Tecnogas Presents First Ever Kitchen Superstar

With the objective of promoting culinary excellence in the country, Tecnogas Philippines recently hosted its first-ever cooking competition entitled “Tecnogas Kitchen Superstar”. The live cook-off served as an exciting platform for food enthusiasts with no professional culinary experience to showcase their skills and love for cooking.

“For more than 65 years, Tecnogas has always been passionate in creating cooking appliances designed to deliver best results. And through this event, we want to encourage and promote culinary excellence even more by letting them use the right equipment,” said JP Rahnema, Sales Manager of Tecnogas Philippines.

Being the first of its kind for Tecnogas, the fun-filled afternoon saw the attendees enjoying good food and winning exciting raffle prizes, aside from witnessing the main competition.

Tasked with creating an Italian pasta dish with a Filipino twist, judges Chef Charmaine Fider of TESDA, Mr. Marlon Aldenese of Cook Magazine, and Ms. Marilou Acuna of Flyace Corporation hailed Ida Tan-Schneider as the grand champion with her Creamy Smoked Salinas Pasta creation. Mariane Camba and Rholielyn Garcia bagged the first and second places, respectively.
As the first ever Tecnogas Kitchen Superstar, Ms. Tan-Schnieder got to take home a P20,000 cash prize and over P100,000 worth of gift packs including a kitchen showcase from Tecnogas.

Tecnogas, the legendary Italian brand, is renowned as one of the top premium cooking appliance brands from Italy since 1952. Its line of cooking ranges, cooktops, range hoods, ovens, and Vortex stoves combine a strong design with extraordinary quality and performance. Tecnogas products are exclusively distributed by Appstar Global Distributor, Inc. and are available in all leading appliance stores nationwide with over 250 service centers.

In partnership with Anson’s Appliances and Unimart Capitol Commons, the Tecnogas Kitchen Superstar event was made possible together with Jolly Food, Doña Elena, Kessler’s, Masflex Cookware & Kitchenware, King Sue Ham and Sausages, Fujidenzo, Solane, Doña Maria, Whirlpool, Al Dente, Good Life, Bubble Man, Cif, Klio, Philadelphia, LocknLock, Fineti, Gardenia, Mother’s Best, and many more.

For more information and updates about their products and events, you may like Tecnogas Philippines on Facebook or visit their official website www.tecnogas.com.ph.

OPPO Collaboration in .giff Festival to Celebrate Short Film Artistry in Age of Smartphone Videography

November 2019 - PHILIPPINES - OPPO is taking content creation to a whole new level in the realm of smartphone videography by also pushing for artistic pursuits beyond everyday vlogs through the .giff Festival of New Cinema in collaboration with Globe.

Pushing for Provocations of Form

The .giff Festival is a film fest of new cinema that celebrates the unending possibilities of the audio-visual experience. It’s an art fair for video art projections and independent short films, plus a series of enlightening talks by established film and video practitioners from around the world—with an electronic music festival, too.

The theme of the festival is to break boundaries through elevating the way we see images and exploring contemporary ways how to narrate stories. A wide array of video art projections and independent short films, together with an electronic music festival, is an effort to emerge the viewers response to the evolving sentiment on the Festival of New Cinema.

Vertical Cinema Filmmaking: Creating art with your smartphone

There are multiple sections present in the festival, and one of the more notable ones that reflect the innovation behind contemporary content creation via smartphones is vcinema.giff. This is a creative collaboration that was crafted to truly bring out the storymaker in anyone. The vertical short film competition aims to show that quality films can be shot even with an everyday quality smartphone like that of the OPPO Reno2.

On November 30, Day 1 of the .giff festival, at the main hall at Illumination Studios, the vcinema.giff section will feature the artwork Deorbit by Takashi Makino, along with Audio-Visual collaborations from artists such as Annie Pacaña (V) x Baile (A), Mvltiverse (V) x Big Hat Gang (A), Dex Fernandez (V) x Similarobjects Sublingua, Submachines, (V) x Tarsius (A), and Timmy Harn (V) x Auspicious Family (A).

The works from the vcinema.giff competition’s 12 finalists will be exhibited at the Vertical Cinema by OPPO Reno2 event for deliberation, with the winners to receive exciting prizes. The Best Vertical Film Award will be presented by director Antoinette Jadaone with a grand prize of P50,000 and a brand new OPPO Reno2. Zen Han, OPPO Philippines VP of Channel Sales will award the Best Director with a P20,000 prize money and a brand new OPPO Reno2 smartphone to further push the artist to keep creating art through videos.

#RenoCollective: Antoinette Jadaone Masterclass

In an effort to continue pushing creative boundaries, OPPO is bringing in critically acclaimed filmmaker Antoinette Jadaone for a one day only masterclass. During the said masterclass, she will delve on the fundamentals of filmmaking, emergence of new technologies in the film industry and her experience of shooting her vertical film with her own OPPO Reno2. Antoinette Jadaone’s vertical short film is slated to be unveiled at the vcinema.giff.

Drop by and discover short films from innovative storymakers

To experience the artistry behind the cinematic art captured in vertical format, drop by the .giff Festival’s vcinema.giff section in partnership with OPPO Reno2 on November 30, 2019, at Illumination Studio, Formerly Visual Light Studio, at 2723 Sabio St. Makati. Discover some of the works that show just how trusty quality smartphones such as the OPPO Reno2 allows for more creative pursuits, proving that #AnyoneIsAStorymaker.

Get your own Reno2 series to expand your creativity. The Reno2 retails at PHP28,990 Reno2 and are available in Luminous Black and Sunset Pink. While the Reno2 F is at PHP19,990 and are available in Sky White, Lake Green, and Nebula Green. This holiday season, OPPO is also treating everyone with exciting offers and freebies for the Reno2 series.

Know more about the .giff Film Festival with Globe and the Reno2 series special offers, visit their website at www.oppo.com.ph or on their official Facebook page at OPPO Philippines. The Reno2 Series is available in all OPPO stores nationwide.

About OPPO

OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since launching its first smartphone - “Smiley Face” - in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology, Today, OPPO provides customers with a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find and Reno series, ColorOS operating system, as well as internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO operates in more than 40 countries and regions, with 6 research institutes and 4 R&D centers worldwide and an international design center in London, OPPO’s more than 40,000 employees are dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world.

ASUS PHILIPPINES ANNOUNCES SHARE 2019 PLUS: ASUS TUF GAMING SPECIAL PROMOTION

ASUS is not slowing down on their very own season of sharing, as the ASUS Share 2019 extends its special bundling program to select ASUS TUF Gaming notebooks! So grab yours now! Full details on this can be found through this link: http://bit.ly/Share2019Plus while list of participating shops are found here: http://bit.ly/ROGAuthorizedStores.

PARTICIPATING ASUS TUF GAMING PRODUCTS

SERIES	MODEL	SCREEN	LCD SPEC	CPU	RAM	STORAGE	GPU	SRP	BUNDLE
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DD-AL272T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	8G	512G PCIE2	GTX1050 3GD5	PHP 41,995	·        Sperry Gift Certificates worth PHP 3,000 ·        Choice between Borderlands 3 or The Outer Worlds worth PHP 1,530 each
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DD-AL233T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	8G	1TB	GTX1050 3GD5	PHP 40,995
­ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DD-AL127T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	4G	1TB	GTX1050 3GD5	PHP 38,995
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DY-AL117T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	4G	512G PCIE2	RX560X 4GD5	PHP 37,995	·       JBL Clip 2 Speaker worth PHP 3,099 ·       Choice between Borderlands 3 or The Outer Worlds worth PHP 1,530 each
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DY-AL080T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	4G	1TB	RX560X 4GD5	PHP 36,995
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DY-AL026T	15" FHD	IPS 120HZ	R5-3550H	4G	1TB	RX560X 4GD5	PHP 36,995
ASUS TUF Gaming	FX505DY-BQ121T	15" FHD	IPS 60Hz	R5-3550H	4G	1TB	RX560X 4GD5	PHP 35,995

For more information on ASUS TUF Gaming, the ASUS Share 2019 campaign, and all things ASUS follow the ASUS Philippines Facebook Page and the ZenTalk Philippines Forum.

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About ASUS

ASUS is one of Fortune magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies, and is dedicated to creating products for today and tomorrow’s smart life. Our comprehensive portfolio includes Zenbo, ZenFone, ZenBook and a range of IT devices and components, along with AR, VR and IoT. ASUS employs more than 16,000 people worldwide and over 5,000 world-class R&D talents. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, the company won 4,511 awards and earned approximately US$13 billion of revenue in 2017.