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FOOD AND DRINKS / My Favorite Rice Cake "BIBINGKA" The FERINO's concoction!
« on: August 24, 2010, 12:48:08 AM »
My favorite Bibingka!
I think I'm gonna go out now and buy!
I think I'm gonna go out now and buy!
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FASHION and HOBBIES / FRANCHISE! The best rice cake in the Philippines since 1938 "FERINO's BIBINGKA"
« on: August 24, 2010, 12:34:44 AM »
FERINO’S
The best rice cake in the Philippines since 1938
Ferino’s Bibingka is a family owned business that started in 1938. It traces its root from a man of vision and industry – Lolo Ceferino A. Francisco. Lolo Ferino (or Koko as was fondly called by his apos), was said to have “discovered” his own concoction of bibingka during the period of the Second World War where Japanese invasion in the Philippines limited agricultural production to mostly basic commodities such as rice, sugar and egg. From these ingredients and according to his good taste, he endeavored to make his own version of the Philippine rice cake – the bibingka galapong. His entrepreneurial spirit and good-tasting bibingka brought him from being a small time peanut vendor and musician to a restaurant-owner in Tondo where politicians and artists alike frequented. Ferino’s had its famous outlets in Manila Hotel and Cubao in the late 60s and 70s, and in SM Malls in the 80s and 90s.
Trade Name: FERINO’S
Nature of Business : Delicious native rice cake made out
of pure galapong and other native rice products
Franchise package fee: P 310,000.00 (cart set-up)
Package inclusions : franchise fee, use of trade name and logo,
cart and signages, equipment, initial training,
2 sets of uniform, initial inventory
Terms : 5 years
ROI : Low 18 months
Medium12 months
High 6 months
Franchise Package Fee inclusions
Cart set-up with electrical equipment
Franchise Fee Php 150,000.00
Cart with signage 80,000.00
Equipment (bibingka oven, 75,000.00
puto bumbong machine,
5cu.ft. ref or freezer)
Starter Set (initial inventory 5,000.00
for initial operation)
TOTAL Php 310,000.00
The best rice cake in the Philippines since 1938
Ferino’s Bibingka is a family owned business that started in 1938. It traces its root from a man of vision and industry – Lolo Ceferino A. Francisco. Lolo Ferino (or Koko as was fondly called by his apos), was said to have “discovered” his own concoction of bibingka during the period of the Second World War where Japanese invasion in the Philippines limited agricultural production to mostly basic commodities such as rice, sugar and egg. From these ingredients and according to his good taste, he endeavored to make his own version of the Philippine rice cake – the bibingka galapong. His entrepreneurial spirit and good-tasting bibingka brought him from being a small time peanut vendor and musician to a restaurant-owner in Tondo where politicians and artists alike frequented. Ferino’s had its famous outlets in Manila Hotel and Cubao in the late 60s and 70s, and in SM Malls in the 80s and 90s.
Trade Name: FERINO’S
Nature of Business : Delicious native rice cake made out
of pure galapong and other native rice products
Franchise package fee: P 310,000.00 (cart set-up)
Package inclusions : franchise fee, use of trade name and logo,
cart and signages, equipment, initial training,
2 sets of uniform, initial inventory
Terms : 5 years
ROI : Low 18 months
Medium12 months
High 6 months
Franchise Package Fee inclusions
Cart set-up with electrical equipment
Franchise Fee Php 150,000.00
Cart with signage 80,000.00
Equipment (bibingka oven, 75,000.00
puto bumbong machine,
5cu.ft. ref or freezer)
Starter Set (initial inventory 5,000.00
for initial operation)
TOTAL Php 310,000.00
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BREAKING NEWS / PHILIPPINES Bus Hostage Drama(CNN cover)
« on: August 23, 2010, 10:48:10 PM »
Hostage taker ex PNP Captain Rolando Mendoza ends up dead in the shoot out and
8 other Hongkong National hostages in the bus hostage drama at the Luneta Grandstand in Manila yesterday August 23.
Ex-policeman hijacks tourist bus in Philippines - CNN.com
Video of hostage bus drama in Philippines as gunman holds tourists in Manila
Philippine SWAT storm bus with hostages in Manila
Manila Thriller Over: 8 hostages dead, gunman Mendoza killed in Philippines bus storm
8 other Hongkong National hostages in the bus hostage drama at the Luneta Grandstand in Manila yesterday August 23.
Ex-policeman hijacks tourist bus in Philippines - CNN.com
Video of hostage bus drama in Philippines as gunman holds tourists in Manila
Philippine SWAT storm bus with hostages in Manila
Manila Thriller Over: 8 hostages dead, gunman Mendoza killed in Philippines bus storm
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FASHION and HOBBIES / What is Important to Understand From the Concept of Spot Metering?
« on: August 23, 2010, 04:32:42 PM »Many SLR cameras and some hand-held meters enable you to take a reading from a very small area of the subject - typically from some 5 per cent of the total field of view, down to just 1 per cent (with professional-grade cameras). For work on location, spot metering has two major advantages: first, it allows you to be highly selective in choosing the key tone; and, second, even when you cannot approach your subject, it allows you to take a reading as if you were close up.
The easiest way to use a spot-meter is to decide which patch of colour or tone in the subject should be exposed normally, which should be the mid-tone, in other words. Then you simply take a light reading from that area and ignore the rest of the image (as far as exposure is concerned). Some authorities suggest taking several readings - of highlight, shadow, and mid-tones - to determine the mid-point. Indeed, some cameras will automatically make the calculations for you. However, not only is this time-consuming, multiple readings do not deliver results that are any more reliable than those from a single reading.
However, multiple spot metering is useful for determining the luminance range of the scene -its span of brightness values. You can take a reading from a shadow area with detail and from a highlight area with detail and see by how many stops they differ. If this difference is less than 2 stops, you can comfortably record the entire scene. If, though, the subject luminance range is greater than 3 stops, then because of the film's or sensor's recording limitations, you will need to decide to sacrifice some subject details in the shadows or in the highlight values of the scene. The only other option is to adjust the lighting ratios to reduce the luminance range, if lighting is under your control.
Willis J. Watson is a freelance writer since 2006, living in United States and he writes about his great passion...digital photography for about 4 years.
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FASHION and HOBBIES / dSLR Camera Basics
« on: August 19, 2010, 07:35:39 PM »
Capturing freeze motion, blurring a moving object, adding fuzzy background, and many more effects can be achieved by adjusting dSLR settings.
The camera's fully-manual (M) mode means letting your camera decide the best setting for a perfect exposure and giving up all control. Or you can call the shots!
Getting to Know Your Camera’s Settings:How to “WOW” your friends with your stylish photographs
A good understanding and experimenting with the camera's basic settings is a smart way to start. Getting the perfect exposure for example, is possible by choosing the right combination of two settings: the Aperture and the Shutter Speed.
In digital photography multiple terms with the same meaning could be confusing.
Aperture, F-Stop and Diaphragm all refer to the same thing which is the size of the lens opening
allowing light to the camera's sensor.
Shutter Speed determines how fast or how slow the image will be captured. In return the image will either freeze or show some motion. .
1 The F Stop. Lens' aperture AKA Diaphragm
Lens' aperture is the size of the lens opening used to take the picture. It is expressed as a series of numbers which typically fall between 1.4 and 22.
Larger f-stop is expressed by smaller numbers such as f/2 or f/4. While smaller f-stops are large numbers such as f/11 or f/16.
The sizes of the numbers are reversed because apertures are actually the denominators of fractions. A smaller aperture lets less light onto the sensor. And a larger aperture means more light.
–For example if an image is taken at a small aperture such as f/16, the overall subject including the background will be in sharp focus.
–A wider F-Stop which is a smaller number like f/1 will allow plenty of light onto the sensor. Setting to a wider aperture will capture a less sharp image with a blurry background.
This method is called the depth of field and used by many photographers to create a dramatic scene.
The Portrait Mode of a camera uses a wider f-stop to blur the background and puts the emphasize on the model.
When you want a large area and lot of things in focus then you can trade-off the depth of field by using a small aperture.
Under normal light conditions, for pictures with normal effects, the rule of thumb is to stay away from anything less than f/8.
2 Shutter Speed
Shutter Speed is a measure of how rapidly the exposure takes place.
A shutter controls how long the light passes through the lens to expose the image on the sensor.
What can be accomplished using different shutter speed settings:
With different shutter speed settings you can capture the action of a moving object by
1. Freezing it so there will be no indication of movement.
2. Blurring it and thus showing some action.
Setting fast shutter speed like to a 500 of a second will freeze the motion.
Darker light conditions, in order to expose an image you will need to use a slower shutter speed. But be aware that a photo taken without a tripod and at the slower shutter speed might show some motion blur.
Special effects such as paint with light can be accomplished at a very long exposure that means a very slow shutter speed preferably a manual one.
With brighter conditions, you will need to use a faster shutter speed, which will have the effect of freezing motion. Choosing a faster stop will allow less light and the overall image will be darker. As a general rule an overexposed image will lose details in the highlights and an underexposed image will lose details in the shadowy areas.
Combination of shutter speed and f stop
Let's say you want to take an image of a cyclist speeding and the standing crowd watching him. You want to show some action of the cyclist and the crowd in focus. A Combination of a slower (1/60 of a second) shutter speed will show action of a moving object.
Choosing a small f stop (remember a larger number for a small f stop) will get everything else in focus.
To manipulate the sharpness of the object:
Focus on the object and use a large f-stop, you will get a brighter and less focused background.
Use a smaller f-stop and focus in the middle of your frame and you will get a darker and more focused background.
Exposures Modes
Exposures mode is to set the f-stop and shutter speed for getting the right exposure. There are 2 types of modes available:
Basic Modes and Creative Modes.
When Basic Mode is selected the camera does all the work. This mode is good for getting everything right but limits any type of creative affects.
Program Mode is an example of BASIC mode where aperture and shutter speed are automatically set according to the light condition and available lens.
Creative Mode (Examples of Creative Mode)
-Aperture Priority mode
-Shutter Priority Mode
-Manual Explosion Mode
Variable Program Mode
Portrait Mode
Landscape Mode
Close-Up Mode
Night Portrait Mode
Sports Mode
The camera's fully-manual (M) mode means letting your camera decide the best setting for a perfect exposure and giving up all control. Or you can call the shots!
Getting to Know Your Camera’s Settings:How to “WOW” your friends with your stylish photographs
A good understanding and experimenting with the camera's basic settings is a smart way to start. Getting the perfect exposure for example, is possible by choosing the right combination of two settings: the Aperture and the Shutter Speed.
In digital photography multiple terms with the same meaning could be confusing.
Aperture, F-Stop and Diaphragm all refer to the same thing which is the size of the lens opening
allowing light to the camera's sensor.
Shutter Speed determines how fast or how slow the image will be captured. In return the image will either freeze or show some motion. .
1 The F Stop. Lens' aperture AKA Diaphragm
Lens' aperture is the size of the lens opening used to take the picture. It is expressed as a series of numbers which typically fall between 1.4 and 22.
Larger f-stop is expressed by smaller numbers such as f/2 or f/4. While smaller f-stops are large numbers such as f/11 or f/16.
The sizes of the numbers are reversed because apertures are actually the denominators of fractions. A smaller aperture lets less light onto the sensor. And a larger aperture means more light.
–For example if an image is taken at a small aperture such as f/16, the overall subject including the background will be in sharp focus.
–A wider F-Stop which is a smaller number like f/1 will allow plenty of light onto the sensor. Setting to a wider aperture will capture a less sharp image with a blurry background.
This method is called the depth of field and used by many photographers to create a dramatic scene.
The Portrait Mode of a camera uses a wider f-stop to blur the background and puts the emphasize on the model.
When you want a large area and lot of things in focus then you can trade-off the depth of field by using a small aperture.
Under normal light conditions, for pictures with normal effects, the rule of thumb is to stay away from anything less than f/8.
2 Shutter Speed
Shutter Speed is a measure of how rapidly the exposure takes place.
A shutter controls how long the light passes through the lens to expose the image on the sensor.
What can be accomplished using different shutter speed settings:
With different shutter speed settings you can capture the action of a moving object by
1. Freezing it so there will be no indication of movement.
2. Blurring it and thus showing some action.
Setting fast shutter speed like to a 500 of a second will freeze the motion.
Darker light conditions, in order to expose an image you will need to use a slower shutter speed. But be aware that a photo taken without a tripod and at the slower shutter speed might show some motion blur.
Special effects such as paint with light can be accomplished at a very long exposure that means a very slow shutter speed preferably a manual one.
With brighter conditions, you will need to use a faster shutter speed, which will have the effect of freezing motion. Choosing a faster stop will allow less light and the overall image will be darker. As a general rule an overexposed image will lose details in the highlights and an underexposed image will lose details in the shadowy areas.
Combination of shutter speed and f stop
Let's say you want to take an image of a cyclist speeding and the standing crowd watching him. You want to show some action of the cyclist and the crowd in focus. A Combination of a slower (1/60 of a second) shutter speed will show action of a moving object.
Choosing a small f stop (remember a larger number for a small f stop) will get everything else in focus.
To manipulate the sharpness of the object:
Focus on the object and use a large f-stop, you will get a brighter and less focused background.
Use a smaller f-stop and focus in the middle of your frame and you will get a darker and more focused background.
Exposures Modes
Exposures mode is to set the f-stop and shutter speed for getting the right exposure. There are 2 types of modes available:
Basic Modes and Creative Modes.
When Basic Mode is selected the camera does all the work. This mode is good for getting everything right but limits any type of creative affects.
Program Mode is an example of BASIC mode where aperture and shutter speed are automatically set according to the light condition and available lens.
Creative Mode (Examples of Creative Mode)
-Aperture Priority mode
-Shutter Priority Mode
-Manual Explosion Mode
Variable Program Mode
Portrait Mode
Landscape Mode
Close-Up Mode
Night Portrait Mode
Sports Mode
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FASHION and HOBBIES / 10 Reasons Why Photographers Should Use Adobe Lightroom Vs Adobe Photoshop
« on: August 17, 2010, 07:08:34 PM »* Written by Ricky
* Posted August 16, 2010
1. Adobe Lightroom is the photographer’s friend, in fact the whole purpose of Lightroom is to be used by photographers. The alternative program to use is Photoshop however Photoshop was built more for graphical editing and has many functions photographers don’t need. These useless functions take up ten times more space than light room does.
2. Uses up less processing power. Lightroom can be basically used on a cardboard box, of course i’m just kidding but Lightroom doesn’t need all the system resources that Photoshop so desperately needs.
3. Lightroom makes image sorting very easy. You can sort images taken by ISO settings, shutter speed and much more, this is especially useful when looking through hundreds of photos that you may have taken on that occasion.
4. Non destructive workflow means that no photo is completely damaged of a mistake is made. All of the changes are stored in a separate XML file which means that you can go back at any time to the original image.
5. Once you have found the settings that you are happy with on one of your images you can simply copy them and then apply them to the other existing images. This speeds up the post processing work that we need to carry out, making this an invaluable tool.
6. The presets already on Lightroom can once again help speed up our post processing work, they can also help the non creative create a few image styles that they wouldn’t have known how to do in the past.
7. Turning your gallery into and online gallery is made simple, all you have to do is click a button and the software does the rest for you.
8. Embedding watermarks to a batch amount of images is a simple process that only takes seconds where it would take minutes or even hours if Photoshop was used.
9. Simple to use. I remember the first time I loaded up Lightroom I was a bit confused as to what I could do, however within a few minutes I picked up on how to use the whole program to a suitable level.
10. More affordable. Adobe Lightroom was built for photographers so there is no reason to pay anymore for Photoshop because it simply isn’t needed.
Lightroom can be purchased Amazon.com and is currently on offer.
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MEET AND GREET / "The Blind Girl"
« on: August 08, 2010, 07:45:01 PM »
There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, "now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying..... "Just take care of my eyes dear." I'll always love you forever..
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, "now that you can see the world, will you marry me?" The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying..... "Just take care of my eyes dear." I'll always love you forever..
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PARTY PARTY PARTY / The Winners of the Anniversary Sponsored July Contests!
« on: July 27, 2010, 06:08:23 AM »
1) Top Topic Starter:
1st prize ----------------- John
2nd prize----------------- Zul
3rd prize----------------- Marivic
2) Perfect Attendance
----------------- John
----------------- Roger
Consolation prizes : Zul
: Tart
: Marivic
( The prize was not given to marivic because her presence was needed during the awarding! It was added to the parlor games prizes instead) The topic was about ATTENDANCE!
3) Boholster Facebook: Contest Within A Contest
1st prize --------------------------- Roger
2nd prize--------------------------- John
3rd prize--------------------------- Tart
4) Most Viewed/Replies of the Month
John
Roger
1st prize ----------------- John
2nd prize----------------- Zul
3rd prize----------------- Marivic
2) Perfect Attendance
----------------- John
----------------- Roger
Consolation prizes : Zul
: Tart
: Marivic
( The prize was not given to marivic because her presence was needed during the awarding! It was added to the parlor games prizes instead) The topic was about ATTENDANCE!
3) Boholster Facebook: Contest Within A Contest
1st prize --------------------------- Roger
2nd prize--------------------------- John
3rd prize--------------------------- Tart
4) Most Viewed/Replies of the Month
John
Roger
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PARTY PARTY PARTY / 3rd Anniversary Celebration of mikeygatal.com 2010
« on: July 26, 2010, 06:52:43 PM »
The 3rd anniversary celebration of mikeygatal.com was a success! It was held at Roger's Bar in Tagbilaran Bohol.
Thanks to the efforts of the Gatal siblings who helped organized the event especially to Roger Gatal who cooked all the
delicious food for this yearly event!
In behalf of MIkey I would like to say thank you to the loyal members of MG.com, friends and relatives of the Gatal clan
who attendent the party. Once again, thank you so much for your presence and for the fun and laughters we all have
shared!
I am looking forward to the upcoming 4rth aniversary of "mikeygatal.com". I hope that more members, friends and
relatives could make it to this special gathering!
See you all next year!!! Enjoy the photos!
Thanks to the efforts of the Gatal siblings who helped organized the event especially to Roger Gatal who cooked all the
delicious food for this yearly event!
In behalf of MIkey I would like to say thank you to the loyal members of MG.com, friends and relatives of the Gatal clan
who attendent the party. Once again, thank you so much for your presence and for the fun and laughters we all have
shared!
I am looking forward to the upcoming 4rth aniversary of "mikeygatal.com". I hope that more members, friends and
relatives could make it to this special gathering!
See you all next year!!!
Enjoy the photos!
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TRAVEL PHILIPPINES / Gonzo's Grill and Restaurant
« on: July 15, 2010, 05:50:27 PM »
Jamming at Gonzo's grill and restaurant
loaction: Leviste st. Makati City
loaction: Leviste st. Makati City