Building on its first edition held in 2015, the 2018 reboot will be a 3-day gathering celebrating creative entrepreneurship, art, design, and maker culture in the Queen City of the South.
As one of the main highlights, the event will feature a Creator’s Market displaying Cebuano products and services. It will also be hosting various talks and workshops geared towards advancing creative skills. Among them will be the Grow Cebu Music: The Summit and Concert, which aims to gather and strengthen the local music community whilst developing an audience for Cebuano talent.
Crisscrossings hopes to bridge art and industry, which will make the creative economy in Cebu flourish.
“We’re really passionate about nurturing the Cebuano identity through creative entrepreneurship,” says Cecilia Martinez-Miranda, one of the co-conveners of Create Cebu.
Crisscrossings intends to improve Cebu’s livability through creativity and the arts. They believe that art has a role to play in uninviting Cebuano, especially the creative sector, to create more that would boost Cebu’s image as the country’s creative capital and its standing amongst other ASEAN creative communities.
The gathering is a means to promote Cebu as an ASEAN destination for culture and the arts as well as contribute to its chances of being recognized as a UNESCO Creative City.
CRISSCROSSINGS: Creative Convergence will be on January 12-14, happening at Crossroads Cebu and European Chamber of Commerce Cebu (ECCP) Matic.
]]>Apparently it actually takes two months to build a habit (and not 21 days, which is a popular misconception). This means you need to power through until at least February before your resolutions start to feel like second nature.
It seems daunting to think about those two months, half of which is probably going to be spent forcing yourself to head to the gym in the morning. A lot of willpower will probably be involved in saying no to another slice of lechon. But really, the hardest part is to just start. Once you know where you’re heading, it’s easier to stay the course.
So, here’s a little nudge to help you get started. We’ve thought up some common resolutions, and given some ideas and contacts on how to kickstart your change. We get it–it’s hard to make resolutions last beyond New Year’s, but the idea is really to take it one day at a time.
Start Exercising.
As probably the most common resolution out there, getting into a real fitness habit is actually a real challenge. There are so many options in the city now that you’re bound to find something you’ll enjoy enough to do on a regular basis.
If you’re looking to find some peace amidst a frenzied routine, try yoga. YogaHub is a favorite spot for their wide range of class offerings, and the helpful teachers they have onboard. Love Yoga World helmed by the bubbly Mary Deen is also a great option.
Those who want great legs and a stunning derriere can try out spinning. Zink is a great spot to try out the sport, with their state-of-the-art bikes, almost psychedelic lighting system, and the exuberant Zalde Berdon. Even if you don’t feel like getting on the bike, there’s HIIT and dance classes to keep you on the move.
Back when I was working out practically everyday, I found myself drawn to the more intense, always changing cycles of Crossfit. At Crossfit Pintados (now Southside Fitness), I reveled in the high intensity workouts, even the movements could only be described as painful. And being a little short on the attention span, I liked that the workouts were different every day. Other options to really give yourself a hard push are FITCAMP, StayFit and EPIC.
Go On A Diet.
We’re all guilty of this–vowing to go on a diet, and then buckling as soon as a slice of cake is put in front of us. Healthy eating is just one those resolutions that are so hard to keep–especially when you have all these delicious, indulgent dishes in front of you.
Thankfully, a lot of people in Cebu have spearheaded a movement–healthy food can taste just as good, and at times even better, than the junk we so guiltily indulge in.
Photo from the Diet in a Box Facebook page
Meal delivery services take the hassle out of having to prepare meals for yourself (we list down some of our favorites in this post). Even the of-the-moment Keto Diet can be delivered straight to your doorstep through Diet in a Box‘s Keto Go option.
For it to be truly sustainable though, you need to learn how to make these dishes yourself. The Lazy Chef’s Chip Lopez offers cooking classes for plant-based eating through the Kairos Loft. Trust us, if anyone knows how to make vegetables taste amazing, it’d be Chip.
Be More Creative.
The New Year often brings with it the sudden desire to make a change in your life, or at least start on something you’re more passionate about. If you’re looking to break into the creative field, or even to just get a flash of inspiration, Create Cebu’s Criss-Crossings is the right place to start.
Scheduled on January 12-14 at Crossroads, Criss-Crossings is all about creative convergence, with programs and talks on everything ranging from animation and photography, to music and crafts. The event is all about building on Cebu’s creative talent–young businesses are given a chance to learn from more seasoned personalities, and to share their ideas.
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Zee Lifestyle‘s April 2016 Youth Issue: Raine Baljak (Photography: Dan Douglas Ong | Styling: The Blaq Mafia | Makeup: Arnauld | Hair: Gino Fonghe | Locale: 8 Hills Farm)
Miss Cebu 2016 Raine Baljak graces the cover. The sought-after model, radio jock and aspiring singer-songwriter talks about her advocacies and how she plans on using the crown to fulfill her causes.
Raine joins her fellow beauty queens Miss Beauche International 2015 Steffi Aberasturi, Sinulog Festival Queen 2016 Cynthia Thomalla, and Miss Earth 2014 Jamie Herrell in a Scream Queens-inspired fashion spread depicting a night out in some of Cebu’s most unexpected places.
THE QUEEN CROWD. Raine Baljak, Jamie Herrell, Steffi Aberasturi and Cynthia Thomalla in a Scream Queens-inspired fashion editorial (Photography: Joseph Ong | Styling: The Blaq Mafia | Hair and Makeup: Chady Pantaleon and Nicko de la Peña)
Continuing the trend of highlighting Cebu’s most promising personalities, the Youth Issue presents its annual list of people to watch out for. 22 Tango Records’ Lourdes May Maglinte, Vincent Eco and Nina Alcoseba; Create Cebu’s Myka Arnado, Cecilia Martinez, Bea Sagun, Kae Batiquin and Mirella Gallego, Foodpanda’s Seby Pelaez and Mitz Vikki Jao; Cruise Control’s Mac Viros, French Manla, Jasper Borres, Joshua Cypre, Arnel Biscarra, Coody Rodriguez, Gian Chua and Yan Perez; Hyper Cebu’s Matthew Basabe, Arianna Lozada, Bryan Tan, Arianne Albia and Adam Hechanova; Pop District Bazaar’s Charmaine de Leon and Ruby Pansoy, Retaso Media’s Ernest Dino, musicians Kurt Fick and Therese Villarante, Youtube sensation Rowell “Medyo Maldito” Ucat, theater actress Charlene Virlouvet, and visual artists Jean Candice Yu and Kidlat all prove that youth isn’t wasted.
This month, we also talk to VECO E-Learning Center’s Genesis Raña and Anton Perdices, Australian artist Libbet Loughnan, and gubernatorial candidate Winston Garcia, and find out how they’re taking steps to improving the Queen City.
Read more in Zee Lifestyle’s Youth issue, out on stands next month. Grab your copies at National Bookstore and Fully Booked. For subscriptions, click here, or download the Magzter app on your device and search for ‘Zee Lifestyle’.
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