Baguio workshop on journal-writing

THE BAGUIO WRITERS Group (BWG), this year’s recipient of the Gawad Pedro Bucaneg award from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat ng Pilipinas, will hold “Journey to Selfhood: A Creative Journal Workshop” on Nov. 15 to 17 at the ICM House of Prayer on Recto Road, Baguio City.

Workshop facilitators are poets/painters/diarists Merci Javier Dulawan, Babeth Lolarga and Baboo Mondoñedo.

The workshop will teach non journal keepers how to start one and find the purposes for doing so; make the personal political and political personal; show how a journal or diary can be an outlet for the creative soul; how to sustain a new habit.

It will also demonstrate how to use the new media like blogging or Facebook and up to what extent or limit does one reveal/disclose the self and how to use art as a consoling tool when words do not flow as quickly as one wants to.

Fee for Baguio locals is P3,500 including meals and materials; P5,000 for other participants including board and lodging. Slots are limited to 20.

Senior citizen discounts will be honored; IDs must be presented on registration day.

E-mail Javier-Dulawan at merci7682@yahoo.com or Lolarga at babethlolarga@gmail.com.

Petit Monde debuts at PH FashionWeek

Filipino apparel brand Petit Monde gets ready for the runway as it marks its first appearance at the Philippine Fashion Week with a fashion show to unveil four exciting new collections from the homegrown label.

Slated on Oct. 23 at the Mall of Asia Atrium, the fashion show is headlined by endorser Maja Salvador. For a minimum purchase of P2,000 at any Petit Monde boutique, shoppers get one free ticket to the fashion show.

Continuing in Petit Monde’s reputation for stylish, trendy, chic apparel, the new collection promises to excite Filipino fashionistas. With its inclusion in FashionWeek, Petit Monde takes another step in redefining the wardrobe of stylish Filipino women.

The brainchild of sisters Carolyn Tan Chong and Dorothy Tan Tionson, Petit Monde has been dressing up stylish, young Filipino women for over two decades now. Former endorsers were Carmina Villaroel, Ana Roces, Sunshine Cruz, Cheska Garcia, Jodi Sta. Maria, Angel Locsin, Anne Curtis, Carmen Soo and Melissa Ricks.

The brand also carries shoes, bags, accessories and fragrance.

Visit www.petitmonde.com.ph; follow on Twitter@petitmondemktg.