Tickets are available at all Ticketnet outlets and at the Araneta Coliseum ticket booths.  Prices are as follows :

• Patron VVIP (Reserved Seating) : 7,000
• Patron VIP (Reserved Seating) : 6,500
• Lower Box (Reserved Seating) : 6,500
• Upper Box A (Reserved Seating) : 4,500
• Upper Box B (Reserved Seating) : 3,500
• Gen. Admission : 500

But good news! There’s an ongoing promo for early birds! Get your tickets on or before April 15, 2010 and get the Upper Box A tickets for only 3,600 and Upper Box B tickets for only 2,800.  So hurry and get your tickets now before they run out

For more details or inquiries, you may contact Ticketnet at (632) 911-5555 or visit their website at www.ticketnet.com.ph.

Is the wait finally over?  We were all left hanging in New Moon with the surprise marriage proposal of Edward (Rob Pattinson) to Bella (Kristen Stewart), will we finally witness her sweet “Yes” to her beloved?  How about her friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner)?

The 3rd installment of the highly successful Twilight Saga : Eclipse will hit theaters on June 30, 2010.  The official 1st trailer was released to the world last Wednesday to give us a glimpse on what’s in store for us Twihards in this epic love story.  Also, we get to see a first look on the new actress playing the role of Victoria, Bryce Dallas Howard.

See below for the film’s official 1st trailer :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2HIda5wSVU

While we’re all wishing it’s gonna be June 30 tomorrow, maybe it will help if you pick-up the New Moon DVD first.  Out on March 20.

See the music video below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWCPS6CXmt0

The movie is about how seventeen-year-old Veronica ‘Ronnie’ Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Tybee Island, Georgia.  Some three years later, she remained distant from her parents due to her anger when they divorced, and felt alienated especially with her father.  As fate would have it, her mother suddenly decided to let Ronnie and her brother spend summer on Tybee Island with their father. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about different forms of love : first love, love between parents and children, and how the most important of our relationships can break our hearts .. and how we heal them.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=igdau8lHNvA

In theaters on March 31, 2010.

It’s finally confirmed! Grammy award winner John Mayer will be gracing the country with his presence for the 1st time by bringing to the country his Battle Studies World Tour on May 16, 2010 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds. Battle Studies is Mayer’s 4th album, which debuted #1 at the Billboard 200 chart and sold 286,000 copies in just a week.  He has been known for hits Your Body is a Wonderland, Waiting on the World to Change, and Daughters.

Tickets are now available at the Channel [V] Philippines office located at 89 Timog Ave. Quezon City.  For inquiries, you may call (632) 929-2151.

Ticket prices are as follows :

• VIP : 12,000
• Gold : 8,000
• Silver : 5,000
• Bronze : 2,000
• General Admission : 600

There’s an ongoing early bird promo with discounted prices for the VIP, Gold, Silver, and Bronze areas.  Only until April 15, 2010.

Tickets will later be available at Ticketnet and Ticketworld outlets.

March 25, 2010 : 7PM at TriNoma Activity Center (North Edsa, Quezon City)
March 26, 2010 : 630PM at Greenbelt 3 Park (Ayala Center, Makati City)
March 27, 2010 : 6PM at Alabang Town Center Activity Center (Alabang, Muntinlupa City)

Seat mechanics and meet-and-greet details for Ayala Card holders and Ayala Mall patrons to follow.

For more details, you may call TriNoma Mall at (02) 901-3000, Greenbelt Mall at (02) 757-4853, and Alabang Town Center at (02) 842-2782 or (02) 772-1860.

Grammy award winning record producer, rapper, songwriter Timbaland (Timothy Zachary Mosley, in real life) will be staging his Timbaland Shock Value Tour II live in Manila on March 27, 2010 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.  This event is presented by Smart Buddy, for their event Changing Lives - a Fundraising Concert for the benefit of the PLDT Smart Foundation.  The show will also feature 19-year old American singer/songwriter JoJo (Joanna Noelle Levesque, in real life) known for her hits Too Little Too Late, Leave, and Not That Kinda Girl. But the biggest surprise of all? Justin Timberlake will also fly to Manila and make a special guest appearance! Justin is both a Grammy award winning singer, and an Emmy award winning actor. He used to be a member of the boy group ‘N Sync, but he’s best known for hits Cry Me a River, Rock Your Body, Sexy Back, and his Billboard chart-topping album FutureSex/LoveSounds.

Ticket prices are as follows :

• VVIP : 8,000.00
• VIP : 4,651.20
• Gold : 3,100.80
• Silver : 1,550.40
• Bronze : 310.08

See below for the venue map :

Tickets are available at all Ticketworld outlets.  For more details, you can check out the Ticketworld website at www.ticketworld.com.ph or call them at (02) 891-9999.

Paramore, an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, is best known for their hits Decode and I Caught Myself that were featured in the blockbuster movie Twilight.  Since then, they are continuously gaining fans all over the world, and added hits Misery Business and Crushcrushcrush to their growing discography.  They already released 3 studio albums with the last one, Brand New Eyes, as the band’s highest chart topping album to date reaching the 2nd top spot of the Billboard hit albums list.

Tickets are now available at all Ticketworld outlets.  Prices are as follows :

• Gold : 3,950.00
• Silver : 1,550.00
• Bronze : 550.00

Please note that all areas are free standing.  See below for the venue map.

There are also Limited VIP tickets available.  You can call Mr. Charlemagne Lim at (0917) 833-4223 or (0922) 833-4223. Tickets can be picked-up at Little Asia restaurant branches at Tomas Morato, Quezon City; Promenade Greenhills, San Juan; and The Venice at McKinley Hill, Taguig City.

For further inquiries or reservations, you can call Ticketworld at (02) 891-9999 or visit their website at www.ticketworld.com.ph.

But wait, there’s more!  Little Asia is also giving away free tickets to the said concert. All you have to do is dine in any of their branches, and accumulate P5000 worth of receipts from January 16 to March 9, 2010.  Present these receipts to the restaurant’s cashier and you get 2 complimentary tickets to see Paramore.  To check out Little Asia’s facebook page, see here.

It’s a Sunsilk Damaged Hair Repair System sampling kit!  Inside were bottles of (1 of each) Sunsilk Damage Repair Shampoo and Conditioner. Too bad the Reconstruction Serum wasn’t included, I guess that’s too expensive to just give away, but I ain’t complaining! I’m actually surprised that they gave away bottles, instead of the usual sachets. The box in an orange color was a sight to behold really, with a glamorous shot of Sarah Geronimo on the cover – it’s a definite collector’s item for any fan of the star.

Back to the Sunsilk products, I’m really glad I got to receive these ‘coz I’m actually a user of these products! To give you an idea, this line of Sunsilk products was designed to help repair damaged hair. The newly-revamped Sunsilk line is now said to be the brand’s most advanced Damage Repair formulation, co-created with Thomas Taw (a damaged hair expert based in London), promises to give back extreme smoothness and health to your damaged hair.  It is enriched with Olive Serum Nutri Complex, and can be expected to give results within 10 applications of the Sunsilk Damage Repair System which consist of the Shampoo, Nourishing Conditioner, and Reconstruction System.

Now, I sound like a paid promoter for this but I’m honestly not.   So, just go try it yourselves. Text 10DAYS REG Name/Address (ex. 10DAYS Juan Dela Cruz/1234 Pasong Tamo St. Makati City) and send to 2600 to receive the kit too. Well, that’s what I remember doing a week ago and today I got this pleasant surprise.  Wee Free stuff is always LOVE. Thank you Unilever!

Don’t forget, this offer is good only until April 17, 2010.

Plants vs. Zombies™: Stem a zombie attack on your iPhone!

Get ready to soil your plants in this brand-new version of the hit PopCap game! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to slow down, confuse, weaken and mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.

Each zombie has its own special skills, so you’ll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds … as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenging fun. Get ready to soil your plants!

- Conquer all 50 levels of Adventure mode — through day, night and fog, in a swimming pool and on the rooftop
- Battle 26 types of zombies including pole-vaulters, snorkelers and “Zomboni” drivers
- Earn 49 powerful perennials and collect coins to buy upgrades, power-ups and more
- Open the Almanac to see all the plants and zombies, plus amusing “facts” and quotes
- Collect 13 iPhone-exclusive PvZ achievements
- Replay levels in the all-new Quick Play arena
- All the fun of the hit PC/Mac game — adapted for fun-dead fun on your iPhone
- Hilarious graphics, great soundtrack and a bonus music video