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The Sun Life Financial Triathlon Team will be marking its 5th year by participating in Ironman 70.3 in Cebu on August 5 by fielding a total of 13 racers in the prestigious competition, led by brand ambassador Piolo Pascual, actor Enchong Dee, and its very own executives.   Piolo, who will bike for one of the relay teams, will once again team up with Enchong (swim) and his longtime friend, Tonie Ty (run). Sun Life Chief Investments Officer Michael Enriquez will also see action on the bike, alongside Sun Life Business Development Manager for Partnership Distribution Toots Malapad and Sun Life Sales Training & Development Head Ged Custodia. Former national team member Jan Chiu (swim) together with Sun Life Digital Transformation Specialist Karl Villalonga (bike) and TBR Sun Life Dream Marathon 2017 top finisher Alfred Diacosa (run) will comprise the third team, while an all-female team will consist of elite athletes Bea Grabador (swim), Laarni de Guzman (bike) and Charlie S

Did you know that June is actually the Financial Independence Month? Before attending the #SunLifeFUNday event last June 24, Sunday, I had no idea. I just participated in the event mainly to have fun with Cebu's local bands!  Seeing some of the best Cebuano local artists on-stage motivated me to join the event. It was awesome to see Bethany, Jackie Chang, and Mandaue Nights sharing their own music to the Ayala Center Cebu crowd. "First Kiss" was undoubtedly my most favorite among the performances. But it was just the usual concert you see in the mall. It was informative, too!  The event had three discussions targeted at millennials like me. The first topic was discussed by Kaz Onozawa entitled "Money after Graduation," and I generally would have wanted the talk to be about struggling college graduates who are about to get their first job. Millennials, especially those who have recently graduated, will undoubtedly have a hard time figurin

Saving is easy to say but difficult to start, especially for a millennial like me. Having friends is perhaps one of the reasons why it is difficult for me to start saving. Maybe for most millennials, too. THAT EUREKA MOMENT When we planned to book a plane ticket for Singapore, my supposed first international trip last year, I was hesitant. I had that YOLO (You Only Live Once) moment believing that as long as I have money, I can travel. If I don't go with them, I might have that FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) feeling. I decided to back out last minute because of an emergency back home and didn't have enough savings to fund my travel. I have learned my lesson from that experience. First, I need to have a separate travel and emergency fund. This will allow me to become a more responsible millennial without sacrificing my YOLO plans in life. I can only achieve this if I manage my money wisely. Like me, are you also looking for some financial advice on how to save for a be

When talking about financial literacy , most of the things I learned are from the discussions I have had with my friends and personal research through the pages of the internet. In simplest terms, financial literacy is budgeting your money and understanding how money works so that you will get the most of its value over time. I feel that the lessons I got in the classrooms during my high school years were inadequate. Either they lacked content or I didn't have a mature mindset to understand inflation, the stock market, insurance, and other technical financial jargons back then. In my mind at that time: I just needed to pass this subject! And here comes the so-called "real world" after graduating college. After my 15 years of studying, where will I go next? Will my family expect me to be already earning enough money and can I give them a monthly portion of my paycheck? When will I reach my first million peso savings? Like you, my fellow millennials, it was only

Dear Fellow Millennials, We are lucky to live in this time when digital and technology are shaping our lives. From sending snail mails that take weeks or months to arrive, it now takes less than a second to send a message online. From searching through the alleys of the library, it only takes a button to do a research on any topic imaginable. We are the generation that experienced the advent of technology as we moved up in the ladder of the educational system. Some of us already had mobile phones when we were in elementary. We learned to embrace social media and smartphones later on. This generation is the living witness of how awesome Nokia 3310 was! We had also seen the rise of iPhone's popularity. Google and Facebook have become the two websites we use almost every day, right? We are the generation that made traveling fun and proved to everyone that we can do it even on a budget! We are travel superheroes, thanks to bloggers who made it easy for us. We made selfies t

There's no Pikachu on my sightings. Why?  I travel across the world, searching far and wide... My childhood was filled with Pokemon memories. I followed the anime years back but did you know that it is still ongoing? When I was ten, they were ten. Now that more than a decade has passed, they're still ten? Why aren't they growing up yet? Sadly I didn't have the luxury of a gameboy or any of the previous Pokemon games. I just recently brought my smartphone that I have one now, will I waste time not to play this game? I actually hesitated to play on the first day of release in the Philippines last August 6 (Saturday) since everyone was playing but the next day when I was convinced by my friends to walk around to catch Pokemon, I ended the day with Level 10. After 5 days, I'm at Level 20 with 77 unique Pokemons. Kay pataka lang og click, wala nakadakop ni Pikachu. Ka-weak ba nako. Next stop: Ayala. Sunod SM. Dayon IT Park. #priorities #kidsthesedays

Ingon sila lisod kuno mamahimong magsusulat. Sa pagbiris-biris pa lang sa imong labing unang sugilanon o balak, nanghagdaw ka na og mga pulong sa panganod bisan wala pa kaayo masabti aron lamang malamas diha sa imong sinulat. Unya, labihan nimong lipaya kay natapos na gyod nimo ang pila ka gabiing pagpuwaw. Nakaingon ka sa imong kaugalingon nga kini na tingali ang sugilanon o balak nga mopakurog sa katitikan.

KAGIS Meetup - Sa unang higayon ang Sugbo mipahigayon og meetup sa mga batan-ong mahiligon sa pagpanulat sa kaugalingong pinulongan. BISAN kinsa mamahimong magsuwat apan maihap lamang kadtong kamaong motagik og mga sugilanon ug balak nga takos ibutang sa mga panid sa Binisayang katitikan. Sa Sugbo, dakong buhi sa komunidad sa mga batan-ong magsusulat. Walag tuo ang mga kalihokan nga namugna nga gipasiugdahan sa mga batan-on sama sa binuwang basabalak sa Handuraw nga giorganisa sa pundok sa mga tinun-ang magsusulat sa UP Cebu nga TINTA (nga karong tuiga lima na gyod intawn ka tuig). Dali lamang ang pagtagik og balak ug sugilanon apan ang pagkagis niini aron mabutang sa mga panid sa atong kaugalingong katitikan mao ang lisod nga tahas.

On its fourth year, Vispop has proved that the established "Visayan Pop" brand is already a genre of its own. The new set of six finalists from more than 300 entries is now hitting the Visayan airwaves and once again nagpa-LSS sa mga batan-on. 

Sa dihang bata pa ko, may mga gabii nga ang akong Lola Pansang, ilabi na kon taliabot ang Semana Santa o Adlaw sa mga Minatay, maghisgot og mga matang sa abat nga migilok gyod sa akong batang panghunahuna. Nanglimbawot akong balhibo sa iyang mga sugilanon nga hangtod karon naglibog gihapon ko kon tinuod ba kaha nga nahitabo niya o minugna lamang kay iyang nadunggan gikan sa iyang mga apohan o silingan niadtong bata pa siya. Sa probinsya man god, daghang mga sugilanon nga binuhat-buhat aron mangahadlok ang mga bata ug dili maglaag-laag kon moabot na ang kagabhion. 

Time flies faster than expected. The crazy and lazy days are over. To start a brighter life this 2016, I have decided to go back to the drawing board and fix the things that didn't work last year.  ZUProme has colored my 2015 with various strokes of life. With the help and encouragement from my peers from Cebu Blogging Community, I was able to achieve greater things that I didn't realize that I would be able to do them. Who would have thought that blogging will bring me closer to my dreams? MEANINGFUL ADVENTURES This blog brought me to Siquijor with my fellow Cebuano bloggers, thanks to PIA-7 and Cebu Blogging Community for trusting us. This blog has also driven awareness to several Cebu-based causes and activities that I believed in. This blog has also brought me to various lifetime adventures and created almost countless memories with new friends. NEW LOGO As part of a brighter future this 2016, I have finally decided to improve this almost a

Cebu Best Blogs Awards 2015 recognized a neophyte blogger’s attempt at blogging!  Now on its 8th year, Cebu Best Blogs Awards is an annual award giving body that has been recognizing outstanding blogs made by Cebuano bloggers since 2008. It aims to acknowledge the best Cebu blogs that are of high quality and at par with the international bloggers. ZUPROME: Best Cebu Events/Entertainment Blog 2015 Finalist Zuprome , my first serious blog after a dozen of childish attempts to make a noise in Cebu blogosphere, has been shortlisted to be a finalist in Best Cebu Events/Entertainment Blog 2015 . It’s an honor to become a finalist in this category knowing that my co-finalists are already established bloggers! This recognizes pushes me to strive harder to become a better blogger. I share the stage with the Cebu Blogging Community family who has been very supportive in my endeavor to level up my passion in blogging to another level. Cebu Best Blogs Awards Night

Are you ready for UP Cebu’s biggest student-organized event, Iskolar? On November 13, 2015, expect to see the crowd cheering, clapping, and smiling while witnessing one of the biggest nights in UP Cebu. From 6 PM until 6 AM the next day, the majority of the UP Cebu population won’t be sleeping. It's the 'UP Cookout 2015: Change of Thrones!' UP Cebu Student Council and UNO Productions, the graduating class of BA Mass Communication, will give everyone a night of music, dance, art to remember! What’s the good news? This event is OPEN TO EVERYONE! CHANGE OF THRONES This year’s UP Cookout will have the timely theme of ‘Change of Thrones’ inspired by the hit TV series ‘Game of Thrones.’ What’s the catch? ‘UP Cookout 2015: Change of Thrones’ will tackle election-related issues. May 2016 is a few months to go. This year’s UP Cebu social awareness campaign deals with the upcoming national election and aims to educate the public about the current

Madeleine is one of the several restaurants you can find inside Waterfront Hotel Cebu. This restaurant is the hotel’s French-inspired bread and pastry shop, making it stand out among the rest of the restaurants. You would go crazy if you are a cake-lover because this shop serves one of the best cakes in town! Last October 16, 2015, Madeleine just launched its new set of pastries and bread. The launching also highlighted their new French Executive Pastry Chef, Benoit Andre Laboureux, who is responsible for the newfangled pastries and bread.  (photo from Waterfront Hotel Cebu Facebook) For this article, allow me to focus more on their pastries. They had served a lot of mouth-watering desserts for us to taste. The only dessert not found in the photo though is the Sphere Choco Green Tea. It is a sphere of chocolate with a Green Tea flavor.  I had the savored two of the eight delightful pastries that they have served – The Crunchy Choco Baileys and the Choc

I first heard of Sirao Flower Farm in Sirao Peak, Cebu City when I was riding a taxi. Little did I know that Sirao Flower Farm (aka Mini Amsterdam in Cebu) is a trending topic in social media.  For sure, everyone who have heard about the beautiful celosia flowers in Sirao Peak will surely search on how to go there and take a selfie. For only P20.00, you will be able to take a picture that you can post in your Instagram and share it on Facebook. For P100.00, you can take a video and upload it online. Add popular hashtag like #SiraoFlowerFarm, #SiraoPeak, #MiniAmsterdam, and #MiniAmsterdaminCebu to increase visibility and engagement. NOT JUST SELFIES On the other hand, here’s the sad reality: the celosias aren’t treated properly. People are not just simply taking pictures but ruining the beautiful celosias in Sirao Flower Farm. With hundreds of Cebuanos flocking to Sirao every day, I cannot help but feel sad about the status of the celosias and how they are treated by

The 30 Day Blogging Challenge ended yesterday. For the entire month of October, I was able to do daily blogging. It feels great that I was able to accomplish such task! It’s no easy feat considering there were some challenges along the way, and I fulfilled them all!  I’m a bit exhausted from my Siquijor trip with the Cebu bloggers (I’ll blog about it in the coming days) but I don’t want to break the streak, so here I am trying to make another blog post.  LESSON LEARNED Here are the lessons I learned from this blogging exercise: 1. Blogging becomes a habit if you do it for 30 consecutive days. It feels off that I won’t be able to blog in a day. If not every day, probably I wish to blog at least twice a week. Blogging has not become a part of my daily life. 2. Write for your readers, not just for yourself. When writing for my blog, I realized not I should write something that will give value to my readers. I’m not just writing a diary but a blog that

After a dozen attempts in blogging, here I am pursuing blogging Zuprome more than just a hobby. I aim to make blogging a source of fun and funds for more adventures to come. Zuprome is more than just a random word created out of nowhere, I envision it to become a respected brand. Who knows, it might become one. Blogging, just like anything you do, demands you to focus and improve your capability as a blogger and a writer. As the medium continues to evolve because of the advent of technology, the core of blogging will always remain: to showcase your experience to the readers and give them a worthwhile experience.  Now that it’s already 2015, the challenge to become a blogger stands still. More than just a blogger, to become a responsible blogger should be the vision of everyone who writes beyond just fun.  WHAT’S IN BLOGGING I have a friend who questioned the value of blogging since it’s already 2015. Gone are the days when blogging was an easy source of money