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Friday, March 7, 2014

Babolat Launches Facebook #SnapThatBabolat "Selfie" Contest

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Babolat, the global leader in racket sporting goods has recently launched a monthly online contest for its existing and upcoming Facebook followers in the Philippines. Dubbed as #SnapThatBabolat, the promo invites everyone to take a photo with any Babolat equipment, apparel, or footwear and submit it as entry to babolatphils@gmail.com.

Entry senders must wait for the official uploading of their photos on Babolat Philippines’ Facebook page to qualify in the online sharing part of the contest. Once posted, contestants are encouraged to promote their entry to gather maximum likes.

The top three (3) photos with the most likes every month beginning February 2014 until May 2014 will be awarded with cool prizes from Babolat.

Those who did not qualify for the top 3 for the month may still join the competition in the succeeding months. Participants may have more than one entry per month. If in case the entries make it to the Top 3, only the photo with the most number of likes will be considered.

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It's really quite difficult if you name an event with a question or a statement that demands a very controversial answer. What Does It Take To Become a Fashion Icon was a timely intellectual fashion forum that's badly needed by the new generation of "fashionistas" or anybody living and breathing in the world of fashion. Has the term fashion icon become a little too inclusive and is clearly being tossed around like an old Nine West handbag?

With so many students attending the event and listening meticulously to what the Fashion Forum panel has to say, I was glad their questions finally focused on the asking the most pertinent questions. I was already experiencing a certain frisson when the panel discussion was becoming so vague. Sadly, we heard the safe and obvious answers that was known to many already.

They question how come the so called "fashionistas" themselves are the ones that promote foreign brands and not our local products. It would have been more beneficial for the country if everyone promotes locally made clothes made from fabrics made from the Philippines, or shoes from Marikina-manufactured leather, or bags made from raw materials coming from the many provinces of the country.

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I searched the Internet and found out that the most famous landmark in Japan is the one called Mount Fuji. So this article is all about the said mountain, or is it really just a mountain?

Mount Fuji is with 3776 meters Japan's highest mountain. It is not surprising that the nearly perfectly shaped volcano has been worshiped as a sacred mountain and experienced big popularity among artists and common people throughout the centuries.

It is an active volcano, which most recently erupted in 1708. It stands on the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures and can be seen from Tokyo and Yokohama on clear days.

Another easy way to view Mount Fuji is from the train on a trip between Tokyo and Osaka. If you take the shinkansen from Tokyo in direction of Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, the best view of the mountain can be enjoyed from around Shin-Fuji Station on the right hand side of the train, about 40-45 minutes into the journey.