Affordable housing na #SaktoSayo at BellaVita Homes

Unlike a lot of people, I never thought about buying my own house.


It wasn’t because of lack of ambition, but when you are working and running a household with three kids studying in private school at the same time, and a budget that barely leaves anything for savings, owning a house becomes less of a priority.

Instead you pass those dreams to your children, teaching them the value of education and getting a good job hoping they can live a more comfortable life and have a house they can call their own.



The idea of an investment never seeped in. “Luho lang ang bahay at lupa noon para sa akin. Plus my parents had a house,  same with my in-laws where we lived.  So, there was little reason to look for a house of our own. I know my reason was shallow, plus it was a good location and the only house (if we could ever afford one) was outside Metro Manila and I didn’t have enough savings to pay for monthly amortizations I was just a rank and file employee with three kids to raise.

It was only now that all my kids have families of their own, did I seriously think about getting a house. I also encouraged them to buy a house and lot for themselves even if they don’t plan living there. It’s a good investment because in case something happens, they have a fallback.



Last year,  I joined one of those "housetripping" events in Gen Trias, Cavite. It was a village called Bella Vita,and I immediately liked the place the moment I stepped inside and went on our first tour.

Last week, I returned with the same group of blogger friends to see how the place changed after a year. Back then there were just a few houses and only a handful of residents but now it has transformed into such a big community with lots of families. There are actually a lot of sari sari stores (almost in every corner) which is like those busy streets in Manila.






If you are not familiar with the property, Bella Vita is an affordable housing owned by Ayala Land Inc. It is located at the fast developing area of Gen.Trias Cavite.


BellaVita Land Corp. is a subsidiary of Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) that offers quality homes in the country’s social enterprise communities, allowing residents to enjoy a comfortable living experience – from the house designs to the village features; one will get a sense of how living and livelihood may be seamlessly integrated.


BellaVita aims to bring Ayala Land's singular vision of enhancing land and enriching lives, for more people.

The first Eco-Socialized Project, BellaVita Gen. Trias, offers quality homes that allow residents to enjoy a comfortable living experience -- from the house designs to the village features, one will get a sense of how living and livelihood may be seamlessly integrated.





With BellaVita, minimum wage earners and members of the informal business sector is given the opportunity of experiencing the pride of owning a home.

The future community of BellaVita Gen. Trias will likewise have it's very own mallengke, a 1.1 hectare space dedicated for commercial stalls that budding entrepreneurs and small-scale business owners may consider to start up their mini enterprise.



Every BellaVita development will embody Ayala Land's thrust on sustainable living, empowering the community through sensible and relevant pursuits that only hope to better their living and livelihood conditions, truly complementing its promise - Bahay Saya, Buhay Sagana.

BellaVita’s operations is anchored on Five (5) Pillars:  



1.    LOCATION: 



Near public transport system



Proximity to localized commercial destinations



2.    DESIGN



Clustered neighborhood



Integrated community



3.    QUALITY



1-year workmanship warranty



Strong and reliable construction



4.    BUYING EXPERIENCE



Easy on the pocket



Convenient payment options



Accessible Sales offices and customer service centers



5.    LIVING EXPERIENCE



Clean



Peaceful



Orderly

For more details and information. Pls follow Bella Vita's page https://www.facebook.com/BellaVitaLandCorp/
https://www.instagram.com/bellavita_landcorp/?hl=en

Vivo partners with Qualcomm to a 5G development milestone with their ground-breaking 5G antenna technology.

Vivo today has detailed its collaboration with Qualcomm to address a critical 5G development milestone with their ground-breaking 5G antenna technology. This collaboration has resulted in the successful design and integration of new 5G mm-Wave (millimeter wave) antenna arrays into a Vivo commercial form factor as well as the measurement of system-level OTA (over-the-air) performance.

This milestone is significant as the arrival of 5G is creating major design challenges for smartphone manufacturers and network operators. To fully support the rollout of 5G services, even greater complexity and tougher requirements have been added to antenna designs and technologies.

For end users, mm-Wave technology can attain higher data rates to enable the 5G peak data rate of around 10-20 times higher than that of existing 4G LTE technology, providing a better wireless experience especially with AR, VR, AI, and UHD (ultra-high definition) video applications.

“Through this landmark cooperation between Vivo and Qualcomm, Vivo's industry leadership and innovation on 5G mm-Wave antenna design will contribute to creating optimal devices for end users,” said Dr. Huan-Chu Huang, Antenna Technical Director/ Principal Antenna Expert at Vivo.

“After this successful completion of 5G mm-Wave antenna design and measurement based on a Vivo commercial form factor, consumers will soon see the next round of new device designs offering superior performance benefits and a taste of the next generation mobile experience.”

It is expected that both 5G sub-6 GHz and mm-Wave antenna technology will be deployed in every major market around the world, with some markets by 2019 and others to follow in 2020. Beyond this collaboration, according to Dr. Huan-Chu Huang, Vivo is also proactively applying for patents and publishing international research papers on mm-Wave antenna designs to prepare for the arrival of 5G age.

This latest innovation is another example of Vivo’s dedication to break new ground and to lead in critical industry initiatives such as 5G development. “From the early days of WiGig to 5G mm-Wave today, Vivo has been focused on deep studies and solid works on mm-Wave antenna designs and technologies. This successful development of 5G mm-Wave antenna array technology for smartphones denotes a further progression of Vivo’s accumulation of industry-leading technology breakthroughs and capabilities,” said Dr. Huan-Chu Huang.

Shopee PH celebrates Beauty Week from June 21 to 27 with a storewide sale

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou


What empowers you as a woman ? What would be your best answer? I guess mine as a mother would be that,  I raised my children well, knowing that they are now stable, strong  and has a family of their own, is enough for me to rest on my laurels. Now that I am alone, I get to enjoy the rest of my life traveling and do things that I dont have time before.

Shopee PH  talks about women empowerment and its impact to those around us. The event featured three different talk show sessions where the five women shared personal stories on various topics, including how the media has influenced the standards of beauty, their struggles with overcoming society’s expectations of women, and how they managed to achieve success in both their careers and personal lives.

Shopee  partners with Grab and Beauty Brands Maybelline and Palmolive to bring together 5 Women Rights advocates  in celebration of women empowerment last June 19 at Okada Grand Ballroom.

 As part of Shopee’s Beauty Fair event, the women 2013 Miss World, Megan Young, actress KC Concepcion, and blogger influencers Martha Jante, Kristine Roces and Helen Payawal each shared their personal stories on how they overcame society’s beauty standards, and to encourage Filipina women to do the same.

In line with the Beauty Fair event, Shopee will also be celebrating Beauty Week from June 21 to 27. Users can expect up to 95% off the health and beauty category on top of a storewide sale, exclusive deals and bundles, P199 below collections and many more. Users can look forward to massive savings on a wide variety of items including makeup, skincare, haircare and other health and personal care items.

I enjoyed listening to the speakers especially with KC Concepcion's words of wisdom. She really had it in her. She is strong and beautiful and has a brilliant mind to speak with.

Jane Lim, Director of Shopee Philippines, said, “Shopee’s Beauty Fair is a celebration of women and their success, and we are proud to partner Maybelline and Palmolive for this event both leading beauty brands who share the same belief that women should be celebrated as they are. Beauty Fair was conceptualised as part of Shopee’s continued commitment to empowering Filipina across the country. We hope that this serves as an inspirational platform for more women to take a step towards achieving their goals.” 

2013 Miss World Megan Young on empowerment and standing up for yourself 

As a speaker at the event, Young shared about her journey to being crowned 2013 Miss World, and how the title has since placed her in a position to inspire young women around her. 

“Joining Miss World 5 years ago really took me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to be more confident. After being crowned, I realised I was in a position where I had the power to influence young women, and I wanted to do my part to encourage them to stand up for themselves. I used to just shrug off people who say insensitive or hurtful comments, but now call them out and tell them they’re wrong, and I encourage all women to not be afraid to do the same,” shared Young. 

Young’s success in her acting career is also a reflection of her commitment to empowering women, choosing only to act in powerful female roles. She currently stars in the drama,The Step Daughters, where she plays a young, fearless woman named Mayumi who changes her destiny by being tenacious and true to herself. 

Maybelline’s top beauty influencers shared their stories on being confident 

One of Maybelline’s top priorities is to empower women to #MakeltHappen. The brand presented top beauty influencers Martha Jante, Real Asian Beauty (Kristine Roces), and Helen on Fleek (Helen Payawal) to talk about their work as influencers and bloggers in the beauty industry. The famous influencers also shared their everyday struggles as women in their field and how they were able to overcome it with the confidence that makeup has been able to give them. 

Palmolive brand ambassador KC Concepcion on how health can empower women to be their best self 

Brand ambassador for Palmolive, KC Concepcion, also shared her own story on how being healthy is as important as being true to oneself. The singer turned actress talked about numerous topics from haircare to fitness, and how her journey with maintaining her health has helped her confidence and enabled her to achieve success in both her career and personal life. 

Attendees enjoyed a complimentary ride to the event from Grab, the official ride sponsor, as well as a free blow-dry and hair styling session by Creations a salon by Asia’s Top Model Judge, Lourd Ramos’ salon.

For more information about the Beauty Fair Sale, you may visit: https://shopee.ph/BestofBeauty 

For more information, visit www.shopee.ph.

Download the Shopee app for free on Apple App Store or Google Play Store. 

Vivo X21, sleek with its In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology retails at P29999.00

Vivo recently launched their newest smartphone X21 to the media on June 21 with its In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. Vivo is set to up their game with its AI photography and upgraded face recognition. The very light smartphone is sleek and fashionable and  ready to conquer the millennial market.

Vivo X21 retails at P29999.00 and is also available at Shopee.

The Vivo X21 launch is graced by Vivo Endorsers Darren Espanto, Julie Ann San Jose, Vern and Verniece Enciso, Chienna Gilomeno, TJ Monterde and Maris Racal. 

Vivo  X21 flagship smartphone in the Philippines bring users a brand new and futuristic unlocking experience with industry-leading In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. Combined with its FullView™ Display, AI photography and upgraded face recognition technology, the X21 is the ideal mobile partner for the tech-savvy consumer.

Through its continuous research into user needs, Vivo has consistently pursued innovation to solve consumer pain points. Having invested in long-term research and development to overcome the problems posed by mass producing In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology, Vivo is finally bringing this secure and intuitive unlocking solution to more consumers. Vivo has also made major technology breakthroughs with its FullView™ Display and AI photography featured in the X21.

Two unlocking technologies to bring double convenience

Vivo has been the industry pioneer of In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology from showcasing its first prototype demonstration to successful mass production. To ensure user expectations for this technology are being met, Vivo has tasked its teams to innovate and perfect this technology on the new X21 to provide a reliable and secure unlocking solution to all consumers.

Vivo X21 replaces the rear fingerprint sensor with the latest In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology. This allows the sleek and unified design of the smartphone to be preserved without the need for a rear fingerprint sensor. With mere a flick of the wrist and a press on the screen to unlock, this convenient and seamless process is intuitive for any user.

Other than In-Display Fingerprint Scanning Technology, X21 also offers upgraded facial recognition technology with Face Access which scans users’ facial features for enhanced security.

Impressive FullView™ experience with a screen-to-body ratio of over 90%

Vivo X21 has a 6.28-inch 19:9 FHD+ FullView™ Display. With a super slim notch, and 1.66mm side bezels, it achieves a 90.3% screen-to-body ratio to provide a wider viewing experience compared to other similar-sized phones. Vivo has even enhanced its software to support the notch and developed a notification bar that maintains an immersive experience. Maximizing the beauty of the display, Vivo X21 uses P3 display color management technology and supports a P3 wide color gamut to ensure more accurate, natural and saturated colors.

Taking phone design to the extraordinary, X21 has ditched the metal body for a new 3D glass back cover. Every arc and curve on the back cover are ergonomically optimized to ensure comfort in your hand, with only 3.1mm thick in the middle. More than just smooth to the touch, X21 uses a new color-blending technique, which creates a unique luster that creates its elegant look.

AI Photography Brings a Superior User Experience

X21 continues Vivo’s heritage of photography leadership, featuring 12MP (24 million photographic units) front and rear cameras with Dual Pixel Sensors. The secondary rear camera is 5MP. Thanks to the larger photographic area of each pixel, X21’s camera significantly boosts picture clarity. On top of this, the X21 features fast focusing technology that rivals DSLRs, which enables it to focus fast and capture depth of field data in every pixel.

Vivo X21’s AI Scene Recognition not only identifies night, sports, vibration or back light scenarios, but it can also detect and identify 18 tags and 140 scenarios such as portraits, food and plants as it shoots. It then actively adjusts photography settings and effects to make it easy for the user to capture a great photo.

By upgrading Vivo’s photography technologies with AI, Vivo’s AI Face Beauty and AI HDR features can identify the subject’s sex, skin tone and surrounding lighting environment to create the ideal facial enhancement settings, even in a backlit environment. With AI Face Beauty learning the user’s specific preferences for beauty, it can generate custom beautification effects tailored to each user. Think of X21 as your personal make-over team packed into one intelligent device.

System level optimization enhances mobile entertainment

Hardware forms the basis of any user experience. The X21 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE chip which can effectively utilize CPU resources for complex AI and neural computing. Its 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM increases the speed of launching, loading and switching even large and complex mobile games. With the large storage space, users can go wild downloading all the applications, movies and photos they want without the hassle of clearing space.

While gaming, the system will automatically adjust the CPU to optimize performance according to the game’s resources for a smoother gaming experience. The Game Mode on X21 even prevents accidental touch operations, ensuring gamers only make the moves they intended.
X21 continues Vivo’s Hi-Fi legacy and houses the AK4376A audio chipset. It is also equipped with Deep Field technology, which was developed by Vivo to provide panoramic surround, mega bass, clear voice effects and various environmental audio effects, allowing users to tailor their audio experience.

High-resolution images of Vivo X21 can be downloaded at this link: https://edelmanftp.boxcn.net/v/VivoX21

Amaia Land Corp. rolled out “Summersaya" to residents of Amaia Land’s North Manila

Summer sizzled at Amaia Land Corp.’s properties in North Manila, when the top-of-mind real estate provider rolled out “Summersaya,” a roster of fun-filled activities for homeowners of Amaia Skies Avenida, Amaia Skies Sta. Mesa, Amaia Steps Pasig, Amaia Steps Novaliches, and Amaia Skies Cubao.

Jump-starting “Summersaya” was a MILO Swim Clinic that was held at Amaia Skies Avenida from May 15 to 26. Kiddie residents at the Amaia Skies Avenida gamely took basic swimming lessons from the clinic’s certified instructors even as they cooled off in the pools.

For scores of aspiring hoopsters, meantime, it was a summer well spent as they trooped to a free basketball clinic held at Amaia Steps Pasig last April 28 and May 16 and at Amaia Steps Novaliches last May 5 and 12. The Filipino youngsters eagerly picked up or honed skills in dribbling, shooting, and coordination in what remains to be the most popular spectator sports in the country.

Last but not the least, a free Yoga class was conducted at Amaia Skies Cubao last April 28, May 12, and May 26 and at Amaia Steps Pasig last April 28 and May 12 for residents who needed to detoxify their bodies, minds, and spirits of the stresses of work and other aggravations of city life.

“We believe that our residents and homeowners enjoyed the carefree but productive summer we had in mind for them,” says Ayla Reyes of Amaia Land. Thus, we are certainly looking forward to more action-packed Summersaya activities in the years to come.”

Amaia’s Summersaya activities were open to the public.

For inquiries about Amaia projects and developments, check out www.amaialand.com or like www.facebook.com/AmaiaLand.