When you are going to celebrate, do not just settle for any ordinary wines – look for the best ones in WinePhilippines by Forth&Tay!

WinePhilippines by Forth&Tay is a one stop shop that has been recently opened in Cagayan de Oro City. We went there one time and they do have the hard-to-find wine selections that they can find including George Dubceuf (pronounced as Duboof), their best-selling wine. Apart from that they also have other wines and spirits including my personal favorites.

The best thing about WinePhilippines is that they deliver their orders right at your footstep!

Wine Philippines by Forth&Tay is located at Door #6 Great Spot Arcade JR Borja Extension, 9000 Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. You may contact them at 09053793272 or you can visit their website (http://www.winephilippines.com).

Pictures by Rosanna Lim

The matinee idol who made movies such as One More Chance a blockbuster and the current face of Biogesic will visit the City of Golden Friendship this Saturday, December 3, at the LimKetKai atrium. The show starts at 3pm.

If you want to see John Lloyd Cruz in person, all you have to do is to purchase 60 pesos woth of Biogesic at the LimKetKai Atrium entrance and that’s it!

Judging from the fact that it is John Lloyd Cruz, I am sure that there will be a lot of fans going there. At least you will have Biogesic at hand just in case you will get a headache. Hehe

If you want to ask Jonh Lloyd Cruz some questions, throw your questions by visiting this link here!

See you there! And Ingat!

And since we consider the Yuletide seasons as the season of giving, we sure do know a hundred and one ways to keep up with the spirit of giving. And one of the traditions that has been followed by families for (I am guessing) decades already is to give friends and family a box of goodies each. Goodies like candy, nuts, and cake bars – nothing can uplift spirits better than these.

Luckily, I and the rest of the CDO Bloggers were invited to participate in “Bars All You Can!”, a cooking demo presented by Cheff Hassett Go in Culinary Institute of Cagayan de Oro (CIC).

He may be young, but Chef Hassett has already proved himself in the world of local anf national culinary scene, particularly in pastries and cakes. In this cooking demo, he showed us how to prepare 6 varieties of cake bars, which you can sell or give to your friends this Christmas or any given time of the year. Below are the recipes that I like the most (photos by traveltabai.com):

Lemon Squares – Out of the 6 cake bars presented, this is my favorite. I like everything fruity and lemon is no exception. It is soft, unlike the other cake bars, but I like how refreshing it is to the feeling.

Food For The Gods – I had have been intrigued with this recipe ever since I was a kid, primarily because it has a unique name. But I never had the chance of tasting it until this cooking demo. If fruit cake and bibingka had a love child, this would be it.

Choco Revel Bars – It is like those Chantilly bars, only upgraded. The way it was presented to us, it was never dry: the chocolate is still slowly melting and the oat crust still soft and not flaky. Love it!

All in all, I had a great time learning how to make these bars and for a moment there it took me back to my HRM roots. I might take culinary classes again soon..

And if you are planning to take culinary classes, Culinary Institute of Cagayan de Oro (CIC) is the one for you! First in Northern Mindanao, CIC is dedicated in giving world-class culinary education to Northern Mindanao conducted by renowned chefs like Chef Hasset among others. They provide diploma programs and special workshops so you do not have to travel far just to study culinary arts – it’s all in here!

CIC is located at the 3rd level of Legacy Building, Antonio Luna Street, Cagayan de Oro City.
Or you can email them at: cic_cdo@yahoo.com

Anyway, it was my first time since 2006 since I watched a play – and it was just because it was needed for our Philosophy class back in college. Not that I don’t like watching plays but I am just too pre-occupied to care (either THAT or I have other priorities which are not considered as priorities by many – you know what I mean). Until my brother was in town and his girlfriend invited me over to watch “Ang Barracks ni Tenyente Fuego. At the back of my mind of incomparable wit and intelligence (read: char), I had a few predictions of what the play would be: either it would be about insert-a-famous-name-of-war war or it would be gay-themed. If I knew for a fact that if it would be a war-themed play where I would smell gun powder in the end then I would have to technically pass. But since it is directed by Hobart Savior, then it would be definitely worth watching. Another thing; I always pass on judgment when it comes to gay themed plays or movies because if it is going to be one: it’s either one of the main couple will kill himself/herself or it would be be hell of a camp (no pun intended) where one of the main couple will kill himself/herself.

And should you ask if my predictions were correct, yes and no: Yes it was a happy camper comedy and, since it is comedy, the protagonists survive. And I had a hearty laugh.

The story plot was simple and relatable to many: all of Tenyente (colonel for non-Spanish speaking people) Fuego are closeted homosexuals and they are trying to keep it to themselves, avoiding any encounters with Pater. The twist of the story goes when the daddy pulls a hostage taking inside his own home (barracks to his kins) with his sons as the hostages. Each of his sons has a story to tell which interrelates with the other characters of the story. The ending… naaah, you didn’t watch it so I must not tell any further details.

The play is an epic and must have a cult following status. The story was well written, well organized, and it can give you Gay Lingo 101 as well (I could hear student behind my back what’s the definition of some of the gay words used such as “lafang” and “betcha by golly wow ulam” – some terms like that).

The climax of the story shows that gay people can be as good as straight people in terms of profession and expertise – if not better (I mean who can make a transmitter from a make up kit).

The dialogues and retorts between the characters are just well crafted that you can say “yeah, gays do it better”.

But the most surprising fact about the play is that the characters were played well by – uh – straight guys. It was played so convincingly that I didn;t know that the main characters, all of them, are straight guys. It gave me a hard on! Er… scratch that.

Any cons? Nada, except that the audience should have kept their cool just a little bit. It was a play, not a Willie Revillame antic. There’s this one bit that one of the characters almost forgot his line because he was distracted by the audience’s cheer/jeer. But I couldn’t blame them wholly – it was that ecstatic.

4.5 out of 5 fucks given.

Best scenes:

The exorcism of the priest
The rekindling of the relationship between the lawyer son and the field reporter
The baptismal of the youngest son (from Brando to Britney)

This play should be made into a film. Like seriously. Tarush!

PS forgive my grammar and spelling. I do not have the power to find enjoyment in rechecking.

Without Further Ado

The boutique had its soft opening last September 12. Photos to follow.

This is the first ever RAGE DE ORO COMIC EPISODE.

If you are not totally aware of what a Rage Comic is, it’s quite evident around the Internet. What’s with the Troll Face, the Rage Guy, and Derp and Herp, and the like. But if not really, then you are not winning. Please don’t live on this planet anymore. I kid. Seriously. You mad bro?

Anyway this story is a story told by robstroy, a good friend.

This will be my first and last blurb about, so I will not miss you!

You mad bro?

Sincerely,
Trollface

I know, I know, I have been saying that quite a few times already and in behalf of the team I apologize.

So if you are an avid reader and you still continue checking our e-mag even though it disappoint you at times for having no new updates, we say a big thank you and we will never fail you, I guarantee you that.

So for this month, The Annual Fashion Special is what we do celebrate. Ever since I heard Candy Pratts Price of US Vogue blurted out the lines “September is the January in Fashion” with her sexy-nasalish voice, we make sure that the ninth month of the year is entirely devoted to making fashion an awareness to people of Cagayan de Oro.

We will be releasing not one, not two, but three stories!

One. is our cover story of the month which features Nicole Salise in a very sharp and androgynous photo shoot by Jason Tan, hair and make up by Bhoyette Piloton and styled with designs from DPS House of Fashion and in collaboration with More Bites Cagayan.

Two. We will be releasing our First Annual Models Special. This list is to group out who are the best models around town and for this year we have picked what we can considerably call as the “BIG 4″: Hannah Suazo, Nicole Floirendo, Zaira Egan, and Nicole Salise (our cover girl for September). And also a special participation of two more male models (Elton Ladd Batinga and CJ Waugh) and yours truly (yes because I can and I want to ). The theme of the photo shoot revolves around the trends back in the 90s with dresses and accessories from Bettina Boutique and Mark Christopher Yaranon. Shot by one of the most coveted fashion photographers in Cagayan de Oro – Melson Bolongaita, and styled by upcoming stylist du jour Hazel Gwen Asuncion with hair and make-up expertise by Dandy Mar Diaz Roa and Bhoyette Piloton. This photo shoot will not be possible without the help of Mai Tan, one of Iconoclast’s members.

Three. This is a little bit of a surprise but we are going to also release a never-before-published shoot by Iconoclast’s very own Creative Director Fadi Ismail with styling anf HMUA by Bhoyette Piloton. This was supposed to be an inside story for our first ever issue-in-print but since we have not really made that into reality, we decided to publish it online instead. A good work must never go to waste. It’s Hannah Suazo only.

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!!!

Four. Our first music video with videographer Atoy Martinez will be uploaded soon. For this I will need to hold your excitement so no further details as of the moment, except I have to thank Iconoclast’s Irene Aserios (who also runs Mindanaoan, a highly-awarded Mindanao based blog) for helping us out make this music video a success. Outtakes and the final music video will be released really soon!

Five. The Daily RAGE DE ORO comic strip will be published daily starting TODAY! RAGE DE ORO is based on the popular RAGE COMIC online, so popular that it has achieved a “Meme” status on the web. It’s in Visayan language most of the time so you can enjoy it better!

That’s it for now. You are welcome!

Edu Segundo Ragpala
Chief Editor
follow me on Twitter: @edusegundo

]]> http://www.iconoclastmag.com/editors-blog/2011/09/20/better-late-than-never/feed/ 0 http://www.iconoclastmag.com/articles/2011/09/05/we-remain-speechless-for-this-girl/ http://www.iconoclastmag.com/articles/2011/09/05/we-remain-speechless-for-this-girl/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:55:15 +0000 Edu Segundo http://www.iconoclastmag.com/?p=846 Mix sugar, spice, everything not so nice but nice as well, some brains, and curvy genetics and you’ll get Miss Sue, who appears on the cover of Iconoclast Magazine August 2011 issue. Check the pages out!

Photography by Fadi Ismail
Hair and Make Up by Dandy Mar Diaz Roa

Special thanks to Rob Bana and Miss A

and also to our guest model…. you know who you are!

Click to enlarge… no pun intended.