Good news, health and fitness enthusiasts! Healthy Options Davao relaunched its store at SM City Davao last January 17, 2018. Now bigger and better with more options for a healthier you.
Healthy Options is not just your ordinary store. It offers all-natural products for everyone’s overall health and wellness. These products are cruelty-free, green, and organic. All products are sourced with sustainability and fair trade in mind. So it does not just advocate for a healthier and better you, but also for a healthier and better environment and for healthier and better communities around the world.
What’s Inside Healthy Options Davao
Healthy Options sell products that cover almost all your organic needs for a healthy body, inside and out.
Check out some of the products available at Healthy Options at SM City Davao.
Natural Beauty Section of Healthy Options Davao for your skincare, beauty, and hair care needs.
Various Organic Sauces for your pasta, appetizers, snacks, and other dishes.
It’s February once again which means “HELLO, LOVE MONTH!” Whoever says Valentine’s Day is just for couples is totally wrong. Single or taken, celebrating with someone special, with family or just by yourself, Valentine’s is for everybody. And a great occasion to gift. Check out these Valentine’s gift ideas from Miniso Philippines.
Valentine’s Gift Ideas from Miniso Philippines: Scents
How about giving your loved ones the gift of fragrance?
Valentines Gift Idea from Miniso Philippines: Flipped Perfume
Miniso’s Flipped Perfume is a combination of bergamot, apple, black currant and pear which altogether make a fruity yet elegant fragrance.
And for the super feminine woman? Miniso’s Perfect Love Perfume might be the best choice.
Valentine’s Gift Idea from Miniso Philippines: Perfect Love Perfume
This scent is best for women who are always on the go and is great for everyday use.
Miniso also has their own Miniso Women Perfume Collection.
Valentine’s Gift Ideas from Miniso Philippines: Romantic Pink Sakura Perfume and Crystal Diamond Perfume
The Romantic Pink Sakura Perfume’s sweet aroma is best worn on a sunny day, while the sensual Crystal Diamond Perfume is the go-to scent for a romantic night with the significant other. Continue reading →
Every December, in a tradition started in 2008, Davao Bloggers gather for its biggest event. The Davao Bloggers Christmas Party is the most anticipated event of the organization. Old and new members, friends of the organization, and members of partner organizations attend to join the festivities. This 2017, the party is grander like never before.
The Davao Bloggers Grand Christmas Ball 2017 is co-presented by our Official Telecom Partner SMART Communications and by ASUS Zenfone.
One of the highlights of the event will be the Davao Blog Awards 2017 (DBA). House of Wooden Letters will be providing trophies for all the winners of the DBA 2017. SMART will present the Blogger of the Year Award. And the Best Tech Blog will be presented by Asus. For the complete list of finalists, check this link.
Añejo Gold Medium Rum, is the Official Drink Sponsor of the Grand Christmas Ball and the After Party.
Megaworld, the Philippines’ pioneer of the LIVE-WORK-PLAY-LEARN integrated urban townships is also sponsoring the ball.
McDonald’s, will be giving away Gift Certificates to all event attendees.
Halloween is almost here. Before the main event arrives, let’s spend a spooktacular weekend together at Malagos Garden Resort. Malagos is hosting Mga Handuraw sa Baul 2017 on October 28. It is a horror arts and music festival that highlights local horror stories and superstitions.
Mga Handuraw sa Baul 2017
Handuraw features Halloween-themed attractions and events for kids and adults from morning til midnight. Kids will enjoy an inflatable playground and a neon playhouse. For the adults, Malagos has a nightmarish haunted house that promises to deliver screams and probably a sleepless night.
Guests are not required but requested to wear costumes. The best ones get special prizes and surprises.
Another reason to to join Handuraw are a food fest featuring food producers and an arts and crafts bazaar. Malagos attractions like the Butterfly Museum and the Chocolate Museum are open during the event.
Malagos Garden Resort is a co-presentor of Ngilngig Film Festival. The film festival entries will premiere at Handuraw beginning at 2 pm.
Musical Acts
Finally, Filipino indie musical acts will provide the beats to celebrate local arts and culture.
Musical Acts of Mga Handuraw sa Baul 2017
Headlining the indie music festival this Saturday is Crwn. Filipino indie musical acts She’s Only Sixteen, Clara Benin, BP Valenzuela, Jensen and the Flips, Anne Mendoza, and RJ Manulid are set to take the stage, as well. Continue reading →
Enjoy getting scared? Give yourself and your squad a fright with brand new films about Filipino tales of horror and superstitions during the Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017.
Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017
The Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017 is organized by Pasalidahay in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines and co-presented by Malagos Garden Resort.
Opening Film
Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017 opens on October 27 with a Cebuano film, LILY by Keith Deligero.
It revolves around gossip of a woman in Cebu said to be a murderous monster. The movie tells the story of a mother seeking justice. Go home, Lily is coming.
Opening Film Lily by Keith Deligro
The film is a Cinema One Original, produced by Deligero & Co., Quiapost Productions, Heritage Productions. It stars Shaina Magdayao, Rocky Salumbides, and Natileigh Sitoy. Lily received several awards from the Cinema One Originals Festival 2016: Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Picture.
Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017 Entries
The films of the Ngilngig Film Festival 2017 is categorized into three programs: Davao Ngilngig Films, Sa Dako Pa Roon, and Bonfire Stories. All films revolve around local horror stories, town tales, and Filipino superstitions.
This year’s Davao Ngilngig Films by Davaoeño filmmakers are:
BAHIN by Jomar M. Ebus
BWESITA by Louis Usaraga and Melchor Cabangbang
DALINGSIL by Jamillah Natividad
DISIPLINA by Rod Marc Abrina
MEOW by Breech Asher Harani
TAGUAN by Earle Galindo
TAKBO by Rikki Torres
TAMBAG by Alecs Mari Ballarta
Ngilngig Films by Filipino indie filmmakers are featured in the Sa Dako Pa Roon category:
A BIRTHDAY TREAT by Amaya Han from Cebu
CHONG-AS by Rojie Somera and Jette Palicas from Kalinga
ELMO by Andrian Rey B. Manapil from Bukidnon
EXPERIMENTAL FOREST by Angelica Gamolo from Cebu
PARA SA MGA NI BIYA by Mac Kianro and Maki Calo from Cagayan de Oro City
PEÑARANCIA by Gab Mesina from Manila
SIN-O ANG TIKTIK by TM Malones from Iloilo
ANG IKADUHANG PAGBALIK by Jeffrie Po from Cagayan de Oro City
LAPPAW by Lovely Jan M. Cadauan from Echague, Isabela
LUBONG by Marvin Gabas from Manila
MORU by Edmund Telmo from Ozamiz City
OYAYI by Darryl Yap from Zambales
TAMIAW by Robert Christian Diaz from Valenzuela
And from the participants of the Ngilngig Film Fest Camp are Bonfire Stories:
Davao Ngilngig Film Camp 2017
ANG PAG-ABOT Lumpia Productions
BALBAL Mayora Films
PANABI Limbo Productions
UROM 1001 Productions
Every entry offers us a unique glimpse into the Filipino way of life and the stories, intrigues, hearsays, and superstitions that we live by. Some of it might sound familiar, a few seems new to you, but each one will definitely be delivered in a unique cinematic presentation to delight and terrify your every sense.
“Panagtagbo” is a multi-platform art event. It is composed of an art exhibit, a zine launch, and a small press expo from October 29 until November 12 at the Morning Light Art Gallery and Shop. They are running simultaneously with Nginlngig.
The Ngilngig is also part of Malagos Garden Resort’s Halloween event “Mga Handuraw sa Baul 2017.” The event includes the premiere of the films of Davao Ngilngig Film Festival 2017.
In 2014, SM City Davao pioneered the celebration of the Chocolate Festival in cognizance of the booming cocoa and chocolate industry in Davao. Local chocolatiers, pastry makers, and other purveyors showcased dishes and drinks that feature local beans. This weekend, SM City Davao hosts the Davao Chocolate Festival 2017 once again from October 12 to 15.
Davao Chocolate Festival 2017 at SM City Davao
Purveyors and exhibitors from past Chocolate Festivals will be back, along with new food concepts and establishments.
Davao Chocolate Festival 2017 Exhibitors
The Chocolate Festival is a collaboration of SM City Davao and the Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDAMI). It aims to bring together the Davao’s best cacao growers and chocolate processors. CIDAMI will be one of the event’s exhibitors.
Returning exhibitors include award-winning Malagos Chocolate, and local chocolatiers Chocolate Bean and Cacao De Davao. Comval Tropical Harvest, Rosario Delicacies, Puratos, Aromacology, Nutri Arch, Fedco, and Chocolate de San Isidro will be displaying and selling their best-selling treats.
Lara Mia leads the list of local dessert shops that will showcase their best chocolate pastries. Also joining are Confex & Co., Yolks, and Milky.
Finally, new food concepts will be at the event to offer their own chocolate delights: Cacao Culture, Chocoloco Inc, Auro Chocolate, Capt Du’s Cacao, A&V, Johanns, Brightside, and Sweets of Tirzah.
There will definitely no shortage of chocolate dishes, desserts, and drinks to satisfy all your chocolate cravings. Whether you like milk, dark, or white chocolate, you have to be at SM City Davao’s Chocolate Festival.
Chocolate Festival Highlights
The Davao Chocolate Festival will hold various events to further add excitement to the festivities.
Before the event formally opens, SM City Davao teased the crowd with a jar of Golden Chocolate Coins. The person who guesses the correct number wins a Golden Ticket. It can be used to redeem a package of chocolate goodies from the festival exhibitors. The winner also gets all the golden coins.
SM City Davao shoppers can also get their own Gold Ticket if they are one of the first 14 lucky shoppers to present a single-receipt purchase of at least P10,000 on October 14.
Chocolate lovers are invited to follow SM o Instagram @SMDavao and share their chocolate stories with their squad with the hashtag #ChocolateDateatSMDavao. The best posts get special prizes. Make sure to tag them and post by October 15.
The event will open on Thursday, October 12 at 10:30 am and will close when the mall closes. The country’s best tablea makers will demonstrate how to make your own chocolate concoctions. On October 13, learn about “The Sweet Journey” of chocolate’s bean to bar story. Finally, explore chocolate as a medium of art during the Chocolate Art expo on October 15.
So gather the gang and prepare to indulge in the best chocolate treats from Davao’s best cacao growers and chocolatiers only at the Davao Chocolate Festival 2017 at SM City Davao.
