ELIZABETH: Wheels continues to roll through summer

Matteo takes a special friend on an unforgettable road trip aboard the Porsche Boxster.

After a successful coverage of the 2016 Manila International Auto Show (MIAS) in its previous episode, Wheels, PhilSTAR TV’s premier motoring TV show, continues to roll through summer with more joyrides and cars to boot. Join its top-notch motoring journalists Matteo Guidicelli, Kap Maceda Aguila, Ulysses Ang and Angel Rivero as they go behind the wheel of some of the hottest rides this summer.

First stop: Matteo takes a special friend on an unforgettable road trip aboard the Porsche Boxster. Find out who this special friend is, where their road trip brought them, as well as the slick and clever features of this roadster.

Another roadster also takes center stage in this episode as Kap puts the pedal to the metal on the Audi TT. Be amazed at how this sports car performs perfectly on the road and be captivated by its marriage of aesthetics and power.

For SUV aficionados, Angel went aboard the all-new Ford Everest to test its capabilities under some of the toughest road conditions. Find out what’s new and improved in this upgraded Everest.

Finally, Uly shines the light on how to properly install LED lights on your car. Get some helpful hints on what LED lights are the best buys and installing it all by yourself.

It’s all these and more on the third season of Wheels, your guide to life on the fast lane. Catch it every Thursday, 10:30 p.m., on ABS-CBN Sports + Action Channel. For firsthand info on the latest happenings in motoring, like and follow Wheels on facebook.com/PhilStarWheels.

ELIZABETH: JR.NBA/JR. WNBA PHILIPPINES 2016 PRESENTED BY ALASKA

Children, boys and girls can now start living a healthy and progressive active lifestyle with Alaska. Alaska doesn't only believe and recognize the need of Filipino children for proper nutrition, they are also committed to promote active lifestyle in order to bring forth healthier children. What's better way to live an active lifestyle than by doing your favorite sports? More so, excelling in the field?

To make Alaska’s advocacies and mission to materialize, they partner with excellent local and International organizations, in Jr.NBA/Jr. WNBA basketball program, are National Basketball Association (NBA) as organizer and Spalding, as their supporting partner also in partnership with Globe Telecom, Cloudfone and Gatorade as their official Hydrating Station.

Alaska Booth

Cloudfone Kiosk

Regional Selection Camps were held on several venues to cater Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and Metro Manila. First Regional Selection Camp of the Jr. NBA /Jr. WNBA Philippines 2016 presented by Alaska was held February 20-21 at Benguet State University.  After two days of progressive drills and scrimmages, six boys and two girls selected. These eight young ballers stood out from among the 667 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA participants from the Cordillera Administrative Region and young players from Batangas and Laguna in South Luzon who travelled to Benguet for the opportunity to be selected for advancement to the next stages of the NBA’s global youth basketball participation program. 

In Davao's Regional Selection Camp, which is held at Ateneo de Davao University, Matina Campus last February 27-28, seven boys and four girls were selected from 543 kids who participated. Cebu Regional Selection Camp was held at at the Don Bosco Technology Center in Cebu welcomed 333 young players across Visayas including Bacolod, Bohol, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo, Leyte and Samar.

Last week, April 9 and 10, was the fourth and final leg of Jr.NBA/Jr. WNBA presented by Alaska Regional Selection Camp (RSC) for Manila . It was held in Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati City. They are screening the young athletes through various basketball drills and scrimmages such as dribbling, jumping, etc. hence get the chance to be part of, and be selected to participate the National Training Camp (NTC) that will happen next week on April 22 to 24 at Don Bosco Institute Makati on Friday and SM Mall of Asia on Saturday and Sunday.

On Day 1, Saturday 1030 boys and 84 girls making a sum total of 1114 children went and participated in the program. This is the biggest and largest number of RSC participants in the nine-year history of Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Philippines presented by Alaska. At the end of day one, 40 boys and 24 girls were chosen to return for Day 2, Sunday, April 10.

Alaska. Nutrition. Action. Champion.

This is where they will be tested through scrimmages were boys and girls are grouped into teams and were made to play sets of basketball games where they can apply all that they have learned from Day 1 and from the basketball clinic in the morning. Wherein, the best and the strongest will be included in the RSC Manila representatives to the National Training Camp! Congratulations to the 8 girls and 16 boys.

Girls: (8)

Dianne Camille Nolasco

Lalaine Gonzales

Carly Monreal

Lindsey Nacional

Magda Lioui Flores

Ma Cecilia Quilenderino

Princess Marie Villarin

Jonalyn Bongalos

Boys: (16)

Mark Glenn Gabon

Luis Gabriel Aguila

Anjelo Raphael Argente

Jhondhel Austria

Jearico Nunez

Kai Zachary Sotto

Andrei Philip Lechoncito

Mark Nicole Lucban

Reich Randell Villegas

Prince Junnell De Belen

Pauloh Villarin

Patrick Lance Inting

Jericho Ross Paglinawan

Miguel Rey Luis Tan

Devon Dein Diez

Russel Ducanes

The finalists excelled in the skills and scrimmages and exemplified Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA core S.T.A.R. values of Sportsmanship, Teamwork, a positive Attitude and Respect throughout the camp. Stay tuned for the third stage of events, the National Training Camp to determine 2016 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA All-Stars. Everyone is excited and is doing their best to be part of the NBA all-stars and hence get the chance to experience the once-in-a-lifetime NBA Experience Trip!

Fans can also follow Jr. NBA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jrnbaphilippines. For all things NBA, fans can visit www.nba.com , like the NBA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/philsnba and follow www.twitter.com/nba_philippines on Twitter. To learn more about the Alaska Milk Corporation, visit www.alaskamilk.com and www.playph.com .

To learn more about Alaska Milk and its roster of sporting programs, log on to www.playph.com, Basketball clinic locations can also be found on www.facebook.com/jrnbaphilippines

ELIZABETH: Great Summer calls for Great Photos

Photographs are considered as integral part of man’s existence since its inception back in the 1800’s. A breakthrough that gave a portraitist and its subject time saving and an ease to a consistently excruciating pose to achieve such perfection of a desired imagery.

Capturing the precise moment.

Most of us may not know Lisa Gherardini, She is known as the lady who holds the title of the most parodied, most sung, most visited and the best known work of art in the world.

Photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa#/media/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg

Her portraitist, is also known as an inventor, sculptor, architect, scientist, musician, mathematician, engineer, anatomist, amongst the long list of his designation. Leonardo Da Vinci, believed to have worked on his Mona Lisa between 1503- 1506. Finished it 1517.

Leonardo Da Vinci self protrait

Photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#/media/File:Francesco_Melzi_-_Portrait_of_Leonardo_-_WGA14795.jpg

In order for one to accomplish such perfection in imagery, one should have utmost creativity, passion and talent to produce a grand artful output.

Beauty and Talent can strike you a Home Run.

Nowadays one need not be a superb artist nor professional photographer to capture precious fambam moment, summer outdoor activities and amazing rendezvous, on or below sea level. Facilities offering extreme adventures such as Zip line and the likes are mushrooming everywhere. Active lifestyle is the in-thing that needs a gadget that corresponds and chronicles each memorable experience.

Cd-r King, Your one-stop media provider offer its patron, The Action Cam.

Official Specification:

 Mode: Capture/Video/Setup/Playback

 File Format: MOV (H.264)/jpeg

 Lens View Angle: 120 degree

 Build in Wifi: IEEE 802.11B/G/N

 I/O port: Mini HDMI/Micro USB

 USB 2.0 Interface

 Charging time: up to 5 hrs

 Actual usage time: up to 1.5hours

 Supports: Micro SD card up to 32 GB

 Battery: 1000mAh

It has a waterproof casing with waterproof rating of IP68 (Ingress Protection). Cd-R King’s Action Cam carries an LCD Display of 1.5" TFT (Thin Film Translator) and is HDMI 1080p capable with Image Resolution capacity of 4000x3000/3648x2736/3264x2448/2560x1920 and Video Resolution of1920x1080@30FPS1280x720@60FPS/1280x720@FPS.

Live, Laugh, Love

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: Jr. NBA presented by Alaska is back in the Philippines for the 9th consecutive year

The Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program for 2016 started officially last January 23-24, 2016 during the Jr. NBA / WNBA Presented by Alaska TIP-OFF at the Don Bosco Technical Center in Makati. The Jr. NBA & Jr. WNBA presented by Alaska, is just one of Alaska’s Sports Development Program that inspires children realize their dreams through teaching them skills to play the game while incorporating the values of determination, hard work, team work, discipline and sportsmanship.

The Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program has reached hundreds of schools and communities nationwide and benefited thousands of children, parents, and coaches through grassroots activities like basketball training camps and school clinics. The Regional Selection Camps -- where outstanding young players in various regions will be chosen for inclusion in the National Training Camp -- is Phase Two of the program has kicked-off last February 20-21 at Benguet State University in Baguio, last February 27-28 in Ateneo de Davao University, Davao and on March 5-6 in Cebu City at Don Bosco Technical Center, Cebu.

In line with its thrust this year to make it fresh by bringing the program to more schools and communities nationwide, Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA presented by Alaska Regional Selection Camp will be held in Manila on April 9-10 at the Don Bosco Technical Institute, Makati City.

The best of the best players from Metro Manila will undergo a series of skills stations such as Lay-ups, Shooting, Passing, Footwork and Dribbling. Fifty boys and 24 girls will be chosen to participate in the 9th annual Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA National Training Camp in Manila (the third phase of the program) from April 22-24. The National Training Camp is the high point of the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program where ten Jr. NBA and five Jr. WNBA standouts will be named as the 2016 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA All-Stars and a Coach of the Year will be chosen. The National Training Camp will be held at the Don Bosco Technical Institute Makati on April 22 and 23 and at the SM Mall of Asia on April 24. All the best players from each region will pit skills and the ways in which they express the STAR values during the three-day boot camp that will prepare them to be exceptional athletes and total persons on and off the court. The 10 best male performers selected in the National Training Camp will be this year’s Jr. NBA Philippines All Star Team, while the 5 best female performers will be the first-ever Jr. WNBA All-Star Team. The male and female All-Stars will be rewarded with an authentic NBA experience and the chance to play with a counterpart youth team abroad. The Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA program, is free for boys and girls across all stages – from the school and open clinics, through the Regional Selection Camps, the National Training Camp and the NBA Experience. NBA coaches and Alaska Basketball Powercamp Director Jeffrey Cariaso leads the Regional Selection Camps.


Live, love, laugh,
Beth :)

ELIZABETH: OOTD from Terranova & Toothpick

My outfit! :) 
Blouse - Terranova
Denim - Toothpick Jeans

My shoes from People are People ..

my FOTD! :)

Foundation - Ever Bilena BB Cream

Face Powder - Maybelline

Eyebrows - in2it

Lipstick - Apple

White Eyeliner - Kajal pencil

live, love, laugh,

Beth

ELIZABETH: OOTD -Preppy in Pearls

What I love most about being a girl? Is being girly. To dress up makes me feel good about myself. It just boost my self-confidence! <3 But girls, that doesn't mean that you have to break the bank, your wallet or in my case, my husband's, lol! Because you could find good quality dresses for an incredible affordable price! Just like this

Dress from PREPPY.. ;) 

I don't have that many green dresses and this one is a must! Mind you I bought this on sale at SM Molino! For like Php100.00 only!Yay!

FOTD :)

Since this dress is too short, I pair it with paldashorts/skorts and skinny leggings. ^^
Yup, this dress do have sisters! Stay tuned!

Watch from Axis
Candy bracelets from Forever21
Earrings from Fashion Market

Milani Shoes

The dress could also be paired with sandals and ballet flats. Perfect for running errands and shopping! hihi

Live, Love, Laugh
Beth

ELIZABETH: REVLON COLORSTAY in Mocha

I just want to make my ordinary day, glamorously ordinary, that is. What else to do but to paint my nails! :)

REVLON COLORSTAY in Mocha

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: QUICK FX EYELIFT CREAM

QUICK FX EYELIFT CREAM

This cream has the ingredient of NIACINAMIDE that helps reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It's amazing because it also lightens the skin, targeting dark spots around the eyes. It helps provide moisture to the skin.

It also reduces the appearance of skin aging, making our skin look fresh and hydrated.

It also has ELLAGIC ACID that helps skin recover it's youthful resilience, delaying the signs of aging. It is an antioxidant that may encourage more skin elasticity and suppleness.

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: REVLON NAIL ART SHINY MATTE in Leather and Lace

REVLON NAIL ART SHINY MATTE NAIL ENAMEL
in Leather and Lace


First, apply the black matte...
I could just leave it as is, because it IS beautiful by itself but of course

I had to apply the silver Lace for the tip just because I want to have a more prominent-looking matte nails and get everyone staring at it, lol Kidding aside, it's very easy to apply because, it [the Lace] has a thin brush [really made for art-ing nails]!

Home-pampered nails! <3

and we're done! ;)
This is my french tip version of Revlon's Leather an Lace. Of course, you could do more and get wild with it. You could also make a highlight nail by just putting the silver color Lace as a tip or a nail art like criss-cross pattern or dots.

Simple yet elegant.

These nails are work-appropriate, so you could still express the girlishness in you without over-doing it!
;D

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

GeriLen x Elizabeth's Two Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway

Yup, it's been more than two years, and we want to thank you all with this simple giveaway. It's not that extravagant but we hope y'all like it anyways. We were too occupied with work and Beth's upcoming big day so this is like two months late (boo!) but never the less, we still want to celebrate our two years anniversary.

Don't have time to touch up the photo above but those are basically the prizes. One cute polkadot handbag, a belt and a wallet. Rafflecopter is still acting up, hence below:

Just follow the rules:

Mandatory Rules:

Follow @Gerilen on Facebook. (+1 point)

Subscribe to Gerilen Elizabeth on blogspot. (+5 points)

Comment down below your name, email address (+1point)

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Subscribe to The Chronicles of a Young Wife either on

Wordpress and/or Blogspot. (+5 points each)

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Share everyday. Be it on FB, Twit or IG. (+10 points)

Winners will be notified via email.

GeriLen ELizabeth's Trip to 100,000!

We've been longing to give this kabuki brush set a while back but we recently focus on our sponsored international giveaways, (plus work and babe in my case) and also we just couldn't think of something fun and exciting way to do it, but at long last, we finally decided on how to make this a bit different to our previous giveaways here.

As you all know this blog is just more than a year old only, yet we are happy to say that our readers are slowly growing day by day, and with that, we will thank you through this little giveaway! <3

So far our blog reached 70k+ pageviews and trip to 100,000 means we will end this giveaway right after we reach a 100,000 views and then, we will choose the winner.

How to join:

Five Mandatory Steps (this means that you should complete all the steps to qualify, otherwise your entry would become invalid). We simplify the steps to make it easier for you guys (yes, this is open to all, win it for yourself or give it as a gift).

1)Subscribe to this blog via GFC

2) Like us on Facebook

3)Comment on any of Elizabeth’s posts

4)Comment on any of Gerilen’s posts (hint: all posts without “Elizabeth” is written by Gerilen)

5)Comment down below:

a.       GFC Name

b.      Facebook Name

c.       Elizabeth’s post where you commented

d.      Gerilen’s post where you commented

e.      Suggestions to improve this blog (discretion of words and constructive criticisms will be appreciated)

Notes:

*Example of Entry:

a.       GFC Name : Gerilen Elinessete

b.      Facebook Name : Gerilen E.

c.       ELIZABETH: Etta's Compact Skin Whitening Powder

d.      Banangan, Sablan

e.      Suggestions to improve this blog : Do more OOTDs

*You only comment TWICE DAILY.

                After joining today and commenting below the above, you could still join tomorrow (to make our trip 100,000 views faster and for you to have additional entries) with this example of entry^#:

a.       ELIZABETH: DIY Lip Palette

b.       ELIZABETH: Tuxedo Nail Art

^#the 2^nd entry will only be valid if the 1^st entry was approved

^#this time, you could comment to ANY posts

*this giveaway is not sponsored.*this giveaway is open to all Gerilen Elizabeth subscribers only.* We will pick the winner together and announce the winner on our facebook page.*Winner will have 24hours to respond, otherwise, we will pick another winner.

Know more about these brushes here.

Join our trip to 100,000 now! xx

ELIZABETH: REDKIMONO (Modern Japanese Cuisine)

Hey guys! What's up?I've been MIA for a few weeks now, but I don't forget to blog! So, to make it up to you, I'll share our 5th Anniversary Date Night! :D Yay! Congratulations to us for reaching this far! :D

If you are looking for other places to try, take a look at Red Kimono!

Japanese cuisines + modern furnitures = love!

Boyfriend decided to dine me here because I think he's craving for some tempura! :P

I love the presentation of the dishes! ;)

Mixed Kamameshi (Php.220) 

Authentic Japanese kettle cooked rice...  

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 with mushroom, shrimp, beef and veggies!  

Prawn Tempura (Php.325) 

Deep fried battered prawns...

Chicken Teriyaki (Php.260) 

Grilled chicken with teriyaki sauce served with potato hay...

Spicy Eggplant in miso sauce (Php.140)

Boyfriend says this is sooooo good!

Melon Shake (Php.85) & Caramel Milk Tea (Php.100)

Buko Pandan Special (Php.75) 

A refreshing combination of vanilla ice cream, pandan jelly and fresh coconut strips...

We had a lovely evening! We opt to stroll around Bonifacio High Street and chat instead of movie just to have some of the calories burned! Hehehe!

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: Turtle-back Nail Art Design

Hey guys! How are you? I just wanna show you my latest nail art design!

Actually, I just invented this design and I will probably call it "Turtle-back"! haha :D

Obviously, you can't see it but the secret to have this turtle-ish effect is that I place big blotches of dark blue shade above the green apple shade background. Hence, the turquoise finish. Just to glamour things up, I decided to create another turtle-back design on my ring finger nail on different shade of mustard yellow and neon pink. :)

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: Criss Cross Nail Art Design

Hey guys! How are you? I will show you how to do the cute Criss Cross Nail Art! :)

First is to apply gray nail polish as a base...

Using your thin brush, draw a slanting black stripes as you can see on the picture...

And do it again on the other side...

Then alternately fill in the center of the criss cross using your thin brush and also apply a top coat polish to seal in the design ...and your done! :)

Very easy right? Hope you like it! :)

live, love, laugh,

Beth :)

ELIZABETH: Tickles Cheetah Tote Bag

Hey guys! How are you this gloomy Monday? I just wanna share to you one of the latest bags that I bought from Tickles, Market Market. 

This is the uber-cute yellow bag protector...

ELIZABETH: Ever bilena BB Cream, IN2IT Eyebrow Palette, Ever bilena Eyeshadow Trios

Hey guys! How are you? I just wanna share to you one of my make up routine! So, this is me when I'm not wearing any make up...

Presenting to you the Ever Bilena Advance BB Cream... A whitening, foundation and moisturizing cream all rolled into one! This product provides a flawless coverage while concealing blemishes and dark spots and protecting it from the harmful rays of the sun. And with the help of its potent moisturizer such as Shea Butter and Vitamin E, it richly moisturizes our skin to make it soft and smooth!