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Save the Children Organization #LahatDapat campaign against malnutrition 6 Reasons Why You Don’t Deserve the Sony Experia XZ WEST SIDE STORY opens this August at Solaire resorts in Manila to visit 5 before typhoon season OF AUGUST 14, 2017 - 8 PM MALL OF ASIA ARENA DOWNLOAD YOUR MAGAZINE FOR DO NOT FREE REMOVE FROM PREMISES partners musicArtes INC. 2 manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 3 CONTENTs AUGUST 2017 Inside Manila 06 HR Expo and Career Fair 2017 12 Question of the month 13 LIam Gallagher Manila’s Best Soup 14 Stops to pit stop 16 MOvie picks of the month HIGHTLIGHTS 08 EVENTS CALENDAR 20 20 TECH REVIEW 22 HOT SPOTS 26 Featured Blogger 29 4 manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 Editor’s About Us Note AUGUST 2017 Gone are the days when event seekers and party goers PUBLISHER by Enlightened Entertainment have to scramble left and right just to find the events and under the license of Wittygekko Inc. happenings in town. Manilascope heard you guys and for months, we have been proving ourselves to be your ultimate source of the hottest concerts, tradeshows, expos, musicals, MANAGING EDITOR Janette Varon sport events, movies, reviews...you name it, we have it. We deliver these hottest information via web, app, podcast, and CONSULTANT Antony Thor print magazines to make sure that we can always reach you whether you are at the comfort of your home, on-the-go, or CONTRIBUTORS sipping some hot beverage in a café. Stela Nacionales Vicky Siacor This August, we are loaded with steaming events that would Jean Paula Castiller surely fully book you calendar. Starting with our man on the cover, dubbed as the greatest frontman of all time, Liam PHOTOGRAPH/VIDEO Isaiah Forcadela Gallagher is dominating Manila in a one-night only concert, bringing us Oasis hits like we’ve never heard before. See you all on August 14th at the MOA Arena. Special shoutout to DESIGN Ovation Productions for bringing Liam to Manila. Jay Q. Tolentino In this issue, you will also find heaps of articles and reviews LEGAL COUNSEL Atty. Gladys Vilchez of our recommended movies, gadget to buy, places to go, (Hechanova Bulgay and Vilchez Law Office) where to dine, hot spots to check out, and resorts to book. Let us know what else you would like us to feature. Your feedback is highly welcomed and appreciated. Let me thank our old and new partners alike for trusting Manilascope. I also want to welcome our bloggers who are now members of the Manilascope Bloggers Group. Turn to page 29 for our very first featured blogger. Want to be a featured blogger too? Then head to our website to learn how to be a part of our awesome bloggers community. In closing, here’s a sample saying from Manilascope Quote Of The Day bank, “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, there will be peace” by Sri Chinmoy. So make sure to like our Facebook page to get your daily dose of inspiring quotes. 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[email protected] For Manilascope For e-magazine main app (red): download (blue): CONNECT WITH US: manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 5 6 manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 7 highlights Olazo Large-Scale WOFEX 2017 July 15- September 8, 2017 August 2-5, 2017 Bulwagang Juan Luna (Main Gallery), World Trade Center, Metro Manila CCP Complex, Pasay City The Cascades feat John Claude Gummoe LANY Live at Ayala Malls August 3, 2017 August 4-6, 2017 Newport Performing Arts Theater , Ayala Malls Resorts World Manila, Pasay City highlights CELESTE with Maestro Ryan Cayabyab HistoryCon Philippines 2017 and The Company August 10-13, 2017 August 5, 2017 World Trade Center, Metro Manila The Theatre at Solaire, Solaire Resort & Casino, Paranaque City Beauty and the Beast Phoenix Live in Manila 2017 August 12 - October 22, 2017 August 15, 2017 Onstage Theatre, 2nd Floor, Greenbelt Mall, Smart Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Makati City Quezon City 9 highlights In the Mix 2017 Ariana Grande Live in Manila 2017 August 17, 2017 August 21, 2017 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City All Time Low Young Renegades Tour AsiaPOP Comicon Manila August 22, 2017 August 25-27, 2017 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City SMX Convention Center, Pasay City 10 highlights G-EAZY Ballet PH: A Gala Celebration Live in Manila August 18-20, 2017 August 18, 2017 - 9:00pm CCP Complex, Pasay City Palace Pool Club, The Palace Manila, Taguig City Ballet Manila: Gerardo Francisco’s Michael Learns To Rock 2017 IBONG ADARNA August 31, 2017 August 26 - September 3, 2017 Kia Theater, Cubao, Quezon City Aliw Theater CCP Complex, Pasay City 11 question of the Month Manilascope asks: “Where is the best place to hangout in Manila” Alfreda "Free" Davis Randy Maghari Priscilla Lumaquez Banking Dentist Operations Manager Manila is a very fascinating If you’re a music and live band It really depends on the kind of place. I felt as if I was home. The enthusiast like me,ROUTE 196 hangout I am seeking. If I feel like I people I met were friendly and BAR is the best place to hangout want to go back to my childhood fun, everyone treated me like in Metro Manila. It is located at where our family used to go, the family. While in Manila, I frequent the heart of Quezon City along best place for me is Manila. It has 2 places The Hard Rock Cafe and Katipunan Avenue in the Blue all the places that will somehow Spicy Fingers, local spots that Ridge area. The bar has a very bring you back in time because of offered live entertainment with cool vibe. Awesome bands from the building structures, national a great Band, Drizzle with D.N.A. the Indie scene frequently plays heritages, etc. But if I just want I always enjoyed myself and there. They also have great food to hangout with relatives and even became friends with the and ice cold drinks. If you wanna friends from abroad, I always members. If you are in Manila, check out great Indie bands while bring them in Greenbelt, Makati and want to have fun, laugh, enjoying yummy food and below- or Bonifacio High Street in Taguig. dance, and eat well I’d suggest zero beers, this is the place for You’ll find almost everything visiting these places. you. there from activities to the finest bars and restaurants. Joseph Glenn D. Paulo Dio Maghari Cheerdan Pillejera Bacabac Digital Content SME Musician / Voice Coach Network Analyst The best hangout place in No doubt H&J or formerly There are so many good and Manila would be Brgy Poblacion Heckle and Jeckle Pub located fun places in Manila. As for in Makati, especially Alamat along Makati Ave. This is my me, what I recommend is SM Filipino Pub and Deli in Don Pedro favorite sports bar and restaurant Mall of Asia. There are lots and St. There are numerous reasons in Manila which serves as our go lots of activities you can do why, first of all the food is just to place after my late night gigs. aside from shopping, dining or gastronomic. They serve a wide Not only I get to enjoy their great watching movies with your family array of your fave Filipino dish food, but I get to play billiards and friends. The giant mall is and street food and elevated it versus great players while surrounded with restaurants and to a whole new level of YUM! It listening to music and hanging bars for some chill out time if you is like eating street food gourmet out with my amazing friends. want to have delicious food, relax style. They also serve exciting Good times and great memories with ice cold beers and listen to and “Filipinized” cocktails in this place. live music. Most of all, MOA offers like the sampaloc candy(our a seaside view that serves as personal favorite), aswangria and host to an incredible sunset and calamansi mojito. world-class fireworks display. jeans a pair of sneakers and your A game and no one would care. 12 manilascope.com | AUGUST 2017 Ovation Productions presents Liam Gallagher of Oasis on his first ever concert in Manila on August 14, 2017 at the Mall Of Asia Arena. Being voted as the greatest frontman of all time in a 2010 reader poll by Q magazine, many bands and artists have cited Oasis as an influence or inspiration, including the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Maroon 5, and Coldplay, among others. Oasis is a five-piece band from Manchester, England led by Liam and Noel Gallagher, two brothers from public housing, who became the defining musical act for a generation. Noel’s proudly British lyrics; choruses that could make your throat clench and your heart threaten to burst; Liam’s sneering vocals and pissed-off posture; the cocktail of ego, camaraderie, and one-upmanship that made Oasis as entertaining and volatile offstage as on.