AT THE photo exhibit Hope for the Flower, I was amazed as I circulated among loads of invitees.
The exhibit features the works of lensmen Jun de Leon, Jed Santos, Ramon Ty and Miguel de Leon. The event aims to inspire and underscore the groundswell of support that advocates have shown for cervical-cancer awareness and prevention. “Cervical cancer is a disease that afflicts women. But instead of hiding from it, women are facing it head-on with their characteristic grace, which can be seen with the images I’ve taken throughout my career. And for me, that’s more than enough reason to celebrate,” explained De Leon. Every two minutes, one of half a million women dies from this illness. As a result, palanggas, celebrities, advocates and leading health organizations, including GlaxoSmithKline are making an effort to ensure that Filipinas are equipped with all the information they need to fight this. “A cancer-fighting vaccine is already available today, and I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for Filipinas to take note that this disease is preventable,” medical affairs manager for GlaxoSmithKline Dr. Carrie Purugganan explained to us. MasterCard-Lucerne promo Eight super-lucky MasterCard cardholders and Swiss luxury watch lovers, dahlings, won in the MasterCard-Lucerne promotion. Eight of the world’s most awesome Swiss watch brands were raffled off. Cardholder Jos Singh won an Audemars Piguet Claro Ortiz, Breitling Mariano Tiu, Chopard Danilo Chico, IWC Caroline Santos, Jaeger LeCoultre Richard Tiu, Omega Antonio Bala, Panerai and Garry de Guzman, Patek Philippe. The event, palanggas, was held at the excellent Felix Resto in Greenbelt 5. The winners received their truly awesome prizes from MasterCard’s VP for acceptance development and member relations Chris Paraiso VP for marketing and member relations Judith Dayrit and Lucerne’s brilliant Emerson Yao.
Singh learned about the MasterCard-Lucerne promotion, and brought a JLC timepiece. Well, he won an Audemars Piguet ladies’ watch, which he gave to his ecstatic wife as a gift, palanggas. Bala bought Panerai to celebrate his 40th birthday. He got his wish and won a Panerai timepiece. “The promo really made my birthday a very happy one,” he said with joy in his heart.