WHEN MAR CALLS, THE girls come running. So it was like Assumption Day at Balay Ni Mar where 200 Assumption alumnae from different batches gathered to launch the Assumption for Mar movement, which will support Sen. Mar Roxas when he runs in the 2010 presidential elections.
Assumption for Mar will not only help in the campaign, palanggas, but also come up with feeding programs and medical missions in depressed areas.
The gals had a super great time chatting and reminiscing, until the man of the hour, Senator Roxas, gave his short but eloquent talk on his presidential platform. All listened intently to his plans ?for a better future for our country.? All left committed to help him; they even signed up for different activities.
It was definitely a happening: Young or old Assumption gals came together, praying for change and building a better country, to the rallying song ?Stand by Me,? recast as ?Stand by Mar.?
New summer line
You know summer has arrived, dahlings, when sizzling brand Speedo rolls out its Spring-Summer collection. The collection was presented in a fast-paced show of ethereal prints and multi-colored designs revolving around Fashion, Sports and Performance
The show was held in the sprawling garden of the new British Embassy Manila in McKinley Hills, the first time a fashion show was done there. Speedo?s openers were from the hot Team Stripes collection in psychedelic designs.
Celebrating beach culture were vintage-inspired swimsuits and coordinates -- part of Speedo?s sexy Sports line. Fun and playful was the Fashion line, with dreamlike prints suited for different body types, palanggas.
The All Stars gave a show-stopping performance, gyrating in Speedo?s Performance line, which highlighted the Fastskin LZR Racer. This is the line worn by champions -- athletes who have shattered 80 world records since its launch in February 2008.
One of the hot men in the audience told us, ?You notice, Maurice, the less the women?s bikinis are, the more they cost? I also noticed while I was in Hawaii that some mature women reveal their figures to hide their age.? I agreed totally.
In the audience were British Ambassador Peter Beckingham and wife Jill; Indian Ambassador Ranjit Mitter and Kavita Mitter; and Speedo Philippines president Chandru Mahtani and VP for merchandising Babs Mahtani.
Speedo International Limited regional business development director Olivier Godbille welcomed us!
Ipanema?s new line
Brazil?s world-renowned flip-flop brand Ipanema is seeking to raise environment consciousness by launching its latest line, the Seeds Collection, designed by Brazilian fashion icon and Forbes Magazine?s ?World?s Top Earning Model,? Gisele Bündchen. It?s the supermodel?s third exclusively designed line for Ipanema.
?The theme of the collection changes every year with the different aspects of nature being projected. This year, we welcome the new Ipanema GB Seeds line which supports reforestation,? explained good-looking Patxi Elizalde, managing director of Elro Commercial and Industrial Corp., exclusive distributor of Ipanema.
Ipanema teams up with Haribon Foundation in the environmental awareness campaign Road to 2020. (Road is acronym for Rainforestation Organizations and Advocates.)
The campaign seeks to raise funds via the Walk the Green Mile Walkathon for the preservation of our rainforests.
It?s time we realized our dream of a more lush Philippines by joining the Walk the Green Mile walkathon on March 21 at the parking lot near Le Soufflé, The Fort, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. Registration is 3 PM, the walkathon at 5 PM.
