Jim Paredes First Solo Concert on October 11, 2012

When In Manila, songs from the  jeepneys can be heared with the sounds of foreign artist or local singers from the radio. Whether one is at the heart of Metro Manila or at the posh and newly established Resorts World Manila at Fort Bonifacio at Taguig, one will never missed a melodic, relaxing and very calm voice of Jim Paredes or Jaime Ramon "Jim" Paredes (born 31 August 1951) who according to the dictionary is a Filipino musician, producer, educator, writer, television personality, workshop facilitator, and activist best known for being one-third of the APO Hiking Society, along with Danny Javier and Boboy Garovillo.

Official Poster

On October 11, 2012 at Newport Theatre, Resorts World Manila, the first and the historical solo concert will be held at 8:00 in the evening from Mauve Entertainment. This will be historical because it is the FIRST SOLO Concert of the Jim Paredes. Just recently at No other bar restaurant at 7:00 in the evening, he met up with the media for a birthday celebration and to introduce the concert. He will have Yeng Constantino, Noel Cabangon, Ebe Dancel and Jett Pangan.

 At No Other Bar Restaurant with Sarah Meir, Erika Paredes, Andrew Nicolas, Grace Bondad Nicolas, Jim Paredes, Cindy Escobar and Azrael Coladilla

According to this concert FB fan page "No other concert can promise you this kind of up-close-and-personal encounter with your favorite artist amid a wonderful dining experience. Mauve Management and Entertainment and Ticket World will determine who the first 10 ticket buyers who are entitled to attend this special dinner."

Poster courtesy of Mauve Management and Entertainment

The world according to Jim Paredes

On Social Media " The world is a stage, parang lumaki lang ang kabarkada mo."
About his new songs " There are new materials, I am taking the risk, Im going to bet this is interesting."
On APO Hiking Society " I am nervous when APO ended, but I am the newest recording oldies star."
On Politics "Some people hate my guts but I am a true democrat. I take political risk."

When In Manila on October 11, 2012, there is no better time and place but at the Newport Theatre to watch Jim Paredes Live.

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Pistahang Cebuana from Cebuana Lhullier

Fiesta, a Spanish word that means "party", "feast" or "festival" and on August 28, 2012 at 7:00 in the evening at Smart Araneta Coliseum, the Pistahang Cebuana showed everyone, young and old the Filipino tradition and celebration with a Feast or Fiesta inside the coliseum. Multi talented singer and actress plus the Cebuana Lhuillier Brand Ambassadress Sarah Geronimo attended the event with equally talented artist like Anja Aguilar, Baladdeer Erik santos and Mark Bautista, melodic singer Rachelle Ann Go and actor and former Pinoy Big Brother Teen 
sensation Gerard Anderson.

Attended by the whole Lhuillier family, Ambassador Philippe J. Lhuillier, Señorita Edna Diago- Lhuillier, PJ Lhuillier CEO and President Jean Henri Lhuillier, CLSC Vice President Philippe Andre Lhuillier, Christine Lhuillier-Limjoco, Jacqueline Lhuillier-Hess, Angelique Lhuillier-Miranda, Camille D. Lhuillier, and Madeleine D. Lhuillier, were there to celebrate Cebuana’s Silver anniversary with their loyal clients and dedicated employees from all around the Philippines to attend this historical event. 

The entrance is free to all it's 24k clients and the media enjoyed also the concert in a lifetime. Aside from the magnificent song numbers, thre was also contest. Cebuana Lhuillier also gave its loyal supporters a number of prizes including My Cebuana phones, Canon Ixus 115, Samsung netbook, LCD TV 32" (Sony Bravia), Blackberry phones, and a lot of cash prizes. 

The whole evening, the audience were serenaded first with the "Musiko" or Musical band with an upbeat and modern tunes with Payaso and Tall men wearing festive and colorful suits amazed everyone. 

According to the Company website, "Cebuana Lhuillier Pawnshop has been the leading pawnshop chain in the Philippines with over 1,500 branches across the country—from Aparri to Tawi-Tawi. For 25 years now, Cebuana has been true to its slogan “Walang Kapantay Magpahalaga” through the incomparable services that the company offers to its customers- this includes — pawning, local and international remittance, insurance, bills payment, e-load, collection, and foreign exchange. Founded in 1987 by the current Philippine envoy to Portugal, Ambassador Philippe Jones Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier is currently managed by its President and CEO, Jean Henri Lhuillier."

The Bookworms

Book lovers are like children in a playground whenever there's book fairs. Imagine the so many possibilities reading could bring. Imagine the knowledge, the inspiration and a whole new world. In 2010,Google estimated that since the invention of printing, approximately 130,000,000 unique titles had been published.

On September 12-16, 2012 at SMX Convention Center at Pasay City, the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) will bring books closer to the Filipinos hearts once again by promoting good reading habits and providing a venue for the exchange of ideas among the players in the industry which they are doing for 33 years now.

The MIBF will showcase thousands of books from different publishers with a varied of collections from literature, leisure, kids, humor to academic reading such as textbooks, education supplements, general reference, inspirational, motivational, religious, management, Filipiniana, coffee table books, popular novels, childrens books, art books, graphic novels, magazines and all kinds of books for all book lovers.

The newest addition to make the fair complete is the introduction of the "Bookworms" or more like the book ambassadors banded together because of their love of books. The “bookworms” are composed of four celebrities who are successful in their own field. These are Ramon Bautista, Charles "Carlos" Celdran, Stanley Chi and Arvin "Tado" Jimenez. The "Bookworms" made a series of videos for the fair aiming to entice, encourage and empower people and book lovers to come to this special event that will surely gives more than the information a reader need.

A media event was held at Romulo Cafe last August 29, 2012 to introduce the "Bookworms". Attended by Arvin Jimenez and Stanley Chi who brought their own favorite books and shared the importance and benefits of reading. According to Jimenez, his first book "Mga kasinungalingang pwedeng sabihin sa mga mangmang" features his thoughts and anecdotes about life and other hilarious stories. He has followed this up with "Nagiisa lang ako."

Jimenez or famously known as "Tado" is not just a comedianne, a book lover and author but an advocate as well. Graduated from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), he is advocating good governance and environment. Tado is a member of "Stand LB" or Stand Los Banos that aims to disseminate information about the Laguna De Bay, Mount Makiling conservation and good governance for this Science City.

A graduate of Fine Arts, a Manila Bulletin cartoonist and a stand up commediane, Stanley Chi proved that he is not "Suplado." Chi introduced his two books, the " Suplado Tips 1 and 2" which is a best selling book and you can have those at the leading bookstores in the country.

Through the help of technology (Skype) the renown and best tour guide, activist and actor who was suffering from bronchitis that time hence the absence, Carlos Celdran shared his favorite books to the media. With more than 100,000 followers on Twitter and multiple accounts at Facebook with so many friends because of his advocacies that are supported by many Filipinos, Celdran is just fit to be one of the "Bookworms." According to him from a text message about the importance of Reading “ It expands your mind. It shows you things and places you would otherwise not see.”

I will not let book fairs like this to be finish without my attendance. I will definitely bring my children to experience the possibilities. Technology might be the easiest way to get knowledge but there's always happiness in reading through old fashioned way of having ideas through books.

MIBF is organized by Primetrade Asia, Inc. in partnership with the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), Asian Catholic Communicators, Inc. (ACCI), Oversseas Publishers Representatives Association of the Philippines ( OPRAP), and Philippine Booksellers Association, Inc. (PBAI). For details, call 8960661, 8960683 or email to bookfair@primetradeasia.com.