A green and futuristic way to light up

Electrical and energy products provider Akari recently unveiled its latest lineup of environment-friendly innovations for 2010.

Launched before select members of the media, Akari presented The Future in LED, which featured LED-based lighting products, to promote cost-saving measures on electricity.

Christopher Tiu, CEO of Carlson Corp., the makers of Akari, says, “Being an industry pioneer, Akari takes the lead in bringing energy-saving products to contribute in helping save the environment. We want to aggressively promote switching to these energy-efficient lighting products not only to push companies, organizations and the public to conserve energy, but also help them save on electrical costs.”

Akari’s new LED products and outdoor lighting solutions use light emitting diodes as source of light, which produce more strongly colored light while using less energy. Also unveiled were new rechargeable batteries that offer high performance in energy production while promoting cost-savings and environment-friendly features.

Guests got to experience the power and cost-efficiency of Akari’s new products as each of them went home with a gift bag that included rechargeable batteries, travel adaptor, USB port, and the latest LED rechargeable lantern.

(Visit www.akari.com.ph)

Moms know best how to beat the heat

Johnson’s Baby “Coolidays” cooled off a room full of moms and their babies as Johnson and Johnson launched its latest summer treat. The Coolidays promo gives moms a P50 price-off on entrance tickets to the latest water attraction, Acquatica, at the Manila Ocean Park, with every purchase of specially-marked Johnson’s Baby products.

Acquatica is a swimming theme park by day and a water musical theatre by night that features Manila’s first-ever water musical Maiden of the Sea. The said musical is a multi-sensory spectacle featuring a live cast backed by specially-choreographed pyrotechnics, lasers and special computer imaging.

Host Christine Jacob Sandejas welcomed moms such as Tintin Bersola-Babao, Daphne Oseña-Paez, Wilma Doesnt, Sarah Meier, Erica Paredes, Mica Lagdameo-Martinez, Oudine Santos and their little ones at the Look Hall of the Manila Ocean Park. The venue was literally bedecked with gigantic fish tank filled with exotic sea creatures. A whiff of Johnson’s Baby cologne pervaded the room as guests were treated to Johnson’s Baby infused cold towels. Guests then proceeded to the outdoor Acquatica venue to watch the Maiden of the Sea musical.

Enjoy Acquatica’s cool attractions by purchasing especially-marked Johnson’s Baby products this summer and get P50 off the price of an entrance ticket.

Piano Peace

Filfest Cultural Foundation presents a special fundraising concert tomorrow, 8 p.m. at the Insular Hall in Alabang called Piano Peace with two pianists — Jewish Yaron Kohlberg and Palestinian Harouny Bshara. This concert is made possible with the help of Insular Life, in celebration of 100 years of service, and the Embassy of Israel in celebration of its National Day on April 27.

Kohlberg, born in Jerusalem in 1983, is one of Israel’s leading young pianists. He is the winner of prestigious international prizes and performs regularly in Israel and abroad to critical acclaim. He won the second prize in the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, where he performed in the final round with the Cleveland Orchestra. Kohlberg has also won first prizes in the Parnassos International Competition in Monterrey (Mexico) and the Shostakovich International Competition in Hanover, and was a top prizewinner in other international competitions such as Andorra, Tivoli (Copenhagen) and Grieg (Oslo).

Bshara, born in Nazareth, studied the piano with Esther Balasha at the age of 12 in Haifa and continued his studies for eight years with Dr. Eitan Globerson in Jerusalem. He finished his studies at the “Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover” in Germany with Professor Arie Vardi. He is currently taking private lessons with Maestro Daniel Barenboim. He recently performed as a soloist with the London Philharmonia under the baton of Maestro Lorin Maazel and Maestro Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic.

(Tickets are at P500 in the balcony, P800 in the side orchestra and P1,000 in the orchestra center. Twenty percent discounts for seniors and season subscribers. Fifty percent discounts for students. For tickets, call Sheryl Camacho at 0918-9419472 or 666-4095.)

Govinda Kai summer workshops

Govinda Kai is one of the few (in fact only 35) certified Ashtanga Yoga teachers in the world. Born in San Francisco to an Aikido Sensei, he is deeply spiritual and devoted years of his life to the perfection of his practice of yoga. Throughout several years of journey, he has met different gurus and spiritual leaders like Swami Muktananda (the guru and leader of Siddha Yoga), Sogyal Rimpoche (a great Tibetan teacher) and studied with strong and influential teachers including Tim Miller, Richard Freeman, John Smith and Eddie Modestini and with the Guru of Ashtanga Yoga himself, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois. He has been traveling the world to share his passion for yoga. He has touched the lives of famous celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Tobey Maguire, Sting and wife Trudy Styler to name a few. He is currently based in Japan and travels all over the world to share his passion for Yoga. In the past few months, Govinda has been traveling back and forth to the Philippines hosting various workshops with Pulse Yoga. Govinda feels the mutual passion for yoga, love and warmth amongst the Filipinos and enjoys coming back to share his gift.

From April 26 to May 9, Govinda will be hosting morning Mysore classes starting at 7:30 a.m., then he will be having a short course and chanting session from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

(If interested, please call +6391783Pulse or +6391784PULSE to reserve your place or e-mail [email protected])