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The fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. Its what hap-pens when you are focused on more important things. You have to scale the mountain not just to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy a rarefied atmosphere and behold the view.

Afterall, graduation is only a concept. In real life, every day you graduate. Graduation is a process that goes on until your last breath. If you can com-prehend that, it will make a lot of difference. In deed, the future belongs to those who believe in chasing a series of dreams --- pursuing them intensely, sequentially.

Of course, your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life or dream. Dont allow the blare of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And more importantly, cultivate the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They are better guides than counselors and life coaches.

Leave your comfort zone and go out there into the wilderness of your in-tuition. You cant get there by a cozy vehicle, only by hard work and taking risk and sometimes not quite knowing what youre doing or want to be. But what you will discover will be most wonderful. You will discover yourself --- what heights you can climb, what area you can cover and what dreams you can achieve.

Once again, my felicitations and best wishes. HON. DEL R. DE GUZMAN City Mayor

In this graduation season, let me express my warm greet-ings to all those who made it, so to speak, and savor the fruits of hard toil in pursuit of knowledge, craft and skills. The schools have done their work, the learners have earned what they aspired for and their parents as well as benefactors have every reason to be pleased and co-celebrate with the graduates.

Your consistent hard work paid off. You will meet head on many other challenges as you enter another phase of your life, but believe that you are armored well and that you will excel in all. I am sure you will have a good advantage.

When summer is mentioned, what comes to mind are outings, swimming, halo-halo, sports camps. art work-shops, and much much more refreshing delights and ac-tivities.

Marikina has all these and more!Marikina is a destination place for small team build-

ing sessions and outings - from people who want to es-cape the heat of the metropolis. The city is known for its resorts and private swimming pools.

Its being neither here, nor there is working to its ad-vantage, especially for those who are looking for an out-of-town experience that does not take too long to reach. Marikina acts as a buffer between the highly competitive rat race of the modern urban jungle and the rustic laid back and relaxing life in the province.

Lately, Marikina has also been catching the attention of food lovers who try out new tastes and new places. Li-lac Street, Gil Fernando Avenue, and the Marikina Riv-erpark has appeared in the radar of food bloggers and food shows recently and more frequently. Thanks to Kris Aquino, Umagang Kay Ganda, Unang Hirit, and our hardworking tourism and culture head, Tet Atanacio-Curry and her equally hardworking staff.

For new graduates, now you know where to head for your post graduation parties, family get togethers, and celebrations. Try out what Lilac Street and Gil Fernando Avenue have to offer.

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Its finally here! The season to get down and jig-gy with the sun, have a sip of cold beverage and let your parched skin wade in the water. Summer is here!

During this hot season, nothing beats the sum-

VILLA Ronarmer heat like a dip in the pool. Top it off with the company of friends, family, co-workers or with your special someone, it becomes more f-u-n.

Aside from being the shoe capital of the Philippines, Marikina also has an abundance of awesome swimming spots to chill-out. One of these is Villa Ronar Garden Resort and Hotel.

Villa Ronar is located at #112 Dao Street, Marikina Heights, Marikina City. The name Ronar is actually the com-bination of the owners names, Rory and Narcisso Cruz. The resort was es-tablished in 2002 and later in 2005, was handed down to their children to be managed, as Narcisso Cruz Jr., a pi-lot, and his wife, Dr. Jennifer Cruz, re-counted during our visit (both of whom took some time off their busy schedule to accommodate us. Our thanks to the couple.).

The resort is home to the Narcisus pool, a pool with a garden-and-hidden-spring feel that is not only refreshing to the shriveled skin, but is also an ocular thirst-quencher. The place also has a grand ballroom ideal for large celebra-tions such as debuts, wedding, etc. Want to spend the night over? Cozy hotel rooms and a penthouse with an overlook of Marikina Heights are available here.

They also offer services such as themed-styling and catering for events in their grand ballroom and outside catering for occasions. Planning to get married? Avail of their all-in, worry-free package. All you will have to do is pick a church or venue where you wish to be wed and thats it. Sit back, relax and watch the fireworks fly.

Make your memories here in Villa Ronar. It is a place where precious mo-ments are frozen in time.

Where precious moemnts are frozen in time

Sound the alarm! Alert your growling stomachs! Bagnet is invading Marikina!

Armed with succulent crispiness and melded into a variety of mouthwatering dishes well equipped with flavors that ex-plode in your mouth, the Bagnet served at Yohels Bagnet Station is a scrumptious newcomer that Marikeos would welcome with anticipation not to mention with driveling taste buds and hankering bellies.

Karen Maka De Mesa, a Marikea, and her husband, Engr. Joel De Mesa, are the brains behind this yummy invasion. Hav-ing no background whatsoever in business administration, they avidly made research before giving birth to the establishment. Their original plan did not materialize due to lack of confidence in business manage-ment. Later on, they would find out that this would be a blessing in disguise for them - as something bigger emanated from

their original plan. Why not try Bagnet with a twist? they thought. Hence, Yohels Bagnet Station was born.

Yohels Bagnet Station was adapted from the name of their 6-year-old son, Yohel and was opened on the 28th of April 2013. It offers a wide array of Bagnet-topped cui-sines to choose from. Each of which is able to quench our flavor-desiccated taste buds. Their best seller, Kare-kareng Bagnet, is packed with so much flavor that a spoon-fuls of its sauce is ample for 3 spoonful of rice. Also served here are Binagoongang Bagnet, Bagnet Curry, Sinigang na Bagnet, Paksiw na Bagnet and of course, the origi-nal Bagnet just to name a few. All of which are cooked and prepared by none other than Karen herself and her mom. Dapat wag kayong papasok sa business na hindi nyo gusto at hindi kayo mag-e-enjoy said Karen (who personally loves and enjoys

cooking). Just to give you an idea of how lip-

smacking their food are, they have been drawing the attention of some of our friends from Media. Their first online debut was on the 19th of September 2013, when Open Rice featured them on their site. Later on, they were featured on several T.V. shows such as Umagang Kay Ganda, Poptalk TV and Unang Hirit. Recently, they were vis-ited by group of food bloggers in Marikina.

An existence definitely worth sharing. Yohels Bagnet Station operates daily

from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m and is located at #59 Katipunan St, Barangay Sto. Nio, Marikina. It has a seating capacity for 28 persons and accepts catering. For more in-quiries, text or call, 0918 472 4585

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A pleasing blush of Periwinkle, glazed with a playful Alice in Wonderland touch, delectable cakes on display and a beguiling name of Wolly Winkle, this establishment indeed snags the attention of ones eye and stimulates the taste buds.

This patisserie of more or less 20 seating capacity was born in December of 2013. It is the brainchild of Hana Rebaldo, a Marikea based in Singapore, BS Management graduate of De La Salle University and sweets and mac n cheese lover herself. It is also a younger sibling to their family owned business es-tablishment Forget Me Not Caf.

The name Wolly Winkle, as explained by the charming 21-year-old proprietress, is the combina-tion of her favorite color of Periwinkle and Willy Wonka -a fictional character in Roald Dahls 1964 childrens novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Why Willy Wonka? you might ask. The reason, our guess, is the fact that they make their own chocolate.

Wolly Winkle offers mouthwatering cold cakes, full-bodied shakes, palatable meals such as mac and cheese, to which, by the way, is a family recipe of theirs. Aside from their own chocolate recipe, they also sell local and imported munchies.

Located at #32 Gil Fernando Avenue (formerly A. Tuazon), Marikina City,the shop is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Visit them now and check out what Wolly Winkles new monthly promo is. After all, surprises have never been this sweet.

Visit their facebook account: www.facebook.com/WollyWinkle.

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a cup. Some prefer theirs with pinipig. Dont forget to add that evaporated milk. Top with leche flan and/or ice cream for additional fullness that spoils yourself with the explosion of flavors playing with your taste buds.

There are plenty of Halo-halo stalls during summer. Some of the best are in Marikina. Try Pink Chiffons version (and their cupcakes too).

Cupcakes are Pink Chiffons trade-mark. Try their best sellers, White Choc-olate Mousse and Double White Choco-late Mousse cupcakes, and experience a piece of sweet heaven.

They can be found along Lilac St. (But thats in another story. Next issue, to be precise). You can reach Pink Chiffon at 09178231027. Pink Chiffons

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CouncilorsWillie Chavez was once a member of the

business sector who often found himself as-sisting the needy and the deprived. For him, commerce was fine, but self-actualization surprisingly came from helping people. Later on in his life, he realized that his true calling was not in the corporate world, but in service to the people. Mr. Chavez, now Councilor Willie Chavez, currently leads a life of a pub-lic servant. He is now a member of the City Council of Marikina.

During an interview with the councilor, we noticed a long line of people seated and waiting for their turn to meet with him. It struck us that this hefty amount of people in line are the people assisted by the councilor. They are the people who trust in the coun-cilors ability in service.Aside from aiding our needy countrymen, he is also an active par-ticipant during discussions and sessions of the City Council. To name a few, he authored resolutions such as Resolution 131, Series of 2013 which requests the private medical sec-

tor to immediately report medical cases that has risks of becoming epidemic. Prevention indeed, is better than cure. Resolution 25, Series of 2014 is also one of the resolutions he has authored. This resolution establishes a sisterhood relationship with the municipality of Solsona, Ilocos Norte.

Actively participating in the City Coun-cil and helping the needy wasnt enough for him. Councilor Chavez also initiated projects such as the MOA signing and visitation of Solsona, Ilocos Norte LGU Officials, donated fiber glass boat and flood equipment to Brgy. Malanday for disaster risk reduction and mit-igation, sisterhood negotiations with Nueva Ecijas San Antonio Municipality and Califor-nias Carson City and the proposal for a two storey building for our senior citizens in Brgy. Malanday. He also helped in the outreach-program in Hernani, Samar through stress debriefing of their affected LGU officials. These are but a few of his endeavors.

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Coun. Jojo Banzon

A familiar face with a contagious smile, Councilor Joseph Jojo Banzon often makes us curious if he was always awarded best in attendance during his student days. Councilor Banzon, an active and regular participant of the flag raising ceremony held every Monday, not only enthusiastically partakes with the City Council sessions, but is also always acces-sible during events. His constant presence suggests that he is always willing and avail-able to be of support. It is indeed one of his very admirable qualities.

If being best in attendance is one of his commendable quality, another excellent attribute of his would be his competence as a public servant. Councilor Banzon authored practical resolutions, ordinances and projects. One of these would be Reso-lution no. 027 of 2013, or better known as

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Ecouncil initiative. Ecouncil initiative is a resolution that

initiates a paperless City Council Ses-sion -the very first in the Philippines. It is practical and at the same time, environ-mental, since the requirement for papers will drastically be reduced. The resolu-tion was lauded by the DILG-NCR when Marikina was chosen to be a Pilot City of the Departments Off-site Regional Team Conference. A smart resolution if we may say.

He also sponsored the Legislative Monitoring and Tracking System. It is a system where one can keep track of the progress of an ordinance, a resolution or information from the council. The LMTS can be accessed through the City Coun-cils official page, marikinacitycouncil.com.

Having 7 years of experience as a councilor, he has successfully handled different chairmanships. He chaired the citys Housing and Community Develop-ment, Transportation and Communica-tion, Peace and Order, and Zoning and Urban Planning. Presently, he is the Parks Development chairman and Communica-tion and Information Technology chair-man. He is also the former president of the Rotary Club of Marikina East.

Leadership, initiative, presence and practicality, the assets of Councilor Joseph Jojo Banzon that makes him a capable public servant and a proficient member of the City Council.

Academy Asia School of Technology and the Arts is a private technical voca-tional institution accredited by TESDA that delivers quality and affordable education. Partnered with MAHTECH, it aims to be The Culinary School of Marikina and to produce highly-skilled and globallycom-petitive graduates with admirable work ethics.

Their International Hospitality Pro-grams offers different courses such as Pro-fessional Certificate Program, Modular Certificate Programs, Short Course Cer-tificate Program, Workshop Seminars and International Externship Programs. Each of which are divided into courses such as Cu-linary Arts, Pastry Arts, Baking, and Food and Beverage Serving with Bartending. It also offers Local Internship and Interna-tional Externship Programs.

Classes here are mentored by expe-rienced chefs such as Chef Ann Lourdes Ruivivar, a culinary chef for 4 years and a

pastry chef for 1 years, Pastry Chef Den-nilyn Sy who has been in the industry for three years to which includes her work experience in an airline catering in New Jersey, and Chef James Bicaldo, the unico hijo of the Academy, who is also a culinary chef. Worth mentioning is how the afore-mentioned are treated by the jolly, young owner who requested that his name (and picture) not to be included. Unlike other bosses, he considers the above mentioned as his business partners. (Well, it seems that they looked like barkadas while MIM did the interview.)

Aside from the skills learned in the Art of Culinary and Pastry, teamwork is a bonus and is encouraged as MIM ob-served during our visit in one of their classes. A group of young aspiring chefs sup-porting each other to create their class masterpiece was

a pleasing sight to watch.MIM asked the students what inspired

them to study Pastry Arts. Sheena from Taytay replied, It is my passion, my dream. Edward, Ara, Rhona and Hazel, Her fel-low students, on the other hand, dream of working abroad or to use the skills they are acquiring to engage in business.

Having sampled their craft, MIM can definitely say that their dreams, under the mentoring of the chefs of AASTA, are about to become reality. Thanks to their hard work and the team of professionals that are guiding them.

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The booming Lilac strip of commercial establishments and row of restaurants is the new-kid-on-the-block for Marikinas tourism scene.

Believe it or not, Lilac Street in SSS Village, Barangay Concepcion Dos is creating a buzz, not only among residents, but even among those outside of the city. This is due mainly to the extensive reach of social media way beyond the trade areas geographic market base.

Many small to mid-sized food establishments have come and gone here in this food row. But the dynamics are different now. And for those looking for good chow at reasonable prices and investment opportuni-ties now is the time to live in, invest in, and visit this part of Marikina.

Although, the previous profile of SSS Village was those of retirees and senior citizens with limited purchasing power it has now meta-morphosed into a younger and more robust population. The welcome boost comes from next generation and from those escaping the flooded parts of Marikina. These new residents and new businessmen have in-fused the micro local economy with much needed liquidity and spend-ing power.

Hopefully, this will translate into more banks joining Chinabank Lilac. For business development experts, the presence of financial in-stitutions like banks and pawnshops are indicators of an areas capacity to pay.

Lilac Street is a main gateway that traverses the broad middle class residential areas of SSS Village and the upscale Rancho Estates and oth-er similar enclaves. It is close to the worship places of Catholics, Iglesia ni Cristo, and born-again Christians. Sundays must be extra busy and congested with thousands of churchgoers of St. Paul of the Cross, the INC, etc. coming in and going out. The exclusive schools of Marist and St. Scholasticas with the co-ed schools of Infant Jesus, OLOPS, Paman-tasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, etc. are a couple of minutes drive away.

The entry of the dynamic Kap. Jane Zubiri Dela Rosa completes the rosy picture of better things to come for the village and barangay.

Barangays Concepcion Dos and Marikina Heights are located in the higher part of Marikina Valley and were largely spared from the floods of Ondoy and the Habagat. Flashfloods are isolated in a couple of streets and will hopefully be solved by two new pumping stations.

Check out the variety of restaurants and their sumptuous offerings along Lilac Street with your family, friends, and officemates. Do it now. Do it often.

Hopefully, your experience will encourage you to invest in the place or even reside in the periphery.

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According to www.wikipedia.com, Lilac or Syringa is a flowering woody plant that is usually associated with Easter. It symbolizes love and is consequently called paschalia.

Coincidentally, the word paschalia sounds like a Filipino word, pasya-lan, which means travel destination in English.

Here in Marikina, a street that shows a solid link between both words exists. Named Lilac Street, it is also a great pasyalan or a place to visit. It is a clean and peaceful street, sloped with no heavy traffic. It is also a long stretch of various establishments worthy to be included in your travel list.

Lilac Street is home to various laundry mats, spas, salons and bar-bershops, restaurants and eateries, clinics and diagnostics centers, auto shops, banks, schools and learning centers, and pastry and beverage shops. Some of these establishments have been featured in blogs and T.V. shows. And as an additional bonus, each establishment has ample park-ing space. No need to worry about where to park your vehicle.

So if by far you fall in love with the place that you decide to move in, Rancho Village (also along Lilac St.) is one of the many locations you can consider moving in to.

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NANIES DELICACIES472 STELLA MARI AVE. Maybunga, Pasig City09189384880

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ESTRADA EATERY78 V. BALTAZAR Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City09196297247

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BON DOYS FOOD484 J.P Rizal St. Malanday, Marikina City646-8596

BUBBA LAB FOOD SERVICESCB Mall Liwasang KalayaanMarikina Hts., Marikina City950-4133

BABYS PUTO117 A. Mabini St.San Roque, Marikina City647-7511

BELLINIS CAF & RESTAURANT310 Shoe Ave. Sto. Nio, Marikina City234-5699

LUYONG PANCITERIA801 J.P Rizal St. Concepcion I, Marikina City941-1694

CHEF JESSIE RESTAURANTSGF Amorsolo Square897-7516

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Procedure:For the Bihon:1. Soak Bihon in enough water to completely submerge noodles.2. Boil 2-3 cups of water3. Blanch softened noodles in boiling water until cooked.4. Rinse with cold water and strain.For the CREAM SAUCE:1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil while stirring continuously2. Keep stirring and simmer until sauce thick-ens then remove from heat and set aside.For the SHRIMP SAUCE:1. Saut chopped shrimp, garlic, patis, and sugar in oil.2. To get the shrimp head extract, place shrimp heads and skin in a blender with little water and pulse until a smooth paste is achieved. Strain with a fine sieve or squeeze out juice with cheesecloth.3. Add the Shrimp juice with water and annatto powder. Simmer until shrimp is

cooked4. Add cornstarch mixed with 1 tbsp. water, continue simmering until sauce thickens.5. Adjust taste with patis and sugar.GARNISHINGS:1. Cube Tokwa into inch cubes or smaller. Deep-fry in hot oil until crispy. Drain with Paper towels and set aside.2. Finely mince cilantro sprigs and pring onions3. Hardboil egg and slice into ringsFor the NUOC NAM SAUCE:1. Combine all ingredients together2. Adjust the taste of the fish sauce until desired saltiness is achieved.ASSEMBLE DISH BY:1. Mix Noodles with around 1/3 cup cream sauce and place on center of dish.2. Create a well in the middle of the noodle twirl and place shrimp sauce into well.3. Top with Tokwa cubes, fresh bean sprouts, cilantro, spring onions, garlic, egg, and shrimp.4. Place sauce in a sauce dish and drizzle onto pancit before eating

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Kyle Imao, while cooking Pancit Luglug duringthe Marikina Food Festival celebration

Ingredients:1.59 Oz. Bihon (Small Pack)For the CREAM SAUCE250ml Coconut Cream tsp. Annatto Powder2 tsp. Cornstarch2 tsp. Patis For the SHRIMP SAUCE Oil for Sauting2 Tbsp. Roasted Garlic bits1 tsp. Sugar6 pcs. Shrimps, peeled, and dicedJuice from Crushed Shrimp heads and skin cup Water2 tsp. Patis tsp. Annatto Powder tsp. Cornstarch GARNISH

1 Small Firm Tokwa (Tofu) Cup Bean Sprouts1 Hardboiled Egg1 Tbsp. Cilantro, minced1 Whole Shrimp, peeled and boiled with shrimp sauce1 Tbsp. Roasted Garlic bits2 tsp. Spring Onions, mincedAdditional Cilantro Sprigs for garnish For the NUOC NAM SAUCE:1 Clove of Garlic, crushedCalamansi Juice (from 3 pcs.)1 tsp. Patis1 tsp. Sugar tsp. Spring Onions, minced2 Tbsp. hot Water

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Are you 7 16 years of age and a resident of Marikina? Plan-ning on cultivating those athletic skills this summer? Well then, the Marikina Sports Center is offering FREE clinics in arnis, badminton, basketball, baseball/softball, football/soccer, karate-do, lawn tennis, mixed martial arts, rugby, swimming, table Ten-nis, taekwondo, volleyball and wrestling for the month of April to May through the Free Summer Sports Camp 14. For more information and schedule of trainings, please call the Marikina Sports Center at telephone number (02)369-5508.

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Dreaming of being a painter such as Leonardo Da Vinci? Want to become a rock star or a member of a famous band? How about becoming prima ballerina? Take the first step in becoming an artist. Learn! The Marikina City Tourism, Cul-ture and the Arts Office (MCTCAO) will be launching the Summer Art Workshop 2014 this April 21 which will run un-til May 22. The workshop offers basic courses in guitar, piano, modern dance, voice, drums, arts and crafts, drawing, teen theater, painting, ballet 1 (for kids 3 to 6 years of age) and bal-let 2 (for kids 7 to 10 years of age). Enroll now and establish your groundwork in the field of arts.

The city of Marikina, through its Marikina City Tourism, Culture and Arts Office (MCTCAO), has launched Art on the Edge last February. This month-long series of events is in support to the Na-tional Commission for Culture and Arts as it cel-ebrates the Arts Month together with the entire Phil-ippine nation.

Arts Month seeks to showcase the beauty and richness of the culture and arts of a community.

Included in the series of activities is the Visual Arts Exhibit displayed last 21 of February at the Marikina City Hall Quadrangle. Masterpieces of Jun Salvador (Photography), the late Ronnie Usok Eustaquio, Cris Cruz, and Irmina Publico (Painting), Zeny Zaba-la, (Cinema), and Sajid Imao (Sculpture). The Trash to Art Logo Making Contest, an event where students from public high schools compete with each other to create the citys logo from scraps and rubbish, unfold-ed on February 11-21. The children under the care of the Marikinas City Social Welfare and Development Office were also given a chance to express themselves through art. This transpired last February 12 at the Children In Conflict-with-the-Law Activity Area un-der the mentoring of Art Wednesday, a group of art-ists based in Marikina. On February 16, the first mini cultural show entitled Lakbay Sining: Konsiyerto sa plaza/Barangay, along with a roving/mobile Art and Science exhibit, made rounds and performed for dif-ferent barangays. Sayaw Pinoy, a dance presentation, happened at the Atrium of SM City Marikina last Feb-ruary 23. It featured dancers chosen from Marikina and the entire Philippines. Salamyaan sa Ilog, an event where senior citizens, especially those who are native to Marikina, reminisce and share stories about the Marikina River to the students who attended the affair on February 26. In turn, the children were asked to write or compile the stories they have heard. The best story will be in a play. This happened last February 26.

Marikina Food Trip Weekend Market, on the other hand, occurred last February 28 to March 1. The two-day event was a combined effort of MCT-CAO, Marikina Culinary Arts Guild, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina (PLMar) Center for Culture and Arts and PLMar Tourism-Hotel and Restaurant Management. Featured in the event were various foods that can be bought in the city. Sixty restaurants, catering services, bakeshops and pastries, culinary schools and even party needs found in the cities were estimated to have joined. Also featured were delica-cies from towns and cities near Marikina.

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Different varieties of food such as Marikinas trade-marks Everlasting and Waknatoy, Navotas pica-pica, pinatuyong isda, and Rufina patis, Antipolos Leleng Pasalubong, suman, kasuy, kalamay, Malabons Pastillas, Polvoron, Pateros JCI-Pateros Balut; competitions such as Everlasting Fusion Competition, Flaring Exhibition, street party and Battle of the Bands - these are some of the spectacles that graced the Pakulo sa Marikina: Marikina Food Festival 2014 which happened last February 28 to March 9 at the Freedom Park of Barangay Sta. Elena.

Flavor powerhouses from all around the city also joined in the celebration. Marikina Culinary Arts Guild, comprised of Kusina ni Kambal, Marthas Plate, CVJ, Ignacios, Sarah and Mae, La Piazza and Rochas Puto & Kutsinta; various bakeshop, thirst-quenching bever-age stands and restaurants such as Bubba Lab Milk Tea, Mrs. Cheffy Catering Services, Aunties Bakeshop, Bell-inis, KKK Coffee/Tsaa Daloy, Sisig Hooray!, Kaf Restau-rant, Pan de Amerikana, and Luyong; not to mention the budding chefs representing Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, OLOPSC HRM, Academy Asia, Water Nymph, Teatro Marikina, Sentrong Pangkultura (Kapitan Moy) and Marikina Hotel and Convention Center all of which have combined their savory might to summon food heav-en here in Marikina.

Guests of honors Jessie Sincioco and Junior Mas-ter Chef Champion Kyle Imao along with Julios of Tri Dharma Food Services Corp, Appanzell Food Products, Marikina Culinary Guild, PACE, and OLOPSC-HRM demonstrated a cooking exhibition and showed how fla-vor heroes and heroines get the food well-done (pardon the pun, I couldnt restrain myself).

Mayor Del De Guzman expressed that the success of this event shows that Marikina isnt just a home for Marikeos skilled in the craft of shoe-making, but also experts in creating delectable and unique dishes that the city can be proud of.

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do? -Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

Abby Medina

Its a familiar question. We dream, make plans and in the end, we find our-selves not having what we hoped for. Its a repeating cycle a redundant Dj vu. It can happen to anyone.

Abby Medina, a Marikea, isnt a stran-ger to this situation. She is the daughter of a successful shoemaker and has helped with their family business when she was a kid. And just like any other child, she had a dream. She dreamt of traveling when she became older. Upon entering college, she took BS HIRM and majored in Travel and Tourism. Applying subsequently to differ-ent companies after graduating, she was turned down every time. She was run-ning out of hope but she never gave up. She thought that maybe, just maybe, the career she was hoping for wasnt for her. And she was right! Because later on, her success came from a familiar face.

What Abby and the rest of those who didnt give up remind us of a quote from the film Rocky. Stallone said in one part of the movie, The world aint all sunshine and rainbows. Its a very mean and nasty place and I dont care how tough you are. It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You,

me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it aint about how hard youre hit. Its about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. Thats how winning is done!

On her 21st birthday, she opened an online shop, selling flat shoes. Later on, luck came knocking at her door as she was invited to join the Christmas ba-zaar of ABS-CBN. And if that was not enough, resellers became interested with her products that they have tied up with her. Not only that, her products, shoes of high quality standards, were featured at Solar news and Kris TV. She is now a suc-cessful businesswoman and owns a shoe company that manufactures high-quality customizable flat shoes. The name of her business? Shoe Room.

Oh and by the way, we would like to say something to life for the difficulties it gives us. Hah! Take that!

For inquiries, please call at (02)359-5153. Also, e-mail at myshoeroom@gmail.com or visit facebook account at http://www.facebook.com/MyShoeRoom.

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Design CompetitionCreativity, quality, practicality and

sense these intangible words have materialized into each shoes dis-played at the Filipino Footwear 2014 Design Exhibit. Undeniably, the de-signs displayed here confer a feeling of anticipation - a bright one, for the future of Marikinas convalescing shoe industry. Organized by the Marikina Shoe Industry Development Council (MASIDC), the exhibit became view-able until March 7 at the Quadrangle of the Marikina City hall.

Out of the forty-six competing designs, fifteen entries dominated by young aspiring designers made it to the semi-finals. Five of which bagged the top 5 spots. These were Jerome Sta. Marias Beach Princess, which anchored at 1st place and hauled in PhP 10,000, a trip to Guang Zhou, China and PhP 5,000 worth of pocket money. The Rebel, another design of Sta. Maria, occupied the 2nd place and seized another PhP 10,000 and a gift certificate. If this was an exam, he would have achieved a perfect score of 2 out of 2. Skewering 3rd place and PhP 10,000 is Jerald Casamis spiky Flabberlous. Cari Dawn Campbells

Stitches was sutured at 4th place, re-ceiving PhP5,000 and a gift certificate while Rene Santos metamorphosing Four-In-One stabilized at 5th.

The contest entries were intensely evaluated by a group of high-caliber judges comprised of Dr. Stella Quim-bo, fashion and shoe designers Leeroy New, Cesar Gaupo, Joey Enriquez, and Emi Jorge.

Sta. Maria, along with the five fi-nalists designs, will be representing the Philippines in the 2014 Interna-tional Footwear Design Competition that will take place in China on the 28th to the 30th of May 2014. The country will compete with designers from countries such as China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Ma-laysia, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea and Thailand.

Mayor Del De Guzman has ex-pressed his gratitude to all those who have competed and helped in making the competition possible. Pleased with the success of the event, he stated that it goes to show as to how Marikinas shoe industry is alive and flourishing along with the modern times.

Finalists for the Shoe Design Competition

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the very first interactive learning science museum in the Philippines was established ---the Philippine Science Centrum. It was November of 2004 when the museum transferred and found its home in Mariki-na. Since then, the exhibits has been more accessible to science enthusiasts.

The Museum features different interac-tive science displays, other cool stuff, and has five sets of traveling exhibition. On the 5th of February, 2014, it opened its latest display sponsored by DOST-PCIEERD in its Earth Science Gallery.

Their latest exhibit features different displays that tackle and promote envi-ronmental awareness, all of which are in-teractive. The consumption of water and electricity, the decomposing time different materials, the effect of deforestation, the dangerous chemicals from discarded parts of technology and the imminent health risks it possess, just to name a few.

It is timely, said Engr. Filemon T. Ber-ba Jr., Science Centrum president. There is no better time to be environmentally aware than now. And we certainly agree. With the noticeable changes and the undeniable threat happening nowadays with our en-vironment, should we just shrug it off and wait for tomorrow? Of course not!

So if you feel like geeking out, drop by, enjoy and learn from their awesome dis-plays.

Science Centrum is located at E-com Building, Riverbanks Center, Barangka, Marikina City. It is open from Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

After the success of the very first Internation-al River Summit (IRS) which happened in Iloilo city, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources River Basin Control Office (DENR-RCBO) and the League of Cities of the Philip-pines (LCP) gave our beloved city, Marikina, the opportunity to present a meaningful discussion regarding our very own Marikina River. This was after the two agencies announced that Marikina will be hosting the 2nd International River Sum-mit come November 19-21 of this year at the Marikina Convention Center.

One thousand five hundred delegates from around the world are estimated to partake in the 2nd International River Summit. Dubbed as river stakeholders, the delegates comprise of authori-ties, policy experts, river managers from the pub-lic and private sectors, representative from the academic sector, leaders of clean water technolo-gy, river advocates and even students who accepts the serious challenge of making rivers as part of a regions high quality standards of living.

Having Reviving Rivers, Rebuilding Civili-zation for a theme, the event synchronizes with the timely call to undertake the revitalization of rivers - not only to rejuvenate the economy, but to become instruments as well in invigorating the social and cultural conditions of the cities or regions to which these are part of.

Our city is also anticipated to share our ex-periences, lessons learned and the preparations we make once we find ourselves being threat-ened once again by the likes of the 23-meter flood bought by the overflow of water from the Marikina river during the climax of typhoon Ondoy last 2009.

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Engr. Filemon T. Berba, Jr.President of Phil. Science Centrum

For more information about the 2nd International River Summit, you can visit at www.facebook.com/riversum-mit2014, or at www.irsmarikina.com.

Interactive learning, indeed, is an efficient and fun way of gaining knowledge. In 1990,

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Lupe Saenz celebrated the grand opening of its 2nd branch in M. Roxas, Marikina City on 31st of March 2014. This new line of chic shoes hand-crafted in Marikina is the brainchild of Ms. Stella Quimbo, a fashionista by nature, an Economics professor at the University of the Philippines, an Outstanding Young Scientist awardee, and wife to Marikinas 2nd district congressman, Rep. Romero Miro Quimbo.

The event was graced with the presence of celebrated personalities such as Marikinas Mayor Del De Guzman, Vice Mayor Dr. Jose Fabian Cadiz, Chuvaness.com Blogger Cecile Zamora, James Ong of Coconuts Manila and Keri Zamora to name a few.

Ms. Cecile Zamora and Mayor De Guzman led the ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Also present during the event were the brother of Cong. Quimbo, Dr. Rico Quimbo; Ms. Iza Cruz, a friend of Quimbo who assisted her with the shops conceptualization, online store and the likes; and of course, Congressman Quimbo. The said guests, along with Mayor De Guzman and Cecile Zamora, each gave their own informative speech.

The shop features diverse voguish shoes to choose from. Each shoe is designed by none other than Quimbo herself and Lupe Saenz crafted in pure leather. You can also visit at Lupe Saenz Showroom, SAC Centrale Bldg., 128 MA Roxas St. Kalumpang, MArikina City and in their facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/LupeSaenz and http://www.lupesaenz.com.

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is an ideal place for the business sector to hold seminars and social functions. It has six spacious function room such as the 36x28m Plenary Hall, 12x8m Ground Floor Partitions, 36x8m Exhibit Hall and the 17x13m El Valle to name a few. With its 74 budget friendly room, companies and guests can spend the night over and have an opportunity to go sight seeing around Marikina. Recently, the hotel

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