2010 is starting out to be one heck of a busy year. I meant to do this last December but I had no time to organise it, not to mention, no time to see it through. What am I talking about? Well, I wanted to give away some stuff to celebrate Christmas, my birthday and Style Manila’s 3rd year anniversary. Yes, this blog turned 3 early this month!

So what exactly am I giving away? Let’s start with a few beauty loot bags which will contain the following:
Loot #1
AVON’s Jet Femme …

For the past week, I’ve been throwing some teasers to friends and online contacts about being in a local guy mag.

When I mentioned that I’m in its October 2009 issue, the statement definitely raised some eyebrows and garnered surprised looks on each of their faces. Rightly so cuz if you’ve seen me even just in photos, I certainly don’t have the make which would qualify to be on even a quarter of a page. But just to make things clear, there were no semi-nekkid photos in this feature. Fortunately. …

I know it’s been more than a week since you folks last heard from me and I do apologise for the absence. In the hope to make amends, I’ve got a few things lined up, which I hope you folks will find useful, entertaining and, ultimately, fun. Oh, yea, there’s a new contest coming up which I hope you beauty aficionados will find interesting enough to join. I hope you’d stay tuned for that — how? Subscribe to the Style Manila Feed!
After spending the last couple of years and a …

It’s always a reason to celebrate when folks take time to go out of their way to get in touch with you in the effort to get to know you (in this case, my blog Style Manila) and let other people know about what they’ve learned. One should always be grateful for the good things people can say about you and all the hard work you’ve put in a certain endeavour.
Today, I learned that Style Manila was featured in Manila Bulletin, an email interview request sent by Ajay for …

This vagabond and shutterbug is itching to get on a plane and traipse around the country once again.
As much as I’d love to see Davao, Siargao, CDO, and Legazpi, I’ve narrowed down my choices to Puerto Princesa and Cebu. There were several considerations — weather, photo concept board and, yes, budget. I know I’ve already been to these two places around 4 to 5 times but I’ve never really blogged about any of my trips. Just snippets. I reckon this ought to be a good opportunity to work on …

I now own a one of a kind (unless by some miracle you ended up with the same style) Style Manila flip-flops courtesy of Havaianas. And it’s Pink! Just about as surprising as the heavy downpour that signaled the end of the night for my friends and I. It’s probably best if I explain the reason behind the choice.

Just got back from the Make Your Own Havaianas 2009 Launch held at the Rockwell Tent; bagged a new pair of blinged up Havaianas and basically had a fun night with a …

Me? On TV? Seriously.
Not that I minded the major plugging for my blogs (SashaManuel.com, The Parody, and Tops II Bottoms) and mainly for Style Manila, so, yea I grabbed the opportunity. This is one of the interviews I did with QTV. Shot entirely in my home whilst by principle I didn’t really want to do. But yea, there. You folks can see how my room looks like and the family den where I usually work.
Aired last night — Thursday, 16 April 2009 — on GMA Network’s QTV 11 new …

Last Friday, 23 January 2009, I was fortunate enough to have been able to attend the first meeting of the Adelaide Bloggers and Social Web Media for the year at Caffe Primo - Norwood. It’s the first-ever meet-up that’s sponsored, too!
My sister, Shai Coggins, had organised this get together and I thought I could help out. It was a great thing that I had met Ara Ohanessian (through a friend), owner of Caffe Primo - Norwood, earlier that week. Folks ended up enjoying free house wine and softdrinks plus 50% …

A lucky Style Manila reader gets a free shopping trip at CUBE using a $50 gift card.

Wishing all the Style Manila readers a fun and festive Christmas day!